alajones

re: Name something that annoys you about your own team’s fanbase.

Posted by alajones on 7/24/24 at 7:53 am

LSU- leaving at halftime - obsessive behavior over Alabama and its championships. - complaining about refs, SEC, TV broadcasting, the media being biased. - Leaving at halftime - leaving at halftime Saints “Godell made the call” “the fix is in” like it’s common knowledge that the...

re: Best sides for a jambalaya plate?

Posted by alajones on 7/22/24 at 3:26 pm

French bread ...

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re: Entitled Fan mad at Angel Reese

Posted by alajones on 7/22/24 at 9:34 am

AwesomeSauce in this thread [img]https://i.makeagif.com/media/3-28-2018/A4HfUv.gif[/img]...

re: Need to cull my wardrobe. Tips?

Posted by alajones on 7/22/24 at 1:12 am

I cull mine every 2-3 years. If I haven’t worn it in that long, I likely could live without it. Sans stuff for specific usage, like hunting clothes and coveralls that might just go unworn for a few years. ...

re: Barbenheimer took the world by storm one year ago this weekend

Posted by alajones on 7/21/24 at 5:53 pm

I thought it was funny. It became an event. The whole group would dress up in pink and white, take pics in the theater lobby, and post on social media platforms. It was a movement. ...

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re: Twisters looks like it's going to be a major box office hit....

Posted by alajones on 7/21/24 at 4:44 pm

We just saw it. I liked it a lot better than the first one which had that terrible love triangle and divorce paper Mcguffin. It still had the silly intuition and hokey science stuff, but it wasn’t a terrible way to spend a couple of hours. Glen Powell has a lot of on screen charisma. I kind ...

re: Greatest decade run in college football history?

Posted by alajones on 7/21/24 at 9:01 am

The nostalgia in me would say that those Miami and FSU teams were incredible. They played some insanely difficult regular season schedules during that time. It’s also hard to ignore a 47 game winning streak. However, what Saban did at Bama in the playoff era was ridiculously impressive. Consider...

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re: Meet Braves prospect Francisco Vicioso, perhaps the wildest stat line yet

Posted by alajones on 7/21/24 at 7:59 am

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re: Drone combat is terrifying

Posted by alajones on 7/19/24 at 7:56 am

[quote]This bloodshed could stop if we would stop funding it.[/quote] That’s an effective argument. However, there is also an advantage to having our military equipment tested on the battlefield against Russians without Americans actually being the combatants. It’s a very Cold War-esque proxy war si...

re: Drone combat is terrifying

Posted by alajones on 7/19/24 at 7:49 am

[quote]Pretty sure if this footage got more play no one would ever go to war again.[/quote] This line has been bandied about when describing new weapons systems before. The drones seem to be the modern version of machine guns. They really are dominating the battlefield in Ukraine. Without signif...

re: RIP Bob Newhart

Posted by alajones on 7/18/24 at 5:24 pm

Newhart was must see TV in the Jones house. Some of the funniest episodes I’ve ever seen. I loved his style. ...

re: What’s the most moving original score in cinema history in your opinion

Posted by alajones on 7/14/24 at 7:33 pm

Way too many to choose from. But my initial response would be Last of the Mohicans. I can still remember seeing that iconic scene for the first time. ...

re: Have You Seen the New Elastigirl in Disney's Incredibles Parades?

Posted by alajones on 7/12/24 at 11:13 am

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re: FBD: Yardwork and Grilling

Posted by alajones on 7/11/24 at 5:32 pm

FBD [img]https://i.imgur.com/qRm3h8U.jpeg[/img]...

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re: Farewell to an old, reliable, intangible object.

Posted by alajones on 7/7/24 at 8:10 pm

[quote]Maybe you were thinking of inanimate?[/quote] Yes, then I just decided to leave it after I realized my typo. I thought it still appropriate. ...

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re: What are some cool US stats?

Posted by alajones on 7/7/24 at 7:04 pm

[quote]13% of people commit >50% of crimes[/quote] The older I get, the more I think like Javert on this. Criminals are criminals. It’s a mindset that can’t be changed. Lock the MFers up. ...

re: For those married 20yrs plus

Posted by alajones on 7/7/24 at 6:59 pm

[quote]Umm tell me more why S Korea is such a big deal??[/quote] Because they throw it at you, for like twenty bucks American. Many of the girls were Russian teenagers. Cheating is cheating. I’m not a dog in heat. ...

re: For those married 20yrs plus

Posted by alajones on 7/7/24 at 6:41 pm

Zero. And I’ve been to South Korea twice. frick all you philandering frickers. Vows mean something ...

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Farewell to an old, reliable, intangible object.

Posted by alajones on 7/7/24 at 6:34 pm

You were a great pair of jeans. You only had three belt loops that were still attached, you had long been demoted from every day wear to grass cutting and painting. But dammit, I loved you. Unfortunately, crotch blowouts are a terminal diagnosis. Alas, my jeans. [img]https://i.imgur.com/hkOY7o6....

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