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Frank Drebin

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  1. Yes sir. Two weeks ago. We had to fly through Spokane for Spring Break. Reminded me of that movie so we went ahead and bought it on Amazon and watched during our ski trip. Love that movie.
  2. I like Pappas the best of those. We go to Westheimer location pretty often and usually just get a table in the bar, so more informal. DaMarco would be my #2.
  3. My daughter is a really good athlete. She loves gymnastics and soccer. We have to rein her in as she would do gymnastics every day instead of once a week if we let her. We backed her down to once a week because she kept hurting herself. Her soccer league, Ziad, is pretty damn great in Houston. I feel like it is plenty competitive but they don't overdo it. There are three practices and one game per week in fall and spring. But practices are at St John's which is right down the street and many kids only go to one or two practices per week. They are designed where you aren't expected to attend every practice or game. I have zero interest in her doing competitive cheer or something that requires travel. She will be good enough to be one of the top handful of soccer players and cheerleaders at her school when she goes to high school in a couple years. My son has gotten into wrestling. It is just a fantastic sport for a high school boy for all sorts of reasons. He loves it and does it year round.
  4. He should seriously consider severing his relationship with alcohol.
  5. Busts happen. The player needs to get in proper physical condition. All the resources are there.
  6. An NFL stadium but at the Fair Grounds instead of Arlington would suck too.
  7. She discusses that in her book. Permissive or gentle parenting is destructive. Authoritarian is destructive -- cold discipline with no love and obey because I said so/fear. Authoritative -- rules imposed but with love is what she suggests is best.
  8. I fly fairly frequently even though I do not enjoy flying commercial. I have never seen anything close to any of this stuff. I wonder how many people here have personally witnessed crap like this? About the worst I have seen is people getting drunk and talking loud. Or slobs who do not know how to dress themselves. And the general small annoyances of people who do now know how to act or are just inconsiderate -- bringing on too much carry on luggage, trying to rush to front of plane at landing for no reason like a tight connection, bringing smelly food aboard, bring too fat to fly, poor personal hygiene, using a wheel chair to board for priority but not needing one to deplane (SWA), etc. The worst thing I experienced was a few years ago I was sitting in First Class and a Chinese national spent the whole flight spitting saliva into a clear plastic cup. Not as bad as snuff. But disgusting.
  9. Basically what I posted. Ani going to tell you to sleep well.
  10. That is not the premise I was discussing. It is not nice to give kids therapy when they do not need it. It is not nice to practice what is called "gentle parenting" with no structure or rules. It is not nice to be a bulldozer or helicopter parenting. These things are destructive, no matter how well meaning you are.
  11. None of us have any idea what they were doing immediately before the droning. If they were combatants who had just engaged the IDF, would your opinion be different? Also, what was the secondary explosion?
  12. There is no way of knowing from the footage whether these are civilians or combatants (Hamas fighters do not wear uniforms).
  13. I get sad when thinking how few WW2 vets are left. I remember in 1991 during the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor the military school I was at had a big ceremony and invited all the local WW2 vets to attend. A ton of locals attended. And many were still very middle aged looking. Several of our staff were WW2 vets. Some were at Guadalcanal or Iwo. They had some stories. Those guys are just about all gone.
  14. Wait, this is from the guy whose entire online existence here and in thousands of posts is bitching about how everyone in Texas and the United States he encounters are selfish assholes?
  15. You were comparing us to other states. Which ones should we emulate? And how do you know enough about how other states are run to make any kind of meaningful comparison? I have meaningful information on and experience with governments in Texas, California, Colorado, and Montana. I am not sure I would say any of that lot are run well. Last time I renewed in person I went to the DPS office in Hempstead. I literally sat on a back porch of a trailer in a white plastic chair for 5 minutes before going in. That was the waiting area, and it was awesome.
  16. I don't agree with that at all. And I doubt any of us has enough information to truly know.
  17. You should read all your posts and assess where you fall on the meanness versus kindness spectrum.
  18. City parking enforcement pretty much anywhere I have been are some ruthlessly efficient bastards. They and Chic Fil A are the gold standard of efficiency.
  19. I remember all the Glenn Dorsey hype from LSU people. And being laughed at when I said I see almost no difference between him and Frank Okam.
  20. Roger Ebert had the "Stanton-Walsh Rule," which states that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad."
  21. Serving others, spending time outdoors, and exercise are free/low cost things everyone can do that will improve your mental health more than just about anything. I walk a few miles while listening to the Gospel preached every morning. Best thing I do every day for my state of mind and well being while costing virtually nothing.
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