April 16, 2021
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Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2021 07:37 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Rosasharn at April 16, 2021 07:37 PM (PzBTm)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 16, 2021 07:39 PM (rM3uf)
Read? All I see are the Atari vids. See the text above, but nothing else.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2021 07:41 PM (7bRMQ)
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You named your ranch the devil's chancre sore?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 16, 2021 07:41 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Madame mayhem at April 16, 2021 07:42 PM (Vxu+H)
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2021 07:42 PM (Cxk7w)
I was still number ten, after watching most of the vids.
Posted by: 4 at April 16, 2021 07:42 PM (KnJdm)
Posted by: Madame mayhem at April 16, 2021 07:42 PM (Vxu+H)
Check out Scotty Kilmer videos before you get a car.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2021 07:43 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 16, 2021 07:43 PM (kTF2Z)
And I've been thinking about a little bit of a letter-writing campaign, basically telling some of the ones on my embargo list about how much money is going to competitors because of their decision to wade into left wing politics, and some of the ones on my good-kid list about their economic gainzz for not moving against me. So the timing is impeccable.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 07:43 PM (zcf1k)
Posted by: Rosasharn at April 16, 2021 07:44 PM (PzBTm)
Read? All I see are the Atari vids. See the text above, but nothing else.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2021 07:41 PM (7bRMQ)
You didn't click the Enable Subtitles button at the bottom of the home page
Posted by: Gref at April 16, 2021 07:44 PM (AMIL/)
Didn't miss not seeing the Aussie vid. Now the kitty one....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2021 07:46 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 07:46 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: SnailRacer at April 16, 2021 07:48 PM (OyoN6)
Why? Who dat?
Posted by: Madame mayhem at April 16, 2021 07:45 PM (Vxu+H)
Internet car mechanic. Has a channel on YT. He has a few vids on Kias. Might be worth a watch.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2021 07:48 PM (7bRMQ)
I hate bats. I hate those guys.
Posted by: Indiana Bozo and a bowl full of Kaboom! at April 16, 2021 07:49 PM (tjZg/)
Look at your own spending habits. How many of you have made any meaningful adjustments to your spending habits as the battle lines become more clear? And is that a "buy our book and donate some of the proceeds to BLM" link on the sidebar of this very website? I rest my case.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 07:49 PM (zcf1k)
Posted by: Gref at April 16, 2021 07:44 PM (AMIL/)
Still trying to figure this new set up out. Hadn't heard about the subtitles button.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2021 07:50 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 16, 2021 07:50 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: runner, Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink ! at April 16, 2021 07:50 PM (Q9SFr)
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 16, 2021 07:51 PM (UL4dm)
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2021 07:52 PM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
I dunno. A lot of the French are still serious Catholics, and Notre Dame in Paris is very important to them. The French do love their history, and will do a very good (if very long and drawn out) job of restoring the Cathedral. I've been there a few times, and it is pretty amazing.
Regardless of what you may think of the French, I think they will be very careful about what happens while the rebuilding is going on. It would be incredibly embarrassing to any politician in power if this gets bungled.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Living on the prison planet at April 16, 2021 07:52 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 16, 2021 07:53 PM (a4EWo)
I hated that damn bat (I assume it is a bat). Always taking my stuff.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at April 16, 2021 07:54 PM (cwI4U)
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 16, 2021 07:54 PM (UL4dm)
Raises gripping claw.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 16, 2021 07:56 PM (DMUuz)
Pitfall hated me and I hated it.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 16, 2021 07:57 PM (Bwq3v)
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 16, 2021 07:57 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: The Walking Dude at April 16, 2021 07:58 PM (cCxiu)
Personally I evaluate pretty much every purchase I make. "Meaningful" is rather subjective, but I do indeed try to select businesses that don't go out of their way to insult/punish me. And it isn't easy. One corporation might be fine one year, then get "woke" for a year, then shut up for a bit. They're always in a battle to market to the trend rather than just make an effin' decent product at a fair price. So I get your point, but I think more and more people are trying to vote, so-to-speak, with their wallets.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 16, 2021 07:58 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 07:59 PM (ooHFe)
Posted by: f'd at April 16, 2021 07:59 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: SnailRacer at April 16, 2021 08:00 PM (OyoN6)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 16, 2021 08:01 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: SnailRacer at April 16, 2021 08:01 PM (OyoN6)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at April 16, 2021 08:02 PM (uUja+)
Well, I've stopped buying Coke and Pepsi and now buy Dr Pepper and Seven Up. For Root Beer, I get Teddy's.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2021 08:02 PM (7bRMQ)
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Is that the fear of weird words?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 16, 2021 08:03 PM (kTF2Z)
But I was world-class at Paperboy.
To have the time to just veg a summer away playing video games again...
Posted by: Nova local at April 16, 2021 08:03 PM (b1h2x)
"Oh stewardess! We speak typos."
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:03 PM (ooHFe)
Posted by: f'd at April 16, 2021 08:03 PM (Tnijr)
what riches!
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus at April 16, 2021 08:04 PM (GBZnB)
Posted by: Methos at April 16, 2021 08:04 PM (kOpft)
We do not deserve Jack Black.I could read this comment either way, tbhPosted by:Gentlemen, this is junta manifestat April 16, 2021 08:02 PM (uUja+)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 08:04 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 16, 2021 08:04 PM (2DOZq)
I do. Not only do I boycott these A holes, I divest my portfolio their stock and any bonds. Thats not enough. I also follow it up with a letter (snail mail so they have to hold it, open it, etc, cant just hit delete) telling them why. Here is an excerpt from my letter to Woka Kola.
The final straw was inserting your long Pinocchio snout into recent laws passed by GA to ensure election integrity. From your companies’ false comments, it is apparent you did not even read the GA law.
I really should thank you for giving me a plethora of reasons not to use your overpriced, unhealthy, caffeinated, acidic, ulcer enhancing, diabetes causing, obesity promoting, tooth decay contributing, chemical laced sugar water. I feel healthier already.
I’m going to use the money I save from not buying your product to contribute to Donald J. Trump and the candidates of his choosing. I hope they remove any and all tax loopholes your company is using. That’s something I’m going to be suggesting to our elected officials.
Posted by: The Walking Dude at April 16, 2021 08:05 PM (cCxiu)
You have my sincere condolences. How about Miner 2049?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:05 PM (ooHFe)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 16, 2021 08:05 PM (a4EWo)
Posted by: f'd at April 16, 2021 08:05 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Is that the fear of weird words?
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Or the fear of spinal adjustments?
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2021 08:06 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 16, 2021 08:06 PM (F0YaR)
He's essentially the Trevor Noah of the Big Screen.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 16, 2021 08:07 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: SnailRacer at April 16, 2021 08:07 PM (OyoN6)
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Posted by: Braenyard at April 16, 2021 08:08 PM (v8zv4)
I don't think so but I do have about 30 carts and a console. Haven't hooked it up in over 10 years.
Posted by: f'd at April 16, 2021 08:08 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)
FIFY.
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2021 08:08 PM (P1f+c)
magnesium glycinate is also good
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus at April 16, 2021 08:08 PM (GBZnB)
I like your style, sir dude. And you're definitely right about snail mail; that was one of the things that I learned at my first job, being one of the guys who sat close to the front door and thus occasionally getting to role-play the receiving department.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 08:09 PM (zcf1k)
Is that the fear of weird words?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 16, 2021 08:03 PM
No, that would be much more familial to hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 16, 2021 08:09 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: t-bird at April 16, 2021 08:10 PM (l0Lgi)
What did I miss. I change threads and my name has been changed!
