Post by: CigarBanter on March 16, 2023, 03:10:04 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 03:23:36 AM
Diesel d.10th d.654T (6.0"x54) / $42.50
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Door #2 - Alec Bradley Black Market Vandal Perfecto (5.8"x60) - 10 / $49.99
Door #3 - 5 Vegas Triple-A Box-Press (Robusto) (5.5"x55) - 10 / $29.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 03:41:16 AM
Wordle 635 X/6
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 03:47:23 AM
Lately, Mondays and Thursdays have been really shitty at work. Let's hope Wordle was my low point in the day and I'm only going up from here.
Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 05:01:45 AM
Wordle 635 6/6
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Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 05:15:26 AM
Actor Sean Astin (14th cousin)
Rosa Parks (13th cousin)
Muhammad Ali (12th, once removed)
Margaret Thatcher (11th, -1)
Princess Diana (10th, -1)
Queen Elizabeth II (10th, -1)
George Washington (9th, -5)
Emily Dickinson (9th, -4)
Winston Churchill (9th, -2)
John Wayne (9th, -2)
Lucille Ball (9th, -2)
Shirley Temple (9th, -1)
Elvis Presley (9th, -1)
Walt Disney (8th, -3)
Abraham Lincoln (7th, -5)
Helen Keller (7th, -3)
Jane Austen (6th, -7)
Wilbur Wright (6th, -5)
Brigham Young (5th, -7)
I expect Cousin Brigham would be disappointed I'm Anglican, rather than Mormon.
Night, lads.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 05:39:37 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 05:41:50 AM
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 06:36:31 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 07:21:07 AM
Allow me to introduce you to some more famous cousins of mine, courtesy of an analysis of my family tree by a Mormon computer.Gonna have to put my glasses on and inspect this list more carefully.
Actor Sean Astin (14th cousin)
Rosa Parks (13th cousin)
Muhammad Ali (12th, once removed)
Margaret Thatcher (11th, -1)
Princess Diana (10th, -1)
Queen Elizabeth II (10th, -1)
George Washington (9th, -5)
Emily Dickinson (9th, -4)
Winston Churchill (9th, -2)
John Wayne (9th, -2)
Lucille Ball (9th, -2)
Shirley Temple (9th, -1)
Elvis Presley (9th, -1)
Walt Disney (8th, -3)
Abraham Lincoln (7th, -5)
Helen Keller (7th, -3)
Jane Austen (6th, -7)
Wilbur Wright (6th, -5)
Brigham Young (5th, -7)
I expect Cousin Brigham would be disappointed I'm Anglican, rather than Mormon.
Night, lads.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 07:21:33 AM
Morning, boyos. Not looking forward to the wordle right now.Good morning, Dave. You did fine.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 07:26:29 AM
Doesn't mean I wasn't nervous. :DMorning, boyos. Not looking forward to the wordle right now.Good morning, Dave. You did fine.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 07:31:10 AM
This is why we, as a society, can't have nice things.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 08:49:25 AM
New breaker box is being installed on Monday, and I gotta say, I'm looking forward to it. Been working OT like a fiend the last few weeks, it'll be nice to have a week where it's not an option. I might even take an extra day off at some point just because.Nice indeed. Tired of only taking "time off" between jobs. Especially when job searching is no way to relax.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 08:58:35 AM
I usually only take time off when I have something else to do. I rarely take time off just to relax and enjoy the day. But the kids are off next Friday, so I'm definitely taking that day off as well and just chilling around the house.New breaker box is being installed on Monday, and I gotta say, I'm looking forward to it. Been working OT like a fiend the last few weeks, it'll be nice to have a week where it's not an option. I might even take an extra day off at some point just because.Nice indeed. Tired of only taking "time off" between jobs. Especially when job searching is no way to relax.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 08:58:57 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 09:07:08 AM
One of the reasons I prefer shows to come out once a week instead of all at once is to avoid spoilers from the people who inevitably watch the entire season in a day or two. So when you've got a weekly release show, I don't really expect to see spoilers when I watch the episode the day it comes out. So what kind of monster posts an article with a major spoiler in it at 7 am the day the show is released? And the headline and accompanying picture gave it away, so I didn't even have to click on the article.I get so frustrated by this. Sorry a show got spoiled for you.
