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Do folks eat these things?

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I'm pretty sure Swordfish is considered a great eating fish. Never had it personally and don't know if size matters.

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realize I’d killed it for no reason.

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If there's one place people aren't going to do that, it's The Keys. Not saying there aren't people who break the rules, but the general view towards killing a fish is way different than my experience growing up in South LA. Wife worked for the Convention and Visitors Bureau (Tourism Dept.) when we lived in LA and the focus was often on fishing trips. The amount of criticism I remember them getting for an ad they ran showing someone with a limit of specks from people in areas like the Keys was comical. I've made one charter there as well and generally would think their captains are going to stay in line as it seems like bad press to kill an unacceptable fish.

They did finally ship. Just took a few weeks after order and shipped after the date they said it would actually be delivered. Not a huge fan that they were off on what they published and then when I asked, they had no details as to why or when it would ship. But in the end it seems to have worked out.

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There also has been a relatively recent movement by pros to take spin off of 125 yards and in shots. Instead of playing the ball behind the hole and spinning it back. Many are hitting 50-75% shots and playing more of the 1 hop and stop action into greens.

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I think this is just a different style shot. Lower trajectory wedge shots. They still need a lot of spin to get that check. Outside of not wanting a super spinny drive, the only time I think of spin is when my pitches and chips have absolutely no check up. I'm a 14 handicap and haven't been dumping a bunch of money on balls just yet, but did pick some up with the recent buy 3 get one free sales. And that's the biggest improvement I'm looking for. Maybe a few more yards on my drive, but mostly stopping the ball from around the green.

Gas station by my house has had Zyn at $14-$18 per roll the last couple months. But it fluctuates. Wish I could just kick it in general, but also wish I liked other cheaper brands but haven't found one yet. Zyn is like $6-$7 each normally.

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Airbnb owner must now replace all of the items.

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Sounds like there may be an online market to turn a profit on those items

Just bought a new truck a few weeks ago. Ordered a Retrax Pro tonneau cover from Realtruck. Actually originally ordered the Retrax One, but about a week later they came out with a sale and decided to cancel that one and upgrade to the all aluminum Pro version. Didn't think too much of the fact that my order was still pending on the first order and was happy it allowed me to cancel. But now I'm sitting 11 days after ordering the Pro version and it's still sitting in "pending". Reading online horror stories of months of waiting from Realtruck, but also know it's easy to find those stories when you go searching. I've seen Realtruck mentioned here. For those that have used them, is it typically reliable service? I've called, but they said it will take a few days to track down in the warehouse and get me a response which is now after the date they guaranteed it'd be delivered by. I'll just cancel and get somewhere local if this looks like it's going to turn into a rabbit hole of chasing a delivery over the next few months.

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20-25-30% suggestions. America lost the plot.

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That's really my biggest gripe. Sure, I can't stand that every place where you serve yourself now expects a tip. I have no issue leaving $0 if I don't have any sort of service.

The percentages have gotten out of hand. In the early 2000's, I waited tables while in school. Was like chain restaurants, so admittedly nothing fancy. I vividly remember 15% being considered normal. Then it pushes to 18%. Now many places have 20% as the minimum option. It's getting absurd.

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Only the wealthy can afford Disney World

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Have you been recently? Yeah, it's expensive, but doesn't seem to stop plenty of trashy looking people from dropping the cash to go.

If you work in the industry, it's pretty hard to watch the movie. I wasn't even hired on yet when that all happened. But watched it after having industry experience. I can't speak to the details of that event itself, but when you see how much of a stretch everything else is, you basically can't take anything in the movie seriously as far as historical accuracy. For entertainment purposes, watch away. For a true understanding of anything, do not reference it as a documentary.

I'd probably go through LAB if I was going to change the shaft. But then at that point, I may look at selling my previous putter and just getting a new one from them.