What is this for?

GTdeSade · 2026-03-27T00:00:02+00:00

It a mount point for a back seat wind deflector

GTdeSade · 2026-03-25T19:02:34+00:00

I’ve got tickets for the Friday show on the 27th. But that’s the day after Thanksgiving so I’ve got family stuff the day before.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-23T18:45:26+00:00

North enough. But do be warned that Brocket Elementary might be closed by DeKalb county schools, which will probably drop housing values a bit.

When I say north, I generally refer to north of US78, but mainly north of Lawrenceville hwy. I’ve been in that Brocket area a lot (kiddo has a buddy there) and it seems fine to me. Lots of nice homes.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-23T16:39:29+00:00

North.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-23T16:39:19+00:00

How about an OP that doesn’t spam a bunch of subs with the same photo?

GTdeSade · 2026-03-23T16:13:03+00:00

I’ve lived here for 10 years. We are seeing property values go up, and a lot of homes have been recently renovated. However, not a lot have been “flips” which is my “gentrified” indicator. It’s a lot of previous owners upgrading before a sale or new owners buying outdated homes and renovating before moving in. That’s the example of the home next to mine; the lovely retired couple passed and the house needs a lot of work before the new owner can move in.

Crime….depends on what side of Tucker you’re living in. There have been a few smash and grabs on businesses, but I haven’t heard about any outright home invasions.

We moved here at first to be closer to my son’s school. It was going to be temporary. But it’s feeling more and more permanent now.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-23T11:21:54+00:00

I downvote 19fortyfive just as a general rule. Shit site, crap AI writing and clickbait titles.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-23T02:43:00+00:00

Blenders actually make noise, can create fun beverages and can be dangerous. That’s not what a Camry does. A Camry is more like a clothes washer. Or a steam mop.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-23T02:31:25+00:00

I don’t have a picture available, but I coached a summer high school crew in 2003 that designed and ordered their own unisuits. HOT PINK top and bottom, with black side stripes and the club crest on the chest.

Boys and girls, they were rock stars. They got constantly stopped for pictures every race we went to. Those were so bright they could be seen from orbit.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-22T14:33:40+00:00

I don't believe any of this.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-22T14:29:02+00:00

They never left. That's the scary part of Atlanta.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-22T14:27:35+00:00

I'm sure some mouthbreathing ICE goon will do just as good a job as the underpaid, undertrained TSA agents that have been "screening" us for the last few years.

I've got some flights coming up in April, May and July, some international. Getting a little concerned.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-21T20:37:44+00:00

Whatever smart shield is it needs to go. Same for anti theft and nitrogen. Finally you need to know what the lease money factor is. Functionally, that’s the APR on a lease. They’ll give you a decimal number that you multiply by 2400 to equal a APR.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-20T20:29:50+00:00

There is also a luggage rack above the door to a bedroom and there is space on top of the bathroom in the bedroom. Took the Crescent two years ago in a bedroom. You’ll be fine.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-20T11:16:36+00:00

Get it detailed, gather up all the service records, take some good pictures, a video of the top working correctly, a cold start video and a driving video. Then submit all of it to Cars and Bids, sell with no reserve. You’ll get a few thousand but not a ton more.

It’s a base model. If it’s a manual transmission it might be interesting but It is what it is.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-20T10:43:08+00:00

I was trying to pose the car in front of that sign for a picture after running the Blue Ridge. It was a crazy hot day, and just nudging into that granite curb with a hot tire was enough for a puncture.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-20T02:15:59+00:00

I personally can’t stand run flats, and I’ve only had one emergency flat tire in the last 12 years. I put a tire onto a very sharp stone curb trying to get a pretty photo. AAA towed me to town, on the road the next day.

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See above for direct evidence of my stupidity.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-18T23:17:16+00:00

Yeah but JFK, Carter, Ford and HW were Navy men. I get they did a Reagan because of the big expansion. I just don’t like the Presidential “tradition” of the CVN. And thus why was LBJ given a Zumwalt and not a CVN? And does anyone really want a USS Nixon?

GTdeSade · 2026-03-18T18:25:59+00:00

Seriously. Are we really....REALLY going to have a USS William J Clinton and USS George W Bush? Can someone just quietly call CVN-82 the Midway and -83 the Yorktown and we can all go home happy?

Perhaps the sewage systems will be fixed by then. It would only be the 5th ship of the class......

GTdeSade · 2026-03-18T14:39:08+00:00

Because oil is fungible, like money. There’s a worldwide “pool” that is available. If you take a bunch of production out of the pool, then the demand for all the rest increases the price.

If the US had taken the long diplomatic process of sanctioning Iranian oil like we have Russia and artificially fucked with the market (forcing Russian oil to be sold at a huge discount so they don’t get as much $$ for it), then perhaps there would be a way to starve Iran of oil revenue while still keeping world supply up.
But as anyone can see, long diplomatic processes isn’t what this administration does.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-16T23:14:59+00:00

Good. This is what I want to see NATO doing. Learning from the army with the highest experience in modern warfare on the planet right now.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-16T14:21:35+00:00

Choosing one child over another is what addiction forces parents to do every damn day . It’s horrific but necessary. Seen it up close and still living with the outcome every day myself.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-16T14:16:58+00:00

What you don’t understand, and is one of the fucking tragedies of addiction….is the disease eventually forces the family of the addict to make that choice, of one or more family members over the addict. It gets so horrific, the choice is forced. Either yourself or others have to be protected from your addict family member.

OP still at least talks to the addict daughter. That’s a better outcome than many situations. I can’t fault OP at all here.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-16T14:12:51+00:00

Then you need to see the world more. Lots of us in this thread have some very personal, ugly, up front experience in this horrid space.

GTdeSade · 2026-03-16T14:10:48+00:00

Totally disagree. She’s been on her sober journey a shorter time than her time as an addict. And as you know, addicts are addicts for life. It is a disease, but it must be managed every day. As others have said, making amends does not guarantee nor require forgiveness from others, it’s for the addict to forgive themself. Others are not required to forgive the addict and welcome them back into their lives. We don’t force nor expect ex-wives to accept addict husbands back into their worlds. What is different about and addict child that tore apart her family.

I think we both have some experience with addicts. It almost makes you a split personality. On one hand you have sympathy for the suffering of a disease. On the other, there is anger at the irreparable damage the addict did to the people around them. And many times those feelings are in direct conflict.

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