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rfenst Offline
#101 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 1:48 PM EST
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bgz wrote:
Morning!

Gone through about 5 days of doing absolutely nothing... it's great. I'm going to do it again!

It can be so sweet to have enough time to unwind and enjoy extra time off.
rfenst Offline
#102 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 1:52 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
NINETY-NINE!.... can’t believe Bucky missed that opportunity.



Considering a short trip to Orlando in mid-April.

I’m not alone in trying to guess if that is a good idea with all of the variables in place.

I am in Orlando and will answer or find the answers for whatever you want. If you'd like recommendations, I could do that too.
rfenst Offline
#103 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 2:18 PM EST
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Worked a killer car deal yesterday for my son. He turned in his 2018 Accords for a brand new 2020 model with zero down and just $227 per month . a new lease. We got credit for our equity in his car too. $227 a month is all. That is $83 less than I was paying on his 2018 old car.Sarcasm

Trying to work a similar deal for my mom for a CRV. I doubt I will be able to do as well again. Her car has a scuff or two that she doesn't want to repair before turning/trading it in. She might owe them $1k to walk away without any hassle. Maybe they will wash it out in the trade. She is already going to get $800 credit for the maintenance and tires she put into the vehicle a few weeks ago! Sweet.

She's 82 and wants to close the deal, perhaps today. I have been trying to talk to her about buying her current 2016, but we have found the best CRV deal over the last 1.5 years. And she wants a new car. She's never had a car with leather so I might talk her into it if there won't be much of a difference in the price.

These deals are from Honda Finance, so we don't have to screw around playing the negotiation game, but, if we did, she worked there for 20yrs. and they treat her like family. Now the big question is how could all possibly work? HONDA SALES ARE DOWN 28% THIS YEAR.Angel
Ram27 Offline
#104 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 3:30 PM EST
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Give them hell Robert. 👍😉

Good luck.
MACS Offline
#105 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 3:43 PM EST
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Can't go wrong with a Honda. My wife, son and I put 230k miles on an '02 Civic from new to scrap heap. Well... I'm assuming it went to scrap. It still ran, but the main bearing was leaking and it'd cost more to fix it than the car was worth. Dealer gave us $1,500 for it. It either went to auction or to the scrapper. *shrug*
rfenst Offline
#106 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 3:51 PM EST
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Honda, IMHO, is about as good of a safe, quality car as there is for the money. I have had oldsmobile, dodge, mazda, buick, 2 toyotas, nissan and probably 4 volvos over the years. Love me volvos, but alas the ones we'd want are too expensive. Great deals, but still to expensive.
delta1 Offline
#107 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 6:03 PM EST
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sweet corn tamales w chili for lunch...nap time...
rootpuma Offline
#108 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 6:27 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Yeah, he is a bit peeved at me today. We usually get in a good, long walk or at least a few fetch sessions and tug of war in the back yard. My yard is small, though... he needs lots of exercise.

I did some training with the sit, down, leave it alone, go on your bed, and calling his name, using his kibble as treats. He loves the costco dog food... frickin inhales it. Not food aggressive, doesn't care if you touch him or remove the bowl from him. Has a serious "hang dog, sad puppy eyes" look whenever you've got food and he doesn't... little bassturd.

I'm trying to train him and frickin spoiling him rotten at the same damn time. Brick wall

Al, although I'm comfortable... staying a couple more years would have been smarter. I'm a little more limited in how much extra cash I can throw at the house, now. Would have been smarter for me to pay that off, first... but what's done is done. I'm okay. Tank is a blessing and a pain in my ass all at once! I'm hoping I can weather the storm until he mellows out and doesn't need to be worked so much.



go to a hallway close all the doors and take a ball/rope and some treats....sit down at the open end...you don't want him to get out of the hall or past you.

have him sit next to you...have him stay...toss the ball....have him stay...then tell him fetch...as he comes back to you just say "come". Once he is back to you say "drop it" if he doesn't drop the ball entice with treats to release the ball...at some point toss the ball and have him stay...you go get the ball. This is to teach him that he only moves when you say and not to chase on instinct.


