Twitter and The Musk - Page 14

GrantDawg · 07-10-2023, 08:10 AM

Cloudflare CEO has Twitter's traffic completely tanking in July. That seems by design with the limits put out, but also in my personal experience with my timeline being light on content. Meanwhile Threads has hit 100 million users and counting.

Edward64 · 07-10-2023, 08:30 AM

I really want the cage match to happen.

If I was Zuck, I'd be prepared to make him suffer. A long buildup in pain and humiliation.

albionmoonlight · 07-10-2023, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Cloudflare CEO has Twitter's traffic completely tanking in July. That seems by design with the limits put out,

For all that people shit on the idea of Elon as owner/CEO of a social media company since he had no experience in that area, the one argument you could make in his favor is that he's a tech genius so at least the physical nuts and bolts of twitter--the actual tech side of it--should improve under his leadership.

And instead he's had to throttle his own website because it cannot handle too much traffic.

Any vestigial idea I had post-Trump that wealth has any correlation with competence is pretty much gone at this point.

albionmoonlight · 07-10-2023, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

I really want the cage match to happen.

If I was Zuck, I'd be prepared to make him suffer. A long buildup in pain and humiliation.

He's never entering a cage with Zuck.

He'll demand some unattainable condition for the fight, and when it cannot be met, he'll drop out and his fanboys will blame everyone but him.

Edward64 · 07-10-2023, 12:34 PM

Probably true.

It would be great if they reoriented this towards a charity thing. A friendly exhibition match, like Adonis v Drago

. Donate all their proceeds to the Gates Foundation or like.

Ksyrup · 07-10-2023, 12:37 PM

Gates Foundation? I don't think Elon can do that without drawing the ire of his fanboys. Would you want him to fund the next experiment in mind control or whatever the fuck it is these trolls believe Gates is doing to the world?

RainMaker · 07-10-2023, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Cloudflare CEO has Twitter's traffic completely tanking in July. That seems by design with the limits put out, but also in my personal experience with my timeline being light on content. Meanwhile Threads has hit 100 million users and counting.

They also cut off Google from indexing their site. That's probably a lot of outside traffic they are missing out on.

CrimsonFox · 07-10-2023, 08:08 PM

ElonJet lands on Threads after Twitter suspended it for tracking Elon Musk's jet : NPR

lol

there was a twitter user that tracked musk's jet. It got banned...but now it's on threads hahahaha

Mota · 07-10-2023, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

He's never entering a cage with Zuck.

He'll demand some unattainable condition for the fight, and when it cannot be met, he'll drop out and his fanboys will blame everyone but him.

The only way it'll happen is if there is a lawsuit forcing him to get into the cage, similar to his purchase of Twitter.

GrantDawg · 07-11-2023, 12:08 PM

Lead developer for Threads said regarding this week the chronological timeline, follower only feed, hashtags and search function should all be added. Once that is done, I'm not seeing an advantage to Twitter beyond an abundance of white nationalist with blue checkmarks and porn. I'm not underestimating how long porn might keep Twitter propped up.

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RainMaker · 07-11-2023, 04:16 PM

Conspiracy Theorists (and Elon Musk) Falsely Accuse Student of Being â€˜Fedâ€™ Posing as Neo-Nazi

Ghost Econ · 07-11-2023, 06:28 PM

I like how they try to brag about the size of their movement while also disavowing the existence of the movement whenever it's pointed out they exist.

Ksyrup · 07-11-2023, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Conspiracy Theorists (and Elon Musk) Falsely Accuse Student of Being â€˜Fedâ€™ Posing as Neo-Nazi

There's something about the way the writer casually - and irrelevantly - mentions the outcome of the game that made me laugh.

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But while at the June 25 game, which saw the Houston Astros beat the Dodgers, his phone kept going off until he and his mother realized something horrible was underway.

Carman Bulldog · 07-11-2023, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

There's something about the way the writer casually - and irrelevantly - mentions the outcome of the game that made me laugh.

...as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos...

Edward64 · 07-12-2023, 07:06 AM

Team Zuck.

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Mark Zuckerberg was pictured alongside UFC stars Israel Adesanya and Alex Volkanvski as rumors about a possible cage fight against Elon Musk continue to swirl

MJ4H · 07-12-2023, 09:28 AM

As dumb as this is, it would be pretty satisfying to see Musk get the shit beaten out of him.

Edward64 · 07-13-2023, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by MJ4H

As dumb as this is, it would be pretty satisfying to see Musk get the shit beaten out of him.

