- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
DarthGadget
| Favorite team: | US Space Force  |
| Location: | |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | |
| Occupation: | |
| Number of Posts: | 183 |
| Registered on: | 6/6/2021 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
Recent Posts
Message
re: Lesbian Navy Captain Faces Court Martial After $100M Ship Ran Aground, Caught Fire, Sank
Posted by DarthGadget on 3/2/26 at 3:52 pm to captainFid
If I remember correctly there exists a picture of her with 3 classmates of her Academy class...and at least two of them had black marks above their names for "performance issues".
I think it was even a YD or OT post....
I think it was even a YD or OT post....
0
re: Elijah Blue Allman arrested for trespassing at NH prep school
Posted by DarthGadget on 3/2/26 at 2:31 pm to MasterDigger
He needed the money...LOL Diceman Cometh
You win the Internet today !
You win the Internet today !
re: David Fincher's best movie is...?
Posted by DarthGadget on 3/1/26 at 10:04 pm to boomjosh
My non ranked Top 6.
The Game (1997)
Fight Club (1999)
Zodiac (2007)
The Social Network (2010)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo would be my pick for DF number 1;
Zodiac, The Game, and Fight Club all tie for number 2.
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl did not work for me at all; I do think its her career defining role...I just did not like her as Amy. The only movie I have ever liked her in was Fracture.
However: The casting of Lisa Banes as mother Marybeth Elliott...holy crap...is the best cast role of the movie.
The Game (1997)
Fight Club (1999)
Zodiac (2007)
The Social Network (2010)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo would be my pick for DF number 1;
Zodiac, The Game, and Fight Club all tie for number 2.
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl did not work for me at all; I do think its her career defining role...I just did not like her as Amy. The only movie I have ever liked her in was Fracture.
However: The casting of Lisa Banes as mother Marybeth Elliott...holy crap...is the best cast role of the movie.
Mercy - Solid Movie !
Posted by DarthGadget on 3/1/26 at 9:49 pm
Went and saw Mercy (Chris Pratt) tonight at the cheap theater. Had been tempted before at the first run movieplexorama, but went to other flicks instead (eg Marty Supreme and others) based on the reviews of tomatoes and popcorn.
Mercy was a really solid movie, never dragged. Recommended for a great big screen movie experience. Personally, I think Mercy was FAR better than Marty Supreme.
I regretfully missed Warfare in theaters this summer...clearly a big screen experience. I thought I would pass a Mercy big screen theater recommend to the board.
Mercy was a really solid movie, never dragged. Recommended for a great big screen movie experience. Personally, I think Mercy was FAR better than Marty Supreme.
I regretfully missed Warfare in theaters this summer...clearly a big screen experience. I thought I would pass a Mercy big screen theater recommend to the board.
re: Happy 50th Birthday to Ali Larter
Posted by DarthGadget on 3/1/26 at 1:10 am to Oates Mustache
Ali was not even on my radar before Landman.
She is smoking hot for 50 !
Taylor writes crazy older gals (Beth / Angela) just fine. They certainly do seem outrageous for most of us sane menfolk who live somewhat normal day-to-day lives.
However, if you watch arrest content / body cam video on YouTube...the hot ones act just that way; especially when lubricated with grape or spirits. Very entitled and in their own world when it comes to behavior and lack of constraint / judgement
Not many of us would want to be wed to that level of crazy; but the shock value makes it fun to watch. Crazy on that level would be very hard to live with.
She is smoking hot for 50 !
Taylor writes crazy older gals (Beth / Angela) just fine. They certainly do seem outrageous for most of us sane menfolk who live somewhat normal day-to-day lives.
However, if you watch arrest content / body cam video on YouTube...the hot ones act just that way; especially when lubricated with grape or spirits. Very entitled and in their own world when it comes to behavior and lack of constraint / judgement
Not many of us would want to be wed to that level of crazy; but the shock value makes it fun to watch. Crazy on that level would be very hard to live with.
re: Trump's SOTU Address Could Approach 3 Hours in Length
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/24/26 at 6:10 pm to AlterEd
Chess game..
A 3 hour SOTU will eat MILLIONS in ad revenue for the networks !
Prime Time is the most valuable part of the broadcast day.
Sweet
A 3 hour SOTU will eat MILLIONS in ad revenue for the networks !
Prime Time is the most valuable part of the broadcast day.
Sweet
re: Apple TV+ originals - recommendations?
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/23/26 at 1:26 am to BigNastyTiger417
GREYHOUND !
Black Bird
5 Days at Memorial
Hijack S1
Your Friends and Neighbors
I must confess I liked Ted Lasso...
