It had to be done....
Ay, ay, ay, ay! I am dee Frito Bandito. I like Frito's Corn Chips. I love them, I do. I want Frito's corn chips. I'll take them, from you.
Ay, ay, ay, ay, oh, I am the Frito Bandito. Give me Frito Corn chips and I'll be your friend. The Frito Bandito you must not offend.
If you are old enough to remember this I bet you can't get that song out of your head now. If you are not old enough to remember it, it was a classic advertisement for Fritos corn chips and starred the Frito Bandito (a cartoon character).
Brian
It is quite upsetting to ask to have a specific cut, and then notice afterwards, that not only did the cut not look like the picture you brought it, but it looked badly on you. You do have a few things that you could do, but panicking is not one of them.
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The United States had three different presidents in 1841. The first one, Martin Van Buren, finished his term as president in that year. The second, William Henry Harrison began his term as president but caught a cold and died, thus becoming the president serving the shortest time in office (4 March to 4 April 1841). The third president, John Tyler, then became the first vice president to succeed to the office of the presidency.
Brian
If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there. Does it still make a noise.But if the Tree had a working Ki-Pass, it never would have fallen and thus make no sound/noise at all. :)
If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there. Does it still make a noise.
Yep, I remember that lil fella. Not too PC but who cares?
How about Punchy from Hawaiian punch?
Talk about a bad cold...
If a motorcycle falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, is it still the fault of KiPass?
Brian
Nope, I don't remember him (it?).
Brian
If a motorcycle falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, is it still the fault of KiPass?
Brian
It is believed that Pythagoras didn't prove the theorem that bears his name because algebra had yet to be invented during his lifetime.
I just spilled wine over my desk and keyboard. Darn mouse cord caught the bottom of the glass. It was at least a swallows worth. :banghead:
I just spilled wine over my desk and keyboard. Darn mouse cord caught the bottom of the glass. It was at least a swallows worth. :banghead:
So if you are in beautiful downtown Detroit and travel south two miles, what country are you in?
Canada.
Brian
So if you are in beautiful downtown Detroit and travel south two miles, what country are you in?:stirpot: :chugbeer: :stirpot:
Canada.
Brian
If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there. Does it still make a noise.
Corollary: If a tree falls in the forest and kills a mime, does anyone care?
What a waste! Only the one mime?
If the best defense is a good offense the does this mean we should drive as offensively as possible? :o It seem to be to logic pattern for about 30% of the drivers on the road. ;D
I sneezed in my full face helmet 20 minutes ago :o
And it seems that the other 70% drive clueless. What's that tell ya?
Then I would say it is time to give it back to whomever you borrowed it from in the first place.Somewhere around the tenth or eleventh of June, right? The boom mike has a replacement foam cover, but the vents? Pipe cleaners may remove what the snot rag missed ;)
Brian
The animal with the highest blood pressure is the giraffe. Seems obvious when you look at 'em, but this question always comes up in Trivial Pursuit and most people get it wrong.
Yeah, and don't forget about the special valving in their necks, without which they would not be able to bend down to drink water without all the blood vessels in their heads exploding from excess pressure.
Brian
Somewhere around the tenth or eleventh of June, right? The boom mike has a replacement foam cover, but the vents? Pipe cleaners may remove what the snot rag missed ;)
Nah. They use really long sippy straws. ;D
Water is the only material that 'freezes' from the top down.
Brian
You haven't met my wife!
You haven't met my wife!Good one! :rotflmao:
My brother-in-law the cop is still an idiot.
Its bee spit
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Do you know who this was?
I wanna say Tom Terrific, but I think he had a funnel for a hat...
An avacado has he highest fat content of any fruit.
The United States had three different presidents in 1841. The first one, Martin Van Buren, finished his term as president in that year. The second, William Henry Harrison began his term as president but caught a cold and died, thus becoming the president serving the shortest time in office (4 March to 4 April 1841). The third president, John Tyler, then became the first vice president to succeed to the office of the presidency.
Brian
Rain still sucks!
a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable.
True... often it IS the one in the middle that is the biggest idiot....
Recently, I took the bottom shelves out of my garage fridge and put in a 16 gallon keg.
This required a one-time deposit (I like to call it an 'investment") of $70... $30 for the keg, and $40 for the tap.
When the keg was empty, I got my $70 bucks back. What an idiot!
You cannot fold a piece of paper in half seven times. Go ahead and try.
Note that Mythbusters finally found a way to beat this, but it required a sheet of paper half the size of an airplane hanger, a gang of people and a steam roller.
Why is it that when I drink a beer out of a bottle and take a couple of swigs then set it down look somewhere else and then it bubbles foam out of the top?
Why is it that when I drink a beer out of a bottle and take a couple of swigs then set it down look somewhere else and then it bubbles foam out of the top?
A chemist goes into a bar with a friend. He orders H2O. The friend says "I'll have H2O too". When the drinks arrive the chemist's thirst is quenched but the friend takes a big swig of his drink and starts to gag. Why?
I loaded 7 USMC Small Field Refrigeration Units, onto a 48' flatbed trailer, for a total weight of 24,640 lbs, today, and I'm not a forklift driver. Only 207 more to go.
The person he replaced quit after 2 days saying she could make more on unemployment.
I'm listening to the Beatles 'Martha my dear' on 93XRT....
guess the nothing.
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My wife just called me from work. She wanted me to print out a mixed drink recipe. I asked her what show. She said the cooking show on TV.... Which cooking show, there are billions of them, I said. She said the one on HGTV. I said which one on HGTV? There probably are lots of them there, too, I said. She started describing the drink she wanted.. I said I need more to go on. She said nevermind. I think she overestimates what I can do regarding the Web. I don't guess that's all bad, though. This has happened more than once to me. One time she wanted to look for shoes on the Web.... I asked her what she wanted to search on and she said shoes. I looked at her and said, I need more to go on than that. She told me a color. I said that won't do. Do you have any thing more to go on like a store or something, I said. She looked at me and said nevermind. Sigh. I feel I'm failing her at times...
That about sums up the differences in how I shop and how my wife shops. I decide before I leave the house what I want. I go to the store and buy the items I've already decided on. She goes to a store then proceeds to walk around looking at everything until she see's something that tickles her fancy and buys that. This is the same for the internet. If you know what you are looking for you can put in the proper search terms and find it. If you do not know what you are looking for the nearly infinite selection makes it impossible.
Damn, I thought I was the only one.
My wife just called me from work. She wanted me to print out a mixed drink recipe. I asked her what show. She said the cooking show on TV.... Which cooking show, there are billions of them, I said. She said the one on HGTV. I said which one on HGTV? There probably are lots of them there, too, I said. She started describing the drink she wanted.. I said I need more to go on. She said nevermind. I think she overestimates what I can do regarding the Web. I don't guess that's all bad, though. This has happened more than once to me. One time she wanted to look for shoes on the Web.... I asked her what she wanted to search on and she said shoes. I looked at her and said, I need more to go on than that. She told me a color. I said that won't do. Do you have any thing more to go on like a store or something, I said. She looked at me and said nevermind. Sigh. I feel I'm failing her at times...
And now quite a few of us think you are failing her too Jim....
Why do you have to be so difficult? Can't you just look up shoes like she asked? Here- I did this in less than 10 seconds: http://www.horseshoesandtools.com/farrier-aprons-or-chaps.aspx?gclid=CM-69eeLqKwCFQRShwod9iYH_w (http://www.horseshoesandtools.com/farrier-aprons-or-chaps.aspx?gclid=CM-69eeLqKwCFQRShwod9iYH_w)
Not only did I find the shoes but also the tools and clothes to use them properly. Sheesh.
Brian
Brian!
What are you trying to say about Jim's wife? Have you ever met her?
Are you insinuating that Jim's wife is a...
blacksmith?
This is precisely what drives me insane when I go shopping with my wife. Then she'll tell me that she's done and we can go to the checkout, I get my hopes up that we may be heading home soon when all of a sudden, it all starts again because she just saw something that she likes.
:banghead:
I was on the treadmill a few minutes ago and was watching the Blues Brothers (original movie). I think it has one of the best car chase scenes I've ever seen, especially when the Nazis go airborne.
I've got to ask..Doesn't that snag the short hairs?
my friend Renee is thinking about...nothing.
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I'm thinking about Renee now... :P
If your wife sees this ZG you'll wish that you said nothing. ;)
What were you doing on the treadmill Jim? Using it was a step stool to change a light bulb perhaps?
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.
Hit it.
Nuthin' says lovin' like a turkey in the oven.
I just fired a new hire today(2 days) and he just couldn't understand why I thought not returning customers goods was unacceptable behavior. The person he replaced quit after 2 days saying she could make more on unemployment.Unemployment just gave her the boot. ;D She called to see if she could come back to work. :'(
Unemployment just gave her the boot. ;D She called to see if she could come back to work. :'(
What few nails were around were always re-used if at all possible, again due to their value. One of the more common uses for nails was in the construction of doors of larger houses; nails somewhat longer than the thickness of both pieces of wood to be joined were used and the protruding tip of the nail was hammered over on the inside of the door. This made a very strong and permanent construction method but also guaranteed that nails used in this way could never be used again. Perhaps part of this usage was so that the wealthy could flaunt their affluence amongst the common people. In any event, it did yield a great English expression which is commonly used to this very day: “Dead as a doornail” or “Deader than a doornail”, meaning something that is so completely used up or worn out that it cannot be used any further no matter how much effort is applied.
Potato
You two need to branch out, fruit wise. What's your first choice then?
I just ate a honey crisp apple, that's good stuff too.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm... I love honey crisp apples! They remind me of a slightly tart local apple we used to get from Jockey Hollow NJ when I was a kid but could never find in the west.
Sartre contends that human existence is a conundrum whereby each of us exists, for as long as we live, within an overall condition of nothingness (no thing-ness)—that ultimately allows for free consciousness. But simultaneously, within our (physical world) being, we are constrained to make continuous, conscious choices.
It is this dichotomy that causes anguish, because choice (subjectivity) represents a limit on freedom within an otherwise unbridled range of thoughts. Subsequently, humans seek to flee our anguish through action-oriented constructs such as escapes, visualizations or visions (dreams) designed to lead us toward some meaningful end, such as necessity, destiny, determinism (God), etc.
Thus, in living our lives, we often become unconscious actors—Bourgeois, Feminist, Worker, Party Member, Frenchman, Canadian or American—each doing as we must to fulfill our chosen characters' destinies.
But again, Sartre contends, our conscious choices, leading to often unconscious actions, run counter to our intellectual freedom. Yet we are bound to the conditioned, physical world—in which some form of action is always required. This leads to failed dreams of completion, as Sartre described them, because inevitably we are unable to bridge the void between the purity and spontaneity of thought and all-too constraining action; between the being and the nothingness that inherently coincide in our self.
Nice post but I became unconscious (fell asleep) about halfway through and dreamt of eating pineapple doughnuts with The Dalai Lama.The nothingness suits you then...
You two need to branch out, fruit wise. What's your first choice then?
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I want full credit for not responding to this....
Brian
I want full credit for not responding to this....
Brian
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Do you know who this was?
The nothingness suits you then...
I was watching a Discovery channel spinnoff called Velocity last night. Interesting programing.
a kolache uses potatoes as an ingredient, and it is a dessert. Apple pie is a dessert. Coincidence? I think not.
Really, Steve? You can do much better than that.
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Does it ever really cool down or does the heat just fail to show up? :o
Oh trust me I understand that. Livin' in Houston I know what hot is. The one time we went on vacation to Disney World we kept chuckling at the other people when we were outside. It was in the low to mid 90's at the time. Lots of people were falling out of the lines. For us it was pretty comfortable, even the kids. ;D
It never got below 110 when i rode my bike through TX in July :)
It never got below 110 when i rode my bike through TX in July :)
It never got below 110 when i rode my bike through TX in July :)
Going to see John Mellencamp in concert tonight. The theater is amazing, I've been there a couple of times before. Nearly perfect acoustics and a very beautiful venue.
(http://www.coronadopac.org/events/other/images/john.jpg)
As a reflection of the diversity of styles and material that have been a hallmark of Mellencamp's eclectic career, the No Better Than This concerts are formatted into three segments. These showcase John Mellencamp in an acoustic context, fronting a small combo recalling blues/country and rockabilly roots and with his full rock band. Musicians backing Mellencamp include Michael Wanchic (guitar), Andy York (guitar), Miriam Sturm (violin), John Gunnell (electric and upright bass), Dane Clark (drums and percussion) and Troye Kinnett (accordion/keyboards).
Each of the No Better Than This tour dates will be preceded by a screening of It’s About You, the documentary by filmmakers Kurt and Ian Markus, shot on Super 8, over the course of 2009’s Bob Dylan-John Mellencamp-Willie Nelson tour of minor league baseball stadiums. The hour-long film, both a SXSW Film Festival and Nashville Film Festival selection, chronicles the creation of the No Better Than This album that was recorded on that tour’s off days. The film will be shown at 7 PM at each of the No Better Than This Tour venues so ticket holders are advised to arrive in time to see it.
Suck, squeeze, bang, blow.
I hate it when that happens.
I hate it when that happens.
Denier! I suspect you like it.... a lot! In fact, if your bike were to skip one of those things I bet you would be downright cranky.
Brian
'And then the defendant shot him in the fracas?'
'No, he shot him just above the fracas.'
-Anguished English
MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. It is a piece of software that can emulate the old arcade machines of the 80's and early 90's. Given a ROM file of an old game, it'll reproduce the workings of the arcade game on any PC.You cut MDO in your basement??? You must be single.....
So what a lot of crazy people do is build an entire arcade cabinet and put a computer in it. That way you have the software emulating the game, and you have the hardware of the cabinet, controls, buttons, coin slot, etc filling out the rest of the arcade experience.
I guess I'm now one of those crazy people. Here I've chronicled my adventure as I built a cabinet from scratch, installed the controls, hooked up the computer, and installed it in my basement.
http://myarcadeproject.blogspot.com/2011/09/mame-arcade-idea.html (http://myarcadeproject.blogspot.com/2011/09/mame-arcade-idea.html)
Found a goodie:
http://www.rinkworks.com/said/courtroom.shtml (http://www.rinkworks.com/said/courtroom.shtml)
Proposed to my GF over the weekend & (of course) gave her an engagement ring. 8) Let the wedding plans commence. :oFOOLISH SILLY PERSON! ::)
Proposed to my GF over the weekend & (of course) gave her an engagement ring. 8) Let the wedding plans commence. :o
FOOLISH SILLY PERSON! ::)I do believe the lobotomy is beginning to affect my actions. :o
Proposed to my GF over the weekend & (of course) gave her an engagement ring. 8) Let the wedding plans commence. :o
Hope she doesn't find out you posted that in "A thread about nothing at all . . . "
Proposed to my GF over the weekend & (of course) gave her an engagement ring. 8) Let the wedding plans commence. :o
Proposed to my GF over the weekend & (of course) gave her an engagement ring. 8) Let the wedding plans commence. :o
I really hate it when someone moves my peanut butter in the pantry. Can never find it again. Irritates me to no end. I don't ask for much but those jars blend in with everything else and I can't find it easily. I panic when that happens.
I really hate it when someone moves my peanut butter in the pantry. Can never find it again. Irritates me to no end. I don't ask for much but those jars blend in with everything else and I can't find it easily. I panic when that happens.
Why don't you buy two jars, easier to find two Mr Crabby.
Just a guess but are you having trouble finding the peanut butter after you have already found the Scotch bottle?
Brian
I have two jars, they (family) move them both. Double the anxiety.
Dang.... I missed the implications of that completely. I guess after over ten years of being single I'm getting a little rusty. Good thing she never surfs this site. (I hope) ;DAnd once the deed is done, you will have to change your Avatar to show your wife's frontside.
My idiot brother-in-law the cop is still an idiot. Michelle and I are having our Thanksgiving Saturday as I'm working Thursday.
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So getting back to nothing, how bout those Browns eh?
C8H10N4O2(http://pharmaconcepts.com/caffeine%20molecule.jpg)
(http://pharmaconcepts.com/caffeine%20molecule.jpg)And the delivery vehicle.
Fireplace crackling. Coffee steaming. Day off work. Dog at my feet. Wife in the kitchen. Turkey in the oven. Oldest son back in country for Thanksgiving this year. Life is good.
Fireplace crackling. Coffee steaming. Day off work. Dog at my feet. Wife in the kitchen. Turkey in the oven. Oldest son back in country for Thanksgiving this year. Life is good.
Why are you drying pot in the oven?
Heading to my mother's place for the traditional bad thanksgiving meal. I hate the holidays, but, enjoy the time away from work...mostly.
Bah humbug!+1
+1
I was out yesterday morning and found that both front parking lights were out in my Prius. Put new ones in this morning and we're good to go now.
If it's too hot you could just blow on it to cool it down.
I personally preferred earlier heart. Dreamboat Annie, Barracuda and such.
Wow - forum activity after 8 pm?
I'm watching the new Pirates of the caribbean movie with my wife, and there's not a single motorcycle in it. What gives?
I'm watching the new Pirates of the caribbean movie with my wife, and there's not a single motorcycle in it. What gives?
My department is having our annual 'Winter Potluck' party today. It used to be called a Christmas party and it was held closer to the holiday. Alas, PC has done in the Christmas title. At home this morn I baked a loaf of my world famous onion soup bread for my contribution.
The bread isn't quite cool yet so I have to leave it out till it cools. My office smells amazing!
Can you hear a cat fart?.........I never have.
Do farts have lumps :o
Sorry, gotta run ::)
Isn't that called a pussy fart? ??? :-\ (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/hiding.gif)
Can you hear a cat fart?.........I never have.
Sounds good. I'm on the way...
I heard a truck Chicago bound broke down ;)
Maybe something like this happened...
http://www.shipanycar.com/auto-transport-accidents.php (http://www.shipanycar.com/auto-transport-accidents.php)
Next time, don't eat my toast. >:( ;)
That leads to another question Brian.
Why are wire gauge sizes treated the same way as shotgun gauge sizes?
Can you hear a cat fart?.........I never have.
Sometimes things that are commonly accepted seem to make no sense at all. Take shotgun gauges for example: why is a 10 gauge bigger than a 12 gauge? In fact, it seems to work backwards- the larger the number the smaller the bore size (excepting .410 which is really not a gauge at all and is miss- named).
Bore sizes are based on the diameter of the ball that could be made from a given amount of pure lead. A 12 gauge bore is the result of making a perfect sphere out of 1/12 pound of lead; this rule follows and that is why the sizes seem backwards. A 20th of a pound of lead will make a considerably smaller ball than a 12th of a pound of lead will make.
The reasoning behind this method even makes sense; it gives an approximation of how many shots one could get from a single pound of lead. Or as it was actually used, it reflects how many shots could be carried given a fixed load for a soldier or a hunter.... after a fashion, walking around carrying dozens of 'shots' gets tiring.
Brian
My grandpa taught me that. :DIf .410 is its bore/caliber why does the Tauras Judge shoot .45LC and .410 shells from the same cylinder and barrel?
A .410 is actually it's bore/caliber. 410 thousands of an inch. Also learned that from my grandpa.
If .410 is its bore/caliber why does the Tauras Judge shoot .45LC and .410 shells from the same cylinder and barrel?
Hmmm. I thought you were off...
I pick up my plates for my TDI this Morning ;D
:thumbs: to Snap-On tools... I had a 3/8 ratchet wrench that I bought in the mid-70s whilst working with my future father-in-law. It started skipping teeth just recently. Snap-on still had a kit to fix it. They sent it to me at no charge and I now have a like new ratchet again.
Just had my firxt cup of joe. Still dark outside.
Dark at 9:30 in the AM? Did you open the drapes?West coast ;D
West coast ;D
Sun is up, clouds are down, least they aint falling :D
What happens in 11 months?
More Mayan BS if you ask me. The SOA will take care of them big time next season.
Why?Pieces on Earth: Christmas 2011 Saw Record Gun Sales
Pieces on Earth: Christmas 2011 Saw Record Gun Sales
Nearly 30 years later, A Christmas Story is a holiday TV staple. But Americans, heedless of the film's lesson, seem determined to follow in young Ralphie's footsteps: According to the FBI, background checks on gun buyers hit a record single-month figure -- more than 1.5 million (http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/27/us/record-gun-sales/?hpt=us_c1) -- in December. On the day before Christmas Eve alone, 102,222 such checks were ordered (http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/27/us/record-gun-sales/?hpt=us_c1), making Dec. 23, 2011 the second-busiest day in gun-buying history, after this year's Black Friday.
In all, the six days leading up to Christmas saw 500,000 background check requests.
Most would-be gun-buyers pass their checks. According to CNN, "Only 1.3% of the searches result in people being denied permission to buy a weapon."
And there's no way of knowing how many guns have been sold this holiday season, since people often buy multiple weapons at once.
Fear of Gun Control Leads to Stockpiling
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/01/03/pieces-on-earth-christmas-2011-saw-record-gun-sales/ (http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/01/03/pieces-on-earth-christmas-2011-saw-record-gun-sales/)
Why?
WTF? :o
Zombie day is nearing
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d76/SpeedKing199/funny/1funny.jpg)Must be steves bike, I think I spotted an early KIPASS prototype antena on the front :o
I also got my mullet trimmed for the first time in over a year 8)
If only my hair were that straight!! Heck, once my hair grows another foot (length duh) it will only look an inch longer. I am wondering which conditioner would help stop the curling, any advice?
If only my hair were that straight!! Heck, once my hair grows another foot (length duh) it will only look an inch longer. I am wondering which conditioner would help stop the curling, any advice?
I tried that back in my youth, all it did was create this funny bald spot I seem to have developed on the back of my head :-[
A buck forty with no helmet will work temporarily SoP... ;D
I tried that back in my youth, all it did was create this funny bald spot I seem to have developed on the back of my head :-[
Just had my firxt cup of joe. Still dark outside.
The only state in the United States that has never had a foreign flag flown over it is Idaho.Well, not 'zactly, the arian nation has flown a certain nasty flag >:( But it is true, they have never been ruled by a nation, well, do indians count?
Brian
A buck forty with no helmet will work temporarily SoP... ;D
I tried that back in my youth, all it did was create this funny bald spot I seem to have developed on the back of my head :-[
OK, since this is a thread about nothing at all how did my hair "situation"ome up? If you thought my bald spot in the rear was funny, ya should see my receding hairline :o I couldnt ride a bike without some kind of protective device on my head if I want to keep what little I have left on the front. The combover is easy, I just cant seem to get the look I want when I comb everything to the front, can you say Cousin It?
Oh, BTW, it;s finally really dark out and it quit raining.
Hitting freezing tonight in South FL :o
Cover those tender fruits. ;D
There was frost on my truck's windshield yesterday morning... so I rode my bike in. Talk about lazy. :oMix 3 parts vinegar with with 1 part water in a spray bottle before misting your truck's windshield the night before frost is expected. The acetic acid in the vinegar will keep the frost from forming.
Snowing here but not sticking to the road. My kind of snow. It's 36 degrees....dropped from 38.
Maybe I know that and I'm just not telling you :P
What's the dew point and wind chill?One thing for sure, 36 in that suit it's gotta be chilly dew say the least ;)
See, if you had your own weather station you'd know all that.
At least it's stainless...
I wonder if the chainlink undergarments have pulled EVERY hair from his body?
I wonder if the chainlink undergarments have pulled EVERY hair from his body?
Just finished a new pair. Gots to be well groomed to wear these. ;D
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii78/cdharlach/Mail/2012-01-08_19-39-32_191.jpg)
OH MY GOD. Hahahahahahahahahaha.Standard protective wear for Nuke Squids... ;D
Just finished a new pair. Gots to be well groomed to wear these. ;DHand measured and fit, right? For discerning knights everywhere ;)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii78/cdharlach/Mail/2012-01-08_19-39-32_191.jpg)
Standard protective wear for Nuke Squids... ;D
Hand measured and fit, right? For discerning knights everywhere ;)
Of course. The fitting (happening next weekend) is the best part. Modeled pics is next best.I have a broken camera that would be PERFECT for the event :o
I have a broken camera that would be PERFECT for the event :o
I hope you guys realize he's not talking about me. I don't wear anything under the armour.
I hope you guys realize he's not talking about me. I don't wear anything under the armour.
See how he's quivering? Maybe he has a few short ones caught in the links?
Ya right Sparky, that's why your avatar is only from the waist up, I think you're wearing em bro... :)
See how he's quivering? Maybe he has a few short ones caught in the links?
I hope you guys realize he's not talking about me. I don't wear anything under the armour.
Scandinavian? Are you out of your mind? "Flag of England it is.", he says sipping the nightly wine. And you, a Canadian, don't know this? Danish? Why I oughta....
The Danish flag, whilst having the same colours, is reversed from the English Flag.
I wasn't aware that the Danish had a red X in it? :o
It doesn't. Neither flag has an 'x' in it. They have a '+'. It's a small difference, I agree, but it's significant to the respective locals. For instance, the Scottish flag has a white 'x'. Consider yourself schooled.. ;)
See how he's quivering? Maybe he has a few short ones caught in the links?
Mini, have you been peeking?
Time to bump this one back to the forefront. Can't believe it's gotten three pages back.
I'm sitting watching a computer screen following the progress of a software upgrade in Luray, VA. The system is slow and I'm using DVDs as the media. I'm watching a screen that's showing about 55% progress so far. I've got a feeling I'll be here all day. Sigh....
90% now. What are you doing today?
I don't know about you guys, but, I'll be riding today and tomorrow.
Moi?
Right at the moment I'm getting ready to change out my Comcast supplied rental cable modem (just went up to $7 per month) for a Motorola SURFboard SB6121 DOCSIS 3.0 modem. Gonna do a couple speed tests for a before and after comparison.
I don't know about you guys, but, I'll be riding today and tomorrow.
No, the guy next to you. Make sure you update us with the results. Can't wait to hear about the difference. Really.
Nope, those are all good speeds.
Jim, I know that you use Comcast right? Did you see your bill this month? They jacked the price up to $7 for their modem rental.
Time to go get some work done around this place.
No, the guy next to you.
Ok Sparky, I'm back. Do I look faster?
Yes, ZG, a military man once told me that. ;D I think it was the wines though.
32ms/4.07/.59145ms/2.54/.70 I need to get a silver modem, the black is way to slow :o
No, the guy next to you.
Don't you mean behind him Jim? :-X ;)
145ms/2.54/.70 I need to get a silver modem, the black is way to slow :o
That's no man you goofs, that's my wife. :o
My profound apologies and I say that without any sarcasm or innuendo implied or inferred. :-[
145ms/2.54/.70 I need to get a silver modem, the black is way to slow :o
Paint it red, that's worth 20 MB in itself. ;)Red? I may as well use the postal system ;D
Ping: 32ms
Download: 11.25 Mbps
Upload: 1.46Mbps
Guess that's alright? All I know is that the ping is good, no idea what a good down/up speed is.
Red? I may as well use the postal system ;D
Red? I may as well use the postal system ;D
I'm about to go to bed at a house 75 miles from my house. Came over to do some work on a buddies bike, gonna finish her up in the morning.
