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  1. Shane13

    When do you start...

    When do you stop?? I'm always excited about the next hunt/season.
  2. Shane13

    Fuel prices affect

    I filled up for less than $4/gal yesterday - and we don't even have different, less insane politicians yet. It's down to $3.93 at the station near my house. Oil is down another $3/bbl this morning. I'd love to see oil stay in the $60-80 range. Oil industry makes good money at that level, and...
  3. Shane13

    Investments - what has served you well?

    You don't get to buy low when the news all sounds wonderful. When the news sounds good, prices are high. You only get to buy low when it sounds like the world is coming to an end and things will never get better. Then, it gets better eventually. Everything (markets, the economy, politics...
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    Investments - what has served you well?

    Find out if the ESOP allows you to sell the company stock and reinvest the proceeds into other investments within the retirement plan. If it doesn't, you could end up with too much money in one stock. If things ever go bad for the company, that could be a significant hit. If you can get a...
  5. Shane13

    Who else is...

    Knees Over Toes workout this morning. 10 minutes of dragging a weighted sled backwards, tibialis raises, calf raises, ass to grass lunges.... Lots of stuff that doesn't get worked much in other routines. Doesn't seem like much, but it's work.
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    Fuel prices affect

    The article doesn't talk about the reliability problems associated with wind and solar, which are big and real. It does say that it would take a few years to fix the bottleneck issues in oil/gas, and that is 100% true. It's been true for 30 years while politicians have continued to use the EPA...
  7. Shane13

    Colorado Monsoons

    I hope they continue in the mountains and spread east into Texas soon. 2011 was a terrible drought for us. This year so far, we've had more than twice as many 100 degree+ days and even less rain than we had at this point in 2011. It's bad.
  8. Shane13

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    We did MtnTough's HP20 Week 3 Day 4 today. Day 4 is the hardest of their workouts, and each week (4 total) gets harder. Day 4 is pack in pack out day. It's a lot of variations of lunges and step ups with increasing weight in the pack. Fun times. We're not doing HP20 5 days/week as designed...
  9. Shane13

    Fuel prices affect

    Gas may never be below $2 again, but it'll be under $4 if we get a crop of even marginally sane politicians in place. I just got home from working out, and I noticed it is down to $4.29 here this morning. Oil is down some from the recent peak. It may go back up again next week. Who knows?
  10. Shane13

    Fuel prices affect

    The last time oil was over $100 several years ago, all the other input costs that go into refining were a lot less than they are today. There's more to the cost of gas and diesel than just the price of oil. I'm not trying to defend or make excuses for the oil companies or anyone else. Just...
  11. Shane13

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    Man, me too. I'm 55 now, so I'm much better at it - finally. 6-8 years ago I was working out with a world class trainer (a guy named Bennie Wylie) and a bunch of 20-30 year olds every day. My competitive juices were flowing. I was outworking most of them, but I was getting injuries and aches...
  12. Shane13

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    Knee pain sucks. I hope you get it healed up soon.
  13. Shane13

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    Wednesdays are shoulders and arms day for us. Just hitting the little stuff we don't target during the rest of the week. Knocked that out this morning. Every other day is some version of mostly legs, but also push and pull (full body). I didn't know how it would go doing legs almost every...
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    Nice! I'm jealous of those temps. It was almost double that at 6am this morning when I was working out. I wish we'd get a north wind and some rain, but it'll probably be at least 3 months before that happens. :(
  15. Shane13

    What are your...?

    My hunting goal this year is to call in a bull elk for my son in September. It will be his first bull and first elk with a bow. He killed a cow last year with his rifle. And then, after I call him in a bull to shoot at 20 yards broadside, my next goal will be to shoot the big 7x7 that he...
  16. Shane13

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    After only being able to complete 3/4 of our MtnTough HP20 workout a couple days ago, due to yet another freaking 110 degree day in our garage gym, my son and I changed our daily routines so we can workout at 6am instead of 5pm. Got through the entire workout this morning, no problem. It was...
  17. Shane13

    2022 Fishing thread

    I caught 35 bass in 3 hours on 1 fly on Monday. Wind was tough, but the fish didn't care. The sign of a good day. New fly on the right. Destroyed fly on the leader.
  18. Shane13

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    Truth.
  19. Shane13

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    We're still doing HP20, but not 5 days/week as it's designed. We're doing 2 days of it each week, along with strength training and mobility work. Yesterday was a Day 3 workout. Lots of core and cardio for that one. Next one this week will be a Pack In Pack Out - lots of squats and lunges...
  20. Shane13

    Gun Confiscation!

    Locked doors can prevent people on the outside from getting in, but still allow those inside to get out. Hit the bar on the inside to open the door. No fire hazard.