Clear sign-up took my wife and I about 10-15 minutes. There wasn't anyone ahead of us and I didn't get flagged as a poster on this site so take that for what it's worth.....it was simple. From there they treated us like an existing user and walked us around 200 people waiting in line and right to the x-ray machine. Same process sans the sign-up anytime you fly there-after. Walk up to a Clear kiosk, check in, and someone acting as if they are a security concierge walks you behind the ropes and right to x-ray.
+1 for Clear. Never paid much attention to it because I had already done TSAPre and G.E., but arrived early for a flight a couple of months ago and figured what the hell. Even with the sign-up I was still ahead timewise vs. going through the TSAPre line at ATL. It's as close as you can come to the old days when you could walk into the airport and right on to a flight without going from one line to another.
“A burden shared is a burden halved.”
T.A. Webb
Glad you got some relief and thanks for the reminder.
Even if our circumstances don’t change, often the simple (not easy- just simple) act of talking about something openly changes our perception. I know in my case, perception is my reality, so if I can step back and look at something differently, my reality can change even though nothing else has.
We have a decent, steady flow to our protein, but you are correct- nothing like when things are tough and they appear to be waiting in line to eat. This amount of moisture closing on mid June bodes well.
Should be a huge year for acorns and wild persimmons which makes hunting tough but I’m happy to take that over the alternative.
Interesting fact. If deer are gorging on wild persimmons, they get extremely sluggish and move very little. The ripe fruit ferments in the rumination process and they get a bit drunk which keeps them laid up. We had a biologist refuse to do a scheduled deer count when the fruit was still available because of the effect it plays on their movement.
Lotta rain all over. Grass is waist high and deer are fat as embedded ticks. Tall grass should bode well well for fawns. Might be tough early hunting if the acorns are thick but that’s a small price to pay for a health heard.
Side note for those who have been.....I asked my buddy to inquire about Jett at BZE. Word is he's doing fine, has stayed healthy, and should be getting his 2nd dose of the vaccine any day, at which time he'll be back slinging hotdogs and Beliken.
As someone who spent the better part of my lifetime treating symptoms and not the condition, I can report that for me, what @Sawbones, @TwiceHorn and @Gil Bang have said is good advice. Xanax puts a bandage over a laceration that needs stitches, and it hurts like hell when you remove that bandage....only to find the laceration is still there.
Figuring out the source of the anxiety, and coming up with tools to mitigate it is a long term and healthy solution. Xanax may be appropriate in certain circumstances, but one should tread carefully there and have a legitimate respect (bordering on fear) for the negative side effects.
Best of luck to you. Work with a pro who's first inclination is to look at causation and solutions, with medication being a tool of last resort.
(****And, be brutally honest with them when you talk about what's up. Don't hide anything. They can't do their work if they don't have all of the information****)
My most recent cab ride was the best I've had in 30+ years. Clean car, friendly driver, and reasonable fare. I think cabs are slowly evolving in areas where ride sharing has been allowed to hit them where it hurts. I prefer Uber/Lyft but am willing to take a cab when necessary.
As I tell my wife every time she starts to bitch about surge pricing or long wait times. "We can always walk - it's your call.....what's it worth to avoid that, because that's what we're paying for?"
She loves that! I know because she doesn't speak to me for a few hours after I say it. Obviously she is silently pondering my brilliance and her good fortune in marrying me.
Friend just got back. Said it was great.
Proof of vaccine or negative test (48-96 hours prior depending on test) to enter. US require a negative test to return.
Curfew is 10pm except on Thurs- Sat nights when it is midnight.
Mask mandate has been eased some. Don't have to wear one in a golf cart. Need it in public gathering areas or retail. Take it off at a table in a restaurant or bar. Much more lenient than they had been. Some shops mask use was observed to appear optional at best, but that's not policy. Resorts are able to make them optional on their grounds, even in indoor common areas.
Said it was finally filling back up with travelers and investors buying property. Locals are as friendly as ever and very happy to have the place hopping again.
No cattle. Just 100 acres of old land we have had for decades with no fence. Once (if) the economy and material pricing returns to some level of normalcy I’m thinking of putting up a simple perimeter fences to mark the property lines and create boundaries for hunting or hiking around.....with the idea that my kids’ families might get some use out of it as a getaway in a few years when their kids come of age.
Seems to be happening more often now with advances in DNA and all the genealogy kits being sold. Someone gives kits to family members for Christmas, and then at the next family reunion, creepy uncle Larry is conspicuously absent. Turns out he's doing life for rape or murder in the 80's because they retested the evidence.
I'm not sure what model 1911 you have by the bed, but those Black Talons in the magazine may be worth a good chunk of the gun's value.
I kid - sort of. I recently stumbled upon some listings for original Black Talons and were shocked at what people were asking and paying.
Nostalgia is a helluva drug.
What's the minimum B&C score to get a porcupine in the record books?
How do I score it? I'm assuming measure every quill and sum the lengths?
I've got one spending every night under a protein feeder eating the scraps that fall. He sleeps there when deer aren't present and wakes to eat as they do.
Pretty sure I'll have a 'Booner by October, and should be able to justify a new rife, suppressor, and high end thermal scope purchase to seal the deal.
I enjoy his show, if for no other reason than he lets them tell their story, and make each one of those small business owners feel like a James Beard Award Winner by the time he leaves. I don't mind his act.....it's certainly a lot more palatable than many pretentious food critics would be.
There's something to be said for lifting those folks up and recognizing their hard work, whether I would love their food or not. If you can make it more than a couple of years in that industry and have happy customers, that's an accomplishment worth noting, and he does a good job at it.
Yeah - Based on my understanding, the suppressor bill is a lot murkier than the carry bill. The Texas suppressor bill will be a line drawn in the sand and there will need to be other decisions made. In theory it will exempt citizens from prosecution on a state and local level, but the ATF is still the ATF and could prosecute under Federal laws.
It may not be a perfect analogy, but is akin to some of the cannabis legislation. Technically legal in the eyes of a given state, but still illegal under federal laws.
I'm not privy to nor do I understand how it is supposed to work, but my guess is that it is a 1st step and a stepping stone to additional actions against or legal challenges to federal laws which will have to work their way through courts before TX citizens are free from federal oversight with regard to suppressors.
From what I understand, the interstate commerce issue plays a big role here and that is or can be so broadly defined that the feds can flex on even suppressors manufactured here if they want to nitpick down to the raw material used in production, etc., etc.
There is a long game being played here and its still the top of the 1st inning even if the governor signed it today.
It can be a bit concerning for the insured when you tell them- “yeah I know the annual premium is really high, but don’t worry mom, you won’t be paying premiums but for a month, maybe two max.....I promise.”
Correct- no way to use term insurance. Too expensive and not what the need is. She wants something to be there regardless of when she dies. Term covers a certain period of time - wrong product application.
I’ll agree with you that in many, many cases, whole life appears to be a racket- but that’s really an indictment on the sales tactics and justifications- not on the product itself.
If there is a need for insurance for an entire life period, regardless of when death occurs, then you need to insure the whole life.
IMO- you have to differentiate between between the product being shit and the tactics being used to sell it where it’s not the right tool.
whole life is a financial tool- used for the right reason it can be beneficial. Misapplied, I’ll agree it is a racket.
It may or may not work for @ROFL BOX but it should be vetted, as term will be a non starter as you pointed out. There may be other options too. Gotta kick some tires and look for the best tool to fix the problem.