I didn't.. :'(
I rode 185 miles yesterday.
I'm developing a bad habit of replying to things by assuming they're at the bottom of thread. I blame it on this crack forum I'm addicted to...
What happened, you strip a bolt?
I wish I could. Maybe I need an intervention.
My dog just farted.
How'd you know?
...Yes. One of the screws on the left side carb was too tight, got an extracting bit and she came off in a jiffy. I also swapped out the sparkplugs and changed the oil while we were at it.
The main jet and pilot jet both were clogged up, and there was black crap all over the place that turned yellow and green and was dry if you broke it apart... Jesus... Never let a bike sit for 3 months without draining the float bowls... (He was if Afghanistan and on leave for a month, had a guy riding it for him ,then that guy stopped riding said bike.).
My dog just farted.
Seems to be a lot of that going around.
It was 38º on my ride in to work today.
I won $20 on the superbowl. Hah.
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Never heard of a Plasma bed. Is it like an LCD bed?
Never heard of a Plasma bed. Is it like an LCD bed?
Jim's mention of the eagle reminded me of something that happened last year. My brother, my wife, and I took a week long vacation in snowmobile country up in northern Wisconsin. This was in January. We were out on a great groomed trail, my brother in the lead, me next, and my wife last. The trail was lined by trees and it was almost like being in a tunnel becasue of the way the trees hung over the trail, it was beautiful. All of a sudden a bald eagle flew up from behind me and started pacing my brother. The eagle was flying ~3 feet above my bro's head and matched his speed. The eagle did this for 10 mins or so. It was amazing to watch and my bro didn't even know that he was there! All of a sudden the eagle accelerated, pulled up, and landed in one of the trees. My bro saw him at that point but had no idea that the eagle was right above him for so long.
I do miss those trails up there... :(
Sledding is fun, no doubt.
Around when I was learning about baselines of songs, I found that if the bass played the same thing as the lead guitar only an octave lower, it made for a powerful song. WHOA!
"Love Stinks"- J. Geils
"Smoke on the Water" Deep Puple
"Back in Black" AC/DC
"I Love Rock & Roll" Joan Jett
This technique isn't new at all
"In the Mood" Glenn Miller Orchestra
Then I learned some bands did't even have a bass player!
Doors
Rush
Then some songs even featured the bass
"Oya Como Va" Santana
"Bennie and the Jetts" Elton John
When I'd go to church, I'd listen to all the parts of the song when the organ played and pick them out, I wasn't much of a singer but could hum the part exactly in tune,strange huh?
It got down to 68 in Tampa today and people FREEKED.
Big wind storm here today, power has been out for about an hour now... Thank goodness for my Blackberry!
I hope that the beer isn't getting warm? We can't have that, you know what has to be done right?
My building has a HUGE diesel generator in the sub-basement. The power never goes out.
You must be government. Or maybe just someone important. ;D
Zip it Jimmah. Otherwise I'll have a black helicopter sent to dispatch you.
Sigh...
I am and it's beautiful in VA at about 80 degrees. I'm riding today.... And I'm close to helicopters of all sorts here at AP Hill which is just down the street. Actually saw an Apache following 301. Scared the you know what out of me.
I am and it's beautiful in VA at about 80 degrees. I'm riding today.... And I'm close to helicopters of all sorts here at AP Hill which is just down the street. Actually saw an Apache following 301. Scared the you know what out of me.
It sounds like we're having the same beautiful weather Jim. We've smashed the record high temp for today of 74, set back in '95. It's 80 now. More of the same for the rest of the week.
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Snowed here yesterday morning and today is a cold wet windy upper 30's... :'(
You poor thing, did you have to get the snow blower out?
You poor thing, did you have to get the snow blower out?
My wife? (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/confused1.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/idea.gif) (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/smiley_dunno.gif)
I have been reduced to drinking the last Miller Chill. There is no beer left in the fridge and it's been there for at least a couple of years. I don't feel like going out to buy real beer so it's this crap. And believe me when I say this....it's crap. But it is fizzy and cool. Don't like green bottles, like brown bottles. Another strike against it. But once it's gone in a few minutes, then that will be it for it. I think my wife bought this as a chick drink. Aaaargh!
Totally ashamed.
Tell Camille that her fashion sense seems to be a bit lacking. :o
It's raining (still).
Must of been union.
The word sabot is French in origin and refers to a small wooden shoe, typically worn by peasants (not pheasants which normally do not wear shoes). As the story goes, this is the root for the word sabotage, meaning to jam up 'the works' (a machine) by sticking a shoe in there.
Now if that really was the case, don't you think the facility manager (whatever they were called back in 18th century France) would just look around the broken machine for the worker standing there with only one show?
Brian
The word sabot is French in origin and refers to a small wooden shoe, typically worn by peasants (not pheasants which normally do not wear shoes). As the story goes, this is the root for the word sabotage, meaning to jam up 'the works' (a machine) by sticking a shoe in there.Good thing you didn't call it a "Clog", it could easily be mistaken for COG, creating an even bigger divide ;D
Now if that really was the case, don't you think the facility manager (whatever they were called back in 18th century France) would just look around the broken machine for the worker standing there with only one show?
Brian
They could have planed ahead and brought in an extra shoe? Maybe even found a shoe on the side of the road on the way into work? You know how you always see one shoe on the side of the road, never two, just the one.
Now that you mention it, I HAVE noticed that (one shoe on the side of the road). Plus, factories are almost always located on the sides of roads. Add to that the fact that when you see people walking, they too are almost always on the side of the road! It is becoming clear now, the whole thing is a gigantic French conspiracy! An evil plot to build factories and then have them all clogged with.... well, clogs! The root of the conspiracy is the wide spread use of roads.
Speaking of things French: I always liked the story about Napoleon wanting large shade trees lining all the avenues of France so his Grand Armee did not have to march in the hot sun. The response was something like- but General, it will take 20 years to grow trees that large. To which Napoleon responded: Yes, yes, that is why we must start right away!
Brian
Got a flyer at work that a local university is looking for papers on "Statistics is Sports". I developed a hypothesis about Runs vs. Hits vs. Errors (that's baseball) a few years ago. Might be the time to dust it off and think it through a little more.
How about the Cliff Notes version right quick?
That's funny Steve! I picked up a new toilet from Lowes yesterday too. The Superflush 3000! I'm kidding, it's not called that but I made my wife LOL when I said it.But, could it flush a Chuck Norris sized log? ::)
This toilet can flush 24 golf balls at once!
Toilet Flushing Demo: Champion 4 Right Height Elongated Toilet - Golf balls, cat litter, and more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tf7Ju9NBdk#)
Gotta install it today.
But, could it flush a Chuck Norris sized log? ::)
But, could it flush a Chuck Norris sized log? ::)
When I look at the baseball box scores it seems as if the winning team always has at least half as many runs as it does the sum of its hits and the opponents errors and the losing team always has less than half as many runs as the sum of its hits and the opponents errors. So if a team is not producing a run for every two hits, it's not going to win the ballgame. Bases on balls give a team the opportunity to add to its run total without affecting its number of hits and double plays take away a hit without producing a run. There's also a pitcher giving up no hits early in the game but losing game because the opponent scores on a 3 run homer after a couple of walks.
If I can find game numbers, I want to use statistics to see if the hypotheses hold and I can predict winners and losers of ball games.
Did the research. No one has done a paper on this. Found the data set free on the web. This week I'll write the abstract and submit.
The flash is their OK to go signal.
I'd love to show you a pic similar to what I saw at lunch time, but I won't subject you to such punishment. Besides, I'd have to look at the pics in order to post them and I really don't want to see something like that ever again! :o
I just found out that I'm getting a 3% pay increase at the end of the month and it's retroactive to the first of the year. Sweet! 8)You lucky SOB. I havent had a pay raise in six F'n years. I'm thinking about tell'n em to go pound sand.
Yep, it sucks C, so much for picking my Connie up from the shop today, guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow, I miss having her at home... :'(
Whacha having done now J?
Smoke color braided F&R brake and clutch lines with black banjo's and black banjo bolts... 8) ;D
More black parts? That bike is still too fast for ya eh?
Looks like Jay lives in a black and white world ;) Yep weird weather, we're the reason they changed it from global warming to climate change, don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes and it will change. I think/hope that I will ride in tomorow, first dry day in quite some time and as I haven't done much in the way of street riding I didn't want to hit the I5 in less then ideal condition. Dern batt was dead, I now know what them fair weather riders go through every year ;D
When it comes to Gixxers everyone who rides them knows the blue&white ones are the fastest!! 8)Isn't that kinda like Silverdammit? :o
Isn't that kinda like Silverdammit? :o
:battle:Hey, he's using a Silver chair ;D ;D
Hey, he's using a Silver chair ;D ;D
Knocked me out :o Freezing fog this AM, no ride for me >:(
Freezing fog here too this morning... :'(
I had the Gixxer all ready to ride into work but had to drive the truck. :banghead:
Gotta love that 7mpg :o
I will work at home until it is warm enough to get on the bike. I need to test out my new bar risers and cup holder :P
And what will be the beverage of choice for a Friday in that cup holder Gumbi? ;)
:rotflmao:
Anything before noon has to be a bloody mary for me unless I'm camping, if camping then it's beer and V8 in the morning, Yummy! :P
Whoever made that rule obviously did not make their own beer. If I am brewin, I am drinkin, it does not matter what time of the day it is.
What batches are on tap right now in Gumbi's garage?
I have a maple ale and a raspberry lemon on tap. Should have an Arrogant Bastard clone ready by Sunday. :chugbeer:
The sun is out.... I MUST ride now. :thumbs:
:rotflmao:
Anything before noon has to be a bloody mary for me unless I'm camping, if camping then it's beer and V8 in the morning, Yummy! :P
Beer, it's good for what ales you
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Is she going to swallow the whole thing?
The beer Zg, the beer. We don't have our minds in the gutter aroung here. (where's the smiley with the halo?) ;D
I'm thinking this is going to be a martini night. After I pick up my 'new to me' exhaust system this evening, I'll be heading back to the barn to relax.
In the construction of a bacon cheeseburger the error most people make is in the order of assembly.
Why is it that when the time comes that you decide you need to tighten the frames on your reading glasses, that the person that must do the tightening, is the one person that needs to be wearing those glasses to do the tightening.
Why is it that when the time comes that you decide you need to tighten the frames on your reading glasses, that the person that must do the tightening, is the one person that needs to be wearing those glasses to do the tightening.
Very interesting.
Very interesting.
A quote from Schultz????
Is it OK to bring up depends? The OP in the other thread seems, well, discomforted by the topic. ;)
Which thread was that?You don't have a clue, do you? :o :-*
You don't have a clue, do you? :o :-*
You don't have a clue, do you? :o :-*
I think that depends.
I don't remember what I did a few minutes ago, let alone what happens on this forum. I seem to recall something but.....hey what's that shiny thing over there?
Yep. Just look at the clothes I wear...
What, nothing about florescent bulbs?
I am at 620 miles on one tank of fuel and I still have an 1/8th of a tank left.
Diesel VW?
Diesel VW?Yup, Jetta TDI.
Full today, I was reading at bingo when I filled up, 657 miles, 14 gallons, just shy of 47 MPG. Not too shaby.
Chet is always running on an 1/8 of a tank... ;)
Yup, Jetta TDI.Full today, I was reading at bingo when I filled up, 657 miles, 14 gallons, just shy of 47 MPG. Not too shaby.
Nice! With the warm weather I'm getting great mpg numbers in my TDI too, mid 40's in mixed driving.
Mixed driving? Is that with your wife?
I haven't said this here for over a month. In case some of you didn't know, my idiot brother-in-law the cop is an idiot.
Its June, time to say again my idiot brother-in-law the cop is an idiot. I told him he's a cop cause he didn't score high enough on the fire test. He hung up on me. Wonder why?You hurt his feelings? He really wanted to ride around with that cute little spotted puppy ;)
I could use a three car garage!The problem with a 3 car garage is eventually you need a 4 car garage ;)
The problem with a 3 car garage is eventually you need a 4 car garage ;)
NFL training camps starting up, so who's gonna win the big dance this year? A big name favorite or a new underdog??
Hmmm, where's my crown?
As in "Royal"?
Hey now, we could now be in that alternate universe that I spoke of a while back.
Hmmm, where's my crown?
I'm wearing it.
It is if I say it is.... :)
That ain't no crown!
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That ain't no crown!
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Mine is not very efficient.....
Yeah but at least no one cuts you off while riding that thing, right. Or at least not very often....
My brother's wife got an exercise bike a while back and he went out and bought rear view mirrors, a squeeze bulb horn and tassles for the handlebars and put all that stuff on the bike when she was not around. She didn't even notice and that made it even funnier.
Brian
I ran out of beer this past weekend and haven't been able to restock. My wife wanted grilled chicken today. No beer. I can't grill without a beer, in a bottle, in hand. I was panicking and had a glass of wine instead. It's not the same. I feel dirty. The chicken turned out well, though...and a can up the chickens butt.
I ran out of beer this past weekend and haven't been able to restock.
I ran out of beer this past weekend and haven't been able to restock. My wife wanted grilled chicken today. No beer. I can't grill without a beer, in a bottle, in hand. I was panicking and had a glass of wine instead. It's not the same. I feel dirty. The chicken turned out well, though.
This thread has been dormant awhile. I'll think I'll wake it up....
Did you know that the 'Esc' key on the PC keyboard was invented by an IBM employee (IBM'r for those in the know) in 1960? Warms me heart, it does to know that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esc_key (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esc_key)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_key (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_key)
Additionally IBM invented the following technologies...
- Magnetic stripe technology
- Computing scales
- Lasik eye surgery
- UPC
- Time clocks (darn it)
- Automated test scoring
- Scanning Tunneling Microscope
You know, riding home to Ohio from Mississippi by way of Tennessee last month at the COG rally, I had a lot of time to think and reflect on many things in my life. And after much pipe munching ruminations, I have concluded that in no uncertain terms that my idiot brother-in-law the cop is still quite an idiot.
It started raining last week.
It's in the high 70s and sunny in Cincinnati in late October and why the hell am I working?
There really is no off topic in this thread....kinda like we're all Bozos on this bus kinda thing...Fixed ;D
This is sounds like a thread on the weather.
Back in the day I was kickin it in the sandbox with Charlie Sheen, he told me, "you hang with me bud and you can have all the girls you want." I asked him if he rode a motorcycle, he told me no they're to dangerous. I told Charlie to take a hike and went and played with ZG on the merry-go-round.
http://youtu.be/ivBs0DAL7Wo (http://youtu.be/ivBs0DAL7Wo)
Maybe I should of stayed with Charlie (http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/jaywilcox/smiley_dunno.gif)
I'm going to replace the brake master cylinder on my 91 Dakota this weekend and if I have time will replace the radio in the RAV. I don't think I'll be riding much as I'm babysitting my grandson (8 years old). He is good to have around, though. Really likes to help out a lot.
We're bracing for a hurricane Monday/Tuesday time frame.
I REALLY dislike the time change! Getting home from work and it's already dark, that sucks. I need to change out the tinted face shield on my helmet before I go to work this morning. Blah!
I like it, now it's light when I go into work. :)
Maybe you just need to go home from work earlier C, leaving at noon seems to work pretty good for me and Gumbi... ;) :chugbeer:
It's snowing here. :(
It's snowing here. :(
Are you sure? Maybe it is just a lot of chads floating around from all the furious voting going on there?
:-)
Brian
Why do you hate the Chad?
I never did like that Alltel creep.
Bacardi rum and Coke....on the second one. Life is good. Replaced the shutters in the front of the house today. Does make a difference and no...I'm not selling the house. Can't wait for the third one.
Bring a jacket liner, I hear it may get down to 60 degrees
Hazards of making chainmaille... Every so often, a ring will escape the grasp of the pliers, and take flight in a random direction, and travel a random distance. Sometimes it's path is interrupted by an obstacle (face, drinking vessle, etc.). These rings are normally easy to find. Other times, the ring flies into space unobstructed, never to be seen again. Well, almost never.
About a month ago, I was making a necklace for a customer. Apparently, sometime during that project, I had lost a sterling silver, 5/64", 24 gauge ring. I found that ring tonight. In my foot. After I stepped on it.
The tweezers couldn't grip tight enough. My smallest pair of needle nose pliers were not narrow enough to get a bite on the bit of metal that hadn't screwed itself into my flesh. So, I hobbled my way downstairs, into the garage, and fetch my dremmel. 15 minutes later, my pliers are ground down to a nice, long, narrow point. Using pain as my guide, in about a half an hour I discovered the right direction to twist, and pull, and I got it out.
And the ring is still usable! Woohoo!!!
Well, I upgraded the cpu in this here PC from a 4 core, to a six core chip; video card is next. Tomorrow...half day of work, then hanging out here while the contractor finishes up the master bath.
I got my telescope out last night to look at the sliver of the moon hanging in the sky. I sat outside for a bit, looking and drinking my beer. Life is good.I got my umbrella out last night, all I saw was raindrops.
The sensor that controls the air door on my air cleaner (91 Dakota) has given up the ghost. Chrysler has discontinued it. I'm a thinking I'm going to have to check junk yards for a working one.
This temp controlled vacuum switch normally allows vacuum at ambient temps so that the air door is closed until it warms up a bit. The orifices are very small so I decided to see if they were clogged....they were. Cleaned them out with a wire and the air door is working again. Don't know if it makes much difference though. It's been operating with it open for quite awhile. The gas mileage has deteriorated some so maybe with it working it'll improve an mpg or so. I feel better, if for nothing else, that it is working and I fixed an obsolete part.
Saw a Smart Car pulled over by a Caroline county deputy yesterday. I laughed for about 5 miles afterwards just thinking about it.Jealous?? :P
Saw a Smart Car pulled over by a Caroline county deputy yesterday. I laughed for about 5 miles afterwards just thinking about it.
Jealous?? :P
No, not at all. I could barely fit in one. My Prius is gargantuan by comparison and runs on regular fuel and has a suspension. I get better gas mileage as well. I just have visions of clowns piling out of that car....Dern it. I actually seriously considered a Prius, but along came the TDi and %0 financing. Not to mention it is far sportier and maintains speed over any pass, both ways ;D This last week the MPG has dropped to an average of 42, winter blend maybe?
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I am in progress of restoring one of those now. Unfortunately, I deleted it.
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Sorry, I just couldn't help myself ;D
Fortunately, it's not embedding.At least I put it in the right spot ;D
Wow, nice post, thanks for sharing!That's what the GXSR's were for in the early 90's.
That's why I don't have one of those... ;) ;D
Wow, nice post, thanks for sharing!
That's why I have a black one ... ;) ;D
That's what the GXSR's were for in the early 90's.
At least I put it in the right spot ;D
Today is the last Friday that I have to work for the rest of the year! 8)
they sleep by shutting down one hemisphere of their brains at a time and never both at once.
This brings new meaning to the question 'who was in charge for this mess' as well as bringing new limits to the phrase "I thought YOU were going to stand the next watch."
Brian
I see The Bears are following that philosophy as well.... ;)
I see The Bears are following that philosophy as well.... ;)
To overcome this they have developed an almost unbelievable ability- they sleep by shutting down one hemisphere of their brains at a time and never both at once.
This brings new meaning to the question 'who was in charge for this mess' as well as bringing new limits to the phrase "I thought YOU were going to stand the next watch."
Brian
I'm about sick to DEATH of hearing about Lance Armstrong. Who cares? :o
I evicted the rat from my grill. Had to clean it. The wife didn't believe that rat turds would add flavor....
Very cold Twit..That's what she said.
minus 5 degrees F here this morn along with a windchill of minus 15. :o
Mid 40's and dry here today in the PNW, a very pleasant ride into the office this morning. :)
Yabut, did you get to sit in a hot tub with your second cup of coffee? :)
Yer mean. :(
Yabut, did you get to sit in a hot tub with your second cup of coffee? :)Must be a Silverdammit thing. Deadend road, private lake, life is good.
Wheels are still used as an archaic form of measurement throughout Mid-World and the Borderlands...I have a wheel that is attached to a foot counter and you roll it on the ground to get a measurement. Hardly archaic.
Wheels are still used as an archaic form of measurement throughout Mid-World and the Borderlands...
Hey, I know that Mountain!
(http://www.mrpepsi.com/razzi/mthood.jpg)
I have a wheel that is attached to a foot counter and you roll it on the ground to get a measurement. Hardly archaic.
Drinking beer out at a buddy's farm yesterday. Nice view to wake up to everyday huh?
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Surprise! Another Illinois politician heading off to prison. >:(wife too
wife too
Surprise! Another Illinois politician heading off to prison. >:(The bastion of demcracy has criminal activity? Shocking I say, shocking. Next thing you know some community organizer will get it in his mind he can become president. :o
Did you know that while the 168 and 194 bulbs are similar, the 168 burns brighter and doesn't last as long...I've always been told I "Wasn't the brightest bulb on the tree", does this mean I'll be around for a long, really long time?
I've always been told I "Wasn't the brightest bulb on the tree", does this mean I'll be around for a long, really long time?
I just broke a tooth. I hate it when that happens. So far no pain. It'll be Monday before I get it looked at....I hope. That tooth was acting a bit funny for the last 6 months.
The Prius side markers were very easy to get to...
I just broke a tooth. I hate it when that happens. So far no pain. It'll be Monday before I get it looked at....I hope. That tooth was acting a bit funny for the last 6 months.
During the 1500s, poor families would urinate in a pot and at the end of the day this urine would be sold at the local tannery to tan animal hides. Some families were so poor that they "didn't have a pot to **** in" thus the term.
Fitting for frappy frugal farkeled out connie owners ;D
During the 1500s, poor families would urinate in a pot and at the end of the day this urine would be sold at the local tannery to tan animal hides. Some families were so poor that they "didn't have a pot to **** in" thus the term.They can sell it to VW owners now.
Fitting for frappy frugal farkeled out connie owners ;D
Mind your p's and q's comes from English pubs and taverns of the seventeenth century. Bartenders would keep a watch on the alcohol consumption of the patrons; keeping an eye on the pints and quarts that were consumed. As a reminder to the patron :chugbeer:s, the bartender would recommend they "mind their Ps and Qs".
:chugbeer:
Directv is back on, thank goodness... I got kids home today.
Directv is back on, thank goodness... I got kids home today.
This is where I park my bike at work. Looks like it'll be a while before I get to do that.
(the sign is ~8' tall)
(http://www.zggtr.org/MGalleryItem.php?id=430)
Where's the snowmobile parking?
I could park it at the top of that mountain of snow. I wonder if my MC parking permit would suffice?
If you park at the top, who's going climb up there to give you a ticket? ;D
Happy first day of Spring to one and all!
Cut my lawn for the first time this year. Gotta pave over it.....
Drained the hot tub :)
Did you fill her back up? My tub is about ready to a good cleaning too.Not yet, I need a new cover, the old one has become water logged, the wife locked her keys in the house before work a couple of years ago and since we leave the bathroom window open a crack she decided the best way in was to stand on the hot tub >:(
Not yet, I need a new cover, the old one has become water logged, the wife locked her keys in the house before work a couple of years ago and since we leave the bathroom window open a crack she decided the best way in was to stand on the hot tub >:(
I am thinking of doing the unthinkable tomorrow or Sunday..........I'm going to wash the bike.
North Korea may attack. I have to be ready.
Figured the thread needed a little spicing up ;):rotflmao:
:rotflmao:Hey, you gave me a link and I ordered up, your turn ;)
Surprising how clean they kept that commercial with a product like that. ;D
Hey, you gave me a link and I ordered up, your turn ;)Gonna have to pass on Touch over the Internet. That thing could be dangerous while riding.
I liked the Plymouth Superbird more than the Dodge Daytona Charger.I had an Plymouth Superbird Aurora HO scale slot car and one brother had a Daytona Charger. Both could sail off the track majestically should a liberal amount of speed be applied...
And the M242 Chaingun (the real Bushmaster 25mm) makes the Ma Deuce look like a dehydrated .22 :) Standard version 1, 100, and 200 RPM, beef up the motor to 5 HP and yuo double that rate. Incredibly powerfull and with all the gee whiz bang 'lectronic sight and ranging aids deadly accurate at ranges that are mind numbing. Put in a box of AP DU rounds and nothing rolling within sight is safe... Imagine sitting on top of a Bradley in an indoor range (Pictinny Arsenal) up on the turret doing 100 RPMs. Ever see a dog hanging it's head outside a car window at sixty??
I think the slower cyclic rate of the M2 .50 caliber is sexy. I think the MG42 is demonic. I think the M61 Vulcan is a look at hell.
As I was parking the bike this morning in the designated MC parking here at work some kid on a lil Honda parked next to me. He looked over at me and said, "damn, that thing is huge!"You offered? :o :o
I replied, "that's what she said."
He didn't get it. ::)
You offered? :o :o
He didn't get it. ::)
You offered "it" ? ;) ;D
I asked my grandson to get a beer for me while I was grilling some chicken today. He went inside, got it from my wife, and brought it to me. Life is good.
Good times indeed Sparky! :chugbeer:Ya know Jay, some kids aren't like you and I use to be.... :rotflmao: :chugbeer:
How much of it was left when he made it to you? :-\
Ya know Jay, some kids aren't like you and I use to be.... :rotflmao: :chugbeer:
True indeed bro, we were even smarter, we would go get the beer, slam half of it real quick, then fill it back to the top with water so that they wouldn't know... ;) ;D :chugbeer:Nope, the kid actually got 2 beers, stashed one for the road and served the other ;)
True indeed bro, we were even smarter, we would go get the beer, slam half of it real quick, then fill it back to the top with water so that they wouldn't know... ;) ;D :chugbeer:They must have been used to drinking Bud.
True indeed bro, we were even smarter, we would go get the beer, slam half of it real quick, then fill it back to the top with water so that they wouldn't know... ;) ;D :chugbeer:
So it was you guys who invented 'lite' beer eh?Ang Gumby is still brewing off that recipe ;D
65 degrees and sunny on the ride into work this morning. I came thisclose to saying the hell with work and just kept on riding.How many days till retirement?
How many days till retirement?
I was planning on retiring on 11/1/13 but after meeting with my advisor he suggested that I wait till 1/1/2014. That's only two more calendar months but since we close up for two weeks here at work (and still get paid) for Christmas, and two days for Thanksgiving, I'll only be working a ~month and a half more. Plus if I do this I'll get ~$70 more per month for the rest of my life. ;DFood, water, sleep, all over rated. Retirement? Way under rated ;D ;D ;D Lost out on the Lee Parks instructor clinic so I am making up for it by doing the CO Back Country Discovery Route, GS is being trailered there (don't want to toast the knobbies), I fly into CO Springs on the 4th of June, spend a couple days with my oldest daughter and grandbaby, ride the BDR, do/attend a ADV Seminar in Idaho, ride home, shower, head to our last ADV Camp :) Life is good ;)
Food, water, sleep, all over rated. Retirement? Way under rated ;D ;D ;D Lost out on the Lee Parks instructor clinic so I am making up for it by doing the CO Back Country Discovery Route, GS is being trailered there (don't want to toast the knobbies), I fly into CO Springs on the 4th of June, spend a couple days with my oldest daughter and grandbaby, ride the BDR, do/attend a ADV Seminar in Idaho, ride home, shower, head to our last ADV Camp :) Life is good ;)
There sure are a lot of C14s for sale in the for sale section!We might be breaking in a bunch of noobs before summer's over.
