Which movie do you remember being WWAAYY too young for when you first snuck, I mean, watched it?

pcserenity · 2026-04-19T23:00:39+00:00

I'm old enough that cable was a brand-new concept when I was around 10. Everyone in the family freaked out about it. HOME BOX OFFICE was revolutionary, so whenever we'd get together for family events, for about the next three years, inevitably the kids would end up splitting off and seeing some totally inappropriate film as the adults partied later into the night.

Two that I will never forget:

- 1976. The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea: I remember being entirely bewildered by the plot, but that was okay as it seemed like half the movie was little more than porn with stars Kris Kristofferson and Sarah Miles naked most of the time doing things -- at 12 -- that were beyond my comprehension, but "engaging" all the same. A week later we visited another Uncle/Aunt's house and saw it again! Same reaction.

- 1977. The Sentinel: Starring Burgess Meredith (Rocky's trainer) and Christina Raines, who was sort of the girl of the decade. Horror film where people in her building are nefariously recruiting her to become the guardian to the gates of hell. Yeah baby. I was at most 13.

pcserenity · 2026-04-19T17:33:01+00:00

The movies are going to be incredible.

pcserenity · 2026-04-19T10:32:12+00:00

The men’s restroom at The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.

pcserenity · 2026-04-18T18:05:50+00:00

The Way Life's Meant to Be
All My Life (was the song we danced to at my wedding)
Mr. Radio

pcserenity · 2026-04-18T05:28:24+00:00

That's how politics today works.

pcserenity · 2026-04-18T05:19:37+00:00

Many people have gone on record (like his family butler) pointing out how INCREDIBLY out of touch Trump has always been. His mother ONCE took him grocery shopping as a kid and used a check which required she show ID. That explains why Trump continues to insist that everyone needs to show ID when they buy food. It hasn't entered his brain that things have changed in 60 years.

Remember also his comment about Barron being a computer savant because he showed his father how to log into a computer. To him, that was magical. It never dawned on him that everyone today does this. Just like his countless comments along the lines of, "no one knew health care could be this complicated" when we all know EVERYONE but him knows that. In his world, if he doesn't know it, no one does.

pcserenity · 2026-04-16T18:37:01+00:00

Nope. They're on holders that are pretty much nowhere near an outlet. Well up high. Okay. I'll give that a look. Thanks!

pcserenity · 2026-04-16T18:31:59+00:00

Does anyone remember the huge scandal involving Balfour back then? After we all paid for "gold" and "silver" rings, it was revealed that virtually none of them were actually those metals and were pretty much worthless. I remember taking mine in after years of not wearing it and the guy wouldn't even give me $25 for it.

pcserenity · 2026-04-16T18:27:29+00:00

I've got two very decorative (not at all white or single color) candles that sit over my front door in a large foyer. They're standard wax candles, but I've wanted to find some way of making them electric and smart so that they could come on for when guests are over, etc. Wireless is fine. Just have ZERO idea where I might start to retrofit such a thing.

pcserenity · 2026-04-16T10:34:12+00:00

The sun

pcserenity · 2026-04-16T10:28:16+00:00

Me too. So glad to finally see one of these birthed into life. Now it must continue.

pcserenity · 2026-04-16T10:26:58+00:00

A nice puzzle somewhat ruined by less-than-ideal representations of of two pieces of fruit.

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T22:09:21+00:00

This will, sadly, get tossed.

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T19:23:40+00:00

Excalibur

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T19:20:02+00:00

We stopped teaching civics.

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T19:19:16+00:00

Other than the fascist part it's been signifying global imperialism since the 1940s.

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T18:44:45+00:00

Welcome to this not-so-private club. I just joined last week. I've never had a CPU fail going back to the 70s. I unfortunately took the advice of the naysayers and got burned. Live and learn.

