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  1. Dredging up old point made years ago but really becoming relevant again - looking back at Dany's dreams in the Tower of the Undying from both the book and what the producers had to re-write you can form a lot of opinions:

    The book: a metric fuck-ton of visions that turn out to be all accurate foretellings planted by the lazy fat fuck GRRM, a repeating writing style of his (see book 1)

    https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_the_Undying

     

    The Show (S2 E10): note Dany never touches the throne in the destroyed hall - she's pulled away by the calls of distress from her children

    My thought is D&D had to distill down GRRM's content and extract what is key to the series as presented on screen - that Dany gets told what will actually happen.

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  2. 2 hours ago, Gator Dave said:

    Thanks for all the tips guys, tons of great ideas here, will have to bookmark this for planning the next vacation.

    I think you've sold me on the SF/Napa/Carmel thing. If we have 7 days, which includes the day we land and the day we return, is it too much to try and squeeze in Napa + Carmel/Big Sur? I figure we'll stay in SF a couple days, then take off north or south, but I'd really like to do both if it's not unreasonable.

     

    Napa is an overnight trip (so 2 days accounted for) and Carmel/Big Sur is another overnight trip (another 2 days).  Accounting for travel days and SF itself (overnighter) it will might feel a little rushed at the book-ends.

  3. 7 minutes ago, A-Tex Devil said:

    They were evidence that Joffrey et al were not Robert’s kids (and not rightful heirs) because all had Baratheon traits that were dominant genes for lack of a better term.  If all of Robert’s bastards had hair like him, then Cersei’s blonde children weren’t his. 

    That arc also helped solidify Joffrey's 1) unethical ruthlessness (having babies slaughtered) and 2) complete lack of understanding of how to play political games.  It also showed Cersei was loosing her perceived control over him.

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  4. 7 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

    Don’t have an Alexa or Google Home for exactly this reason.

    I also randomly google things that I have no interest in, just to add some chatter to whatever file Google has on me. Now that I think about it, I’m overdue to shop for hockey equipment and baby clothes on Amazon. Might need to do a little browsing before bed.

    They're listening thru any smart device - do you already own a phone, tablet or smart TV?

    My wife and I finally said fugget and got Alexa because they already have our info - there's simply no way to avoid them unless you go full hermit.

  5. Screw raiding the PAC12 for teams - if, and this is a big if, we're going to take anyone it'd need to be LSU and Arky.  Fuck the SEC and I seriously want to box in Aggy by B12 blue bloods in the region.

    And before any pseudo-intellectual goat fuckers say we ain't getting LSU or Arky I realize it's a stretch - but it's a stretch in the right direction and not some goat fucker sloppy second like Arizona or Utah brands.  Set the bar in the right direction and put Deloss on the mission with a high private jet, golf and single-malt budget.

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