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I have 2 kids in private school and am in my 7th year on the board now serving a 2 year term as Board Chair. I also graduated from one of the worst public high schools in the state, but I had grandparents who were very invested in my education. I’ve seen both sides just for the record. There is a lot of truth in the article although she does take it to a level that only applies to the top percentile of private schools in the country. However, her view on the parent/school relationship and the changes in the dynamics are spot on. The issues have always been there, the parents have always felt an outsized sense of “ownership”, etc. but it has become more problematic in recent years and is borderline toxic. Teachers and administrators are burning out quicker and you aren’t seeing the long-term continuity that was in those positions in the past. There is also an inherent sense of racism built into a lot of them. I would bet a large group of private schools especially in the south have origins to the years of desegregation. The largest one in our area was formed the same year as desegregation hit the school system.

That picture was from a couple of days after I bought this one after busting a rear end in the old one. It took from then until close to year end to get the suspension, bedcover, etc installed because of back orders and shipping delays. The thread I’m thinking of may be on another site or the old one. There were a number of pictures of different shop/garage setups.

There was at one point or it may have been a shop thread actually. Hopefully, it’s minor. My daughter drove her car to a friend’s house the other day and their dog jumped on the side of it. She called freaking out, but polishing compound took care of it for the most part.

Had buddies and their families flying into Denver this weekend, but the snow has canceled their flights. They left out this morning for the 20 hour drive. In my 20’s that would have been awesome, in my early 40’s with kids in tow I’m sitting that trip out.

The garages are just plain garages. The guy before had the back one built because his truck wouldn’t fit in the one attached to the house. It’s an old house so the attached garage is built for 1970’s era British sports cars I think. This is one of the advantages of living in a more rural area outside of TX. Everything is much cheaper. I’ll take the garage talk to the garage thread, back to trucks.

It’s pretty empty right now because I haven’t been able to find a replacement. This is one from a year or so ago. I think i posted some others in the garage thread after it was built. I had it done a couple years ago when you could actually build things reasonably. 60x40, 3 doors, electrical, LED lighting, etc for $40k. There is no telling what it would cost right now.

Finally got the wheels in last week for hers. They have gotten carried away with some of this tech. The video rear view mirror is a little much. I’m not sure I like the close up view of the person in the car behind me at the red light.

Ha, 4 single doors. I could get 5 vehicles in it pretty easily, any additional would have to go in the boat shop.

So we can’t even accurately value properties to assess property tax when done by state run assessors, but we can value those houses, businesses, etc accurately for a wealth tax? Makes sense to me.

Not that we’ve noticed, it looks more charcoal gray in the sun. The painted brick portion is only 10 feet high and then it has a large pitched roof. All the accents (gutters, trim, covered entrances, etc) are white as well.

15% or so return in an hour or less, me and my paper hands bailed when it started bouncing around.

Out at $70 or $75, whichever comes first. $75 will cover all my penny stock money I gave up by not selling some things a few weeks ago, so pulling for it.

They moved the ball this morning, $65-$70 now.

The front and rear 2.0 kit, it is my 3rd set. There are things I don’t like about them, but the market is pretty thin. I keep the factory front coil overs now in case the front set needs a rebuild before I trade it. The last set on my 2017 started to have some issues at 55k and really could have used a rebuild, but their rebuild process sucks if you don’t have a Fox shop nearby.

The one of the left is detached and it’s deep. I can get two vehicles in the far left door bumper to bumper and then any size one in the right door. I just pray every morning my wife still has mirrors at the end of the day because the doors aren’t wide at all.

Only bad part about them is the people before must have only driven compact sized vehicles. They have some tiny garage doors on them for the size of them for some reason. It’s night and day with the 10x14 doors I have on my shop.

What meets the definition of substance for you? Boats most weekends? Cattle at the farm when we go to the sale? I can keep going if it makes you feel better. I’ve been through the reasons in this thread of why I stick with a 1/2 ton, but I’ll make sure to save you a seat at the adult table once you grow past the big boy stage.

Call me old fashioned, but I want my trailer hitch to be a solid piece of welded steel with a ball on it. I don’t want shit that rotates, moves around, has pins, etc. The $40 solid piece from Auto Zone works fine. I also prefer the simple pop out step on the Fords, they are all going overboard at this point. It’s not that difficult to get in the truck bed.

Taking my kids for the first time next week. We’re going to drive over to Snowshoe and see how they do. I signed them up for private lessons the first day because they just want to snowboard, so we’ll see how they do with that before figuring out the other days. Conditions will probably suck this late, but we didn’t want to fly so this was an easy trip.

Haven’t ever posted the new F150 although it looks identical to the old F150. Finally got the Fox kit and bed cover in and installed after being back ordered for months.

No solid ducks, we would find them everywhere during duck season. I’ve got guys I know that can’t stand duck that hunt all season. It’s stupid around here, but we’re on a major flyway and everyone duck hunts. I talked to a guy I know well a month ago that splits a property with 9 others. They tracked their season and killed a little over 3000 birds this year. They have been tracking it because they are trying to flip it for high dollar to these groups from north of us that come in and scoop up prime duck ground. Shit’s stupid and just turns me off to the whole thing. On the fishing front, I may go 100% fly this year and see how it goes. About 40 more days of all work, then I’m heading south to fish the start of tarpon season.

To be clear, I have no issues with those that keep and eat whenever they get around to it or that give to others. That was what I meant with take what you will use. If I can get a trip to Alaska, I’m going to freeze enough salmon to keep me going for a long while. However, more often than not now when I’m at the docks, I see guys wasting whole fish, trimming the easy part of the filets and tossing the rest, trying to find guys in the parking lot to take their catch, etc. It’s even worse with duck hunters in our area. We used to own a convenience store near a major hunting area and they would find bags of ducks stuffed in the garbage cans every weekend morning.

double post.

My interior designer on my office had the exterior of my building painted black. She knew we wouldn’t sign off on it, so she had it painted to try it out. She’s the wife of probably my largest client, so I just shake my head every time I pull in the parking lot at this point counting down the days until it needs a repaint.

White is simple and works well. It doesn’t show dirt, it doesn’t show door dings, it doesn’t show scratches, etc, so it works well for my use. Dark colors are too much trouble. There are plenty of vehicles I wouldn’t buy white in, but I’m not buying them anyways. My wife refuses to even look at white. I had a white Escalade lined up and she balked. My kid picked out a white Escape though, so at least she has reasonable taste in colors.