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Spankytoes

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  1. You’ll be fine. I’ve had my first and middle name appear as one before. It’s and IT thing and has no bearing in you being able to fly.
  2. I’ve decided that I’m going to deviate from the normal Western Europe path next year. I’m going to cash in some miles and fly Royal Jordanian to Amman. Then I’m going to make my way over to Petra. Then I’m going to go down to Istanbul and do the 3 nights I was supposed to do a few years back. I need another destination to tie the thing together. If I put it at the front of the trip, I’m debating Jerusalem or Dubai. I’m not Jewish, or religious, so Jerusalem doesn’t grab me. Outside of the Burj Khalifa, Dubai doesn’t really excite me either. If I added at the end if the trip, I’m stumped. Common sense says Athens, but I don’t have a huge interest to go there and I’m fairly certain I’ll take the Mrs to the Greek Islands in the next few years. I’ve got a myriad of places that Turkish Airlines flies, so Western Europe would be feasible. (Preferably somewhere new) I’m strongly considering a trip to Tehran, but I fucking hate tours, which would be required. If I did Eastern Europe, Bucharest and St. Petersburg are tops. I haven’t been to the latter since 1996, but I’ll have plenty of chances with the Mrs once we become empty nesters. Any ideas of must see places in the area? I can spend up to a week after my solid choices.
  3. As in Obergruppenführer/Reichsmarschall John Smith?
  4. Berlin. Look into EasyJet and where they fly
  5. I see. Quite an active imagination you have there. Then again, I’m just speaking from the perspective of someone that has spent a considerable amount of time in all 3 of those States in 2018 talking to voters in a professional capacity. I could be way off
  6. How so? What impact did last night have on Trump’s projected time in office?
  7. He is admired...by other Dems. They would vote for him anyway. Conservatives hate him. He doesn’t have enough strength or cult of personality to win over the swing states. When the calendar flips to 2019 no one outside of Texas will remember who he was ala Wendy Davis. At best, he will be the Dem’s version of Bobby Jindahl for the 2010’s. Ted Cruz is just that unlikeable, which is why it was even a race. The Electoral Collage isn’t a popular vote, which is why there isn’t any transitive properties. Trump supporters are quietly passionate about Trump and could not give a shit what the rest of the world thinks about his rhetoric. People severely underestimate his staying power. The only was he leaves the office is in a body bag or at the end of his 8 years.
  8. Clemson struggled with 5-4 aggy in week 2. They've allowed an average of less than 12 points for their opponent while scoring an average of 50 points in the other 8 games, including wins against 3 ranked teams. Is there any question they are the #2 team right now?
  9. Dumb comparison. Beto won Dallas, El Paso, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, the RGV and the surrounding areas. He lost pretty much the rest of the State. As we know, the Electoral College doesn't work like that. There's a lot of flyover country that Beto has little shot to burrow into. The same places where Hillary, a noted candidate rather than the latest trend du jour, couldn't make headway in. Trump would cream him where it counts. Especially since 2020 is a long ass time away, hence my Wendy Davis comparison.
  10. The guy that couldn't beat Ted Cruz, one of the most unlikely guys in politics, is going to challenge Trump, one of the most unlikable Presidents ever? Why not start a Wendy Davis v. Trump thread while you're at it?
