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Quote from: Parasaurolophus on May 19, 2024, 08:01:25 AMAiming for 13 pages today; hopefully more.

Doubled it.

Silly, but it achieved the purpose of getting a bit of coverage.  Now I hope the beast doesn't get hit by a car.

Just looked through FB page for my 50th HS...a few years back.  Guess I couldn't be found, though I would not have attended.  For one thing, all those people areold!  And for another, I was struck by the joviality, as if they were still at the prom.  Finally, I am again struck by why I much preferred college....and never went back to where I grew up, except to visit.

Seems like a better recipient than most, really. And not likely to disgrace himself.

Quote from: hmaria1609 on May 19, 2024, 11:58:13 AMHaha, we had a thread titled "Is There a Pineapple Shortage" in July 2023!

I remembered. Too lazy to search, so...

I was aware of the attempt to grow a pink pineapple.  If you look at the picture, you will note that they keep the top.  Im sure that they are planting them to expand production. 
I would spend $400 for a pineapple, but given what it is, I would be tempted to pay the price IF it had the top!

Quote from: secundem_artem on May 15, 2024, 02:39:21 PMSaw American Fiction last night.  Deserved the Oscar buzz and awards.  I'd be curious if Black forumites have a different take on it.  Certainly, white people in the movie were portrayed mostly as none-too-bright virtue signaling fools.

We saw this last night.  I don't have that frame of reference that you are asking about, but I agree it was worth the awards and other recognition.  It kind of reminded me of The Holdovers in a general sense of feel.  Not that the feeling was the same.  Maybe it's a movie type? A movie about life.  I knew what the main plot point was and completely forgot about it after getting wrapped up in a different part of the story (about his family).  Wright and the other actors brought a lot to this one for me.  My husband and I were both surprised afterward that so much of what we had heard was that the movie was good overall but that the ending wasn't? We both thought it fit pretty perfectly.  I think there was a lot that was really smart about this movie.  Some points were made a little more subtly, and some more overtly, but thumbs up from us.

Friday was a very different movie, Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), which we had heard references to many times but had never seen.  It's about a group of guys who goes to the ski resort that they had fun at as teens to try to cheer one of them up.  There is a lot of partying to do, so into the hot tub they go with lots of booze, and the hot tub turns into a ... surprise!... time machine.  They travel back to their teens and realize they have to do everything exactly the same way, or things will turn out differently.  This could be especially problematic for one of them, a nephew who hadn't been born yet.  It's pretty raunchy but also had a lot of funny parts and was a fun way to wrap up the week.

All four of my cats deserved one. Smart kitties.

Haha, we had a thread titled "Is There a Pineapple Shortage" in July 2023!

Good day!

Got to QBABM! Yesterday I almost made it but couldn't figure out tutti for the life of me despite usually getting that one.  At least we had team QB.

No luck on LB yesterday.  Maybe today!

Happy solving!