PacoPicopiedra

re: Outdoor basketball playing surface other than concrete.

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 4/15/25 at 10:58 pm

Found this on Wayfair. Not a full court, but looks interesting.

Mayfair- Plastic Court

re: Angry charter boat captain threatening kid for being on his lawn. Update: he’s arrested

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 4/4/25 at 1:40 pm

quote:
I love the use of “cap’n”

And "Guv'nah"

re: The single most cringe moment in the history of all of music

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/28/25 at 1:41 pm

Prince didn't want any part of that shite.

quote:
His protégée Wendy Melvoin revealed in the book Let’s Go Crazy that Prince hated the song and didn’t want to be around "all those muthaf*****". He felt like the song was "horrible" and he wanted to look cool, she said.

re: Digital Blackface - yes, everyone is a bigot

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/26/25 at 8:24 pm

That's why I only use this gif.

re: Canada’s Ford apologizes to Americans

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/12/25 at 4:57 am

quote:
Who is he?
Where is he from?

His late brother sure did love him some crack.

re: Did you have a Swatch Watch?

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/6/25 at 3:58 pm

Had this one. Wish I still did.

Along with my Spuds MacKenzie shirt

re: Miami City Council Tie 5-5 Vote to Add Hip Hop Song Names to Street Signs

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/5/25 at 3:26 pm

Livin' at the corner of Throw the D Pkwy and Throw the P Blvd.

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The list includes Trick Daddy, Trina, Flo Rida, Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell, JT Money, Rick Ross, Pitbull, DJ Khalid, and City Girls

No Vanilla Ice?

re: Guy climbed on top of an electrical utility tower in LA, still up there

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/3/25 at 9:46 pm

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I checked this out right before I went to bed, woke up at 2AM and he was still up there, anyone know what ended up happening.

In the comments they said he finally came down on his own and they took him to a facility for a mental evaluation.

re: They throwing hands (and a bottle) at the Zulu ball

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/1/25 at 4:42 pm

re: Obama’s team.

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/1/25 at 4:11 pm

He plays for the other team.

re: Ugliest Democrat Ever: Gubner Janet Mills prove me wrong!

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/1/25 at 3:14 pm

In the running.

re: Instantly Recognizable Voices

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/1/25 at 3:11 pm

Johnny Cash
Willie Nelson

Music Board

re: Do you have a Favorite Concert T-Shirt?

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 3/1/25 at 3:04 pm

Had this one for years until it finally just wore out, kind of like the band itself.

Music Board

re: Thoughts on this new High School being bult in Texas?

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 2/28/25 at 12:28 pm

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La Marque ?

They're building a new one as well, but nothing as massive as that.

re: George Harrison would have been 82 today.......

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 2/26/25 at 4:08 am

My favorite Beatle, and a favorite of mine:

re: Explain how ridding of the DOE will help children's learning

Posted by PacoPicopiedra on 2/6/25 at 10:56 am

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The restrictions placed on schools by the DOE, and the battalion of staff and administrators [district and school level] required for compliance, are counterproductive to educating kids.

The end.

Exactly. This includes all the unfunded mandates that are found in bills like "No Child Left Behind", and the more recent "Every Student Succeeds Act". It's a behemoth that just bloats the system even more.