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Yeah, I pretty much do. I used to enjoy going up there, but wanton commercialism has made what was once a quaint, beautiful vacation spot look like a run-down subdivision. It's depressing driving through there every winter and seeing dozens more crappy chalets perched precariously on the slopes. I've stayed in a number of those chalets through the years and most of them were total junk. I refused to stay in more than one because I saw blatant code violations or structural issues and got the impression a strong fart would blow a few of them down. Again, I feel bad for the families who've lived there a long time and lost their homes. Lots of them are there because they were forcibly removed when the park was formed.

We got a new VP a few months before the Christmas party a few years ago. He had the "shady used car salesman" vibe down. One of my friends was there with his girlfriend (now wife) and the half-drunk married veep started blatantly hitting on her, right in front of him. Veep says to friend, "you're lucky I'm not 10yrs younger because I'd be all over that." Friend look veep dead in the eye and says, "you're lucky I'm not 10 yrs younger because I'd break your f-ing nose just for saying that." Veep just kinda smiled and wandered off. A few years before that there was the girl who got sloppy drunk, kept falling out of her dress, puked on the dance floor, and had to be carried off. Prior job... engineering department big boss decides he needs to say something nice about each of his employees (about 30 people) in front of their families, only he's half drunk and totally unprepared. Not only could he not remember what some of his people did, he also couldn't remember their names. "Hey there... uh... man... uh... thanks so much for your hard work on ... uh... that ... uh... project you've been busy with... yeah...". It was horrible. Less than half the people showed up the next year, and they cancelled it after that.

It's bad. I've not heard of any serious injuries, but lots of stuff is burning. I did see reports of wind gusts up to 74mph. I believe the rain has slowed it down a bit, but it's not going to do much for the structure fires, and the wind is supposed to pick back up this afternoon. I won't lose any sleep over the businesses on the strip and all the crappy chalets, best thing that could happen is burning some of them to the ground. But there's a ton of very old and very beautiful houses hidden in the hollers all around there, losing them would be very unfortunate.

What sort of finish does it have now and what's wrong with it?

Thanks. I suspected that was the case. It's possible I'd be in both regions 3 and 4.... the regulations are entirely too confusing. I think they're trying to drive people to buy the sportsman just as CYA because they know the regs are convoluted. Good way to increase revenue too.

Question.... If a person wanted to bow hunt all season, can they do so with only an archery license? Or is a gun license required to bow hunt during gun season?

Mmmm.... now I'm craving hoppin John.

If you don't have access to a welder for the angle iron, you can build a frame with iron pipe and attach plywood to that.

This will be the first year in a long time without smoked turkey, or smoked anything for that matter. I can't run my smoker with the burn bans in place here. But Mom's making stuffed mushrooms and my wife made apple pie, so I'll survive.

Old folks doing stuff...

Do they list dBa readings from standardized testing?

Just remember, the sound comes from you, not the gear.

Lemmy's goes to 12. Pick the amp you like the sound of at modest volume best, don't worry about how loud it get. Particularly if cranking it is gonna be problematic where you live. Something that sounds moderately loud in a music store will be noticeably louder in a small bedroom. I have a 150W two 12 combo and I rarely turn it up past 1. At 2 there no point in trying to talk, 4 is gig with no mic loud.

My noise makers.... Ibanez EX from the 90's, Peavy Classic Chorus 212, Ovation knock-off.

Looks like a juvenile Sharp-shinned hawk to me. We have a resident Cooper's hawk that patrols our bird feeders.

Cool. Where'd you find it?

From an instruction perspective, style isn't important at this point, the fundamentals are the same whether it's bluegrass or jazz.

I also recommend having a good tech walk you through set up. An amp is very personal. Go play a bunch and see what you like. Don't worry so much about wattage, a volume pedal can make a full stack bedroom friendly. Find a decent instructor and get at least a few months worth of lessons. It's much easier to prevent bad habits than fix them later. Get ready for your fingers to hurt. A lot.

Not the one with the laser, just a finger exerciser. It's good for developing finger independence and strength.

We have a cheap Dremel brand 3D printer at work. We also have a high resolution optical scanner, so yeah.... We have a cheap Dremel brand 3D printer at work. We also have a high resolution optical scanner and Inventor, so yeah....

I have one from a long time ago as well. It works well, if you use it.

Another name change?

Cool. How'd you make the CAD model?

Interesting tactic, release videos for every song on the album the day before the album hits. https://metallica.com/

How do they unlock the filler door or gas cap on cars so equipped?