LaLadyinTx

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It’s weird.

They show up and their reaction is simply Hey Kevin we’re glad you’re safe….frick we’re outta milk.

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Like mama sneaks in and just stares at him. WTF? A normal mama would have run over and hugged him so tight.

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Flooding the labor pool for jobs like painters, framers, concrete workers, and farm hands with people willing to live 10 to a single family home and work for the cash equivalent of $3-7/hour has certainly resulted in jobs Americans could be doing evaporating and Americans losing opportunities. This results in increased welfare dependency which has certainly driven a lower quality of life

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Have you been to Houston? I can assure you this is not what is happening here. Jobs are plentiful and anyone who wants to work is working. The only people who are making minimum wage are the lowest janitorial and fast food workers. Yes, the illegals have cornered the lawn business, but nobody else wants to do that job for what we want to pay. If someone charged more, many people (me) would just start doing the work myself. Without the illegals, we do not have a large enough labor pool to do the work in our city.

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Everybody is either cheating on someone, or stalking someone or behaving in some other ridiculous manner yet we are supposed to be rooting for these folks? Spare me. And yes Ive seen it several times, much to my chagrin

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Agreed. I just don't love it. I'm not a hater, but there are so many better choices that I don't want to waste time on it.

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Blue Sophie handed the game to Savannah/Rizzo last week with her choice to steal Steven's advantage. It would have been a huge power move to steal Rizzo's idol and then vote him out, but at the end of the day she cowered to Savannah/Rizzo and fricked herself out of her advantage.

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100%. Blue Sophie fricked herself. If she had stolen it, letting Stephen go is fine, because the next tribal they can take either Rizo or Savannah if by some change she didn't win immunity.

Although they are stupid for not voting Rizo and making him play the idol (or just blindsiding and sending him home), I do give Rizo some of the credit in that. I do think that Rizo is generally likeable. Yes, he's nerdy, but remember that he is in sales. I think he's actually pretty good at reading people. He or Savannah absolutely deserve to win this game.

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But, based on the way they’ve edited Kristina as a buffoon, I just don’t see it.

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Buffoon yes. I don't think she'd have Stephen or Yellow Sophie. But they also edited her as likeable. She doesn't seem to bug people. You never know about juries.

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Economically kids make no sense (they cost a lot)

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100%

I'd add that 2 very good friends of mine never married and are childless. Both had professional jobs, one a CPA for an oil and gas company and one worked for the Federal Reserve with a masters in Econ. They both retired at 60 and pretty much take 2-3 big trips a year and many other small ones. One of them takes a week long cruise every other month and the other goes to NYC 4-5 times a year to see Broadway plays. They are multi millionaires. It's a lot easier to have this life without children.

OP, figure out what you want in life.

You may have already gotten the vaccine. But yes, get the shot. I'm 63 and had shingles in May. It's by far the most pain I've ever had. Much worse than having a baby. Maybe equal to a scratched cornea, but that didn't last very long. I had them on a nerve area that curved around my left side from the back and even had some that were in my belly button.

I could barely stand up. My master BR is upstairs and I had to lean on the railing and go slowly down and up stairs. Any movement was just excruciating. Like other, I know people who had side effects from shingles as well.

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21". I am still using my eBags 21" 20 years after I bought it. Brand was bought by Samsonite I think. Just don't go hardsided.

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I have a set of eBags I bought 12 years ago that have traveled all over. Not hardsided. They have a couple of spots that are dirty (like maybe some grease), but aren't worn at all. These were checked, not carry on, so they've been banged around.

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So is his whole power gaining deal due to believing in himself? If that's the answer, can't everybody believe in themselves and dude has no chance? Or was he jacked into the sucky matrix and got out so he is now granted super powers? He started feeling the upside down stuff in season 2, and yet no mention of "mang believe in yourself and you do super stuffs". If I remember, his sexuality was checked off as "none" in prior seasons, which makes a ton of sense.