This is why we, as a society, can't have nice things.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 09:11:55 AM
It's definitely a #firstworldproblems type situation so I can't get TOO mad about it, but still, really annoying.One of the reasons I prefer shows to come out once a week instead of all at once is to avoid spoilers from the people who inevitably watch the entire season in a day or two. So when you've got a weekly release show, I don't really expect to see spoilers when I watch the episode the day it comes out. So what kind of monster posts an article with a major spoiler in it at 7 am the day the show is released? And the headline and accompanying picture gave it away, so I didn't even have to click on the article.I get so frustrated by this. Sorry a show got spoiled for you.
This is why we, as a society, can't have nice things.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 09:24:46 AM
Back in the olden days, I was equally frustrated when the morning news would announce the winner of Survivor, for example. I felt like either... 1) You cared and already knew this information. 2) You cared and had it recorded and was waiting for the right time to watch. 3) Or, you don't give a shit and are pissed that they're wasting your time taking about this.It's definitely a #firstworldproblems type situation so I can't get TOO mad about it, but still, really annoying.One of the reasons I prefer shows to come out once a week instead of all at once is to avoid spoilers from the people who inevitably watch the entire season in a day or two. So when you've got a weekly release show, I don't really expect to see spoilers when I watch the episode the day it comes out. So what kind of monster posts an article with a major spoiler in it at 7 am the day the show is released? And the headline and accompanying picture gave it away, so I didn't even have to click on the article.I get so frustrated by this. Sorry a show got spoiled for you.
This is why we, as a society, can't have nice things.
In all cases, it certainly not news worthy. Rant over.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 09:33:46 AM
Agreed, same type of situation, equally frustrating.Back in the olden days, I was equally frustrated when the morning news would announce the winner of Survivor, for example. I felt like either... 1) You cared and already knew this information. 2) You cared and had it recorded and was waiting for the right time to watch. 3) Or, you don't give a shit and are pissed that they're wasting your time taking about this.It's definitely a #firstworldproblems type situation so I can't get TOO mad about it, but still, really annoying.One of the reasons I prefer shows to come out once a week instead of all at once is to avoid spoilers from the people who inevitably watch the entire season in a day or two. So when you've got a weekly release show, I don't really expect to see spoilers when I watch the episode the day it comes out. So what kind of monster posts an article with a major spoiler in it at 7 am the day the show is released? And the headline and accompanying picture gave it away, so I didn't even have to click on the article.I get so frustrated by this. Sorry a show got spoiled for you.
This is why we, as a society, can't have nice things.
In all cases, it certainly not news worthy. Rant over.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:16:38 AM
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 10:19:51 AM
But here comes CI, just in time to make you forget all your worries and hurt and anger...That's no bull!
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Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:33:23 AM
Today is Thursday, March 16, the 75th day of 2023.
There are 290 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai (mee ly) massacre took place during the Vietnam War as U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong fighters and sympathizers killed unarmed villagers in two hamlets of Son My (suhn mee) village; estimates of the death toll vary from 347 to 504.
On this date:
In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew reached the Philippines, where Magellan was killed during a battle with natives the following month.
In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed a measure authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
In 1935, Adolf Hitler decided to break the military terms set by the Treaty of Versailles by ordering the rearming of Germany.
In 1945, during World War II, American forces declared they had secured Iwo Jima, although pockets of Japanese resistance remained.
In 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In 1972, in a nationally broadcast address, President Richard Nixon called for a moratorium on court-ordered school busing to achieve racial desegregation.
