Going there for my second trip soon, it’s truly amazing country. Great for a long weekend, maybe a week, then it’s time to go home. Last time I was there while they were doing the high school graduation parade (around 9pm, full sun) and it was the most quaint (read sad) little event to ever keep me awake at night (day). Beautiful country, special people, surprisingly not terrible grocery prices (compared to California), and incredibly expensive real estate.

Ooooo that’s one I need to try on the deck, hope the best for the developers, was one hell of a game

Haha, will Ferrell as well!

Except Lego movie. (Haven’t seen stranger than fiction but I’m led to believe that would be the second exception to my “I can’t stand will Ferrell” rule, and a rule is only allowed 1 exception)

Any body else thinking this Nazi wants to be a king?

Coming soon to the front lawn of the highest elected official in the US

Was the WWF (or whatever the criminal wrestling organization goes by these days) booked?

Tacos every day!

Idk who this Brad Davis guy is, but he is pretty obviously garbage with trash opinions

Not enough soap in your pool.

Cnidaria (jelly fish and anemone’s) stings on your skin are usually nothing, if you ever want to swim with jellyfish a pair of nylons over your exposed body is generally enough to keep you from being stung, but whatever you do don’t put your tongue (or other sensitive parts) to one, because the toxin can totally mess you up (generally just major swelling like the worst bee sting you’ve ever seen, but swelling could always lead to other problems). Some of the most potent venoms on the planet are secreted by the cnidaria, but there will definitely be (actual) signs warning you away from areas they exist in.

I’d say the butterfly is the most energy intensive way to swim, and dead man’s float is the least energy intense.

Swimming is the best exercise you’ll ever do, and you should be able to do it for most of your life. You can do it to get ripped, you can do it to rehab.

The 2 most important things when swimming are: don’t get overconfident, and don’t mess around with safety. The ocean absolutely doesn’t care about you, and it’s amazing how little it’ll take to become disoriented. Never swim halfway past where you can’t see the shore, and never swim more than halfway past the longest you’ve swam before.

Saltwater is generally fine if there are no nasty organisms in your neighborhood, but fresh water swimming can kill you if the water is stagnant or polluted.

If you’re looking to swim for exercise or fitness my biggest recommendation (after goggles) is get yourself a speedo/teva suit (if you don’t want a banana hammock get the thigh length shorts), you’ll be amazed how much further you move per stroke and how much less energy it takes to go from a to b.

As I’ve said in another reply, the most efficient stroke with easy breathing is probably the backwards frog, it’s very easy to learn, just pulse like a jelly fish while keeping a bit of your face out of the water.

I’m glad you had a great experience and you’re looking to continue practicing! Knowing even the basics can be life changing.

If you ever find yourself under water and can’t tell which way is up (this can happen surprisingly easy), follow your bubbles, bubbles always go up

Life guards will always have a floatation device with them, it’s incredibly energy intense to egg beater with any amount more than your head out of the water, let alone trying to hold another person up. I’ve convinced many people that the hardest/most energy intense thing you can do in the pool is to get hands and elbows dry without touching the bottom.

But once you learn the technique, keeping your head out of the water is almost 0 effort. But nothing is less effort than having a flotation device!

Back frog is the easiest for breathing, but if you’re trying to get anywhere efficiently the crawl is the fastest and easiest to breathe with

Get yourself a pair of goggles, nobody should take the brunt of the ocean directly to their eyes. If you’re interested in the ocean get a half mask that covers your eyes and nose, and honestly you can find a cheap snorkel as well and you don’t need to worry much about breathing at all.

Please be aware of local beach conditions, if there’s a spot that says don’t swim it’s not worth the risk, even if it looks calm, hell especially if it looks calm.

Is this the same 3 judge panel taken at random for the 11 judges on the circuit, that has for the last 6 months always had the furthest right judges randomly assigned to it?

Read the article and yes, yes it is. July was the first month neither of those 2 appeared in the emergency review panel, and now they’re back.

It’s so fucking corrupt, I’m not sure why nobody from the media has covered this.

I’m really sorry to read this, I can’t imagine how heartbreaking it is,

We were in a very similar situation, 2 small slightly older girls (5) and 1 rambunctious little boy (who quickly became a very big boy), we probably messed up thinking we would need to protect the kitten from the girls, ended up exactly the opposite. (Our final solution, and reason for writing this anecdote) We bought squirt guns and guarded the favorite victim like she was the president, it’s taken months, but he’s finally starting to get it through his skull that we don’t need to play 24 hours a day. My wife has the patience of a saint, and fortunately has gotten to work from home a lot.

I hope you find peace, we can’t rescue all of them.

I’m going to have to join you guys in this, your write-up is awesome! Appreciate the deeper analysis you did, and seeing all the little bloopers/inconsistencies

You’re asking for proof of a negative, anyone who argues one way or another, especially someone who tries to get you to believe they have the answers, is full of ****, and likely trying to take advantage of you, either knowingly or unknowingly.

Forrest Gump

Opinion?

Absolutely the biggest difference I noticed going on a weight loss injection (monjarno I believe), I still feel a bit hungry when I don’t eat, but my personality doesn’t change and I’m a lot less stressed about being hungry.

It changed my perspective on how my body responds to hunger. I can still easily allow myself to over eat, but I can just as easily go all day without a meal and not be cranky about it.