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Quote: gordonm888Well, there's probably not any alien life anywhere near that massive gamma ray source.
Or, if life were comic books, the aliens from that region of space would all look like the Hulk - and She-Hulk.
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Or gay Superman, which has been cancelled by the way
Quote: EvenBobOr gay Superman, which has been cancelled by the way
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It wasn't the "real" Superman that was gay.... it was his son.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: gordonm888Well, there's probably not any alien life anywhere near that massive gamma ray source.
Or, if life were comic books, the aliens from that region of space would all look like the Hulk - and She-Hulk.
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Or gay Superman, which has been cancelled by the way
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Was he gay or Super-Gay?
Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: gordonm888Well, there's probably not any alien life anywhere near that massive gamma ray source.
Or, if life were comic books, the aliens from that region of space would all look like the Hulk - and She-Hulk.
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Or gay Superman, which has been cancelled by the way
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Was he gay or Super-Gay?
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There were a couple of gay superheroes back in the late 1990s. Or maybe they weren't gay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m9-UCuOfSE
Quote: TigerWuQuote: EvenBobOr gay Superman, which has been cancelled by the way
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It wasn't the "real" Superman that was gay.... it was his son.
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What makes you think Superman wasn't gay. Has he ever had a girlfriend or a wife? Lois Lane is his beard, that's all she is. It's pretty much the general consensus that all superheroes are gay. Batman and Robin? Come on. Muscle building guys who wear tights and capes in public, I think it's safe to say they're gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that
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powerful Nasa telescopes have detected a Gamma Ray Burst a million trillion times brighter than our Sun
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We sure this isn't a photo of a cross section of churizo or salami or Italian sausage or something, like the last time?
Quote: EvenBobQuote: TigerWuQuote: EvenBobOr gay Superman, which has been cancelled by the way
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It wasn't the "real" Superman that was gay.... it was his son.
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What makes you think Superman wasn't gay. Has he ever had a girlfriend or a wife? Lois Lane is his beard, that's all she is. It's pretty much the general consensus that all superheroes are gay. Batman and Robin? Come on. Muscle building guys who wear tights and capes in public, I think it's safe to say they're gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that
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lottery gambler saw patterns - believed had a winning system - won millions but lost much more than he won
defrauded investors to fund his scheme
convicted for swindling and got 4.5 years in prison
ordered to make restitution of $26 million to those he defrauded - of course he doesn't have it
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/10/viktor-gjonaj-michigan-lottery-scam-wire-fraud/671741/
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lottery gambler saw patterns - believed had a winning system - won millions but lost much more than he won
he saw patterns but the patterns weren't real - that's why he lost
obviously this is very different from those who see imaginary patterns, and then those imaginary patterns become real and they win
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lottery gambler saw patterns - believed had a winning system - won millions but lost much more than he won
he saw patterns but the patterns weren't real - that's why he lost
obviously this is very different from those who see imaginary patterns, and then those imaginary patterns become real and they win
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Exactly. Finally, someone who gets it. Too many people forget the important lessons they learned from The Velveteen Rabbit.
As children, we knew that we could make something real just by wanting it to be. Sadly, most of us lose that ability by the time we learn how to spell responsibility.
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Offered with love and respect
Some people might be offended by that, but by letting them know you love and respect them, it is okay to disagree with their premise.
Love and Respect are the twin bridges we should always plan to cross when we greet our Fellow Man as we strive to show Kindness and Dignity and Goodness as these are the things that our Nation holds dear and close to its warm beating heart.
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What makes you think Superman wasn't gay. Has he ever had a girlfriend or a wife?
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Yes, Superman has had girlfriends and a wife. He is/was married to Lois Lane.
https://www.ranker.com/list/superman-is-a-jerk/ariel-kana
I think there are even some more of these. I remember seeing a list long time ago.
Quote: TigerWuQuote: EvenBob
What makes you think Superman wasn't gay. Has he ever had a girlfriend or a wife?
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Yes, Superman has had girlfriends and a wife. He is/was married to Lois Lane.
