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I was distracted by the armpit stretch marks.

re: RIP Schlitz beer

Posted by redstick13 on 5/19/26 at 9:57 pm to
Schlitz was the number 1 selling beer in America at one time. Up until they started tinkering with the formula in the name of making a profit.

re: Boiled peanuts, just why?

Posted by redstick13 on 5/19/26 at 4:32 pm to
Imagine the power a Cajun garlic boiled peanut could generate.
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would feel as safe in Haiti as I would Chicago or New Orleans.


Take a trip to Lagos and get back to me.
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How do they know this? Just curious.

Probably the same cameras that caught the crash on video along with cell phone tracking.
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Her friend they interviewed was just as dumb.


This one also infuriated me.
The girl and her parents are wretched human beings. They created a perfect narcissist. I’d like to see how she’s adapting to prison life.

re: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Posted by redstick13 on 5/17/26 at 1:08 pm to
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I could be misrembering, but I think Redstick is Black.


Last I checked I’m still a pale skin.

re: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Posted by redstick13 on 5/17/26 at 10:34 am to
Nigeria was the most unsafe I've been in. Sao Tome was my favorite. Very friendly people and beautiful place. Went there for a vacation. I had booked at a resort on a small island on the southern tip of the main island. Didn't realize until I landed I needed to sort my own transport to the boat dock. There were no taxis available at the small airport so I dipped into a small local bar to have a beer and figure it out. Started talking with a local and he offered to take me and the girlfriend to the boat dock. We went by his family's house for him to drop something off, picked up some beer and off we went. We got to the drop point and it was a small wooden dock in the middle of nowhere. 5 minutes later a diving boat pulls up to take us across. The guy had called the resort to let them know we were coming when we stopped by his family's house but didn't tell me anything just to mess with me a little. Very cool guy and one of my favorite trips.
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Aside from the Ebola, what was life in the Congo like on a regular day?


Douala is in Cameroon but not terribly far from DRC. Cameroon wasn’t as bad as other places I’ve been. Traffic is mental and the rules are that there are no rules, most aggressive driver usually wins. Lots of rubbish all around, poor air quality, terrible traffic, cars held together with baling wire, and motorcycle taxis. Usually played golf or went to the beach on the weekends. Really good fresh fruit (especially mangos), and fresh seafood.

re: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Posted by redstick13 on 5/17/26 at 5:43 am to
I was living in Douala during the last outbreak. Interesting times.
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Waymo is recalling thousands of its self-driving cars in the US over a software issue that could allow vehicles to drive into flooded roads. According to a letter posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website on Tuesday, the voluntary recall affects nearly 3,800 robotaxis that use the company's fifth and sixth-generation automated driving systems. It follows an incident on 20 April in San Antonio, Texas, where an empty Waymo vehicle entered a flooded road and was swept into a creek.


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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Posted by redstick13 on 5/17/26 at 4:58 am
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern. The agency said the outbreak in DR Congo's eastern Ituri province, which has seen around 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths reported, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency. But it warned it could potentially be "a much larger outbreak" than what is currently being detected and reported, with significant risk of local and regional spread.


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Get him the safety kit regardless of the laws surrounding e bikes. They accelerate crazy fast and do street speed limits.
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This trope only took hold because they correctly refused to participate in our misadventures in Iraq


Who can forget the great uprising against French fries. Freedom fries for all!

re: Incubus - Drive

Posted by redstick13 on 5/14/26 at 11:49 pm to
Saw Incubus at Grant Street Music Hall in Lafayette in 2000. Outstanding show
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use quarters so I can make it hail.


Strip clubs in Canada use loonies and toonies.