Recent content by Sharkey

Not gonna lie, that actually made me laugh out loud. 🤣

100%. The first question is do you think those statistics would be better or worse if the only property taxes used to fund public education were those received from landowners with school aged children? The second question is do you believe you personally receive any benefit from having...

Can’t control to whom you are born and I haven’t met many 6-18 year olds trying to be like Alex P. Keaton. I’d be surprised if 80% of the kid population would learn how to read and do basic math if it wasn’t for the public school system (even as broken as it is in some states). Most parents...

Basque Air BnB?

So why not completely privatize education? Let individual parents buy the K-12 education they can afford. If they can’t afford anything or can only afford K-3, who cares? If there is one thing society could use more of, it’s window lickers. Plus, there is no way it would make class disparity...

Maybe I missed it, but are you saying that only people with kids should have to pay taxes for the benefit of the public school system? If so, I definitely disagree with that. Having a population that has a baseline education (the ability to read and write at a basic high school level) is...

This (the comments from locals) paints the story in a completely different light. Admittedly though, I have no clue what is reliable and what isn’t.

Considering the second report says couple, not “men”, and considering that it is not uncommon at all for locals to accost tourists (not immigrants) in European countries, I’ll keep searching for the truth before I buy into an echo chamber. Maybe it’s a hazard of my profession, but finding the...

Those caves are so cool. I’ve been through them half a dozen times but never the extra tour. I’m jealous for sure! We used to call some of the formations “elephant stepped in bubble gum”. I’m not sure what they really are, but you’ll know what I’m talking about if you look at your pictures...

Some reports (apparently from the PD) are saying the two kids were accosting two adults from Bulgaria and that reporting about Islam and a group of men accosting the kids are incorrect. Anyone know the truth on this one because both stories seem equally plausible to me. Edit: here was the link...

Same one and I still have it. Wouldn’t surprise me if it lasts as long as I do. My son has even taking it camping with a bunch of college kids and it survived. Was that the trip where your exhaust fell off? And you showed up with gas station snacks and beer for a weekend of camping? ;) Edit...

Yes, single cup version of the jetboil but I have seen the multi burner and it looks pretty cool. A lot of money for what it is though. I’m pretty sure the Brunton will last me forever. I don’t use it often but it sure is nice when I do.

Heating elements are the worst on batteries! Even a basic pancake griddle will tear through my Yeti 500 battery.

I just won the electric griddle version at a golf tournament and gave it one of my sons. He used it for the first time last weekend and said it worked pretty well. I bet it would burn through a battery fast camping though.

If I’m going alone I usually use my jetboil and keep it simple. If I’m cooking for others, I either bring my Brunton Wind River or my portable Traeger (largely depends on what I’m cooking). The Brunton is bomb proof but you can’t buy them anymore.