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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | I go for midnight drives in the Neon and sing, er, yell, acapella Rupert Holmes medleys. Once in a while I change things up by throwing in a couple of Lobo tunes. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Waskel The worlds largest Ferris wheel is currently the London Eye, at 443 feet.
You are right. I meant the world's largest traveling Ferris wheel. It goes from fair to fair. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | From Jeff:
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More trees here than in Virgina.
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Catclaw and Creosote bush don't count
what are Catclaw and Creosote bush? We don't even have those in the desert parts. Come visit Phoenix in the winter and then see if you want to leave. Don't stay though, we have too many other winter visitors from the east that don't know when to leave. They use up the water we use for the trees. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Spring of 2001, my then 7-year old was so much into the Sailor Moon animated series. After watching a few episodes with her on video that we rented from the local Blockbuster Video store, I too got hooked that I end up purchasing all 200 hundred episodes, along with the movies and extras associated with it.
Initially purchased as a "birthday present" to her, little did everyone knew in the household that I secretly burned copies for myself as well. When everyone else was either not at home, at work, or sleeping, I watched those episodes in secret. Browsing, the web, I managed to read articles about it, stream music videos, and added some websites into my favorite lists. I even throught about purchasing the entire manga collection via Barnes and Noble. The obsession was finally spoiled when my wife caught me. It was an embarrassing moment of course! She claimed that it was so childish and pathetic of me to be so fixated with such an animated series.
Fives years later, the obsession is long gone, but I still possess those episodes! Every now and then, when I think about it, I can't seem to fathom the fascination that I once had about this "girly" type animated series. But when the occassion is right, I don't mind popping a disc into the machine and watch an episode or two with my now 13-year old who still likes watching it, along with other anime stuff. |
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Location: NJ | GuiltyPleasure:
Nicking logo'd PintGlasses from various venues we've played . . . .
. . . got a dandy Smithwick's one last weekend . . . |
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Location: The State of Hockey | Guilty Pleasure .........
Well the one I wish I could do right now is ride my bike. I have a Ducati that once in a while I like to open her up. I'm not talking about straight aways either, although a long straight away is good to blow the carbon out of her. :D |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | I'm not proud, but my brothers got me to watch the first four seasons of Family Guy...very innapropriate, not always funny, definitely off-color...after the first two disks, I had to see the rest.
What can I say? It must be a guy thing.
I will also admit to an incredible penchant for anything with whipped cream on it. Almost doesn't matter what it is, but it's got to be real whipped cream, not the fake petroleum stuff.
One more, while I'm baring my soul - I actually enjoy music ranging from everything from Kenny Rodgers and the Bellamy Brothers to Casting Crowns, Creed, and Bon Jovi. Call it a product of my upbringing, but is there anyone else here under thirty who even knows who the Bellamy Brothers are? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I'll have to admit to being taken in by real whipped cream as well, Andrew.
And I've never been disappointed. ;) |
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Location: North Carolina | I always liked "Dancing Queen" by ABBA. Still do. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by OldLiverJones:
Come visit Phoenix in the winter and then see if you want to leave. Don't stay though, we have too many other winter visitors from the east that don't know when to leave. They use up the water we use for the trees. I'm an Arizona NATIVE.... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Weaser P:
I'll have to admit to being taken in by real whipped cream as well, Andrew.
And I've never been disappointed. ;) 
there's always a first time |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by OldLiverJones:
Come visit Phoenix in the winter and then see if you want to leave. I did, many years ago. Foolishly, I stayed for 2 years. The first summer it went for 45 days without going below 100, day and night. |
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Location: south east Michigan | But it's a dry heat. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Waskel:
The first summer it went for 45 days without going below 100, day and night. Waskel, that's not true. Believe me I know my weather. Yes, it has gone as long as 67 days with the daily high over 100 degrees. However, there has NEVER been a night when the temperature stayed over 100 all night. In fact the record for the HIGHEST nightime low temperature is 93 degrees. You can look it up. Yes, that's still plenty hot but the notion that it never got below 100 day and night is not true. Sorry, I have to protect the reputation of my homeland ... |
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Location: closely held secret | Apparently my memory banks are failing. But it certainly must have felt like it to someone raised in an Earth-like environment, to be remembered as such for so many years (I believe it was '74-'75). May have been the drugs. Or the alcohol. I'm so confused...
My apologies to your entire planet. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I played 9 holes of golf with my dad in Casa Grande and shot a 37. It would almost be worth going back just to play that course again, but I know it was a fluke. It rained for the first time in 143 days right after that. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Slipkid:
But it's a dry heat. Which is fine for cooking and mummification......
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On guilty music pleasures...
I think most musicians, who still like music, (I know a surprising number in dance bands who hate music and like taxfree money :rolleyes: ) have the ability to enjoy everything from..... almost Tiny Tim to..... almost Montavani.
I still think the Tiajuana Brass is the Bomb! Or is that Tiahuana? :confused: |
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Location: Tennessee | Tijuana. They were the bomb. As a kid, my dad had a giant Curtis Mathis stereo system and he used to shake the walls courtesy of HA&TB. Even more fun, were the self-produced albums from brass-based Mariachi bands who'd play the cantinas down on Olvera Street in LA. The first song my dad taught me to play on guitar was Guantanamera (in F) so he could play along on piano or accordian (yikes!).
Non-music guilty pleasure ... 120mph four wheel drift on a big sweeper I won't disclose in case we have any CHiPs monitoring the board. ;) |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Jeff claims: I'm an Arizona NATIVE....
And you move to that baren land called Virgina?
Why? Did your parents take you when you were young? |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | From Waskel: I did, many years ago. Foolishly, I stayed for 2 years. The first summer it went for 45 days without going below 100, day and night.
And you DIDN'T like that????? |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | States Slipkid: But it's a dry heat.
That beats a wet freaze. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | My guilty pleasure is walking barefooted on the sidewalk in summer. It causes my teeth to tingle. Very enjoyable. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Be careful. That might be the same sidewalk I pee on. Dave |
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Location: south east Michigan | Oooo...I just remembered another guilty pleasure.
I really like the Toby Keith song, "I Ain't As Good As I Once Was".
So don't double-dog dare me now.....I may just have to call your bluff.....I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Hey don't those lyrics belong on another post Slipkid? |
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