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Being so anti smacks of boomerism, y'all know that, right? Why eat this stuff instead of meat? Because it isn't meat, it's something else. Why not eat vegetables instead? Because it works better than kale if you're making a burger. I really don't see the issue.

More administrators, less performance. Healthcare admin inflation is driven by government rules and mandates, at least in part. Wonder about education?

Pearl Harbor's 'Forgotten Ship' Many remains of the USS Utah dead still are entombed in the ship, which still lies where it was sunk and strafed by the Japanese attackers exactly 81 years ago today. Those killed included one Nebraskan — George LaRue, a gunner’s mate from Sutherland — and four Iowans: Forrest Perry of Northwood, Edwin Odgaard of Humboldt, Ralph E. Scott of Dubuque and Vernard Wetrich of Dexter. Scott’s brother, Melvin, also served on the Utah and survived. It’s possible, though, that some remains that were recovered during a failed 1944 effort to salvage the Utah soon could be identified. Earlier this year, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency disinterred 14 caskets from seven graves marked “unknown” at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, in Honolulu’s Punchbowl crater. Now they are being examined at the agency’s main lab in Hawaii. (DPAA’s second lab is at Offutt Air Force Base.) The story of the USS Utah is a barely remembered footnote to the Pearl Harbor raid, compared with better-known ship casualties on Battleship Row such as the USS Arizona (1,177 dead) and USS Oklahoma (429 dead). It apparently was attacked by mistake. “It bothered me that the Utah, nobody ever said anything about it,” said T.J. Cooper, of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, who authored a book in 2009 titled “The Men of the Utah, the Forgotten Ship of Pearl Harbor.”

Hey, at least we have our ex-governors doing productive work. Those license plates aren't going to make themselves, you know.

I heard similar stories about legs. With legs, amputation is mostly a non brainer because the dead weight is annoying in so many ways.

Maybe they need an attitude adjuster... https://m. Link to video

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Take a 0 off and I would do it.

Sometimes I think I live in a crazy part of the world. Then something comes along and shows me, there are crazier places.

@Aqua-Letifer

Our youngest dog just rolls over on her back and asks for her tummy to be tickled. Guilt is not something she does. Random acts of chaos and destruction most certainly are.

Yep. I grew up playing on the mounds at Fort Ancient. I'm glad to see their significance recognized, although it might mean they are no longer as accessible to the public.

@Horace said in Money can drive you nuts.: @Jolly said in Money can drive you nuts.: she now has more money than us peasants normally fool with...Not enough to burn a wet mule on a windy day, but enough to char him over good. Let's see. Carry the two, divide by the square root of pi... I'm getting $4,523,631.67, give or take. Do it in $1 bills, rather than in benjamins...

Thought it might be an advertisement for a tiktok account.

@Mik said in Biden buys back union graces: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-to-announce-36-billion-for-ailing-teamsters-pension-fund/ar-AA152VEL?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=beb0fd788a814a0a81a9f7f2c478e017 OPM, again. Does this have to pass congressional muster?

With the transfer portal and NMI money, college football is becoming a lot like the pros.

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@LuFins-Dad said in A question about singing.: @Doctor-Phibes said in A question about singing.: @LuFins-Dad said in A question about singing.: There’s no such thing as a beginner piano, but there are beginner saxophones/flutes/etc… I would not want my son to start on a Selmer Mark VI Alto Sax, for instance… when you are starting, you need something that will create a tone and pitch easily and is easier to control. Is that true, though? I learned to play on an old Selmer alto, the main reason for buying it was that it was cheap. When it was produced in the 1930's, it was a top-of-the-line instrument. I'm not sure I buy the idea of a pro-instrument being harder to play. My experience was the opposite. Cheap saxes generally aren't as in-tune. I thought the reason for student instruments is that they're cheap, and kids will not typically treat them particularly well. Also, they'll most likely not stick with it, so there's no point buying them a good instrument. It was the way I was taught… And what I was told in school…When I had Luke start, I had him use my Cannonball. Decent instrument. Not a Selmer Mark VI or even a Super Action, but decent. He was all over the place and couldn’t hold the pitch. He was discouraged. Went out and got him a Selmer AS500 and it was much better. But tye AS500 is a nice little horn… OK, I hadn't experienced that, but I believe you. As far as Mark VI's and SBA's go, my understanding is there's really great ones, but also not so good ones. The intonation can be questionable on the less good ones, since there's more variance due to the old-fashioned manufacturing techniques. My old Selmer Radio Improved sounded great, but the action left a lot to be desired - it was very loose. Maybe not the best choice to learn on, but back when I started you kind of got what you were given. I found the biggest difference when I tried out student horns for a kid I was teaching was in the way it resonated/sang - or rather didn't. They felt fine to play, but they sounded a bit muffled by comparison to a better sax.