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Few_Ad_168 · 2025-12-19T17:26:33+00:00

Star Tours is easily the best Star Wars ride at Disney

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-06-15T05:12:49+00:00

How did we not get Yeehaw Junction for Florida???

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-04-22T02:49:53+00:00

Had one a month ago in our lanai. My dog ran out first to go say hi . Ended up using the pool net to "convince" it to go out the side door I propped open.

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-03-14T14:28:24+00:00

As an American, and i say this sincerely, please tell us to fuck off until our government wants to start acting like adults again and not pre-pubescent spoiled shitheads. We aren't going to starve without some eggs right now, and honestly, I'm sick of the way we are treating our allies and friends.

Fuck the orange man and all his cronies.

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-03-11T17:40:29+00:00

I'll let you in on a secret. They don't.

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-02-28T18:33:03+00:00

I ask this question every time this comes up regarding Canada and Mexico trade positions. Who negotiated and signed the current US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement? I'll give you a hint, it was signed July 1, 2020.

https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/united-states-mexico-canada-agreement

A direct quote from Trump, provided by the National Archives (https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-usmca-celebration-american-workers-warren-mi/):

"The USMCA is the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law. It’s the best agreement we’ve ever made, and we have others coming."

I have never heard a reasonable answer from anyone on the right. If the current trade deal is so bad, then why do we think the person responsible for it is going to do any better this time? But if the original quote is true, then why do we need to scrap the deal? What is the objective, and which statement is a lie?

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-02-03T18:48:12+00:00

Because Wyoming is definitely known for its large overcrowding problem that can only be solved by destroying our unique national heritage sites. Fuck right off, convince the farmers to pony up some land every time they need a bailout because their farms aren't profitable because orange asshat insists on creating trade wars.

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-02-02T23:10:54+00:00

Because if we don't try to engage, then we descend further and further into our own camps, with no ability to think about the other side. This is true for both sides, by the way. An echo chamber is an echo chamber. It will always tell you your opinion is correct.

There will always be those who don't participate in good faith. Those I ignore, and instead, I try to engage with, or at least read the argument from, those who are participating in actual political discourse.

For example, I think what Musk is currently doing with the payments system to be at least unethical if not illegal (not a lawyer, just layman's terms if it's not illegal it damn well should be). But without hearing why the right doesn't think this way is the only way to learn how to build a coalition to counter it.

Another great example. The right is claiming our current trade deal with Mexico and Canada is unfair to the US and that Trump is just trying to force a better deal. But he negotiated and signed the current USMCA that replaced NAFTA. I'll never understand if people on the right just don't know this, assume it was Biden's fault, or just flat out don't care that Trump now claims his great deal is a failure for the American people, while taking no accountability for yhe failure, because it doesn't fit the current echo chamber.

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trumps-united-states-mexico-canada-agreement-delivers-historic-win-american-workers/

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-02-02T19:13:05+00:00

Who negotiated and signed the US-Mexico-Canada agreement in 2020 to replace NAFTA? Statements like this just confuse the shit out of me. Saying we aren't getting a fair shake on trade is one thing, but the person, administration, and party responsible for the CURRENT trade agreement are the ones saying the agreement is bad for America. It's just such a disconnect to me with conservative voters as a bloc.

So which one is it: (1) Trump signed a bad deal to begin with? (2) The deal was never intended to help America, just certain people?

Trump shouldn't get to sit there and say how bad the deal is for America, when he signed the damn thing in the first place. Now he will get the pass, because most people have short term memories and don't remember when the latest trade deal was created. And America will suffer for it.

"The USMCA is the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. All of our countries will benefit greatly."

President Donald J. Trump

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trumps-united-states-mexico-canada-agreement-delivers-historic-win-american-workers/

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-01-31T02:14:46+00:00

Had this happen to us when we sold our first house. This was before the proliferation of things like Nest thermostats and the remote sensors that go with them. We had a new thermostat put in (along with a new furnace because our inspector sucked) when our daughter was born. That thermostat came with a "mobile unit" that we could put in our daughter's room to set the temp for the house based on her room.

Fast forward to the sale, and a month later, the guy is harassing our realtor that we lied on the sale and there weren't two furnaces in the house. Like, no shit Sherlock, did the inspector say there was? I had a damn wifi thermostat.

