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HarryLime · 05-26-2015, 01:41 AM

why the hell do car rental companies polish the rubber mat in front of the pedals with Armour All so damn much??

in current rental my damn feet are sliding all over the place, even with non slip work boots! surely a damp cloth would do the job!

Dutch · 05-26-2015, 07:21 AM

I started the morning changing a flat on my rental. "When Car Rentals Go Bad"...

Dodgerchick · 05-26-2015, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by NobodyHere

I have to admit, extreme forms of anorexia is one thing I don't "get". I can understand drug addiction, depression, and the like. But I just don't understand how a person can look like they stepped out of Auschwitz and aren't willing to gain a few pounds.

Thought inspired by this video which has been making it's way around the intertubes of an anorexic woman:
40-pound woman's desperate plea goes viral

OMG that's hard to watch. It's a miracle she's still alive. I hope and pray that she makes a full recovery.

stevew · 05-27-2015, 03:50 PM

I like LeBatard enough and Bomani Jones, but it's a Highly Questionable decision to use the dad all the time. He grows tiresome.

Chief Rum · 05-28-2015, 10:14 AM

I don't think this is worthy of its own thread but I am curious to get FOFC's feedback.

Radio Stations Pull "Girl Crush" After Parents Complain

Really? Is America this stupid?

So parents are complaining that this song by Little Big Town--which is about a woman being jealous of her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend--promotes a gay agenda because it has the line "I got a girl crush" as its main line? I mean, do these idjuts even listen to the song?

I mean, even if the song was about being a lesbian instead of being jealous, it still should be played. At least, then, though, I would understand the complaints, even if I disagree with them.

But this is just stupid.

Good song, too, BTW, in my opinion.

Chief Rum · 05-28-2015, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

If you ever wondered what people like us would do with ourselves if computer text sports sims did not exist, here's one possibility:

Man Has Marble Addiction - YouTube

I once had a roommate who pretty much lived to collect these long marble rollercoaster tracks. Well, more like a big ball bearing types of metal balls, but they were marble-ish sized. He was one of those guys who could get totally obsessed about something in the short term.

The tracks I am talking about weren't really wide like this guy's "marble alley" but were thin bendable plastic tracts that were just big enough to move a small round ball along. They came with connections on either side, so you could connect innumerable tracts together, and long thin poles with bases, so you could build a rollercoaster style track.

They were selling a lot of these back when he was into it (a 25 year old man at the time, BTW), and he would go hunting for them. Found a bunch of them thrown out behind a Target one time and filled his little Gremlin-sized car with them, so that the whole car interior was full of these tracks, except where he could sit in the driver's seat.

He built this massive "rollercoaster wall" in our main living area that must have gone 12-13 feet high (had a high arching ceiling in that room), two feet deep and at least 20 feet wide.

What? Why, no, he didn't have a girlfriend lol.

Lathum · 05-28-2015, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

I once had a roommate who pretty much lived to collect these long marble rollercoaster tracks. Well, more like a big ball bearing types of metal balls, but they were marble-ish sized. He was one of those guys who could get totally obsessed about something in the short term.

The tracks I am talking about weren't really wide like this guy's "marble alley" but were thin bendable plastic tracts that were just big enough to move a small round ball along. They came with connections on either side, so you could connect innumerable tracts together, and long thin poles with bases, so you could build a rollercoaster style track.

They were selling a lot of these back when he was into it (a 25 year old man at the time, BTW), and he would go hunting for them. Found a bunch of them thrown out behind a Target one time and filled his little Gremlin-sized car with them, so that the whole car interior was full of these tracks, except where he could sit in the driver's seat.

He built this massive "rollercoaster wall" in our main living area that must have gone 12-13 feet high (had a high arching ceiling in that room), two feet deep and at least 20 feet wide.

What? Why, no, he didn't have a girlfriend lol.

I fucking love those things and that sounds awesome!

Easy Mac · 05-28-2015, 11:07 AM

My wife and I watch Food Network Star, mainly as a knockoff substitute for Top Chef during it's offseason.

The hosts for the last few years have been Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, and Giada DeLasomethingorother.

Anyway, Alton won't be on this year. However, I saw a report he is getting divorced.

