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[knoxvol52]

I wasn't blaming Drew. I stated that someone failed him by not introducing him to the cartoons. My kids watched all those shows you're referencing, but I made certain that they were exposed to the cartoons of my day as well. And BTW, Bob the Builder and Thomas the Train were awesome.

I was more of a Hey Arnold fan when my kids were younger.

 

[Drewbydoo]

Marvin the Martian

Thank you.

 

[taylorvol]

I can or will add more context tomorrow, because I think you'd enjoy that too. In the interim you could look up, if you want to what high school he was at, I think if you used wiki or google you'll find that the high school was or is called something like Grayson and that it's since changed its name. I remember the school had changed it's policy of allowing movies to be shot there, but they allowed Spiderman back in because the first Spiderman movie was shot there and they didn't have much more to film in 2nd (?) movie and that was just for continuity purposes.

I told my mom that Tom Holland is a very big deal and it'd be like her talking with Tom Cruise. THAT got my mom's attention.

My dad was all over it when I told him and THEN my mom WAS excited she met Holland. haha.

Months later when she'd tell her lady friends, I could see the joy in her face from the experience and she LOVES dragging me over to fill in the blanks. Now it's all about how The Tom Holland bought her lunch and that we chatted etc etc. I always tease her loudly, "Yeah right on that we because YOU didn't even know who he was."

I looked up his height for you, he's 5′ 6½″

My mom is 5' 7 ish. Ish because when she has any kind of heel on, she's obviously taller.

That promised more context now and if I remember more later, I'll post it: Tom is giddy and very chatty. Super friendly and more handsy than I initially wrote and by that I mean he had his arms around my waist for a few seconds (2) after selfie and pulled me closer to him before pushing me back on my abs and kind of squeezing to see how firm my mid section was. He did a final poke which made me LOL. I think he liked that I laughed or was so ticklish.

I think if his agent or whomever it was, weren't there, he would have gladly have us sit down for dessert or something. That handler person had to point to his watch a few times to get through to Tom, that he had more work to do and to exit the conversation.

Tom told me that his life is kind of annoying because he just gets yanked around based on an ever changing schedule and that an hour from now he may be sitting alone on some set waiting to shoot a scene from a different angle or that they'd start to shoot, but the people that do all the work for a shoot were due for a scheduled break and he may be sitting around for a half an hour in his Spidey suit.

My mom said that's when she saw the agent roll his eyes at Tom.

Where’s the great coffee place? Avalon?

 

[Drewbydoo]

Someone failed you when you were little if you don't know these cartoons. Have you seen Blazing Saddles?

I liked Road Runner, Blues Clues, Sesame Street, Bob The Builder, Brady Bunch, some Beverly Hillbillies.

My parents had a stack of DVDs that I watched over and over again or they played while I built things with blocks or a bajillion loose Legos. I had/have almost 5 Copy Source boxes of Legos. Even though I couldn't read, I liked Word Search puzzle quite a bit.

 

[Drewbydoo]

Where’s the great coffee place? Avalon?

IDK about great, but it was downtown ATL. I had to look it up, but I think it was. I just remember it being expensive because very few places were even open back then because of Covid, so supply and demand raised the price because they weren't allowed to have anyone eat inside. Name of it was (cut and paste):

Lulubowls (Hawaiian-Inspired Bowls and that was a very short distance from​

Frederick Douglas High and Midtown High school was where two of the Spiderman movies were filmed. They changed their name since then.

If I remember correctly, they were going to film after it got dark, but it included daylight scenes.
There's a big CGI studio downtown too that they used.

 

[knoxvol52]

About damn time some individuals acknowledged Josh Allen as a Top 3 QB in NFL. Without Allen the Bills would be garbage.

 

[knoxvol52]

Read Aaron Rodgers wanting out of New York. Trade his ass to Dallas for Dak let him QB rest of this season and next. Meanwhile draft a QB in 1st round and hand reigns over in 2026. Win,win you get rid of Dak's contract and Aaron would fit in great with the clown show in Dallas this year.

BTW: as a Cowboys fan I can say this, you haters can kick rocks all day long.

 

[knoxvol52]

Mike Tomlin right now is NFL Coach in the Year. No way anyone would've believed this team led by Justin Fields and Russell Wilson would be 8-2 and leading AFC North by 2 games ..

 

[Drewbydoo]

Where’s the great coffee place? Avalon?

BTW: Avalon was a good guess. It's my mom's favorite place to shop and I compleeeeeetly hate it there other than when they had a car show. I like Target, Old Navy and online shopping.

If I want to look nice I wear Jason's clothes and he says if he wants to look homeless (or some other insult) he wears my clothes with the exception that I have two really nice suits and a tuxedo for certain events and places.

 

[firestorm]

Have a great work week VN Members.

It’s NFL Week 11 Monday Night Football
Cowboys At Texans

This is the Cowboys Super Bowl because it’s unlikely with their flaws that they’ll be able to reach the playoffs.
This is an opportunity for a high bar statement win so it won’t be surprising if they kept it close in the Lone Star State rivalry game.

 

[firestorm]

Mike Tomlin right now is NFL Coach in the Year. No way anyone would've believed this team led by Justin Fields and Russell Wilson would be 8-2 and leading AFC North by 2 games ..

Wilson is still a solid QB, and Fields is not a Jamarcus Russell.
Also, let’s not forget the Steelers have a solid defense, and are a solid team.

So the Steelers being 8-2, and leading the AFC North by 2 games while impressive wasn’t something unlikely with Fieids or Russell Wilson which both are solid QBs on a solid team.

That really doesn’t seem like NFL Coach of the Year when the Bills are a vastly better team that recently accomplished more including outplayed the Chiefs in a thrilling competitive game.

 

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