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I used to have the ability to manoveur my handcuffed hands from behind my back to in front of me while in a car...... A useful skill I have lost. Although I haven't been handcuffed since my younger days. Perhaps I still can

Was the book kinda newly published when you read it or was it a dog eared old paperback from Goodwill?

You beat me to it! Forgot about Nos. Lots of theories about him really being a ghoul.

The Night of the Living Dead. Low budget, Black and White and scary as hell for the 1960s. "They're coming to get you Barbara" The music really makes it and the little kid zombie eating the Mom is still freaky. Don't watch any newish horror, kinda depresses me how sick and realistic it has become, too much torture and sadism. Don't mind Nightmare before Christmas for something fun.

Californians have taken over Oregon and Washington. Too bad, extreme beauty in the landscape wherever you go.

I remember watching Chevy Chase portraying Ford. They always made fun of him being physically clumsy. My favorite SNL President skit was Bill Hartman/Reagan. Blathering Fool in public.PoLITICAL GENIUS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. SNLs Baldwin/Trump might have been a little funny at first but it got old fast.

Academy Sports in Cookeville opens soon! What's their stance these days? I'm guessing they will sell firearms but what type I don't know. I bought a Kayak in Oregon from them a few years ago. That store had no guns.

Go for it but put a lean on future wages if they start making over a certain amount. That way they can work themselves out of the hole they are in by driving to work and pay the fines eventually. Put resrictions on the DL like daylight only or certain hours they work. Also there has to be a limit on how many tickets and violations. Something reasonable like a few minor violations every year. No DUI Remember "Cool Hand Luke" Failure to communicate speech. "Some Men you just can't reach" The article didn't give any details, sounded like a free ride.

Went and saw it back then. I was just the right age too, 13 or so. Like Christine Blasey Ford I cant remember how I got there or who I went with. “Just basic memory functions and also just the level of norepinephrine and the epinephrine in the brain that sort of, as you know, encodes — that neurotransmitter that codes memories into the hippocampus and so the Trauma Awesome Movie-related experience is locked there whereas other details kind of drift,” Ford said. Anyway If the rating was ok went with my friend on Bikes, If not my brother took me. My older Brother took me to alot of Vampire Flicks and other scary ghoulish stuff too. Lots of scantily clad girls!! Saw a string of low budget Star Wars knock offs afterwards including TVs Battle Star Gallactica. The genere got old quick for me. Lost all interest in Space dogfighting/ shoot em up movies by 17 and never watched any of the Star Wars sequel/prequels all the way through in later years. My favorite kid movie memories were this, the Planet of the Apes Sequels and the original POTA, (the best one) I saw on Television Movie of the week probably. Still love those! Sci Fi now to hold my interest doesn't need non stop action. In fact it's better without. The original Blade Runner was just the right balance of action and storyline for example. Remakes of movies like "The Last Man on Earth", "I am legend" suck IMO. Just because you can easily do great CGI effects doesn't mean you have to overload the screen with them. All these super hero movies are guilty of that I think. Too bad because I love Sci-FI. Anyway thanks Grand Torino! Good Thread. Mike

Why isn't MSM complaining or complimenting Trump on Michael? Coverage is dying and I haven't seen much negativity on his handling of it. About 30 killed and a town wiped out. Normally we'd have a panel of angry people on MSNBC, CNN talking smack about global warming and Trumps messed up handling of recovery. Midterms? Juicier stories to paint him bad?

Funny to watch re-runs of "All in the Family". That's about all Meathead ever talked about. Younger people probably don't understand the dialogue or find it funny.

That was a good day for my 10 year old self. All that political stuff was putting a damper on my Television viewing. We only had the 3 networks plus a couple of fuzzy local UHF channels!

Junior Samples approved! Joe Scarborough and Mika ain't gonna like it one bit.

