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Good morning everyone how was your weekend?
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Jun 30, 2025, 7:51 AM
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Friday night, up to the cultural center of the universe, Pigeon Forge, TN. Rolled in kind of late but was able to find some acceptable supper at the Blue Moose Burgers and wings. Went back to the hotel, which had a heart shaped jacuzzi tub in the middle of the room and relaxed to get ready for a long day at Dollywood.
Saturday, up and moving on time, get to the park right on time, get to park really close to the more expensive "preferred" lot and start riding rides. I hadn't been on any rollercoasters in 9 years or so, whole point of the trip was to remedy that. Sharkgirl does not do well on them, has actual panic attacks on the hill that takes you to the highest point. I got to ride all but one, I was next in line for it at 10 till 6 when the lightning strikes started, then rain moved in. Finally about 8:15 we actaully saw a strike, looked really close so we called it a night. Went to get some gifts for folks and our rain check since weather cut the day short. All day the lines weren't bad and I had a better time than expected. We found some surprisingly good tacos at Taco Ranch then called it a night.
Sunday, ate at 5 Oaks cafe where they try to kill their customers with giant, delicious cinnamon rolls. We stopped at some Food City stores because we have found Lone Star beer in Maryville and Johnson City, but no dice. Had to navigate about 20 feet of flooded roadway on I26 but made it home safely. I'm glad we weren't in the Corvette I don't have, because we'd have hat wet feet due to the water.
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Camping in a heat wave ####### sucks
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Jun 30, 2025, 7:54 AM
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no rest this week.
Camping on Jocassee in a heat wave.
Yard work all day friday
Took down daughter of's loft bed and put in a normal bed saturday.
Latina birthday party Sunday. Hot AF but pretty sure her husband is in the cartel.
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You were supposed to remind of us how you got out rednecked.***
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Jun 30, 2025, 7:55 AM
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Clemson Sports Icon [53344]
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Post incoming***
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Jun 30, 2025, 7:56 AM
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Heisman Winner [82100]
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JFC, just edit the OP
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Jun 30, 2025, 7:58 AM
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this place has gone to ####
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Not bad
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Jun 30, 2025, 7:56 AM
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Friday back to 5/3 park for some baseball. Burgers lost on a bang bang throw em out play to end the game. The fireworks were good as usual
Saturday worked in the yard, cleaned the house, shelled, clean an froze a mess of crowder peas, watched too much tv, etc
Sunday usual with mom.
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Re: Good morning everyone how was your weekend?
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Jun 30, 2025, 7:56 AM
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Great weekend.
Friday Mrs Pabst got a clear MRI brain scan.
Then I went and bought a 2024 4runner.
Saturday did a lot of nothing which was awesome...except Mrs Pabst and I had a date night at Alexander Michael's.
Sunday hungout with Grandma Pabst and got her all squared away for our trip to LA/LBC to see little Pabst.
10+/10
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Clemson Conqueror [11327]
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Yay
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Jun 30, 2025, 8:24 AM
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For the misses us
So happy for you two
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Re: Yay
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Jun 30, 2025, 8:58 AM
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Thank you. Long road ahead but shes doing great. Today we go in for bloods and her first infusion of Zometa. It turns women bones into wolverine with Adamantium...or so we joke.
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Re: Good morning everyone how was your weekend?
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Jun 30, 2025, 8:00 AM
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Fri - played golf at Woodside Jones course, poorly. Shot 89, have never played well on that course, and not sure why. Went to bar for some karaoke. Burned the shit out of the roof of my mouth on some chicken fingers. Still paying for that one.
Sat - played golf at Palmetto for little bros upcoming 50th birthday (July 2). 4 over on the last 3 holes  for 84, but won $90 in the game we had set up so that was good. Whole group moved onto Southbound for afterparty/food. Got overserved, glad wife was there to get my butt home.
Sun - recovery. Picked up little one from spend the night party. They stayed up until 4 a.m. so she was spent, and I was too. Whole lotta nothing, until time to go play bingo. Did not win.
Overall, good weekend. Liver needs a break.
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Welp, the Tigers didn't play but I didn't die.
