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Post by Legend Lover on Feb 19, 2022 18:07:30 GMT -5
Watched the first 5 episodes of reacher. Gotta say I'm enjoying it so far.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 19, 2022 18:27:55 GMT -5
Watched the first 5 episodes of reacher. Gotta say I'm enjoying it so far. That's the first book. I read it years ago but it was recognizable. I I remember the "9mm subsonic" comment from the book. So, we have about 2 dozen seasons to go. |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 4, 2022 16:19:59 GMT -5
We watched Fruitcake Fraud yesterday that was about the controller of Texas famed Collins street bakery on Discovery+. The guy and his wife burned through 16 million dollars before his actions came to light...it is a crazy story! 1 hour 38 minute runtime. www.amazon.com/Fruitcake-Fraud-Season-1/dp/B09MBJXBFQ |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 4, 2022 19:06:59 GMT -5
I like their food.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 4, 2022 20:05:29 GMT -5
That is a shame. Terrible they did not discover the embezzlement sooner. This is why companies need independent audit examinations.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Apr 4, 2022 21:11:25 GMT -5
 They have the best fruit cake bar none!
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Post by trailboss on Apr 4, 2022 21:22:46 GMT -5
That is a shame. Terrible they did not discover the embezzlement sooner. This is why companies need independent audit examinations. All of the other people in the company come across as very humble, decent people. This company has existed well over 100 years and I reckon that everything rolled good until it didn’t, these sheep were ripe for the shearing. I imagine they have a robust auditing on a regular basis now. It is hard to imagine 16 million from a bakery fleeced before the sirens went off. Sucks it played out this way, tough lesson learned. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 4, 2022 21:36:04 GMT -5
That is a shame. Terrible they did not discover the embezzlement sooner. This is why companies need independent audit examinations. All of the other people in the company come across as very humble, decent people. This company has existed well over 100 years and I reckon that everything rolled good until it didn’t, these sheep were ripe for the shearing. I imagine they have a robust auditing on a regular basis now. It is hard to imagine 16 million from a bakery fleeced before the sirens went off. Sucks it played out this way, tough lesson learned. It's a really, really big bakery. But still.. |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 4, 2022 22:04:32 GMT -5
16 million divided by $32= Five hundred thousand fruitcakes.
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 5, 2022 6:28:58 GMT -5
16 million divided by $32= Five hundred thousand fruitcakes. That's a wild night! |
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 5, 2022 6:29:21 GMT -5
I finished Dead to Me the other day. Really easy watch and very funny too.
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Post by exbenedict on Apr 5, 2022 10:40:36 GMT -5
Just started Beforeigners. Interesting.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 5, 2022 10:50:53 GMT -5
That is a shame. Terrible they did not discover the embezzlement sooner. This is why companies need independent audit examinations. All of the other people in the company come across as very humble, decent people. This company has existed well over 100 years and I reckon that everything rolled good until it didn’t, these sheep were ripe for the shearing. I imagine they have a robust auditing on a regular basis now. It is hard to imagine 16 million from a bakery fleeced before the sirens went off. Sucks it played out this way, tough lesson learned. Even the most prepared and careful organizations get taken by the creativity of some crooks in their employ. Here is a case I recall from my "youth" whilst working for the old Bank of America's Security Department. The Castro Street Branch in San Francisco in the early 1970s was quite a busy one. Active merchant neighborhood with solid middle class residents who were active savers. The manager of that branch somehow installed a computer program in the old Fortran operating IBM 360s. It worked something like this. For every $200,000 that flowed through that branch's books, either in or out, debit or credit, a very small amount of money like $0.05 credited to an account he had control of. After some years, he had amassed something like $350,000. It took Bank Security & Operating Loss Investigations years to discover this. The numbers being credited affected the Trial Balance of the Branch in so small a way that is was written off by the accounting people as a "rounding error". Some error, eh? Caught he was and put away for a long time. One did not rob Mr. Giannini's bank and get away to tell about it. |
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Post by exbenedict on Apr 5, 2022 15:42:53 GMT -5
We watched Fruitcake Fraud yesterday that was about the controller of Texas famed Collins street bakery on Discovery+. The guy and his wife burned through 16 million dollars before his actions came to light...it is a crazy story! 1 hour 38 minute runtime. www.amazon.com/Fruitcake-Fraud-Season-1/dp/B09MBJXBFQDelicious food. Stopped in there every time we headed south... |
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Post by toshtego on Apr 5, 2022 17:45:04 GMT -5
We watched Fruitcake Fraud yesterday that was about the controller of Texas famed Collins street bakery on Discovery+. The guy and his wife burned through 16 million dollars before his actions came to light...it is a crazy story! 1 hour 38 minute runtime. www.amazon.com/Fruitcake-Fraud-Season-1/dp/B09MBJXBFQDelicious food. Stopped in there every time we headed south... I certainly enjoyed the fruitcake from those folks which you sent here a few years back. I do not like fruitcake but theirs was very good. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 5, 2022 17:47:00 GMT -5
We watched Fruitcake Fraud yesterday that was about the controller of Texas famed Collins street bakery on Discovery+. The guy and his wife burned through 16 million dollars before his actions came to light...it is a crazy story! 1 hour 38 minute runtime. www.amazon.com/Fruitcake-Fraud-Season-1/dp/B09MBJXBFQDelicious food. Stopped in there every time we headed south... Hey buddy, let me know next time you are in the area. I would love to get together with you. 😉 |
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Post by exbenedict on Apr 5, 2022 19:00:28 GMT -5
Delicious food. Stopped in there every time we headed south... Hey buddy, let me know next time you are in the area. I would love to get together with you. 😉 Seeing as how I live about 1500 miles from you and I only go to Texas when I'm forced to because of funerals or weddings, don't count on it anytime soon.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 5, 2022 20:13:06 GMT -5
Hey buddy, let me know next time you are in the area. I would love to get together with you. 😉 Seeing as how I live about 1500 miles from you and I only go to Texas when I'm forced to because of funerals or weddings, don't count on it anytime soon. Oh Darn! 😜🤠|
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 16, 2022 15:46:33 GMT -5
Dark Wind. A new series based on Tony Hillerman's books. Looks great so far.
