Yet another word game
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Rafa.the.Magnificent
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The Beatles had many rumors about them spread like wildfire on both sides of the pond; whether the band ever intentionally instigated any of said rumors is unknown to this sentence writer.
Mike Bulgakov
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This sentence writer sometimes posts on this forum when he has writer's block while writing.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Writer’s block (while writing) was an important ingredient in the plots of The Lost Weekend, Barton Fink and The Shining. Apparently no writing made Jack a very cranky boy with extreme cabin fever.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Vcore89
Talk Tennis Guru
Cabin fever or shall I say selective cabin porn is some form of an addictive viewing.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Addictive viewing for me is the sun setting beyond the ocean horizon.
stringertom
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Horizontal Bop is a song written and recorded by Bob Seger long beefour video serfaced uv similar activity on a California tennis court.
stringertom
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Living La Vida Loca best describes a lonely man’s existence at a local Las Virus UPS Store, know?
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Knowles from the Bahamas played for UCLA.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Sport had never had a negative connotation in my personal vocabulary until sometime after a spring day in 2017. A visit to The Canary Islands is also now off my bucket list.
Rafa.the.Magnificent
G.O.A.T.
Bucket list scratch-off for stringyTom does have me curious, though I should probably know about what happened then and there. But aren't the Canary Islands supposed to be wonderful?
stringertom
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Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton fits the thread sequence but Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World is more pleasant to my ears.
In before @Mike Bulgakov hits my ears with LDR aural torture.
In before @Mike Bulgakov hits my ears with LDR aural torture.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
World's filmmaking advanced with the editing and montage of Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Camera obscura is quite different than a camera being totally obscured by the curved silhouette of Mira Mesa’s most famous resident.World's filmmaking advanced with the editing and montage of Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
"Resident Evil" actress Milla Jovovich is from Ukraine, a country full of SVR/FSB/GRU officers and assets.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Assets of another Ukraine born actress with a very similar given name (Milena vs Milica) have been expanded to include products of a certain Kentucky distillery. Kun I say anything else to help you figure out who is this successful businesswoman???
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
This successful businesswoman also expanded her assets when she gave birth.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Birth Of A Nation was a silent film epic about the American Civil War directed by D.W. Griffith, not to be confused with Griffith J. Griffith, a wealthy L.A real estate investor who donated land for the public park that bears his name.
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Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
"Name brands" are often sold under the Trader Joe's label.
Who's making Trader Joe's food? A look at where generics might come from
By Amy Graff, SFGATE
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Why does Trader Joe's boxed macaroni and cheese taste like Annie's? Probably because the well-known name brand makes the product for the national supermarket chain—at least according to rumors.
Trader Joe's doesn't have a factory where it makes its own products, and instead sources them from well-known brands and sells them under the Trader Joe's sub-brands at a discount.
The privately held grocery chain based in Monrovia, Calif., closely guards this information and is notoriously secretive about its relationships because it wants its customers to develop loyalty to its own brand. The big brands don't want consumers to have this information because Trader Joe's sells their products at discounted prices. If you were Frito-Lay, you wouldn't want people to know they can buy the same bag of Stacy's pita chips for a couple dollars less at Trader Joe's.
Trader Joe's can keep its prices down because it doesn't spend big marketing dollars on advertising beyond its own Fearless Flyer, nor does it have a complex coupon program. And buying directly from the manufacturers keeps costs low.
Consumers are often making guesses about Trader Joe's brand relationships based on packaging, ingredient lists and taste. Is Gordon Biersch making Trader Joe's beer? Is Strauss Family Creamery providing the European Style Organic Plain Whole Milk Yogurt? Is Trader Joe's buying its canned tomatoes from Muir Glenn?
We reached out to Trader Joe's to answer these questions and they never got back to us. We also spoke with a few of the big brands and all told us they couldn't discuss this matter with the media.
Double Rainbow supposedly makes some of the Trader Joe's ice cream and so we called the company to ask if this was the case and a woman who refused to provide her name said, "I'm not at liberty to disclose that information. You have to run a taste test. That's what I would suggest."
