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Pretty obvious what it means I would have thought.
even to mercans
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I don't believe it!!
(UK readers will get it.)
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Obviously a reference to that one episode of Father Ted[^], and nothing else. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It's just a Google search away, guys:
You kids get off my lawn! - Wikipedia
Paul Sanders.
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal.
Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.
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We have, in the UK, a similar phrase. "Get orf my land" pokes fun at crimson-faced, shotgun-carrying farmers, who stereotypically loathe members of the public using perfectly-legal public footpaths across farm land.
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seismofish wrote: members of the public using perfectly-legal public footpaths across farm land.
In the UK those paths are historical based.
In the US if one doesn't protect property rights from actual trespassers on their land (no existing historical public right of way) both of the following can happen.
- The owner of the land can be held liable for injuries
- The owner of the land can lose the right to the land, it becomes a public right of way.
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This is what came to mind... (Yes, I'm that old.)(Oh yeah, NSFW)
The Pope: Live at the Vatican - YouTube
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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I find some of the posts mildly entertaining , some "way off in left field" ( I am NOT going to ask for "opinio0ns" on that one) and "...vverry interesting, but s...." (look up that one under
Arte Johnson ), especially one with references or the one who had no clue, but could not resist to chime in.
I would like to continue and my next one is
"people who live in glass houses should not throw stones"
"opinions" from cultures beside US or UK would be interesting .
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If you treat your lawn with strong enough chemicals, go ahead and let people walk all over it.
Eventually the problem will solve itself.
(at least that's what the anti-pesticide people would have you believe)
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My part of the globe Arizona my property has no grass. Not sure what to shout
Majority of property is covered with pine & oak trees, gravel and flagstones
Only intruders are occasional Black Bear
Coyotes looking for continual invading Rabbits and Squirrels
The Elk and Deer are fond of the 3 Apple trees
Had a herd of beef cattle twice till the Apache fixed the fence across the street
Guy that plows the snow with a Road Grader puts the blade 4 ft into my gravel drive way
and drags the contents 10 ft down the black top road
I tried shouting "get off my gravel" sure that would not work
Just park the pickup at the end of the driveway
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where in Arizona? Spent 3 years in Tucson. The desert is incredibly beautiful in the morning and evenings and a hot $itch during the day 
Pretty sad what's happened to southern Arizona....
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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In Lakeside 34°09'35.2"N 110°00'46.9"W
Spent a year in Sierra Vista about 10 years ago things were not too bad then
The people I worked with at the hospital were less than friendly to Mexican patients
The sad part a lot of the unfriendly ones were from Korea second generation
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Never made it down to Sierra Vista. Shoot, never made it up to the Grand Canyon. After 2+ years, wife caught valley fever, and we had to leave. Honestly, give me a 3 bedroom 2 bath adobe house up in the hills, and I'd never leave.
As for your comment about Mexicans, moving to Arizona was eye opening. My family comes from the northeast, but my dad's side was from the coal country of eastern Kentucky. When I was 6, we moved from New York - Woodstock - yes, that Woodstock to Raleigh NC in the great IBM migration. Most of our neighborhood was from the north, there were a few natives. So, in that environment, blacks were looked down on. There were NO asians of any type or hispanics. The few natives had black maids which I thought was totally weird. Don't judge me - it just did not compute. I remember having great chats with them.
Moving to Arizona was eye opening. Back in the early 80s, the border was under control and pretty much the only border traffic were people crossing at Nogales. The societal pecking order was whites, blacks, Mexicans, and Indians - as in native Americans. I never could wrap my head around it. I just ate the food. There was one family in our neighborhood - husband was retired Air Force, his wife was Korean. She invited all the women over for an authentic Korean lunch. This is where my wife learned that MSG is evil. 36 hours later, 2 gallons of water and the migraine was gone. Live and learn.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Born and grew up in Canton, Ohio
Town was divided Black and White Sides of town before 1945 and till about 1965
My grade school 8 years was rural farm country All White every year
being young and dumb when I got to High School OMG there were Black kids
I was too unenlightened to understand and disliking people because of the color of their skin
My lesson came when my father talked about a NAACP person who came to the Circular Saw Mfg Plant
where he was the VP. They only had 35 employees I think 10 of which were Black
This NAACP guy told my dad he had to have 6 Black employees
My dad told him he had 10 but that he would fire 4 of them to meet the quota
That was the last time the NAACP showed up
When I was a teenager we had only one Mexican Restaurant in all of Stark County
and it was 30 miles east of Canton about 1970 that changed we had our first Mexican Restaurant
I was told to move out of the barracks I was in at Ft. Polk by the Black guys who
where the only occupants. I was only in that barracks because my Black Friend Henry from Ohio
and I were transferred to the 91st Evac Hospital from Fort San Antonio
Henry put a stop to the whole mess he always had my back. FYI Henry's upper arm was 10 in in diameter
his father was Military so he understood much more about life than this wet nose kid for rural Ohio
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probably not, but the phrase resurfaced with the movie Grand Torino care of Clint Eastwood. As I recall, he had a rifle in his hand at the time, and the local bozos broke one of his yard gnomes.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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kmoorevs wrote: Additionally, the missus and I have been streaming 'For All Mankind' (AppleTV) for a few weeks now
My wife & I started watching that not long after the 1st season came out.
The show has changed a bit over the seasons but it continues to be absolutely great (we recently finished the 4th season and are ready for more).
It is a fantastic show. I can't believe how good it actually is and the way they handle alternate history that makes it all feel so real. It is really cool.
It's a great mix of well-rounded characters and technology that is truly amazing.
You get so attached to the characters but then the science "fiction" part is fantastic too.
Obviously I really like that show.
If you like that one, I highly recommend you watch Silo on AppleTV also.
It's a great sci-fi mystery / intrigue which definitely always leaves you wanting more too.
It's based on the books by Hugh Howey (Wool: Book One of the Silo Series[^])
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I love following all the space missions - even the ones that end up sideways.
As for Rush - not so much. Music is good but I find his voice irritating.
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I wish Mr. Lee had not been so underachieving as to name an autobiography as such.
It's rather childish and short sighted even to the point of ungratefulness.
I know it's in jest, but it's always going to be named that now.
It must have been just horrible, his life, in the limelight with his best bud.
Maybe "What a rush"?
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money spend landed flat something like the japs
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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(Seen on t'interwebs...)
If you want something to have a smooth voyage, maybe try not calling it "Odysseus". 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I've just had a message from Google Assistant to remind me that it's my birthday today, and I should contact me and me know I'm thinking of me ... 
I tried, but my phone was busy ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Perhaps Google Assistant has learnt from Yahoo Mail. Since more than 10 years, Yahoo Mail is asking me to wish myself on my birthday.
To make it happy, on a couple of occasions, I've sent myself a birthday mail via Yahoo Mail.
Wishing you a very happy birthday.
modified 24-Feb-24 8:55am.
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...because if you don't, who will?
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