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gyroprotagonist

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  1. was the # for a processor to make sausage?
  2. first older thread that came up with London and Paris search. here's a mini trip report for Paris (4 nights) and London (4 nights) we just got back from over Thanksgiving break (wife+teen kids). Lots of touristy stuff that wife and i have done before, but with the kids in tow, we were doing it all again. Wife has been several times to London in the couple of years, but my first time in ~20 years; kiddos first time overseas. took off Friday night on BA to LHR so we could try to get some sleep and be ready to go 9:30am on Sat. Sprung for biz class and it was pretty nice. even my 6'6" ass could stretch out when making the seat flat. We were going straight away to the Eurostar for Paris. Took a while to get to KC/San Pancras station from LHR as the Express train was not running (we found out later) due to strikes, so just rode the Piccadilly line all the way. Got to hotel (https://www.sofitel-paris-baltimore.com/en/) around dusk. view from room Pretty good location. Walking distance to the tower, Arc, Champs-Élysées etc... Overall the weather was OK. not much sun in Paris over the 4 days, but not too much rain either. We hit up the Seine boat tour first night in. got a little cold at the end but otherwise was fine. Went to Eifel Tower, Sainte-Chapelle, Musée d'Orsay, Arc de Triomphe the next day - most of the time the kids were free to get into the places. We got that Paris Museum Pass and it was well worth the money. Nothing was too crowded ever but this saved us a lot of time already having a ticket and getting use the 'fast' lanes at stuff like the Sainte-Chapelle and Musée d'Orsay and just have one QR code to scan for everything. I think it also had free tourist bus (double decker bus) that we used to get to some of the attractions next day was Louvre first thing. About a 2 minute wait to get in front of the Mona Lisa. Kids really liked the Louvre. We were there first thing and it was not crowded at all. We just hit the highlights and stayed there for ~2 hours or so. Then just walked around and hit a little xmas market nearby and then rode the bus around. Then on to the Pantheon and daughter and wife went to the Parfum Museum while son and i just posted up in a cafe. The Notre Dame crypts were closed for no reason we could find online so missed those. There was a wine tasting included in the Paris pass so plowed through that prior to dinner that evening. Not too exciting for the kids, but actually pretty good for 'free'. 3rd day breakfast at Les Deux Magots then to Versailles. Again, kids really liked this one. It was cold and rainy standing outside waiting for the doors to open, but that was worst weather we saw. everyone was prepped for it, so no real complaining from anyone. By the time we were through with the inside tour the weather was much nicer and we walked around the grounds for a few hours. Had no idea how big the area was and we blundered over to the Petit Trianon and the kids ran around 'exploring' the grounds for quite some time. We are no strangers to walking, but in hindsight we should have rented a golf cart. Did not see the stand to get one until we walked all the way back up to Versailles proper. Google maps showed we walked 7.5 miles that day. - then after we got back to home base, we took a cab to Sacre Coeur and walked down from there to see the Moulin Rouge area. Walked past a bar/restaurant in the area that the pass said we could get free champagne and desserts so stopped in there for a quick pit stop. Last day there we went to the Abbey of Saint-Germain and then walked down to the Rodin museum. The outside gardens were deserted as there was a light sprinkle so it was nice to literally have them to ourselves. Then back on the Eurostar to London London we stayed at the San Pancras Renaissance. Very cool place connected right to the San Pancras tube/train station. Splurged for one of the Chamber Suites (Queen Victoria Suite) and it did not disappoint. Overall seemed a very cool place and obviously walk out access to the tube/Eurostar Really just ran in and dropped off our bags then made an orbit on the Eye. Then just hung out at Trafalgar Sq Next day early to Tower of London, then Tower Bridge, then afternoon tea at 1 Aldwych which was just a massive overload of sweets (Charlie and the Chocolate factory theme). Next we just cruised the Uber boat ferry on the Thames for an hour or so until it stopped raining and walked around the Thames. Again, the London Pass came in handy and provided a free day of Uber boat so we used it quite a bit that day. Next day started with Westminster Abbey, then Buckingham Palace and caught a little of the changing of the guard with a good doggo. Hopped on one of the tourist busses over to St. Paul's. The kids wanted to climb to the top (512 steps) but we did not really want to. Holy Shit were they adamant about not letting a 12 and 14 yo climb to the top by themselves as the lady at the base told us. I eventually went with them but my daughter got a little ahead of me as some people who were resting in an alcove jumped in between us. the lady at the penultimate stop told us no less than 3 times for the kids to always stay with me. After the climb to the very top, she told us again as were all together on the way down. Anyway the view was spectacular then stopped at pub, watched a little soccer and headed to the British Museum. Free admission, but they had the Rosetta Stone paywalled behind an exclusive exhibition that needed another ticket. 36 quid later and we are all viewing it. They had the knockoff version in another section but figured we are there and might as well see the real deal. after that, avoided any trouble with the USA-ENG draw and called it a night. Next day was a cab out to Windsor Castle to pay our respects to the Queen. Then strolled around with the punks in Camden Town. Very cool place, but what a mass of humanity. Then back on the tube to Harrods for some souvenirs. could only take ~45 mins in that place. wow it was packed! Then we went out to Shoreditch to just walk around and see all the trendy young people. It was 9pm or so and we tried to find a place to eat with the kids, but with the WC matches going on, it was pretty much just bars and cocktail lounges. The Circle line was down (strike) so we had walked a mile to get their from the next nearest stop. Just took a cab back to Trafalgar Sq and found a place eat around there. Trafalgar was our hangout each night as the kids lover roaming around climbing around the base of the pillar. Had one more sleep and headed to LHR. Overall the 'planned' strikes for the train/tubes did not affect us that much other than the Heathrow Express cancelled on our first Saturday. We let the kids go on a short scavenger hunt by themselves using the tube just to see if they could do it and they did fine (it was not to St. Pauls, lol). overall hell of a trip. kudos to the wife for planning 99.9% of it.
