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Watched this last night. Yes a classic but the car scenes were drawn out. St Louis to chicago is only like Nola to Houston. 5 hours tops. But they had to change drivers 4 times and stop overnight and still were over 100 miles away when the car caught on fire. One of them should have easily made the drive to chicago.
True but the original cut also included a scene where Del got them lost and way off course. That scene would also explain why a Wisconsin state trooper pulls them over, when you’d never be in Wisconsin on that route
Further it explains Del’s black eye as Neal punches him when he learns how off course they are
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re: How much did you spend with uber last year?
Posted by Bruco on 11/24/25 at 8:22 pm to LSUHeights
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People who brag about about not spending a dime with Uber/Lyft= 1. Dudes who live in the sticks. 2. Hardasses who drive drunk - probably in a jacked up truck 3. Proud sober bros 4. Hermits who post all night and don't have a life
Nah.
-There are no less than 8 grocery stores within 5 miles from my suburban house including Aldi, Lidl, Food Lion, Harris Teeter (2), Publix, Fresh Market, and Whole Foods. So I’m definitely not wasting money on grocery delivery.
-I prefer to have 3 or max 4 drinks max when I’m out for dinner or a happy hour and hammer a few more when I get home
-I’d rather pay extra and valet my car at the airport than deal with getting a rideshare after I land back home. Just want to get in my car and go
So very limited Ubers. Basically only on vacay
re: 'Pluribus' Vince Gilligan’s new sci-fi show now streaming. Spoilers Allowed
Posted by Bruco on 11/13/25 at 9:16 am to Indefatigable
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That is a huge plot point. Not sure how those human bodies are going to last more than a few months.
It is a big plot point and I’m sure it’ll be addressed. No way VG just glosses over that you’ve eliminated a massive source of food.
Now granted, many less mouths to feed and presumably the hive mind will ration appropriately and no one will be consuming an excess amount of calories.
re: Looks like Mike Norvell AND Luke Fickell are safe for now
Posted by Bruco on 10/21/25 at 7:32 am to dupergreenie
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Yeah this seems like a divorce that would benefit both parties.
If they get destroyed by Oregon (almost a near certainty), maybe Fickell will want to avoid having to show up for another home game and the treatment he’ll get so much so that he’ll ask to negotiate that buyout down. One can dream.
20 pts in conference and play in total, 28 punts. lol
re: Looks like Mike Norvell AND Luke Fickell are safe for now
Posted by Bruco on 10/20/25 at 11:32 am to dupergreenie
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So Wisconsin is saying that they didn't give the head coach enough resources to compete but will start. So how long of a leash does he get once 'fully funded'? 1 year? 3 years? I'm not saying Fickell is the answer at Wisconsin but if he hasn't had the resources you can't expect them to be successful. Am I mistaken?
You’re not totally mistaken, but they aren’t 18th in spending and yet they are likely the worst team in the big ten. There’s no improvement (in fact the opposite) and his teams fold at the slightest bit of adversity.
Will throwing money at the problem make them somewhat better next year? Probably, but to your point, what if it doesn’t because he’s a crap coach? Then you spent a bunch of money and still have a $19 million buyout to deal with. Do you then give him another “fully funded” year?
And so you give him more to hire better assistants. What evidence is there that he can hire better assistants? They dumped Longo (good) but their offense is worse.
Money matters but plenty of schools spending tons of money with crap results because their coaches are garbage.
re: Wisconsin. Yikes. WTH happened to them?
Posted by Bruco on 10/19/25 at 7:29 am to hoopsgalore
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IF there was any defense of Luke Fickell, he's had his starting QB start and finish the game just 11 times in 32 games as Wisconsin's HC. Considerably bad luck that probably explains some of the betting lines, but he's also been terrible in his own right.
That’s the only defense and not a minor one, BUT, he made a bad hire in Longo, realized it, made a change and got an OC from the bargain bin and now they are even worse. Speaks pretty poorly about his ability to attract assistants.
If he is still around next year, the only answer is for him to restructure and reduce his pay so they can out and overpay and spend $2 million a year each on a new DC and OC, which I don’t see happening, partly because why would anyone good want to come join a sunk ship?
His buddy Tressel still having a job is yet another thing that speaks very poorly about Fickell
At this point it’s on the Chancellor. She doesn’t care about the athletic department and isn’t going to fire the AD, so, here we are. It’s the 1980’s again.
Hopefully Gard can keep the basketball program afloat.
re: John Candy: I Like Me, official trailer
Posted by Bruco on 10/14/25 at 10:48 am to kywildcatfanone
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Did it sound like his son was bitter about his dad being gone a lot? Seemed a bit like it to me the way he talked, but I could also understand it too.
