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« Reply #1000 on: August 31, 2024, 10:08:35 pm »
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« Reply #1002 on: August 31, 2024, 10:43:25 pm »
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« Reply #1003 on: September 01, 2024, 04:38:53 pm »
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« Reply #1004 on: September 01, 2024, 06:45:48 pm »
You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
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« Reply #1005 on: September 01, 2024, 06:58:05 pm »
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« Reply #1006 on: September 01, 2024, 07:15:26 pm »
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« Reply #1007 on: September 01, 2024, 07:23:44 pm »

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Very nicely done, @corbe .  That took a lot of editing splicing the pieces together.
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« Reply #1008 on: September 01, 2024, 07:24:55 pm »
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« Reply #1009 on: September 02, 2024, 08:31:58 am »
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« Reply #1010 on: September 02, 2024, 04:06:23 pm »

Little treat for all the cat-ladies onboard

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Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists

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« Reply #1011 on: September 02, 2024, 04:19:50 pm »
Little treat for all the cat-ladies onboard





Those would be great for Halloween!

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« Reply #1012 on: September 02, 2024, 10:06:09 pm »
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« Reply #1013 on: September 02, 2024, 10:19:00 pm »
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« Reply #1014 on: September 02, 2024, 10:52:41 pm »
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« Reply #1015 on: September 02, 2024, 11:00:35 pm »
That looks just like something you would post, @corbe
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« Reply #1016 on: September 02, 2024, 11:08:43 pm »
   Halloween decorations are in all the stores now.  I thought I'd do my part.  @Hoodat
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Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists

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Re: The Official TBR Silliness Thread---2024
« Reply #1018 on: September 04, 2024, 12:20:17 am »

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« Reply #1019 on: September 04, 2024, 02:44:15 pm »
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« Reply #1020 on: September 04, 2024, 07:30:11 pm »
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« Reply #1021 on: September 04, 2024, 07:41:39 pm »
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« Reply #1022 on: September 04, 2024, 07:58:57 pm »

The only way that could have happened is if the cat escaped from someone's lunch box.
Cats are lunch in China.
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Re: The Official TBR Silliness Thread---2024
« Reply #1023 on: September 04, 2024, 10:19:14 pm »
The only way that could have happened is if the cat escaped from someone's lunch box.
Cats are lunch in China.
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 :pondering: Are you saying that cats are food that Chinese keep on the shelf in case of an emergency?
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« Reply #1024 on: September 04, 2024, 10:33:25 pm »
Leading pet types among pet owners in China 2019-2021
In 2021, cats surpassed dogs for the first time to become the most popular pets among urban China residents. In that year, around 59.5 percent of Chinese pet owners who lived in urban households owned cats, soaring from 46 percent in the previous year.Feb 23, 2024


 :pondering: Are you saying that cats are food that Chinese keep on the shelf in case of an emergency?
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« Reply #1025 on: September 05, 2024, 12:28:14 am »
More flight attendants we'd like to see.

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« Reply #1026 on: September 05, 2024, 12:35:31 am »
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Re: The Official TBR Silliness Thread---2024
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« Reply #1028 on: September 06, 2024, 04:40:47 pm »

And? I have done that more than once, unless it require a short response I detest wasting time texting back and forth when a phone call would be the simplest and fastest method.

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« Reply #1029 on: September 06, 2024, 04:50:37 pm »
And? I have done that more than once, unless it require a short response I detest wasting time texting back and forth when a phone call would be the simplest and fastest method.

