The Real Buffalo Joe

Hate to tell you this, but I haven't had a landline in years. Still get them on my phone. One day, I got the call about the student loans. I pressed 1 just to see what happened, and they recording said "Please wait on the line for the next available auto warranty specialist." At least get your scams straight. When I worked at the call center you almost became my boss at, I was offered a supervisor position. It involved more hours, but salaried. If I worked sixty hours a week as an hourly employee, I would have made more money, so I turned it down. Looking back, I regret it.

Our honeymoon was in San Antonio. We took a guided tour of the Riverwalk. There's a scene where Jenifer Lopez is sitting on a bridge with a tour boat going under her. The guy driving our particular boat that day happened to be the same guy in the movie.

The original plan was that Freddie died half way through the movie, and it focused on Brian and Roger post Freddie. AKA reforming with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert. With all of the director and acting changes (it was supposed to be Sacha Baron Cohen AKA Borat), there was no way it wasn't a trainwreck. Netflix is doing this with Selena. Talented woman with a tragic ending to her life. But not my cup of tea. Hopefully it starts a trend.

Well, I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain Around the curve come a passenger train Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead, he's been a long time gone. Been a long time gone, a long time gone. If you want to get to heaven, gotta D-I-E You gotta put on your coat and T-I-E want to get the rabbit out of the L-O-G You gotta make a cold motion like D-O-G Like D-O-G, like D-O-G, yeah. Well, I got a good woman, what's the matter with me? What makes me want to love every woman I see? I was trifling when I met her now I'm trifling again And every woman she sees looks like the place I came in. Looks like the place I came in place I came in. I got my name painted on my shirt I ain't no ordinary dude I don't have to work I don't have to work

It's completely different. It's a musical, as in, people randomly break into song. Except for when he's specifically writing/recording a song, they're out of order, but they're not trying to tell you that it was exactly like that. They took some minor liberties to tell a better story, but for the most part, it gives you an idea of Elton's life. Other than the ending credits though, Elton's actual voice isn't in the movie at all. It's all done by Taron. Some songs are exact recreations of the studio verson, others are completely different, but I loved it all honestly.

Would you be okay with it being phased out? Say anybody under 40 no longer pays into it, or atleast can opt out?

That's the problem. They don't. And it won't be around by the time we're old enough to use it. So we're essentially paying for Boomers retirement funds. Since the government had been in charge of student loans for 20 years, and essentially had a monopoly, I think a fair compromise would be to eliminate, or at least severely reduce the interest on the loans. And from here on out, have student loans be on the free market. I get paid either way, so not really. Lol.

As a millenial, I literally write users manuals for a living. That are distributed as both PDF and paper. And if you hate people who want their fair share of free stuff, you're okay with us getting rid of social security, right?

She packed my bags last night pre-flight Zero hour nine AM And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then I miss the earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight And I think it's gonna be a long long time 'Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long long time 'Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids In fact it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them if you did And all this science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man, a rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long long time 'Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long long time 'Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time

Oh honey, aren't you sweet?

We both have the same bank. So I can just transfer from my account to his. He's also our landlord, but that's because he just lost his leg in June, and my wife is essentially his fulltime caretaker so we live in the upstairs appt. Most people see that we live with him and look at us as "lazy, entitled, millennials." But in reality, putting him in a home or hiring someone, then moving out on our own would be the lazy way out.

Yeah. My adult brother and I shared an account for a few years. And I'm on my father in laws plan, and pay my own share. It's cheaper than my wife and I having our own, and it saves him money per line because there's more. It's a win-win for all of us.