For All Mankind (unless you are a real space fan)
For the wife/GF: The Morning Show
Slow Horses is good
Black Bird
5 Days at Memorial
Hijack S1
Your Friends and Neighbors
I must confess I liked Ted Lasso...
For All Mankind (unless you are a real space fan)
For the wife/GF: The Morning Show
Slow Horses is good
re: Gone With the Wind
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/21/26 at 11:33 pm to Missouri Waltz
I preferred the Carol Burnett version Went with the Wind! from 1976...
I do like Rhett Butler telling off that manipulative Ashley-chasing ho bag in the original.
I do like Rhett Butler telling off that manipulative Ashley-chasing ho bag in the original.
re: To Live and Die in L.A. - 1985
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/19/26 at 9:59 pm to NankerPhelge
Epic cold open, epic car chase, epic Daphne Moon.
re: Washing machine options
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/19/26 at 9:40 pm to lepdagod
Speed Queen or the commercial Maytag (as above) no matter what the cost. TOP LOAD ONLY
We inherited a new top load GE with a house and I have replaced the water fill assembly, and the door lock controller; both after separate incidents of failure.
Previous Bosch front loader often won't drain enough to spin, door seal gets gross, washer door gasket retaining ring rusted and broke on an annual basis --frequently enough that I broke down and bought the special pliers for the retaining ring spring.
MIL's LG front load blew the water fill assembly (while also slow leaked out of the solenoid winding itself -- first I had ever seen that) it slow leaked all over the floor, sub floor, and eventually into the wall. Wires to the main motor (cool design...except for the wire routing) on the back of the drum broke from the vibration - that took a while to track down. Suspension spring for the whole outer drum broke and tore the door seal...oh yea door seal itself too...and the washer door gasket retaining ring.
We have a Samsung gas stove and I am happy to report it has been great...except the the knobs which have a plastic core and only last about 10 years. Seems like every one else has huge issues with Samsung gas stoves....not us.
We have reached the point where cars and appliances are now so crammed with so much electro-crap they cannot reliably fulfil their intended purpose more than a year or two from new.
They sell it to you and you are screwed for any help to repair.
We inherited a new top load GE with a house and I have replaced the water fill assembly, and the door lock controller; both after separate incidents of failure.
Previous Bosch front loader often won't drain enough to spin, door seal gets gross, washer door gasket retaining ring rusted and broke on an annual basis --frequently enough that I broke down and bought the special pliers for the retaining ring spring.
MIL's LG front load blew the water fill assembly (while also slow leaked out of the solenoid winding itself -- first I had ever seen that) it slow leaked all over the floor, sub floor, and eventually into the wall. Wires to the main motor (cool design...except for the wire routing) on the back of the drum broke from the vibration - that took a while to track down. Suspension spring for the whole outer drum broke and tore the door seal...oh yea door seal itself too...and the washer door gasket retaining ring.
We have a Samsung gas stove and I am happy to report it has been great...except the the knobs which have a plastic core and only last about 10 years. Seems like every one else has huge issues with Samsung gas stoves....not us.
We have reached the point where cars and appliances are now so crammed with so much electro-crap they cannot reliably fulfil their intended purpose more than a year or two from new.
They sell it to you and you are screwed for any help to repair.
re: SIAP - she sounds strikingly like Karen Carpenter.
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/17/26 at 3:33 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Check out Ksenia Buzina from Leonid and Friends doing Karen Carpenter's Superstar.....
Ksenia Buzina
Ksenia Buzina
re: Which Musicians Wear Hairpieces?
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/17/26 at 3:28 pm to Mizz-SEC
Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple, and Yngwie Malmsteen) has had Alopecia totalis since he was a toddler. Must have been hell, but he had a great wig.
He had invitations from both Bad Company and Foreigner to join them, but luckily did Deep Purple's 'Slaves and Masters' instead...one of my favorite albums. Deep Purple Mk2 with Gillian is the gold standard, but I really like JLT in both DP and Rainbow! (and Yngwie!)
He had invitations from both Bad Company and Foreigner to join them, but luckily did Deep Purple's 'Slaves and Masters' instead...one of my favorite albums. Deep Purple Mk2 with Gillian is the gold standard, but I really like JLT in both DP and Rainbow! (and Yngwie!)
re: Why we need term limits
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/12/26 at 1:06 am to March1st
I used to be against Term Limits because I realized how long it takes for newly elected officials top get up to speed on even major issues, let alone minor ones; a two year House member is in training wheels for their first session, and most of their second.
But then I thought...they do need an absolute cap; maybe 5 terms in the House and 3 terms in the Senate.
Then you start seeing the AOC, Crockett, DeLuaro, Hank Guam, Shelia Jackson Lee gang...and wonder if just keeping the "normal" ones around a while may be the only real safe guard....
