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  1. Liked Natalie Merchant, never really listened to the guitar in that song before...  so strange

    Not complex and I think they did a rig run down...  so a solvable mystery

  2. 34 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    The Nazi's were absolutely TERRIFIED of Canadian soldiers in WW2.  Said they fought like savages.

    Fast forward to today, and Canada is the best ally America can have.  Culturally similar but not stupid like we are.  God bless Canada, I say.

    Australia is America's best ally.  They've fought for us in every war.  Not so much the British & Canadians.  After the civil war the US was prepping to fight the English (again) and Canada (again).  1812 was still fresh in American memory.

    God bless those goofy upside down bastards

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  3. 22 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I thought LSU-Florida parting as rivals was mutual? Both sides have bitched plenty about playing each other. 

     

    Not that I've seen.  All the Gators I know look forward to the game.  I'm sure there are some but I'd say they are a small minority.  You will hear grumbling from the die hard "Titles are the only thing that matters" guys that UGA gets an easier schedule...  but that's about all I've seen. 

  4. If the SEC can screw the Gata, they will.  I'd prefer any 3 of these

    • UGA - for obvious reasons (This needs to be a lock and it probably is)
    • LSU - new rivalry and I don't want to see the corndogs get their way and duck us (lol we sux)
    • AU - Big rival that was sacrificed last expansion. 
    • Ten - was a big game that lost some luster from the UF fans because we owned them (past tense)  Fun fact: Peyton never beat the Gata 

    I know everyone is going to take one for the team but I don't want a pairing with these teams:

    • Missou
    • M State
    • Ark
    • Ou - just because it doesn't make any sense

     

    I want there to be less regionalization in scheduling, but I think the frequency of seeing non permanent teams on the schedule makes up for that.  Gotta keep that in mind

    I think what you'll find out soon enough is there is no love lost between any of the SEC teams save Vandy.   Most (not all) of the games feel like rivalry games with perceived grievances, rowdy fans, and "exciting" game environments

    Either way it's going to be a good time.

  5. 6 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    What you don't grasp yet is that you've gotten your wish: limitations on the right to possess a firearm are functionally dead now.  Anyone and everyone, at all times and in all circumstances, has a God-given right to carry whatever firearm they want, with no restrictions.  This is your paradise.  Bask in it.  But be sure to buy laundry detergent that removes bloodstains, because eventually, we're all going to get some splatter.

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  6. Alt Country really isn't my bag, but The Drive by Truckers are playing a gig at a smallish venue about 2 miles from the house.  Been toying with the idea to go see them with some friends and check out the vibe.  

  7. On 2/12/2023 at 2:26 PM, Brisketexan said:

    Was just talking with the boy, catching up on his life at college and whatnot. Their dorm arrangement is sort of a shared flat sorta thing: private bedroom and bath, shared kitchens and common area. His flat is 5 people, one of whom brood to himself, but the other 4 (2 guys, 2 girls) has been pretty tight. Until a week ago. The other guy comes down and bangs on my son’s door - “DID YOU JUST KNOCK ON MY DOOR?” “No, dude…I’ve been sitting here working on one of my essays.” “I KNOW IT WAS YOU.”
    Long story short, that dude is now giving everyone else in the flat the silent treatment, won’t help clean the common areas, etc. He’s having absolute fit over…thinking someone knocked on his door but didn’t own up to doing it.
    As the boy is explaining this, he then says “the thing is, he’s one of those Andrew Tate apostles.” I tell him “oh, I get it” (wife looks at me asking WTF?). The boy goes on to explain that it seems he thinks that all confrontation has to be handled by “being an alpha,” but when it’s a stupid and pointless confrontation, that puts you in a stupid bind.
    What the fuck? What’s wrong with an ethos of “just be a decent dude; that doesn’t mean being a pushover, just be decent?”
    These fuckholes are social poison.

