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re: Greece trip
Posted by jsquardjj on 1/16/26 at 1:27 am to princessmull
If you book a separate positioning flight to New York, I am seeing it between $750-$950 for June and July dates.
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Goal is 40
1) The Book Thief
2) Secret of Secrets
1) The Book Thief
2) Secret of Secrets
re: Anyone read the new Dan Brown book yet?
Posted by jsquardjj on 1/14/26 at 9:37 am to JumpingTheShark
Has anyone gone down the rabbit hole of researching and fact checking a lot of the scientific stuff in the book?
It was pretty fascinating to think about that type of research taking place and how close we could be to discovering some of the unexplainable cognitive states, but I know there is a fine line where the fact/fiction meet in his books.
It was pretty fascinating to think about that type of research taking place and how close we could be to discovering some of the unexplainable cognitive states, but I know there is a fine line where the fact/fiction meet in his books.
re: 12 Grapes at New Years tradition.
Posted by jsquardjj on 1/2/26 at 9:12 am to Giantkiller
My parents shove 12 grapes in their mouth, fill a suitcase with money, step over the threshold and walk to the sidewalk and back pulling the suitcase.
Cracks all of us up ….. but they sure do travel a lot each year.
Cracks all of us up ….. but they sure do travel a lot each year.
Did you also use Cathay miles? I booked Ana through Virgin many years ago, but it seems impossible to find two seats there anymore. I need a new strategy.
re: What’s this about? Not a LeBron James fan!
Posted by jsquardjj on 12/28/25 at 6:37 pm to AncientTiger
Lebron always cheats on his wife.
I realize that most NBA players do, but he acts like he is the ideal father and husband and the paid media supports that notion. He reserves back tables at Doris Met and brings in his side pieces when he plays the Pels. Servers have caught him literally half way into the act.
I realize that most NBA players do, but he acts like he is the ideal father and husband and the paid media supports that notion. He reserves back tables at Doris Met and brings in his side pieces when he plays the Pels. Servers have caught him literally half way into the act.
re: If your child self was friends with your kids would you think they were rich?
Posted by jsquardjj on 12/23/25 at 8:31 am to sidewalkside
Yes. General middle class living standards have exploded in the last 20 years (even though everyone complaining about money would have you think otherwise).
re: Is everyone just rich today
Posted by jsquardjj on 12/8/25 at 11:45 am to ClemsonKitten
We are witnessing the largest generational transfer of wealth.
Most of my friends and I make around the same. Middle of middle class. The big difference is the ones who have had parents die and pass on wealth (or grandparents in some cases).
Most of my friends and I make around the same. Middle of middle class. The big difference is the ones who have had parents die and pass on wealth (or grandparents in some cases).
You should really consider the driving logistics when deciding since there are so many great ones.
I just got back from a Villa in Greve, and while we enjoyed the small authentic way of Greve, it is truly out of the way and very difficult to drive if you get stuck after dark. (Tons of windy roads up the hillside and detours along the way).
I would also skip San Gimigano due to the hoards of tour buses from Florence. That town felt much more “Disney world” than others.
Orvieto, Pienza, Montepulciano, Sienna, and Volterra are all great.
I just got back from a Villa in Greve, and while we enjoyed the small authentic way of Greve, it is truly out of the way and very difficult to drive if you get stuck after dark. (Tons of windy roads up the hillside and detours along the way).
I would also skip San Gimigano due to the hoards of tour buses from Florence. That town felt much more “Disney world” than others.
Orvieto, Pienza, Montepulciano, Sienna, and Volterra are all great.
Yep - blue Sophie can win this all if she uses her power advantage to get rid of Rizzo. If he makes it to final 3, he wins.
Sophie has the story of going to tribal over and over with her original tribe, adapting at the merge, being in the bottom 3 again, and rising to the top. She has trust but never gave up her knowledge. Savannah is so disliked by all, that even though she played a good game, whoever is sitting next to her will probably get more votes.
Sophie has the story of going to tribal over and over with her original tribe, adapting at the merge, being in the bottom 3 again, and rising to the top. She has trust but never gave up her knowledge. Savannah is so disliked by all, that even though she played a good game, whoever is sitting next to her will probably get more votes.
re: Vehicle interest rates
Posted by jsquardjj on 11/10/25 at 2:01 pm to ccsavage21
New Lincoln 2 months ago. 4 Years, 0%. No money down.
Best used offer I had was above 5%. Made more sense to go new because of the rates.
Best used offer I had was above 5%. Made more sense to go new because of the rates.
Dune
Hunger Games
The Lincoln Highway
Night
Unbroken
Red Rising Series
Fight club
Salems Lot
Treasure Island
And then there were none
Jurassic Park
Hunger Games
The Lincoln Highway
Night
Unbroken
Red Rising Series
Fight club
Salems Lot
Treasure Island
And then there were none
Jurassic Park
re: The recruiting effect of the firing Brian Kelly at this moment
Posted by jsquardjj on 10/28/25 at 6:21 pm to Phillytiger9
I agree that it should be very minimal. Also, whoever we do bring here to replace Kelly, will most likely be bringing a few recruits with him.
re: What’s the scariest movie of all time?
