Learned to throw my little cast net! Had it for years, never used it. The trick was watching videos on how to throw small nets. Don’t have a fishing license, no idea what I’ll do with this skill.

Americans tend to equate “county” with “poor” because they don’t have first-hand experience with country people. They might also be confused because ostentatious displays of wealth are considered tacky here in the South.

A day or three after Hurricane Ivan finds me (white), my two roommates (white and Taiwanese) and a stranger (black) from around the corner playing cards on the porch. No power or water, it was all we had to do.

Black guy keeps getting us white guys mixed up. He gets our names wrong again and the other white guy says, “I’m John, he’s Jules.”

This guy is stumbling over himself apologizing and I cut him off, “It’s all good! I know we white people all look alike to y’all.”

An intense 2.54 seconds follows while everyone looks around the table to see if it’s OK to laugh. Then we just started howling. Whew.

We already have wild pigs.

Alien. Maybe my only 10 out of 10 movie, and not my favorite!

We’ve all seen it so many times it loses it’s luster. Wife had never seen it so I sat with her in the dark and watched it for the first time in decades. Jesus. She was about to tear through the couch cushion in stress. I knew what was going to happen and couldn’t peel my eyes off the TV.

Producing quality LEDs is a hella process. Producing shit LEDs is cheap.

There are several layers (7?) and a crack of a micron or three will suck the life out of it. Add to that shitty controllers and we get shitty LEDs. But they’re cheap!

I’ve got a couple of red LEDs that were made for the original IBM PC. They still work flawlessly.

You are very confused regarding the rank and file vs. officers.

Oh my friend! Ever heard of Iron Horse?

Simple, because he didn’t make a direct threat, didn’t direct anyone else either. Hell, he didn’t even call for her death. Trump’s using the mob boss language he learned in NYC.

“I think OP should have 9 guns pointed in his face for posting this.”

See how that works? All I said was that you should be threatened. Didn’t threaten action myself nor direct anyone else to action.

Speech like this is clearly stochastic terrorism, but the US really doesn’t have laws around it. I would hope there’s an incitement angle to this, IANAL, but our strong 1A rights make it sticky.

“Look at you! You’re scrawny, you’re an alcoholic, if you didn’t have such a big dick you wouldn’t be worth nothing!”

I, uh…

I was gonna say, I highly doubt there was a microwave oven in the entire city in the 60s.

And you weren’t kidding!

1946: The RadaRange, the first commercial microwave, was sold to restaurants, ship galleys and canteens. This six feet tall, 750 pound microwave sold for around $5,000. ($80,846 today.)

1955: Tappan made the first residential microwave, which was rarely seen in homes due to its staggering size and $1,300 price tag. ($15,294 in 2024 bucks.)

Been wanting so much more out of this story!

• Where was it delivered/received?
• Was this guy working all by himself?
• What was the plan, surely he had to move it somewhere other than the drop off?
• How was he going to sell 24 tons of cheese?! In small bits, here and there? To who? Would he have had to rebrand it?
• Even selling in small lots, surely the unique nature of the product would have been picked up by somebody?
• I read that trust is high in this small market, but 24 tons moved on a handshake?! Details please!

And given all that, it’s no surprise he was quickly caught.

It’s like “female”. Nothing wrong with it per se, especially in a biological conversation, but it’s more used with animals.

My hikes and kayak trips are usually uneventful, but I got stuck in a swamp the other day. That was thrilling.

The clear water is only 3" deep, but you’ll sink to your waist if you get both legs in, and then you’re truly stuck, no getting out, nothing to push against. Took me 20-minutes to navigate to the high ground only 30’ away.

Agreed with all that, but still, don’t forget how mind blowing it was in 1999. One of the only movies I ever saw twice in the theaters, two nights in a row even.

Even the trailers were wild. First time we saw one in the theater my gf and I looked at each other like, “What the fuck was that all about?!”

The Matrix was to science fiction in 1999 about what Star Wars was in 1977, so far ahead of the game it was like nothing before it.

That look become uncool 2-seconds after the Columbine shooting.

Maybe the color tones? You’re right though.

My Filipino wife is a big believer in brand names and having them plastered everywhere. Drives me fucking nuts. She equates looks with quality.

She got me hooked on watching videos about the Philippines. All the girls are sporting clothes with giant logos.

Give it a fucking rest already, that ain’t what we’re talking about.

That’s on you. Mine’s set to update at night so I never even notice.