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- Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:40 am
- Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
- Topic: What are you watching?
- Replies: 1702
- Views: 181783
Re: What are you watching?
Just binge watched Resident Alien... a quirky science fiction mystery comedy-drama remindful of Northern Exposure. I also like Freddy Dodge's Mine Rescue. A Gold recovery expert that helps small time struggling mine owners increase their gold by changing their methods... usually double and once by 3...
Re: Jokes
Bill Maher on Friday interviewed Russian-American journalist Julia Ioffe Maher asked if she remembered "the old joke" about the Soviet Union. Ioffe proceeded to tell her joke. "What doesn't fit in your ass and doesn't buzz?" she asked. Maher did not immediately respond, but laugh...
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:42 am
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: 2022 Winter Olympics
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3385
Re: 2022 Winter Olympics
.... but this is athleticism that takes away, not contributes to a beautiful artistic performance. YMMV of course. Agreed. The same has happened in women's gymnastics, most notable floor exercise and balance beam. Instead of graceful and artistic they've become tumbling routines with flips, twists,...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Dogs!
- Replies: 1367
- Views: 120451
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:57 am
- Forum: Worst of the Right-Wing Pieholes
- Topic: Lauren Boebert - Carpetbaggin’ Vapin’ Yankin’ Lauren Opal Boebert née Roberts
- Replies: 2018
- Views: 338715
Re: Lauren Boebert - Rootin’ Tootin’ Shootin’ Lauren Opal Boebert née Roberts
Biden got al-Hashimi, Obama got bin-Laden who got more books than Boebert.
Re: Jokes
A panda bear walks into a bar and orders a sandwich. The waiter brings him the sandwich. The panda bear eats it, pulls out a pistol, kills the waiter, and gets up and starts to walk out. The bartender yells for him to stop. The panda bear asks, “What do you want?” The bartender replies, “First you c...
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:24 pm
- Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
- Topic: Nostalgia
- Replies: 350
- Views: 28066
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:36 am
- Forum: The Big Lie & Aftermath of The Former Guy
- Topic: trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
- Replies: 12791
- Views: 1568601
Re: trump (the former guy)
Dystopia is a reality. From the NY Times... Annual Year in Pictures feature The first thing that came to my mind after seeing this photo was Apple's '1984' super bowl ad .. except there wasn't anyone that crashed the screen with a sledge hammer. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/12/19/lens/YIP202...
- Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:05 pm
- Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
- Topic: School related violence
- Replies: 1168
- Views: 119482
Re: School related violence
There are 7 neighboring surrounding schools districts that have cancelled classes because of threats. In 2016 Ethan Crumbley's mother penned a bizarre open letter to former President Donald Trump that revealed her son "struggles" at school. She thanked him for "allowing my right to be...
- Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Food but not recipes
- Replies: 1077
- Views: 134742
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Food but not recipes
- Replies: 1077
- Views: 134742
Re: Food but not recipes
:snippity: We had discussed Cutco knives on the Oldbow, having spent 7+ years in food service I've worked with their products many times, best you can get. Period. But you might need a second mortgage to get a set... I've had replace a lost steak knife on two different occasions... $65 each time.
- Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:52 pm
- Forum: COVID-19 and its several variants
- Topic: Covid-19 & Employment
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2605
Re: Covid-19 & Employment
So, yesterday this guy was going to go for the "on religion" exemptions to the requirement opt out... Didn't work. .. what religion bans vaccines? Washington State's Rolovich out of head coaching job over COVID vaccine mandate PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State's Nick Rolovich has been fir...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:00 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Archaeology
- Replies: 278
- Views: 132694
Re: Archaeology
Ancient human footprints found in New Mexico are believed to be between 21,000 and 23,000 years old. The prints were buried in layers of soil in the national park, with scientists from the US Geological Survey analyzing seeds embedded in the tracks to calculate the age of the fossils. Researchers al...
- Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:00 am
- Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
- Topic: Art: I know it when I see it.
- Replies: 297
- Views: 30086
Re: Art: I know it when I see it.
