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re: Most Southern State

Posted by Jim Rockford on 4/26/24 at 11:58 pm
[quote]We call North Carolinians "yankees," because they are[/quote] NC suffered more casualties per capital than any other Confederate state, despite being reluctant to secede. One of my history professors compared it to a mild mannered guy who lets his hotheaded friends, VA and SC, pull him on...
[quote]The trolley problem is a thought experiment in ethics about a fictional scenario in which an onlooker has the choice to save 5 people in danger of being hit by a trolley, by diverting the trolley to kill just 1 person. The term is often used more loosely with regard to any choice that seeming...

re: Kristin Wiig….who knew?

Posted by Jim Rockford on 4/26/24 at 11:29 pm
[quote] Joe Schmo[/quote] That was an amazing show. The patsy was so sincere and likable that the cast felt bad about pranking him....
I have woken up before thinking I had a teenage wet dream and been sadly mistaken....
[quote]They  don't have a classroom just for special ed kids?[/quote] I visited my nephew's kindergarten class one time. They had a kid with his own attendant, strapped into some kind of harness to keep him upright, with a breathing tube. I'm pretty sure he wasn't conscious....
[quote]Were the Dutch a colonial power? I never hear much about their colonies and how big of a presence they were. Obviously not much compared to the Brits and Spaniards. [/quote] The Dutch didn't have a whole lot of territory but they controlled the spice trade and became incredibly wealthy....

re: Severe Weather Thread 4/26/24

Posted by Jim Rockford on 4/26/24 at 3:39 pm
wedge tornado bearing down on Omaha....

Severe Weather Thread 4/26/24

Posted by Jim Rockford on 4/26/24 at 3:38 pm
[embed]https://youtu.be/dZDOFX_KEL0[/embed]...

re: "I wouldn't be here without God"

Posted by Jim Rockford on 4/25/24 at 11:27 pm
According to wikipedia he's with the Michigan Panthers of the UFL....
TBF Harris was a stud coming out of HS. He just never panned out for whatever reason....
[quote]Saying JD was the toughest player Bama had to defend over the last 2 seasons[/quote] That's why he put a hit on him....
That's the great thing about UAVs. You can send them into dangerous situations and if you lose one it's not a crisis....
[quote]Sounds like the name of an exotic dancer who also teaches college level history courses and plays Dungeons and Dragons semi-professionally[/quote] I want a story outline on my desk by Monday morning and put in a call to Halle Berry's agent. I smell a hit!...

re: Joe Burrow and girlfriend

Posted by Jim Rockford on 4/25/24 at 12:33 am
Maybe he'll make a run at Taylor Swift....

re: Who the F steals bees/beehives?

Posted by Jim Rockford on 4/24/24 at 8:36 pm
Fun fact: North Dakota produces nearly three times as much honey as the next leading producer, California, and produces more honey than California, Texas and Florida combined....
[quote]It’s not like they’re cyclists, whose only contribution is exercising in traffic. [/quote] We don't have too many recreational cyclists. We do have cyclists who had their license revoked, can't afford insurance, etc. and skateboards, electric scooters, powered wheelchairs, riding lawnmow...
Practically everybody uses algebra whether they realize or not. Even if they've never taken an algebra class....