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Care to use your mulligan??? 😄 I was most impressed with the coaching in the last few minutes. ASU might have been able to score a TD if they ran the football, but smarter minds prevailed. Executing an actual running play could have led to a fumble, and using a pass play could have resulted in an interception or stopping the clock on an incompletion. Thus, the decision to take a knee and run the clock down was perfect. Worst that could have happened was a missed field goal resulting in overtime. All in all, it was a good game, despite Wilkins' problem with the vertical passing game. Defense made some key stops when needed, and the offense scored enough points to win. On to next week with SDS lurking in the bushes hoping for an ambush.

That's probably a blessing. 😉

You're way behind. Final score was 45-18 and should have been a lot worst. Also, doubt Tate will be hugging any Heisman trophy in the near future. ☺️ Hope ASU shows up tonight so the state isn't totally embarrassed.

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Yeah, I figured out how to change and save a stream. But as you describe -- and I think I said -- it reverts back forcing me to do the Activity bit again. I'll survive, but like you I much prefer the way it was two days back.

I'll see what happens. I've have tried to create a new stream several times over the last weeks to "last visit" but it keeps reverting to "365 days" despite making the setting and doing a Save. That was fine, tho, when I was able to use Mark Site Read because only recent topics would come up. But now...as I said...…every topic ever posted will be listed if you keep hitting the Load More Activity link. If something wants to read threads that they already have read, they can use the Browse Forums, which s pretty much the way the old software worked.

Well, I was getting along just fine. Now with the recent changes, Mark Site Read click, then a new Unread Content click, produces a long list of already read topics to scroll thru, albeit now greyed out. 😫

My son needs to replace the gate valve as seen in the photo. It's all 1" copper under the paint with sweated joints and no flex to it The problem is there isn't a union where he can separate anything that will allow any flexibility to remove and solder in a new valve. Obviously he can cut the pipe and replace the valve, but then he has to put it together again with something. He thought he might be able to buy a new gate valve of the exact kind and maybe just replace the valve part if it comes apart that way. Anyone have a sensible suggestion other than call a $100-hr. plumber?

Will do. Thanks again for the help.

Right, I understand the bit about the elongated shape. I was also looking at the method in the video I posted. It seems we could use a ball valve with sweat joints and just solder in a short pipe stub the length of a coupling to each side. Then all we need to do is cut out a portion of the existing configuation the length of that total assembly and solder the four coupling joints. Sound doable?

It's not leaking at the packing nut. It won't shut off the water fully, so it's likely corroded inside the housing at the gate.

That's about what we had figured we might have to do. I also found an alternate on youtube that will work without needing the flexibility in the pipe. Involves using a ball valve with 1" FNPT threads, two 1" MNPT/Fsweat fittings, two short pieces of 1" pipe and two no-stop 1" couplings. That way we can cut out just about the same length of pipe and slip the replacement assembly (about 8" long) in with the two couplings all the way back on the short stubs coming out of the valve. Once in place, it's easy to just slide the couplings over the other ends. Then it would require soldering both ends of each coupling rather than the valve itself. Thank you and everyone else for the help.

Super video. And congrats to your lady for a fine job. Well done.

I had to post this with Firefox because both computers won't show a message or reply window with IE. On the one with Win10, I can't even get logged in. Anyone else running IE and having problems?

Tale from many years ago. I live in the 2nd house from the intersection of two low traffic, neighborhood streets. When I was into archery hunting, I would practice in my backyard shooting toward one of the roads forming the intersection. My yard was about a 35-yd. distance, then a 6' block wall, then my neighbor's yard of the same distance as mine, another 6' block wall, then the street and then the backyard wooden fence of the house on the other side of the street. Everything went fine for months until one day my release decided to release on its own in mid-draw where the arrow, with field point, was still aiming slightly upward. It sailed onward over my wall and continued on. So off I went to find it. It had embedded itself about an inch deep near the top of one of the wooden fence posts on the other side of the street. Overall distance was about 90-100 yds. I can't recall what brand the release was, but it was the last time I used it.

From AGFD email: PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking public input on ways to establish and maintain a discretionary, dedicated funding source for outreach, education and public awareness efforts. A webcast can be viewed at https://youtu.be/pWzMi2o8sEE. All ideas can be submitted by email through Sept. 8 at: ideas@azgfd.gov. Note: Only ideas related to the topic of establishing a funding source will be considered. Draft alternatives, based on this public input, vetting and benchmarking, will be presented to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission during its public meeting Sept. 21 at the Navajo County Heber Complex, 2188 W. Country Club Drive, in Overgaard. For more information, including frequently asked questions (FAQs), visit https://www.azgfd.com/agency/dedicated-funding-source/

If you have decent insurance coverage perhaps your towing is covered. My policy with Traveler's covers it up to 100 miles.

I'm looking for someone to scrape about three inches of dirt/grass from my front yard to prep it for laying down rock. Probably would require a front loader and dump truck. West valley Anyone know someone reliable?

I decided to hold off a bit until I work a few things out. Thanks for your input everyone. I'll leave it to you guys to debate the use of plastic.

City might frown on that.

Yup. I think I know how to put the rock down. What I need is getting the surface below grade so the yard isn't 3 inches higher than the driveway and walks. And no, I don't want to use any sort of edging.

Here's another. It's a female Bonneville cut (Utah). It's a lot closer.

This is photo of male & female WY cuts. There are some differences but it could be a different sub-species issue or different time of year.