In 1984, William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by Hezbollah militants (he was tortured by his captors and killed in 1985).
In 1994, figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty in Portland, Oregon, to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, avoiding jail but drawing a $100,000 fine.
In 2004, China declared victory in its fight against bird flu, saying it had “stamped out” all its known cases.
In 2014, Crimeans voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia, overwhelmingly approving a referendum that sought to unite the strategically important Black Sea region with the country it was part of for some 250 years.
In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to take the seat of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who had died the previous month. (Republicans who controlled the Senate would stick to their pledge to leave the seat empty until after the presidential election; they confirmed Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch in April 2017.)
In 2020, global stocks plunged again amid coronavirus concerns, with Wall Street seeing a 12% decline, its worst in more than 30 years; the S&P 500 was down 30% from its record set less than a month earlier. Ohio called off its presidential primary just hours before polls were to open, but Arizona, Florida and Illinois went ahead with their plans.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:34:19 AM
Five years ago: Singer Aretha Franklin canceled two upcoming concerts, saying a doctor had told her to stay off the road and rest completely for at least two months. (Franklin died five months later from pancreatic cancer.) Airstrikes in Syria killed more than 100 people as civilians fled besieged areas for a second straight day.
One year ago: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 terror attacks in an impassioned video plea to the U.S. Congress to send more help for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. President Joe Biden announced the U.S. was sending more anti-aircraft, anti-armor weapons and drones, and declared Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal. The Federal Reserve launched a high-risk effort to tame the worst inflation since the 1970s, raising its benchmark short-term interest rate. A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:36:32 AM
Country singer Ray Walker (The Jordanaires) is 89.
Game show host Chuck Woolery is 82.
Country singer Robin Williams is 76.
Actor Erik Estrada is 74.
Actor Victor Garber is 74.
Country singer Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel) is 72.
Bluegrass musician Tim O’Brien (Hot Rize; Earls of Leicester) is 69.
Rock singer-musician Nancy Wilson (Heart) is 69.
World Golf Hall of Famer Hollis Stacy is 69.
Actor Clifton Powell is 67.
Rapper-actor Flavor Flav is 64.
Rock musician Jimmy DeGrasso is 60.
Actor Jerome Flynn is 60.
Folk singer Patty Griffin is 59.
Movie director Gore Verbinski is 59.
Country singer Tracy Bonham is 56.
Actor Lauren Graham is 56.
Actor Judah Friedlander is 54.
Actor Alan Tudyk is 52.
Actor Tim Kang is 50.
R&B singer Blu Cantrell is 47.
Actor Brooke Burns is 45.
Actor Kimrie Lewis is 41.
Actor Brett Davern is 40.
Actor Alexandra Daddario is 37.
R&B singer Jhené Aiko is 35.
Rock musician Wolfgang Van Halen is 32.
Toronto Blue Jays baseball star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is 24.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:37:04 AM
Raz Over/Under is 10
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 10:39:54 AM
Today's Over/Under is 79
Raz Over/Under is 10
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:44:46 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:45:55 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 10:53:32 AM
We didn't make it to page 3, but as it's is St. Patricks Eve and I won't be available tomorrow...We'll allow it.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 10:53:44 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:55:20 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:56:21 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:56:51 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 10:57:46 AM
has aged pretty well!
Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 11:19:53 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 11:22:47 AM
Of course we need a little Erin go Braless...Hard to argue with that.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 11:22:56 AM
Morning, muchachos.Morning, Page3Raz.
Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 11:23:21 AM
Today's Over/Under is 7Only 8.
Raz Over/Under is 10
Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 12:18:31 PM
And a special Raz page...My senior year in high school, a friend showed me a classified ad in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer advertising a Corvette for sale in Ballard by one "Nancy Wilson." We decided to check it out. Sure enough. She was very gracious.
has aged pretty well!
Seattle used to be good about that kind of thing. Celebrities from here or who came here wouldn't be hassled much. It was the heavy Scandinavian influence, but it was also geography.
