That’s about as boring as it gets for a playoff game. Without Curry GSW isn’t a playoff team in the Western Conference. Finch is a solid coach and will take care of business on his end.

The Wolves are more than capable of beating the Curry-less Warriors without Ant taking games over, but they won’t get by OKC (or give them much of a challenge) without him playing at an all star caliber. Hopefully he can get it going more as they stomp out GSW. He needs a 40 point game to get some offensive momentum, even if it’s against a bunch of guys nobody can name.

It’s probably going to be a longshot to find something under $5k with less than 150k miles on it. Your money will go a lot further if you are willing to look at a smaller sedan than an SUV.

^I had a trailblazer I took in from a guy who owed me some money and it worked well. It was an ’06 I believe with about 140k miles. In the time I had it as a backup vehicle I didn’t put many miles on it but it was really solid on winter roads. The only downfall was the gas mileage was about the same as a full sized pickup. I eventually sold it to a guy in a similar situation as you for a few grand and his son still drives it (and that was a few years ago).

My FIL has a 2010 or 11 Subaru with a pile of miles that he bought on some consignment auction for next to nothing. He’s a vehicle hoarder and had no real need for it and half his vehicles, but I see him cruising all over with it and he says it will go anywhere, rides nice, and is easy to work on. It has close to 250k on it I believe and no rust. Miles on a Subaru that was maintained wouldn’t necessarily scare me away.

Justin Paulsen wrote:

Everytime I plant sweetcorn this early it struggles. Seems if I wait about 2 weeks it finishes about the same time.

I found a variety that does fairly well early and that is important to try and have some of the first corn ready in the area. My later variety doesn’t do near as well if I put it in early.

Our leaser runs about 30 acres of sweet corn on our land and sells from pickups and to area grocery stores in SE MN. It’s staggered plantings, but he has 5 acres that’s been in the ground awhile and already poking through…with another 5 acres that should be poking through in the next day. It’s not unheard of to be eating good mature sweet corn on the 4th of July with the right weather. People pay an excessive amount if you’re the first to market too. I told him I’d meet him down by that pivot this weekend to be sure everything is up to snuff as it’s the safety net if temps get a little cold with the early corn and will keep it from freezing. Given the forecast, I imagine he’s kicking himself for not getting in even more real early stuff though

Pool 4 from about 6:00 – Noon, then on to some more tree planting and a couple fencing projects.

The Wolves need to win the next couple games convincingly with Curry out. The seas have parted and left the Wolves with arguably the easiest path imaginable to the Western Conference Finals.

If this roster cannot get by a team led by banged up 35 year old Jimmy Butler, bench scorer Buddy Hield, and trash talking Draymond…..it might be time to retool the entire roster for anyone not named Anthony Edwards.

grubson wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>buckybadger wrote:</div>
If looking used, I’d avoid stealerships at all costs.

I actually recommend buying used from a dealership to my customers.
When it comes to used cars, they only keep and sell the good ones. The ones with issuesor damage go to auction, get purchased cheap, get a bandaid, and end up on a used car lot.
If it’s on a used car lot you can bet it’s has or had gremlins. Also used car lots fix issues as cheap as possible.
Though you may pay more a dealership, odds are that your getting a much better vehicle than from a used car lot.

Everyone has their own stories, but my best luck has come buying private from someone who takes care of their stuff. I have taken vehicles to a lifelong family friend’s small shop and have them put it on a lift, highlight things to me if there are issues, and use it as a way to either negotiate or simply pass on the vehicle. I’ve repeated this process on my last 3 used vehicles and had great results at solid prices. I like to target vehicles that are 4-5 years old and run them up to 100-150K miles while the wife likes to buy brand new every few years.

Realistic shot of hitting 90 degrees for Mother’s Day here along Pool 4.

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>buckybadger wrote:</div>
We fly pretty regularly and have the upgraded IDs and passports. The deadline should have had a hard cutoff with no alternatives long ago.

Why ? If they really want people to get it, they’d say no alcohol sales without it.

…so people didn’t have to hear about it for 2 full decades later

If you’re going to do something – do it. The Real ID requirement has been similar to my wife’s “I’m going to count to 3” with my kids where she never has actually made it to 3, and everyone in the world including my kids knows it.

We fly pretty regularly and have the upgraded IDs and passports. The deadline should have had a hard cutoff with no alternatives long ago.

I love watching Ant play, but he’s been anointed as a generational talent a bit too early. 1 point in 2.5 quarters of playoff basketball on your home court doesn’t happen to guys who are perennial all stars. His best years are still ahead of him, but for now he’s gotta be more consistent to be the face of a contending franchise

Best bet?

Game total over 210.5

Butler under 22.5 points

Wolves -6.5

Ripjiggen wrote:

Will be there killing walleyes sharp shooting with FFS.

For the massive haul, use that FFS and sharpshoot for some abandoned nets

If looking used, I’d avoid stealerships at all costs.

If you are looking at new, I’d use Joe’s strategy listed above. That’s what my wife did with a brand new Jeep Cherokee L and it was pretty seamless.

mahtofire14 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Joe Jarl wrote:</div>
If riders and drivers follow the rules of the law, it’ll probably work out fine at that low of speed. Spent some time in L.A. 25 years ago and saw a lot of it. Not sure if there was a limit on speed, but they seemed to be doing it at a lot more than 25 mph.

I think you just proved that the bikers won’t be going the speed they should be. This isn’t a motorcyclists are bad post. And the realistically the majority of bikers will probably follow it within the rules. THE PROBLEM will be all the idiots driving cars and trucks that will have no clue they can split lanes and will merge into them and boom, dead motorcyclist.

I’m really tired of politicians and the public still thinking people follow the laws around here.

