Things that annoy me (4 Viewers)

[Combat]

The Lakers have played three games so far this season. LeBron has missed all three with an injury. Enter Luka. He plays two games before he gets injured and sits out game three. I can remember some NBA players back in the day playing all 82 games with no injuries.

 

[Terp152]

The news cycle is so bizarre that when the President announces that some private individual has written a $130 million check to pay the military during the shutdown, it hardly gets a mention. I'm sure there are a thousand different reasons this can't happen, but it is just another sign of how strange things have got.

The military, my son is active duty army, has always been paid during previous shutdowns. Now it's in doubt. Why?

 

[Terp152]

The Lakers have played three games so far this season. LeBron has missed all three with an injury. Enter Luka. He plays two games before he gets injured and sits out game three. I can remember some NBA players back in the day playing all 82 games with no injuries.

It's the same in college. Kentucky's starting point guard was out from an injury in a scrimmage game no less and missed the game against number one Purdue. It seems every team has key players out with injuries. I don't remember season ending injures to players when I was in college over a generation ago.

 

[marco55]

Maybe the Mafia knows
Mark

 

[Warrior]

I watched the movie "Weapons" yesterday.........it got rave reviews, someone needs to tell me why.

If you haven't seen it yet but plan to, spoilers ahead.

It was half horror movie, half dark comedy, not to mention, what was the point of turning the kids into weapons by the Aunt? No clue what the purpose was unless I missed it.

She sure got hers in the end, that's for sure.

For me, mediocre at best.

 

[tdubel]

Call me a Homer for Pittsburgh but this gambling scandal has made me an even further cynic after last night's second half officiating. Watch the first 2 series of the second half and tell me the NFL refs are not on some sort of take. It changed the course of that game in my humble opinion.

 

[Combat]

I watched the movie "Weapons" yesterday.........it got rave reviews, someone needs to tell me why.

If you haven't seen it yet but plan to, spoilers ahead.

It was half horror movie, half dark comedy, not to mention, what was the point of turning the kids into weapons by the Aunt? No clue what the purpose was unless I missed it.

She sure got hers in the end, that's for sure.

For me, mediocre at best.

I had the same reaction. I think she was using the kids as a source of energy to stay alive since she had cancer. "Deadstream" on Netflix is a fun horror/comedy. It even makes the Gen Z obsession with social media fun.

 

[Warrior]

I had the same reaction. I think she was using the kids as a source of energy to stay alive since she had cancer. "Deadstream" on Netflix is a fun horror/comedy. It even makes the Gen Z obsession with social media fun.

Watched "It; welcome to Derry" or whatever it's called tonight...................meh, a flying killer baby?

Too goofy for my taste.

And I liked those two goofball kids too....................

 

[Warrior]

I had the same reaction. I think she was using the kids as a source of energy to stay alive since she had cancer. "Deadstream" on Netflix is a fun horror/comedy. It even makes the Gen Z obsession with social media fun.

Did you see the shutter series "Motel Hell" or whatever it was called; it was about a hotel where a gruesome double murder took place, it shut down for years, then reopened and a group of people go for the reopening, some sort of weirdo fan club of the murders I guess.................one by one they get picked off in unique ways, the killer could be one of several people...............the ending was beyond bizarre.

Just wondering if you gave it a watch and what you thought of it; the ending was too out there for my taste, seems like every horror movie now has some sort of "message/follow the bread crumbs" ending.

 

[Terp152]

"Sacramento has cooked up another ingredient for entrepreneurial misery: a law that will make California the first state in the nation to require restaurants to list major food allergens on their menus.

The new law requires restaurants to indicate on their menu whether each dish contains any of nine major allergens — milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy or sesame." This is for restaurant chains with 20 or more locations. This is just stupid and another example of "nanny care." How did we ever survive without these dire warnings?

 

[tdubel]

"Sacramento has cooked up another ingredient for entrepreneurial misery: a law that will make California the first state in the nation to require restaurants to list major food allergens on their menus.

The new law requires restaurants to indicate on their menu whether each dish contains any of nine major allergens — milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy or sesame." This is for restaurant chains with 20 or more locations. This is just stupid and another example of "nanny care." How did we ever survive without these dire warnings?

I have always said the weather in California is not worth the headache caused by living there. Why people put up with it there is beyond me.

 

[Panzer ace]

I have always said the weather in California is not worth the headache caused by living there. Why people put up with it there is beyond me.

Tom:

I think about this every time I go to our house in California.

Then, in the middle of the summer I go grocery shopping in Texas and I almost die of heat stroke walking to my car.

-Jason

 

[tdubel]

Tom:

I think about this every time I go to our house in California.

Then, in the middle of the summer I go grocery shopping in Texas and I almost die of heat stroke walking to my car.

-Jason

I can take the heat, what I can't take is the absolutely non sensical government decisions. Awful, give me the heat anyday.
TD

 

[Warrior]

Tom:

I think about this every time I go to our house in California.

Then, in the middle of the summer I go grocery shopping in Texas and I almost die of heat stroke walking to my car.

-Jason

Can't stand the heat either; have said it a million times, too hot to sit outside and socialize is no fun, the weather has been perfect here the past two weeks, mid to high 50's, cool enough where you need a hoodie or a light jacket, still ok to hang at night and have a few adult beverages.

Have a friend who hates the cold weather and keeps claiming he and his wife are moving south to the Carolinas...............best of luck with that.

