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#65,701
pmclaine said:
The original Star Wars was a WWII genre movie filmed in outer space.

From Darth Vaders helmet, to the blasters, to the ball turret gunning scenes in the Millenium Falcon.

It was a genre that worked good against ultimate evil with dudes and hot chicks.

Than they ruined it.
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Also a Western... Sort of in the Seven Samurai genre...

But, yes, Lucas was a huge student of WW2... because, basically, in his youth, the 'memory' of the war and the 'good victory' was everywhere. Plus Black and White Good guys/bad guys Cold War themes he grew up with.

So... yeah! Right on! It's what made them so good.

Sirhr
 
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#65,702
pmclaine said:
If anything we are still living in the ice age and the norm while warmer for the most part was warmer without humans.

The volcanic activity plays a role but the biggest forests and life forms roamed during those active times and thrived.
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More than 99.9% of all life that has ever existed on earth is extinct. Only a few examples can be positively attributed to human activity.

What was it that Dr. Ian Malcom said?

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SONIC SAAMI said:
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Look at the price on that good good .
You know the good good I'm talking about.







Best Good Good Ever.
Miracle Whip!
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Just shopped there tonight.

Working at MB was my first job.

Owner is a fantastic human.

When the patriarch owner passed away the family wanted to sell out to another big chain which would have hurt employees and changed the company dynamic.

He wouldn’t sell his shares and the employees backed his fight against a hostile takeover.

He ended up buying his siblings out for billions with the prospect being he would be unable to meet the loan.

I think he paid the billions off early and expanded the business.

His philosophy is “Pennys” for product sold but sell lots of product.
 
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sirhrmechanic said:
Also a Western... Sort of in the Seven Samurai genre...

But, yes, Lucas was a huge student of WW2... because, basically, in his youth, the 'memory' of the war and the 'good victory' was everywhere. Plus Black and White Good guys/bad guys Cold War themes he grew up with.

So... yeah! Right on! It's what made them so good.

Sirhr
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When Star Wars came out WWII vets were closer to their time in service than I am to my service time now.

Not that I think WWII vets were lining up to watch it.

It was a formula that followed the truths of life. That is why it worked and it would always work.

This new bullshit they want us to accept for entertainment goes against nature.
 
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#65,706
pmclaine said:
15k for a roof that big sounds cheap.

Friend a couple of weeks ago roofed his fathers house and I thought he said it was $1000/square and cost him a shitload.

Please comment - did I hear him right?
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I don't know how many squares our house is, but we had the roof replaced a couple years ago from a wind storm, insurance paid $20k.

Edit add: one "square" is three packages of asphalt shingles...I think that makes 100 square feet, but I don't remember for sure. We (dad, twin sister, and me) replaced a lot of roofs after a bad hail storm in the late '80s that had baseball size hail, wiped out everything two miles wide by 10 miles long.
 
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#65,707
pmclaine said:
15k for a roof that big sounds cheap.

Friend a couple of weeks ago roofed his fathers house and I thought he said it was $1000/square and cost him a shitload.

Please comment - did I hear him right?
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We had to pay cash for a roof job a few years ago. Got a deal from a friend of a friend on labor and bought shingles ourselves, it still cost us pretty close to $15k
 
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pmclaine said:
15k for a roof that big sounds cheap.

Friend a couple of weeks ago roofed his fathers house and I thought he said it was $1000/square and cost him a shitload.

Please comment - did I hear him right?
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What is the average cost of a new roof in Ohio?
Roofing costs in Ohio can vary significantly depending on the size, type of material and complexity of the job. The average cost to tear off and replace a roof in Ohio is between $7,000 and $10,500.Feb 22, 2023
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