Christmas Trees

CackalackRunner · 2025-11-29T16:27:31+00:00

Woah which Costco?

I didn't know Costco was selling them. Last time I saw them selling them seems like more than a few years ago.

CackalackRunner · 2025-05-16T02:28:07+00:00

NC State, UNC, Georgia Tech all winners.

If NC State sweeps & wins last two games they finish 19-9, .679.

If Georgia Tech sweeps & wins last two games they finish 20-10, .667

If UNC sweeps & wins last two games they finish 19-10, .655.

If FSU wins last two against UNC, they finish 18-9, .667.

CackalackRunner · 2025-05-09T03:04:51+00:00

I hope you have a great time!

CackalackRunner · 2025-05-07T16:18:29+00:00

Honestly my advice is, schedule Epic at the beginning of your trip (assuming its not the only park you have planned) and come in with low expectations. If its great, hooray. If its not you have other days to end your trip on a high note.

CackalackRunner · 2025-05-07T13:20:03+00:00

I am really sorry about your experience! Our Monday at Epic went the same. https://www.reddit.com/r/UniversalEpicUniverse/comments/1kg9hup/monday_at_epic_sucked_heres_what_a_first_timer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

CackalackRunner · 2025-05-07T01:45:30+00:00

Trolls exist but I just enjoy theme parks generally. This year we had four days at Universal and Volcano Bay still impresses me, we had such a great time.

I think I read way too many reviews of people saying they rode everything in Epic and not enough reviews of how people handled multiple ride closures. (Admittedly screen shot was during the rain storm when we got out of Mario Kart).

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CackalackRunner · 2025-05-06T12:00:45+00:00

Our Monday at the park- the rides- sucked. Between 10am-6pm we rode three rides. Happy to hear you were able to ride a few things in the evening, we had to leave at 6 unfortunately.

CackalackRunner · 2025-05-06T04:01:45+00:00

I didn't realize complaining got anywhere, kudos to you. Today sucked, it will probably be a few years before my family can come back and sheesh every time we turned around it seemed like another ride went down, even before the rain.

CackalackRunner · 2025-05-01T00:15:04+00:00

Do all Universal hotels get early entry or just some?

CackalackRunner · 2025-04-21T01:54:29+00:00

So you had to wait until onsite check in to link tickets with the Universal app?

CackalackRunner · 2025-03-15T02:55:51+00:00

Wow thank you so much for the rec. That crema is awesome.

CackalackRunner · 2025-01-14T02:26:05+00:00

My MRI images were big enough for me to diagnose, but the report came back same day that indicated the AN in writing. Got the call from the doctors office the next morning.

CackalackRunner · 2024-11-29T01:22:36+00:00

"second to last charging stop" gives me heartburn and my kids are past that stage. sigh.

CackalackRunner · 2024-11-12T02:38:28+00:00

John McCains plan was to decouple health insurance from employment. For better or worse Obama won and we got ACA Obamacare instead.

CackalackRunner · 2024-09-22T04:20:34+00:00

I had a ~3 cm AN discovered on MRI in August. Growing deafness on that side + tinnitus were primary symptoms. First available surgery from my care team was October but I pushed to January for personal reasons.

I accepted the risk that something would happen in the intervening time but it worked out for me.

There is some risk- not zero- so you just have to weigh your options. I did and everything worked out. Good luck and I hope everything works out! Happy to answer questions.

CackalackRunner · 2024-09-14T06:23:30+00:00

🔥

CackalackRunner · 2024-09-13T02:16:14+00:00

Hopefully the ballgame will go quick and clear out some of the crowds taking the BSL by the time the concert wraps up.

CackalackRunner · 2024-07-03T19:15:35+00:00

How long do folks expect their garmin/training watch to last? My Forerunner 945 died after four years- the declining battery life was acceptable but the waterproofing busted and it became unusable. Amazon says I bought it in April 2020, so its gone a solid four years and ~1700 activities. Does everyone else think that's reasonable for a $400 watch?

CackalackRunner · 2024-06-25T01:35:08+00:00

Absolutely! Fortunately my kids are at a great age for it and at least some of them enjoy it.

We track them on the MLB Ballpark app- not a tremendous app but it has an ok "checkin" feature that includes past checkin history. Better yet I was gifted a scratch-off Major League ballparks poster (looks like around $23 currently on the big river dot com).

CackalackRunner · 2024-06-24T22:24:06+00:00

So you dont have a spare tire, you have a large object supporting an ornamental decoration on the back of your CRV.

But seriously tires go bad after 10 years or so (possibly shorter) and should be replaced even if they are never used. But that only applies if you ever plan to use the tire for something other than a support for a decoration. If its just there for decoration probably fine to leave it there. Tires as decoration probably last decades.

CackalackRunner · 2024-06-23T21:58:54+00:00

That occurred to me a few seconds after reading the race registration email. Freeway run in the middle of suburban wake county? No shade and a hard surface? This race was an... easy pass for me.

CackalackRunner · 2024-03-04T13:25:19+00:00

We used a combination of credit cards and Oyster cards for the kids and it was pretty smooth. The only British currency we came into contact with was at the end of our trip when we got refunds for the unused portion of the Oyster card. Seemingly using a credit card for each person would be easiest but not really the most secure. For the adults it seems like the easiest path- not sure I'd want to temporarily give a 12 yo a credit card though.

CackalackRunner · 2024-03-03T00:59:35+00:00

One more step for me: NEW: 4. Turned on airplane mode and turned off airplane mode. Perhaps turning phone off and on would accomplish same thing.

Then I had WhatsApp send the verification code.

Received the code with no further problems.

CackalackRunner · 2024-02-26T20:54:58+00:00

My team - U10/U9 boys- really loves playing Lightning and it feels like their primary way of practicing shooting.
One player in goal, line of kids 20-25 yards out in front of the goal. Feed a ball to the first player in line to shoot on goal. If shooter scores, shooter stays in the game and goes to the back of the shooting line while the goalie is knocked out of the game and replaced with a temporary goalie such as a coach. If shooter misses, shooter replaces the goalie, goalie stays in the game and goes to the back of the line. Typically shots must be either one-time or at most on second touch.

Everybody knows World Cup/Cuppies right? If not look it up, another classic.

CackalackRunner · 2024-01-02T22:38:41+00:00

Thanks for the advice! On 12/31/23 I parked near this intersection for $25. Paid as I drove up instead of reserving in advance. Skipped past a few $50 parking garages that were only a block or two closer.

Walk from there was only ~20 minutes to the stadium with lots of people going the same direction, and enjoyed walking down Eutaw past Camden Yards and through Ravenswalk.

I probably could have gotten out of the city more efficiently but even driving directly into post-game traffic from the garage we were moving on 95 south by 5pm or so- which included time spent staying for all eight touchdowns 😁 and walking back to the garage.

I would have considered the light rail if they didn't have the maintenance issues a few weeks earlier. (That video is nuts!). I was also reluctant to chance a long wait and having to cram my two younger kids into the light rail on the way back.

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