Ozark Huckleberry

After losing ships to shipworms and being stranded on his 4th voyage in 1504, Columbus saved his crew by using an almanac to forecast a total lunar eclipse and convincing a native tribal leader that the eclipse was a sign that God was angry at the tribe for threatening the sailors.

Y’all do realize that the majority of suggestions for aliases (and a lot of active aliases as well) are basically the punchlines for knock-knock jokes?

I wonder how many pards shoot gunfighter because of the scene where Costner took out two bad guys at once outside the saloon?

Good point. When we lost power from a hurricane, we still had water pressure, a the tank kept the water hot enough to make brief showers reasonably comfortable for a few days while we waited to get power back.

Literally, 15 seconds: Enlisted military ranks - U.S.

I read an account somewhere that when the action was recorded, Costner had another pistol tucked under his belt behind his back, but the bit where he drew it was edited. That being said, he still fanned about nine shots out of his six-shooter in the gunfight. As far as the John Wick action sequences, I think they found the original screenwriter Edited for Otto.

It's a twofer deal . . . . . . paying off someone's college debt AND buying their votes.

Have you considered: 1. Draining and flushing the water heater -- not just once, but a couple of times until the sediment is cleared, and; 2. The problem might be the elements and/or thermostats. I had a similar problem and solved it by just replacing the elements.

Can’t hear, ‘Ovaltine,’ without this coming to mind . . .

Solar panels over the water supply -- what could possibly go wrong? Besides the impact of reducing sunlight to a body of water.

The bandage started out just below her elbow, and had slid down to her paw. So it was pretty much pointless. Why wouldn't you have gone ahead and taken it off, anyway?

There was a staircase involved -- he needed to have suffered a broken neck from a fall down the stairs. However many times he had to fall to make it happen.

And I said, 'If." I have no notion and offered no suggestion that AAVE is restricted to the African American community -- there are many commonly-used speech patterns across all ethnic groups that can be traced to AAVE influence, particularly among Gen Z-ers. I consider it a mistake to assume that AAVE is unintelligent', restricted to Blacks, or a sign of lack of education. Predating does not necessarily indicate causation. I submit that even a cursory consideration of 20th century and 21st century society would indicate that 'acks' has greater correlation with AAVE as its antecedent in spreading through society than a deep appreciation for Shakespeare and Chaucer. But drilling back to its American origins, I find it far more likely that it was the AAVE roots in Southern dialects (shaped, as linguists have opined, by lazy speech patterns) that brought us to ". . . 'acks' you a question . . . " In contemporary usage 'acks' has become more of a cultural shibboleth not only for Blacks -- as you suggested -- but for various cohorts, predominantly among younger groups.

If you are connecting “lazy” with “uneducated”, that’s your construct, not mine. Being in Florida, I know plenty of people who speak lazily but are quite well-educated and/or intelligent. I certainly wasn’t trying to defend any language’s honor. But much of the English language’s gyrations have been linked to laziness/carelessness of diction, whether previous or contemporary. Not passing judgement, simply stating the case. I have reservations with trying to link AAVE with the bard — it might be an interesting demonstration of mental gymnastics, but of questionable veracity. It seems you are conflating the example of varying terms (‘bonnet’ versus ‘hood’, ‘press’ versus ‘mash’) with the discussion of pronunciation (‘acks’ versus ‘ask’). Having different words for the same thing or act is not the same as saying the same word differently.

And contract Scot Peterson as their security officer.

"Proper English" -- if intentional in use. But it really seems more like you're dredging up archaic usages to confer dignity on the result of what is essentially speaking lazily.

You got an allowance?

Thanks for the info. Regarding the turn to starboard, I was also thinking about the rudder position. If the crew knew the ship was right of the channel and trying to correct course when they lost power, the rudder would likely be to port (pushing stern to starboard for a left turn). If power was then restored and the propeller reversed without changing the rudder position, that would also serve to push the stern TO PORT -- effectively, a right turn. But this is all speculation.

No backatcha. Your site is wrong (or misleading). Lived here (FL) since late 70s, owned a sports bar. Won't tell you how things are in CA, but I know how things are here. But don't take my word for it: Florida statute regarding hours of alcohol sales. 562.14 Regulating the time for sale of alcoholic and intoxicating beverages; prohibiting use of licensed premises.— (1) Except as otherwise provided by county or municipal ordinance, no alcoholic beverages may be sold, consumed, served, or permitted to be served or consumed in any place holding a license under the division between the hours of midnight and 7 a.m. of the following day. This section shall not apply to railroads selling only to passengers for consumption on railroad cars. (2) Except as otherwise provided by county or municipal ordinance, no vendor issued an alcoholic beverage license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the vendor’s licensed premises and whose principal business is the sale of alcoholic beverages, shall allow the licensed premises, as defined in s. 561.01(11), to be rented, leased, or otherwise used during the hours in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited. However, this prohibition shall not apply to the rental, lease, or other use of the licensed premises on Sundays after 8 a.m. Further, neither this subsection, nor any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this subsection, shall be construed to apply to a theme park complex as defined in s. 565.02(6) or an entertainment/resort complex as defined in s. 561.01(18). (ETA: 1 - emphasis added. 2 - The only mention of 'Sunday' in the statute is here 3 - Yes, 2023 statute, but not significantly changed re date/time of liquor sales)

Maybe in California. In Florida, local authority has most control. Only a couple of counties prohibit Sunday sales, and if I remember what I've heard right, I think Miami allows sales 24/7. IIRC, Roadhouse was set in kind of a backwoods place, anyway. Lots of relatively harmless 'look the other way' stuff used to go on in rural places.

Story goes that when Ripley opened his 'Believe it or Not' museum, he didn't want people to slow down his business by dawdling along to gawk at the exhibits, so he put up signs that said things like, 'Don't miss the egress!' and, 'This way to the egress!' Then when they walked through the door to see the egress, they were outside. Re underestimating the public -- Fool 'em once, shame on you. Fool 'em twice, shame on them. Fool 'em three times means you probably got re-elected. The 'flaunting the law' versus 'flouting the law' mix up is kind of in the same category as the 'could care less' versus 'couldn't care less' error. It's wrong, but has been used that way so often and so long that it's common use, and everyone knows what you mean when you say it. Maybe a while back, someone was flaunting their flouting of the law.

Probably a tourist selfie with a local.

I doubt they swung the guns in response to the rolls. More likely to avoid shipping water from the bow submarining.

I think there’s an SSN named Santa Fe.

"Credit purchase denied -- your purchase does not meet acceptable ESG guidelines."