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Hooray!

Until then, here's a gut shot of it. The baffle sits below the grill grate about 4" from the firebox pass through. But you can move it around or remove it.

I'm firing it up tonight for a short, inaugural cook (ribs and sausage) weather permitting. I'll get some shots of the inside and the baffle.

Boom. Head shot. Should be an absolute DOA case. But 'scrilla?

If you start with the premise that Trump is some sort of Russian "asset," it all makes perfect sense.

This is 100% true. There's a list of "never anothers," and it's sad. But we got to co-exist with a lot of them. Could be a thread.

Absolutely brilliant. I had a lot of Jewish friends growing up, and the first time I saw this was with one of them at his insistence. I was so hooked, Goy though I am.

FIFY

That's like 282,750 mb of data.

That's terrifying.

YGIFS approved meme.

I agree. But are we kink shaming now?

If it lands her North Carolina . . . I think that was Donkey Teeth.

I'll save it for the forthcoming thread, but with the older one, it entailed a total willingness to try to understand what it's like to be a teenager in 202x, the knowledge that we cannot begin to understand what that is like, and, for a very uneasy period of time, psychiatrists, therapy, and medication. A lot of it was about finding his interest, with which a friend group follows, and the growing up process. Knowing that other friends were dealing with almost identical situations with their kids helped with parental despair. It was helpful to hear from one good friend, who said, "Do you want to feel better? Same story with all three of my kids." His kids are doing great now too. We had to resist trying to force things. As my mom once said about me, "At a certain point, I stopped trying to raise you right and just decided to raise you." My younger son is a different story (so far). Plays tennis, which has a built in friend group. But he has other friends that he has grown up with. Super chill. Works hard, etc. Just different people, both of whom are amazing humans. /edit to add: Diversity never was an issue. They went to magnet schools in elementary and middle schools, both of which were "out of our district." They both always had diverse friend groups.

Mine went to/are in the public school system here, and while there are plenty of exceptions, their friend groups have tended to be quite progressive. That tracks fairly closely to my friends who live in other parts of the country with GenZ kids. But yes, it is depressingly red here in east Texas. But voter turnout has been record-breaking this cycle, which, hopefully, means the margin is shrinking.

As the father of two young men, sign me up for this discussion. Both currently are healthy and well-adjusted, but it has been a lot to navigate.

Correct. Thanks for catching that omission on my part. Also, if you do this, you are, thereafter, registered in the county in which you cast your limited ballot.

If you have a kid going to school in Texas away from the county in which they were registered (or if you recently moved out of the county in which you were registered) and that person still has not registered in the new county of residence, that person can vote a "limited ballot" (federal and statewide elections) at the main polling place in the new county of residence. In Austin, that means the Airport BLVD polling place. This little tidbit just saved my son an 8 hour round trip drive home to vote. Hopefully, it will help someone else.

Just realized he can vote limited ballot (Federal and Statewide offices) in Austin at the Airport Blvd polling place during early voting Who knew?

Ass, gas, or grass. Nobody votes for free.

There are several at every law school---smart enough to get the grades and foot in the door but not enough baked-in common sense and hustle to be of any use to anyone else.

We thought we had my older son set up with an absentee ballot. Turns out, despite his filling out the info, they only sent him another application. He was home and could have early voted last weekend but didn't realize the mistake until he returned to Austin on Sunday. But he is determined to vote and got permission from one of his professors to leave early on Thursday to make the 4-hour trip home to vote that afternoon. He then will make the return trip to Austin that same day (early classes on Friday). He's going to earn that sticker. I hope there are a lot like him who are going the extra mile (or 450) to turn Texas a little more Blue.

Nice. There's a store on ebay that will make little foot cups you can screw into the table top so it doesn't accidentally get bumped and fall off the table. Good insurance. Enjoy!

A door?