Posted by: Commissar Rothgar at April 16, 2021 08:10 PM (hOUT3)
We stopped buying "Nabisco" cookies, etc, when they decided to have some cross-dressing black guy be a spokes-person (whatever) on Mother's Day a couple of years ago. A big vendetta against Nabisco, for other reasons, too. They are now owned by some European conglomerate who is totally woke. I don't know if anything that is done will make any difference, because it is a cultural thing that these various corporations have bought into, just like the faux-concern over "Global Warming" and "greenhouse gases".
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Living on the prison planet at April 16, 2021 08:10 PM (tjZg/)
My kids are addicted to Amazon, they can buy anything they want there and have it shipped at no cost. I prefer to support local businesses as much as I can. I will not give a dime to Jeff Bezos.Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 16, 2021 08:05 PM (a4EWo)
I logged in to check just now, and my orders page said "You haven't placed any orders in the last 3 months". Looks like the last things I bought were some Christmas gifts for my nephew, because they were out of stock elsewhere by the time I ordered them.
Next order of business, I have to figure out what to do with eleventy billion miles on a Delta AMEX, since I won't be going anywhere with those assholes.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 08:10 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 16, 2021 08:11 PM (v8zv4)
Posted by: Eromero at April 16, 2021 08:11 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Vivi at April 16, 2021 08:11 PM (USW1s)
I could read this comment either way, tbh Posted by: hogmartin
That was my point. He is one of those people who is annoying and not very talented, but he seems so sincere and enthusiastic that it is hard to hate him. He is like the downs neighbor who makes a big effort to tell you the road is clear each morning as you back out of the drive.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at April 16, 2021 08:11 PM (uUja+)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 16, 2021 08:11 PM (aXxgO)
Thanks for that info, much appeciated!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 16, 2021 08:12 PM (hOUT3)
This is an Adventure Game:
http://sundae.triumf.ca/pub2/cave/node001.html
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:13 PM (dhFCT)
Posted by: f'd at April 16, 2021 08:13 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 16, 2021 08:14 PM (F0YaR)
Look at your own spending habits. How many of you have made any meaningful adjustments to your spending habits as the battle lines become more clear?
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 07:49 PM (zcf1k)
Yes, and I have been for a long time now. I get a lot of sighs and eye rolls from my family.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 08:14 PM (OED7z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:14 PM (XDC5a)
Posted by: f'd at April 16, 2021 08:13 PM (Tnijr)
Star Wars /Star Trek
220 / 221
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 16, 2021 08:15 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, in the Big Sky Country at April 16, 2021 08:15 PM (4l77G)
Posted by: runner, Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink ! at April 16, 2021 08:15 PM (Q9SFr)
That Genghis Khan piece was probably written by a CCP member working for Carnegie. This is their style of revisionism (tone deaf and historically nonsense)
Read the end of past threads where I explain a bit more.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at April 16, 2021 08:15 PM (uUja+)
Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2021 08:16 PM (wgghp)
Don't worry. Next month "eleventy billion" will mean "one hundred feet". It's our way of saying, "Thanks for flying Delta!"
Posted by: Frequent Flyer Miles Adjustment Team at April 16, 2021 08:16 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: f'd
Do current televisions (over-the-air-digital) even have an analog antenna input that the Atari 2600 could use? I remember that "tv/game" selector box you had to put in-line with the antenna leads...
I suppose someone makes a $2 converter box (sold for $39.95) to turn NTSC TV signals into composite video or something.
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2021 08:16 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:17 PM (XDC5a)
hogmartin, Delta is part of an alliance that includes KLM, AlItalia, AirFrance (!) and....Aerflot. Among others. Just saying....Hmm. Colluding with Russians, would you say?Posted by: runner, Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink ! at April 16, 2021 08:15 PM (Q9SFr)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 08:17 PM (t+qrx)
I get this error no matter what, phone or pc:
upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection failure
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at April 16, 2021 08:18 PM (fpng3)
Posted by: f'd at April 16, 2021 08:18 PM (Tnijr)
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I thought that was the fear of large animals named Henrietta.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 16, 2021 08:18 PM (kTF2Z)
Aeroflot, an airline that managed to kill the entire Soviet Far East command staff with one crash.And that wasn't the one that the captain's teenaged kid flew into a mountain, either.Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:17 PM (XDC5a)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 08:19 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 16, 2021 08:19 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 16, 2021 08:19 PM (yOVXa)
Posted by: Vivi at April 16, 2021 08:19 PM (USW1s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:19 PM (XDC5a)
The Left was rotting for Thanos in the Avenger movies.Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:15 PM (XDC5a)
I sincerely hope so.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 16, 2021 08:19 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: CppThis
I boycott Smithfield meats, coz chicom, but for a while I was accidentally boycotting Swift Meats coz I got them muxed up.
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus at April 16, 2021 08:19 PM (GBZnB)
One of the things I miss about Minnesota is that damn near everything up there is local. Due to geography and cultural history, they just aren't into throwing money at faraway companies. Tennessee is great for a lot of stuff, but it kinda sucks at holding on to its money.
One of the reasons why MN is a rich state and TN is a poor state.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 08:19 PM (zcf1k)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2021 08:20 PM (/lj7+)
By that time they were flying Airbus and well the computer system never told anyone that the kid had managed to partially disconnect the auto-pilot.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:21 PM (XDC5a)
I'd more than quibble with "not very talented". He's quite a vocalist. And while he's not a great actor (or may not be, I'm not sure how we would know, since everyone always wants him to "do Jack Black"), he has a persona which cannot be replicated by a great actor.
Case in point: Along Came Polly
Philip Seymour Hoffman in the Jack Black role opposite Ben Stiller. Hoffman was a great actor: Range, subtlety, comic chops, even action chops, whatever. (If there were any reason to remake Psycho, he would've been my pick for Bates, since he fit Bloch's description perfectly.)
But he couldn't pull off being a gross loser while still being likable, which Jack Black almost always is.
It's like being bitchy (for actresses). There's a special skill to being utterly horrible and still somehow appealing. Vivien Leigh in GWTW, for example, or Susan Lucci for 40 years on "All My Children".
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:21 PM (dhFCT)
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all different.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 16, 2021 08:21 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: f'd at April 16, 2021 08:13 PM (Tnijr)
Spock is especially boneheaded in that episode, but he does figure it out at the end.
Posted by: zmdavid at April 16, 2021 08:21 PM (xqRaG)
Of course! Of course Twitter went down. What else could it be, but Twitter going down. Just one question Jeff Weimer, what's Twitter?
Posted by: Maxwell Smart at April 16, 2021 08:22 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: hogmartin
Nothing personal, just business. Fine, don't want to collude, there is always Kenya Airways.