I just attended Immersive Van Gogh in Dallas. Go see it if you get a chance! Study for Worn Out was drawn early in the artist's career in 1882, the Van Gogh Museum said on Thursday. The sketch has been been sitting in a Dutch family's private collection for more than a century. The small pencil dra...
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 3:38 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Archaeology
- Replies: 278
- Views: 132694
Re: Archaeology
the axe appears to have been more a symbol of authority than a practical tool — signifies that the occupant of the grave would have been a high-status member of Bronze Age society. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/09/10/11/47743075-9977023-Following_the_accidental_discovery_in_July_2019_amid_works...
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 7:47 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Dogs!
- Replies: 1367
- Views: 120451
Re: Dogs!
I want that cat.
- Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:49 am
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Fossils & Paleontology
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31831
Re: Fossils & Paleontology
Phiomicetus anubis was so fearsome it was named after the Egyptian god of death, Anubis.
- Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:19 am
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: 2021 Olympics - Japan. Or maybe not.
- Replies: 101
- Views: 11749
Re: 2021 Olympics - Japan. Or maybe not.
Biles got lost in the air in the twisting turns of her vault. She recognized that she was not able to concentrate and was a danger to herself. If she had continued to compete, she could have seriously injured herself. Of course if that had happened, no one would question her withdrawing from the ev...
- Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: 2021 Olympics - Japan. Or maybe not.
- Replies: 101
- Views: 11749
Re: 2021 Olympics - Japan. Or maybe not.
A GOAT no more... Greatest of all time don't quit and aren't afraid of losing. What a horrible thing to say. Not as horrible as saying 'What a horrible thing to say' What's horrible? What's not true? Name another MVP that has quit on their team. Pressure is what defines the great ones. I wonder if ...
- Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:36 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: 2021 Olympics - Japan. Or maybe not.
- Replies: 101
- Views: 11749
Re: 2021 Olympics - Japan. Or maybe not.
Meanwhile, SIMONE BILES! Simone Biles isn’t looking past the next four gymnastics meets and her competitive career perhaps culminating at the Tokyo Games, but those close to her are planting a different seed: a potential third Olympics in 2024. Biles plans to compete four more times in 2021 — at th...
- Sat Jul 24, 2021 3:58 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Food but not recipes
- Replies: 1077
- Views: 134742
Re: Food but not recipes
It's BLT season. How many slices of bacon do you use. On toast or plain bread? I make it toasted with 4 slices of bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo. Husband and son want more bacon. Request denied. I make bacon in oven on cookie pan lined with parchment paper.... 12 slices of bacon fill the sheet. Cr...
- Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Food but not recipes
- Replies: 1077
- Views: 134742
Re: Food but not recipes
It's BLT season.
How many slices of bacon do you use. On toast or plain bread?
I make it toasted with 4 slices of bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo. Husband and son want more bacon. Request denied.
I make bacon in oven on cookie pan lined with parchment paper.... 12 slices of bacon fill the sheet.
How many slices of bacon do you use. On toast or plain bread?
I make it toasted with 4 slices of bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo. Husband and son want more bacon. Request denied.
I make bacon in oven on cookie pan lined with parchment paper.... 12 slices of bacon fill the sheet.
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:56 am
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: Save the US Postal Service
- Replies: 203
- Views: 30641
Re: Save the US Postal Service
DeJoy is making EVERYTHING better! He says so. Even made a video about it! Faster delivery! Thousands of new employees! (yeah, right...) https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/07/19/usps-postmaster-general-rallies-the-troops-for-2021-peak-season-ahead/ Video at above link. I didn't watch it. I didn't ...
- Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:30 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: 45 Cartoons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 8110
- Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:48 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Fossils & Paleontology
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31831
Re: Fossils & Paleontology
I'm finally going to get a 23 & me test. I suspect it's basically Nordic - Ireland & Scotland. However, on the Eastern Shore, there was a lot of diversity. Indentured servants fled there. They were from around the world. We've had 2 of the Ancestry teats on the desk for a year because "...