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Venice Beach/Santa Monica Pier
by Jaggy- 6 replies
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This coming weekend, the Jag Fam is taking a trip to the real life versions of Vespucci Beach and Del Perro Pier. While chilling on the beach and enjoying the sights, I'd like to recreate some of our crew members Snapmatic pictures of the area. Thankfully with my camera in real life, I can take more than 96 pictures. If there is a picture of yours you would like to see me try to recreate, please feel free to share it. I think it would be fun to compare the real life version of California to San Andreas. Here are a couple of my pictures I'd love to try to recreate:
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Where does your money go?
by Casey- 1 follower
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I was just busy working out my monthly budget when I decided to work out the percentage of our income that went on insurance. This led to me working out the percentage of everything we spend per month. We live fairly predictable lives so this is pretty accurate. I was wondering how this compares in different countries. Mine reads as follows Mortgage 38% Insurance 12% Savings 17% Food 8-12% depending on weeks in pay month Council Tax 6% Power 3.1/2% Petrol 2% Phone/Internet 2.1/2% Charity 1% (shocking I know) TV Licence 1% and a few pennies left over
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What qualifications do you have?
by ScottyB- 1 follower
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Sadly, a lot of people spend years studying at university to get a degree and then as soon as they get into that chosen field, they realise they hate it and go and find another job.. Usually not using any qualifications at all. Now I firmly believe that everything you learn, whether you use those skills directly or not, shape who you are and make you become a better all round person. Those skills will help you be able to think outside the box whether you realise it or not, so no education ever really goes to waste. With such a diverse group from all over the world, I would be very interested in hearing your qualifications and skills and why you decided to learn them. I…
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Your Most Memorable Day
by Casey- 1 follower
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What's the most memorable day of your life do far? For a lot of you this will the birth of a child, wedding day, you know the sort of thing. Why not share it with us, good or bad, pictures welcome
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Stealing this from Reddit. What's the best advice you've ever received? What is something you read or that someone once told you that you'll never forget? Words you live by? Some examples (simple ones, you can do better): In a year from now, you'll wish you started today If it smells like shit wherever you go, check under your own shoes first. "Just ask." - My father's advice to 16 year old me on how to get laid. (not me)
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Crew anagrams 1 2 3
by Pb76- 51 replies
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Words are brilliant! Especially when you disassemble them and make them into new words...... Alchemic_ink - manlike chic Davidcore - video card Justhatched - has Dutch jet Wetcaseyheed - Dat cheesy wee Dodgeservice - discover edge Wraignbowgirl - wigwam born IRL Shortround - our S.T.D. Horn Squirrel_army - Quarry smiler Or new names.... Michael C. Ink Roddie Vac Jed Chattush Ted Cashew-Eye Desiree G.V. Cod Brian R. Wigglow Thor Sundor Mary Squirrel Feel free to add any more you discover
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This beautiful photo of a very cool truck filled with even cooler bikes on a picturesque salar (salt lake) in Bolivia represents the end of a dream for the riders. This is the sweep truck in the 2015 Dakar Rally if your bike is on it it means your rally is over. 134 was Clayton Jacobson's KTM 450RR and it succumbed to electrical failure that he could not fix on the stage. Why did the organization run the bikes across a salar? The only reason I can think of is for beautiful photos and video. The salt + water is wreaking havoc on competitors bikes and will continue throughout the rest of the rally. The Dakar Rally is the toughest motorsport event in the world but just ge…
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Ok, this is one of those shits and giggles forum game type things. Answer the question left by the previous poster and post a question for the next. I'll start with..... What's your favourite swear word?
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Hi everyone First off, I'd like to thank each and everyone for welcoming me so well into the crew! I have had so much fun with everyone that I've played with, and i hope for much more to come, you make GTA Online worth playing! I feel lucky for being in a crew this dedicated, and i felt at home not long after i joined you guys! That being said, i would just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from me to all of you. I'd also like to wish everyone that doesn't celebrate Christmas, by saying happy holidays. You guys rock! Best Regards Simon
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The dutch!
by Ninja- 1 follower
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I just want to show you all a set with HeadHunterz at the 538 Jingleball that i attented to last saturday. This is how the dutch like to party! I dont know if you people like the music or not but i strongly recommend you all to watch it till the end, IT'S SO AWESOMEZZ i was in the fron btw, at between 32 and 33 minutes you see a girl on a guys shoulders and im right next to them
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Explain your avatar? 1 2 3
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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What is it? Why did you pick it? Mine is a skull as you can see, I have had this one for oh going on 6-7 years. Custom made for me when I owned a wrestling forum.
