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Honestly... for under a grand you can get yourself a pretty sweet audio setup at home.
And you can control the volume. I just put in a 3.1 system using Ascend speakers and an SVS sub, plus Denon receiver. So far I'm pretty happy with it—mostly upgraded for music rather than movies, but at some point I'll probably expand it to 5.1. |
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Lord of the Rant.
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With the price of decent short throw projectors, sound systems and such you can easily enjoy a movie in your own home now. Way more than ever for that matter. You don't need a true "home theater" to be able to watch a flick with comfort. I mean, TVs are so big and cheap even if they aren't amazing quality at the Walmart pricing. Still better looking than a big screen for most people.
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Good call, lady. Sounds perfectly reasonable.
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Lord of the Rant.
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heh. Like the time I was in Bahrain and one of the guys coming in off liberty told the gate guard to watch out for the explosives in his backpack.
It didn't go well for him. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Most agencies/institutions aren't all that up for bomb/explosion jokes, as it turns out. And I'd say now more than ever.
I remember in high school, a student phoned in a bomb threat to the school during lunch...from a pay phone in the snack/gathering area outside the cafeteria. Meaning about three dozen, at least, people saw/heard him do it and ratted his dumb ass out immediately. "Uh, there's your guy right there...". He was too stupid to even go about that halfway right. But they still had to evacuate the joint, and so we stood outside for most of the rest of the afternoon as fire trucks, cops, etc. all showed up and did their thing. Yeah, he was expelled. That it was who it was surprised no one...he was pretty much King Dipshit already, and not exactly known for possessing a brain. One of those "about time..." situations. I can only assume he's locked up in some medium-security penitentiary somewhere in the Southeastern United States, for any number of things he probably did after his teen years. I'd be shocked beyond words if not. |
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If you can't trust a judge...
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Can't say I'm sad he offed himself.
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He knew he was toast. And that if convicted/sent to prison, due to both his crime and his (former) occupation, he might have a rougher-than-average go of things.
Yeah, when you start eating digital storage devices to hide/destroy evidence, you're pretty much holding up a 6-foot flashing neon sign saying "I'm guilty as shit". Idiot. From the same article above: Quote:
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"Each teen called his parents", meaning there was more than one kid there. At least two, the story kinda makes it sound like. Then the parents called the cops. What made these parents cool with sending their kids off to a fishing cabin with a grown man who, I assume, wasn't a close relative or some sort of scout/church youth leader? Who are there parents? Where were they? Friends of the judge? No initial inkling/suspicion? The whole "he's a sitting judge, ffs, what could possibly happen?" thing at play? Well, apparently His Honor was tugging it in his master suite to pics/video of your son lathering up with the Irish Spring. That's what could possibly happen. Last edited by psmith2.0 : 2021-09-12 at 17:59. |
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Priests, judges, politicians named Wiener
Republicans and democrats Ardent "Christians" and devout atheists Rich assholes with private islands and poor sops living in the back of a dirty station wagon It seems like there's a song in here somewhere. - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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Good grief...
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That's "I aimed a loaded gun at my own son, shot him once over something completely stupid and undeserving. And when I didn't get the answers I wanted, I aimed and pulled the trigger again, killing him". There's a special place reserved for people like this. I want to be able to say "okay, this is worst, saddest story of 2021. It won't get any more awful than this...". But I'm not that stupid/naive. |
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My guess is there's something on those cards she doesn't want the world to see. So, instead of prostitution or porning it up with the neighbor, she's got murder 1. JUST SHOOT HER!! - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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I've been wondering what could be on that card.
With the idiot judge above, it was pretty obvious (pics/video of underage boys showering at his fishing cabin, and him thoroughly checking them for ticks afterwards). But this other idiot...yeah, something sexual or maybe evidence of criminal activity? But I can't imagine anything so crazy/weird/awful that it warrants what she did. |
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That just messed up, no matter what is on the card. No kid is messed up enough to lie about that after being shot once, at that point if the kid was lying, he had to know mom would not hesitate to shoot again. Sounds like a case of not wanting the kid and just wanting an excuse to do it. Either was she is clearly mentally unstable, and should be removed from society.
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I'll never be able to wrap my head around stuff like this. Even if I lived for 2,000 years.
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Marcia Lucas - George's ex and an editor on the original trilogy - isn't a fan of the newer releases.
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Tell us how you really feel, Marcia. Kinda different to hear from folks like this, or were/are in that circle and work with all these people, etc. Usually they opt for the neutral, diplomatic approach. Either they're good enough friends that they can do this and take it, or they're already frosty/no love lost and Lucas simply no longer cares to hold her tongue. So she doesn't. |
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I saw that. Devastating interview.
