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Don’t know about the validity of the claims, but we’ve got a family friend who is in one of the COVID units over there (as a patient). Weird thing is that he was a denier re Covid all along—no mask, no social distancing. That shite jumped up and got him though. He was in critical care for several day...

Congrats. FWIW, I dropped about 100lbs doing the exact opposite—eliminating all fat and basically just eating bread, pasta, etc. It was a different time (mid 1990s), but it allowed me to drop from bumping 300 to just under 200. Some of that was the metabolism of my youth for sure (early 20s at the t...

I swear—if Willie Nelson bites the dust in 2020, I’m saying frick this year and going out west to wait until 2021 arrives. ...

[quote]Why hasn’t Trump done it yet?[/quote]I hope Trump moves quickly on this after the election. It’s past time that weed is legalized (or at least taken off the scheduled list)....

Been there. Done that. Ran a small boat part time. 25 foot of all aluminum hull/rigging. 360 Chrysler inboard. Stayed mostly in the marshes and bays along the coast. Went offshore a few times out of Venice. Anyway, that was definitely NOT the way to make a living. I mean that as a guy who grew up on...

Is the ReCap plugin still a thing? That was frigging awesome in PACER--basically every document you (or any other member downloaded) was put into a database where others could access the file for free. It has been five plus years since I worked in that arena, but it was nice to get onto PACER and se...

No. It's an expression of my desire to continue receiving a paycheck from my employer who requires it. Irregardless (as Prof. Frank Maraist would've said), since my work involves going into customer homes, it's a reasonable thing to do. It does get hot as balls though....

Worked out of Bossier City a few weeks back. Ended up making one pass through their Bass Pro, but didn't think to go for a swim. Unrelated: Shreveport / Bossier City is a shithole....

[quote] Does that make me a racist? [/quote]Are you white? Because if you are, then yes....

[quote]They've had that for 20 years :lol: [/quote] Yeah, I was aware it was out there. Hell, I still occasionally install DTV as part of my job. Anyway, it just seemed “natural” to have on something sports or politics related playing in my office. But, for the past 10 days or so, I’ve turned off ju...

How many of those 388K were owned by other melanin-enhanced individuals?...

Apropos of nothing: I’ve turned off Fox. Hell, I’ve turned off cable in general in my office. I figured out DirecTV has streaming music, and my TV has been playing nothing but classic country for the past week. A little Waylon and Willie is good for the soul. ...

That’s not a hangman’s noose. I’ve tied those—not for anything nefarious but I’ve tied them—and that’s not a frigging noose. The end of the rope is looped around the whole thing, so it’s just a pull string. The “noose” will not tighten. Also, a real noose has 13 loops, or so I’ve heard. ...

“Melanated voices.” What in the actual frick?...

Willie Nelson....

[quote]White Lawyers: You Owe Your Success to Your Race[/quote]When I attended LSU Law, my buddy (who happened to have darker pigmented skin) got an immense amount of help. Everything from class outlines for every class he took, financial aide from the school/scholarships, even more time to take exa...

[quote]A continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) [/quote]Nope. Nope, nope, nope. I’m sure they’ve improved, but my 2009 Altima left me stranded too many times because of that f-ing CVT. Went out 3x and had a defect in the shift linkage strand me a fourth time. ...

One thing they need to do is to charge like $0.25 or something for the event tickets. Or maybe $1.00 with a commitment that all revenue collected will be remitted to some faith-based charity. That'll stop all this ticket hoarding nonsense with the quickness....

[quote]Looks like another batch of rain will impact the track[/quote]I just wanted to sit on my arse and watch a little bit of sports in celebration of Fathers Day. Golf and stock car racing aren't really my favorites, but I thought it'd make for a relaxing afternoon. Instead, I'm watching reruns yet...

[quote]Unless you mean when MLB chose Montreal over New Orleans in their 60s expansion [/quote]Ironically, Montreal is now being considered for another team if the league expands again. I wish the 'Stros were closer to me--I'd probably go see a few more games if we had MLB within an hour or so dr...