I wouldn't want it that "physical", happy enough with humiliation ending with a submission. Sometimes you just need to respond to internet bullies who talk smack, insult you etc. and stand up to them.

Edward64 · 07-13-2023, 07:14 AM

Eagerly waiting for more details this Fri. Sounds interesting but his most recent track record hasn't been great.

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and owner of Twitter, on Wednesday announced the debut of a new AI company, xAI, with the goal to “understand the true nature of the universe.”

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According to the company’s website, Musk and his team will share more information in a live Twitter Spaces chat on Friday.

GrantDawg · 07-23-2023, 03:48 PM

Not going to be twitter any longer:
After 17 years, Twitter is officially rebranding to ‘X.’ pic.twitter.com/3U1qRLHSzq — Pop Base (@PopBase) July 23, 2023

MJ4H · 07-23-2023, 04:34 PM

It's unimaginable how bad Elon Musk is at nearly everything.

Ksyrup · 07-23-2023, 05:26 PM

Isn't the whole "X" thing like a 20 year old marketing ploy? What's next, Matthew Perry as the new X spokesperson?

GrantDawg · 07-23-2023, 06:26 PM

Can this be anymore x-citing?

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RainMaker · 07-23-2023, 06:44 PM

I saw XVideos trending on Twitter.

Bobble · 07-24-2023, 08:42 AM

This new name is perfect for all the "x"-Twitter users who have abandoned that app to use something that works.

PilotMan · 07-24-2023, 09:49 AM

He basically bought it on order to shut it down. Shut it down as it existed. He still has the infrastructure but he's killed most everything else.

albionmoonlight · 07-24-2023, 10:52 AM

Here’s A Comic About Infinite Possibilities pic.twitter.com/a03E9ln5uA
— Smooth Dunk (@SmoothDunk) July 2, 2023

Edward64 · 07-24-2023, 11:38 AM

I wonder how much he paid for x.com

PilotMan · 07-24-2023, 11:42 AM

Xxx dot com would be three times better

sovereignstar v2 · 07-24-2023, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

I wonder how much he paid for x.com

Probably not much since he's owned it since before the turn of the century

miami_fan · 07-24-2023, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

I saw XVideos trending on Twitter.

Seems like a good time to advise the innocent NOT to search for that term on their work computer.

whomario · 07-24-2023, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

I saw XVideos trending on Twitter.

Edward64 · 07-24-2023, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

Probably not much since he's owned it since before the turn of the century

From a 2017 article. He owned it, then PayPal had it, and then he (re)bought it from PayPal.

Elon Musk buys his old X.com domain from PayPal | Engadget

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Elon Musk is without a doubt the most famous single-letter domain owner ever, as his company X.com eventually became PayPal. Unfortunately, when Musk was pushed out, the domain (with its aught-tastic logo, above) stayed behind with PayPal. However, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO has bought it back for an unknown sum, according to Domain Investing and a tweet by Musk. Nobody's saying how much he paid, but as a term of reference, Z.com sold for around $6.8 million three years ago.

whomario · 07-24-2023, 12:12 PM

Also:

Elon "Graphic Design Is My Passion" Musk's logo for "X" is literally just Unicode Character “��” (U+1D54F).https://t.co/cT01vRCuWG pic.twitter.com/0zukeVUWTN
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) July 24, 2023

JPhillips · 07-24-2023, 12:26 PM

The X looks like a common strip club trying to sell itself as premium.

RainMaker · 07-24-2023, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips

The X looks like a common strip club trying to sell itself as premium.

RainMaker · 07-24-2023, 03:40 PM

This logo is giving extreme "Have a panic attack when you're screensharing on Zoom" energy. pic.twitter.com/rKWbC3w5ax — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 24, 2023

Ksyrup · 07-24-2023, 05:14 PM

This history behind Musk and X is humorous. Apparently he tried to change Paypal to X-Paypal and PP people were pissed because Paypal was starting to be used like a verb and adding the X was problematic, and then there was the focus groups which thought it signified something pornographic. Yet, he continues to push X on everything.

Is Musk basically the billionaire version of Gronk? He chuckles every time he sees the X or something?

Ksyrup · 07-24-2023, 05:16 PM

Also, this:

Microsoft owns the trademark for X. This is just too good. pic.twitter.com/eC6IHYiKGq
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) July 24, 2023

RainMaker · 07-24-2023, 05:18 PM

I think he's just really dumb and surrounded by people who will not tell him that his ideas are dumb.

