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Correct on all counts. Been there many times, never disappointed, but they do hustle you out. It's my wife's go to place, so that endorsement worked for me. One word of caution; going up the "heat" scale on European food is a bit dangerous for US folks who ware used to more mild seasoning.

Propane. I would have used nat gas, but not an option. I wouldn't worry about regulations. There would be a revolution if some law forced people to abandon a life saving power option when they are purchased for the singular purpose of reacting to a power outage.

The place is great. The Asian food is really good. The pub is great as well. Big US airline crew spot, so the value is there. Again, I always trust the wife, and she loves it. Her favorite in London.

Consider dinner at Churchill Arms in that area. A bit touristy, but good Asian food in an old pub setting, which is a bit odd. Wife loves it. Her favorited place.

That is the unit I have, but I got it done for about 9k+. Don't remember the final number, but it was under 10. It isn't simply the generator. I have two 200amp transfer panels that connect the generator to the service panel. They are not cheap. As well, the unit needs fuel, whether nat gas or liquid propane, and that is a plumbing expense. There are ways to save money. I didn't pay a Generac contractor. I found a local guy who does these installs to do the generator and transfer panels, and got a separate guy to do the fuel supply plumbing. You don't need to pour a concrete pad. I leveled the ground, built a weather resistant rectangle, filled it with crushed stone, then leveled it and put 12x12 pavers on top. The generator is secure and level.

Prodigious inflation, political turmoil and an unstable currency, but nice weather, great fishing and really cool Andes mountains.

Spend ten years going through US Customs and Immigration at Miami International more than once per week in the morning when the South/Central American flights arrive. Talk to the folks who work there and you'll get a feel for this issue. It has absolutely noting to do with skin color.

Simpson's eyes tell the tale. There are rare videos out that see into his helmet at his eyes. Those videos show his kinesthetic sense, which is the ability to read body language and move accordingly. When he got in space, his eyes were always on the next guy. He already had the first guy beat. Larry Byrd was similarly gifted. He could diagram every one of his team mates and the defenders on the way down the court. A singularly amazing athlete.

No. It is required for pilots who are going operate in hostile countries, what we call "feet dry." It is not required for anti sub, transport, non search and rescue helicopters and others who would not go feet dry, ergo, not risk a POW thing. It has changed massively since I went through, especially with the admission of women into that profession, but it was a very unenjoyable, but very valuable experience.

Does POW camp qualify? During SERE, (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) training, spent a couple days and nights in a POW camp. Shoved in a box, really cold. Interrogated a couple times. Got beat up a bit. Saw a few guys get water boarded. Really not fun.

Buffalo on a Sunday home game is intense, but I have never seen anything like BA an hour before a World Cup game, except a night in Sao Paulo when Brasil won the Cup.

I don't live in the Buffalo area anymore, but I did grow up there. I have spent hundreds of nights in Buenos Aires during my career, so I can contrast the two. First, Buffalo and US in general do not have anywhere near the public transport that BA has, so if you need to get around, you must find other means. As far as food, you must try the local sandwich, called "beef on weck." I have been to many of your beef places, and my comment would be that the best steaks in BA are great. Beef on weck is really good; good as the beef at La Cabrera, El Establo and New Brighton, but served quite more rare, and as a thinly cut layered sandwich in a much less formal atmosphere. The pizza in Buffalo is way better. The wine selection isn't nearly as good, but few places on earth are. The ability to do currency conversion is nearly non existent in Buffalo, so bring what you need. Do not buy US $ in Argentina, unless you "know someone," as the conversion rates will be much better here. Have that plan figured out before you come, but I expect the best way is to have enough incidental US cash, and do the rest on credit cards. Have fun.

My favorite.

I'm a Christian and have attended Bible study for years. The Book of Revelations is impossible to interpret, offers no life guidance, and is a "vision." It is the one portion of the Bible I never look to for anything other than passing interest. To each his own.

The answer to that question depends on what changes are made after the bid. Our's were about 15% higher than the original bid, but that was our doing. It is not realistic to guess at a figure, because it depends on so many variable. This house, I was travelling to South America the entire time, so I had arranged for all the hardwood flooring and interior doors to be imported from there. The original bid had standard US supplied oak flooring and hollow core doors, but I had that stuff shipped up, so maybe I'm not the guy to ask. Additionally, I did a fair amount of work myself, intercoms. sound and ceiling fans etc.

For what it's worth, which is probably nothing, we have had our last three houses built. New construction. I am an energy geek and follow the industry and technology closely. Our last house had geothermal. Loved it. The pricing eliminated that consideration on the one we live in now. Prices for geothermal in no way are justified. This house is perfect for solar. We have a three car garage roof that faces true south. I had the roof of the garage framed to handle solar, which I wanted to have the option to do later on when efficiencies made sense. They still don't.

Butch Byrd's Utica Club commercial with Van Miller should be in the Hall.

Ya. they do.

After quite a few outages over the years, and getting by with small but powerful generators, we installed a 23kw whole house generator a couple years ago. Total cost was a bit less than $10K, which included the generator, lp hookup and electrical service transfer panel. I used different guys for the lp hookup and service panel work, and total cost was considerably less than going with a generator company for the entire project. Happy wife happy life. By the way, having your home service underground, as our is, is no insurance against the grid that supplies the power to the underground point.

I'll trust a poster named Shaw66 to comment on right guard play.

Beat them twice in the past two years regular season in Kansas City. Took them to an overtime coin toss in Kansas City in the playoffs. Not sure how you could be closer. I'm not saying the Bills are better. They certainly were a franchise hurting at the end of last season, but to suggest that they "don't belong in the conversation," is not valid. Miami absolutely has improved, and I have no problem acknowledging that.

Ya. We used to live near Napa in our early years, which is what got me interested in viticulture. I'm more a fan of Spanish, Italian and South American vintages, but to each his own.

What year? Could be friends of mine. My best buddy in the Pacific Fleet Adversary Squadron was Curt Watson, who joined the Blues along with others from that pipeline. He was the guy who flew Tom Cruise, at the behest of Paramount studios, on an indoc flight that Cruise liked so much he agreed to do Topgun 1. Curt also spent a year with the Green Bay Packers, which I found out about under under surprising circumstances. On a WNY note, Mike Gershon, the Blue that died in a midair at the Niagara Falls 1985 airshow was a friend. Video available on youtube.

Sourdough bread. Cioppino. Cliff House. USS Enterprise under the Golden Gate. My two sons. Such a damned shame.