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Venice Beach/Santa Monica Pier
by Jaggy- 1 follower
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This coming weekend, the Jag Fam is taking a trip to the real life versions of Vespucci Beach and Del Perro Pier. While chilling on the beach and enjoying the sights, I'd like to recreate some of our crew members Snapmatic pictures of the area. Thankfully with my camera in real life, I can take more than 96 pictures. If there is a picture of yours you would like to see me try to recreate, please feel free to share it. I think it would be fun to compare the real life version of California to San Andreas. Here are a couple of my pictures I'd love to try to recreate:
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Where does your money go?
by Casey- 1 follower
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I was just busy working out my monthly budget when I decided to work out the percentage of our income that went on insurance. This led to me working out the percentage of everything we spend per month. We live fairly predictable lives so this is pretty accurate. I was wondering how this compares in different countries. Mine reads as follows Mortgage 38% Insurance 12% Savings 17% Food 8-12% depending on weeks in pay month Council Tax 6% Power 3.1/2% Petrol 2% Phone/Internet 2.1/2% Charity 1% (shocking I know) TV Licence 1% and a few pennies left over
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What qualifications do you have?
by ScottyB- 1 follower
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Sadly, a lot of people spend years studying at university to get a degree and then as soon as they get into that chosen field, they realise they hate it and go and find another job.. Usually not using any qualifications at all. Now I firmly believe that everything you learn, whether you use those skills directly or not, shape who you are and make you become a better all round person. Those skills will help you be able to think outside the box whether you realise it or not, so no education ever really goes to waste. With such a diverse group from all over the world, I would be very interested in hearing your qualifications and skills and why you decided to learn them. I…
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Your Most Memorable Day
by Casey- 1 follower
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What's the most memorable day of your life do far? For a lot of you this will the birth of a child, wedding day, you know the sort of thing. Why not share it with us, good or bad, pictures welcome
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Stealing this from Reddit. What's the best advice you've ever received? What is something you read or that someone once told you that you'll never forget? Words you live by? Some examples (simple ones, you can do better): In a year from now, you'll wish you started today If it smells like shit wherever you go, check under your own shoes first. "Just ask." - My father's advice to 16 year old me on how to get laid. (not me)
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Crew anagrams 1 2 3
by Pb76- 51 replies
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Words are brilliant! Especially when you disassemble them and make them into new words...... Alchemic_ink - manlike chic Davidcore - video card Justhatched - has Dutch jet Wetcaseyheed - Dat cheesy wee Dodgeservice - discover edge Wraignbowgirl - wigwam born IRL Shortround - our S.T.D. Horn Squirrel_army - Quarry smiler Or new names.... Michael C. Ink Roddie Vac Jed Chattush Ted Cashew-Eye Desiree G.V. Cod Brian R. Wigglow Thor Sundor Mary Squirrel Feel free to add any more you discover
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This beautiful photo of a very cool truck filled with even cooler bikes on a picturesque salar (salt lake) in Bolivia represents the end of a dream for the riders. This is the sweep truck in the 2015 Dakar Rally if your bike is on it it means your rally is over. 134 was Clayton Jacobson's KTM 450RR and it succumbed to electrical failure that he could not fix on the stage. Why did the organization run the bikes across a salar? The only reason I can think of is for beautiful photos and video. The salt + water is wreaking havoc on competitors bikes and will continue throughout the rest of the rally. The Dakar Rally is the toughest motorsport event in the world but just ge…
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Ok, this is one of those shits and giggles forum game type things. Answer the question left by the previous poster and post a question for the next. I'll start with..... What's your favourite swear word?
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Hi everyone First off, I'd like to thank each and everyone for welcoming me so well into the crew! I have had so much fun with everyone that I've played with, and i hope for much more to come, you make GTA Online worth playing! I feel lucky for being in a crew this dedicated, and i felt at home not long after i joined you guys! That being said, i would just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from me to all of you. I'd also like to wish everyone that doesn't celebrate Christmas, by saying happy holidays. You guys rock! Best Regards Simon
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The dutch!
by Ninja- 1 follower
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I just want to show you all a set with HeadHunterz at the 538 Jingleball that i attented to last saturday. This is how the dutch like to party! I dont know if you people like the music or not but i strongly recommend you all to watch it till the end, IT'S SO AWESOMEZZ i was in the fron btw, at between 32 and 33 minutes you see a girl on a guys shoulders and im right next to them
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Explain your avatar? 1 2 3
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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What is it? Why did you pick it? Mine is a skull as you can see, I have had this one for oh going on 6-7 years. Custom made for me when I owned a wrestling forum.