He also got booted from Paypal because he gave credit cards with high limits out to anyone with a pulse and it almost bankrupted the company.

bronconick · 07-24-2023, 09:17 PM

Meta owns "X" from a social media perspective, having bought Mixer from Microsoft.

flere-imsaho · 07-25-2023, 05:10 PM

A fool with daddy's money and connections who could use daddy's money can get pretty far in America. Even to the Oval Office.

albionmoonlight · 07-25-2023, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

A fool with daddy's money and connections who could use daddy's money can get pretty far in America. Even to the Oval Office.

Heh.

Elizabeth Warren should hold a hearing on raising the inheritance tax. And the entire hearing is her just putting up a picture of Trump and a picture of Musk and making everyone stare at them for two hours.

whomario · 07-26-2023, 10:53 AM

Nice brand you got there, be a shame if something happened to it ...

(From a WSJ article)

albionmoonlight · 07-26-2023, 11:02 AM

I love how every major tech mogul except Elon apparently has some trademarkable claim to "X"

RainMaker · 07-26-2023, 06:39 PM

Advertisers can't wait to have their ads next to literal child porn.

Elon Musk just confirmed that a prominent right wing influencer on the platform was suspended for posting "child exploitation pictures" also Musk confirmed that they just reinstated his account pic.twitter.com/H8Qp345vPd — Matt Binder (@MattBinder) July 26, 2023

dubb93 · 07-27-2023, 09:15 PM

They really getting rid of light mode for dark mode only? Not that I matter, but white letters on a black background gives me some sort of dizziness/maybe motion sickness? I don’t know why either, it’s just a thing that happens and I can’t do it so that literally would be the end of me visiting X or Twitter or whatever it is at this point.

MJ4H · 07-27-2023, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dubb93

They really getting rid of light mode for dark mode only? Not that I matter, but white letters on a black background gives me some sort of dizziness/maybe motion sickness? I don’t know why either, it’s just a thing that happens and I can’t do it so that literally would be the end of me visiting X or Twitter or whatever it is at this point.

He's such a smart guy, he knows what you want better than you do.

whomario · 07-29-2023, 05:38 PM

Imagine no more. This is my life now. https://t.co/k5QfAm8yuG pic.twitter.com/e7ECCM2NUD
— Christopher J. Beale (@realchrisjbeale) July 29, 2023

It's like a cartoon at this point.

Ksyrup · 07-29-2023, 06:01 PM

First thing that came to mind was Kramer and Kenny Rogers Roasters.

bronconick · 07-29-2023, 06:13 PM

Air rifles might still be legal in San Francisco. X marks the spot!

07-10-2023, 12:37 PM	#656
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Gates Foundation? I don't think Elon can do that without drawing the ire of his fanboys. Would you want him to fund the next experiment in mind control or whatever the fuck it is these trolls believe Gates is doing to the world? __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-10-2023, 08:08 PM	#658
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	ElonJet lands on Threads after Twitter suspended it for tracking Elon Musk's jet : NPR lol there was a twitter user that tracked musk's jet. It got banned...but now it's on threads hahahaha Last edited by CrimsonFox : 07-10-2023 at 08:08 PM.

07-23-2023, 05:26 PM	#671
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Isn't the whole "X" thing like a 20 year old marketing ploy? What's next, Matthew Perry as the new X spokesperson? __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-24-2023, 09:49 AM	#675
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	He basically bought it on order to shut it down. Shut it down as it existed. He still has the infrastructure but he's killed most everything else. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam Last edited by PilotMan : 07-24-2023 at 09:50 AM.

07-24-2023, 10:52 AM	#676
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Here’s A Comic About Infinite Possibilities pic.twitter.com/a03E9ln5uA — Smooth Dunk (@SmoothDunk) July 2, 2023

07-10-2023, 08:10 AM	#651
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Cloudflare CEO has Twitter's traffic completely tanking in July. That seems by design with the limits put out, but also in my personal experience with my timeline being light on content. Meanwhile Threads has hit 100 million users and counting.

07-10-2023, 08:30 AM	#652
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	I really want the cage match to happen. If I was Zuck, I'd be prepared to make him suffer. A long buildup in pain and humiliation.

07-10-2023, 12:34 PM	#655
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	Probably true. It would be great if they reoriented this towards a charity thing. A friendly exhibition match, like Adonis v Drago . Donate all their proceeds to the Gates Foundation or like.