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Jun 30, 2025, 8:03 AM
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Back to Sugar Mtn. Did some painting, pruning and planting and amybe a few libations.
Tried out a new Thai restaurant in Boone, EEM Boone (on 105 beside the Ingles) excellent. Watched a few movies, but no golf cause I didn't know anyone on the leaderboard.
8/10 (15.2/19 on the RH Covids scale)
Pretty laid back.
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Strong to quite strong
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Jun 30, 2025, 8:09 AM
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Spent the weekend at Li******ld. Played True Blue Friday...survived.
Spent Saturday on the beach and at the new outside bar at the Li******ld Inn. After Friday, didn't take me too long to become fouled-up. Buddy who owns the RASCAL (out of Gtpwn) went out and they got dinged-up too. Looked like death.
All in all 10/10. Will do again.
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Finally got yards cleaned up after Helene 2.0 wind storm
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Jun 30, 2025, 8:28 AM
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Just in time for another blow yesterday evening, lol!
Nice eating, imbibing times, on Keowee Sat afternoon/evening with low country boil to fill the gut.
Barves 1 outa 3 par for the course. Poltergeist wins the tigermanac® Open.
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Clemson Conqueror [11327]
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Celebrated a life gone too soon
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Jun 30, 2025, 8:32 AM
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Fri - Golden Tee, shot 19 and 20 under and both times bogeyed 17 and 18
Sat - memorial service for a Mom of 2 that died of brain cancer at 48. What an amazing family, and turned out to be quite a positive event given all that went down. Stayed out til after the bars closed with the fam
Sun - did a music event for a website I am about to start helping called Pulp City Magazine. Good combo event of hip-hop and hard rock and roll. RH would absolutely love The Ludes. Daughter took off for camp. Wife took off for vacation on the Gulf. Oldest daughter took off for an NC vacation. Now home by myself working. Hope I can vacation by the end of the day
19/19 COVIDS because live music and the endearing spirit of the people I encountered
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True story...
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Jun 30, 2025, 9:36 AM
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I've been playing music with the same bunch of life-long native Rock Hillians for for 40 years now. There are a core group of us that are always in the band(s) and a rotating cast that jump in and jump out. We've never really gigged steady, it's always been a hobby thing but when we do go out and play a gig, we almost always come up with a new name...I bet we've used twenty-five names over the years, one of which was The Ludes, LOL.
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Orange Immortal [65659]
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Not to make light of, but thought for a minute you were the only one invited
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Jun 30, 2025, 10:28 AM
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to Obed's funeral.
Sorry for that loss though. That sucks.
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Fair to Partly Cloudy. Had to break in a new preacher yesterday at our church.
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Jun 30, 2025, 8:46 AM
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I think he may turn out to be a good 'un, but he got some big shoes to fill.
He is one of these that wants to sing every verse of every hymn, and when you hear some of our voices, that taint necessarily a good thing.
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Re: Good morning everyone how was your weekend?
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Jun 30, 2025, 8:58 AM
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Dinner with friends Friday night. Ended up buying tickets for Little Mania Midget Wrestling next Friday night.
Saturday: played golf. Buddy made a hole-in-one on the fifth hole. Beer cart became the real MVP of the day. Rest of the round was a ########.
Sunday: played golf again with a lot of hungover people. Did not enjoy.
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Ultimate Tiger [35322]
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Purty Good....
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Jun 30, 2025, 9:10 AM
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Friday - daughter got home from a church camp at Clemson. She had a great time and grew stronger in her faith. This girl is definitely living her best life this summer. Wife-of hung out with friend for some bingo lady thing, so daughter-of and I went to dinner. Dulce Vita in Anderson and was pretty good. Watched a few Law and Order episodes with daughter and called it a night.
Saturday - had some issues with daughter's truck, so we went up and had battery and alternator tested. Long story short, had loose battery cables. Disconnected everything, reset electronics, and then put everything back tight and seems to have fixed the issues (hopefully). Everyone was beat, so we stayed inside and binge watched some TV as a fam.
