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  • Tani
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    The cost of everyday food is insane. My fiancé and I work 4 days a week each, he does 8 hour shifts+, so together we work full time. We kept wondering what the hell was happening to our finances and as it turns out it's literally just food shopping. We don't eat out, we rarely eat take-aways, we never go to pubs, we don't buy expensive food. It's abominable. Both working and still having to ask parents for money

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  • Doctored Whatsit
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    Those labels at the back of the collars of T shirts - the ones that sometimes turn to rough plastic after a wash or two and scratch the neck. Although most seem to be made differently and better these days, thank goodness!

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  • C. F. Leon
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    Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post

    Anything by Ken Burns is good imo c.d. I think his series on The Civil War is one of the best documentaries I’ve seen.
    ...
    I would add Baseball*, Jefferson and Lewis & Clark.

    *I actually ordered the box set from Amazon because I couldn't fin it on YouTube any more.

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  • C. F. Leon
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    Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post

    I think that’s another part of it CF. These little dogs are often carried around like babies.
    They actually make 'belly carriers" (if that's the proper term) for small dogs.

    Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post

    I certainly don’t dislike small dogs, it’s just the yapping.

    To be fair, it's just about the only way they can say "I'm down HERE! Don't step ('tread') on me!"

    Sort of like snakes, which are even MORE abused.

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  • Fiver
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    Originally posted by c.d. View Post
    Hi Herlock,

    If you were a fan of the Civil War documentary, I highly recommend Co. Aytch by Sam Watkins. It was the Rebel diary they kept citing from in the series. A great look at what the war was like from the perspective of a Rebel private.

    https://www.amazon.com/Co-Aytch-Conf...43255410&psc=1

    c.d.
    Co Aytch is one of the most entertaining memoirs, but Sam Watkins isn't quite the man of the people that he pretends. He came from the third wealthiest family in his county and his father owned over 100 slaves. Watkins brought one of them along to do all of the non-fighting work for him.

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  • Herlock Sholmes
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    Originally posted by c.d. View Post
    Hi Herlock,

    If you were a fan of the Civil War documentary, I highly recommend Co. Aytch by Sam Watkins. It was the Rebel diary they kept citing from in the series. A great look at what the war was like from the perspective of a Rebel private.

    https://www.amazon.com/Co-Aytch-Conf...43255410&psc=1

    c.d.
    Thanks c.d.

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  • c.d.
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    Hi Herlock,

    If you were a fan of the Civil War documentary, I highly recommend Co. Aytch by Sam Watkins. It was the Rebel diary they kept citing from in the series. A great look at what the war was like from the perspective of a Rebel private.

    https://www.amazon.com/Co-Aytch-Conf...43255410&psc=1

    c.d.

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  • c.d.
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    Speaking of Halloween and Christmas, those benevolent network executives took two beloved Holiday Classics (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Christmas) off network TV and made them only available on subscription channels. I mean why make millions of people (especially kids) happy when you can make a few extra bucks? Greedy bastards. I hope there is a special place in hell for them.

    c.d.

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  • c.d.
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    Just saw a commercial for Christmas stuff on TV. Makes sense seeing as how we are just weeks away from Halloween. Good Grief.

    c.d.

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  • c.d.
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    Hi Herlock,

    I remember watching it years ago when it first came out. I was riding my bike on the C&O Canal here in Washington, D.C. and walking towards me was the narrator of the series David McCullough. I recognized him right away and wanted to tell him what a great job he had done with the narration. I stopped my bike next to him, went to stick out my hand, and completely forgot his name. He looked at me expectantly waiting for me to say something and I just rode off. Felt like a complete idiot.

    c.d.

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  • Herlock Sholmes
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    Originally posted by c.d. View Post

    I don't think I would go that far. I recently watched the Ken Burns' documentary on Prohibition (which I thought was excellent), The Maltese Falcon, some Poroit episodes, Antiques Roadshow and have recorded but not yet watched The Hound of the Baskervilles (with Basil Rathbone) and the original Night of the Living Dead.

    I think you just have to be selective.

    c.d.
    Anything by Ken Burns is good imo c.d. I think his series on The Civil War is one of the best documentaries I’ve seen. The Rathbone ‘Hound’ is a classic. The more recent one starring Richard Roxburgh was pretty good too though (I recently watched it again and found that it was much better than I remembered it to be) As you say, there’s a lot of crap but some good stuff if you look.

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  • c.d.
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    Originally posted by Tani View Post

    I stopped watching TV years ago. It's all nonsense.
    I don't think I would go that far. I recently watched the Ken Burns' documentary on Prohibition (which I thought was excellent), The Maltese Falcon, some Poroit episodes, Antiques Roadshow and have recorded but not yet watched The Hound of the Baskervilles (with Basil Rathbone) and the original Night of the Living Dead.

    I think you just have to be selective.

    c.d.

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  • Tani
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    Originally posted by c.d. View Post
    As we get closer to Halloween one of my favorite things to do is watch old, classic horror movies like Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Mummy etc. But they don't show them on TV, instead it is just all this modern crap like Halloween Part 25: Jason Retires to Florida and Buys an Annuity or Dracula with Jerry Lewis as Dracula. I mean why don't they show the old stuff? The copyrights certainly must have expired by now. The only thing I can think of is that they want people to buy or rent the original classics.

    Really annoying.

    c.d.
    I stopped watching TV years ago. It's all nonsense.

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  • c.d.
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    As we get closer to Halloween one of my favorite things to do is watch old, classic horror movies like Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Mummy etc. But they don't show them on TV, instead it is just all this modern crap like Halloween Part 25: Jason Retires to Florida and Buys an Annuity or Dracula with Jerry Lewis as Dracula. I mean why don't they show the old stuff? The copyrights certainly must have expired by now. The only thing I can think of is that they want people to buy or rent the original classics.

    Really annoying.

    c.d.
    Last edited by c.d.; 10-11-2025, 11:31 PM.

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  • Herlock Sholmes
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    Originally posted by C. F. Leon View Post

    We don't have many JR terriers in my town. The ones that REALLY annoy me are chihuahuas. Small dogs as a general rule are nervous and yippy, and chihuas in particular are particularly paranoid, especially if they are spoiled as many people use them as child substitutes.
    I think that’s another part of it CF. These little dogs are often carried around like babies. I certainly don’t dislike small dogs, it’s just the yapping.

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