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by dragon-wings
Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Anyone having problems with Google Chrome?
Replies: 10
Views: 2502

Re: Anyone having problems with Google Chrome?

Thanks. I will give them a try. Hopefully those tips work.

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by dragon-wings
Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:22 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Anyone having problems with Google Chrome?
Replies: 10
Views: 2502

Re: Anyone having problems with Google Chrome?

https://www.minitool.com/news/chrome-ke ... ws-10.html


Would this be good for Windows 11 too? I use Windows 11.
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readytotaxi wrote:
This link might help you. merry Xmas.
https://www.minitool.com/news/chrome-ke ... ws-10.html


Would this be good for Windows 11 too? I use Windows 11.

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by dragon-wings
Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:37 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Anyone having problems with Google Chrome?
Replies: 10
Views: 2502

Anyone having problems with Google Chrome?

For the last few days when I have been using Google Chrome it will randomly crash and I will get a black screen. I usually can open task manager and close Google Chrom, but sometimes I will have to re start the computer. Is anyone else having problems with Google Chrome? How do I stop this from happ...

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by dragon-wings
Tue May 09, 2023 4:41 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 2023 MLB thread
Replies: 29
Views: 3619

Re: 2023 MLB thread

As a Mets fan I hope they will improve over the course of the season. Right now they are not hitting and the starting rotation is just not the same compared to last season.

On a side not, it's nice to see the Orioles doing pretty good.

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by dragon-wings
Tue May 09, 2023 4:36 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Do you watch The Simpsons?
Replies: 8
Views: 1452

Re: Do you watch The Simpsons?

I haven't watched the Simpsons in a while now. I just don't find the newer episodes funny or entertaining like the older episodes.

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by dragon-wings
Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:13 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Harry Belafonte: Singer and civil rights activist dies aged 96
Replies: 6
Views: 962

Re: Harry Belafonte: Singer and civil rights activist dies aged 96

I was born in 1972 so my first introduction to Harry Belafonte was when he was on the Muppet Show. And for me this was his best song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPaKWihFs_Q And one of the funnier versions of the Banana Boat song https://archive.org/details/muppet-songs-harry-belafonte-day-o-the...

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by dragon-wings
Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:44 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Storms Bring Snow to Los Angeles and San Francisco, Tornadoes in Central United States, and Snow to Northeast
Replies: 28
Views: 3230

Re: Storms Bring Snow to Los Angeles and San Francisco, Tornadoes in Central United States, and Snow to Northeast

It is almost March and here on Long Island (NY) this will be our first significant snowfall of the winter. They are saying 2-4 inches of snow here. Up until now we got less than an inch of snow for the whole winter!

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by dragon-wings
Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:46 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Will Smith assaults Chris Rock at the Oscars
Replies: 198
Views: 14887

Re: Will Smith assaults Chris Rock at the Oscars

If you look at the video (at 27 seconds) Will Smith is laughing at the joke. I think he saw that his wife was not happy with the joke and felt he had to do something.

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by dragon-wings
Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:28 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Actress Sally Kellerman (MASH star) passes away
Replies: 8
Views: 1514

Actress Sally Kellerman (MASH star) passes away

Actress Sally Kellerman who played Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan has passed away at age 84. https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/mash-star-sally-kellerman-dies-aged-84/ar-AAUhHeC?ocid=msedgntp As a big MASH fan this is sad news for me. I still watch the reru...

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by dragon-wings
Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:17 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Bomb Cyclone Coming to the Northeast United States
Replies: 35
Views: 3163

Re: Bomb Cyclone Coming to the Northeast United States

I live about a mile from MacArthur Airport (KISP) and they said the airport got 24.7 inches of snow!

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by dragon-wings
Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:56 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2021
Replies: 552
Views: 41000

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2021

Looks like Breeze is entering ISP; offering to/from CHS & ORF. https://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1467736563790532614?s=20 Breeze will start flying to KORF on February 17th with weekender service operating on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays. And they will start flying to KCHS on Febru...

