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Oh yes, the empty vault. Geraldo should be excoriated for that at every opportunity!! mspart

Current inflation doesn't help those who still make the same money as they did in 2021. In fact it is worse on them because the prices just keep rising with inflation and they have to choose and do without as a result. The fact that inflation is slowing down is good, but the overall effect on prices won't be reversed. $5.41 for diesel around here. That's up almost a dollar since January. Of course we now in WA have a cap and trade tax on carbon fuel types so we now have the highest gas/diesel prices in the country. Now it is taking effect on the natural gas prices and the state won't let the local utility provide a line item on the bill to explain that. Another example of open government. mspart

I don't own a boat!! Money evaporates with those things. mspart

I would love to make that. I have two briskets leftover. I'm getting hungry, except for the Fair food I ate yesterday. But I'm getting there. Since this is a thread on smoking, and I don't know what sousing is, can you explain please? That looks soooooo good! mspart

Possibly because you were taught your multiplication tables and learned division and then percent made sense. Younger people don't have that kind of advantage because the calculator and phones can do all the math you need to do. No need to cloud the brain with useless math facts. mspart

And what does the Bible say about Lot and his daughters? They knew him. While being clear it is also vague. I do not disagree that there are passages in the Bible that are "racy". Song of Solomon comes to mind. But these are nothing compared to the "graphic" content being removed from school libraries. Do you think it is appropriate to show and explicitly describe sex positions, sexual conduct whether hetero or homo or pan or bi etc for our school age children? Lets start with elementary school age children. I'll settle for that. I personally don't think this content is good for middle and high school age children. You can address them too if you like. I'm not saying you are wrong, but I would like to see you produce an example of books that have been dropped that are not always "graphic". That would be interesting. I can certainly show you books that are "graphic" that have been dropped. mspart

Been there. It is called Beograd over there which means White City. It was pretty drab when I was there but that was when it was part of Yugoslavia which was quite a while ago. They had the biggest apartment buildings that I had ever seen up until that time. If cleaned up, it would be a very beautiful city. mspart

Like a dell? Kidding aside, Why would Dake be considered anything other than the guy to beat? He is the WC the last 2 years at 74kg. Does he appear to be slowing down? Getting weak? I don't think so. I'm sure there are many out there trying to figure out how to beat him, Sidakov included. mspart

What? You say this in response to my question? Wow! mspart

Partial Differential Equations! Oh, and the Theory of Zero. mspart

Why weren't you crowing about how great it was? mspart

The one everyone else lives in. When unemployment jumps from 3.5 to 3.8% in one month and caught everyone by surprise. That's why the stock market didn't do so well today. Maybe you should be asking the stock market which world they are living in. mspart

Cool, so we may see you!! I admire your sniffing ability. In an accident at a wrestling camp, my nose got totally beat up and I don't smell things well, drives my wife nuts. mspart

In further reading, the Yahoo finance site said that labor participation is picking up, which might be the reason for the uptick in unemployment numbers. But you have to admit, that the headline is not good news. Not only that, no one saw a rise in unemployment coming. Which is why the stock market didn't do well today. mspart

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-economy-adds-187000-jobs-in-august-unemployment-rate-unexpectedly-rises-to-38-155705157.html US economy adds 187,000 jobs in August, unemployment rate unexpectedly rises to 3.8% You can read the article but adding jobs equals higher unemployment? Must be the new Bidenomics math!! Or it is quantum mechanics happening. Maybe unemployment will be 1.4 if they open the box again. mspart

Ah yes, the actual goal. I'd say no. Unless you have an overactive olfactory system. Are you going to be close to this area on your map on Thanksgiving? mspart

QED!! mspart

Impressive. I'd say you are getting warmer. This is east of the city of Sammamish. I don't live in Sammamish. But I did go to Sammamish High School in Bellevue. mspart

Yes, this is correct and I understand it. My understanding is that taking 1st gives you so many points towards seeding for the next WC. The seeding tourneys don't provide near that much. Just seems odd to drop that much. I see this on UWW website regarding seeding system: Still just seems weird but I guess I can see how it works. Taylor did not go to the 2022 Pan Ams. He didn't go to seeding tourneys. So I guess that is what happens. mspart

But your pluck is noteworthy. mspart

For a chance to go to the Olympics? The one who wants it more will get it together. mspart

How is Taylor seeded 7 and Amine seeded 4? Being WC last year doesn't mean too much I guess. But in this case, Taylor is still the bad draw. mspart

Oooooooh, paying attention!! I only said not west of Seattle. There are lots of woods N, E, and S of Seattle. mspart

Election denier!!!! mspart

The complaint: mspart