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Can you pls recommend some of those good Tex-Mex places you mentioned? I moved here after 9 years in Dallas, and while I love it here, the only Tex-Mex I've found has been a bad stereotype of what it should be.
Recommend a non-stretchy slackline kit, $70 or less, 60+ feet long?
Per my title, can anyone recommend a static slackline--the less stretch, the better. Aiming for under $70, with a length of 60 feet or longer? (I tried the Flybold kit, but it's about one foot too short for my purposes.)
Thanks!
Hmm. For the life of me, I can't find that one. Every single search engine is sending me to Arizona, even when I try variations on the spelling. Can you help direct me to a webpage or something, please?
Thanks! I hadn't clarified that we'll be there in early June. :-)
That tension calculator is cool. The numbers in your post is especially helpful in illustrating why my initial idea is problematic. Thx.
Thanks for the replies, everyone. As much as I'd love to contribute to YouTube's collection of FAIL videos, I've decided--with your sage advice--to not use my deck as an anchor point. Thanks again for the reality check. :-)
Kid-friendly hotels? A pool and free breakfast... not too bougie...?
Hi. Can anyone recommend any hotels where my 4- and 6-year old can visit the pool and eat too much breakfast food in the morning? I know I could find something like this on one of the big search engines, but maybe there's a non-chain option that'd be just as good or better...Thanks for any/all recs!
EDIT: We'll be there in early June, just to clarify.
My wife and I have friends who had to face a similar heartbreaking situation. Through their strength together, they reconceived of the experience. When the procedure became necessary for the life of the mother, they went to the hospital and birthed their son, Lionel. He was at about five months in the womb. In the hours of his life outside the womb, they held him, sang to him, prayed over him, and gave him all of their love. He passed away later that day.
At his funeral, his parents were able to blend the sorrow and tragedy with a very real sense that, although Lionel's life was far too short, it was a meaningful one filled entirely with love.
I hope this little anecdote can be of use to you. I'm so sorry for what you're facing.
Heh--my kids would love it until I accidentally let too much algae grow in it. :-)
I can see how my post left a lot of questions. Thanks for following up!
I'm a newbie to slacklining, but I used to do a lot of rock climbing when I was younger, so I have some experience with webbing, knots, and carabiners. Here's what I've been imagining:
I'd hitch one loop of webbing around one of the corner posts--that is, the posts bolted to the floor of the deck--and another loop around the middle post (in the photo, the one further to the right.) Those two loops of webbing would create a triangle that I'd join with a carabiner. From that carabiner, the slackline would extend approximately over my head (relative to where I'm standing when I took the photo), and it'd run about 30 feet behind my back, where it'd connect to a nice big tree.
From the slackline, I'd hang a bunch of rings on lengths of webbing. My 50-lb. kid would then swing like a monkey from one ring to the next, back and forth. Ideally without ripping the deck posts out of where they're bolted in. :-)
But I also see /u/dmc_2930's suggestion of doing an a-frame with ground anchors. I'd go that route if my plan above seems too shady. (However, my initial plan would be a lot easier to set up!)
"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe, until they farted and left."
Advice for used bike shopping? Wanting not too fancy, but better than a clunkerWhichBike
Hi. I'm interested in buying a used mountain bike (to save some $$!) because I'd like to try the sport to see if it's right for me. I have tons of prior experience with road cycling and (in my younger days) hipster-urban-dodging-cars biking, so I'd like to buy something better than a clunky entry-level mountain bike. But I also don't want to splurge in case I discover that mountain biking isn't the right sport for me. (Unlikely--I'm excited to get into it!--but I'd be happy to upgrade later, after I've learned a bit through experience.)
So I'm hoping to find a Goldilocks bike that won't cost too much but will also feel "good enough for now" to someone who likes being in the saddle. What sorts of features or specs should I look for as I monitor places like Facebook Marketplace and Play It Again Sports? The used bike inventory is always changing, but are there any particular models that pop up often enough that I should keep an eye out for them?
I live in central NC, and I'm also really feeling my 43-year-old dad-bod. So I expect that most of my biking at this point will be on relatively easy trails--maybe some short steep climbs, but mostly just some flat-ish trails through gorgeous wooded areas. I'm about 5'10," average proportions, save for a slightly larger gut than when I was young and suave. :-)
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone for your helpful responses! There's a lot of unfamiliar lingo going on for me, which isn't surprising--different kinds of biking have their own respective cultures and languages, I get it--and it'll be really useful for me to google these terms and learn what these components and features are. Thanks again!
Coming-of-age plays to teach in high school?Curriculum
Hi. Can anyone recommend any plays for an advanced 9th grade English classroom (ages 14-15)? Our theme is "coming of age," so I've already checked out "Brighton Beach Memoirs."
Both wholesome and edgy suggestions are welcome!
I'd especially love some titles from the past 20 years, but I'd appreciate any and all recommendations. Thanks!
