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Thread moves fast so SIAP. Pretty funny

That’s my McLaren thinking, but what’s his? Fucker is too happy go lucky on the surface, but you don’t get to where he is without serious competitive DNA. I hope he stays and kicks ass, but I don’t know. Probably why I like him.

Not mine; why are you digging the hole?

This bums me out. I’m a big DR fan but I honestly don’t know what to think about his future. He said in the Vegas clip about 2023 “now I won’t retire”. Not sure if that was a joke or real talk. You guys are way more dialed in driver’s careers, their decisions, but I’m fascinated with how he handles the adversity. Does he improve and stay? Say fuck it I have enough money and don’t want to be shown up by a 21 year old kid? Hoping for former. The rest of the season will be telling. You have Vettel and Alonso out there still competing but with middle of the pack teams. If things don’t improve wonder if he’ll choose this route or just take time off then become everyone’s favorite TV color commentator.

That was pretty powerful back and forth with Spence and Kareem. Those dudes acted their asses off.

It will go by in the blink of an eye.

I'm really enjoying this show. Did Paramount just not bother marketing it? The only thing I've seen is a billboard that was so bland I didn't give it a second thought. Only reason I watched the show was because of this thread. csb/ I was invited to a party at Evans' Beverly Hills house a year or so after The Kid Stays in the Picture. Buddy of mine worked for Sirius and they had just given him some kind of radio show, so they threw a party. When we were walking up to the front door Jack Nicholson walked out and lit a cigarette. He looked up and said "Fucking rain" (just started sprinkling) then flicked his cigarette and walked right back in behind us. It was cool poking around the house I saw in the movie. Evans was swarmed with people so never got to speak to him, unforunately. Only odd thing I recall was Dick Van Patten giving the primary speech about Evans, how great he is, yadda yadda. I thought, Could there be a more polar opposite personality to Evans, the dad from Eight is Enough? Apparently they've been very close friends for some time. Go figure. /csb

Nope. 2.75 on a 15 year fixed. Nine years in, monthly principal 85%, interest 15% I feel bad for people having to deal with this market, it's brutally expensive. Very fortunate I had a buddy hook us up with JP Morgan Private Mortgage when we closed this bad boy REFI way back when. I've lived through really high interest rates, and when I saw that 2.75, I said fuck it, we're paying more for a 15 and getting rid of this mortgage before we retire.

I've always really liked this Thin Lizzy song But this one is my favorite. I saw it live on the Born in the USA tour and the crowd went nuts when Clarence let it fly

Petersen is fantastic but realistically it will be at most a 2 hour visit . They have a private tour of the cars in the garage that aren’t on the floor that would extend this. Haven’t done it (yet) but I’m pretty sure it needs an advanced reservation. I like the cut of your jib sir, instilling priorities on a family vacation to SoCal.

Just did a rewatch. They spent some time with Gus adjusting his ankle pistol holder. He’s anal as shit so maybe just reinforces that trait. Or maybe, just spitballing, the writers are a fan of Chekhov.

Goddamnit. That asshole said it was real. That's one fucking realistic video game, graphics have gotten better since the last time I played Galaga.

? What'd I do wrong now

Not sure what’s more amusing, SO2 calling someone a stupid motherfucker or someone mistaking him for Derka.

Reading is incredibly important, IMO, in getting the brain working hard, flexing its muscle so to speak, for whatever you want to do in life. I'm no expert, but I do know the phase of hard core reading I did as a kid when I wasn't particularly popular, helped offset the hookers and blow I did when I grew into the intellectual stud I am today. Seriously I harp on that with my kids a lot. Read, read, read, find whatever you're interested in, try some fiction, non fiction whatever. You have to use your imagination instead of having it driven into your brain by images. And the way a sentence reads should be balanced against normal conversation, what flows, what seems stilted and unnecessary.

I liked it, but thought it was too long and draaaagggged in the middle. Big fan of The Witch, and you can see some cool mystical similarities, but ... this one didn't work as well IMO. My daughter had an interesting comment: she said the plot was too basic, needed more complexity. Sorry Penelope, I agree with her, it's a straight up revenge story that It's worth a watch for the stuff that worked, which was quite a bit.

Anything bad happening to Kim would be a seriously traumatic event to Saul/Jimmy. And that doesn’t translate to his character in BB. He’s too happy go lucky. As said earlier she fucks him somehow, thus the “shattering event”. Which puts him firmly on his BB path.

Where Eagles Dare - 68, Burton, Eastwood. Buddy mine insisted I watch it. Pretty good, lots of action and dead Nahzis. Burton had a knack for being two steps ahead of everyone with the most Byzantine plan imaginable. He also made out with a hot blonde in a barn about three minutes into the movie, haha, you do you man.

When I opened the thread I expected it to be about Clint Longley.

I finished a rewatch of last season over the weekend. I've been pretty lukewarm about BCS over its lifespn, but goddamn Season 5 kicked all kinds of ass. I think it's because it's getting more involved with the BB universe. Season 6 is going to bananas. One thing that jumped out to me this time is how good the writers are at making Gus a master of manipulation. Just like sending Jesse on drop runs to find a sense of purpose, he sends Mike to the little village to heal not only physically, but also mentally. Home cooked meals, watching school kids play and laugh, doing some chores around the house, and voila, he's righted his ship and back at work. And then to create Gus's elaborate, complex, long term plan in support of the simplest of motivations - revenge. Fucking brilliant.

Pulled the trigger on this little guy for our next project. It's a runner with no rust. Plan is new wire harness, rebuild the heads for some performance, suspension upgrade, and a repaint in British Green with tan interior. Wife loves it, says it will be her "Mrs Robinson car." I was happy to hear it, because ... wait, what? does she intend to start fucking college drop outs?

We’re about a year away from starting this process. Based on this thread, and other feedback we’ve received, the premier Cal state schools were scratched from the list. Seemed like a waste of time. But just found out my daughter was accepted into a summer immersion program at UCLA as a HS sophomore. They take AP classes and live in a dorm for a month. Anyone have experience with this? Does it help with applications? I looked around and apparently Michigan and Texas have similar programs.

I appreciate your desire for peace; I believe most would like that as well. Honest negotiations require honesty from both sides. One side has flown the neutrality ballon, the other has tied civilians hands behind their back an murdered them. Kind of like the 1930/40s, which one side seems to want to return to. So in an environment where one side plays that card, and the other says, Fuck That, we aren’t appeasing another ruthless dictator again in our backyard, you get what we are seeing. A willingness to die rather than live under the terms of a murderous dictator.

This is where I'm at on this. I can be obnoxious and a cretin as much as the next guy (I"m on here) but it just feels like the line of civility and rational reactions are getting pushed farther and farther down the path. This stage jumping bullshit started with Kanye at the Grammys, became digested into the entertainment world as 'haha, what a weirdo', and spits out Smith jumping up at the Oscars and hitting someone. What the fuck is next. Not sure what the answer is to this dismal tide.