Posted by: runner, Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink ! at April 16, 2021 08:22 PM (Q9SFr)
hog martin, you can sell those Delta airmiles; there are some websites that will help you if you Duckduckgo it.The last time I checked, my dad tried to give me a stack of his miles that he wasn't going to use and they wanted a hilarious fee - I think it was literally a one-to-one fee, where he could send me miles for free, with just a surcharge of the actual dollar amount of the miles, bringing the price of a $350 ticket to $0 ($350 processing fee applies). But I'll check again.Posted by: Vivi at April 16, 2021 08:19 PM (USW1s)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 08:22 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Eromero at April 16, 2021 08:24 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 08:24 PM (OED7z)
Best Jack Black role is when the Jackal shoots him.I'll thank you not to mention that scene.Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2021 08:20 PM (/lj7+)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 16, 2021 08:24 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 16, 2021 08:25 PM (5HBd1)
I'm going to go full circle on current horde discussion.
Along Came Polly featured Hank Azaria who definitely did some amazing gains for his minor part.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 16, 2021 08:25 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: runner, Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink ! at April 16, 2021 08:25 PM (Q9SFr)
Best Jack Black role is when the Jackal shoots him.
Hear! Hear! It's right up there with Gwyneth Paltrow's greatest role in "Se7en"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 16, 2021 08:26 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Infidel at April 16, 2021 08:26 PM (E0OEG)
Lefwing candidate in Australia needs you to know his "gender identity:"Oi! That bleedin' pooftah is a Pommie ya fuckin' cunt.
You can tell because for some obscure reason Australia spells it "Labor" for the political party and "labour" everywhere else.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 16, 2021 08:26 PM (PiXy!)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2021 08:27 PM (/lj7+)
I've got a blueprint for a product website which people could use to keep track of these jerkholes' political positions, but have been too busy to roll it out.
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:27 PM (dhFCT)
His part in The Jackal was kind of funny, though.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 08:27 PM (zcf1k)
Hope that helps!
Posted by: f'd at April 16, 2021 08:28 PM (Tnijr)
Video on why she left there. There are other vids about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbGMngGx2xk Hope it link doesn't screw things up.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2021 08:28 PM (7bRMQ)
https://tinyurl.com/4retpa4n
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 08:28 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 16, 2021 08:24 PM (t+qrx)
Piker.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at April 16, 2021 08:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 08:28 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:28 PM (XDC5a)
CppThis. I told my favorite grocery store to shove it up their ass over the Mike Lindell thing. Went straight to the store management and told them exactly why. Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2021 08:27 PM (/lj7+)
HEB? If so, that sucks.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 08:29 PM (OED7z)
Dad and his golf buddy went about 15 yrs. ago. Loved it!
Posted by: Infidel at April 16, 2021 08:29 PM (E0OEG)
Exhibit A: Spiderman live
Posted by: mot at April 16, 2021 08:30 PM (jad3h)
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 08:30 PM (ZfRYq)
Are you for scuba?
Best Jack Black role is when the Jackal shoots him.
Hear! Hear! It's right up there with Gwyneth Paltrow's greatest role in "Se7en"
I have long maintained that Steven Seagal's greatest performance was getting sucked out of an airplane. (Apparently they didn't tell him that was going to happen, and he tried to back out when he found out. :-P)
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:30 PM (dhFCT)
Don't forget the two VERY last things on a company's mind when offering customer service: customers and service.
Posted by: Delta at April 16, 2021 08:30 PM (vOGqy)
Posted by: WiNO at April 16, 2021 08:31 PM (EpDzw)
Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2021 08:31 PM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 16, 2021 08:32 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 08:32 PM (ZfRYq)
We do the same thing here. There's "GOP" and then there's "GOPe" with the penis hanging off the end.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 16, 2021 08:32 PM (aXxgO)
The COVID pandemic killed off Peter Jackson's hobby business Wingnut Wings.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 16, 2021 08:33 PM (XDC5a)
Posted by: runner, Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink ! at April 16, 2021 08:25 PM (Q9SFr)
Yeah, those guys really need to get their act together!Posted by: drunken Northwest Airlines Pilots at April 16, 2021 08:35 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: t-bird at April 16, 2021 08:35 PM (l0Lgi)
My impression is the freaks from the US go to Costa Rica to do things they can't legally do here. Plus, I knew someone whose behavior confirmed that impression.
Posted by: WiNO at April 16, 2021 08:35 PM (EpDzw)
Hey hogmartin a question. Suppose I were driving from VA to Detroitish-ish MI and I wanted to bring a firearm and go shoosting what would be a good place to do that. It will be June so outdoor is acceptable.Indoor or outdoor? If indoor, Huron Valley Guns is excellent. Outdoor, I've been to the Sharonville DNR range. AltonJackson might be your go-to for recommendations in that area.Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 08:28 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 08:35 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2021 08:36 PM (/lj7+)
>He did okay in The Onion Movie as the Cock Puncher.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 16, 2021 08:37 PM (yOVXa)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 08:37 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at April 16, 2021 08:37 PM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2021 08:36 PM (/lj7+)
That's awesome.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at April 16, 2021 08:37 PM (Zz0t1)
I no longer buy from Amazon. I've given up Diet Coke. I've given up Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime—well, I wasn't a big watcher, but the family gave them up. A bunch of companies that sell services and products I don't use regularly will be scrutinized the next time I am in the market.
I've got a blueprint for a product website which people could use to keep track of these jerkholes' political positions, but have been too busy to roll it out.Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:27 PM (dhFCT)
That's a good list to avoid for starters. There was a website set up a couple of years ago that attempted to do what you're talking about; hell, I even promoted it a bit here in the comments. But they didn't do much to keep it updated -- which would be the REAL hard part of the site.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 16, 2021 08:37 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:30 PM (dhFCT)
"Steven Seagal" and "Greatest Performance" are two things that don't really belong in the same sentence together.Posted by: drunken Northwest Airlines Pilots at April 16, 2021 08:37 PM (2SdPm)
It's a great moment in cinematic trolling. We're supposed to go into this thinking it will be another boring Steven Seagal vehicle where he climbs on board and awkwardly karate-chops his way to victory, but hell naw he gets turbo pwned and it's time for plans B through D!
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 08:37 PM (zcf1k)
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 08:38 PM (OED7z)
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 16, 2021 08:38 PM (Kw/Ja)
Darn you, capcha!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at April 16, 2021 08:39 PM (2SdPm)
Jack Black insists upon himself. Acting or singing, he immerses himself in the Jack Blackiness of what he does.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at April 16, 2021 08:39 PM (uUja+)
Jordan61, Yes, HEB, I loved shopping there and really liked a bunch of the checkers. My business partner still shops there and they asked her where I was . She told them , You got political and so did she. Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2021 08:36 PM (/lj7+)
Ugh, that's a shame. I always liked shopping at HEB when we lived in Texas.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 08:40 PM (OED7z)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 08:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 08:40 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Infidel at April 16, 2021 08:41 PM (E0OEG)
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 16, 2021 08:41 PM (oHd/0)
Why not fly the hell out of them? It's your money, which they're hoping you won't ask for.
I wouldn't trust them an inch to do an actual 1:1 conversion for Fisher House.
Posted by: t-bird at April 16, 2021 08:41 PM (l0Lgi)
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 16, 2021 08:43 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 08:43 PM (ZfRYq)
Sorry I did not see your question vmom. Yes, I limped to the kitchen and took magnesium and potassium.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 16, 2021 08:44 PM (lmikk)
"Steven Seagal" and "Greatest Performance" are two things that don't really belong in the same sentence together. Posted by: drunken Northwest Airlines Pilots at April 16, 2021 08:37 PM (2SdPm)
Steven Seagal's greatest performance was Erika Eleniak's magnificent gozambas bouncing out of a cake. And he was really just in the way there.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 16, 2021 08:45 PM (Bwq3v)
Biden gives away the game, admits that he IS coming for your guns and WILL take them away from you:
"Who in God's name needs a weapon that can hold 100 rounds, or 40 rounds, or 20 rounds. It's just wrong and I'm not going to give up until it's done."
