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I agree with everything you said. If you have a chance to go now, and you think your kids can survive the flight, then do it. If you make excuses and talk yourself out of it because of the young kids factor, then you will always make excuses, and as their lives get busier, it will be even harder. They may not remember it, but you and your wife will remember it and hopefully get some great memories from it. Just set yourself up for success. Simplify your travel plans wherever possible to minimize the chances of things going awry. Don't get too ambitious with any sightseeing goals.
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Sorry if we misunderstood each other. I'm not trying to argue with you and I'm making notes of some of your suggestions because I haven't been to Sicily or the Adriatic coast. Well, I've done Croatia, but not the Adriatic coast in Italy. I suppose I was thinking those areas would be more difficult when traveling with young children because that adds travel time. He's mentioned a direct flight from DFM-FCO, so I thought stuff within a short drive or train ride from Rome would be more appealing from a logistics standpoint. Palermo requires a minimum of 1 extra flight with extra travel time, b ut I don't know if that's truly a concern for him or not.
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Ghislaine "Sgt. Schultz" Maxwell: "I know NOTH-ING"
wild_turkey replied to Gil Bang's topic in Cloak Room
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I get what you're saying, and I don't necessarily disagree with any of it, but for someone who has never been to Italy or even Europe for that matter, it seems like Sicily would be a strange place to start and have that be the only destination. If someone wanted to see Spain, would they go to Mallorca only? If a European wanted to visit the U.S. for the first time, would a beach resort in St. John be a good starting point? Not that there's anything wrong with any of that, if the goal for the trip is simply to be near the ocean and visit beach clubs. But with 2 young children, you can also achieve that without a trans-Atlantic flight. *I say all of this as someone who regularly takes trans-Atlantic flights for no reason other than to be on Mediterranean beaches and eat Mediterranean food, surrounded by Europeans instead of Americans. But I've also seen enough other stuff in Europe to not feel compelled to do that anymore.
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https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3557096 We share a state with these people. Sadly, their views are probably a majority viewpoint in this state.
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I told Newsome to put Brawndo on the crops. He didn’t want to do it. I demanded Brawndo on the crops because it has electrolytes. If Newsome had put Brawndo on the crops, California wouldn’t need immigrants to harvest them.
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Both times I’ve been, we stayed in Monterosso. First time was June 2011 and it wasn’t too crowded. I think it was still gaining popularity. Second time was July 2017 and it was fairly crowded during the day. Didn’t bother me much because I wasn’t trying to see or get to anything, unlike fighting a crowd in a big city or historical site, which drives me nuts. The crowds significantly thin out in the evening and it’s very pleasant then. Either stay in one of the towns, or maybe Porto Venere or Levanto so you can train home later at night and enjoy the evening after the day trippers have gone.
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I should clarify my last comment. I wasn’t saying that I think Tuscany is better than Cinque Terre. I like them equally. If you choose to go to Tuscany, I think it’s better with a car because it’s spread out. Driving there is fairly easy, and most major car rental companies will rent you a car seat. If you stay in Rome, don’t get the car until you are leaving the city, and even then, try to get it on the outskirts of the city or even take a train to Florence or Sienna and pick it up there. Driving in Rome sucks. On the other hand, if you choose Cinque Terre, a car is pointless. You can take a train into any of the towns and you can’t drive in the towns at all. You can also take a train to nearby places like Livanto, Porto Venere, and La Spezia. And there are small hikes and beaches. So that has a lot of upside for you. Damn, I might do that now.