This could be wrong, but the price of getting Harrison Ford back might have been killing off Solo. For some reason, Ford seems to prefer his characters die with him and never recast. But they could have asked Lucas or someone else he trusted to talk with Ford, instead of just saying "Sure, we'll do that if you come back.") At this point, as unbelievable as it sounds, the prequels are the only SW movies I enjoy watching anymore. (You can always take a snack break during the Anakin/Padme romantic dialogue.) I'd be up for them rebooting the Original Trilogy, starting after the Revenge of the Sith. (Assuming, of course, the crew that botched the Sequel Trilogy first gets thrown out a SpaceX airlock.) |
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The headline surely qualifies for some sort of award.
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As I was saying...don't be so eager for a "deal" that it just makes you stupid. And dead. |
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Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga - I Get A Kick Out Of You |
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She truly does. It sometimes gets lost in the Outrageous Dance Pop Diva™ shtick, but that won't always be her calling card/approach. I can see her losing that name at some point, when the time comes, and just being Stefani Germanotta or whatever.
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Hard to believe Tony Bennett is still at the top of his game at 95(!).
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How does this even happen?!
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How, exactly? Please don't tell me she was doing the selfie thing and sat on the rail or positioned herself in such a way that was unsafe and led to this. I will just lose all hope in humanity. Quote:
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I don't have a good feeling about this...two people - a mom, with her two-year-old son - don't just "accidentally fall" from such a thing. I can only think of four reasons: 1. Stupidity/irresonsibility on the mother's part, sitting/climbing on a railing for "the perfect selfie" with her son, and losing grip/balance (my gut went with this first, just knowing how people are anymore about this kind of thing). But even without the "selfie"/look-at-me angle, if they were just climbing on/goofing around the railing and lost their balance/grip, that still falls under the "stupid/irresponsible" category. 2. Equipment failure (the rail they were next to gave way/snapped...seems we'd be aware of that by now, and be an obvious cause already..."the woman and her son died when the railing they were leaning against broke loose...", etc. There's nothing to "investigate", cause-wise, if that were the case. So I don't think that's it (but if it is, the lawyers are already lining up, I'm sure). 3. Pushed by someone...the child's father or some random(?) cretin(s), stranger or otherwise 4. Most awful of all, a desperate, tragic double-suicide type of thing. But why so public (and expensive...MLB ballpark parking, admission, concessions, etc.)? And the game hadn't even started. Makes no sense. Could've stayed home and done it quietly, in private, for free. So I don't buy this one either. 1 or 3 is my guess. Once you cover idiocy/irresponsibility, equipment failure/tragic accident, murder and suicide, what's left? This ballpark opened the year after I left San Diego/SoCal. I saw it under construction throughout 2000-2003 (and its progress was often shown on the local news) and looked forward to going there but never had the opportunity. It's really nice, from all I've seen and heard. Last edited by psmith2.0 : 2021-09-26 at 23:41. |
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Mom read this to me earlier today.
All of these questions went through our minds. We'll learn more, eventually. ... |
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You missed an option, child did something crazy and mom tried to save child and both died as a result.
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I suppose that could be. The boy was maybe playing on the railing, went over and in her efforts to grab/stop him, the mom lost her footing/balance and fell over as well.
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I saw a pic of a couple of policemen standing at the scene(?) and the railing, while not super low (of course), also isn't as high as I would've thought either. Wouldn't be hard for a curious little two-year-old (not being closely watched) to climb up that mesh wiring/grate and find himself in a bad position, and then for the mom to panic and, in a desperate lunge, going over the side herself. Last edited by psmith2.0 : 2021-09-27 at 14:03. |
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Mr. Vieira
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Absolutely. Same here…I remember my niece and nephew at that age and the kids of friends over the years. Two-year-olds are active, curious little monkeys who run/climb/explore and are too young to know fear or grasp the idea of ‘consequences”. The world is their jungle gym and if you’re not paying attention, it doesn’t take long for them to be doing something that causes your heart to jump out of your chest.
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Holy smokes...
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So...abject stupidity may very well be the cause, on the part of a 40-year-old woman. Not murder, not suicide, not faulty railing, not selfie-taking and not an unattended two-year-old. A "grown woman" jumping on the bench, a foot or two away from the railing (and a six-story drop). Hey, why not? Rampant, final-stage oblivitardation seems to have gripped the culture. |
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Do we change architecture to prevent lunacy?
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