Adapting to change can be difficult at times and might take a while. For example: Blackbeard the pirate walked into a tavern, bellied up to the bar and said, "Give me a tankard of ye best grog. The barkeeper filled his order and said, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while..What happened? You look terrible." "What do you mean?" said the Blackbeard, "I'm as fine as the king's fiddle." "What about the wooden leg? You didn't have that before.." "Oh that," said the pirate, "We were in a battle, and I got hit with a cannon ball, but I'm fine now." The barkeeper replied, "Well, OK, but what about that hook? What happened to your hand?" The pirate explained, "We were in another battle. I boarded a ship and got into a sword fight. Me hand was cut off, so I got fitted with a hook. But I'm fine now, really." "What about that eye patch?" "Oh," said the pirate, "One day we were at sea, and a flock of birds flew over. I looked up, and one of them sh!t in me eye." "You're kidding," said the barkeeper. "Can you lose an eye just from bird sh!t? "Nae. It was my first day with the hook."

if you enjoy fiction, here's enough reading for the next 10 hunting seasons. The author is C.J. Box and the main character in each title is a somewhat non-conformist Wyoming game warden named Joe Pickett. Except for the short stories listed, it's best to read them in order to keep track of the cast as they are added to the mix. ************************ 1.Open Season – When Joe Pickett finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the wood-pile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. There had to be a reason that the outfitter chose his backyard to die in. Even after the ‘outfitter murders’ are solved, Joe continues to investigate, uneasy with the easy explanation offered by the local police. 2.Savage Run – When a massive blast rocks the forests of Twelve Sleep County, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is called to the scene to help investigate the death of a colorful environmental activist. The case is wrapped up quickly, explained as an environmental publicity stunt gone wrong, but Joe isn’t convinced. 3.Winterkill – Joe Pickett’s pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn when his beloved foster daughter is kidnapped. 4.Trophy Hunt – Local authorities in Twelve Sleep County, Wyoming, are quick to label a rash of animal mutilations as the work of a grizzly bear, but game warden Joe Pickett suspects that something far more sinister is afoot. 5.Dull Knife (short story) – Collected in Shots Fired. 6.Out of Range – When a good friend and fellow warden kills himself, Joe Pickett is chosen to temporarily run his Teton district. But Jackson, Wyoming, is a far cry from Joe’s hometown of Saddlestring. 7.In Plain Sight – Ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances during a bitter struggle between her sons for control of her million-dollar empire. Joe Pickett is convinced one of them must have done her in. 8.Free Fire – Joe Pickett’s been hired to investigate one of the most cold-blooded mass killings in Wyoming history. Attorney Clay McCann admitted to slaughtering four campers in a back-country corner of Yellowstone National Park. In this remote fifty-square-mile stretch a man can literally get away with murder. 9.Blood Trail – Game wardens have found a man dead at a mountain camp. Is the murder the work of a deranged anti-hunting activist or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta? Joe Pickett is the man to track the murderer and stop him, before someone declares open season on humans… 10.Below Zero – Six years ago, Joe Pickett’s foster daughter, April, was supposedly murdered. Now, someone is leaving phone messages claiming to be the dead girl. As his family struggles with the disturbing event, he discovers that the calls have been placed from locations where serious environmental crimes have occurred. 11.Nowhere To Run – It’s Joe Pickett’s last week as a temporary game warden in the mountain town of Baggs, Wyoming, but his conscience won’t let him leave without checking out the strange reports coming from the wilderness: camps looted, tents slashed, elk butchered. 12.Cold Wind – When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, his wife, Missy, is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe Pickett, Missy is his much-disliked mother-in-law, and he’s not sure what to do – especially since it looks like Missy is guilty as sin. 13.The Master Falconer (short story) – Collected in Shots Fired. 14.Force Of Nature – In 1995, Nate Romanowski was in a Special Forces unit abroad when his commander, John Nemecek, did something terrible. Now the high-ranking government official and cold-blooded sociopath is determined to eliminate anyone who knows about it – like Nate, who’s hidden himself away in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. 15.Breaking Point – Joe Pickett always liked Butch Roberson – a hardworking local business-owner whose daughter is friends with his own. Little does he know that when Butch says he is heading into the mountains to scout elk, he is actually going on the run. 16.Stone Cold – Everything about the rich stranger is a mystery: the massive, isolated ranch in the remote Black Hills of Wyoming, the women who live with him, the secret philanthropies, the private airstrip, the sudden disappearances. And especially the persistent rumors that the man’s wealth comes from killing people. Joe Pickett is assigned to find out the truth. 17.Endangered – Joe Pickett had good reason to dislike Dallas Cates, and now he has even more – Joe’s daughter, April, has run off with him. And then comes even worse news: She has been found in a ditch along the highway – alive, but just barely, the victim of blunt force trauma. Cates denies having anything to do with it, but Joe knows in his gut who’s responsible. 18.Off The Grid – Nate is off the grid, recuperating from wounds and trying to deal with past crimes, when he is suddenly surrounded by a small team of elite professional special operators. They’re not there to threaten him, but to make a deal. They need help destroying a domestic terror cell in Wyoming’s Red Desert, and in return they’ll make Nate’s criminal record disappear. 19.Vicious Circle – The Cates family had always been a bad lot. Game warden Joe Pickett had been able to strike a fierce blow against them when the life of his daughter April had been endangered, but he’d always wondered if there’d be a day of reckoning. He’s not wondering any longer. 20.The Disappeared – Wyoming’s new governor isn’t sure what to make of Joe Pickett, but he has a job for him that is extremely delicate. A prominent female British executive never came home from the high-end guest ranch she was visiting, and the British Embassy is pressing hard.