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    The "What song is this?" thread

    Gary Owen There’s lots of versions of this tune. It’s the March of the 7th Cavalry so it gets associated with Custer and the Little Big Horn but I think it was originally an Irish Jig brought to America in the early 1800s so I chose that version.
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    Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.

    Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the reign of Richard the Third and that reminded me of a movie I watched a couple of weeks ago on Acorn TV called 'The Lost King'. It's about a woman named Philippa Langley and her devotion and work to find the remains of King Richard III. It's a bit...
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    The Phoenician Scheme

    Whelp. I slept through most of this today.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    The park down the street we went to as kids had one of these and a rack for the empties.
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    The Video Thread

    I had no idea…
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Lou Christie
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    Happy Fathers Day

    Happy Father's Day 1988
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Very Sad
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    Home Improvement

    Personally, I would just go down to the local big box and get a 1/3hp Badger or whatever the house brand is. Maybe 1/2hp, but 1/3 has always worked for us. Don’t spend a ton on a “quiet” model. It’s only on for 10 secs at a time once or twice a day, anyway.
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    Dental Problems

    I was going to contribute to this thread and talk about implants but I think I’m going to go and throw up instead.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    I know. It’s a stupid song, but that chick…
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    RIP Rick Derringer
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    Home Improvement

    I'm not an electrician. I've got all the parts together to do this and on the surface it's a pretty simple task for a handy kinda guy like me! There are four things that are keeping me from doing this although I will eventually get around to it. 1) The breaker for the generator needs to be in...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    The Accountant 2 (2025)

    I saw the first one. Without spoiling this for everyone I didn’t know who the blond lady was or who the little boy was.
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    The Accountant 2 (2025)

    Saw this yesterday. Pretty dumb, made worse by me by not knowing who was who until my wife explained it to me on our out the door. My mistake all around.
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    The Video Thread

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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Did y'all feel that? The world's IQ just nudged a little bit higher. Not much, but a little.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    I was just going to post about this. I remember listening to Bob Newhart on the radio with my Dad back in the 60s. The one-sided telephone conversations were hysterical.
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    ...when you can press the righthand button three times on your iPhone, bring this up and find it useful.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    “I’m a pony! I’m a pony!”
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Joe Bonsall, The Oak Ridge Boys country tenor, dies at 76 from complications of ALS
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Wow. I had no idea I could still maybe repair that thing. Mines's 1/2". I just have to figure out which kit I need. Thanks!
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    This was really my fault. I was working on a bolt I couldn't see, it was 100 degrees out, I was reaching around a wheel working backwards and had convinced myself I was turning the right direction (I wasn't) and when I couldn't budge it, I went for the cheater pipe. The real rustle was I bought...
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Been there
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    Horizon: An American Saga, Part 1

    Say what you will but at least this was an original idea for a movie. Before it started, we sat through a preview for a rehash of ‘Twister’, cleverly renamed ‘Twisters’, a preview for a movie called 'Beetleguise' that I think I saw 36 years ago and one for some stupid Transformers flick. I think...
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Don't expect the Government to do this. Biden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stations in two years
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    Horizon: An American Saga, Part 1

    Saw this today. Was kinda dreading it seeing as how it was 3 hours long, but I really enjoyed it and the time went by quickly. Beautiful scenery and a good story that is really several plot lines that are all interesting with interesting characters. The Cowboy and Indian stuff was pretty even...
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    Nosferatu

    Why? How many times do we want to do this? Can somebody come up with an original plot? Anybody?
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    One of my childhood memories is going on a field trip with my Little League team to Candlestick Park to see a real baseball game. We saw Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and I think Juan Marichal.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    I've always paid sales tax, when required, at the DMV when registering the car in my name.
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    The Video Thread

    Actually, Boobs Dylan wrote that.
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    Wait ‘til one of you dies, God forbid.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Three Island Crossing along the Oregon Trail, Snake River, Idaho.
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    Home Improvement

    You could try what those sissy Jeepers do and spray the bottom of the deck with J&J baby oil. Gotta admit it smells nice.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Probably closer to 107 years ago.
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    Router Questions

    I have an Arris SB6141 cable modem and an ASUS RT-AC68U router in my living room. All this works very well. Now my internet provider has increased my speed from 200Mbps to 600Mbps for less money and they recommend I upgrade my modem to take advantage of the increased speed. I have purchased an...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    That would be Bryce.
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    Coffee Thread

    I bought this a few years ago. It has never failed and I'm kinda lax with the cleaning schedule, that is, I don't do it as often as they recommend. I make 2 "lungos" after dinner everyday and have done so from the day we bought it. I use a stand alone frother instead of the steam wand because...
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    Got hearing aids yesterday. The technology is amazing, but still. Two years ago it was new teeth. This year it's new ears. Sigh.