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Mach 1

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  1. 25 minutes ago, threesheets said:

    I was kinda thinking the same as far as "home base" goes.  Either downtown or West Hollywood just to avoid switching hotels mid-trip.  Good idea?

    Yes.  Multiple routes to get to the beach, depending on traffic, and I have a local street route through the Hills that dumps right into Universal.  I'll PM it to you before you go just remind me.

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    18 minutes ago, tokamak said:

    Going back and looking at their resumes now, it's pretty shocking that HBO handed them the keys to such a high profile project. Hard to believe now that it's part of the monoculture, but expectations must've been relatively low when this thing started out.

    It wasn't that high profile when it started.  Yes, the books were popular among bookfags, but I'm a reader (non fiction) and had never heard of the damn thing until I saw a billboard for season 1.

    Benioff wrote the 25th Hour (Spike) book the movie was based on.  He's also married to Amanda Peet.  Not sure about the other D guy but they had enough pull to get HBO to launch this thing with them at the helm. I read that when they approached GRRM about making the show, he asked them who Jon Snow's parents were and they answered correctly.  So voila, they get the keys to finish the story on screen. 

    HBO probably had no idea how far it would take off when they green lighted it, but they have what they have to march forward.

    And I've been entertained post books, and given them plenty of rope to hang themselves, and they finally did with that last episode.  Trash. 

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  3. On 5/5/2019 at 4:16 PM, Fat Bastard said:

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    I just turned in a black on black M4 after a 3 year lease.

    Is there a track anywhere near you?  If so get on it.  You can't really appreciate the power and handling of these guys on normal streets.  Turn the nannies off and go to town.

  4. On 4/29/2019 at 11:53 AM, Pato del Muerto said:

    Well my neighbor thinks the house is being built for a buyer, not spec. I’m wondering why the city didn’t put the hydrants on property lines to mitigate this issue. 

    Also, two houses down they are building a house on the lot facing a T intersection and there’s a spot where the sidewalk goes down to road height for a crosswalk, which moves the curb from street side to property side for about 4 feet. Guess where that driveway/garage is?

    Hydrants are usually in the right of way, so on that pic the sidewalk likely stops short of the property line and the hydrant is still in the ROW.  Was the hydrant before the house was built?  If so the GC should be shot.   On the T intersection house another execution is slated if the concrete sub poured that driveway after the sidewalk was in.  

    There seems to be a slight lack of coordination between the public and private improvements out there.  Those developers seem shitty.

  5. I look forward to reading this thread after each episode, it's entertaining as hell.  People get so emotionally exercised about their opinions and reactions to their opinions.  It's a nice continuation to watching an equally entertaining show that goes balls out week after week, especially the last one where they had flying dragon fights, Arya doing ninja shit, and skeletons flying over the Unsullied like locusts.  Those DD guys are probably fucking up here and there, but the fact viewers feel so strongly about their opinions mean, IMO, they're still doing something right to keep people invested enough to complain.  Keep it up!

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  6. 27 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    This show keeps getting better. Hader directed the last episode and it was great.

    I noticed that as well. Was that his first one? If so maybe why the change of tone.

    I laughed when he tried to calm him down wearing that orange Deadpool outfit  "Dude, you're windpipe is cracked, you're fucked" or something like that.

  7. 4 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

    I'm not sure what I want more - Mach's wife to actually go on Shark Tank or Mach's wife to find this thread.

    Yeah, this is our concern dude.  I'll be private browsing and logging off every time.

  8. I almost put this in the forgotten albums thread.

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    But this is probably my favorite and would fit well into the OP's Black Crowes rotation

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  9. 3 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    Your wife thinks she invented a plastic lid? 

    I'll let her respond:

    No, you don't understand. It's not a (finger quote) plastic lid, it's a mobile cup cover for music festivals.  I mean, it doesn't need to just be for concerts but you could take it to football games! So whenever you pour your flask into the plastic cup no one will see what you're drinking.  We could even put logos on them, geez, how many colleges are out there? 

    And it will be environmentally friendly unlike the (finger quote) plastic lid that most everyone else (narrator - in their right mind) uses - and fails to recycle, by the way.  

    This could be big.  Easy to use, flexible, folds inside your pocket ... no brainer.

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  10. 12 minutes ago, Sam Lin said:

    If you honk at them it'll encourage them to extend a finger digit.

    Did I strike a nerve?  I'm too self conscious to honk at anyone, and couldn't stand the thought of being flipped off.  The horror.

  11. Assholes that don't use their turn signals.  I'm sure it's on already on here but it can't be stated enough. It is literally the easiest, most considerate thing to do while driving and yet so many lazy fucks fail to do it.  A simple extension of a finger digit while slowing down to turn the wheel, but no, let drivers behind try and guess what the fuck you're doing.   The dismal tide indeed.

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