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Not that Bob

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  1. Please give your experiences and recommendations for locks, etc. for doors, double doors, French doors, gates, and windows. Not interested in alarm systems (already have one) and much prefer to not have to clean up the mess if I am forced to use my bedside table friend.
  2. Don't know why my link isn't working. Anyway, go look at Dick Dale's Showman.
  3. www.mim.org
  4. Both of these guys have only one year of eligibility remaining. No way they can learn Sark's system in only one year.
  5. Even when I was young and flexible. that "egg" would not have been my preferred sexual location.
  6. Does that fan dealie work? Looks interesting.
  7. I looked briefly and didn't see anything on this. I like metals just because I think they are fun. Fun to look at. Fun to hold. Just fun to have. My dad got me started, but his reason was "for when the commies take over". I think we all talk about the "security" that owning metals provides, but I never see how that would work. How do you envision using your metals? The girl at the checkout at HEB doesn't give a shit. Of course the HEB would have to actually be open. The gas station attendant, he won't fill my tank for gold or silver. Maybe you could find someone who would trade guns for metal, but you can't eat guns. Question is, and this is an honest question because I don't know and I would like the education. What will you try to do with metals...when the commies take over, or the Ruskies, or the Chinese, or the zombies?
  8. One good thing about a catheter. You can sit and drink beer all night and not have to get up to pee.
  9. The hit at 5:50 third quarter? We would have definitely gotten a late hit or roughing the quarterback called were teams reversed.
  10. Mom always liked you best!
  11. Talk about hearing aids. Brands. Options. Comfort. I know nothing.
  12. Go to a neuro ENT. Do history and physical. Hearing test. Balance test. It's a pita but you will learn as much as is possible for your individual circumstance. ENT may say tough titty but you will know you've done everything you can. Until then live like a nun. No alcohol. No salt. No nsaids. Read the labels on all medicine bottles. It's not only nsaids that aggravate it. Look for the term "ototoxic" and stay away from it. Protect your ears. Pay attention to noise that may not seem obvious, for example the wind and motor noise of a boat. Lastly, tough titty.
  13. As the saying goes, "Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy". Be the Queen.
  14. Similar but not exact situation. My thoughts, worth exactly nothing, but I can suggest suggestions from counselor and being old and weathered. Kids are in the process of separating, which is normal, but not easy for any involved. You can't fix it. Step back. Be kind but unattached. Treat them as you would the checker at HEB, kind but not offering suggestions or help...unless requested, and then tread lightly. As I am sure you know, they don't want your suggestions. They see it as you saying they don't already know this stuff. They see it as infantilizing. And in fact, they do already know. Trust your previous parenting. Play the long game. All easier said than done, especially for dads who have the natural instinct to fix it. I call it "Be the Queen" patterned after the Queens on The Crown. Kind. Interested. But not offering solutions. Trust your previous parenting. You know you did a good job. As for the spouse...I got nothing.
  15. Evidently no Yanks working at the BBC scheduling department.
  16. I get that his "tone" or "timbre" is different, and I get that to some it is not pleasing, but he hits all the notes. No sour notes. No waver or searching around for the note. A chainsaw playing middle C is still a middle C. His guitar work is just fine. He's no Segovia, but he's just fine.
  17. Props for your music
  18. It is very helpful that this book has a "Major Characters" list. I can never keep all the names straight and this list is a great help.
  19. Even more than the cancer the catheter was my greatest worry...sort of. Anyway, it was my worst nightmare. I'll have to say that it wasn't *that* bad. Pretty low bar from my "worst nightmare", but still not *that* bad.
  20. It seemed like they played it the whole game.
  21. Y'all ever hear the SMU band?
  22. Sorry if my post sounded like I wanted to "lock 'em all up". That's not what I intended at all. I only wanted to point out that the problem is multifactorial and difficult to impossible to resolve. No one action is going to get us out of this mess. I absolutely agree with your statements regarding changes that need to be made.
  23. I think that, again, ignores the elephant in the room. None of these shooters give a shit about laws, licenses, or regulations. Psychotic people are incapable of that type of thought. Even people who are not technically psychotic, just really pissed off mood disordered people, have no sense of self control. They are without impulse control. Unless you can catch them in a very narrow window of time you can not stop them. I'd be interested to know what these other countries, who have it under control, have for psychiatric care. Serious question. I'm pretty fatalistic about it. I'm not a gun guy, so I don't care if we take them all away, but I just think that is treating the symptom. The disease is mental illness. Not frequently, but several times in my old mental health career, I was charged by a florid schizophrenic. I was lucky enough to have copious back up, but a raging schizophrenic will fuck you up.
  24. Interesting thought on the "weird elevated place" upon which we place guns. PS Blondo is rude. Also interesting thoughts regarding the "right" to refuse medical treatment. We are very hesitant to require people to "follow medical advice." I have known a couple of people who died for refusing to take blood pressure medications. We are a complex species, and it seems we are too big for our britches.
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