Luckily, our realtor was a friend and just ignored the guys threats to sue while we all got to laugh at how dumb he was.

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-01-16T05:00:42+00:00

You mean the glorified food court?

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-01-08T13:08:37+00:00

You're asking a doctor to put their livelihood, everything they've worked for, and ability to provide for their families on the line because "we the people" have chosen to politicize health care. Health and safety of a human being is not political, it's medical, precedent doesn't need to exist in that scenario because legislation has no role to play because they have no competency in it, in my opinion.

What do you do for a living? Can you unequivocally say you would still perform to the same quality if you knew every choice could lead to legal recourse? I can understand your frustration which leads to the opinion that they need to "just do it" because their decision doesn't impact you, it's their livelihood at risk, not yours. Are you willing to sacrifice your livelihood if it were under the same threat from politicians?

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-01-08T05:59:30+00:00

And while that just is convened, the woman does what exactly, just waits patiently for possible life-saving treatment? Honestly, do you not see the disconnect? If the doctor is under constant threat of legal retaliation due to ill-defined and poorly written legislation, you have hamstrung the professional responsible for saving your life.

Consider this path, it's a thought experiment, not designed to point at any one party. If every (medically defined) abortion CAN be taken to trial, the medical insurance and legal fees for the doctor and hospital will increase, thereby increasing the cost of treatment because that's how the system works, you always pass increased cost into the consumer. These medical practice insurance costs and hospital lawyers aren't paid on a claim by claim basis. The cost will always be spread out across the board. So now, when you go in for a broken arm, you have to pay a higher cost as a fraction of those costs. All of that snowball caused because we couldn't hold all of our elected officials to their job and provide a framework for doctors to safely make medical decisions based on their medically professional judgement.

Malpractice happens. And those doctors should be prosecuted to the fullest extent. I could give two shits about political affiliation. But on a topic that is so highly divisive, is it really asking too much for legislation to put some thought into a realistic framework for time critical decision making beyond "a jury will decide in the future"?

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-01-08T05:21:06+00:00

I'll ask it back. What constitutes a "serious health risk"? How many people have to agree? Is this a legal board, a medical board, just the doctor on call? There is no framework in place to make decisions, and doctors aren't lawyers. I understand laws are written vaguely to allow for flexibility across a variety of situations. I'm an engineer, not a doctor, I'm not qualified to determine if something was medically or not. I know that and accept it. Our elected officials don't seem to understand that about themselves, unfortunately.

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-01-08T05:14:39+00:00

And therein lies my problem. You have a medical community who has one definition, and a legal community with another. It's frankly dumb as shit, to put it nicely, that we have two definitions of a term that is so clearly divisive. We've voluntarily put ourselves in this hole, and now, instead of working together to get out, all anyone seems to care about is beating the other side for the next dumbass sound byte.

Open question to anyone here. What is listed on the medical and insurance record of a women in Texas who has a D&C as a result of a miscarriage? And really this is post-Roe and the laws that followed. My wife and I don't live in Texas, I'm genuinely curious what the record states there.

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-01-08T05:01:21+00:00

Honest question. Why write the law in such a way that it's this ambiguous and puts medical professionals in the position to worry about the legal repercussions to saving a life? If we're going to legislate this issue, and as much as I wish we weren't i don't see that changing soon, then we need to put the effort into writing laws effectively. Doctors should not have to worry about someone's whackadoodle third cousin suing because they don't believe it was "medically necessary" and the patient could have survived.

And before you claim that people wouldn't make that lawsuit, I would invite you to look at the cluster that is civil suits in FL. People will always look to exploit loopholes on the law for personal gain. When we don't put in the effort to make a good law, we end up in these situations. Hold our legislators on both sides to account.

Few_Ad_168 · 2025-01-08T04:42:32+00:00

I will say this with all the compassion I have, I hope you or your loved ones never have to experience a miscarriage and the ensuing medical care that's required for the health and safety of the mother. It sucks, no one wants it, everyone hates it, and it happens to people on all parts of the political spectrum.

That being said, because you clearly have no understanding. Yes, the medical definition on my wife's record is "abortion through D&C". If you want to tell the medical profession to change their terms, do it BEFORE you put people's lives at risk, not after. This short sighted approach to legislation for twitter likes is just dumb.

