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I want to know how he got his powers? Accident? Is he a mutant? A lot of questions still unanswered

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and I am honestly ok with not knowing that right now. this is how they used to develop characters. They didn't skip all the steps or make them perfect.

honestly, somewhere around an 8 for a villain. He has the acting chops and looks to be a smug a-hole consistently.

and this is why they want so much for a pickup now though. I had a ford dealership tell me last week, when I told him flat out that they just want too much for their trucks, that if I didn't buy it someone else will. He's right. There are people who will only buy Fords no matter that they are 15000 higher than a GMC now. For me, a truck is a tool that I use, Im not loyal to one brand.

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I had the feeling that the NCR group was a group of the controlled like Hank talked about releasing.

The NCR was nothing at this point. Hank literally says he released a bunch of controlled and you’ll never know who is controlled or not. Then all of a sudden a full unit of NCR shows up?

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I think he "committed suicide" at the end and wasn't setting off the others. I think the NCR was the NCR because the black lady was the one in the desert that knew the ghoul.

I think, when he said that he released it out there, was him saying the enclave now has it and it is out there.

I wish him nothing but the best. I would tak the cash an go get out of the current rat race with nil.

I wouldn’t be shocked if he popped back up coaching high school somewhere in a few years to scratch the itch.

For another 15k you can get a 2026 GMC 1500 with the SLT PACKAGE which has leather and everything else in it.

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Certainly being more methodical this season than last, but I think that is related to how much bigger they plan on making this universe through other shows/games etc. planting seeds for a longer series run.

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In their defense, it would be easy to expand the universe in other parts of the country like the games. It would be cool to see a post apocalyptic Boston on screen.

They could do a Brotherhood of Steel short run series showing the faction origin and people would watch it.

You could even do animated, or live action, one off shows out of season showing some of the twisted experiments that were going on in some of the vaults around the country.

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Insurance premiums are not affordable - period. I’m leaving the corporate world to run my own business.

Insurance premiums for me and my son will exceed $20,000 per year.

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the company I work for is self insured through BCBS with a solid middle to upper middle tier plan. I pay 35 a week for single, we have a worker +spouse that is 80 a week I think and family is about 125 a week. We are a construction company so top end pay isn't as good as other places but I try to tell people just how much the value of the insurance is worth. Family insurance for us is worth close to 10k a year over other places. As a single, mine is worth probably 4-5k a year in deducted value.

Health insurance is bad but the hospitals are worse. I went to the hospital in Troy, AL for a spider bite on my finger. I told them up front I was paying for it cash. I spent 8 hours in the ER with no one else in there for the doctor to come in and spend about 10 seconds and left. They gave me X-rays even though I told them I didn't want them and I would know if I broke a finger. They were going to bill insurance over 1k for the ER visit but the discounted rate for paying cash was about 150. Then they sent me 3 other bills over the next 3 or 4 weeks for various shite.

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We could do something like professional soccer and enact transfer fees. It would reward teams for developing players and making them valuable. In theory the transfer fee is negotiable, and it would require permission from the originating school for the kid to transfer. Transfer fees are not part of the kid’s NIL or rev share. Just an additional expense if you want to bring a kid in.

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The issue with this is that when the kid enters the portal, he is out of school and no longer there. He basically drops out of school in the hopes that someone will pick them back up or be accepted back into the school if it fails.

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It's crazy this legislation is controversial.

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isn't it amazing? I don't even care if the state gives away IDs and charges for driving tests. a free state id would take away all the arguments of keeping people from getting them.

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I take you that you call it a loss for the year?

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So now we are transitioning to slower portal period, how does everyone feel re incoming/outcoming and how our staff did?

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I don't hate much about it other than I wish we got a couple more guys on the Oline that are hard starters.

I think we lost on overall talent in the receiver room but I think we have guys that will play their roles and not create drama. And the talent isn't that far off from what left. Simmons was talented but the way he left makes you think he was a problem all year. Coleman is a big loss in overall talent but Auburn has never utilized a top draft pick receiver before.

I hate we lost Deuce for the future, but Brown will be a better starter this year in the transition and there is nothing saying that Deuce, or someone better, doesn't come in next year. I call it a wash here.

Rb room is better I would say.

OL is the biggest question mark. It's not like our line was great last year and we lost it, we just haven't replenished the numbers. We might be better this year but not as deep.

Dline. another question mark. the guys that left weren't world beaters and we got some good guys. for now, I am calling it a wash except for depth loss.

We lost a couple linebackers and didn't get any in so that is a loss no matter what.

We got hurt at corner. Crawford and Lee would be tough to replace in the portal and we didn't replace them in talent. we got some young guys that are project type guys that could be good.

I guess, overall, it is a loss but I think the team will be better and play together better.