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manumitted - to be released from slavery or servitude, essentially setting someone free from captivity.

I learned a new word today. Thanks, IB!

p.s. my copy of Fata Morgana arrived today.

I'll start reading it this weekend. No spoilers, please.

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Mornin' Sam

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Where the hell did Bungle Clone disappear to??* Another MI? He hasn't posted in 4 months.

* King of page 41!

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Biggie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:51 pm
Roux wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:49 pm if those were Democrats who stormed the Capitol
Son, you got a panty on your head.

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Hope things go smoothly, Roux. Get well.

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Good stuff, Roach. Thanks!

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WAS @ PHI WAS +6
WAS @ PHI OVER 47.5
BUF @ KC OVER 47.5

It's OVER.

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Are you sure you're not a Thalidomide baby?

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This is exactly why it's a colossal waste of time answering you. Anytime someone engages with you or you see anything your dem betters wouldn't like, you post non sequiters. When the target of your idiocy chooses not to answer on your terms, you run in circles shouting "hypocrite" as if y...

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This is exactly why it's a colossal waste of time answering you. Anytime someone engages with you or you see anything your dem betters wouldn't like, you post non sequiters. When the target of your idiocy chooses not to answer on your terms, you run in circles shouting "hypocrite" as if yo...

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Any word yet on reallocating or clawing back the $42B for "equitable internet access" that still hasn't hooked up a single customer?? Any word on that "concept" of a health care paln? Let me know when you have anything of substance to add. Was a sock puppet nic "Vapid Ankle...

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Any word yet on reallocating or clawing back the $42B for "equitable internet access" that still hasn't hooked up a single customer??

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Innocent Bystander wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:22 pm Off topic, Fata Morgana by Steven R. Boyett is my favorite retro-Buck Rogers-esque sci-fi novel of all time. That epilogue ...

I'll have to pick up a copy. Thanks for the recommendation!

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HighPlainsGrifter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 2:09 am Not trying to weigh in on the seriousness of the discussion but I found This reasonably entertaining

Well that settles it then, eh? Flat Earth confirmed1

Can you imagine dude's halitosis though?

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Biden hasn't done anything. He has dementia. His wife, DOCTOR Jill Biden She's not an MD. She's an academic. That's generous. Have you ever read her doctoral thesis? It reads like an 8th grader's book report with excessive buzzwords and repetition sprinkled in. Her dissertation on Community College...

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Biggie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:38 am
Sudden Sam wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 1:03 am To’to To’to
Sooo close.

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There's no good reason to take potshots at his faith, roux. ~~Nun~~... I mean, none.

If this goes back to an old thread that I missed or wasn't here for, post a link to it.

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You've got me sold on trying both. I've made plenty of traditional roux, but had no idea there is a dry process, too.

Also, do you have a recipe handy for Coubion? TIA

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Climate Change Did Not Cause the LA Fires A scientist says the climate is not broken, we need fossil fuels, and bad policy led to the fires. By Emily Yoffe 01.15.2025 Steven Koonin is a theoretical physicist and a leading voice calling for what he describes as “climate realism.” Koonin was on the f...

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Roux wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:57 am“When you're over water, the humidity is a bit higher, and so the index of refraction is higher, and it would cause light to bend towards the surface of the Earth.”

An unedited example:

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WAS @ DET OVER 55.5
LAR @ PHI PHI -6
BAL @ BUF BAL -1

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It seems the NFL has already written the script for a Chiefs 3 Peat. Referee Trend Heavily Favors Chiefs in Divisional Round Matchup vs. Texans Reed Wallach | Jan 15, 2025 "The Chiefs' quest for the first-ever Super Bowl three-peat begins at home against the Houston Texans on Saturday, and the...

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Excellent review, HPG. Enjoyed the Star Trek reference, used in perfect context.

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I would never donate money that's as top-heavy as United Way. Ugh. Type complete sentences much, board tard? Never mind... that's not the point, Dyslexic in Seattle. Roux's post was the most constructive take in 7 pages of crap, so it deserved a bump. So put your money where your fetid mouth is * ....

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Mtool troll? Damn, you know how to hurt a guy. I'm just your average over the hill shit poster with a minor in photo editing and boomer humor. No idea who you are or were, but so far on your return to glory[hole], solid takes from you have been as scarce as balck place kickers in the NFL. Oh yeah......

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Roux wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:44 am

United Way LA County donation link

Please donate if you can.

^^^ This.

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Yes, yes I did. Hope it didn't offend delicate sensitivities. :hfal: Consider yourself lucky, VERY lucky the midget lawyer no longer posts here or he would call you a naziracistmisygenophobe and run you for sure as your spotted ass disappears over the hill. :oeb: Lil' Sweetums!!! HH1, do you go bac...

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kcdave wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2025 11:48 am

Poor horse.

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LAC @ HOU . . LAC -3
DEN @ BUF . . DEN +9
GB @ PHI . . . PHI -4.5

Thanks, poptart!!

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https://x.com/hubermanlab/status/187723 ... 93784?mx=2

Scumbags lighting a new fire.

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Time lapse video from 01.07.2025, taken by GOES-18 and JPSS satellites. Both satellites are equipped with next-generation tools to observe our planet, but the difference is that JPSS orbits Earth in a polar, non-geosynchronous orbit 512 miles above us, while GOES satellites orbit above the same poi...

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Released in 1969, I remember playing this as a kid.

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Carson wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:39 pm If I Had a Heartbeat

LOL!

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HighPlainsGrifter wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 1:48 am If you make a road trip to the high plains before we reach fire ban season I'll take you out to shoot .50cal tracers.

Thanks! Never shot a .50 before. My FFL has a Barrett but his back yard range maxes out at 500m.

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Mikey wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 3:21 pm Wouldn’t be surprised if it also has one or more Frobenius manifolds.

... and a muffler bearing or two.

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Firearms are strictly forbidden on operational locations (pad sites). Safety officer will lose his shit if he sees so much as a cartridge on the floorboards. Historically, there have been too many disputes resolved with firearms in the man camp. For that reason my service trucks and auger units are...

StrawMan · Re: Weekend Roll Call 1-4-25 Diego got off a funny! Rack.

Diego got off a funny! Rack.

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Trudeau the Commie

Trudeau the Poseur

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NYG @ PHI . . PHI -3
WSH @ DAL . .WSH -4.5
KC @ DEN . . . KC +10.5

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