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RDCanecutter

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  1. I'm 10% buying it as a savings, and 90% because it's shiny and heavy. You could stun an ox with a well-thrown Panamanian 20 Balboas coin.
  2. Branded on my spitting twitching soul.
  3. Good for them. Most students don't realize they'll be in a Year of Struggle until after midterms.
  4. I don't recognize the United States or its so-called flags because according to the Treaty of Tordesillas, this half of the globe is still subject to the Kingdom of Castilla. And no, I do not have to present a "drivers' license" to anyone not wearing the livery of the Viceroy. I do not treat with rogues, bandits, nor charlatans, Sirrah. Engage in mass psychosis as thou wilt, I will not join you in your fantastical caperings.
  5. Ah. Not Her Turn.
  6. I wonder if the purpose of the drones on Moscow was to make the Russians blow up expensive air defense missiles and scare everybody? And if a drone hits a ground target, gravy.
  7. For Poland's sake I hope you meant "emulate?"
  8. In some Russian soldier's memoir that I read decades ago, he said that whoever knocked out the blocking detachments could roll over Russia. I always wonder why the more numerous troops on the front lines didn't rise up against the blocking detachments themselves, but I guess that answers why they work.
  9. Aw hell. Still got this tenuous connection: Mama Canecutter taught Admiral Nimitz's grandson in elementary school. That would have gotten me a free water refill I bet.
  10. Cara Peruana de caja.
  11. Find somebody who has 7,777 Dos Peso coins, low-ball em $800,000, which they take because the water bill is due and they also want to get a new tattoo.
  12. They definitely checked pockets and pouches. But I always wondered why they never checked trouser legs where we'd tuck em into our boots.
  13. Woman says she read that Speed Queen will eat your clothes. Any experience with that?
  14. After a mere 29 years, our toploader washer has burnt out, seized up, thrashed on the ground, died. My job in the family is to research new ones, but fuck that, I figured I'd hang out on Surly instead. We are looking for sturdy, simple, reliable, if such exists in this world of child-labor. 2 people, so bulk washing marathons are unlikely. I personally like the idea of a bucket and a stick, but that would have me sleeping under the deck.
  15. You got this. About bad numbers, I had that a few years back after a lifetime of being effortlessly healthy. Pissed me off. The cure for a lot of it is simple: walk about a mile a day. Half a mile if you're worn out, 2 miles if you're feelin frisky. Took about a month and then my numbers were respectable again. Probably won't get rid of cancer, but it will make your body hold up better under treatments. Plus I always figure they may run short of the good stuff and I wanna look like I'm a good bet to give it to. In any case, I wish you good results and a long life doing stuff you like.
  16. "Greasaibh" can either be "Y'all grease your ass" or "You, dear sir, do grease your ass, now please," to give you the illusion that your ass-greasing is optional.
  17. A month ago I was on a Zoom call to a group in Scotland, and when I took the laptop out on the deck they started hooting and hollering that they wanted to move here-- I think it was the first bright sunlight they'd seen in weeks.
  18. I thought it was the cast of Trainspotting.
  19. Russians are probably watching these videos plotting mayhem... against the civilians.
  20. You lost a putter, but saved your anoos. Grandfather knew what was up and protected you from beyond the grave.
  21. Can confirm that Valdosta Georgia is the scrap-craziest US town I know of. I've got friends from there that you could get to start a brawl by asking what their favorite color is, and then they'll nurse the grievance for a few years. Almost Florida Man, just a hike from the Sunshine State border. [I typed and then deleted specific details of Valdostan weirdness I experienced, because I figure there is a non-zero chance some self-Googler would find it, track me down, and make me into a skin suit.]
  22. I was all in for waiting until I could get the maximum. A couple of my recent ancestors made it to their late 90s and I always heard to plan like you'll make it to 100. But then I go visit my Mom at her assisted living, and she's happy but she is recovering from a broken leg and doesn't know what month it is. I'm like, dang, it'd be fun to take multiple vacations to Mexico City while I can still walk. What happened since is I keep pushing it back a month instead of starting it. Slothfullness. In a related matter, anybody know if Stage-4 Cancer will get you any disability? I am a really healthy cancer patient, but it seriously interferes with getting a real job.
  23. I dunno. Suppose they lay down some beats and let Hillary rap, Debbie Harry style?
  24. That woman has what my New-Jersey-born wife calls a "Pennsylvania shovel-face."
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