07-11-2023, 12:08 PM	#660
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Lead developer for Threads said regarding this week the chronological timeline, follower only feed, hashtags and search function should all be added. Once that is done, I'm not seeing an advantage to Twitter beyond an abundance of white nationalist with blue checkmarks and porn. I'm not underestimating how long porn might keep Twitter propped up. Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

07-11-2023, 04:16 PM	#661
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Conspiracy Theorists (and Elon Musk) Falsely Accuse Student of Being â€˜Fedâ€™ Posing as Neo-Nazi

07-11-2023, 06:28 PM	#662
Ghost Econ College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2020	I like how they try to brag about the size of their movement while also disavowing the existence of the movement whenever it's pointed out they exist.

07-12-2023, 09:28 AM	#666
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	As dumb as this is, it would be pretty satisfying to see Musk get the shit beaten out of him.

07-23-2023, 03:48 PM	#669
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Not going to be twitter any longer: `After 17 years, Twitter is officially rebranding to ‘X.’ pic.twitter.com/3U1qRLHSzq — Pop Base (@PopBase) July 23, 2023`

07-23-2023, 04:34 PM	#670
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	It's unimaginable how bad Elon Musk is at nearly everything.

07-23-2023, 06:26 PM	#672
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Can this be anymore x-citing? Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

07-23-2023, 06:44 PM	#673
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	I saw XVideos trending on Twitter.

07-24-2023, 08:42 AM	#674
Bobble College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: High and outside	This new name is perfect for all the "x"-Twitter users who have abandoned that app to use something that works.

07-24-2023, 11:38 AM	#677
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	I wonder how much he paid for x.com

07-24-2023, 11:42 AM	#678
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Xxx dot com would be three times better __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

07-24-2023, 12:12 PM	#683
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	Also: Elon "Graphic Design Is My Passion" Musk's logo for "X" is literally just Unicode Character “��” (U+1D54F).https://t.co/cT01vRCuWG pic.twitter.com/0zukeVUWTN — Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) July 24, 2023 __________________ “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” Last edited by whomario : 07-24-2023 at 12:16 PM.

07-24-2023, 12:26 PM	#684
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	The X looks like a common strip club trying to sell itself as premium. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

07-24-2023, 03:40 PM	#686
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	`This logo is giving extreme "Have a panic attack when you're screensharing on Zoom" energy. pic.twitter.com/rKWbC3w5ax — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 24, 2023`

07-24-2023, 05:14 PM	#687
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	This history behind Musk and X is humorous. Apparently he tried to change Paypal to X-Paypal and PP people were pissed because Paypal was starting to be used like a verb and adding the X was problematic, and then there was the focus groups which thought it signified something pornographic. Yet, he continues to push X on everything. Is Musk basically the billionaire version of Gronk? He chuckles every time he sees the X or something? __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-24-2023, 05:16 PM	#688
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Also, this: Microsoft owns the trademark for X. This is just too good. pic.twitter.com/eC6IHYiKGq — Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) July 24, 2023 __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-24-2023, 05:18 PM	#689
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	I think he's just really dumb and surrounded by people who will not tell him that his ideas are dumb. He also got booted from Paypal because he gave credit cards with high limits out to anyone with a pulse and it almost bankrupted the company.

07-24-2023, 09:17 PM	#690
bronconick College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI	Meta owns "X" from a social media perspective, having bought Mixer from Microsoft.

07-25-2023, 05:10 PM	#691
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	A fool with daddy's money and connections who could use daddy's money can get pretty far in America. Even to the Oval Office.

07-26-2023, 10:53 AM	#693
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	Nice brand you got there, be a shame if something happened to it ... (From a WSJ article) __________________ “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” Last edited by whomario : 07-26-2023 at 10:54 AM.

07-26-2023, 11:02 AM	#694
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	I love how every major tech mogul except Elon apparently has some trademarkable claim to "X"

07-26-2023, 06:39 PM	#695
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Advertisers can't wait to have their ads next to literal child porn. `Elon Musk just confirmed that a prominent right wing influencer on the platform was suspended for posting "child exploitation pictures" also Musk confirmed that they just reinstated his account pic.twitter.com/H8Qp345vPd — Matt Binder (@MattBinder) July 26, 2023`

07-29-2023, 05:38 PM	#698
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	Imagine no more. This is my life now. https://t.co/k5QfAm8yuG pic.twitter.com/e7ECCM2NUD — Christopher J. Beale (@realchrisjbeale) July 29, 2023 It's like a cartoon at this point. __________________ “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” Last edited by whomario : 07-29-2023 at 05:48 PM.

07-29-2023, 06:01 PM	#699
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	First thing that came to mind was Kramer and Kenny Rogers Roasters. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-29-2023, 06:13 PM	#700
bronconick College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI	Air rifles might still be legal in San Francisco. X marks the spot!

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