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GM engineering is no better
I disagree. I’ve turned a lot of wrenches on GMC stuff and compared to Ford, it’s unbelievably better.
After working on my BIL’s Ford Taurus, I won’t work on another one. It was if zero thought was put into what might happen to the car after it left the factory.
I worked on a few Mini Coopers and they were easier to work on than any ford I’ve touched.
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My son is in high school and wrote a paper. I saw him write it, I know the work was his. He even asked me my opinion on how to word various things.
When he turned it in his teacher used some AI program to predict if AI was used and it said it was AI generated.
Whatever program was used was 100% wrong. I don’t trust them and believe some of these kids may be getting screwed.
When he turned it in his teacher used some AI program to predict if AI was used and it said it was AI generated.
Whatever program was used was 100% wrong. I don’t trust them and believe some of these kids may be getting screwed.
re: PSA: Check your Amazon subscriptions
Posted by eitek1 on 1/15/26 at 1:46 pm to Chucktown_Badger
I found a few things very similar. It had been going on for a while too.
This is what you are experiencing...
re: For those of you who don't know, I am a 4th generation farmer.
Posted by eitek1 on 1/9/26 at 10:49 am to Tunasntigers92
I work in an industry that is generally directly impacted negatively by Trump's policies. This has a direct financial impact on me. So far, the impact would have paid for a new higher end car.
That said, his policies are bad for me from a financial perspective personally, but good for the country.
I accept that and am totally OK with it.
That said, his policies are bad for me from a financial perspective personally, but good for the country.
I accept that and am totally OK with it.
I've run Khumo Ecsta tires on a couple of cars and find they have good performance vs. price.
re: Important documents were stolen from our daycare.
Posted by eitek1 on 12/31/25 at 2:16 pm to BoomerandSooner
You know these folks got away with this so blatantly for so long they are probably incredibly exposed to anyone that bothers to look.
They were protected for so long they can't even fake it if they had to. There won't be enough kids to show up.
I think there are scores and scores of people that aren't having a happy new year in Minnesota.
Tim Walz should go down for this for sure.
They were protected for so long they can't even fake it if they had to. There won't be enough kids to show up.
I think there are scores and scores of people that aren't having a happy new year in Minnesota.
Tim Walz should go down for this for sure.
I can tell you not all doctors are equal.
My wife was diagnosed with a terminal illness based on very little information. All "scientific testing" was completely normal. Guy did a physical exam and said, "you have "X" terminal illness", I'm sending you to a specialist in this disease.
No differential diagnosis, nothing to rule anything else out, etc. I've seen people that don't know what they are doing, I know what that looks like, early in my career, that was me sometimes.
We are waiting to see someone else.
My wife was diagnosed with a terminal illness based on very little information. All "scientific testing" was completely normal. Guy did a physical exam and said, "you have "X" terminal illness", I'm sending you to a specialist in this disease.
No differential diagnosis, nothing to rule anything else out, etc. I've seen people that don't know what they are doing, I know what that looks like, early in my career, that was me sometimes.
We are waiting to see someone else.
re: USPS is a joke
Posted by eitek1 on 12/22/25 at 7:20 pm to ksayetiger
A package my son ordered just left Atlanta, Georgia for the THIRD time. It's been to Texas twice and Louisiana once already.
Hopefully it'll make it here this year, or ever.
Hopefully it'll make it here this year, or ever.
I'm unhappy that anyone would die in such a manner.
I know what his political beliefs were and I have to ask this question. I wonder at some point during the attack on he and his wife he thought "I wish I had a gun".
Reminds me of a discussion I had with an anti gun friend of mine. I told her "I hope you are able to live your entire life without ever changing your beliefs, but me, I'm fully aware of what violence people are capable of and see the world differently."
I know what his political beliefs were and I have to ask this question. I wonder at some point during the attack on he and his wife he thought "I wish I had a gun".
Reminds me of a discussion I had with an anti gun friend of mine. I told her "I hope you are able to live your entire life without ever changing your beliefs, but me, I'm fully aware of what violence people are capable of and see the world differently."
I was in Paris for new years last year and went to the celebration at the Champs de elysee and I can’t begin to describe how ripe that is for an attack.
My family went there a few hours early because we wanted to have a good view. Once we got there, we were stuck. There was zero movement and we couldn't leave. People just kept packing in from the back. There were no clear walkways or anything. To add to that, there were dignitaries that were moving in and out of the inner perimeter and there wasn't a single thoroughfare for the cars to move in and out, so they'd just drive through the crowd further packing people in.
One guy in an 18 wheeler truck could easily kill 1000 people or more without much effort.
It was neat to go, but I'd never do it again.
Side note, the only drunk folks I saw were American tourists.
My family went there a few hours early because we wanted to have a good view. Once we got there, we were stuck. There was zero movement and we couldn't leave. People just kept packing in from the back. There were no clear walkways or anything. To add to that, there were dignitaries that were moving in and out of the inner perimeter and there wasn't a single thoroughfare for the cars to move in and out, so they'd just drive through the crowd further packing people in.
