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such an awesome show. We started watching a few months ago. We haven't binged it. We save it for when we have nothing heavier or longer to watch. It always leaves you with an uplifting feeling when you finish watching.
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My friend, who is in the parts business, always told me to keep it simple with appliances. Don't get all the fancy gadgets. You don't use them. "When you do laundry, you probably push the same button every time". He's right. The hardest part was disconnecting connectors. ONe of htem were the metal connnecters and i didn't want to cut my hand so I used pliers... well that helped close them shut so I had to open them up again so they'd slide back on to the thing they were connecting too... not hard but it took a 3 minute job and made it 6 or 7. I also had trouble engaging the pulley on the tub, not because I couldn't do it, but because I was doubting myself. When I removed the front panel, it was hanging there by itself. But after taking it out and vaccuuming and all that, when I put it back, it wouldn't stay by itself. I took before photos (another piece of advice, take photos). I figured at that point after 10 years it was just sort of lodged in there on it's own. Then I invested in some of those thin work gloves for instances like that. Prevents the 'paper cut' things that happens.
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Maybe this is a repeat but if you are repairing a dryer yourself, just go ahead and get all the potential parts. If you have a simply dryer they are easy to repair and the parts are not that expensive. I had an issue a few years ago with heat. Visited a friend's appliance parts business, got 3 parts for $30. I tried the first one, that worked. A few weeks ago same issue so I tried the two parts I already had. Didn't work. Did some research and saw 3 other potential issues and since I'd have the patient open, so to speak, so I tried it. The work wasn't hard but I wish I had just went ahead and bought all of them at once becuase it would have saved me from having to remove the drum twice. I'm not handy and was able to do this for under $100 and I have about 5 new components on my dryer. I also was able to get a good vaccuum in once I removed the drum.... and best of all. I found $30 in change. Somehow coins escape the drum and exist inside the shell of the dryer.
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This reminds me of when some fashion or other NYC-centric person dies and the national news programs, based in NYC, assume that most people care.
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There's 3 stages of wealth and lawn care: 1) I'm poor and have to cut my own grass 2) I can afford to pay someone else to do it 3) I'm rich enough to buy my own riding mower and love driving around doing it
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I never engage with anybody who calls me that i don't know. I have to call Walgreen's a lot for prescription issues. It takes 90 seconds to finally get thru the pharmacy line, meaning it's calling them directly. Until then I get the automated script about hours and "if this is an emergency...." I am told that "In most cases I can help you...." which is not true for my situation, which is why I am calling. Their system is only as good as the app. If the app can't do it, then I call.
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I was in TN visiting family. Just got home. I didn’t watch any TV at all. Barely had my phone except to text or take pictures. I was out and about all weekend around people in outdoor bars and restaurants or in someone’s living room. I honestly had no idea this happened until this evening.
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Nothing could make me fly Spirit.
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04/21/2026 6:40p EDT Milwaukee Brewers at Detroit Tigers
oblong replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
It’s baseballs clock. And you can stop it and score while it’s stopped. -
04/21/2026 6:40p EDT Milwaukee Brewers at Detroit Tigers
oblong replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
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With this admin there's two reasons people get fired and neither is good: 1) They're so bat**** crazy or the crimes so severe that even this group says "get them out of here" 2) THey refused to go along with some bat**** crazy idea
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I like to watch the Ken Burns PBS Country Music documentary. In the section on Kris Kristofferson and Sunday Morning Coming Down and the lyrics: And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing And it echoed through the canyons Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday Larry Gatlin said: "All those words are in the dictionary but until Kris no one knew what damn order to put them in "
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I did in 2005 or 2006. I wouldn't say it's chaotic but it can be a wait. You line up out in the OF, on the ramp that goes underground below the centerfield concourse. Then you walk out along the tunnel in RF to home plate. I believe they run from 1st to home, that keeps things organized so you don't have collisions at the plate. THen you walk back up to the concourse from an area by the dugout.
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I'm not opposed to that but it is a side effect and if the intent is to make them a democratic seat, under the guise of racial equality, rather than siply minority represented (which is a key difference to me) then the overall effect may be negated.
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04/21/2026 6:40p EDT Milwaukee Brewers at Detroit Tigers
oblong replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
I was being sarcastic by the way Some coaches and managers like doing this. Leyland would sub a guy into the order slot of the guy they're replacing. Trammell did his Sunday lineup. -
Yes, and that's also an unintended consequence to making districts comply with US Civil Rights/Voting Rights laws. To "guarantee" a blue seat by making it bluer you make neighboring districts redder. So instead of a generally reliable blue seat and a swing district you get a locked blue seat and a pink seat nearby.
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Yep. play the game as it's played by the opposition not how you think it should be played.
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04/21/2026 6:40p EDT Milwaukee Brewers at Detroit Tigers
oblong replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
If DeJesus didn't throw the 3rd out away after having him picked off... it's a different game. At that point AJ just said "Screw it...." We left in that inning. My younger son was with me and he typically goes to bed at 8 so he was already ready. -
04/21/2026 6:40p EDT Milwaukee Brewers at Detroit Tigers
oblong replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
The #5 hitter is the same as the #4 hitter but the better one bats 4th. And the #9 hitter is the 'secondary' leadoff hitter. The same kind of player as the leadoff guy but maybe a 2nd year player or some other trait that knocks him down a notch. He's gotta "set the table" once the game gets into the middle innings. The 8 hitter is the worst guy... your Gerald Laird or Adam Everett's of the world. -
and also a political stunt. "oppose this? Ok. You hate christians and religion. Let's write the ad copy out of that"
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Their purpose isn’t teaching or expression. It’s just to bully.
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04/21/2026 6:40p EDT Milwaukee Brewers at Detroit Tigers
oblong replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
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04/21/2026 6:40p EDT Milwaukee Brewers at Detroit Tigers
oblong replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
According to my girl Stephanie the system is breaking up and moving southwest so if Detroit gets anything it won’t be a big deal or last long. Unless she was talking just to me? -
It goes back to when they played Kokomo the day Brian Wilson died.