Also getting divorced, Bobby Flay.

Also divorced at the end of last year, Giada DeLacantspellit.

Coincidence, or behind the scenes shenanigans?

stevew · 05-28-2015, 12:24 PM

Giada kind of has a famous last name and also yeah, she maybe was doing both of them however she is somewhat religious I think.

Honolulu_Blue · 05-28-2015, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

My wife and I watch Food Network Star, mainly as a knockoff substitute for Top Chef during it's offseason.

The hosts for the last few years have been Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, and Giada DeLasomethingorother.

Anyway, Alton won't be on this year. However, I saw a report he is getting divorced.

Also getting divorced, Bobby Flay.

Also divorced at the end of last year, Giada DeLacantspellit.

Coincidence, or behind the scenes shenanigans?

I blame gay marriage.

Grover · 05-28-2015, 01:27 PM

Well, Flay was cheating on his wife. That is behind the scenes shenanigans, right?

Julio Riddols · 05-28-2015, 02:05 PM

Sometimes I wonder who we are to be the judges of whether these thoughts get their own thread.. It's like topical apartheid or something.

lighthousekeeper · 05-28-2015, 02:54 PM

"So it's time for a vasectomy" is one thread I'll never click on.

Grover · 05-28-2015, 07:27 PM

No posts on this forum in nearly two hours is really, very sad.

ColtCrazy · 05-28-2015, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

"So it's time for a vasectomy" is one thread I'll never click on.

+1 Makes me shiver to think about it.

Kodos · 05-28-2015, 08:18 PM

Click me.

Easy Mac · 05-28-2015, 10:03 PM

Gokul was a boss

stevew · 05-29-2015, 08:36 AM

I bought this Mint ice cream with Oreos in it.

Flavor name:Emerald Necklace.

Thinking there's gotta be an urban dictionary page for that.

stevew · 05-29-2015, 08:40 AM

Dola-there is

I'd say it's a solid 7/10 on the gross scale.

Logan · 05-29-2015, 08:41 AM

Just saw this on Twitter:

EagleFan · 05-30-2015, 11:40 PM

I don't know what it is but recently I have really wanted Direct TV...

albionmoonlight · 06-02-2015, 01:12 PM

If I ever develop God-like powers, I think that I will use them to create a universe exactly like this one, but without ticks.

Nasty little fuckers.

cartman · 06-03-2015, 09:22 AM

I didn't realize that the members of the Kilcher family that is on 'Alaska: The Last Frontier' are the immediate family of the singer Jewel.

stevew · 06-03-2015, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

If I ever develop God-like powers, I think that I will use them to create a universe exactly like this one, but without ticks.

Nasty little fuckers.

*marmolated stink bugs

timmae · 06-03-2015, 12:50 PM

I was sitting at the breakfast bar at home doing some office work and... "BAM!!@!" There was a loud whack from the front dining room like something hit the window. Hard. I look out the window and a bird is taking its last breaths. I feel horrible and it is 15 minutes later. Argghhh.

Suicane75 · 06-03-2015, 03:38 PM

Matthew, that's a cornish game hen. And you didn't even defrost it.

thesloppy · 06-03-2015, 06:14 PM

My brain struggles mightily with the word: pilates. I desperately want to pronounce & read it like 'pirates', no matter how many times I see it.

Grover · 06-03-2015, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

If I ever develop God-like powers, I think that I will use them to create a universe exactly like this one, but without ticks.

Nasty little fuckers.

Can't even walk my dog without taking 12-15 off of him. And he's staying along the side of the road, avoiding tall grass.

This year has already been insane.

Easy Mac · 06-03-2015, 08:31 PM

Growing pains suck. My daughter is crying herself to sleep tonight because she was too active today.

NobodyHere · 06-05-2015, 08:19 PM

The most overrated movie ever is "The Exorcist"

Edward64 · 06-05-2015, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

I didn't realize that the members of the Kilcher family that is on 'Alaska: The Last Frontier' are the immediate family of the singer Jewel.

I thought you were joking but sure enough. Wow.

