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Knocked it out today! Woke up 5:30am and made it to the trailhead by 650am. Got the last spot at the close parking lot. It took us a full 8 hours but we did it. I think I'll be asleep by like 8pm. Lol

Similar to what I was thinking. Dont truly kerge, just gather "the best of the rest." ACC 6 east division (Clemson, FSU, Miami, VT, UNC, UVA) + Pac 6 west (UW, Oregon, Utah, CU, AZ, ASU/Cal). Or even more meta: West (UW, OR, AZ, Cal) + Cental (KU, Tech, ISU, OSU) + East (UNC, UVA, FSU, Clemson)

I got married in Big Bend NP (vows by the second bemches up in the Basin, by the hotel). Met up with a Brewster justice of the peace. He was happy to do it but he told us if someone dies, his official duties for a inquest took precedent. No worries, my buddy is gregarious and would humor us. Already had the minister of life care in his wallet, mail order from the back of Rolling Stone! It didn't have to be official, just something for the family and friends who made it out. Two months before said buddy got bariatric surgery. While he's out in BBNP with us he begins to feel sick. Park people can't really do anything. Ends up driving in the middle of the night all the way to Alpine. Boom, our backup plan out of the picture. Turns out he had scar tissue blocking his guts, and would have died if not for emergency surgery. Side effect. So our backup plan nearly took out our primary plan. Got hitched. Crazy biker woman without phone catered fajitas. It was great. The end.

Fwiw sildenafil studies show an all-cause mortality reduction. Something to think about re: blood pressure and vascular issues. Also helps give boners like a bois d'arc fence post.

If the weather cooperates, and my kids are game (13 and 10) are game, we will try and make it to Guadalupe Peak over Spring Break.

I'm in love with the idea of a conversion van when I early-ish retire. I'm just worried about the cost and depreciation. Buy it for $X, use the hell out of it. Sell for $Y. But would $X-Y have paid for the same amount of perfectly fine hotels, with maybe occasional tent camping out of a standard SUV or pickup with topper? I guess you can't really substitute hotels for true off grid BLM boondock camping. Seems like $50k gets you 200 to 250 nights of hotel.

It just occurred to me that "Peruvian darkness powder" may be a riff on "Columbian marching powder." Carry on.

I'm curious (if you could get the GORs to line up) if 12-16 of most valuable non P2 could break away from PAC/Big12/ACC to make a clear #3 conference in like 2030.

Do it! Might be too much a project for me. I might have been the poster mentioned below who was converting a go kart (Manco dingo maybe? Scorpion?) to electric. Never did get it working. Sold it to an engineer who fiddled with it and got it going. My son complains about that. The one that got away... We have a 36v golf cart. It's fun - the kids drive it about 50x more than do - but it's not really for hooning. So anyone know about brands?

Anyone handy and knowledgeable about such things? My son (10) is interested in cars and engineering and also tearing around the ranch. But I'm cheap. I want something that will last until he gets interested in girls and doesn't have time for his old man anymore. Then I can drove it. What's the way to go? Buy a used yerf dog spiderbox? (But spare parts a probem?) Are modern coleman or gy6 the way to go? I don't have any dreams about putting a 400cc engine or whatever. Keeping it 150, max maybe a harbor freight predator 212. I'm not super handy, but fixing flats and adjusting cables and cleaning carbs might be a fun experience to share.

First set in. Shored up all sides. I need to get my jig saw and embiggen the hole a tad. My hole saw didn't want to cut all the way through. I thought I might need to come back and back fill, but it's tight. I may run a bead of expanding foam. Or not a little air exchange is probably good. After completed the sides I dug another 8 or 10 buckets full. 36" crowbar for scale. And here is my dirt pile. Spoils.

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Bad mental decline runs in my family. Any way I could get like 40 Mexican Oxys for when I'm like half vegetable? I'm so square I don’t think I'll know a guy.

What's the best charity for Turkey/Syria? (Or: a good enough one)

Peterson did experimental rapid benzodiazepine detox in some Russian hospital, where apparently a penis pump was strapped to his junk. Idk exactly. My only knowledge of klonopin is from Jason Isbell lyrics.

Welp: F22: Balloon, UFO x2

F22 kills: Ballon, UFO

From 2011: https://www.city-journal.org/html/1-million-dead-30-seconds-13396.html

This is a reminder then neither SI nor Newsweek truly exist anymore.

I helped an old lady down the street clear her driveway and make it so the postman can deliver mail. I figure I'm good on karma for the next 10 to 15 years.

No "emerged, it's a dry run for an EMP attack!" Surly, I'm disappointed.

And yo Austinz get your airtraffic controllers straight https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/02/two-plane-near-collision-averted-at-austin-bergstrom-airport-what-we-know/

Fwiw I love my corded reciprocating saw with a pruning blade. I use it all the time at the ranch (home of the hole) and it works great for fallen branches. I noticed Cedar Park Home Depot was "out" of blades up in the saw blade section, but in the front of the store they had a ton of 2-packs (9" and 12").maybe for spring?