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re: Interstate tire scraps

Posted by Loubacca on 1/9/26 at 2:18 pm to
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If it’s trucks, they are recaps. Every tire but the front wheels. That’s why truckers should have a stick with a steel wrap to “knock” the tires to verify ever tire is inflated…..every time they stop for a break.


Not everyone uses recaps.With the flood of cheap, Asian tires entering the US, recaps aren't as desirable as they used to be.
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That interviewer is a babe


This is where I was concentrating.
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At one time I would have thought these were just the fringes, but my wife's family is from Wisconsin and Minnesota.


They need to move down to an urban city in the South. That will give them the proper perspective.
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His father used to be the director of football operations or something at Oklahoma State. Probably why he got the special treatment. Judge was an alum.


His father was director of football operations for a couple of years at LSU when Les Miles first came here.

re: 80's seafood go-tos in BR

Posted by Loubacca on 12/11/25 at 3:16 pm to
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schwabs come on, give it up for the old school GOAT buffet


Tell em JR sent ya!

re: Best revenge stories?

Posted by Loubacca on 12/11/25 at 2:28 pm to
Edmond Dantes in the Count of Monte Cristo

The dude was imprisoned for 14 years and eventually took his revenge on the guy who put him there and stole his lady.
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My 12 year old is Scouts. She is currently at Winter Camp for 4 nights. She is taking woodsmanship, Family Life, fire starting, and fishing during this camp.

I haven't seen anything close to what you are saying in our experience.

Her experience is very similar to my experience in the 80s/90s.


This was our experience as well. And as my kids have gotten older and their friends who were into sports start coming to the camp more, I've noticed they are the ones who are soft, can't function without the phone, and lack a lot of the skills that my kids learned from scouting. This is a generalization but I've seen it more than I would have thought.
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What I've noticed about Scouts since my daughter joined as a Lion last year is that it seems to be an outlet for kids on the spectrum.

Not sure if it's always been that way.

My guess is kids who don't/can't play sports or have trouble in social interactions are drawn to it - or maybe their parents push them to it.

One of the reasons we signed up my kid was just to give her variety. She's already in sports and likes camping, etc. At this age it's very sweet that they don't notice the differences too much.

I'm sure that will change at some point. But I'll say this, the cubscouts themselves and parents in our pack have zero issues with my daughter being there and love her because she's so outgoing and social and heps bring it out of some of the shy/awkward kids.


My kids weren't interested in sports and they did scouts when they were younger. It was a great experience for them. In LA, there aren't many groups doing the activities that scouts do. We were doing a lot of these activities anyway, so it was good for them to be around other kids who were interested in that. One of my kids is high functioning autistic and wasn't going to be playing travel ball or hanging with jocks. It was great for him and helped get him out of his comfort zone when he was young.

If you feel it's a good fit for your kids, I wouldn't worry about what anyone else thinks. The experience will be what you want to make it.

re: Biography on Barry Seal?

Posted by Loubacca on 11/24/25 at 11:34 am to
I have Barry Seal's safe sitting in my garage. My father-in-law picked it up at and estate sale back in the 80's.

I can only imagine what has been in that thing.
Very good, and I would also check out Berlin Diary by Shirer.

re: Outdoor Boys possibly un-retired?

Posted by Loubacca on 11/11/25 at 8:52 am to
My son was telling me he was back on YT and was so excited. He used to wait for his new video every Saturday. I was happy he was watching something like OB and not other things that are out there on the web.

It's definitely sparked interest in the outdoors at an early age for my son who was never much of an athlete. This helped me to convince the wife to get a camp on the lake to help foster that interest and give dad a place to fish and drink beer.

I would have loved to be able access this kind of content as a kid.
weird, losers, bored, I just don't know anymore...
Geckos hate hot sauce.

I put a little in a bowl and put them around my camp and they stay out.
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But how's their presence in Cotillion and Dance by Taris?


I'm guessing Collins chaperones the dances since he knows so much about it.

My kids are nerds so they don't even know what Cotillion is, nor would they care.
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A quick googling of the Catholic Schools shows:

Jude - 2
Aloysius - 2
Mercy - 1
MBS - 1
George - 1
STM - 0
SJV - 0
Sacred Heart - 0
SFX - 0


STM received blue ribbon in 2016

re: Let's talk buying tires...

Posted by Loubacca on 9/19/25 at 3:48 pm to
Most independent, local shops will match pricing. Try to support your local guys.
I'm not really a romantic, but the theme about love in war from FWTBT makes the book worth reading and still stands out to me, even after having it read it years ago.

Hemingway explores the same theme in A Farewell to Arms, but I think it's much better done in this story.
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Wasn't a property crime, it was a DUI stop.


Then charge the fricking cops with murder.

17 year old is dead over a money grab.


I guess they could have maybe waited until the drunk a-hole ran into the car and killed people.