[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Yes, and you're not invited

Darn and I have been brushing up on my Latin and other dead languages. And I have been practicing........while singing the song...."I've been working on my 9 iron
all the livelong day
I've been working on my nine iron
just to pass the time away
complaining about rough fairways
and mostly my scorecard lies
my golf car exhaust stinks
as does my score on the links
and we hate those liberals
we call them all RAT-FINKS

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Darn and I have been brushing up on my Latin and other dead languages. And I have been practicing........while singing the song...."I've been working on my 9 iron
all the livelong day
I've been working on my nine iron
just to pass the time away
complaining about rough fairways
and mostly my scorecard lies
my golf car exhaust stinks
as does my score on the links
and we hate those liberals
we call them all RAT-FINKS

OK, you can be a provisional member

But you'll have to wear a beanie hat with a propeller

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Malsua

Well, I'm somewhat facetiously referring to Die Hard, the 1986 action movie that changed the action genre as a Christmas movie. It _is_ a Christmas movie in that it takes place at Christmas time, it has a Christmas party as a major part of it and there's plenty of Christmas music in it. It is of course, a hotly debated topic as to it's Christmas cred.

Who can forget "Now I have a machine gun, Ho Ho Ho" complete with a dead terrorist wearing a Santa hat? Or maybe Ellis giving Holly Genero(Holly another reference) a Rolex as a present?

Even at the end, John uses Christmas ribbons to hold his gun, as if he's waiting to give a present to Hans. He does of course, a Christmas eve plummet about 30 stories. A free ride you might say, his final gift to Hans, the best terrorist of all time and an exceptional thief.

OK yes, I liked his 1st couple of Die Hard movies - then for me they started to become mediocre and repetitive. Many a movie series becomes its own worst enemy due to its initial success, which it can then, in the future, never surpass.
If you have Amazon Prime a sure thing is "Leave No Trace". A great mystery genre movie recently out is, "Knives Out" with Daniel Craig. And great sleeper movie that IS NOT for everybody is, "Attack the Block" a very English type of movie. Not the usual fare for most Americans, but GREAT for those that can find appreciation in it!
Billy Bob Thorton's Goliath 4th year series about cocaine-based pharmacy-sold legal pain pills is GREAT! Pretty soon there should be some CV movies coming out - and they may even focus-in on the confusion associated with it in the US. And maybe even reference the 98% CV vaccination rate of Portugal. I would love to see that one!

[NoMoSno]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

au contraire! 98% CV vaccination rate. Highest in the world. Also, Sudia Arabia is 98%. Check it out and weep.....anyone anyway. And DO "cry for me Argentina" because they are dying at a rate in line with the US....BAD
.......I stand by my posts! Like a Foreign Legion Soldier.

You are misinformed.
Portugal 84.1%
Saudi Arabia 54.9%
as of yesterday:
portugal vaccination rate - Google Search
You must be watching those Russian propaganda news shows.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

OK, you can be a provisional member

But you'll have to wear a beanie hat with a propeller

Gladly, just to get my foot in the door. Beanie One so true, I love you. You're like a cat in my hat. a softball for my bat, Beanie One so true I love you!.............................who put that furball in my hat......that's NOT funny!

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

au contraire! 98% CV vaccination rate. Highest in the world. Also, Sudia Arabia is 98%. Check it out and weep.....anyone anyway. And DO "cry for me Argentina" because they are dying at a rate in line with the US....BAD
.......I stand by my posts! Like a Foreign Legion Soldier.

We are called legionnaires, member First Foreign Parachute Battalion , Vietnam/ Algeria First Foreign parachute Regiment Algeria

[jaj523]

If two experts disagree, the problem is deciding which one to believe. It doesn't mean one is a liar, and the other is telling the truth. The citizenry should be able to listen to the arguments of experts who disagree and make up their own minds. Maybe both scientists have found a truth. The government/Big Brother should NOT be the one to decide which one is legitimate and which one isn't. There is no such thing as "the science." Scientific truth evolves as time passes. (Are masks helpful or not? Do COVID survivors need to be vaccinated? Which vaccine is better.? etc. etc.) In the meantime, we need for the scientists to continue to research and to report on what they find to the scientific community and the public. And ALL of that research needs to be available to the public.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by jaj523

