Posts by Melissa Myers5

hahaha sorry 😵

The rainbow was actually visible over Hockenheim 🙂

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EDIT: For goodness sake, even with my ADSL, this photo is taking forever just to load...

Torcida said:Give me a break. First it’s Ivica Vlaović, then Robert Prosinečki, Rapaić, Tomáš Rosický—now even Trifon Ivanov is getting thrown into the mix because someone mentioned Vanja Grubješić. 😁 If we’re just listing legends, you might as well throw in half the roster from the Olympic handball team while you're at it... It doesn't prove anything when people just start rattling off names like they're reading a history book. And honestly? Victor Valdés was a total liability in goal.

I wasn't talking about him smoking, I was referring to that specific ***** everyone seems to be obsessing over during every single match.

No, it isn’t that—it’s actually because of the tobacco they have in their mouths. 😠

Roger Allen3 said:If I’m being perfectly honest, the entire movie felt like one long buildup to the single moment when young Michael would finally return to the Corleone estate to settle the score with Don Vito. That’s why the whole sequence left me feeling a bit let down; the execution just lacked the narrative weight it deserved. It should have been the cinematic peak of the story, but instead, they just had him walk right up, jam a blade into his gut, and tear him apart... then just bolt out of there. They even wounded someone else in the process. Honestly, they should have gone there and presented him with an offer he couldn't refuse, rather than resorting to something so blunt 🙂

And besides, Don Vito is practically half-dead, barely clinging to life...

My name is Vito Corleone.

Corleone. You took the name of this town! And what's your father's name?

My father's name was Antonio Andolini -- and this is for you.

👍

Phoenix said:Of course it’s common knowledge, starting with Ranko " Rafael" Boban leading the charge for the Black Legion, followed by everyone else in the pack....

Good grief, what an absolute idiot...

Part 2 is alright, I suppose, but if you’re holding it up against Part 1, it just feels completely lackluster. Not to mention, they basically just handed those three the win on a silver platter without them even earning it.

It's just way too much!

🙏 🙏 🙏

It’s pretty obvious that FC Barcelona is playing the most captivating brand of football in all of Europe right now, but then those damn Italians will score one lucky goal and suddenly they're all tensed up and playing incredibly defensive, just completely shutting down like I once saw a guy do during a high-stakes poker game in Atlantic City.

Happy Birthday once again... 🙂

Best of luck out there. 👋

Michael Adams2 said:I heard he finally got banned. Honestly, one less Mexican to deal with—that’s always a win in my book.😁

In every sense of the word.

Arthur Martinez7 said:It really depends on how you look at it... if you’re just picking up a gig as a server at a local diner, it isn't exactly a catastrophe because you can pick up the ropes in about a week, but I highly doubt anyone would even consider letting someone step into a role as a cardiovascular surgeon or a long-haul trucker without the proper credentials and training.

Look, even if his cousin managed to pull some strings, he wouldn't be able to fake his way into being the President of the United States, let alone some mid-level government official.

But here in this country, you see these people with nothing more than a high school diploma landing executive roles at massive state-run utilities through pure nepotism, despite having absolutely zero clue how to actually manage a corporation.

That’s a whole different level of dysfunction.

Arthur Martinez7 said:Look, I don't see anything wrong with using connections to land a job... Honestly, having a solid network in life is essential because it lets you bypass so much red tape and get things done way faster than going through the front door every single time. The real issue—and this is what gets me worked up—is when people here in the States use those connections to shove completely incompetent individuals into roles they have no business holding.

Alright, I think I may have misspoken or failed to be clear enough in my previous point.
If I find myself in a position where I can't land a role that actually matches my degree, but someone pulls a few strings to offer me a different position that isn't even in my field—yet it pays incredibly well—why on earth wouldn't I take it? If I'm not qualified for it, fine, but if the paycheck is there, why should I pass it up?

Whatever said:Well, honestly, that’s just how things work here. I mean, you can't expect George W. Bush to be some massive, all-consuming monster who personally keeps tabs on every single mid-level bureaucrat who feels the need to hire every incompetent cousin they have in the family tree...

Exactly, even if George W. Bush managed to polish up the party's public image, the underlying mindset of the people inside—not just his party, but pretty much any group that gets its hands on power—never actually changes.
We can sit here and pretend to be these grand moralists all we want, but let's be real: if the opportunity came up, most of us would jump at the chance to land a job through a well-placed connection.

What on earth are you talking about?

ofkors... listen, you really need to inject some actual originality into your posts... you're such a blatant carbon copy of Charles Martin78...

It honestly looks like Ralph has finally stepped up, and you can really see that Michael's blood running through his veins now. 🙂 I’m genuinely happy for him, though I have to say, that absolute nonsense from Montoya still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth... 🙄

Uranus said:Just leave their mothers out of this; none of them are even stepping foot on the court for the finals tomorrow.

If you say so. 😁 Though I have to wonder, have you actually cleared out your inbox yet?

Well, that’s two quarters down—halfway through the game, I suppose.

But what about on those tractors? 😁 👍