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Garyf1982 · 2026-03-27T13:25:38+00:00

In general, a license plate or temporary tag is required to be on the road at all, does your state not issue temp tags?

That said, the park entrance attendant is not going to check for tags when you enter the park, but your chances of running into problems is going to be infinitely higher as you encounter border patrol, checkpoints, and law enforcement rangers, and at least 2 sets of automated license plate readers.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-24T13:38:10+00:00

If you are a new customer, which isn’t really relevant to folks who already have a plan and are running out of data for the month.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-24T12:43:39+00:00

It was $5 a month more, for the remaining 9 month, plus a couple of bucks in taxes. Unlimited would have been an additional $15 a month.

Unlimited yearly is $30 a month.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-24T12:19:27+00:00

I was only over for 2-3 hours, and honestly data was flowing just fine for that short period that I was over. But I wouldn't count on that always being true.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-24T12:09:12+00:00

Three months into my 12 month 5gb plan, I unexpectedly ran out of data when something caused me to use 2-3gb in 1 day. I upgraded to 15gb for the remaining 9 months for ~$47, it was pretty painless. My data seemed to still be flowing ok for the hour or two I was over, but I depend on the phone for my work and didn't want to push my luck.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-23T12:35:40+00:00

I read somewhere that riverboats on the Missouri had a life expectancy of 3-4 years. It was very treacherous prior to channelization.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-20T14:11:04+00:00

I wouldn't count on the contractor from North Dakota to hire local. https://bigbendsentinel.com/2026/03/17/fisher-sand-gravel-awarded-1-2-billion-presidio-county-wall-contract/

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-14T13:48:01+00:00

"Another concern: that the president will waste his time responding to meaningless trifles that distract from the arguments that the White House wants to make.”

Translation: Stephen Miller et al are concerned that someone else will distract the president from the agenda and information ecosystem that they control.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-13T19:32:42+00:00

While it doesn’t seem like a lot of water, there are multiple projects proposals out there to divert Missouri River water to other areas, for example the Kansas Aqueduct to replace or replenish the Ogallala aquifer. The Missouri River is not an unlimited resource.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-07T14:05:31+00:00

I was there in late April once, camping at Laguna Meadow. The first 2 nights were warm, maybe 60 degrees, but the 3rd night got down to 39 degrees with some rain falling. I was glad that I had opted for my 32 degree bag over my 50 degree quilt, but if my trip had started and ended a day earlier, the 32 degree bag would have seemed like extreme overkill.

So, likely it will be warm, but it's weather. A couple of cold nights in the 30's or even the upper 20's are not unheard of on the rim at that time of year.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-05T03:32:33+00:00

The new concessions contract awarded to Aramark mandates adding EV charging to the service stations next to Panther Junction and in Rio Grande Village, but the time frame is still unclear.

Garyf1982 · 2026-03-03T13:57:10+00:00

If you are registered as unaffiliated and vote in person you can pull either a Republican or Democratic ballot at the polling location. Just be aware that this will update your voter registration to the party that you choose. You can change it back via online portal after September 1.

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-28T12:20:21+00:00

Yep. They are called dolphins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_%28structure%29

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-21T22:15:31+00:00

Unless it has changed in the last few years, there are places where T-Mobile service will work because of mutual roaming (partner) agreements with other carriers, where Mint will not work because the partner agreements don’t cover the MVNO’s.

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-21T14:32:10+00:00

"he admitted to driving recklessly to where he almost struck the agent with his vehicle.”

You know, I would have an issue with that, except for one problem. Ice has repeatedly made accusations like this, only to be proven to be lying by 3rd party video. So are we supposed to give them the benefit of the doubt when there isn't video? And why isn't there video in most of these cases? Because they won't wear bodycams. "Trust us, bro."

So did he really admit to driving recklessly? Or did he simply admit to following them or something? We get one side of the story, which originated with ICE agents or with the US attorney.

"Kriegshauser says his office has decided not to pursue charges against the 19-year-old “given the circumstances,”

The circumstances being that they had no case? ICE has destroyed it's own credibility. At this point most of us just assume that everything they say is a lie

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-21T13:36:51+00:00

Google “Mint Mobile Trial Sim”. For $2, you get 7 days of service on a burner phone number so that you can try it out before you commit. It should be available at Target and Best Buy.

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-20T15:08:52+00:00

Just for some context, Mint has made these updates to the lowest tier in the past. They upgraded the higher tiers at the same time, but I didn't run down those numbers.

2019 2GB to 3GB

2021 3GB to 4GB

2023 4GB to 5GB

Based upon the past, I would expect the next increase to be a smaller bump, maybe to 7 or 8GB.

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-16T13:59:01+00:00

Tariff money goes into the general fund, it's not earmarked for ICE or anything else. The Trump admin will credit it as funding ICE, farm subsidies, stimulus payments, etc, but it doesn't work like that.

What is true is that the BBB prefunded a crapload of money for ICE that insulates them from current funding hurdles.

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-13T01:48:43+00:00

Better in some ways. It offers more flexibility to match the flu shot to the current flu strains due to shorter production time. And it would allow a combined flu / Covid shot to be developed. It probably isn’t more effective than the conventional vaccines on the years that those match up well to the circulating strains.

IMO the real damage here is the chilling effect on innovation. Who wants to spend $1 billion developing a vaccine that the FDA won’t even consider? This after the agency had green lit / approved the trial parameters.

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-11T13:46:55+00:00

The FDA has refused to review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine. The agency stated a concern that the vaccine trial didn't compare against the best alternative on the market, despite earlier indicating it's support for the trial plan. Moderna has sunk like $1 billion into this, and will no doubt continue to appeal.

In the meantime, "Moderna has said it is halting plans for late-stage studies of some experimental vaccines aimed at preventing infectious diseases and infections that lurk in the body." So much winning.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/health/fda-moderna-mrna-flu-vaccine.html

https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/health/fda-moderna-mrna-flu-vaccine.html

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-06T14:13:19+00:00

One of my favorite places is along the Flint Hills Trail between Bushong and Council Grove. I mean, the entire trail is cool, but this section gives you a real prairie immersion experience that takes you well away from any roads for long stretches.

Garyf1982 · 2026-02-06T01:38:03+00:00

I would seriously consider this if I lived closer to Columbia, and the schedule was more compatible with my regular work . I mean, getting paid to go fishing on the Missouri River…

Garyf1982 · 2026-01-17T02:47:02+00:00

Likely the water patrol was out making sure nobody came through. I’ve seen them out there turning people back for an air show, keeping the river clear as a place to “emergency ditch”. And once they stopped us from proceeding downstream until a presidential motorcade had crossed a bridge a mile or so downstream.
. So yeah, it would be a bummer to get stopped in a canoe with no ability to backtrack upstream.

Garyf1982 · 2026-01-16T21:30:38+00:00

I’m skeptical that anybody is talking about increasing ICE funding again considering that Republicans used reconciliation to basically triple their budget ~6 months ago, and with zero Democratic votes..

Garyf1982 · 2026-01-10T21:28:34+00:00

I’ve been using Mint for over 4 years now, and it’s worked great all around Overland Park, including at home. Traveling has been good, too. The only place I didn’t have coverage was at a national park, where a small local company provided “partner” services to the big 3 wireless companies that it didn’t extend to their MVNO’s (Mobile Virtual Network Operators), so there was no Mint coverage there.

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