only give a few treats your wanting his actual reward to ween off food and to petting/scratching behind the ears.


another good one for their security is to teach them to leave stuff that is dropped on the floor...using his food have him sit and set it down between you two...take a step back..if he moves say leave it and restart...if a few steps away say leave it and step forward to take back control of the food...ask to sit...if he doesn't restart.

get to where you can walk away about four to five steps...then tell him what ever command you want. If at any point he stands up restart. if he lays down that is him going ok i wil stay until i cannot resist the urge...which is fine

if he constantly wants to get to the food...stand between him and the food till he sits and stays...then step back to straddle the food...then one step further back and so on.

now when you drop your chocolate candy on the floor he might walk over towards it but if you say leave it he won't eat it.
Dg west deptford Offline
#109 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 6:35 PM EST
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^ Gold
Dg west deptford Offline
#110 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 6:42 PM EST
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Bought the house nextdoor today.
Paid $2000. more than I could've but feeling good about that
Similar to when I leave$ on the poker table due to pity on a noob loosing his stack too quick with 2pair against my straight.
Got my work cut out for me though.
Any young bucks looking for work?

I know wrong forum noob!
Sunoverbeach Offline
#111 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 8:09 PM EST
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Young? Wrong website noob! Perhaps you've missed the recent lively discussion on cortisone shots and knee replacement
delta1 Offline
#112 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 8:12 PM EST
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d'oh!


fog
MACS Offline
#113 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 8:17 PM EST
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Welp... as I like to say, getting old sucks but it beats the alternative. fog
Sunoverbeach Offline
#114 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 8:19 PM EST
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Good friend and coworker used to say that all the time. His other favorite was, "I tired one day, and retired every day after that."
MACS Offline
#115 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 9:12 PM EST
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^I like that saying. I think I'll adopt it!
dkeage Offline
#116 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 9:19 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Welp... as I like to say, getting old sucks but it beats the alternative. fog



Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.
8trackdisco Offline
#117 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 10:16 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
I am in Orlando and will answer or find the answers for whatever you want. If you'd like recommendations, I could do that too.


I will gladly take you up on that, Robert.
Thank you.
danmdevries Offline
#118 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 10:52 PM EST
Joined: 02-11-2014
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Got my custom (off the shelf "custom") subwoofer box for the truck in the mail today. Listing said 2012-2018 Ram quad cab box. The box I received said 2002-2012 Ram quad cab box... I filed for a return and printed the label, going back tomorrow. Didn't even open it, though the reviews say it will fit. But to make it fit you gotta unbolt the seats and make 1" risers and bolt em back in. I'm not doing that unless I absolutely have to. I'll make my own before then.

Not many options available premade at a decent price, I think I'm gonna have to tap into my memory bank from 20 years back and cast in place some fiberglass sheets to make my own. Most of them do require raising the rear seat. So, that's the plan now. Cast in place a fiberglass casting of the underseat storage box, epoxy/bolt it to a sheet of MDF and cut out holes for the subwoofers. I figure if I'm putting in the effort, I'm going to put in another sub. Was gonna do single 10 leftover from my old Chevy, but I ordered a second one and gonna double up.
MACS Offline
#119 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 11:01 PM EST
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I got the Laramie edition... came with a 10 speaker Alpine system with subwoofer.

No muss, no fuss... and I ain't fkn with a seat, or fabricating sh-t. Frying pan
danmdevries Offline
#120 Posted: Wed, Dec 30 2020, 11:46 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
I got the Laramie edition... came with a 10 speaker Alpine system with subwoofer.

No muss, no fuss... and I ain't fkn with a seat, or fabricating sh-t. Frying pan


Even if I had a higher trim level, I'd be putting in my own system.