My wife wanted to know what to do with the little bit of Coke left in the Fridge. I said I have just the thing.....Bacardi rum! She said you've already had two beers. I said, I don't see your point. The Coke is now gone along with some rum and I've thrown the Coke bottle in with the recylcables. Everyone wins.
I was sorting out some stuff in the basement archives when I came across my old slide rule (Versalog Teledyne Post 44CA-600) that I used in tech school back in the fall/winter of '74. It came complete with leather case. Well, I decided to look up how to use it on the 'net and low and behold I was able to figure out how to multiply 2.3 x 3.4. You can of course imagine my excitement as I went upstairs to impress my wife with my new found knowledge. So I came in the bedroom and said 'Guess what this can do? I can multiply 2.3 x 3.4!' She looked at me and replied 'I thought you were going to measure something else.' I had nothing after that....but a good laugh. Not about the something else, but about the slide ruler itself.' Let's be totally clear about that.
I was down there again this morning sorting things out. 'Found' some sort of test instrument my father purloined from his AF career. Can't quite make out what it does, could be a pre-historic battery checker used in the 50's. Found my old IBM test meter complete with case (no leads though, but does have the IBM logo on the front). Found a Lansky knife sharpening kit (only used once....too much blood involved). Found a Garcia-Mitchell 308 spinning reel I used as a teenager. So many treasures, so little time.
He falls off roofs for a living?
He falls off roofs for a living?
Gotta be a better way to earn a paycheck....
did you wave on Friday? Your picture was being taken.... from a long, long way away.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23419543 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23419543)
If you squint and look really close at the pic, you can see me.
Is there anyone beside me who doesn't give two shits about the new royal baby?
???
Are you talking about that Fred guy that use to be on here? :-\
Is there anyone beside me who doesn't give two shits about the new royal baby?
"World awaits first glimpse of Kate and William's royal baby boy"
::)
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....hanging straight when you are taking a shower? I hate that.
>:( I thought a bit more about this and :battle:
My advice....if you found that, the pot of gold could be very nearby. Get yourself a metal detector and start digging up your yard.
Why wait? Those detectors aren't that high...I say do it!
As long as I can wear black socks with sandals while searching for treasure, I'm in! :o
With all the money you'll find, you can afford to not wear socks!
Mergers suck. No matter how exciting it seems, I think they just suck.
Are Coke and Pepsi merging?
"Salt is generally produced one of three ways: deep-shaft mining, solution mining or solar evaporation."
ref http://www.maldonsalt.co.uk/Education%20and%20Fun%20Where%20Salt%20Comes%20From.html (http://www.maldonsalt.co.uk/Education%20and%20Fun%20Where%20Salt%20Comes%20From.html)
Trader Joe's Wasabi Wow trail mix is some damn good stuff!
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Aldi's carries Southern Grove's Trail Mix that is fine snacking too.
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Wish my 20 year old boy would take some of this advice.
Ashton Kutcher Acceptance Speech - Teen Choice Awards 2013 (High Quality) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuBSRC1zpHw#ws)
Aldi's carries Southern Grove's Trail Mix that is fine snacking too.
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the BEARS lost.. And I just figured out how to run my Fujitsu fi-4120C in XP mode on my Win7 PC at home. I must say that I like it alot!
no riding today. Snow and rain for most of the day. No accumulation but the roads are gonna be nasty.
Bummer for you C, low 70's blue sky and full sun here in the beautiful PNW. 8)
It's snowing right at the moment and the temp is a balmy 35.
It is very odd to hear "no rain in the seven day forecast" every morning in October. The bike is going to see lots of pavement this winter if this keeps up. :thumbs:
Bummer for you C, low 70's blue sky and full sun here in the beautiful PNW. 8)
It's snowing right at the moment and the temp is a balmy 35.65 and sunny down south
It is very odd to hear "no rain in the seven day forecast" every morning in October. The bike is going to see lots of pavement this winter if this keeps up. :thumbs:
I am almost as happy as this girl.
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Cat went in for surgery today. Bladder stones. I can't believe, I'm like a worried father.
Just heard from the doctor. Surgery went well and she is up and alert. I get to pick her up later today, she must be isolated so the other kitties don't try to beat her up like they usually do. :)
It is very odd to hear "no rain in the seven day forecast" every morning in October. The bike is going to see lots of pavement this winter if this keeps up. :thumbs:
I am almost as happy as this girl.
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Just heard from the doctor. Surgery went well and she is up and alert. I get to pick her up later today, she must be isolated so the other kitties don't try to beat her up like they usually do. :)
32 degrees and an absolutely gorgeous ride in this morning. 8)
Gotcha..hmmm strange though, it's the only one that does it but it's the only 3-way I use.
I have no clue why my 3-way fl bulb in my table lamp unscrews enough so that it doesn't work. I have to keep tightening it up. What's up with that?
Gotcha..hmmm strange though, it's the only one that does it but it's the only 3-way I use.
Yeah, you'd think physics would be a bit more evenly spread out.... Maybe you've got one of those spots like on 'My Cousin Vinnie' where the laws of physics cease to exist at that top of that particular lamp?
Let's not go any further with the "3 way" thing, OK?
:rotflmao:
Brian
And this is why I like it here. I'm surrounded byTwitsvalued members of the forum.. ;)
Are you thinking that perhaps there's a quantum bubble around Jim's lamp?
You know, it just feels like this is going to be a snowy winter compared to last year which was about zilch for us. I've already started getting the snow blower ready...
No sense in putting off til tomorrow what you can do today.
Maybe you can help Jim with those Shelf Cages.
Hiring people on CL is a crap shoot. The first one (after looking at several replies from totally unqualified people) worked the first day, said he liked the job and never came back. Lent him a cell phone which I will never see again. The second one (after many replies as above) came in for an interview, said great, see you in the AM. Never showed up. His wife answered the phone and had no idea where he went at 6 AM. Third one is supposed to show up at 9 AM tomorrow. We'll see.....
It works both ways; I spoke with a gentleman with whom I thought I could do business that would be beneficial to both of us. He set a date to call me back Sat. so we could work on the NDA's and so forth- according to my sundial, Saturday is almost over and in 40 minutes it will be Wednesday. People are same all over; no dignity, no pride, not even close to being forthright. But nevertheless, I will not stoop to their level and continue to conduct business as fairly and evenhandedly as I know how to do.
Brian
Amen. Wanna job?
Amen. Wanna job?
:rotflmao:
Did you try calling the guy who has your phone?
Sorry Conrad, missed that one....?
Brian
:rotflmao:Yup. All I got was my own voicemail!
Did you try calling the guy who has your phone?
Hiring people on CL is a crap shoot. The first one (after looking at several replies from totally unqualified people) worked the first day, said he liked the job and never came back. Lent him a cell phone which I will never see again. The second one (after many replies as above) came in for an interview, said great, see you in the AM. Never showed up. His wife answered the phone and had no idea where he went at 6 AM. Third one is supposed to show up at 9 AM tomorrow. We'll see.....The third guy never showed up. >:( Called a fourth and he was over for a talk in 20 minutes. See if he shows up in the AM.....
Will need a report on the boots. What sole did you get?Working nicely, got called in to cover a BRC class yesterday. It was wet , feet stayed dry and relatively speaking comfortable. Ride home I felt a bit of a pinch in the ankle area, but to be expected until they are truly broke in, which these boots really do require. No instant tennis shoe feeling with these boots. More to come as I wear them more often, but I think these will become my street boot of choice.
Earned my first performance award in a long while this morning. Crossing the Bay Bridge in SF this morning in my Mustang. caught me doing 71 in a 50 which is quite common of all traffic crossing the bridge, however that's no excuse. Had to cross all the way to Treasure Island before he had me pull off. Very polite CHP on a BMW Moto. Wrote me up for 71 in a 65. Very nice gesture, sincrerely, thanks officer. Had me back on my way, with my new performance award. Oh well.
Working nicely, got called in to cover a BRC class yesterday. It was wet , feet stayed dry and relatively speaking comfortable. Ride home I felt a bit of a pinch in the ankle area, but to be expected until they are truly broke in, which these boots really do require. No instant tennis shoe feeling with these boots. More to come as I wear them more often, but I think these will become my street boot of choice.Thanks for the update.
The third guy never showed up. >:( Called a fourth and he was over for a talk in 20 minutes. See if he shows up in the AM.....
At least you didn't get the Engrish version.
Why not? I might be retired tomorrow and have more time. (26 more working days ;D )Congrats
Congrats
I threw in the towel earlier this year :cool:
Thanks!
Congrats to you as well.
16 more working days. ;D
0.25 more working days if you subtract the forum time....
:rotflmao:
Brian
That's because of my incredible efficiency. :salute:Just watch, once them works days are gone there will be large gaping holes in your posts on the forum. I recommend extending your stay at work, say another 5 years? Yes, that will work. We have already informed your employers and they concur. Your retirement papers have already been shredded and the self winding Timex watch has been returned :)
Just watch, once them works days are gone there will be large gaping holes in your posts on the forum. I recommend extending your stay at work, say another 5 years? Yes, that will work. We have already informed your employers and they concur. Your retirement papers have already been shredded and the self winding Timex watch has been returned :)
Had I known about the free watch I might have retired sooner. You're right about the gaping holes in my posts once I retire. When my time is my own, I'll have better things to do. ;)
Better than us? Including Kirby? He's gonna' be hurt when I tell him you said that....
Brian
Oh crap, don't tell him I said that Brian!
Maybe this will make Kirby feel better?
Kung Fu squirrel?
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I'll be so glad when Saturday rolls around. I'm sick to death of hearing about Black Friday. :oI'm heading for the trails on Friday, should be void of the masses :)
We don't take part in this ridiculous feeding frenzy. ::)
Be careful out there SOP.
I'm roasting chestnuts (Italian :_shudder_Emoticon It's all I could find) in order to prep for my Thanksgiving brussel sprouts ala Gordon Ramsey.
Hmmm, I can still see it. Anyone else have that issue with seeing my pic in the signature line?
DOH!
DOH!
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/531424/brussels-sprouts-with-pancetta (http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/531424/brussels-sprouts-with-pancetta)
Enjoy. I'm doing his Christmas turkey recipe tomorrow...
I'll be so glad when Saturday rolls around. I'm sick to death of hearing about Black Friday. :o
We don't take part in this ridiculous feeding frenzy. ::)
Hold on thar!
Ingredients
1kg Brussels sprouts, outer leaves removed
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1–2 tsp olive oil
200g pancetta, cut into lardons
200g vacuum-packed chestnuts
2 lemons
WTF is pancetta and how is it cut into lardons? Lardons do not sound appealing at all. Is that anything like a clingon? :o :pukeface:
I said that I wouldn't participate in the feeding frenzy that is black Friday. :o
Ok, technically I didn't but this is a black Friday deal. http://www.sears.com/craftsman-11-drawer-3-piece-standard-duty-ball/p-009CO53323312B?prdNo=2&blockNo=2&blockType=G2 (http://www.sears.com/craftsman-11-drawer-3-piece-standard-duty-ball/p-009CO53323312B?prdNo=2&blockNo=2&blockType=G2)
$200
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Less than half price for a good tool box that I need/want badly. I didn't even have to leave the house or the comfort of my office chair. :)
trying to steal my :censored: ing bike! ;D ;D ;DSteve, did you end up getting washed in hot water?? ;)
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Steve, did you end up getting washed in hot water?? ;)
trying to steal my :censored: ing bike! ;D ;D ;D
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trying to steal my :censored: ing bike! ;D ;D ;D
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My department had a retirement party/lunch for me here today.
They even had a cake with a big full face mc helmet on it, made out of icing of course. The helmet had a mohawk on it, I didn't mind since it was delicious.
:D
11 more days.
Nice C! :finger_fing11: :chugbeer:
Actually Jim, I was being facetious (can that be the word of the day?) about the Mensa candidate remark. ;)
Sure can C... I was being truthful about some of the people I've met with very high IQs...
So, the deal has been set. I will no longer be Silverdammit!!! as I have struck a deal for my beloved C14. Getting a KTM520 that has been Motarded out and a VFR750. I am also changing my mind about what color is faster, it is obviously somewhere between red and orange, with a touch of white, blue, and black ;D To help settle the speed discrepancies we will have a run off, I choose the location, you choose the bike you desire to ride 8)
So, the deal has been set. I will no longer be Silverdammit!!! as I have struck a deal for my beloved C14. Getting a KTM520 that has been Motarded out and a VFR750. I am also changing my mind about what color is faster, it is obviously somewhere between red and orange, with a touch of white, blue, and black ;D To help settle the speed discrepancies we will have a run off, I choose the location, you choose the bike you desire to ride 8)
4 new records were set last night on my two year old weather station.
lowest temp. -10f
lowest wind chill. -25f
lowest apparent temp. -20f
lowest dew point. -22f
The good news is that it warmed up overnight, it's -5f now.
2-wheel retro therapy tonight
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My sister-in-law makes the BEST pies I have ever had! Two apple pies for Christmas. Having a piece right now. Always thought my mother made a great pie, but nope! Not compared to these. And I get a New York style cheesecake with a shortbread crust for my birthday (Sunday). Mmmmm... ;D
Mmmm... love the green wheels Steve! 8) :thumbs:
I'm starting the New Year with a ride to the Florida Everglades and mailing a letter from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochopee_Post_Office (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochopee_Post_Office)
I am officially a senior today. 60. Looking forward to those discounts! Going to the garage to work on the bike....
Happy Birthday G! :chugbeer:
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Cold snap!Sounds like snuggle time with the misses to me :)
A high of 10 today and going down to MINUS 15 tonight. That's a might chilly but...
Monday's 'high' temp is sposed to me MINUS 10 and going down to minus 20 that night. :o
That's brisk baby!
Sounds like snuggle time with the misses to me :)
I stopped off yesterday at my previous place of employment :) to sign some papers and to pick up my new retiree ID card and free retiree parking permit (that will allow me to park anywhere that I like on campus). After I got my parking permit I told that gal at the Parking Services window that I'll be needing a free permit for my bike as well. She says oh no, you'll have to pay for a MC permit, those aren't free. :o
WTF? I can park my cage for free where ever I like but I can't get a free MC permit? Cheap bastards!
Bugs Bunny: This Means War (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8_GVfPuw4M#)
I stopped off yesterday at my previous place of employment :) to sign some papers and to pick up my new retiree ID card and free retiree parking permit (that will allow me to park anywhere that I like on campus). After I got my parking permit I told that gal at the Parking Services window that I'll be needing a free permit for my bike as well. She says oh no, you'll have to pay for a MC permit, those aren't free. :o
WTF? I can park my cage for free where ever I like but I can't get a free MC permit? Cheap bastards!
Flogging it, eh? Hope it holds up.
It will probably get close to the single digits here tonight. I hate the winter.
Well, not really flogging it as it has a 10 cu. ft. firebox. :yikes: But I am having to feet and water it more than usual and I like to preempt the temperature drop. When heating with wood, it is a lousy method to wonder if the stove needs any attention because you feel chilly- if the stove has really died down and is about out of fuel, it can be a long recovery. Much better to tend it first.
These are also the times of the winter where chimney fires become an issue. A lot of casual wood burners have spent a couple of months coating the chimney with creosote, and tonight they will kick the woodstoves in the butt, put some fire into the chimney and occasionally ignite that creosote. I have only seen a couple of them, and only one that got out of the chimney and into the house and none of them were pretty. The one that caught the house on fire was particularly nasty to the people living there because the fire (in the wood of the house) has caught and is burning pretty seriously before there are any symptoms in the house; when the smoke detector(s) go off, it is because the fire has already burned through the chimney well and whatever the walls are made of and is now inside the house. They did not lose the house though, and no one was injured but still, it serves as a reminder to be vigilant. How does it go- fire is a wonderful servant but a terrible master?
By the way, it is just passing 10F and headed lower right now.
Brian
Back when we bought our house in 1986 it was heated with electric baseboard heating only. After finding out what my electric bill looked like over that first winter I decided to buy and install a nice air tight wood stove. I was able to install some ductwork and a few small volume thermostatically controlled fans up in a false ceiling that allowed the heat from the stove to reach the bedrooms and other areas of the house. I heated the house that way for around 10 years. I saved a ton of money since I had a good free source for firewood (It didn't feel free when I was cutting down trees, splitting, and hauling logs). In '96 my brother (he's in the HVAC business) and I installed a gas furnace and the associated ductwork in the house and the 'free' heat days ended. I still have the wood stove and still use it from time to time. It's fantastic to fall back on that stove for heat when/if the power goes out. Heck, you can even cook a full meal on that thing and bake bread too.
I’ll be firing that stove up for sure on Monday when the forecast highs around here will only reach MINUS 15. :o
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Well, that takes a big bull elk out of the question. This means Mr Elkhoof isn't kosher :o
So, what you are hinting at is I start using a straight razor for the kill? Sharpest thing in the house for sure ;D
Well, that would work.... but you are going to have to wear slippers to sneak up on the game so you don't get it worried....Nah, he's in one of those mariwanna states. Just leave a bud on a stump.
Brian
Nah, he's in one of those mariwanna states. Just leave a bud on a stump.Back in the day it was "Getting stoned". Knowadays it's "Getting baked". Leaf MJ gets thrown out all in favor of the almighty bud. I want to try cooking some leaf down for CBD extraction, anyone out there have real life experience doing this? Zero interest in the head high, but the CBDs work for the back pain, problem is getting good tincture on a regular basis.
NSFW!
http://youtu.be/56duVYLsd4Q (http://youtu.be/56duVYLsd4Q)
NSFW!
http://youtu.be/56duVYLsd4Q (http://youtu.be/56duVYLsd4Q)
Ordered something from Amazon at 5pm on Sunday. It arrived at my work address at 10:30am Monday. Did they just anticipate I planned to discover something I would want, and ship it just in case I ended up ordering it?They shipped it on Friday. :rotflmao:
Amazon files a patent for "anticipatory package shipping."
They shipped it on Friday. :rotflmao:
CNET
News
Amazon to ship things before you've even thought of buying them?
Amazon files a patent for "anticipatory package shipping." The idea is that the company will know from your buying patterns what you're likely to want next.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57617458-71/amazon-to-ship-things-before-youve-even-thought-of-buying-them/ (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57617458-71/amazon-to-ship-things-before-youve-even-thought-of-buying-them/)
Careful Brent, Amazon might be billing you for that scotch as we speak.
Again with the Scotch tonight...
60?
Its warmed up to zero here. :_shudder_Emoticon
63 high here today, 59 right now. I took one of the ZX9's out that hasn't been ridden for a few weeks. Had to wear gloves
18 here- want me to mail you an envelope of 'warm'? Going back down to zero or close to it tonight again.
Brian
If it's not too much trouble? Better put the 'warm' in one of the padded envelopes. :)
I respectfully retract that offer.... I need all I can get to keep up with our little cold spell. The stove is making the trip but not 'in style'; temps. in the morning are dropping to the mid- 60's in the house after an overnight of around zero. Still, I cannot fault the stove as I am heating the whole house, two floors, with not other heating method (boiler is shut off, and I don't mean the thermostats but the actual boiler). Then again, it is a real problem to use this stove when it is 40 out and keep a continuous fire going so it really cannot be any bigger.
Brian
I've been heating the house with our wood stove too. I pack it full right before bed and it keeps the house toasty all night long. I even have a nice bed of coals in the morning to get her roaring again. :)
As I said before, I used to heat our house exclusively with wood too. I've gotten back to that with the cold we've had lately, plus being retired and home all day helps too. ;D
My stove isn't as large as yours but it also has a catalytic combustor. I don't know how large the firebox is but it'll hold a lot if you pack it right. My stove will also burn coal but since I don't have a source for coal I've never used it.
When it's zero outside, Bosco knows where the best seat in the house can be found.
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It may not look like it but the top of that stove is 1,000f.
:) Sunday 55F/sunny 200 mile ride :)
:( Today 15F tonight 0ish :(
:) Sunday 55F/sunny 200 mile ride :)
:( Today 15F tonight 0ish :(
It's minus 14 at the moment with a wind chill near minus 35 :_shudder_Emoticon
:o
It's minus 14 at the moment with a wind chill near minus 35 :_shudder_Emoticon
Advice from a friend of mine. He heats, exclusively, with a wood stove.
1) Temps near freezing, you need to put at least 10 gallons of water per day into the air.
2) Temps near 10F you need near 15 gallons per day.
3) Temps near or below zero, well, you get the idea.
Using his humidifier, as well as pots of water on the stove, he's been able to keep the humidity between 25%-30% and can keep his temps at or above the 70 mark...
It's minus 14 at the moment with a wind chill near minus 35 :_shudder_Emoticon
So how are you making out with your woodstove in these extreme temps / windchills? I am about at the limit of mine- it will run all night, no problem, but not at a rate that will maintain the house at 70+. After a 9 or 10 hour burn, the house is between 65 and 69 depending on just how cold and windy it was overnight. The photo you put up looks like a Dutchwest, and I would not think it would hold enough wood to maintain an entire house at a comfy temp. overnight? Or do you get up and stoke it during the night?
Brian
Weather was just to friggin' nice to take my truck! Picked up a sweet Michelin "Desert Race" tire for the katOOm ;D
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Y'all can keep the East Coast (anything East of the Rockies), all of it.:goodpost:
2F now, maybe 28F this weekend. I was trying to talk about cold weather to my cousin in Alabama. I said you can tell when its below zero F when the nose hairs stick together when you breath through the nose and your teeth hurt when you breath through your mouth, and the snow is crunchy. No clue.
Y'all can keep the East Coast (anything East of the Rockies), all of it.
:goodpost:
They say that people from the south don't know how to drive in snow?
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That pic makes me happy Steve, thank you. :) :chugbeer:
Wow, dinosaurs are everywhere! ;D
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I've stared at this pic for a long time and I still don't see a dinosaur. :P
Been sick for a week. Off work since Monday PM. What a waste of a week! And TV is crappy. :-[
I hate :censored: plumbing...
Putting a new kitchen faucet. The cutoffs leak. Had to go to the hw store to buy washers. Got that fixed, put everything together and no water. :censored: :censored: and :censored: ! That's no water coming out of the faucet. There's water going in. Take it all apart and start blowing through the lines. No air coming out of the spout. :censored: and this is a brand new 'expensive' faucet! :censored: quality control...made in Taiwan. Take it all apart, break some tabs on the cartridge trying to figure it out. I got air getting to the cartridge but it won't go through......and then I realize I hadn't turned the lever to the correct position. It now works. :censored: :censored: and triple :censored: . Hopefully it won't leak after I put it all back together.
I hate :censored: plumbing.
I hate :censored: plumbing...
Putting a new kitchen faucet. The cutoffs leak. Had to go to the hw store to buy washers. Got that fixed, put everything together and no water. :censored: :censored: and :censored: ! That's no water coming out of the faucet. There's water going in. Take it all apart and start blowing through the lines. No air coming out of the spout. :censored: and this is a brand new 'expensive' faucet! :censored: quality control...made in Taiwan. Take it all apart, break some tabs on the cartridge trying to figure it out. I got air getting to the cartridge but it won't go through......and then I realize I hadn't turned the lever to the correct position. It now works. :censored: :censored: and triple :censored: . Hopefully it won't leak after I put it all back together.
I hate :censored: plumbing.
It's not over. I reversed the hot and cold so now I have to pull everything out from the bottom of the sink and reverse the lines. Dam faucet didn't have anything labeling which one was hot and which one was cold. I took a chance...I was wrong. Grrrrrrr.
Jim, leave the canyon cages on the shelf and step away from the bike.
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Decided to power wash the vehicles and get the salt off...did fine until we got to my truck. Forgot to totally roll the windows up... :banghead: :doh:
Aye...he says with 4 beers (maybe 5?...lost count) under his belt.Alcohol free here.
If Pete and re-Pete were sitting on a fence and Pet fell off who was left?
Ok, I'm confused. Who is Pet?
Alcohol free here.
Go Seahawks, World Champions and home of the fair weather 12th man ;D
Alcohol free here.
Go Seahawks, World Champions and home of the fair weather 12th man ;D
I'm pretty happy to have had plenty of alcohol to dull the pain.We had Skittles galore ;D
You now have time to become one with the yo-yo, Conrad. I expect to see a YouTube video of this soon.
Do you use bacon flavored vodka?
You know that I don't use flavored vodkas...it's unprofessional.
??? :-\
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:rotflmao:
I knew I liked bacon!
I don't think she's that bad looking, Martha Stewart that is...
So we all see these postal vehicle running around, delivering mail.... but what are they? No one else seems to have them. Who makes them?
They were made by Grumman, the same company who brought us such other marvelous vehicles as the F4 Wildcat, the F6 Hellcat (WWII piston engine fighters) the TBF Avenger, the A- 6 Intruder, the F-14 Tomcat (my personal favorite) and the Apollo Lunar Module. But by the 80's, things were slow at the old 'Iron works' (Grumman's nickname for building such tough fighters) and they needed something else to do. Jeep was discontinuing the right hand drive vehicle they had made for the USPS and so Grumman stepped in and manufactured 140,000 of these "LLV" or Long Life Vehicles. They are powered with GM in-line fours, and were built between 1987 and 1994. The original lifespan was to be 24 years (!!) but as the USPS is running so far in the red, the lifespan has been extended to 30 years (!!!). Amazing. So let's all give a round of applause to this uniquely American vehicle which has been bringing us the electric bill and various farkles (my new shaving scuttle arrived today.... via LLV!) for decades.
https://www.google.com/search?q=grumman+llv&tbm=isch&imgil=uzSIFR_QH9QyJM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcRRfykc3_Jee_AgSnx6M0C10RHJoCQc8KfcrwL4N8NMtR5ksk1I4g%253B700%253B393%253BZVXm0MHdZiYlfM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fen.wikipedia.org%25252Fwiki%25252FGrumman_LLV&source=iu&usg=__iny2i5jRh-opMrF3N3AWDYDLUKc%3D&sa=X&ei=M-X2UrHGLYbhqQHd44G4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQ9QEwAg&biw=1920&bih=1085#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=uzSIFR_QH9QyJM%253A%3BZVXm0MHdZiYlfM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252F3%252F37%252FSmall_USPS_Truck.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FGrumman_LLV%3B700%3B393 (https://www.google.com/search?q=grumman+llv&tbm=isch&imgil=uzSIFR_QH9QyJM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcRRfykc3_Jee_AgSnx6M0C10RHJoCQc8KfcrwL4N8NMtR5ksk1I4g%253B700%253B393%253BZVXm0MHdZiYlfM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fen.wikipedia.org%25252Fwiki%25252FGrumman_LLV&source=iu&usg=__iny2i5jRh-opMrF3N3AWDYDLUKc%3D&sa=X&ei=M-X2UrHGLYbhqQHd44G4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQ9QEwAg&biw=1920&bih=1085#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=uzSIFR_QH9QyJM%253A%3BZVXm0MHdZiYlfM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252F3%252F37%252FSmall_USPS_Truck.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FGrumman_LLV%3B700%3B393)
Brian
Mood kill! :'(
Thanks Conrad, you just posted a picture of where boners go to die.... :doh:
You don't like bacon? :oBacon is fine- Martha Stewart in a pseudo lesbian image applying bacon to mannequins? Not so much.
