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Okay SAF family, last night's recent 1.28 billion dollar prize was drawn, with a single winner for a ticket sold in Illinois, the cash option for this mega jackpot was $747 million. I'm no accountant, but it's fair to say the cash option after taxes would yield about $400 million. I'm sure...

Looking for that groan emoji...

Wow, saw posts from @Devil Doc on this thread and thought he was back. Then sadly realized they were from last year. Anyway, thank you @NJROTC-CC for reviving this thread. Independence Day is a special holiday. I've shared my own personal treatise on another thread referring to the calendar...

Have to share this one that was shared with me:

Oh on another note, this ties in the post I shared above, and gets back to being on topic, I'll be finishing up my buddy's AR build today, he's never built his own.

@NJROTC-CC totally agree, and similarly self-reliant on the cars, guns, diy around the house, etc. Seeing your posts ending well wishes regarding the Independence Day holiday weekend and recognizing they were well-intentioned, I checked in on this thread a few short minutes after penning my...

Allowing myself to be driven crazy by misuse of "the 4th" as the name for our holiday. The holiday is Independence Day, it has that name for a specific reason, hint: there's a founding document with a similar name. Every time people refer to it as the calendar reference it diminishes the...

The FFS pays 50% of selected prep school tuition, the prep school provides a scholarship or discount of 25% leaving the responsibility for the remaining 25% on the cadet/family. If your DS wants USAFA, being selected for the FFS essentially means he'll be appointed next year. My DS received the...

Good thought and strengthens the design premise. On those sunny and cold days, the heat from the condenser keeps you from feeling cold when you exit the pool. I know, I know, someone is going to ask if it's cold outside (despite the beautiful sunshine), why are we running the A/C in the first...

That must be to keep the water warm, like a pool heater. Great engineering design?

IIRC from last year, after the call on I-Day eve, my '25 DS was able to make a 5-10 minute call on the 2nd Sunday, so around 10 days in. Highly recommend joining webguy and look for pics.

What did the fish say to the magician? Pick a cod, any cod.

When addressing letters during BCT, we used the letter only, printed, not cursive. Goal was to make the sorting process easier for those handling mail.

I was there yesterday with DW, DS (USAFA '25) and DS#2 to drop off nephew for NASS, that makes 3 different SA visits since January for us. It was a decent day for a casual walking tour and we swung by the chapel where a Marine captain was getting married, and visited John Paul Jones' crypt. The...

Well, I think a 3+ week gap in activity here is license enough to hijack the conn for what should be a simple "where am I" for several SAF members...

I'm about 6/7ths of the way there, have slowed posting lately, and your report leads me to believe it's less spectacular than the prize patrol showing up in a minivan with balloons and all... What to do?! What to do!?.

No need for the disclaimer if you add something bacon related. For example, you can add, "and I after I read this, I began to think about bacon", and you'd be in the clear.