TU Rob

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Can someone give me an example of "$ after the amount of people"? While it seems obvious what these words mean, that would make no sense to me and I don't recall ever seeing it, so I feel like I'm missing something

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$350 vs 350$. Some other countries list the currency symbol at the back of the number.

Space them well. My dad and I replaced boards on an old deck with it, and I know with pressure treated deck boards they will shrink and leave a gap. I didn't think you needed as much of a gap with the Trex other than drainage, but they will swell and shrink with heat and rain. Some of ours warped a bit and I had to take them up and put them back down. Also they do fine with a light pressure washing. Just don't get the tip too close and use the fan spray pattern. I pressure washed it about every couple of years. We have a ton of pines that drop needles, and that will stain them some. Also the fasteners look to be improved. Our required drilling pilot holes and using the square bit screws. When you're doing that a thousand times it gets old and your bit gets worn out quickly. But it was solid for about a dozen years before we ended up doing a demo and replacement deck.

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So potentially a third of the field with three or more losses? No big deal at all!

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And most of those losses come from the top 12 teams by double digit points.

These teams are not competitive on the national stage. There’s routinely not even 12 teams that are competitive so there is absolutely no reason to expand the playoff. Zero.

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Yeah, I was just pointing out that even at 16 teams or 24 teams it isn't going to be littered with a half dozen 8-4 teams.

I would prefer to go to 8 teams. P4 Champs, throw the G6 a bone and have the highest ranked conf champ let in, and 3 wild cards.

That would bring back relevancy to the regular season. Play to get the 1 seed and you get to face a James Madison/Tulane/etc and it is basically a tune up. Playoffs are done in 3 rounds, ends on New Year's Day.

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ahh yes. the land of the one time use tool.

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My wife's grandfather loved the place. He said you can find so many things for $20-50. Some of them might last for a few jobs, but sometimes you'll get a beast that won't die. He said their version of a Sawzall, he'd bought maybe a half dozen over the years. One of them was over 10 years old and used and abused all the time but it just keeps on working.

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Doubleheaders for Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day.

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Love this idea. Or even if its not all double headers on the 4th, you could stagger that out over 3 days. Depends on where in the week it may fall. At least with Memorial Day and Labor Day that will always be on a Monday.

This year the 4th was a Saturday so that was perfect. Next year it would be on a Sunday, then in 2028 it would fall on a Tuesday so that might be harder. Could always shift it to the weekend before or after when it falls on Tues-Thu.

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What happened to Vienna Sausage, crackers, and beanie wienies in a can ?

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I'm all over the first two, and potted meat. I never did like beanie weenies though.

Only reason I'm really asking is there are requirements they have to check off to earn an outdoor cooking badge as part of camping skills. We've done prep, cook, and cleanup at a larger campout where we're car camping and take several of the double burner Colemans. And they have done a one-pot meal. This is going to be a roughly 5 mile hike back into the wilderness, and they will have to either use a backpacking stove or cook over a fire, with stuff they either brought, prepared ahead of time, or prep and cook on site. I think my son and a few others are actually complete with that badge, but there are still some of our older boys that haven't completed everything yet.

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It's the most convenient penalty in football...on both sides of the ball. It happens every play, and can be called whenever the refs need to. They will go games without calling it all the time. Need to kill the fun? Holding. Need to prop up the favorite? Holding. Scrap it, and come up with something better.

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The most furious ones are when its on the complete opposite side of the field the runner was on. Watching a game a couple weekends ago and there's a jet sweep to the right, goes for maybe a 20-25 yard gain before running out of bounds. The WR on the far left side of the field grabbed a jersey for a split second and the run comes back.

We're taking our scouts on a backpacking camping trip in November, and I'm looking for ideas on what the boys would be able to carry in a pack and heat either over a fire or a small backpacking stove. We mostly do car camping at state parks and other places and end up taking several dual burner Coleman stoves, but this is going to be a bare bones trip. For guys that do hiking and camping, what are your go to meals? We've used some of the prepackaged meals you just add water to, but thinking outside the box a little.

Long story, but finally putting my old Blackstone into the camping rotation and wanting to get a slightly larger griddle to keep on the deck. Doesn't have to be the Blackstone brand, but their 22 inch version with a hood is about the right size for us. Are there any other good brands that y'all have and like before I pull the trigger on that model? I don't necessarily need it to be on a stand. Thinking more about a tabletop model and building my own wooden table and staining it to match the deck.

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hat's like my father in law. He has hearing aids but won't wear them at home. Turns the tv up so loud in the bedroom that even with the door closed I can perfectly hear it.

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My wife's grandmother is the same way. Went through all the doctors and got a good set of hearing aids, but would turn them down or off or take them out at home. Lived mostly by herself and could manage fine. My father in law lives next door and takes care of her, or he did until she had to go to a home. We were out in the yard between the houses and the windows were rattling. Walk inside and she's got it blaring. And then can't understand why no one can hear her when she spoke. Father in law would finally grab the remote and turn it off. Whenever we go to visit there are maybe 6-8 people in there and she just can't follow a conversation, even with them in.