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Red Dead Setup
by Ebon- 1 reply
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Yup, someone done did it.
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In Memoriam...
by Con- 1 follower
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Just a thread to express your admiration and respect for famous people that are no longer with us. The only rule of the thread is... RESPECT. Respect the posts of other DBX members. Remember that we all have different life experiences and forms of inspiration are different for each one of us. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today, August 26 Gene Wilder died Sunday. Most people know him as Willy Wonka but I remember him mostly for Stir Crazy, Silver Streak, and Hear No Evil...See No Evil. Rest In Peace Gene! Enjoy the re…
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New Year Resolutions (2019 Edition)
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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Anyone got any resolutions they are making real or fake for laughs?? I don't make "real" resolutions, talk about it but never have, probably never will I tell @BustyRose my resolution is to make sure she wakes up everyday with a black eye, she tells me that'd be fine but it would be hard for me to do if I don't wake up.
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BBQ Smokers
by D-Rocks- 1 follower
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Who owns one and what brand do you recommend? I got my Christmas bonus from work.
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Thank you crew for helping me through!
by omarcomin71- 2 followers
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Crew love! Some of you may or may not know that last month I was laid off from my job here in San Diego. The company I worked for up and closed its doors without any warning. This was a huge blow to me as I wasn’t sure what to do next. Worry and depression quickly set in. Thankfully I have great family and friends who support me and always have my back. With the belief that everything happens for a reason I looked at this as a new opportunity and have decided to enter the culinary world. I love to cook and find the preparation that goes along with it calming and relaxing. I just want to thank this amazing crew for helping through as well.…
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What to do for money this week
by Kniv3s- 5 replies
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So I think this week's bonuses suck, CEO got cheaper boxes so with them not being double I won't be touching boxes this week. I don't have any MC businesses started and don't want to. I will run cars this week maybe throw in some heists to mix it up. Any other suggestions on money making tactics for this week?
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Our first wedding photo
by Burgermauger- 15 replies
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One of the reasons why I haven’t been around lately... I got married May 19th, to my beautiful wife.
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Cruise Honeymoon
by Burgermauger- 2 replies
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Carnival Magic cruise to Amber Cove, Dominican Republic— St Thomas USVI— San Juan Puerto Rico— Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Our home for the week Carnival Magic Dominican St Thomas USVI Drakes Seat, overlooking Magan’s Bay a must see in St Thomas San Juan PR Grand Turk
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Aqaurium
by Firebear926- 1 follower
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Does anybody in the crew have aqauriums?
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Cruise
by TECHFL227- 1 follower
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Has anyone taken a cruise before? I'm taking my first one in March with my best friend so was looking for tips.
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How to remove a pest 1 2
by Squirrel- 2 followers
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This evening I was just fetching myself another beer and it seems that I have a housemate that I didn't know about. Little mouse just sat in my kitchen stealing my crumbs. Personally they don't bother me but I can just imagine the reaction any date I bring home will have when seeing the little furball. Sorry little buddy you're not getting in the way of me and my ladies! Getting a cat isn't an option so I'm going to have to trap him and any of his little mates. What do you recommend as a crew of the most effective way of getting rid of an unwanted rodent? I don't need anyone to point out that a squirrel is also a rodent! Only room for one of us in this ho…
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New Years resolution 1 2 3
by ScottyB- 2 followers
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Ive never really been one to follow through or care much about doing a New Years resolution, but it would be interesting to see who does and what you want to achieve in the new year. It will be good to write it down (here or elsewhere) as that provides you with a sense of commitment because you have written it down and also told people thus making it real which should help you achieve the Goals more then just having them in your head or telling a few people So I'll start it off with not so much a resolution but more of goals that I would like to achieve in the coming year. 1. To balance my lifestyle. There are many things I enjoy doing but I neglect everything and o…
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What do you want Santa to bring you for Xmas?
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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I asked @BustyRose for the Hee Haw dvd collection If you not familiar with Hee Haw here is a video
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Gas Oven Stove
by D-Rocks- 4 replies
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Does anyone know if it is normal for the numbers on a carbon monoxide detector to go up when you open the door to your gas oven to check on the food that is cooking?