Especially when you're standing right next to the person.  *****rollingeyes*****
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« Reply #1030 on: September 06, 2024, 04:59:40 pm »
Especially when you're standing right next to the person.  *****rollingeyes*****
Well there are times like when your talking about a third person who is within hearing distance :whistle:

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« Reply #1031 on: September 06, 2024, 05:08:11 pm »
Well there are times like when your talking about a third person who is within hearing distance :whistle:

Advice from my grandma: "Never lower your voice when you don't want people to hear you. Whispering makes people pay more attention to what you're saying. Just keep talking at a normal voice as if you don't care if anyone listens and they won't."
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« Reply #1032 on: September 06, 2024, 07:09:41 pm »


It's about the coffee! Don't forget the coffee ...
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It's about the coffee! Don't forget the coffee ...
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« Reply #1034 on: September 06, 2024, 07:37:07 pm »
:silly:
Full bean imported Sumatran - fresh ground - in a French Press!
Do not insult the coffee. You must RESPECT the Coffee!
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You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
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Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists

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« Reply #1035 on: September 06, 2024, 07:41:42 pm »
Full bean imported Sumerian - fresh ground - in a French Press!
Do not insult the coffee. You must RESPECT the Coffee!
I like a dark roast Sumatran. Full bean, ground to powder, just a cheap old drip coffeemaker that does not overheat the distilled water and bring the acids out. No matter where I go, the distilled water makes for coffee untainted by local minerals or water treatments. Respect the water, you respect the coffee!
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Re: The Official TBR Silliness Thread---2024
« Reply #1036 on: September 06, 2024, 07:51:38 pm »
Sumatran is the best.  Also good blended with Arabian beans which are harder to find.

Mexico also has excellent coffee beans.  But again, hard to find.
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« Reply #1037 on: September 06, 2024, 09:03:43 pm »
In reality there is no difference
You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
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Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists

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« Reply #1038 on: September 06, 2024, 09:18:42 pm »
Funny game show idea.
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« Reply #1039 on: September 06, 2024, 10:41:53 pm »
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« Reply #1040 on: September 06, 2024, 11:38:58 pm »
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To keep the dog's breath a little fresher...
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« Reply #1041 on: September 08, 2024, 10:02:59 pm »
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« Reply #1042 on: September 08, 2024, 11:39:06 pm »
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« Reply #1043 on: September 08, 2024, 11:57:36 pm »
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« Reply #1045 on: September 09, 2024, 06:07:33 pm »
Advice from my grandma: "Never lower your voice when you don't want people to hear you. Whispering makes people pay more attention to what you're saying. Just keep talking at a normal voice as if you don't care if anyone listens and they won't."
Good advice, but then I really didn’t ever care if people heard me, and now that I’m an old fart ? I make sure that they hear me. What good is being old if you don’t take advantage of it?

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« Reply #1046 on: September 09, 2024, 06:10:27 pm »
In reality there is no difference
I never thought of Thunderbird, Ripple and Boone’s Farm as Regal  :pondering:

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« Reply #1047 on: September 09, 2024, 06:45:27 pm »
I never thought of Thunderbird, Ripple and Boone’s Farm as Regal  :pondering:
Not wine. Not wine in any sense.
Those are called 'fortified'. Which means they are simply a mixed drink with juice, a splash of wine, and loaded with lots of low-grade ethanol.
You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
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« Reply #1048 on: September 09, 2024, 06:46:17 pm »
You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
If they kill their own with no conscience, there is nothing to stop them from killing you.
Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists

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« Reply #1049 on: September 09, 2024, 09:22:44 pm »
Not wine. Not wine in any sense.
Those are called 'fortified'. Which means they are simply a mixed drink with juice, a splash of wine, and loaded with lots of low-grade ethanol.
I thought that was just "Mad Dog" (MD 20/20)

We drank a lot of Taylor Lake Country Red, which tasted a lot like a batch of wine one of the chemistry students made out of Welch's Grape Juice. Some Gallo Hearty Burgundy, and when we were slumming TJ Swann (which tasted like juicy fruit gum). Boone's Farm always gave me a headache if it wasn't allowed to 'breathe' for a half hour or so.

I did have a case of Mouton Cadet ('79), but my 2nd ex claimed she poured it out.

No matter, it's been 35 years since I had any alcohol, and I don't miss it.
How God must weep at humans' folly! Stand fast! God knows what he is doing!
Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C S Lewis