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by dragon-wings
Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:34 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Rest of Virginia Aviation Thread - 2021
Replies: 70
Views: 8559

Re: Rest of Virginia Aviation Thread - 2021

Starting in February Breeze will fly from KISP to KORF. From the article " Flights to Norfolk will start on February 17th with weekender service operating on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays." https://www.businessinsider.com/breeze-airways-adding-8-new-routes-destinations-new-york-...

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by dragon-wings
Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:05 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Your favorite junk food
Replies: 53
Views: 3554

Re: Your favorite junk food

Just about any flavor of Oreo cookies.

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by dragon-wings
Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:12 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Arizona Election Audit
Replies: 145
Views: 17146

Re: Arizona Election Audit

Let’s not get too excited until they officially report. For all we know this could be a fake leak and they’ll really pull a fast one. Or, it could be that they’ve known these numbers all along and it’s taken them this long to come up with an alternate narrative. The mean the "audit" that ...

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by dragon-wings
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:02 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2021
Replies: 552
Views: 41000

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2021

Edit: deleted for wrong information.

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by dragon-wings
Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:45 am
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Brazilian Air Force EMB-190 at Islip
Replies: 1
Views: 957

Brazilian Air Force EMB-190 at Islip

This afternoon I was home and a EMB-190 from the Brazilian Air Force took off from Islip and went over the house (when planes take off from 33L they go right over my house). Does anyone know what it was doing at Islip? According to Flightaware the plane came from JFK and was heading to Boa Vista dir...

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by dragon-wings
Tue Aug 24, 2021 2:20 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: COVID-19 Vaccine News and Discussion Thread
Replies: 3012
Views: 243702

Re: COVID-19 Vaccine News and Discussion Thread

casinterest wrote:
Pfizer is now officiall FDA approved.


A lot of people have said they haven't gotten the vaccine because it wasn't fully/officially approved by the FDA. I wonder what excuse these people will come up with now?

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by dragon-wings
Sun Aug 22, 2021 9:00 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Ohio Rep. Mandel Grandstanding Against Military Vaccination
Replies: 10
Views: 1198

Re: Ohio Rep. Mandel Grandstanding Against Military Vaccination

I think the military should be vaccinated. I mean you don't want to have a military conflict and have half the fighting force sick or dead from Covid.

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by dragon-wings
Sat Aug 14, 2021 1:16 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Taliban rapidly taking over Afghanistan.
Replies: 692
Views: 52917

Re: Taliban rapidly taking over Afghanistan.

It was long expected when the USA withdrew, it would be a total mess and the Taliban taking over. It is beginning to look like when we left Vietnam and Iran in 1978 for the USA. We have lost any credibility in Afghanistan and throughout the Islamic world, we are seen as failures and they are right....

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by dragon-wings
Sat Aug 14, 2021 1:11 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium
Replies: 15
Views: 2025

Re: Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium

Francoflier wrote:
It's China now?
I thought it was Venezuela last time... and wasn't Italy somehow involved too at some point?

It feels like Lindell is on amounts of cocaine that would phase-shift a moose into another dimension.


I think he said Italian satellites changed the votes or something like that. :rotfl:

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by dragon-wings
Fri Jul 23, 2021 11:59 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Cleveland Indians Change Their Name
Replies: 70
Views: 4123

Re: Cleveland Indians Change Their Name

I understand how they came up with the new name but the Guardians would be a better name for a team in the NHL, NBA, or MLS because in those sports you are guarding something.

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by dragon-wings
Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:51 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Second Statue of Liberty Coming to the United States
Replies: 4
Views: 1245

Re: Second Statue of Liberty Coming to the United States

I'm surprised they sent it over on a ship and didn't fly it over.

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by dragon-wings
Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:32 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Two Breeze Airways aircraft at Islip
Replies: 13
Views: 5041

Re: Two Breeze Airways aircraft at Islip

Thanks guys. Breeze is based out of the NYC FSDO and ISP is where planes will perform their conformity checks with the FAA to be added into revenue service after being worked on in Lake Charles at Embraer. Thanks I did not know this. I usually go past Islip a lot, but I haven't gone by in a while so...

