Ace Midnight

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My point was comparatively speaking to us its effectively zero.

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No one who uses "math" or cares about precision (much less space travel) would round down 1/6 or 16.6% to zero.

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Thanks Mr Semantics

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A fundamental misunderstanding of the Fleetwood Mac/Buckingham Nicks merger.

The whole was greater than the sum of the parts. Was it drug- and drama-fueled? Yes. Was it a little too commercial at times? Probably.

Did the "classic" line up of post-Green Fleetwood Mac have 3 exceptional songwriters who were also great singers? Yes. More importantly, their voices blended extremely well in the harmonies. Their capabilities as a singing trio are sometimes lost because they were competing with CSN and The Eagles who could deliver some very fine harmonies themselves.

While Stevie wasn't much of an instrumentalist, Buckingham and McVie were excellent musicians and understood the voice as an instrument above all. This served them well whether they were lead, sharing lead or merely harmony for a particular song.

I get that it is bland music for bland people, but you need that in the commercial space. They also produced some of the most memorable "relationship drama" songs of that era. And, for my money, Buckingham may be the single most underrated musician of that entire scene. A self-taught, claw style lead electric player, he was almost the American Mark Knopfler. I can't imagine how that isn't a compliment.

When Sean Penn could credibly play you in a biopic, you might have lived a little too hard.

#Justsayin'

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Also with zero gravity easier to launch massive payloads offsite.

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The Moon doesn't have zero gravity.

The relative lack of basic scientific and technical knowledge in this thread is alarming.

Part of me believes it was staged, though.

Budgeting is everything. Money shouldn't be allocated when it is spent. It should be allocated when it is earned. All of your idle money should be in a HYSA (or cash equivalent like a bond ETF or mutual fund, at the very least - although you will have transaction costs with those).

You can have a large pool "rainy day" expense, but even then, that should be penciled in to a specific category - "unplanned medical expenses", "unplanned home repairs", etc., IMHO, otherwise it becomes a slush fund.

Since the second/third most expensive budget item for most people is their automobiles (with the other after housing being maintenance on an owned home), that's a no brainer to have a dedicated, "New car fund" and separate from maintenance, also IMHO.

I'm done with the NFL almost 10 years now. Watched a few minutes of Burrow and Chase first couple of seasons, but that's about it.

#Theydontwantmybusiness
#Iveliterallymissednothing

Shame, though. The NFL was effectively a member of my family for almost 50 years.

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BladeRunner 2049 is a top 10 sci-fi of all time.

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Are you in the, "OMG - IT'S BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL!" camp?

I just want to know how seriously to take your opinion.

(ETA: And he was still the worst thing about it. He was okay in American Psycho. He was great in Dallas Buyer's Club. After that, I got nothing.)

I have slightly more than that.

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monogamous put together gay dudes

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Would make a decent band name.

Witcher could have had that.

What a disingenuous little c-u-n-t? Parker was a participant in the lynching of Italians.

And if the article didn't necessarily imply such, when you are making an obvious race-based push and you don't, at the very least, include that kernel, then you cannot be taken seriously, "Mr." Crawford.

(With all due respect.)

Mornin' OT

The bears are always right ... eventually.

There are scores of vids with professionals who actually know the cats and show how dangerous it is to turn your back. Even cheetahs can get aggressive if you make it that inviting.