If two experts disagree, the problem is deciding which one to believe. It doesn't mean one is a liar, and the other is telling the truth. The citizenry should be able to listen to the arguments of experts who disagree and make up their own minds. Maybe both scientists have found a truth. The government/Big Brother should NOT be the one to decide which one is legitimate and which one isn't. There is no such thing as "the science." Scientific truth evolves as time passes. (Are masks helpful or not? Do COVID survivors need to be vaccinated? Which vaccine is better.? etc. etc.) In the meantime, we need for the scientists to continue to research and to report on what they find to the scientific community and the public. And ALL of that research needs to be available to the public.

And on what basis is the average person supposed to "make up their own mind"?

I believe there are 2 competing versions of string theory---one has 13 spatial and one temporal dimension, the other 27 spatial and 2 temporal dimensions. I could read everything ever written by the experts that "disagree" on which is correct, and not have a clue, because I don't have the background or education in quantum physics and the math that goes with it. So trying to "make up my own mind" would be useless.

Same thing with all the COVID research. Non-professionals have some familiarity with medical issues usually through an experience or two, but in no way does that make them any more qualified to "make up their own mind" than it would for string theory.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Malsua

Wow, that reference to the greatest Christmas movie of all time went flying over your head at supersonic speeds.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

What no meme or inane photo? I'm not deserving of even that? I will put on my surgeon's mask against CV - can I join the Doctor's Club? Maybe like the "Breakfast Club"? I am NOT trying to be MEME - it just comes naturally!
I am the meme
that's on the beam
That's Jim Beam
no wonder I am always laughing
and rolling around !

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

au contraire! 98% CV vaccination rate. Highest in the world. Also, Sudia Arabia is 98%. Check it out and weep.....anyone anyway. And DO "cry for me Argentina" because they are dying at a rate in line with the US....BAD
.......I stand by my posts! Like a Foreign Legion Soldier.

I did check it out. And you're wrong (again)... It's 84%

potrugal vaccination rate - Google Search

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

OK yes, I liked his 1st couple of Die Hard movies - then for me they started to become mediocre and repetitive. Many a movie series becomes its own worst enemy due to its initial success, which it can then, in the future, never surpass.
If you have Amazon Prime a sure thing is "Leave No Trace". A great mystery genre movie recently out is, "Knives Out" with Daniel Craig. And great sleeper movie that IS NOT for everybody is, "Attack the Block" a very English type of movie. Not the usual fare for most Americans, but GREAT for those that can find appreciation in it!
Billy Bob Thorton's Goliath 4th year series about cocaine-based pharmacy-sold legal pain pills is GREAT! Pretty soon there should be some CV movies coming out - and they may even focus-in on the confusion associated with it in the US. And maybe even reference the 98% CV vaccination rate of Portugal. I would love to see that one!

So now you admit you DID see the movie...

Man, you're all over the place... No wonder all of your stats are wrong...

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

So now you admit you DID see the movie...

Man, you're all over the place... No wonder all of your stats are wrong...

Me thinks that an alcoholic beverage might be at work. I don't think I have seen such a display of blindly bumping into solid objects since watching Mr. Magoo as a kid.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

au contraire! 98% CV vaccination rate. Highest in the world. Also, Sudia Arabia is 98%. Check it out and weep.....anyone anyway. And DO "cry for me Argentina" because they are dying at a rate in line with the US....BAD
.......I stand by my posts! Like a Foreign Legion Soldier.

And btw, I just checked in the Saudi Vaccination rate... No where near your claimed 98%...

As of 10/5, it's 55.2% (fully vaccinated)...

So, I'm not weeping, I'm laughing...

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com

We are called legionnaires, member First Foreign Parachute Battalion , Vietnam/ Algeria First Foreign parachute Regiment Algeria

OK, I am now corrected. Now I don't stand by my post about standing by my post. I was just going by the layman's understanding of the French Foreign Legion, which I got from a few movies that mentioned them. My sorry!!!!!!!