ExiledInIllinois

AGREE! She was woman and roared! Rest in Peace. She could act: Then there's the spoof:

43... Cusper, but more Millennial. Xennials I think they call them. /smh The always give you a "buffer zone." 😆

I am in like Flynn! Yes. OJ needs to be up there. His Bills greatness was 20 years earlier. Cancel Culture and people who get triggered suck.

Firefighters. There is a reason why most municipalities moved toward volunteers. LoL... Do you want them sitting around waiting to lock a boat, oh, I mean waiting for a fire? 😉 😜 😘 Oh no. NOW I did it. Awakened the ghosts 👻 of Board Past? LoL...

Hard line to pick up, misheard too! A++ Best 'Stones song IMHO: Love the lack of social distancing when Keith comes and sits down, second-hand smoke too! Everyone takes it in stride, but Keith leans back & doesn't stay too long. Very cool and respectful. LoL... ~My social analysis. Them were the days. Everyone chill!

Dire Straits, Skateaway How 'bout: "A smile relieves a heart that grieves, remember what I said.."

HINT: No looking in the ShoutBox. But, you can if you want... "...And they shut him out of paradise Called him Lucifer and frowned She took pride in what God made him Even before the angels shot him down to the ground..." HINT 2: It's "Michael Mass" today. Michaelmas: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelmas

Okay... So, what's the next level below great. "Journeyman" status. ??

Boy... You figured me out! I am gonna call you Superman 🦸‍♂️... You got that x-ray vision working, singing right along. You can see right through me! Sorry @BringBackFergy & @Gugny you've been demoted to Jr. SuperHero status. There's a new sheriff in town and their name is: dorquemada !!

Verdict is still out w/me. I won't be a believer until he strings together a couple of 6 or 7 TD games. All the greats have 6 TD games. I know...I set the bar pretty high.

Firefighters have a bunkhouse. Exercise facilities, etc... Up until the 1950s at the locks, the staff lived on site. Lockmaster had a house. Same with lighthouse tenders. There are still jobs out there (like mine) that don't equate to the modern work ways. We can get caught there for days. It has to be staffed 24/7/365. Job description is: "All duties as needed." There are no assigned lunches. Breaks. Dinners and breakfasts. Facilties need kitchens, showers etc... Why not have an exercise room to stay healthy? Obviously these dolls didn't. 24/365, you are working through normal sleep hours. Need TV to keep up with the news, weather, etc... No different than a firehouse, lighthouse, etc... The big trouble I see is the alcohol consumption. That's a strict safety no-no nowadays, but years ago they turned a blind eye, as long as you weren't impaired. Back in the Day on the railroad, the caboose had beds and showers, etc... Again, not sure what the MTA does and where they take their breaks, but there are jobs out there that still do things the old fashioned way... Military, Firefighting, etc... Caretaker jobs. You live and work on site basically. We are way to uptight nowadays and people too worried what the next guy is doing. If it's your cup of tea, those jobs can be had. It all comes around. Too much accounting nowadays. Why we are messed up. Working Boats on rivers, waterways are basically floating man-caves. Tracking Satellite TV, WiFi. Big screens, sleeping quarters. Those guys are on 3 weeks on, 3 weeks off, 12 hour on-off shifts.

PSA:

Throw in the '87 Ford Taurus and it's a deal!

If you're lucky in Take 2. Kinda reverse of the movies, this is where you want lots of takes. Get it right, you may have to do it again!

Do it up right @teef! It's only going downhill after this as you get older! So, to expand on what stuvian just said: May the tooth fairy pay you a visit in no attire at all. But, only if you're swimming. [SPECIAL Shout-out to: @Gugny ,he loves a good swimming nekkid wise-crack.]

Why is all this stuff happening now. The logo for Long Lake, has always been two bears. They never used to wander into town... How long has the town been there? Maybe the bears don't have a purpose anymore? A place to go? Play and work? Maybe they are just misunderstood? So , you wanna live on roots and berries or that nice Big Mac bag that the wonderful town folk fella left LOCKED in his new Ford F-150 accidentally? JC, nowadays you gotta be damn near perfect, not make any mistakes. Like forget about a smelly empty bag. That bear doesn't know the truck is locked and he can't get in. But a few little blows and scratches will surely test things! 😉

JC... Do I really gotta grin and bear this joke!

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Honestly, it's a hard situation. Unfed bears are angry bears when their tummys rumble! So many parallels to other aspects of life! Oh... And why I chuckled at your post: I have been dead for 30 years. 😉 😜

HFBD! Hope biz is booming:

Bing back open town dumps. Problem solved like the first 150 years of our country. They never used to come into town, do damage. They had a place to go. LoL...

Another set up! @Gugnyis watching his figure! I've been framed!

My wife as child would always take their week family vacations at Long Lake, she said the highlight of the week was to go to the open dump and watch the bears eat. Now, there are closed transfer stations. Thanks for wrecking the family 👪 moment environmentalists! People would watch and when bears started to get close, the people would frantically back up. Good wholesome AND CHEAP mid-week activity: "Let's go watch the bears eat at the open dump! Everyone into the car!" Better than any zoo on planet!

Mt.Baldy @ Philmont, New Mexico...Strolled right under our dining fly while we were eating breakfast. The smallish bear ate our Pop-Tarts and SwissMiss, powdered milk, all the good stuff, in some brush about 10 meters after we ran it off. Left us only dry granola until we could get to a staffed camp and reprovison a few days later. That SOB! Got pix on my Kodak DiscCamera that should be digitized. Mt.Marcy, New York. Ranger warned us to hang our bear bag extra high and extra strong with the knot going along multiple trees because "Cliff" the bear was very adapt at getting people's ***** and would follow the line to the knot. I stood on another's shoulders when we strung the line to tie the knot. That night we had a lean-too campsite. We thought one guy was ***** -ing around when he said he heard something... Grabbed a flashlight and there was Cliff the black bear on his hand legs swinging at the knot multiple trees down from the bag. We chased him off with anything we could make noise with. That morning down by stream we heard other backpackers clanking pots and pans. I had to be indisposed that morning, went up over a swale to dig a cat hole and bingo, there was Cliff's cache!!! From other hikers!!! All the good stuff, Front Loops, Tang and cocoa, etc...! Hope that SOB didn't mind me shitting in his kitchen! 😆

That's @BringBackFergy 's calling card!! An IPA and some JIF peanut butter! I was set up!

Flaco Jiménez and his Conjunto w/Ryan Cooder, 1975, Austin City Limits. The first song. Ry Cooder covering Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go." Rest is great too!