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  1. Brew
    Wife has had several of them, Tahoe, then RRS, then Expedition, now Escalade, and probably going back to the RR it looks like. The new Escalade has been the best one of the bunch for a lot of driving. We put quite a few miles on vehicles and I don’t have any issues taking off in it for 1000 mile trip to the beach. The RR Sport was the most fun to drive. The Expedition was fine, but she never cared for it and it didn’t last long.
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    Wife decided she wanted to go look at Range Rovers again, since it is about her normal trading timeframe. The dealership we have used in the past has an 18-24 month wait on the new ones with people putting down $5000 non refundable deposits. They have something like 300 vehicles on order between them, the RR Sport, and a few others. That is pretty damn nutty for a niche vehicle. You can drive off in a Defender but that was it. Saved me the trouble of buying one, but there is no telling what she comes up with next.
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    I’m always entertained by these conspiracies around sports, politics, the news, etc. In this look at me era we live in, I’m sure everyone is keeping it quiet these top down directives. That is a perfectly plausible explanation that seems totally legit. I’m sure refs let things impact their calls, I’m sure the games have gotten too fast for most of them, I’m sure the availability of any angle replay has made their jobs impossible, but the leagues being rigged narrative is stupid. It’s also dumb as hell in game threads. Maybe it’s your bias that drives the narrative in your head.
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    Got home tonight and noticed my pump making a lot of racket. Awesome, low 20’s tonight, steady freezing rain, and a pump that might be going out. Cleaned everything out, backwashed the filter, and set it to medium speed instead of variable and will hope it holds up. Also ran the heater for a while to get the water temp up just in case. This winter has been brutal on my fairly new pool. During the epic freeze it popped the decking up around one side of the shallow end when water froze under the travertine. It settled to about a .5 inch or less difference in height at this point.
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    Put me in his camp, I had no idea what it was either when I saw it in the picture. Now I have no idea why it would be on a boat. People and misplaced pop culture references in general are strange.
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    Stupid take is stupid.
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    No better days than blue bird days with no one else out. I prefer it to be a lot warmer at this point in my life before I go out though. That is one hell of a dock in that picture. Most everything around us has to be floating, so the concept of it is way different than what you see in our area.
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    Is he though if the stop was not justified?
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    I would say in this instance, they would be wrong to go any direction other than peaceful protests/marches. The department response has to play some part in the response that takes place.
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    No it wouldn’t. There are a number of large corporate headquarters based in Memphis, commercial space availability is as low as it’s ever been, development is running wide open right now especially with the Ford deal, etc. Memphis has its issues especially with safety in the central district area, but it is night and day different than it was 15 years ago. I’m in and out of Memphis a lot and I would rather go to Memphis at this point than Nashville.
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    The officers have all been fired, charges are pending and also filed already against a couple of them, the PD has been extremely open about how bad this looks and is going to look, etc. We’ll see what happens tonight and this weekend, but the PD, City, etc have done what they can to be open and lay everything out in the last week up through releasing the camera footage today
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    Build taking place this week, should have my 2 door Bronco in the next couple of weeks. Popped up in my Ford Pass app today ready to activate. Ordered it 18 months ago to be an extra vehicle to use at the lake/beach instead of a Jeep, looks like it is going to be the daily driver for a little while.
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    It doesn’t matter what I’m driving, I park out away from everyone. The easiest way there is not to worry about how everyone else parks, is to park as far away as possible.
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    No, there was nothing really compelling about the interview from the part I heard. She sidestepped most of his questions about the interesting parts of her life.
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    Am I the asshole?

    Brew replied to CooterBrown's topic in Lulz

    He replaces the entire fence? That’s an easy yes for me and seems more than reasonable to offer on his side and accept on your side.
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    Truck Nuts

    Brew replied to BurntOrange&White's topic in Hobbies

    They still have a ways to go. I’m considering getting out of mine after 9 months and they are still offering more than I have in it on trade which seemed nuts with the declining used market. The other thread is a great read. Very odd, but still worth the time.
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    We rarely file estate tax returns unless there is a taxable estate, one is required in a probate situation, or it is borderline taxable based on arguable valuation amounts. There is no requirement to file by the IRS unless taxable. However, you still need determinations of value to set inherited value without the estate tax return.
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    You don’t need an inheritance tax return. The life insurance goes to the sister the other is split based on the will technically, but most people would ignore it. There is no income tax impact to any of you based on the facts presented. You do have a gift tax issue technically between your sister and you two for the split of the insurance she signs over. 99% of people would ignore it and claim it was split according to the estate, technically she needs to file a gift tax return.
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    Yes, blew hubs on two, front axle on one, sheared the plastic gearing on one of them with the hub issue, etc. They had vacuum leak issues for several years that would randomly engage a hub and something was breaking when that happened at speed.
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    Wait, so now trucks are luxury goods? We have very different opinions of that term. I also don’t know that i would agree the average new truck buyer is “young” people unless we have a very different opinion on the term young. My back parking lot at the office has an eclectic mix of vehicles, there is only one newer model truck. Most staff people are in large/small SUV’s, older trucks for the male interns, and a couple of cars.
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    I’m the opposite. I average 25k-30k miles a year, trade every two years, and the last 3 F150’s all had issues. Most were front end related as the 4wd system (which i actually use regularly) was problematic due to the plastic parts used now. The GMC’s prior to that had trans issues. Up until the last 9 months, I towed a lot, drove a lot, and probably wasn’t the easiest on vehicles. The other benefit to trucks is resale value. I’m out of mine every 2 years or so and have always come out great on buy/trade pricing. Hell, this F250 is going back in for $8k more than the purchase price if i trade it.
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    If something near the majority drives them, by default it can’t be a status symbol. Plus, there is nothing status like about most trucks. This whole train of thought is completely illogical for a sub $XXXXX vehicle or we have different ideas of status. It’s an SUV with a bed that gets used occasionally if anything. Hell spending $60k on a new F150 makes more sense than a large segment of vehicles on the road for someone looking to buy new.
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    Or they realized jeans were a better every day wear than whatever they were wearing prior. Again, that logic makes zero sense. Adaptation has more to do with usefulness than it does any cool factor. People wore Jordan’s because they thought they were cool, Jordan’s were worn by a small minority of people because there were better options available for every day wear at better price points. Trucks are no different price wise than a lot of other vehicles, so for $72k (much cheaper options available, but I like my Platinum) I can buy my F250 that does everything when I need it or an okay optioned Tahoe/Expedition/whatever that has similar interior space through the second row and more limited usefulness. Again, trucks aren’t cool, just functional at the price point.
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    How exactly does driving something that half the rest of the people drive equate to status symbol cool? If I was worried about status, there are way more vehicles out there that would get second looks at the red light over a truck. Also, simple solution for your second problem, trade your Tundra for any number of the smaller trucks that are now on the market. Problem solved. It’s such a strange discussion worrying about what other people drive and their reasons for driving it. I agree the 2500’s have gotten too big which is why I’m getting out of it. However, I never sat in my F150’s thinking to myself boy I wish this thing was smaller. 2 kids, 2 dogs, a truck has basically been our open bed SUV for the last 17 years of having kids. Now, they do their own things so I may go a different direction and keep an old truck for truck duties.
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    This whole issue seems like a very simple thing to resolve. Depending on true level of hotness, I’m sure we can find someone that is willing to “help” out.

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