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  1. I enjoyed the movie. Highly fictionalized might be an understatement. On the actual Operation Postmaster, there were, in fact, no Nazis, no uboats, and no explosions. It was actually just a well executed cutting out of the freighter and the tugs. It did demonstrate the effectiveness of the SOE and SSRF in conducting raids to stymie the German war effort. It's a lot more fun to see a bunch of Nazis slaughtered though.
  2. The Sometimes islands are just the highest points on a big ass stone ridge that was the right bank of the river before it was dammed. It might make that area of the lake more navigable but to clear any significant amount of material would involve blasting a shit ton of rock once you got down a little ways. You should look at the topographical map of the lake and you'll see what I mean.
  3. Do people talk to each other any more? How about "Excuse me, your hair is blocking my TV." Maybe she did that and was ignored but I doubt it. I see it all the time. Clueless person does something clueless. Other person fumes and/or acts out. In my experience most times the person will respond positively to a simple request.
  4. Tigers are excellent swimmers and love water so I'm still gonna take the tiger in that match up just based on weaponry available.
  5. It occurred to me several years ago that if I could time travel, it's not the big events I'd go to see. The more I've thought about it, the more sad it gets, because what I'd really do is go back to the 80s and eat at all the restaurants I miss. GM Steakhouse, Green Mesquite before it burnt down and they forgot how to make a chicken fried steak, and many more. I'd also probably go back about 300 years and fish the bays for reds and trout with no limits.
  6. You're correct. That was one of my only issues was the compression of the timeline. I wanted to see how they'd handle St. Alia of the Knife. I wish they had kept the longer timeline. No reason they couldn't have, but creative choices have to be made. The Chani story line also irritated me, but I still liked the movie.
  7. Congratulations refs. You made what could have been a good game utterly unwatchable. Nice work
  8. The best part of that clip is right after the shot goes in and the Nevada players run in all different directions as they try to figure out where to celebrate.
  9. This happened years ago in my old neighborhood. Homeowners Association put them in without a vote or notification and the city made them remove them so we got to pay for them twice. I no longer live in a place with a HA.
  10. Enjoy it while you can. When they were little I won all the time, but now, if I manage to win a race I celebrate like it's the 2006 Rose Bowl.
  11. Felix

    2024 NCAA Baseball

    I played softball against a guy who had a full prosthetic from damned hear his hip. I just thought he had a minor limp until his leg fell off after a close play at first base. First and only time I saw a game delayed while a guy put his leg back on. Saw him score from second base once on a single. Dude wasn't a great player but the leg didn't seem to slow him down much.
  12. The Tommy Lee Jones/Texas cheerleader one. Totally forgot the other one existed.
  13. Man of the House. It's not great, but it still makes me laugh and entertains me.
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