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Bay of pigs invasion/failure. After that we had to take a roll of toilet paper with us to school and learned how to cower under our desk in case we were nuked.
Yeah, me too. They just don't make desks like that anymore. I was told that desk could save my life simply by crawling under it and covering my head with my arms................ :rotflmao:
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re: Do you find yourself getting more emotional as you age?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/12/25 at 8:57 am to Master of Sinanju
Nah. My wife tells me I'm more jaded and cynical, so I'll go with that.
The Cuban Missile Crisis when JFK was in his first term as President.
re: JFK assassinated. How many remember the when/where/how they heard it?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/12/25 at 7:39 am to real turf fan
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I remember DeGaulle in his uniform and Emperor Haile Selassie from Ethiopia.
The caisson being pulled by the riderless horse with boots facing backwards.
The thing I remember most was when his little son, John-John was standing next to his mother and when the caisson passes them he snapped tall and saluted his father's coffin. We were at my aunt's house and I can remember her breaking down crying when we saw that little boy salute his dead father.
re: JFK assassinated. How many remember the when/where/how they heard it?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/12/25 at 7:30 am to duckblind56
I was sitting in 7th grade class in school watching it on TV with the teacher and other students as part of a Social Studies thing when he was shot and the limo raced off to Parkland Hospital where he was eventually pronounced dead.
At the time there was no Zapruder footage of the actual head shot that killed Kennedy. That came later and it was a long time before that actual footage was shown publicly on TV for the nation to see how violent Kennedy's death really was.
I also saw Oswald killed live on TV as they were transporting him from the county jail when Jack Ruby got off his shot to Oswald's gut. Things sure were different back then when it came to security measures that allowed Ruby to even be in the area, much less to be there with a gun.
At the time there was no Zapruder footage of the actual head shot that killed Kennedy. That came later and it was a long time before that actual footage was shown publicly on TV for the nation to see how violent Kennedy's death really was.
I also saw Oswald killed live on TV as they were transporting him from the county jail when Jack Ruby got off his shot to Oswald's gut. Things sure were different back then when it came to security measures that allowed Ruby to even be in the area, much less to be there with a gun.
re: Grocery store steak prices are ridiculous
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/11/25 at 5:08 pm to CrimsonFever
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Went to buy some steaks at the grocery store last weekend and a pack of two ribeye that were 25 this time last year at this same grocery store are now 36 dollars. Insane.
That's why I buy whole slabs of beef and break it down myself. I got a whole boneless Prime N.Y. Strip for $11.99 a lb., trimmed off about 2 lbs. of fat to render down to make tallow and cut up the meat into 1 1/2 in. thick steaks and got 14 out of the slab.
I kept 2 out to grill that day and vacuum sealed the rest 2 to a pack for later use.
Grill them to no more than medium rare, have a loaded baked potato and some sauteed mushrooms as a side and it's like heaven.
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did the island tip over
I know of a Georgia politician who thinks that is possible. I laughed so hard when I saw that video I almost pissed my pants------and he was SERIOUS....
Because some people are too stupid to even boil water much less make rice.
re: Woman whines about passport bros
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/11/25 at 10:14 am to prplhze2000
Crap like this makes me glad I'm old and happily married to a down to earth American woman.
I don't know how I'd fair with the dating scene today if I was young and looking for a relationship.
The crap that comes out of many of the women's mouths I see on the internet about their idea of an ideal relationship is flat scary.
"Got to be over 6 ft. tall and no more than 200 lbs."
"Needs to make at least a mid six figure salary for starters"
"Has to be emotionally supportive in all areas of my life"
"Should be tolerant of my 6 cats"
"Can't be driving a car over 3 years old"
"His money is our money-----My money is mine"
I don't know how I'd fair with the dating scene today if I was young and looking for a relationship.
The crap that comes out of many of the women's mouths I see on the internet about their idea of an ideal relationship is flat scary.
"Got to be over 6 ft. tall and no more than 200 lbs."
"Needs to make at least a mid six figure salary for starters"
"Has to be emotionally supportive in all areas of my life"
"Should be tolerant of my 6 cats"
"Can't be driving a car over 3 years old"
"His money is our money-----My money is mine"
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I believe they also had coupons for free turkeys if you bought a ham.
Rouses ad from last week, good through today will give you a free Butterball turkey up to 12 lbs. if you also buy a spiral sliced ham at $2.99 a lb.
