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    South Carolina Offshore Fishing

    Planning a multifamily vacation somewhere on the South Carolina coast next spring/summer. I'm sure we can find accommodations but am looking for fishing recommendations. The goal is yellow fin tuna. We'll be making other fishing trips closer in for the kids. Checking to see if anyone here had...
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    Planting Shrubs For Wildlife

    I ordered shrub seedlings from the local NRD to plant hedges. The local NRD didn't provide much instruction for planting, other than digging the holes. My personal horticulture guy is on Guard duty this weekend. Looking for info on if I can plant them in staggering species or if each species...
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    Caribbean Earthquake

    A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the sea south of Cuba on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami warning for Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the International Tsunami Information Center said. http://news.trust.org/item/20200128192906-7grtb Seems...
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    Drone Swarms Over Colorado and Nebraska

    Mysterious drones have been flying over Colorado and Nebraska in recent weeks and authorities can't figure out who's behind the aircraft. Deputies have spotted more than 16 unmanned drones flying in northeast Colorado after authorities received multiple reports of drone sightings last month...
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    Amtrak travel advice

    We're planning on visiting relatives in Utah this December and are considering taking Amtrak. Anyone taken family on the California Zephyr recently? I think we would get a cabin. Travel time would be about 24 hours. We're also considering driving or flying. Driving would be faster than the...
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    Do you tip for a takeout order?

    Do you leave a tip when you pick up a takeout order? I usually do but not as much as I would if we were dining in.
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    Wifi not detected by some devices.

    Our wireless router must have updated itself recently and ever since, our Amazon Alexa and an outdoor security camera (dericam) won't detect the wifi signal. TVs, phones, tablets all still connect. The camera works if you plug it into the router during setup, but when you unplug it to setup the...
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    Prohm to Alabama?

    If Alabama does fire Johnson and that’s a big IF, who could they turn to? The logical choice could be Iowa State head coach Steve Prohm, who is an Alabama grad. Prohm’s team just took down Kansas in the Big 12 Tournament and may face Auburn in the Midwest Region if both teams win their...
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    Chattanooga Shooting

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-police-officer-shot-near-tennessee-army-recruiting-center/ Four Marines killed at recruiting facility.
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    Better Call Saul

    I don't think it will be anywhere near as good as Breaking Bad, it has potential. https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/better-call-saul-gets-two-night-premiere-trailer-210734816.html
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    Ugly Xmas Sweaters

    Its that time of year again. When all of the suburbanites think they need to throw ugly Christmas sweater parties (full disclosure, we're having one, not my idea). I the past I have just worn a husker sweatshirt. There's always the sweaters with reindeer doing naughty things and the ones that...
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    Man arrested for 2009 murder

    A 34-year-old Shenandoah, Iowa, man was charged Wednesday in connection with the 2009 death of his girlfriend. http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/iowa-man-charged-with-murder-in-girlfriend-s-death/article_a49d86cb-6ae3-5df5-8721-8f8f8edab931.html That took a while.
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    Dove Hunting

    Has anyone gone out yet? Any luck? It seems like not many birds have come south yet since it hasn't really cooled off.
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    Mint.com Personal Finance users

    Anybody use this site and find it helpful? While doing my taxes (turbotax) I noticed that you can use it to upload tax documents rather than enter information manually.
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    True Detective on HBO

    It looks like a cross between the movie Seven and the tv show Hannibal.
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    Carl Pelini done at FAU

    Report: Carl Pelini has resigned at FAU - CBSSports.com Will he be rejoining Bo, or will they both be looking for new jobs next year?
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    LSU reinstates RB Hill

    "According to Miles, Hill's reinstatement came as a result of a team vote on Monday afternoon. With the backing of his teammates, Hill pledged to be a better teammate and apologized for the "poor choice" that almost cost him the 2013 season." So you don't have to leave these decisions to the...
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    Seattle trip in November

    We're planning a trip to Seattle the week of Thanksgiving. Planning on spending a day or two in downtown Seattle. The rest of the trip will be with our friends in Bremerton/Silverdale area. Any recommendations on things to do, places to eat downtown Seattle? We have Pike Place, EMP and space...
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    Laser can detect substances at 160ft

    Gizmodo reports a scanner that could read people at the molecular level has been invented. This laser-based scanner – which can be used 164-feet away — could read everything from a person’s adrenaline levels, to traces of gun powder on a person’s clothes, to illegal substances — and it...
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    DISH Network and AMC

    Any other Dish customers concerned that DISH will actually drop AMC? Hopefully it is all just posturing. It was a **** move by DISH to move the channel. Fight between Dish and AMC gets nastier - latimes.com