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Yep. That's her alright.

Aggy thinks loving David Hasselhoff makes them seem more cultured and Europeanish.

Simialr thing happened when I was 10. Snorkeling in about 20' of water off of 7 Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. Only my predator was an 8' long Morey eel. I swam over to my dad and brother to warn them, then I got the hell out of there thrashing like a wounded bait fish with ADD. Shame on my parents for letting me watch The Deep right before that trip. Worth it to see Jacqueline Bissett's tits though.

Evening bike rides have been brutal with upper 90's and humidity..especially after being on Colorado last week. Went from this: To this:

Forecast in west Oak Hill went from 3.5" to less than an inch for Wed and Thurs. Might be good news since these guys are wrong all the time.

Are you married to ArmyBrat?

How is it that Norway, which has an actual state religion, has a population that does not give a shit about religion? My family visited some friends of ours over there a couple of years ago. After a few hugs and greetings it was like: "So America, what the fuck are you guys doing?"

I don't disagree with any of this. My first point was that we don't know who was sampled. We need look no further than election polling to tell us that there may be selection bias which may skew results. My second point was that there may be elements of more mundane conspiracies wrapped up in the truly bogus conspiracy theories or beliefs. For example, there is simply no fucking way that 54% of Americans believe that 9/11 was an inside job, planned by our government, with controlled demolition, and a couple of misses to make it beleivable. I would expect the actual % to be more in line with Bigfoot or faked moon landing numbers. However, if the 9/11 "conspiracy" means that there was a probable cover up of the incompetence involved in monitoring the hijackers' activities, providing realistic threat assesments, and learning from the attempted bombing in 1993, then I think that is where some of the high % comes from. That and, again, the people who were polled. Also, with some of the more supernatural stuff, the results are not a stretch. Our own president is a practicing catholic who beleives that Jesus was raised from the dead, transsubtantiation, and biblical prophecy.

Without seeing the actual questions and the sampling population (i.e. olds with land lines) it is difficult to draw the conclusion that this represents a true picture of American beliefs on these topics. Further, there may be some nuance that brings in more affirmative replies. For example, one might beleive that at some point, the government has withheld information on climate change so as not cause alarm rather than pushing a climate change agenda for various nefarious purposes such as taxation, control, or new world order. One could also beleive that JFK was killed by a lone gunman acting alone and that a conspiracy exists to cover up security incompetence. Similar could be said of 9/11, without venturing into implosion conspiracies or other such nonsense. Also, ancient civilizations have existed and we find out new shit about them all of the time. Atlantis is a myth, but many others are not.

Went to Vail for the Go Pro Mountain games (my two youngest were competing). Yeah I know it's like Disneyland there, but on the drive back it was amazing all the way up to the Texas border where the mountains stopped and it just became flatland with Dollar General stores. Got a little better in the hill country around San Sabba, but then we hit Austin suburbs. I understand thst we go to cool places for vacation, but why is everyplace I go better than where I live?

Ok. I suck at mountain biking. I went to the crank and drank a couple of weeks ago to ride in lowest group which is called the social group. It was my first ever actual mountain bike ride. I am a decent road cyclists with many rides 19+ mph and 50+ miles under my belt, so fitness was not a problem. But my god, those guys are insane. Every one I talk says mountain biking is sooooo much fun and even the people that have very little experience with cycling think it is the greatest thing. What the hell am I missing? The whole thing felt like white knuckling on I 35. What the hell.

It is worth it. I packed in a lot of riding and hill work before I went, but even with the inclines and elevation it felt great. I suspect the temps had a lot to do with that. I was working hard but was pretty dry when I finished and didn't drink near as much water as I do in Austin. The heat really does take it out of you, especially with the high humidity of late. It was so much fun. I felt like a kid out there just riding his bike to go see stuff. I am really stoked to train hard and be ready when a cool opportunity comes along. It also, just goes to show you, cycling is not just about packing in the miles and upping your speed all the time. Just get out there and ride and see where it takes you.

Elevation really didn't bother me all that much, but I was not in a group and I was stopping pretty often to take pics. Climbs were long but not too steep, although Vail Pass had a Category 1 climb 7% over 8 miles. When I started cycling 2 years ago, I never dreamed of all the cool places it could take me. More pics:

Back from Vail. Man, what a place!!! We stayed in Avon and commuted to Vail (my kids were competing in the Go Pro Mountain Games) Did Avon to the Vail Pass and back. 47 miles with 4000' of elevation change. Cool ride with the climb into alpine forest and snow on the way out and an easy coast on the way back. Also did another interesting route from Avon to the Wolcott divide, which is heading west into canyon desert like terrain. 44 miles with 3500' of elevation change ( i think). Kind of a dangerous ride due to traffic and not much shoulder. Altogether, managed 150 miles in 4 days of riding plus a few hikes. We are going next year for sure. First 2 are vail pass. Then Wolcott.

Child's play, more like The Cones of Dunshire alert.

Gotta trim the light bill to help pay Dominion settlement?

Make sure you work in a few ice cold Dr. Peppers.

My contributions to this board have been of a comic and light hearted nature with seldom a substantive or or deep diving donation to the collective. I am, in fact a serious person. So much so that In everyday life I need to almost disguise my seriousness in a vail of comic relief and buffoonery so as to not be too intense. I am not an intellectual, although I wish I could be and have often been labeled as such by those who dont understand the meaning of the term. I speak 2 languages, play 2 very different musical instruments, have my own business and a masters degree from UT as well as a CPA license. I pay my taxes and support my community in a very modest way. I was raised Catholic and followed the teachings of the church up until the second pedophile scandali. I supported Reagan and Bush until the later lied about the WMD. I have been a registered Democrat since 2018. This thread is insane. The incumbent POTUS is in a dog fight with a convicted felon, rapists, filanderer, traitor, tax cheat, bankrupt fascist and it is down to the wire and it's just another day. Get busy assholes. This shit is serious.

No way. There was enough dirt on him even before the 2016 election. The bankruptcies, filandering, lost on 2 civil tax cases, the stiffed vendors, associations with known drug traffickers. Trump should have have gone before the first primary if not sooner. The press got so caught up in all the chaos, that they forgot to actually do their job. That and Barack Obama was black and Hillary was a woman.

Hands are also ridiculously oversized-beware not authentic!!!

New nickname. Tefelon Don. I think this one will stick.

One post up.

Although, I suppose they might a point in that others have worn the look better...

That suit was simply unprecedented in oval office history. Oh wait....