At a local level, incumbents enjoy a 90%+ reelection rate. Even standardizing for name recognition bias doesn't come close to explaining this.

Also, they prevent bad politicians from becoming lifelong politicians. Since the political base is hell-bent on preventing any Republicans/Libertarians/Greens from even appearing on the ballot, it's the good tool (if a little blunt) for dislodging the dynastic political elite.

Is it perfect? No. Will some good get tossed with the bad? Yes. Does it mean the idea is bad? Not at all, especially since many offices in the state are term limited as well.

Hell, you could say the governor is the position that will suffer the most from brain drain and constant change. But few voters object since Hogan is a Republican (even the kind they bemoan for not existing for taking a public stand against the Orange one).

Besides, given the state of the city, I'd be willing to roll the dice with private institution and lobbyists. Why not give it a shot for a decade and see what happens?

Thank you, man. I have it torn apart and have pulled the tubes just to look at them. I'll 100% hit you up if I need a bias probe.

Um...anyone know what a bias probe is used for?

Thanks for all the answers everyone. I'm going to take a run at it myself and then it's going to be either Big Crunch or Bills (who I love).

Peace!

This is what I am doing. I am replacing the power tubes first and then I will try the others.

Any idea which part of the inside fo the amp I shouldn't touch if I don't want to die.

https://www.reddit.com/user/The_Waxies_Dargle/comments/yosnzr/the_good_the_bad_the_tubes/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Interesting. Against my better judgment I opened her up. The three preamp tubes all look the same. But one of the two power tubes (the EL84) looks different. One is silver/metalic on the top whereas the other is a dark, almost obsidian color. It's subtle, but they do look different.

Going to try and upload a pic.

Why do you need someone with a license to sling drinks? I know some great bartenders from my drinking days, none of whom are licensed.

Well, Waters is the king of trashy and this celeb defn skews trashy.

Food Market in Hampden has never let me down. It's kinda chaotic in a way that kids won't stand out. Really solid vegetarian options too.

Amicis was a casual option with good food.

We ate there with my kid this past summer. Good meal, but my kid has some fancy tastebuds.

Both are famous for their feats in the water. One gets trash, the other gets trashed. Neither one has been in my kitchen. Seems like you're closer than you thought.

OLD-PERSON RANT INCOMING: I am 100% over the hard fried phase. To me it's become a way to justify shitty cooking technique. If it's fried correctly it should be plenty crunchy. Everyone seems to overfry their wings now under the guise of hard fried.

Maybe in the hands of a truly skilled chef it would be different. But for now, just fry them the right way.

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It's been going up by leaps and bounds over the past 5 years. We were at around 90 every quarter. But they switched things up and, in theory, let the price reflect the cost. But it's now about 120 a month.

Whoa.

Thank you. That's higher than I thought it would be.

So taking your number(s) as an ave, $195, x 12 = $2,340 is what a family of 3 should expect for a waterbill each year? Because that seems awfully high for something the city provides to residents at scale.

Oh this is super helpful.

So I'm showing zero consumption during nighttime.

What seems odd is that our usage is one of two numbers: 2992 or 3740. It's one of these two numbers going back to July of 2021, when it's either 4488 or 3740. I don't see a pattern at all, it alternates and then will go several months the same.

Does this seem normal.

Shopping the red tags. Was one of my superpowers.