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mininghorn88

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  1. I recall leaving the theater after the end of SPR. It was so quiet. No one was saying a word. Not out of displeasure of the movie but of the emotional toll it took on people, particularly the opening sequence. I have watched it several times and will stop to watch it whenever it is on. An all-time favorite of mine.
  2. This is Surly. When did etiquette ever matter?
  3. Speaking of oily residue...When my two kids were very young my ex-wife took a leave of absence for a year. One day she was boiling some baby bottle nipples in water on the stove. She and the kids proceed to go outside for some reason. The ex gets busy talking to some other stay-at-home moms and forgets about the nipples boiling on the stove top. When she finally goes back into the house it is filled with oily smoke. The rubber nipples had completely vaporized. She calls the volunteer fire department. They respond quickly because "some lady's nipples are burnt". Of course I am at work during all of this. Due to the oily residue we ended up replacing the carpet and most of the cloth furniture and mattresses plus some of the kid's stuffed animals. We were out of the house for about a week due to the clean up process with ozone machines, cleaning, replacing, etc. What a mess.
  4. I have discussed this with him in the past. He is not a fan of technology. My parents do not own a computer. They do have a mobile phone which is turned off half of the time to "save the battery". They do not text. My mom barely uses it but my dad will surf the internet a bit with it. As i mentioned in an earlier post I will most likely have him come to my house with his tome of material and I will enter all of it for him. I have a subscription to Ancestry that I use for WW2 military research.
  5. My dad is big into genealogy. He has been chasing our roots for 40+ years now and has branched out in numerous ways. His idea of a vacation these days is going to visit other olds that he has traced down as family members in the southeastern states and visiting “old home places” (those that still exist) and cemeteries. In lieu of putting all of this info together in an online program like Ancestry he has developed his own system and has dozens of 3-ring binders put together with all them cross-referenced. Eventually one day I will probably be tasked to get it all entered for future reference. Anytime that I let them know that I am going someplace he always says, “You should go by and see your 18th cousin 4’times removed (whom I have never met nor heard of). They live in BFE Tennessee. It is not too far from XYZ”. Or “While you are close you should go by so and so cemetery. That is where ABC is buried”. On my last trip to London he asked if I could go by such and such property to see what it looks like today since one of my ancestors owned that property back in the 1600s. I did manage to take a picture of a street sign featuring my surname in a prominent part of London. He was happy about that.
  6. I’m Texan. Already making plans for Jerryworld again this year.
  7. My dad is 79 and grew up dirt poor. Even though he had an office job for his career he was always doing some sort of manual work on his own time. To this day he can work circles around most people. Much of what he does he should not be doing at his age. My son, 29 years old, is renovating his house and my dad, who is retired, is loving it because my son asked him to help. My son commented to me that “Paw Paw never stops. He just works”. I told my son to keep an eye on him so that he does not overdo it. A couple of weeks ago my son asked me to help him with something at his house. As I was busy assessing the situation my son told me that he should have asked Paw Paw to help because we would have already been done. I am glad that both of my kids recognize and appreciate hard work and are hard workers too.
  8. I helped my dad reshingle my great-aunt's old pier and beam farm house my senior year of HS in August. The house was old and had been added on to multiple times through the years. The add-ons we not square.
  9. Ok, you have gone too far. I just turned 57. A proud 1988 UT grad. Just because I was at Texas during some dark ages of football (84 thru 88) doesn't make me that old! I just like old movies.