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by dragon-wings
Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:35 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Two Breeze Airways aircraft at Islip
Replies: 13
Views: 5041

Two Breeze Airways aircraft at Islip

Today I went past Islip MacArthur Airport (KISP) and there was two Breeze Airways aircraft there, one was at the terminal and the other was parked at one of the large hangers on the general aviation side of the airport. What were these planes doing at KISP? Breeze doesn't fly to Islip.

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by dragon-wings
Thu Apr 22, 2021 6:07 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Covid19 Vaccine Experience Thread
Replies: 152
Views: 21040

Re: CoVid Vaccine Experience

I got the Moderna vaccine. I got my first shot back in March (I forgot the exact date). Only had a sore arm where the shot was given. I got my second shot this past Friday (the 16th). Z few hours after the shot I got the chills and was achy all over, and I had a fever (101). I was all better by the ...

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by dragon-wings
Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:11 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Let's talk about your top goosebumps songs
Replies: 129
Views: 44865

Re: Let's talk about your top goosebumps songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvpQMTY8H9Y
The Book of Eli "Panoramic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSwyJ0aaM4k
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Two movie soundtracks

Saving Private Ryan "Hymn to the Fallen" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvpQMTY8H9Y
The Book of Eli "Panoramic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSwyJ0aaM4k

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by dragon-wings
Wed Feb 03, 2021 8:08 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dustin "Screech" Diamond dies at age 44
Replies: 7
Views: 1472

Re: Dustin "Screech" Diamond dies at age 44

casinterest wrote:
Cancer Sucks.


It sure does! My family has a long history with cancer.

Mom died from cancer
Dad had cancer (cancer free for 8 years now)
Both grandmothers died from cancer
My grandfather (on my dads side) died from cancer
And just last week a aunt was diagnosed with cancer

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by dragon-wings
Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:03 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Snowstrom Across Midwest and Northeast of United States
Replies: 20
Views: 1461

Re: Snowstrom Across Midwest and Northeast of United States

Out here on Long Island (central Suffolk) we got about 15 inches of snow. They are saying the snow (light snow) is supposed to continue until Tuesday evening.

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by dragon-wings
Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:09 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: COVID-19 Vaccine News and Discussion Thread
Replies: 3012
Views: 243702

Re: Updated: A COVID-19 vaccine candidate works!

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics ... index.html

Not a big surprise at all. Trump couldn't do anything right!
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Breaking news, Trump did not have a Covid-19 vaccine distribution plan.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics ... index.html

Not a big surprise at all. Trump couldn't do anything right!

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by dragon-wings
Thu Dec 03, 2020 1:33 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Favourite Music Videos
Replies: 55
Views: 4037

Re: Favourite Music Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5JdDDxqikU

Someone even redid the video and put in the F-18's instead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWaaQ3gNCA
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This is a easy one. Van Halen - Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5JdDDxqikU

Someone even redid the video and put in the F-18's instead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWaaQ3gNCA

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by dragon-wings
Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:32 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Supreme Court Stikes Down Capacity Limits on Religious Services in New York State
Replies: 107
Views: 6449

Re: Supreme Court Stikes Down Capacity Limits on Religious Services in New York State

I guess going to church is more important then staying healthy and not dying. :sarcastic: The Hasidic Jews continue to flaunt the rules in NYC. In the past week they had two weddings or something with 1000+ people and the mayor and NYPD just stand by and do nothing but are quick to target any other ...

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by dragon-wings
Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:22 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: COVID-19 Vaccine News and Discussion Thread
Replies: 3012
Views: 243702

Re: Updated: A COVID-19 vaccine candidate works!

Did anyone catch his presser this afternoon where he actually said that The vaccine will be available to the entire general population with the exception of places like New York state for political reason. I am so glad he will not be around when it is time to distribute the vaccine! I forgot to att...

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by dragon-wings
Sat Nov 14, 2020 3:11 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: COVID-19 Vaccine News and Discussion Thread
Replies: 3012
Views: 243702

Re: Updated: A COVID-19 vaccine candidate works!