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GAME: Worldwide photo detective
by zmurko- 1 follower
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Had an idea that is similar to the Snapmatic Photo Scavenger Hunt, but set in the real world. It works similar: - someone takes a photo of a place near them and posts it here - the rest of us then try to locate the photo (or the spot from where it was taken) on Google maps. Sounds fun? Some sort of a clue on the photo would be good, otherwise at least help us with narrowing down the search area to something reasonable, so we dont end up searching entire London for example. And I guess we can start off with one of mine that I've already posted on the forum here: http://i.imgur.com/yOePBO6.jpg Clues don't get more clear than this. And if anyone stil…
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Show us your Tree !
by Fido_le_muet- 2 followers
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I made my Christmas Tree yesterday and I'm now 100% in Christmas Mode. I'm also a bit curious so if you have a Tree at home, share it with the world ! Here's mine. It's a synthetic one, about 150cm high. I've had it for 6 years I think.
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Not sure what to do from here... 1 2
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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FOund out my ex has moved a registered sex offender in with her. 2 of my daughters live there also. My brain is jumbled with what the correct move is next. I have been waiting for te chance to get my kids, just not sure the best way to do it. Lawyer? Family sevices? 9MM? Needless to say I may not be in the best of moods for a bit, if I am quiet on the mic its cuz I am just playing to think of other things so I don't drive myself batshit crazy.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
by SeymorScagneti- 1 follower
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For those that partake, or don't...hope to meet up with you after I awake from my food coma tomorrow.
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@Dodge
by G37- 1 follower
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For those of you wondering why Dodge kept telling us to "Get Jesus", here ya go. Awesome movie if you've never seen it (Bad Boys 2). This scene is completely out of context if you didn't see the beginning, but that's why it's even funnier.
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Boinoinoing!
by G37- 8 replies
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http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2uomazq%3E&s=8#.VGmcpr5H1FQ Jag ^
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I'm going on a holiday!
by ScottyB- 1 follower
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Hey Guys and Girls, I'm going away for a while on a holiday. I will be heading over to Malaysia for 5 days and then over to Vietnam for a 10 day G adventure (really great company and is definitely worth looking into if you enjoy group tours) tour to see all the main sights and then 2 days after it to wind down a bit. I'm leaving on November 20th and get home on December 8th so will miss a fair bit. I will probably stay active in the site although I might get jealous and have withdrawal symptoms haha. When I get back I am hoping to be busy at work as I need the money and may miss some of the n/a events that I have been in as they usually start while I am at work (meant…
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Dodge's Hat
by rumdig- 1 follower
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I was finally able to sneak a picture of Dodge, with hat and all
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Winter preperations 1 2
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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Just out of curiosity, what do you do or need to do to get you and yours ready for winter. Maybe something you post will remind someone else of something they need to do. For me Make sure snowblower and tractor have all fluids changed and will run New tires on shop car. All flashlights and emergency electronics have new batteries week supply of food, water, medical, and kerosene All out door animials have heated water systems working and shelter in good shape Look the roof over
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All Hallows' Eve Pranks
by DefaultBling- 4 replies
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Making this topic to share the best part of Halloween: the pranks. Feel free to watch, comment or share some. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZATmeN0gb8
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funny and stupid hash tags
by JustHatched- 0 replies
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On Sirius XM radio, channel Octane there is a Dj named Grant Random, everyday he for whatever reason says a dumbshit hash tag for folks to use for the day. Today's was pretty good, and I ask anyone to post any dumbshit hash tags they know todays - #ihavewonawardsformycollectionofclippedpubes
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I was wondering what countries outside of the United States celebrate Halloween? Is it the same, kids in costumes begging for candy in your country? I have a reason for asking that I can't share just yet.
