So I pulled an Elk tag for 22N( I think, not bothering to look it up at the moment), the area around Payson for the first week of December.

I've never hunted before, so I'd like to find a guide that can help me have a better chance at getting one. Any referrals to someone that guides would be much appreciated.

Hello all, I am looking for a quick weekend get away to celebrate an anniversary. Maybe a cabin up north that has a fireplace and hot tub? Any good recs?

So my partner and I went down for emissions testing for her vehicle. We used to live in Yavapai and recently moved to Maricopa county so we’ve never had emissions before and weren’t sure what to expect. My partner was in the driver’s seat and had to get out while they tested but they told me I could stay in the passenger seat so I got a front row show to what they were doing/saying.

First when they started I was watching the screen and after they input everything for the car a pop up came up that said “Make, Model, and Year EXEMPT From Testing”. The guy doing it called over a supervisor who forced it to start the test anyways, that’s fine we aren’t bothered by that. But we can’t really figure out why the car failed.

The guy doing the test immediately grabbed this cord hanging and started jerking it around yelling “This better not be the f***ing thing I have to plug into and test!” He then called over another supervisor and asked about it. He said “I think that’s it but I don’t know man” and walked off. Then the guy doing the test told us that because this is hanging down he can’t test it so it’s a fail. Then one of the supervisors there said “No wait that doesn’t mean a failure that’s up to our discretion” the dude who was doing our test goes “I said it failed so it failed” then quickly added a different supervisor told him to say it failed so that’s what he’s doing (THAT NEVER HAPPENED HE WAS STRAIGHT UP LYING).

So they said okay you failed go park here and come in the office and we’ll tell you what to do. We go in the office and one of the supervisors who had been called over during the test and saw/heard what happened immediately says “So because you have two of these OBD connectors and we aren’t sure which one to test we have to fail you and send you somewhere else where they can test you.”

First of all, there is only ONE there is not TWO connectors. Second, I checked it myself afterwards and multiple techs checked around under the dash and confirmed this one hanging is the only one so that has to be it. I explained to the guy in the office “hey when we got the car straight from the dealership this thing was already hanging down like this and we were told it was fine.” and he said “yeah it’s not because it’s hanging down it’s because there’s two of them and we don’t know which one to test.” Again. There. Is. Only. One. 3 different guys shoved their hands under the dash looking for another connector and confirmed verbally multiple times this was the only one. And now we don’t know what to do, by the time we got out of there the place they wanted to send us to which was down in Peoria and was going to close in ten minutes so we couldn’t get down there. I also checked the paperwork and on the back is says “This vehicle has received a tamper fail status.” We don’t know what that means or what to do now.

I’m looking for some recommendations for family to gift my toddler for Christmas instead of gifts. We currently have a zoo membership but it is quite far from us, we are in STV. What indoor play places or experiences does everyone love?

Late this morning

don’t see any discussion here regarding this, been here for a couple months now. anyone uses it?

I took a picture of the flower initially because i just thought it looked nice, and then after i reviewed the picture on my camera, I finally saw the tiny little critters. I didn't even see them at all at first with my naked eye

I’m not sure if he noticed me…

I can’t fucking compete with all these decorations I can’t fucking stand living here. I have a tall stick, a sheet and some eyes cut out and it looks like a crippled ghost with rabies. where the fuck do you people get the money for this shit. what do you even fucking do after Halloween? cry? I’m tired of this, I’m just the old loser who gets 2 kids a night because I don’t have a life sized fucking night before Christmas animatronic that touches you and gives candy at the same time :(

Six pets are safe after firefighters pulled them from a burning home in central Phoenix around noon Sunday.

I have decided to hire an Airstream and visit a friend who's in Coolidge Arizona only for a short time window. I may just park up on the side of the road somewhere and look at the sunset. Does anyone local have any recommendations for spots nearby - but outside your normal tourist bubbles? I'm particularly interested to get the view of a local who may see Arizona and all is beauty through a different lense to my rose-tinted glasses. Thanks.

Same view, 3 different days

10/08/26
Shot on Sony Alpha A7III
Later color corrected and graded on Da Vinci Resolve

I'm on week 11 of looking for a new job and have filed my weekly claims since July. My case status still says Active/Unresolved due to my severance pay which I received last year and has been gone since March. I can't get through to anyone by phone. I've filled out forms on the Ombudsmens page and still not a god damn peep from them.

UPDATE: After filling out the complaint form and emailing my state senator I got a call from them yesterday. They're not sure why the severance pay was tagged as an issue but they marked it resolved and I got paid today for all the past claims. Thanks for all the advice.

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