PurpleandGold Motown

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re: Can I turn one dollar into a family trip of four to Japan? Update in OP - the $1 item

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 11:42 pm

[quote] I am heading to an estate sale right now and I decided to buy something for one dollar. How long would it take me to turn that one dollar into enough money to pay for family of four to go to Japan? I will deduct all Ebay fees and shipping and just use my net profit for each item and snowbal...

re: I Am Legitimately Afraid for My Nation

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 11:38 pm

[quote] Octavian learned from Julius Caesar's mistake.[/quote] But you bring up a good point. The DNC can't let the GOP win now. Trump will come for heads. He's not so high minded an individual to value the greater good over revenge. He's normal. He's not a saint. ...

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re: Vivek Ramaswamy predicts this trial will backfire bigly for the Dims

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 11:32 pm

I am still baffled at how you can convict a man on 34 counts when no one ever explicitly spelled out the fricking crime. Kind of like a civil judgement for fraud when both parties of the contract said, "No, we're good."...

re: I Am Legitimately Afraid for My Nation

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 11:24 pm

[quote]Octavian learned from Julius Caesar's mistake. When Caesar took power he tried to bring everyone back into the fold and work with his enemies in the Senate. What it got him was stabbed to death. When Octavian came to power he cleaned house. He killed all of his enemies, no matter where they w...

re: I Am Legitimately Afraid for My Nation

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 11:16 pm

[quote]They kept FDR around longer because of WW II and needing stability at president due to the war.[/quote] Yeah, and he was a popular guy. I have no problem with him serving four terms. That was the law of the land, and while he went against tradition, he did nothing wrong. And he wasn't a...

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re: I Am Legitimately Afraid for My Nation

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 11:13 pm

[quote]Is porn star hush money considered a legal expense these days?[/quote] If the accounting department had written "Paid a Bitch to Leave" on the memo line, would we be discussing this?...

re: I Am Legitimately Afraid for My Nation

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 11:11 pm

[quote] What you don't understand is Bush, Hillary, and Obama are all pals. None of them were going after each other.[/quote] Okay, now go down the previous 40+ presidents. Or presidential candidates. Using the law as a political tool simply is not done. Or wasn't. It didn't matter who you were ...

re: I Am Legitimately Afraid for My Nation

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 11:03 pm

[quote]Tyrants have already risen.[/quote] Only FDR served more than two terms as President. It was accepted by all that held the office before him that two was enough. After, it was codified into the law of the land. But even FDR was elected by the people. We have never had a tyrant in the na...

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re: I Am Legitimately Afraid for My Nation

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 10:55 pm

[quote]That's because this board is full of low T phags that worship a presidential candidate. The founding fathers of this country would be ashamed.[/quote] I don't really give a frick about who is president. If congress would do their fricking jobs instead of ceding their powers to the executive ...

I Am Legitimately Afraid for My Nation

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/30/24 at 10:51 pm

We have always had a relatively peaceful transfer of power. Not because we are particularly high minded or moral -- because of a gentleman's agreement. Leave and you're are safe and the next administration will leave you alone. See, dictators don't become dictators because they want power -- n...

re: Guv'Mint Just Gave Me $3k....What To Do With It?

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/22/24 at 10:00 am

[quote]Are you 3?[/quote] No, I understand the mysteries of apostrophes and sarcasm....

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re: Guv'Mint Just Gave Me $3k....What To Do With It?

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/22/24 at 9:36 am

[quote]Why did they give you $3k?[/quote] When I was furloughed for Covid because I could not do my job, I was getting (I think) $768 a week. One week it just stopped even though I was filing. I thought I did everything they asked, but it was never resolved. Apparently, it was a clerical error an...

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re: Guv'Mint Just Gave Me $3k....What To Do With It?

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/22/24 at 9:32 am

[quote]Sounds like a scam call but I suppose going to the bank directly would confirm it.[/quote] It's not. It's a small local bank. I used to work for them as an internal auditor. I know the woman that called me. Maybe that's why they called me. I left $.50 in that account just to keep it op...

re: Guv'Mint Just Gave Me $3k....What To Do With It?

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/22/24 at 9:27 am

[quote] By some equities and pretend like you never got it.[/quote] Honestly, I'm probably going to pay all this months bills and take the remainder to the casino and run it for 2 hours and see what happens. ...

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re: Guv'Mint Just Gave Me $3k....What To Do With It?

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/22/24 at 9:24 am

[quote]Buy 2000 costco hot dogs[/quote] I've heard they are going to appreciate quickly....

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Guv'Mint Just Gave Me $3k....What To Do With It?

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/22/24 at 9:21 am

I mean...hookers and blow.... The Story: A couple of months ago I got a letter saying I needed to verify my identity for the department of labor. The only times I've dealt with the dept of labor in my life was in the crash of 2008 when I got laid off and during Covid lockdowns. I honestly thought...

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re: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/22/24 at 8:41 am

[quote]This must be a latent internet thing. They were never considered a trilogy at the time. I suppose TB and BM are somewhat stylistically related, but Brazil is definitely in a world all its own. [/quote] No, Gilliam considered them thematic trilogies. As in, they share a core theme -- not ...

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re: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/22/24 at 4:32 am

Still want "the Man Who Killed Don Quixote"....

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re: Tried to watch Biloxi Blues

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown on 5/22/24 at 4:24 am

[quote]I watched Biloxi Blues in the theater in Biloxi. I don't remember hating it...but I don't remember liking it as well...my Dad was stationed at Kessler.[/quote] My grandfather along with my Dad and his siblings were transferred from Sault Ste Marie to Kessler in late April. There was still ...

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