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re: Netflix officially announces they will stream the NFL's Christmas Day games

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/15/24 at 11:06 am

[quote]Its amazing how much the NFL and MLB love making it harder to watch their games.[/quote] You underestimate how many Netflix subscribers are in the US...

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re: China release video of skirmish with Indian troops using sticks and stones

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/15/24 at 9:26 am

98% of the OT would die of a heart attack if they had to get in a fight at 13,800 ft elevation....

re: Former President Jimmy Carter ‘Coming to the end’ per his Grandson

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/15/24 at 8:21 am

[quote]This is like the 19th time this has happened in the last 3 years [/quote] If you saw that video of him at his wife's funeral, you'd know that it is for real this time....

re: ‘Has this guy ever made a movie before?’ Francis Ford Coppola’s battle to film Megalopolis

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/14/24 at 1:51 pm

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re: Joe Strikes Back - Red Lobster about to close

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/14/24 at 1:32 pm

[quote] These fricking parasites never actually give a shite about the company they buy long term. Red Lobster owned all the property their restaurants were built on. First thing Golden Gate Capitol did was immediately sell said property to pay for their purchase of Red Lobster b/c of course these di...

re: Cost of living an inflation is bad, so why do people keep doing useless things

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/14/24 at 1:22 pm

[quote]The 20 dollar a month interest free cell phone payment is the real back breaker though. Get out from under that and you can be the next Elon Musk. But that’s too hard to do so people just stay poor. [/quote] Ugh, when I was 26 back in 1979, I didn't need a cell phone! Why should you need...

re: La House committee advances bill to ban consumable THC products

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/14/24 at 1:21 pm

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re: Cost of living an inflation is bad, so why do people keep doing useless things

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/14/24 at 1:15 pm

[quote]Ummmm senior picture photo sessions have been a thing for a longgggg time. [/quote] No, you don't understand. Millennials invented everything bad. Millennials are the cause of all the bad in our current society. $5 coffee, birthday parties, road trips to Yellowstone, going to the conc...

re: The average car is now 12.5 years old and the interest

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/14/24 at 8:52 am

[quote]Dealerships aren't selling as many/prices are increasing.[/quote] Low rate incentives are starting to be a thing again though...

re: Joe Strikes Back - Red Lobster about to close

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/14/24 at 5:46 am

[quote]Red Lobster is not alone...there are a lot of chains which were more or less iconic prior to 2020 (but headed downhill even before that) which are not going to be around much longer. Outback, Cracker Barrel, Applebees and all the similar ones are all struggling and won't survive much longer ...

re: st augustine

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/13/24 at 8:05 pm

Just park at the giant parking garage at the visitor center and walk. Don’t even bother trying to park on the street....

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Thoughts on Montreal and Quebec?

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/13/24 at 7:17 pm

I have a chance to spend a few days over there. Anybody here ever visit? Is it cool to be around French speakers?...

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re: The Judge

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/13/24 at 7:13 pm

[quote]It had a lot of melodrama that made it feel like so many courtroom dramas from the 80s and 90s.[/quote] I love a good melodramatic 80s/90s courtroom drama...

re: Bill Simmons Saying NBA/TNT Media Deal Is Gone And Going To NBC

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/13/24 at 3:09 pm

[quote]Honestly TNT doesn’t really need the rights to keep that show humming, as long as they can still get access to the highlights. But I think that’s the biggest thing[/quote] That is such wishful thinking. If the NBA leaves TNT, the show is also dead....

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re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/13/24 at 10:22 am

[quote]I have heard it's one of the best, great support, great course, and the best way to see DC [/quote] All the reviews of it have been stellar. Deciding between DC and the Philadelphia Marathon in November....

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re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/13/24 at 9:39 am

Anybody here have any thoughts on the Marine Corps Marathon? Did you like it? Considering doing it, just trying to justify paying over $200 for a marathon....

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re: Most Overrated Coen Bros Movie?

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/13/24 at 9:02 am

[quote]In a weird way I actually think No Country for Old Men qualifies as "overrated" for them because a lot of people think it came from their brilliant minds but they actually just filmed the Cormac McCarthy novel almost scene for scene and word for word. And I think Tommie Lee Jones was involved...

re: The DFW metroplex is fascinating to me

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/13/24 at 8:09 am

[quote]I don't care for the big mega metros. They are fine to visit, but I wouldn't want to live in one at this point in my life. [/quote] I visit South Florida often and I'm always ready to leave after a few days. If I didn't need a car, I'd have absolutely no problem with a giant metro....

re: Thoughts on Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Posted by GetCocky11 on 5/13/24 at 7:53 am

[quote]I think this sets it up for nuclear war. As I suspected, some humans were resistant to the mutation as they should have been. They still have access to technology. Her firing up the satellites means they want to fight back. I see it eventually turning into the use of nukes, which will w...