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Not when I used to read comic books. Back in the fifties and sixties he was gay as hell. Like Batman and Robin still are.
the original TV Superman - George Reeves - died by gunshot wound - ruled a suicide although there were some who thought otherwise
I liked that show quite a bit - I was very young - I thought Superman was great, both on TV and in the comics
the show's first 2 seasons were in black and white - and the rest of the seasons were in color
Batman was not as much fun - he was a brooding character - but some loved him because of his flaws - his humanity
"The character's origin was revealed in #33 (November 1939), unfolding in a two-page story that establishes the brooding persona of Batman, a character driven by the death of his parents. Written by Finger, it depicts a young Bruce Wayne witnessing his parents' murder at the hands of a mugger."
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Not when I used to read comic books. Back in the fifties and sixties he was gay as hell. Like Batman and Robin still are.
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Ah, now we have a peek into EB's fantasies... interesting....
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What makes you think Superman wasn't gay. Has he ever had a girlfriend or a wife?
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Yes, Superman has had girlfriends and a wife. He is/was married to Lois Lane.
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Not when I used to read comic books. Back in the fifties and sixties he was gay as hell. Like Batman and Robin still are.
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The Three Stooges often slept in the same bed, but that didn't make them gay. (I personally preferred the rather hazardous 3 tier bunkbed)
Quote: TigerWuQuote: EvenBob
Not when I used to read comic books. Back in the fifties and sixties he was gay as hell. Like Batman and Robin still are.
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Ah, now we have a peek into EB's fantasies... interesting....
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Hardly a fantasy, me and my friends used to joke about him being gay. And I don't even think we knew what that meant, just that he prefers the company of men. Except we didn't call it gay, we called it a word that you're not supposed to say now.
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Not when I used to read comic books. Back in the fifties and sixties he was gay as hell. Like Batman and Robin still are.
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Ahhh, your homo erotic phase.
I was headed to a Doctors appointment and driving on SR 92, single lane in each direction, 65MPH speed limit. As I come around a curve, I see someone hitchhiking on the side of the road. As I pass him, I recognize him from the local VFW. He's a bit eccentric and pretty crippled. I'm doing 70 and can't stop as there are cars behind me. I don't give it much thought until I'm headed home some four hours later. He is still there, maybe 1/2 mile from where I saw him earlier. There is no traffic, so I make a u-turn and pick him up.
He's headed to the Dollar store a few miles down the road. I take him and tell him I'll wait and take him back. He can barely walk, so I ask if I can help, and I take him shopping. A six-pack of coke, a crumb cake, a half dozen packs of smokes, and a crossword magazine. The two workers knew him and were very friendly to him. When we get to the spot I first saw him, he tells me he lives a mile down a dirt road. I drive it, and he shows me his driveway. It's got ruts that could swallow a strut. I pass stripped-out cars, a burnt school bus, and a camper that was split in half and arrive at his house- a collection of fences, pallets, and tarps built around the other half of the camper. Of course, there is no place to turn around. The guy gets out without saying anything and stumbles away. I back down the path a good two hundred yards before I find a spot to make a 100-point turn.
I drive the twenty or so miles home uneventfully, only just now, I see my left tire is low and must have sprung a leak. Living out here, I've learned to prepare, so I have an air pump in the car.
Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBob
Not when I used to read comic books. Back in the fifties and sixties he was gay as hell. Like Batman and Robin still are.
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Ahhh, your homo erotic phase.
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I don't know what that means but that's the word we used to describe Superman. Not erotic, the other word. I don't think you can say that anymore. I'm pretty sure we didn't know what it meant but we sounded cool when we used it like the older kids
Quote: TigerWuQuote: EvenBob
Not when I used to read comic books. Back in the fifties and sixties he was gay as hell. Like Batman and Robin still are.
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Ah, now we have a peek into EB's fantasies... interesting....
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Gayest troll I’ve heard in a while. Gay
Couldn’t play golf on Saturday in Las Vegas because of a windstorm!
I’m very happy hat Las Vegas seems back to normal post pandemic.
Quote: SOOPOOGolfed Sunday and Monday. Warmer, sunnier on Monday. Monday was in BUFFALO and Sunday was in LAS VEGAS!
Couldn’t play golf on Saturday in Las Vegas because of a windstorm!
I’m very happy hat Las Vegas seems back to normal post pandemic.
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If you played during that windstorm all down-wind holes, you probably could have set some personal best driving distances.
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Quote: billryan'Allow me to share my latest misadventure......
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Sad story....sounds like that guy is just waiting to die.
