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re: Heisman Finalists Announced - Big Scrub TX
[quote]“Hey, you know who we should get in that 4th spot? The nation’s 9th leading receiver, that’s who!” -the Heisman committee [/quote]There is no "committee". It's hundreds of independent voters....
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re: Dow Jones 30 Index closes at a new 2023 high - Big Scrub TX
[quote]I’m not making up what I said. You can’t just look at income for low skilled workers those people are getting carved out by higher prices[/quote]Which years can you identify when low-skilled workers weren't "suffering" to some degree? Because I can think of many periods for which wealth gains...
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re: Beatles obsession thread - Big Scrub TX
[quote]My Dad gave me this book years ago and it’s great. Sort of covers not only their music but the social impact etc. really good book. Shout: The Beatles in Their Generation [/quote]Yep, that's an essential one....
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re: Beatles obsession thread - Big Scrub TX
[quote]It's more that this site skews disproportionately to heavy metal thudders, & those types were never very enthusiastic toward the Beatles[/quote]I'm a huge metal head and consider the Beatles to be the best (and also foundational for metal)....
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re: On this day in 1980, Led Zeppelin disbanded. - Big Scrub TX
[quote]Were the Beatles the first rock band ever to break up?[/quote]They were the first ones people really cared about - and still care about the most of any that ever existed....
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re: Beatles obsession thread - Big Scrub TX
[quote]He came up with the music when he was 19-20. The original "dummy" lyric was: "Scrambled eggs, someday soon you'll have to shave your legs." He wrote the final lyrics a couple of years later.[/quote]Entry #13,345 as evidence supporting my long-time contention that lyrics are WAY easier than...
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re: Beatles obsession thread - Big Scrub TX
[quote]Beatlemaniacs will be interested in a new bio of Mal Evans, Fab roadie/assistant/handler, sometimes called the "6th Beatle"* [/quote]Bought it last week the day it came out. CANNOT WAIT! Mal features pretty prominently in the Emmerick book. If I had not read that first, I would barely have...
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re: What music you use to check out speakers? - Big Scrub TX
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare Muse - Uprising Megadeth - Architecture of Agression Metallica - Bleeding Me Beatles - She's So Heavy...
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re: Beatles obsession thread - Big Scrub TX
[quote]I would say it started before then. More like Sgt. Pepper / death of Brian Epstein. John was already checking out around Rubber Soul, getting fat and lazy as a married manhaving to be cajoled into writing songs, while Paul was living in London dialed in on all the latest happenings. Yoko a...
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re: Beatles obsession thread - Big Scrub TX
[quote]It's riddled w/errors, half truths, & outright lies. [/quote]I read some criticism of the book and registered some of the complaints as valid. But it still seemed absurdly rich with interesting details. [quote] At that point Emerick was kissing Paul's ass, probably in hope of working with...
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re: On this day in 1980, Led Zeppelin disbanded. - Big Scrub TX
Beatles beat them to it by 10 years....
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re: Outrage over Bama getting in Playoff is stupid - Big Scrub TX
[quote]Hmmm, LSU vs AU One second left on the clock and LSU went on to win the Natty.[/quote]Yes. 2007 Auburn was ranked #17 at the time of the LSU game and #15 at the end of the season. You miserable fricking moron....
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re: Missing Woman's Corpse Found in NYC Building Trash Chute - Big Scrub TX
[quote]It’s so sad how people leave their hometown and move to a dangerous city for “opportunity” [/quote] :lol:...
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re: Does your non-married significant other split living expenses 50/50 with you? - Big Scrub TX
[quote]Does your non-married significant other split living expenses 50/50 with you?[/quote]No. I'm older and vastly out earn her, so she pays a smaller portion. Further, she pays her portion into a separate "vacation" account that we then use for our travel/fun....
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re: Beatles obsession thread - Big Scrub TX
[quote] See I've always thought that Helter Skelter was the first metal song. [/quote]It's maybe the first outright metal, but Ticket to Ride hints at a lot of elements....
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re: Dow Jones 30 Index closes at a new 2023 high - Big Scrub TX
[quote] This is a mostly meaningless statistic. The wealth is probably accruing to 20% of the population that make over $100k.[/quote]Nope. It was notable that it was not concentrated at the top....
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re: Outrage over Bama getting in Playoff is stupid - Big Scrub TX
[quote] Had Louisville not lost to Kentucky a week earlier, [/quote]What about Bama's near loss to Auburn? Needed a miracle to beat...frickING AUBURN....
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re: Dow Jones 30 Index closes at a new 2023 high - Big Scrub TX
[quote] I have to track consumer financial health and consumer spending for work. Nothing that I’ve seen in the last two years suggests people can’t afford bread and milk. [/quote]Again, real, median household net worth is up at least 37% since 2019. People are just seeing what they want to see....
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re: If Michigan beats Bama - Big Scrub TX
[quote]When you think about college football, imagine trying to describe it to someone who knows nothing “So, we play for 3 months. Then at the end of the 3 months we have a playoffs” “Oh, so the teams with the best records make the playoffs” “Well no. We have a group of people decide who t...
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re: Jobs that you can realistically expect to earn $300k+ a year - Big Scrub TX
[quote]Beyond doctors, some lawyers, and IT in California, who else is earning this much? [/quote]Lots of finance jobs. Lots of sales jobs in various industries. ...
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