L. Sprague de Camp wrote a trilogy of novels under the overall title The Reluctant King. In it, our protagonist Jorian runs afoul of a kingdom that chooses its kings by lottery, every five years. After their five year reign each king is executed, and a new king is chosen. Again by lottery and at random. Jorian turns…
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Perhaps, but that would be like converting an old oil tanker to a nuclear powered freighter - doable but what you’ll end up with is more expensive and less useful than a nuke freighter built from scratch.
I don’t think you caused any offense. I think people are simply honestly answering your honest question.
I’m gonna go with Klonopin. A friend of mine’s ex was a Klonopin abuser, with multiple doctors on her phone to call for extra refills and multiple pharmacies to fill them. After they were divorced she upgraded to a new boyfriend who was a major cocaine addict and became one herself. He’s a tattoo “artist” and she…
I don’t bother. I say “I have done my own extensive research, for which I am explicitly trained, and the results categorically contradict your statements. Unless you can provide incontrovertible evidence to compare to my research your arguments are invalid. Explicit claims require explicit evidence.”
Repeat after me: “Domina, hoc est Arbes!”
Ugh. No kidding. I had to take my Mom to the barber recently. (She lives in assisted living.) She hadn’t had her hair cut for over 9 months, and it was longer than I have ever seen it. She usually keeps it pretty short. Almost a pixie cut. It was weird seeing her with her hair down below her shoulder blades.
Here it’s the Pacific Northwest, and my head is often wet.
Nifty.
Count yourself lucky. My Mom is in an assisted living facility (slowly dying) and they’ve been locked down with a Covid infestation. Not that it matters much since she can’t climb the stairs to my apartment, and my friends who I usually spend Christmas with (and bring her) are accepting no visitors this year. Wisely,…
As a straight guy who’s barber shut her doors for a couple months half a year ago, I can recommend the benefits of a Wahl set of clippers and a #1 and #2. Usually relegated to trimming my beard (and other things) I eventually learned to give myself a pretty decent “High and Tight” without much effort. Saving myself…
My takeaway from this: Cruise is half a decade older than me, so therefore I am due for a hottie 20 years younger than me any day now...
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Put him in a cell with Bill Cosby, then they can regale each other with long stories about how they were horribly wronged as the long hours tick by.
And the funny thing is, you weren’t even drinking milk!
I actually got to stand next to a new Ford Ranger the other day. I was shocked at how huge it was. Apparently Ford is more interested in selling the trucks it wants to sell than listening to people and building a truck they want to buy.
Looks like a Mazda.
That was when T-birds were still almost a sports car, not the land-yacht they became.
Mercury Montego will give it a run for its money. Of course they were the same platform. I had a 2-door Montego in green.