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straight out of the 1980s with the kale garnish :bow:
My buddy had it. He has serious reactions to red meat for a few years. Lots of chicken and fish in your wife's future.

It eventually did go away, so that is a positive.
spend $300 on a weeklong art camp that is from 9-12 and you get to pretend you kids art is awesome for a week before you discreetly throw it away!

why do we do this to ourselves?
Yeah my 13 year old saying that her summer was "fine" after 2 family vacations and 3 different week long overnight camps turned into an old man "back in my day" rant
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Pros/cons from those of you in the field?


Pros: Good money and stable

Cons: Lots of travel during storm season (especially if contract), lots of OT, relatively hazardous job
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and I have a guys weekend in Nov that dwarf the summer number, but those don't count, right?


Your guys weekend trip is more than $8K for just you? Damn son.
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Would that be enough?


Of course not.

None of the suggestions in here would be enough because that money would just get funneled somewhere else.

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Couldn't imagine spending more than that just to go sit on a beach


Our government steals from us.

They all steal our taxes by funneling tax money through corporations and foundations via bloated contracts that end up back to them.

And then tell us to be mad out your neighbor for paying less taxes than you.

The only way we will ever get rid of the debt is if we burned it all to the ground and started over.

So just stop paying taxes. Commit fraud. They do it. Why should we care?

re: Data Center monetization

Posted by Salmon on 8/20/26 at 1:17 pm to
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I believe the same may be coming where the internet isn’t free.


You get free internet? Damn
Family of 4

Turks and Caicos - 6 nights - It wasn't cheap

Orange Beach - 4 nights - Shared condo with friends and it was a lot cheaper than Turks
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I mean, this is probably a pivotal part of their "business plan."


100%

because there are people that just pay it without questioning or even looking at the bill

and those people are supplementing the people that just throw all medical bills in the trash
SON YOUR MEETING AINT THAT IMPORTANT HOW AM I SUPOSED TO HERE MY PHONE IF IT ON SILENT
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and how is the sole provider of ambulatory service for out county out of network for blue cross


Probably because they know most people in your county have BC and frick y'all thats why
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Its pretty wild honestly


Is it though?

Seems pretty standard practice in our healthcare system.

Why is "out of network" even a fricking thing?
I just want some rain.

Or at least a cloudy day.

Something other than 103 degrees and sunshine and my A/C running 20 hours everyday.

I guess we are paying for last summer, where I don't think we ever hit 100.
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a positive extended weather outlook?


We are supposedly going to have a very cold and wet winter.

Which seems impossible right now.
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My "retirement" plan is to do woodworking with my spare time and possibly selling stuff but I'm not convinced there is enough in it to make a living off of it. But as a retirement plan, do something creative, productive and bring in a little extra here and there would be perfect.


It could definitely supplement your retirement.

Once my Dad retired, he and my Mom rented space in a small flea market to sell small items my Dad would make. My Mom would also resell things she found at garage sales. It began as a way to keep them busy and make a little side money.

Well 5 years later they have their own space and own antique store and make between $3-$5k per month reselling junk my Mom finds at garage sales and furniture that my Dad either flips or repairs or repurposes into something else.

It definitely keeps them busy and they have made friends doing this as well. They travel all over "junking".

They love going to Amish country and buying old wagons and repurposing. They can buy an entire old wagon for $100 and come back and sell just an individual wheel for $100 per.

re: Meanwhile, in the Congo....

Posted by Salmon on 8/19/26 at 3:44 pm to
Speaking of lockdowns, are we not all supposed to be in Hantavirus lockdowns right now?

I was assured they were coming from the usuals.