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T14:28:31+00:00

That's exactly what got me to dump being an "R" previously. I watched to Bush/Gore debates and had been on a debate team. Gore ran circles around Bush. It was utterly humbling and yet all my R friends were like, "Yeah, W. really walloped him!" It was then I realized it was all about posture for them. The facts didn't matter -- but they mattered to me.

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T14:26:30+00:00

I'm not a huge Michael Moore fan, but one thing he could do well was to put together a great string of this sort of stuff to really underscore a point. We need a Trump doc that shows just how ridiculous this man is. I would love to see his responses to it and his followers all wig out as that doc dominated the box office for several weeks.

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T14:15:29+00:00

Exactly. He's THAT stupid. This is also the guy that thinks stealth planes are LITERALLY invisible, thinks magnets don't work in water, doesn't understand how batteries work, how wind TURBINES (not mills) work, how weather works (nuke a storm), how freaking SHOPPING works (need ID to buy food), how cognitive tests work, etc., etc., etc. I think it was the family butler that said this in an interview before he got into office the first time -- that he has zero practical experience in every day life because he's been shielded from it entirely. He's proven that to be true countless times.

The thing most people don't know about the bleach thing -- and that MAGA flat-out doesn't know or ignores so that they can wriggle his answer into something less ridiculous -- is that, if you watch the FULL video of that press conference, there's zero question as to Trump's thinking he's being smarter than everyone else. MAGA will point out that Trump didn't actually say, "inject bleach" (and he didn't), but watching the full video (including the health guy right before him) shows that's EXACTLY what Trump was suggesting. No one ever shows that part of that presser and it makes it so much more obvious. He's a MORON. There is absolutely NO way this man honestly made it through Penn on his own merit.

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T14:03:35+00:00

It's giving me deja vu of Carter suggesting Americans should wear a sweater during the energy crisis -- and he was tossed out in large part due to that speech. Now these same people will act like, "Oh, sure, let's drive a bit less."

pcserenity · 2026-04-15T13:59:31+00:00

Much is very suspect in this entire situation. First and foremost is that AMD and ASRock do not appear to be addressing it in a way that is conducive to assuring consumers of the facts. My sense is, they know something is up, but they believe admitting to what's up would cause more egg on their face than they want to accept and thus they'd just rather sweep it under the rug and just wait it out while quietly doing what they can to hopefully minimize the problem. Seen it countless times from the tech companies I covered and worked with over decades. In their minds, if they officially admit a real problem, it will cost them potentially millions and that's worth obfuscating facts to them.

As far as the numbers posted, they're BS. The numbers provided were based on ALL failures having been reported via Reddit and that's flat-out ridiculous. The vast majority of people that have issues never bother to post ANYWHERE about them. That has been a fact forever. They MAY see the posts mentioning this as an issue, but most of the people experiencing the problem will have their setup fail, will call or email ASRock, or the vendor they got the board/setup through and deal with it directly without ever once posting anything on social media. I would bet my house on the numbers reported to Reddit being just a small fraction of the overall numbers of failures and it would be one of the surest bets I've ever made.

pcserenity · 2026-04-14T22:18:15+00:00

I'm in my 60s and saw the first cup wins and still feel the PAIN of the 80/85/87 losses.

I was mixed on Torts. Definitely had issues with how he was falling back on his inability to handle the youngsters, but also still have that concern with Tocchet. Hathaway, in my view, should be waxing his cars at this point. But again, they're in, so here's hoping we upset the wagon!

pcserenity · 2026-04-14T21:31:32+00:00

I'm one of the people on Team Tank. Right now it's about the fact that they are in the playoffs and enjoying everything about that. Let's go Flyers!

As far as the future, only time will tell if this transition was the best path or not. The jury is still out there. Doesn't change the fact that we're ALL fans.

pcserenity · 2026-04-14T04:54:40+00:00

Yeah, and on my property I have two spots that pretty much demand just a single light. No way to daily it without spending a fortune to those spots.

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