Posted by: Braenyard at April 16, 2021 08:46 PM (v8zv4)
Looking at Kia. They will take two vehicles in trade for an either new or used one.
Posted by:Madame mayhemat April 16, 2021 07:42 PM (Vxu+H)
My last 2 cars have been Kia Sportages. Haven't driven anything else since 2005ish. I love them. They've never been in the shop for anything other than regular maintenance stuff. I wish they would make a truck with the front end of the Telluride.
Posted by: G. Gnome at April 16, 2021 08:46 PM (OQcPl)
Posted by: Infidel at April 16, 2021 08:46 PM (E0OEG)
Posted by: Getting the band back together after elder abuse at April 16, 2021 08:46 PM (a2xOr)
Steven Seagal's greatest performance was Erika Eleniak's magnificent gozambas bouncing out of a cake. And he was really just in the way there.No, that scene was carried by her boobs. Epic. Formative.Posted by: banana Dream at April 16, 2021 08:45 PM (Bwq3v)
His best scene is from Executive Decision. The last one he has in the movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 16, 2021 08:47 PM (lmikk)
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 08:47 PM (zcf1k)
Jack Black insists upon himself. Acting or singing, he immerses himself in the Jack Blackiness of what he does.
Posted by:Gentlemen, this is junta manifestat April 16, 2021 08:39 PM (uUja+)
I'd completely agree with you, had I not seen Tropic Thunder, where he plays a whiny, pampered, not at all "Jack Black" actor. He gave the degrading performance that Stiller wanted in the role. Impressive to anyone like me who thought he only had that one type.
Posted by: Splunge at April 16, 2021 08:47 PM (RzGcW)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 16, 2021 08:47 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 16, 2021 08:47 PM (/+bwe)
The uniqueness of Amazon isn't taking the order, but controlling the fulfillment part of the order cycle. That is much more difficult to pull off, and Amazon leads the pack, by far.
Because Amazon has built their logistics system into a world-class fulfillment process, their next step is to let small and medium manufacturers utilize it. But after they have built it, it is a monopoly and now are free to abuse any product seller that wants to use it.
IIRC, Amazon takes between 20% to 30% of the total sell price to use their warehouse/fulfillment for independent companies. Costs of scale make it extremely profitable after the volume at an Amazon warehouse gets big enough. A company starting out will pay a lot more in sunk costs to get fulfillment built up. But after a certain level, 30% is an obscene cost for fulfillment. And if somehow you are still competitive, Amazon can simply raise their rate, or boot your azz from the system at their whim.
And when small vendors realize it, Oops! Too late! Amazon owns your ass, and there is really no way out, other than to blow up everything and rebuild it for yourself.
Oh, and that doesn't include that Amazon knows your detailed sales information before you do, and watch for the most successful products to copy and undersell you if your product is trending.
Amazon, for a fair and competitive marketplace, is the Borg combined with a terminal disease to any company that uses it.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 08:48 PM (sy5kK)
That's a good list to avoid for starters. There was a website set up a couple of years ago that attempted to do what you're talking about; hell, I even promoted it a bit here in the comments. But they didn't do much to keep it updated -- which would be the REAL hard part of the site.
Posted by:GnuBreedat April 16, 2021 08:37 PM (F0YaR)
Well, the idea is it would be a social site. The users would keep it up.Then, as a user, you'd have your group that you "followed" who provided info. The key element, which is something I've been pondering for years, is allowing people to create "trust circles", so that you could see why a company was down-voted (or up-voted) and by whom, and you could exclude/include people based on their track-record.
So, there'd be woke circles, too...and if you could probably calibrate your decisions by using them as a negation (and vice-versa).
Seemed like an interesting idea.
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:48 PM (dhFCT)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2021 08:27 PM (/lj7+)
The problem is Charles Butt, who is a MAJOR Leftist. Which sucks, because I like H-E-B, and one just opened in Lubbock last October, and you find me there often (as I continue to cut off Wally World from my funds).
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 16, 2021 08:49 PM (49Dnm)
Out For Justice. It's just amazing. It's is so wonderfully bad that I do not want to spoil a single moment. Just watch it and savor it.
Posted by: Splunge at April 16, 2021 08:50 PM (RzGcW)
Come on man, do you want content and wit or service?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 16, 2021 08:50 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 16, 2021 08:50 PM (/lj7+)
Jack Black insists upon himself. Acting or singing, he immerses himself in the Jack Blackiness of what he does.
Posted by:Gentlemen, this is junta manifestat April 16, 2021 08:39 PM (uUja+)
I totally get people not liking him but I don't think this is true. It's just hard to prove without going back a ways.He does a voice in Shark's Tale, I think it is, where you would not know it was him. (But this negates having him on your roster, so he doesn't get to do it much.)
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:51 PM (dhFCT)
Then, as a user, you'd have your group that you "followed" who provided info. The key element, which is something I've been pondering for years, is allowing people to create "trust circles", so that you could see why a company was down-voted (or up-voted) and by whom, and you could exclude/include people based on their track-record.
So, there'd be woke circles, too...and if you could probably calibrate your decisions by using them as a negation (and vice-versa).
Seemed like an interesting idea.
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:48 PM (dhFCT)
I also like the idea of, say, those "trust circles" slowly over time buying up shares of different companies and forcing out the "woke", and otherwise focusing different companies on more piffling things like making a profit and providing superior products/services.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 16, 2021 08:51 PM (49Dnm)
Posted by:jayhawkoneat April 16, 2021 08:38 PM (Kw/Ja)
*checks internet*Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo*gasp*ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
OK, I guess it's "make your own" time.
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:52 PM (dhFCT)
Steven Seagal made one of the greatest watchable bad movies of all time. Out For Justice. It's just amazing. It's is so wonderfully bad that I do not want to spoil a single moment. Just watch it and savor it. Posted by: Splunge at April 16, 2021 08:50 PM (RzGcW)
What in the world is he wearing in the shots of that movie? Was that look ever popular? Among any race of mankind?
Posted by: banana Dream at April 16, 2021 08:53 PM (Bwq3v)
Steven Seagal made one of the greatest watchable bad movies of all time. Out For Justice. It's just amazing. It's is so wonderfully bad that I do not want to spoil a single moment. Just watch it and savor it. Posted by: Splunge at April 16, 2021 08:50 PM (RzGcW)
Is that the one in Brooklyn where he pretended to be Italian?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 08:53 PM (OED7z)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 16, 2021 08:53 PM (2DOZq)
If you can get past buying badges they're an exceptional value. They're what Lexus was doing in the 90s.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 08:53 PM (ohw1X)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 08:53 PM (L2ZTs)
Hyundai: Personally crash tested by Tiger Woods himself!
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 08:56 PM (L2ZTs)
Musk was going to the moon whether NASA went or not.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 16, 2021 08:56 PM (v8zv4)
This isn't supposed to be Stalin's USSR where just every bloody thing imaginable was political.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 16, 2021 08:56 PM (49Dnm)
I have had to contact them three times - once about my company search ranking getting permanently boinked because my host was hacked with porn - and twice about YouTube "experience" issues. In all three cases, their response was unequivocal, customer-friendly, and correct, and happened within 48 hours.
