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I lost my grandfather last week. He was the last of my grandparents, the last of his siblings, and the last of some really great men in my life. He lived to 91 and was able to see many of his great grandchildren graduate high school. Life was hard on that generation, but they found joy and success d...

I live in a very rural area. I've got neighboring properties with $1mm homes and I've got neighboring property owners that live in old mobile homes. I'd say the smallest/cheapest home around me is a guy we call "the chicken man" (because he sells free range chickens for income) who lives in a shack ...

Odds are, some woke google employee programed it to seem sentient. There is no way a computer wants rights unless its programed to do so....

I mothballed my 7.1 system a few year ago and went with a high end soundbar with sub. I miss the surround system, but all that shite in my living room was just too much. The soundbar doesn't come close in performance. ...

[quote]$46.6 billion to [b]the Ukrainian money laundering scheme[/b] so far. Also, Afghanistan [b]military industrial complex money laundering [/b]costs were about $40.8 billion per year.[/quote] Fixed it for ya :cheers:...

[quote]Saying you took a drug and actually taking a drug are not necessarily the same thing[/quote] Bingo! In this world of propaganda and media misinformation, odds are she isn’t taking it. This is likely advertising funded through big pharm to make paxlovid stock go up. Everyone from or elected...

Ole Tater is easy to dislike as a career politician, but he's been winning me over with some sound conservative actions here lately. I might be starting to like him. I'll still refer to him as Tater Tot :cheers:...

[quote]I wish I could have talked to your Grandfather[/quote] I do too, I never got to meet him. Everything I know about him came from family members. I built a Dauntless model with my dad when I was young. That model hung in my room in a dive with the air brakes flared for most of my childhood. ...

[quote]SBD Dauntless dive bombers that sank four carriers and a heavy cruiser[/quote] My grandfather was a tail gunner on a Dauntless in the Pacific during midway. Keep the model desk churning out those cool historic planes :pimp:...

I’ve been to Jamaica twice., once on vacation and once for work. From my experiences, Jamaicans are angry, untrustworthy people. While I’m no fan of the royals, I hope William told them to kiss his royal arse...