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Gil Bang

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  1. Mario should have pulled out.
  2. https://www.npr.org/2012/02/16/146987033/hold-on-to-your-tuba-brass-bandits-hit-l-a-schools
  3. Marching band adjacent: out here in SoCal, you might have heard something about us having a lot of mexicans. Well, I can confirm that it's true. Anyway, a decade or so ago, "Banda" music was all the rage in the Latino community. From what I understand, it's very tuba-driven. In fact, it was said that a good Banda Tuba player could make a grand on a Friday or Saturday night playing somewhere. Meanwhile, there was a rash of break-ins at socal schools, and the Tubas went missing in every case. I always imagined that the LAPD, if they wanted to actually solve crimes, could just put detectives on bikes, cruising around the barrio, listening for the "honk honk honk honk" of a shitty tuba player.
  4. What size is the mouthpiece?
  5. spoiler: it's Dillo Pad
  6. so, these fucks want to deport Dinesh Patel now?
  7. sure, businesses will leave immediately. Who wants to have a customer base the size of NYC? "Bastrop, here we come! Get ready for artesanal, fresh-baked marble rye!"
  8. is that the old queen that was married to Martha Raye?
  9. where's the Dicker vs. Okie gif?
  10. we make it pretty easy, huh?
  11. you don't know that. I agree that it wasn't ATC, but you don't know the cause. Fuck, maybe it was a bomb.
  12. Don't hate the player...
  13. I worked at an REO sweatshop for a year or so. We had a BPO department with a half-dozen women that took orders and farmed them out to agents all over the country. One of the women (fat and ugly BTW) was doing some serious email sexting with some podunk realtor somewhere. One morning the boss calls me in her office, says "close the door". Says "hey, Connie's been doing some seriously nasty shit over email and I'm about to fire her. When I call her in, run over to her desk and shut down and unplug her computer so she can't destroy anything". I said "sure thing...but just how nasty are we talking?". She said "illegal in most southern states nasty".
  14. counterpoint:
  15. arrivederci,cocksucker. see you in hell.
  16. Neuheisel said LSU offered 100 million for 4 years
  17. it least the Donorname's came forward...not like that prick Ted Danson.
  18. out here, I voted "yes" on 50, and I was rock hard when I did it.
  19. I do. I care deeply. IDGAF about comey, but I really need this whole sham to be shoved up dotard's asshole.
  20. The sudden shutdown of Catalina Yachts has hundreds of Cat owners across Maine dumbfounded – and worried. The sailboat manufacturer – once considered the largest such business in the world – announced last week it was closing “temporarily” amid a boardroom battle. Florida Catalina President Patrick Turner announced the main factory was going dark til further notice. The shutdown comes amid a company reorganization following its purchase by renowned yacht dealer Michael Reardon, who allegedly has reneged on the sale. Reardon had also promised to buy Catalina’s sister company, True North Powerboats, known for their Downeast-style vessels – favorites of fishermen and recreationists. But the business deal is now apparently becalmed, throwing into uncertainty for Maine boaters and fishermen Reardon’s corporate future. A Florida court last week evicted Reardon from Catalina’s manufacturing plant. The company’s sailboats are a staple among recreational sailors nationwide, the most common boats plying the Maine coast and the state’s inland waters. “Catalina sailboats are one of the most popular sailboats in Maine,” veteran sailor and attorney Neal Weinstein of Old Orchard Beach told The Maine Wire. “There are hundreds of Catalina owners throughout the state, from lakes to the ocean, as they make boats from 12.5 to 44 feet.” A key question among Cat owners is whether they will be able to maintain their boats since parts will be hard if not impossible to get. Turner insisted that “pending orders” will be honored, but boaters are leery – and fear new orders will be spiked. “I’m absolutely shocked that we aren’t talking more about this major announcement,” Ken Bauer of Catalina Sailboat Owners Association said Saturday. In his statement Saturday, Turner tried to downplay the alleged bleak outlook. “All existing boat orders remain in place and will be fulfilled,” he said. “Our dealer network remains available to assist with sales, service, and warranty matters.” Catalinas are popular partly because they are considered everyman’s boat. “Catalina was the first or entrée sailboat for many people as Catalina was affordable and produced sailboats of smaller sizes,” Weinstein said. “If Catalina goes out of business, it’s kind of like GM shutting down, and will leave a void.” Reardon, founder of Daedalus Yachts of North Carolina, acquired Catalina six months ago. He also acquired sister company True North in the same deal, as well as Tartan Yachts, Freedom Yachts and AMP Carbon Spars, making him America’s largest recreational yacht builder. Catalina was founded in 1970 by Frank Butler, with the first model being the Cat 22, quickly followed by the Cat 27. “Butler arguably got more people out sailing, racing and cruising than any other North American,” says George Day of BlueWaterSailing com. “His boats were and are solid, handsome, practical cruisers that represent excellent quality and long-term value.” Catalina acquired True North in 2019, marking its entry into the Downeast-style powerboat market.
  21. my dongle...South Austin's mom...something.
  22. Highland isn't Pechanga. Pechanga is in Temecula. You're thinking of Yaamava. Used to be San Manuel. And those blanket asses just bought the Waldorf-Astoria Monarch Beach resort in Dana Point. It's good to be an Indian these days. *Isbell is playing Pechanga in January.
  23. quit being a cheap fuck and pay the fucking 3.50 a month and you won't have that problem.
  24. BTW, make no mistake, Petty was a bit of an asshole. For example, that last show at The Greek, it's the end of a long tour, and he doesn't even speak a word to his band after the show. He just leaves. Yeah, he was hurting, but it seems like such a chicken-shit thing for the boss not to give the troops a "good job".
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