I'm sure not everyone's experience with them is the same, and I despise almost their very commie existence, but they do make the trains run on time.
Posted by: ... at April 16, 2021 08:57 PM (uEbPt)
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 16, 2021 08:57 PM (Kw/Ja)
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To get around the fee, couldn't you just reserve a flight, and then have Dad log in and pay for it with miles? Or alternatively, tell Dad to order such-and-such flight with using miles, and put it in your name?
I'm practicing my Irish Democracy skills, which will need to improve soon if I hope to survive the upcoming nonsense.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 08:57 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by:qdpsteveat April 16, 2021 08:53 PM (L2ZTs)
\o/
And on that note Joe Bob Brigg's The Last Drive-In begins in 2:30 second and I am outtahere.
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:57 PM (dhFCT)
Posted by: Infidel
The Wrangler of Hamsters mentioned that the data center that had the power outage and the fire and the flood..... had another power outage. No fire or flood this time, but 75% of his "day job" machines died again.
I suppose that set the schedules back a bit.
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2021 08:57 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by:Jordan61at April 16, 2021 08:53 PM (OED7z)
It is indeed. One of the many wonderful moments of the movie is when he inexplicably turns on a dime from "I totally show respect to you and the Mafia and I am totally almost a made guy myself and I grew up in the neighborhood" to "I never liked you so I will just completely disrespect you now" within like three minutes.
Posted by: Splunge at April 16, 2021 08:58 PM (RzGcW)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 16, 2021 08:58 PM (49Dnm)
Posted by: wareagle82 at April 16, 2021 08:58 PM (+Kpte)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 08:58 PM (L2ZTs)
Hyundai is the first (and only vehicle) I ever totaled, but to be fair I walked away!
And the KIA marque just p!sses me off!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 16, 2021 08:59 PM (hOUT3)
They won't miss your hundred dollars or your $500 or whatever you spend annually.
But YOU can buy and return, buy and return, requiring UPS to come out to pick up a $3 item, or the laptop that doesn't have quite the color rendering that you were looking for.
Use them. Use the hell out of them. Make them lose money on you.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:00 PM (ohw1X)
That is a good idea, I agree. And making it decentralized is definitely the right way to go. Let's not forget that the fundamental problem with existing social media networks isn't actually that they are run by insane wokeists*, it's that they're heavily planned and centralized so the insane wokeists are, like Marat, steering the angry mob for fun and profit. And, yeah, sure, they could use your system too but they already have traditional and new media on their side so the net benefit to them is a lot less than to non-wokeists who aren't necessarily political but very much upset with what's going on. One of the reasons that non-leftist attempts to pull things back is that the leftists are great at presenting themselves as the ideologically agnostic option while the non-leftist pushback is inevitably some vaguely right-wing demagogue who goes with "hay guise check out my conservative site for conservative people with conservative ideas on everything, no non conservative gurls allowed hurhur" so the potential audience is limited from jump street.
*I'm a Battletech nerd so linguistically associating these assholes with Word of Blake pleases me greatly
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:00 PM (zcf1k)
Out For Justice. It's just amazing. It's is so wonderfully bad that I do not want to spoil a single moment. Just watch it and savor it.
Posted by: Splunge at April 16, 2021 08:50 PM (RzGcW)
Yes! But it ruins you for all the other bad Seagal movies, and it's a shame. Because while they are all at least fair to middling good-bad, none of them touch that one in terms of pure awesome badness.
So you keep renting different Seagal movies, chasing the original high, and you can never get there again.
Posted by: ... at April 16, 2021 09:00 PM (uEbPt)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 16, 2021 09:00 PM (49Dnm)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Actually, the margins stayed put, and his post got broke.
In Soviet HQ, margins break you!
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2021 09:01 PM (P1f+c)
If you can get past buying badges they're an exceptional value. They're what Lexus was doing in the 90s.Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 08:53 PM (ohw1X)
I think they still have the best factory warranties around too, though I don't know anyone who's ever had to use one.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:01 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:02 PM (L2ZTs)
You've got 'Rona!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 16, 2021 09:03 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: hogmartin
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In fairness my neighbor had to get a seat recline switch replaced in his Telluride under warranty.
Probably one of those first model year problems you hear Chevy and Ford owners warn you about.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:04 PM (ohw1X)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:00 PM (ohw1X)
Buy only one item at a time spaced at least a day apart so they cannot easily combine orders!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 16, 2021 09:04 PM (hOUT3)
Amazon, for a fair and competitive marketplace, is the Borg combined with a terminal disease to any company that uses it. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 08:48 PM (sy5kK)
It would be a darn shame if something happened union-organized-ish to every single one of Amazon's properties. Every R. should be rolling up their sleeves to help the employees of all of our enemy corporations organize. It would be surprising and catch the left off guard. I'm starting to think this is the left's biggest weakness. And it closely resembles the solidarity movements that have been successful everywhere else.
Picket, organize, sabotage, lock them out, make their corporate lives a hellscape, and make them and their mouthpieces public enemy #1.
The left has paired up with big corps but they have a major weakness that can be exploited and leveraged.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 16, 2021 09:04 PM (Bwq3v)
Sabotage.
Posted by: Infidel at April 16, 2021 09:02 PM (E0OEG)
So, so, so, so listen up 'cause you can't say nothin'
You'll shut me down with a push of your button?
But you, I'm out and I'm gone
I'll tell you now, I keep it on and on
Posted by: ... at April 16, 2021 09:04 PM (uEbPt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 08:58 PM (L2ZTs)
Or you can do this: I am sitting on a strategic reserve of coffee. The Colombian coffee I get went from the typical $7.75-$8 a can to $5 with combined discounts some years back. I went through the reserve and it comes out to nearly two cases of coffee.
Time to start using that. I just hope I have enough coffee filters!
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 16, 2021 09:04 PM (49Dnm)
I also thought his character in the Jumanji reboot was fun. I think playing second fiddle to Dwayne Johnson in that movie helped.
Sadly, he was also in the abomination "The Neverending Story III", or would have been, if such a movie even existed, which of course it didn't.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 16, 2021 09:04 PM (CAJOC)
Boeing hasn't got their big rocket off the ground yet which kind of makes it hard to win the contract.
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 09:05 PM (ZfRYq)
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My brother!
Yep. And return 50% of the order the same way.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:06 PM (ohw1X)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:02 PM (L2ZTs)
They are NOT idiots, they knew the connotation! Eff them!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 16, 2021 09:06 PM (hOUT3)
To get around the fee, couldn't you just reserve a flight, and then have Dad log in and pay for it with miles? Or alternatively, tell Dad to order such-and-such flight with using miles, and put it in your name?There's probably a way to do it, but at the time it wasn't convenient for whatever reason (we were coordinating over email while I was ordering tickets for myself and someone else, something like that). We'd just thought it might be easy to transfer them to a family member and it turned out it was absurdly unfeasible.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 08:57 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:06 PM (t+qrx)
On the other hand, Will Sasso did an awesome impression of that fuckhead on Mad TV.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, in the Big Sky Country at April 16, 2021 09:07 PM (4l77G)
Posted by: moviegique at April 16, 2021 08:52 PM (dhFCT)
Yup. Black Rifle, Mystic Monk, local-to-you-roasters (but they're probably woke), lots of options.
