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  1. HudsonHawk

    Philosophical: We're all come and go. Only those, who accept this fact, are "free", for real.

    I used to have a drinking buddy who was an eye surgeon. He said that people would be surprised how easy surgery is, that anyone with some common sense and a reasonably steady hand could do it. The hard part about being a surgeon was having the personality to convince people to let you cut them...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Believe it or not, I asked a nurse about 40 years ago, when I was a kid, why they didn't wear the hats anymore (though she was wearing the traditional dress). Her answer was simple: patients, particularly children, knock them off all the time. I haven't seen a nurse in anything other than...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    One of my favorite lines in a Bugs Bunny cartoon is from 1948's High Diving Hare, in which Yosemite Sam forces Bugs to fill in for Fearless Freep in the high diving act. One of Bugs' tricks on Sam is to build a door at the top of the platform, which Sam pounds on demanding Bugs "Open the...
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    Your favorite movie quotes

    Watching Raising Arizona again last night, reminded me some funny lines: Truck driver: "Son...you got a panty on your head." Evelle Snoats: "These [balloons] blow up into funny shapes and all?" Clerk: "Well no...unless round is funny."
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    This or That

    I cannot abide the addition of sweet corn to cornbread. That said, I always add a teaspoon of both sugar and salt to my cornbread batter.
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    OK, I actually chuckled out loud, which I rarely do. That was a good one.
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    Old guys can sometimes come up with low tech solutions too. How many remember putting wooden clothespins on your fuel line?
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I still hear the term "grip bag" occasionally. It's been pretty much replaced by "carry on", even in a non-airplane setting.
  10. HudsonHawk

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    This is getting to be a common occurrence these days, but another rock legend gone... Keith Emerson, most notably from progressive rock pioneers Emerson, Lake and Palmer has died at age 71. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35787187
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    You see that sometimes around here, but not as common as it once was. Oil companies used to supply the homes of their employees this way, especially if the were in a remote location. They'd never do it now because of safety concerns with raw gas. But you can still see some old water wells with...
  13. HudsonHawk

    What's For Breakfast...

    Eggs, over easy, grits, toast and a big fluffy pancake. Coffee, black. Mix the eggs with the grits and sop it up with the toast. Breakfast from Heaven.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    North Sea Gas contains those things as well. As for gas lamps...each house in my neighborhood has a coach light in the front yard (we don't have overhead street lights). All were originally natural gas burning lamps, but some have switched over to electric. There are still quite a few gas...
  15. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    If Sandoval is 255 lbs, I'm the queen of England. It's even more amazing that he came up as a catcher. But he's ate his way toward 1B.
  16. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The time to worry about Sandoval's weight was *before* you gave him another $75MM
  17. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Actually, it was the description of your enjoyment of the game as having been "soured" to which I was referring. I'm just having a hard time reconciling your having been "soured" and "protesting" with "it doesn't bother me". Evidence is to the contrary. At any rate, I understand why fans (of...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Out of curiosity, why does it bother you that the players are receiving a higher percentage of the money the clubs are making?
  20. HudsonHawk

    Sears might be going belly up

    I'm guessing it's this way in NYC and other cities, but here in Houston certain routine trips, such as to/from the airport/convention center/stadium/major hotels/etc are zoned and the price is fixed and posted on the cab window. So no matter the route or the time, a trip from Hotel X to the...
  21. HudsonHawk

    New Blade Runner Movie NOT a remake!

    People watch those movies out of nostalgia, and a good many to have a laugh about what didn't happen. I don't think that means people would be just as interested in seeing those films if they were first run today. Personally, I'd be interested in a film about a potential 2050 post-apocalyptic...
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    Sears might be going belly up

    As for taxis vs. Uber...I concur that the reason for Uber's rise is that the standard taxi experience is simply an awful one. The driver's are incredibly dangerous and thoughtless, the cabs are disgustingly maintained, and the fees are outrageously expensive. I've gotten to where when visiting...
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    Sears might be going belly up

    Sears may have failed to see what they had in the order/delivery market, but they went in the toilet precisely because the market had shifted away from that in the 80s and 90s. They went heavy on retail stores because they had to in order to compete with the "get it now" stores like Walmart...

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