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[Typhon]

Which is why I don't go to Coldplay concerts. My wife means so much to me, I can't play around like that.

   I don't understand the reference.

[Charger]

Which is why I don't go to Coldplay concerts. My wife means so much to me, I can't play around like that.

   I don't understand the reference.

A cheater was caught in a Coldplay concert when he and his girlfriend were picked up on the jumbo screen being all lovey dovey.

[Typhon]

Oh that's right, I'd forgotten about that.  Some big executive of some sort.

[Vyn]

That was hilarious. She tried to hide her face and he tried hiding being a chair...all still being shown on the big screen. Singer said, "I hope I didn't cause a problem!" or something like that.

I wonder if those two are still Coldplay fans haha.

[Typhon]

Sure hope the British government doesn't trust the Chinese enough to allow this.

https://www.ntd.com/protesters-urge-uk-government-to-reject-chinese-mega-embassy_1120174.html?src_src=ntddailynoe&src_cmp=ntd-2026-01-18&est=U%2BQn50Vhy1r769KGDOQeSt9xYoCds11lltRCD%2FyC6oKCdgNnl2bwPUaX2t71Yx8%3D

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

^^^

We're well aware of this plan...

[Vyn]

Growing up, there was a kid up the street who was a year or two older than me. We ran around every now and then. The last time I talked to him, we were around 17 years old or so.

Fast forward to 1998, and I caught a news item that indicated he had shot a guy in the head and sentenced to 23 years in prison. Story was, he was divorced, his young-ish son split his time between parents, and the son told him that the step-father was molesting him. One day the step-father dropped the son off at the guy's house, and the guy walked out, didn't say a word, and shot the step-father in the head while he sat in his car.

Fast forward to last night, and I caught a news item that he had shot and killed his wife and then himself. It seems he served his sentence in prison, got out, got married, and for reasons I haven't heard yet decided to destroy the woman's life and his own.

It's weird looking back at the time I knew him, and how he was. Trying to see if I can think of anything that his behavior would indicate he could be a killer. And I can't.

[Typhon]

^^^^^^
Was it true that the step-father was molesting your friend's son?  If so, I can understand that kill.

[Charger]

Yeah me too...

And then I suppose prison will change a person...and maybe the violence he witnessed or perhaps endured there permanently changed him.

It is a sad story for sure....what ever happened.

[Vyn]

I never heard if the son's allegations about molestation were proven or not. However, I do know that the guy's sentence was not life in prison without parole (which he could have received), and can only imagine the judge gave him something of a break because whether true or not, the guy felt they were true.

[Typhon]

Just heard the British government will be allowing China to build that proposed mega-embassy in London.  This seems incredibly foolish.   

[Zzzptm]

This one's from August, but sometimes Florida Man does good, even if he's in his Batman pajamas:

https://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-man-in-batman-onesie-catches-burglar-mid-heist-florida-man-hero-vigilante-burglary-funny-heroic-batman-the-joker-august-28-2025