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GhostOfTomJoad

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  1. 5 hours ago, blacklab said:

    As long as it includes trade federations, sanctions, blockades, and senate debates I'll be happy.

    1) add tractor beam/shield that needs disarming

    2) blow up star/galaxy destroying space station

    3) ?

    4) profit

     

  2. We'll be there xmas day at the Drafthouse. I don't know that my wife & I will burst out into laughter the way we did in the theater when we heard the infamous "I hate sand' line from ROTS (and got the stink eye from some SW nerds who took umbrage), or the Leia Poppins moment from the last one, but one never knows.

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  3. I'm actually curious how the banker running the branch allowed almost $90K to vanish from the vault over a few months. He basically was swiping five grand at a time & falsifying deposit records. If I'm the branch manager who allowed that under my watch I'm looking for a different job.

  4. God I love Ernie. Basically told Tiger to quit bitching about the crowds when Woods went on a bit too much about the atmosphere. Said they've all dealt with heckling at these events and cited how the New York crowds treated the international team a few years ago. Els denounced fans stepping over the line, but basically told him to stop being a bitch, go play golf.

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  5. I like this format with captains making serpentine selection & watching them consult w/ co-captains. Couples is really involved in particular.

     Els picks first:

    Abraham Ancer vs Tiger Woods (calls his own name first)

    Hideki Matsuyama vs Tony Finau

    CT Pan vs  P Reed

    Haotong Li vs DJ

    Adam Hadwin vs DeChambeau

    Sungjae Im vs Gary Woodland

    Joaquin Nieman vs Patrick Cantlay

    Adam Scott vs Xander Schauffele

    Beyong Hun An vs Webb Simpson

    Justin Thomas vs Cameron Smith

    Louis Oosthuizen vs Matt Kuchar

    Marc Leishman vs Rickie Fowler

     

  6. 13 hours ago, David Dennison said:

    I like to tell myself that Bill Hicks in 2019 would be the same as Bill Hicks in 1991.

    Sadly, he'd probably be MAGA and that make me sad.

    Very close to neg repping this comment. Hicks was raging against the idiocy of Trump & Trumpkins 25 years before they existed.

  7. I learned this morning when driving to work via my car's display that the Indigo Girls' biggest hit is actually titled 'Closer to Fine' and not 'Closer, I'm Blind' as I'd always thought. I shared this with Mrs Ghost over lunch & she about lost her shit with laughter. Thirty fucking years I've had it wrong.

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  8. Yesterday my dad sent me a text (this is a huge development;until he finally an iPhone last year not only was texting he blocked all incoming texts to his phone to save on data charges). The purpose of the text? To alert me that he'd sent a mailer via ups with a scheduled delivery date of this Sat. He included the tracking #, and asked me to confirm receipt. Which, of course, he'll be aware of since he's tracking the shipment as well.

    What could be so important, you ask? I can tell you without looking since this has been going on for the past 15 years. The padded envelope will include our xmas card and a $100 Amazon GC. In turn, we will send them $100 in restaurant GCs. Despite my questioning repeatedly over the years the absurdity of us doing this, the tradition continues.

    My middle sister received the same text. Our oldest sister is estranged and has been cut off due to her finally having had enough of his toxic, lying wildebeest of a wife trying to meddle in her family's life. I often think she's the lucky one, but since I'm his only son & executor I've gotta carry a different load.

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  9. Wut?
    The Wizard Of Oz is the first movie that should be on the never re-make list.
    It's been done (sorta). The Wiz. Horribad.

    Maybe I should have made the topic "directors you would trust to remake a classic. " Christopher Nolan is a guy I'd trust with about any material. If he said he was tackling Stalag 17 I'd genuinely be excited. But it would be a radical remake. I can't see him infusing the movie with the type of humor that Billy Wilder so wonderfully & effortlessly wove through the film.

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