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Post by toshtego on Sept 10, 2023 11:53:45 GMT -5
Me wonder if I am younger than you. Not that it matters, except to some for whom it is a kind of fetish, but May 1939, Don. Pre-war issue! Except for the experience it offers and the trials it can bring, age is just another number. We call it "Pre-war quality".
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Post by trailboss on Sept 10, 2023 12:11:32 GMT -5
It sure was nice to travel to more hospitable climates, it has been sooo long since I could smoke outside comfortably. We rolled back in yesterday, and as we dropped elevation, it was back to 112°.
Within a few days, it is suppose to start leveling off at 100°, which is much better.
I do need to start a crusade at hotels to at least offer outdoor seating for smokers.
Watching the Cardinals get ready to be defeathered by the Commanders. “Rebuilding” years can be quite ugly.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 10, 2023 14:53:42 GMT -5
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Post by coalsmoke on Sept 10, 2023 17:48:25 GMT -5
My thoughts are with the people of Morocco after the absolutely devastating earthquake of the other day that, so far, has caused some two-thousand deaths. Apparently, the 6.8 magnitude quake had its epicenter in the Atlas Mountains and had a severe/strong intensity that reached Marrakech some forty-five miles to the northeast. The people there will need all of the support and care they can get.
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Post by urbino on Sept 10, 2023 19:25:36 GMT -5
My thoughts are with the people of Morocco after the absolutely devastating earthquake of the other day that, so far, has caused some two-thousand deaths. Apparently, the 6.8 magnitude quake had its epicenter in the Atlas Mountains and had a severe/strong intensity that reached Marrakech some forty-five miles to the northeast. The people there will need all of the support and care they can get. Hadn't heard about it. (I don't look at the news much.) Hope they can get back on their feet as quickly as humanly possible.
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Post by urbino on Sept 10, 2023 22:47:04 GMT -5
I can feel the ongoing lack of sleep catching up with me again, tonight. You'd think that means I'll sleep like a baby. That would be nice. Doesn't seem to work that way, though.
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Post by Silver on Sept 10, 2023 22:56:26 GMT -5
I can feel the ongoing lack of sleep catching up with me again, tonight. You'd think that means I'll sleep like a baby. That would be nice. Doesn't seem to work that way, though. I'm still up if you wanna chat.
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Post by urbino on Sept 10, 2023 23:00:22 GMT -5
I can feel the ongoing lack of sleep catching up with me again, tonight. You'd think that means I'll sleep like a baby. That would be nice. Doesn't seem to work that way, though. I'm still up if you wanna chat. Sure.
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Post by Silver on Sept 10, 2023 23:06:09 GMT -5
I'm still up if you wanna chat. Sure. Going to chat room now.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 11, 2023 8:22:12 GMT -5
A little rain here overnight. Accumulation of 0.17 inches. Forecast is for more this week. Most welcome even late in the year.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 11, 2023 8:33:44 GMT -5
My thoughts are with the people of Morocco after the absolutely devastating earthquake of the other day that, so far, has caused some two-thousand deaths. Apparently, the 6.8 magnitude quake had its epicenter in the Atlas Mountains and had a severe/strong intensity that reached Marrakech some forty-five miles to the northeast. The people there will need all of the support and care they can get. Masonry construction does not fair well in earthquakes. I am sorry for them.
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 11, 2023 12:49:42 GMT -5
Nous n'avons pas oublié.
(And yet we do.)
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Post by oldcajun123 on Sept 11, 2023 13:55:52 GMT -5
Sad day for America, God Bless America🇱🇷🙏😢
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Post by Darin on Sept 11, 2023 15:35:25 GMT -5
Sad day for America, God Bless America🇱🇷🙏😢 Why is that? What happened?
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Post by urbino on Sept 11, 2023 16:15:52 GMT -5
Sad day for America, God Bless America🇱🇷🙏😢 Why is that? What happened? A 9/11 reference, I believe.