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First of all, lots of places are toddler friendly. The most daunting part IMO is the overnight flight, which you’re already committing to. After that, you’re there and your toddler will most likely be groovy with some beach or pool time and not overdoing it on daily activities. My Italy experience is Rome, Cinque Terre, Tuscany, Venice, and Sardinia. I love them all in different ways. Can’t comment on Sicily because I haven’t done that yet, but I think it has a lot of similarities to Sardinia. Given it’s your first time going to Italy or Europe in general, I would probably lean against Sicily or Sardinia because you won’t get the true Italian experience. You deserve that first unless you have some burning reason to go to Sicily. I would probably do some combination of either Rome or Tuscany, followed by Cinque Terre or Amalfi Coast. That gives you access to historical stuff if you want it, then beautiful scenery and chill vibes, coastal Mediterranean slow pace of travel, and great food. You could fly into Rome, spend ~3 nights and see the Colosseum, The Forum, and the Vatican. Then leave the city and relax. Tuscany is better IMO with a car, which you could easily do. Cinque Terre you arrive by train and a car is completely unnecessary.
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Stupid laws prompt stupid questions, but how exactly does the bathroom bill get enforced? If someone says they saw a woman in a wheelchair using the men’s room at the state capitol, does Greg Abbott have to unzip and prove that he actually has a dick? Is it the physical appearance of the genitalia or a blood draw to check chromosomes? What if Angela Paxton has a man clit that’s bigger than Ken Paxton’s micropenis? Can we demand that they both get measured just to be sure? Who gets to decide where that line is drawn? Just random narcs who want to make everyone around them more uncomfortable? Who do I narc to if I see Ted Cruz go in a bathroom at DKR this fall?
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I understand where you’re coming from, but 80 million arsonists are lighting this country on fire, and if the Democratic Party ever regains control, I’d like them to aggressively put those fires out, rather than spraying gas all over them. I have a family, a career, and most of my friends here. My child is 2 and has her entire life ahead of her. I’m still clinging to some small hope that this is salvageable, even though the chances of that get worse by the day. If I truly thought there was a 0% chance of recovery, then I should move today. If we get a Democrat president again, I would like to see executive orders on Day 1 that dismantle 100% of what Trump had done. Re-establish institutions like USAID. Rebuild the CDC and EPA and everything else that has been damaged. Lay off 99% of ICE agents and put that money into climate research and medicine and healthcare. Take a long hard look at the structure of our government, elections, congressional districting maps, etc to reduce the chances of this happening again. Is it a long shot? Absolutely. But it was also a long shot for Germany and France and Spain and Italy about 87 years ago.
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The information is publicly available for anyone who wants it. Most of his followers and supporters don’t actually want it so they will happily listen when Dear Leader pretends there’s a coverup. His post is completely full of shit, like always.
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On the bright side, they didn’t score on us when we were inside their red zone this time. So that’s an improvement.
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I’m not even going to get my hopes up about Trump dying. Despite his age and the mitochondrial despair on his face, I think we are cursed and he will live another 10 years. That said, if he did die, I think it could only be considered a good thing. It’s akin to Saban leaving Bama, where the worst case scenario is that DeBoer continues to be an effective coach, but the best case scenario is that Bama loses momentum and becomes much less formidable. Maybe Vance would continue to carry the party, but there’s also that chance that he won’t fire up the MAGA crazy to the same degree, and he won’t be as vindictive and threatening towards members of his own party, so they will be less afraid of him and less unified.
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So she set aside her moral compass, as a sexual assault victim herself and advocate against sexual assault, long enough to confirm the rapist Whiskey Pete as Secdef, then ends her political career anyways. Great job, Joni. Quite a legacy of capitulation you left behind.
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He doesn’t have a point. He knows this is all complete bullshit but he won’t ever admit any wrongdoing by Trump or RFK Jr, so the best he can do is make a general statement about risks of SSRIs as if to suggest the rest of us were completely naive about that, despite this info being common knowledge forever, and then he concludes with “more research is needed.” If we found out he had a brainworm, at least we could be a tiny bit sympathetic about his bullshit posts. Imagine if RFK Jr pointed out that one of the risks of a person having a heart attack and undergoing a heart cath is death, then RFK Jr tried to limit access to heart caths and declared war on the AHA, then Ana would chime in and inform us that you can actually die during a heart cath and more research is needed. He’s a quack.
