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FPD. Celebratory work at lake is done for a while pour.

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look up the return of the black bear to big bend natl park.

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Not a fan of the bears. Go to Yellowstone or Glacier if you want bears.

The park was a much better place to visit pre the bears return. They were effectively gone for almost a hundred years.

Bears offer no redeeming benefits to this park except for the opportunity to sell Big Bend bear related t-shirts and the like.

After their “migration” into the park, the Park Service put up hundreds of ugly bear boxes in every campsite, and started levying hefty fines for leaving food items visible in your vehicles or on picnic tables for even the briefest periods of time. The bears quickly became a nuisance , wrecking things. Who would have thought?

Do cockroaches and rats migrate into a house? Same thing. They should have trapped them and sent them elsewhere when they first arrived back in the 80’s. Place hasn’t been the same since. The ranchers of the area back in the day eradicated them for a reason.

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What? Kids with iPads/switches etc to entertain them and headphones are the most well-behaved least disruptive kind.

The whole “no screens” thing is nonsense. Took my gameboy everywhere back in the day.

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Screens are for lazy parents who can't be bothered teaching their children the do's and don'ts of being out in public, and a good way to handicap your kids later in life, because they never learn the proper way to interact with others.

It is much healthier for kids to learn early, what good behavior in public is. However, that involves a lot of work that many of today's self centered parents seem to be shirking.

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If you don’t want to back the blue then let’s get rid of all law enforcement. Society doesn’t seem to need them.

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Agreed. These people would shite their pants with no law enforcement, which is what they seem to salivate over for some reason. They throw the term "bootlicker" around about as often as angry Gen Z'ers throw around "Boomer"
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Just think -Someone steals your weedeater, just shoot 'em. They disrespect you on the streets, just shoot 'em. They take the last crab leg from the buffet, put a cap in their arse. That would be awesome, right?

No one to come and put you in jail, so basically no laws. A lawless "civilization."

We would either have a better "no frick around" society, or the nightmare of pure anarchy. But hey, it's totally worth that gamble to get rid of the LEO's, right?

The world would be their oyster. Or they could be dead. :lol:

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Man, that guys ears.

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Yeah, he gives Ross Perot a run for his money in that regard.

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They were a nuisance and parents should be ashamed of themselves for bringing their babies into public.....until i had kids and I decided i was the idiot before kids.

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For the umpteenth time, no one is blaming the kids. It's the lazy, self absorbed, non- disciplining parents who are at fault.

Take the kids outside when they become unruly. Correct them and tell them that behavior is not acceptable, and there will be consequences.

We did this dozens of times when we took our kids out to eat. Sure it was a pain in the arse, and made one of us leave a nice dinner from time to time, but it worked. They eventually became well behaved because we worked hard to get them that way.

When strangers tell you how well mannered your kids are, you know you are doing it correctly.

There should be a test you have to pass before some of the parents today are allowed to breed. They are as ill mannered as their kids.

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And the people that want to complain about noisy, kids are also the first ones to complain about kids looking at screens too much.

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Parent here. Responsible, good parents who raise their kids properly can keep the kids noise level acceptable without handing the kids electronic mind erasers. It involves good rules and even enforcement of those rules. Mom and dad need to pay attention at all times, and not just drink and laugh with their friends, while the kids are running amok, ruining others dining experiences .

Grandma and grandpa have to be on board with what is acceptable behavior too. My mother in law and FIL would have been on our kids asses before we could correct them. That is precisely what is missing today. BTW our kids turned out great, happy and with great jobs.

We never let our kids scream in a restaurant and run under other peoples tables playing chase. I've seen much more of that in the past decade. When you are going out to dinner, people need to understand that their kids can ruin another group of diners night out. I recently saw one brat throwing food on the floor and stomping it into the carpet. The parents were too busy having fun to care.

To not correct your kids wild behavior is selfish and inconsiderate of others who are paying good money for a nice evening.

Good parenting has been done for centuries, but it is apparently a dead art. Really dead.

Just so you know, iPads were never used until recently, and it's just plain lazy.

I have recently encountered some kids who are very well behaved and it was a breath of fresh air. Their parents are responsible, and have worked hard, and it shows.

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The CONFIDENCE they are trying n the right is the scariest part

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They KNOW they are wrong, but have experienced getting away with shite like this all of their lives, because of who they are. It’s a learned behavior and is rewarded with them having their way more often than not.

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We need to get the pharma commercials off tv

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How else is big pharma going to pay off the networks to not investigate their questionable practices?

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Umm, how long does this pointless video go on for?

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So I guess it's a blessing that I don't have facebook?

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Take it to the vet stupid.

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He did. Yesterday, genius.