  3. Anyone got a stream link for the game? Overseas.
  4. went yesterday. great flick. no overwhelming altruism all the players acting in their (mostly) self interest, not trying to 'save the world' but rather their emotions/revenge/tribe. i instantly want to see Namor fight Thor now.
  5. not even a csb, but I cannot even remember the number times i drew the B17 on notebook paper while doodling in school growing up. Think it was the tailgun and the name Flying Fortress that really captured my imagination. Very sad to see that happen
  6. luckily never kept any money on cex yield farms. But now i think i am going to pull all non-trading assets from cexs and back into my custodial wallet or even some into a *gasp* FDIC insured bank. Maybe the bottom comes in the next 2 months or so and will try to find some new entry points.
  7. i hit my BILs taylor made 3 and 5 woods and they were incredible. soo much more forgiving than what i was playing (ancient Adams driver and taylor made 'Burner' 3W from late 90s)
  8. so i 'm guessing there will be - Celeb tier - 8 buck chuck tier - complete pleeb/non-paid not tier I mean, in the grand scheme of Twitter revenue, the 8 buck chuck subs will not be a ton of money, but the money is just sitting there for the taking. Will be interesting if legit news reporters that Musk does not like get the celeb tier. by forcing them into the $8 tier, he can effectively drown them out with the masses. The non-paying tier will be relegated to read-only if Musk follows through and prioritizes celeb and paid in search results/trending.
  9. Both those fumbles were great plays by their D. That fumble by RJ on the 4th down was a killer. At least 3 points gone. They were 'lucky' with the bounces when the ball was on the turf until that last one. Praise be that one kicked straight to us with no one else in sight.
  10. i think him being braid dead actually makes it more palatable to GQP voters. Just assume that no original thought will ever flicker through his mind and his handler will be briefed on every vote he needs to make to satisfy the the GQP leaders. If you can't fix it, feature it. then just use the Marge Green soundbite generator 1x per week to appease the base and he's golden. The GQP probably will just keep his cut of the graft and assure him that he's been paid and that they added it to his FBI pension. How far are we removed from just no candidates actually running but just voting for letters each race? already there?
  11. have you played with the new irons? i am curious about getting some new sticks. I literally have the same Ping Eye 2 BeCu set (2-SW) that i did when i was like 10yo in the mid 80s that have been re-shafted a few times. I am pushing 50 now lol, but have never seen the need to get any new clubs. Will probably just get some new fairway woods and call it a day, but was talking with a buddy as we played the other day and he was going in for a fitting after seeing another buddy improve after doing the same. Has golf tech *really* improved that much? am i missing out?
  12. saw it yesterday with the fam. most opinions were 'it was ok, not as good as Marvel' . The extent of my Black Adam/Shazam knowledge is from the '80s cartoon so really did not know much going in. I like the Marvel movies because of all the inside connections and we know the chars from all the movies over the years. you obviously don't get that with DC (at least from themovies). anyway, not great, not bad. very typical action flick.
  13. i dont get the love for russia. the USA's mortal enemy. We getting to decimate their military and get first hand knowledge of how our surplus military hardware's effectiveness does vs the russkies for pennies on the dollar. but i guess since Trump loves Putin the cult just follows along.
  14. i had what they call a 'sports hernia' where there is not a full on tear of the stomach muscle wall with a breach of the intestines. it was more like the tendons that connect the stomach muscles to pelvis (maybe? not a doctor) get torn. The surgery is the same. they put a mesh thing that strengthens the area it dissolves over time. think i got an MRI and one other scan (CAT scan maybe). this was like 15 years ago, so maybe now they do something different. who knows if the surgery actually did anything or the recovery/inaction from the surgery allow the area to heal. bottom line i was ok afterwards. seek professional medical help
  15. i would just kill for a filter to block people with zero followers from tagging my account with phishy spam
  16. place on the drag (not Wootens) was $7 (circa 1992). Lady let me keep that price for 3 years. I want to say it was called Affinity or some shit.
  17. i saw that some psycho was handing out bags of SunChips. saw the bag in a kid's pumpkin as they getting candy at our house. wtf is wrong with people? there was also some crazy lady on nextdoor trying to shame people using fake cotton webbing in their yards by claiming that by doing so a multitude of birds were surely going to die from being trapped in the strands.
  18. yeah, most everyone does not do that and just embraces the fact that we'll get 100s trick or treaters for Halloween. it can get crazy if it falls on a weekend, but Monday was not too bad even though we ran out of candy around 8:30pm almost no wind, so the smoke machine was awesome last night
  19. am i crazy or are the elementary kids trying to trick or treat earlier now? we generally shut down our block as we get a large influx of traveling trick or treaters (cars tying to drive down the street with tons of kiddos is no bueno) but they blocked it off at 4pm and the bulk of the kids on the block came around at 4:30pm. At least let the sun think about setting ffs.
  20. yeah, nothing to be done on past games. either crowd source or commish the guy's lineup from here on out.
  21. opponent shoved a horseshoe up his butt and picked up Mariota as a bye week starter against me. ~28pts which was double the yahoo estimate lol. Still should get the W as long as his TE and D don't combine for 45 tonight.
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