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flatdawgs

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  1. Their general direction, yes.
  2. Thoughts on my visit today to the Russian-Norwegian border at Kirkenes 1) Rossiya, idi na khuy. 2) longcat follows, although for me 1 and 3 suffice. 3) Putin khuylo. Thanks for reading (or ignoring - TL;DR certainly applies) - after two+ years of reading this thread and following the war, it was more than a little surreal to stand a meter or two from Russia and to also understand the complexity that the war has engendered in this small part of a close ally.
  3. lol I'm in the Arctic at this moment, about 71° N in Norway, and it's 35 degrees outside. That other stuff sounds shitty.
  4. I had the immense pleasure of meeting President and Mrs Carter several years ago and they could not have been more generous, kind, and welcoming. He was wickedly funny and had a way of speaking that sucked you into whatever he was saying, enraptured. Gil's post above captures the essence of why I believe history will be far kinder to his presidency than it has been, but regardless of that, he was not only a great man but a good one. RIP, Mr. President. Thank you for the immense good you have done for the world, thank you for the time you gave to a nobody like me, and thank you for the example you set, even if today it seems as though we have gone 180 degrees in the opposite direction. I don't pretend to know what if anything comes after this life, but the thought of you and Rosalynn somehow being reunited makes me happy. May your memory continue to be an inspiration.
  5. Yes. I mean, Washington fired Tyrone Willingham and hired Steve Sarkisian. Total cesspool move. Who could survive a hire like that?
  6. It was also the Soviet/Third International/Comintern plan for dealing with the French, British, and Germans. The plan worked for the French and British, but at great cost. It turned out to be irrelevant to the USSR, at even greater cost.
  7. Feliz Natal e boas festas, seus animais nojentos! (from the non-Portuguese town of Lillehammer)
  8. I am in Lillehammer (Norway) for Christmas, and at the restaurant i had Christmas Eve dinner last night, the young lady server told me she was Ukrainian. Offering a "Slava Ukraina!" and receiving a "Heroiam Slava!" with a huge smile in return, I told her that I had learned the words to "Chervona Kalyna" and we sang it quietly (well, she sang; I did whatever) to again a big smile. She was already in Norway prior to the war, but her family is mostly still in the Kyiv area. It was heartwarming yet with a tinge of sadness and fervent hopes that somehow, some way, this will all be over soon, and with justice and fairness for Ukraine. (Brisket's son's visa issue reminded me that the multi-year visa processing delay I'm dealing with in Portugal is due in the main to that country's very open-armed Ukrainian refugee policy and prioritizing their visas, and as such it is something I do not mind in the least.)
  9. In for another season. Thanks to all of you in advance for your insights and discussion - although I've been following for decades, so many of you know a lot more than I do about the intricacies of the sport. Should be a great year of racing. Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!
  10. Negged for not going with "McRibbed".
  11. The West Coast states (and British Columbia, should it go into effect in WA, OR, and CA) all adopted permanent daylight saving time 5 or so years ago. However, Congress must approve any changes to observance of standard time and they've not acted one way or another on it. Ending DST is possible by state action, so any state could be on solely standard time; HI, AZ and parts of IN I believe do this already. A bill to put WA on permanent standard time was introduced in the WA legislature this year but it did not get out of committee.
  12. That sighting is literally where I used to fish for salmon. Although I never saw one with a fish on its head, when you saw the orcas around you there was no point in fishing for the rest of that tide - the salmon were long gone. You just drifted and enjoyed the show around you. Orcas are truly majestic. They'd have been more so if they'd bothered to wear a damn fish hat for us.
  13. Texas will beat Oregon in Dallas, and I for one will be quite gruntled by this outcome.
  14. Me too. Word is '27-'28 season. This city will melt down.
  15. Wish I had gone. Great place to watch hoops. Hopefully the Sonics will call it home soon. This game is always anticipated every year (no, I'm not a Zags fan lol). Nice win for UK.
  16. that'd be good Bull
  17. Doesn't ISU go to the B12 title game with a BYU win? Hope so - pulling for them and @Al_4_ISU
  18. I'd love to see some of these countries step up and say "Yeah, no, we're not accepting those credentials." But... timeline.
  19. lol yeah - neither my brother or buddy had ever been to Texas (I have many times), so when we visited last January for the national title game in Houston I took them around to various places so they could experience at least a little bit of Texas, like what H-E-Bs were closed (all of them), etc. As we'd all flown into Dallas for various reasons, on the way back I wanted to show them CS (they're familiar with A&M's various quirks including the Finding Kyle Field stories). As we drive into town my buddy said "people couldn't find THAT thing?" After driving around campus for a bit, my brother asked me "Can we get the hell out of here? This place makes me sad" and so we did.
  20. I was waiting for them to go out and for the little girl to show some poor lost soul where Kyle Field was, even flying with them from California to do so.
  21. First they came for the avocados, but I don't like avocados, so I said nothing....
  22. I'm not from Texas, none of my family is (although I've been many times and have criss-crossed the state), but I love Traces of Texas. You really catch the spirit of what Texas seems to be. It's one of the best things I've found via my delinquency on Shaggy/Surly.
  23. lol yes - power out since 6 last night (and still), large tree fell on a bus up the street - fortunately nobody on it but the driver, who's okay.
  24. Jeez, Pato - now tell them what the minimum wage is here - soon will be $20.26 where you are; a bit higher in Seattle. I'm more than fine with that but it does make a difference in prices. (We're basically neighbors; my Dad went to Bothell HS.)
  25. I walk out of my grocery store in Portugal paying about 40% less for basically the same stuff I get here in the US. The produce quality in particular is substantially better there as well.
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