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Professor Chua wrote to sell papers. The end. Who cares. She’s not even funny.
Thanks, dona, for checking with the high school and the precinct. That’s helpful — if not entirely reassuring — information.
“In Fresno or Detroit I might buy this argument. In NYC, no way.â€
Okay, what job are you supposed to get in NYC if you haven’t finished high school? People with law degrees here can’t even get work.
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“Also The Towering Inferno and the Airport movies (’75, ’77 and ’80? The ones that Airplane was a skit of).”
LOVE The Towering Inferno – still. And the first Airport was great, but I had a thing for ’77 (the crash in the Bermuda Triangle – fantastic cast).
PB, you left Earthquake! and The Poseidon Adventure off your list.
I did the bottle trick driving down Storrow Drive in Boston once. I was going to a night club at the time. I tell you what, Storrow Drive is a very windy road.
“knowing there are no effin’ jobs anywhere.”
In Fresno or Detroit I might buy this argument. In NYC, no way.
Airport.
Used to show it on TV fairly regularly when I was a young kid & allowed to stay up late on weekends. Also The Towering Inferno and the Airport movies (’75, ’77 and ’80? The ones that Airplane was a skit of).
Don’t watch movies any more.
“Crime is exciting day-to-day and if you don’t value your future, then it sorta makes sense.”
You got it Jesse. It’s called despair, knowing there are no effin’ jobs anywhere.