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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    I had one of these. Don't remember where I got it from. Could have been Boy's Life or maybe the back of a cereal box. You used to have to send in box tops as proof of purchase. A baking soda powered submarine. You'd pull the top off the conning tower, put a teaspoon of baking soda in there...
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    To continue with old computers, as I said earlier, my first computer was a TRS-80 Model 1. Later, when I first had my business, I had a pair of TRS-80 Model 3s. Mine had two floppies. My wife did the books on one. I don't remember the software title but it was very good. If I remember, it was...
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    I had a Zip drive for my Amiga 1000.
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    My first computer was a TRS-80 Model 1. I had a cassette player for storage. The basic command to retrieve a file from it was "cload". The cassette tape, as you know is a miniature reel to reel tape. You have to go forward or backward to find the song or in this case, file you need. I upgraded...
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    Bluegrass Thread

    Not Bluegrass...more Old Timey. If you're not familiar with banjo playing, what she does is called "Clawhammer" or "Frailing". A little of her voice goes a long way but her playing is virtuoso.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Clifford Clavin and Brenda Leigh Johnson's mom passed away at 93.
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    Napoleon (2023)

    I just saw this and it was terrible. Shitty acting and even worse screen play. Joaquin Phoenix was bored throughout the whole thing and they gave him stupidest lines to say. I think trying to condense Napolean's adult life into 2 hours was too much for the director and the screenwriter.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Why did they remove the rear sight from that rifle?
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    RIP Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 Commander
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    Home Improvement

    James Condon is one of my favorite YouTube channels.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Sailor missing at sea for 2 weeks found alive in life raft 70 miles off Washington coast That's just a great photograph. The subject, the framing, the exposure. It's just a great shot all around. It's crisp and sharp. Fuck, I'm blown away by how good it is.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    It does look fun. I wonder what the payload is.
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    The Equalizer 3 (2023)

    Exactly. Really likable good guy kills off really unlikable bad guys in a beautiful setting.
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    Home Improvement

    I've always used Purdy brand. I buy a 2" angled brush. If you got to HD or Lowes they will carry them and the sleeve it comes in will tell what it's for.
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    TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR (2023)

    I have an app for Cinemark theaters where I can purchase tickets for shows and reserve my seats. So I'm browsing to see what's showing and what's coming. TS's movie is coming 10/13 and will be on 12 screens. Most showings are around 80% full and tickets are almost $20. Crazy.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    That cambering shit has got to be the dumbest thing you can do to a car.
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    Home Improvement

    This is pretty interesting.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Fuckin' noise pump.
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    Country Music Thread

    A tribute to Emmylou from the next generation.
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    TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR (2023)

    You're going to have to add me to that group that couldn't pick out a Taylor Swift song from the cacophony that is radio today. It's a generational thing mostly. I can recognize the artists that I grew up with, but I've got a daughter that is older than TS is. My wife might know some of her work...
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    RIP Jimmy Buffett

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    The Equalizer 3 (2023)

    Saw this yesterday. It was OK, not great, maybe not as good as the first one, but it was OK. In many ways, I enjoyed it more than the latest John Wick movie. IMO, those movies border on the ridiculous. Maybe they're supposed to, but it doesn't work for me. I don't have a friend who couldn't win...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    AliExpress
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    What vehicle do you drive?

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    The Netflix Thread

    Canceled Netflix today. We just don’t watch it anymore. Too much crap. We watch Britbox or Acorn TV almost exclusively.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Same here. I have one under the rear seat in my PU. In AZ, car fires are frequent. Usually cars overheat and tranny fluid pukes out of the dip stick and onto the exhaust manifold. I almost got the chance to use mine when the truck behind me burst into flames but by the time I stopped and ran...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    But how is that ethical? You know what? Never mind. I don’t fucking care.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I still don’t know what that means.
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    The Equalizer 3 (2023)

    Found it at Walmart for <$10.
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    The Video Thread

    Well, at least it was qui
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    The Equalizer 3 (2023)

    I don’t remember the first two and I’ve been trying to find them to watch for free. I like Denzel Washington and I’m looking forward to this.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    That was my mom's dream car. I think mostly because it had an Italian name and she was fresh off the boat Italian. By the time I was successful enough to buy her one, she had put a restraining order on me. It's a long story. This was her first new car. A 1968 Toyota Corona. Not hers but the...
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    The first place to check when looking for your glasses will be your head.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Just drove to CA from ID and back in my base Hyundai Accent 5sp, around 1200 miles. Got over 50 mpg and stopped for fuel one time each way. Fueling took 15 minutes including the bathroom break. The car was under $20k new. Why would I ever want an EV?
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    Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.

    Gotta be better than this version
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    High density is just about all they build in Idaho.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Now don't laugh. I went through the same thing. My bike, a K75, was just too big for just tooling around town or for just going out for a short ride. This is what I bought about 3 years ago. It's a 2006 Kymco Grand Vista (Grand Dink in every other country) 250. Cost less than $2k and it's a...
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Was in Lowes this morning to get some lawn sprinkler parts. They were setting up Halloween shit. Half way into July and they’re selling end of October stuff. Some guy behind me at the self serve (no cashiers anywhere) had 2 stupid blowup Halloween things totaling over $750.
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    The Video Thread

    I call bullshit. Those are saltwater fish.