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Live in south eastern Ohio - coal has been big here but over the last decade or two it has been declining. The coal here is relatively dirty which doesn't help. If some technology isn't developed I think coal is done for - both at the mining level and the burning level it just has a lot of health an...

My 2 cents. The world will go on turning - no one will get all of what they want. Some won't get anything they want. For all the talk the news media won't change - they can't really and still fill the airways 24/7. Radical Christians will consider offing Trump to get their boy Pence into power - rea...

1950s - White guy walking down the sidewalk - black guy walking towards him. White guy says "get the hell off my sidewalk nig.... They are the only two people who see or even know about it. Any bystanders don't even notice the exchange and if they do it's so "normal" its meaningless t...

Politics is a minefield - enter at your peril. :) Most semi reasonable people I know have beliefs in line with both parties - an example might be I believe in universal health care - just not exactly the way Obamacare does it. Devils in the details I guess. I like lots of the stuff Trump says but as...

None this week but I lost one early on due to Trump - Clinton differences in opinion.

I'm surprised Milosz. You are often pretty savvy but in this case you present a curious naivety. About healthcare? We spend more for shittier outcomes, those are simple facts. The ACA was a bad idea, because all it did was further entrench the system that provides poor service and costs too much, f...

Both candidates should have been disqualified long ago - one of these clowns will win - but the people lose big time either way.

Yep either way - the people are screwed. I guess the only difference is in the front or the back.

Tablet I need educated (quit laughing already :) ). I want to get a tablet. The primary purpose will be to use it for immediate video playback of the shot and discus throwers I coach in the spring so I would like a 10” screen – which is about the only thing I know I want. Of course I will want to do...

Most of the things being promised are not even within presidential powers to change or enact anyway. First 100 days - shit he'll still be trying to find the bathroom in 100 days. Not that he's ever going to find his way into the White House anyway.

What will CNN - Fox and MSNBC do with their 24-7 coverage when this shit show finally comes to an end? It's like the rest of the world went on hold or something since all this started. Someone will win - the American people will lose either way - I'll still be weak as a kitten and the world will kee...

Just went to my 50th class reunion in August. Out of my class of around 80 - 20 have now passed away. Enjoy it while we can.

Dealing with some drama right now with some asshole kids and bigger asshole parents on the school cross country team. Apparently, if you email a parent about their child's behavior at practice, you are wrong because you should have warned them that you were going to be warning them. And since they ...

It wasn't much of a movie.

I don't think anything either one of them says will change even one vote. Have the election tomorrow and let's be done with the whole embarrassing process.

I'm just a dumb fireman, but any device that gives you an accurate HR reading should suit your purpose. Most folks I've seen with AFib feel something is wrong, and they're often right. Or you could just pause, take your pulse (radial/wrist or carotid/neck) for a minute, and get an accurate rate. Wh...

Heart Rate monitor question. I have occasional bouts of A - Fib. When I "think" i have gone out of rhythm I put on my Polar HR chest trap and watch and it will tell me if I am out by the beats per minute. I'm interested in getting a Fitbit or similar chest strapless reader - i understand i...

Now that I am retired I actually have time for the things I enjoy - which don't pay so I class them all as "hobbies". My Hobbies are my life these days. Family time - far and away #1 Working Out Rock climbing Mountaineering Running the local Climbing Wall - non paid and a lot of work but w...

The percentage of jocks graduating must be dropping again - so we'll give them a degree in "I played a sport in college" - so please give me a job educating your children in same.

Disregarding for a moment the personality aspects - stronger requirements for admission and long and much more comprehensive training to work in today's social atmosphere would be a start. The schooling required to become an officer most places is not as long as it takes to learn a construction trad...

Climber go through Casper...they give you a gift card. Don't know if they're still doing that. No drama. Done - when it gets here I'll have to figure out what if anything I can do with this old mattress - lot's of foam there - both ends aren't really worn out - just shoulders and hips area. Might m...

I'm gonna get a Casper - any advice on going through them direct - or going the Amazon route etc? Or does that make any difference at all? Probably drop shipped anyway.

If you ever decide to give to a charity- do it as anomalously as possible - those assholes will call back every single day wanting more money.

The guy is amazing - maybe born to swim actually fits.

I was taught at a very young age to not play in traffic - what the hell was the guy thinking?