Sunday - fixed an awesome breakfast featuring some of the best grits I've made in a while. Daughter and wife-of went to church while took son-of somewhere and then picked up his girlfriend. Dinner at Texas Roadhouse was ok for chain. Worked on pre-check-in for cruise we're taking next week. Panic ensued when son-of's passport wasn't in the file. Ripped house apart and finally found it, so crisis avoided it, but wife-of was severely reprimanded for poor document handling.
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exhausting
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Jun 30, 2025, 9:14 AM
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Fri - member/guest tourney. proceeded to play like teetoaldooshnozzles. don't wanna talk about it. came home and drank more bourbon in one night than I have all year.
Sat - up at 430 to go to deer lease. cross-eyed still. sweat my evurluvinass off. pulled 5 ticks off me. one right on the tip of the ole johnson.
took 2 year old on a daddy-daughter date night
Sun - slept in, pool in the AM, freaky in the sheets during nap, hit costco, cooked nice steak
we're watching the Sopranos from start to finish. watched that, PTFO, slept in
gone try and hit a 5k during the heat to sweat out what's left of the toxins from Friday
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'Twas a splendorous weekend filled with sheer delight.
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Jun 30, 2025, 9:25 AM
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Thursday, The Death Heat broke enough to enjoy outside activities, so we went to the Pineville Porcupines baseball game. Good game, but Middle James Brewing in Pineville is the beer vendor and did not show up for the first time all season. Every staff member we asked about it was also perplexed.
Friday, rode downtown to Rock Hill Brewing to see two bands from Charlotte do original stuff, which is a rare occurrence. Usually, it's the acoustic covers person or persons of the week around here. Regence opened and was very good, kind of a grunge-inspired thing. Once Below Joy was second, and they looked like high school freshmen but were crazy talented. Classic prog rock sound, think Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd. They played only one cover, and that was War Pigs LOUD. Excellent show and hung out for an hour afterward because I ran into a bass player I know who lives in RH but tours with a lot of different bands so it was cool catching up.
Saturday, my wife wanted to go to the Sleepy Poet Antique Warehouse, so we wandered around in there for 3 hours or so. Lots of cool vintage stuff and an entire room dedicated to records and music stuff, so worth the trip. Went to eat at Los Chamos for Venezuelan food, and it absolutely blew me away. Fantastic hidden gem in a nondescript South Blvd. strip mall, but excellent food.
Sunday, Went to the Thirsty Beaver to see Atlanta boys Cody Bolden and the Road Hands. Excellent show, small crowd and only a handful of regulars. I guess everybody takes vacation on the week of the 4th maybe, but at least the ancient air conditioner was able to keep up and we sat at the bar all night instead of standing.
It's 190/19 Covids weekend that I expect as the gold standard now that I'm retired and the world is my oyster.
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I'm still jealous of the retirement
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Jun 30, 2025, 9:27 AM
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I think about retirement every day.
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Are you brave enough to try JGB's lifestyle?***
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Jun 30, 2025, 9:31 AM
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There are problems with this.
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Jun 30, 2025, 9:43 AM
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1) I'm already married, 2) I don't know any rich women who would have anything to do with me, (Especially not any that will financially support me while I drink too much and go out on the boat), and I don't have a big enough hawg to attract any.
I'm also a short, white, aging guy with a sarcastic attitude, so that probably closes out the trifecta on better dealing myself.
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Funny thing is I would still be working if the company hadn't cut all funding
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for the project I was on, decided to fire the entire branch of upper management we reported to out of the blue, and then shut down the entire division with a week's notice and lay off everyone at the beginning of June. Lucky I had inside intel from a higher up and was able to go out on my own terms but I loved the project we were doing and the people doing it, it was a success, and it was profitable. Unfortunate that the family that owns the company is trying to make the company attractive for sale, and we were a small 'odd duck' service they had no interest in keeping because although profitable, we were a drop in the bucket compared to their main products and they had a company they owned part of that was willing to buy all of the accounts that we had brought in. It won't be long until it's in the hands of private equity, stripped to the bone, and left in a smoldering heap of ashes.
Meanwhile, I'm gonna be out having fun and giving zero fornications about what happens to them.
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I think that is the future for all companies.
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Jun 30, 2025, 9:50 AM
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Private equity is ruining America.
