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edgar__allan__bro t1_jcpd4ll wrote

Reply to Looking for Mike from powerplant live! St Patrick’s day by [deleted]

I’m just gonna say that one time in college I told all of my friends that I’d met my wife during an all-day St Paddy’s shit show.

I hung out with her like two times sober after the fact and realized we had absolutely nothing in common and it fizzled quick.

Sometimes, it’s better to have that flame one day and just carry it as a cherished memory lol

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smughippie OP t1_jcpd1vu wrote

Reply to comment by palhod50 in Archery lessons by smughippie

This is EXACTLY what I am looking for. Thank you. I agree he will get hooked. He loves solo sports where the competition is primarily with yourself (he is a life long rock climber) and I think this is about to be his new hobby. I will certainly reach out with any questions.

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palhod50 t1_jcp8f5d wrote

Reply to Archery lessons by smughippie

Reach out to David Stradley: airgod7@yahoo.com. He’s got a private range in the area and is a level 3 coach and his rates are stupidly affordable for someone with his resume and certification.

I’ve taken personal lessons and he’s incredible. Within the first hour with him I had corrected a few mechanical issues and was grouping extremely tight at 20 yards. Three classes later and I was getting close to competition level accuracy up to 30 yards.

He also coaches at Lancaster Archery which is the largest archery only store in the US, about 90 minutes from Baltimore. Once your husband is hooked, because he will be, a trip to Lancaster is a must.

If he’s not available, check out https://www.usarchery.org/coaches/find-a-coach

Lastly, Vingt Neuf does offer an 8 week family training course three times a year, but their classes fill up super fast (within minutes of opening). It’s mostly kids but they love teaching adults - it’s where I learned before working with Dave.

Happy to share more info on local ranges and whatnot because I also was just a guy who wanted to learn and used local resources to get fairly decent at archery within a few months.

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reccenters t1_jcozvos wrote

Reply to PSA: Check your utility supplier rate by poldim

I get my energy through an energy co-op. It uses a negotiated rate and I have a year long set rate. I don't have the bill in front of me right now but it's been a touch lower than the 3 month rate listed above.

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S-Kunst t1_jcoqq0m wrote

Reply to PSA: Check your utility supplier rate by poldim

This is another example that the "free market" is not the best option for all situations.

The state of MD, with all its $$ needs to be funding public genertated electricity. Some will say that government cannot encroach on the private market place. But here there is no ability for a fully free market answer. Even when smaller renewable energy supply start to take a larger portion of the industry, there will be a regional grid and public lands which take the electricity to the consumer. Add to this the current thought that private vehicles will be shift from fossil fuel to electric. That adds a lot to be at the whim of the profiteers.

In the 1930s the federal government pumped huge sums of money in providing electric lines to the rural areas of the country, though many of those areas are now suburban sprawl. So its not like the state or federal government have not been involved and stepping in to fill the void that the private sector does not want to fill.

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