But then I thought...they do need an absolute cap; maybe 5 terms in the House and 3 terms in the Senate.
Then you start seeing the AOC, Crockett, DeLuaro, Hank Guam, Shelia Jackson Lee gang...and wonder if just keeping the "normal" ones around a while may be the only real safe guard....
re: Best movies set in or filmed in San Francisco
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/5/26 at 11:02 pm to calcotron
Kojak...Bang Bang
re: Best movies set in or filmed in San Francisco
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/5/26 at 6:14 pm to TexasTiger08
Great thread...
Trek IV
The Game
In Harms Way
Caine Mutiny
Basic Instinct
The Presidio
Trek IV
The Game
In Harms Way
Caine Mutiny
Basic Instinct
The Presidio
re: Songs that start Soft but end Hard
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/1/26 at 2:50 am to STigers
Forevermore - Whitesnake
In the End - Rush (technically then it ends soft...I guess)
In the End - Rush (technically then it ends soft...I guess)
re: Is Alex Lifeson the most underappreciated guitarist of all time?
Posted by DarthGadget on 2/1/26 at 2:46 am to deeprig9
Alex always comes up with the perfect guitar sound for a given song, and the perfect solo for a given song, and perfect riff.
His lead guitar phrasing is always perfect.
His lead guitar dynamics are always perfect.
Clapton, Blackmore, Iommi, Gilmour, Eddy VH, George Harrison, Eric Johnson....and Alex Lifeson all have that talent.
His lead guitar phrasing is always perfect.
His lead guitar dynamics are always perfect.
Clapton, Blackmore, Iommi, Gilmour, Eddy VH, George Harrison, Eric Johnson....and Alex Lifeson all have that talent.
re: Are German cars worth the maintenance headaches and associated costs?
Posted by DarthGadget on 1/30/26 at 1:27 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Best I have ever heard it said is that "if you can work on them, buy anything you want."
A few objective examples that I know of:
BMW 325xi - dream to drive, but just out of warranty the cooling system fell apart at 68,000. Took a year of replacing this and that before it got anywhere near reliable. Many used BMWs have warped heads because wives drive them "another few miles" over-temp. It went thru both front axles, both control arms, sway bar end links etc., by 90,000 miles.
BMW X3, nearly the same experience, but sunroof never worked right.
Alfa Romeo Stelvio 100,000 miles - with turbo water O rings at 60K under warranty. FCA blew it on this as these are great cars, but few dealers anymore.
05 Caddy Escalade 212,000 - nothing but air shocks at 200K
96 Toyota Tacoma 225,000 - nothing but T belt at 212K...(way long, don't advise)
2010 Toyota Tundra 212,000 - nothing!
A few objective examples that I know of:
BMW 325xi - dream to drive, but just out of warranty the cooling system fell apart at 68,000. Took a year of replacing this and that before it got anywhere near reliable. Many used BMWs have warped heads because wives drive them "another few miles" over-temp. It went thru both front axles, both control arms, sway bar end links etc., by 90,000 miles.
BMW X3, nearly the same experience, but sunroof never worked right.
Alfa Romeo Stelvio 100,000 miles - with turbo water O rings at 60K under warranty. FCA blew it on this as these are great cars, but few dealers anymore.
05 Caddy Escalade 212,000 - nothing but air shocks at 200K
96 Toyota Tacoma 225,000 - nothing but T belt at 212K...(way long, don't advise)
2010 Toyota Tundra 212,000 - nothing!
re: Jury Acquits Uvalde police officer who refused to engage with school shooter
Posted by DarthGadget on 1/22/26 at 11:27 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Watch the Nashville guys from 2023 to see how it is done in 14 minutes.
re: Can anyone make a mini pc suggestion for elderly parents?
Posted by DarthGadget on 1/18/26 at 9:44 pm to Lonnie Utah
Amazon Refurb often has stupid cheap HP EliteDesk Mini's > make SURE the CPU is on the Windows 11 OK list. Something like an HP EliteDesk 800 G6 Mini Core i5-10500T w/ Win 11 can be had for $300 with 3 HDMI...might find one one with a VGA. Exact offerings change all the time. An i3 would do for the folks. For about 12 bucks you can get a metal combo under desk / wall mount for these...very slick...Mom will like the tidy look.
I sprang for a Mini instead of messing with my pimped Win10 desktop with the good video card, and edit controller. Way happy. :nana:
I sprang for a Mini instead of messing with my pimped Win10 desktop with the good video card, and edit controller. Way happy. :nana:
re: What's the biggest woman you've ever been with?
Posted by DarthGadget on 1/6/26 at 4:05 pm to boogiewoogie1978
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand.
I love her each weekday, each velvety cheek day.
How can I leave this behind?
Popular
17