I think he was more just upset that he didn’t really know his father, given he was such a little kid when he died.
I guess that basically qualifies as bitter
Yeah digging it too. Love the Vietnam/cold war setting and the fact that’s it’s a bit of a historical fiction book with some real events mixed in
re: Field of Dreams thoughts
Posted by Bruco on 10/8/25 at 10:46 am to Nutriaitch
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I read somewhere that is a common way it's said in the Midwest.
Not where I grew up in Wisconsin.
I played baseball as a kid and have never heard this phrase ever.
re: Tell me about a South Carolina game weekend
Posted by Bruco on 9/30/25 at 7:18 pm to TheePalmetto
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You got two accounts going on here dude?
No, I’m the guy who went with him. I came down from charlotte
re: Tell me about a South Carolina game weekend
Posted by Bruco on 9/30/25 at 7:00 pm to TackySweater
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Like one of those styrofoam ones? You just carried it around all day?
Yeah that’s definitely the least fun part about it. We switched it up but got a little lather going on the walk around the cockabooses. The last 90 minutes or so of tailgating we didn’t really move at all.
Would have been nice to wander more on Friday but Mother Nature did not help us out
Was also very good in The Last King of Scotland
Feeding seagulls on the beach should be a felony with a mandatory 5 year sentence
As of this moment $149k in deposit accounts (probably more than I should though I do keep a minimum in my checking account) and $280k in non retirement investment accounts
re: Fallout Season 2 Teaser Trailer *December 17 Release Date*
Posted by Bruco on 8/19/25 at 5:53 pm to Audioman213
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Ella Purnell was excellent in particular.
A perfect example of you can make a great female action lead that still has flaws and vulnerabilities.
And I love those huge eyes
re: Your BEST Audible listen for a 7 hour drive......
Posted by Bruco on 8/18/25 at 5:52 pm to SLafourche07
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11-22-63 and Project Hail Mary
Loved PHM. Love the premise of 11-22-63 but over 30 hours listening time? Dang that’s a long book.
re: Do you eat leftovers?
Posted by Bruco on 8/14/25 at 5:34 am to Bama and Beer
I’m decent with leftovers but only for 2 days or so.
Another item that can be better leftover is pizza. Mainly because most places don’t cook it enough for my liking. If it doesn’t have some browning of the cheese, it’s not done.
Of course never ever reheat it in the microwave. I hate microwaves in general though, almost never use it.
Another item that can be better leftover is pizza. Mainly because most places don’t cook it enough for my liking. If it doesn’t have some browning of the cheese, it’s not done.
Of course never ever reheat it in the microwave. I hate microwaves in general though, almost never use it.
re: New figures on apprentice trade pay vs. new college grad pay
Posted by Bruco on 8/12/25 at 7:30 pm to sledgehammer
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I am amazed that the average compensation out of college is $69k. My younger brother is 25 and it seems like most of his peers were making around $55k out of college a couple of years ago. Also,
There is just such a huge variance. I work for a regional bank and our corporate banking first year analysts fall into 3 starting salary buckets:
$75k- underwriting and portfolio management
$95k- Relationship management
$105k - capital markets
All are eligible for a bonus of up to 20% year 1
And we can’t compete with the money center banks, much less investment banking, private equity, etc.
I’d assume most engineering degrees far exceed $69k as well as a bunch of techy majors too
Btw this is Charlotte and not NYC, SF, etc
Candy would have easily and very successfully transitioned to dramatic roles had he not died. Zero doubt in my mind. Fantastic actor
Also Hughes said he wrote the script in 3 days and the first 60 pages in 6 hours as he was using a nightmare travel story as inspiration from when he worked in the advertising industry
Also Hughes said he wrote the script in 3 days and the first 60 pages in 6 hours as he was using a nightmare travel story as inspiration from when he worked in the advertising industry
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10 minutes in to Part 2 and they are promoting the Very Fine People hoax
I agree with this, but it moves on pretty quick. It was a clunky transition to his family background
Crazy to think he was broke again in 1990 after a couple of decades of being insanely successful
re: What are some movies that changed you / left an impact?
Posted by Bruco on 7/24/25 at 7:24 am to Philzilla2k
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They’re dead, historically. To whom are you moralizing? Anyway, Africans still sell their own people into slavery. Go post on that board.
Exactly.
I will say that anyone who currently owns slaves or thinks slavery is not bad, does have some “personal growth” to do on the subject. Everyone els? Not so much
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