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Post by instymp on Sept 11, 2023 17:21:00 GMT -5
Sad day for America, God Bless America🇱🇷🙏😢 I knew it was 9/11 today but wondered why our city had flags flown at half staff, must be the reason.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 11, 2023 18:26:45 GMT -5
A surreal day that was… anyone that experienced it will never forget, nor should we.
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 11, 2023 18:54:16 GMT -5
O, so true, Charlie. I was in Ireland: ‘Marooned among friends.’ They held a Mass of Consolation on that Friday. I can’t think of those days without tears.
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Post by johnlawitzke on Sept 11, 2023 21:49:44 GMT -5
A surreal day that was… anyone that experienced it will never forget, nor should we. I’ll never forget it. I had just gotten on the freeway to drive the 100 miles to the Detroit airport in order to catch a flight to Newark, NJ. I had flipped on the news on the radio just after getting on the freeway and heard about the first plane strike. Nobody knew what was going on. I had talked on the phone with my colleague Tony in Brooklyn who I was on my way to work with for a few days to see what he knew, but he didn’t know much and was about to head outside his office to where he could see the towers. The second strike occurred and shortly after the first tower fell, Tony called me back and told me to turn around and go home. I got off the freeway and took backroads home because there were so many unknowns that day. Got home and just stared at CNN for the rest of the day.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 11, 2023 22:40:39 GMT -5
Yeah, that first strike was a horrific accident, the second one told us that we were facing some evil son of a bitches.
It was amazing to hear Ron Silver talk about witnessing the “dry run” the terrorists took on a flight he was on, and his meeting with the FBI to share it, but it fell on deaf ears. It all could have been avoided…. I know that I am plying armchair qb, but they should have acted.
Weird… I searched for the transcript of what he said, and it seems to be buried. That does not surprise me though.🙄
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Post by coalsmoke on Sept 12, 2023 6:37:24 GMT -5
Janet and I were in Montreal at the time. We watched the coverage on TV and, when the second plane struck, I knew that it was an act of war. I couldn't get through to the American consulate because, of course, the line was tied up so we decided to pack up and get back to the States before the border was closed. That happened shortly after we went customs. It was a very somber drive home indeed.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Sept 12, 2023 10:03:49 GMT -5
I was at my Condo getting a boat lift installed, btm floor going to boat dock was a second kitchen, had the tv on, when the first plane hit I knew deep inside it wasn’t an accident, told the crew come inside and see history, as the day unfolded I thought of my kids, one in the 82nd Airborne, one a crew chief on a gun ship. Sad, sad day for families.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 12, 2023 10:47:30 GMT -5
The blackest day since Pearl Harbor, I say. There were others such as the USMC barrack attack in Beirut and the USS Cole attack. This one had so many casualties during and after. So much heroism. So much fear these attacks would continue.
I watched it all unfold on TV from a safe place in rural northern NM. Way down the list of terror targets. Although, Los Alamos is always a concern since I am downwind from the lab. Fortunately, they have a competent security police force in addition to a municipal police department.
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 12, 2023 11:44:51 GMT -5
Just a matter of time. So many of our enemies have come across our open border.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 12, 2023 18:48:37 GMT -5
Just a matter of time. So many of our enemies have come across our open border. And how would we know? I thought the terrorists of 9/11 came in on lawful permits.
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Post by coalsmoke on Sept 12, 2023 19:19:04 GMT -5
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?" -A. Lincoln
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Post by daveinlax on Sept 12, 2023 20:59:52 GMT -5
Just a matter of time. So many of our enemies have come across our open border. And how would we know? LoL! Because Fox News reminds him of his Talking Points 24/7!
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 12, 2023 22:23:50 GMT -5
I don’t have talking points. And I don’t watch Fox News. Try harder not to be an insufferable twit.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 12, 2023 22:39:09 GMT -5
The local news here in Arizona said that this year there was 146 people on the terrorist watch list that were caught. The border patrol agent said tat it is anyone’s guess how many “gottaways” are out there, but he said that he believes that number is larger. He went on to say that in 2019, they did not have a single person apprehended that was on the list.
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Post by coalsmoke on Sept 13, 2023 7:06:57 GMT -5
I believe that we all, every one of us, should let the faith that we profess to have guide us in all things.
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