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  1. Thornton Melon

    Nebraska

    My favorite song off that album is Atlantic City
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    True North Brewery

    Never been there, but I had one of their beers at a restaurant in Seabrook in December. Good stuff
  3. Thornton Melon

    Quotes you use in everyday life?

    Oh, then I got nothin'.
  4. Thornton Melon

    Quotes you use in everyday life?

    Go fuck yourself
  5. That no-goal call last night was correct
  6. Makes you wonder how many goals were missed in the days before replay. I remember one in particular, a late season game with playoff implications in '90 or '91. I think it was a Flyers game. A guy took a slap shot that went under the crossbar and hit the rear crossbar, which at the time had no padding, so it "dinged" like any other shot that hits metal. No one noticed, everyone kept playing and they finished the game. ESPN showed it the next day. I think that play was why the NHL implemented replay.
  7. Funny how the officials missed it the first time. It looked good to me from the get-go on my TV
  8. Thornton Melon

    Sheila Jackson Lee: Astrophysicist

    So the moon is made of gases? I knew that Neil Armstrong was a little light in the loafers
  9. I didn't really give a rat's ass, but they handed out eclipse glasses at work, so I grabbed some. Everyone was just milling about outside at work, so I said fock this, I'd rather watch this with the wifey than my co-workers. So, I went home and caught the peak there. We were at 94.4%. I was more impressed with the slight overall darkness outside than the sun itself, which just looked like a waning crescent moon. So, it was basically meh.
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    Trust the Science.

    If true, I could have driven to Uranus and back during my lifetime.
  11. Thornton Melon

    Earthquake!

    It was supposedly felt in northeastern MA, but I didn't feel a damn thing
  12. Phew...that makes me feel better....
  13. Thornton Melon

    What concerts do you most regret not attending?

    U2 in 1983...I was so broke, I sold my $15 ticket
  14. Thornton Melon

    Guess the cost

    No, a supermarket, silly
  15. Thornton Melon

    Guess the cost

    3 chickens, 2 goats, and a donkey
  16. Thornton Melon

    Nuclear fusion breakthrough

    No, "boyo" is just cringy and stupid. I'm not looking at the last 25 years in "wonderment". Sure, some everyday tasks have been made simpler and I can order a pizza from my phone, but big advances in areas like nuclear fusion, molecular electronics and nanotechnology just have not panned out like they were predicted 25 years ago. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.
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    Nuclear fusion breakthrough

    Thanks, skids
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    Nuclear fusion breakthrough

    I'll be 60 at the end of the month, so you can drop the "boyo" schtick with me, Slappy. I've also been a mechanical engineer for 37+ years and I've worked with my share of physicists over the years. I love their optimism, but like I said, not in our lifetimes...
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    Nuclear fusion breakthrough

    Ahhh ...the nuclear fusion breakthrough of the month. Nuclear fusion...the clean energy source that's been "25 years away" for the last 75 years. I'd love to see it, but it ain't happening in our lifetimes
  20. Thornton Melon

    Conjoined twins..one head got married.

    At least you can fall asleep right after sex. I mean, they have each other to talk to.
  21. Thornton Melon

    Conjoined twins..one head got married.

    What, Brittany wasn't good enough for him?
  22. Thornton Melon

    What One Book Have You Read The Most Times

    My 2nd favorite Clancy book, after Without Remorse. I think the only book I've read twice is Hunt for Red October
  23. Thornton Melon

    Look at these names

    No apostrophes?
  24. Thornton Melon

    Being on time

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