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Paco

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  1. I don’t cook anything but slabs of bacon below 275. I’m usually over 300.

    A couple of months ago I may have been over-served at a neighbor’s house and promised to bring a brisket over for dinner the following night. My wife woke me up at about 10:15 the next morning and reminded me about the brisket. It was on by 11 and done at 4:30. The ribs and chicken were done at exactly 5:30. I sliced everything and we were over there at 6:00 sharp.

    Perfecto
    Did you forget how to speak English again?
  2. Got back in late Monday night and took the puddle jumper from San Jose to Quepos Tuesday morning. Well, that flight got cancelled so they put us on a flight to Puerto Jimenez and from there to Quepos. Turned a 20 minute flight into a 1.5 hour flight but got some good views and flew right over the whale’s tail in Uvita. Weather has been really good. It starts raining about 3 in the afternoon but nothing too bad so far. They had some horrific flooding about 10 days ago.
    So far mostly we’ve just been catching up with friends that live here. Went to the Cocal beach that you reach by ferry for the first time the other day with a Tica friend of ours. I would not recommend going over there without a local. Found a cool little bar right on the beach that was basically a tin roof and some stools. Spent another afternoon on the deck at a friends place (see attached ocean view). It’s a modern 3 bedroom on the hill above Quepos. They rent it for 1100 a month. Just wow.
    There’s a great new restaurant in the marina. It’s legit Mexican food which I’ve never found here before.
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    I heard Costa Rica has been ruined so you must be making all this up.
  3. Veterans must have been honorably discharged to qualify. Upon enrolling, you pay $100 for 12 months to receive a monthly education benefit upon completion of the minimum service obligation. You are then eligible for up to 36 months* of benefits. These benefits are paid to the you directly.
    https://www.military.com/education/gi-bill/everything-you-should-know-about-the-gi-bill.html#:~:text=Veterans must have been honorably,paid to the you directly.
     
    I definitely paid the $1200 when I was in.  Maybe they have a different program if you are already expecting to do post-grad. The exceprt above is also related to the Montgomery GI Bill, which is different from the post 9-11 version.
    I didn't remember that. Definitely didn't think somebody else could pay for it, I just remember sixteen different deductions from my $1300 a month pay. Including the completely fictional Marine Corps retirement home.
  4. I see where you're going there but I don't think there any 2 seater Corsairs or Hellcats around.
    Oh yeah. Forgot he took Penny up. In my defense I had the brief thought when it was first shown. Nerd rant over.
  5. Ridiculously picky nit to pick that I very briefly picked anyway because I'm a nerd: I wish Maverick would've had a restored F4U Corsair or a Hellcat. Even a Wildcat. Something that regularly jumped off carriers.

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