To each his/her own.... ;)
IDK, that pic GP posted doesn't look too bad.... I'd hit that and have her make me a bacon sammich. ;) :P
I burned up a belt on the snowblower going through knee deep drifts. Wasn't designed for that. Had to use the shovel especially at the end of the driveway where it was deeper and the snow had a lot more water in it from the salt. Now we can't see out the driveway when we want to pull out the snow is almost 5 feet high.
We are going up to 60F next week, no rain though, but 60F is just too warm after getting so much snow and it being below freezing for 2 months now. I actually saw bare cement yesterday on the driveway! Too soon.
Car snow tires..Sissy. Why tear up the roads with studded car tires? Go this route instead and pickup your man card. (Put on them CCs while you are at it Jim).
Very cool animated map of the winds in the United States.
http://hint.fm/wind/index.html (http://hint.fm/wind/index.html)
Click on the map to zoom, mouse over to see the speed at that location.
So I was wondering just how many times Groundhog Day is repeated in the movie 'Groundhog Day'. With a little help from Google, it appears that there were quite a few; at least 3,176 days or 8 years, 8 months, and 16 days according to one website named Worf Gnards. And he even has a graph representing the big portions of how Phil allocated his time..... Learning to sculpture ice and play the piano seem to take up the greatest single portions. This is a link to his site: http://www.wolfgnards.com/index.php/2009/06/16/how-long-does-billy-murray-spend-in-grou (http://www.wolfgnards.com/index.php/2009/06/16/how-long-does-billy-murray-spend-in-grou)
Harold Ramis actually responds to this page and that response is located at the bottom of the page referenced. It seems that Mr. Ramis thought that Worf Gnards.... had too much time on his hands.... ;D
And let's all remember: "Don't drive angry, don't drive angry."
Brian
Two people down with the stomach flu here. Doing my best to keep the house disinfected....think Monk...only worse. Will make the ultimate sacrifice and disinfect my stomach with alcohol..preferably vodka and vermouth.. Hope it works.
Will now go for a second round...feeling the first was not enough.
So far so good. Treatment appears to be working, albeit with side affects. The recommended dosage is at least two. Unfortunately after taking it I feel like doing nothing and I get somewhat loopy and in the morning I have a slight headache. However, I am working through it.
Mine's been off since I put a new battery in 2 years ago. A clock on a bike is as wrong as a radio or telephone.
You're right there G. I used to use my bike's clock to see how late I was for work. I won't be needing that info any longer... :):thumbs:
Through some sort of miracle, my clock is now correct..
A funny thing happened on the way from the bedroom upstairs to the kitchen downstairs this morning. Smelled something burning....wood burning to be exact. Nothing was on, no smoke. Fire alarms had not activated, so where was it coming from? On a hunch I opened the dishwasher. I put some dishes in last night and figured I check that out. The smell was coming from inside the dishwasher! I found the culprit, a wooden spatula that was turned into charcoal on the wooden handle end and the rubber end had a scorch mark as well. Seems it fell from the top rack, through the bottom rack and landed on the heater element. The perfect storm so to speak.
Unfortunately, I can't get the smell out of the dishwasher. Any hints?
A funny thing happened on the way from the bedroom upstairs to the kitchen downstairs this morning. Smelled something burning....wood burning to be exact. Nothing was on, no smoke. Fire alarms had not activated, so where was it coming from? On a hunch I opened the dishwasher. I put some dishes in last night and figured I check that out. The smell was coming from inside the dishwasher! I found the culprit, a wooden spatula that was turned into charcoal on the wooden handle end and the rubber end had a scorch mark as well. Seems it fell from the top rack, through the bottom rack and landed on the heater element. The perfect storm so to speak.
Unfortunately, I can't get the smell out of the dishwasher. Any hints?
Well, do you have a wood stove now? Do you want one? If so, consider putting a smokestack in the dishwasher and a small draft hole in the front- viola! The buy a new, non- stenchified dish washer (sans smoke stack and draft hole) and poof- everybody is happy!
Or you could take the coward's way out and do what Steve said: just keep doing dishes in it.
One other thing you might try: when shaving brushes are brand new, they can be quite odorific and it ain't a pleasant odor (both boar and badger brushes can be pretty funky)- the preferred way to de- funk them is by using Oxiclean powder. You could try that in the dishwasher- soak everything inside it with Oxiclean and let is soak for a few minutes then cycle the machine and see if the stench calms down.
Brian
A funny thing happened on the way from the bedroom upstairs to the kitchen downstairs this morning. Smelled something burning....wood burning to be exact. Nothing was on, no smoke. Fire alarms had not activated, so where was it coming from? On a hunch I opened the dishwasher. I put some dishes in last night and figured I check that out. The smell was coming from inside the dishwasher! I found the culprit, a wooden spatula that was turned into charcoal on the wooden handle end and the rubber end had a scorch mark as well. Seems it fell from the top rack, through the bottom rack and landed on the heater element. The perfect storm so to speak.
Unfortunately, I can't get the smell out of the dishwasher. Any hints?
Unfortunately, the smell comes out of the upper vent in the door. It's diminished this morning but still there.
Steve, thanks for that link. I didn't know that Affresh made something for the dishwasher. I use their cleaners for the front loading washing machine for the last several years.
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Happy March 14!
The mens version of Valentine's Day
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=March%2014th (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=March%2014th)
Years and years ago, before modern times, I owned a C20 Macintosh tube pre-amp. I got it from the guy I was working for back in the mid-70s. I think I paid about $15 for it. I used it for quite awhile, in fact for over 20 years and then I had a transformer go. Being stupid, I threw it away. I could have fixed the darn thing. Saw one on ebay for nearly 1200 dollars. Any tube amplifier these days is very pricey. :banghead: :doh:
I was born in the mid-70s.
I was born in the mid-70s.
If you file for FL210, your IAS is 225kts and the OAT is -5C at 21,000', what number do you put in block 4 of your flight plan?42
Rick
Years and years ago, before modern times, I owned a C20 Macintosh tube pre-amp. I got it from the guy I was working for back in the mid-70s. I think I paid about $15 for it. I used it for quite awhile, in fact for over 20 years and then I had a transformer go. Being stupid, I threw it away. I could have fixed the darn thing. Saw one on ebay for nearly 1200 dollars. Any tube amplifier these days is very pricey. :banghead: :doh:
I bought a new motorcycle.
A Beta Evo 300. Yawn ;)
I hate Frontier
http://www.speedtest.net/ (http://www.speedtest.net/)
Download speed=1.12 Mbps
Upload speed = .21 Mbps
I love my Comcast network connection!
Download speed = 57.57 Mbps
Upload speed = 11.67 Mbps
I love my Comcast network connection!
Download speed = 57.57 Mbps
Upload speed = 11.67 Mbps
Spent last week in WA State riding in 45 degree rain (street class for the Special Forces Motorcycle Mentors), arrived in NC Sunday Morning to a hottish 80 degrees. Today? Muggy, 75ish, and then the rain started. 70 degrees and a real downpour complimented by lightning. Stopped class early, which was a good call seeing as we are using the airstrip at Camp Mackall :o
Go figure, sun is shining in the PNW.
I bought a new razor this past weekend. A Merkur, made in Germany, old style safety razor, long handle, heavyweight, two piece. Should last a lifetime.
Well, some 6,000 miles in the last 30 days I feel safe in saying I am getting some seat time in. On road, off road, off road racing, and training. I can hardly wait for "Riding" season to get here :P I am riding a 2014 Ultra this week so the pace is a bit differant :-[
Yep, yer missing out Chet, supposed to be great weather here in the PNW all week, Wednesday n Thursday are looking to be in the mid-80's! :o 8)
Safe travels bro! :chugbeer:
I am riding a 2014 Ultra this week so the pace is a bit differant :-[
Sigh....and why not a C14?
He wanted a C14 but he couldn't find anyone who wanted to trade for his boat. He was a bit bummed that I have the faster bike. :)
Good...and well he should be. What color is his bike?
Was it floating or on the bottom of the lake or river? I mean hey, if you are trying to trade a boat that won't float, you don't think you're going to do better than an FJR, do you?
Good luck to your brother on the new ride and the very best of luck with it- they really are nice bikes of course.
<duckin', grinnin' and runnin'>
Brian
Well, at least it is one of the faster colors. Not as fast as our 08s, of course, but still fast.
He wanted a C14 but he couldn't find anyone who wanted to trade for his boat. He was a bit bummed that I have the faster bike. :)
Wow, Allison boats are total bad-*ss too
I have jury duty today. :(
On the plus side, the county courthouse is 45 mins away, it's a VERY scenic ride, and it's going to be 65 and sunny today. :)
I took the long way to the courthouse yesterday, took me an hour. After sitting in the 'jury room' for an hour and a half (with 49 other prospective jurors) the judge came in and told us to go home because the defendant pleaded guilty 'on the courthouse steps' as the judge put it.
Took me three hours to get home. :)
I went to jury duty once but could not ride my bike :-( Still, it was quite interesting- there were originally 4 cases coming to trial and a gigantic jury pool. Half of the pool was dismissed the first morning but I got to stay. As the cases were all being settled by plea bargain, the people needed for jurors kept going down but I kept missing the 'go home' selections (name on wrong end of alphabet, standing on wrong side of room, etc.). Actually went back the next day, went through the entire instruction process and was sworn in WHEN SUDDENLY, the last case also reached a plea bargain. It was an interesting experience though and hey, 'cause I got sworn in, I got jury pay for two whole days.... I think it was something like $15 / day, or in C-14 terms, 4% of 1/2 of a cheap farkle.
Brian
I WANT to serve jury duty. I've never been called. But seeing as how I work for the Gov't and a few of my family are police or were, I'm not sure I'll ever be seated.
Wise advice.
I like Earl Grey Bergamot tea. In fact, I'm drinking it now!
Which flavor?
Domain migrations suck.
Black tea is all it says on the envelope.
WTF?
It's snowing here!!! :o
May 16th and it's freakin snowing. ???
You mock me Sir, you mock me! I just moved my snowblower back to the back of the garage and never did get a chance to go for a 'test blow' (easy boys!) after the re-work on it. :-( Now we are on to lawn tractor and leaf vacuum..... sigh.
Brian
... Now we are on to lawn tractor and leaf vacuum..... sigh....
Growler filled with Devil's Backbone Vienna Lager for the weekend.
And it's all mine! hahahhahahahahaahahahah! Mine, I tell you, all mine!
Depends. If they helped me with my project list, I could be persuaded...
Why hasn't Jay posted pictures of his installed headers?
You need a dedicated pit crew, or send SWMBO to a mechanics school ;D I reckon Gumby would do, in a pinch of course, I hear he works for beer ;)
Install is on the 29th Chet. :) :chugbeer:
You need a dedicated pit crew, or send SWMBO to a mechanics school ;D I reckon Gumby would do, in a pinch of course, I hear he works for beer ;)
While we do appreciate the pic, Jay, it just couldn't stay..... :'(
at least "stop texting while riding a motorcycle" isn't being suggested here.
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Did somebody say beer? :chugbeer:
:(
I thought the rule in the open section was no nipple no foul? ??? :-\
at least "stop texting while riding a motorcycle" isn't being suggested here.
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Hopefully minus the head...I thought good beer had a little head?
I guess it depends....in this case I'm talking about the head in the backseat.Are we back on depends?
Are we back on depends?Too much beer?
The growler has been emptied...a moment of silence please.
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Is the kid watching the creation portion or the being pushed out bit?
Why would it have to be one or the other? Why not both....with a fading cut between them?
Brian
^^^^nice! A friend just slammed together a 550 HP cobra kit with a 4K paint job that is off the chain.
Now you have me thinking...where is my lava lamp??? Hmmmm.....
I had a Lamborghini Countach and a Farrah Fawcett poster in my dorm room. Wasn't allowed posters at home in HS.
That's the next purchase. And then....a poster that uses black light...I'm thinking Easy Rider. I had one of those in my room when I was in HS.
I went to the local super mall yesterday, first time in YEARS that I've been in any mall (I needed to buy two new batteries for my truck at Sears).
Holy ****! I'm SO glad that my wife and I only have sons and no daughters!
I'm amazed at the way some of these young teenage girls dress! :o They look like a bunch of prostitutes!
I would NEVER in a million years let my daughter (if I had one) leave the house looking that way. >:(
To get this thread back OFFTOPIC....
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, up to late 1944, the highest officer's rank in the armed forces of the US was General or Admiral, both 4- star ranks. At the end of 1944, congress passed legislation to create another rank, one with five stars. In most other western countries, this rank is termed 'Marshal', 'Field Marshal' or similar. It was considered in the US but rejected because the first person selected for this new rank was General George C. Marshall and giving him the official title "Marshal Marshall" was thought to be in poor taste. So the rank was named "General of the Army" and "Fleet Admiral" and "General of the Air Force", depending on branch of service of course, instead.
Brian
That is a cool piece of trivia I never knew. Thanks Brian.
Great- maybe you will like today's useless piece of information.... :-)
So who was the highest ranking officer ever in the US military? The answer is short, the reason for it is a little longer.
Before the 20 century the answer is sketchy due to the various ranks, terms and qualifiers. From 1919 it was John J. Pershing ('Black Jack' Pershing although that was a much- softened version of his nickname and it was quite derogatory). But then in 1976, George Washington became the highest ranking US military officer ever. Kinda' funny, huh?
So it goes like this: after the first World War, Pershing was given the rank "General of the Armies" (note the plural) and it was considered the equivalent of a six- star general. This meant he clearly out- ranked Washington and all that served before himself. Then in 1976, Congress passed a bill making Washington General of the Armies also but given his earlier promotion, he would effective out rank Pershing.
Pershing was given the choice of the what insignia to use- he chose to wear the four stars of a full general but in gold rather than silver to denote the different rank.
Brian
So I wonder why they didn't give Pershing the title Field Marshal.
I was going through some old pics the other day and found some of my idiot brother-in-law the cop and myself. These are truly rare indeed and never before seen or published photos. I will try my best to post them this Sunday so mark your calendars, wake the kids and call the neighbors this will be a once in a lifetime experience to see me and him together.
I was going through some old pics the other day and found some of my idiot brother-in-law the cop and myself. These are truly rare indeed and never before seen or published photos. I will try my best to post them this Sunday so mark your calendars, wake the kids and call the neighbors this will be a once in a lifetime experience to see me and him together.
Surprisingly neat little museum, isn't it? I used to work on the radars for the HAWK missile system. Dragged my son up there last summer. I hope you had time to go by the display at WSMR, and go into White Sands National Monument.
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Happier times- L to R Strawboss, Mrs. Strawboss, idiot brother-in-law the cop, Mrs. brother-in-law
These are never before seen by other humans.
Fixed it for ya!
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Happier times- L to R Strawboss, Mrs. Strawboss, brother-in-law, Mrs. brother-in-law
These are never before seen by other humans.
Yes, sisters, my wife is 4 years older. I'm 6 ft, if you notice, he's a bit shorter than me, actually, more than a bit, he must be wearing his elevated shoes as normally he's only a bit taller than my wife and here he looks a lot taller than her. A little man who carries a big pistol, makes him feel better.
If you order a car from a dealer in Ohio, to be shipped to that dealer in Ohio, the factory installs the front license plate bracket automatically, for free. A big, honking, ugly, riveted monstrosity that cannot be removed without damaging the bumper. Not what I ordered.
I was in court some years back and the judge had a man up before the bench that was ticketed for not having a front license plate on his Corvette. VA requires both front and rear. The man stated it ruined the lines of the vehicle so he didn't put one on the front. He then showed the judge a picture of the vehicle. The judge then started pondering out loud why VA has the requirement for two plates. He thought that it would be cheaper for all involved if it was only one plate. He sighed and then dismissed the charge. However, he told the man that regardless of how it made the car look, it had to have two plates, so get the front installed post haste.
Exactly the way I feel Conrad. Ohio was considering removing the front plate but it was halted somewhere in the process, it may come up again in 2015 when the climate for such change will be better. I too have not run a front plate since around 1990.
I am really surprised that you guys are getting away without running a front plate (in a state that requires it). We also use 2 plates on a car and you absolutely will get popped for not displaying a front plate.... and it will not take decades either. And on the third of fourth stop for the same thing, some other mechanism will kick in and involve a tow truck.
We also get hit around here for missing or expired inspection stickers (required annually). Any individual LEO on routine traffic duty will do this but there are also roving little groups of LEO and state DOT folks who visually inspect each and every single car passing and pull everybody without a sticker or the incorrect colored one.
Brian
I've received a performance award or two while driving without a front license plate and the LEO didn't say a word about it.
Here in Ohio, the police don't stress a lot of importance to something as trivial as a front license plate, most of the time if you are cited its because the cop is being somewhat of a book follower, or its secondary to something else, kind of like a seat belt violation. This is my experience in Ohio, which is mostly suburban/rural, of course there are exceptions, but Ohio police around my parts seem to be preoccupied with other things. My idiot brother-in-law the cop even commented that cars look better with no front plate. Agreeing with me does not make him better, he still exhibits moronic behavior.
Since this is a thread about nothing at all did you know that if you use a bit wd-40 on the little renewal stickers the great state of ILL-inois sells for $101 that it leaves nothing at all?
And, there are little pellets you can buy to sprinkle around the plant that will alter the soil acid/base relationship and change the color of the flowers. Blue, white, or pink. I would not spray WD-40 on my hydrangea plant, it would wilt to nothing.
Police generated income through CS citations is not as important in other areas of the country.
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Traveling across the US in '11 and again in '12 (both ways), I went through about, oh, a gazillion highway construction areas, and this was just Illinois! All of them were marked with dire warnings of the penalties for speeding, hitting a road worker (funny but I already thought that that would be bad? ??) etc. but only in Ohio did I ever see any LEOs with speed measuring equipment in any of those destruction....er, I mean construction zones.
Brian
Speeding through a construction zone and getting a citation for it is a bit different than not having a front license plate. But 2 mph over borders on CS, but if you talked to anybody that works on has seen what goes on in a construction zone, maybe 2mph isn't so CS. My beef is in Ohio, the penalties are still in effect even if there is no work going on in a marked zone.
Ask anybody who's worked or responded to a crash or incident in a construction zone how CS a citation is for speeding.......oh, me. Last time I heard nobody ever got killed over not having a front license plate. I travel a bit myself and Ohio does seem to have a lot of police around the borders and interstates, and construction zones as there are only two seasons in Ohio, winter and construction. ;D
Don't come to Ohio I guess.
OK, time to get this thread back off- track....
On 2 July, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot President James A. Garfield twice in the back in an attempt to assassinate Garfield. It worked but not quite the way Guiteau had envisioned; Garfield lived eleven agonizing weeks, finally succumbing to massive infections and dying on 19 September, 1881. Being charged with murder, Guiteau pleaded non guilty and used an early version of the 'insanity defense'. At one point in the trial, Guiteau even argued that the bullets did not kill Garfield but rather he was killed by infections caused by careless medical care, which was normal at the time, saying "The doctors killed Garfield, I just shot him". This is almost certainly true and accurate as the actual gun shot wounds were not lethal. Neven the less, Guiteau was found guilty and given an all- expense paid trip through the trap door of a gallows....
The point to all of this is of course is that even though Garfield was born in Ohio, he never had the slightest trouble with any vehicular law enforcement issues at all, including the infamous problems in that state regarding the use of a front license plate, tight enforcement of excessive speed laws or any difficulty whatsoever in any construction zones.
Brian
If I didn't have a forum to hang out at during the work day I would really be bummed. This one is pretty fun :chugbeer:
The Wright brothers, after years of intense research and experimentation, made the first powered flight by a [heavier than air] vehicle on 17 December, 1903 at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. NOT Kitty Hawk, North Carolina as is usually cited: that is merely the closest populated area in NC.
The area was selected for its mile climate, steady and common winds and great stretches of sandy areas, ideal for the softest possible landings for vehicles that were most likely to need a soft landing area. The location was suggested to Wilbur Wright by Octave Chanute but he was only as specific as the mid- Atlantic coast. Wilbur studied US Weather Bureau data, and that section of NC was the closest area deemed viable to Dayton, OH, where the Wright brothers lived and worked.
At least that is the history and recorded data as presented today. Personally, I wonder if there was not a deeper and more sinister reason for the Wright brothers to leave Ohio in the first place: restrictive flight laws in that state? Perhaps there were issues of transporting all of their planes and equipment on the roads in Ohio, especially through construction zones? And finally, perhaps aeroplanes (accepted spelling of airplane at that time) were required to display two license plates, thereby enraging the Wright brothers and totally spoiling the looks of Flyer I? There is no record of any of this but then again, if the whole thing was a gigantic conspiracy in the first place, there would NOT be any records. Coincidence? I think not....
Brian
As the Thing from the Fantastic Four would say 'It's drinking time!'. I've just installed my Race Tech fork compressor thingy on my workbench so that I can R&R my forks. Not sure how well it works but if it does, all will be welcome to borrow it assuming they bring beer and possibly steaks. Also, just started heating up the grill for hamburgers and corn tonight for supper.Is that thingy mounted below the crash protected shelf?
As the Thing from the Fantastic Four would say 'It's drinking time!'. I've just installed my Race Tech fork compressor thingy on my workbench so that I can R&R my forks. Not sure how well it works but if it does, all will be welcome to borrow it assuming they bring beer and possibly steaks. Also, just started heating up the grill for hamburgers and corn tonight for supper.
Grill: I got me a new grill a couple of years ago- one of those cheap infrared jobs. It worked well but was slow and did not put much heat to the meat (easy boys!). Then the lower steel plates rotted out and I got a new set of plates / grates / infrared radiators that have a single layer and shazam! it was like sex, only good! Fantastic! Like a great date, it is hot, fast and never flares up. I love this thing! So I have been grilling everything that won't run away and most of it is coming out fantastic. And for the first time in my entire life, I do not suck at grilling- I always though it was just that I suck at grilling but apparently those flame- shooting, grease- laden, rock- spitting things I had in the past were just lousy grills. Hey, I always buy the cheap ones and probably got everything I deserved. But this one is just great. A Char- broil 'Tru Infrared' with the stainelss steel "W" grates. Still a pretty cheap grill but I cannot imagine anything working better. The only problem with it is it is kinda' difficult to clean 'cause nothing will fall through the grate; so I just give it a good scraping with an elk's hoof and vacuum out the carbon.
Brian
I have been debating about getting that very grill. $299 or so at Target\Home Depot. Looks like a good grill. Char-Broil Tru Infrared two burner. I read somewhere never to buy these grills on the Internet as they ship with cheaper grates.
Is that thingy mounted below the crash protected shelf?
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I've got a Sears shiny grill that I use for large gatherings. It's ok, but it's no Ducane.
Don't come to Ohio I guess.
I've just installed my Race Tech fork compressor thingy on my workbench so that I can R&R my forks.
I'll see what I can do, but if it's mounted upside down, just don't tell me.If it is upside down I bet a set of Canyon Cages would come in handy ;) If the job is too big for ya, just admit it. I feel certain you won't get any grief around these parts ;)
Truthfully, it may be, Chet. I'll see how it goes with the forks. Nothing goes as planned with my projects here of late....
Truthfully, it may be, Chet. I'll see how it goes with the forks. Nothing goes as planned with my projects here of late....Sure wish ya lived a bit closer, we'd have them on in no time.
Sure wish ya lived a bit closer, we'd have them on in no time.
And throw on an auxiliary fuel tank for good measure!Well, I think he has a bit more smarts than that!! I do have another elk hoof as a gift though ;)
Brian
Sure wish ya lived a bit closer, we'd have them on in no time.
Would truly love to take you up on that offer...thanks.You up to a road trip? ;D I hear it only takes 2ish days to get here from the east coast 8)
You up to a road trip? ;D I hear it only takes 2ish days to get here from the east coast 8)
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I've heard that too but then I also heard that sometimes it takes 100 hours, a heart attack and an overnighter in the cardiac ward. Sure I know that sounds like a good time but trust me- the glue on those little probes stings when they pull them off and they use like 130 of them.
Brian
You were probed AND they used glue? :o
..the glue on those little probes stings when they pull them off and they use like 130 of them.
I'm getting tested for TB tomorrow.
The glue isn't so bad, it's when they don't shave you first that causes the pain. :'(
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We can probably file this one under the heading "Just when it could not get any worse.... an odd thing happened."
Betty Lou Oliver got up and went to her usually boring job as an operator attendant in the Empire State Building on Saturday, 28 July, 1945; this was supposed to be her last day on the job. Things took a sudden turn for the 'exciting' when a B-25 bomber crashed into the building on the 79th floor, badly burning Mrs. Oliver. Rescue personal gave first aid, put her on a gurney and put her in an elevator for the trip to the street and the ambulance. What they did not know was that one engine of the plane had greatly weakened the elevator cables, which snapped when the elevator doors closed, allowing the elevator car to plunge more than 1,000 ft. to the bottom of the elevator shaft. Now rescue workers had to dig through the debris to recover the body of course but to everyone's' surprise, Mrs. Oliver survived the fall; in doing so set a Guinness world record that still stands today of the longest elevator fall that anyone survived. It is suspected that the tangle of elevator cable inside the shaft along with the rapidly compressing air in the shaft may have cushioned the impact of the car. She broke both arms and her back in the fall and had to be cut out of the wreckage. Five months later, she returned to that very elevator shaft and rode in it to the top of the building along with an elevator inspector who complimented her on her "guts".
She returned to Ft. Smith, AR, with her husband, had three children and seven grandchildren. She died in 1999 and is buried in Ft. Smith, AR.
Brian
Interesting indeed! I wonder why the Otis automatic brake didn't stop the plunge.
Synthetic or dino oil?
What are the slanted uprights by the fenders?Those must be the legs that come down to store it vertically.
What are the slanted uprights by the fenders?
Looked like a good price too.
You're going to have to paint it Silverdammit or it will drag down the tow vehicle.
No.
Yeah, that's what my wife said too.
Yeah, that's what my wife said too.
Yeah my wife too. Wait, are we talking about...OH I see, green fender paint. My wife loves to find stuff for me to paint.
See, at first when I saw "wife" and "no" I thought we were talking abou.......never mind. :-[
Mondays suck! :(
Aunt Ann died ;D. We just found out 3 weeks after, as if I f***ing care. I'm going to pi$$ on her grave and hope she's doing well in purgatory as hell is too good for her. She was the root cause of my wife's family disowning us, again, as if I f***ing care. We drank a bottle of wine the other night. I feel fine.