Posted by: April at April 16, 2021 09:07 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 16, 2021 09:08 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 16, 2021 08:45 PM (Bwq3v)
She was so overrated. Not all women could pull off short hair. She was one of those who coudn't.
Besides, my memory of Under Siege? "I'm just a cook."
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 16, 2021 09:08 PM (49Dnm)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 16, 2021 08:51 PM (49Dnm)
Agreed, Catch. This could be a great way for like-minded people to weed themselves out of the Woke brainwashed waves of comments and gain useful information.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:09 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:09 PM (ohw1X)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 16, 2021 09:09 PM (63Dwl)
I think Jack Black is one of those actors who is better when he's not going over-the-top with his acting.
Yeah. He was good in Bernie.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 16, 2021 09:09 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: No One of Consequence
The whole movie must have felt like Kate Upton wearing a 32B.
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2021 09:09 PM (P1f+c)
He's already done more in a few years than NASA has in several decades, and for far less money. Think about it...us damn dirty millennials born in or after the mid 80s never even knew a time when the US space program wasn't a shambling zombie. Gen X didn't know it either if we go with the assertion that the shuttle was DOA.
I'm not Musk's number one fan either, but I call it like I see it.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:11 PM (zcf1k)
branding had to be in the $20-25 billion.
They may never recover. Gave the competition a huge opening and they all took advantage of it.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 16, 2021 09:11 PM (pw+jk)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:12 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 09:13 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: dartist at April 16, 2021 09:13 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:13 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 16, 2021 09:14 PM (PUmDY)
Eie, Laddie!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg, who married into an Irish family at April 16, 2021 09:14 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 09:14 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:13 PM (L2ZTs)
How long are Musk's fingernails?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:15 PM (sy5kK)
She was so overrated. Not all women could pull off short hair. She was one of those who coudn't.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 16, 2021 09:08 PM (49Dnm)
*steps back from the epic flaming Catch Thirty-Thr33 is about to get*
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 09:15 PM (OED7z)
Posted by: Homo Viator at April 16, 2021 09:15 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:15 PM (zcf1k)
Zack greek name is a better comedic actor than Jack. Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 16, 2021 09:14 PM (PUmDY)
He was really funny in Bubble Boy.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 09:16 PM (OED7z)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:13 PM (L2ZTs)
How long are Musk's fingernails?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:15 PM (sy5kK)
Did anyone under 45 get the joke?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:16 PM (sy5kK)
Let he who has not worn Kleenex boxes shoes, cast the first stone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2021 09:17 PM (fLVm1)
I wonder if his ultimate goal is to actually be the first man on Mars himself.
Posted by: davidt at April 16, 2021 09:17 PM (TuwFK)
Posted by:qdpsteveat April 16, 2021 09:13 PM (L2ZTs)
I doubt he will. He's got four nice kids, and they'll keep him grounded.
Posted by: Homo Viator at April 16, 2021 09:18 PM (H8QX8)
Will Farrell and Jack Black to me are very similar. They are best in roles where they can be who they are. And they also have some stretch capabilities that are really good. And sometimes they suck.
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 09:18 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at April 16, 2021 09:19 PM (I9Vte)
Posted by: runner, Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink ! at April 16, 2021 09:19 PM (Q9SFr)
That's definitely UK, not Oz, and the gender identity is important because most older British men look like lesbians for some reason.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 16, 2021 09:19 PM (6XLoz)
If you want a sandwich or other item, just go there and buy one. But if you want to own an entire location... uh, you can't. Every store is owned by the parent corporation which is owned by the Cathy family. You might be able to take over the management of a franchise, but not sure how that would work within CFA's corporate framework/structure.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:19 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:09 PM (ohw1X)
They may have been, but they weren't selling mid-level cars to the USA at that time!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 16, 2021 09:20 PM (hOUT3)
So you keep renting different Seagal movies, chasing the original high, and you can never get there again.
Posted by:...at April 16, 2021 09:00 PM (uEbPt)
It's true. I don't want to take anything away from the man. His other movies were bad. But they were not genius bad. Few geniuses can equal or top their original great works. Einstein managed it, with General Relativity, but, you know, Einstein. Even Schroedinger never exceeded the equation he worked out in seclusion with his mistresses.
Posted by: Splunge at April 16, 2021 09:20 PM (RzGcW)
Elon beat out that creep Bezos for the contract.This is the important part.Posted by:runner, Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink !at April 16, 2021 09:19 PM (Q9SFr)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:20 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: davidt at April 16, 2021 09:17 PM (TuwFK)
I don't think so. He will send some people to build his throne first.
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 09:21 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 16, 2021 09:21 PM (5HBd1)
I doubt he will. He's got four nice kids, and they'll keep him grounded. Posted by: Homo Viator at April 16, 2021 09:18 PM (H8QX
I thought he had more than that. 6 or 7? Or did you mean only four of them are nice?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 09:22 PM (OED7z)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:22 PM (L2ZTs)
I knew there was something about Elon I really liked!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 16, 2021 09:23 PM (hOUT3)
And you can buy those reusable coffee grounds containers at most retailers that sell the Keurig machines, as well as online.
It makes my head shake when people say the Keurig single pods save money. It doesn't, the coffee costs 2 to 3 times as much as buying it by the 12oz or pound package, and those millions and millions of empty pods last for hundreds of years in the dump.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:23 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:24 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by:LeftCoast Dawgat April 16, 2021 08:48 PM (sy5kK)"
Uh... world class in the sense of being successful in a business sense, *for now*, but a solid 2/3 or more of what they touch turns to shit. They went on a binge of snapping up specialty mail order companies a while back and basically wrecked all of them... after a few months, not only could you not source the items the acquired company used to sell from Amazon (if they were even ever listed at all), in some cases the sales impact was so catastrophic that the actual manufacturers went under.
Couple this with the slow motion trainwreck that is their packing and delivery efforts... roughly 50% of my items from them come damaged due to Amazon warehouse fuckery, now. And their delivery drivers keep ramming parcels into my mailbox, so by the time USPS rolls around they just throw in a "can't deliver" slip and I have to go drive to pick it up.
Something is going to come after Amazon that isn't a big 'ole pile of counterfeits and item listing fuck-fuck games - I just hope I live to see it. It'll be a while.
Posted by: somedood at April 16, 2021 09:24 PM (0BW5E)
Posted by: RI Red at April 16, 2021 09:25 PM (Xkiew)
https://youtu.be/FZd3xUDudy8
Thoughts?
Posted by: Sharkman at April 16, 2021 09:26 PM (i4vaF)
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:26 PM (zcf1k)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:26 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 16, 2021 09:26 PM (PUmDY)
Correct?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 16, 2021 09:27 PM (Dc2NZ)
You can buy in but they have a process for approval that is not easy.
Posted by: blaster at April 16, 2021 09:27 PM (ZfRYq)
It makes my head shake when people say the Keurig single pods save money.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:23 PM (sy5kK)
WHO says that?! The pods cost a fortune, and my mom goes through at least three a day. I buy a bag of coffee and use one of those refillable deals, but she can't be bothered. Did I mention I do all the shopping?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 09:28 PM (OED7z)
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:28 PM (zcf1k)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:28 PM (L2ZTs)
You might be able to take over the management of a franchise, but not sure how that would work within CFA's corporate framework/structure.
