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Goofyernmost
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I know that personally, I wanted to move south for years. Early on my wife and daughters shot me down on the idea. What? Leave beautiful Vermont where all our friends and relatives lived. What are you crazy. No, no, a thousand times no! So I did nothing for years. When events finally dictated that I was able to make that move (nine years ago) I finally did it. My only regret is that I didn't do it a whole lot sooner. I've loved my time down here and sadly regret wasting all those years unhappy. From someone that knows, life is to short to be miserable for 7 months out of the year.and you don't think I haven't been trying
I know that sometimes life just prevents us from getting to our dreams. But, every opportunity should be explored and pursued. OK, that will be all of my solemn and serious ranting for today unless I completely lose my mind and go to the political thread. It's depressing enough to see my retirement account declining at the speed of light this week.
MySmallWorldof4
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I am hoping to make some vegetable soup today. We went to Wegman’s before we went to the gym last night because it is only a few minutes from their. I picked up a cup of their veggie soup since I hadn’t eaten. It was dairy free and gluten free. It was so good and it gave me the craving to make my own. Bonus about the new gym, Wegman’s!
MySmallWorldof4
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What goes down will come back up. Don’t worry. Thanks for your wisdom on moving. I hope that once our kids are out of the house we will be able to transfer our lives to a tad bit more south. We will see where life takes us. Lots of ups and downs in this earthly realm.
Goofyernmost
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This isn't meant to be an insult, just a reality check. What someone pays for a bat has absolutely nothing to do with the ability to use it. A $40.00 bat will do just as well as a $700.00 bat if the person swinging it has that skill. Not everyone does. Practice will help, of course, but it is a poor carpenter that blames his tools for a shoddy job.
First hand knowledge in this field. I have been playing golf since my youngest child was born some 43 years ago. My first set of clubs was a ancient set that I bought at a yard sale for $25.00. I played terrible with them and gradually over the years bought up until I had a really nice set. I still played terribly. I recently tried a really expensive set (over 2 grand) and the terrible remained. To me it is the current social belief that throwing money at something will improve it. The more one pays for something the better it will be syndrome. Sometimes improvement is possible, but the vast majority of the time it just has no bearing on things at all. And sometimes clever people will take advantage of someones frustration and convince them that paying more will give better results. They get rich while the victim stays frustrated.
Goofyernmost
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Ain't that the truth. Truthfully, if my daughters hadn't all of a sudden decided that the old man was right and moved down here on their own, I might still be sitting in the cold, hating every minute and hoping it all ended soon. That is not the case today. Sometimes you just have to, metaphorically, pull the trigger.
MinnieM123
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You did what was best for you. (You remind me in that sense, of my eldest brother, who moved to N.C. years ago as well.)
But moi? Move to a hotter climate? NEVER!
Goofyernmost
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You know, I'll bet if you look in the dictionary under the word anomaly, your picture would be featured.
Pretty much the same as posted last year. Just from a slightly different angle. There are about a dozen flower boxes along one section of the Marina.
FutureCEO
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Is this a gold bat?
21stamps
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I agree that equipment won’t turn a bad player into a good one. Although equipment does vary. His glove is also relatively expensive, but it’s a lot more comfortable and flexible. Baseball and soccer are my kid’s 2 sports where he’s the most passionate about. My father was a baseball player (pitcher), played in college, and then played on competitive travel teams until his early 40s when his first hip replacement was needed. He is big on having the right equipment, though not necessarily the most expensive.
I trust his input on baseball...he’s not one for wasteful spending.
21stamps
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No it’s just a normal bat. In all seriousness, it’s not that uncommon have a price range for kids to have a bat at this price. He’s definitely not the only one on his team who has it, one kid from his team last year had one that was more expensive. Some kids, the ones who are less serious about baseball, they don’t have more expensive equipment because it doesn’t matter to them as much. That’s OK too.
It’s really no different than any other equipment for any other sport. Even running shoes, You can buy a $25 pair of running shoes at target, or someone can buy a $150+ pair of running shoes from Nike or asics, etc. Both shoes to perform the same basic task, but one will be a lot better quality and a lot more comfortable.
I’m frustrated that it is still an expensive item and apparently not “pinging” the ball well, and T is not comfortable with the way it feels when contacts the ball. I don’t fully understand... the trainer said it’s due to the new rules set for baseball where they changed bat regulations (this is a ‘new’ regulation bat)... so let’s say I shell out that much money to replace the gift, and then it still doesn’t feel well to him. There’s no way to practice hitting prior to buying a bat... you would think there would be.
When I buy T’s soccer cleats we go to a soccer store that has a tunnel to kick a ball and juggle so you can feel the contact of foot and ball prior to buying. When I buy running shoes I go to a running store where I can run on the treadmill prior to purchasing.
I wish we had a baseball-specific store where I could get help and ask questions about the USA regulations, and have him do more than just quickly swing a bat. Dicks customer service people are not that helpful when it comes to anything more than answering “where are the x items at?”
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ajrwdwgirl
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No it’s just a normal bat. In all seriousness, it’s not that uncommon have a price range for kids to have a bat at this price. He’s definitely not the only one on his team who has it, one kid from his team last year had one that was more expensive. Some kids, the ones who are less serious about baseball, they don’t have more expensive equipment because it doesn’t matter to them as much. That’s OK too.
It’s really no different than any other equipment for any other sport. Even running shoes, You can buy a $25 pair of running shoes at target, or someone can buy a $150+ pair of running shoes from Nike or asics, etc. Both shoes to perform the same basic task, but one will be a lot better quality and a lot more comfortable.
I’m frustrated that it is still an expensive item and apparently not “pinging” the ball well, and T is not comfortable with the way it feels when contacts the ball. I don’t fully understand... the trainer said it’s due to the new rules set for baseball where they changed bat regulations (this is a ‘new’ regulation bat)... so let’s say I shell out that much money to replace the gift, and then it still doesn’t feel well to him. There’s no way to practice hitting prior to buying a bat... you would think there would be.
When I buy T’s soccer cleats we go to a soccer store that has a tunnel to kick a ball and juggle so you can feel the contact of foot and ball prior to buying. When I buy running shoes I go to a running store where I can run on the treadmill prior to purchasing.
I wish we had a baseball-specific store where I could get help and ask questions about the USA regulations, and have him do more than just quickly swing a bat. Dicks customer service people are not that helpful when it comes to anything more than answering “where are the x items at?”
Around our area there are some stores called Play it Again Sports where people trade in our sell sports equipment. I don’t know if you have something like that in your area but it might be worth looking at for equipment. Some organizations even organize trades, especially for hockey because the cost of that equipment is so high and kids grow out of it so fast.
Songbird76
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I'm so glad they liked it!! I'm still sad for them that the owner won't let them continue to the end of the season. You said tryouts are in May...does that mean they won't actually be on a team right now?
SteveBrickNJ
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My new Whirlpool dryer was installed today. Yet it doesn't dry the clothes! 
SteveBrickNJ
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It came with a 4 foot gas hose/My new Whirlpool dryer was installed today. Yet it doesn't dry the clothes!
[line but the installers said a 5 foot gas line is needed. They used the one from my old Kenmore dryer and said it would work. It doesn't.
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SteveBrickNJ
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The drum spins....the timer works....but after 60 minutes the clothes are wet and cold. Clearly the natural gas is not making its way to the dryer drum and heating the clothes.
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