Here in Georgia, there is a practice of naming roads, bridges, overpasses (!!), and buildings after political figures who are still living, FFS.
Imagine being, oh I don’t know, former Bryan County Commission Chair L. Carlton Gill and driving over an eponymous stretch of I-95 every day on the way to town?
The mind…
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I had a maroon Eagle wagon in the 80s, and it was great. In the D.C. Blizzard of ‘87, I was the only staffer able to get around for days. Loved it, even if it did ride like a whale.
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I had a lovely old BRG Triumph Spitfire that I drove everywhere in the early 90s. I was the local newspaper guy in a small town in rural Georgia, and it was late on a Friday night. I was returning from watching the local high school (the Richmond Hill Wildcats) whoop up on some boys from the other local high School…
“A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
You live in Savannah, too?
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With the famous cross-body tackle move ...
I wasn’t on that particular flight, but I flew into San Juan a month ago and it was terrifying THEN. There are terrific updrafts and crosswinds affecting the main runway ... probably the scariest landing I have ever experienced, and there was only the normal tropic breeze blowing.
This would be unfathomable.
There is a class of movies that exist solely to give the producers a valid tax write-off for their homes, boats, planes, and (as here) exotic cars. To the IRS: “See, this car was used in the movie, is owned by the production company, and is a legitimate business expense. Can I help it if I am the sole shareholder?”
Sigh…
You had me genuinely laughing at the Mushler Groincat ... thank you!
Right at the end, he leans in and whispers “Swap you” in Macron’s ear.
Actual fights are frequently settled with a bang, according to the blotter in the newspaper.
“biannual” would be two-year.
“semiannual” is half-year, which is what that was.
Truth. In fact, nipples, and a propensity to elect animal by-products as our leaders, are our only weaknesses. Well, nipples, a propensity to elect animal by-products as our leaders, and a raging (though unjustified) sense of our own adequacy.
Is “emoporium” intentional or a typo? Either way, great word; one imagines a store where all the pallid clerks and customers have their oily hair hanging over their eyes, a slouch, and artfully distressed clothing.
The Fiat I was riding in on a trip from Cairo to Alexandria broke down in the middle of a rice plantation. As the sun set, the reeds at the side of the road began to move, and an army of rats the size of terriers emerged from the field on the right, crossed the road, and (after a few minutes) disappeared into the…
Comparison? Use “than.” eg Bigger than a bread box. Slower than a VW Type 1.
Related to the past or order of events? Use “then.” eg. I was younger then. First drive a slow car fast then drive a fast car slow.
Just a peeve. Sorry.