Recent content by SWFLDawg

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    OT: Tesla owners

    Yesterday I drove my model 3 extended range from Naples to Viera, FL. 230 miles with a combination of interstate, four lane and two lane driving. I started with a full charge o 290 miles and made it to my destination with 30 miles left. After the meeting I was able to drive 15 miles to a...
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    Not sure why the Tesla Car thread was locked

    my 3yr old model 3 with 45,000 miles charges to 290 miles on a full charge. Down from 310 after a software update a couple of years ago.
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    Hoosiers

    Of course it’s not a movie but Ted Lasso on Apple is some of the best TV on right now.
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    Guided Overnight Backpack Trip

    Because Iceland is so sparsely populated (350,000 people in an area the size of Maine) once you get out of Reykjavik or Akureyri there are very few legit hotels. Its almost entirely Airbnbs and hostels. There were three of us traveling so we were getting two bedroom places everywhere which you...
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    Guided Overnight Backpack Trip

    With the fairly recent permit requirements you literally have to plan your trip around when you are able to get a permit. I hiked half dome from glacier point about ten years ago when all you had to was show up. Thought about going this summer but all booked up. Wound up going to Iceland...
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    How many years have you watched Bulldog baseball?

    1984 Palmero was in my first year architecture studio for about a minute before changing majors to commercial art
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    MacLeod

    My guess is that he won’t get the chance.
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    New Ford Lightning up for pre-sale

    Not mutually exclusive, I’ve got a Tesla and a ‘73 Bronco. Bronco... not...actually... running now, but the Tesla is.
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    OT: Mississippi River Trail

    Yes, the western terminus of magazine st.
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    OT: Mississippi River Trail

    I rode the far southern 20 miles starting at Audubon park, going past the airport and back for a 40 mile ride in March on my road bike. Good concrete surface. Cool to ride along the working waterway and seeing the riverfront cabins just outside the city.
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    We do this a lot...New Orleans

    We were just in NOLA for spring break,spent 4 nights in the Garden District, made sure we ate in places we'd never been Cafe Reconcile in Central City, great gumbo and catfish po boy, but best part - good cause Coquette on Magazine, amazing 5 course meal with wine pairings Bearcat for...
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    Can we go back to politics now?

    Oh, he is funny. just because you dont think he’s funny doesntmean he’s not funny. Trevor is in no way trying to be Jon Stewart. His numbers have now surpassed Stewarts. I love Jon and am glad to see him get another show, but I like Trevor. And his correspondents like Roy Wood, Jr, Dolce...
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    R.I.P., Eddie Van Halen...

    Saw the diver down show in Birmingham my Senior year in HS. Think it was Zebra That opened? My first rock concert. Football coach found out we went and were drinking and made us run laps after practice. Saw 1984 my freshman year at State in Bham.