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- Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:35 pm
- Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
- Topic: food desert
- Replies: 10
- Views: 63
Re: food desert
Peculiar set of data that assumes Walmart is the only source of groceries in Chicago. I'm no expert on urban resources, but it is not obvious to me that Chicago will be a food desert with half its WalMart stores folded. There are plenty of other grocery stores (and even 4 remaining Walmart stores) ...
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:52 am
- Forum: Laffs!
- Topic: We all love puns
- Replies: 1608
- Views: 96598
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:53 am
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: A huge read but worth the investment
- Replies: 23
- Views: 157
Re: A huge read but worth the investment
T.S. Eliot would have made a lousy songwriter. :lol: :lol: :lol: :ok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This here (just stolen from some twit on Twatter): Taylor Swift: Hey, could you make dinner tonight? Taylor Sw...
- Tue May 30, 2023 4:38 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump acknowledges Memorial Day 2023
- Replies: 8
- Views: 65
Re: Trump acknowledges Memorial Day 2023
Uhhh...so Trump is telling people who have already *DIED* for their country to have a "Happy Memorial Day"???Happy Memorial Day to all, but especially to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the country they love

- Mon May 29, 2023 5:52 am
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: Daylight come an' me wanna go home: RIP Harry Belafonte
- Replies: 4
- Views: 52
Re: Daylight come an' me wanna go home: RIP Harry Belafonte
Sorry, but I feel compelled to put this photo in this thread.
I'll just see myself out now...
I'll just see myself out now...
- Sun May 28, 2023 9:09 pm
- Forum: Laffs!
- Topic: Whoa Black Betty
- Replies: 4
- Views: 71
Re: Whoa Black Betty
Yup, right.
Ram Jam. Thank you, ma'am!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE
(I especially loved the panda lamps!)
Ram Jam. Thank you, ma'am!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE
(I especially loved the panda lamps!)
- Sun May 28, 2023 9:00 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The United Police States of America
- Replies: 524
- Views: 50148
Re: The United Police States of America
I would think that, if it isn't already illegal it certainly SHOULD be illegal to use a taser in a dangerous or irresponsible manner, or in a situation where such use has a high probability of causing a lot of "collateral damage". And firing a taser in a gas station, at a running gas pump, surrounde...
- Fri May 26, 2023 7:25 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The United Police States of America
- Replies: 524
- Views: 50148
Re: The United Police States of America
Meade— think of it this way: let's say two gunmen approach a stranger in a public space. Gunman A tackles the stranger and knocks him to the ground; Gunman #2 fires his gun but misses his target (inflicting only a minor flesh wound and miraculously neither hitting any of the many innocent bystanders...
- Fri May 26, 2023 5:39 am
- Forum: Laffs!
- Topic: We all love puns
- Replies: 1608
- Views: 96598
- Fri May 26, 2023 12:30 am
- Forum: Laffs!
- Topic: Whoa Black Betty
- Replies: 4
- Views: 71
- Thu May 25, 2023 3:48 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Watching CNN
- Replies: 13
- Views: 153
Re: Watching CNN
IIRC in England (at least as of 5 years ago) speed limits were still posted in miles per hour.
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:23 pm
- Forum: Laffs!
- Topic: We all love puns
- Replies: 1608
- Views: 96598
- Mon May 22, 2023 3:01 am
- Forum: Laffs!
- Topic: We all love puns
- Replies: 1608
- Views: 96598
- Fri May 19, 2023 4:24 am
- Forum: All our own work
- Topic: Home for Random Thoughts
- Replies: 4065
- Views: 435667
Re: Home for Random Thoughts
Do British websites use biscuits?
- Wed May 17, 2023 8:38 am
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot
- Replies: 14
- Views: 135
Re: R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot
This just showed up in my Facebook feed:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3851085 ... 833394399/ (Yeah, yeah...I know: algorithms...AI...yada yada yada...)
And also too...
IMO "The Mary Ellen Carter" is an absolute fucking masterpiece!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3851085 ... 833394399/ (Yeah, yeah...I know: algorithms...AI...yada yada yada...)
And also too...
IMO "The Mary Ellen Carter" is an absolute fucking masterpiece!
- Mon May 15, 2023 10:48 pm
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot
- Replies: 14
- Views: 135
Re: R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot
Gaaak.
I just now noticed my typo in the title of this thread. Is there any way for me to correct it?

- Mon May 15, 2023 10:19 pm
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot
- Replies: 14
- Views: 135
Re: R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot
Thanks, Bill, for mentioning Stan Rogers. I totally agree.
Snailgate's comments about Great Lakes storms (and of course my own post of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") put me in mind of this minor gem by Stan Rogers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRtO3vfUbPY
Snailgate's comments about Great Lakes storms (and of course my own post of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") put me in mind of this minor gem by Stan Rogers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRtO3vfUbPY
- Mon May 15, 2023 8:34 am
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot
- Replies: 14
- Views: 135
R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot
Posting this now even though he died two weeks ago ; nobody else here seems to have noticed. Arguably one of the most meticulously historically accurate folk songs ever written: tV9PoWQVga0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV9PoWQVga0 Gordon Lightfoot.jpg And one of my own personal favorites (which n...
- Sat May 13, 2023 9:13 am
- Forum: Laffs!
- Topic: We all love puns
- Replies: 1608
- Views: 96598
- Sat May 13, 2023 3:39 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: And the award for the best shade throwing goes to...
- Replies: 230
- Views: 16164
Re: And the award for the best shade throwing goes to...
Well played, Campbell's Customer Service Dept.!
