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Reagan1k

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  1. If cholesterol is high, it is very valuable to know if you are an over-producer or an over-observer (if diet is otherwise reasonable). Any treatment reaches maximum effectiveness if the right blood work is done to determine this, but that's usually a step beyond what reactive, traditional physician protocol will do unless pressed. They'd normally default to a statin right away. If an over-absorber, something as simple as adding red rice yeast and bergamot can provide great results. If an over producer, then it may require a statin (which isn't a terrible thing). Boston Heart Cholesterol Balance test or something similar (unsure if there are others) gives you the full picture...far beyond a standard panel.
  2. Think of the opportunity - there have to be millions, thousands, hundreds, 50 or so hunters who need to have a flatter shooting 7mm platform out beyond 700 yards. I'm not judging. I buy stupid gun-shit all the time. Hell, I think I'm going to build an 8.6BO or 338ARC. Federal has to jump on this wave of Creedmoor > PRC > Next Gadget craze while its hot. I have to admit - they did it right.....forming strategic alliances before introduction with that many rifle makers in various price points to make it easy to buy - It'll be successful.
  3. Posted without comment. Federal Premium 7mm Backcountry At launch, the following gun companies will be introducing rifles in 7mm Backcountry: Christensen Arms Gunwerks Seekins Precision Fierce Arms AllTerra Arms Savage Arms Weatherby Geissele Automatics Proof Research Horizon Firearms Pure Precision
  4. Yep - If all one has eaten is the "enhanced" stuff with the fruit (jelly) mixed in, then the plain greek tastes tart. Just takes a resetting of taste buds and expectation of what it should taste like. Incredibly versatile - I mix it into all kinds of stuff to make a creamy sauce when I want something different (mariara, tomatillo, or whatever).
  5. Perineal Perennial topic of conversation for us in Jan/Feb - Hard to follow through with in Oct/Nov unless made a requirement before shooting a buck. Everyone loves the idea for someone else's hunt but has a hard time pulling the trigger during their own sit.
  6. Fage 0% Nonfat Greek Yogurt, blueberries, whole Chia seeds and a squirt of Truvia stevia sweetener is a common meal for me. A lot of times that's dinner, especially in hot months. If I'm low on fat intake for the day I'll chop up mixed nuts or almonds and stir those in to supplement the chia.
  7. The straight double action is fine. Solid double action trigger. What I'm playing with in dry fire is the double action plus or whatever you want to call it. Being able to push the hammer up and then have a quick and easy reset to the single action trigger is cool and I could see myself carrying that way. Its a very comfortable pistol to handle and feels great. The integrated thumb rail is perfect (for me at least). The whole thing along with the controls handles well. I've got one of their mini-wing IWB holsters in route, and that'll be the next test to see how that fits and draws.
  8. This is the correct answer. The 401(k) contribution limit is the limit (age dependent) but then ***if your plan and your cash flow allows*** you can choose to make after tax contributions which go towards your total retirement plan limits and have what's colloquially called a Mega Backdoor Roth.
  9. Finally got around to putting an optic on what'll be a carry gun for me. Like that the standard fixed sights are still usable through the reflex without mods. Off to the range this weekend.
  10. Anyone hired a firm or individual for virtual marketing? Looking at less than full time hours a week to do some lead list aggregation, emails, LinkedIn / social media stuff along with project follow up. Seeking input from anyone using or has used a firm to provide this work virtually.
  11. Ha! I used this analogy in a meeting yesterday to explain how I felt before going through the steps and establishing a conscious contact with a higher power. I can still feel like this when I'm not right sized and spiritually fit, but now I have some solutions other than the bottom of a bottle.
  12. Someone's great grandmother spent a shit-ton of time needlepointing for those chairs. That's a 50's+ target audience to sell those - not a facebook marketplace crowd.....probably a consignment store. Think you mentioned you were in 'bama? The MB crowd would buy those. Check with Stash downtown in Birmingham and see if they'll consign them for you. People spend silly money there. I've got family south of there and they love stopping in. I hear about it far too often.
  13. Yep - I have a family member who works in estate sales. They go into a house at catalog everything that the family leaves. Literally everything....and other than the obvious crap, they use Google Lens and a couple of specialized apps to find a completed selling price and then they discount from there for their sales price. Interesting work as they have to balance selling it for the right price to extract maximum value vs. getting it gone as normally the goal is to walk away with nothing but the walls left in the house so that the family can list it. Really valuable stuff they'll list on line and simultaneously take in-person bids during the sale, and the rest of it they discount and then keep discounting over days/weeks until its gone. I had no idea about how any of it worked until we had dinner one night and they explained the process. They often take weeks to prep for a sale and then sales can go on for 2-3 days or many days over a period of months depending on how much crap there is. It's certainly a different process than what I envisioned which was the typical Saturday morning garage sale. Many of their customers are doing the same thing as the OP and trying to buy for the sole sake of reselling on line or in their own market place they've developed.