This morning, I'm back on my porch, but wearing sweat pants and a long sleeve shirt. A jogger runs past wearing shorts and a sports bra type top. Two minutes later, an older lady comes by, wearing a winter coat, and her dog has a coat on. According to Alexa, it is currently 59 degrees out.
Quote: billryanAccording to Alexa, it is currently 59 degrees out.
When it is 59 degrees I am Googling warmer places to move to.
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanAccording to Alexa, it is currently 59 degrees out.
When it is 59 degrees I am Googling warmer places to move to.
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Bisbee has the best climate in the nation and has a giant mural to prove it.
Quote: billryanQuote: DRichQuote: billryanAccording to Alexa, it is currently 59 degrees out.
When it is 59 degrees I am Googling warmer places to move to.
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Bisbee has the best climate in the nation and has a giant mural to prove it.
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Isn't Bisbee right down the road from Mayberry across the street from Springfield where Leave it to Beaver used to live? In other words it exists in your imagination on a back lot in Burbank California.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: billryanQuote: DRichQuote: billryanAccording to Alexa, it is currently 59 degrees out.
When it is 59 degrees I am Googling warmer places to move to.
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Bisbee has the best climate in the nation and has a giant mural to prove it.
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Isn't Bisbee right down the road from Mayberry across the street from Springfield where Leave it to Beaver used to live? In other words it exists in your imagination on a back lot in Burbank California.
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I'm not sure, perhaps you could ask some of the 15,000 visitors we had for the 1000 Stairs Challenge last weekend.
It's a magical place. You'd hate it.
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Isn't Bisbee right down the road from Mayberry across the street from Springfield where Leave it to Beaver used to live? In other words it exists in your imagination on a back lot in Burbank California.
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I'm not sure, perhaps you could ask some of the 15,000 visitors we had for the 1000 Stairs Challenge last weekend.
It's a magical place. You'd hate it.
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Mayberry (Mount Airy, NC) is about a 2000 mile drive to Bisbee, if you choose to avoid Arkansas.
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Isn't Bisbee right down the road from Mayberry across the street from Springfield where Leave it to Beaver used to live? In other words it exists in your imagination on a back lot in Burbank California.
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I'm not sure, perhaps you could ask some of the 15,000 visitors we had for the 1000 Stairs Challenge last weekend.
It's a magical place. You'd hate it.
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Mayberry (Mount Airy, NC) is about a 2000 mile drive to Bisbee, if you choose to avoid Arkansas.
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the Cleavers and the Beaver lived in the fictitious town of Mayfield, although they referenced locations in and around Mayfield, Ohio
Mayfield is a popular town name - there are 18 towns of Mayfield in the U.S.
Mayberry is the fictitious town of the Andy Griffith show - meant to represent Mount Airy, NC where the real Andy Griffith grew up
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Trivia contests can be +EV, but curiosity is its own reward.
I don't know all the details, but at one point Lynyrd Skynyrd had a BBQ joint in one of the strip casinos. I heard the food sucked and was overpriced, but whatever the case it didn't last long. At an auction, I was able to pick up several gross of the t-shirts they sold at the place. The only problem was they were all infant and kid-sized, so selling so many was problematic. So over the years, I have used some as rags, some to wash my car, used some to soak up leaks,etc.
Last week I was in a local watering hole, mesmerizing the crowd with tales of living in the big city, a place most can only aspire for when the serving wench complained about never having bar rags and how she hated wasting paper towels when a rag would do. Wanting to get on her good side, I brought her a dozen of the infant sized shirts and let her know there were more if she wanted them.
She was thankful, and she was generous with her appreciation.
I come to hear that over the weekend; a crew was in the bar, and someone noticed a busboy using a Skynrd shirt as a rag and takes exception to it. The kid doesn't speak much English and doesn't understand, so the peckerheads yell out their objection louder, attracting the bouncer's attention. He asks them to quiet down and then tells them to leave. They do neither, and a bunch of regulars decide to intervene on behalf on the doorman. The discussion got loud and animated and spilled into the streets, where the Arizona Rangers decided they would give the out-of-town visitors a free room for the night and even gave them a free lift to their new accommodations.
The woman I gave the shirts to wasn't working, so no harm, no foul.
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Trivia contests can be +EV, but curiosity is its own reward.
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Remember the moops.