  10. They are also speaking in English instead of French. Still in.
  11. Yep. I am in. Let's go! As odd of a duck that Joaquin is, he always delivers.
  12. Cary Grant was exceptionally good in it. Needed to be mentioned twice.
  13. 1939 would like to have a word with all of you. Movies released in 1939 are: The Wizard of Oz Gone with the Wind Stagecoach Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jamaica Inn The Hunchback of Notre Dame Of Mice and Men The Hounds of the Baskervilles Dark Victory Gunga Din Son of Frankenstein Young Mr. Lincoln The Four Feathers Goodbye Mr. Chips Only Angels Have Wings Dodge City Gunga Din The Little Princess Destry Rides Again Another Thin Man The Roaring Twenties The Four Feathers Union Pacific Drums Along the Mohawk The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Gulliver's Travels Confessions of a Nazi Spy It's a Wonderful World The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn They Made Me a Criminal Each Dawn I Die Allegheny Uprising King of the Underworld Stanley and Livinsgstone I am sure that I am missing some. Just a few on my list.
  14. The difference between me and Karen is that I knew I was wrong but could put together a responsible argument.
  15. I did a similar thing as this once but it had to do with checking into a hotel after a late arrival. When I arrived at the hotel they said that I did not have a reservation for that day and that they were "full". I immediately realized that I had messed up with the online reservation. Not to be totally defeated I was going to do my best to put it back on them that they must be wrong, afterall, I was dealing with the overnight shift hotel front-desk folks that most likely did not want to be there. Through a few choice words and feigned anger they found an open room and I was able to check in with no penalty.
  16. Personally I am not much of a user of cuss words but in my industry it is abundant in use in everyday affairs. It also depends on what level of meetings you are in as to what cuss words may or may not be used. If women are around it is toned down a "bit". I did call a guy out on a flight once to shut up because he went on a F-bomb tirade because someone slid his carry-on bag about a foot forward in the overhead compartment. There were a lot of women and some kids on the flight. He shut up quickly.
  17. Yep, me too. I have always enjoyed going to Morgantown. That was always my Texas “away game” to attend.
  18. I was reading the obits in the local newspaper today and there was an aggy that passed away. He was in the class of 1959. They mentioned that his name would be read during the aggy muster thing this coming April. The oddest thing about the obit was, as they mentioned his surviving children and extended family, they put in parentheses their respective university they attended and the year they graduated. Most went to aggy.
  19. I would think that most full size 4 door models would. My 2020 Chevrolet Silverado Crew Cab Z71 Texas Edition does.
  20. I have always visited Yellowstone and GTNP "out of season" (mid-May and late October typically) to avoid the crowds. Granted some of the amenities are not open but I would rather deal with that than the insane crowds. The roads are typically two lane roads so if someone sees a bear, wolf, bird, etc. then they often stop in the road therefore backing up traffic until they have determined that they have seen enough and finally move on. Yes, Yellowstone is huge and a trip all by itself with a bit of time set aside for GTNP.
  21. Yes, The Black Hills are a bit remote but driving does not bother me. I fly alot so I prefer to drive whenever I go for a vacation or getaway. I drove from NE Texas to Teddy Roosevelt with an overnight stop in Grand Isle, NE on the way to Dickinson, ND. Spent about 4 days in that area (ND) and then drove down to Rapid City where I met up with my girlfriend as she flew up for the second week. We spent the entire second week in Rapid City doing day trips to the Badlands NP, Minuteman Missile NHS, Mt. Rushmore, Custer State Park, Devil's Tower, Jewel Cave, Wind Cave, Deadwood, Spearfish Canyon, Keystone, etc. You can easily consume two weeks just in the Rapid City area if you took advantage of everything to do in the region. After the second week in Rapid City she flew back and I took a couple of extra days driving back hitting some more NPS sites back to Texas. Personally, I do not see the need to couple the SD/Black Hills visit with Yellowstone unless you have a lot of extra time to take off. I have done Yellowstone/Grand Tetons separately so that I do not feel rushed.
  22. About this time last year I was in North and South Dakota doing some hiking. Did some hiking in Teddy Roosevelt and the Black Hills. It was pretty cool weather to moderate weather for the most part. I was up there for 2 weeks. Cannot recommend that area enough. I am thinking about heading up to Idaho for a week or two later this summer for some hiking.
  23. Every time that I stand up my knees sounds like the backspin of a ratchet wrench.
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