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Not at all. It's not all about believing in yourself that gives you power. His power has been there and growing as he began to realize that he could see as if he were part of Vecna. Once he realized he could see as part of Vecna, he realized that he might be able to ACT as Vecna and have access to that power. He needed the confidence he gained after talking with Robin (and also after Mike mentioned that he probably had power he could use) to actually be able to tap into that power. If he were not confident in it's use, he would quickly get beat down and not use it effectively. I feel it's sort of like when Harry Potter learns to use his Patronus. You can't do it half arse. It's your all or it doesn't work.

We did Ruby Princess.

If you can do a one way cruise starting or ending in Vancouver, it's better. We did Seattle because we wanted to see a little bit of the city and it was cheaper. However, the Seattle/Vancouver portion is just at sea and has the potential to be the roughest water.

Don't miss Glacier Bay. I would not take an Alaskan cruise without Glacier Bay if I had not seen it before.

Skagway - the White Pass Yukon RR is great. Book Chilkoot tours and do rail and bus. You see more that way and the bus is a smaller, 24 passenger one. Because of the size, they can choose to stop along the way if there is something to see, like a bear, etc. You should book directly with this company. They have been doing it for years and don't mess up. No need to be in a big group with the cruise.

We booked whale watching in Juneau with Jayleen's Alaska. Her dad is one of the guys that started Harv and Marvs. We were on a small boat and it only holds like 8 people. I prefer the small boat to the bigger ones the cruise lines sell. This really depends on what you are looking for. I always prefer small groups. You are perfectly safe booking with smaller companies for whale watching. They get you back.

We also just took a taxi to Mendenhall Glacier and saw it on our own. Called for a taxi back. There are also buses. I just prefer to be on my own time as there isn't really any benefit from a tour guide here. The glacier is less than a mile down the trail. It's a short walk to the visitor center. The taxi drops you at the park ranger gate, while I think tours can drop you at the visitor center.

We went in mid June. It was very cold (55 degrees) and rainy for a lot of our trip. You need a bunch of layers and a hooded rain jacket or some kind of poncho/frog togs. Ketchikan is pretty much the rainiest place in the US. I needed all my layers and was warm enough with long underwear/leggings or long sleeved tech shirt under whatever leggings, pants, or shirt I wore. I also wore a fleece jacket with a rainjacket over it. I'm cold natured and live in Houston, so Alaska felt just like winter in Houston. Sometimes it's 70 and sunny, so could be anything.

We did a sea plane trip to Misty Fjords and landed on the fjords and watched a bear snacking on a bunch of berries. The fjords are gorgeous and show how vast and untouched Alaska really is. This excusion can easily get cancelled due to weather and also can be a little dangerous. Make sure it's a reputable pilot/company. Planes crash up there pretty often. Our pilot who was pretty well known crashed the next year. Those pilots have to talk to each other a lot to stay safe.

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We loved our tour, but know before you go.

Alaska is the most beautiful, and truly untouched place I've ever been. Even with the tourists that go, Alaska is so large, that there really aren't people everywhere. The main tourists are from cruise ships so it's not too busy in ports.

Also, agree on paying attention to port times. It stays light a long time and you want to take advantage of that, if possible. An Alaskan cruise is about the ports, not the ship. You want to be a floating hotel that allows you to see as much in port as possible.

Agreed on Skagway Brewing and walking around the town a little. We also liked the Red Dog Saloon in Juneau even though it was touristy. It was very rainy for part of our Ketchikan day, so we didn't walk around a lot, but I wish we had gone to the Totem Bight park. It should be an easy taxi or bus ride. You don't need a tour. Same for the lumberjack show.

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The kid was LSU the whole time until the very end when a boatload of cash came in. He didn't get better as the year went on, maybe that Michigan staff isn't for him. After all. I'm curious to see if Lane kiffin being here would change his mind..... I know I know screw him blah blah blah. But what if

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The kid was mostly just using LSU to get more money from Michigan where he really wanted to go to school.