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Grew up on Miracle Whip. It’s the only one I still keep in the fridge.

Only time I ate mayonnaise was at the grandparents house.
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Short track is the dumbest sport I’ve ever seen. It’s basically a car crash lottery.

Short track relay is the ultimate crash lottery. It’s awesome though.
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I’m sure I will get down voted by all the sophisticated shoppers on here, but the last suit I bought was from Dillards in Baton Rouge. It is a very good quality suit and the salesman did a great job picking out all the other accessories to go with it. The wife approved and she is definitely the sophisticated shopper between the two of us. It has made three weddings so far.

You shouldn’t get downvoted for this. I consider myself a pretty “sophisticated” consumer of nice menswear and I would 100% shop there if I thought I’d find the right option. My problem is I’m hard to fit off the rack so I usually end having to get suits re-cut.

I’ve bought three Hickey Freeman suits from there and had them tailored over the course of the years. The New Year’s Day sale they used to have was legit. I think they stopped having that sale though.
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And RIP to Mr. Frank. Glad the store and his legacy continues.

Frank McLavy? He died? Oh shite when? :wah: I haven’t done a lot of shopping there in the last year or so, but I walked in there within the last couple of weeks (maybe a month or so) and didn’t have a clue.

Great guy and always enjoyed talking with him or having a drink while shopping.


Damn that sucks.

re: Robert Duvall RIP

Posted by CMBears1259 on 2/16/26 at 12:56 pm to
“Colors” with Sean Penn was the first film I can distinctly remember seeing him in. He was the wise veteran beat cop mentoring the young eager hot head rookie cop in gang (Crips v. Bloods) infested south central LA.

I’m sure there was something before that one, but for some reason it’s the one that first came to mind. Probably because of his analogy about a young bull and an old bull being on top of a hill and the young bull wanting to run down the hill to frick one of the cows. The old bull says to the young let’s walk down and frick them all. Or something along those lines.

RIP Bob Hodges.

ETA: Forgot about The Godfather :dope:
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See the Grammy acceptance speech as an example.

:lol: You watched/paid attention to his Grammy speech? You’re a moron.

Metallica may still be pulling in huge crowds. I don’t know, nor do I care, but for the audience the NFL is targeting, Metallica doesn’t do it. As much as I hate what the NFL has become, I’m sure they are experts (or at least think they are) at market research.

Good for you for committing to not watching the halftime show.
1. Why the hell is this a political thread?
2. Metallica is great, but they’re way past their prime.
3. I think you’re overrating the draw they would be in 2026.
4. Who gives a shite? If it’s not an act you’re interested in, don’t watch.
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need to see the boobs before I render a final determination

Don’t disagree that it MIGHT help to know this, but with what we can see you have to imagine that the boobs are likely really small/flat as pancakes.
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I’m a fan of the Australian bobsled team

Could watch on repeat for hours.

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I’m sure the jumps and tricks are incredibly difficult and I respect their ability but yeah, whatever.

Not sure why these events (and some others) aren’t in the Winter X Games, that’s where they belong.
Avgolemono (Greek lemon chicken) soup is my favorite, sick or not.

Will usually pick up a quart of it from Zorba's with some pita bread and nurse it for a couple of days while trying to kick the flu.
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Who’s had the pleasure of tasting this?

I usually tear it up the first container when it comes out, after that, I've had my fill of it.

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I've never seen him live

Only time I saw him live was walking the course at The Masters in 2024.

Quite a sight to behold there. :lol:

re: Used car/truck miles

Posted by CMBears1259 on 2/1/26 at 6:37 pm to
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I target 2 years old, 25000 miles and prefer a corporate lease vehicle

This has been my method for all but one of the cars I’ve ever owned since I started buying cars in 2000. Two years old and no more than 30k miles. Most were more in the mid-20k range.

Only one I bought new was for work because under the company’s mileage reimbursement program it didn’t make sense to buy 1-2 years old.

re: Idiosyncrasies You Do

Posted by CMBears1259 on 1/27/26 at 7:43 pm to
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Make things out of license plates... try to make it relevant to the vehicle or driver.

123ABC... A Big Car...

Make my kids do it, too.

I have a few idiosyncrasies, but I have one similar to this that comes to mind immediately.

Whenever I'm behind a vehicle that has a license plate like C323212, I'll do the math to subtract the second 3 numbers from the first 3 numbers. So 323-212=101.

The other one that comes to mind is that I count/eat M&Ms in pairs when I'm eating a bag. Almost always comes out as an odd number for a small bag. Usually around 53, IIRC.

Both were developed as a way to keep myself awake/entertained when I used to drive a lot for work.

Not diagnosed with the tism or OCD, but I think we all have a touch of it. Lol.
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British High Schoolers try Popeyes Chicken for the first time

That was pretty humorous.
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How can you hate someone you whipped 52-10 after they talked so much trash leading up to that?!

You played on that Ruston team?

I don't remember a bunch of trash talking, but I was only a sophmore on the CHS team who didn't know his arse from a hole in the ground at the time. So maybe "we" did.

Trash talk or not, we were getting steamrolled in that game. Lol
Boy, I hope Holtz isn’t in hospice. Very sad if true.

Always loved listening to him when I’d hear him give an inspirational speech.
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Well not watching more than a game is probably why

That’s why I made the caveat.

Maybe I should have said that nothing I have seen of has shown me why.
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Maye doesn’t look like an MVP

I haven’t watched him much (only a game or so), but I haven’t seen the what the hype is about.
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Ben Johnson blew it. He’s called a horrific game

I like him, but he REALLY makes me scratch my head a lot. :banghead: