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I can't believe nobody has said Coco. I dare anyone to get through the end without at least a tear or two.

I knew a guy who said "I've had kidney stones, and I've been shot, and the kidney stones hurt worse."

Underrated, but terrific epic.

I liked the basic premise that the East Coast of America would be controlled by the Nazis, and the West Coast by the Japanese, with the middle being a No-Man's Land, controlled by factions of American rebels.

At least, that's how I remember it. The size of America would make it difficult to fully control from coast to coast.

Nobody wants to get frisky with the parents in the next room. Grow up.

Get a bidet, and it makes it easier to put a day or two between showers.

There are a bunch of Muslim variations, and all of them would love to wipe the rest of them off the planet.

And everybody hates Iran.

I do that most evenings. Around 5 pm, I sit on my porch and play my guitar, watching the pond across from my house, and listening to the birds sing.

Sitting in a rocker on a front porch, playing guitar on a warm summer evening, is one of Life's greatest, and most perfect, pleasures.

If you already have a good computer, that much money could outfit an entire home music recording studio with decent gear, especially if you buy good used gear, which is easily available:

A couple of good super-budget guitars from Harley Benton (a Strat clone and a Les Paul clone), for about $300 (new).

A good Yamaha acoustic guitar, $100.

A bass, $75.

An interface, to get the music into the computer, $50.

A basic MIDI controller, $30.

A good electronic keyboard with weighted keys, $100.

Microphone, $75.

Headphones, $50.

Electronic drum machine, $50, or use the pads on the MIDI controller, or voices on the keyboard.

DAW - Reaper is free, and works great.

That's approximately what I spent on my studio, and everything works great, and sounds terrific..

They already have them that you can carry in your pocket.

I can detect gravity without a device:

Jump off a roof. If you hit the ground, you've detected gravity.

For context, the America lost about 55,000 soldiers in the Vietnam War, which lasted about 10-12 years. Russian has already lost at least 600,000 in a couple of years.