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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Yeah referencing Atari 2600 games could be confusing for someone that never played Adventure. Which was a kickass game back in the day.  I bet I still have some of the mazes memorized. The red dragon was ornery. 

  2. didnt Trump go after obama for giving a timeline to leave ME countries?   Said it effectively handing over the playbook.  Trump just told Isis to hang on just a bit longer and he will give their territory back.  Even if he was just talking bs at his recent rally, this could give Isis more confidence and cost American lives.

    for the record, I disagreed with the obama or any timeline to leave a war.  If anything we should state that we will leave a war when we achieve the goals.  Whether that is 1week or 1year. 

  3. ingraham might survive if the attention of this campaign goes elsewhere.  Otherwise I imagine they will continue to bombard her advertisers.   By the end of next week, my pillow and reverse mortgages might the last ones standing.

    it has to be a gut punch for the network to have many eyes watching a show but have to give commercials for free or low cost.  At least one of the advertisers said they were on but didn’t pay for it. 

  4. Saw the movie Friday night.  The second key movie-within-a-movie was done well.  At first I was disappointed it didn’t use the one from the book but this worked out better for a movie.

    My main criticism was that establishing relationships had to move too fast given a 2-hour movie.   But I guess we are all getting spoiled in the age of 8-10 hour cable or streaming series now.  Those series can slowly turn up the heat whereas a movie has to start off full burner.

     

  5. Right or wrong, there is a simple playbook to remove Fox News shows when the host makes a statement embarrassing to the advertisers.  And those executing the playbook are impressively getting the job done.   

    How many hours did it take from Ingraham’s initial tweet before she was forced on vacation in an attempt to save the show?

     

  6. 29 minutes ago, hornfan785 said:

    Just got my first win. A whopping $0.85.

    Congrats.  I’ve gotten to the last question twice but couldn’t even guess right.  

    Ive always wondered about the people that miss the first question.  It has to be as a goof, right?  

  7. I used to have bad allergies but something has changed for me over the last few years.    Theres an internet cure that you take a teaspoon of honey daily.  Preferably honey as local as possible even from your neighborhood.  The idea being that the pollen is also in the honey and you become immune to it.  

    I know docs and bee experts say the honey should have no effect on allergies and maybe it’s only a coincidence that I haven’t had allergy problems in a few years. I also stopped the daily honey after the allergies went away.   

    Anyway I hope everyone gets better 

  8. 2 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

    I had to go back out to her house @ 2230 last night because she was throwing up & had been for "awhile".

    Mom can barely get herself standing right now & used a wheelchair to get from her BR to the kitchen last night.  When I get there, there is a bowl of cat food scattered on the kitchen floor, the countertop looks like she was rummaging through 5 different ideas on what to eat & it was all a mess.  Never mind that there is a long term feeder in another part of the kitchen & she didn't need to handle the cat food @ all, not one bit.  She had loaded up the wheelchair with her kit & got back tot he bedroom but piled herself into it & was a vomiting mess (into a plastic tub, mind you).

    Got her stabilized & I finally left @ 0200 & back home, now I have a roof repair to do & she is calling for me to come back now or call 911 & get her into South Austin Medical Center.

     

    I'm stacked up with stuff... don't have time for even 1/2 of this headache @ the moment.

    Good luck.  I know it’s not easy. 

  9. Unless you are hitting up new docs frequently, drop the insurance cards from the wallet.   And many ins cards offer electronic versions.     Another option is to scan the cards and email them to yourself.  You can always forward it to a doctors office or even hospital Er.

    i know it’s only saving a millimeter in your wallet but it’s more of just getting rid of one thing that’s always in the way.

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  10. Caldwell had the respect of many top people in Texas.  I can’t imagine someone famous selling fake bonds thinking it won’t come back on them 10x worse.   It’s one thing to sell an asset you know is going down in value.  Another to sell an asset that doesn’t exist. 

    guarantee something else is going on in this guys life that makes him this reckless.  Drug problem and a couple of baby mamas on the side.  

  11. Trump voters are racing to watch a show where a white, working class family is barely getting by in a trump world, one grandson is trans and the grand daughter is black?   The grown daughter is carrying the baby of a rich, liberal couple to make ends meet.  But the trump voters  think this show was made for them?   Hate to break it to them but this is Hollywood walking them down the line to vote for Sen. Warren in 2020.  One step at a time.  Rubes.

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  12. 7 hours ago, fattyflattie said:

    You couldn't pay me enough to deal with 10W in the evenings. I live on the west side of town but don't have to deal with that, luckily. Like someone said earlier, leaving at 1530 is fine. You leave at 1600 and it's a 90+ minute ordeal to Cinco. And it's only getting worse with everything still expanding west rapidly. 

    Have a buddy that puts together at least one hh per week when he sees Katy fwy looking especially bad.  

    Personally I would do everything I could to live closer to work even if I had to pay a lot more for much less.  No kids for me, but isn’t it more important for your kids to actually spend time with their parents than attend a slightly better school?   Maybe it might mean a slightly worse, older car to drive or one less vacation per year but you see your kids more and might get an extra hour of sleep every day.  Just my .02.

    my commute is currently between 30-40 minutes mainly inside the loop, and within a few years I’m looking to cut that down to 10 minutes.  Can’t wait.

  13. 1 hour ago, Bevo VIII said:


    Goodman was bigger in the 90s than he is now when he joined the show IMO

    Depends on your opinion but his major roles before Roseanne (started in 88) was revenge of the nerds and raising Arizona.  Good roles but I’m not sure he was a household name for many until Roseanne.   

  14. Just now, TwiceHorn said:

    I get what you're saying about retrial 18 years later.  But the alternative seems to be some sort of "finality of judgment" rule that says you can't reopen or retry a case, under any circumstances, X years after judgment is entered.  That kind of thing is OK for civil litigation, I suppose (it has to be over at some point), but seems really out of place to me in criminal litigation.  Many criminal appeals and writs are denied on "finality of judgment" grounds and it's pretty lame to me.

    And, as you note, from the prosecution standpoint, 18 years later is a significant handicap for witness availability and reliability.  Could be for the defense, as well.

    True but the burden is on the prosecution.   

    And I get that limiting the # of years would create injustice as well.  I just don't see it being feasible to ask witnesses to reliably state what happened 20 years ago.  At best, its a memory of a memory by now.   You might recall your testimony more than the actual event.  Or recall what you've read about the case.    

  15. 4 hours ago, lateshow said:

    $20 is $20, bruh.

    In interviews Goodman is pretty loyal to Roseanne.   The TV show has probably made him have a much easier life and be able to pick and choose whatever he wants.   He also seems to enjoy filming the series especially if they keep it fairly short seasons.   

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