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The Era -- Day By Day
My youngest sister and I recently caught the last two episodes of The Queen's Gambit which features the most endearing main character, a child chess prodigy who rises to world champion chess grand master through grit, determination, and intellect. Her hellish childood and pubescent initiation...- Harp
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Searching for a law-twisted Gordian Knot puzzle (preferably steak with sizzle) and behold Jacqueline Worth, actress bombshell bride and her engineer husband Stanley; and, New York Supreme Court marital annulment referee John Cohalan. First, Cohalan's denunciative bridal chamber inquisitorial may...- Harp
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Your Most Disturbing Realizations
Lizzie, Post script to a post script Fly by night storm chasers, assorted roofer renegades are also dangerous because non bonded uninsured hammers typically have creditor issues; 'sweat labor' put into a house is equity liability for the owner since some states allow legal creditor pursuit of...- Harp
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Easily hands down British fare; rightly done with much avail quality literature for camera focus, so a picture says a thousand words-mostly but not always... Trapsing American offers slim-to-none, sad to say I care not to spend timely currency on cheapskate moronic reflections of the larger...- Harp
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
Disbarment procedure against Syndicate lawyers is a constitutional issue subordinate to more immediate scalping with reputation political gamesmanship all too evident. In the Godfather Tom Hagen acts a dual role as attorney/conspirator inside the Corleone family, prosecutable of course. However...- Harp
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Hunting Hitler on the History Channel
A terrible tragedy. As a Vietnam veteran who reveres Richard Nixon for ending the war I have always wondered if the Cambodian holocaust would have occurred had he remained in office. -
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The Louis de L'Aigle Munds matrimonial theft file is interesting, $1,750,000 in today's cash. Factor the inflationary effect the last 'stimulus' package wrought, 7.5%; now take a look at M2 Tab $26,500kB; monetary velocity 1.5 thereabouts Tennesse windage, Kentucky elevation marksmanship; or...- Harp
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The Era -- Day By Day
^ "Flies carry fleas, keep yours zipped." The Greek draftees I trained were paid 90 drachma a month, or $3.00; subsequent additional stipend bordello visit several times per annum. A number of the privates informed me that homosexuals resident Thessalonikki were 'kept' boyfriends for...- Harp
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Your Most Disturbing Realizations
This estimate should include basic water damage board lumber warp repair, replacement by bonded crew. $7400 is more than sufficient to kick this in. P.S. Roof crew should be licensed, bonded, and insured. Without insurance, any roofer accident can be legally charged against homeowner and...- Harp
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Truth told, time away from tube and a bit rusty with remote just danced around floor offerings but tried for Dexter's excellent Morse, or successor Lewis. None the luck there but persistence paid and I latched onto Murphy which dimly recalled from PBS WTTW Chicago flyer eons ago. I hold solid...- Harp
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Your Most Disturbing Realizations
A stitch in time saves nine Lizzie. In Illinois a home owner is allowed three shingle roof layers, but Maine may differ; however, seems you might have a few boards rain warped and need replacement. I've done roofing. Shingles, tar paper with Chinese pig iron nails, a tear-off, lumber will prove...- Harp
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Haven't seen this^ but several months back I did catch Being The Ricardos which added considerable perspective to both Lucy and Rick's lives and entertainment industry rigamarole. Luce had both acting chops and comedic schtick, it's tragic she could not balance both within her career, and have a...- Harp
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Your Most Disturbing Realizations
REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE Raised Chicago Irish South Side; dad killed car accident; mother incapacitated stroke; combat veteran Bronze Star valor, Purple Heart recipient; college Vietnam GI Bill; law school night study Juris Doctorate; commodity/futures trade specialist; speculator professional...- Harp
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Your Most Disturbing Realizations
The quality of a man's life is directed by his pursuit of excellence. As to ideals, again, freedom to chose is inherent. I have always believed Oliver Wendell Holmes' observation: If a man has the soul of Sancho Panza, the world to him will be Sancho Panza's world; but if has the soul of an...- Harp
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
A good soldier adjusts and adapts, makes the terrain work to his advantage. ...and if he was in the 101st Airborne it's red meat; hard liquor; and soft beautiful women. :D- Harp
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Your Most Disturbing Realizations
In other words, Socialism. Or Communism. As Lenin scribed, From each according skill; To each according need. In other words slavery. Lenin wished to control the people; whom initially believed they would have a place at the table, not so. Nyet. Labor has inherent purpose; also external reason...- Harp
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The Era -- Day By Day
^ Ditto. Trailer, like concept, intrigues. I never ate much less patronized as regular an Automat but ever since a certain Doris Day film-recall Gig Young and Jayne Meadows also starred-wished to visit one. :)- Harp
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The Era -- Day By Day
A centralized kitchen, delivery to set locations, managerial, stuffers but no wait staff, classic biz-school case study of solid concept put to work. Coin flipped--Automat didn't work or flourish everywhere. Busted flush in Boston, never caught on Chicago, other towns indifferent. All hard fact...- Harp
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Your Most Disturbing Realizations
Chicago Cubs baseball suspected burnout. Since Hendricks was relieved Seventh last game against Cleveland 'Sweet' '16 Series, all through the next four seasons culminating Darvish's sudden hot paw handoff to the Padres-Contreras dangled for a fast sell package deal-just cannot focus game...- Harp
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Hunting Hitler on the History Channel
Throughout History ever since the Paleolithic Age when man stepped outside his cave, earth has been a slaughterhouse. The American Civil War introduced manufacture advance in rifled musketry and cannon. Antietam cost an estimate 23,000 men killed or wounded in one day Sept 16-17, 1862. A...
