Recent content by 406dn
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How old is the HT?
Being a well seasoned hunter, the poll lumps everyone older than 60 into one group. It was a long time ago when I first qualified for that group. I can say that what a person can easily do at 60 is more difficult to do at 70.- 406dn
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Long Covid?
You have company in regards of hoping to draw a ram tag, while still being able to do the tag justice. I turn 73 later this month, and put in once again for a tag. The realization that the tag may well elude me is taking hold. Some of the reason I head to the gym so regularly is to be able to...- 406dn
- Post #18
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Long Covid?
I'm not a doctor, but I had covid this past January. The last thing to clear out was the phlegm from the lungs. I felt pretty rough for a few days, took one round of treatment of plaxlovid. I was on the mend, but not over it when I took the last of the plaxlovid. Even after I felt pretty good...- 406dn
- Post #14
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The Devil's Lettuce
One place my brother worked, they supposedly had a random testing program. They only tested employees they were sure weren't users. As I said, it's here and it isn't going anywhere. Another war story. We had an employee at the refinery who used weed often. A friend met him at the front gate...- 406dn
- Post #390
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The Devil's Lettuce
I've considered and resisted posting anything, but what the hell. I had many chances to try weed back in the day, never tried it, for many reasons, I suppose. Among them, I did not see where anyone you was into to it handling their life as well as before. I remember telling a friend who was...- 406dn
- Post #387
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Pick a state to become a resident ...
I made my choice a long time ago now, 42 years this August. No state is perfect in every regard. Montana has lived up to what I hoped it would. I factored in a variety of big game hunting, trout fishing, scenic beauty, and staying within day's driving distance from family. I did not factor in...- 406dn
- Post #101
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What are you guys paying for gas?
#2 diesel has crept up to $4.099/gallon locally. One of the three local refineries had a fire a few weeks ago. That likely curtailed their thru put, a fair amount. Also crude has been inching steadily up, likely a bit of world wide political unrest and the upcoming summer driving demand. The...- 406dn
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Iowa/LSU Women’s BBall tonite
I'm watching the Knicks put a hurt on the Celtics, as I type. I just got home from a pointing dog field trial, I would have like to watch the Nuggets take care of business last night against the Timberwolves. The Joker scored 41 point with 16-20 shooting from the floor, against perhaps the best...- 406dn
- Post #302
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Fixing social security
If memory serves, the impetus behind excluding some civil servants from SS was to end what was called, double dipping. It is true that public pensions are more generous than many in the private sector. When a civil servant also was able to collect SS, the disparity widened. My father was one of...- 406dn
- Post #679
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Fixing social security
I'd say the number one reason retirees move to Florida, or Arizona, is to escape winter. The other reasons are ancillary, imo.- 406dn
- Post #655
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Fixing social security
Just a anecdotal piece of data. Many years ago now, the refinery where I worked decided that all of the employees should receive firefighting training for refinery fires. I was in one of the first groups to go, before the company decided it wasn't worth the cost. Anyway I met a guy from a Mobil...- 406dn
- Post #653
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Fixing social security
Did you get this data from the same source that pegs prison guard pensions at $250k/year?- 406dn
- Post #648
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Fixing social security
You or I can assume the reason why they moved from California to Montana. It might only be for tax reasons, or it might only be for outdoor recreation reasons. It might be some combination. It is speculation. When I moved west many years ago, it came down to Wyoming or Montana. I chose Montana...- 406dn
- Post #644
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Fixing social security
His proposed spending raises their debt by 0.4% hardly a needle mover.- 406dn
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