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shakahorn

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  1. 5 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

    I saw a movie one time where these cheerleaders were hitchhiking and this truck driver gave them a ride. 

    Sorry but I gotta say I’m disappointed in this post. I thought for sure you were the truck driver. 

  2. I use his line a lot IRL whenever someone gives a wishy-washy statement.  So you're saying " Either he's alive or he's dead, or the cops got him or they don't."

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  3. 4 hours ago, PvilleStang said:

    Don't forget the people who drive while holding their phone on speaker chatting away.  

    And driving in a new-ish, decent enough car that clearly is equipped with Bluetooth.

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  4. 48 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

     


    what sucks is that gutted the US’s soft power. We were the good guys. We provided food and medicine. Now we have an in to China giving them a chance for expanding their soft power.

    Yeah, maybe I'm cynical but the main point of foreign aid is to extend US influence. A secondary outcome is the humanitarian aspect.

  5. 1 hour ago, Dahobbs said:

     

     

     

    Any day now @Laxtonto will apologize for being a condescending asshole while also being blatantly wrong (despite linking to the source with the correct information). 

    Accepting responsibility is not in these people's DNA.  And now that I found out in this thread that @burnt beanz is GRUHorn, that dumbass owes me $1000 but of course he won't accept responsibility for that.

  6. 29 minutes ago, utee94 said:

    GDit Beta was a superior format to VHS!!!

    /myfatherin1985

    But it is true.  Betacam was the professional standard used in TV production for many years.  VHS beat Betamax in the consumer market, mostly because it was cheaper and had longer running tapes.

    Because more porn was available on VHS.

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  7. Carmax is pretty much a no BS experience, and the prices aren't bad.  Might not be rock-bottom, but usually a good deal and they do at least the rudimentary stuff as far as making sure the car is in ok shape.  Tires, brakes, oil, cooling etc.

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  8. 3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Trivial, not trivial?  I report, you decide.
    Had to pick up a rental car today (last minute trip, took what they had - driving a Honda minivan).  About 20 mins into my drive, I decide to look at the fuel gauge, to see how my mileage is going....and this is what I see:

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    Fuckers at Budget gave me a ride with only about 1/4 of a tank of gas.  And they expect me to turn it in full.  I'll probably use 4 gallons of gas this whole trip.  And I'm dropping it off early tomorrow, then running to make my plane, I'm not gonna spend a half hour at the Budget desk arguing.  I'll send a strongly-worded note or somesuch, but this is some bullshit.

    For most if not all of their cars, Avis has a remote sensor in the tank so they have a record of what the level was when rented out as well as returned.  Since they are part of the same company, Budget might have the same.  I've had Avis try to bill me a refill charge when I rented at .99 full and returned at .98 full and was able to get that charge removed with a strongly worded email.  YMMV.

    You might also try reasoning with them since you have a pic of the mileage along with the fuel level.  Assuming of course,they recorded the mileage correctly at time of rental.  A strongly worded email seems like it's worth the effort but not much more than that.

  9. New one for the corp speak today. I'm sitting on a contract while my internal guys fight over it. Salesman: "are you able to action the agreement?"

    I have half a mind to not sign the contract just for the phrasing of the question.

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  10. 4 hours ago, Armybrat said:

    Better put some “watch out below” warning signs around that site.

    Anyone who doesn't automatically interpret that aggy flag as 'look out below' deserves whatever they get.

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  11. On 4/28/2025 at 2:27 AM, Hermanator said:

    I think I just lost interest in this sort of TV. 20 years ago I would have liked this, but now it just seems too ridiculous and cliche to keep my interest. 

    It started with the trailer. Over the top cliche use of a played out rolling Stones song? That was the first strike. 

    This show feels like it's been done 3 dozen times before in the last 30 years. 

    I'm enjoying it mostly because of the actors but yeah, the similarities to the Godfather are kinda funny.  You have a Fredo, an adopted son, Helen Mirren as a later period Connie.  The grandson is Vincent.  When does Moe Greene or Frankie Pantangeli's brother show up?

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