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Posted: 9/11/2023 9:59:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I live in one of the territories and this is true! Puerto Rico and the rest of the territories would return to a 3rd world situation almost overnight if the federal money would be turned off. We already suffer power outages, potable water issues, roads that would be in better condition if the airforce cluster bombed them. Billions of dollars disappears into the black hole of the territories and yet we have barely anything to show for it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: This. Same for all of our territories. I live in one of the territories and this is true! Puerto Rico and the rest of the territories would return to a 3rd world situation almost overnight if the federal money would be turned off. We already suffer power outages, potable water issues, roads that would be in better condition if the airforce cluster bombed them. Billions of dollars disappears into the black hole of the territories and yet we have barely anything to show for it. |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 10:02:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Alabama and Mississippi would probably go feral too if the money spigot was turned off. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: This. Same for all of our territories. I live in one of the territories and this is true! Puerto Rico and the rest of the territories would return to a 3rd world situation almost overnight if the federal money would be turned off. We already suffer power outages, potable water issues, roads that would be in better condition if the airforce cluster bombed them. Billions of dollars disappears into the black hole of the territories and yet we have barely anything to show for it. Alabama builds rockets which is pretty cool but yeah Mississippi would be even crazier than it already is |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 10:10:16 AM EDT
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ETA: This was a big-ass tree that got destroyed. There were trees like it all over the place. There were several places where trees got stripped not only of their leaves but even a lot of the bark.
We flew into the USVI right after Irma / Maria and it was totally a strange landscape looking out the window. It looked like late fall in the NE, every tree and bush was stripped of their leaves, completely bare. Several weeks later green again. |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 10:13:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because arepas. Because tostones, medalla, piononos, empanadas, arroz con habicheluelas, pollo guisado, pasteles, and mofongo. I like Puerto Rico. Because David at the little oceanside restaurant in Las Croabas makes the best mojito on the planet. Don't forget Morcilla. I drank a ton of Medalla over the years in PR. The locals I drank with joked that, despite me looking enough like a local to fool people, my drinking Medalla gave me away as a gringo. I was taken to "The Restaurant for Mofongo" one night. We traveled quite a ways outside San Juan to get there. It wasn't bad but I was extremely underwhelmed. It's probably my least favorite PR dish. |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 10:20:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So the ultra-wealthy can escape taxes. hardly have to be "ultra-wealthy" just a little bit smart 
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Posted: 9/11/2023 10:22:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've spent many a day and night in PR. It wasn't until my 5th trip there that the locals let me drive a car around by myself. Up to that point I was always driven everywhere by one of the locals.  Why? It's not like driving in Thailand or China Seriously. What part of driving in PR was so scary to you you couldn't do it till your 5th trip? |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 10:32:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Iowa demands their corn be made into faggot fuel to destroy your engine. Fuck Iowa You still don't know much about how fuel systems work and yet you don't let that lack of knowledge slow you down whatsoever. In fact. You boldly go forth on a public internet forum and put that lack of knowledge on full display for everyone to see and proudly declare "my understanding of engines stopped in 1988 and by gum that is good enough for me to know everything from here on out". Yep, gotta admire someone willing to stick to their guns no matter how ignorant they know they sound. |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 10:33:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why? It's not like driving in Thailand or China Seriously. What part of driving in PR was so scary to you you couldn't do it till your 5th trip? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I've spent many a day and night in PR. It wasn't until my 5th trip there that the locals let me drive a car around by myself. Up to that point I was always driven everywhere by one of the locals. Why? It's not like driving in Thailand or China Seriously. What part of driving in PR was so scary to you you couldn't do it till your 5th trip? 90% of the time I spent in PR was as my Agency's lead for Hurricane restoration in PR, SC & ST. The other 10% was to teach a course related to my primary job. In both of those cases the locals treated me much like a VIP. They insisted that they chauffer me around partially due to my perceived status and partially to ensure I did not end up somewhere I shouldn't. After I had been there several times & developed a personal relationship with them, I was seen more like regular. I usually stayed at the ESJ Towers (sometimes for months at a time) and it was very close to our main office near the airport so it was easy for someone to swing by and pick me up on their way to the office. |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 10:37:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You still don't know much about how fuel systems work and yet you don't let that lack of knowledge slow you down whatsoever. In fact. You boldly go forth on a public internet forum and put that lack of knowledge on full display for everyone to see and proudly declare "my understanding of engines stopped in 1988 and by gum that is good enough for me to know everything from here on out". Yep, gotta admire someone willing to stick to their guns no matter how ignorant they know they sound. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Iowa demands their corn be made into faggot fuel to destroy your engine. Fuck Iowa You still don't know much about how fuel systems work and yet you don't let that lack of knowledge slow you down whatsoever. In fact. You boldly go forth on a public internet forum and put that lack of knowledge on full display for everyone to see and proudly declare "my understanding of engines stopped in 1988 and by gum that is good enough for me to know everything from here on out". Yep, gotta admire someone willing to stick to their guns no matter how ignorant they know they sound. You're supposed to like the Huskers not Iowa |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 10:58:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't forget Morcilla. I drank a ton of Medalla over the years in PR. The locals I drank with joked that, despite me looking enough like a local to fool people, my drinking Medalla gave me away as a gringo. I was taken to "The Restaurant for Mofongo" one night. We traveled quite a ways outside San Juan to get there. It wasn't bad but I was extremely underwhelmed. It's probably my least favorite PR dish. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Because arepas. Because tostones, medalla, piononos, empanadas, arroz con habicheluelas, pollo guisado, pasteles, and mofongo. I like Puerto Rico. Because David at the little oceanside restaurant in Las Croabas makes the best mojito on the planet. Don't forget Morcilla. I drank a ton of Medalla over the years in PR. The locals I drank with joked that, despite me looking enough like a local to fool people, my drinking Medalla gave me away as a gringo. I was taken to "The Restaurant for Mofongo" one night. We traveled quite a ways outside San Juan to get there. It wasn't bad but I was extremely underwhelmed. It's probably my least favorite PR dish. The national beer of PR is coors light. I know this. Not the biggest mofongo fan, but the best I’ve had (mofongo de jueyes) was in Fajardo. Neighborhood was dangerous (the cab driver called to have them open the door and we called him when we were ready to leave), but the food was excellent. Best pasteles I had were in the condado (it used to be a shitty neighborhood too, but it may all be high rise resorts now)… it was half restaurant, half laundromat. |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 11:06:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You still don't know much about how fuel systems work and yet you don't let that lack of knowledge slow you down whatsoever. In fact. You boldly go forth on a public internet forum and put that lack of knowledge on full display for everyone to see and proudly declare "my understanding of engines stopped in 1988 and by gum that is good enough for me to know everything from here on out". Yep, gotta admire someone willing to stick to their guns no matter how ignorant they know they sound. You sound like a corn lobbyist. State checks out. |
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Posted: 9/11/2023 7:51:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You're supposed to like the Huskers not Iowa Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Iowa demands their corn be made into faggot fuel to destroy your engine. Fuck Iowa You still don't know much about how fuel systems work and yet you don't let that lack of knowledge slow you down whatsoever. In fact. You boldly go forth on a public internet forum and put that lack of knowledge on full display for everyone to see and proudly declare "my understanding of engines stopped in 1988 and by gum that is good enough for me to know everything from here on out". Yep, gotta admire someone willing to stick to their guns no matter how ignorant they know they sound. You're supposed to like the Huskers not Iowa Everybody loves cornhuskers when they can't find corncobs. |
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Posted: 9/12/2023 12:44:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You still don't know much about how fuel systems work and yet you don't let that lack of knowledge slow you down whatsoever. In fact. You boldly go forth on a public internet forum and put that lack of knowledge on full display for everyone to see and proudly declare "my understanding of engines stopped in 1988 and by gum that is good enough for me to know everything from here on out". Yep, gotta admire someone willing to stick to their guns no matter how ignorant they know they sound. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Iowa demands their corn be made into faggot fuel to destroy your engine. Fuck Iowa You still don't know much about how fuel systems work and yet you don't let that lack of knowledge slow you down whatsoever. In fact. You boldly go forth on a public internet forum and put that lack of knowledge on full display for everyone to see and proudly declare "my understanding of engines stopped in 1988 and by gum that is good enough for me to know everything from here on out". Yep, gotta admire someone willing to stick to their guns no matter how ignorant they know they sound. Link to your TED Talk about how ethanol is the future? |
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