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gyroprotagonist

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  1. yup, so many things wrong - 'painting' and reaching up from the 2nd step instead of the third step because they did not want to fall that far - instead of sticking their hand out to break fall and trying to turn body to protect head, she grabs the paint tray with both hands to guide the paint at impact - effing tray has hooks to actually fit onto the ladder and not have to be held
  2. listened to this driving home https://www.npr.org/podcasts/478859728/think JULY 20, 2023 Hollywood's shut down. Now what? TV and movie actors have joined Hollywood writers for the biggest strike in four decades. Dominic Patten, senior editor for Deadline, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the move, which has effectively shut down the industry as negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down. Plus, we'll hear how streaming and A.I. have brought new complications into discussions of fair wages, royalties and studio profits. No idea who Dominic Patten is or if he's a good source, but some interesting talk on a lot of topics.
  3. agree. have to see if Corby ever has to call into the show via OnStar after a bender though
  4. you would be pretty smug too if you were getting the scoop straight from the lizard people
  5. saw it Thursday. thought it was fantastic if a little long. I watched 1-5 (all the MI movies are on Paramount+, which i somehow get through my Amazon Prime membership) and the opening of Fallout prior to seeing the current one. If this does not do well, the studios are going to start slashing budgets because Americans may just be giving less fucks about movies going forward.
  6. i have had 2 SS fridges and not encountered that issue, but have read about it enough with issues concerning the icemaker. i had a super trivial issue with taking apart the shelves around the veggie drawer and was convinced if followed the instructions i would break the entire shelf. said fuck it and put in a service call as it was still under warranty and free. service guy came and out popped the shelf off and i am sure he was giving me this look after leaving the house.
  7. i hate that this thread exists but wish i could splice together and longcat this thread to just detonate on magats that blame Dems/hollywood/LGBT people for all the ills in the world RE: child sexual abuse. Maybe open carry nutjobs could stand outside the doors of a church or religious school and protest sexual abuse where it is more likely to happen.
  8. one thing that has made a difference with my low back pain, which is mostly from sitting in front of a computer all day every day, is just do 1 plank a day for however long you can. after a month, my pain level went down and it does not kill me to stand in place for extended periods of time. i now am mixing in some other core stretches and doing 2-3 planks a day. no sit up or crunches.
  9. tangential, but saw an article that said craft beer festivals are seeing a massive decline as well across the country. there are just too many beers to keep track of even at the local level much less state and regional. i've been homebrewing for 20 years and the Christmas Ale was one the first brews i 'cloned'.
  10. the JW was ~63K per night for a standard room. The Marriott in Bham for the UT/AL game was ~22K per nigh I think I used to save up points and get a suite at the Cosmo about every year but redemption was terrible this year and it was like 260K or something for 2 nights. the Points Guy or similar point blog had a decent write up for Marriott rewards like a month ago, google-fu that and it should find the article. The Waldorf properties are always fun but again, they seem to be gouging you on the redemption amount.
  11. trip booked and tickets purchased. group of 4 staying in birmingham
  12. that and keep the womens preggo and barefoot all the time, you know, for their own good.
  13. well, the bug used to not have a gas gauge. you just ran out and then flipped it to an emergency tank to drive to a filling station. baby steps
  14. Finally depleting my Marriot Bonvoy points this summer. couple of rooms at the JW Marriot in San Antonio and just pulled the trigger on the Texas/Bama game and using a free nights award at the plain Jane Marriot in Birmingham. I've had that card forever going back to the Starwood days, but they seem to keep depleting the award stay values every year. Might look for something new. any of yall keep the Bonvoy card around?
  15. a good start? I am one of the few on surly not a lawyer, but does the fact that car driver was doing illegal shit trump the pedestrian doing illegal (and profoundly stupid) shit and had to have been drunk/high to attempt that ?
  16. is the google VPN worth a damn? it's free, but i wonder if they are doing anything or if its more like this
  17. yeah, not sure i would drop $1K on it. i got mine heavily discounted for ~$150, and you do give up some real estate vs 3 monitors.. I like that i can hook my work laptop in through one HDMI port and my home comp in through another and don't have to mess with driving the video through my switcher. also less power cables, hdmi cables etc..
  18. Wait, Texas wants to tack on a more stringent bill than current Federal law? But i thought that was bad and what the last shitty bill hot wheels signed was supposed to combat, but at a state level. You know the one where big cities could not enact policies (like mandated water breaks, min wage, time off etc...) that went above the state statute. fucking hypocrites.
  19. is there even a legacy component to UT admissions? you have to figure that somewhere in the admissions bureaucracy there is a detailed specification on how to admit students using certain criteria. just curious if 'legacy' is part of that or is it more like the part where admissions checks to see if any buildings are named after the applicant's progenitors before making a final decision.
  20. Awesome! I am dead set on going next year
  21. Good to know and appreciate the Intel. Should be perfect for us
  22. i've been pretty much out of the game for quite some time, but if you minted those, you could have sold for a profit a short time later. i was actually kinda surprised at that and thought they would flop.
  23. lulz, that's kinda how came into mine (JLC not a patek). wore a GShock before that i still wear when doing stuff outside. love that it gets the ULF signal from the atomic clock in NORAD (i think?) every day to keep exact time.
  24. i think you already have your monitors, but if not you might consider one these it's about like having 2.5 monitors and you only need one connection.
  25. about as long as it takes for the stupid fucking politicians to finish turning our government into a theocracy.
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