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Re: Do I need a smoker? - Today

Smoked meat and fish are tasty, but really not healthy. Sorry. But, hey, no one lives forever.

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Re: Nikki Haley says to nine-year-old girl in a “Nikki Haley” hat: “I love your hat.” - 9 days ago

Me and Nicki got a thing. She texts me twice a day.

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Re: NOVA - Inside China's Tech Boom - 9 days ago

QuoteFilliam H. Muffman 5G and solar cell production are the areas where they have a lead. It was very light on the specifics of why Huawei hardware is so much cheaper than what is replacing their stuff that is getting yanked out. 12 hour days 6 day a week might have something to do with it.

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NOVA - Inside China's Tech Boom - 9 days ago

Very interesting. Can't say I'm schooled on all this but I think some here are. I put it on this side since there are very serious geopolitical issues raised. The troubled relationship between Taiwan and China (M chips) is one of them. Manufacturing outsourcing, globalization, work ethics, 5G implementation, and of course democracy vs central authority.

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Re: Chinese invade Ireland - 9 days ago

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! Quoteztirffritz Give 'em 4 shots of whiskey and try again. This should have been the Irish strategy for conquering the world. Well, except for the Russians. LOL

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Re: pass or fail?!….the government is offering another round of free COVID tests….. - 9 days ago

Good. I'm down to my last 23 tests.

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Foo Fighters on Austin City Limits - 10 days ago

Last night. Grohl in fine fetter. Must have calloused vocal chords.

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Re: Allan Holdsworth Memorial Video Compilation - I can't stop watching this - 10 days ago

The Live at Yoshi’s with Alan Pasqua, Jimmy Haslip and Chad Wakerman is worth checking out. Amazing ensemble performances, great solos.

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Re: Chinese invade Ireland - 10 days ago

Quoteanonymouse1 Precision, yes. However, it almost seemed mechanical--uncanny valley. Exactly. Identical frozen smile on every face. The sequence at 2 minutes is so precise it looks like an ai animation. Oh the inhumanity.

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Chinese invade Ireland - 10 days ago

OMG. The level of precision is terrifying. Start learning Mandarin immediately.

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Re: Applied for an Apple Card - 12 days ago

Quote$tevie If by dirt you mean 80+, I got socks older than that

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Re: Applied for an Apple Card - 12 days ago

QuotePizzaGod Age discrimination? I got my card at 67. How old are you anyway? Old as dirt

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Re: Applied for an Apple Card - 12 days ago

QuoteRAMd®d I can do it there for nothing and anonymous-like. LOL My bank and CU offer my FICO score but either require I join some program when a 2,174 pg EULA that no doubt says "we can do anything we what with any of your information and will be inundating you with offers for stuff you don't want, don't need, and can't use anyway'. The bank offered it for free for several mont

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Re: Applied for an Apple Card - 13 days ago

QuoteSpeedy Use creditkarma.com to track your score. You will get offers via their web page. Yeah, no. I probably should check my credit rating. We have a small in-house credit union at the cab company, mostly to loan money to owner/ops for replacement vehicles. I can do it there for nothing and anonymous-like.

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Re: Applied for an Apple Card - 13 days ago

I haven't paid actual cash for a car in quite awhile. Last time I tried at a dealer was maybe 10 years ago and they wouldn't take more that $10k in cash due to the Bank Secrecy Act, thanks Nixon. Pre-Uber when I had a few taxis operating we would go to car auctions with $50k or more to buy vehicles. No big deal. The State auctions required cash if you wanted to leave with the car afterward.

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Re: Applied for an Apple Card - 13 days ago

Quote$tevie they can't guess what you might do with the Apple card except maybe put it in a drawer. That'd be a good guess.

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Re: Applied for an Apple Card - 13 days ago

Quotemattkime >I pay cash for everything, including cars. They don't want your drug money. Those grocery bags full of cash were legally acquired. What's the statute of limitations, anyway?

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Re: MR Forum Confessions - 13 days ago

I usually eat standing up

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Applied for an Apple Card - 13 days ago

REJECTED! Up yours, Goldman Sucks I have zero loans and/or debts. My house has been paid off for years. I pay cash for everything, including cars. One credit card, paid off monthly. Never missed a payment on anything, ever. Haven't taken out a loan for anything in, I don't really know, 20 years maybe. They say insufficient credit history. I say age discrimination, lack of enthusiasm

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Re: You're not going to believe this, but I still have the first thumb drive I ever bought - 13 days ago

I still have my first thumb.

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Re: Hit the like button if you agree - 13 days ago

What have got against meaningless instant gratification?

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Re: John Oliver yesterday - 14 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac QuoteWags QuoteJanit QuoteWags Out of the mouth of a comedian, an attempt to show both sides of the current Hamas/Israeli conflict. I wonder how our polarized forum will feel about this. Is it justifiable to respond to an atrocity with even greater atrocity? How can it end? By this definition of atrocity, ALL war is atrocity. It WOULD be good to end all war. Please

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Got email from Apple announcing rate increase for TV - 14 days ago

So I cancelled. iMusic, too. Prime, PBS and Kanopy is enough video for now. Might consider HBO. Never got to see all of GOThrones. Apple Music is redundant for me. I’ve got several hundred cds and several hundred more that I dl’d from the public library. I can keep up with new music on YouTube. I prefer to buy cds. Artists make more that way. Monthly subscriptions are getting out of han

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Re: John Oliver yesterday - 14 days ago

QuoteJanit QuoteWags Out of the mouth of a comedian, an attempt to show both sides of the current Hamas/Israeli conflict. I wonder how our polarized forum will feel about this. Is it justifiable to respond to an atrocity with even greater atrocity? How can it end? By this definition of atrocity, ALL war is atrocity. It WOULD be good to end all war. Please offer a solution. Put

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Re: Nicki Haley won't leave me alone - 14 days ago

Quote$tevie QuoteWags Quote$tevie I get literally a hundred emails a day, from left, right, and far right. I suspect that the Democrats are selling my name to each other, and the spam filters work on them -- but this other right wing @#$%& must have come from the sale of my name by a retailer or charity that I have used. They change the FROM all the time so my spam filters can't keep up. I susp

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Re: Nicki Haley won't leave me alone - 14 days ago

Quote$tevie I get literally a hundred emails a day, from left, right, and far right. I suspect that the Democrats are selling my name to each other, and the spam filters work on them -- but this other right wing @#$%& must have come from the sale of my name by a retailer or charity that I have used. They change the FROM all the time so my spam filters can't keep up. I suspect they data mine pol

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Re: Hannah Waddingham & Jason Sudeikis Cover “Shallow” - 14 days ago

If you look up zoftig in a Yiddish dictionary you’ll see her picture.

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Nicki Haley won't leave me alone - 15 days ago

Getting a couple texts daily asking for money. I haven't voted for a Republican since Mark Hatfield. Get a clue! OK, I sent Bernie a hundred buck once. Moment of weakness. But still! I respond STOP, block them, report abusive spam, etc. To no avail. Obviously she's using a service that cycles through dummy phone number so you can't block them, just like the worst of scammers. Disgus

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Re: John Oliver yesterday - 15 days ago

Looks like we already have a thread on this. Sorry, can be tedious reading everything. It would be helpful for me if the thread titles carried some clue of content.

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John Oliver yesterday - 15 days ago

Out of the mouth of a comedian, an attempt to show both sides of the current Hamas/Israeli conflict. I wonder how our polarized forum will feel about this. Is it justifiable to respond to an atrocity with even greater atrocity? How can it end?

by Wags - 'Friendly' Political Ranting