 

[OzDigger]

Tom:

I think about this every time I go to our house in California.

Then, in the middle of the summer I go grocery shopping in Texas and I almost die of heat stroke walking to my car.

-Jason

I can take the heat, what I can't take is the absolutely non sensical government decisions. Awful, give me the heat anyday.
TD

Can't stand the heat either; have said it a million times, too hot to sit outside and socialize is no fun, the weather has been perfect here the past two weeks, mid to high 50's, cool enough where you need a hoodie or a light jacket, still ok to hang at night and have a few adult beverages.

Have a friend who hates the cold weather and keeps claiming he and his wife are moving south to the Carolinas...............best of luck with that.

Crazy weather here in South East Queensland this week, our climate is similar to a mild version of Florida, but no crocs or gators here and our population is well behaved..mostly.

Monday kicked off with a 39 Deg C (102 F) heatwave, by far the hottest day here during my 25 years on the coast, attempted to go for a walk, but way to hot outside, like an oven

Since Monday we've had cooler weather with thunderstorms every day, we needed rain, sadly a young local woman was fataly injured by a lightning strike while kicking goals at Soccer practice yesterday

 

[tdubel]

I would rather spend the money on air conditioning and toy soldiers then give it to the State in tax money. Maryland is a automatic at least 10% hit when compared to Texas, Tennessee and Florida to name a few. Plus you also get the premium cost of living and for the life of me living here my life, have never figured out what that was. I like it when I spend time on the Eastern Shore and used to like Western MD. Baltimore flat out sucks with high prices and crime. SO I must be a terrible CPA in that I pay a premium to live in one of the most crime ridden and corrupt areas in the US.

So eventually I will be smart and do what most others have done in this State, sell my house for an overinflated price and get out of dodge and let the problems become someone elses!
TD

 

[Combat]

I would rather spend the money on air conditioning and toy soldiers then give it to the State in tax money. Maryland is a automatic at least 10% hit when compared to Texas, Tennessee and Florida to name a few. Plus you also get the premium cost of living and for the life of me living here my life, have never figured out what that was. I like it when I spend time on the Eastern Shore and used to like Western MD. Baltimore flat out sucks with high prices and crime. SO I must be a terrible CPA in that I pay a premium to live in one of the most crime ridden and corrupt areas in the US.

So eventually I will be smart and do what most others have done in this State, sell my house for an overinflated price and get out of dodge and let the problems become someone elses!
TD

It's difficult to understand why people vote for the same political party over and over when the results are so terrible. In places like MD and PA, the rural areas are mostly Republican, but in statewide elections they are offset by the urban populations in the big cities. The urban population votes 80-90% democrat even when their cities are a disaster. The only way that I can explain that is many people in the urban areas are dependent on some type of government program. And they vote democrat to maintain those programs. I also see elderly, white, college educated types in the urban areas that consistently vote democrat because none of the policies they support have any impact on their lives or communities. They don't live in those areas affected by crime and homeless people.

 

[Warrior]

It's difficult to understand why people vote for the same political party over and over when the results are so terrible. In places like MD and PA, the rural areas are mostly Republican, but in statewide elections they are offset by the urban populations in the big cities. The urban population votes 80-90% democrat even when their cities are a disaster. The only way that I can explain that is many people in the urban areas are dependent on some type of government program. And they vote democrat to maintain those programs. I also see elderly, white, college educated types in the urban areas that consistently vote democrat because none of the policies they support have any impact on their lives or communities. They don't live in those areas affected by crime and homeless people.

Nailed it.

Same for MA; Boston is a poohole, but the residents keep voting for morons like Mayor Wu and overwhelming vote Democrat in the presidential election, same for governor, our state utility rates are outrageous, but they could care less, we're a "green state" evidently, so who cares that people are paying a king's ransom for gas and electric, we're saving the planet!!.....................

 

[Horus]

Nailed it.

Same for MA; Boston is a poohole, but the residents keep voting for morons like Mayor Wu and overwhelming vote Democrat in the presidential election, same for governor, our state utility rates are outrageous, but they could care less, we're a "green state" evidently, so who cares that people are paying a king's ransom for gas and electric, we're saving the planet!!.....................

For which I'm sure coal fired industrial nations like India and China are thankful !

 

[tdubel]

I would rather spend the money on air conditioning and toy soldiers then give it to the State in tax money. Maryland is a automatic at least 10% hit when compared to Texas, Tennessee and Florida to name a few. Plus you also get the premium cost of living and for the life of me living here my life, have never figured out what that was. I like it when I spend time on the Eastern Shore and used to like Western MD. Baltimore flat out sucks with high prices and crime. SO I must be a terrible CPA in that I pay a premium to live in one of the most crime ridden and corrupt areas in the US

TD

Nailed it.

Same for MA; Boston is a poohole, but the residents keep voting for morons like Mayor Wu and overwhelming vote Democrat in the presidential election, same for governor, our state utility rates are outrageous, but they could care less, we're a "green state" evidently, so who cares that people are paying a king's ransom for gas and electric, we're saving the planet!!.....................

You both are right (Doug and you), that said, I also have the ridiculous gun control laws that are just idiotic also. End of day, we will naturally over time vacate the State, I will incur air conditioning costs, but oh well, if my wife has her way Florida it is and you have the ocean. If I have mine about 25 acres, German Shepherd (malinois) and a good old Colt. Either way I can live with it!