As to the original post about faking the moon landings. The closest I'd ever entertain would be this.... The first landing faked, it was just another orbit of the moon as done previously, because they were not yet ready and wanted to discourage the Soviets. All later landings were real. % I think this possible? .00000001% Too many people would have to be killed to keep it a secret. Back then the secret would maybe be possible, but by now it would be out. For example, Kennedy was a sleeze but the press and everybody kept quiet back then. Now it's all out there no one disputes. Also with today's technology I'm sure experts could look at all the evidence of moon dust from suits and photographs or vids ans prove fakery if it existed.

No offence taken Bersaguy, I'm no mechanic or expert on cars. I was a parts changer in the Army though back in the early 80s.

Some variation of this body style is what I'd go for but not a 8cyl. Speed not needed nowadays. Other contenders for my classic car dream are a Corvaire 2nd bodystyle, 60s Ford falcon, 67ish rambler etc. Basically, a mid 60s to early 70s stock econo car. Anything but a Maverick.

I stand corrected. The swinger body style Plus the 6cyl. engine by whatever name anyway.

I was all hot to buy an old Classic Dodge Swinger/Plymouth Valiant some time back with the slant 6 engine. Still might someday if the right one comes along and I have the money burning a hole in my pocket at the time. I have very cold pockets at the moment.....

I watch Scotty Kilmer's youtube channel quite a bit. Some people out there say he's a paid hack but I still enjoy the channel. American and some European is all junk now according to him but especially Chrysler/Fiat. Toyota is usually the best bet he says. The guy's got me so paranoid now I'm thinking my next vehicle I'm gonna fork out the dough and get a Toyota. He does say if you buy new and don't plan on keeping it 100K miles plus.......Buy whatever you want it will last that long.

I'm sure you're not alone, I too have been on again off again "in to" firearms. Justifying another purchase when you barely shoot the ones you have? One problem is we need more outdoor rifle ranges. Bend in the River is ok for pistol but here in Cookeville where to go unless you know someone with land? Sounds like other places in TN are the same. TN is gun friendly but anti-gun range for some reason. It's just a PITA to get motivated to go to extremes to shoot. That's my burnout issue. Also no one to go with. I mean a newbie just getting involved, someone to teach a few things to. The other thing is, I never was an "Enthusiast" anyway. I like the mechanics and history of firearms but mostly feel it's everyone's duty to keep practiced up and have a few weapons on hand just in case. Exercise that 2ndA or lose it! Treat it like a responsibility as a patriot. Other wise it's sort of like bowling, or darts. Only louder and more expensive.

https://www.shopmyexchange.com/veterans We now have PX privileges whether you're retired or just a schmo like myself who never re-upped.

We always have put enough down to avoid PMI and escrow of taxes and insurance. Our mortgages have never stayed with who we originated them with either. Banking is one strange beast how they sell mortgages is so odd.

I wonder during the housing bubble crash how it went down if a borrower was caught up on loan payments but wasn't paying the insurance? Most people have taxes and insurance in the payment but those who pay separate, I imagine the lender wasn't in a rush to take back the home because insurance lapsed.

Looks to be a Tourist/fishing area, (Mexico Beach). One guy interviewed who stayed put said lady who was across from him rode it out too, only today her whole house is gone and her as well. Weird to see how some of those stilt houses still stand. Must be better built somehow. Hopefully the majority heeded the warnings and got out. Rescue now will be slow, more like recovery.

Wow! Mexico Beach.....Looks like a whole neighborhood of stick built homes is just gone. Anybody who decided to ride it out there is surely dead. Lots of scenes people taped of sheds and other flimsy structures flying through the air like kites. One clip showed an entire roof, trusses an all flying off a home. I know code has required tie down straps for a long time. Block homes, hip roofs, inland by 5 or 10 miles minimum away from low lying areas near rivers with storm shutters. Homes like that I'd stay. Anything less I'd get in my car and drive in a safe direction if there was even a 50 % chance a cat 3 or more was gonna hit. These news reporters with footage leaning into the wind gives people ideas of riding out storms I'm thinking. Also people chance the weather experts will get it wrong and are only reporting what a worst case scenario would be like. Problem is the weather experts are usually somewhat wrong and people feel lucky with the odds in their favor. Weather is not yet an exact science.