Its my wife's family, and I don't care what anybody says, I married HER, not her family, she feels the same. I've moved on, I hope never to see or hear or talk to them ever again in my life after what they did and what they said. Ding dong the witch is dead! ;D
Too much water dilutes the effect. Jeez Jim, come what the heck are we doing here talking about, well what we're talking about? ;D
There is salt in P from what I understand plus any number of bad things for grass....just sayin. I know one person that I'd use that method on.
1% is still a percentage of salt. Whilst not a crazy percentage, still enough to make a point.
On August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris, France. The authorities acted quickly and Pablo Picasso was questioned, and fortunately, Guillaume Apollinaire was apprehended and placed in jail. Of course the bad news is that Mr. Apollinaire did not in fact steal the painting. It was missing for two years before being found when the original thief, a Louvre employee named Vincenzo Peruggia, was caught while trying to sell the painting to a Florentine art gallery. Apparently Mr. Peruggia's motivation was that he felt the Italian master's work should be returned to Italy where it rightfully belonged. After recovery, the Mona Lisa was shown all over Italy for two years before being returned to the Louvre. Mr. Peruggia served a six month jail term and was considered a national hero in Italy.
Art is often lost on my- I simply do not 'get' any of Pollack's work for example. But something in the Mona Lisa forces me to look at it (in photographs, I have never been to France or seen the painting in person). So if DaVinci can appeal even to such a heathen as me, I guess he really was a Master (I love his drawings of horses!).
Brian
I never knew about the theft. I saw the painting for the second time last year. It is displayed much better then the first time I saw it. I never understood why that painting got so famous. Of Da Vinci's body of work this falls somewhere in the "meh" category IMO.
I was at a convention in downtown San Francisco, had some downtime and went into the SF museum of modern art. I found it to be "The Emperors New Clothes" in action. There were 5 or 6 examples of "monochromatic art". I'm not talking about a picture in black and white, that would be "dichromatic art". I'm talking about pieces where the "artist" went down the the Alameda Navy yard, stole a bucket of battle ship grey and slathered it on to a canvas. At least 2 in grey and several in other colors. They had descriptions about how the "artist" brought out the color on canvas. I was waiting for a blank spot on the wall with the exact same description. I guess I'm like the people in the fable that thought the emperor was naked.
Think I'm exaggerating?
http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/19534 (http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/19534)
or
http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/22933 (http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/22933)
This is my idea of truly great art and it isn't even in a museum. It's a fountain in front of a building in Irving, TX:
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The burning of Washington DC was in retaliation for the incursions and burnings into Canada. Unfortunately, the locals decided to take advantage of the situation and did some looting. Not a great time in American history, at least in the DC area.<sigh> Some things never change.
On August 24, 1814, Dolly Madison had dinner prepared for herself and her husband, President James Madison. Nothing unusual about that. What was a bit on the odd side is who actually ate that meal; that was the day that British troops arrived, took the city of Washington and burned almost all of it. After eating the meal left in the White House, of course.
The next day, the head of the British forces there, Read Admiral George Cockburn (Easy Boys!) searched out the offices of a local newspaper, The National Intelligencer, as they had put him in such a bad light and nicknamed him "The Ruffian". He was determined to burn that building too but some local women persuaded him not to do that as it would almost certainly set the nearby houses afire. Instead, he ordered the building be taken down brick by brick, and ordered all the type in the letter 'C' be destroyed "so that the rascals can have no further means of abusing my name."
And by the way, the oft- repeated stories of Dolly Madison personally taking the portrait of George Washington down and removing it from the White House to save it are false: the painting was far too large and heavy for any single person to carry it, never mind remove it from the wall mounting. Servants actually removed the painting.
Brian
This is my idea of truly great art and it isn't even in a museum. It's a fountain in front of a building in Irving, TX:They have a really large thing like that out at Cleburne, TX. I like tat kind of art :)
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They have a really large thing like that out at Cleburne, TX. I like tat kind of art :)
Jack Kevorkian's lawyer and spokesman was the brother of the lead singer of the 80's group "The Knack".
Jack Kevorkian's lawyer and spokesman was the brother of the lead singer of the 80's group "The Knack".
Ironic as I've often been called shallow and irrelevant .....
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Rocknrod is this NM?No.
Do the Helistats automatically track the sun and aim on the Heliostat?They use camera's and track the sun to aim them on the receiver.
I read that BK is moving its HQ to Canada. So is BK buying TH or TH buying BK?
And if you combine the BK Wopper with TH donuts we might get this:
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Oh God
I found my new wallpaper for my phone......
I would KILL for those....
BK buys TH, and is moving the company to Canada to save millions in taxes.Nope. Seems this was another jump to conclusion from the we all know who.
Oh God
I found my new wallpaper for my phone......
I would KILL for those....
That is exactly the kind of food they serve right before being admitted to a hospital!
Even Burger King is claiming this.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/26/burger-king-tim-hortons-deal_n_5714553.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/26/burger-king-tim-hortons-deal_n_5714553.html)
http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/26/news/companies/burger-king-tim-horton/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/26/news/companies/burger-king-tim-horton/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)
They are keeping their corporate office in the US. No change in taxes being paid. FWIW, I still do not understand the tiered tax rates. What is so wrong about a simple tax rate being flat, across the board? Make more, pay more, make less pay less. The current scheme is make more pay WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY more. Make less, get back more. Something wrong in that.
It will never happen as it's in the Man's best interests to keep it as complex as possible.Man's best interest, or those in power? Want complex? Try figuring out coffee beans!! http://www.sweetmarias.com/store/coffee-list/indonesia-and-asia/sumatra/sumatra-lintong-sijamapola.html (http://www.sweetmarias.com/store/coffee-list/indonesia-and-asia/sumatra/sumatra-lintong-sijamapola.html)
That is exactly the kind of food they serve in hospitals! Well, almost exactly. Well, other than the donut, the bacon, the cheese, and the hamburger.
Brian
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SOP, you gonna try those monkey crap beans?I am actually eyeing the elephant variety :o The monkey variety may have "run it's course"!!
Evian, as in Evian brand bottled water, spelled backwards is "Naïve". Hmmmm.
in the last 60 days I have totally reversed my bad to good colesterol levels to "awesome", gotten control of type II diabetes, and my sugar is now @ or below perfect, every test I had done (14 in total) that had my doctor lecturing me has been verified to be perfect currently, I've lost 40 pounds.... :oMy cholesterol just went into the tank and they put me on Zocor. Plus Metformin and Januvia (which I have been on for year). Lost about 20 pounds in the past year and I can't afford anymore.
all thru one medication and simple correct diet...
I deserve cheesy donut burger :'( :'(
Man's best interest, or those in power? Want complex? Try figuring out coffee beans!! http://www.sweetmarias.com/store/coffee-list/indonesia-and-asia/sumatra/sumatra-lintong-sijamapola.html (http://www.sweetmarias.com/store/coffee-list/indonesia-and-asia/sumatra/sumatra-lintong-sijamapola.html)
Want complex? Try figuring out coffee beans!! http://www.sweetmarias.com/store/coffee-list/indonesia-and-asia/sumatra/sumatra-lintong-sijamapola.html (http://www.sweetmarias.com/store/coffee-list/indonesia-and-asia/sumatra/sumatra-lintong-sijamapola.html)
in the last 60 days I have totally reversed my bad to good colesterol levels to "awesome", gotten control of type II diabetes, and my sugar is now @ or below perfect, every test I had done (14 in total) that had my doctor lecturing me has been verified to be perfect currently, I've lost 40 pounds.... :o
all thru one medication and simple correct diet...
I deserve cheesy donut burger :'( :'(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTsC6JWM0qU#t=328 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTsC6JWM0qU#t=328)
So I picked up a new strop (actually a pre- strop) the other day- a Japanese made, canvas strop (the real stuff, made out of hemp). Man, was that thing stiff (Easy Boys!). So I washed it and that didn't make much difference. Beating it up in the clothes dryer did though and at least now it feels like something woven instead of something cast.
It is a really coarse weave though and running a razor up and down it (Easy!) makes a LOT of noise. (this is where the audience asks "How loud is it?" if you are old enough to remember that one) It is SO loud that the other day a couple of Hardley guys stopped by and asked me to go easy on the stropping 'cause the noise was drowning out their open pipes.
Ba Dum Dum
Brian
Never knew a strop could be made out of hemp. (new industry for Colorado?) Always thought they were made from leather.
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But it didn't jump ;)
Even if there is a mouse terrorizing it? They jump in cartoons, you know.
:) Twit.
Durf Wad.Did some searching-"D&*^" is not good, almost as bad as the "F" word, maybe even worser :o ( Worser is a spin off of "Gooder" ;) )
(depending on what Steve gets that to mean in the urban dictionary)
:D
Brian
Did some searching-"D&*^" is not good, almost as bad as the "F" word, maybe even worser :o ( Worser is a spin off of "Gooder" ;) )
Sorry, but where I live little people still, Midgets. People with diminished mental capacity are still Retarded. Homosexuals are still Homosexuals. Black people are still Negros and Colored people.
None of those words are used in an offensive way. To some people those words are just too old to be used. AND, those people are still ASS HOLES where I live.
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They may not be able to jump but they can definitely wheelie.
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It was announced to day that the word "homosexual" is now a bad word. It hurt people so we can't use it anymore.
Like Midget, Retarded, Homosexual, Negro, Colored, etc, etc, etc.
Sorry, but where I live little people still, Midgets. People with diminished mental capacity are still Retarded. Homosexuals are still Homosexuals. Black people are still Negros and Colored people.
None of those words are used in an offensive way. To some people those words are just too old to be used. AND, those people are still ASS HOLES where I live.
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Now to the word> "DURF"
http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/nl/durf (http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/nl/durf)
I am close to a "DURF" But since Superman is never afraid and never feels pain, I am not. That being said: Anyone trying to emulate me is in fact a "DURF"! :finger_fing11:
Even if there is a mouse terrorizing it? They jump in cartoons, you know.
Followed a Nissan Leaf today across the Bay Bridge into San Francisco.
Driver had his window down smoking a cigarette.
Hmmmmm
Then to pile irony on top of irony, he threw his butt onto the ground.
Yeah, but he did it using no gas! Idiot....
...(check out solar and wind power sometime) Pretty cheap, right? It only cost 10 to 15 times as much to product 1k of power with wind and solar, but with Govt. subsidies it's cheaper. Why do you think we have an 18T debt? :banghead:...You are correct - I am currently building a solar plant in Nevada the end cost will be over 10 times what a natural gas plant costs.
You are correct - I am currently building a solar plant in Nevada the end cost will be over 10 times what a natural gas plant costs.
1 Billion Dollars for 100 Mega Watts of electricity. A natural gas plant would cost 100 Million for 100 mega watts.
Also the availability of the power is optimistically 1/3rd that of a natural gas plant due to weather and sunshine availability (night).
But hey, the government is funding it. YEP, That's where the 18 T debt comes in! :banghead:
Is there a way to block calls on a cell phone?Yes. Remove the battery ;)
Is there a way to block calls on a cell phone?
Yes. Remove the battery ;)
There is also a way to block the # after is has called you, each phone is slightly differant. You can also call the "Do not call " registry, 1-888-382-1222. 31 days after calling any telemarketer that calls you is subject to fines, provided you do the steps to file a complaint. I just got done re doing this as it is only effective for a couple years, or someone registers for something free in the mall or on the net. Your number becomes free meat after someone does that... You must call from each phone to get the registry block.
Is there a way to block calls on a cell phone?
Curious to know how much plastic, which is made with oil, is used to make an electric car weigh less. And by using electricity made by burning coal or oil aren't you just rearranging how you use energy, coal made electricity vs gasoline? What would be a break even point? Kind of like taking over 20 years to break even by driving a hybrid truck, or Porsche SUV. And while I'm at it, why do electric car have to be so goofy looking, as if the owners want everyone to know they are driving an electric car.........oh, never mind. Kind of like charity where celebrities get their photo taken while doling out turkey meals in the morning on Thanksgiving, then get into their Porsche SUV and go back to their million dollar home, while I just give money anonomously.
As the Earth's moon is locked in what is called 'Tidal Locking', the far or dark side of the moon was not seen by any human until December, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. From Earth, only about 59% of the moon's surface is visible although not all of that at any one particular time of course.
Eventually, the Earth may be tidally locked with the moon, at which point 1 Earth day would equal one lunar month.
Brian
I'm surprised by this. I always thought it would be 50% or maybe 50.009%. I didn't think the angle difference between a moon rise and moon set and north pole and south pole would be enough to see another 9% of the surface. But after calculating ( cos(7,000/240,000) I used 7,000 since the diameter of the moon is ~1,000 miles and earth is ~8,000 miles ) there is almost 1 degree difference in observation angle.
I think the 50% thought is quite intuitive but incorrect because we do not observe from a point but rather the surface of a <relatively> large object and so have varying views of the moon.
But that is not the majority of the reason anyway- most of the increase beyond 50% is due to libration, of which there are three kinds: libration in latitude, libration in longitude and diurnal libration.
There is a pretty good explanation along with a video of how it works here:
http://www.wwu.edu/skywise/lunar_libration.html (http://www.wwu.edu/skywise/lunar_libration.html)
When doing celestial navigation by hand, via a sextant and sight reduction tables, there is an error correcting calculation needed because the Earth does not rotate neatly but rather wobbles slightly and unless compensated for can cause, if memory serves, up to an eight minute error, which would be eight nautical miles at the equator- not an insignificant error.
Hey, this is not my world, I just happen to live here and so have to compensate all the time for lots' of stuff. ;)
Brian
Exactly. 2 people observing the moon on the horizon, one from around the north pole the other the south pole will be seeing it from about a 1 degree angle difference. Now add in this libration wobble thingy and I now see why we can see 59% from the surface of the earth.
Which one?
So we all know there are 52 weeks in a year, and we all know there are 7 days in a week. So obviously there are (7 X 52 =) 364 days in a year.
Brian
We all know there are 365 days in a year (except leap years) and 7 days in a week. So obviously there are 52.1428571 weeks in a year, except leap years. We could go round and round all day.
Toasted England and the Queen tonight with my Queen Elizabeth coronation shot glass. Seeing double at the moment so I have one eye shut as I post this.
I hope not, but that's my personal opinion.Well, the Highlanders aint too happy..
55 to 45 to stay with the United Kingdom...and hopefully there will be changes in the way that Scotland is governed to raise less ire. I heard something saying it would be more federalist but I'm not sure what that means as compared to what is being done now.
In reading a bit more on the subject it sounds as though they're going to need something similar to what we have in the way of govt in that Scotland, Wales and England will have local govts with the ability to deal with their internal issues and have representatives in Parliment for UK issues. This may be a bit harder to implement with their current style of Parlimentary governance. I guess we'll see..
Moto Guzzi Stelvio, not your everyday ADV Bike!
Had to write it down. No power for the teleprompter.
Some people actually memorised whole speeches back in those days.
Heck, they may even have spoken from the heart. Go figure, eh?
I have to believe that this was so because I can hear his words in my heart, 150 odd years later.
Brian
The alternative moral would be the need for a three day waiting period and and a license to possess deadly steps.
Strange goings on here last night. Lots of helos flying low, fast, and noisy. Something is going on... I'm thinking attack helicopters by their speed. Some have lots of lights, some just have a red light flashing. Traveling in pairs it seems. I'm sure they're doing some training out of AP Hill. It's nice to hear the noise, even though it's unexpected. Reminds me of my childhood on AF bases with the bombers taking off and landing. I love that noise.
Strange goings on here last night. Lots of helos flying low, fast, and noisy. Something is going on... I'm thinking attack helicopters by their speed. Some have lots of lights, some just have a red light flashing. Traveling in pairs it seems. I'm sure they're doing some training out of AP Hill. It's nice to hear the noise, even though it's unexpected. Reminds me of my childhood on AF bases with the bombers taking off and landing. I love that noise.
Strange goings on here last night. Lots of helos flying low, fast, and noisy. Something is going on... I'm thinking attack helicopters by their speed. Some have lots of lights, some just have a red light flashing. Traveling in pairs it seems. I'm sure they're doing some training out of AP Hill. It's nice to hear the noise, even though it's unexpected. Reminds me of my childhood on AF bases with the bombers taking off and landing. I love that noise.Where are you located relative to the facility?
I'm going to have me some Effen vodka and go to bed...
Hemp for Victory - Entire Film - US Government asks farmers to grow it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0xHCkOnn-A#)Quite a few links in the comments to look at. :-X
Believe it or not...sigh.
A lot of industrial hemp was grown in Ill-inois for the war effort. The 'Law' was still trying to eradicate the last of the wild hemp,aka ditch weed, in the late sixties/early seventies.
I bet... :rotflmao:
Well that's interesting, he stopped laughing.
Not good. They really don't want me listening to the voices in my head. :o
My brother-in-law got a divorce. I sent him a card. No really, I did.
Mexican was $15 for a three finger lid so there wasn't much call for the wild weed except for volume. Or so I heard.???
???
What's a "lid"?
:rotflmao:shhhhhhhhh Shhhhhhhhhhh
:chugbeer: :finger_fing11: chose the thumps up because of the eyes. ::)
Cool info! I've been on "Old Ironsides" once. Can't imagine what it was like to go to war in a ship like that.
It seems that as many as 64 students are being investigated for cheating in an undergraduate class named “Sports, Ethics & Religion.” Just going by the last couple of decades and the number of sports figures committing serious felonies, up to and including murder, I really do not see the point in making a big deal about this.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/08/dartmouth/GN8oLJcgKj7R1nOoPNiLdL/story.html (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/08/dartmouth/GN8oLJcgKj7R1nOoPNiLdL/story.html)
Then again, George Washington was so public minded and such a generally spiffy guy that he refused the salary offered to him as President..... and then turned in a bill for 'expenses' that was six time what he was offered in salary in the first place.
The very best comedians have never had to do anything but observe and report....
Brian
Only 6 times? I watched a documentary regarding Air Force One and they went over everything it takes to plan and execute a trip for the president. This particular trip was for "W" to go to Africa and they estimated the cost around $100,000,000 for just the one trip. Obama had his dog flown out on a V-22 Osprey to Martha's Vineyard. I bet the expense to salary ratio for a modern president these days is 10,000 to 1.
He wrote a song or two for her and took them back he liked them so much..
Irish joke:
A man walks into an Irish pub and asks for a beer. The bar keep says "We don't have any".
Hey Brian!
Tell us kids about super cooled water, that's always fun.
Young man in the second row, with the bad hair and his hand up, yes, what is your question? You want to know about supercooled liquids? Well, I can give a brief and probably [not quite correct but maybe close] overview....
Super cooling is a condition where a material exists in a state too cold for that material to be in that form. Water is an ever- popular example. We think that when water goes to or a little below 32 degrees F it freezes and turns into ice. Well, that not quite how it works. A couple of things have to happen for water to become ice, and only one is lowering the temperature; the other one is more interesting.... the water has to have a catalyst, usually in the form of a flaw or irregularity in it, to begin to form the crystals that make water a solid. Now in any daily form, this flaw is always present- a speck of dust, a material touching the water of an unusual shape, etc. So somewhere in that glass of water, or that jug of milk that is sitting outside when the temp. drops, something, actually millions of somethings, are available to start the formation of an ice crystal. But in a clean environment, one without dust or anything solid, water is often found at temperatures well below freezing and even well below zero F. Water droplets at very high altitudes are just hanging around, waiting for something to nudge them into 'formation' as crystals WHEN SUDDENLY, an aircraft flies through the air and all the water it touches instantly turns to ice..... on the plane of course.
The other place is in a very clean, still environment such as a laboratory. Coolest thing ever is watching a beaker of water suddenly freeze into a solid block of ice. It happens in less than a second and the ice takes on whatever shape or state it was in when it is nudged, bumped or contaminated. Amazing....
Tomorrow, supersaturated liquids, when liquids hold more material than they can hold....
Brian
Does that apply to alcoholic drinks?
:)
The reason that I mentioned this is because it happened to me yesterday. It was about 10f degrees outside and I had left a bottle of water outside. I could see that the water was still liquid and when I picked it up it instantly froze solid. I've seen this before and I know how it works but thanks for the explanation.
Awesome Brian! Far, FAR better than Bill Nye.
Does that apply to alcoholic drinks?
Generally not- people who hold alcohol often usually can't hold it steady enough to allow it to super cool. It is the alcohol induced jitters.....
......supersaturated liquids, when liquids hold more material than they can hold....
I could be wrong, as I frequently am...but I think V'jim's question was about this?
:D
How much alcohol does it take to "super-saturate" the sword guy?
Bunch of idiots... :rotflmao: :chugbeer:
So I drink cheap Scotch because I find "good" Scotch to be a bit overwhelming (underdeveloped palate no doubt). Lucky for me, right? I had some single malt Glen Livet at my son's house over Christmas and after the second one, I just could not pretend I liked it anymore.
Well, a rhetorical question: what is worse than trying a better Scotch and not liking it? Trying a better Scotch and liking it.... 'cause now I want to buy it. Dimple Pinch- excellent! Not awful in price though, it is only about twice the price of cheap Scotch (J&B). And the bottle 'show is nice....
Brian
Thanks for the tip. I actually like Glen Livet but I'm game to try a new one.
If you have a persistent cough that you just cannot get rid of, usually a large dose of laxative will take care of it. Oh you will still have urge to cough but you will be too scared to actually do it anymore.
Brian
You, Sir, are NOT right! :rotflmao:
I think he means :loco: :nuts: , Brian, which of course, you are.
Today started out a little strange. Working on a job in Franklin, VA and staying at the Hilton Garden in Suffolk. Got up this morning early, felt good and decided to stop and eat breakfast at the Ihop there. Get in try to pour syrup on the pancakes and it doesn't come out of the thingy.. Unscrew the top and it comes out...more than expected. Nice puddle on the table as it overflows the plate. Oh my. Get the bill and get ready to walk out and there's a bedbug on my coat sleeve... :yikes: and :yikes: . Promptly kill the blood sucker and then start wondering where the hell did I pick that up. I'm thinking not at the Hilton Garden with all the white sheets and stuff. I'm thinking it must have been at the Ihop from the seat I was sitting in as it was outside the coat I was wearing. Geez... I then start itching everywhere just thinking about it.
Talk to the guy I'm working with and he said his wife was attacked by the blighters in a hotel up in Woodbridge. The ones that advertize they use ultraviolet to sanitize the rooms. I said your wife must be proud to have started them to do that.
Anyway, on the way home I see a red C14 traveling down 35 heading to south to Courtland.....sigh.
Get home and the grandson says the Internet isn't working.....crap. Just noticed that the side of the road in front of the house has been tore up for a new cable going to my cable box. Call the cable company and say no internet, not happy. They'll send someone out but if it's my fault I'll have to pay. I bite my lip and say.....really? Coincidentally there's cable work outside and my internet isn't working...right, it's my fault.
Get all my clothes off (don't even picture it as it will haunt you forever) in a garbage bag to be washed in high pressure steam. Leave the coat in the garage along with the travel bag and shoes...decontamination on Sunday. Tech comes out and by golly gee, there's a break in the wire where the cable contractor cut my cable. Tech fixes it and is going to request a complete rewire to the house as he thinks there are too many splices..
I try this new beer and it sucks... Devil's backbone IPA.....ugh. Their Vienna Lager on the other hand :chugbeer: Life is good.
Did you know that Monet developed cataracts late in life that left him struggling to paint? At age 82 he agreed to have his left eye lens removed and while that did improve his color sense, it enhanced it so that he could see the ultraviolet spectrum. This 'colored' his paintings from then on... Monet is one of my favorite artists.
http://www.downloadtheuniverse.com/dtu/2012/04/monets-ultraviolet-eye.html (http://www.downloadtheuniverse.com/dtu/2012/04/monets-ultraviolet-eye.html)
Did you know that Monet developed cataracts late in life that left him struggling to paint? At age 82 he agreed to have his left eye lens removed and while that did improve his color sense, it enhanced it so that he could see the ultraviolet spectrum. This 'colored' his paintings from then on... Monet is one of my favorite artists.
http://www.downloadtheuniverse.com/dtu/2012/04/monets-ultraviolet-eye.html (http://www.downloadtheuniverse.com/dtu/2012/04/monets-ultraviolet-eye.html)
Have you ever noticed, in movies and on TV, that whenever there's loud speakers in the scene/shot that the speaker grills have been removed?
I've often wondered why that is. The only answer that I can come up with is that movie makers must think that us viewers are too dumb to figure out what those boxes, with speaker wire attached, actually are all on our own. They remove the grills so that there is no question. One less thing to think about I guess?
Yeah, it seems the "artsy" folks always use the same props for "dramatic effect" (in their artsy mindset) that just seem to irk the rest of us (me anyway).
City streets at night are always wet, even if in a desert bound city. Warehouse/factory scenes always have a large fan with an unseen light source behind it spinning at a ridiculously slow speed, florescent bulbs always flicker if it's supposed to be a creepy scene, large industrial abandoned factories always have a loose chain on the gate allowing easy access and all the electric power is still on and available. Any pipe that is hit by a bullet instantly shoots out high pressure steam, unless it's in a submarine in which case there is always a valve available 2 feet away that conveniently shuts it off. At least 50% of all female detectives/Federal agents wear high heels to work. Tires always squeal even if on a dirt road...the list goes on and on. One thing that seems to have finally died out (it was very popular in the 50s and 60s) sick people no longer require a folded wet towel on their foreheads to let us know they are sick and being cared for by a caring person. Hollywood seems to think we are all idiots. Then again, after watching people drive, maybe they are right for the most part.
What are you saying Marty, .......Are all of my views of the world wrong?
No Brian, I think most of your views on the world are crystal clear accurate, and right on the money. However, there is no doubt in my mind that you
are one warped individual. ;)
(http://fartymarty.smugmug.com/Other/COG-National-2014/i-vWtzKz4/0/M/20140621_091213_easyHDR-M.jpg)
AND...I'll have you know that I'm a ball to have around at Christmas. Just not sure which one, left or right.
..anyway..talking about nothing at all...
I wish PB&J was known as J&PB, at least at my house. Because of the order, I think most spread the peanut butter first and then (using the same knife) spread the jelly/jam second. Invariably this gets a little peanut butter in the jelly. Now as the jelly level goes down it becomes less clear as to what that mystery stuff is down there. Is it butter? Is it Peanut butter? Is it MOLD? It's unsightly whatever it is. I wouldn't mind a little jelly in with the peanut butter, fairly easy to see what it is and even remove it if needed. Not so with the jelly jar, it moves around and seems to avoid sticking to the knife and then when you do finally get it near the tip of the knife, it splits in two and now only half of it is removed.
They could at least spread the jelly first and then (when no one is looking) carefully lick the knife clean (like I do) before sticking it in the peanut butter jar. 8)
There are two pieces of bread people. Spread the PB first, then wipe the knife on slice number two before moving on to the Jelly.
Sheesh, rookies
Now see that, a man comes along, uses the identical tools and products and yet does not spread mayhem all over the kitchen. Kudos Brent for inventing the better proverbial mousetrap!
