Everything posted by Al_4_ISU
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
This is the one, but it lines up similarly. https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/ope-didnt-count-you-new-study-asks-who-exactly-lives-in-the-midwest/ My initial take away from this was "who are the 3.3% of Iowans who don't think they live in the Midwest?"
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
I have family in Tulsa, and they're very quick to ID with the Midwest over the South or Southwest. But I totally see it. Tulsa is a lot more like KC, Omaha, Wichita, Des Moines than it is Memphis, Little Rock, NOLA, Birmingham or Tucson and Albuquerque. Go about 30 miles south of there en route to Dallas? That's the fuckin' South. In the study I was referencing, there was a surprising amount of Coloradans that ID'd as Midwestern (although the far eastern part is indistinguishable from western NE or KS). Over half of Wyomingites too.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
Yeah, that's Midwestern as fuck. I think the western parts fits culturally for sure. Plus, the Midwest is a massive place and it isn't monolithic. You've got the Rust Belt, Northwoods/Great Lakes, and Plains that are all pretty distinct from each other. Even most Okies think of themselves as Midwestern per a recent study of self-identification (which I agree with RE certain parts of the state). The Midwest is a big, weird place.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
Oh, I agree completely. I actively avoid shedding my accent and linguistic quirks. The world's boring when everything is the same. But alas, I'm not sure I would consider your birthmother a fellow Midwesterner. One of my personal hills to die on is "Ohio isn't in the Midwest", although I realize I'm not exactly in the majority on that one.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
I didn't even know that was a thing. Ope!
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
I think the kind of snow and typical amounts matters a lot too. I know in the NE you guys get really wet heavy snow, and those noreasters can dump a metric fuck ton of it. As far inland as I am, we get pretty dry in the winter and 4-6" is a big snow any more. A lot of times that falls as a cold front is blowing in, so that snow is lighter and fluffier. We get the wet heavy shit in high amounts when the temperature crashes from 65 to 25 in a few hours during March and April. The good part there is that often times there will be above freezing temps in the next few days that take some of the pressure off of home snow removal.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
It was for you. We didn't get shit. My brother lives in the Highland Park area of St Paul and he was XC skiing at that golf course they groom every day, and I think I went out twice that year. Crazy how different weather patterns can be 150 miles apart. I sweater god they go slower once the temperature drops below freezing.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
I don't know that I've ever really "needed" one. I shoveled my last driveway by hand for years, but my mom gave me one for Xmas 5-6 years ago after a snowier than normal winter, and 3 out of the last 4 winters I've hardly touched it.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
I've run the snow blower once this season and I probably didn't need to. It would have melted a week later. Such a weird winter.
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Non-Texas weather. The all-encompassing thread
It’s fucking cold
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College Hoops 2024-25
Those were beautiful. That was a great win for you guys. Hell of an environment. I was talking to my dad yesterday morning and he was like “did you know they’re honoring Jerry West? And the game’s been sold out for a month? They really want to beat us I guess.” And they sure did. I was always impressed with DeVries at Drake, but the way he’s adjusted to Tucker’s injury and switched gears to low scoring brawls is incredible. Sounds right.
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College Hoops 2024-25
We’re setting the sport back 50 years. Thank god this abortion was buried on ESPN+
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College Hoops 2024-25
You guys have some of the best uniforms in sports when you want to, but my god those were bad.
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Hey Steel Shank!
Closer to London, MN
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RIP Slim Dunlap
But man, "Partners in Crime" absolutely could have been on "All Shook Down".
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RIP Slim Dunlap
There's no doubt that both Slim and Dave were monstrous parts of the sound of the bands they were sidemen in. Both the Mats and Nirvana sounded quite a bit different after they joined. On a similar note whenever I listen to Bash & Pop I always wonder if that's Tommy wearing Paul's influence on his sleeve or a reflection of his contribution to the Mats.
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Hey Steel Shank!
In college I lived off of Tuna Partner and Panburger Partner from Hy-Vee (think HEB for the western Midwest) as it was at least $.50/box cheaper than the real thing. Douse in hot sauce, and plate it up onto a saltine cracker, and that my friend, is L-I-V-I-N
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Hey Steel Shank!
Yup. Just outside of downtown Austin*. *Austin, Minnesota that is
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Hey Steel Shank!
I'm sure I've mentioned the name of the town I live in before.
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Hey Steel Shank!
Right on the nuts.
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Hey Steel Shank!
I appreciate the offer, but my wife wouldn't be real thrilled about it. Might have to take you up on the rice though. Of course, I don't get through Ottumwa often at all. No friends/family in the area and it's not really on the way to anywhere I go. I think I've been through there once.
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RIP Bob Uecker
Like most, I know him far more for his role in Major League, which is still one of my favorite acting performances by a non-actor. RIP to a great one.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
I'm not Czech, but I live in a heavily Czech part of the world and kolaches are 100% serious business. So many little old Bohemian grandmas making bomb-ass kolaches all the time.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
I've always understood "kolache" to refer exclusively to fruit pastry.
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Keeping food hot advice
I honestly don't know cooler sizes. I would think my main cooler at home would hold 20 lbs of meat pretty easily. It can hold a couple cases of beer and ice pretty easily.