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The good news: we don't have to go to the Hill Country for a family Thanksgiving & will miss the aggy BIL's first attempt at a sober holiday ever.
The bad news: well, there really isn't any. It might be just the two of us at home unless my sister or a couple friends decide to stop by. We could use a quiet, drama-free long weekend.-
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Not a fucking chance. I don't even know if I'm aware of that story & have just assumed the random reference to liquid smoke is a nod to it being universally understood as atrocious.
Aren't you also the connoisseur of the brisket seasoned with liquid smoke and cooked in a metal turkey pan? -
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19 hours ago, Cousin Strawberry said:
Yeah, I feel like the same studio execs who gave us the Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney movie greenlit this bullshit.
Jesus, talk about a blast from the past. I think Heart Like a Wheel was on Showtime 3X a day for all of 1985.
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Cross posting from the Gordo thread re: the new book Gales of November.
He does a great job explaining the history of the Fitz, the importance of the Great Lakes shipping channel, the engineering behind the Soo locks...hell, he even finds a way to make taconite interesting.
Data & safety wonks will appreciate the explanation of the Plimsoll line & freeboard limits--and how frequently these critical safety limits were tested, skirted & broken for the almighty dollar--and how dangerous those waters were given the technology of the time.
Obviously it's the stories of the sailors & the families that pull us in. Captain Mc Sorley making his final sail ever before retiring, and using the extra bonus money from another record haul to help cover his chronically ill wife's medical expenses. The officers & mates he'd spent decades sailing with who were also going to retire. And the youngsters, waiting to finish the season & take their hot rod on a cross country trip before the responsibilities of an unexpected pregnancy truly set in. -
He does a great job explaining the history of the Fitz, the importance of the Great Lakes shipping channel, the engineering behind the Soo locks...hell, he even finds a way to make taconite interesting.Looking forward to the book. I love that kind of stuff. The story has been told several times, but I think this one is in the style of The Perfect Storm, which is a damn good book.
Data & safety wonks will appreciate the explanation of the Plimsoll line & freeboard limits--and how frequently these critical safety limits were tested, skirted & broken for the almighty dollar--and how dangerous those waters were given the technology of the time.
Obviously it's the stories of the sailors & the families that pull us in. Captain McSorley making his final sail ever before retiring, and using the extra bonus money from another record haul to help cover his chronically ill wife's medical expenses. The officers & mates he'd spent decades sailing with who were also going to retire. And the youngsters, waiting to finish the season & take their hot rod on a cross country trip before the responsibilities of an unexpected pregnancy truly set in.
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Someone who isn't blocked should ask her if quiet strength was on display while assembling the bunk beds with her battery-less power drill.
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Back to the song:
Gordon had been working on a sea shanty based on an Irish reel. He didn't have a title or words. He went down to get a cup of coffee while writing in the attic of his Toronto house on November 9th and as the storms hit his windows he exclaimed "it must be hell on Superior tonight."
He started putting the words together after reading an account of the sinking a few weeks later. He never intended to record it because he feared it could be seen as exploitive. But during recording session breaks the band would hear him strumming this tune.
He'd fi ished recording Summertime Dream early & still had 2 days of studio time paid for. The engineer convinced him to play "that shanty" and he reluctantly did. Nobody in the studio had heard it before. The audio track you hear on the song was not just the first take, but the first time they played it through.-
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It's also pretty amazing to think how dangerous the design of the freighters were i order to maximize the cargo they could transport through the narrow Soo locks. They were floating yard sticks, with 26,000 tons of taconite onboard. Can you imagine trying to navigate a 720' ship in 30' seas?
"We're holding our own."-
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The book also details how the lighter, freshwater seas create more violent green waves vs the heavier salt water oceans. The speed & ferocity of the Great Lakes storms is an entirely different beast.
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It's out and an excellent read. The author does a fantastic job detailing the history of Great Lakes shipping & what made it so dangerous. The Big Fitz was THE freighter, and her exploits were legendary.There's a book coming out about the wreck that includes the story of the song, which is actually quite interesting. I posted a link to a RS story about it on the GL thread.
https://www.amazon.com/Gales-November-Untold-Edmund-Fitzgerald/dp/1324094648
As the book details, it's almost never one singular event that causes a ship to founder. It's a series of dominoes that get out of control in a hurry. In the end, the "how" will never be known. But the greatest legacy is that there hasn't been a commercial vessel sinking on the Great Lakes since.
I was almost 6 when she went down & living in Newport, a port town on the Mississippi just outside of Saint Paul. My grandmother was from Eveleth, MN, and most of her brothers spent their lives working in the mines or supporting the industry of the Mesabi Range. None were sailors. They were more fearful of the storms on Superior than the earth caving in on them.
I distinctly remember listening to the reports on the AM radio that day. It was the only thing the adults talked about over the coming days. The pastor at our Lutheran church led a very somber service the following Sunday. We all sang Amazing Grace. Lots of tough, blue collar men who worked in the local steel mill, stockyards, ports & train depot were misty eyed that day. The sinking of the Mighty Fitz was a transformative moment in my life.