I'm assuming any weight over 12 lbs. will be calculated at the checkout counter.
re: Turkey Prices Soar for Thanksgiving because of Bird Flu
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/11/25 at 8:07 am to ragincajun03
The Winn-Dixie store sales ad just hit my in-box and they are selling frozen turkeys for $.49 a lb. and it includes all turkeys except Butterballs. This price is good with an additional $20 purchase of other groceries------and that is an easy number to hit in any store.
re: The older I get, the sillier weddings seem
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/11/25 at 7:57 am to Bubble Trouble
Weddings are one thing, but it doesn't take tons of $$$$ to get married.
You're just as married if a Justice of the Peace married you in a small civil ceremony with a small group of family and friends as you are with being married in St. Louis Cathedral and having a full blown catered affair at the Riverwalk.
I know of several couples that went the big party route that cost the bride's father's $30K and up and all of them are now divorced. Seems like such a waste.
You're just as married if a Justice of the Peace married you in a small civil ceremony with a small group of family and friends as you are with being married in St. Louis Cathedral and having a full blown catered affair at the Riverwalk.
I know of several couples that went the big party route that cost the bride's father's $30K and up and all of them are now divorced. Seems like such a waste.
That probably wouldn't be bad for cold smoking, but I'd be hesitant to use it to actually cook food in due to all the plastic crap lining the fridge/freezer.
Unless you plan on gutting it and just using the metal shell.
Unless you plan on gutting it and just using the metal shell.
re: Alexandria man dies after home invasion on Henry Avenue
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/10/25 at 5:17 pm to AwesomeSauce
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At 33 I would assume he probably has kids, a mom, a grandmother, and siblings.
Then maybe he should have started the day by making better decisions instead of breaking into someone's home armed with a handgun. He wasn't there to deliver milk, he was there to do harm and got what he deserved.
Good for the homeowner to spare the legal system and save another potential victim of this criminal because you just know he'd be out of jail in a short time and back on the streets ready to continue his "career".
re: IOC to ban transgender women from all female Olympic events
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/10/25 at 5:11 pm to SludgeFactory
I almost threw up in my mouth when that abomination called Caitlyn Jenner won Glamour's "Woman of the Year" award a few years ago.
Out of all the billions of real women in the world to choose from and they award it to a mentally deranged man pretending to be a woman.
All one has to do is look at the top women's soccer team in the U.S. when they play games against high school teenage boys to see how easily the boys beat the women's team to know women really can't compete with men in almost all athletic endeavors.
Out of all the billions of real women in the world to choose from and they award it to a mentally deranged man pretending to be a woman.
All one has to do is look at the top women's soccer team in the U.S. when they play games against high school teenage boys to see how easily the boys beat the women's team to know women really can't compete with men in almost all athletic endeavors.
About damn time. It is so unfair for biological women to compete against these pretenders who don't have enough talent to make it in the men's side of sport that they have to invade women's sport to make their mark------and to me, that mark is nothing short of a shite-stain.
re: Outdoor Kitchen - Natural Gas or Propane?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/10/25 at 1:28 pm to TopWaterTiger
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The tank being empty when I need it, and having to replace it.
This is the very reason I have 4 tanks on hand. I will run 3 dry and then fill them to always have 1 on hand.
re: Pork Butt Options?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/10/25 at 12:35 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
I use pork butts for smoking for pulled pork but also for making my own sausage.
I currently make my own hot, Italian, green onion, boudin and andouille sausage and have a few other recipes I'm wanting to get into. The main trick is to trim the sinew off the meat to make grinding easier.
I also use it for kebabs, cutting into steaks and grilling, mock turtle soup, in stews, etc.
I currently make my own hot, Italian, green onion, boudin and andouille sausage and have a few other recipes I'm wanting to get into. The main trick is to trim the sinew off the meat to make grinding easier.
I also use it for kebabs, cutting into steaks and grilling, mock turtle soup, in stews, etc.
re: CFB bets for this weekend?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 11/10/25 at 11:05 am to CarolinaGamecock99
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Indiana feels like a lock
I did a good bit of betting when a younger man and just about every time a game felt like a lock, it went sideways.
Indiana got damn lucky to survive that game and it took a miracle catch to pull their feet out of the fire.
The weather phenomenon at my house was unreal this a.m.
I woke up to snow on the ground-------------and that was in my bedroom. I had to trudge through the stuff in my flip-flops since I never got my snow shoes out of storage yet.
It was so cold in the closeted area where my central heating unit is that I had to start a small fire in the return air chamber to warm the machine up so it could get to working.
And this all took place in New Orleans.................... :cheers:
I woke up to snow on the ground-------------and that was in my bedroom. I had to trudge through the stuff in my flip-flops since I never got my snow shoes out of storage yet.
It was so cold in the closeted area where my central heating unit is that I had to start a small fire in the return air chamber to warm the machine up so it could get to working.
And this all took place in New Orleans.................... :cheers:
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