So many Trump signs out here in Back-of-Beyond, Virginia.
I went to the Farm Market in Shenandoah today and there was a woman with a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. That gave me some hope.
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- Sat Aug 24, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: US President
- Topic: Campaign Signs 2024
- Replies: 12
- Views: 510
- Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Meanwhile in Texoma........
- Replies: 1201
- Views: 263990
Meanwhile in Texoma........
I did a 50 mile bike ride with 13,000 of my closest buddies, from Rosarito to Ensenada, Mexico, back in '86. Great fun, hotel room stacked high with bicycles. :batting: I got shaken down by the Federales on the highway between Rosarito and Ensenada. They pulled me over, said I ran a non-existent st...
- Thu Aug 22, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: 2024 Democratic National Convention
- Replies: 280
- Views: 8668
2024 Democratic National Convention
I was traveling recently and stopped for gas in either northern North Carolina or Southern Virginia. There were two bathrooms, men’s and women’s, both singles. There was a line of men already present when I arrived. When a woman came out of the ladies I offered to wait and let them go since all of ...
- Wed Aug 21, 2024 6:19 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
- Replies: 1690
- Views: 164988
Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
My Law School was The Dons (University of San Francisco). Why would a law school name its football team after the leadership of a Mafia crime family? :mrgreen: Why would a law school even *have* a football team? And why weren’t we the Fighting Barratrists? Anyhoo, the pep rallies were fun! :cheer1:...
- Wed Aug 21, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
- Replies: 1690
- Views: 164988
Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
My college was The Gaels (Saint Mary’s College of California). My Law School was The Dons (University of San Francisco).
- Wed Aug 21, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
- Replies: 1690
- Views: 164988
Meanwhile on the North Fork...........
Or Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC?northland10 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2024 9:27 amTemple, Rice, FAU, or Kennesaw State?
Sorry, spillover from a Sportsball Forum thread.
(I know this because I go there every summer for music camp).
- Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: US President
- Topic: Donald J. Trump 2024
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 728225
Donald J. Trump 2024
I think putting $299 worth of quarters in the little vending machines in the vestibule of the grocery store buying candy and toys that break easily would be a better use of the funds.
- Sun Aug 18, 2024 10:07 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: The View From Maybelot
- Replies: 408
- Views: 99246
The View From Maybelot
Kewl, someone said "groundwater" multiple times!! If I recall correctly, your house does not have a basement so the french drains are probably 5 feet below the surface and run along the uphill side(s) of the house (deeper if the frost line goes below 5 feet). That should keep your new sew...
- Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: The View From Maybelot
- Replies: 408
- Views: 99246
The View From Maybelot
Oh the hillside into wild pollinators. Down the hill is the cabin, but there’s another French drain at the base of the hill about 10 feet from the cabin, and another one along the foundation of the cabin. Those French drains go to the hill in front of the cabin and down the hill into George’s Run, w...
- Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: The View From Maybelot
- Replies: 408
- Views: 99246
The View From Maybelot
Nice. Do the grates pull out so you can flush it out occasionally? Yes. They’re screwed in with stainless steel screws. They can also be replaced if they get damaged, although they’re rated to be parked on. The channel underneath the grate is set in concrete and connects every 8 feet or so to a sol...
- Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: The View From Maybelot
- Replies: 408
- Views: 99246
The View From Maybelot
We finally got some heavy enough rain to test our underground French drain and our surface drain. IMG_0137.jpeg And the rain moved on. Looked like there may be a pot of gold down at the Page County Landfill. Or at least a pot of aluminum. The guy at the landfill said they’re burying aluminum in a se...
- Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:59 am
- Forum: The Funny
- Topic: Clueless Youth Struggle With Old Technology & Stuff We Grew Up With
- Replies: 317
- Views: 118809
Clueless Youth Struggle With Old Technology & Stuff We Grew Up With
They don't teach kids in school how to make change, either. When I was in Coast Guard boot camp we spent a lot of time learning to tie knots. Other than the overhand knot and a bow that I used to tie my shoes every day, I never tied a single knot in the Coast Guard. Then they quit teaching knot-tyi...
- Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:45 am
- Forum: US President
- Topic: Kamala Harris for President - 2024
- Replies: 616
- Views: 22537
Kamala Harris for President - 2024
My favorite verse:
You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin'
And you keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep samin' when you oughta be a'changin'
Now what's right is right but you ain't been right yet
You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin'
And you keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep samin' when you oughta be a'changin'
Now what's right is right but you ain't been right yet
- Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:58 pm
- Forum: The Funny
- Topic: Clueless Youth Struggle With Old Technology & Stuff We Grew Up With
- Replies: 317
- Views: 118809
Clueless Youth Struggle With Old Technology & Stuff We Grew Up With
I grew up in a house where the telephone was hard wired into the wall by a technician from the phone company. I still tend to think of phone jacks that the user can plug in as new tech. :lol: Of course it has been many years now since we've had a landline. ;) We bought a lamp that was made from a r...
- Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
- Topic: What are you watching?
- Replies: 1789
- Views: 240100
What are you watching?
Love Ted Lasso! Resisted it for a long time because I made stupid assumptions about it.
So, so good!
So, so good!
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: US President
- Topic: Donald J. Trump 2024
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 728225
Donald J. Trump 2024
Luis Avila is the one I was thinking of. At his welcome ceremony at Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, across the Potomac River from the capital, Milley gained an early, and disturbing, insight into Trump’s attitude toward soldiers. Milley had chosen a severely wounded Army captain, Luis Avila, to sin...
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: US President
- Topic: Donald J. Trump 2024
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 728225
Donald J. Trump 2024
Who was this beautiful recipient not loaded with bullet holes? Remember the maimed veteran he didn’t want at an event because a maimed veteran was poor optics in his fried brain? I wish I could remember the name because he sounded remarkable. I don’t think there was a specific name. IIRC, Gen. Kell...
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: Earthlings Behaving
- Topic: Corporations Behaving Badly
- Replies: 197
- Views: 15468
Corporations Behaving Badly
The number of places I can shop is dwindling. I never shop at Walmart if I have another option (aside from the “Walmart effect,” they did something really horrible to a relative that required legal intervention to set right). One of those options was Tractor Supply. Now that’s out. There are a few o...
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
- Topic: What are you watching?
- Replies: 1789
- Views: 240100
What are you watching?
Watching The Repair Shop on Prime. It’s “On Now,” meaning there are commercials, no pause, no rewind, etc. People bring in their broken shit, and experts fix it, like, this plate was my grandma’s and she always wished it had been fixed, or whatever. Then they’ll fix it and you’d never know it had ev...
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Hijack This Thread
- Replies: 7522
- Views: 992427
Hijack This Thread
We’re in Brood II territory - next round will be 2030.
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 9:05 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Happy Birthday, johnpcapitalist!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 710
Happy Birthday, johnpcapitalist!
Happy Birthday, JPC!!!
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 9:04 am
- Forum: US President
- Topic: Donald J. Trump 2024
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 728225
Donald J. Trump 2024
Since when did the federal government set energy prices? He couldn’t have done it when he was in office, and he wouldn’t be able to do it if he were to get elected this time.
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: The Big Lie & Aftermath of The Former Guy
- Topic: Trump Manhattan Trial Sentencing Poll
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1845
Trump Manhattan Trial Sentencing Poll
He will just file for bankruptcy again Perhaps, but not everything is dischargeable. And in order to get bankruptcy protection, you have to be unable to pay the debt. And I think the days of hiding his assets in shell companies are over. ETA: I don’t think fines or restitution adjudged as part of a...
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 8:29 am
- Forum: The Big Lie & Aftermath of The Former Guy
- Topic: Trump Manhattan Trial Sentencing Poll
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1845
Trump Manhattan Trial Sentencing Poll
For those that are expecting non incarceration, do any of you have any thoughts on what might be an expected sentence? I'm really curious as to what everyone thinks about what may happen in the sentencing. I hope he’s going to get the shit fined out of him. To go along with the $450 million he owes...
- Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: The Big Lie & Aftermath of The Former Guy
- Topic: Trump Manhattan Trial Sentencing Poll
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1845