Everything posted by BearSchlong
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YESSS, FINALLY!!! - Masters of the Air - The 8th Air Force, Spielberg, Hanks, Goetzman (Crew behind Band of Brothers, Pacific)
Reading Crosby’s book now. My stepmom’s dad flew 35 missions in a B-17. I need to find his logbook to see if I can match up dates/missions. First time I read it I was amazed how it shifted from bombing raids to flying civilian aircraft in Texas without fanfare.
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Recs for Southern California (around Orange County)
Thanks y’all. I’m getting excited.
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Recs for Southern California (around Orange County)
So is a day trip to Catalina the best option? How does Laguna Beach differ from Newport/Balboa? Is it worth a drive over?
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Recs for Southern California (around Orange County)
So the current plan might be to rent a VRBO Villa at Casa Sirena at Hamilton point on Catalina and use a golf cart to get around. I’m thinking we would park at Balboa and ferry over. Is there enough to do on Catalina to fill a weekend? She gets in late Thursday and we would spend Friday and Saturday night there and fly home Sunday. How does this sound? [mention=1357]sbbruin[/mention] I know how much you love Catalina. Alternative plan is really cute VRBO on Balboa Beach and a day trip to Catalina, plus a day exploring the mainland.
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YESSS, FINALLY!!! - Masters of the Air - The 8th Air Force, Spielberg, Hanks, Goetzman (Crew behind Band of Brothers, Pacific)
My wife just came home and got mad at me for watching without her. “Relax, if it’s as good as BOB then we will be watching it 25 times.”
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Recs for Southern California (around Orange County)
Not bad. Not bad at all. Alternatively, are there any better coastal towns to visit besides the aforementioned?
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Recs for Southern California (around Orange County)
I have midweek meetings in Costa Mesa next month and decided to make a long weekend of it. My wife is flying out to meet me. Staying at my work hotel Monday-Wednesday but looking for a cool but not over-the-top place in the Newport/Balboa area for Thursday-Saturday nights. Any suggestions?
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
Me planning a work trip to the west coast for Feb. I should include her because she's never been to California. “Honey, you want to fly out and meet me for Thursday through Saturday?” Maybe I'm becoming less selfish.
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I'm An Alcoholic
That's right!!! Happy birthday bro! If you ever wanted to sample a meeting, early morning in the basement of the church in the shadow of the Citibank building is a pretty chill one. The “Citi” group lol. You're a damned good egg. My goal is to meet every participant on this thread someday.
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
“That's funny, my next wife loves it when I go play golf (or go fishing) on Saturday” And just stare at her, unblinking. Boundaries, my good man. The key to a good 2nd marriage. I'm not having a 3rd. Too old to train a new one. I paid my dues, though.
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News stories that remind you of Surly
Probably doesn't deserve it's own thread, but wow. It sure does explain a lot. Uppers, downers. . . https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/the-white-house-has-its-own-pharmacy-and-boy-was-it-shady-under-trump/
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I'm An Alcoholic
Thanks again for the hospitality! Was great to meet you, and as always, a great way to kick off the day.
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I'm An Alcoholic
@pch stuck in DFW for an extra day, I'll probably be at Harbor for the 7 am meeting tomorrow. Went to Chicago group (in Dallas) last week to see some conference friends. That's a cool hybrid speaker/podium group. Sunday I hit 13 years. Grateful for that.
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
I'd like to amend my answer. If your family and friends are telling you the bride is bad crazy rather than good crazy, you should listen.
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
Things were different back then. You had to accelerate the timeline because General Washington needed you to join the cause, right?
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Running Alt-Right Thread of Mockery and Hypocrisy
Now that I've had time to think about it, I wish that soulless motherfucker would come canvases my new neighborhood. (jokes on him, he can't. I've got a gate.)
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
Don't worry, your starter Marriage will provide excruciating, expensive lessons.
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Philosophy on airline choice, vouchers, rewards etc
Omg so during normal times DFW to BPT (Beaumont) on AA is dependable. But SE TX gets really foggy this time of the year. Thursday night’s 10:35 pm flight gets boarded, pre-flight Diet Coke, captain says pushback imminent. Then “folks there’s a weather hold due to fog” so I fire up Concur and grab a bed at the Westin. Sure enough, 11:30 the flight is delayed til 6:30 am and we deplane. Uber, crash for 5 hours, Uber, go home. This has now happened twice in 18 months, out of around 25 commutes to DFW. I think I’m going to just start driving to IAH which is an additional hour as a hedge, plus there are more flights. It's all on the company dime but I was exhausted Friday.
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Running Alt-Right Thread of Mockery and Hypocrisy
Covey’s henchmen in MAGA hats out to primary Phelan. I almost punched that idiot when he came up while I was cleaning out my old garage. “But Phelan works with communist democratz!1!1!!!!” Dumbass.
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Texas (-1) vs Baylor- Saturday, 11am on ESPN
Damn what an ending. Incredible. Good game y’all.
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
One should only get married when it’s the only remaining course. Run the idea by your best friends, siblings, parents, etc. if any of them have objections, hear them out. They see things we don’t. Pussy can blind a man. Do your parents and her parents get along? Your family is marrying her family. She will become her mother. Think about what being married to her would be like. Live together first. For at least a year. Getting married is a hell of a lot easier than divorced.
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2023 Houston Texans thread
After the season I’m getting several Texans jerseys autographed with personal inscriptions to frame for my man cave. CJ and another. Hooked it up today. Oddly, with a few other helmets and balls from notable Texas-area players, I also have a personalized autographed Leroy Neimann print from Nick Lowery, the former Chief’s kicker.like this one
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Random thoughts that don't warrant a thread
In34. Had to go back to windows, my Mac experiment lasted a few awful months.
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Markets still falling like whoa
I just always assumed it was a catch all phrase referring to NASA suppliers like Lockheed Martin, Morton Thiakol et al.
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