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RIP Rush.

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  • ? A Former User

    @doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:

    @horace said in RIP Rush.:

    @doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:

    What exactly did I say to Larry that upset you so?

    I honestly don't think I said anything particularly unpleasant.

    I can't think of anything. I am only sad that he left.

    I'm sad he left, too.

    But, if you're going to dish it out as much as he did, I think you do have to be prepared to take a little back.

    The resident ahole left because he was one of the nutters that was soooooo sure Trump was going to keep his post even after the election showed most Americans wanted his ass gone. He is in his little sulk mode now but will crawl back eventually to harangue and harass as that is all he knows. Let’s see how many oxen I can gore today. In the meantime, i am off to find some more Rhodes island reds. Ooh baby!

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    Jolly
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    #89

    @nobodyssock said in RIP Rush.:

    @doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:

    @horace said in RIP Rush.:

    @doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:

    What exactly did I say to Larry that upset you so?

    I honestly don't think I said anything particularly unpleasant.

    I can't think of anything. I am only sad that he left.

    I'm sad he left, too.

    But, if you're going to dish it out as much as he did, I think you do have to be prepared to take a little back.

    The resident ahole left because he was one of the nutters that was soooooo sure Trump was going to keep his post even after the election showed most Americans wanted his ass gone. He is in his little sulk mode now but will crawl back eventually to harangue and harass as that is all he knows. Let’s see how many oxen I can gore today. In the meantime, i am off to find some more Rhodes island reds. Ooh baby!

    Nah, Limbaugh was successful because he drove idiots like you absolutely, bug-eyed nuts.

    BTW, you don't live in Rio Linda?

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • HoraceH Horace

      @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

      @catseye3 said in RIP Rush.:

      @horace said in RIP Rush.:

      A lack of self awareness. Not a lack of decency, which I fully believe you have. I think you absolutely would not have had an identical reaction to Larry if you thought he was African American. You would have donned the kid gloves.

      Can't speak for Phibes (though I can guess), but for me that is bullshit of the purest ray serene.

      Didn't have to pull a race card with Larry, he waved his indigenous ancestry in everyone's face. Granted he was self-deprecating about it but he nevertheless did it regularly.

      Nobody cares about Larry's ancestry. My point, hopefully obviously, was to illustrate that African Americans, at least within America, are considered exceptional. Any of them who manages to reach the echelons of middle class existence are so much more than welcome. I don't work with a lot of them, in fact it's extraordinary when one is hired into a technical position. When I worked at the headquarters campus, the African American people were in maintenance and reception. I don't believe this is because hiring managers were intentionally trying to not hire them into technical positions. I blame it on pop culture and how it views African Americans, the hopelessness, which is relentlessly reinforced. Telling kids that they are going to be repressed is really bad.

      These sorts of ideas are not original to me, lots of smart African Americans would concur. It's just that the media doesn't tell anybody about it.

      RenaudaR Offline
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      Renauda
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      #90

      @horace said in RIP Rush.:

      @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

      @catseye3 said in RIP Rush.:

      @horace said in RIP Rush.:

      A lack of self awareness. Not a lack of decency, which I fully believe you have. I think you absolutely would not have had an identical reaction to Larry if you thought he was African American. You would have donned the kid gloves.

      Can't speak for Phibes (though I can guess), but for me that is bullshit of the purest ray serene.

      Didn't have to pull a race card with Larry, he waved his indigenous ancestry in everyone's face. Granted he was self-deprecating about it but he nevertheless did it regularly.

      Nobody cares about Larry's ancestry. My point, hopefully obviously, was to illustrate that African Americans, at least within America, are considered exceptional. Any of them who manages to reach the echelons of middle class existence are so much more than welcome. I don't work with a lot of them, in fact it's extraordinary when one is hired into a technical position. When I worked at the headquarters campus, the African American people were in maintenance and reception. I don't believe this is because hiring managers were intentionally trying to not hire them into technical positions. I blame it on pop culture and how it views African Americans, the hopelessness, which is relentlessly reinforced. Telling kids that they are going to be repressed is really bad.

      These sorts of ideas are not original to me, lots of smart African Americans would concur. It's just that the media doesn't tell anybody about it.

      You don't say.

      Elbows up!

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      • RenaudaR Renauda

        @horace said in RIP Rush.:

        @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

        @catseye3 said in RIP Rush.:

        @horace said in RIP Rush.:

        A lack of self awareness. Not a lack of decency, which I fully believe you have. I think you absolutely would not have had an identical reaction to Larry if you thought he was African American. You would have donned the kid gloves.