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Friendlist cull 1 2
by Pb76- 1 follower
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I cleared my psn friend list of ex-crew members, people I can't remember why I added and people I don't like. (Wonder who checks)* It's gone from 80ish to 50ish. (Plenty of room for new crew members, add me if you like) So...... How often do you clear yours? How close to full is it? How many on the list shouldn't be there? Has someone deleted you from their list and you haven't realized? *i got a bit trigger happy and may have deleted some I didn't mean to
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My dog earned her keep today
by JustHatched- 5 replies
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We had just got home from the lake, dark out and we seen a car pull into the flower shop parking lot and it left, no issue as we get alot of turn arounds there. My dog was in her pen behind the shop and I walk over to get her to bring her home, right after I got her out I seen the same car turn come back, shut it's lights off and pull back into the shop parking lot. Weird right? So Duchess and I come around the corner to see a guy and to girls getting out of their shut off car, she put on her viscous growl as I asked what are you doing, they were happy to get back in their car while saying sorry. I said don't come back cuz next time she won't be on the leash. She got an…
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179Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
Throne of Blood (1957) dir Akira Kurosawa This is Kurosawa's version of Macbeth. It's not like the more usual Shakespearian adaptations that use the original lines, rather it's the same basic story with different lines in a different setting; medieval Japan. It's unmistakeably Macbeth right from the start as the camera pans across a misty, mysterious, highland landscape. Toshirô Mifune stars Washizu (i.e. Macbeth), initially a soldier (I guess you would say Samurai, although I am not totally sure of the correct usage of that) in the army of the local lord (i.e. King Duncan). Washizu and another soldier, Miki (i.e. Macduff), are on the way back from a victorious battle to their lord's castle. They get lost in forest and come across a spirit (equivalent of the witches) who foretells their promotion and that eventually Washizu will be the new lord but it will be Miki's son who succeeds him. They are promoted, Washizu tells his wife (Lady Macbeth, obviously) about the prophecy and it is she who encourages him on the path of deceit, betrayal and murder that will see him full-fill the rest of the prophecy but attempt to change it so that a son of his own succeeds him. One thing I did find slightly odd, and funny, is that whereas in Shakespeare's original (and the historical facts it is based on) Macbeth becomes King of Scotland, here Washizu becomes Lord of Spider's Web Castle. I am assuming that in Japanese “Spider's Web Castle” sounds more impressive than it does in English. It is very well made, of course, and the actors are good, particularly Isuzu Yamada as Lady Washizu. Like Olivier's Shakespeare adaptions it does not seem dated, and I think the Shakespearian style is what helps there. There is some very impressive cinematography, both of the landscapes and some of the castle interior scenes. One that sticks in my mind is when Lady Washizu hatches one of her plans we see her walk into another room, that is pitch black and then emerge shortly after carrying some bottles of drugged saki. The camera stays fixed for all of this, with the doorway to the dark room in the centre so it's almost like she disappears and then reappears, as if using magic. Definitely well worth watching if you are into Shakespeare or Samurai films. 9 / 10- 1
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588What was the most recent thing you bought?
Here's the last thing I bought! It's mighty expensive at $1600, but it makes a easy go of a complex operation. Set it and forget it and keep a sponge wet it's about all it takes! All it takes is a 4-day dry and a 4-day cure. -
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I agree @djw180 The Fall of the House of Usher is worth a watch for Mark Hamill’s performance alone. Plus, I’ve been on the fence about watching Kaos. I will definitely give it a go now. Thanks!- 2
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I just finished watching The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. Highly recommended! It's a horror-drama in 8 episodes, very loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe short stories or poems with each episode named after a different work of his. I have never read any of them and some had not even heard of, but I now at least know the brief synopsis of them from Wikipedia. What the creators have done is woven together a plot primarily based on the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" that greatly expands on that. The first episode has the same name as the whole series. Roderick Usher, corrupt billionaire head of a major pharmaceutical company, invites an old adversary, lawyer August Dupin, to his family's derelict house, to confess to a host of crimes. Dupin has been trying to prosecute the Ushers for decades but they always got away with it. Now, following the recent deaths of all six of his children, supposedly in freak, horrific, unrelated accidents, Roderick wants to come clean. Most of the story is now told in flash back, both to the early years of Roderick and his sister Maddie (the brains behind their rise to power) and the children's recent deaths. The next 6 episode each focus on the violent deaths of a different son or daughter, each related in some way to the Edgar Allen Poe story that episode is named after. The final episode, The Raven, then brings everything to it's conclusion, revealing the true cause of all that has happened. It's very, very good. It is a bit bloody and gory at times, but never over-the-top, always done for a reason and usually to fit in with the story that death is named after. It features Mark Hamil in the most un-Luke-Skywalker-like role you can imagine. I never really rated him as an actor in Star Wars, but here, as the Usher's ruthless lawyer he is excellent. Another Netflix series I think is worth a mention is Kaos It's a modern day story of Greek Gods and Heroes, in a world where they most definitely exist and are still worshipped by mortals. Jeff Goldblum is Zeus and there's other recognisable faces amongst the rest of the cast, including David Thewlis as one of Zeus' brothers and fellow god Hades and Suzie Izzard as one of the Fates. It loosely follows the story of Orpheus in the Underworld, but this is part of a bigger plot with both gods and mortals having to accept what fate has in store for them, whether they like it or not.- 1
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