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Well, my own house is too near to neighbors to use a rifle for varmints, so, years ago I devised a method of loading 45-70 cartridges with a *very*...

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1-11-26, 1:07am

bae started a thread Getting ready for varmint season in Gardening & Farming

The entire black area is 5.5" in diameter. I have a vertical-stringing issue I need to sort out, I suspect it is a combination of too much coffee,...

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1-10-26, 8:25pm

bae replied to a thread Our artistic endeavors in Open Forum

It was this sort of day here:

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1-9-26, 4:44pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Just…wow. Good luck y’all.

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1-8-26, 12:49am

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

https://www.justice.gov/jm/1-16000-department-justice-policy-use-force 1-16.200 - USE OF DEADLY FORCE AND PROHIBITED RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES A. ...

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1-7-26, 6:52pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Sooner or later there will be an unwise reaction to one of these events, and then....interesting times.

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1-6-26, 5:48pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Which should I believe, my own lyin' eyes, or the Party? “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has...

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1-6-26, 5:04pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Happy Insurrection Day!

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1-6-26, 3:21pm

bae replied to a thread Do I even need a brick and mortar bank anymore? in Personal Finance

When I first moved here, I established an account with "Islanders Bank", a very small local-created bank with 3 branches, one on each of our major...

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1-6-26, 7:47am

bae replied to a thread Gambling everywhere in Consumerism & The Media

I stick to betting on the VIX.

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1-4-26, 8:37pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

My other thought is that perhaps the firearms charges hinge on the overall conspiracy charges. That is, say for the sake of argument he was engaged...

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1-4-26, 4:02pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Those charges seem absurd on the face of it, due to the jurisdictional issues. If I were on a jury, those spaghetti-against-the-wall charges...

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1-4-26, 3:36pm

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

What's the story with the firearms charges Maduro was indicted with? (Possession of machineguns and destructive devices; and conspiracy to possess...

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1-4-26, 3:10pm

bae replied to a thread Year End asset report in Personal Finance

I'm watching carefully our local island sales boards to locate an appropriately-old beatup pickup truck in reasonable condition. I'd like to have...

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1-4-26, 3:02pm

bae replied to a thread Emergency Preparedness: your health kit in Health & Health Care

This past weeks I have been nursing my dog through a serious, deep wound in his foot. I had in my emergency supplies tons of gauze, tape,...

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1-4-26, 12:15am

bae replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

The history of *how* those oil assets were initially acquired is quite interesting... And probably any reasonable analysis of the situation should...

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1-1-26, 6:29pm

bae replied to a thread Year End asset report in Personal Finance

My non-real-estate assets roughly doubled in 2025. Real estate up ~10%. My daughter's assets, which I manage for her, went up ~50% in 2025, but I...

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12-28-25, 7:32pm

bae replied to a thread What is your mobile carrier? Looking to switch to save $$ in Frugality, Products & Purchases

Oh, and the international roaming feature was essential also simply at home. I live right on the US/Canada border, and you can often accidentally...

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12-28-25, 5:14pm

bae replied to a thread What is your mobile carrier? Looking to switch to save $$ in Frugality, Products & Purchases

Some older, probably no-longer-offered family plan, which has unlimited data, and important-to-me, inexpensive international calling/texting/roaming....

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12-28-25, 4:09pm

bae replied to a thread What is your mobile carrier? Looking to switch to save $$ in Frugality, Products & Purchases

I use T-Mobile, because it is basically the only carrier with coverage where I live. Cell phones were essentially not useful here until about 2019.

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12-23-25, 10:20pm

bae replied to a thread the value of credit monitoring? in Personal Finance

What is the $180 per year buying you?

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12-21-25, 4:40am

bae replied to a thread Young folks are doomed??? in Simple Public Policy

Over the past 40 years, as investments, my stock market portfolio has massively outperformed residential real estate performance. I think “your home...

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12-20-25, 7:06pm

bae replied to a thread Young folks are doomed??? in Simple Public Policy

I think some of the younger folks whine entirely too much. Also, I’m not sure they can do math, as they seem constantly surprised that older...

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12-20-25, 4:58pm

bae started a thread Young folks are doomed??? in Simple Public Policy

Should be no paywall for y’all on this: ...

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