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Ohiopirate02

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  1. Current workplace pet peeve--people who bring tuna fish to work and eat it in the breakroom. I do not care about the health benefits of fish, or how economical it is as a protein source, or how easy Starkist has made the packaging for you to bring it to work. It stinks, and the smell lingers. The only saving grace is my co-worker did not microwave it.
  2. I get the character motivations for not definitively proving the footage. It works in universe, and for the story the show wants to tell. I think what I am struggling with is the show choosing to leave it open ended for the viewers. Better writers would be able to keep the ambiguity within the work while also letting the viewer know the truth. Or tweak the script so that Red Herring Suspect #1 did not encounter the victim in view of that camera.
  3. What bugs me about the video is the show already established that the wannabe rapper/drug dealer was at the scene when the victim was shot and that he stole the victim's wallet and watch. The police know this, but the British partner maybe would not have known. Why would the police not ask for the next ten minutes of footage? That would establish whether or not it's a deep fake.
  4. At least this storyline is more organic than those get rich quick schemes. The actor has been diagnosed with hearing loss and may already be wearing hearing aids these past few seasons. They made it a plot point for his character in And Just Like That, doing it here makes sense.
  5. As much as I absolutely cringe when someone uses loose when they mean lose, she's not necessarily using incorrect grammar here. There are different types of curls that occur naturally and loose curls are one of them, so are tight ringlets. Abbie very well could have had her normally tight ringlets become looser over time due to her pregnancies and caring for her children. And now that she is spending time doing her hair, she now has her tight ringlets back. I am not going to credit Monat for this change. What changed is Abbie taking care of her curls. She's spending the 30-90 minutes necessary to wash, condition, detangle, coat her hair in gel, then coax her curls into shape using whatever brush or comb she prefers, drying her hair by whichever method she chooses (diffuser, plopping in an old tee shirt, airdrying, or another method I am currently blanking on), and finally breaking the cast with her hands and maybe an oil. She may have even sprung for a satin or silk bonnet to sleep in plus a matching pillowcase to extend the life of her curls. When it comes to curls, method trumps product.
  6. Yeah, all Felix had to do was discreetly tell his father that Oliver is not who he says he is and he needs to leave. Then Sir James instructs the staff to pack his bags without Oliver even knowing. Or Felix could have just told Duncan, and Duncan would have handled Oliver. Duncan has been around the Cattons long enough to know how to handle someone like Oliver. And the party could have gone on without Oliver, and none of the guests would think anything is amiss. The Cattons are eccentric aristocrats, they can get away with throwing a birthday party without the birthday boy being present. Elspeth would have been disappointed for a few minutes before someone or something else appears to take her mind off of him.
  7. NBC reaired this episode last night, and I saw the opening again. I know St. Olivia's whole thing is Taking!It!Personally!, but she had zero reason to stop the perp at the beginning. She's off-duty and had at least one glass of wine plus Noah is with her when she spots Maddie in the van. She cannot just pull the guy over based on her intuition and vibes, and would the Brooklyn cops take her seriously if she called in "there's something off about the girl in this delivery van?" I know she's St. Olivia in Manhattan, but I did not think that carried the same weight in another borough. Though it would be an interesting episode if she did pull the guy over and arrest him based on vibes alone.
  8. Did I miss the show figuring out how Maddie became a sex doll complete with bracelet or is that still up in the air? Between St. Olivia pontificating and the victim's mom over-emoting and the shoehorning in of Rollins to set up the most basic next step in the investigation (seriously St. Olivia needs to see Rollins in order to figure out the next step is getting the list of buyers of said sex doll) I did tune out for a bit.
  9. Same, and I was trying to figure out when exactly this episode was conceived and subsequently filmed. Some of those headlines the writers ripped their story from were from December. Did they go back and add the plagiarism by a university president after the episode was already written? Or did they shelve their original episode one for this mess?
  10. It was a full-blown emotional affair on the verge of getting physical, and the old boyfriend is Vanessa's birth father who was pursuing Maggie hard. I hate that the show is trying to make Maggie sympathetic here.
  11. I watched this over the weekend, and was bored. The plot does not support the runtime. Too many lingering shots of Saltburn and the Catton's possessions that did nothing to add to the plot. I wanted more scenes showing the class divide with Oliver bumbling through various interactions with the Cattons and staff instead. And the Oxford section dragged on far too long for a story that has been told so many times before. I also wanted more Rosamund Pike's Elspeth. She was the best part of the movie.
  12. And if you entertain, you always have a need for containers you can give your guests. You can't be using your good containers for leftovers that leave your home unless you can afford to replace them.
  13. And you can only hold one in for so long no matter your age. I'm not going to hold a fart in for 30 minutes or more just because I'm in a subway car or an airplane, though if I was sitting in the aisle seat I would make an attempt to use the lavatory at the back of the plane, middle or window is a different story.
  14. She has found a new audience on Tik-Tok and she is Aunt Sandy there as well. Or at least her drink recipes have found a new audience.
  15. And she hurt her kid in the process. As soon as Lucy is old enough to traverse NYC by herself, she heads back to the Arconia to see Charles. How selfish to make Lucy think Charles abandoned her when she was the one who severed the relationship so abruptly.
  16. Maybe the family chose not to write one. You can always check the webpage of the local funeral home to see if there is one, but Google does pick those up.
  17. That's par for the course for a quick lunch these days. The daily special at Jersey Mike's by me is $12 for a sub, drink and chips. And meals at McDonalds vary between $9-12 per meal without supersizing it, though it is cheaper in the app. I already have enough apps on my phone selling my data and whatnot, I draw the line at any restaurant's app.
  18. The first Mardi Gras parades are on the traditional starting date of the season--January 6th. And, the actual Mardi Gras is early this year coming on February 13th.
  19. Eleven feet six inches, that is a low bridge. There's one in Durham, NC nicknamed the Can-Opener that is a smidge higher. Someone set up a camera and a website to share the many crashes.
  20. I agree that they are not consciously making a theological statement here, none of the Duggars nor Jeremy is introspective enough to connect the dots.
  21. I don't think it's unwitting. Their theology supports the idea of the earth being a prison where they are doing life until Jesus grants them their parole in death.
  22. That kelly green throwback cap is truly on par for the poser that is Jeremy.
  23. The Duchy of Cornwall's income is not technically taxpayer supported, it's rental income and investments. So, someone living in a property owned by the duchy pays rent plus income taxes that also go to support the Crown. There's also some old rules in place where if someone living on a duchy property dies without a will the duchy inherits. Supposedly, Charles used that income stream to fund his various charities, but that cannot be definitively verified. Both the Duchy of Cornwall and the Duchy of Lancaster do not have to disclose all of their financial information. Then there's the royals being exempt from various taxes that every other British citizen would have to pay like estate taxes and income tax. At one point, Charles did voluntarily pay income taxes as the Duke of Cornwall. Don't know if William will continue that tradition or if Charles will do the same as the Duke of Lancaster.
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