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So Mackenzie must think she's gonna get on that sweet grift by publishing a book & expecting the Texas GQP to buy up a half million copies to hand out at rallies.
Does a single-term city councilmember's story really resonate? I mean, it will be a puff piece of fiction where she claims to be a survivor of unspecified trauma from her first marriage, got her calcium lump by heroically saving a volunteer firefigher's life in a made up incident, overcame obstacles that only a white, single mom (w/o custody) in liberal Austin could endure, then triumphantly ran an underdog campaign on her way to glory.
The book signing party should be epic. I plan on bringing my own Sharpies and ask her to autograph a Cam Girl Faith poster.-
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Looking like OT in Berlin.
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Unbelievable catch.
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That's gotta be a spoof, right?
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Ummm, what?He played in a handful of games as he was hurt all last year. He was 24. High school and directional school ball doesn’t have the power in hits to helmet. Blaming CTE for this is delusional.
Please share the medical reports detailing how CTE can only be obtained by playing in Power 4 conferences or the NFL.
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8 hours ago, Dbeasy said:
I read Perry’s book a few months ago. Fascinating read and it apparently correlates well with Campbell’s book, which I haven’t read yet. I was already a big Petty fan but that book took my appreciation for him to the next level
If you're referring to the Warren Zanes biography on TP, it is excellent. Campbell's is better, given to the first person accounting of the events.
Another key part about the whole Boys of Summer incident, Campbell had pulled up to TP's house one morning expecting to have their usual recording work session. Tom was loading his guitar and bass into his car. Campbell asked where he was going and Tom kinda sheepishly told him he was off to do a session w/ Dave Stewart. Campbell deftly explains his passive aggressive response to Tom sneaking off behind the rest of the band's back to record with someone else. Tom kept EXTREMELY tight control over what members of the band could do--particularly Benmont and Stan--so the hypocrisy wasn't lost on Mike.
All in all, Tom being too disconnected (or coked up; they were all heavy into their drug days) to hear the potential of Boys was probably the best for everyone. Henley wrote an all timer. Campbell knew he could write great songs for other people. And Tom would have to come to the terms with the fact that as much as he liked to control tense band situations by asserting simply "I'm Tom Petty," Mike Campbell was indeed Mike Fuckin' Campbell.
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Just found out the BIL has decided to treat us,his 2 adult kids, and the MIL to a Christmas concert at the Cedar Park Center by someone I've never heard of (Lindsey Stirling). It's something called choreographed violin music. It's a Thursday night show, but we're gonna play hosts earlier in the day while people come in from out of town. Which means I'm gonna burn a couple of days of vacation (while still working, aka Fake-cation) to be given the gift of going to a concert I wouldn't walk across the street to hear.
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On my kindle right now due to this recommendation. It's a fantastic read. Just finished the chapter where Mike & Marcie almost lost their house to foreclosure because Tom & the team were heavy into the booger sugar & the Southern Accents sessions were going nowhere.I've pimped it before, but for those that haven't read it, it's absolutely fabulous.
Petty dismissed one of Mike's songs as "too jazzy."
Weeks later Don Henley makes it one of the biggest songs of his or anyone else's careers. Mike gets to keep his house. And Tom broke his hand punching a wall because he let that 'jazzy' song--The Boys of Summer--get away.-
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Get a life.
Hug your friends.
Breathe.
Life ain't that bad.
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1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:
We don’t need no stinkin holiday to bitch.
Motto worthy right there.
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As a childless adult with no travel commitments, I'm just here to support those in the coming weeks.
Those who drop a couple grand on airfare.
Hoping the wearher/TSA/random fuckery doesn't impact their travel.
I witnessed a kid meltdown at Costco this morning when their mom didn't buy the huge Lego display.-
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It's November 1st. Thanksgiving is 26 days away. Christmas is 53. Are y'all ready to get yer holiday cheer? Alright den, let's get our roll on!
The Longhorns are meh. AI slop is everywhere. You might need to take out a personal loan if you're planning on serving prime rib for the big feast.
This is where we share the pain in hopes of surviving the insanity. Bring it, people.
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REAL men don't get breast cancer, you stupid libtard.
Yet another policy decision brought to you by DOGE using AI and Stephen Miller being a walking scrotum.-
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Jeffrey Epstein needs his own thread
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Is this Miller, Vance & the truly evil part of the GQP's chance to move on Trump? They see his increased dementia and failing health on a daily basis. Last week's election results portends a potential bloodbath for the midterms. Maybe their play is to let the files come out and then read the tea leaves. They can make a tepid attempt to play all the hits like "fake news", "political hit job", "Bill was there", etc. , but if the rats begin to leave the ship would they seize the opportunity to get Vance in office in the hopes he can temper a Blue Wave next November while giving him a 3ish year chance to build towards the 2028 race?