Factory may sound great, and surprisingly I'm not disappointed with my tradesman trim factory stereo. It's got 3.5's in the dash, 6x9's in the doors. Doesn't rattle the ground, but it does ok for what it is. I like to build systems that require earplugs at half volume, something I can broadcast a concert from. My Chevy we used at a trackday for nighttime movie. Projector onto a garage door, 3.5aux cable to my truck with the doors open and windows down. Worked well.

I'm going to do 6.5" components in the front doors with the tweeters taking up the 3.5" dash spots, and probably just an upgraded 6x9 in the rear. I don't care as much about rear stage as much as front. In my Chevy I had a 2 channel amp for the fronts, I'm going straight off the head unit this time around. Bought a high powered head unit, it's 45w rms 100w max x 4. Simplifies a lot of issues. But depending on the gauge of the factory wiring, I may still have to run wires for the speakers, which is a huge pain but necessary if pushing that much wattage.

Got 2 JL Audio 10TW3 subwoofers to go under the rear seats. There's a non removable storage bucket under the rear bench. Gonna cast the box into there with a 3/4" MDF cap. The super shallow subs will let me keep them well under the seat.

This is looking more like a summer project and not a now project since it's a huge hassle to fit the truck in my garage. Might toss the head unit in, but that's it.
8trackdisco Offline
#121 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 8:29 AM EST
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Last day of a less than wonderful year.

Let’s close it out.
Speyside Offline
#122 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 8:49 AM EST
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Morning all. 12 AM this bitch is over. Funny how this thing called life works. For personal reasons this has been the absolute best year of my life and the absolute worst year of my life. My new years resolution. Not to make 1 damn new years resolution.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#123 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 8:57 AM EST
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Man, -1 day into the new year and you already blew your resolution
Notthe1 Offline
#124 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 8:58 AM EST
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Happy New Year boys and girls.

Made a nice Pernil, and gonna make Arroz con Gandules for dinner.

Hope your NYE dinners are delicious.
bgz Offline
#125 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 9:01 AM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Man, -1 day into the new year and you already blew your resolution


Well, I guess there's always resolution's friend.
deadeyedick Offline
#126 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 9:34 AM EST
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Looking forward to getting out of this year but from an investment standpoint iffn' ya didn't bail early on when the market tanked it has been surprisingly very profitable. YMMV

And on we go.
Ram27 Offline
#127 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 9:34 AM EST
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Thursday greetings & Happy New Year all. Applause
Smooth light Offline
#128 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 9:59 AM EST
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Thirsty Thursday 🍺🥃🍸🍹🍷 pick your poison, last chance this year.

Save the bubbly for tonight 🍾🥂🍾

Move on over 20, the BIG 21 is coming in!!🎆
BuckyB93 Offline
#129 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 10:21 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Looking forward to getting out of this year but from an investment standpoint iffn' ya didn't bail early on when the market tanked it has been surprisingly very profitable. YMMV

And on we go.


Yeah the tech stocks have been a nice ride this year. Prolly should re-balance my play portfolio soon. I'm pretty exposed if the bubble pops.
rfenst Offline
#130 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 12:18 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Looking forward to getting out of this year but from an investment standpoint iffn' ya didn't bail early on when the market tanked it has been surprisingly very profitable. YMMV

And on we go.

My guy has always told me we are in it for the long term returns. I stuck with it all the way (with a few adjustments here and there) and feel very fortunate that I not only took his advice, but I didn't even have the temptation to call him when things collapsed earlier this year. Rode it out and we are fine. Thank God!
Cheno Offline
#131 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 12:41 PM EST
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Working the day shift today so I can ring in the new year. I'm gonna try to nap when I get home so I can stay awake. The wife and I normally throw a party for NYE, we started 9 years ago and we keep adding people each year. We normally have about 35 people over on NYE, it started with 7 of us. Our NYE parties have became a huge thing in our group that we do. Tons of food and normally Nikki is cooking all day and making sides and dips. She still made some but making much smaller portions. Also not buying shrimp this year since it would just be mainly for me. I'm use to buying 5lbs of it. It also is 3 years ago that I lost one of my closest friends to her fight with cystic fibrosis, we all start out the party with a shot of whiskey for her since it was her go to thing. Tomorrow is my my best friends birthday so we always party until the early morning with him. Tonight won't be the same with out having people over tons of foods and music. We are gonna do what we can and set up a Video chat with a few of the closet of the group and do it that way. Let's hope we can resume normal parties for next year.
MACS Offline
#132 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 12:44 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Looking forward to getting out of this year but from an investment standpoint iffn' ya didn't bail early on when the market tanked it has been surprisingly very profitable. YMMV And on we go.


