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  1. opiate82

    Skiing/Snowboarding Thread

    So I made it up last week to Mt. Baker. Had waist deep powder everywhere, it was amazing. Best powder day I have had the chance to ski in the last 15 years. Normally this time of year we get a bunch of the "Cascade Concrete" (thick, sticky, wet snow) but this stuff was nice light and fluffy...
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    Bicycling

    This is my dream bike right now. Carbon framed Demo 8. It weighs about the same as my current ride so getting up the hill at my favorite mountain wouldn't be to much of a challenge. The suspension probably wouldn't be very conducive to XC stuff though even though the bike is fairly light...
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    2012 NFL Season

    Drew Brees doesn't deserve that consecutive games with a TD record because it is easier for a QB to throw from touchdowns. It's not like he has to line up across from any of the defensive linemen and lets face it, some of those TD throws were gift wrapped.
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    2012 NFL Season

    If Aldon Smith breaks the single season sack record, he'll get DPotY.
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    Do you have health insurance?

    If you have the insurance, you should at the very least be using it for well adult exams/preventative care/etc. You are paying for it anyways and could possibly end up catching an issue before it becomes problematic.
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    Investing

    http://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Getting_Started
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    Do you have health insurance?

    For just me it's about $300 a month (starting in '13, up from '12). I pay 25% of the cost out of my pocket, the other 75% comes from my business account. I am very healthy, I haven't even been sick enough to take a day off in years. I do however participate in some injury-risk activities...
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    Your Own Photography

    Actually, if look at the full size hi-res version of the picture, that trail coming his foot is actually a string of water droplets. Since I knew I wanted everything to be silhouetted black against the sunset when I was taking those pictures it allowed me to use a really fast shutter speed and...
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    2012 NFL Season

    Nope, just the players involved. The coaches have no union and thus no recourse against the league to fight their suspensions.
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    Fantasy Football Advice Thread

    So I'm in the semi-finals. Need to decide on who to start in my flex spot. Randall Cobb (@Chicago) DeMarco Murray (Pittsburgh) Mikel Leshoure (@Arizona) Donnie Avery (@Houston) Also, Danario Alexander is currently available on waivers. PPR League...
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    County Basketball League Lulz

    My dad use to play in a "chill" league with a bunch of other short old men. But there was one team made up of the fresh-out-of-college basketball players who just wanted to run the table on everyone. My dads team (one of the worst in the league) decided to just leave one guy at the other end...
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    Your Own Photography

    I have a 50D. I didn't have a tripod with me at the time but I wish I had.
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    Your Own Photography

    Nothing terribly impressive out of me, but here are a few I have done. Wife's cousin makes chocolet truffles. Pays me in chocolates to take pictures for her: Dogs + Snow = good photo opp
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    Your Own Photography

    Took these with some of my friends goofing around at the lake. And just because, some boobs and beer
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    2012 NFL Season

    It'll be very impressive if Seattle and SF lose out considering they still have to play each other.
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    Fantasy Football Advice Thread

    So earlier in the year I traded away Tom Brady to land Doug Martin. I also had RG3 so one way or another I had a premium player on my bench that I felt I needed to trade to land someone who could improve my starting line-up. Obviously the flaw in my plan may be coming to fruition with the RG3...
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    Kids? or No kids?

    I would say that I am much closer to my dad in my "older" age now than most of my friends with theirs. My dad can, for lack of a better term, "hang" with me and my friends and vice versa. I can really see and hang out with my dad on a day-to-day basis and he can relate to my life because he is...
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    Kids? or No kids?

    What about age in regards to being a father. My dad had me pretty young (24). I also have some friends whose fathers are way older than mine. I can tell you that the relationships they have with their fathers are vastly different than the relationship I have with mine. Obviously there are...
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    Kids? or No kids?

    First of all, I hope you made these feelings perfectly clear before you got married. If not, you are in for some marital troubles and I don't envy you for that. Outside of personal desire, one of the main reasons I want kids is that almost everyone I know that has had them has talked about...
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    Pocket Pussies!

    I've done the eggs as well, while it felt good but they are somewhat spending considering they are one time use. They are like $6+ per session. They also have a bunch of one time use fleshlight type things. Tried one of those as well and didn't like it. Mainly because it was to small for me...
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    Bicycling

    Nice ride. I have an '03 Enduro that has been very good to me the last 10 years. I am starting to think it is time to start looking for a new ride though with all the updates in technology that have happened the last 10 years. Most of the riding I do would be considered "All Mountain" but I...
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    The Beer Thread

    I have a pretty nice home brew set up. Have a kezzer with three taps and cornies. Just started doing all grain batches with your typical Home Depot cooler mash tun. The biggest issue I have right now is I don't have very good fermentation temperature control. Total I have maybe a dozen beers...
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    The Beer Thread

    The malt is referring to the specific grains used to make the beer that have characteristics of those flavors, they should be not overwhelming (although I have never heard of a grain with a chili characteristic, so maybe they used actual chili's). Pretty much any stout, scotch or other dark...
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    1099 vs W2

    I am by no means an expert on this, but this advice is also what I have heard. Just keep in mind if you do take the 1099 that you won't have any with-holdings and will (most likely) owe taxes so keep some money set aside for that.
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    Pocket Pussies!

    I have a Tenga Fliphole. The thing I like about these is rather than trying to copy a vagina, there are all kinds of different textures and knobs and what not through the whole thing so the sensations are much different than a vagina (or a reproduction of one). Since I already have a real...
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    Star Trek - Into Darkness

    I wouldn't put it past Abrams to put that scene in the trailer as a misdirection, but we will see. If the bad guy is Khan, Darkness will be inevitably be compared to Wrath and it will be a tall order to match Wrath.
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    Star Trek - Into Darkness

    There are two hints in the Japanese trailer that point to Khan, the line "Is there anything you would not do for your family?" and a scene that shows Kirk and Spock holding up hands to each other through glass reproducing the classic scene from Wrath of Khan. However there have also been...
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    The Beer Thread

    Since my post lasted all of one day over at MN, I will repost it here. Elysian Fields in collaboration with a local Seattle area radio program calledThe Mens Room(worth podcasting if you have never heard it, it's basically four guys having conversations on the radio that are the same...
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    2012 NFL Season

    Joe Montana never threw an interception in a Superbowl. GOAT.
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    Christmas gift ideas?

    Uncrateis a good source for ideas for guys. Girls, I go with jewelry for wife or Starbucks gift cards for the friends. Got someone who loves beer on your list, get them agrowler car seat.
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    Women claiming each other...

    Several of my wife's friends do similar things. I tell them as long as I get video I am fine with it. Also one of my wife's friends calls me her "life sex partner" but has yet to follow through on it. Maybe one day, she has an amazing rack but my wife probably wouldn't be to happy if it ever...
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    Skiing/Snowboarding Thread

    Heading up for the first time tomorrow to Mt. Baker, most snow in North America right now. 27" in the last 24 hours with another 8"+ on the way tonight, can't wait. Also, this:
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    2012 NFL Season

    I seemed to have misplaced my avatar at MN and am unable to retrieve it. Perhaps you can help me out.