Globetrotter747

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How much time is appropriate to wait to start dating again after a spouse dies?

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Whenever you feel like it. frick what other people think.

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I feel very sorry for people who are flying to visit ill and dying relatives. Been there, done that on a series of Friday afternoons. Spring break flying is a whole 'nother thing. Likewise going gambling, going to waste money in resorts, a whole lot of flying just to increase the charges on their credit cards.

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frick you. We are all living our lives and why people fly is no one else’s business. This situation with TSA is bullshite for everyone whether they’re flying to see Gam Gam before she takes her last breath or live it up in Las Vegas.

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I remember when the 1976 "King Kong" remake came out. I was excited to see it. I even remember the 7-11 had 'King Kong' Icee cups, promoting it. But when I went to see it, it was like a dull, uninvolving thud. Didn't grab me in the least. In fact, I haven't even bothered to watch it since that one encounter.

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Four things about the remake are indisputably awesome.

1) ‘70s Jessica Lange.



2) John Barry’s score.



3) Honopu Beach, Kauai





4) Twin Towers at night.

I haven’t made it to Dollywood yet, which is surprising since I like theme parks and (at four hours away) could do it in a long day trip.

I have been to Silver Dollar City, though, its sister park. It’s excellent.

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80% of Bama’s wins against #1 ranked opponents happened during Saban’s peak. That was a completely different era of college football and doesn’t mean much today.

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Why not?

His methods were quite extreme (to say the least) but John Doe wasn’t wrong that his victims were not “innocent.” He also wasn’t a hypocrite by recognizing his own sin of Envy and willingly including his death in his scheme.

Incidentally, I’ve often wondered how Mills’ future would have played out after the events of Se7en. I wonder how hard the law would have hit him in the aftermath. His crime was similar to that of Gary Plauche, who didn’t serve any prison time for killing Jeffrey Doucet, just more extreme circumstances and being a LEO. I wonder if John Doe merely wanted Mills to suffer loss and embody Wrath (instead of being killed outright like all the other victims) or if he was counting on Mills inevitably taking his own life due to an inability to cope with the situation. Doe would have painfully provoked and tormented him as a ghost in his mind for as long as he lived - perhaps until Mills’ sin of Wrath was turned against himself, which was Doe’s modus operandi throughout the film.

Such a great film.

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The international players already care a metric shite ton and I think the wave of young American players that come up will also care close to that level if not the same

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Negative.

I’m not saying players “won’t care” but not like their real jobs and making history in the MLB.

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Just more evidence that hockey is the purest sport left standing.

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That’s just it. To most pro athletes and coaches, what they do is no longer a sport. It’s their livelihood.

Even most athletes who take international competition more seriously do so because it’s the pinnacle of their sport, not necessarily because of greater patriotism or a greater love for the sport. A tennis player would rather win Wimbledon than Olympic gold because Wimbledon is more prestigious and profitable. A swimmer would rather win Olympic gold than any other meet - but only because no one gives a flying frick about any other swim meets.

NHL guys may be more hardcore, but it’s also true that the Stanley Cup is way behind the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, and World Series in terms of prestige and viewership. They get less glory and money from their “day job” than most other American professional athletes.

All this shite’s easy to say for fans who sit on their asses and watch on TV without any skin in the game. Paul Skenes blows out his arm and it’s just “Oh well” and change the channel for you.

A lot of people are really tough and really dedicated with the time, money, and bodies of other people.

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Their videos are painful to watch because she's always happy and smiling and Paul just seems pissed at the word.

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I think it’s because (like most guys would be in the same situation) he doesn’t really like participating in dumbass TikTok videos and makes his money from real talent.

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I’m honestly suprised they are still together.

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If I were Skenes, I would move on as soon as I got tired of hitting it. And then I would probably smash a lot more hot chicks for the next ten years or so.

But if/when I got ready to settle down and have kids, it would not be with any celebrity type. If I have an 8-9 figure net worth, I don’t want my kids being raised by a nanny or daycare while my wife pursues a career, especially a high profile one. Give me a good looking everyday chick who’s not addicted to attention, wants to be a mother, and let’s me live a quiet, private, peaceful life outside the baseball field.

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That makes no logical sense. You can't argue Bama was the obviously better team and then say you'd favor the lesser team

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If OSU had been undefeated and LSU had already beaten Bama once in Tuscaloosa, I would say they deserved the opportunity to play for the national championship even if I thought LSU would kick the shite out of them.

But they lost… to Iowa State… that finished 6-7. When that happens, an average program isn’t going to get the benefit of the doubt over a top program.

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I mean, you can, but you're just proving how ridiculous your thought process is considering earlier in the thread you said you'd bet your life on Bama.

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I said, “If I had to bet my life…” Meaning if I had to bet on a game regardless of anyone’s rank, schedule, whatever. Who am I taking if my life depends on it? It sure as shite wouldn’t have been OSU.

At no point in 2011 did I think OSU was better than Bama, but I would have been for them having the opportunity to prove me wrong against LSU.

If they hadn’t lost to Iowa fricking State.