My wife eats her PB & J without the PB and instead substitutes cottage cheese. Yep, it draws a crowd when she eats one of those.... Just when you think that would be as strange as it could get, she then eats plain spaghetti covered with cottage cheese and ketchup. A chill just went up my back just thinking about that.
Brian
...she then eats plain spaghetti covered with cottage cheese and ketchup. A chill just went up my back just thinking about that.
Now see that, a man comes along, uses the identical tools and products and yet does not spread mayhem all over the....
Indeed.
(http://cdn.diply.com/img/ca44ac63-ec02-48dd-ba07-7c7f6f1c8d8a.jpg)
Indeed.
(http://cdn.diply.com/img/ca44ac63-ec02-48dd-ba07-7c7f6f1c8d8a.jpg)
Ah, blessed happiness..... until my wife uses that shower and does not need 'the system'...
AND...... the really, really annoying part..... the word shampoo is the one in the smallest font on the entire label. Everything else that I do not care about, most of which is on that chart but also includes, for dry hair, for oily hair, for long hair, for short hair, etc., etc. is written in large, bold letters. The only ones I can read when I am in the shower w/out my reading glasses!!!! Yep, I can see that it is 'New', 'Improved', is in a larger, more convenient container, smells like coconuts and a million other things but I CANNOT TELL if it is shampoo, conditioner or body wash!
So then, as a tool to live with this situation, I turn the conditioner bottle upside down and the shampoo right side up. Ah, blessed happiness..... until my wife uses that shower and does not need 'the system' 'cause she can still read the words (her far sight is lousy but close sight is great).
I feel like Andy Rooney. ;D
Brian
Somehow I tripped over..... this..... a while back. Been having flashbacks ever since. Sometimes it keeps me up at night.
It is a child's skull (human child, homo sapiens sapiens so it is claimed) showing both a set of milk or baby teeth, plus at least what appears to be 300 more, permanent teeth, that have not erupted yet. Though they have fully erupted in my psyche. Supposedly, all of us looked like that at one time but I am absolutely sure that neither myself or anyone I ever knew looked like that. The only thing that ever came close to looking like that was the Predator when he was really pi$$ed at Arnie, opened his mouth wide and screamed. But even that was only the barest resemblance and much, much less scary looking than this....
Shiver me timbers!
Brian
Another absolute truth! WHY??? My wife leaves 2 or 3 different shampoos and conditioners in the shower. No idea which is which without a microscope.
This is what a shampoo label looks like:
AWESOMENESS IN A BOTTLE
BY JAQUE LERTANDEDLO
shampoo
NO SEAGULLS OR TURTLES HARMED
So if a biker walks past you and smells of argan oil of morocco, it could be me. :rotflmao: :nuts:
That may be more than a few of us based on the answers here...
Somehow I tripped over..... this..... a while back. Been having flashbacks ever since. Sometimes it keeps me up at night.
It is a child's skull (human child, homo sapiens sapiens so it is claimed) showing both a set of milk or baby teeth, plus at least what appears to be 300 more, permanent teeth, that have not erupted yet. Though they have fully erupted in my psyche. Supposedly, all of us looked like that at one time but I am absolutely sure that neither myself or anyone I ever knew looked like that. The only thing that ever came close to looking like that was the Predator when he was really pi$$ed at Arnie, opened his mouth wide and screamed. But even that was only the barest resemblance and much, much less scary looking than this....
Shiver me timbers!
Brian
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/BDF08012008/childs%20skull%20or%20what%20keeps%20me%20up%20at%20night.jpg) (http://s45.photobucket.com/user/BDF08012008/media/childs%20skull%20or%20what%20keeps%20me%20up%20at%20night.jpg.html)
My current shampoo is argan oil of morocco.. It's a unique, precious blend of argan oil of morrocco (WTF is that?) which instantly penetrates the hair shaft restoring shine and softness while strengthening and creating soft, seductive, silky perfection.
My advice is not to get this :censored: as the pump in the top doesn't work so well. I've told my wife to get something else next time. The sad thing is, if she doesn't like it then I have to finish it off cause I can't stand to have something bought and then thrown away.
So if a biker walks past you and smells of argan oil of morocco, it could be me. :rotflmao: :nuts:
I've never seen this before and truthfully, never thought about it. That's bizarre! :o
Not to change the subject here, (I guess it is about nothing at all). I just got an email from a vendor we want to do business with. Within this email is the sentence "If you do not receive this email please let me know immediately."
We do not have a smiley/emoticon available that expresses my amazement at that statement. Surely it is not the dancing banana...just sayin'. Suffice it to say we are having second thoughts.
. I just got an email from a vendor we want to do business with. Within this email is the sentence "If you do not receive this email please let me know immediately."
We do not have a smiley/emoticon available that expresses my amazement at that statement. Surely it is not the dancing banana...just sayin'. Suffice it to say we are having second thoughts.
Wouldn't :doh: be appropriate?It would, but I would need to use many of those, and I think it prudent to cut down on the amount I use.
Canada does not use pennies anymore. And it's good because they are a PIA. We still use "cents" when using a debit card, credit card or other forms of payment except cash.
I knew Canadian currency made no sense. :)
And his intelligence... :D
Jamie
I knew Canadian currency made no sense. :)
I had no idea Spock was Canadian. Who knew? I suppose his sense of humor should have been a clue.....
Nope. It was his intelligence that lead me to believe that he was NOT Canadian. :stirpot: :rotflmao: :chugbeer:
That's something we hyper-intelligent Canadians have come to expect from people that don't regularly get a good dose of cold enough weather to "clear out the cobwebs..."
We won't hold it against you... 8)
Live Long and Prosper...
Jamie
Anyone who watched the series Breaking Bad will readily remember the 'pizza on the roof' scene, where the main character (protagonist? antagonist? that-does-not-apply-tagonist?) threw a pepperoni pizza onto the roof of his house in a moment of anger. Well, it turns out that the house used in the series really does exist in Albuquerque, NM, and a older couple live there. Of course the locals have known this for years. And something that has become somewhat popular is stopping by.... and throwing a pepperoni pizza on the roof. The creator of Breaking Bad has publicly asked people to stop doing this: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/breaking-bad-creator-throw-pizzas-walter-whites-home/story?id=29581137 (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/breaking-bad-creator-throw-pizzas-walter-whites-home/story?id=29581137)
Of course as this is a private house, is owned and lived in by actual people, I can understand where this would be annoying, especially after the 47th time. It is also illegal for several reasons as well as being morally wrong to leave people with this mess on their roof.
All of that said, I think this is hysterical!!! I only wish I had known this when the series was actually on and I lived 1,000 miles closer 'cause I would stop by..... with a pizza. Too funny! Hey, I feel bad for the people who live there and understand why it is not funny to them, and really, I guess it is only funny to me because I just found out about it but c'mon, that HAD to be funny the first time or two. I can only imagine the conversations between the elderly people who live there:
Martha, did you put a pizza on the roof?
What is the weather like outside? Sunny, warm and it smells like pepperoni.
Henry, you really need to clean the pizza out of the gutters before winter!
And so forth.... :rotflmao: three times!
Brian
The weather is beginning to warm up, the hookers have stopped building camp fires and begun to transition to more revealing outfits. This might not seem like such a bad thing but half of them are men and I have to answer questions about 'what those ladies are doing' from my daughter.That has to be an interesting conversation. Are your hookers also homeless that they need campfires?
The weather is beginning to warm up, the hookers have stopped building camp fires and begun to transition to more revealing outfits. This might not seem like such a bad thing but half of them are men and I have to answer questions about 'what those ladies are doing' from my daughter.
That has to be an interesting conversation. Are your hookers also homeless that they need campfires?
Tell her that they're getting ready for Halloween.
Seals and Crofts, before they were "Seals and Crofts", were in another band, that band was called "The Champs". and their claim to fame was a little song called "Tequila".
Nothing I say or do here is ever close to becoming anything near what I live at the firehouse, ever. ;DWon't stop us from trying, though. :finger_fing11:
No fair, can't drink beer anymore at the firehouse. ;D
The future Mrs Derringer was HOT ! ! !
At the top of the screens on this forum there is a small section showing how many pages there are to a particular section. After that, there is a blue button that is marked "Go Down". Frankly I have been ascairt to try out said button, anybody else know what it does?
What are those weird floaty things that sometimes show up in your vision but it's in your eyes? ???
D.C. has a new bar, where the beer prices are 'market driven'. Prices fluctuate in real time based on demand. If the price of your daily favorite has gone up, make some friends and convince them to switch to your brand to bring the prices back down.
:) Chainmaille bikini I made for her...
I've got to ask..Doesn't that snag the short hairs?
A pig cannot look up.
An elephant in the only animal that cannot jump.
Brian
Rode for coffee today. There was a guy there with a Hayabusa. I said that's a heck of a bike. He said "I only do 10 over". OK.... :o
An elephant in the only animal that cannot jump.
Brian
Rode for coffee today. There was a guy there with a Hayabusa. I said that's a heck of a bike. He said "I only do 10 over". OK.... :o
Never has gotten past 2nd gear.
But he gets to that 10 over really really fast.
Aren't they also the only animal with four knees?...LOL>
Hey BDF, in my half-asleep morning commute to work, I heard "Rhode Island" in the news...
This guy is making the headlines:
http://www.timescolonist.com/rhode-island-man-gets-prison-after-4-drunken-driving-arrests-in-48-hours-he-hit-3-cars-tree-1.1866401 (http://www.timescolonist.com/rhode-island-man-gets-prison-after-4-drunken-driving-arrests-in-48-hours-he-hit-3-cars-tree-1.1866401)
Not only am I not in New England, I'm not even in the USA...lol, and this guy still made the local news here...lol.
That's impressive. Rem.
The really great part about that whole article is where the 53 year old guy was released to the custody of his parents. "Mom, Dad, I'm hooooooooooommmmmmmm." :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Brian
Bat droppings are unique among mammals; they are not solid in form but hollow, made up of a bit of material mixed with dried saliva. Yep, bat guano is hollow and when squeezed (can I get a collective "Ewwwww"?) it will not compress but rather implodes into a small puff of dust. And it has virtually no odor although I am not sure about taste.
:yikes:
Brian (who is unfortunately learning all about bats though not through my choosing)
Bat droppings are unique among mammals; they are not solid in form but hollow, made up of a bit of material mixed with dried saliva. Yep, bat guano is hollow and when squeezed (can I get a collective "Ewwwww"?) it will not compress but rather implodes into a small puff of dust. And it has virtually no odor although I am not sure about taste.
:yikes:
Brian (who is unfortunately learning all about bats though not through my choosing)
OK, it's taken me awhile to think about this, but I can find no info on hollow bat droppings...and just how does the saliva get mixed in with "a bit of material" (digested bugs and perhaps a few bat hairs from grooming) I'm assuming that you aren't referring to digested saliva (could probably find that in my droppings too).
Isn't also a good source of salt peter?
OK, it's taken me awhile to think about this, but I can find no info on hollow bat droppings...and just how does the saliva get mixed in with "a bit of material" (digested bugs and perhaps a few bat hairs from grooming) I'm assuming that you aren't referring to digested saliva (could probably find that in my droppings too).
Unsinkable Sam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsinkable_Sam) (also known as Oskar or Oscar) was the nickname of an alleged German ship's cat who reportedly saw service in both the Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy during the Second World War, serving on board three vessels and surviving the sinking of all three
The sinking of the Lusitania happened 100 years ago this month (May 7, 1915). The captain, William Turner, survived despite being on the bridge when it went down in 18 minutes. He went on to captain another ship, the SS Ivernia. The Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk on new years day, 1917. Captain Turner survived that sinking as well. But one of his sons also became a captain of a ship that was torpedoed and did not survive.
I am reading a book about that right now. Apparently a woman was in the water when the ship went down and she was sucked into one of the funnels. Normally a steam boiler explosion would be considered "a bad thing" but in this particular case, a boiler explosion caused this woman to be forcibly ejected; she was not seriously injured, was picked up by a passing lifeboat and survived the sinking.
In a lot of ways, it is a more interesting incident than the sinking of the Titanic three years earlier. Apparently it never got the 'ink' that the Titanic did though because by 1915, everyone knew a ship that size could be sunk and so it was much less of a surprise.
The last survivor of the sinking of the ship died on 11 Jan., 2011, aged 95 years.
Brian
Would that book be "Dead Wake" by Erik Larson by any chance? Just finished it. Great book! Well researched, accurate documentary that reads like a novel.
That survivor must have been an infant.
Stayed at an inn in Pennsylvania that was built in 1794, it is very nice and swathed in early U.S. history, the area was prominent in the "Whiskey Rebellion" where western PA farmers rebelled against a tax levied in 1791 on distilled spirits by President Washington to help pay for the War of Independence. It cause quite a ruckus and 13,000 troops were dispatched to the area to quell the insurrection. President Thomas Jefferson repealed it in 1801, and pushed forward the ideas of political parties in this country which was already happening but this incident seemed to have helped that movement. Kinda cool sitting in a pub built in 1794, sipping a shot of whiskey with the flag of the rebellion movement on the wall, and the original velum printed deed to the property owner framed above my head.
More about Lusitania: Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the "wireless", although being offered free passage on the Titanic, sailed on the Lusitania 3 days before the Titanic. But he was on the Lusitania on the fateful voyage when it was sunk. He survived. I'm surprised that Erik Larson didn't mention this in his book.
The outside pane of glass in my double paned living room picture window seems to have spontaneously shattered yesterday for no apparent reason. :o
I was grilling some ribs in the back yard and came into the house for another beer. I looked out the front window and it didn't look right. I couldn't understand why it looked so 'dirty'. I walked up to the window and heard this strange cracking sound. It took me a moment to realize that the cracking sound was the window. Its tempered glass and it was still in the process of cracking into a million pieces. I couldn't find any reason for the glass to break. I looked on the front porch for some evidence of a rock or something that could have caused the breakage but found nothing. It's VERY strange but fortunately I have a lifetime warranty against breakage. I'll be giving the window company a call this morn and see what they have to say.
The outside pane of glass in my double paned living room picture window seems to have spontaneously shattered yesterday for no apparent reason. :o
I was grilling some ribs in the back yard and came into the house for another beer. I looked out the front window and it didn't look right. I couldn't understand why it looked so 'dirty'. I walked up to the window and heard this strange cracking sound. It took me a moment to realize that the cracking sound was the window. Its tempered glass and it was still in the process of cracking into a million pieces. I couldn't find any reason for the glass to break. I looked on the front porch for some evidence of a rock or something that could have caused the breakage but found nothing. It's VERY strange but fortunately I have a lifetime warranty against breakage. I'll be giving the window company a call this morn and see what they have to say.
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House settling?
Wow, that happened to my beer glass!You had a sinkhole under your beer glass, Jim?
Make sure you don't have a sink hole opening up under your house...
Ahhh, pleadingthefor a fifth?
You had a sinkhole under your beer glass, Jim?
I don't think so but who knows? We have a basement and as far as I can tell there are no cracks in the walls. The broken picture window has double hung windows on either side of it and they both open and close just fine, no binding at all.
I'm thinking that maybe a rock was thrown up by the neighbor's lawnmower (he mowed the day before, delayed breakage?) or maybe a car caught a rock just right and sent it into the window? No rocks on the porch though...
I called the window company this morning and the replacement glass pack has been ordered, so she said...
We had one of ours go like that - the dealer (who replaced it under warranty) suggested that perhaps the nitrogen "filling" wasn't pure nitrogen (due to contamination or something) and may have been something with a much greater expansion rate - it was a really hot day when it happened.
Sounds dodgy, but possible, I guess...
Jamie
We had one of ours go like that - the dealer (who replaced it under warranty) suggested that perhaps the nitrogen "filling" wasn't pure nitrogen (due to contamination or something) and may have been something with a much greater expansion rate - it was a really hot day when it happened.
Sounds dodgy, but possible, I guess...
Jamie
Argon. I like that word. Has a good ring to it. Let's make it the word of the day.
Argon. I like that word. Has a good ring to it. Let's make it the word of the day.
Argon. I like that word. Has a good ring to it. Let's make it the word of the day.
Argon. I like that word. Has a good ring to it. Let's make it the word of the day.
Not that it matters (as Brian explained above) but the gas inside the two panes of these windows is Argon. Last year we had several of the double hung windows replaced under warranty because the seal between the two panes of glass failed and allowed 'something' to fog the glass between the two panes. The picture window that broke did not get replaced and it did not have anything visible between the two panes.
Argon. I like that word. Has a good ring to it. Let's make it the word of the day.
Lead is so uninteresting...how about plumbum for tomorrow's word?
It's good you're teaching the grandson that winning isn't everything. There's always next year. ;D
I think that I taught him a few new words too after driving in that :censored: traffic!
I don't miss the Chicago traffic, but i sure miss the hot dogs and pizza ;D
I'm sure glad I live where I do. "Traffic" here is when I can see some other vehicles somewhere around me.
I just don't do real traffic well, even in the four wheeled vehicle(s).
The outside pane of glass in my double paned living room picture window seems to have spontaneously shattered yesterday for no apparent reason. :o
Could one of your neighbors have been listening to Yoko Ono at high volume?
I like working with Play-Doh. It's relaxing. You should try it.
I'm headed back under a humanitarian to take care of my dad (lung cancer) who moved to Fayetteville back in the late 90's when I was at Bragg in the Army. Now that I'm in the AF and Pope is no longer an AFB, I'm going to Seymour in Goldsboro, close enough to help with medical issues. Luckily, there was a position for me at Shady J and my replacement was already inbound so this is just an early PCS.
With all that said, let me say that there's no sympathy required, he smoked for 6 decades and this is something we've been expecting for a long time. Though it doesn't make it any less difficult to deal with, accepting the fact early on and preparing accordingly helps to soften the blow. He's lived a good life, knows his family loves him and has left nothing unsaid. Now we'll have the chance to spend some time together, many don't get that opportunity.
I can't say enough about how my command structure has fought to help me in this process and will forever be grateful. I'm leaving a great group of Airmen and Soldiers but I'm sure I'll find a group just as dedicated at my new duty station.
Squirrels are tasty. ;D We have gray, red, brown, and a few black ones around my place.
Fire kills everything.;D
Fire kills everything.
Those bushy tailed tree rats are known carriers of the black plague. Enjoy.
Saw a UNFO (Unidentified Non Flying Object) on a flatbed truck heading into the Tidewater area of VA on 64 East bound. It was being tailed by a State Trooper with his blue lights on. Made me look twice it did.
Saw a UNFO (Unidentified Non Flying Object) on a flatbed truck heading into the Tidewater area of VA on 64 East bound. It was being tailed by a State Trooper with his blue lights on. Made me look twice it did.
Probably headed to the secret black helicopter base ;D
You know, I find it a bit strange listening to modern music (Taylor Swift) coming from a Grundig 2220 tube style radio that only goes from 86 to 100 on it's FM dial. It's oddly comfortable, though.
That was before selfie photobombing.
Are we sure the command module is not reflected in some tiny piece of the LEM?
If the—if he—if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement"
Brian
You lost me at 'if'. :o
Not me- that is a quote from someone else. And I think he lost everyone at 'if'. Not so much that they could not impeach him over it though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_and_acquittal_of_Bill_Clinton
Brian
It makes more sense when I read it in a creepy Clinton voice.
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It makes more sense when I read it in a creepy Clinton voice.
Seems there's a fine line between creepy (your take, and probably Hillary's) and sexy (Monica's take)I'd guess she's rethought that by now.
So there I was, going happily and ignorantly through life, WHEN SUDDENLY I found out I am partially composed of Neanderthal man! Great! I thought my ancestors were tall, svelte, graceful and, perhaps wishfully, a handsome people only to find out that some of them thought it might be a good idea to.... er, 'have relations' with some short, wide, hairy, and I suspect of having questionable hygiene 'people' (and I am using this term loosely). But it has been a while now and I have made peace with the fact that there is a bit of.... less than desirable breeding in my woodpile, as it were. Now I find out that I my ancestors also interbred with another two species along the way, one of whom, the Denisovan seems to be close related to Neanderthal and possibly, just possibly, even shorter, wider, stouter and still having questionable hygiene. I am having trouble with the entire concept, although it most certainly does explain some things I have seen and continue to see..... but that is another discussion.
So let me suggest to anyone, everyone who may read this: if you happen to be out and about, minding your own business when you happen to see a short, hairy, smelly, grunting "human" batting her eyes at you, run! Run immediately! Do not linger and whatever you do, do NOT try to 'get to know her' in any way, shape or form. I am starting to suspect they had (have?) some magical pheromones or something that cause us (Homo Sapiens Sapiens, or 'The Tall Ones') to make terrible decisions regarding.....er, biological acts.
In closing, all I can say is 'Nice Going, great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great-great- great- great- great- great- Grandpa!
Brian (mostly)
I'm fairly certain that I saw a couple of your ancestors in Walmart the other day. You're right about that questionable hygiene... :o
So there I was, going happily and ignorantly through life, WHEN SUDDENLY....
Take the pan to the local welding shop and have it fixed for $25.
I don't know on this one. The tow operator was saying that some Fords have plastic pans. He also said he's never seen an oil pan holed.
It's fairly common to see them (especially the aluminum ones) cracked, maybe not so much as "holed". Often people keep driving until the engine stops from oil starvation despite that RED warning light, thinking its an "oil level advisory" instead of NO OIL PRESSURE warning.
Transverse mounted engines in smaller cars catch a lot of road hazard stuff. I have a "panzer plate" on the VW. It's aluminum, transverse mounted and susceptible especially in the winter here from icebergs off semi-trucks, etc.
6 8)
Being a greedy, capitalistic American I chose 6 in the event the majority would be of the 'Let's chose two so we all can benefit' mindset. If I'm correct I gain greatly if I'm wrong I lose nothing since there is no punishment for choosing incorrectly.
Being that grades are relative, there is no benefit to anyone if everyone gets an additional 2 points. I choose 6...
Being that grades are relative, there is no benefit to anyone if everyone gets an additional 2 points. I choose 6. Now if we are talking something tangible like everyone gets an additional 2 days of vacation or some thing like that, then I would choose 2.
Yeah if everyone gets 2 points, what has been gained? Same question for 6 points.
This reminds me of: Can you imagine the chaos that would occur if everyone was instantly given 1 million dollars??!
... which is basically what the Nazis tried to do to Britain in WWII under Operation Bernhard.
Hmmm, only a million, Dr. Evil?
Being that grades are relative, there is no benefit to anyone if everyone gets an additional 2 points.
Yeah if everyone gets 2 points, what has been gained? Same question for 6 points.
Frank Sinatra was originally supposed to play "Dirty Harry".
Supposedly, Patty Smyth of the group "Scandal" was asked to join "Van Halen" after David Lee Roth left the group. You wonder what they would have sounded like had that happened, sounds too far fetched to me though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50-gOeBilc&feature=player_detailpage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50-gOeBilc&feature=player_detailpage)
Raccoons can be really mean.
Alfred Hitchcock appears in almost all of his movies in a small, non- speaking, cameo role. The Hitchcock film 'Lifeboat' is about the survivors of a merchant ship and a U-boat that sunk each other and the entire movie is set at sea, in the lifeboat, with the entire cast present in the boat from the beginning to the end of the film (not everyone survives but what I mean is that the cast is not variable and does not include any incidental people). This provided a problem for Hitchcock's cameo role as there was no way for an additional person to wander into and then out of the movie's setting. He considered floating by as a body but eventually settled on a pretty clever scheme I think: there was a newspaper on board the lifeboat and as Hitchcock had recently lost a great deal of weight, he appeared in an advertisement in the newspaper as both the 'before' and the 'after' photo showing the performance of a weight loss drug.
Brian
I never saw that movie, I'll have to see if it's available on netflix or youtube.
I cannot make this stuff up. I cannot even think this stuff up and I have a rather.... lax view of the world and expect little from those of my species. Yet day after day I am simply shocked at the stuff going on 'out there'.
"Woman discovers 'boyfriend' of two years is woman when she removes blindfold during sex"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11851589/Woman-discovers-boyfriend-of-two-years-is-woman-when-she-removes-blindfold-during-sex.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11851589/Woman-discovers-boyfriend-of-two-years-is-woman-when-she-removes-blindfold-during-sex.html)
And just when I thought it could not get any more bizarre, the article claims the 'victim' discovered her 'boyfriend' was a woman the SECOND time they had sex.
Brian
There are a lot of folks out there that just are not very detail oriented.
There are a lot of folks out there that just are not very detail oriented.
Not a bad idea...what's the mpg on that?
Depending on which way the wind blows, 8 to 12. :o
Depending on which way the wind blows, 8 to 12. :o
Not only which way it blows, but also how hard it blows.
Hate to admit it, but one trip with the camper trailer into a nasty headwind got no better than 6 mpg out of the old Suburban. Usually average about 10 mpg towing the camper, around 18ish w/o.
Did you have a personal rain cloud, too?
Not only which way it blows, but also how hard it blows.
Hate to admit it, but one trip with the camper trailer into a nasty headwind got no better than 6 mpg out of the old Suburban. Usually average about 10 mpg towing the camper, around 18ish w/o.
Traveling east - west on I 80 and I 90, everything was going great... getting just over 40 MPG.... then I took I 29N to go from I 80 to I 90 after Chicago, turned left onto I 90 in SD and ran into the most obnoxious headwinds I have ever experienced. Mileage went from in the 40's MPG to 28 MPG in about 10 seconds. Spent the next bunch of hours riding at about a 15 degree lean angle on the bike, with my torso resting on the fuel tank. In addition to the gazillion MPH steady wind, it was gusting up to about three gazillion MPH. I 80 is a fantastic highway, and SD is a beautiful state IMO but I gotta' say, the ride through, three times out of four total, was truly awful.
Brian
Way more than normal military activity around AP Hill, VA. Lots of aircraft. Lots of booming to the point I thought it might be another earth quake.
Rotary or fixed?
I have to admit it- this would not have occurred to me but is pretty slick (pun intended).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZSmjxBLIc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZSmjxBLIc)
Brian
I have to admit it- this would not have occurred to me but is pretty slick (pun intended).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZSmjxBLIc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZSmjxBLIc)
Brian
Interesting, but if a skate snags on something and you trip and fall, where does your face go? Right into the chain saw. I guess that's the reason for the full face helmet.
What are you saying? That this is dangerous? Hmmmm- never thought of that, you may be right. I am going to take off my skates, shut off the chain saw and think about this for a bit.
Brian
Well in the grand scheme of things, probably not any more dangerous than riding a C14 at 130+... not that any of us have done that ;)
Well in the grand scheme of things, probably not any more dangerous than riding a C14 at 130+... not that any of us have done that ;)
Went to turn on my 2 year old Dell desktop yesterday and, nothing. Well, almost nothing. I got a solid amber power LED, not good. After some research and trouble shooting it seems that the motherboard bit the dust. :o
More research and $90 later a replacement is on it's way. It's been a long time since I replaced a motherboard. At least there's plenty of room inside the case.
How about just going back to xp?
Winddoze 10 started off with promise but the first three times it "upgraded" itself and then failed to boot afterwards (three different times) it started getting old.
Thinking fondly back to the bad 'ole days of DOS 5.0......
