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  1. Burns

    The Mandalorian

    It's weird that they didn't get it, when Filoni mostly nailed the bounty hunter thing in Clone Wars with young Boba, Bossk, Aurra Sing, and Cad Bane. The 7 samurai tribute episode was the only(?) bounty hunters as the "good guys" type thing (that I remember), and not morally grey, out for...
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    That would make sense on how it can fit The Message. I thought it funny that they would make the black queen the evil usurper, but the twist could easily be that she is just the figurehead daughter of the old king, forced to do the bidding of the evil white man that is really the one in charge...
  3. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    If you want more options for research from users of the products (less likely to be fluff PR bullshit), your best bet it to try an enthusiasts forum. If KIA doesn't have a very active enthusiast forum, you can try others, and use search for people's opinions on rim manufacturers. Maybe even...
  4. Burns

    The Video Thread

    In honor of the new King Charles III, here is a favorite video of what happened to Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland: P.S. Charles II almost destroyed the monarchy by dissolving parliament numerous times and leaving a catholic heir to the throne, in his brother James II (who was...
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    Investing General Discussion

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    Investing General Discussion

    This should help the market today, too much green yesterday.
  7. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Used car prices are continuing to trend down after that HUGE spike in 2021. So you don't have to load twitter to read the chart:
  8. Burns

    Black Adam (2021)

    I was trying to think of one. Then I remembered seeing him in The Mummy Returns and thought, here is an actor with zero potential, so I never watched a single movie he has been in since. Still, if people say this is decent, I may give it a shot. I am interested because there are too many hero...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Yarp, cat thefts have seen a surge in most major cities. Some trucks have huge cats that cost $3000+ to replace, not counting the damage the thieves do when they sawzall it out. Fun fact: It's illegal in the US to sell used catalytic converters to the public. They can not be legally reused and...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    From Reddit: "Towed with the e-brake on"
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    The Animated GIF Thread

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    The Animated GIF Thread

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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Catalytic Converter "lock"
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    From Reddit: "Customer bought wheels and tires online, after advising multiple times that the tires are too small for his SUV he insisted for us to put them on. TireSize: 225/45/17"
  15. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    If you can smell oil burning when the car is running, then it could be the valve gasket or a valve seal(s) that has a leak. The gasket repair is not necessarily a major repair, but still at least a couple hundred (probably). A seal repair, on the other hand, is a major, upwards of a $1000+...
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    When watching the Dwarf scenes, that was also my thought. The beard would have made her character much better and I don't see why they decided to take it out. It even fits the woke agenda of "women" being able to have traits that are purely male (in humans) and still being considered beautiful...
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    What's the saying? "For every hot woman out there, there is a man, somewhere, sick of her shit." In this case it is a whole squad. Time impacts elves differently, so it takes hundreds of years before they all just throw up their hands in disgust.
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    I started watching this show out of spite. Spite for all the people on this forum who bought Fallout 3 and 4, when Fallout 2 was one of the best games ever made. Yall want to contribute to ruining one of my favorite IPs of all time, well fuck you, I'm watching each episode 10 times and then...
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    My guess would be Tom Bombadil. If they want to stay true to the lore, the wizards weren't sent to Middle Earth until the third age (according tot he wiki). There is a good chance they just said fuck it to the lore though...
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    "Well hello Mr. Bond, have you met my wife, Oddjobs Around The House? She identifies as Native American and her pronouns are she/thay." *wife punches 007 in the face*
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    The Video Thread

    USS Texas finally has enough funds to get repaired. It has major structural issues and will hopefully survive being lifted in drydock. It was towed from the San Jacinto Battlefield State Park (Houston area) to a floating drydock in Galveston, Texas yesterday. The oldest surviving battleship...
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    Investing General Discussion

    Been hopeful that Nuclear makes a comeback in the west; if this Russian winter doesn't do it, I have little hope that anything will. Took a look at those companies and was wondering why RIO had a huge drop in Uranium production in 2021. Looks like they shut down one of their mines in Aus, in...
  23. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Weird Al Muhammad (Spoofing Shaggy: It Wasn't Me):
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    Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

    This thread got me thinking of a LoTR question for the Tolkien nerds: In the movie it is depicted that the forces of Sauron/Witch King tortured Gollum to give up the names Shire and Baggins, but couldn't Sauron see Bilbo when he put on the ring at the party? Did Tolkien ever describe how the...
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    White people problem: Too much money and what to do with it all?

    Check Starlink's website. They have a map of counties (that they claim) they are currently filling orders for retail and east Texas is not on it yet. Elon sent truckloads of dishes to Ukraine, so no clue how far back that set the roll out. Last I looked, a couple weeks ago, their official line...
  26. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    While I agree, the Juke is a pretty ugly vehicle, I think I would do almost anything not to be trapped in the current vehicle market. At least after reading all the posts in this thread about what people have experienced over the past few years.
  27. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    I would think you would have misfires on some cylinders and running rough before being unable to start, if the plugs were getting that caked in carbon. You shouldn't need to be a mechanic to check the plugs though. Plugs are cheap, spacing tool is cheap, you only need 4 plugs, and you can find...
  28. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    What's wrong with the beater? If it's something you could do yourself, you could hobble along while keeping an eye on a few different models you like. That way can get an idea of the market to become an educated buyer. Before the auto market insanity of the last few years, used sports cars price...
  29. Burns

    White people problem: Too much money and what to do with it all?

    HEB owns Central Market, so it technically counts as HEB!
  30. Burns

    White people problem: Too much money and what to do with it all?

    Don't know why anyone would chose to live east of Dallas and north of Conroe, unless work or family takes you there. If you want to build a retirement home in flat green woodlands, you might as well move to Arkansas to take advantage of the lower property taxes. Texas hill country is at least...
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    White people problem: Too much money and what to do with it all?

    The most important question you have to ask yourself, when buying a home in Texas is: "How far is it to the closest HEB grocery store?" If you find an HEB, the chances are that the area is of high quality.
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    White people problem: Too much money and what to do with it all?

    Sounds like you are asking for a safe short term investment that has slightly better returns than inflation but still allows you to stay liquid. I don't think that exists in current conditions. As for when a bubble will burst, only Jim Cramer knows that. If you read forever bears like Zero...
  33. Burns

    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    I keep getting fucked on rolls on my level 70 weapon for barb and its taking forever. Just passed 2 hours and still level 44.
  34. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Corvettes are the best sports car for the money and it's a fun car to drive. I have kept my C6 bone stock and not had an issue for 80k+ miles. From what I recall, replacing the heads is one of the cheapest mods to do when looking at $/hp ratio. Afaik, the main failure points for hard driven...
  35. Burns

    House of the Dragon

    Don't recognize him and never heard of him, but I guess that's nice.
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    Car ?'s

    Does your state have a lemon law or something like a 3 day refund requirement that such problems would be covered? Hopefully you didn't have to just eat that shit sandwich.
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    The Animated GIF Thread

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    The Animated GIF Thread

    Edit: the previous one looks like a Idolomantis Diabolica. There are a bunch of cool looking Mantis species out there. Such as the Orchid Mantis:
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    Investing General Discussion

    Still loosing $1 (like ~50%?) a share? Owch! Where you looking to hold it a while or did you buy in at the beginning of the year and get stuck?