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Friend's daughter works there so we accompanied him and his wife.

Wow! Best meal in a very long time. BBQ shrimp was fantastic, meatballs, fish, everything. Highly recommended

Home school. It's not that hard and it's very rewarding.

I turned 18 in 1972. My heart sunk when the lottery was drawn for that year.

I drew a 6. I was going.

But Nixon ended the draft before I was called up. Phew.

Happened to me in Baton Rouge. Cops identified the Old Hammond substation as the problem. Somebody in the station copped the checks, went to the "washer" . Got over 13k on that one. Bank made it good.

Saw $2.59 at the Baytown Buccees yesterday. Had to look twice.

Makes the crackerbox POS house I grew up in San Mateo seem like a bargain at 1.7 mil.

Here, it might fetch $200k. On a good day. Zillow tells me the last time the house sold was 1973. If I were the owners I'd sell and move to Arkansas

We did. Our local homeschooling community produced many high achievers, better adapted socially than their public school counterparts. Just a few of the awkward families. Our daughter breezed through college, has her PhD.
The academics were secondary for us, but they excelled, not having to wait up for the many haggard. And they could develop their unique interests.

Re-doing my deck. Same 1x6 boards as before (I've had them in my shop, stickered and drying for months). Camo edge screws come 17/8" and 2 3/8". Which screw do you recommend?

[embed]There are only 56,000 people living there.[/embed]

There are appx 45,000 in Alexandria LA. It has 750 miles of paved roads plus a few hundred more in gravel.

One of my cousins, a good player in his own right, went to Fountain Valley School with Bob. Got to share a stage with him at a school anniversary/reunion. Big thrill for him.