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specops56, 10-24-2025, 09:04 AM

This site is getting weird.

15 Posts from 2024 were listed as unread posts this morning. There were no new replies to them but every reply was lmarked as unread. I wasted my time going through them all thinking they might have been resurrected.

Terry


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Snack Food Review #13: Amazon Fresh - Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels


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specops56, 10-23-2025, 02:37 PM

Snack Food Review #13: Amazon Fresh - Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels



Bottom Line: Very crunchy. The first one had no with the actual peanut butter inside. The next few had little to adequate PB inside. The overall taste was very good. 4 Thumbs up!

Terry


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Spirits Review #75: Brugal - 1888 Doblemente Añejado Rum!


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specops56, 10-23-2025, 11:49 AM

Spirits Review #75: Brugal - 1888 Doblemente Añejado Rum!



Bottom Line: Slight alcohol scent on the nose with light tickle. Nothing else on the nose. Sweetness, light burn, oak and spice with a touch of smoke at the end.  4 Thumbs up!

Terry


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[GOA News] A Reckless Policy Stole Gun Rights for Decades — Now We Can Fix It


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Alphie, 10-20-2025, 06:10 PM

[GOA News] A Reckless Policy Stole Gun Rights for Decades — Now We Can Fix It

For more than 30 years, a reckless government policy has robbed law-abiding Americans of their Second Amendment rights, often without due process or any chance to appeal. In 1992, the so-called “Schumer Amendment” gave the ATF sweeping authority to permanently ban gun ownership for people with certain non-violent offenses or temporary mental health commitments. Now, for the first time in …<br/> <a class="postReadMore" href="https://www.gunowners.org/na101825/">Read more<i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a>


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Vacation notes


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Pepper, 10-19-2025, 01:37 AM

We did 4500-ish miles in 11 days. Saw a good chunk of the country we hadn't seen before, the wife hadn't been off the west coast except for Hawaii. 11 states. Ranked in order: Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana (sort of a 3-way tie for first place), Utah, Iowa, Idaho, Nebraska, Washington, Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois. Saw cars from all 50 states I'm sure. Worst drivers are from Washington, closely followed by Oregon and some completely insane folks from Florida. California drivers were surprisingly well mannered. The stereotypes about Indian truck drivers (dot, not feather) are true. All of them. At least enough to show why the stereotypes exist. 

I couldn't believe that other states have rest areas that aren't disgusting filth pits covered in graffiti. WY, MT, MN, IA, NE, SD, all had NICE rest areas. SD and MT have state police substations in some of their rest areas. We could tell we were back in the PNW when we saw vending machines behind cages and ethnic slurs carved into the mirrors of one off of I-90 in Idaho. 

Most of the country can't comprehend the greatness of midwest truck stops/gas station & convenience stores. Holy cow, Casey's General Stores with gas stations could take over the whole country if you give them a few years. 

Seeing just the slices of the states we traveled through, we're definitely headed back to the top 3 states. 

How many states allow on-road use of side by side ATV's? I was surprised by a few, it might be fun to commute to work in an enclosed SxS in the winter.


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