Ryno · 06-05-2015, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

The most overrated movie ever is "The Exorcist"

I haven't seen it in thirty-some years, so I can't agree or disagree. I will say this though: the only time I've ever sleepwalked was the night after watching the TV version. All these years later and I still can't bring myself to watch it again. I can't think of any movie that affected me anywhere near it.

stevew · 06-05-2015, 10:01 PM

Knew about the Jewel thing. Also think the "tuff guy in remote Alaska doing manly things" reality genre is really fucked out.

bob · 06-06-2015, 09:12 AM

toro - guaranteed to start.... My ass.

This thing isn't even a year old. And it's even worse with that tag line on the mower taunting me while it won't start.

bob · 06-06-2015, 11:10 AM

Lawnmower update

I let it sit for an hour and then tried again. On the 5th pull it started. Great, but I need to throw my shoes on. Do that, come back, and damnit, won't start.
Keep trying keep trying. Starts. Mow lawn. Story over.

stevew · 06-06-2015, 11:38 AM

I'm thinking this all day dry wedding that is being held all in the same spot is just going to be too much of a bridge to cross. Fact is weddings pretty much suck to attend as is, I know I'm not going to have a good time. Last cousin is (finally) getting married. Sitch is pretty creepy

AlexB · 06-06-2015, 06:02 PM

I've only just realised that I'd lumped Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift into one persona - just found out that they are in fact two separate individuals.

stevew · 06-06-2015, 06:55 PM

Kelly Clarkson(while cute) is pretty much the weight watchers before picture of Taylor Swift.

AlexB · 06-06-2015, 07:09 PM

That's exactly what alerted me to my mistake!

Schmidty · 06-07-2015, 05:53 PM

Why do the new KFC commercials with fake Colonel Sanders fill me with such rage?

Izulde · 06-07-2015, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Why do the new KFC commercials with fake Colonel Sanders fill me with such rage?

Because you're an angry little man?

Schmidty · 06-07-2015, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izulde

Because you're an angry little man?

That's what HE said.

Wait. What?

Extra crispy.

cuervo72 · 06-07-2015, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Why do the new KFC commercials with fake Colonel Sanders fill me with such rage?

Not quite rage here, but I'm not that fond of them either.

CraigSca · 06-08-2015, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Why do the new KFC commercials with fake Colonel Sanders fill me with such rage?

No rage here either, but I do think in my head, "Who's this imposter?"

CraigSca · 06-08-2015, 03:40 PM

I'm on a pay board for recruiting news and it's always miffed me what the purveyors of the paid information use for the titles of their threads. Here's a few examples:

"So some of the big locals that"
"Tough news"
"Family issues have been"
"Folks, sorry I"

Is it that hard to make a meaningful subject line that doesn't necessarily steal the thunder of the content but at least makes the board itself searchable?!

PilotMan · 06-08-2015, 05:47 PM

So I'm sitting here drinking some impossible to find import German beer from a small town that my Dad used to live in, that I got here in the states and was saving to drink it with him for when he comes to visit me. It has a best before March of 2013 on it. I finally decided he's never going to come visit and these need drank. Fuck my Dad.

NobodyHere · 06-08-2015, 06:16 PM

This is a headline that I never thought I would see outside one of the inner circles of hell.

‘Howard the Duck’ Movie May Happen at Marvel Says George Lucas

CraigSca · 06-08-2015, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PilotMan

So I'm sitting here drinking some impossible to find import German beer from a small town that my Dad used to live in, that I got here in the states and was saving to drink it with him for when he comes to visit me. It has a best before March of 2013 on it. I finally decided he's never going to come visit and these need drank. Fuck my Dad.

stevew · 06-08-2015, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CraigSca

I'm on a pay board for recruiting news and it's always miffed me what the purveyors of the paid information use for the titles of their threads. Here's a few examples:

"So some of the big locals that"
"Tough news"
"Family issues have been"
"Folks, sorry I"

Is it that hard to make a meaningful subject line that doesn't necessarily steal the thunder of the content but at least makes the board itself searchable?!

Yes.

People start threads with "So" and "What if.." on this board I visit and it infuriates me.

sabotai · 06-08-2015, 08:42 PM

Ok, I get that at the time is was just an SNL movie so people might not have been beating down the door to be in it, but you'd think they would have been able to find someone who was attractive to play Garth's dream girl in Wayne's World and not be visibly repulsed at having to have a 1 second long, closed-mouth kiss with the guy.

05-28-2015, 10:14 AM	#14655
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	I don't think this is worthy of its own thread but I am curious to get FOFC's feedback. Radio Stations Pull "Girl Crush" After Parents Complain Really? Is America this stupid? So parents are complaining that this song by Little Big Town--which is about a woman being jealous of her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend--promotes a gay agenda because it has the line "I got a girl crush" as its main line? I mean, do these idjuts even listen to the song? I mean, even if the song was about being a lesbian instead of being jealous, it still should be played. At least, then, though, I would understand the complaints, even if I disagree with them. But this is just stupid. Good song, too, BTW, in my opinion. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

05-28-2015, 01:27 PM	#14661
Grover Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisboa, ME	Well, Flay was cheating on his wife. That is behind the scenes shenanigans, right? __________________ Come On You Irons! West Ham United \| Philadelphia Flyers \| Cincinnati Bengals \| Kansas City Royals FOFC Greatest Band Draft Runner Up FOFC Movie Remake Draft Winner FOFC Movie Comedy Draft Winner

05-28-2015, 02:05 PM	#14662
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	Sometimes I wonder who we are to be the judges of whether these thoughts get their own thread.. It's like topical apartheid or something. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA

05-28-2015, 02:54 PM	#14663
lighthousekeeper College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	"So it's time for a vasectomy" is one thread I'll never click on. __________________ ...

05-28-2015, 07:27 PM	#14664
Grover Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisboa, ME	No posts on this forum in nearly two hours is really, very sad. __________________ Come On You Irons! West Ham United \| Philadelphia Flyers \| Cincinnati Bengals \| Kansas City Royals FOFC Greatest Band Draft Runner Up FOFC Movie Remake Draft Winner FOFC Movie Comedy Draft Winner

05-26-2015, 01:41 AM	#14651
HarryLime Mascot Join Date: Jan 2012	why the hell do car rental companies polish the rubber mat in front of the pedals with Armour All so damn much?? in current rental my damn feet are sliding all over the place, even with non slip work boots! surely a damp cloth would do the job!

05-26-2015, 07:21 AM	#14652
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	I started the morning changing a flat on my rental. "When Car Rentals Go Bad"...

05-27-2015, 03:50 PM	#14654
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I like LeBatard enough and Bomani Jones, but it's a Highly Questionable decision to use the dad all the time. He grows tiresome.

05-28-2015, 11:07 AM	#14658
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	My wife and I watch Food Network Star, mainly as a knockoff substitute for Top Chef during it's offseason. The hosts for the last few years have been Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, and Giada DeLasomethingorother. Anyway, Alton won't be on this year. However, I saw a report he is getting divorced. Also getting divorced, Bobby Flay. Also divorced at the end of last year, Giada DeLacantspellit. Coincidence, or behind the scenes shenanigans?

05-28-2015, 12:24 PM	#14659
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Giada kind of has a famous last name and also yeah, she maybe was doing both of them however she is somewhat religious I think.

05-28-2015, 08:18 PM	#14666
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Click me. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

05-28-2015, 10:03 PM	#14667
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Gokul was a boss

05-29-2015, 08:36 AM	#14668
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I bought this Mint ice cream with Oreos in it. Flavor name:Emerald Necklace. Thinking there's gotta be an urban dictionary page for that.

05-29-2015, 08:40 AM	#14669
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Dola-there is I'd say it's a solid 7/10 on the gross scale.

05-29-2015, 08:41 AM	#14670
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Just saw this on Twitter:

05-30-2015, 11:40 PM	#14671
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	I don't know what it is but recently I have really wanted Direct TV... __________________ The EagleFan YouTube Channel - Reactions Soarin' & Scratchin' YouTube Channel - We react to music, videos, TV, we talk, we are planning some field trips Soarin' & Soothin' - Meditation, Relaxation, and Sleep Aid; mental health is important

06-02-2015, 01:12 PM	#14672
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	If I ever develop God-like powers, I think that I will use them to create a universe exactly like this one, but without ticks. Nasty little fuckers.