I looked into them when I was looking to buy a franchise or two. Yeah, it's not a franchise in the traditional sense. You basically buy rights to operate a franchise but you don't own it. And you can't build an empire of locations because you have to physically work at a location (or two max) for a set number of hours. You can make good money but it just wasn't for me.
I'm 29 and I wanted to hire others to do the heavy lifting. So I looked elsewhere.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2021 09:28 PM (Rvt88)
I think maybe it's because the Daewoo logo looks like a diagram of a uterus with ovaries and fallopian tubes.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:29 PM (t+qrx)
I think the only thing I've had broken was a Japanese bowl. Two others came through fine, but they shipped one in a package with another item. That was smashed up.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 16, 2021 09:29 PM (5HBd1)
BUT .. the tech to build something (astronomically expensive) there with humans (who will die there, and then maybe we quit sending humans?) ... yeah, all that is pretty neat ... living out our star wars fantasies. .. OK ... Moon base might make more sense ... closer, could study stars from the dark side, military uses, ... But Mars? nah ... do it to show we can ... then make life better on Earth. ...
Posted by: illiniwek at April 16, 2021 09:29 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:29 PM (L2ZTs)
I'm still pissed that AMZN crapped all over Woot. Talk about a spunky young startup getting consumed and turned into some megacorp's sloppy seconds. Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:28 PM (zcf1k)
Me too! I loved Woot!
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 09:30 PM (OED7z)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 16, 2021 09:30 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 16, 2021 09:30 PM (19K8I)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:32 PM (L2ZTs)
Correct?
Posted by:All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
I remember it that way. Dad had to wear suits and ties. In the 70's I remember red, white and black, wide ties, with a black suit and red shirt. Pink shirts, all kinds of wild shit. I remember mom would go shopping with him in those days and pick out the 'good' stuff.
Posted by: Infidel at April 16, 2021 09:32 PM (E0OEG)
I'm 29 and I wanted to hire others to do the heavy lifting. So I looked elsewhere.
Posted by:Tonypeteat April 16, 2021 09:28 PM (Rvt8
Posted by: April at April 16, 2021 09:32 PM (OX9vb)
Something is going to come after Amazon that isn't a big 'ole pile of counterfeits and item listing fuck-fuck games - I just hope I live to see it. It'll be a while.If you ever find whatever developed to fill the niche of ca. 2000 eBay, i.e. sells actual parts and isn't counterfeits, item listing fuck-fuck games, or endless pages of CNC machined billet aluminum crap, lemme know.Posted by: somedood at April 16, 2021 09:24 PM (0BW5E)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:33 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 16, 2021 09:34 PM (EZebt)
For a logo that induces true head-scratching - Volvo branding. Name close to a (very) female body part and a logo that is the medical symbol for 'male'.
I don't get it.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2021 09:34 PM (Rvt88)
He's already done more in a few years than NASA has in several decades, and for far less money. Think about it...us damn dirty millennials born in or after the mid 80s never even knew a time when the US space program wasn't a shambling zombie. Gen X didn't know it either if we go with the assertion that the shuttle was DOA.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:11 PM (zcf1k)
Wow, thanks for the perspective. I didn't think about this, but you are correct. Growing up in the '60's as a young kid, it was a really big deal to wake up really early on the Left coast, with Dad who usually left for work about 6:30 am, to watch the launching of the Mercury, and Gemini rockets. I could see in my blue-collar Dad's eyes how proud he was to be an American. As a 7 or 9 year old, it is thought provoking to watch a tear go down his cheek as one of those launches successfully cleared the tower and rose into the early morning blue skies of Florida.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:35 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 16, 2021 09:36 PM (19K8I)
yes, agree ... this is what monopolies do, consume all competitors, or just kill them by other means. ...
Same with "conservatives" that get a voice, then get bought out by DC/oligarch/mafia money, or killed off (rhetorically or literally). Take the silver or the lead. ... Time to go back to forming tribes ... government is one big mafia now, with Davos types most murderous (as in little Greta, must shut down all commerce to save the planet ... or Fascist Fauci ... pandemic must shut down America, but China ... new world order)
Posted by: illiniwek at April 16, 2021 09:36 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:36 PM (L2ZTs)
I would be delighted if you would open a Massage Envy franchise in Lancaster.
Posted by April
(Obligatory)
Go on . . . .
I am unfamiliar with them but off to DDG them. Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2021 09:37 PM (Rvt88)
I'm still pissed that AMZN crapped all over Woot
Yeah, pre-Amazon Woot was an amazing thing. I can remember how excited I would be to manage to get a $5 Bag of Crap, and then checking the forums later and reading about someone who got a $6000 plasma TV and another guy who got a shrink-wrapped pallet of throw pillows delivered to his apartment.
So much fun. I stayed up until 1am already most nights, but I can remember waking up at 1am to check on the nights that I wouldn't.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:38 PM (em09h)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 16, 2021 09:39 PM (SchxB)
And some of us born a little earlier in the late '70s mostly remember the Space Shuttle Challenger accident as our first major space milestone.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 16, 2021 09:39 PM (+WWsf)
I'm still pissed that AMZN crapped all over Woot. Talk about a spunky young startup getting consumed and turned into some megacorp's sloppy seconds.Posted by:CppThis
The original guys opened MEH...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 16, 2021 09:40 PM (gtatv)
"Hey, when did Denso start making their stuff in Vietnam? And is there supposed to be an "i" in the name?"
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:40 PM (em09h)
For a logo that induces true head-scratching - Volvo branding. Name close to a (very) female body part and a logo that is the medical symbol for 'male'.I'd kind of wondered where both of those came from too, and from what some interweb page says:
I don't get it.Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2021 09:34 PM (Rvt8
Volvo is from 'volvere', Latin, 'to roll' The symbol is the alchemical symbol for iron.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:40 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:42 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 16, 2021 09:42 PM (Dc2NZ)
Isn't SAAB both a carmaker and a plane manufacturer?The Swedish air force flies a lot of Saabs.Posted by:qdpsteveat April 16, 2021 09:36 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:42 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:43 PM (L2ZTs)
Absolutely. I also have been watching that series, and enjoy it. Maybe because I like history that isn't normally taught in school. White shirts, and skinny black ties, were almost a requirement back then.
I am guessing that the show does that to quietly show some more color in the show, simply for visual appeal.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:43 PM (sy5kK)
I'm sure it's a luxury to most of their customers, but for some of us, it's a medical imperative for pain management and to keep moving. I'm only sorry I have to go to Columbus for it.
Posted by: April at April 16, 2021 09:43 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:44 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by:dartist
I used to get .25 each to iron dads shirts and could move the little black and white tv on wheels into my bedroom when I did the ironing.
I was such a weirdo that when I was grounded for the entirety of the 8th grade I negotiated a deal for only 1 hour of tv a week. Little House on the Prairie. At all other time the tv was on I was in my room. Living the dream.
Posted by: Infidel at April 16, 2021 09:44 PM (E0OEG)
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Posted by: Corner Stone at April 16, 2021 09:45 PM (/x+Eb)
Isn't SAAB both a carmaker and a plane manufacturer?
I was sad to see them go under, but not as sad as I was to see their offerings become nothing more than rebadged Chevrolets and Subarus. I never owned one, but they always appealed to me in the way that somewhat unusual, off-the-wall marques do.
To this day I'd still buy a 2-stroke Sonnet if I could find one in decent shape.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:45 PM (em09h)
Somebody mentions a girl named "Tina" to Seagal and he says:
"Tina? Da one wit da nipples'ya cood dial a telephone wit?"
