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So many Trump signs out here in Back-of-Beyond, Virginia.

I went to the Farm Market in Shenandoah today and there was a woman with a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. That gave me some hope.

I did a 50 mile bike ride with 13,000 of my closest buddies, from Rosarito to Ensenada, Mexico, back in '86. Great fun, hotel room stacked high with bicycles. :batting: I got shaken down by the Federales on the highway between Rosarito and Ensenada. They pulled me over, said I ran a non-existent st...

I was traveling recently and stopped for gas in either northern North Carolina or Southern Virginia. There were two bathrooms, men’s and women’s, both singles. There was a line of men already present when I arrived. When a woman came out of the ladies I offered to wait and let them go since all of ...

My Law School was The Dons (University of San Francisco). Why would a law school name its football team after the leadership of a Mafia crime family? :mrgreen: Why would a law school even *have* a football team? And why weren’t we the Fighting Barratrists? Anyhoo, the pep rallies were fun! :cheer1:...

My college was The Gaels (Saint Mary’s College of California). My Law School was The Dons (University of San Francisco).

northland10 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2024 9:27 am

Volkonski wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:54 pm Out on the porch listening to an owl. The first one I have heard this year.

Temple, Rice, FAU, or Kennesaw State?

Sorry, spillover from a Sportsball Forum thread.

Or Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC?

(I know this because I go there every summer for music camp).

I think putting $299 worth of quarters in the little vending machines in the vestibule of the grocery store buying candy and toys that break easily would be a better use of the funds.

Kewl, someone said "groundwater" multiple times!! If I recall correctly, your house does not have a basement so the french drains are probably 5 feet below the surface and run along the uphill side(s) of the house (deeper if the frost line goes below 5 feet). That should keep your new sew...

Oh the hillside into wild pollinators. Down the hill is the cabin, but there’s another French drain at the base of the hill about 10 feet from the cabin, and another one along the foundation of the cabin. Those French drains go to the hill in front of the cabin and down the hill into George’s Run, w...

Nice. Do the grates pull out so you can flush it out occasionally? Yes. They’re screwed in with stainless steel screws. They can also be replaced if they get damaged, although they’re rated to be parked on. The channel underneath the grate is set in concrete and connects every 8 feet or so to a sol...

We finally got some heavy enough rain to test our underground French drain and our surface drain. IMG_0137.jpeg And the rain moved on. Looked like there may be a pot of gold down at the Page County Landfill. Or at least a pot of aluminum. The guy at the landfill said they’re burying aluminum in a se...

They don't teach kids in school how to make change, either. When I was in Coast Guard boot camp we spent a lot of time learning to tie knots. Other than the overhand knot and a bow that I used to tie my shoes every day, I never tied a single knot in the Coast Guard. Then they quit teaching knot-tyi...

My favorite verse:

You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin'
And you keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep samin' when you oughta be a'changin'
Now what's right is right but you ain't been right yet

I grew up in a house where the telephone was hard wired into the wall by a technician from the phone company. I still tend to think of phone jacks that the user can plug in as new tech. :lol: Of course it has been many years now since we've had a landline. ;) We bought a lamp that was made from a r...

Love Ted Lasso! Resisted it for a long time because I made stupid assumptions about it.

So, so good!

Luis Avila is the one I was thinking of. At his welcome ceremony at Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, across the Potomac River from the capital, Milley gained an early, and disturbing, insight into Trump’s attitude toward soldiers. Milley had chosen a severely wounded Army captain, Luis Avila, to sin...

Who was this beautiful recipient not loaded with bullet holes? Remember the maimed veteran he didn’t want at an event because a maimed veteran was poor optics in his fried brain? I wish I could remember the name because he sounded remarkable. I don’t think there was a specific name. IIRC, Gen. Kell...

The number of places I can shop is dwindling. I never shop at Walmart if I have another option (aside from the “Walmart effect,” they did something really horrible to a relative that required legal intervention to set right). One of those options was Tractor Supply. Now that’s out. There are a few o...

Watching The Repair Shop on Prime. It’s “On Now,” meaning there are commercials, no pause, no rewind, etc. People bring in their broken shit, and experts fix it, like, this plate was my grandma’s and she always wished it had been fixed, or whatever. Then they’ll fix it and you’d never know it had ev...

We’re in Brood II territory - next round will be 2030.

Happy Birthday, JPC!!!

Since when did the federal government set energy prices? He couldn’t have done it when he was in office, and he wouldn’t be able to do it if he were to get elected this time.

He will just file for bankruptcy again Perhaps, but not everything is dischargeable. And in order to get bankruptcy protection, you have to be unable to pay the debt. And I think the days of hiding his assets in shell companies are over. ETA: I don’t think fines or restitution adjudged as part of a...

For those that are expecting non incarceration, do any of you have any thoughts on what might be an expected sentence? I'm really curious as to what everyone thinks about what may happen in the sentencing. I hope he’s going to get the shit fined out of him. To go along with the $450 million he owes...

RVInit wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 7:00 pm For those that are expecting non incarceration, do any of you have any thoughts on what might be an expected sentence? I'm really curious as to what everyone thinks about what may happen in the sentencing.

I hope he’s going to get the shit fined out of him.