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  1. Carl Spackler
    They're aggies.
  2. Carl Spackler
    Highly-regarded movies I've either never seen at all or haven't seen in their entirety: Casablanca [I can sense Gandorf rolling his eyes and gritting his teeth] It's a Wonderful Life Citizen Kane Seven Samurai Lawrence of Arabia On the Waterfront Singin' In the Rain Sunset Blvd. Some Like It Hot Rebel Without A Cause Network The Grapes of Wrath Shane 2001: A Space Odyssey Giant Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Ben-Hur Avatar Reds Atonement Any/all of the Matrix movies Annie Hall (I think I've seen precisely one Woody Allen movie all the way through) The Piano Pride & Prejudice Mulholland Drive Damn. I guess I have some movies to watch. Highly regarded movies that I've seen but did not care for: North by Northwest Moonlight Crash Blair Witch Project Tar
  3. Carl Spackler
    And not a single one of those guys would be welcome at a typical aggy gathering.
  4. Carl Spackler
    Yeah, Texas was probably not even in the top 5 teams that season, as evidenced by the results on the field.
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    Gotta love the effort and it *is* funny, but I cannot let slide the reference to making "assess" of themselves. That quality LSU "edumacation" comes shining through . . .
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    For anyone doubting that the extent of aggy delusion and rationalization has any limit whatsoever . . .
  8. Carl Spackler
    Not quite, because I don't hate the Doors and I like The Who. Oh, and the Cardinals can suck it. Aside from that, we can be friends.
  9. Carl Spackler
    At least a few ag posters over on SECRant are blaming the owner of a bar near the stadium that supposedly served those two clowns jello shots during the rain delay, thereby getting them so liquored up that they went off the rails. Yeah, that's it! It's the bar owner's fault! He held a gun to their head and made them take all those jello shots!
  10. Carl Spackler
    Nope to pretty much anything considered "prog rock," so that means the channel gets changed when I start hearing Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake & Palmer, a lot of Yes' catalog, King Crimson, etc. Never got into the Dead (well, Terrepin Station isn't bad), Phish, etc. Did see one Dead show. I'm glad I went just to experience it, but I've never felt the need to see another one. Get thee behind me, hair metal bands (Poison, Ratt, Cinderella, etc.). Same goes for Bon Jovi and Def Leppard. Oh, and except for a couple of their earlier songs, Aerosmith sucks. Mostly I can't stand Steven Tyler.
  11. Carl Spackler
    I'm surprised I'm not on that list. I'm hugely influential. Just ask me.
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    Or stupid. Or both.
  13. Carl Spackler
    According to aggy, Ewers wanted to go to every school in Texas except UT.
  14. Carl Spackler
    Yeah, this is basically where I'm at. I'm pointing my finger at Congress on the bump stock issue rather than at the Supremes.
  15. Carl Spackler
    Nowell. I have friends in SD who are big Stick Figure fans. Same kinda vibe as Sublime. The kid looks like he's a good front man.
  16. Carl Spackler
    I fly in and out of Burbank quite a bit, where they deplane front and rear. It's great and it spoils you. Makes it frustrating at other airports with front deplaning only.
  17. Carl Spackler
    This article has some good photos and videos relating to the Teton Pass road collapse. Article says Wyoming is scrambling to try to create a detour route, because the road collapse could have a catastrophic impact on tourism in and around Jackson. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/teton-pass-collapse-photos/
  18. Carl Spackler
    The wife and I drove down there after returning from the hike to the green sand beach. It was pretty late in the day, so we were at Punualu'u for only about 30 minutes before we had to leave to drive back to the condo. But there were two turtles on the sand. That was pretty cool.
  19. Carl Spackler
    This Lakers fan is bummed. RIP, Jerry. Nobody ever had a better overall basketball career than you.
  20. Carl Spackler
    I haven't flown SW a ton in the past few years due to COVID, working remotely, reduced # of work trips, etc., but I can tell that it's not operating at the level it did 10 years ago. And that's a shame, because IMO in its prime it beat the pants off most other major carriers in terms of price, convenience and service. That said, I haven't had terrible experiences in my recent SW flights -- instead, things have simply gone from good to meh. I still think SW is useful for quick jaunts from where I live in the LA/Burbank/Ontario area to places like Vegas, Phoenix, Bay Area, etc. For longer trips, I'm typically booking with another airline.
  21. Carl Spackler
    Yep. I was getting ready to kick Chevy's ass but Belushi stepped in between us. BTW, we improvised most of that "pool or pond" scene.
  22. Carl Spackler
    Yeah, but who blew up the whole damn golf course and got away with it? Answer me that . . .
  23. Carl Spackler
    Gee, what ever will the Lakers do? Hurley was the only good coach in the entire universe, for chrissake!!
  24. Carl Spackler
    I did the same thing -- stayed at an AirBnb in Driggs 5 years ago when we hit GTNP -- for the same reasons. I feel for the hospitality workers who use that road daily to get to their jobs. I'm wondering what kind of temporary fixes can be put in place to help both the businesses and workers. The alternative is a long-ass drive.
  25. Carl Spackler
    I was prepared to make a joke in response, but I just couldn't do it. Yeah, I know this is Surly, but . . . As someone who's been to the American cemetery over there, it's pretty sobering when you see all those white crosses -- rows upon rows -- and think of what those boys faced that day.

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