        Can't speak for Phibes (though I can guess), but for me that is bullshit of the purest ray serene.

        Didn't have to pull a race card with Larry, he waved his indigenous ancestry in everyone's face. Granted he was self-deprecating about it but he nevertheless did it regularly.

        Nobody cares about Larry's ancestry. My point, hopefully obviously, was to illustrate that African Americans, at least within America, are considered exceptional. Any of them who manages to reach the echelons of middle class existence are so much more than welcome. I don't work with a lot of them, in fact it's extraordinary when one is hired into a technical position. When I worked at the headquarters campus, the African American people were in maintenance and reception. I don't believe this is because hiring managers were intentionally trying to not hire them into technical positions. I blame it on pop culture and how it views African Americans, the hopelessness, which is relentlessly reinforced. Telling kids that they are going to be repressed is really bad.

        These sorts of ideas are not original to me, lots of smart African Americans would concur. It's just that the media doesn't tell anybody about it.

        You don't say.

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        Horace
        wrote on last edited by
        #91

        @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

        @horace said in RIP Rush.:

        @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

        @catseye3 said in RIP Rush.:

        @horace said in RIP Rush.:

        A lack of self awareness. Not a lack of decency, which I fully believe you have. I think you absolutely would not have had an identical reaction to Larry if you thought he was African American. You would have donned the kid gloves.

        Can't speak for Phibes (though I can guess), but for me that is bullshit of the purest ray serene.

        Didn't have to pull a race card with Larry, he waved his indigenous ancestry in everyone's face. Granted he was self-deprecating about it but he nevertheless did it regularly.

        Nobody cares about Larry's ancestry. My point, hopefully obviously, was to illustrate that African Americans, at least within America, are considered exceptional. Any of them who manages to reach the echelons of middle class existence are so much more than welcome. I don't work with a lot of them, in fact it's extraordinary when one is hired into a technical position. When I worked at the headquarters campus, the African American people were in maintenance and reception. I don't believe this is because hiring managers were intentionally trying to not hire them into technical positions. I blame it on pop culture and how it views African Americans, the hopelessness, which is relentlessly reinforced. Telling kids that they are going to be repressed is really bad.

        These sorts of ideas are not original to me, lots of smart African Americans would concur. It's just that the media doesn't tell anybody about it.

        You don't say.

        Well, you don't say. I do say. Exactly one of us values an opportunity to use his words to explain his thoughts. The other poses.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • RenaudaR Offline
          RenaudaR Offline
          Renauda
          wrote on last edited by
          #92

          Then stop posing, Mr. Horace.

          Elbows up!

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          • RenaudaR Renauda

            Then stop posing, Mr. Horace.

            HoraceH Offline
            HoraceH Offline
            Horace
            wrote on last edited by
            #93

            @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

            Then stop posing, Mr. Horace.

            I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say to me sticks to you.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • HoraceH Horace

              @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

              Then stop posing, Mr. Horace.

              I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say to me sticks to you.

              CopperC Offline
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              Copper
              wrote on last edited by
              #94

              @horace said in RIP Rush.:

              @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

              Then stop posing, Mr. Horace.

              I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say to bounce off me sticks to you.

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              • HoraceH Horace

                @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

                Then stop posing, Mr. Horace.

                I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say to me sticks to you.

                RenaudaR Offline
                RenaudaR Offline
                Renauda
                wrote on last edited by Renauda
                #95

                @horace said in RIP Rush.:

                @renauda said in RIP Rush.:

                Then stop posing, Mr. Horace.

                I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say to me sticks to you.

                Dosen't bother me. The term African-American is specific to the USA so I will not comment on its use or reference. I have however known and worked with black African immigrants as well as black immigrants from the Caribbean. All were highly educated and motivated in their jobs. Some years ago when I worked for an oilwell drilling equipment company, I went out to a rig site where there were two black labourers who looked after cleaning, storage and simple maintenance of the drilling tools. The Tool Push introduced them to me as Midnight and Five To. When I gave the Push a confused look, he said," we call them that because no one can remember their names. But this one, Midnight, is darker than his friend here, so we call him Five To 'cause he's not quite Midnight. We call them that so's we can tell them apart".

                So yeah, that's my experience minuscule as it is. I guess that is how pop culture works up here.

                Elbows up!

