Dawgfanman
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| Registered on: | 6/16/2015 |
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re: Do you wish your truck was smaller?
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/12/26 at 9:55 am to VooDude
I have a 24 Ranger XLT FX4 with the 4cyl.
I do truck things but not much hauling. It’s perfect for me to drive daily and plenty of power at 270 hp and 310 lb-ft of torque.
I don’t trust any new truck so it is covered for 100k miles.
I do truck things but not much hauling. It’s perfect for me to drive daily and plenty of power at 270 hp and 310 lb-ft of torque.
I don’t trust any new truck so it is covered for 100k miles.
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re: Retirement Job: Cruise Ship Lecturer
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/11/26 at 10:04 am to UFFan
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Why does anybody go on a cruise? The cruise ship rooms seem to be even more cramped than a jail cell. And there’s no seasickness in jail, either.
No one stays in their room on a cruise other than sleeping.
re: Black people are threatening to bring back segregation
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/11/26 at 9:49 am to stout
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Stop sending your kids to these white schools
In other news:
Test scores, levels of misbehavior, and achievement in “these white school” improved dramatically
re: China is in demographic trouble.
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/9/26 at 12:04 pm to Big Scrub TX
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US population in 2100 scheduled to be way higher than China's, net of all these effects. And China has essentially zero provision for social security or any such safety net for their massive elderly population. We bitch about it here, but we are going to be able to pass the baby boom age out fairly well.
Largely depends on immigration policies and medical care/longer lives. Americans aren’t having enough babies.
re: China is in demographic trouble.
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/9/26 at 11:05 am to Big Scrub TX
Wait until people figure out that the US and nearly every nation on earth is in the same situation to different degrees.
The people with real wealth and power have consistently said we have too many people..
The people with real wealth and power have consistently said we have too many people..
re: Restaurants of a middle class family
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/8/26 at 7:09 pm to tigereye58
Chain steakhouses (Longhorns, Texas Roadhouse), Chilis, local pizza and Mexican places, most recent was a Ramen and Sushi place.
re: How important is it that your children grow up to hold the same values as you?
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/8/26 at 6:28 pm to BrodyDad
I’m generally proud, at this point (they are 20 and 22) when they take an opposing stand to what I feel. When they “buck up” it lets me know they are growing into their own men. They are more sheltered than some so for many this may have come earlier in life. Both are still in college and I provide a great deal of support.
re: For all the young people crying about home prices, here you go.
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/8/26 at 3:49 pm to JohnnyKilroy
I’ve heard that complaining about Boomers and home prices will fix things
re: Do you have life insurance? Who is the beneficiary?
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/6/26 at 6:14 pm to go ta hell ole miss
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Doesn’t take much to replace you.
She would also get whatever is left in our accounts (around 500k currently) and my pension has survival clause so she gets it til death (5k a month).
re: Do you have life insurance? Who is the beneficiary?
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/6/26 at 4:45 am to lsu xman
Yes but a lot less than I did when my children were not adults. My wife is beneficiary and it’s only 60k.
re: “Only good cracker is a dead cracker.” “Right on.”
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/4/26 at 5:24 pm to High C
Those two fat fricks will be dead by 60
re: Commonly held beliefs that you suspect are wrong
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 8:03 pm to UltimaParadox
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Learning a trade is good for young men in this age. This will further continue the education divide between men and women. A whole generation of men are being pushed into generally low wage, physical labor jobs with very little real education. Been a huge push up create a larger cheaper work force of physical labor to replace immigrants that are being pushed out. Most men will fail miserably working in the trades and will be stuck with little job options
Women now make up the majority of med school students, law school students, and college students.
We are headed for a time when women are the primary “bread winners” if they get married, but many will simply choose not to and not have kids.
re: Commonly held beliefs that you suspect are wrong
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 7:37 pm to Darth_Vader
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But on the other hand if you do actually teach them to be a civilized human by your instructions and your own behavior, along with reinforcing those lessons with the consequence of spanking when they step out of line, the results are almost always a well adjusted and well behaved child.
Spanking isn’t what makes this work. The punishment/consequences could be numerous other things and have the same impact.
re: Commonly held beliefs that you suspect are wrong
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 7:23 pm to Laugh More
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I took information from source A and from source B and then decided to do option C. I CHOSE that. Don’t over complicate it
Depends on who controls the information.
re: Commonly held beliefs that you suspect are wrong
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 7:05 pm to armytiger96
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Well then they aren't bright enough because they are not effective in a torrential down pours during the day. If I'm on the interstate and can't see the tail lights in front of me then my hazards are coming on until there is a car behind me then I turn them off.
It’s cool. But it’s also illegal in many states.
re: The Civil War, How Might It Have Been Avoided?
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 6:57 pm to Auburn1968
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That's the opposite of all of the context. Many cultures fought wars to enslave others, but no others fought a war to end slavery. Haiti might be an exception to that.
We didn’t fight a war to end slavery, they fought a war to preserve the Union and keep from losing what the South brought to it. It was the end of the state being the primary organization of citizens and the supremacy of the federal government. The 10th amendment was rendered null and void.
re: Commonly held beliefs that you suspect are wrong
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 6:55 pm to armytiger96
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you not realize that when lights are on "auto" during the day your headlights are on but your taillights remain off?
Most modern cars turn on the headlights and taillights when the wipers are on for about 30 seconds.
re: New Louisiana bill allows colleges to raise tuition up to 10 percent a year
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 6:36 pm to Shexter
Demographic cliff is coming for them all. Lots of k-12 school “layoffs” and non renewals, elementary school closures/consolidations. Too many seats, not enough kids. Colleges will be hurting bad in a decade.
re: Graduation theme. What was your salary at your first “real” job?
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 6:27 pm to canyon
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1982. Entry Level geologist making a whopping 25k a year.
That’s 86k today, I bet entry level geologists don’t make that now.
re: Graduation theme. What was your salary at your first “real” job?
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 6:02 pm to sidewalkside
22k a year, benefits and 401k.
Warehouse worker - 1995
Warehouse worker - 1995
re: Commonly held beliefs that you suspect are wrong
Posted by Dawgfanman on 6/2/26 at 5:55 pm to weagle1999
Marrying young and having kids young is a bad thing. I think 22-27 is ideal.
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