TRBJ's replies to typical complaints about millennials. "You're the participation trophy generation." Who gave us these trophies, Rick? It was the Boomer generation that raised us that gave us the trophies for doing nothing. "You're so addicted to your phones." Well, that's because it's more than a phone Karen. Back in your day, people were just as anti social with walkmen, newspapers, and books. Today, we have basically all of that in one device. We also work from our phones. Use them as cameras. Yes, some members of our generation take too many selfies. And if your generation had digital cameras with them at all times growing up, you probably would too. It's not better morals, you just didn't have the technology. You're making literally the same arguments that your parents did about being glued to the television. "They've killed off the _______ industry." Yeah. Because we found better and more efficient ways of getting the same good and/or service. In the same way that the car killed off the buggy industry. Color TV killed off the B&W TV indusry. Cellphones/text messaging killed off the beeper industry. Netflix killed Blockbuster, and ride sharing is killing off the outdated taxi industry. It's something that's been going on since the beginning of time. "They're so entitled." Says the generation that is or will be collecting Social Security soon. A system we're forced to pay into that there's a good chance won't even be there by the time we get around to it. The "Avacado Toast" millenials who get "triggered" and need "safe spaces" exist, but they're just a vocal minority. I could call out the boomer generation for getting offended by someone of another race using their drinking fountain. But I have enough critical thinking skills to know that was also a vocal minority, at least by the time the boomer generation took over. Your generation also burnt the American Flag in protest of the Vietnam War, and literally spit on returning soldiers from Vietnam. Yet wanna say our generation disrespects the troops by kneeling. Again, both of these groups are vocal minorities that represent a small fraction of our generations.

The lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is on the grass Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs Got to keep the loonies on the path The lunatic is in the hall The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon The lunatic is in my head The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

I hate to have a hipster "I liked them before they were cool" moment. But ever since the movie came out, everybody and their mother is a Queen fan. I love Queen, and honestly, the movie was pretty mediocre. The Live Aid scene was fantastic. Malic did a great job. But there was no music original to the movie, and it was full of historical inaccuracies. I get that biopics play with the timeline for dramatic effect. But some were just weirdly unnececary. Like they had a subtitle that read 1981 when they were recording We Will Rock You, when it actually came out like four years earlier. Rocketman, which was by the same director, was much better. Sorry, I know this thread is about Skynyrd, but I had to get that off my chest.

Yeah. If you listen really closely at the end, you'll hear him say "Montgomery's got the answer" talking about the bus boycott. Although some claim that was just Ronnie seeing someone eat a donut he was saving and said "My donut, *****" and it got left in.

Agreed. I feel the same way about Sweet Home Alabama. It's always celebrated as this redneck anthem that people waive their confederate flags to. But the lyrics are actually the oppoiste. Basically saying, "Yeah, there's some racist a-holes here, but we're so much more than that. And there are plenty of us trying to fight that here." Really some of the best lyrics ever written, just happened to have a catchy riff and tune too.

Yeah. But I Figured I'd post a less obvious one. Lol.

Wish I was a millionaire I'd play rock music and grow long hair I tell you boys I'd drive a new Rolls Royce Pretty women hangin' on me I'd give 'em all the third degree Satin sheets To keep 'em off of the streets Hallelujah, hear me talkin' to ya Praise the Lord and pass the tambourine Great Jehovah, You'll come over As soon as ya see me boogie woogie cross the silver screen Hang 'em high and hang 'em low put 'em in the eyes wherever I go Keep 'em all night feelin' just right Hallelujah hear me talkin' ya

Never! And if they do, it's only because they care, and love us so much. Since I have nothing to hide, I'm not even worried. Thank you to the FBI agent keeping watch on this site.

Edited because the last few letters of his name were on the back.

The irony is that her freedom is what killed her. Other than when we weren't home, we kept her cage open so she could fly around the house a free as she wanted. Then one day, on Thanksgiving of all days, my dad stepped on her not knowing she was under his feet on the recliner.

Patriots* will see a dip in production without Gronk. But as much as I hope I'm wrong, it won't be as much of a dip as we all hope. Dolphins will be considerably worse. The Giants drafting a project QB tells me that they're in the breakdown phase of a rebuild. Those are the only teams where I would expect the fans to not have high expectations going into the season.

I specifically remember the day I first heard this. I was going grocery shopping with my dad and this came on 97 Rock. My dad made me sit in the car with him to hear the whole song. Blew my mind. Named my parakeet after the song a few years later. Coincidentally, from the Pet-co in the same parking lot.