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    Civil Air Patrol questions

    The scouts not allowing girls was a US issue. I was a member of a troop in germany in the 80s and it was fully integrated. Most of the girls who stuck with it to the level of troop leadership were certainly on the tomboyish side of the spectrum, but gender itself was not a reason not to be in...
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    If he had 2 billion dollars: Powerball Winner Buys Massive $25.5M Hollywood Hills Home

    That's 2 1/2 mil. Buy a house with a 50 year metal roof, a Japanese econo-****box to drive....
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    If he had 2 billion dollars: Powerball Winner Buys Massive $25.5M Hollywood Hills Home

    That's the crazy thing. At current interest rates, he could parcel it out to 4000 banks in laddered CDs and still have 30-40mil/year before taxes.
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    Civil Air Patrol questions

    After I got bored with CAP, I joined a fire department. The difference is that there IS a mission. People do get sick, wreck their cars and light their yard on fire. The reason you crawl out of bed at 2am when the pager goes off is the mission, not a cool t-shirt. So yes, there are the...
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    SVB: Biggest bank failure since '08

    No irony at all. It's just that he was ignorant to how a bank is run when he was in congress. Or maybe go back to a system where you have run of the mill retail banks that are limited in what they are allowed to invest in and specialized investment banks that are a bit more 'off the leash' and...
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    SVB: Biggest bank failure since '08

    That's NYC for you. Barney Frank and Ivanka Trump on the same board. Hard to imagine that an institution under that caliber of leadership would do things that are not up to the highest standards.
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    Civil Air Patrol questions

    What a douchebag. Now to his credit, if you read CAP internal communications long enough, you could come away with the message that CAP is part of USAF. The higher ups certainly like to pretend it is.
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    How bad is traffic in Chicago at 2 A.M.?

    Not bad at all. I have gone back and forth from the east coast to ND a few times, a few times with a Penske and a car trailer. The way it worked out, I usually crossed Chicago late in the evening, never had a problem.
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    Turbulence results in Pax death

    Wasn't there an incident over Greece a few years ago. I think that was some type of control oscillation in a falcon but it shook at least one pax to death.
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    Alec Baldwin shoots and kills cinematographer.

    CRT is an offshoot of critical theory which in turn is a traditional marxist concept. Not the same but related .
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    I went truck shopping yesterday

    4000lb with the tow option. Basically a passenger car with a bed.
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    I went truck shopping yesterday

    So any truck bigger than a Maverick will do.
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    I went truck shopping yesterday

    How much are you towing/hauling ?
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    (NA) Not happy with house price?(NA

    'Thank you for your interest. Feel free to make an offer at the price that you believe the property is worth to you.'
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    Does anybody make use of CB radios or GMR ass in their vehicles on trips

    GMRS is UHF. If you don't build a repeater it's not all that useful. Lots of restrictions and nobody to talk to. Can be useful on a farm property or a ski slope as you can carry small radios and the range is sufficient for that.
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    Fire call last night [NA]

    What a cool picture. The department I currently serve on still owns a similar engine to the one pictured. It was the first new piece they bought at the time, everything before that was refurbished civil defense surplus. As a piece of trivia, the FF standing closest to the engine in your...
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    favorite double edge razor blades?

    I wouldn't buy a 'kit' and stay away from shaving forums. Just like the coffee people, those forums are populated by folks who let this become way too big a part of their identity. Buy a handle. Buy a variety pack of blades. Buy a can of shaving foam --> shave
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    favorite double edge razor blades?

    I like the multi blade thingies like the Mach3 or Harry's. I just find the expense above what a Merkur handle with Feather blades can do is not justified.
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    Vacation (or other) Rental property out of state

    The model is not limited to travel nurses. Every town with a major medical center has a constant demand for quiet rooms in shared homes from RNs, x-ray techs, medical residents, graduate students, pharmacy interns etc. They are not really STRs as they stay for 6mo or a year. They also don't...
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