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High Plains Drifter

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  1. So, I've never played beyond III. Should I got to IV, V, or all the way to VI? What say the surl?
  2. Did you do the loop clockwise or counterclockwise? I prefer clockwise, as it puts the steeper part at the beginning during the ascent as opposed to at the end during the decent. Easier on the old knees that way.
  3. You could do the south rim and Emory Peak. The south rim is a loop, with the peak being a spur off the loop. The peak adds a couple or three miles and maybe another 1K (?) of altitude gain. The final push to the top of the peak is an actual climb requiring hands and feet. Your ass will be hanging out over a 2K drop at one point. Not that dangerous or anything, but if you are afraid of heights it can be a little vertiginous.
  4. y'all Who is against common sense gun reform exactly? Who has advocated getting rid of them all?
  5. Anybody know when can I expect my next indictment or judgement fix? Anybody? Bueller?
  6. oops, sorry to drag you into this shit show.
  7. Christ, my daughter is in 7th grade, and very motivated to go to Columbia, of all places. I worry this will be the case for Texas HS grads in a few years.
  8. I'm a teacher. I weighed in. I was told I didn't know what I was talking about. Unless I'm an idoit (yeah, I know), it sounds like you agree with me. (Referring to teachers losing their accreditation). 1. Ask her what would happen if she went on strike. 2. They have no leverage. Teachers have been abused, blamed, and generally shat on over and over for decades. The general population, and especially the R terrorists who run the state and the TEA, do not give a shit if half the current teachers get fired because they went on strike. They do not care what would happen to k-12 education. They do not care if class size were to suddenly double because half the teachers walked. They'd celebrate it as a way to save money. 3. Yes, you are probably correct. But again, the school boards on up simply don't give a shit. Keeping the teachers down is more important. I can't believe you guys actually think R leadership gives one rat fuck about teachers or k-12 education. They will burn it all down before they allow teachers to get uppity. Or should I say, burn it all more down more than they already have.
  9. I'm not arguing that there isn't a teacher shortage. I'm not arguing that many people who do teach are under qualified or not certified. I'm just saying that any teacher who strikes, for any reason, is going to get fired, regardless of whatever teacher shortage we have, regardless of what that firing would do to k-12 education in Texas. Even if a particular principal or school board was willing to let a teacher get away with a strike, no way in hell would TEA or the state go for that. Anyway, if an actual teacher or k-12 administrator were to weigh in, I'll defer to what they say, and if they disagree with me, I'll admit I'm wrong.
  10. why was the 12 yr old arrested? Sounds like he was defending the life of his friend.
  11. They'll use scrubs, coaches, substitutes, Sunday school teachers, janitors teaching Chemistry with 60 students sitting in the basketball bleachers before they will allow striking teachers to return to work. edit: isn't @Sam Lin a principal? Let's ask him what his district (or TEA) would do to a striking teacher.
  12. Football will be the absolute last thing to go in rural Texas schools.
  13. Doesn't matter. They strike, they are fired.
  14. That ain't gonna happen. They would be fired immediately for cause, and black listed in the state.
  15. damn, if the tire didn't kill him, the face plant certainly finished him off.
  16. Bathroom Dan is holding up various legislation that would increase funding for K-12 schools using the huge surplus until vouchers get passed. If vouchers don't get passed, Abbott plans on calling a special session.
  17. Could be lol, could be holy shit. Lol to me, probably holy shit to him.
  18. I stand up as soon as the plane stops, not because of some inflated sense of importance or that i mistakenly think that I'm somehow going to get off sooner. I stand up immediately because my ass hurts and my legs are sore from sitting in THOSE FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT SEATS WITH NO GODDAMN LEGROOM. FUCK!!!
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