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I visited my local yamaha dealer to start the shorelander fender replacement process and saw these things. Even the entry level yamaha boat and Waverunner seem really expensive. Nothing is sold for the manufacturer suggested retail price.
 

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Beautiful weather up in NJ. Got some gardening done, walked the girls, tilled the garden and got some broccoli planted. Dog just putzin around.
 

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Chevron is always higher priced here in the at Bay Area as well but damn! I have to buy super unleaded for most of my cars and that is at least $1 more per gallon than I paid recently at chevron here.
Shell is always higher, especially in SF…I saw Shell diesel in Redding last week for $6.19, and down the street it was $4.59 at Chevron.
 

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I visited my local yamaha dealer to start the shorelander fender replacement process and saw these things. Even the entry level yamaha boat and Waverunner seem really expensive. Nothing is sold for the manufacturer suggested retail price.
$4k surcharge on the 190 and they can’t even throw in the flag pole!
 

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Went to Sandals South Coast in Jamaica for a long weekend with the wife for our twelve year anniversary. If you have never been I highly recommend it. Jamaica being a 3rd world country, it really brings into perspective how good we really have it as a lot of people over there have nothing. Picture 2 is flying over Cuba.
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Question for ya, my wife and I are in our late forties and early fifties, will we feel old/out of place there?
 

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Thermobrett

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Question for ya, my wife and I are in our late forties and early fifties, will we feel old/out of place there?
Absolutely not! We are in our mid and late 30s and we saw people anywhere from early 20s to 50s+. Keep in mind, sandals are costly as it’s all inclusive (flight, transportation, drinks, meals and tips included). But all sandals are kid free so it’s an all adult scene. Since we went to south coast (furthest from the Montego Bay airport) we paid the additional money and hired a private car from Sandals, BMW 535d that came with food and drinks for the 1.5hr drive. I would also advise paying the additional money for the Club Mobay fast track through customs and immigration. When we landed in Jamaica the line through customs was about 2-3hrs long and we went through in roughy 15min. When we returned to the airport we had a lounge with free drinks and food to wait in until our flight left.
 

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Absolutely not! We are in our mid and late 30s and we saw people anywhere from early 20s to 50s+. Keep in mind, sandals are costly as it’s all inclusive (flight, transportation, drinks, meals and tips included). But all sandals are kid free so it’s an all adult scene. Since we went to south coast (furthest from the Montego Bay airport) we paid the additional money and hired a private car from Sandals, BMW 535d that came with food and drinks for the 1.5hr drive. I would also advise paying the additional money for the Club Mobay fast track through customs and immigration. When we landed in Jamaica the line through customs was about 2-3hrs long and we went through in roughy 15min. When we returned to the airport we had a lounge with free drinks and food to wait in until our flight left.
Piggy backing on this. I would suggest/recommend not being the typical “American” tourist. On average the US dollar is worth about $120 Jamaican dollars. $20 USD is not a lot to us, but is a lot to them. The appreciation and gratitude you will receive is worth it. Just my $0.02 😉.
 

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Y‘all don’t have back up generators at this stations?
Some of our main stations do but when we have right around 80 stations it would be very expensive to put one at each one. There are mobile generators that we can hook up and bypass pumps to keep things flowing. We just have to prioritize and make sure that we keep the high flow ones going.
 

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Absolutely not! We are in our mid and late 30s and we saw people anywhere from early 20s to 50s+. Keep in mind, sandals are costly as it’s all inclusive (flight, transportation, drinks, meals and tips included). But all sandals are kid free so it’s an all adult scene. Since we went to south coast (furthest from the Montego Bay airport) we paid the additional money and hired a private car from Sandals, BMW 535d that came with food and drinks for the 1.5hr drive. I would also advise paying the additional money for the Club Mobay fast track through customs and immigration. When we landed in Jamaica the line through customs was about 2-3hrs long and we went through in roughy 15min. When we returned to the airport we had a lounge with free drinks and food to wait in until our flight left.
Would also say that my wife and I went to Sandals in St Lucia which was beatiful. Went for our honeymoon. We had a very good time with the people there. Albeit we made good friends with people that were close to us in age, some of the most fun people were older than we were, and ended up on the excursions we were on. We all carried on at the pool bar after and for the remainder of the trip. Do not be intimidated by age as all ages and price points are welcome at these big name places. Would recommend. I want to go back to St Lucia but wife wants to go other places.

We went to Jamaica when we started dating and fun spot but I'm not rushing to go back either. However, we did stay in Montego Bay at a less expensive resort. It was fun to go there and check off the list. Happy and safe travels.
 

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I rented a boat and we did wakeboarding here in Guatapé Colombia. She learned fast because she does kitesurfing. The marina was very nice and does dry storage, I'm really curious how difficult it would be to bring my boat here. The port of cartagena isn't too far from Miami lol

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Well this sucks!!! Trying out the cub cadet mower after just sharpening the blades. Wife runs out and said there was glass all over the kitchen, but could not see where it came from.

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About 7'6" up. Was mowing 100' down the yard at the time. She found this on the floor and shards of glass everywhere.

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Tape it up and order a replacement upper sash.

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SO! How is your morning going?
 
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