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re: Beatles obsession thread

Posted by Big Scrub TX on 5/17/24 at 12:03 am
[quote]I knew some (home movie?) footage existed, as I saw it when I first heard about this story a while back But my point stands: the videotape was not saved.[/quote]I think it was one of the station's cameramen that had taken footage on set....
[quote]The cause is not clear,[/quote]This podcast - [link=(https://almost30.com/health-wellness/2023/01/24/lifting-the-veil-understanding-the-impact-of-hormonal-birth-control/)]Almost 30[/link] - on hormonal birth control made the claim that 50+ years of the pill has greatly contributed. The theory...
[quote]Because anyone with a functioning brain knows it acts regardless of who is President [/quote] :lol:Says this board NEVER...

re: Beatles obsession thread

Posted by Big Scrub TX on 5/16/24 at 11:49 pm
[quote] John even did the weather report for the station's newscast (unforgivably, the videotape was not saved)[/quote]I'm not sure that's right. I just read the Larry Kane book a couple of months ago describing the weekend (it was Kane's idea) and then went to youtube and saw the footage they do s...
[quote]Wow, that’s wild. [/quote]shite, so THAT's why Love is closing in July. I'm seeing it tomorrow night!...
[quote]The rent seems cheap for that particular house. But yeah. This bothers me a lot and I wish average people would worry about this more than hot button social justice issues. Homeowners can’t compete with cash offers from investors. [/quote]The moral panic on this manufactured issue is ridiculo...

re: Mushroom supplements

Posted by Big Scrub TX on 5/16/24 at 2:47 pm
The Paul Stamets brand is certainly quite expensive. I'm pretty skeptical on all this stuff, personally....
[quote]But you can't escape that the massive injection of money into the economy, which I blame on congress and the executive. Trillions from wherever! Yay! Nothing bad will happen! [/quote]Yeah, it sucked when Biden and Trump did that, I agree. [quote]Yes. I'm talking $100k+ jobs, and $200k+ (ed...
[quote] This will be unpopular, but I respect her as an artist. It isn't as easy or simple as people think to make pop music and she's the best at doing it since prime Michael Jackson. [/quote]Correct. It's absurd to pretend that she isn't highly skilled....
[quote]Hudson Bay Capital bought 150,000 shares in the quarter, initiating a position worth nearly $10 million [/quote]That's an options/arb shop I believe. Just knowing their shareholding on a given date probably doesn't tell you very much....
[quote]Objectively better than 9% on an ever changing basket of goods? [/quote]Yes. The current inflation rate is vastly lower than 9%....
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[quote]How much better interest rates are? [/quote]What does this even mean? You think 0% interest rates are "better"? [quote]The awesome job market for anything but restaurant and retail jobs? [/quote]Are you actually asserting that the white collar job market is bad?...
[quote]I grew up thinking Jimmy Carter was a terrible president. It’s just one of those things everyone says. [/quote]It's certainly very overstated. I think the fairest criticism is less around the economy and more around being weak-spined with the middle east....

re: Seger or Springsteen

Posted by Big Scrub TX on 5/16/24 at 12:32 am
[quote] or make you change the radio dial faster than those two... those are pure schlock[/quote]Against the Wind is schlock? You nutz...

re: Beatles obsession thread

Posted by Big Scrub TX on 5/16/24 at 12:31 am
The Derek Taylor book is interesting. All the stuff with the Byrds is weird. You get a real sense of how everyone was clamoring to be the "American Beatles". Paul Revere and the Raiders thought they were it!...
She has many good songs. My favorites are: Cruel Summer The Man Blank Space Lover Paper Rings...

re: Interested in vacation in Peru

Posted by Big Scrub TX on 5/16/24 at 12:16 am
Machu Picchu is a must. I'm aware that's likely a given, but still. Best day of travel in my entire life. Everything in that part of the country is great. The Urubamba Valley, etc. Moray. Salt mines. The dunes in Ica are incredible. The coast in Paracas. Lima has some good restaurants....
[quote]I’m down 26 lbs in 11 weeks. The worst of my gastro has subsided, it’s helping a lot with my esophageal stricture and reflux and my clothes are all super loose. The negatives are rather severe nausea there for a few weeks, significant lethargy and a weird detached feeling. No depression, just...
[quote]Who does that benefit really at this point? I honestly don't know. I guess I'm wondering what you are assuming here?[/quote]It's always a conspiracy. It can't just be a guy dying....