The guitarist I play with in Fumblewump was friends with Jerry Cantrell, my sister was on a first-name basis with Stone Gossard in the 2010s.
It's only been since the advent of social media that it began to break down. COVID, radical leftist violence, and chaotic liberal municipal policy have finished it off. That's not me trying to start a political argument. Seattle has been the de facto capitol of leftist activism since the early 20th century. It's a historic phenomenon. But it's only in the past five years that Seattle's become a shithole, as Seattle has begun experimenting with all the most progressive fantasies as real policy.
Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 12:41:35 PM
Not really, when you get above fourth cousins, suddenly there are thousands.Allow me to introduce you to some more famous cousins of mine, courtesy of an analysis of my family tree by a Mormon computer.Gonna have to put my glasses on and inspect this list more carefully.
Actor Sean Astin (14th cousin)
Rosa Parks (13th cousin)
Muhammad Ali (12th, once removed)
Margaret Thatcher (11th, -1)
Princess Diana (10th, -1)
Queen Elizabeth II (10th, -1)
George Washington (9th, -5)
Emily Dickinson (9th, -4)
Winston Churchill (9th, -2)
John Wayne (9th, -2)
Lucille Ball (9th, -2)
Shirley Temple (9th, -1)
Elvis Presley (9th, -1)
Walt Disney (8th, -3)
Abraham Lincoln (7th, -5)
Helen Keller (7th, -3)
Jane Austen (6th, -7)
Wilbur Wright (6th, -5)
Brigham Young (5th, -7)
I expect Cousin Brigham would be disappointed I'm Anglican, rather than Mormon.
Night, lads.
It's arguably a little more notable who I'm apparently NOT related to.
This list all comes from my my mom's line, specifically through her paternal grandmother Lois Etta Jeneva Fifield. That's the most extensively documented line in my ancestry, because Lois came from several aristocratic Norman/English families. So this represents pretty thoroughly the Norman and western European part of my ancestry. It also, sadly, represents distant parts of my tree that owned slaves.
People I'm NOT related to, or at least no connection has been documented:
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Frida Kahlo
Benito Juarez
Charles Dickens
Franklin Roosevelt
...and many more.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 01:41:33 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 02:18:36 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 03:21:38 PM
Bad for Seattle, good for the rest of us not to take that route.And a special Raz page...My senior year in high school, a friend showed me a classified ad in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer advertising a Corvette for sale in Ballard by one "Nancy Wilson." We decided to check it out. Sure enough. She was very gracious.
has aged pretty well!
Seattle used to be good about that kind of thing. Celebrities from here or who came here wouldn't be hassled much. It was the heavy Scandinavian influence, but it was also geography.
The guitarist I play with in Fumblewump was friends with Jerry Cantrell, my sister was on a first-name basis with Stone Gossard in the 2010s.
It's only been since the advent of social media that it began to break down. COVID, radical leftist violence, and chaotic liberal municipal policy have finished it off. That's not me trying to start a political argument. Seattle has been the de facto capitol of leftist activism since the early 20th century. It's a historic phenomenon. But it's only in the past five years that Seattle's become a shithole, as Seattle has begun experimenting with all the most progressive fantasies as real policy.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 03:22:45 PM
The NCAA tournament proper has begun. Time to see how many underdogs can ruin brackets.Already done. Furman beat Virginia!!!!! 13 beats 4.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 03:23:47 PM
Hazzuh!You can't go yet, still on three....never mind, I'll cover for ya.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 16, 2023, 04:04:37 PM
Post by: bluecollar on March 16, 2023, 04:25:21 PM
Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 04:57:12 PM
The proof of the pudding is in the tasting, they say.Bad for Seattle, good for the rest of us not to take that route.And a special Raz page...My senior year in high school, a friend showed me a classified ad in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer advertising a Corvette for sale in Ballard by one "Nancy Wilson." We decided to check it out. Sure enough. She was very gracious.
has aged pretty well!
Seattle used to be good about that kind of thing. Celebrities from here or who came here wouldn't be hassled much. It was the heavy Scandinavian influence, but it was also geography.
The guitarist I play with in Fumblewump was friends with Jerry Cantrell, my sister was on a first-name basis with Stone Gossard in the 2010s.
It's only been since the advent of social media that it began to break down. COVID, radical leftist violence, and chaotic liberal municipal policy have finished it off. That's not me trying to start a political argument. Seattle has been the de facto capitol of leftist activism since the early 20th century. It's a historic phenomenon. But it's only in the past five years that Seattle's become a shithole, as Seattle has begun experimenting with all the most progressive fantasies as real policy.
I wasn't trying to start an argument, nor criticizing socialist thinking. I was just pointing out that Seattle has been sincerely adopting the most progressive hopes for municipal policy, and the results have not been what was expected.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 05:40:32 PM
That certainly didn't take long.The NCAA tournament proper has begun. Time to see how many underdogs can ruin brackets.Already done. Furman beat Virginia!!!!! 13 beats 4.
Post by: bluecollar on March 16, 2023, 06:32:33 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 06:37:26 PM
Today's Over/Under is 7I got eight. I know of Wolfgang but couldn't pick him out of a lineup.
Raz Over/Under is 10
Post by: bluecollar on March 16, 2023, 06:40:23 PM
Post by: bluecollar on March 16, 2023, 06:48:33 PM
I helped roadie for a band on the Buffalo music scene while growing up . These days I'm usually listening to live music.
That's my music life in a nutshell
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 09:14:41 PM
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Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 09:31:17 PM
Raz I saw Nirvana in 93' Does that count for anything?Consider it counted.
Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 09:32:45 PM
You couldn't miss him, T, unless you assumed he'd be a little guy like his dad.Today's Over/Under is 7I got eight. I know of Wolfgang but couldn't pick him out of a lineup.
Raz Over/Under is 10
Post by: razgueado on March 16, 2023, 09:37:19 PM
Speaking of the Seattle rock thing. It was a great time for this grunge rock sound and some of the bands were really were good.I saw them all, and before they were famous. I thought they were all interesting, but I didn't think they'd get anywhere.
Especially that three piece band from Aberdeen, with the skinny little guitarist who sang. I didn't get them at all. Then they were on TV.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 09:48:54 PM
Is he a big guy like his mom? And let me tell you, I was hot for Valerie back in the day.You couldn't miss him, T, unless you assumed he'd be a little guy like his dad.Today's Over/Under is 7I got eight. I know of Wolfgang but couldn't pick him out of a lineup.
Raz Over/Under is 10
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 16, 2023, 09:50:20 PM
I believe their drummer went on to be pretty successful.Speaking of the Seattle rock thing. It was a great time for this grunge rock sound and some of the bands were really were good.I saw them all, and before they were famous. I thought they were all interesting, but I didn't think they'd get anywhere.
Especially that three piece band from Aberdeen, with the skinny little guitarist who sang. I didn't get them at all. Then they were on TV.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 16, 2023, 10:41:15 PM
And now 15-seed Princeton has taken down 2-seed Arizona. Yowser!That certainly didn't take long.The NCAA tournament proper has begun. Time to see how many underdogs can ruin brackets.Already done. Furman beat Virginia!!!!! 13 beats 4.
Post by: razgueado on March 17, 2023, 12:28:10 AM
Not the one that was playing that night. Dave Grohl joined after that.I believe their drummer went on to be pretty successful.Speaking of the Seattle rock thing. It was a great time for this grunge rock sound and some of the bands were really were good.I saw them all, and before they were famous. I thought they were all interesting, but I didn't think they'd get anywhere.
Especially that three piece band from Aberdeen, with the skinny little guitarist who sang. I didn't get them at all. Then they were on TV.