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Old 03-04-2018, 12:08 PM
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Excellent flick.
Amazing how an old pig farmer transformed into a corrupt cop. Almost as amazing as a reality show star transformed into a corrupt president*.
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Old 03-04-2018, 12:22 PM
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Bob, it's true. After I read your post, I checked. Old Confed notes are going for four to five times face value. Heck even the bonds are way over face value.
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ob·tuse
əbˈt(y)o͞os,äbˈt(y)o͞os/
adjective
adjective: obtuse
1.
annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.
"he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse"
synonyms:
stupid, slow-witted, slow, dull-witted, unintelligent, ignorant, simpleminded, witless; More
insensitive, imperceptive, uncomprehending;
informaldim, dimwitted, dense, dumb, slow on the uptake, halfwitted, brain-dead, moronic, cretinous, thick, dopey, lamebrained, dumb-ass, dead from the neck up, boneheaded, chowderheaded
"he frustrated his teachers by pretending to be obtuse"
antonyms:
clever, astute
difficult to understand.
"some of the lyrics are a bit obtuse"
2.
(of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°.
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Old 03-04-2018, 12:25 PM
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Amazing how an old pig farmer transformed into a corrupt cop.
In between he invented warp drive.
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