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A co-worker was just mentioning that "downtown is having a real problem with these gang parties that rent out a whole bar and get violent". I hadn't heard this and can't find a news story about it. Anybody familiar with it being more than rumor?

My wife is costuming a local production. They cast 50 f***ing people, including double-casting the leads. Sizes in the ensemble range from youth 10 to adult 3X but "we really want them to look uniform", out of materials that are hard to find with Joann's gone. Everybody has "offered to help", but even requests as small as "can you grab X from storage from me" or "can you make six choir stoles" have met with nonsensical/useless replies: "I took them to my school 20 miles away, when can you come get them" in the first case and "I have four nun robes, would those work?" in the second. Um, 4 < 6, and I asked for decoration, not something drab!? Costumes that were to be borrowed/rented have

Man, I've run 172s in leaseback for ten years and just found out my next engine is going to be 2x the cost - $50-60k by the time it's in vs $30k for the last one three years ago. I haven't finished the spreadsheeting but that will flip the hourly business upside down pretty authoritatively on an aging plane. I had already decided not to buy a new one for the same reasons and that's AFTER bumping the wet rate up twice.

Since Textron seems unwilling or unable to fix their supply chain, what's the next primary trainer where the economics will actually work? If anybody has made the jump away from 172s I'd love to hear about it...

I think I used to be able to do $50 for 4GB in Europe, time limited... Now they only seem to offer a $10/day unlimited on the web site which said "oops, not your device" (weird for an iPhone 12, not exactly a dinosaur). Called and had to sign up for a $200/mo add-on for 10GB for a one-week trip. 25 minutes of waiting on the phone and it was clear the rep had to dig to find the plan at all. Bummer, I travel a couple times a year for work and the five-minutes-on-the-web-site way worked a lot better. The rep was a rockstar but it's crazy they're steering people away from self-service.

Considering relocating to Mass in the next year with my 172. [That's going to be a lot of trips, ba-dum tss.] How are Taunton and Mansfield as far as hangar and mechanic availability and general GA energy level for a piston single? Any other airports with a good "scene" I should be looking near? I probably can't afford Beverly, but how is Lawrence?

Anybody seen black raspberries for sale at a farm stand or elsewhere this summer? It's about the right time but I've seen nothing around Waterville yet.

TL;DR: Pretty sure the hot is connected to the cold in my fancy house, need a way to find where & fix it without jackhammering the whole slab.

Moved in 2017, into a 2008 two-story Florida house on a slab. Dual Rinnai on-demand heaters, one for each floor, outside on the east wall. Master bedroom and guest bedrooms 60' away on the west end of the house. Second floor has great hot water (quick, 130F). First floor takes forever, barely makes 115F, and never improves past that.

Called plumber, he suggested cleaning the Rinnai unit for downstairs in case it was limestone buildup. Cleaning cycle didn't look bad, and while heater was shunted he noticed we still had full pressure on the

Passes are up for renewal soon, and we were hoping to do more unplanned afternoon/evening/weekend park trips again. If I knew the reservation requirement was going away, I would definitely renew. If I knew they were permanent, I would definitely let them lapse. Anybody got a hint? DMs accepted for those who won't comment publicly, would post an anonymous summary later.

Nobody tells you what to tell your kid when they did everything you asked and it didn't work out. As parents we clearly mistargeted and played this bizarro year completely wrong. We believed the lie that previous class statistics might be predictive and help us select schools. 4.0 + 1500 SAT + tons of AP 5s + varsity letter + leadership positions + stage talent = one safety admission, one T20 wait-list, no everywhere else.

No from two Ivies we won't take personally. No from two more T20s, OK, I guess so. But no from three more in the 20-40 range? How? And the same thing happened to all of your friends in the top 10% of your class except the valedictorian. I will never understand wh