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    Ted Cruz's daughter, 14, is hospitalized with self-inflicted knife wounds

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    1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

    My daughter has a BS and is now in her first year of Nursing School…she  also works at hospital as a care aide on a Cardiac Floor but they float her to different floors quite often. It sounds like the shortages are here not to mention a broken system with a serious lack of facilities for the elderly and mentally ill. 

    Nailed it. We have a holding unit for those waiting to be sent to skilled nursing facilities and there aren't any available. They've backed up into the rest of the hospital and occupy beds that the more acute patients need causing us to divert sick patients to other facilities that are likely experiencing the same issues. 

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    Ted Cruz's daughter, 14, is hospitalized with self-inflicted knife wounds

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    3 hours ago, f7ben said:

    I dealt with a little of this with my daughter last year. She was 14. I noticed she had cut her arm on two separate occasions. Just small cuts/scratches. I have never really had to discipline her. She’s a fantastic kid. I came uncunted though which was probably the wrong reaction but I couldn’t help it. I could see the shame on her face. I never shamed her over it again and asked her several days later how she was feeling and if she had felt like hurting herself anymore. She said absolutely not and it would never happen again and to my knowledge that phase passed quickly and hasn’t been an issue. 

    My kids are both 20 now, but we struggled with some of this when they were younger. My daughter has some scars on her shoulder where she did some cutting. My son has some significant scars on parts of his body. He is remorseful about it now, but the evidence remains. He's got a couple of tattoos to cover 2 of the more severe areas. Both will say they got in with the wrong crowd, and that is true, but I think it was kind of a trendy thing for awhile. It's a lot more widespread than many people realize. I once took care of a girl in the ER that had done some deep cutting and sewed some of them back together with heavy black cord. Also took care of 12 and 14 year old sisters who had both overdosed on the same night. Lots of dysfunction going on that never gets out. Keep an eye on them and support them.

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    Thanksgiving plans

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    We're hosting due to wife's mobility requirements, just easier. Having friends on Thursday and my family on Friday. Smoker will be working overtime. I'm sure the warning light on my liver will be flashing by Friday night. 

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    do you ever just head down in the basement...

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    Used to listen to, and watch Pulse by Pink Floyd hooked up to surround sound with my brother's old Omega cabinet speakers. He also had a nice OLD Sony system where we'd listen to The Wall, Back in Black, anything Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath with some solo Ozzy mixed in. The Sound of Bread, Boston, Foreigner, Queen, Journey, Triumph... He had a hell of a vinyl collection but not sure what happened to it. So much good music!

    Who's been to Germany?

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    Go to Berchtesgaden if you get the chance, gorgeous. Also, if you make it there, go to the Kehlsteinhaus, otherwise known as the Eagle's Nest. It was Hitler's Alpine retreat. Pretty amazing experience.

    www.berchtesgaden.de/en/historical-tours/eagle-s-nest-historical-tour

    Rhein Valley is cool, vineyards and castles and small towns with great food and lots of great beer!

    Dachau concentration camp is definitely worth seeing also. Not very close to Berlin though. 

    It's a beautiful country.

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    Gettysburg

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    The 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg

    The 1st Minnesota Infantry performed one of the most critical actions of the battle during Longstreet’s Assault of July 2nd. Sickles’ Corps was falling back in disarray. Longstreet’s men were advancing to penetrate the center of the Union line, which had been dangerously thinned to prop up other sectors. General Hancock rode up to the 1st Minnesota, the only organized Union troops at hand, pointed at the advancing Confederates, and ordered them to “Take those colors!” Their sacrificial charge against overwhelming odds halted the Confederate advance. It bought desperately needed time for the center of the Union line to reform. The result was that Lee was forced into one last desperate gamble the next day with Pickett’s Charge.

    The regiment entered the field 420 strong. Company L’s 32 men served as skirmishers and Company C’s 56 men were detached on July 2.

    Colonel William Colvill, an attorney and newspaper owner from Red Wing, led the men into action. He was wounded during the July 2 charge. Captain Nathan Messick took over command only to be killed the next day during the repulse of Pickett’s Charge. Captain Wilson B. Farrell briefly took over until he was also killed. Finally Captain Henry C. Coates took over command for the rest of the battle. The regiment lost 50 men killed, 173 wounded and 1 missing.

    https://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/union-monuments/minnesota/1st-minnesota/

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    Just shoot him

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    1 hour ago, DriftBusta said:

    Whats the point in wasting limited resources in an overbloated government, on a piece of human garbage such as this?  Society would be better served if people like this who commit such crimes, are just put to death after a speedy trial.

    I've got a 7.62 x 51 that would fit the bill nicely... or maybe a .45 Hydra-shok...

    Snow shows who still goes?

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    Used to work for a dealership and we would go to many of them. Started with Haydays (godforsaken hot in that tent when you're hungover), then Grayslake, Milwaukee, and Novi, MI. Can't remember the actual order of them. Did the MN Convention Center a couple of times too. Had a blast working them and met a lot of great people. Even closed some deals by throwing a beer in. Only show I've gone to since has been Haydays and that's even been awhile. Used to be a lot of deals, non-current clothing, studs, helmets, those were our big sellers. Internet has definitely changed things. Got to meet some of the old (now) snocrossers like Morgan, Vincent, Eckstom, Malinoski, Martin. It was a lot of fun back in the day.

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