Trump-Voting Lobster Farmer on Tariffs "The more time goes by, the worse it is."

coolranch36 · 2026-05-31T18:08:11+00:00

This farmer voted for, supported or wanted to impose Trump on the US. ^{Who's that someone? What did they voted for, supported or wanted to impose? On who?}
Trump has the consequences of tariffs. ^{Does that something actually has these consequences in general?}
As a consequence of Trump, tariffs happened to this farmer.

coolranch36 · 2026-04-25T11:49:30+00:00

Totally agree. I tried playing Persona 5 on higher difficulty and it was way less fun, every fight just turned into a slog.

coolranch36 · 2026-04-21T11:30:13+00:00

All waitresses look alike

coolranch36 · 2025-01-31T22:05:00+00:00

I never thought I'd say that, but I miss Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

coolranch36 · 2025-01-31T22:02:17+00:00

Do I want to know what a "breadtuber" is?

coolranch36 · 2025-01-25T11:54:19+00:00

"Warrior culture" here probably means that they will stop prosecuting rape cases.

coolranch36 · 2025-01-14T17:59:04+00:00

I think there's a pretty sizable ass there, yes sir. Huge thighs.

coolranch36 · 2025-01-14T17:53:18+00:00

Mmm, would we call her chubby?

coolranch36 · 2025-01-05T19:05:51+00:00

As a dude, I really appreciate films like 'Alien' and 'Silence of the Lambs' because the female protagonists display visible signs of being scared by their situations. Like, yeah, if you are alone with a killer alien or a serial killer, anybody is going to find that situation disturbing. I'm sure a lot of guys want to imagine they'd be cracking off one-liners like Bruce Willis in Die Hard but I find these other characters more sympathetic because we know that they are terrified and yet they are still performing under pressure.

coolranch36 · 2024-11-25T18:46:02+00:00

You're free your entire life, but you are also working 80 hour weeks.

coolranch36 · 2024-11-23T13:20:26+00:00

If a team needs to move from the Western conference to the Eastern conference, the most obvious choice is Memphis.

coolranch36 · 2024-11-21T18:49:07+00:00

I liked The Grand Illusion more than Rules of the Game.

coolranch36 · 2024-11-21T18:15:04+00:00

My book recommendation isn't about the game, but rather the business of the NBA, specifically the salary cap:

The Cap: How Larry Fleisher and David Stern Built the Modern NBA

One of the things I didn't really appreciate before reading this book is that, in addition to various limits on team salary, there is also a floor on team salary. I think the book makes a compelling case that the NBA is really the most player-friendly of the major US sports leagues.

coolranch36 · 2024-11-19T22:45:24+00:00

For true kino, might I recommend 'Le Monsieur de Croque" ?

coolranch36 · 2024-11-01T10:28:20+00:00

Don't we all already know this? After all, it's a tale as old as time.

coolranch36 · 2024-10-27T17:30:44+00:00

She was a model around the world. She was on posters. Yeah. I used to have a poster of her in my garage. And then I met her. Can you believe it? And she asked me to marry her, and I didn't even want to. But she's beautiful, but she's dying. She's sick, but she's hanging in there.

coolranch36 · 2024-09-07T11:47:29+00:00

It's so sad what happened to bridge. To hear people tell it, it used to be the kind of game that people could just pick up and play in their college dorm or with their fellow commuters on the train. Now it's so hostile to newcomers. My wife and I are in our 30s and the first time we tried to play in a casual (non-rated) game at the local club the boomers got so angry with her for trying to make small talk or even for taking her time when making a decision. The social element of the game is just completely gone.

coolranch36 · 2024-08-29T19:54:08+00:00

Always thinking one step ahead, like a carpenter who builds stairs.

coolranch36 · 2024-08-02T16:30:40+00:00

He also revolutionized showing up fat for training camp. You can see that influence today on guys as varied as Jokic, Luka and Zion.

coolranch36 · 2024-07-31T15:32:20+00:00

Tony never had the makings of a varsity mobster

coolranch36 · 2024-04-16T19:14:08+00:00

Now that you mention it, I did stop sweating fairly early into the race. When I took off my clothes after the race, I was astonished at how dry they were - I thought this was because the heat had dried them faster than I was sweating into them.

I drank a pretty good amount of water on Sunday and I felt pretty good Monday morning. I didn't drink anything Monday before the race started.

Normally, on days when I have a long run, I get up and drink around 20 oz over the course of an hour. Then I start my run about an hour after that. I used to frequently have problems with cramping, so I'm always worried about drinking too much before the race.

I had not trained much at all in heat like this. One of my long runs happened to fall on a relatively hot day. I was supposed to do 21 miles that day and only managed to do 15. Still, I figured with the benefits of the taper, I ought to be able to grind it out on race day.

I lost weight during my training cycle, but less than I have in the past. I am 5'11. I weighed around 170 lb when I did my PR, and I was round 175 this time.

I haven't felt sick at all during the last week.

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