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IMO Netflix is the single best deal on this planet!

Actually Reagan was governor of California at that time, had nothing to do with what happened in national scope. The real culprit was the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union). Before the ACLU actions there were institutions where vagrants, homeless, etc. were welcomed. Many who refused treatment, being considered a danger to themselves and/or the community were in fact forcibly incarcerated. Simply put that is why there were not that many chronically homeless/mentally ill people on the street back then. Enter the ACLU, convinced they can solve all of societies issues and problems with social engineering (and of course many donations). They brought cases to court, first in California and then national in scope saying it is wrong incarcerating individuals who are mentally ill involuntarily. Reagan's name is associated with it because the epicenter of the movement was initially California. Simple fact: A significant portion of the chronically homeless are mentally ill / drug/alcohol addicted. There are shelters and treatment available. But the shelters will not allow individuals to stay drunk, under the influence, etc. for obvious reasons. So they refuse help and treatment. The ACLU and idiot politicians will not allow those hopelessly out of control to be involuntarily committed.

The US midterm elections are in November. History tells us that both parties do whatever they can to keep the economy up through an election. Incumbents on both sides wish to be reelected. Generally speaking the economy stays strong and sometimes fades early the following year. If the economy stays strong so does the dollar. Who the boink knows how the baht will hold against the dollar. Okay, ready for Harry Truman's economist's other hand? Enter the "Irrationals". On election eve, 2016 Trump was elected. Democrats, progressives, liberals, and more than a few Republicans & conservatives heads exploded! Grey matter on ceilings/walls everywhere. They have been in psychotic rage and obsessive behavior against all things Trump. Hilary called those who liked the changes Trump wants to make to our country the "Deplorables". We now have the "Irrationals". They do and say the most stupid, dumb, and self loathings things. Many are politicians. Who knows what they may do to sabotage the economy? Irrationals, I just made that up! In answer to the OP's original question: There is no way of knowing what is going to happen. We live in ever changing times. You could hedge your funds and do monthly equal transfers for the next 6 months....

Airlines have begun to raise prices to keep up with the price of oil. Fortunately the price of oil seems to be headed downward again, slowly.

Pattaya is no longer the dirt cheap bargain it once was. It is still an incredible place to play, overall infrastructure good. Hotels remain the best bargain of mongering areas. For those of us in the US, Central and South America make a lot of sense. Greatly reduced travel times. Minimal time change. Medellin, Columbia is the hot place right now. In the mountains, does not get too hot, minimal humidity. $30-40 will get you a very attractive babe. $70 gets an absolute stunner!

We have been watching Fauda, an Israeli drama on Netflix. Simple, fast moving. Enjoyable. https://www.netflix.com/title/80113612

Truly, it is superb. My wife cried when she found out it was cancelled. Tough broad, does not cry often.

You guys....

And I would like to thank you Mr. Fiend for assisting Hyku. I am enjoying his new signature immensely.

Now I am not sure who is smarter. Newton or Bushcraft...?

Finally, Newton can explain our admiration for titties!

I have always insisted on a pristine credit report before I will rent to anyone. Have never had a problem.

Brilliant A2!

For a least a couple years during high school my little brother and I would go to sleep each night listening to side two. It simply does not get any better!

Perhaps we have spammed his thread....

For some reason Spam is favored by many locals in Hawaii. There are probably 30,000 ways of preparing it there! Other than that I love Hawaii.

There was a non-stop LAX-BKK until a few years ago. I believe it had a 4-5 run before being discontinued. It was awesome for those of us traveling from Southern California. I cannot remember what aircraft is was.

I have heard similar from 3 other people.

Last night we watched the first three episodes of a new Netflix Original Series, Collateral. Modern day detective story set in London (I think). Bloody good so far. A womanizing but nice guy MP, police, MI5, special ops military all involved in a convoluted plot still not clear.....

Whew! That is why I am in hardware... Thank you for your hard work Frosty.

Classic. I am stealing it!

I suspect most folks who fall into the dangling participle trap lack all knowledge of the term. As for those of us in the know, please accept a gift to distract you for a few minutes from the problems of the world... A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly. A bar was walked into by the passive voice. An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening. Two quotation marks walk into a "bar." A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite. Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything. A question mark walks into a bar? A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly. Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a war. The bartender says, "Get out -- we don't serve your type." A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud. A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves. Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They converse. They depart. A synonym strolls into a tavern. At the end of the day, a cliche walks into a bar -- fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack. A run-on sentence walks into a bar it starts flirting. With a cute little sentence fragment. Falling slowly, softly falling, the chiasmus collapses to the bar floor. A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and ends up getting figuratively hammered. An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel. The subjunctive would have walked into a bar, had it only known. A misplaced modifier walks into a bar owned a man with a glass eye named Ralph. The past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense. A dyslexic walks into a bra. A verb walks into a bar, sees a beautiful noun, and suggests they conjugate. The noun declines. An Oxford comma walks into a bar, where it spends the evening watching the television getting drunk and smoking cigars. A simile walks into a bar, as parched as a desert. A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to forget. A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony.

Phil, I had a couple glasses of your Shiraz at the crawl. Very nice. Definitely better than the Mont Claire around town. Thank you again for hosting the pre crawl party. You have a nice little place there. Some cute girls too!