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The prophet Elijah

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Elijah would make for a great storyline. His successor Elisha may even have a better storyline. Either way both would make for a great movie…done correctly ….by not letting the writers or director use poetic license. Stick to the original story as they are amazing as is.

More movies from the Master and Commander series. A lot more.

From that interview I don’t question Whits football IQ but I absolutely question the medical staff IQ and coaches IQ….basically Whit stated it took over two weeks for them to decide to get an MRI done in his ankle and determined it was broken and they allowed him to play in subsequent games.

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Railfans are an odd bunch

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This is absolutely true. When worked at a RR we would have guys chase our trains to each crossing to take pictures… like repeatedly. Also they would sit in our parking lot and tune in to our radio channels just to list to my crews switch cars in the yard. Those cats would listen for hours to this radio traffic. Also if I gave them one of my recently used paper switch list for that day that showed all the railcars I needed moved and to where, they would get that same excited look on their face as Francis. They were never a problem just a strange community of dudes . I think if they worked at the RR they would quickly lose interest in their hobby.

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Tell me you didn't live through the oil boom crash of 1986 in Louisiana without actually telling me

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This is very true. If you aren’t old enough to remember what happened to the Louisiana oil industry and its economy really beginning prior to 1986 …probably beginning in the late 70s…jobs were very much in tight supply. It was extremely hard to get a good paying job. Throw in a prime interest rate of around 21% in late 1980 and you had the perfect mix for a very bad economic and job environment. Really not just for Louisiana but the country overall. Frankly if interest rates hit 21% today there would be absolute anarchy in streets and in DC. Then you had no choice but to figure it out and do your best to make do. I am no different from my grandparents who would speak about the depression and its terrible effects to on everyone. I couldn’t understand it as I didn’t live thru it. The younger generations fighting this economic fight now will say the same thing to their children and grandchildren.

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Top five historical war/action movie that has no historical accuracy

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I was in Scotland (Edinburgh and the highlands) earlier this year and the Scots we met made it abundantly clear that are was not much historical accuracy in Braveheart. They all gave a great chuckle when someone brought up Braveheart. In fact the Scots have extremely long historical memories. They are a great people. Really enjoyed the trip.

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Too bad that once that thing is returned to Earth far into the future the Planet of the Apes that will then be here won't be able to read, write or count past ten.

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Unfortunately that read / write / count issue is already here.

That badass father is the reincarnation of Doyle Hargraves !

Now they need to do this from the LSU north gates to I-10.

I have tailgated at LSU for over 40 years now (yeah I’m old so what) and the amount of skunk weed smell on campus since the COVID era is astounding. Look of you can’t go a few hours without smoking your stink weed you meed to reassess your life. The vast majority of the population does not want to breathe in nor smell your problem.