…or that changing a law correlates with changed behaviors (especially when thresholds of enforcement do not change)

^I saw that and will be digging out the soaker hoses for some newly planted treelines.

It’s setting up for the classic 3 weeks of Spring jumping right to July heat.

^RVs seem to depreciate at an absurd rate. A $25-30k travel trailer (new) can be had for half off 4 or 5 years down the road.

Yes. Get more of these people off the rivers.

I’m not a biker anymore, yet I support the law. Where I live there’s not congestion (moreso gravel), but understand the reason to want this in metro areas or spots with constant lights and backups.

There’s a clear distinction between filtering up between lanes in stopped traffic versus whizzing between vehicles and highway speeds that most of the people doing the bi***ing won’t understand.

Whirlpool Kitchen Appliances – I had brutal luck with them in a house I eventually flipped…despite buying the appliances brand new

Grainbelt Blu Beer the other day – I couldn’t take more than a swig and wanted to throw up

Dewalt Impact – Not sure of the model, but it was when brushless tools were just becoming a thing. I burnt up a brushless impact on maybe 25 3” deck screws. From that point on I moved on to Milwaukee everything and couldn’t be happier.

Yardman Lawn Tractor- I bought a brand new one for my parents maybe 10-12 years ago and despite it being one of the higher models, that thing couldn’t get out of its own way and always had an issue.

mahtofire14 wrote:

No. When has MN ever been favored to win it all? 98 Vikings? That might actually be the only time. They just aren’t good enough. Every single team. It’s not a curse, it’s just not having enough good players.

^This.

Even if you don’t want to say “favored” …which MN Sports team has consistently put a top 5 roster talent wise on the court/ice/field for their respective sport in the last few decades?

Ownership, Salary Cap, Jinxes, and whatever else aside – more often than not the most talented teams win or eventually win. The Vikings now are knocking on the door. They’ve consistently had top tier talent for a few teams and have a legitimate coach. The Wolves are moving the right direction. The Wild aren’t close. The Twins are the opposite of close.

John Rasmussen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Bearcat89 wrote:</div>
Where do you have to disconnect the pipe from ? Dropping the exhaust is usually a pretty easy task for some one handy.

Not sure honestly we figured out a way to just do a drain and fill on mine. It sucks they put a drain plug in the bottom of the pan only to run the exhaust right under it. Its not a hard task to drop it, but I refuse to disturb a not leaking gasket if I can avoid it thats all.

x100

Gobert took over. Kudos to him. Ant sucked. 0/10 from deep and at one point was like 3/16 from the floor. It also helps that the Lakers essentially refuse to play a big whatsoever. Watching 6’8″ – 40 year old Lebron who plays an entire game end up having to move 7’2 Gobert off his spot on the block for boards seemed like at best a poor gameplan from the Lakers. Doncic is the dreaded “Half Star” who is a defensive liability without question.

The Wolves are better. They are younger, deeper, and played harder from top to bottom. I think the Lakers should feature Hachimura more. He’s a 6’8+, 240# athlete who plays hard on both ends and has really stepped up his scoring (and he’s not 40 years old). They are really going to have to retool if LA wants to be a contender as this roster as assembled is not great. You don’t have to have an all star big who plays 40 minutes per game, but this series showed that having no viable big will get you ousted sooner or later with the wrong matchup.

What’s everyone’s favorite way to prepare them? I love them, but I am trying to find a way that my wife will eat them. So far I have mostly struck out

I’ll be on the river and then foraging on Saturday after I get the last of my trees planted. My 5 year old daughter loves to look for them too.

We might have some family over for a Sunday evening “Hook and Look” special with some walleye fillets and morels if we have some success

My opinions of MN Fish haven’t wavered. I wouldn’t call an auction “begging for money.” However, with the funds they have raised I’d love to see them be the leader of more initiatives rather than feel like as someone earlier said they “slap their name on something” calling it a win.

There could be tough times on the horizons for those truly looking to push new outdoors initiatives in Minnesota. The state budget looks rougher with each coming year. Fundraising groups like MN Fish could definitely see donor fatigue in this economy too.

Mike wrote:

I have fished the Croix the last few years, but never made it out for opener. Excited for this year, will it be a crap show out there?

Let’s hope so!

…Every boat there is one less potential one on Pool 4

JEREMY wrote:

What opens this weekend?

Muskie on all inland waters.

Novak Weather mentioned “Red Flags” and said he had seen much more slam dunk severe weather setups that didn’t get as much attention.

He’s pretty solid. He will definitely engage in the extremists perspectives a bit (pushing snow totals more than most), or noting “major” temperature changes from one day to the next as if 10-15 degree swings aren’t common here…..but for the most part he’s as good as there is.

Riverrat wrote:

I use a linear comp on one of my .22. It sounds like it has a silencer from the shooters pov and people sitting nearby. Everything is blasted straight forward. On my Bushmaster it goes down. Which is a shame because I’m usually on a bipod for that on the ground and then is blasts back. Brakes designed to reduce recoil push things back to reduce recoil.

Interesting. I put one of those on a .22 I have that came with a threaded barrel. I was hoping it’d make things quieter at night if I shot out of windows at coyotes, coons, skunks, etc out here in the sticks. I couldn’t discern much of any difference.

Can you roll it all together? Probably.

Would I put accessories on a loan and pay interest on those too? No way. But to each their own.

I too don’t think loans are “bad” when managed correctly. I am a cash for toys person, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only way to do it and everyone has their own situation. There are far too many people who plan for the future and whatnot while never living to reap the rewards for their work/savings. I have a wife and 3 kids who rely on me and my income as well…so I generally go with the rule of thumb that if I cannot pay for it without a loan, I either don’t need it or need to save longer. If I end up buried having not “lived” enough with buying things, I know it will still benefit them.