I still have a hernia from laughing my ass off at that line.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 16, 2021 09:48 PM (i4vaF)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:35 PM (sy5kK)
This is probably also a big part of why millennials tend to be either bitchy libertarians or bitchy socialists who want nothing to do with the existing system. We just never had that "single manly tear rolling down daddy's face when We The People accomplish something great" moment. Oldsters got the space program. Gen X got the end of the Cold War and (arguably, via DARPA) the computer revolution. We got Clinton's cigars, 9/11 and the surveillance state. Rightly or wrongly, everything before that is as real to us as Julius Caesar.
Business isn't a whole lot better. Hughes, Iacocca, even Welch were fading memories in an age of corporate bureaucracy with no plan beyond making an Excel spreadsheet that Wall Street likes in the next quarterly update call.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:49 PM (zcf1k)
Have you checked with AOP?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 16, 2021 09:49 PM (SchxB)
The Swedish air force flies a lot of Saabs.
Thanks for posting that link. I know very little about planes but I remember seeing one of those in a Road and Track writeup about Saab and was struck at how attractive a design it is.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:50 PM (em09h)
I was sad to see them go under, but not as sad as I was to see their offerings become nothing more than rebadged Chevrolets and Subarus. I never owned one, but they always appealed to me in the way that somewhat unusual, off-the-wall marques do.Agree 100%. I dated a girl in high school who drove a 900, and it was a fun, quirky little beast. The dashboard was up around neck height and the ignition was down by the parking brake, and all sorts of other little odd choices that really reinforced the "well, it's just like making a plane, only we leave off the wings" feel. It should've just died there instead of getting a kind of sad GM parts-bin purgatory for a few years.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:45 PM (em09h)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:50 PM (t+qrx)
Look around, there is an no-name Thai massage place near here (in NoVA) that daughterH uses for pain relief with the same deal. There might be one near you!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 16, 2021 09:50 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:51 PM (t+qrx)
And a dessert topping and a floor wax.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 16, 2021 09:52 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 16, 2021 09:52 PM (PUmDY)
Look around, there is an no-name Thai massage place near here (in NoVA) that daughterH uses for pain relief with the same deal. There might be one near you!
Along with the three Massage Envy places near me there is also the JoyTyme Touching Studio.
April, I'm reasonably certain that's not the place you are seeking.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2021 09:53 PM (Rvt88)
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8th grade was not a high point in my relationship with my parents either.
Posted by: dartist at April 16, 2021 09:53 PM (+ya+t)
I know very little about planes but I remember seeing one of those in a Road and Track writeup about Saab and was struck at how attractive a design it is.Canards = sexy.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:50 PM (em09h)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:53 PM (t+qrx)
So tired of the pointy haired boss at work. A couple months ago I was looking at the PPT for "this will be the new system" and went "oh hell no" we have systems that can't just add a 3rd output string and we get this specialized data also from a lot of externals just being nice and can't ask them to "hey just add another stream for us to be stupidly redundant instead of being smart about setup" I guess I did say "it would have to be an HA pair if it remains 2 systems" Stupid me.
So two months of wrestling with the tarball that turned out to be, and tonight I put in a ticket to request to pull the plug on trying the HA option and please lets just set this up with single systems and have cross comms between the two centers. That worked great the last few years. Hopefully they/management will go along with that. We simply don't have the man-hours to sort out the HA system tangle.
Posted by: palerider at April 16, 2021 09:54 PM (Aashi)
So much fun. I stayed up until 1am already most nights, but I can remember waking up at 1am to check on the nights that I wouldn't. Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 09:38 PM (em09h)
Sadly I never managed to score a BOC, but I did get some screaming monkeys once. The internet in general was just a lot more fun in those days. Peak Internet was definitely around 2006, and since then it's been slowly replaced by a sterile, committee-approved shell.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:54 PM (zcf1k)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 16, 2021 09:55 PM (L2ZTs)
I have, but a long time ago. It is very pretty, and pretty darn developed, and therefore pricey. My sister has a lakefront property in Nicaragua that she rents out on VRBO. Beautiful spot, peaceful, quiet, and safe. A short run to the charming colonial city of Granada, too. I have been there 3 or 4 times. Nurse R has my e-mail if you want further information.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 16, 2021 09:55 PM (mzC78)
Sadly I never managed to score a BOC, but I did get some screaming monkeys once.
Posted by: CppThis at April 16, 2021 09:54 PM (zcf1k)
Those things scared the hell out of my dogs.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 16, 2021 09:56 PM (OED7z)
Posted by:dartist
For some reason this made me lmao. It got worse then it got better in my 20's.
GREEN
Posted by: Infidel at April 16, 2021 09:56 PM (E0OEG)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 16, 2021 09:50 PM (hOUT3)
Before the COVID bullshit, there was something like that in the local shopping mall. It is long gone.
Posted by: April at April 16, 2021 09:57 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: clutch at April 16, 2021 09:57 PM (9UmRs)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2021 09:53 PM (Rvt8
LOL
Posted by: April at April 16, 2021 09:58 PM (OX9vb)
Hogmartin, Government Motors swallowed Daewoo.No kidding? Wow, in 2001. I didn't know that.Posted by: clutch at April 16, 2021 09:57 PM (9UmRs)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:59 PM (t+qrx)
The internet in general was just a lot more fun in those days. Peak Internet was definitely around 2006, and since then it's been slowly replaced by a sterile, committee-approved shell.
Yep. I maintain that Facebook did it. It's weird to think of how homogenized everything is now after being around to see napster, audiogalaxy, Woot, and who knows what else that I'm forgetting.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 16, 2021 10:00 PM (em09h)
Posted by: April at April 16, 2021 10:02 PM (OX9vb)
blaster is looking for shooting range recommendations in SE Lower MI.Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:51 PM
whereabouts? It seems we have choices, now
the two closest indoor ranges to me are Ann Arbor Arms in The Peoples' Republik of AnnArbor, and T-Rex Arms in Belleville. A3 is a little fancier, T-Rex is more down to earth
I like to go to the Sharonville range out in Grass Lake; it's an outdoor range what's got it all: 25, 50, & 100 yards, 10 yard pistol, archery "field", and half a dozen trap stations. The even have a lane for shotgun patterning. It's one of the Dept. of Natural Resources ranges, there are sever scattered about the state. The Rose Lake range up in the Lansing area is the flagship of that fleet.
If you're around Milford, Huron Valley Guns is not to be missed. Where else can you shoot, shop, get your hair cut, and have a plate of poutine all under one roof?
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 16, 2021 10:02 PM (DUIap)
@thehill
Kinzinger: Republicans who join "America First Caucus" that promotes Anglo-Saxon political traditions should be stripped of committees hill.cm/iB1ziSW
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at April 16, 2021 10:03 PM (I9Vte)
Canards = sexy.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 16, 2021 09:53 PM (t+qrx)
Canards haven't sexy since the Wright Bros. They are evidence of poor planning in the preliminary design phase. The same for strakes.
Be better designers.
They are Jill Biden wearing a Pretty Woman halloween hooker costume day-to-day.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 16, 2021 10:04 PM (Bwq3v)
Yup, casemates (one of the meh branches) is an awesome site for flash wine sales.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 16, 2021 10:11 PM (O6DoG)
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