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Probably the only reason the rubbish in the DB Cooper thread has been allowed to continue. But I agree - those high click threads bring the traffic. Much like a shopping mall needs a headline store to attract the customers and the speciality outlets benefit.

Trump's ego and arrogance know no bounds. He even makes the death of a very respected journalist about himself. "she never treated me nicely"

I bet those amateurs can spell too.....

Alas.... I have been getting timeouts again all day. Only managed to connect now (6:45 PM SA time)

Good for him. That doesn't make that billboard any less distasteful and deplorable.

For example.... https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/02/us/north-carolina-squad-billboard-trnd/..

I see Prince Andrew's name coming up a lot in the British press as well......

Although, it does appear that it goes back at least as far as Eisenhower. (I have been keeping an eye out for a grassy knoll, but have not seen one yet.)

I recently came across this series on Netflix, and while this is not my normal fare, | decided to give it a go. It seemed that in the present political climate in the US, with Donald Trump sinking to new lows almost every week, this show might be enlightening.... I have not seen enough to form an opinion yet, but from what I have watched so far, disturbing is one of the first words which comes to mind.

Sounds like both of you are trying to show that is sometimes OK to start a sentence with "So", and the examples you use are correct. However, the use of "So" in my example above is not grammatically correct. So, what do you think about that?

As much as I loathe the way Trump conducts himself, I doubt very much that you have any evidence of that. Trolling is not adding anything useful to the discussion.

That may apply when the gender is uncertain. I read this just the other day: "The ladies' number one seed said they are confident of making the last four in the Champions Tournament in China". It is not worth arguing about, but like Nataly said, "....just another pet peeve of mine......"

Indeed - we all have them. One of my current ones (which I am really struggling with) is how many people are starting sentences (including replies) with the word "So" these days. "How did your malfunction happen?" "So, I pitched at 3k and then....." It is just wrong and right up there with "pluralising" (sic) everybody. "The AFF instructor told the student to check their goggles. They did and confirmed that their goggles were fine. As the student exited, they went unstable and the instructor pulled their ripcord." How many pairs of goggles were checked? How many people were unstable? Whose ripcord was pulled? Bah... It's a pet peeve of mine... And as with most pet peeves, it's not so very important - just annoying. In my opinion.

I would venture to suggest that most people who use that phrase are just being polite - no more, no less. The fact that you find it obnoxious suggests that the problem does not lie with your correspondents.

The mind boggles.......

How likely is he to survive a general election, which is probably not too far away?

Have not seen it again since this morning - thanks!

I have been getting these timeouts since last night (Sunday). I use the internet a lot and have not seen this with any of the many other overseas hosted sites I visit. (I am in South Africa.)

No, I think those Trump supporters I saw chanting, are not very bright, and were easily manipulated by him.

I have been following this saga closely (as closely as I can from here), and I can't help but to equate the Trump supporters to the people who flock to WWF tournaments, and get all worked up and emotional and vocal about fights which they must surely know are staged and fake? (Unless they are really, really stupid)

We called it an ADVON when I was in the military. This was an advance party going to do a recon of the area and what was about to take place....but hey, maybe they do things different nowadays. Additionally, Nixon's brother was in the Seattle around the time of the hijacking. My point is, why were these people in this area around the time of the hijacking. More importantly, why didn't anyone ever question any of these people. Tough crowd.

Is there a grassy knoll in Gearhart?

There is the old joke that you should stick your alti/dytter/shoe up your *ss. You'll be the subject of speculation around the bonfire for many years to come.

I did not imply otherwise. (You are clearly not a cricket fan, or you are too young....) We do agree however that it was good for a laugh.