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re: 10 hour layover in Istanbul

Posted by No Colors on 10/21/24 at 1:28 pm
[quote]Topkapi palace[/quote] Unfortunately closes at 5 pm. So we will miss that. Basically have from 5-11pm to hit as many cool sites as possible, and get dinner before bouncing back to the airport ...

re: 10 hour layover in Istanbul

Posted by No Colors on 10/21/24 at 9:35 am
[quote]10 years ago Turkish Airlines was running dirt cheap fares with long layovers and a lot of people were doing this.[/quote] Prices to my destination average $1600. These tickets are $1000 with the 10 hour layover. And I don't have to get a hotel room. Seems like a good deal all the way arou...
I remember the term from when I was in business school in the mid 1990s. But I have no recollection of what it meant and I've never heard anyone use the phrase since the day I got my MBA...
I genuinely think that they're the best 1-6 team in the country. And they basically improve every week. Starkville is arse, however. ...
[quote]How did they die?[/quote] They drowned ...
[quote]Our state policy is fracturing Russia into smaller countrie[/quote] What policy is that? Russia has been expanding and contracting for over 400 years. We've only affected their trajectory twice: In 1940/41/42 when we single handedly kept them alive via material and food so they coul...

10 hour layover in Istanbul

Posted by No Colors on 10/20/24 at 2:40 pm
Work trip with my college age daughter (no pics). Landing in IST about 4 pm. Leaving about 2 am. So need to be back to the airport by midnight. Restaurants? Tourist spots? Any ideas would be appreciated. :cheers:...
[quote]if a dog tears it's ACL, you can pay $3000 to fix it, or euthanize the dog.[/quote] Or you can fix a spot near the fire and let him live out his life in peace and companionship. Millions of dogs running around with torn ACLs. They're not horses ...

re: WTF?

Posted by No Colors on 10/19/24 at 4:36 pm
[quote]Do you think your team will score today?[/quote] Did your team score today? ...
He said he weighed it at 14.2#. It's not like he's guessing. ...
[quote]State record is <7lbs. I'm not buying it at 14. Sorry[/quote] World record is 8 pounds. A 14 pound fish that looks like that is a Permit...
Count the spines on the fins as per my post on page one ...
Just fyi [quote]Because pompano and permit are very similar in appearance, anglers often confuse them. Adult pompano and permit can be distinguished from each other by their size. Pompano rarely grow larger than seven pounds, whereas permit weighing 40 pounds are common. The body of a juvenile pe...
It's the same thing night on night Who's wrong, baby? Who's right? Another fight and I slam the door on Another battle in our dirty little war When I look at myself I don't see The man I wanted to be Somewhere along the line I slipped off track I'm caught movin' one step up and two steps back...

re: I went crabbing

Posted by No Colors on 10/12/24 at 6:13 am
Great work there! :cheers: Ive never had a Dungey. How do they taste relative to snow crab etc? What's the texture like? I'm just curious why they don't get as much love as the Tanner, Snow, Red crabs? ...

re: Ole Miss injuries question

Posted by No Colors on 10/10/24 at 3:33 pm
[quote]Cuz he's not a linebacker goob[/quote] He's not anything if he's on the bench :dunno: I thought he played LB in high school? I thought he played LB for us last year? :dunno:...

re: Ole Miss injuries question

Posted by No Colors on 10/10/24 at 3:04 pm
[quote]He's just behind Princely who was having an excellent year prior to his injury.[/quote] Why isn't he starting at linebacker?...

re: Ole Miss injuries question

Posted by No Colors on 10/10/24 at 2:33 pm
[quote]backup Perkins getting the start:[/quote] I genuinely cannot fathom why we haven't figured out how to get him on the field more. Perkins would start at any SEC team ...