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GAME: Worldwide photo detective
by zmurko- 12 replies
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Had an idea that is similar to the Snapmatic Photo Scavenger Hunt, but set in the real world. It works similar: - someone takes a photo of a place near them and posts it here - the rest of us then try to locate the photo (or the spot from where it was taken) on Google maps. Sounds fun? Some sort of a clue on the photo would be good, otherwise at least help us with narrowing down the search area to something reasonable, so we dont end up searching entire London for example. And I guess we can start off with one of mine that I've already posted on the forum here: http://i.imgur.com/yOePBO6.jpg Clues don't get more clear than this. And if anyone stil…
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Show us your Tree !
by Fido_le_muet- 1 follower
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I made my Christmas Tree yesterday and I'm now 100% in Christmas Mode. I'm also a bit curious so if you have a Tree at home, share it with the world ! Here's mine. It's a synthetic one, about 150cm high. I've had it for 6 years I think.
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Not sure what to do from here... 1 2
by JustHatched- 26 replies
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FOund out my ex has moved a registered sex offender in with her. 2 of my daughters live there also. My brain is jumbled with what the correct move is next. I have been waiting for te chance to get my kids, just not sure the best way to do it. Lawyer? Family sevices? 9MM? Needless to say I may not be in the best of moods for a bit, if I am quiet on the mic its cuz I am just playing to think of other things so I don't drive myself batshit crazy.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
by SeymorScagneti- 21 replies
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For those that partake, or don't...hope to meet up with you after I awake from my food coma tomorrow.
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@Dodge
by G37- 1 follower
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For those of you wondering why Dodge kept telling us to "Get Jesus", here ya go. Awesome movie if you've never seen it (Bad Boys 2). This scene is completely out of context if you didn't see the beginning, but that's why it's even funnier.
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Boinoinoing!
by G37- 8 replies
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http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2uomazq%3E&s=8#.VGmcpr5H1FQ Jag ^
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I'm going on a holiday!
by ScottyB- 8 replies
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Hey Guys and Girls, I'm going away for a while on a holiday. I will be heading over to Malaysia for 5 days and then over to Vietnam for a 10 day G adventure (really great company and is definitely worth looking into if you enjoy group tours) tour to see all the main sights and then 2 days after it to wind down a bit. I'm leaving on November 20th and get home on December 8th so will miss a fair bit. I will probably stay active in the site although I might get jealous and have withdrawal symptoms haha. When I get back I am hoping to be busy at work as I need the money and may miss some of the n/a events that I have been in as they usually start while I am at work (meant…
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Dodge's Hat
by rumdig- 1 follower
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I was finally able to sneak a picture of Dodge, with hat and all
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Winter preperations 1 2
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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Just out of curiosity, what do you do or need to do to get you and yours ready for winter. Maybe something you post will remind someone else of something they need to do. For me Make sure snowblower and tractor have all fluids changed and will run New tires on shop car. All flashlights and emergency electronics have new batteries week supply of food, water, medical, and kerosene All out door animials have heated water systems working and shelter in good shape Look the roof over
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All Hallows' Eve Pranks
by DefaultBling- 4 replies
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Making this topic to share the best part of Halloween: the pranks. Feel free to watch, comment or share some. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZATmeN0gb8
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funny and stupid hash tags
by JustHatched- 0 replies
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On Sirius XM radio, channel Octane there is a Dj named Grant Random, everyday he for whatever reason says a dumbshit hash tag for folks to use for the day. Today's was pretty good, and I ask anyone to post any dumbshit hash tags they know todays - #ihavewonawardsformycollectionofclippedpubes
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I was wondering what countries outside of the United States celebrate Halloween? Is it the same, kids in costumes begging for candy in your country? I have a reason for asking that I can't share just yet.
