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  1. He's extremely fortunate none of those folks had a CCW
  2. LOL
  3. Will vodka work in lieu of lime juice?
  4. This is how I prepare them only, as soon as I'm done roasting them, I throw them directly into the trash.
  5. slonezp replied to gim's topic in Everything Else
    Chicago style. I'll take 2 with fresh cut fries https://www.geneandjudes.com/
  6. Every country has a 4th of July. Only the US has an Independence Day celebrated on the 4th of July. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
  7. I bought a 20 year term life policy $250K for $27 a month, 20 years ago. 20 years later, those scoundrels want $150 a month now. With any luck, I'll be dead in the next 2 weeks. Otherwise, too bad so sad for my son.
  8. As do I. I ate PB&J sandwiches everyday for lunch my entire school career. I had Skrewball once. It was good. Not something I would spend money on.
  9. I'm with these guys. It helps I hate people. To get stuck on a floating petri dish with no means of escape, is more of a horror movie than a vacation.
  10. I wore long hair until the early 90's. The woman who has been cutting my hair the last 20 years makes fun of me because I'm going bald. My hair lives vicariously thru my grandson's mop
  11. The fix is "Ford Motor Company has authorized your dealer to replace the steering linkage damper with a redesigned part, free of charge(parts and labor), if you experience sustained steering oscillation. This is a one time repair program and your dealer is not required to recreate or verify the issue"
  12. That's the kind of information I was looking for. There are a bunch of shade tree mechanics on YouTube and truck forums all with different opinions on the cause of it. I've heard the wobble is caused by tire issues, camber, misalignment etc.
  13. The "known" problem has affected X amount of trucks with a solid front axle going back, maybe 40+ years from what I understand. Were it that widespread of a problem, it would have been fixed/recalled a long time ago. I'm not having a problem. My thought is, If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I also don't necessarily trust dealership mechanics. A mechanic that gets paid on book time rather than hourly, may be more worried about getting paid his fair share, than repairing a truck that doesn't have an issue.
  14. 10 years or 150K
  15. From what I understand, the problem has been around forever with all the trucks equipped with a solid front axle. They have finally admitted it's an issue. My hesitation is...the "Break the seal" idea. That once they start messing with it, I'm going to have more problems from a truck that has been almost trouble free the last 5 years.
  16. Ford issued a recall for the "Death Wobble" on their Super Duty trucks. It's good for the first 150K miles. I have half that on mine and have never experienced the "Death Wobble". Would you have an issue fix that doesn't exist? If you don't know what the death wobble is
  17. Sounds like you owned a 1970s Chrysler product
  18. Tuesday, Chicago had about 1/2 mile visibility and smelled like a smokehouse. Better than it's usual urine smell but... It's improving but...
  19. What rain do you speak of? LOL It was pouring rain in buckets when I left work today in Morton Grove. I got home and had to water the garden because not a drop had fallen.
  20. Wow!
  21. Gerald Swindle also talks about poop
  22. Spook and senkos
  23. LMB is a good tasting fish. Next PB, try cutting the meat into scallop sized chunks, wrapping in bacon, and grilling on indirect heat. Another way to cook it is pan fried in butter with a 50/50 breadcrumb/grated parmesan cheese coating with salt and pepper to taste

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