Yessir... I actually moved a little more of the 457b into the market after the collapse at the start of the year. Rode that beotch up. Leaving it alone for now.

Wife and I have no plans. Last few years we've been relatively chill and rang in the new year sober, with no hangover... usually fast asleep before the bell tolls. fog
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#133 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 1:35 PM EST
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I built a wall and painted it with a projector paint from Sherwin Williams many years ago when I bought a HD projector for the basement. Projector died, and I've just had the TV on a stand in front of that wall. New TV doesn't fit on the stand. Initially I was gonna just modify the stand to fit the TV, but I decided to buy a wall mount instead. So I've been messing with that this morning. Got it all bolted up on one stud (center line is a stud, didn't want to offset) but I put some weight on the mount and the wall flexed a bit, so I'm remounting to straddle two studs which forces the TV offset a bit. Only 3" but it's gonna bother me that it's not centered.

When this is done I'll get back to soldering the harness to adapter harness for the new truck head unit. Maybe toss that in the truck later today. Was gonna wait till I had everything so I don't have to take the dash apart a second time but the full install isn't gonna happen till it's warm outside so fuggit.
rfenst Offline
#134 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 1:39 PM EST
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Fish market for 2lbs. of crab meat for crab cakes. Publix for a few little things like chips and dip and heavy cream for fresh whipped cream. Costco for berries, apple pie, fresh bread, steaks, chicken wings, ribs and salmon. Gonna eat some shrimp cocktail and watch my son fire up the BGE. We have enough food to last thru the next week.
Mr. Jones Offline
#135 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 1:58 PM EST
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Only got to SEASON 5 EPISODE 5 OF:

HELL ON WHEELS

NETFLIX cut it off Dec. 30 the...

Had nine more episodes till it ended at #14

Crapppp!!!
opelmanta1900 Offline
#136 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 2:26 PM EST
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got King of the Road by Roger Miller stuck in my head... can't figure out where i would've even heard this song to begin with... tried accessing my brain but he's busy doing his own thing... I'll feed him some more pot and see what he has to say for himself... I swear, this stuff this guy keeps around...
rfenst Offline
#137 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 2:36 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
got King of the Road by Roger Miller stuck in my head... can't figure out where i would've even heard this song to begin with... tried accessing my brain but he's busy doing his own thing... I'll feed him some more pot and see what he has to say for himself... I swear, this stuff this guy keeps around...

Apparently, my son's trip to the dispensary went great. He got 50% of up to $250, so there is a ton of **** of all sorts, but I haven't seen it yet. Can't wait until he gets home. He said it was like a "kid in a candy store".
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#138 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 2:40 PM EST
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You gotta try a dab of shatter... I know you're not big on the butane solvent, but you should definitely try one at least once in your life...
Gene363 Offline
#139 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 2:40 PM EST
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Good afternoon and Happy New Year Eve!

Mrs. 363 and I will be at home watching a little TV, probably with our eyes closed as the clock strikes midnight. However if I'm awake I will be launching a few aerial salutes to welcome in 2021. (I can hardly wait to hear the litany of noise complaints on our neighborhood page tomorrow.)
delta1 Offline
#140 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 3:30 PM EST
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New Year's Eve is also my wife's birthday, so I'll be busy as usual cooking her a birthday dinner...she asked for surf and turf, the same as she wanted for the past few years...NY steaks this year instead of ribeye or filet mignon....for some reason, she's not fond of filet mignon...


she was nostalgic for NY steaks because that was the popular cut back in the day when we first met and went out for dinner on special occasions...then, surf and turf was NY steak and lobster... we had ribeyes and lobster the last two years...she wants shrimp scampi this year..


