Everything posted by conVINCEd
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African Safari
I was very happy with my experience with Rhino Africa. We booked the international flights, they took care of everything else. 5 days in Cape Town, 2 in the wine region outside of Cape Town, and 4 days at a safari camp was something like $5k for 2 of us. That got us this: https://www.kensingtonplace.co.za The place we stayed at in the wine region went kaput during Covid, but it was upscale. This is the safari lodge we stayed at: https://www.kambakulodge.com Their website needs an update, but their hospitality and food certainly don’t. You can spend as much as you want to on the safari, I’m just giving you an example of what $5k (flights not included) got us. We saw every animal we wanted to see, multiple times, and we sipped cocktails while watching elephants drink out of the swimming pool. They are in a private reserve that borders Krueger, no fences, and we never felt crowded at all. East Africa is more expensive than South Africa, and if all you want is the safari, it is probably the best choice if you can afford it. We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Cape Town, and there is not a comparable city in Eastern Africa, which is why we chose South Africa. Penguins and great white sharks also tilted things in SA’s favor. Hands down the best trip we’ve ever done.
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,014 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 795 7️⃣4️⃣ 8️⃣🟥 m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 Blossom Puzzle, March 29 Letters: A E I S P R T My score: 447 points My longest word: 12 letters 🌼 🌷 🌸 💐 🌹 🌻 🌺 💮 🏵 🌼 🌷 🌸 Connections Puzzle #292 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Help! Buenos Aires!
Cape Town is exactly this way.
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,013 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 794 5️⃣8️⃣ 6️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Blossom Puzzle, March 28 Letters: A D E C H R T My score: 395 points My longest word: 11 letters 🌹 🌼 🌷 🏵 💐 💮 🌺 🌸 🌻 🌹 🌼 Connections Puzzle #291 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Baltimore Bridge Disaster
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,012 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 793 3️⃣7️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, March 27 Letters: A E I M N R T My score: 440 points My longest word: 13 letters 💐 🌸 💮 🌷 🌻 🌹 🌺 🌼 🏵 💐 🌸 💮 🌷
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Post a pic that makes you say "Holy shit."
Don’t piss off an elephant is a pretty good rule to live by.
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Tell me about Charleston
Take an hour or two and just walk around the historic district. Be sure to include Legare Street on that walk.
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Baltimore Bridge Disaster
That was very helpful.
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,010 X/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 Daily Quordle 791 3️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, March 25 Letters: E H I N L O S My score: 460 points My longest word: 15 letters 🌸 🌻 🏵 🌺 🌼 💮 🌹 🌷 💐 🌸 🌻 🏵 🌺 🌼 💮
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Wine
Between the wine and bourbon thread, I’ve just accepted that I’m a guy who took two years of high school Spanish who gets dumped in Madrid for a weekend. Tough to keep up. I like wine and bourbon, so I click on the threads every now and then, but the folks on the bourbon thread really like their abbreviations. Wine is a wormhole from which there is no escape.
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,009 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 790 9️⃣7️⃣ 🟥3️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Blossom Puzzle, March 24 Letters: A D E R K M T My score: 360 points My longest word: 11 letters 🏵 🌻 🌸 💮 🌺 💐 🌷 🌹 🌼 🏵 🌻 Connections Puzzle #287 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,008 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 789 8️⃣9️⃣ 4️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, March 23 Letters: I L M A N O T My score: 412 points My longest word: 12 letters 🌷 💐 🌸 🌺 🌻 💮 🌼 🏵 🌹 🌷 💐 🌸 Connections Puzzle #286 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪
- Getting old sucks
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2024 NCAA Tournament - First Round Games - Thurs/Fri
Northwestern rolling out a whitewash.
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,007 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 788 8️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, March 22 Letters: C E M I N O T My score: 433 points My longest word: 13 letters 🌸 💐 🌻 🏵 🌺 🌼 🌷 🌹 💮 🌸 💐 🌻 🏵
- 2024 NFL DRAFT
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Took an unplayable lie to avoid disaster. Wordle 1,006 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 787 4️⃣3️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, March 21 Letters: A B F E I L R My score: 359 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌹 💮 🌸 🌻 💐 🌷 🏵 🌼 🌺 🌹
- 2024 PGA Tour
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,005 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 786 3️⃣🟥 8️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ new high score on blossom Blossom Puzzle, March 20 Letters: E I N C O S T My score: 540 points My longest word: 15 letters 🌼 🌷 🌻 💐 🌹 🏵 🌸 💮 🌺 🌼 🌷 🌻 💐 🌹 🏵
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,004 5/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 785 4️⃣3️⃣ 8️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Blossom Puzzle, March 19 Letters: A G I M N R T My score: 402 points My longest word: 11 letters 🌼 🏵 🌸 🌹 🌷 🌺 💮 💐 🌻 🌼 🏵
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Home Owners, Auto Insurance, and Related Stuff
USAA has been slipping for more than a few years. I had to get out the pliers and blowtorches to get fair market value out of them for a total loss on my then fiancée’s car. Total flood loss where water was halfway up the door. It happened at UP Elementary and you probably remember when it happened. Teacher’s cars floating down Lovers. Pretty simple claim. They wanted to fix the car. That was 8 years ago. Sometimes things go downhill quickly, sometimes they take their time. USAA is doing a slow burn as opposed to a spectacular flameout.
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,003 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 784 6️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, March 18 Letters: E G H T I L N My score: 415 points My longest word: 12 letters 🌸 🌻 🌷 🌼 🏵 🌹 💐 💮 🌺 🌸 🌻 🌷
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2024 PGA Tour
His wife is due in a month. The Masters is in a month. That’s poor planning.
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Navarro Convicted for Contempt
Sorry.