DarthGadget

Home Depot $61 for 3/4 10 foot

My favorite Rotten Tomatoes critic swipe is always American Sniper; Tomatoemeter (critics) was at 17%, while Popcornmeter was 99%. It has even'd out over the last decade. I knew is was going to be amazing from that....

The TIGHAR folks been looking at that island for years; it has the most clues. Their expeditions have found something deep of the side of the island shelf.

One of the Microsoft guys' sister has an asset that could solve this, and its sitting docked.

That pic looks like an MQ-1 Predator drone to me...really long skinny wings.

I work with a bunch of college age 20 something's much like the folks at Purdue; I question their ability to identify anything that is not a cell phone...

I am messy; she is just a bit more messy. I love it. Her one habit that makes headlines is not putting a cap back on anything; or, if she does, not screwing it down. I learned the hard way to check the OJ before my vigorous shaking...

I wouldn't have it any other way !

My Pop was in the Philippines, Okinawa, and among First Boots in Japan. He would never talk about it with me, but he did tell my niece that Okinawa was brutal and beyond understanding when interviewed for her high school report project. In his last few months of Dementia, he was obviously haunted about something on Okinawa as a 17 year old, but would clam up. I heard from an uncle it may have involved some of the items mentioned in posts above.

He did business with many Japanese from the 1950s to retirement; he never spoke ill of them.

As an aside: Army (Recruiters?) came to my 6th grade assembly and handed out various stickers. I thought the Air Cav sticker was cool so I got a few. My mom told me years later my Dad did not sleep a wink for a few days after.

I realized in my teens that it was likely the only reason I was even here was because of The Manhattan Project.

Many good choices above.

I use Meguiar's D15601 Synthetic X-Press Spray Wax for quick work. You gotta keep that paint moist!

and

Meguiar's Deep Crystal Carnauba Wax for the real deal

Both with excellent result and they wont break the bank.

Also love the SPTA pads (Amazon) for the same reason.

I gave up New York Super Fudge Chunk when they went from pre-internet quiet woke to mega woke.

My colon actually sent me a thank you note at the time...

In January 2007 I realized that every single teacher who said you won't always have a (calculator, dictionary, or phone) handy was not the futurist they claimed to be, or that Steve Jobs was .

Ozone Hole, Killer Bees, and Tetanus all over - Trifecta

"stayed in radio too long..."

Maybe.

There is that moment when your airchecks are as good as they are gonna get, your PD is VERY happy with your show (aka you are not one of his problems), and you realize you are not going to be Rick Dees or Kasem, or Pratt.

But you stay in cause its fun and you really enjoy it.

or...

You get out and lease your soul to a 8-5 office for the money, but you have REM dreams of how fun it was in radio 40 years ago.

I dunno...I suspect that at my last minutes on earth I wont be thinking how happy it made me to take the company "to the next level"...lol. But it might be playing "Feelin Satisfied" for the first time with a segue into the two year old "Carry on Wayward Son" ...

This is not something you want to be involved in, even for fun.

I "worked" with a Wiccan gal for about 20 years.

Every relationship (hubby, kids, parents, siblings) was completely messed up all the time.

Hubby was a major proponent of PIIHB, and verbalized it, had a huge drinking problem. Chameleon like nice guy to me with a real dark side on the juice. Ended up with health problems in his late 40's and they got the Gov to pay for stupid expensive surgeries (mid-high 6 figures) but his habits eventually took over and he died young within a few years.

She didn't work (much-if you know what I mean) and eventually could not work as her health declined. When they got into a financial bind, she moved from Wiccan to Mormon. She found out that the Mormon church would pay her rent, provide food, gave guidance on social programs -- for years, provided the family attended church. Wiccan bumper stickers and symbolism disappeared rather quickly at this point. Looking back, I don't think she ever told the truth about anything in all the time I knew her; even dumb little stuff.

I knew the kids from pre school into their 20's. One was pretty smart and capable, but squandered every opportunity given to him. I coveted some of the chances and breaks he had (Walter Mitty style "when I was his age"). His last known occupation was one where people's lives might depend on the product he works on.

Kid 2 dropped out, knocked up a gal, wound up in the trades...which could be a good place for him to learn and grow. So far, He cant keep it together.

Kid 3 also did not graduate, but I don't know much about that one. I hope for the best.

I hope all the kids make it, but if the bad traits take hold as they usually do, it will be like Clevon in Idiocracy. The learned behavior aspect of this is chilling while I actually type this out.

The entire clan had almost no integrity. They were actually gleeful when they 'put one over' on somebody.

I tend to halo effect people. This is the first time I have mentioned, summed up, or typed anything about them. When you gather it all up like this, even homogenized, and include the many events and details I left out...wow.

So...don't even go there.

I have two really good ones; still deciding whether to share the other one.

Guy and wife rolling along in what everyone thought was a happy marriage with a kid.

Guy calls wife for normal check in while on evening "lunch" hour (evening swing shift). Hangs up, and sets phone down.

But oops....he really does not hang up.

What follows is guy's real time encounter with a gifted, dirty-talking submissive mistress within feet of the phone.

But wait...there's more....

Couples phones have Life360 to keep track of their teenager; however this is before the hyper-awareness of location tracking that we have now. Wife drives to where husband is, and shoots video via the many tall kitchen / dinning / family room windows of mistresses small single level view house. Guy and mistress are far too busy to notice.

Oooofff.

Guy ends up marrying the mistress after the smoke clears.