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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. 3 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

    I hate that this thread stays at the top of the forum. 

    Most people in in red states in this country believe that a solid few tens of thousand people dying every year (maybe a few more if they are school children) due to guns is a small price to pay for a fucking free for all in terms of gun ownership.

     

     

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  2. On 11/16/2022 at 11:28 PM, mininghorn88 said:

    Saving Private Ryan

    Watched it for the upteenth time. Still get emotional every time I see it. I still remember the first time I saw it at it’s release in the theater. The crowd was in complete silence as we left. With each viewing I see something or hear something new each time.

    Such a great movie.

    some beautiful set pieces.

    A true masterwork.

    But everything past the visceral opening scene and the sine parts of the terrific tank/final battle scene is vapid waster of cinematic bravado when all is said and done.

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  3. I know there are still climate change deniers, but it seems to me that there might be some way that reduced emissions, especially if couched in market solutions, might be a subject that there could be some bipartisanship on. 

    Everything is divisive.  Some things are less divisive than others.  To me those would be Hank Williams, burritos, and a slightly cleaner earth.

  4. 2 hours ago, RPM said:

    Pos rep for the Cesar Romero reference. WWII Coast Guard vet. Served as enlisted because he wanted to be "one of the guys" and reached Chief Boatswain's Mate. Saw action during the invasions of Tinian and Saipan.

    Was killed when he got hung up on a tree, trying to parachute in with a group that was going to try to kill a bunch of Nazi high command guys up in a vacation ski lodge.  Only three made it out in the mission alive.

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  5. From Strength to Strength - Arthur C. Brooks 2022

    Nice easy read about getting your shit together as your start thinking about retiring/face career burnout.  It's annoying having all the examples be about billionaire entrepreneurs burning out (so sad!) but there are some very general straightforward kernels of wisdom for those of us who feel iike they have been letting life go by while planning for other things.  

    from_strength_to_strength_finding_succes

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  6. On 10/27/2022 at 9:30 AM, Player said:

    Go to Killarney, stay at Cahernane House, https://www.cahernane.com/en/

    Done.  Wife surprised me.  Staying four days in Kallarny as prime base camp.  Surprised me because she is usually very on the coast oriented, but she said "Dingle is just forty miles away.".  We are actually going to end up staying in Dublin (Grand Hotel Malahide)  on the front and back end of the trip.  Which leaves us with two days for somewhere else.

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