stuckintexas

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2013 Tundra, 250k miles

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I've got an '08 4dr 4wd Tacoma. 347k miles. I might love that truck more than I love my wife.

I bought her a highlander when we had baby #2 last year. It promptly started having engine trouble. I was pissed

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Jimmy Stewart was a man's man.

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I recently read Masters of the Air and found out quite a bit about both Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gable. I'd always thought guys like that who were stars and entered the service was mostly for publicity and morale, and never knew they went into real combat.

Gable signed up shortly after his wife passed away and flew bomber missions as a gunner. Hitler put out a bounty on him, which led Gable to tell his commanders he'd never bail out over German territory. He didn't want the Nazi's parading him around as a POW.

Stewart came in as a replacement and was a pivotal piece of the leadership that held the 8th AF together when many previous senior officers had been shot down and were either dead or captured.

Some pretty fascinating moments in history that made me appreciate them as far more than entertainers.

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combat vets that i know are all piss drunk blowing a week's pay in sweat shop explosives in their driveway

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Same. One especially, thirty years in the Marines with multiple tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, frickin LOVES the 4th. He sent me a picture earlier of him and his old lady on the beach, cigar hangin out of his mouth, American flag trunks, drink in hand and a full cooler next to him, two flags planted in the sand.

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What I'd love, but doubt will ever happen, is a multi-season story that faithfully retells Age of Apocalypse. I was all-consumed with that crossover in 96. Excellent story, and very clever reimagining of the world at large.

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AoA was awesome. I had the issue with the reflective metallic cover when that arc started. My mom burned it along with all my other comic books when she decided they were possessed by demons. Good times.

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theres still two bodies missing

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We never found my friend Mike, the Marble Falls Fire Chief. We were out there for weeks. There was even another large scale effort to locate and recover remains in Jan/Feb, with multiple state and local agencies.

I'm not sure I could accurately estimate how many miles I hiked in the areas west of the bridge washed out on 1431, even with blackhawk insertions and returns.

Mike would say if there was anybody that wasn't rescued, let it be him. He'd also say if there was anyone not recovered, let it be him. Even as a Chief, he would bring cold water to guys coming out of a structure fire, help us out of gear, and even change bottles on our packs before we went back in. Regardless of rank, station, or seniority, he was a humble man with a servant's heart. He's missed dearly.

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Btw, Marks and Spencer is such a great store. Beats the hell out of US supermarkets.

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Then why are there so many videos of brits being blown away by HEB or even just Walmart?

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It's been weird watching the big dog California schools wallow in purgatory

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It really has. It was fun when USC started to suck after that 2003-2006 stretch of dominance, but it's been 20 years since they were relevant. Oregon is the only reason to pay attention to any school west of Texas.

College baseball is also more fun when the west coast teams are good. UC Irvine, CS Fullerton, Long Beach, etc. all used to be fun programs to watch.

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The citizens were very happy with temporary U.S. occupation during rebuilding

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My grandfather spent several months in Japan after the war during the occupation. He was quartered with a family whose son was a rear gunner in the attack on Pearl Harbor. He'd taken a camera with him. My grandfather took some of the photos he'd sent back to his parents. Unique, one-of-a-kind pictures that no one else in the world has. I'll get them when by dad passes.

Anyway, my grandfather always said the Japanese people were thoroughly demoralized and defeated.

I'm not sure Muslims really have any "innocent civilians" when their ideology ingrained in them says to kill everyone that isn't a believer. They'll fight to the last just like the Japanese population would have. frick them people. They need to be as thoroughly broken as the Japanese were after the war.

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at a steakhouse and he came off as extremely intelligent to me

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Easy to do in a brief, one-time encounter in a casual setting.

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smartest politician from Louisiana

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Is like saying the fastest guy in the special Olympics.

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Funnily enough I also live pretty close to HSB resort. Apparently the Jaafe's own a jet business in HSB

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Partly my neck of the woods, as well. I repaired the lights on that runway once after it got struck by lightning. I also relocated the underground electrical service for part of the airport. There's a great view over LBJ standing on the end of the runway.

The Jaffe's are assholes, and most of their shite in HSB is for money laundering. They're also in the Epstein files.

OU wins a natty while Texas can't even beat Georgia