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                • RainmanR Offline
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                  Rainman
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #96

                  I knew a black guy once.
                  So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
                  It was amazing.

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                  • RainmanR Rainman

                    I knew a black guy once.
                    So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
                    It was amazing.

                    JollyJ Offline
                    JollyJ Offline
                    Jolly
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #97

                    @rainman said in RIP Rush.:

                    I knew a black guy once.
                    So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
                    It was amazing.

                    Every third person down here is black.

                    I think I've met one or two.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • RainmanR Rainman

                      I knew a black guy once.
                      So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
                      It was amazing.

                      George KG Offline
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                      George K
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #98

                      @rainman said in RIP Rush.:

                      I knew a black guy once.

                      Heh. We hired a black guy.

                      And he's gay, so there!

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • RainmanR Rainman

                        I knew a black guy once.
                        So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
                        It was amazing.

                        Doctor PhibesD Online
                        Doctor PhibesD Online
                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #99

                        @rainman said in RIP Rush.:

                        I knew a black guy once.
                        So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
                        It was amazing.

                        Do you know John, from London?

                        I was only joking

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          @rainman said in RIP Rush.:

                          I knew a black guy once.
                          So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
                          It was amazing.

                          Do you know John, from London?

                          RainmanR Offline
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                          Rainman
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #100

                          @doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:

                          @rainman said in RIP Rush.:

                          I knew a black guy once.
                          So there. No kidding. A real black guy!
                          It was amazing.

                          Do you know John, from London?

                          Yes YES I knew him. But I thought he was from Liverpool.
                          What kind of a name is LiverPool, anyways?
                          Must be near London, right, or a bit north. Everything's north of London.
                          Just kidding Phibes. Some day I'm gonna visit that town "London" and see what it's all about.

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                          • Doctor PhibesD Online
                            Doctor PhibesD Online
                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #101

                            I shouldn't bother, it's full of johns.

                            I was only joking

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                            • George KG Offline
                              George KG Offline
                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #102

                              Why the military honors?

                              Why the flag?

                              Was he a veteran, or is it because he was awarded that medal by President Trump?

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • George KG George K

                                Why the military honors?

                                Why the flag?

                                Was he a veteran, or is it because he was awarded that medal by President Trump?

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                                kluurs
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #103

                                @george-k

                                He got a medical deferral and never served.

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                                • kluursK kluurs

                                  @george-k

                                  He got a medical deferral and never served.

                                  George KG Offline
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                                  George K
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #104

                                  @kluurs said in RIP Rush.:

                                  He got a medical deferral

                                  For a pilonidal cyst.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • RainmanR Offline
                                    RainmanR Offline
                                    Rainman
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #105

                                    @george-k said in RIP Rush.:

                                    pilonidal cyst

                                    I looked it up, saw more than I ever wanted to see.
                                    Didn't know such a thing existed, kinda weird actually.

                                    George, is this somewhat common, this pilonidal cyst thing?? Does one contract it somehow, or just wake up one morning, and. . .

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                                    • RainmanR Rainman

                                      @george-k said in RIP Rush.:

                                      pilonidal cyst

                                      I looked it up, saw more than I ever wanted to see.
                                      Didn't know such a thing existed, kinda weird actually.

                                      George, is this somewhat common, this pilonidal cyst thing?? Does one contract it somehow, or just wake up one morning, and. . .

                                      George KG Offline
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                                      George K
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #106

                                      @rainman said in RIP Rush.:

                                      is this somewhat common

                                      Yeah, it's pretty common. In our small place we probably saw about a dozen a year.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      • George KG George K

                                        Why the military honors?

                                        Why the flag?

                                        Was he a veteran, or is it because he was awarded that medal by President Trump?

                                        JollyJ Offline
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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #107

                                        @george-k said in RIP Rush.:

                                        Why the military honors?

                                        Why the flag?

                                        Was he a veteran, or is it because he was awarded that medal by President Trump?

                                        Medal of Freedom.

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        • JollyJ Jolly

                                          @george-k said in RIP Rush.:

                                          Why the military honors?

                                          Why the flag?

                                          Was he a veteran, or is it because he was awarded that medal by President Trump?

                                          Medal of Freedom.

                                          CopperC Offline
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                                          Copper
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #108

                                          @jolly said in RIP Rush.:

                                          Medal of Freedom.

                                          I figured that was it.

                                          So I tried to confirm that the Medal comes with that benefit or perk. I couldn't find it.

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