This happened somewhere in the southern island -- "some small town" is all I know. Meanwhile, his wife and son are up in Aukland. I heard that it's a 1-hour flight back to where they're staying. Now that BiL is back in touch, he's getting really secretive. He's always been that way. The hunch is that he knows he screwed up somehow (probably in a careless way, knowing him--not an ethical way). I anticipate learning more of the story over a long stretch of time. Thank goodness that everyone is alive and well.
Better alternatives to Danco water-saving kit?
After living in my house for a couple years, the tank in the toilet started to leak, specifically from the flapper mechanism. It's a Danco HYR451T HyrdroRight water-saving kit. Should I just replace it with the same thing ($25), or can anyone recommend a better alternative that isn't hugely more expensive? Thanks for any advice.
BiL has gone missing in another country. Advice, please?Support
I don't know where to post this question, but this community has been great for me. So, dads-- My brother in law has been traveling in New Zealand with his wife and 1-year-old. (We all live in the U.S.) I just learned that he went out on his own for a bit to go fishing, but he got in a bad car accident and was taken to the hospital. The police later told his wife that he was deemed healthy enough to discharge from the hospital.
However, she hasn't heard from him, and she hasn't been able to get in touch with him. It's been maybe a day or so.
I'm feeling clueless and half-panicked, especially being on the other side of the globe. What can we do to try to help?
UPDATE: I posted an update last night on my laptop, but it's not showing up in my phone's app. Long story short, my BiL is ok. After my wife called the consulate ("nicest guy ever!") and they made some phone calls, my BiL got back in touch with us, his wife, and his mother. Still fuzzy on the details--I'm sure he's feeling traumatized, and he's pretty private when it comes to things that he's not proud of. But he's safe and healthy, and his wife and baby still have him in their lives, thank goodness. THANK YOU ALL for your advice and good wishes! When we here were in the midst on panic, it was impossible to think straight. It was wicked helpful to hear "Call the embassy" and "Call Liam Neeson." 🙂 You dads are all fantastic.
Whiskey distillery tours right after Christmas?
Hi. Does anyone know of any whiskey distilleries that might be offering tours on Dec. 26-29? It looks like George Dickel is not, and with the plethora of distilleries in the area, I thought I might ask here before checking a hundred different websites. 🙂 Thanks!
Yes, I did identify the fucking plant. It's Chinese privet. According to the Alabama extension society, I can treat it at any time of year except summer. I was just wondering if folks here had more specific advice that than that.
Anyway, u/BenedictBadgersnatch, I'd love your expertise. What would you do in my situation? Spraying with Roundup seems like a bad idea, as it'd inevitably get on the adjacent plants. The label does indeed say that it can be used on stumps, but your response *seems* to suggest that I should consider otherwise. However, I'm not sure if that's what you meant--I just couldn't tell from your response.
I appreciate that you're a professional, so I'd like to hear your suggestion, please.
I understand that you disagree with u/godsfavoritesniper but what do you think I should do instead? Do you mean to say that triclopyr would be better for my situation? I'm trying to understand your response since I believe that you had good intentions.
Questions about herbicide and killing a big, invasive woody weed.
Hi. I want to get rid of some invasive Chinese privet that the previous homeowner let grow around my backyard. And I want to do it lazily and cheaply! (As a parent of two little kids, time and money are limited.)
I'm in zone 7b, central North Carolina. From what I've read, it sounds like I should cut the privet down to stumps and paint the stumps with a herbicide. A few questions about that...
1) When's the right time of year for the herbicide to work best? Should I do it now, wait until later, or does it matter?
2) I have a bottle of Roundup concentrate (18% glyphosate) that I'm not using for anything else. Will that work? Or should I spend money on triclopyr? If so, what percentage do I need? (At my local hardware store, I can get it at 8%. Or do I need the industrial strength stuff?)
3) Most important to me: Some of the Chinese privet is close to some nice, tall, old trees. As long as I'm careful in applying the herbicide to the privet, is there any risk of also damaging these trees? That is, could the herbicide spread underground from the roots of the privet into the roots of the trees?
Thanks for the advice!
Thanks for the responses. I should've clarified that I have a lot of leftover prodiamine, so I'm not (currently) interested in buying a two-chemical blend. Maybe next time! But it's good to hear that I can use one pre-emergent in the early spring and another one later on. I just wasn't sure if that'd cause problems...
Thx again.
I took my wife and our two little kids out for pedicures. All four of us, all in a row. The kiddos got sparkling cider. He got neon orange nail polish, and his little sister got alternating blue and sparkles. It made their mom's heart happy, and I got a foot massage. 😁
After that, we all had dinner together at my mother-in-law's house. Wife and I found some leftover smoked chicken in the fridge, and the kids had frozen Swedish meatballs.
And then the kids went to bed early, so the two of us got lucky! And now we're next to each other on our phones. Pretty awesome for this stage of life.
Well I blew another Mother’s Day. How did you guys do….
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