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Yeah, I know a few people who are still very bitter that the government required everyone to get an “untested” vaccine. First of all, it wasn’t untested. Second of all, no one was going around forcing people to have the vaccine. It was always optional. Friend A was unfortunately lost to MAGA sometime around 2020, so he’s as good as dead at this point and his vaccine objections are par for the course with the rest of his delusional worldview. RIP. Friend B is still a good friend, pretty smart guy and not MAGA per se, but I think he listens to too much Joe Rogan or similar bullshit podcasts and it’s poisoned parts of his brain. We spent a weekend at the lake when he was constantly touting the benefits of ChatGPT and showing how the premium version could help solve any of life’s problems. Okay, fine. But then we got into it on vaccines and he was strongly opposed to the Covid vaccine which he considers a massive failure. So I challenged him to ask ChatGPT for the best available data on the risks vs benefits, efficacy, estimated lives saved, etc. He was very reluctant to do it because even though he trusted ChatGPT for practically everything else, he suspected it would have a bias on this one topic. He did it anyways and of course the info was that it was overwhelmingly effective and safe, although obviously some adverse events occur, but he was just bizarrely skeptical of that info. The data is plainly available and he is a guy that thrives on data analysis, but he has some kind of mental block on this topic. It’s infuriating.
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Your carbon footprint is enormous. Why does anyone have 9 kids?
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The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation.
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Wife and I watched the movie Belfast tonight. We saw it when it first came out but we didn’t have a child then and Trump wasn’t actively destroying America then. It hit a lot differently this time around because it shows this family struggling to cope as their world deteriorates into civil unrest (The Troubles), wondering how to handle that and plan for the future of their family. They wrestle with moving and the idea of leaving behind family, friends, and the only life they’ve ever known. You can tell they are deeply committed to each other and the wellbeing of their children, but the world has forced them to make very difficult decisions. We struggle with that and discuss it on an almost weekly basis since the election. We’ve discussed moving to CA or CO to gtfo of Texas, but I don’t know if those are truly safe havens, given that Trump is moving the national guard into blue cities. We’ve considered other countries but it’s really hard to know where. This isn’t like planning a vacation where you just want a cool destination for a week.
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Why does anyone under the age of 65 care what Cracker Barrel is doing? How can a rebrand of a geriatric chain restaurant be woke? I don’t understand why this is major news.
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The destruction of America's public education system
wild_turkey replied to Captainant's topic in Cloak Room
How do places like Aledo and Collin County burbs have declining enrollment? Is the enrollment data publicly available somewhere? Are they losing kids to homeschooling and private schools? Surely it’s not people just moving away. -
The destruction of America's public education system
wild_turkey replied to Captainant's topic in Cloak Room
I’m hearing more and more people say their kid’s public school district has switched to a 4 day a week model. These are mostly districts in smaller towns around DFW, but it seems to be happening statewide. Here’s a recent Texas Tribune article that discusses the trend: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/14/texas-districts-four-day-school-weeks/ It seems the main driver is budget constraints and teacher shortages. Pay less for staff and overhead by only doing it 4 days instead of 5. Maybe attract or retain teachers. The article says that test scores have been worse in schools with a 4 day week. Obviously that should be a major concern, depending on how strongly the data supports that. Another major concern or question is how do families with 2 parents working full-time account for the off day? If they don’t have grandparents or other family nearby to help with childcare, what are they doing? My personal reaction to this, like many other things, is fuck you Greg Abbott and anyone who supports him. To the extent that budget constraints prompted this change, he is the biggest reason for that. A pretty sad state of affairs when public schools in a wealthy state can’t afford to keep their doors open 5 days of the week. We can give tax breaks to crypto farms but can’t keep our schools open. If my blame is misplaced, someone please better inform me. For any of you who have direct experience with this, particularly educators or families with kids in these districts, curious your thoughts. -
I’m sure Greg Abbott will promptly order the cute little Texas wall to be painted. He can roll in front of it for a photo op and maybe Trump will notice he exists.
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I assume Putin has hard evidence related to Epstein or some equally reprehensible Trump activities. If Putin wants Trump to roll out a red carpet and do a flyover, Trump has no choice but to give it to him.
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