Time for Linux... my recommendation is Mageia http://www.mageia.org/en/ (http://www.mageia.org/en/)
Went to turn on my 2 year old Dell desktop yesterday and, nothing. Well, almost nothing. I got a solid amber power LED, not good. After some research and trouble shooting it seems that the motherboard bit the dust. :o
More research and $90 later a replacement is on it's way. It's been a long time since I replaced a motherboard. At least there's plenty of room inside the case.
Attention: Installed electronics are non-returnable.
No mention of this. 30 money back guarantee is what it says.Unusual but good for you if it stands.
No mention of this. 30 money back guarantee is what it says.
Attention: Installed electronics are non-returnable.
No mention of this. 30 money back guarantee is what it says.
Unusual but good for you if it stands.
Maybe you can return it within 30 days if its unused??
NP Brent! :)
I just purchased the one year warranty renewal for $151. I'll call in to tech support tomorrow (it takes 24 hours to process the renewal) and get the ball rolling on the MB replacement.
Which begs the question, are there still idiots in the UK while we have eliminated them entirely in the US? How about morons and imbeciles? Could this finally explain why they drive on the wrong, or 'left' side of the road?
Certainly even in France there is an able, smart person
Brian
the struggle is real living alone! having to decide every night whether to use the charcoal or gas grill
Have you noticed that Dell's India based support and sales has really improved regarding their English skills? Been in touch with them quite a bit in the last couple- 3 weeks and everyone I have spoken with in perfectly understandable, at least to me and I am easily 1/3 deaf.... :-)
Brian
Which begs the question, are there still idiots in the UK while we have eliminated them entirely in the US? How about morons and imbeciles? Could this finally explain why they drive on the wrong, or 'left' side of the road?
Brian
Which begs the question, are there still idiots in the UK while we have eliminated them entirely in the US? How about morons and imbeciles? Could this finally explain why they drive on the wrong, or 'left' side of the road?
Brian
Why yes, Brian. I have noticed this. They may have some odd names but I can understand them perfectly. :)
Possibly Dell has been listening to customer complaints on their customer service. I have one corporate client that got so frustrated with them (Indian support) that he threatened to throw out all their Dell equipment unless he got someone to talk to over here. They listened. He doesn't have Indian CS anymore.
Just bought a huge liquor cabinet!
I'm a thinking not.... ;)
Well, they are delivering it this afternoon and shortly after they leave it will be full. I've got 'full' bottles all over the house. It's going to be nice to have them in one place with locks on the door.
The grandkids. Not that they've exhibited any tendency to pilfer but if the temptation is at least partly removed, I think it will help overall.
We've turned the corner on the New Year. (Not much different than the old year, but I digress.)
Just curious about what you intend to accomplish this year, on and off the bike.
As for me, sale of a house in north-central Missouri is high on the list -- this house has been on the market since April with only a couple of showings. We've dropped the price considerably, but evidently not enough to move it. After that, the challenge will be to figure out how we can move the rest of the contents of a 4400 sf house into a 1400 sf rental house. Something tells me that selling stuff (never an easy thing to do) or incurring storage expenses are in our future. :P
I just moved, and it became obvious that downsizing was needed. In other words, I learned I'm a lil bit of a hoarder. Maybe more than a lil bit. I dunno what the traffic passing your place is like, but my downsizing method might work for you: Involved setting up a plywood and sawhorse table out by the road, with a big FREE sign stuck in the ground ... and day by day I'd re-load the table with more 'stuff' ... and every bit of that crap was hauled away. Actually quite entertaining to watch it play out. Also liberating.
Oh, I actually had to screw the plywood to the fence and to the sawhorse, cuz my 'customers' were trying to take that, too. I walked out to add more stuff to the table and found a little kid trying to pull the sawhorse over to his lazy mama's car. Finally had to close shop and bring the plywood & 'horse back to the house when I found gashes in the plywood and sawhorses from somebody trying to pry it apart. I guess screwing it all firmly together was not an obvious enough indication that the free stuff did not include those items. We had pretty much run out of treasures to give away anyway.
Now that I think about it, kinda surprised nobody took my FREE sign. I guess scavengers have their limitations.
Is the pastafarian a disciple of the flying spaghetti monster?
Wow, I was just thinking about joining this religion WHEN SUDDENLY: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/01/01/georgia-pastafarian-will-have-to-retake-drivers-license-photo-without-the-colander-on-his-head/ (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/01/01/georgia-pastafarian-will-have-to-retake-drivers-license-photo-without-the-colander-on-his-head/)
Now, I do not live in Georgia so I am not sure if this is of any relevance to me at all or not. ?? And Pastfarism was already my second choice, right behind Kirbyism (the strong inclination toward the desiccated.....).
So many choices..... so little time.
Brian
NP Brent! :)
I just purchased the one year warranty renewal for $151. I'll call in to tech support tomorrow (it takes 24 hours to process the renewal) and get the ball rolling on the MB replacement.
Two Dell (subcontracted) techs came by yesterday with a new motherboard. My PC is back up and running just fine. :)
I'm actually shocked that Dell would let me renew the warranty on a broken PC.
Why not? We renew contracts with broken politicians for years on end...:)
For something a bit different... Further proof we, as a species, are DOOMED.
Headline from Drudge early this morning... http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/05/vaginal-speaker-foetuses-babypod-music (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/05/vaginal-speaker-foetuses-babypod-music)
Butt, butt, butt, where does the subwoofer go? ;)
Huey Lewis' "Working for a living" could be good. Or perhaps Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue".
The last fatal duel in Scotland took place in a field to the west of Kirkcaldy, Fife, on August 23, 1826. D.M
Not that I'm aware of. We frown upon the members trying to kill each other. Bad form, you know.
Plus the mess, who's gonna clean that up anyways?
I just found out my Amazon Echo can play Pandora.
Apparently it already knew how and I didn't know.
Amazon must have spent $50,000,000 or more advertising Echo in the Super Bowl with Alec Baldwin.
Maybe not that much- he screams at and berates his daughter for free, apparently. ;)
How was the half- time show? I heard some rumblings that it was going to be a bit..... politically biased. Was it?
Brian
Maybe not that much- he screams at and berates his daughter for free, apparently. ;)
How was the half- time show? I heard some rumblings that it was going to be a bit..... politically biased. Was it?
Brian
Beyonce Kardashian 's new music vid plays to a particular audience but it didn't seem too apparent at halftime. Might be 'cause I have a hard time understanding the words.
Yep, that is along the idea of what I was told was coming, before the game. Just tripped over this piece of news:
"Rudy Giuliani condemns Beyoncé's Super Bowl halftime performance as an 'outrageous' 'platform to attack police officers'"
Brian
I guess I missed it but like GP, I have no idea what the words were.
Ah yes, that is called 'lyricosis' and I have it as well, especially with the younger kid's music (or whatever that stuff is). Lycicosis makes it really tough to follow along with some songs, such as 'Rudolph, the red nosed Reindeer", most people do not realize there are actually 10 reindeer in all. You can tell this by the lines: "Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names." Or, the ever- popular Bruce Springsteen line: 'Revved up like a douche, another rubber in the night.' Irregardless, it is still pretty amusing.
;D
Brian
Ha...It's not me. Here's a sample of the lyrics from the halftime song...
Y'all haters corny with that illuminati mess
Paparazzi, catch my fly, and my cocky fresh
I'm so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress (stylin')
I'm so possessive so I rock his Roc necklaces
My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana
You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas bama
I like my baby hair with baby hair and afros
I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils
Earned all this money but they never take the country out me
I got a hot sauce in my bag, swag
There's much more but.... :pukeface:
I don't think those lyrics are from a Springsteen song. It will come to me, just can't name it at the moment.
I don't think those lyrics are from a Springsteen song. It will come to me, just can't name it at the moment.Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann
Lyrics[edit]
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of the song features several changed lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's "cut loose like a deuce" is replaced with "revved up like a deuce."[2][3][4] This is commonly misheard as "wrapped up like a douche" (the V sound in "revved" is almost unpronounced, and the S sound in "deuce" comes across as "SH" due to a significant lisp).[5][6] Springsteen himself has joked about the controversy, claiming that it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song to be about a feminine hygiene product that it became popular.[7]
Idiots. I saw a couple out here too, I wish they would go back home.
Is this happening anywhere else or is it just the result of inbreeding around here?
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(http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=89689&stc=1&d=1390745444)
Well, I used to work for a company called National Spring in San Diego, CA...We did a LOT of off-road suspensions.
So...
When you see a truck higher in the front there are a few reasons.
1) Owner will actually use it as designed, with a softer lift in front to take-up the torture caused by getting air-born and landing on the front suspension first. A softer, yet strong suspension will need to have a lot of travel in the suspension to do both.
2) Owner bought a cheap set of front coils and did not match it to the rear springs. Sometimes the owner will think it looks cool and leave it that way.
3) Owner paid someone in beer to install a lift kit.
4) Owner used longer shackles in back to make truck higher in back...and springs sagged 6 months afterward, never replaced.
5) On two-wheel drive trucks (pre-runners), owner did not want the rear drive-shaft angle to be too extreme, so it was left lower.
Anything for attention, even if it means lookin' like a tard.
No offense to any tards reading this.
I've also come to realize this.
Expecting anyone dumb enough to do this to a truck to adjust their headlights to keep from blinding others with their stupidity would be asking too much.
I just came back from a two week vacation (my wife's vacation not mine since I'm retired :) ) visiting the Mouse in Florida. :thumbs:
We drove the RV down. I was really amazed at the number of Jesus Saves (and similar) billboards down south. I have to wonder just how many folks have been 'saved', converted, and/or helped in any way shape or form by these ads? My guess is ZERO.
Why do these churches waste their parishioners money on this? That money would be WAY better served helping folks who really need help instead of these 'feel good' billboards.
Does Jesus really need to be advertised? If so better call Don Draper.
He unfortunately saw one. He wished he hadn't.
Something you just can't "unsee"
Although, interestingly, scientists are working on actual (for real) traumatic memory event erasure. Right now they have it working for certain phobias.
It's called whiskey....
I think that is probably only temporary, though.
It's called whiskey....
I think that is probably only temporary, though.Only if you quit.
Vodka and heroin allowed me to bury a lot of memories for several years. I sincerely do NOT recommended that course of action.That would do it.
Vodka and heroin allowed me to bury a lot of memories for several years. I sincerely do NOT recommended that course of action.
:rotflmao:
Saw this headline: "Trump defends loyalty pledges at rallies,
Saw this headline: "Trump defends loyalty pledges at rallies, ‘surprised’ by Hitler comparisons" and found it pretty amazing. Clearly they are very different- Hitler had a mustache....
::) ;D
Brian
Speaking of Hitler's mustache. Did you know that the reason he sported such a funky mustache was so he didn't have any leaks in his gas mask?
Would it be inappropriate in a thread about nothing to note that the thread has over 380,000 views? (In mean, doesn't that sort of make it less about nothing?)
Would it be inappropriate in a thread about nothing to note that the thread has over 380,000 views? (In mean, doesn't that sort of make it less about nothing?)
It reflects the will of the people...
Are you running for higher office?
To the both of you.... :battle: And I mean this in the kindest of ways... Actually it's England, not Canada. Slight difference.
Yeah, a little different. The spelling mostly. ;)...and maybe that love/hate relationship with the French.
Actually it's England, not Canada. Slight difference.
Oh, you mean Britain...
Or perhaps UK....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10)
Max, did you not notice the mandress with the red cross he's wearing? If that's not ole England.....
You need to watch that video (which is both crazy and yet great). Someone who is English *is* British! (Despite that England thinks it is a country, as does Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland, they really aren't by most definitions. It would be like Virginia claiming it is a country.)
What about Texas?
What about Texas?Exactly!
I consider myself both US and English and in fact can claim citizenship to either the US or the United Kingdom depending on how the wind blows. I identify with England proper, however.
Hope that clears up things.
It's funny you should say that...did a dna thing with ancestry and that's basically what it showed. Makes sense considering the British Isles were invaded by both the Vikings and the French (Normans) at some point, but what I don't understand is why there is just a touch of Polynesian in the mix. How the heck did that get there unless it was through early exploration (easy boys) in the Pacific by the English?
Fairly certain that the Normans already had the Viking in them, that is they were a mix of French and Vikings..."Norman" coming from "Northmen".Are you implying that Virginia Jim has even MORE royal blood coursing through his veins?
Now as for that Polynesian bit...well using the History Channel's "Vikings" show/drama as my source ::)..perhaps that lassie claiming to be the emperor's daughter
is more Hawaiian than Chinese? ;D
I received two calls on my cell yesterday. One with a phone number of 0 and the other 0000000000. I'm pretty sure that the operator isn't calling me since no message was left and I didn't pick up. If the spammers are going to spoof a phone number shouldn't they at least use a 'real' looking phone number?
I'm pretty sure that it was Rachel. ::)
Are you implying that Virginia Jim has even MORE royal blood coursing through his veins?
Can we go back to Scotch (whisky) now?
Either that or Jameson's. I'm good either way.
Can we go back to Scotch (whisky) now?
Either that or Jameson's. I'm good either way.
71 years ago on this day, April 28, Benito Mussolini was shot by Italian partisans at the Swiss boarder.
" Nowadays its smartphones, tablets, internet, X-box or Play station, satellite TV, and F@*k knows what else. "
Not just that but a whole lot of nasty evil people.
Next thing they'll be outlawing large sized pops.
And speaking of the Brilliant Minds running Oklahoma, there's this.....
http://www.news9.com/story/32168555/ohp-uses-new-device-to-seize-money-used-during-the-commission-of-a-crime (http://www.news9.com/story/32168555/ohp-uses-new-device-to-seize-money-used-during-the-commission-of-a-crime)
OKLAHOMA CITY - You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture.
That's where police can seize property and cash without first proving a person committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting them, as long as they suspect that the property is somehow tied to a crime.
Now, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money on prepaid cards.
It's called an ERAD, or Electronic Recovery and Access to Data machine, and OHP began using 16 of them last month.
Here's how it works. If a trooper suspects a person may have money tied to some type of crime, the highway patrol can scan and seize money from prepaid cards. OHP stresses troopers do not do this during all traffic stops, only situations where they believe there is probable cause.
And the real pisser is.....
News 9 obtained a copy of the contract with the state.
It shows the state is paying ERAD Group Inc., $5,000 for the software and scanners, then 7.7 percent of all the cash forfeited through the courts to the highway patrol.
....but does it work with Windows 10?
Did you ask it for the prime directive?
... Some folks will see their bills decreased others will see an increase. Some will see a HUGE increase. Those are the wasteful homes. One in particular has used as much as 220k per month but has trimmed that down to 90k gallons for the first billing month. That's a $720 water bill! I've been telling the folks at this address all year that they have a leak issue and that they're going to see a huge bill once the billing goes live but they ignored me. From $25 per month to $720, how do you like them apples?
-26*F at home this morning actual temp, no wind chill figured in. The jug of -50* RV antifreeze on the shelf in the shed is frozen solid. Like a bowling pin. Should be interesting mess in the camper trailer next spring....
75? Sweet!!!
I'm not an RV guy, and this is a motorcycle forum...but ...but since we are in a thread about nothing at all (and thus open to everything), why don't they make RVs so you can just drain 'em and blow a little air in the lines and be done with it?
Makes sense to me..and I don't have an rv.
Makes sense to me and I don't have an rv.
Wow- it is 76F right now! I just came back from a long ride. Roads were wet, though, so the bike is filthy (it didn't rain to clean the roads, it was just tons of water from the fog last night). Gonna wash it and then out to try and finish Xmas shopping.
Makes sense to me and I don't have an rv.....But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
I'm not an RV guy, and this is a motorcycle forum...but ...but since we are in a thread about nothing at all (and thus open to everything), why don't they make RVs so you can just drain 'em and blow a little air in the lines and be done with it?
Blowing out with air isn't very effective sometimes because water droplets don't all blow out and the plastic tubing water lines used in RV construction make some rather unconventional bends/turns/etc. causing lots of potential low spots, not to mention the toilet flush valve. Plus it's sort of inconvienent depending on where the RV may be parked. I can drain and bypass the water heater and then winterize the rest of the system with about a single gallon of the non toxic stuff for $1.99 using the 12 volt on board water pump. IF the stuff works as designed, which it always has before.
You can buy undiluted propylene glycol to mix with the pink stuff to adjust the freeze point. Or use Fireball whiskey.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.......
Yeesh!
Brian, since you are the main contestant in the dog and pony show, continue the cord cutting with your TV. I recently canceled Direct TV and now watch my shows through Sling TV. $20 a month plus tax.
Brian, since you are the main contestant in the dog and pony show, continue the cord cutting with your TV. I recently canceled Direct TV and now watch my shows through Sling TV. $20 a month plus tax.
I don't get it...
The main problem with Sling and other streaming of cable channels is that it forces commercials. To some of us, that is totally unacceptable. I know I haven't been forced to watch a commercial in over 15 years and I will NEVER go back. So yeah, as long as you don't care about commercial-free history channel, science channel, NatGeo, etc, there are lots of TV-without-cable options. One of my favorites is Netflix.
I'm curious about how you get any live programming without being subject to commercials?
Sorry if I wasn't very clear, try it now.So what's his nefarious plan?
Sorry if I wasn't very clear, try it now.
I'm curious as well. If you're DVRing your programs and fast forwarding past the commercials that's one thing, but no commercials at all?
I got rid of Direct TV a while back and we've been streaming all of our programming via Roku. Overall it works fine but it's not without commercials. One of the BIG issues that I have with the commercials is that sometimes the same commercial plays back to back. I've even seen the same :censored: commercial play 4 times in a row! :pukeface:
I'm curious about how you get any live programming without being subject to commercials?
So what's his nefarious plan?
Without it being on cable or over-the-air? You pretty much don't (not legally, anyway). Sometimes you can find some of the shows you like from that network available on Netflix streaming (which is commercial free), but that is a shot in the dark and usually only certain shows..........
So what's his nefarious plan?
I'm still puzzled how you can avoid commercials when live programming is involved. Unless you are unsure what live programming refers to.
I found it interesting that when I logged on today there was nothing but this thread, which was unread. There was nothing else there -- other than the notice that there was something in the Nothing thread. Nothing to be worried about other than the possibility that only having nothing will result in a quantum collapse of the universe. Cheers.
Hmmm...you sound kinda smart...are you that guy from the Mazda forum I've been hearing about? :)Marty, he stayed at a Super 8. :rotflmao:
Do they have an Arena? 8)
World domination by self-professed superior knowledge of Mazda cars? :-)
Hmmm...you sound kinda smart...are you that guy from the Mazda forum I've been hearing about? :)
So, do nothing until you hear from me.
In a thread about nothing, we're supposed to do nothing?..until we "hear" from a partially deaf person?......wait for it....wait..for it...
OK, I've got nothing. I thought I was headed somewhere...but no. :-\ :(
I'm still waiting, for nothing........
Thanks for nothing, Nicole.
This thread is going nowhere.
This thread is going nowhere.
http://youtu.be/G_DV54ddNHE (http://youtu.be/G_DV54ddNHE)
Had to renew my driver's license today and was a bit surprised by the application form- so many more choices that there used to be. The hair and eye color really got me- used to be that humans were basically divided into two eye color groups, brown and blue. Now I know there are other choices but those two were 'close enough'. Now on the form today, the choices were:
Brown
Blue
Green
Black
Gray
Hazel
Dichromatic
Pink
Now by 'dichromatic', I am assuming they simply mean heterochromia, which is when the same mammal has two significantly colored eyes rather than the more rare types (of an already very rare condition) where one iris is different colors in different places.
And Pink? Is that a possibility WRT human eye color? Or is it a polite way to say 'bloodshot' from excessive drinking? Pink? Sure, maybe for albino humans but how many of those are there anyway, about 14? [probably not politically correct term anymore- albino is probably now 'color challenged' or 'color affected disorder' or something]
And the insturctions clearly state "Check One": if one had heterchromia, would one not check 'dichromatic', and then the two eye colors one actually posessed? Does this form need more choices?
Then there is the whole green / gray / hazel thingy..... what are LEO's doing, running around with eye color charts and picking the best match? What's up with this?
The hair colors were a little more sane:
Black
Blonde
Brown
Red
White
Gray
Bald
Frankly this one confused me somewhat: my originally dark (brown, not black) hair is turning white I think but the overall effect is that it looks gray. So I checked gray. I guess I could have checked 'Brown', 'White' and put an arrow indicating that it was changing but again, there was that instruction about checking one box. Hmmmmmmm.
I miss the olden' days when I could just be..... regular. :-)
Brian (blue, gray, no, no, yes, I tried that once but did not like it, I tried that other thing twice to be sure but did not like that either, sometimes, never, and no, that was my evil twin)
How many choices did it have for gender? ;D
Who volunteers to be the first one to fly their airplane through it?
Hope they do and I hope they make billions on taxes so they leave my **** alone.
And now for one that our English friends (and you too Jim) may appreciate.
In the UK, the only person allowed to and actually does drive without a driver's license is.... The Queen (currently, but any monarch, male or female). The reason is that licenses are issued in the name of the monarch, so it is assumed the human who actually issues driver's licenses would not actually need to issue one to him / her self. Even better, QEII travels anywhere in the world without a passport as she does not need one for the exact same reason stated above. Finally, as all laws, courts and the entire legal process in the UK is done in the monarch's name and by her authority, common law does not apply to her; she is literally 'above the law'. At least that is the theory, one must assume there would have to be some consequences if her majesty were to go on a bank- robbing spree, for example. By the same logic, she owns the Crown Jewels but I betcha' she could, for example, sell them. :-)
And now for the no- cost extra: QEII signs official documents 'Elizabeth R', the 'R' standing for Regina which is not a part of her name but rather her position: Regina means Queen in Latin. So effectively, she is signing as "Elizabeth, Queen". I would have to agree that she is one of the very few people in the world who does not really need a last name, middle initial or any other identifier (she has all of them though, being baptized "Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, and her last name is Windsor, from the House of Windsor while her children's last name is Mountbatten- Windsor).
While I am not the subject of any monarch nor do I have any desire to be one, I do have a great deal of admiration for the Queen and Prince Phillip. They have 'done their duty' diligently and with dignity for basically their entire lives, regardless of what they might or might not prefer themselves. I personally think the office of Monarch is far more of a burden and duty then a luxury myself, and the current Regent has given far more to her nations than she has received. Hell, I would go so far as to suggest they, along with the other prominent members of the royal family, generate far more money than they use simply by attracting foreigners to see them and spend tourist money in the UK, especially Americans!
Brian
And now for one that our English friends (and you too Jim) may appreciate.
In the UK,
But what about the Welsh?
But what about the Welsh?
Who needs 16' of gate to get in a zero turn? Yard tractor? There's not enough room in the back yard for a semi-truck.
Wouldn't be so bad, but when the POS hinges on that 16' of gate decide to go belly-up, that makes it a PITA. Have you priced three pairs of heavy-duty galvanized hinges? Gate latch?
Grrrrrrrrrrrr................
Have you priced three pairs of heavy-duty galvanized hinges? Gate latch? Grrrrrrrrrrrr................
The previous owner of my home put in a fence with an 8 ft. double gate.
Who needs 16' of gate to get in a zero turn? Yard tractor? There's not enough room in the back yard for a semi-truck.
Wouldn't be so bad, but when the POS hinges on that 16' of gate decide to go belly-up, that makes it a PITA. Have you priced three pairs of heavy-duty galvanized hinges? Gate latch?
Grrrrrrrrrrrr................
The previous owner of my home put in a fence with an 8 ft. double gate.
Who needs 16' of gate to get in a zero turn? Yard tractor? There's not enough room in the back yard for a semi-truck.
Wouldn't be so bad, but when the POS hinges on that 16' of gate decide to go belly-up, that makes it a PITA. Have you priced three pairs of heavy-duty galvanized hinges? Gate latch?
Grrrrrrrrrrrr................
Have you priced three pairs of heavy-duty galvanized hinges? Gate latch?
The previous owner of my home put in a fence with an 8 ft. double gate.
Who needs 16' of gate to get in a zero turn? Yard tractor? There's not enough room in the back yard for a semi-truck.
Wouldn't be so bad, but when the POS hinges on that 16' of gate decide to go belly-up, that makes it a PITA. Have you priced three pairs of heavy-duty galvanized hinges? Gate latch?
Grrrrrrrrrrrr................
Probably some sort of camper/RV and limited backing skills justified it for the P.O., and the hinges lasted as long as he needed them to...so....now you have a choice...farkles, or hinges.
How about just quit using one side. Now you have an 8' gate. Or a 16' gate if you ever need one some day.That's sorta what happens, except I have a 54" zero turn with a fold-down grass chute that I need to squeeze through one gate. I open both gates only because I'm a bad zero turn driver. :-)
Have you priced a whole new privacy fence? Mine is almost completely fallen apart now...
What about adding a couple of heavy duty swivel caster wheels under the ends to help support the weight?
https://www.harborfreight.com/8-inch-pneumatic-swivel-caster-42485.html (https://www.harborfreight.com/8-inch-pneumatic-swivel-caster-42485.html)
No, not yet. I need more info...wood gate or chain link? As you can see by other's posts we want to help and interfere in your business even if you were only venting and hoping
for us to fall in and criticize the previous owner for his POS hardware selection. That would be close to emoting, we don't do that here. We want to FIX IT. :thumbs: ;D
I have been trying to catch moles with two different traps for 2 years now. Zero success. I need you to come here and work your magic.
Mice (there is seldom just one) are easy to trap compared to moles and the other various rodent relatives.
Moles are horrible to catch. I go so incensed with them some years back I actually sat in a chair and waited for them to start digging.. Never caught one.
The best deterrent I've seen is using that white grub killer. Spread that on the lawn periodically and it seems to keep them away.
...just make sure your neighbor doesn't use it and they'll move on... 8)
if you kill the food the moles eat in your yard (the grubs) they will go elsewhere (the neighbors) to dine.
I thought the same, but the worm population appears to be going well. I'm thinking the grub killer makes either the soil or the worms taste bad, not that I have any experience eating dirt or worms...
Are you talking about milky spore or something else? Milky spore is a natural bacteria that attacks the grubs and comes in a white power that you put a teaspoon on the lawn every X feet and it takes a season to start working and then continues working for something like 10 years (supposedly).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_spore
I don't know. It says it kills grubs. I didn't read the fine print except to what to set the spreader to.
Sounds like it is not milky spore.
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if you kill the food the moles eat in your yard (the grubs) they will go elsewhere (the neighbors) to dine.
...there are currently a few adult rabbits on our lawn and they seem to be hatching offspring who have taken a great liking to some of the plants on our borders, the little sods are tempting me to open fire with my air rifle
... Imagine going outside and grabbing your kid's pet rabbit, and serving it to your kids for supper...... :yikes: :rotflmao:
I've eaten Rabbit and it's not to my taste....threatening them with an appearance on my dinner table isn't working BTW :rotflmao:
Perhaps you're not doing it right?Suffering succotash...
Suffering succotash...
You watched Cash Cab last night?