I'll stir fry some veggies and make a pot of rice...daughter bringing German Chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream for dessert...libations are bottle of champagne and some tequila...wife might have some champagne, but doesn't touch the tequila, which is for our SIL...I may throw caution to the wind and have a few sips of each...hope my doctor doesn't see this...
Plowboy221 Offline
#141 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 3:32 PM EST
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Haven’t done chit the last day and half, time I went to bed last night I’d been up for over three days without sleep..... I was and absolute wreck, I could barely function.... I remember when I could stay up much longer.

Ps. I regret that last sentence
MACS Offline
#142 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 3:35 PM EST
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Huh... today is my nephew's birthday.

It's also some other asshat's birthday... think ancient music device and 70's music.
Plowboy221 Offline
#143 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 3:39 PM EST
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Jethro Tull?
Plowboy221 Offline
#144 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 3:40 PM EST
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Is the instrument a pan flute?
rfenst Offline
#145 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 3:44 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
You gotta try a dab of shatter... I know you're not big on the butane solvent, but you should definitely try one at least once in your life...

He got RSO, four 1/8ths of different strains and crumble. Got to figure out the crumble thing since you said not to use it to top off a bowl of flower (like I used to do with hash back way back in college)

BTW, remember my kid's test of all the ****-ton, brown leftovers from his vaporizer? He was right. He made canna-butter that my wife used to bake 40 cookies. Kid said he did the numbers, but I don't know what he came up with. I'd like something more concentrated like your fudge.

Gonna be a nice weekend!
DrafterX Offline
#146 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 5:49 PM EST
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Cool Dudes...
frankj1 Offline
#147 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 5:55 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
New Year's Eve is also my wife's birthday, so I'll be busy as usual cooking her a birthday dinner...she asked for surf and turf, the same as she wanted for the past few years...NY steaks this year instead of ribeye or filet mignon....for some reason, she's not fond of filet mignon...


she was nostalgic for NY steaks because that was the popular cut back in the day when we first met and went out for dinner on special occasions...then, surf and turf was NY steak and lobster... we had ribeyes and lobster the last two years...she wants shrimp scampi this year..


I'll stir fry some veggies and make a pot of rice...daughter bringing German Chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream for dessert...libations are bottle of champagne and some tequila...wife might have some champagne, but doesn't touch the tequila, which is for our SIL...I may throw caution to the wind and have a few sips of each...hope my doctor doesn't see this...

12/31/1953
The Lovely Caren's birthday!
Her father got the tax break without spending a nickel on her.
delta1 Offline
#148 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 6:13 PM EST
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12/31/1957 is Kelly's...her mother, a Business major at the University of Cincinnati, had her induced to get the deduction...
opelmanta1900 Offline
#149 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 6:14 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
He got RSO, four 1/8ths of different strains and crumble. Got to figure out the crumble thing since you said not to use it to top off a bowl of flower (like I used to do with hash back way back in college)

BTW, remember my kid's test of all the ****-ton, brown leftovers from his vaporizer? He was right. He made canna-butter that my wife used to bake 40 cookies. Kid said he did the numbers, but I don't know what he came up with. I'd like something more concentrated like your fudge.

Gonna be a nice weekend!

hippie dab it! or get yourself a little quartz bucket, dab rig, and dab torch...

the fudge was kid of a bust for me... I liked them but couldn't eat enough to get an effect... not a good fudge to thc ratio...

I'm bubble hashing a full blue cream plant this weekend if I can get ahold of some dry ice... that's the real stuff... no solvent, high thc, and you can smoke it in a bowl or dab it...
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#150 Posted: Thu, Dec 31 2020, 6:14 PM EST
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Happy Birthdays..!! Laugh
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