One guy in an 18 wheeler truck could easily kill 1000 people or more without much effort.
It was neat to go, but I'd never do it again.
Side note, the only drunk folks I saw were American tourists.
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Bovino confirms a real ID is not sufficient to verify citizenship
The REAL ID requires documents proving you were born here or have legal status.
Proof of Identity & Date of Birth:
U.S. Birth Certificate (original)
Valid U.S. Passport or Passport Card
Permanent Resident Card (Green Card)
If they gave a REAL ID to anyone that did not have the documents above, they basically negated all the possible benefit for issuing the REAL ID in the first place. Everyone wasted their time by going through the trouble and expense of getting a REAL ID.
It's like putting on a concert and printing actual certified tickets and having someone print free fake ones that are accepted at the gate. Suddenly the real tickets have no value anymore.
I had house plans drawn up and although I've built a house, I have zero desire to do it again.
I took the plans to a builder who quoted me an absolutely insane price. I was thinking "there is absolutely no way it could cost this much".
I looked and purchased a 5 year old house that was built flawlessly with the absolute best of everything, built in dehumidifier, faucets, toilet paper holders, etc. The previous occupant even left me a 1600 dollar deep freezer.
It was 55% of the price I was quoted for basically the same house. Also, we found it and moved in 3 weeks later.
I took the plans to a builder who quoted me an absolutely insane price. I was thinking "there is absolutely no way it could cost this much".
I looked and purchased a 5 year old house that was built flawlessly with the absolute best of everything, built in dehumidifier, faucets, toilet paper holders, etc. The previous occupant even left me a 1600 dollar deep freezer.
It was 55% of the price I was quoted for basically the same house. Also, we found it and moved in 3 weeks later.
re: Mark Kelly-Hegseth the least qualified secretary of defense in the history of our country.
Posted by eitek1 on 11/30/25 at 8:22 pm to Bama Mountain
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I cannot think of a less qualified one in my lifetime......and I am old.
Why do you believe Hegseth is unqualified? What did Austin have that Hegseth didn't?
Before you answer, consider that Eisenhower was only one rank higher than Hegseth when WW2 broke out. Hegseth was a major and Eisenhower was a Lieutenant Colonel. Was Eisenhower not qualified to be the supreme allied commander because of his limited rank and resume?
re: Never take a roadside sobriety test, especially if you look drunk or high naturally
Posted by eitek1 on 11/27/25 at 9:27 am to Violent Hip Swivel
If you've not been drinking and a cop pulls the "I think I smell alcohol", why would you even consider taking a roadside test?
The cop already proved he has zero integrity because he lied about smelling alcohol. I don't get why people do the tests under these conditions anyway.
I don't drink and this injustice makes me mad. In the cases where these people come back completely clear, the cop should have to cover the associated expenses, towing, etc.
The cop already proved he has zero integrity because he lied about smelling alcohol. I don't get why people do the tests under these conditions anyway.
I don't drink and this injustice makes me mad. In the cases where these people come back completely clear, the cop should have to cover the associated expenses, towing, etc.
re: Did we ever get resolution from the guy who got his truck stolen at valet?
Posted by eitek1 on 11/26/25 at 4:01 pm to sidewalkside
I think the insurance company made good on the truck if I recall correctly.
I did Alarm Grid. The local folks are probably using a similar service and are just marking up the price.
It's not like XYZ Alarm has a call center
It's not like XYZ Alarm has a call center
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They gave me a walker but I have basically been walking around the house without it since Friday.
You are going to do fine then. My wife had one done a year and a half ago. There isno way she was walking around on it the first day, she was in too much pain for sure.
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Sounds like a vacuum cleaner, Electrolux
I thought the exact same thing.
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Wrong. That Century Farm was not his to let get away from the family. It was his grandparents or great grandparents. He didn't earn it, he inherited it.
This happened to my wife's family. Her father inherited a farm that his family was on so long the fort his ancestors built to keep from being killed by the Indians is a museum next door to the house my wife grew up in.
He didn't earn the farm, and it was slated legally to go to his kids when he died. He divorced and ended up marrying a woman that didn't even own a car. She was literally penniless.
She convinced him to sell and move out of state and just so happened moved to a state where the surviving spouse gets 100% of the assets. He died and she got everything. She died about a year later and her kids wouldn't even split the proceeds (around 1 mil) with my wife and her brothers.
Those kids, whose mother was penniless 4 years prior, split a million dollars and cut out the kids who were supposed to inherit the value originally.
Everything works out in the end somehow. I still believe that
re: Why do people have such a negative view of BR?
Posted by eitek1 on 11/17/25 at 8:55 am to Redstickbaw
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have enjoyed low cost of living in terms of income taxes and property taxes,
You've never lived anywhere else, have you?
Everyone thinks the cost of living in Louisiana is low because it's in the south. It's very expensive to live here. We have the highest sales tax in the country. Among the highest car insurance rates, etc.
I moved to central Illinois for a few years in the 90's and was shocked at how much cheaper everything was.
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