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Dbeasy

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  1. So thinking about doing a trip to Ireland in July. Appreciate anyone's input. I've been to Dublin many times for business and stayed there quite a bit. I don't think we want to spend much time there and will focus on the west side of the island. Just how bad are the tourist crowds in July on the west side? I'm guessing we would spend time among Galway, Dingle, Killarney, but still trying to decide. Reading Surly threads to establish an itinerary. Also, I learned a year ago in Colorado that my fear of heights has gotten way worse for some strange reason. How bad or scary is the driving from a heights perspective? My wife will be doing the driving, and I'm not sure how she will react to the tight roads either. I'm a little leary of getting exhausted from driving.
  2. Well thanks a lot. You just gave the pro-Terry crowd a post they can go to over and over until the end of year five of Terry’s rein.
  3. Lindsay Graham is oh so close to the real life version of Francis Underwood in House of Cards.
  4. Anyone want Dusty Baker back yet? Pitcher choice. Batting order. No one warming up in the bull pen until now.
  5. I waded into this thread because I want to understand the following about the oil/energy markets: 1. How does supply look over the next several years. Your price predictions imply constrained supply vs demand. Is that because of the shale field topping out? If so, then doesn’t everyone understand that? Are oil futures reflecting this? 2. How will the stocks of energy companies do over the next ten years? If there is limited supply does that mean bad or good? 3. which energy companies are best positioned to survive and thrive? Seeing Buffet buy Oxy was interesting.
  6. Ousux should change his user name to iamaposterwhosux
  7. Did anyone else feel like a massive alien space ship blocking the sun was about to appear in the sky and Jeff Goldblum was nearby?
  8. Clouds parted in Leander. Two birds having sex.
  9. Tips for those with clouds. If they aren't thick you can see it still.
  10. did you just burn my retinas because I looked at these photos?
  11. I went ahead and put on my protection classes at 6 am. Since then I’ve been running with scissors, bunge jumping, and running in traffic. It’s awesome to be able to do things with no fear of injury.
  12. Counterpoint. At least those of us who spend a little time each week on a message board have developed the maturity, self awareness, and graciousness to not be a complete jerk in calling someone else a loser for how they decide to spend their time. Hornfans, Shaggy and Surly have contributed to me being much more knowledgeable politically. I am a better person in interacting with people of differing opinions because of message boards. I have had some of the best vacations of my life because of message boards. I have a few real life friends because of message boards. I relate to different generations better because of message boards. I retired early because I was financially able to do so and have some spare time to learn, reflect, grow, and engage with others. A message board is one of many ways to do that. I try not to judge how others live. Maybe you don’t have life all figured out just yet. Maybe.
  13. If some of you, like me, have been struggling to better understand the conflict, go to the Fire Rodney Terry thread and start with post 2060. Then quickly scan the Derka interactions to the end. You will see three things happening: 1. Derka banging the concept strongly (irritatingly?) that Terry was the wrong choice and a lot of posters unhappy with that. 2. Some pretty aggressive responses to his views. 3. Him pointing out that aggressiveness. 4. A few subtle shots at him. I compared my thought process when I originally read those posts awhile back to when I read them now. When I scan threads I usually do it quickly and skip over stuff, never reading anything too closely. Originally, I remember thinking that Derka always calls other posters combative when they are just disagreeing with him. So it seemed like he was starting fights. Now when I read them after seeing this thread I do see how some of the comments towards him are either more aggressive or subtle jabs. The reason I didn’t notice them before is because I often see other people on the receiving end of similar styles of posts. So in my opinion, I see both sides of the issue. Derka probably is the recipient of more aggressive posts. There are other posters on surly that also are often on the receiving end of aggressive posts. Derka struggles more than others to take that, and hence this thread. Maybe everyone on this site should just tone down the rhetoric a bit in general. Being personally mean to people isn’t very healthy for anyone.
  14. I have to admit I’m really confused by the whole bullying concept being referenced. Every day all day long I see posters on surly ripping other posters for their opinions, their posts, their screwing up of threads, etc. I don’t quite get how the ripping of derka is different than what I read elsewhere. Is it because he has some personal challenges? If that’s it, then I get it. But if that’s the case then immamac’s requirement that Derka’s conduct has to meet some minimum standard doesn’t seem unreasonable. And that’s where I struggle with this whole controversy.
  15. I can’t remember how to get to the on3 Texas board. There isn’t a link on surly as far as I can see from the mobile app
  16. There is no doubt in my mind that you are completely wrong. Completely.
  17. If Cook is smart, and I think he is, then he realizes he was behind the two fastest WR’s in the nfl draft on the depth chart, and is more than ready to carve out his legacy starting in 2024.
  18. This morning an extremely suspicious character was in a car outside my house, and as I discovered later, I'm 99% sure he followed me to a grocery store that was more than 5 miles away. I got his license plate and would definitely like to figure out who this person is and where they live. If I could DM anyone with an ability to look it up, I'd appreciate it. I'm really concerned about safety.
  19. Interestingly, none of those names except for Conan were on the list I reviewed. Conan was the one guy that came to mind when I first thought about it, but it felt weird to call him my favorite. I rarely watched his shows. I liked them. Just never watched them.
  20. I signed up for a website that asked me to list my favorite TV personality. Not actor or movies. TV. I sat there for several minutes and couldn’t think of anyone. So then I Googled TV personalities. A list of hundred people came up. I scanned the list. The entire list. I realized there wasn’t one person on that list that I would be proud to call my favorite. Even stranger, many of the people on the list were pathetic individuals that I hated, people like Jerry Springer. Who’s your favorite TV personality?
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