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  1. Vintner
    I just sold our Land Cruiser. Maybe that was a mistake given how well this one held up?
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    Roth 401Ks are goldmines for the crowd under 35. At least do the company match but the best advice is to contribute all that you can. It’s hard to see the benefit when you are early in your career, because it’s taking away from your discretionary spending aka “fun budget”. The first $100K is the hardest but that will grow and the next $100K comes faster (barring financial crises…but that’s when things get cheap and markets will recover) and eventually the annual growth of your investments exceeds your contributions. Keep the pedal to the metal if you can but I will say that as your earnings increase throughout your career you may choose to shift some to traditional 401K in order to moderate/minimize current taxes. Regardless of your vehicle keep making the biggest contribution that you can afford and keep it all invested in something. Most companies 401K managers have crappy money market vehicles.
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    Just wanted to say thanks to @Francisco 2.0 and @bolverk for the play by play today (and other days).
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    My sophomore year. I was walking across campus to the aerospace building (Woolrich I think?) for class (I was an aero major). As I was walking past the tower, some other student came running across saying something about the space shuttle exploding. I thought it was a joke. I got to the building which was eerily quiet and almost no one was in the stairwells which was odd for 5 mins before class. In the classroom I found out it was no joke. I don’t remember who told us, but word got around that the professor was cancelling class. Somebody said the he apparently knew a couple of the astronauts. I went over to the student union to watch the news. It was a very sad day. Hell the next few weeks were grim in that building.
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    my kind of shirt for a linebacker coach….really any longhorn defensive coach.
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    Any Weber kettle smokers out there? I am wondering what you do to measure the cooking temperature? I’ve been smoking using a slow and sear. Coals on one side, brisket on the other. I position the lid so the vent is over the brisket. That puts the thermometer over the coals so I don’t trust that reading. I’ve been putting my second probe on the grill next to the brisket to monitor temp (250ish). I still seem to be cooking hot because I hit the stall temp after around 2.5 hours. Any advice from other kettle smokers?
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    SIAP I used to follow a twitter account called “Jomini of the West” last year but he went silent in September. No clue who he is but has nice maps and analysis. Just saw he posted again the other day. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1620626767366209537.html
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    Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread. Pretty much the first thing I read every day. Best thread in the many years I’ve been reading. Glory (and victory) to Ukraine!

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