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Friendlist cull 1 2
by Pb76- 28 replies
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I cleared my psn friend list of ex-crew members, people I can't remember why I added and people I don't like. (Wonder who checks)* It's gone from 80ish to 50ish. (Plenty of room for new crew members, add me if you like) So...... How often do you clear yours? How close to full is it? How many on the list shouldn't be there? Has someone deleted you from their list and you haven't realized? *i got a bit trigger happy and may have deleted some I didn't mean to
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My dog earned her keep today
by JustHatched- 5 replies
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We had just got home from the lake, dark out and we seen a car pull into the flower shop parking lot and it left, no issue as we get alot of turn arounds there. My dog was in her pen behind the shop and I walk over to get her to bring her home, right after I got her out I seen the same car turn come back, shut it's lights off and pull back into the shop parking lot. Weird right? So Duchess and I come around the corner to see a guy and to girls getting out of their shut off car, she put on her viscous growl as I asked what are you doing, they were happy to get back in their car while saying sorry. I said don't come back cuz next time she won't be on the leash. She got an…
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Operation Mincemeat (2021) dir John Madden A WWII film focussing the efforts of British intelligence to trick Germany into thinking an upcoming major operation was going to happen somewhere else, so that they diverted defending forces away from the actual location. The basics are a true story. The characters are mainly the real people who were involved. It has a great ensemble cast. The main characters are two officers working for MI5, one from the navy and one from the air force, played by Colin Firth and Matthew McFadden, with Kelly MacDonald and Penelope Wilton playing their civilian assistants. It also features Johnny Flynn as the young Lt. Ian Fleming who narrates some scenes in a style that could well have been passages from his James Bond novels. You could, at a big stretch, almost class this as Bond film since it features characters referred to as M (head of MI5, Jason Issacs) and Q-branch (the gadget inventor, James Fleet). Simon Russel Beale also puts in a great performance as Winston Churchill. I have heard of Operation Mincemeat, knew the basics of it, that Ian Fleming was involved and what the outcome was. I don't think it's a spoiler to say the plan worked, as various characters in the film say that if it doesn't the allies won't win the war. The plan was to take the body of recently deceased man, a Welshman living rough in London called Glyndwr Michael, dress him in an officer's uniform, attach a brief case containing fake, but apparently top-secret documents, and then release it from a submarine such that it would wash up on a Spanish beach. Spain was neutral in WWII but under the regime of the Fascist, pro-n*zi, General Franco. So British intelligence knew that the contents of the brief case should find their way into the hands of German agents, before being returned to Britain, and thus the fake information would find it's way to Berlin. The operation they were planning for was the allied invasion of Italy, then Germany's ally. The fake information was one part of bigger plan to convince the Germans it was occupied Greece that was going to be invaded. The subsequent invasion of Italy is one of the lesser known parts of the war. Much is made, quite rightly, of the D-day landings, but that was not the first invasion of German controlled Europe, it was this invasion of Italy, nearly a year earlier. So it's nice to see a film about this aspect of the war, because there aren't very many of them. The film shows the meticulous level of detail the agents went to, creating a whole fake identity, Major William Martin, along with personal letters, a photo of a fiancé, etc. The plot does come across somewhat unbelievable at times and includes a completely unnecessary romantic sub-plot. Even if some of that is what actually happened, the way the films portrays this comes across as if the producers wanted to “s*x it up” and add these elements in because they thought the story of the planning and execution of the operation was not interesting enough. I was all set to give this a lower score than I did, but the last 30 mins or so redeemed it a little. What I found really interesting was, after the the plan had been put into action, the role British diplomats in Spain then had to play to make sure that the brief case of fake documents did indeed end up in German hands. Because after all the detailed and careful planning, it could have easily been undone by a Spanish official simply handing the brief case straight back to Britain, as was technically the correct thing for a neutral country to do, but not what they were supposed to do according to the pro-German Fascist regime in charge. There's almost none of the action you usually get in war films, until right at the end when we see an American infantry sergeant, a minor character introduced earlier, on board a landing craft, storming a Sicilian beach which was taken and held with relatively light causalities. All due to the success of Operation Mincemeat diverting German forces hundreds of miles away. 6 / 10- 2
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