Did anyone catch his presser this afternoon where he actually said that The vaccine will be available to the entire general population with the exception of places like New York state for political reason. I am so glad he will not be around when it is time to distribute the vaccine!

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by dragon-wings
Sun Nov 08, 2020 2:25 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: COVID-19 Non Aviation Thread - Q4 2020
Replies: 374
Views: 33579

Re: COVID-19 Non Aviation Thread - Q4 2020

Now that Biden has won the Presidency, I say the US has it's covid problems under control by March or April.

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by dragon-wings
Sat Nov 07, 2020 10:22 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f54zMuDixe4
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After 4 years the national nightmare is finally over!!

This is how I feel now that Biden has won. (my reaction is at 20 seconds on this video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f54zMuDixe4

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by dragon-wings
Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:32 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

CNN is reporting Mark Meadows has Covid. I wonder if he got it at that White House event on election night?

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by dragon-wings
Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:28 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

Kent350787 wrote:
"all votes must be counted!"

Otherwise a great acceptance speech just now from Joe Biden


It will be so good to hear a president speak who knows how to talk!!

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by dragon-wings
Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:09 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

In about the only (slightly) good news for Trump today, the latest batch have Trump gaining about 7k in AZ against Biden, with Biden's lead cut to ~30k. https://twitter.com/greggiroux/status/1324896540528439296?s=21 The calculation is that Trump would required ~60% of the remaining uncounted vote i...

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by dragon-wings
Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:04 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

I'm struggling to keep track with the different outlets giving slightly different numbers, which states does Biden need to get to win it - if he gets PA, does that mean it's all over, or does he need Arizona too? If Biden win PA it is over. Biden can still win if he does not win PA, he would need t...

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by dragon-wings
Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:52 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

Biden is now only a couple of thousand votes behind Trump in Georgia!

Edit: I ment thousands (18,540 to be exact)

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by dragon-wings
Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:02 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

I generally agree. With that said, what people fail to realize, including the vast majority of our "elites", is that win or lose, Donald Trump is going to win the 2nd most votes in US history today. He's going to win even more votes than Barack Obama did en route to his landslide win in 2...

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by dragon-wings
Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:48 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

I don't know if anyone saw this. but on CNN they were showing a group of Trump supporters demonstrating outside one of the places were they are counting votes in Arizona. They said some have long guns.

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by dragon-wings
Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:04 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

It looks like Trump will win re-election, the Republicans hold control of the Senate, the House will still be in Democratic control. The worst of all fates. If the final counts lead to Biden winning by margins narrower than Trump in 2016, they will be challenged by Trump. Trump will have the money,...

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by dragon-wings
Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:39 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

Well, right on cue, he acted like a PM and also just fanned the flames more than any time in the prior 4 years, by declaring himself president. Banana republics everywhere endorse that message. He even said he is going to court to get the vote counting stopped now even when all the votes haven't be...

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by dragon-wings
Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:33 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Updated: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Replies: 2420
Views: 124234

Re: Official Election thread

marcelh wrote:
Great speech of the President, he just claimed victory. Let the riots start...


But he didn't win yet.

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by dragon-wings
Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:18 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Your Favorite Movie
Replies: 80
Views: 7361

Re: Your Favorite Movie

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139654/
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Agamadi wrote:
dragon-wings wrote:
Did anyone like Training Day (with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke)? I was flipping through the channels last night and saw it was on. I forgot how much I liked this movie.

I didn't look. What genre is it?


Crime/Drama/Thriller

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139654/

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by dragon-wings
Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:35 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Your Favorite Movie
Replies: 80
Views: 7361

Re: Your Favorite Movie

Did anyone like Training Day (with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke)? I was flipping through the channels last night and saw it was on. I forgot how much I liked this movie.

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by dragon-wings
Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:01 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Your Favorite Movie
Replies: 80
Views: 7361

Re: Your Favorite Movie

I don't have a single favorite but some of the movies I really like are

Ocean's 11
Saving Private Ryan
Goodfellas
The Fugitive
Catch Me if you Can
The Shawshank Redemption

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