Posts by nimblescout50

Honestly, this was one of the standout films from last year.
The way they handled Mark Wahlberg’s assassination—it was practically turned into an art form!

Hey, hope you’re having a good one—end of the day, too.

Kevin Morris12 said:The lady at the bank I visited last time actually tried to sell me on the idea that you can pay for things online using a Maui card... so much for her being "well-informed."

Anyway, getting back to the main point... if I put those 2 $0.00 into a two-year CD, what does that actually entail? Does it mean I won't be able to touch that 2 $0.00 for the full two years (just like how I couldn't get my hands on that $13 I spent on the Maui card last week), or am I misunderstanding something?

And what exactly constitutes a "card limit"?

Can anyone recommend a decent bank that will 100% approve me for a credit card (Visa) if I commit those 2 $0.00 to a two-year term?
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year 2006.

year 2011.
And people are still thinking this way today!
One branch tells you it works, then you walk into another one where they claim it doesn't (like paying for things online, say, booking a hotel)!
The authorization fails, yet somehow the PIN works even when you're abroad! I guess we're just playing guessing games with these people.

Not bad at all!
It’s actually pretty tough to pin down which of his films stands out as the absolute best—it’s kind of like trying to pick a favorite classic from the Golden Age, you know?🙂

Brian Vaughn5 said:nimblescout50, look, The Fifth Element definitely leans into that campy, sci-fi trash aesthetic, but I wouldn't go as far as calling it literal garbage. I mean, maybe it's a bit much for some people, but Quentin Tarantino basically built his entire career on that kind of vibe. He even has a movie called Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hell's Sound.

Yeah, you're getting hung up on the "elements" part!

The movie is actually great—or, you know, the polar opposite of pure trash!

Yeah, they’re pretty weird, aren't they?

The folks over at the USPS—who honestly might as well be selling groceries out of their delivery trucks at this point—are nothing but a shady outfit!

Kyle Carter2 said:I'm glad someone finally brought this up, nimblescout50. It’s the exact same thing happening on my end—just on a slightly smaller scale, if you can call it that.
At first, I honestly thought my memory was just playing tricks on me—you know how it goes when you start questioning your own sanity. But then I actually started tracking the numbers. It’s getting weird. Every night before I log off, I have a specific count of posts, and then the next day? It’s always down by six. Or sometimes eleven. Most of the time it’s just a dip of two or three, but the pattern is there. It's like watching a slow leak in a tire—you don't notice it immediately, but eventually, you realize you're running on rims.
I’ve got this feeling that the older posts are just vanishing into thin air—probably because I’ve started saving everything in Word first. I keep a five-day backup of my own stuff, at least... mostly because I learned my lesson from those glitches back when this place first started up. You learn how things work the hard way, I guess.

Anyway, I’ve got backups for most of those new posts—I'm keeping count—but as for which specific older ones actually vanished into thin air? Who knows. Honestly, it feels like chasing ghosts. My only real move is to archive every single thing I write, which is a massive, tedious chore... but that's just how it goes. At the end of the day, though, there's no sense in burning yourself out over it. Trust me.
Hey there. Hope you're doing alright.

I get it—that’s the real headache. Once you’ve been hunting for something for long enough, you lose track. You can't even tell which pieces are actually missing anymore because the search just drags on forever... it becomes this endless loop where you're basically guessing at what's gone.
It’s honestly a bit frustrating how things are run around here—I mean, the mods aren't really sending out any notifications or updates about where certain threads have moved to. It feels a little disorganized, if I'm being honest. It’s like when you’re driving down a highway in the Midwest and suddenly a road sign disappears right before a detour; you're just left guessing which way to turn while everyone else seems to know the route. A little heads-up goes a long way in keeping things from feeling chaotic.
Deleted posts. Look, they aren't just being scrubbed because they're "low quality" or whatever—there’s absolutely no reason for them to be vanishing into thin air like some kind of deep-state mystery.

Robert Cox46 said:Sorry to crash the party here, but I’ve gotta ask—what does having a certain number of posts on some random internet forum actually mean for your life? Honestly, I’m even more baffled by the people who apparently save them all in a Word document like it's some kind of digital trophy case. 😵

Honestly, a huge chunk of these mindless, low-effort threads just end up in the trash—which, if you think about it, is a pretty big reason why the total post count is dropping. It’s like watching water go down a drain... you expect something to happen, but it just disappears into nothingness.

I don't really do the whole forum chatting thing.
I honestly have my doubts—I really do—that anyone would actually care enough to complain about people just posting random chatter on the forums. It’s all part of the noise, isn't it?

I’m sitting here looking at my feed and realizing I’ve missed nearly 50 posts—and without a single notification to show for it.
It’s one of those things where you only notice the count has dropped right before you head to bed, but there’s no alert, no heads-up... you’re just left wondering which conversations actually happened while you weren't looking.

Look, V-brakes just can't cut it as a real substitute for disc brakes, especially when you're talking about an MTB!

crimsonhound54 said:Well, if you strip away everything we pay for healthcare, public schools, Social Security, the police, and the entire social safety net, then sure—you might pay less. Or did you honestly believe those peasants had retirement funds and their kids went to free public school?

Oh, absolutely!
I just don't quite follow the math—like, the local tax surcharge for Washington, D.C. alone sits at around 18%.
Then there's the income tax at 5%!
And don't even get me started on sales tax, which is basically impossible to dodge since it's baked into pretty much everything you buy.
And sure, I guess unemployment didn't really exist back then... unless you were counting the feudal lords.

Turns out being a peasant was actually a decent gig—you were walking away with about 19% of the total yield.
There’s no way you’d be seeing that kind of take as an hourly worker today!

Andrew Garcia55 said:so what about starting at 20? 🙂)))))))))))

Probably pretty much the same thing. 🙂

Which company? Honestly, I’d say about half of them—maybe even more if you're looking at the top ten.--I mean, it's basically just a coin toss at this point.

Even if they were total money pits at the box office, I still think fireworks and Hudson Hawk are actually great movies!
They’re honestly unforgettable!
It's just that they fall into that category of those "failed" films!

Terry Rogers57 said:He always seems to land in the same types of roles, and while his movies are consistently solid, good, or even very good, I just don't feel like he hits that absolute peak of greatness, at least in my personal opinion. Those are my main gripes, but regardless, he is such a talented actor that you always know exactly what you're getting, and while it might be hard to be disappointed, it can be just as tough to be truly blown away...☕

I feel the exact same way!

The thread I started has been moved,
and now I'm locked out of it—completely zero explanation provided.
I don't know whether to call this a total breach of protocol or just plain 🤷?

Or they could just tear the whole printing press down brick by brick—literally, one single brick at a time!

Emily Kim67 said:😕
You forgot one crucial option in your poll: "tell us what you're actually talking about, just so we can laugh at you too."
Look at this guy—the big green monster sitting right there at the top of my screen.
Sounds pretty promising, I guess.
😬

Is that something an adblocker can fix?🤔

I wouldn't know—I only run a pop-up blocker!
Yeah, thanks for the suggestion—I always love it when people try to dictate how everyone else should vote.
As for the whole "monster" thing, maybe it works for marketing (who knows?)
or maybe it's just for the Men in Black (maybe).😁