  11. If you vote Democrat in Texas...yours counts as much as mine.
  12. I have to live in Texas to vote in the Presidential election? I don’t think it works that way.
  13. Great. Now all the Asians are going to kneel for the anthem on Sunday.
  14. I bet that killed on the Middle School circuit
  15. Actually, it's really not. Freddie is an interesting character due to his persona on stage and arguably the greatest rock frontman ever. But, he was really shy offstage and preferred the life on an introvert. He was a lot like Robin Williams where he got pleasure being "on" to entertain folks. BR tried to make Freddie a caricature of what people thought he was rather than how he really was. (Like Val Kilmer's portrayal of Jim Morrison in "The Doors") The band itself was quite boring with the normal ups and downs associated with being famous. Very "British". BR just didn't have any real depth to the relationships Freddie had with his parents and Mary Austin, who he left most of his estate to. All we got was a few references to the insult "Paki" instead of the daily torment due to his overbite and race. Some of that was to maintain the PG-13 rating and some of it was to protect his legacy for his family's sake. The movie itself was a very compressed set of events to fill a screentime length. They could have just as easily made the movie about Lynard Skynard with their final script. It was very generic. John Deakins, the bass player, quit music completely after Freddie's death and has remained out of the limelight refusing to rejoin his surviving bandmates. There was major tension in the recording of "Under Pressure" with David Bowie, which the film failed to include anything about. We didn't get anything on their work for "The Highlander" or the iconic "Flash Gordon" theme, which caused a power struggle within the band regarding selling out. They barely touched on hits like "We are the Champions", "The Show Must Go On" or Freddie's foray into opera duets during his solo career. As I posted above, we got someone's positive memories on how some of their major hits came about to be recorded. All in all, it was a cash grab film. The intent was to boost residuals from their songs one last time in the twilight of the surviving band member's lives. As a huge Queen fan I was happy to see that a movie was made, and thought Rami nailed Freddie's look and movements, but the expectations are too unrealistic of what a "great" movie would entail. From what BR was, I would have preferred that they remastered concert clips and put them on IMAX instead of simply trying to recreate iconic moments.
  16. In my 5 years of living in Manhattan, Jersey City and Long Island, I can't remember a single time that I saw someone wearing a Rutgers shirt much less a sports bar playing their game. In fact, if college football were to go head-to-head with college basketball for a time slot, you'd be hard pressed to see any grass on the TV. CFB fans lurk in the shadows in the city for some reason. Outside of bars setup for alumni watching parties, it's just not a thing up here. If Rutgers were challenging for a National Championship, you'd see a 1% difference from what it is right now. No one gives two shits about Rutgers in any capacity, even as a t-shirt fan.
  17. Which part specifically? The recreated statues, the fake pyramid carvings or the tiny caveman models depicting scenes where we need to use our imagination on how a fraction of a clay bowl was used? Outside of the rain column, and the surrounding area, it was pretty shitty. There was nothing interactive beyond a short film in Spanish. I also prefer having actual artifacts in an archeological museums I visit rather than some made in China extravaganza. Perhaps I’m just spoiled or asking too much? I get it, visiting CDMX is the height of culture for some of you. I challenge you to get out more. JFC, you’d think some of y’all work for the Board of Tourism or tie your personal self worth to an opinion of someone on the internet. I’m glad you had a good time. I wasn’t blown away by anything. It’s a generic Latin America city with a few more modern conveniences. Ugly, dirty and cheap. That’s the typical formula.
  18. We're not winning out, so it's irrelevant
  19. This. It was a generic rock movie. It was more like a collection of exaggerated stories on how they came up with their biggest hits more than anything. It's a TBS flipping through the channels kind of flick instead of a rental. Very little depth to any of the characters. Rami was pretty good though.
  20. Have a shitload of IHG and Hilton Points and needed 3 separate rooms since no suites were available. Areas to stay were dictated by that. One guy is a broke actor and the other is married with kids and traveled on a “pass”. We needed a quick and cheap weekend getaway where I could end up in Dallas at the end for a work project. CDMX seemed like a good option since none of us had been. Our friends being there for the race that weekend sealed the deal. I’m in no way saying that it’s a shitty destination. Just that I don’t see why people are clamoring to fit a return trip into their schedules when there are better options down south. It was a good change of pace for me personally but it didn’t wow me. It’s worth a look, not a head turn.
  21. Beatty was one of my football coaches in HS back in the 90’s. All I’ve got
  22. Pujol is three blocks from that Hyatt. Just saying. Not my type of thing. Food we did have was fine.
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