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[HONDO74]

The Umbrella Corporation was a multinational conglomerate with subsidiaries active in a variety of industries from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Umbrella had influence in the production and sale of cosmetics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, industrial machine production, consumer products, health foods, the transportation industry and tourism. Umbrella's large array of subsidiaries was typical for large-scale corporations, though it was purposely built to cover up illegal activities.

And here you make it sound so innocuous.....like......Google or Facebook,

You did know that Resident Evil was a video game ...Right ?

Someone thought it was cute to put the Umbrella emblem on the side of that vehicle....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The Umbrella Corporation was a multinational conglomerate with subsidiaries active in a variety of industries from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Umbrella had influence in the production and sale of cosmetics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, industrial machine production, consumer products, health foods, the transportation industry and tourism. Umbrella's large array of subsidiaries was typical for large-scale corporations, though it was purposely built to cover up illegal activities.

And here you make it sound so innocuous.....like......Google or Facebook,

You did know that Resident Evil was a video game ...Right ?

Someone thought it was cute to put the Umbrella emblem on the side of that vehicle....

Yes. It's also a series of movies (5-6?) with Milla Jovovich.

[HONDO74]

And here you make it sound so innocuous.....like......Google or Facebook,

You did know that Resident Evil was a video game ...Right ?

Someone thought it was cute to put the Umbrella emblem on the side of that vehicle....

Yes. It's also a series of movies (5-6?) with Milla Jovovich.

I liked her in the Fifth Element with Bruce Willis

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I liked her in the Fifth Element with Bruce Willis

Yes. That was rather well done all around.

She's also rather good in the Resident Evil movies.

[robert.]

t's possible that i don't know the true meaning of extortion. Today i had a meeting with my auto insurance company. my policy had a 50 percent increase. I'm paying almost $400 for coverage on a 1996 dodge truck. something i only drive 3 days a year. If it snows I drive it. With the price of registration and inspection . It comes to $610 in yearly expenses Or $203 per day drive it.
I complained about the 50 percent price increase. My agent says " If i pay $147.00 i can guarantee no price increase for next year. They probably know that the insurance commission wont let them have another increase. I think it is extortion. What if i told somebody give me $10 and I wont kick your arse and take your lunch money? Would that be extortion?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

t's possible that i don't know the true meaning of extortion.

Probably.

Today i had a meeting with my auto insurance company. my policy had a 50 percent increase. I'm paying almost $400 for coverage on a 1996 dodge truck. something i only drive 3 days a year. If it snows I drive it. With the price of registration and inspection . It comes to $610 in yearly expenses Or $203 per day drive it. I complained about the 50 percent price increase. My agent says " If i pay $147.00 i can guarantee no price increase for next year. They probably know that the insurance commission wont let them have another increase. I think it is extortion.

It's not. You have the choice to change companies and agents. I would start shopping around immediately documenting that limited driving mileage and time, and consider dropping as much from coverage as possible, too. I'm surprised that your battery doesn't die if you only drive it 3 times a year....

What if i told somebody give me $10 and I wont kick your arse and take your lunch money? Would that be extortion?

Probably.

[gregj410]

t's possible that i don't know the true meaning of extortion. Today i had a meeting with my auto insurance company. my policy had a 50 percent increase. I'm paying almost $400 for coverage on a 1996 dodge truck. something i only drive 3 days a year. If it snows I drive it. With the price of registration and inspection . It comes to $610 in yearly expenses Or $203 per day drive it.
I complained about the 50 percent price increase. My agent says " If i pay $147.00 i can guarantee no price increase for next year. They probably know that the insurance commission wont let them have another increase. I think it is extortion. What if i told somebody give me $10 and I wont kick your arse and take your lunch money? Would that be extortion?

That’s a ‘We’ll be switching insurance companies’ conversation there. Had a similar thing with a credit card company. Called to pay off a balance and go to another company for a much cheaper rate. The girl said we can match that rate. I said but you didn’t for all the years I was with your company. Good bye! I’m sure my measly account didn’t affect their company one iota, but sometimes you have to go on principle.

[robert.]

My battery dies. It's dead now and the fuel line split. That's why I removed it from coverage. I find it hard to believe they can ask for payment in advance. For a guaranteed better treatment in the future. It's hard to get a better price. They all run in the same price range. An added problem with PA insurance is. If you are in the first year of coverage with a company and something happens. You go into the high risk pool. That would bump our coverage up by $1,500 or more a year. If something happens now. The company we are with can not bump us that high.
I shopped around today. Everybody is within $30-$100 of one another. Coverage is a little different from company to company. They don't have the exact same policy. They have you by the short hairs.

[robert.]

Snapped this photo today.

[robert.]

look what the Grinch got me.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[robert.]

I keep hearing about this movie. I’ll wait for the library to get on DVD. It’s a great storyline.

[HONDO74]

I keep hearing about this movie. I’ll wait for the library to get on DVD. It’s a great storyline.

I thought you were kidding. But it's real.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-th ... _and_Honey
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is an upcoming independent slasher film written and directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield in his directorial debut. The film serves as a horror retelling of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh books, starring Craig David Dowsett as Winnie-the-Pooh and Chris Cordell as Piglet, with Amber Doig-Thorne, Maria Taylor, Danielle Ronald, Natasha Tosini, May Kelly, Paula Coiz, Natasha Rose Mills and Nikolai Leon. It concerns Pooh and Piglet who have now become a pair of feral and bloodthirsty serial killers embarking on a murderous rampage after a now grown-up Christopher Robin abandons them to go to college.

The film was announced on May 24, 2022, where it drew widespread attention due to its concept involving a character that had garnered a reputation for being a "beloved childhood icon" and was met with divided reactions.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Trailer #1 (2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3E74j_xFtg

Here is one for Murph to watch....
Cocaine Bear | Official Trailer [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWEEKeJLMI

[E7]

Anyone with half a brain ignores that kind of puke!