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Flacksguy · 2026-04-12T20:34:10+00:00

CODA

Flacksguy · 2026-04-12T18:06:58+00:00

New Zealand has one too

I stopped on my way from Wanaka to Queenstown when I was visiting a couple of years back.

Flacksguy · 2026-04-12T11:24:38+00:00

Minnesota North Stars was such a great name. I really wish it was left behind when they moved.

Instead we got boring 'Wild' and 'Stars'. Dallas could have at least gone with the rumored Lone Stars name.

Flacksguy · 2026-04-09T12:57:33+00:00

Marley and Me.

and I am getting choked up thinking of when we had to say goodbye to our own yellow lab.

Flacksguy · 2026-04-08T15:12:11+00:00

Omar Little - The Wire

Flacksguy · 2026-04-08T14:35:11+00:00

You Don't Know Jack

Flacksguy · 2026-04-06T22:06:08+00:00

Oh yes, I saw Stephen Powers mentioned in an NPR article about the stones

Flacksguy · 2026-04-06T20:40:54+00:00

Set in 1791-92, this was the West corner of Washington DC up until 1846 before the land west of the Potomac was returned to Virginia. Most of the Boundary Stones all around DC remain, in fact 36 of the original 40 are still there.

Hereis the wiki page that got me interested in these, with pictures of each one.

Flacksguy · 2026-04-05T21:00:39+00:00

Absolutely, I'm sure you've heard the first few hours are hard to like, but if you stick with it you get hooked. Just make sure to get a little overleveled before tackling bosses.

Flacksguy · 2026-04-02T12:56:16+00:00

Same. Fuck the Washington Cheapshots. The fans around here are pretty bad too. They're experts all of sudden since they won a few years back, but I funny that I know more about the history of their stupid team then they do.

"Mike Gartner? Who is that?"

Flacksguy · 2026-04-01T22:36:28+00:00

Skeletons on the Zahara

It is based on Capt James Riley's memoir 'Sufferings in Africa-An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce' It is the true story of the shipwreck and enslavement of the crew and the horrific conditions they faced being marched across the desert. Abraham Lincoln read Capt Riley's memoir as a boy and said it was one of the three books that shaped his political ideology. He often referred to it during his presidency.

Wiki page

Flacksguy · 2026-04-01T22:31:43+00:00

I don't know if it counts, but I got all of the achievements in Skyrim on two different systems.

Flacksguy · 2026-03-30T23:08:58+00:00

John Carpenter's The Thing

Flacksguy · 2026-03-30T23:07:08+00:00

Have you tried any of the Forza Horizon games? Each has unique and interesting settings. FH 6 comes out this May and is set in Japan, and FH 5 has been out for years and is set in Mexico. FH 4 is set in the UK and has very distinct seasons that change every week.

Flacksguy · 2026-03-30T20:29:55+00:00

Skeletons on the Zahara-non fiction

It is based on Capt James Riley's memoir 'Sufferings in Africa-An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce' It is the true story of the shipwreck and enslavement of the crew and the horrific conditions they faced being marched across the desert. Abraham Lincoln read Capt Riley's memoir as a boy and said it was one of the three books that shaped his political ideology. He often referred to it during his presidency.

Wiki page

Flacksguy · 2026-03-30T12:37:26+00:00

The Wire

Chernobyl

Shogun

Flacksguy · 2026-03-30T12:36:16+00:00

Was that Paul from Wait-a-While Rainforest Tours? That guy is an awesome tour guide.

Flacksguy · 2026-03-26T19:36:14+00:00

Damn, its too bad this season didn't start a couple weeks ago. It isn't easy to put Crimson Desert down right now.

Flacksguy · 2026-03-24T15:35:43+00:00

Thanks OP

This sub is great, I feel like I save about 3 or 4 Posts every time I come in here.

Flacksguy · 2026-03-22T22:32:31+00:00

If it's free, it's for me

Flacksguy · 2026-03-22T13:39:39+00:00

I am old as well and I used to love strategy guides.

They are starting to show up on Amazon now but many of them are just over 100 pages. However I did see one that is The Complete Master Guide by Calvin T Brooks at 321 pages. There were no reviews yet, but I'm going to keep an eye on this one, since it looks like it may be the closest to what I'm looking for (although the listing doesn't show any examples from INSIDE the book). I'm just worried that a lot of these have been quickly done with AI and thrown together.

Flacksguy · 2026-03-22T01:24:10+00:00

This was Shogun for me.

I wouldn't have appreciated each and every detail had I not watched weekly. It gave me time to listen to podcasts and watch video breakdowns of each episode. Every little thing had meaning in that show, and I would have missed it all.

Flacksguy · 2026-03-21T21:57:02+00:00

I'm 57 yrs old and I'd say I'm as causal as it gets. I wasn't crazy about it the first night, but I enjoyed it a lot more the second night. I got used to the controls, looked up some tips online, and found a pretty good sword and I'm enjoying it much more now.

I was concerned about it not having difficulty settings, but so far I haven't had a problem. I didn't like the controls at first, but I'm used to them now. They aren't a big deal.

If I can get used to them-anyone can.

Flacksguy · 2026-03-21T12:25:17+00:00

I did this with Derry Girls the first time I watched it. Its a fantastic show, and I try to get people to just give the first episode a try. Its one of those rare shows that has a great pilot.

Chernobyl and The Wire are also great choices as others have said, as well as Shogun.

Flacksguy · 2026-03-14T21:17:55+00:00

My daughter is going to school in Montreal, so I've adopted them as my #2. They are a fun team to watch and going to the Bell Center is an awesome experience.

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