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I saw that the IDF has taken out the gates of Iran's Evin Prison, which is it's largest political prison. Reportedly people are marching to the prison to help release the prisoners.

IDF takes out Evin Prison's gates.

re: 2025 NASCAR Season Thread

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/22/25 at 6:22 pm
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did Briscoe just screw himself with not waiting on the gas man


He is doing a good job of saving so he may be able to pull it off. At this point anyone but Hamlin and I'll be happy. :lol:

re: 2025 NASCAR Season Thread

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/22/25 at 6:04 pm
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I know just asking the question will get me downvoted into oblivion, but what's the story with every comment in here getting a single downvote?


There is a poster that down votes every post, in every race thread for last couple of seasons. Just nothing better to do I reckon.

re: 2025 NASCAR Season Thread

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/22/25 at 6:03 pm
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Not sure when it started back up 41 laps to go


It was around 3:15 CST when it started up. I turned the TV on at around 3:30 PM and they were 10 laps into stage one

re: How do you season your steak?

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/22/25 at 4:51 pm
Basically the same thing I use on Brisket, Coarse Salt, Pepper and some garlic powder. I use a little Worcestershire as a binder and let it sit out on the counter while I bring my pit up to temp.

For common, thick cuts of steaks like Ribeyes, New York Strip, etc.. I'll cook over lump charcoal at 700F. Two minutes per side, let rest for 10 minutes and it is a perfect medium rare just about every time.
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So unless you go exactly the speed limit in the left lane, it’s illegal.


Already illegal to speed. But nothing is ever done to those to who hold up the normal flow of traffic in the left lane.

An example of what this law should be targeting:

Every morning on my way to work, I come into town obviously with other commuters. Most of said other commuters that I encounter every morning are all turning left up the road about 2 miles ahead when we get into town.

With nothing blocking them or even remotely holding them up, someone will turn into the left lane, find the next person up and then ride right next to them becoming a road block..

Why? Because about 12 other people all had the same idea about getting into the left lane. The first person to make the move is not always the same one but they all do the same thing. They don't want anyone getting in front of them to hold them up once they turn off the main hwy.

Meanwhile, people like me who are content to ride in the right lane at the posted speed limit suddenly find ourselves going slower than the limit, sometimes as much as 30 mph because some insecure jackass has created a rolling road block.

Other cars start pouring into the road and next thing you know you have a wad of cars all stuck going well below the limit. All because an a-hole in the left lane has decided to pace themselves next to a slower vehicle in the right lane to "protect" their precious spot at the upcoming intersection where they turn left.

I see the same cars just about every morning on my way to work and its the same situation. Whomever gets over first blocks the road and then the wad of cars starts. Eventually there are always two or three other assholes who get impatient and start weaving back and forth and get aggressive because they are being held up.

It creates a mobile road hazard and the law regarding it should be enforced more. Or at least enforced more than the fricking zero percent that is now.
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Won’t be enforced once.


Just like before. The existing rule was never enforced and neither will this one. If they did, they could fund the entire LSP budget by sitting in any decent sized town in the state and just pulling those over who ride the left lane.
That's two weeks for Israel to hunt down Khamenei and eliminate him, and you know they are going to go into that task full bore.

At this point, who will be left in Iran with power to "negotiate"?

re: 2025 NASCAR Season Thread

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/19/25 at 11:34 am
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More killing it off (Philly is a shithole)


Phelps and O'Donnell need to go. I thought it was going to be hard to beat Brian France's incompetence, but these two together have fricked things up beyond belief.
It's obvious she has never stepped foot on a modern dairy farm before. I think the market will be just fine.
About $25 a month. Sometimes $30ish if I have to do a lot of garden watering when its the middle of the summer.
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This sounds like propaganda.


Yep. At this point they can't have too many functional launchers left and every time they do throw a salvo up there, that just lets Israel know where to drop the next JDAM to take the systems out.

What was the amount of Iranian missiles lobbed up last night? Only 10 ballistic missiles if reports were correct? What are they going to have left to target US Bases with?

Sounds like more like scare tactics to entice us to join in and waste some more taxpayer dollars on a job that is almost already completed by Israel.

re: ATT nationwide outage

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/16/25 at 12:12 pm
One of vendors just got back to us, there is a fiber cut around Georgetown affecting multiple sites in Central and North Louisiana. Unfortunately the cut is on a major trunk for AT&T, which is why multiple services are affected.

re: ATT nationwide outage

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/16/25 at 11:51 am
Large outage here in Louisiana. All of our monitors went off when their stuff went down and our services started switching to backup feeds. It's affecting multiple systems: Voice/VOIP/Mobile and Internet.
I like the waddle of uncertainty as she tries to keep the crap from running down her legs. :lol:

re: Your coffee maker

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/15/25 at 5:37 pm
An 11 year old Bunn Velocity Brew BTX-B10 is what I use. 10 cups of coffee in 2 minutes and stays hot for a long time in the stainless pot. Nothing fancy about it. No timers or other functions. Just put coffee in the filter pour in water and it makes coffee.
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wtf is the minimum tools for a home


A claw hammer
A couple sets of slip joint pliers. One straight jaw set and another set with the angled head.
An adjustable wrench, generally in a couple of different sizes.
A couple of Vise-Grip type pliers
A good set of screwdrivers that include both Phillips and slotted screwdrivers.
A set of Allen keys
A water meter turn off tool
Wire cutters/flush cutters
Zip ties
Duct tape and electrical tape
Roll of Bailing wire
Set of needle nose pliers
A couple quick clamps (very handy in a lot of situations)
Electric drill with drill bits, a bit holder and various sized bit sizes.
A chainsaw for fallen branches/clearing debris
A socket set that contains Metric and SAE sizes and has things in both 3/8 and 1/4 drive sizes.
A decent set of combination wrenches in SAE and Metric sizes
A level
A tape measure
Stud finder

That's a starter kit IMO.

re: 2025 NASCAR Season Thread

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/8/25 at 4:28 pm
Hamlin is such a douche. Trying to bring back that phrase again.

re: 2025 NASCAR Season Thread

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/8/25 at 3:38 pm
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Maybe it’s Prime’s coverage, but this has been a fun race


I definitely feel the coverage has something to do with it. The races seem to go by faster as well because we are not being "commercial breaked" to death.

re: 2025 NASCAR Season Thread

Posted by BayouBengal51 on 6/8/25 at 2:54 pm
FOX would never show these battles taking place away from the lead. Props to Amazon for showing racing action through out the field.