Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: T200 on June 08, 2022, 01:48:04 PM
There's no software that's going to make me look any better! My wife has tried everything!

Bob - no comments from you!!! 

Come on Tim, go for it.

If not, I think I have a pix of you, and you know the rest.

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on June 08, 2022, 07:36:55 AM
A couple more. First one you can see the rain I was in as I kayaked with another couple down the Tioghnioga River. The second one with my girlfriend at a rock concert in Syracuse (pre-covid). The third, just my girlfriend and I in the kitchen. Yup, I'm bald...hence almost always wearing a hat

     

Lovely lady.   

( and the guy is cute also- in a nice way.    )

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on June 06, 2022, 08:34:18 AM
I've been thinking of changing my avatar, but wondering what my fellow posters think. Using an interesting site called "New Profile Pic", it takes any picture you have of a face and turns it into a profile picture or avatar. I've always kind of liked the one I use, but playing around I've come up with a few options and was hoping for some input...maybe I should have made this a poll. Anyway, here's four options that I came up with using the new website. As you can see, it distorts your face (usually in a positive way making you appear younger and better looking than you really are - at least in my case...LOL) and there are several options that can be used for creative coloring, backgrounds, wave effects, etc. So with no further adieu, what do you guys think?

     

Should I just stick with my old one or update my avatar for the new software coming? If anyone wants to try this method for an avatar, go to: https://newprofilepic.com/ I don't know why it says, "come back a week later for new effects..." because when I've used it there are plenty of effects immediately. Maybe they mean they are adding new effects all the time. Anyway, it seems to work pretty good for avatars on message boards

I never go to pick a pix, so, like the others, I think #1 is the best.

Great pics of you and Linda.

If you are driving the wrong way on a highway, you will NOT crash into any other cars, no matter how crowded that highway is, and they are all doing 65 MPH.

No matter how dead the bad guy is in those slasher movies, he will always not be dead to attack our hero again.

Females from 'olden' times always have the perfect makeup on

In older westerns, no matter how many times a guy gets into fights, falls off his horse, rolls over tables, he never loses his hat

In all types of movies, westerns, crime, war, the nice buddy, the guy who talks all the time, will always get shot and die.

All secret agents can disable a guy with one karate slap to the neck

In westerns, ever notice that when they 'tie' up their horses, they simply just throw the rope over the board and the horse never tries to wander away.

If you are a cop and are chasing a bad guy, never call for backup, just go at it alone. AND if you send your partner around to the back, you know he is about to get killed.

And speaking about cops, why are most cops, except for our hero, portrayed as useless or morons or lazy.

With caller ID, we don't answer unless it is someone we know or a number we recognize. Our phones tell us who is calling, so we listen, and again, if it is someone we know we answer, or else we just screen the calls and wait for them to start talking.

Seems as if I am always the last to do this every day. Maybe it's because we don't get up till 9, eat and do my morning sudoku and crossword, read the paper, and THEN, get on here to 'exercise my brain' some more.

Anyway, I had 4 letters (2 green, 2 yellow) in my first 2 words. I was going to go for it, as Tim suggested, as I saw a word that fit right in there, but I again went weak and did my third regular word. (which had zero letters), so on 4, I went with the word I thought and it was it.
Call me weak, but I felt if I missed on 3, then I had to do my regular word on 4 and that would only leave me 2 guesses.

If you can understand all of that, 4 for me today.

My biggest calls are for my car warranty that is about to expire. Too bad it expired a couple of years ago.

Look what has been started.

I just finished the short series Godless, which, I mentioned above, I had started to watch. It was 7 episodes and if I do say so myself, it was GREAT. It fit right into my favorite genre, a good Western, and again, if I had to compare it to anything it would be to maybe the best Western series even on TV--Deadwood.
Story-wise it was nothing like Deadwood, but just the way it was presented, acted, written, and filmed--more true to life instead of a Hollywood Western. People actually dressed the way you would think they would at that time period, not with the shiny guns, well-pressed shirts, and clean hats. It had a terrific story, great characters and a host of shoot 'em ups and mucho killings. (The final battle was unbelievable, lasting a good 15 minutes--similar in length to the Wild Bunch).
If you are a fan of Westerns, I would highly recommend this short series on Netflix.
(And if you haven't watched Deadwood--I would highly recommend that also)

PS> In a survey and list of shows that were canceled much too soon, Deadwood always comes up either #1 or #2.

Lost a few years also Ed.

I was like Rich, after my 3 regular words I only had 2 letters, so, as I did yesterday, I looked for a word that had some of my unused letters and because I guessed right, when I put in the first 4 letters I saw a word using the 5th letter and it was it.

Sometimes luck plays a bigger part than being smarter.

Really wasn't a hard word just not having many of the most common letters is what throws most off.

Might as well add a few more

If you hear a noise in the basement, grab a stick and go investigate all by yourself
Remember, if you hear an explosion, always walk calmly away and never look back
If you decide to start dancing in the street everyone around you will automatically be able to mirror all the steps you come up with and hear the music in your head.
Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.
When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
A chase scene on foot in a city always has a shot of one of the characters running into the street, nearly being hit by a car screeching to a halt at which point the driver flails his arm out the window and yells an expletive.
No matter how slow zombies walk they will always catch up.
The bad guy will always throw his gun at you to indicate he has run out of bullets.
A candle or table lamp can light a whole room and at night time
There appears a very slow bar saying

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on June 06, 2022, 06:39:43 PM
1. During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit at least one strip club.
2. All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.
3. If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year.
4. All beds have special odd-shaped sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.
5. All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.
6. It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you through it.
7.The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty.
8. You rarely need to reload your gun, and if you do, there will always be more ammunition on you - even if you haven't been carrying any before now.
9. You're very likely to survive any dire situation unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your wife or child back home.
10. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
11. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince and squirm when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
12. If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.
13. When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet or the cash in your pocket as you take out a bill at random and hand it to the driver. It will always be the exact fare.
14. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.
15. When being chased always climb to the top of the highest building from whence there is no escape.
16. Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon, and waffles for their family every morning even though their husbands and children never have time to eat it.
17. Cars that crash will most likely blow up and burst into flames.
18. The Chief of Police will always suspend his star detective.
19. It is always possible to shoot door locks or padlocks off without the ricochet killing you or your companion
20. Any person waking from a nightmare will bolt upright in a sitting position and pant.
21. It is not necessary to say hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone conversations.
22. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.
23. It is always possible to park directly outside any building you are visiting.
24. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
25. A black guy will usually be the first to die.
26. Girlfriends tend to be 9

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on June 06, 2022, 01:01:53 PM
From https://triviatoday.com/blog/featured.asp?a=430DE2

5 Shocking Facts You Didn't Know About D-Day ...title should probably say, "shocking facts to many as the old timers know a lot of this"

"On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed at Normandy in northern France, in a massive assault that became known as D-Day. Here are 5 shocking facts you didn