Bosch Legacy, great carry over.
Ghosts, light entertainment.
Upload, same.
Startreck Strange New Worlds. You know, 'Trek!
Joe Pickett. Great new series supervised by the author C. J. Box.
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Post by instymp on Jun 16, 2022 17:06:21 GMT -5
Dark Wind. A new series based on Tony Hillerman's books. Looks great so far. Bosch Legacy, great carry over. Ghosts, light entertainment. Upload, same. Startreck Strange New Worlds. You know, 'Trek! Joe Pickett. Great new series supervised by the author C. J. Box. C.J's books were better (to me) than the TV series. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 16, 2022 18:51:26 GMT -5
Dark Wind. A new series based on Tony Hillerman's books. Looks great so far. Bosch Legacy, great carry over. Ghosts, light entertainment. Upload, same. Startreck Strange New Worlds. You know, 'Trek! Joe Pickett. Great new series supervised by the author C. J. Box. C.J's books were better (to me) than the TV series. Well, duh! What book was ever made better by being made into a TV show? |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 16, 2022 19:03:56 GMT -5
C.J's books were better (to me) than the TV series. Well, duh! What book was ever made better by being made into a TV show? Lonesome Dove. Not saying that the show was better than the book, but the casting made Agugustus NcRae and Cw Call come to life just like I imagined whyile reading. sablebrush52 played his part well. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 16, 2022 19:58:31 GMT -5
Well, duh! What book was ever made better by being made into a TV show? Lonesome Dove. Not saying that the show was better than the book, but the casting made Agugustus NcRae and Cw Call come to life just like I imagined whyile reading. sablebrush52 played his part well. What part did he play? |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 16, 2022 20:04:55 GMT -5
Background art work.
Five stars out of five.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 16, 2022 20:38:24 GMT -5
Background art work. Five stars out of five. Wow! I could have sworn that God was responsible for that! |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 17, 2022 10:17:47 GMT -5
I have been watching the old series, "Life and Times of Wyatt Earp" with Hugh O'Brien. Holds up surprisingly well over the decades since the 1950s when I first watched it. That is due to good writing and Hugh's personality. He was also excellent in "The Shootist".
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 17, 2022 10:38:11 GMT -5
I have been watching the old series, "Life and Times of Wyatt Earp" with Hugh O'Brien. Holds up surprisingly well over the decades since the 1950s when I first watched it. That is due to good writing and Hugh's personality. He was also excellent in "The Shootist". That's one show that I never missed. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 17, 2022 10:44:39 GMT -5
Thanks the Stars for Streaming, regular tv mostly has 98% Crap. I Garronte!
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Post by instymp on Jun 17, 2022 17:01:59 GMT -5
I have been watching the old series, "Life and Times of Wyatt Earp" with Hugh O'Brien. Holds up surprisingly well over the decades since the 1950s when I first watched it. That is due to good writing and Hugh's personality. He was also excellent in "The Shootist". Never saw him in The Shootist, saw the John Wayne version which I really liked. Thanks! Will look for it. |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 17, 2022 19:49:58 GMT -5
I have been watching the old series, "Life and Times of Wyatt Earp" with Hugh O'Brien. Holds up surprisingly well over the decades since the 1950s when I first watched it. That is due to good writing and Hugh's personality. He was also excellent in "The Shootist". Never saw him in The Shootist, saw the John Wayne version which I really liked. Thanks! Will look for it. He was in the John Wayne movie "The Shootist". Maybe you could watch it again. The Faro Dealer who makes the record shot early in the movie and is one of the three guys Books shoots it out with at the end. |
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They have the best fruit cake bar none!