Posted by jsquardjj on 10/18/25 at 11:16 pm to Arthur Bach
I think most people’s “scariest movie of all time” has a lot to do with what year the movie came out, how old the person was, and what they were exposed to or expecting going in.
Everyone I know who is older and saw The Exorcist as a teen at a drivein, hands down says it was the scariest. By the time I saw the exorcist, I had seen a dozen other possession movies and it didn’t do anything for me, but I would imagine at the time of its release - there was nothing like it and it was shocking/terrifying.
For me, it was Saw - which isn’t that scary of a movie, but I saw it one night in an empty movie theatre with just two friends, right when it came out and without seeing a trailer or ever hearing about it. The little thing on a bike and the twist at the end fricked us up and we had to call our parents to pick us up we were so scared.
I’m curious about the poster who mentioned “Green Mile” and the scenario around when you first watched it.
Everyone I know who is older and saw The Exorcist as a teen at a drivein, hands down says it was the scariest. By the time I saw the exorcist, I had seen a dozen other possession movies and it didn’t do anything for me, but I would imagine at the time of its release - there was nothing like it and it was shocking/terrifying.
For me, it was Saw - which isn’t that scary of a movie, but I saw it one night in an empty movie theatre with just two friends, right when it came out and without seeing a trailer or ever hearing about it. The little thing on a bike and the twist at the end fricked us up and we had to call our parents to pick us up we were so scared.
I’m curious about the poster who mentioned “Green Mile” and the scenario around when you first watched it.
Great movie. Top 3 Denzel for me.
Crazy looking at his filmography over 5 years starting in 98. He did:
Fallen
He got game
The Bone Collector
The Seige
Remember the Titans
Training Day
John Q
Antwone Fisher
Man on Fire
Crazy looking at his filmography over 5 years starting in 98. He did:
Fallen
He got game
The Bone Collector
The Seige
Remember the Titans
Training Day
John Q
Antwone Fisher
Man on Fire
Glad Derek is gone. He did good last season, but him and Olivia are so annoying the way they think no one should ever gun for them.
Probably the only elimination CT was going to dominate this season. He was taking it easy on Derek too. He could have just body slammed him or put all of his weight on him until he went to sleep.
Next weeks mini final is going to kick all of the old guys butts. CT, Aneesa, Theo, etc are going to struggle.
Probably the only elimination CT was going to dominate this season. He was taking it easy on Derek too. He could have just body slammed him or put all of his weight on him until he went to sleep.
Next weeks mini final is going to kick all of the old guys butts. CT, Aneesa, Theo, etc are going to struggle.
Christmas markets are awesome...but they do get redundant after seeing one or two
Here would be my order from best to worst of the ones I have been to:
Salzburg
Rothenburg
Bolzano
Munich
Garmisch Partenkirchen
Florence
Paris
Here would be my order from best to worst of the ones I have been to:
Salzburg
Rothenburg
Bolzano
Munich
Garmisch Partenkirchen
Florence
Paris
re: Does anyone else find themselves questioning a lot of the Civil Rights propaganda…
Posted by jsquardjj on 9/12/25 at 9:59 am to burger bearcat
There are plenty of 70+ AA and white adults that can speak on the subject. It would be incredibly ignorant to question something when you can just go out and talk to people who lived through it.
This is long, but here are some stories from my neighbor who I have been lucky to have many deep conversations with. She is about 82:
1) when she was young, she was able to play with other white children who lived on the nearby farms, but when she turned 13, she was told she could not walk beside them anymore, only behind, and had to address them as Ms. She said this was devastating at the time and she did not have friends again until college.
2) her first job was at a seamstress shop during her teens. Anytime a customer came into the store, she had to go to the back so she would not be looked upon. She was paid 25% of what white employees were paid in the same position.
3) her family rented and farmed a portion of the land that her great (or maybe great-great?) grandparents lived as slaves. This was in Coushatta.
4) She saved and went to Grambling since an HBCU was all that was allowed. However, she did get a good education and she became a teacher at an all black Highschool in Baton Rouge.
4) she didn’t start voting until she was about 30. She said she tried sooner, but there were a lot of fights that broke out, people harassing others, occasional KKK protests etc., and it was just safer to avoid it.
5) After moving to Baton Rouge, she married and had her first child. This was after segregation ended legally - but it lingered in Baton Rouge longer and she still had to change his diapers in “black only” bathrooms that she said were hardly ever cleaned. She did not go out much when he was young for this reason. (She is one of the cleanest people I have ever met). This was in the mid 60s.
6) Later, she went back to school for her masters. After obtaining her masters, she was offered a job at an all white school (this would have been early 70s), but after accepting, received so many death threat phone calls and letters against her and her family, that she declined. She said the job offer was double what she was making and would have been life changing at the time. She did not work in a mixed school until the early 80s.
7) when her husband was a child, his family moved to BR in the middle of the night because his uncle was confronted after talking to a white woman outside of a diner. This was somewhere in N Mississippi. They fled, leaving behind friends/furniture, etc.