    Your kid's college experience is pretty different from my kid's

    • Private bathroom?  HA  he shares 2 bathrooms with 4 dudes.  It looks like a crime scene.  I use the gas station bathroom before visiting him because it's MUCH cleaner
    • My god son's dorm has one bathroom per floor... poor bastard
    • 2 of his other "room mates" (it's a 4/2) are so shy he's only seen them at move in or hears a random cough / noise from the other rooms.  It's bizarre
    • The common area (living room and kitchen) are barren apart from the trash and random food particles...  he's the only one that cleans (but not much) Animals
    • But there are Nazis and radical Christian sects on campus that try to confront students and get them to react for social media...  One harasses you while the others film it. So kinda Andrew Tate-ish? / Alpha male fantasy stuff

     

    My advice to him is walk away no matter what they say.  If you're in a class group with any of these types just laugh at them and dismiss them. Don't take the bait.

    Also on his agenda, I told the boy to learn to fight if all else fails.  He's got a black belt from one of those kiddie Tae Kwon Do outfits when he was young, but I don't think he can fight well.   The thing he has going for him is he's a coach on the Rock Climbing team and the boy is ripped.  I don't think the average meathead would make a point to test him.

    Scary sending your kid off into this world.  When I dropped him off for his first semester driving home a million things went through my head that I hadn't taught him about.

  8. On 1/31/2023 at 1:19 PM, HamsterHookah said:

    In other news, I for one was not surprised he made the $300M payment. He is free to mess around but when it comes to the banks they will keep him in line, I think.

    Further, it appears that Tesla stock has been roaring back. I don't know why or how, but the market is irrational. 

    One of my favorite quotes

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    If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

     

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  9. 13 hours ago, dcbc said:

    It doesn't get out much and mostly lives in a locked closet with the guns I inherited.  I'll see if I can remedy that this weekend.

    At least it's not out in an icy cold truck stuck in a snow pocalypse

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  10. 40 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

    On both an Apple Watch and iPhone you can set one of your cards to be a "transit" card so that you don't even need to open Apple Pay for it to work. 

    Yup just the readers are on the left so that makes the watch awkward for most.  Supposedly you can use the phone even if the battery is dead... but I wouldn't try it.

    Or mess around with an Oyster card

    • Navigation app: Citymapper (it will eat your battery alive)  Also if you walk around with your phone out it might get snatched.  But it'll get you around town like a champ.  I know some locals that use it on occasion
    • Buy a sim card ahead of time  $38  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RXYH2NW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    • Book a reservation for a Sunday Roast...
    • For "The Tube" We just used our Iphones to tap in and out.  The charge per day maxs out at 5.60 Pounds per day. (double check that)
    • Take the Tube (Piccadilly Line) from Heathrow not the train...  One is 5.6 the other is 26 and depending on where you are going the Tube might actually be faster. https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-pay/transport/
    • Frequent local pubs if you can find one that's not a chain (harder than it sounds).
    • British Museum is a must...  Not really anything British in it, but possession is 9/10ths of the law/finder keepers and all that.  Book a tour!
    • Leave the museum for lunch... this place was pretty good/cheap/localish https://www.saltandpepper.london/
    • Take the Yeoman warder tour at The Tower...  much better than just walking around
    • After the Tower, if it's nice out and if you want a break from the tourist and a coldish pint head up river St. Katherine's Wharf and The Dickens Inn.  Low key, just bar fare, and pretty area IMHO
    • If you are over by the Shard (which I don't at all recommend Sleazy tourist trap) and the weather is nice, the one corporate pub I like is "The George"  You'll be the only gringos there.  Rosemary chips 5/5  If the Brits can cook one thing its a potato.
    • If you are taking the TVG out of London, they aren't joking about checking in >30mins prior to departure...  Trust me
    • Be social and interact with the locals
    • Remember they put 1/3 of the world to the Sword only to collect spices they could never figure out how to use.

     

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