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With my kids, the chromebooks are rather surprisingly not very locked down. My pc at work has more restrictions. Yes, they do a lot of work online because it costs a lot less than paper books. It's also much easier to administrate because the teacher gets a report of who's done what. The history related work my 5th grader has done has been very relevant and fact based. Some stuff I knew and some I didn't. I haven't detected any significant "spin" in the lessons, just simple facts surrounding people, places, and events. They're not presenting some of the darker moments, but I'm ok with that at his age.

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Peated scotch has a strong burned dirt taste. There is nothing smooth about it.

It's whisky made in Scotland. Like bourbon is whisky made in Kentucky. And peated scotch is awful. That's all I know. And this

Wow. My local store has created a bourbon club. When they get limited/rare/special stuff, they do a random drawing and contact you to say you can come get one, and only one, bottle of whatever they've got. Seems the knoxville hipster whisky snobs are mucking it up for everyone.

Interesting. You must look suspicious. My wife always has her bag checked. Last time the security guy found her folding knife and said, "put that in your pocket and I'll act like I didn't see it." I've always walked right through, no questions asked.

Interesting collection. My will says my boys have to flip a coin for first pick.

I read there have been at least 6 minor quakes since that bigger one a week or two ago.

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The bore axis is much lower in the Glock than the 1911. I'd bet you notice more muzzle flip than recoil.

I'll agree that a full frame steel gun is gonna have the least recoil. The older, big S&W autos are really good. Just find one that fits your hand and your eye.

Sounds like a really cool rifle. Is it flintlock or percussion?

Apparently they've been trying, unsuccessfully. It's a small and fast moving target that's airborne in a populated area. Doesn't get much harder than that. I work on jet engines and have seen the results of several bird strikes. Sully's airplane got more than a couple geese, each engine sucked up probably half a dozen birds. The birds don't do catastrophic damage to the engine. The engine can chew up a single bird pretty easily. Multiple big birds just clog up the inlet. No air in, no thrust out. Those giant fan blades spinning at several thousand rpm will chop up a plastic drone quite readily. As you're aware, any commercial multi-engine aircraft is designed to take off and land just fine with only half its engines running.

Sounds like an afternoon's entertainment. These people aren't playing, they're absolutely doing it intentionally. The fun part is that it would take a really, really big quadrotor to do any sort of significant damage to an airliner. But even a small one with a little C4 for payload would be really bad news, which is why they shut the airport down.

Kinda makes me smile at how totally unprepared they were and how inept they've been at solving it. It completely sucks for all the passengers who're stuck.

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Merry Christmas y'all.

Well, ok. I can see that given your vocation. I have a desk job where I rarely go more than 30 minutes between "hey, come look at this..."

I can't figure out how people find time to listen to podcasts.

Lowes had 210 lumen 3 color Lux-Pro headlamps for $10ea a few days ago. I could only find 2 and bought them both. They work plenty good for my purposes. https://m.lowes.com/pd/Lux-Pro-210-Lumen-LED-Headlamp-Battery-Included/999918364

Heh, I never understood the words to that theme song.

We watched LaVerne & Shirley pretty regularly when I was a kid. She was a good director too. RIP.

Hunting, trapping or possession of albino deer is prohibited as set forth in TCA 70-4-130. An albino deer is a deer with a lack, or significant deficiency, of pigment in the skin and hair, and has pink eyes https://www.tn.gov/twra/hunting/big-game/deer.html

Pushing back is a fine line. You need to have a good relationship with your management. You need to be open and honest that there's more work that can be done, and have them prioritize what gets done first. If management doesn't respect your opinion, your probably better off moving on to something else anyway.