8) He became a brick mason and started his own business. For a long time, the only way to get jobs, was to come in about 50% what the white competition would offer. This changed at some point in the 80s/90s and his company became much more respected based off their work alone.
9) they lived in all black areas until about the early 80s, when they chose a more mixed area with better schools for their children.
She had 3 children. They went to decent public schools, then a college of their choice, and went on to have great careers. Aside from going to HSs that had different proms/yearbook pages for whites/blacks, many instances where they were called the N words in public places, etc, the three children grew up with much less racism in their lives. They are between 45-60 now.
Her grandkids have not experienced racism on any level at all that she is aware of. They go to good schools in different areas (some private/some public) and have friends of all races.
This is long, but here are some stories from my neighbor who I have been lucky to have many deep conversations with. She is about 82:
1) when she was young, she was able to play with other white children who lived on the nearby farms, but when she turned 13, she was told she could not walk beside them anymore, only behind, and had to address them as Ms. She said this was devastating at the time and she did not have friends again until college.
2) her first job was at a seamstress shop during her teens. Anytime a customer came into the store, she had to go to the back so she would not be looked upon. She was paid 25% of what white employees were paid in the same position.
3) her family rented and farmed a portion of the land that her great (or maybe great-great?) grandparents lived as slaves. This was in Coushatta.
4) She saved and went to Grambling since an HBCU was all that was allowed. However, she did get a good education and she became a teacher at an all black Highschool in Baton Rouge.
4) she didn’t start voting until she was about 30. She said she tried sooner, but there were a lot of fights that broke out, people harassing others, occasional KKK protests etc., and it was just safer to avoid it.
5) After moving to Baton Rouge, she married and had her first child. This was after segregation ended legally - but it lingered in Baton Rouge longer and she still had to change his diapers in “black only” bathrooms that she said were hardly ever cleaned. She did not go out much when he was young for this reason. (She is one of the cleanest people I have ever met). This was in the mid 60s.
6) Later, she went back to school for her masters. After obtaining her masters, she was offered a job at an all white school (this would have been early 70s), but after accepting, received so many death threat phone calls and letters against her and her family, that she declined. She said the job offer was double what she was making and would have been life changing at the time. She did not work in a mixed school until the early 80s.
7) when her husband was a child, his family moved to BR in the middle of the night because his uncle was confronted after talking to a white woman outside of a diner. This was somewhere in N Mississippi. They fled, leaving behind friends/furniture, etc.
8) He became a brick mason and started his own business. For a long time, the only way to get jobs, was to come in about 50% what the white competition would offer. This changed at some point in the 80s/90s and his company became much more respected based off their work alone.
9) they lived in all black areas until about the early 80s, when they chose a more mixed area with better schools for their children.
She had 3 children. They went to decent public schools, then a college of their choice, and went on to have great careers. Aside from going to HSs that had different proms/yearbook pages for whites/blacks, many instances where they were called the N words in public places, etc, the three children grew up with much less racism in their lives. They are between 45-60 now.
Her grandkids have not experienced racism on any level at all that she is aware of. They go to good schools in different areas (some private/some public) and have friends of all races.
Sorry, I should have used the term homicide.
But I certainly don’t feel good about or champion the death. It’s usually a pretty awful situation and I feel empathy for both parties involved.
But I certainly don’t feel good about or champion the death. It’s usually a pretty awful situation and I feel empathy for both parties involved.
Agreed, but to take it further, anyone that cheers on murder is not a good human. I see it on social media from the far left/right, including this board, all of the time.
Unless someone is a true danger to another, we should feel something and be saddened by another child of God being killed.
Political murder, abortions, kids getting shot while playing ding dong ditch, youth being gunned down in schools, athletes stabbed at events, people being shot by police when a cell phone is mistaken for a weapon, trash killing people on buses, etc. should never be championed. Even when the murder is legal (stand your ground), etc., the lack of empathy we are seeing today and many other days towards strangers dying is disgusting.
May God help us all.
Unless someone is a true danger to another, we should feel something and be saddened by another child of God being killed.
Political murder, abortions, kids getting shot while playing ding dong ditch, youth being gunned down in schools, athletes stabbed at events, people being shot by police when a cell phone is mistaken for a weapon, trash killing people on buses, etc. should never be championed. Even when the murder is legal (stand your ground), etc., the lack of empathy we are seeing today and many other days towards strangers dying is disgusting.
May God help us all.
re: 6-year-old boy killed in hit-and-run; Slidell man booked
Posted by jsquardjj on 8/30/25 at 8:05 am to NorthshoreTiger76
Stupid question - but what happens to someone who hits and kills a child while driving (let’s say he jutted out in front at the last minute or was in a blind spot), they stop and call 911 and help the child?
I just don’t understand why a person wouldn’t stop and help the child they hit in this situation (unless they were drunk and knew they were getting vehicular homicide - in which case they are just a horrible person all around).
I just don’t understand why a person wouldn’t stop and help the child they hit in this situation (unless they were drunk and knew they were getting vehicular homicide - in which case they are just a horrible person all around).
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