Bikeguy

About 4 years ago we adopted a 12 year old Jack Russell. After I got the opportunity to chase after him, he has always been on a leash. Did WoBG learn from my mistake. No. She took him outside and he took off on a scent. She only caught him in the woods about 1/4 mile away when he stopped to pee. This was when he was 12. Then I found this... a little Jack Russell is fast on his feet. #7 in this list. https://wagwalking.com/breed/top-fastest-dog-breeds-in-the-world We could go on 6 mile dog walks, he was ready for 6 more. Someone taught him how to heel and walk. He'd always be at my right side. Now at 16 1/2 arthritis has won the battle. . A half mile walk is a long walk now. And he gets carried up and down our stairs.

I'm glad I sold...

I sold my GE stock for $161.90 per share and my GEHC stock for $93.25 per share on 3/7/24. If I recall I got some GEHC stock in January of 22 when that spilt away from GE. The historical charts don't show those prices.

That would be my guess too. So why wasn't stealing a car one of the criminal charges too?

Years ago, we visited the redwoods forest in early June. It didn't rain during our hikes. This web link explains; https://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/weather.htm Oceanic influences ensure fairly constant year-round temperatures along California's redwood coast: mid-40s to low-60s°F. Winters are cool with considerable precipitation. From October through April, a high pressure area sitting atop the North Pacific drives a series of storms onshore, dumping the majority 60-80 inches of annual rain over the region. I'd suggest the later you go the better. We always planned for rain during our hikes. I got to carry the day backpack with the rain gear, first aid, food, etc,.. If it rained we were prepared for that possibility. Hiking there was awesome. Those are some HUGE trees. Have a good time and enjoy the trees.

Happy birthday Judie

Now... none. Over the years; I played in some baseball league for one season. Can't remember maybe 5th or 6th grade. In HS and college I played basketball in the intramural leagues. I played forward and center. Intramural football during freshmen year at college. One season was more than enough for me. I was built for basketball not football. My canoe racing career was only 1 race long. I was in a bowling league for 1 or 2 years in 78 / 79. In the 80s I played in a golf league with a bunch of guy from work for 2 or 3 years. I sucked at golf but it was fun and of course there was beer.

There are more than a few. Search serrated on the web site.

Another reason to get your car into the garage. I had to drive to work and park outside during storms. All of my cars eventuality had minor hail damage. Not horrible... but I notice it.

Good luck with that. I understand your point. I don't see any way to fix that. Many parents don't care. One of our friends worked in an elementary school. Students got food on Friday for the weekend. On Monday our friend asked a student, did you eat your food this weekend? The student said 'No, my dad got drunk and ate my food.'

Yeah.. broken homes is a BIG problem. I don't know how to fix that. I thanked both of my parents for teaching me their values. I'm glad I did that before my mother passed snd Alzheimer's got my dad.

I voted... Chicago style... early and often. Wow Emmy has nearly 85% of the vote.

This... Then again.... there still isn't much hope for improvement here. https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/illinois/districts/city-of-chicago-sd-299-110570 Apparently the Chicago teachers will be OK. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-nearly-triple-private-sector-salary-growth/ Maybe the teachers should be paid based on student performance?

Yeah... wait till you get older. Happy birthday

Cutco are American made knives that are guaranteed forever. https://www.cutco.com/ We purchased a chef's knife for our daughter for Christmas. She loves the knife.

Yeah that wasn't a joke in our industry. Many had CDL licenses. And testing at nuclear power plants was very serious too. @groupw's boss would have gotten more than a few samples where we worked.

We (my geek buddies)used to look for Easter eggs. https://geeks.co.uk/2022/04/our-top-software-easter-eggs

This will get worse sooner than later. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/24/immigration-crisis-may-bankrupt-new-york-denver-and-chicago-experts.html

https://www.fns.usda.gov/blog/snap-emergency-allotments-are-ending

There is this... it is a few years old but you may find some useful info. https://www.boondockerswelcome.com/blog/visiting-grand-canyon-boondocking-and-hiking-tips/

The good thing about giving the presentation... you can say whatever you want. during the presentation. (at least once) I'd turn in my deck of slides... and get them approved. Then I'd just give the speech the way I wanted to do it. Some people would read their entire speech. I just had my bullet points and talked. I figured I knew more about the subject than most in the room. I never got fired... or asked to read from a script for any speech. I guess I did OK. Have fun with the presentations.

You probably needed to book a camping spot last year. I remember getting reservations for the lodge WAY in advance of the trip. Keep looking... you may get lucky.

Nope... I gave up watching all sports on TV a long time ago. I used to get rewarded at work from time to time (for doing a good job) over they years, tickets for Chicago sporting events. I'd go... the skybox had good food, beer and good conversations. Watching the game... that happened every now and then. I grew up 18 miles west of Chicago. We'd take day trips into the city to watch baseball games, even football games. You could always get tickets back then Just walk up to the ticket window and buy tickets. I just lost interest...

We did a one day trip on the Colorado river. The helicopter ride out of the canyon was cool too. https://nativeamerica.travel/listings/hualapai-river-runners