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Isn't Bisbee right down the road from Mayberry across the street from Springfield where Leave it to Beaver used to live? In other words it exists in your imagination on a back lot in Burbank California.
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I'm not sure, perhaps you could ask some of the 15,000 visitors we had for the 1000 Stairs Challenge last weekend.
It's a magical place. You'd hate it.
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Mayberry (Mount Airy, NC) is about a 2000 mile drive to Bisbee, if you choose to avoid Arkansas.
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The actual town of Mayberry used in the show is the same town used in Gone With the Wind to film burning of Atlanta. They simply took the old buildings and made them look more modern for Mayberry. The entirety of the Andy Griffith show was filmed in Hollywood.
"The show was filmed at Desilu Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, California. Woodsy locales were filmed north of Beverly Hills at Franklin Canyon, including the opening credits and closing credits with Andy and Opie walking to and from "the fishin' hole".
Many westerns were shot at the Tucson studios and John Wayne used to come here for breaks. When the mines closed, he was a large investor in the Brewery Gulch enterprises and bought a 4000-acre ranch just outside town. The Wayne Estate still owns much of the historic district.
Quote: JohnzimboBill you ever run into Stanhope down there?
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I've been in the same room as him, but it was crowded, and he was the center of attention. I was supposed to go to a small get-together at his house, but the person who was my in canceled out. Saw Michael Biel(Sp), the guy from Terminator and Tombstone in a local dive bar.
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Isn't Bisbee right down the road from Mayberry across the street from Springfield where Leave it to Beaver used to live? In other words it exists in your imagination on a back lot in Burbank California.
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I'm not sure, perhaps you could ask some of the 15,000 visitors we had for the 1000 Stairs Challenge last weekend.
It's a magical place. You'd hate it.
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Mayberry (Mount Airy, NC) is about a 2000 mile drive to Bisbee, if you choose to avoid Arkansas.
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The actual town of Mayberry used in the show is the same town used in Gone With the Wind to film burning of Atlanta. They simply took the old buildings and made them look more modern for Mayberry. The entirety of the Andy Griffith show was filmed in Hollywood.
"The show was filmed at Desilu Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, California. Woodsy locales were filmed north of Beverly Hills at Franklin Canyon, including the opening credits and closing credits with Andy and Opie walking to and from "the fishin' hole".
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Since Mount Airy has built up set replicas as a tourist attraction, I'm suggesting that a Burbank back lot and fond memory are not the only place "Mayberry" exists.
Quote: billryanBisbee always fascinated me. As a kid I'd watch Broken Arrow and then The Sheriff of Cochise County. A casino would be robbed in Vegas, and the crooks would head to Mexico, but they'd have to pass thru Bisbee. A jewel thief from Dallas was headed to LA. They'd cut him off in Bisbee. I was disappointed to learn neither show was actually shot in Cochise.
Many westerns were shot at the Tucson studios and John Wayne used to come here for breaks. When the mines closed, he was a large investor in the Brewery Gulch enterprises and bought a 4000-acre ranch just outside town. The Wayne Estate still owns much of the historic district.
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I don't believe that I had ever heard of Bisbee before you moved there.
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanBisbee always fascinated me. As a kid I'd watch Broken Arrow and then The Sheriff of Cochise County. A casino would be robbed in Vegas, and the crooks would head to Mexico, but they'd have to pass thru Bisbee. A jewel thief from Dallas was headed to LA. They'd cut him off in Bisbee. I was disappointed to learn neither show was actually shot in Cochise.
Many westerns were shot at the Tucson studios and John Wayne used to come here for breaks. When the mines closed, he was a large investor in the Brewery Gulch enterprises and bought a 4000-acre ranch just outside town. The Wayne Estate still owns much of the historic district.
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I don't believe that I had ever heard of Bisbee before you moved there.
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Maybe you weren't chosen.
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Maybe you weren't chosen.
Sadly, If I was chosen it was usually last.
My best friend was the first person I told about winning the $100,000 top prize, and she came with me to claim it,” the woman said in a Delaware Lottery statement. “When I scratched the $300,000 winning Serious Money ticket later in the day, we just sat there in disbelief. It was absolute insanity.”
The pair returned to the lottery headquarters, for the second time on Oct. 20, to claim the $300,000 "Serious Money" prize, bringing the woman’s total winnings to $400,000 for the day.
The woman plans to put most of the money into her retirement fund.