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Who-s-making-Trader-Joes-food-brand-relationships-6680520.php
Who's making Trader Joe's food? A look at where generics might come from
By Amy Graff, SFGATE
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Why does Trader Joe's boxed macaroni and cheese taste like Annie's? Probably because the well-known name brand makes the product for the national supermarket chain—at least according to rumors.
Trader Joe's doesn't have a factory where it makes its own products, and instead sources them from well-known brands and sells them under the Trader Joe's sub-brands at a discount.
The privately held grocery chain based in Monrovia, Calif., closely guards this information and is notoriously secretive about its relationships because it wants its customers to develop loyalty to its own brand. The big brands don't want consumers to have this information because Trader Joe's sells their products at discounted prices. If you were Frito-Lay, you wouldn't want people to know they can buy the same bag of Stacy's pita chips for a couple dollars less at Trader Joe's.
Trader Joe's can keep its prices down because it doesn't spend big marketing dollars on advertising beyond its own Fearless Flyer, nor does it have a complex coupon program. And buying directly from the manufacturers keeps costs low.
Consumers are often making guesses about Trader Joe's brand relationships based on packaging, ingredient lists and taste. Is Gordon Biersch making Trader Joe's beer? Is Strauss Family Creamery providing the European Style Organic Plain Whole Milk Yogurt? Is Trader Joe's buying its canned tomatoes from Muir Glenn?
We reached out to Trader Joe's to answer these questions and they never got back to us. We also spoke with a few of the big brands and all told us they couldn't discuss this matter with the media.
Double Rainbow supposedly makes some of the Trader Joe's ice cream and so we called the company to ask if this was the case and a woman who refused to provide her name said, "I'm not at liberty to disclose that information. You have to run a taste test. That's what I would suggest."
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Who-s-making-Trader-Joes-food-brand-relationships-6680520.php
Rafa.the.Magnificent
G.O.A.T.
Labels are often closely examined by nutrition enthusiasts to be certain of what they are and are not ingesting.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Ingesting a glass of Spirytus and bowl of ghost peppers right before bedtime might lead to bad dreams.
Rafa.the.Magnificent
G.O.A.T.
Bad dreams, perhaps, but reading that made me laugh out loud!
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Loud Wawrinka shorts never caught on.
Rafa.the.Magnificent
G.O.A.T.
The treatment and even the most basic understanding of psychotic conditions has so very far, far to go.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Elton John was recently on the cover of Rolling Stone with Mrs. Stringertom.
Rafa.the.Magnificent
G.O.A.T.
Stringertom, myself and Mike Bulgakov will one day meet up and have lunch at a cafe somewhere in Europe and discuss all sorts of interesting things, says a fleeting daydream that has swept over me once or twice.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Once or twice we could meet up but by the third time I’m sure @Mike Bulgakov will choose a cafe that has LDR music piped in 24/7 and I will have to leave.
Rafa.the.Magnificent
G.O.A.T.
LOL! Oops, carry on please!
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
A crunchy sound wood bee maid win eye stomp repeatedly on a LDR CD or old fashioned vinyl album.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Vinyl albums warm the voice of Lana crooning in Stringertom's head.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Stringertom’s Head is a YouTek Prestige Pro strung with Wilson Champion’s Choice (gut mains, ALU Rough crosses). Tennis, anyone?
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Anyone other than me still play with Fischer?
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Play with Fischer? A Russian named Spassky had some memorable chess matches with Fischer!Anyone other than me still play with Fischer?
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Fischer is said to have gone nuts. Planters seems to dominate the American nut market.
Rafa.the.Magnificent
G.O.A.T.
The American nut market (people-wise) is very, very much alive and kicking!
stringertom
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Alive And Kicking is a hit song by Scottish rockers Simple Minds that reached #3 on the Billboard charts in 1985, a short time after the band’s first success with the single Don’t You (Forget About Me) from the soundtrack to The Breakfast Club movie.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Movies where John Hughes has credits for writing, directing and producing include Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Rafa.the.Magnificent
G.O.A.T.
Automobile scenes had a place in more than one Steve McQueen film, if memory serves me correctly.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
One Steve McQueen film, if memory serves me correctly, featured the star always trying to escape a POW camp in Na-zi Germany.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Der Schnorrer in The Great Escape was played by a guy who went on to play an L.A. private eye.
