Posts posted by Parliament
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So what makes this movie so great? The dialogue is OK, and has some great quotes. But there are other movies that have that. The action, other than the climax is no better than the rest of the 80's movies. (The camp invasion is particularly average.) One review I read said that this is Arnold's best movie, because it lets him be himself. Arnie is a charismatic person, and he can't use that when he's an android.
The score is pretty good. The pacing is excellent. Bad guy is historic. All that is true. But I think what takes this movie to the next level is the last part, starting after his fall into the water. It's the best part of the movie, and it's at the end. It's what you remember.
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Edited by Parliament
https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a21070665/ultra/
PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY TO ME, ‘Anyone who runs as much as you do deserves to be skinny.’ Of course, what they’re really saying: ‘If you do all this running, why are you still so fat?’ ”
Mirna Valerio climbs out of her car at Black Rock Lake. It’s a shining afternoon in early April in the high country of northeastern Georgia, along the eastern reach of the Appalachian Mountains. The serviceberry trees are budding on the hogback hills, but the oak trees and other hardwoods remain bare.
Early that morning, before dawn, Valerio had led a three-mile group run around the campus of Rabun Gap-Na-coochee School in the nearby town of Rabun Gap, where she serves as Spanish teacher, choir director, and head coach of the cross-country team. She’s about to start her second run of the day.
“Or people think, She claims to follow a healthy diet, but I bet she goes home every night and eats a gallon of ice cream.”
Moving toward the fishing platform where she always begins her Black Rock runs, Valerio pulls out her smartphone. “But you know what bothers me the most? People look at me and think, Big as this girl is, how can she possibly enjoy her sport? She says she loves to run, but she’s really just punishing herself.”
Valerio’s voice—bright, plangent, and Juilliard-trained—rouses a middle-aged man who’s been dozing on a sunny bench on the fishing deck. He looks at Valerio—a 39-year-old, 5-foot-7, 250-pound African-American dressed in a ball cap, fitness top, knee-length running tights, and training shoes—and does a cartoon-grade double take. Valerio blasts him with a big smile and a “Good afternoon, sir!”

I'M TOTALLY NOT JUDGING HER FOR HER PHYSIQUE. My question is how is it possible? That kinda training burns 3000 cal/week. 30,000 steps/week for your workout. How do you NOT get skinny?
Many NFL linemen, powerlifters and strongmen gotta force themselves to eat enough to maintain their size. 10,000 calorie days, 8 egg omelettes, coconut shakes; all to stay not much heavier than here. How do these 2 realities exist?
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2 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:How accurate is the movie/book "The Pentagon Wars" in regards to the Bradley?
About as accurate as it is with the F35 Shitbird, V22 Osprey and Zumwalt destroyers. Which is to say, it's effed up.
ETA
I think though, the Bradley has ended up being pretty good. It's a very adaptable platform. They added reactive armor to it, good missiles, etc and don't send it straight against tanks. They "backed in" to a useful product.
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/20/us/fort-stewart-soldiers-killed/index.html
Three US soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division were killed, and three others injured during a training accident in Georgia early Sunday morning, according to the Army.
The soldiers were riding in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield when the vehicle "rolled over into water at approximately 3:20 a.m.," Fort Stewart said in a statement.
Three soldiers were pronounced dead on site and three others were taken to Winn Army Community Hospital on Fort Stewart for their injuries. Two of the injured soldiers were later released, and the third was moved to Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, with non-life-threatening injuries, the statement said.Thank you for your service, Guys. Next round's on me.
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Tapatalk
in Please do this better?
Runnin' kinda slow tonight.