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spicy garlic sauce

It was supposed to be back last week but we are told we should get it again this week. We dont know until it is delivered

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Thanks!

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In my opinion, there’s no question about the first 2 shots being defensive while he was wrestling with someone who lied about a loaded weapon in the vehicle, it being within arms reach, him moving towards the loaded weapon, and then being drug by the car. Emptying the mag as the car drives away, will be what the public is going to question. It could be he was shooting at the tires trying to disable the car from fleeing, the perception of that would look a lot better than shooting at a man fleeing a traffic stop from a busted tail light, which is how some will spin it. I don’t know their procedures or what they’re taught when handling scenarios like this, the trooper could have handled it textbook.

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Pretty much agree with everything you said. They will definitely try to spin it to excessive use of force. The trooper was cordial the whole time before the guy started fighting, the driver seemed like he was handling it well too at first. But once the fighting started all bets were off in my opinion. You don’t know why he wants to get away. I can’t say the officer was even thinking about that though. But when the officer saw the gun he tried to detain him and secure the gun. Guy knew he couldn’t have the gun and was going to jail if he got caught. He took the chance of carrying a gun in plain sight. He was either looking for trouble or trouble was looking for him.

I have 40k miles on my 3.0 Duramax. Comparing it to the 5.3 I had before this truck its better in every way I can think of. My commute to and from work is about 32 miles. With the 5.3 I averaged about 18 mpg between going to work and then running around town when I was off. Similar driving in the 3.0 gets me 28 mpg. That’s hand calculated going by the whole tank. If I only drive to and from work I get over 30 mpg and only around the city I get 23 mpg. I usually get diesel at Walmart and we have a Walmart+ account so we get 10 cents off a gallon, it’s been around 2.95-3.25 per gallon since I’ve owned this truck. The diesel is usually like 50-60 cents more per gallon than gasoline. I get 680 miles to the tank in the 3.0 vs 400 miles to the tank in my 5.3, same size tank in both trucks. My oil changes cost the same as the 5.3 did. The diesel has a fuel filter that costs around $30 to change. And the DEF costs me about $20 every 5k miles. I have a 19’ ski boat that I pull to the lake on weekends and the occasional trip to Arkansas or Florida. It gets around 17 mpg towing but DEF consumption is significantly increased. Towing the same boat with my 5.3 I got around 12 mpg. The torque difference between the 5.3 and 3.0 is very noticeable when towing. The 3.0 moves the boat with way less effort, not that the 5.3 didn’t do well, the 3.0 is just better. I have not had any issues with the truck yet but I am concerned about the DEF system long term. Just because of the horror stories. I really like the truck though and I’d buy another tomorrow if something happened to this one.

One of the only reasons I shop at Trader Joe’s is for their Santa Maria (pretty sure that’s what it’s called) tri-tip. I cook it on my pellet grill on high heat with the grill grates to medium/medium rare and cube it up. Sprinkle a little extra taco style seasoning on it. Then eat it with a home made pico and cotija cheese. Absolutely delicious! That’s the way I do steak tacos but you could just change the cheese up. If you’re close to an Ideal Market they have some good stuff. I like to get the La Chona jalapeño quesadilla cheese to make them. I don’t care for Ideals pico, rather make my own.

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Ethanol-blended gasoline isn’t actually cheaper. It costs more to produce than pure gasoline. The reason it costs less at the pump is A) because of government subsidies for ethanol and B) because ethanol-free gas has become a niche product

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That may be true, I don’t know what goes into producing gasoline with ethanol. But it still results in a significant increase in gasoline prices which would definitely be a negative against Trump or whoever signed that bill.

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There’s also the fact that ethanol-free gas has higher energy content (resulting in higher fuel efficiency).

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According to the google machine, there’s a 3% loss of economy with 10% ethanol in gasoline. Any loss of economy seems dumb when we are doing stupid stuff like auto stop/start to decrease emissions but the cost increase would be significantly higher than 3% if they stopped producing fuel the way they are right now.

I had the same experience 2 years ago. I was ready to spend $10–$12k for a turn key system but when all 3 estimates I got came back in the 17-18k range I was surprised. None of my estimates were itemized and when I asked for a break down I could not get one from them. The generator would have to be about 15 feet from the breaker box and maybe 18’ from the gas meter. No digging, all ran in conduit along the bottom of the foundation. They told me that was some of the extra cost, because it was far away. I even showed one person that came out that I could get the generator and transfer switch myself for around $6k and asked what the extra cost was from. He would not answer.

I got a quote 2 seasons ago to have my 19 ft bow rider detailed, buffed and waxed. It was not heavily oxidized, stays in my garage when not in use. It was $1800 for them to do it. I chose to grab some beers and do it myself.

The war has progressed too far because of incompetence in office. He should have negotiated terms before Russia took all the territories they have taken. Without major US involvement he doesn’t have strength to negotiate anything now. He has to concede.

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If you want to engage your chest more on a bench press then you would have to flair your elbows out. I wouldn't recommend this because it starts to put your shoulders in a compromised position.

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Not exactly. You are putting your shoulders in a compromised position because you are using your shoulders to push when your elbows flare. The machines are able to give you a better mind muscle connection because you aren’t under a bar suspended by your arms fighting for your life. I’d suggest lightening the weight and doing more reps or do some exercises that make your bench press stronger. But first you need to make sure your form is correct. Don’t just guess. Ask someone that benches a lot in the gym and/or research videos online.

Thanks, might have to give it a shot. I drive about 18000 miles a year. I don’t drive aggressively for the most part. I can see the grades on the onstar app for my truck. There are times where I accelerate hard or break hard like everyone else though so I didn’t want them to see that and then hit me with a higher rate.