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Same Sex Marriage 1 2
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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Yours? This thread was split from another thread, this is for the discussion of same sex marriage and not hate or bashing of gay or lesbian people
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Going into a new business
by JustHatched- 4 followers
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As many of you know Rose and I own and operate a flower shop, she has had it for 19? years -1 due to the fire a year and half ago. Anyways, on top of that we are going in the ranching business, Alpaca's to be exact. We have 3 animals coming next weekend to be followed by 20 or so more by mid summer 2018. We are going to be doing the genetics side of the business and being specific in which DNA sequences get bred together to have "Elite" animals to sell. Should be interesting...
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Mid Century Furniture
by BryannosaurusRex- 4 replies
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So, after redecorating my living/dining room I'm in the process of filling it with furniture. As its a 1970s built house I've been looking at mid 20th century items - 1960s & 1970s stuff. It suits the size and shape of the room well. British made items from that period are very Scandinavian influenced, but much of it wasn't too well constructed and most has been binned over the years. The better quality stuff that remains therefore demands a high price, particularly as it's becoming quite fashionable again. So, my question is for the Scandi folk among us - What sort of prices does 1960/70's Scandi/Swedish/Danish furniture sell for in its native countries? Th…
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Christmas
by D-Rocks- 2 followers
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Alright- It is starting to get cold up here in Minnesota. I am just curious what people are thinking about putting on there wish list this year.
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Do you like your current residence?
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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Ya know, your house, apartment, trailer, etc...? What would you change if you could? Do you get on well with the neighbors? I do fine with our neighbors, they are all family. I would like to tear the house down and build a new one, its tough to heat and air due to shitty design and cathedral ceilings, not enough closet space and to fix it to be right would cost as much as a new house.
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Introduction Welcome to my Moto Blog of Greatness. I hope to write at least one entry each week, hopefully more, on something motorcycle related. I've been riding almost all of my life on all types of bikes and in lots of different situations. I also plan to write about motorcycle racing, motorcycles in pop culture, new bikes, old bikes, travel, maintenance, safety gear and riding techniques. I am also reserving the right to blog about other gearhead stuff like cars, trucks, ships, tools and radio controlled things. For some reason I think my entries should serve some purpose. Maybe it's just to entertain and that's good enough but it would be cool if they also i…
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This post is the Blog entry that is getting removed. I'm posting it in the forum to keep it from being deleted... 2015 - The Year of Hell March 24, 2015 changed my life forever. That day, my wife gave birth to our still born boy at 24 weeks. I had never known what a loss like that could do to a family. I expected my wife to be sad. I expected to be sad. I expected my other kids to not really understand what happened, and have a lot of questions. I was not prepared for the months to come. I was not prepared for any of the repercussions of this Event. Come to think of it, the whole pregnancy was doomed. It was doomed from the beginning. Maybe that's what wa…
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Remember Manchester
by Brainstick- 3 followers
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Hi guys, I looked if there was a post like this one on the site but I couldn't find one, so sorry if I missed it somewhere. We all know about the attack on, mostly, young people at the Manchester Arena. And it made me very sick to see that another attack took place on innocent people. Mostly young people who should have the time of their lives at a concert of Ariana Grande. 22 died and 59 were badly injured. There has been said a lot about it but somehow I still can't find enough words to describe how I feel about this and what may be to come.(sorry if my English let's me down a bit). Because we also have a lot of members from the UK, I hope non of our memb…
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Drop a list of the Comedian's whom you consider as falling into the category of most influential in making you laugh, & or make honorable mention of those who came close but no cigar, giving insight if necessary.
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Aussieisms 1 2 3
by revbouncer- 2 followers
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We Aussies can seem like a strange lot to outsiders. It's because we generally are very blunt and call things as we see em, usually with some colourful adjectives to enhance the expression of the comment. We love our lingo and love it even more when migrants adopt our style of communication, showing us that they're really trying to be good Aussies. Here's a thread for ALL things Australian, feel free to add your own Aussieisms or just comment on the posts. I'll get it started with some of the new politically correct terminology they'd like us to start using in the workplace... ( fat fucking chance mate, I say )
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Is it worth it, being nice and all....
by JustHatched- 4 followers
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Do you think it is worth an effort to try to be nice to people? I've spent a few years making this attempt and I seem to just get the same result as being a prick or get taken advantage of. Now I am reached the frame of mind of fuck the world and everyone in it, or at least those whom are useless cocksuckers that deserve an ice pick in the brainstem. Thoughts?
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249Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
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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