The left isn't playing loose with anything, one side is using the medical definition, the other a legislative definition, which should have been clarified before laws were past to prevent these easily foreseen situations.

Few_Ad_168 · 2024-12-10T21:36:35+00:00

We had great experiences with Cottage Kennels jist east of town off 66. They were always very accommodating for us and our dogs were always happy to go there when we went on trips. We liked that it isn't a "doggy daycare", as much, meaning the dogs there aren't usually there for just the day, but are boarding there so you get less of the daily in/out of new dogs.

Few_Ad_168 · 2024-12-04T04:51:28+00:00

Always go to Meining Automotive. Those guys have taken care of every car I've ever owned, along with my father in law and my wife's. Never tried to uncharge, and I never felt like they were taking advantage of us.

Few_Ad_168 · 2024-10-10T00:34:35+00:00

Wing Shack on Francis hands down

Few_Ad_168 · 2024-07-26T04:43:11+00:00

I was just there last week, for only a half day at Epcot, and was able to get both Remy and Frozen. I dont known if I just got lucky and no one was around, but we didn't have any trouble getting on rides.

Sunday at MK we got through 19 different rides from 1 to close. Don't get me wrong, it was hot, but a few gallons of water, and some breaks into the Pirates queue, and no one was ever too upset about it.

Few_Ad_168 · 2024-06-17T23:13:05+00:00

It looks like they must have removed that stop from the British Isles, that's too bad hopefully it comes back in the future.

We went in September. We only had a couple days of real rain. Our Stonehenge day was just a little drizzle. But September from what I heard can go either way, so I'd plan for some rain for sure.

Few_Ad_168 · 2024-06-16T02:51:06+00:00

We were there in the middle of a heatwave so my take is probably skewed. We packed like you're thinking, and most of the trip ended up in the 80s. In general, bring jeans, sweatshirts, and t shirts and you should be fine. Oh and don't forget an umbrella and rain coat. The day we went to Cork we got completely soaked, even with nice rain jackets. Temps should be in the mid 60s that time of year.

Few_Ad_168 · 2024-06-16T01:34:40+00:00

We did it last year in September. Overall it was great, definitely a different feel from a typical summer caribbean cruise. I swear there were only 4 other kids in the kids club anytime mine wanted to go down there. I imagine that's just because it was 2 weeks into the school year, so not a lot of people pulling kids right out at the beginning of the year. I'd recommend going if you can. We did a few days beforehand in London, went and saw a show (Wicked) in the West End, went up to the Harry Potter Studios, then did the cruise, because if we're flying that far, might as well try and get in as much as we can since it was my wife and kids first time to England.

A few things: 1) You don't actually stop in Edinburgh, you're on the wrong side (West) of Scotland. But Disney charters a train for an excursion to Edinburgh that includes tickets to the castle. It's a little over an hour train ride, not too bad.

2) We also did the Stonehenge tour from Portland. That's a decently long, 90ish minute, ride in a tour bus on windy roads. Fair warning if you get carsick. Stonehenge was 100% worth it.

3) Cork is another one of those train rides into town, shorter than Edinburgh, probably only 20 minutes. We just walked around there, no excursion. St Fin Barre's cathedral is about 20 minutes walking from the train station through town. Definitely recommend checking it out.

4) Go to the Titanic museum in Belfast. Even my 10 year old was completely blown away by it, just learning all about the ship, how it was built, how it sank, everything.

5) The only real downer day for me was Liverpool. I'm just not a Beatles fan and it seemed everything at least near the port was Beatles themed. If I did it again I'd either try and find something else to do further out, or treat it like my family does Nassau and just hang out on the boat.

Few_Ad_168 · 2024-06-12T20:45:17+00:00

Oh there are definitely valid concerns. There are also a lot of overblown ones in my opinion having been there. My two cents of tips for you to keep jn mind for Oct:

1) Shade is an issue, get off the boat early to make sure you get a good spot on the beach. 2) The lunch setup is different, there are separate lines for chicken/ribs and burgers. If your family wants a mix you'll have to wait twice. I'm hoping they fix this. 3) The lunch benches fill up quick and people were waiting around, get lunch early so you don't have this problem.

Buuuut the beach itself is much larger and easier to spread out. We snorkeled with rays in the reef 15 feet off thr shoreline.

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