  14. A lot of life is just picking your hills to die on. Depending on the personalities and stressors involved, it may be worth looking at a wash/dry/fold place that charges by the pound. Call it a cop-out and rightfully so, but sometimes surrendering a small battle to win a bigger war is the path of least resistance.
  15. Having been through it before in TX and helping a family member go through this process right now, my observation is that a living trust is only as useful as the attention paid to properly funding it (putting the assets in correctly) and that often isn't done correctly. Seems that the fear of probate is often manufactured (mostly through Holiday Inn Express seminars and because Daddy always said....) rather than being founded in the truth. Easy to say and looks great on paper, but when the newness wears off the trusts are often ignored or forgotten and never properly managed. That can leave a bigger mess or more heartburn than had the average person just left well enough alone. A living trust can be a great tool, but like any tool, it needs to be deployed properly and for the right reason. Saying "to avoid probate" begs the follow up questions of why and at what alternative cost. The answers to those questions usually determine the right direction to take.
  16. I carry a 10mm Glock with Underwood Ammo loading 140gr Lehigh Extreme Penetrator. Killed plenty of hogs and my share of deer with it. Love deer hunting with it as a placebo for bow hunting
  17. If you want the largest audience, using one of the bigger auction houses would give you national exposure. Someone like Austin Auction Gallery has in-person and online bidding running simultaneously in their auctions. You'd be shocked at what the online exposure does to valuations and selling price. There may be only a few people nationally who are into vintage ice chests, but rest assured, they're all running screens on these auction house offerings and bidding. Those folks, plus the decorators and shop curators all run up the price above what you'd get on classified or sitting in one shop on consignment. All you'd have to do is get it to the auction house or have them arrange to pick it up.....they'll handle the real shipping to the eventual buyer. Call them or someone similar and see what they think.
  18. Similar experience in Eleuthera. 'Rental company" was a just a guy and his car. Told me to ignore the warning lights on the dash.....and when I was done, throw the keys in the seat, park it at the airport, and text him that we'd boarded our flight.
  19. Yeah - There are some Model 70's in that go-round that I'm watching. There's a Super Grade carbine length in 257Bob that makes my fingers tingle. That's about as rare of a 70 as you can find. So much so it has me curious how well it is documented, as it would have to be a special order.
  20. Sweet -what year?
  21. Because of their reproductive ability, biologists indicate that it requires a 70% removal rate per year to keep a population from growing. That almost always requires consistent, ongoing trapping to make a lasting impact. Unless you have the ability to utilize air supremacy or remove all food sources (aka concrete paving) hunting/shooting just bounces them around and sends them nocturnal. We’ve been battling them for 30 years.
  22. Friends use Whoop and report the same thing about drinking, sleep, and Whoop catching it. Sounds like a good product. Wife and I use Oura. I don't drink but I can 100% see my sleep score affected and reflected in the app if I eat late. Even if I happen to sleep more hours, it's a less restful sleep and I see the difference in my heart rate, HRV, and the mix of sleep cycles....my score will reflect it. My wife can see the difference if she drinks, without fail, just like the above for me eating late. I've started double checking the accuracy each AM. I give myself 10-15 minutes to get my bearings and then decide if I feel rested or not, try to guess my score based on how I feel, and then open the app and let it calculate. It's as accurate as it can be.
  23. Consider the Cleerly test if you're concerned about coronary artery disease, especially if there is history in your family or previous lifestyle choices might put you at risk. Calcium tests can be valuable as a baseline and for monitoring changes, but if you want to be sure and to strip out the uncertainty that still lies in the CACS, then it might be worth it. CACS is a general guideline of probable risk, but not a diagnosis either way - good or bad. CACS gives valuable data, but it can't tell you if there is actually a building blockage, where, or whether the plaque is calcified or not. Cleerly can.
  24. My Oura ring provides a steady reminder of "Time to stretch your legs?" alarms /alerts after I've been sedentary at my desk for too long. As long as I take note and do something about it, there's a benefit. It is a little bothersome on long drives when I might not stop for a few hours and it wants me to. I guess I'd be heathier yet if I did pull over even if just to walk around the car, but especially at night that's a negative for me. I just want to get where I'm going.
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