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lol [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_grade](military grade). I never gave this much thought until I bought some "military-grade" weight plates for my home gym. They were FAR lower quality than my other plates, but also cheaper. This isn't even a matter of "which" military, this is a matter of the cheapest thing that technically meets standards.

I agree with the others, I would go for a full rack over a half rack to provide better safety for squats and bench. Technically, you could shrug off a failed squat, but I wouldn't want to do that in my house unless I set up a very solid platform under my rack (a very good plywood + stall mat build and if you're doing this in your house, new stall mats reek for a long, long time). Similarly, if you don't use collars, you can dump the plates on a failed bench, but I'd rather not do that to my floors without solid protection.

Used is definitely the way to save money, but you could get a similar setup from Titan Fitness or maybe Rep Fitness for about $1k new. Skip the 15lb plates, but get some 5lb, 2.5lb and change plates. I like microgainz.com for change plates, but I'm in the US and don't know how shipping to Canada compares.

Oh, that sounds like a sweet deal. I should have been aspired to be a corporation instead of a normal person.

Stock "news" is stupid, the Switch 2 announcement has been expected for a year. The only news is that the company confirmed it will launch this year, which was already expected. Real news is when we start hearing what games will be available at launch (or soon after).

I don't really understand how Walgreens is still in business. I only go there when I need something that the grocery store pharmacy section doesn't carry and I'm not willing to wait 1-2 days to have it shipped from Amazon. Every time I go, its a ghost town with more employees than customers.

Way back in the late '90s, my first apartment was a brand new development with a T5 connection (I think) that offered each unit 8 glorious Mbps. However, I needed to get that connection shared between 2 PCs in different rooms. Wifi was not an option (expensive and slow), even a router was a major financial investment for me back then. So, I bought an extra network card and a 100 foot crossover cable and ran it down the hallway.

It was so successful, that I continued to incorporate very long cables in my builds for the next 20ish years. Even today, my desktop computer is not wifi capable, but first I migrated to powerline ethernet and more recently mesh wifi with my PC plugged into one of the child nodes.

I don't like the Witcher because I want to be faithful to Triss, but as soon as Yennefer shows up, all my player choices are disregarded. 5/10, will not play again.

I suspect its being banned because of people using it in public without headphones or earbuds. I was submitted to that experience for an hour+ in a waiting room one time and now I fully supported the ban to prevent it from ever happening again.

I'm not sure I understand. You can stream music for free on Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Pandora, Bandcamp, YouTube, and probably several other services. Not to mention the thousands of radio stations you can stream. It seems like there are exponentially more music streaming options compared to video. If you're asking about sites where you can stream without ads, I'm guessing those exist too, but I suspect most people are either willing to listen to ads or pay for ad-free with one of those services.

Since it sounds like you have younger kids, I'd take a decent sized portion of it (maybe 2-8k) and use that to make lasting family memories. Seeing everything of interest in a short range (zoos, aquariums, caves, gardens, museums, national parks, whatever), more frequent small vacations (driving distance or short flights to the beach/mountains/whatever), occasional major vacations (other countries, theme parks, cruises, whatever your family finds interesting). Or investing in lifelong hobbies that you can do together, like skiing, art, tennis, restoring cars, etc.

After that, the rest I would add to my FIRE plan. It would not necessarily mean retiring sooner (though it might), but it would be about adding flexibility to my life. If my savings were larger, I could always just to dip into that to pay for college or I be better prepared to deal with an unexpected layoff or emergency.

I think in 1995 my dad had pay by the minute internet access and I wasn't allowed to use it (and didn't really know what it was anyway). Somewhere around 1996/7 he got a dedicated ISDN line with unlimited internet and I stayed up all night talking to strangers in chat rooms or playing video games. Good times!

Scale the Summit - The Levitated

I also dearly adore Whales from the same album. Its probably the better song of the two, but there's something about the character of the sound in the Levitated that just carries me away.

I'm also a big fan of Marcin and Ichika Nito, so how about a track with both of them? "I don't Write About Girls"