Everything posted by jdhorn92
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A Man Called Otto
Liked it overall, other than the overt political messages they weave in, but I suppose that is in everything these days.
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Mad Men
Lane's final scene was so subtle yet so profound. Up to that point, and for decades later, Jaguars were known to be a very unreliable and expensive line to repair. Sure they were a status car, luxurious by any standard, but due to their manufacturing set up, there were very few parts stateside. Most, if not all, parts had to be shipped from the UK, making repair work (factory warranty or not) very costly. Most warranty companies don't even underwrite Jags for extended protection and if they do, the extra cost is literally $5-$6K for 100k miles. The agency had access to a demo, not sure if it was actually Lane's personal driver or not, but as he is attempting to kill himself, he tries to eat a bullet by inhaling the exhaust fumes. As per my the first paragraph, the Jag won't crank!
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Random TV shows/thoughts that don’t warrant their own thread.
Coolidge, Salami and Thorpe, that was good a nucleus to build around. Haywood off the bench.
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
such a great show. looked forward to that show every week.
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Tourist Trip to Titanic Terribly Turns Tragic
T7 to the topic...making it T-10
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
yeah true. Based on what we've been able to discern Wagner had no idea this war would go so poorly. When Pig started going rouge with his protestations , it backfired and he didnt get the support he wanted. By then it would have been to obvious to have the families all start packing up. He likely didnt plan that far in advance and how could he pick and choose what key guys to have their families leave in a clandestine way...wives talk, certain relatives are there one day and gone the next, it would have been too big an undertaking to move that many key people out w/o FSB picking up on it. At the end of the day (i hate when people say that lol), this war went from bad to worse and unraveled so methodically on these guys that i dont think they thought it would be the quagmire its become and everyone involved is so far in, they literally dont know what to do except just keep throwing more bodies at it. Pig was like fuck this , we're out
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
What do you think the offered lifeline was? My gut tells me he was offered safe haven in Belarus as long as he doesnt fuck with the motherland. Continue to profit from on-going Wager operations and be available for special assignments tbd? And if they take UKR, installed as defacto leader, provided he is non-hostile to RU and if hes a good soldier, perhaps run Belarus in time?
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
we’ll there is a half bath that’s freed up
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
i could see him taking up settlement in Rostov, and then calling for complete removal of troops from UKR. he’ll get an idea of how many he has on his side….get the chechnyans on board and make his way to Moscow. UKR would be wise to hold lines and buckle down for 24 hours.
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Tourist Trip to Titanic Terribly Turns Tragic
Ha! good point. As an insurance man, I would think submarine hobby at 13K ft is an exclusion, unless they bought something like hole in one insurance as a one off policy.
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The ABIA Thread of Gross Incompetence
I read that too. Transportation Sec Pete was saying last week they anticipated this weekend being the busiest travel day since the Pandemic. 19th is a Federal holiday. As others have said, this may have been isolated to AUS. I'm flying to Roanoke tomorrow on Delta on my way to the Greenbrier, so curious to see how it goes.
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RIP Cormac McCarthy
Good to know. I am pretty fluent in Spanish thanks to highschool and UT. Is it similar to Kerouac's On the Road? Minus the Spanish.
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
Sure apprears that way. And thank you for posting the tweet so I didnt have to go to twitter. Very good read. I think the answer is yes , we've been led to believe the defensive line was much stronger than its showing to be. What we know about RU is their military is lazy, largely disinterested and apathetic. Sure there are holdouts, but overall they are wilting under fire and but for the sheer size of the landmass that needs to be retaken, its just a matter of time. RU looks to be holding out for the long game and still shelling civilians as their fastball. Godspeed to the UKR that they can keep the resolve up
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RIP Cormac McCarthy
I read Empire of the Summer Moon, which had several graphic passages. The Orphan Master's Son about North Korea also had several torture stories. Cant wait to start this one. And no, I am not a masochist haha.
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RIP Cormac McCarthy
Same, just ordered now, after wanting to do so for months. Cant wait to start it.
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Ted Kaczynski has died in prison
iirc his brother turned him in. wonder if he got a reward. didn’t he find teds writings in the attic and matched it up to the editorial? i may be misremembering.
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Markets still falling like whoa
That's interesting, i just looked mine up and im down 6.9% wrt balance at end of dec '21 v balance after yesterday's close. Ive stayed in the same funds and contributed the maximum allowable by IRS all along. Im in Small Cap Index, LG Cap Value index, Total Mkt Index and Large cap growth index. All with Fidelity. Id be curious if you changed your investments or added contribution amounts, as I feel decent about things, but am still down 6.9% before today is factored in.
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2023 NCAA Regionals Thread
maybe the ncaa will stop trying to force these matchups, jeebus we’ve known for years the aggies could fuck up a wet dream.
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
Yeah, the more this conflict drags on and the more video (albeit anecdotal) we see, the more the incompetence of the RU military shines through. Hard to discern the totality of the war and the command structure, but it sure seems like they are leaderless. It always reminds me of how good our boys are, the middle management line of officers ( I don't know the correct military terms) that we possess is so critical. Leadership is so important in sports, business and really any endeavor worth taking on, you have to have core competency of job function, training, initiative etc... I am so proud of our military.
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2023 Big 12 Tournament Thread
Well that sucked especially coming off the WVU beat down. Very humbling.
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The movie you just watched
is that the one where he plays a 911 dispatcher and gets too involved/wrapped up in a call?
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Netflix Recommendations
Just finished Chimp Empire , we liked it, different. The first one was great.
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West Virginia @ Texas Series Thread
complete smoke show behind home plate, front row.
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West Virginia @ Texas Series Thread
yeah that must have been it. i graduated may 92 so must have been that season. back when you’re student ID got you in
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West Virginia @ Texas Series Thread
not really but i was at the Disch for a few late inning W’s vs Miami in the 88-92 era. amazing later inning rallys