06-03-2015, 09:22 AM	#14673
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	I didn't realize that the members of the Kilcher family that is on 'Alaska: The Last Frontier' are the immediate family of the singer Jewel. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

06-03-2015, 12:50 PM	#14675
timmae College Starter Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago	I was sitting at the breakfast bar at home doing some office work and... "BAM!!@!" There was a loud whack from the front dining room like something hit the window. Hard. I look out the window and a bird is taking its last breaths. I feel horrible and it is 15 minutes later. Argghhh. __________________ Interactive OOTP 15 Dynasty (Single Season) CHAMPION!! Oh yeah... Happy New York Day everyone!

06-03-2015, 03:38 PM	#14676
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Matthew, that's a cornish game hen. And you didn't even defrost it.

06-03-2015, 06:14 PM	#14677
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	My brain struggles mightily with the word: pilates. I desperately want to pronounce & read it like 'pirates', no matter how many times I see it. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.

06-03-2015, 08:31 PM	#14679
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Growing pains suck. My daughter is crying herself to sleep tonight because she was too active today.

06-05-2015, 08:19 PM	#14680
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	The most overrated movie ever is "The Exorcist" __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

06-05-2015, 10:01 PM	#14683
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Knew about the Jewel thing. Also think the "tuff guy in remote Alaska doing manly things" reality genre is really fucked out.

06-06-2015, 09:12 AM	#14684
bob College Starter Join Date: Oct 2004	toro - guaranteed to start.... My ass. This thing isn't even a year old. And it's even worse with that tag line on the mower taunting me while it won't start.

06-06-2015, 11:10 AM	#14685
bob College Starter Join Date: Oct 2004	Lawnmower update I let it sit for an hour and then tried again. On the 5th pull it started. Great, but I need to throw my shoes on. Do that, come back, and damnit, won't start. Keep trying keep trying. Starts. Mow lawn. Story over.

06-06-2015, 11:38 AM	#14686
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I'm thinking this all day dry wedding that is being held all in the same spot is just going to be too much of a bridge to cross. Fact is weddings pretty much suck to attend as is, I know I'm not going to have a good time. Last cousin is (finally) getting married. Sitch is pretty creepy

06-06-2015, 06:02 PM	#14687
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	I've only just realised that I'd lumped Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift into one persona - just found out that they are in fact two separate individuals. __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

06-06-2015, 06:55 PM	#14688
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Kelly Clarkson(while cute) is pretty much the weight watchers before picture of Taylor Swift.

06-06-2015, 07:09 PM	#14689
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	That's exactly what alerted me to my mistake! __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

06-07-2015, 05:53 PM	#14690
Schmidty Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Early, TX	Why do the new KFC commercials with fake Colonel Sanders fill me with such rage? __________________ Just beat the devil out of it!!! - Bob Ross

06-08-2015, 03:40 PM	#14695
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	I'm on a pay board for recruiting news and it's always miffed me what the purveyors of the paid information use for the titles of their threads. Here's a few examples: "So some of the big locals that" "Tough news" "Family issues have been" "Folks, sorry I" Is it that hard to make a meaningful subject line that doesn't necessarily steal the thunder of the content but at least makes the board itself searchable?! __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

06-08-2015, 05:47 PM	#14696
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	So I'm sitting here drinking some impossible to find import German beer from a small town that my Dad used to live in, that I got here in the states and was saving to drink it with him for when he comes to visit me. It has a best before March of 2013 on it. I finally decided he's never going to come visit and these need drank. Fuck my Dad. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam Last edited by PilotMan : 06-08-2015 at 05:53 PM.

06-08-2015, 06:16 PM	#14697
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	This is a headline that I never thought I would see outside one of the inner circles of hell. ‘Howard the Duck’ Movie May Happen at Marvel Says George Lucas __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

06-08-2015, 08:42 PM	#14700
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Ok, I get that at the time is was just an SNL movie so people might not have been beating down the door to be in it, but you'd think they would have been able to find someone who was attractive to play Garth's dream girl in Wayne's World and not be visibly repulsed at having to have a 1 second long, closed-mouth kiss with the guy.