The Isolated Blurt Thread XLII : Saint Peter is a douchebag

[Bookishleigh]

She Bop

 

[1HF]

Wasting away in margaritaville.

 

[Bookishleigh]

I know I'm in trouble when I start listening to country music ...time to call it a night.

 

[Not Normal]

Hydrating and Vitamin B may help stave off the retirement.

Poweraidde or other such thing before bed. I learned that after gigging when smoking was still allowed in bars. I play poker with a bunch of smokers, and being around them can be like a hangover from dehydration.

She Bop

That was fucking STELLAR!

 

[Not Normal]

Not bad for fifteen bucks.

 

[toeskr]

Try living a few hundred feet from the railroad tracks. There's the 4Am, 5Am, 7 AM, 10 AM, 1201PM, 2 PM, 5PM, 6 PM, 7PM, 830PM, and 10PM. There's more, but I can't remember the times for the others or the ones that stop, blocking the track crossings, while waiting for another to pass. It's like every time I open my mouth or on the phone, all I hear is the fucking whistle blowing. It took some time for me to adjust my sleeping habits. Though it is funny and a little scary watching drivers racing to beat the trains at crossings and turning around in driveways or in the road.

Man, that really sucks when those sneaky railways come in and lay tracks down and start running multiple trains a day, blowing horns and such when you purchased your property before they came in with no idea they'd show up.

Innocent property buyer, I feel your pain.

 

[Hypoxia]

Not bad for fifteen bucks.

This probably costs more and tells better time but fuck Disney:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41E6SNHJKNL._UX342_.jpg

 

[toeskr]

This probably costs more and tells better time but fuck Disney:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41E6SNHJKNL._UX342_.jpg

So..... brag post cuz you paid more for a Disney watch that tells better time but fuck Disney?

Where are you going with this?

Never mind, you will get lost along the way.

Ooo, shiny objects. Ooo, meth pipes....

 

[Radiohead]

Well where were you earlier? Not here. So there.

If you angle your request into the sky just right.

Not happy.

 

[Dinosaur1]

Man, that really sucks when those sneaky railways come in and lay tracks down and start running multiple trains a day, blowing horns and such when you purchased your property before they came in with no idea they'd show up.

Innocent property buyer, I feel your pain.

I did some research and got a valuable lesson in local history as well as railroads. Back in the day, my little town was started as a result of railroads. At one time, the now gone train station was the heart and center, before cars and roads or transportation as we know it were common. Those railroad companies own alot of land alongside the tracks and have control of everything. Nothing can be done without their approval. That includes roads, power and water lines, railroad crossings, sidewalks, businesses and housing. So there's been years of ongoing negotiations, power struggles, bureaucracy, and flaring tempers.

 

[Dinosaur1]

"Black" is an artificial construct kept alive by those too ignorant to know any better. I'm guilty of it myself. I don't know of another term to use. Sometimes "mixed race" isn't applicable. Either way, someone is going to be offended.

 

[MagnusRichard]

I did some research and got a valuable lesson in local history as well as railroads. Back in the day, my little town was started as a result of railroads. At one time, the now gone train station was the heart and center, before cars and roads or transportation as we know it were common. Those railroad companies own alot of land alongside the tracks and have control of everything. Nothing can be done without their approval. That includes roads, power and water lines, railroad crossings, sidewalks, businesses and housing. So there's been years of ongoing negotiations, power struggles, bureaucracy, and flaring tempers.

A railroad is usually corporate owned a highway is usually government owned, yes?

Both require the things you speak of, yes?

 

[MagnusRichard]

"Black" is an artificial construct kept alive by those too ignorant to know any better. I'm guilty of it myself. I don't know of another term to use. Sometimes "mixed race" isn't applicable. Either way, someone is going to be offended.

Who decided these terms are ignorant?

They are descriptive shorthand, yes?

Short fat woman. Tall black chick. Old dyke. Cigar chomping old frat asshole. Big stupid buck. Tight little asian girl. Old white suit.

Without color as a descriptor, other variables will be required, yes?

 

[Dinosaur1]

A railroad is usually corporate owned a highway is usually government owned, yes?

Both require the things you speak of, yes?

Yeah. I was actually responding to 2 other posters, but it's very open to debate it. At one time in the US the railroad companies were granted a lot of power and control by our federal government and many states. I don't know all the details, but it dates back over 100 years ago. I think railroad monopolies literally owned the US at one time. We were desperate for growth and in need of a country wide transportation system to unite us in some way. The railroads provided that at that time.

 

[toeskr]

I did some research and got a valuable lesson in local history as well as railroads. Back in the day, my little town was started as a result of railroads. At one time, the now gone train station was the heart and center, before cars and roads or transportation as we know it were common. Those railroad companies own alot of land alongside the tracks and have control of everything. Nothing can be done without their approval. That includes roads, power and water lines, railroad crossings, sidewalks, businesses and housing. So there's been years of ongoing negotiations, power struggles, bureaucracy, and flaring tempers.

Back in the day, there were many, many little towns that only existed because of the railway. Many are still there. Many people complain of the noise and fuss but rail was there from WAY back.

I look at the houses and people right next to the crossings and yards and wonder what would possess someone to desire to live right nearby. It's not like it was a big secret when one purchased property there.

I guess not much different than when you buy a house in a flight path and are irritated by plane noise.

 

[Bookishleigh]

Not bad for fifteen bucks.

Fifteen bucks, little man. Put that shit in my hand. If that money doesn’t show than you owe me owe me owe. (Sorry, love me some Jay and Silent Bob.)

Nice watch. GWAR-approved. They do Christmas carols too.

 

[trysail]

"...'Any people anywhere,' Lincoln proposed to the House, 'being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better.'..."
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Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War
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[adrina]

If you angle your request into the sky just right.

Not happy.

You're not Batman and there is no Bourbon-Signal.

And when are you ever happy.

 

[Froya]

I suspect people live near noisy things because it's likely cheaper there and they may not have many other options.

 

[Dinosaur1]

Back in the day, there were many, many little towns that only existed because of the railway. Many are still there. Many people complain of the noise and fuss but rail was there from WAY back.

I look at the houses and people right next to the crossings and yards and wonder what would possess someone to desire to live right nearby. It's not like it was a big secret when one purchased property there.

I guess not much different than when you buy a house in a flight path and are irritated by plane noise.

Exactly. Like we work hard, save money, and search hard with a budget foremost on our minds to own our piece of the pie. "The American Dream" from my POV. But, really, everyone is the same in that respect. Once I settled in and started a new life diddling around my little castle, the reality that it isn't really mine sunk in. All I can think is "they were here first, so it is what it is". Who am I to be so nieve to believe any differently? In reality, I'm taking a piece of something that was taken from someone else. And I don't plan on letting go so easily,

 

[Luk]

Fifteen bucks, little man. Put that shit in my hand. If that money doesn’t show than you owe me owe me owe. (Sorry, love me some Jay and Silent Bob.)

Nice watch. GWAR-approved. They do Christmas carols too.

And this is another reason why you're the best.

 

[MagnusRichard]

Are you getting a discount?

 

[Radiohead]

You're not Batman and there is no Bourbon-Signal.

And when are you ever happy.

You could try, and that goes for both.

 

[ryan8558]

Thankfully it was long ago before smart phones. I was still in college at the time.

I think there may be quite a few of us that are extremely glad our past indiscretions did not end up on the internet for the rest of our lives.

 

[HarryHill]

Biscuits in da oven