Once day, we will have "optimized" ourselves to the point that there will be no one left that can afford to buy the goods PE owned companies are making.
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Re: Good morning everyone how was your weekend?
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Jun 30, 2025, 10:07 AM
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Got the rental ready to show, had 15 appts sat/sun. We pray we get a good renter. And hot as #### doing landscaping and fixing up the deck
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I liked it, now I'm on vacation until Monday.***
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Jun 30, 2025, 10:16 AM
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Clemson Conqueror [11481]
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Good
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Jun 30, 2025, 10:24 AM
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Mostly hanging with the Gkids. A little bit of yard work.
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Orange Immortal [65659]
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Meh. Pretty chill. Quite Bear-y.
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Jun 30, 2025, 10:25 AM
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Friday - went and spent $1500 on a Speed Queen washer. Got take out from our local Jordanian joint. Watched The Bear.
Saturday - youngest and I volunteered at the church car wash. Was good to do some hands-on ministry. Was sun tired for the rest of the day though. Made a Bulgarian chopped salad, grilled some yard bird, watched The Bear.
Sunday - F1, church, talked to the big kids, chilled. Wife grilled dogs, made tots, slaw, etc. Watched The Bear. And irony of ironies, someone on the neighborhood FB page posted a pic of a bear in our 'hood Sunday mawn.
So, pretty chill and pretty Bear-y.
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I captured teh flag
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We had about 80 players. Each team was constructed of kids ages 11-18, college students, and dads in their 30s and 40s.
After running down two college kids and placing them in jail, myself and two other dads went on the offensive.
We casually crossed in to enemy territory hoping to blend in with the crowd. No panic. Unfortunately, one dad was intercepted immediately. He tried to talk his way out of the situation but the deal went bad.
I managed to keep walking. I positioned myself about 50 ft from the flag and observed 3 dads guarding the flag. I also began to "guard" the flag while overhearing one of the dudes saying "watch that guy over there, he looks suspicious". But fortunately, I was not interrogated and gave a convincing performance of "friend" not foe. I guarded that sucker for 5 minutes, waiting patiently for the right time. Then it came....."JAIL BREAK!!!". This distracted the dads and they took their eyes away from their job as they shifted slightly left.
I made a break for it. I scooped up the flag in seconds. One of the guards yelled out "HE'S GOT THE FLAG"! and he cut off my planned escape route. I had to divert towards the jail break. I kicked it into high speed and evaded the guards quickly. I had a lot of space between myself and freedom. I am absolutely huffing it 200 yards across open field in the dark. Suddenly I spot a pursuer on my left. But I am close. As I approach 10 yards out I yell " VICTORY!!!" and I dive for the border with flag in hand as I am being tagged.
Technically, I was tagged about 1 ft short of the line. According to the rules, the flag would be placed where I was tagged. And since it was within reach of the line. The game was ended and shouts of "MVP" rang throughout the land. McJr looked up proudly and said to all the kids around.......
"That's my dad!".
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Seems kinda fun to tell the truth.***
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Jun 30, 2025, 10:45 AM
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [104801]
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It was. I don't know how much longer I can still run
Jun 30, 2025, 10:49 AM
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quickly and without getting hurt. Glad I had that one in me.
I played basketball and floor hockey, too. I was crushing that floor hockey ball. I slapped it so hard one time it stuck in the fence.
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The most strenuous thing I did Saturday was walk and stand for
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Jun 30, 2025, 10:51 AM
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11 hours. Phone said I did like 10 miles of walking but I don't know how it may have reacted to the few rides where it stayed in my pocket. I was beat. More beat than a day walking in Vegas.
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [104801]
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I was at
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Jun 30, 2025, 10:54 AM
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camp with my son.
Thurs was 20,000 steps
Fri was 26,000 steps
Sat was 29,000 steps
I'm a bit achy myself.
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I don't think I've hit 26k even in the longest day in Vegas.***
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Mine was aight..
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Jun 30, 2025, 12:49 PM
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Finally made it to Grand Rapids..
Made a stop at Old Nation Brewing on the way (love their Double IPAs)
Then headed to hotel and ate dinner at Stella’s Lounge.. very very cool place. 250 different bourbons…
Oh meeeee
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