Looney Tunes with Mel Blanc was the best.. Unfortunately quite a bit was cut out in the later years.
Ah Mel Blanc. One of a kind.Mel Brooks expressed it better....
Sorry for waxing philological but I really liked Mel Blanc and I think he has a special place, although perhaps not a big one, is spreading just a bit of American thinking and (dare I say it?) culture to the world.
Brian
That's one nice looking car.
What else needs to be said?
You forgot Voodoo and Psycho donuts.
I probably said this before but..... as an old man, I have a great does of 'long arm disease' where I cannot focus on anything very close to my eyes. My long vision is good but I need minor corrective lenses to allow me to get closer to anything, such as close enough to a monitor to read it. That is not a problem really either but what is annoying is that it results is a short focal distance; 1.25 diopter lenses are good for perhaps 20" to about 14", any closer and I have to switch to either 1.5 or usually 2.0. That gets me from maybe 12" (Easy Boys!) to about 10" or 9" away at best. To look closer, such as when looking at a PC board, small parts of a firearm, etc., I need 3.0, and they work fine but only for about 2" of focusing range, which is fine for a single task but a few seconds later I end up backing up and needing a lesser power lens again. So normally for any type of changing task, I need 2 and sometimes 3 pair of glasses and have to keep swapping them. A true PITA.
And now for the pet peeve: I do not wear glasses in the shower (duh), and find that while all the bottles in there have writing from top- to- bottom, the actual word or words saying what they ARE seem to be written in 6 point type. Sure, "Vanilla- Hickory" is gigantic and I can read that but who cares. What I want to (need to) know is WHAT IT IS! I wash my hair and sometimes it seems to get even less clean- yep, that was creme rinse instead of shampoo. Sometimes it gets clean, kinda' but burns..... drain opener. Sometimes it gets a little cleaner and is as fresh as a Summer's Eve.... that was..... well, never-mind. So, why not just put what the product actually IS in bigger, legible letters? I think it is a Soviet conspiracy to ruin the American economy by making us use far too many chemicals in the bathroom!
But I am still hoping it will stop deteriorating and get better. Yep, that's the ticket- it will get better.
Brian (wearing 1.25 diopter lenses so I can type this nonsense in the first place).
ME TOO ME TOO!
Heck, I have issues with the GPS when mounted to the Connie.
I have a pair of glasses with small bifocals for riding.
Darn that hurts. Just got a brane freeze!
Me too... I ended up having to put a magnifying glass in the bathroom. I don't bring/wear my glasses in there, so seeing anything even written in 10 point font seems impossible now. Getting older sucks, but the alternative sucks even worse.
What is it that hurts, Jim?
Brian
Krispy Kreme vs Dunkin' Donuts?
Donut Thread!
..and just what are Hooligan's thoughts about Koeksisters?
(obviously, I have a cup of coffee, but alas no donut this morning. :( )
I probably said this before but..... as an old man, I have a great dose of 'long arm disease' where I cannot focus on anything very close to my eyes. My long vision is good but I need minor corrective lenses to allow me to get closer to anything, such as close enough to a monitor to read it. That is not a problem really either but what is annoying is that it results is a short focal distance; 1.25 diopter lenses are good for perhaps 20" to about 14", any closer and I have to switch to either 1.5 or usually 2.0. That gets me from maybe 12" (Easy Boys!) to about 10" or 9" away at best. To look closer, such as when looking at a PC board, small parts of a firearm, etc., I need 3.0, and they work fine but only for about 2" of focusing range, which is fine for a single task but a few seconds later I end up backing up and needing a lesser power lens again. So normally for any type of changing task, I need 2 and sometimes 3 pair of glasses and have to keep swapping them. A true PITA.
And now for the pet peeve: I do not wear glasses in the shower (duh), and find that while all the bottles in there have writing from top- to- bottom, the actual word or words saying what they ARE seem to be written in 6 point type. Sure, "Vanilla- Hickory" is gigantic and I can read that but who cares. What I want to (need to) know is WHAT IT IS! I wash my hair and sometimes it seems to get even less clean- yep, that was creme rinse instead of shampoo. Sometimes it gets clean, kinda' but burns..... drain opener. Sometimes it gets a little cleaner and is as fresh as a Summer's Eve.... that was..... well, never-mind. So, why not just put what the product actually IS in bigger, legible letters? I think it is a Soviet conspiracy to ruin the American economy by making us use far too many chemicals in the bathroom!
But I am still hoping it will stop deteriorating and get better. Yep, that's the ticket- it will get better.
Brian (wearing 1.25 diopter lenses so I can type this nonsense in the first place).
I probably said this before but..... as an old man, I have a great dose of 'long arm disease' where I cannot focus on anything very close to my eyes. My long vision is good but I need minor corrective lenses to allow me to get closer to anything, such as close enough to a monitor to read it. That is not a problem really either but what is annoying is that it results is a short focal distance; 1.25 diopter lenses are good for perhaps 20" to about 14", any closer and I have to switch to either 1.5 or usually 2.0. That gets me from maybe 12" (Easy Boys!) to about 10" or 9" away at best. To look closer, such as when looking at a PC board, small parts of a firearm, etc., I need 3.0, and they work fine but only for about 2" of focusing range, which is fine for a single task but a few seconds later I end up backing up and needing a lesser power lens again. So normally for any type of changing task, I need 2 and sometimes 3 pair of glasses and have to keep swapping them. A true PITA.
And now for the pet peeve: I do not wear glasses in the shower (duh), and find that while all the bottles in there have writing from top- to- bottom, the actual word or words saying what they ARE seem to be written in 6 point type. Sure, "Vanilla- Hickory" is gigantic and I can read that but who cares. What I want to (need to) know is WHAT IT IS! I wash my hair and sometimes it seems to get even less clean- yep, that was creme rinse instead of shampoo. Sometimes it gets clean, kinda' but burns..... drain opener. Sometimes it gets a little cleaner and is as fresh as a Summer's Eve.... that was..... well, never-mind. So, why not just put what the product actually IS in bigger, legible letters? I think it is a Soviet conspiracy to ruin the American economy by making us use far too many chemicals in the bathroom!
But I am still hoping it will stop deteriorating and get better. Yep, that's the ticket- it will get better.
Brian (wearing 1.25 diopter lenses so I can type this nonsense in the first place).
Me too... I ended up having to put a magnifying glass in the bathroom. I don't bring/wear my glasses in there, so seeing anything even written in 10 point font seems impossible now. Getting older sucks, but the alternative sucks even worse.
I had another thought (shocking I know) on this subject.
You have drain cleaner AND Summer's Eve in your shower? :o
For your wife's sake (and yours) I certainly hope that her eyesight is better than yours...
Someone had to say it, right? ;D
Well, I may have used some editorial liberty there for illustration value. Those products are not really stored inside my shower enclosure. What is stored there is 115% of all the brands / types / scents of all hair products ever sold on the planet; my wife apparently has a rule about never, ever buying the same product twice. Try some product you like? Well enjoy the hell out of that bottle because you will 1) never see it again and 2) it will be replaced by something you hate at least 3X as much as you liked the last one.
But I do have true story that is even more shocking (and not just to the mind either)!
I know an older person who uses Wet Wipes from one of those pop- up dispensers to clean up after..... certain chores in the bathroom. Now for the twist (and I do not mean in the Wet Wipes but the story); same person also has Clorox brand wipes, in a similar pop- up dispenser, in the same cupboard in the bathroom, for bathroom cleaning chores..... but not THAT one. Now this person is kinda' elderly, a little bit of a 'space shot' and not big on paying too much attention to any event. So this one day, in banned camp, she mixed up the two and guess what- she did NOT try to clean the bathroom with Wet Ones so you know the choice left. Turns out, rather surprisingly I guess, that certain tissues of the human body are fairly sensitive to industrial cleansers containing chlorine. Who woulda' thunk it? Anyway, I was not there (in the dwelling, not speaking of the actual room of the crime of course) but I understand things got kinda' loud for a bit, and the event resulted in something that Monty Python's 'Ministry of Funny Walks' writers would not have seen coming. True story.
Brian (shiver me oh so tender timbers)
As I was parking WAY out in BFE (I refuse to park close to the front doors and have my car doors suffer for it)
This is the first time that I've seen a crow make a live kill.
My wife claims that I, along with the rest of the male population, cannot multi- task. I respond that she has trouble single- tasking. ;D Barbs aside, this is one of the most interesting examples of female multi- tasking I have ever seen.....
Now, THIS is an example of how to multi- task..... at least until the police show up and arrest you. But until that moment, this woman was multi- tasking the hell out of herself and actually including others.... Outstanding!
https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/mom-allegedly-breastfed-her-infant-233859435.html (https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/mom-allegedly-breastfed-her-infant-233859435.html)
Brian (I have been living among humans now for decades and they still surprise me every single day)
I freely admit I can't multi-task. Look down at display flashing low fuel....run into the back of a C10. I'm also simple, according to my wife. I am what I am.
My wife claims that I, along with the rest of the male population, cannot multi- task. I respond that she has trouble single- tasking. ;D Barbs aside, this is one of the most interesting examples of female multi- tasking I have ever seen.....
Now, THIS is an example of how to multi- task..... at least until the police show up and arrest you. But until that moment, this woman was multi- tasking the hell out of herself and actually including others.... Outstanding!
https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/mom-allegedly-breastfed-her-infant-233859435.html (https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/mom-allegedly-breastfed-her-infant-233859435.html)
Brian (I have been living among humans now for decades and they still surprise me every single day)
I cannot believe this guy riding the bike did not go down!
Someone taught someone else a lesson but I am not sure who is who. Also not sure the authorities know who was riding the bike but if they can identity the rider I bet there will be hell to pay....
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-motorcyclist-kicks-car-triggers-155759516.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-motorcyclist-kicks-car-triggers-155759516.html)
Brian
wow,I hope they catch that ass on the bike
wow,I hope they catch that ass on the bike
Seriously, though, wish we could see what led to that kick.
Pretty sure the car entered the lane without looking and starting pushing the bike into the barrier.
My wife claims that I, along with the rest of the male population, cannot multi- task. I respond that she has trouble single- tasking. ;D Barbs aside, this is one of the most interesting examples of female multi- tasking I have ever seen.....
Now, THIS is an example of how to multi- task..... at least until the police show up and arrest you. But until that moment, this woman was multi- tasking the hell out of herself and actually including others.... Outstanding!
https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/mom-allegedly-breastfed-her-infant-233859435.html (https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/mom-allegedly-breastfed-her-infant-233859435.html)
Brian (I have been living among humans now for decades and they still surprise me every single day)
...and the 75 year old driver was startled and surprised when the dickhead rider kicked his car causing him to erratically jerk the steering wheel and set a possibly deadly chain reaction in motion. Since the dickhead rider had time to attack the car he had time to drop back and not escalate a bad situation.
...
Seriously, though, wish we could see what led to that kick.
...
So it turns out to be a case of 'Dumb' and 'Dumber' trying to remove themselves from the gene pool.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-road-rage-video-santa-clarita-20170623-story.html (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-road-rage-video-santa-clarita-20170623-story.html)
"In an interview with The Times on Friday, Chris Traber, 47, of Santa Clarita, said both men appeared to play a role in the harrowing incident."
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Well the first thing that struck me in reading this post was 'What does not belong and why?'. I would choose Harley Davidson, and that guy can really handle that bike.... ;D
The other thing that really impressed me is that a human in a car struck a human on a [sort of] motorcycle and the 'car went down'. A most unusual story, and I have to score this as a win for the rider; most of us cannot knock an auto down with a..... well, two wheeled vehicle. This guy's got tenacity and I always appreciate that- he can hide his bike at my house until this whole thing dies down. ;D
As far as harrowing, well I guess we would have to see everyones' underwear to make that determination. Well, maybe not actually SEE it but certainly a photo. I have seen 'harrowing' and it is all brown and sticky....
Brian
Not even the mc rider because eventually, he will be known.
Free flights for life! Well, free flights on Spirit Airlines anyway. And of course only for Christoph Lezcano and one guest flying with him. And of course only on his birthday..... But that is because Christoph Lezcano was born on a Spirit Airline flight, and the airline has extended him this interesting and unusual benifit.
OK, so it is a marketing gimmick. And it is only useful on Spirit Airlines rather than a <real> airline such as Southwest for example. But still, it is kinda' cool I think.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/baby-born-spirit-airlines-plane-235221691.html
Brian
And it worked! I have never even heard of Spirit Airlines until now. Now I know if first drive 4 hours to Huston, I could take a Spirit Airlines flight of my choice to someplace, just not Austin or San Antonio.
... he could have helped me work on the house.
Speaking of working on your house...it made me wonder...Why, when we refer to Air Conditioning, do we abbreviate it as A/C instead of A.C.
..is it so we don't mix it up with Alternating Current? I thought that was AC. No?
Speaking of working on your house...it made me wonder...Why, when we refer to Air Conditioning, do we abbreviate it as A/C instead of A.C.
Damn you Marty,
And while we are at it... why is it "refrigerate"? What is with the "re"? Was it cold to begin with or something? Shouldn't it just be called frigerate, frigeration, frigerator, and frigerated?
Why is it called "air conditioning" at all? Anything done to condition the air, heat it, cool it, filter it, de/humidify it, is air conditioning...
And while we are at it... why is it "refrigerate"? What is with the "re"? Was it cold to begin with or something? "Frigerate" comes from the Latin "frigus" meaning "cold". Shouldn't it just be called frigerate, frigeration, frigerator, and frigerated?
Irregardless,<shutter> :o
<shutter> :o <shudder> :_shudder_Emoticon
Or for those in Brittan, where they don't like the letter "z", perhaps "prise"?
That's strange, Brittan's website (http://www.brittan.k12.ca.us/) doesn't mention anything about their aversion to z.
Not THAT Brittan, the one that does this:
initialise
recognise
criticise
organise
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/07/brits-spell-realize-s (http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/07/brits-spell-realize-s)
They really do like the letter "u", though :)
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/05/america-drop-u-british-spellings/ (http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/05/america-drop-u-british-spellings/)
OH, you are referring to Britain, short for Great Britain, the ninth largest Island in the world? Well why didn't you say so. ??? :stirpot:
OH, you are referring to Britain, short for Great Britain, the ninth largest Island in the world? Well why didn't you say so. ??? :stirpot:
....and get off my lawn...
As someone greatly disturbed by noise, I feel a bit differently about the story. A slip-n-slide on the street is probably not legal (or safe), which they ignored. And they immediately dismissed the noise complaint "It was literally the sound of kids playing". Kids "playing" can range from insanely loud (screaming at 120dB over and over, blasting stereos, crashing on cooking pots, for example) to no problem at all (laughing, talking, running around). Now, I wasn't there, so I don't know how much noise it was or for how long, but I know exactly what it is like to be severely annoyed by unnecessary neighborhood noise for long periods. But I admit I am unusually grumpy. Bah humbug. Of course, it is cool that the cops joined in and got wet.
And I think we all have to agree, far better this 'social disturbance' than a Chicago shootout, right?
As someone greatly disturbed by noise, I feel a bit differently about the story. A slip-n-slide on the street is probably not legal (or safe), which they ignored. And they immediately dismissed the noise complaint "It was literally the sound of kids playing". Kids "playing" can range from insanely loud (screaming at 120dB over and over, blasting stereos, crashing on cooking pots, for example) to no problem at all (laughing, talking, running around). Now, I wasn't there, so I don't know how much noise it was or for how long, but I know exactly what it is like to be severely annoyed by unnecessary neighborhood noise for long periods. But I admit I am unusually grumpy. Bah humbug. Of course, it is cool that the cops joined in and got wet.
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....THIS is how you do P.R. IMO. And I especially got a kick out of the female LEO actually riding in the water, sitting inside a large garbage bag to keep her gear dry; again whatever damage might have been done to any of her gear, it was more than worth it for community relations IMO.
United Airlines: pay attention. :rotflmao:
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http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/north-carolina-police-respond-call-end-joining-slip/story?id=48437620 (http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/north-carolina-police-respond-call-end-joining-slip/story?id=48437620)
Brian
What's funnier is this has been going on for years, it was just brought to the surface with cell phone cameras and the recent "extraction" of the Asian doctor.
See this is exactly why we now know there are no alien ufo's or big foot. It used to be argued that sightings were rare and most people did not walk around with a camera so no credible pictures. Now the vast majority of people walk around with a camera and still no credible pictures. On the other hand, airlines, cats, the police (LEOs, not the group), and bikers misbehaving we have 1000's of videos a day.
I tried out a new target sighting system today; it is a very simple combination of a video camera, battery pack, antenna and WiFi hub, all mounted in.... wait for it, a plastic ammunition box (of course). The whole thing is set up near the target, the camera pointed at the target, and a software package on a [smartphone, Ipad, tablet or a laptop] watches and records each strike. Not really all that sophisticated but a fantastic idea for shooters, at least those of us NOT located in big cities such as Chicago and who have to use actual paper targets. :o
Anyway, here is the odd thing: in addition to normal, visible light, the camera works very well in infrared. In fact, it is superb in infrared and actually has an infrared emitter to 'illuminate' whatever the camera is pointed at with infrared light. And I could not figure out why the mfg. did that- who shoots at targets in the dark? How would one target shoot.... in the dark? Not only is it against all range rules I have ever seen, and a really, really bad idea but how would it work anyway? Then I found the answer: the mfg. is using a security camera and THEY are made to work well in infrared! Aha, that makes sense. Used for the task I purchased it for it is simply ignored, or in some cases seems to confound some buyers but it is only there because the camera is begin used for a different task than it was designed to do.
Brian (always confused and sometimes in the dark)
I'm going to have to check these things out. It's been a few years since I've done some long distance shooting and even with a decent sporting scope it was difficult to see some hits. I can guarantee you my eyes haven't exactly gotten better in the last 5 years. I don't know what you paid for this device but I bet it's a lot cheaper than and really good spotting scope.
In honor of the opening of the movie Dunkirk:
There have been a lot of truly gifted writers / speakers native to the English language. My own favorite is an American, the inimitable Mr. A. Lincoln. But everyone has a personality and certain traits, and part of what I think makes Lincoln so wonderful is that he wrote / spoke with a lot of sentiment (not sentimentality, what Hallmark greeting cards uses to shame us into buying cards for Grandam, etc.) and was so very eloquent in expressing that sentiment. And so of course he was never very good at biting, slightly caustic or acerbic language. For that we have Winston Churchill, an altogether different type of person but also simply excellent as a writer and speaker (professional, public speaking) in the English language. One of my favorites:
When accused of occasionally ending his sentences with prepositions, he is supposed to have icily responded: ""This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put." :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Way better than that pig story, which I do not believe ever actually happened anyway. But as the story goes: a female MP, Bessie Braddock or the Conservative Lady Astor depending on which story one happens to hear, is supposed to have said to the PM Churchill that he was 'disgustingly drunk'. To which he replied: 'My dear, you are ugly, and what’s more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly.'
Brian
Looking forward to movie "Darkest Hour" about Winston Churchill. The trailer looks great. Funny how movies with similar themes seem to come out at the same time.
http://youtu.be/DH9ZWmizdIc (http://youtu.be/DH9ZWmizdIc)
Islam does not allow the consumption of alcohol. And this explains some other benefits of not drinking any alcohol..... :https://www.yahoo.com/news/emirates-airline-caught-pouring-unused-084824373.html
Brian
Not strictly true as Islam has as many (if not more) sub branches as Christianity.
(some ) Turkish Muslims for example are free to drink alcohol whilst others discourage rather than prohibit.
On the other hand Black Pudding is a definite nono , not only being a pork product but being made of blood
I do not disagree with you regarding how things are. But I do question whether or not a 'sub group' that has given up one or more tenants of something based entirely on dogma and rules can still be considered a member of the original group. So are these people really Muslim but a different sub- group or are they simply in violation of a very significant rules (or rules) and therefore actually not Muslim at all but people claiming to be so?
I am really very ignorant of Islam but as far as I know, the consumption of alcohol, as well as pig products and several (many?) other things are strictly forbidden and further, there is no allowance for any circumstances that would allow it. That is the safety valve in, say Judaism, something about a situation being 'life or death' allowing a rule to be suspended. Again, pretty ignorant of Judiasm too but given my poor understanding, if a Muslim and Jewish person were isolated and trapped in, say, some kind of spare, and the only food was bacon, the Jew could, in order to avoid certain death, eat bacon only as long as needed while the Muslim must avoid it even it it results in death. Applied to alcohol, there is no tolerance or allowance.
Brian
Not strictly true as Islam has as many (if not more) sub branches as Christianity.
(some ) Turkish Muslims for example are free to drink alcohol whilst others discourage rather than prohibit.
On the other hand Black Pudding is a definite nono , not only being a pork product but being made of blood
The same argument goes for any religion.
Take Christianity as a good example, ie a Top Level Religion (or TLR) in the same way as Islam is or Judaism is
look at the differences in doctrine between even the big players (ie the Anglicans & the Catholics) and thats before you even start going down the road of Mormons, Jehovahs Witnesses, Baptists, Orthodox Greeks etc etc
NB Islam has the same basic as Judaism, "That which is necessary makes the forbidden permissible." otherwise known as the Law of Necessity under Islam
Excellent! Just looked and found this: "Allah does not require from a soul more than what it can bear". Followed by a long and detailed description of that 'escape clause' written into the contract (the imaginary contract between the followers and, well, Allah I guess).
Thanks for that Mike, the original information I got was, believe it or not, from a conversation with a Rabbi and simply took it as accurate. But apparently there is that 'safety valve' in Islam as there sometimes is in other, very strict, religions.
It has always been difficult to learn much about Islam here, at least in my part of the US, as it is pretty rare and even passing by the occasional Muslim, that person is usually not familiar enough with Islam (which is true of almost all religions' members) to educate the ignorant. And I have never even seen an Imam as far as I know. Finally, the attitude in the US is.... let us just say, not conducive to assisting people like me, ignorant in this area, to become any more enlightened. So again, thanks for that input because knowledge is the absolute best way to address ignorance. Although it is easier, and often encouraged by society, to replace any learning with hatred. I find with a little effort the hatred can be kept and still learn something. ;) >:( ;D
Brian
A lot does depend on where you live
For example Bolton (where I live) has a Muslim population of 11.7% (compared to 5% for the UK as a whole) and the part I live in is probably higher than that again.
Mind you Bolton also has more Jedi Knights than Satanists (698 to 1) ;)
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10110940.Census_reveals_town___s_religious_diversity/ (http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10110940.Census_reveals_town___s_religious_diversity/)
Brian
Brian
Can't sleep?
http://nypost.com/2017/07/30/desnudas-have-gone-wild-in-times-square/ (http://nypost.com/2017/07/30/desnudas-have-gone-wild-in-times-square/)
Well, I did not see this one coming. Apparently it is a 'thing' in NYC. Kinda' funny 100- odd miles away from NYC, probably not nearly as amusing up close and personal.
My youngest son commutes daily from northern VA. to 'The Belly of the Beast', Washington, DC. Lots of homeless people (or whatever those 'huddled masses' on the streets are) and they can be quite annoying. Of course they have every right to be there, under the Constitution, all of our laws and customs, at least as far as I know, but a small minority are belligerent, aggressive and cross the line of 'acceptable behavior' in my opinion in their interactions with other people.
Things such as this bother me because I cannot see any solution. Or at least not any solution that would not cause more problems, violate our very foundation of laws, or similar. Put simply, no solution that would work given the bigger picture.
But still, nothing exceeds like excess, and these 'Desnudas' are apparently another, fairly recent facet of the excess that makes NYC so..... well, make NYC, NYC. As long as one does not have to live or work there, fascinating places to visit and see things I could not have envisioned or thought of. And I have an active imagination. ;D
Brian
Things such as this bother me because I cannot see any solution. Or at least not any solution that would not cause more problems
Left coast moving east?
are very conservative while NH, VT and ME are.... impossible to gauge, at least from where I sit. The act ultra conservative in many important ways and then elect Bernie Sanders as a US Senator (NH). They are fiercely right- leaning liberal states. Or maybe they are fiercely left leaning conservative states. Either way, they vote blue but are fiercely red in most metrics I care about.
random morning thought/
Constitutionally is it theoretically possible for one of the 50 States to "leave" the USA and declare independence if a mandate of that States population were for it?
Ie a Stexit (State exit)
random morning thought/
Constitutionally is it theoretically possible for one of the 50 States to "leave" the USA and declare independence if a mandate of that States population were for it?
Ie a Stexit (State exit)
Ah Ok 14th Amendment (citizenship of the Union trumps citizenship of an Individual State) says no
Gotta love Google :)
Right morning ponderings over
Well, went and re- read it (and that is an important amendment, having been the point of quite a few precedent setting cases) and I am not seeing anything preventing state departure from the Union. ?
Brian
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
By withdrawing from the Union, a state would effectively be denying someone who is a citizen of the United States their rights except by due process. The key there is "due process" and in this case, the state would need to find a LEGALLY RECOGNIZED way to withdraw. This would either be some kind of legislation passed in Congress or an Amendment to the Constitution. Anything less will ensure a civil war and no state will win such a war.
https://www.quora.com/Can-a-US-state-secede-from-the-Union (https://www.quora.com/Can-a-US-state-secede-from-the-Union)
Guys, this discussion is all well and good but it ought to be it's own thread in Open. Someone please start it and continue on.
Guys, this discussion is all well and good but it ought to be it's own thread in Open. Someone please start it and continue on.
See Brian's post...just above yours. He understands. This thread is about nothing at all with a few posts on whatever subject you want to discuss. It's not a long running thread on specifics on any subject such as government. I don't mind the subject matter at all. I'm just saying it can be a thread all it's own and I think it would be better that way.
Well its just that your post came immediately after 2 posts about flags (ok 1 post about flags and one about pizzas) so it was a little unclear.
after all it had already meandered away from the Stexit posts :D
is there a quota system in place for how many times something can be discussed?
Is it metric or imperial?
is there a quota system in place for how many times something can be discussed?
Is it metric or imperial?
As I don't like the metric system at all, I think I'm leaning towards Imperial, but prefer the US system at the moment. But then again you left out the other system at work here.....Jim. ;)
Besides the US Gallon which is smaller than am Imperial Gallon (which also means our pints are bigger as is anything else linked to the gallon) what other measurement differences are there between Imperial & US?
I think spoon size might be
Cloth sizes certainly are
Please can you be more specific about which discussion you're referring too as this is A Thread About Nothing At All and it keeps meandering
:D
Actually, I think the two systems are pretty close in volume measurements such as fl. ounces, cups until it hits pints: then the big difference is that ours contains 16 ounces while yours contain 20 ounces.
The two systems are similar but there are plenty of differences, mostly small, but also we both use some extra odd units such as your 'stone' weight which is 14 lbs. Also, if I am not mistaken, you (UK) apply specific measurements to specific items being measured, again stones is used to define a human's weight but you do not buy, say, potatoes using 'stones' but rather pounds.
I believe our 'tons' are different too although it might be a matter of semantics. When an American uses the weight term 'ton' we are always referring to 2,000 lb. I believe the UK may use what we call the 'long ton', 2,240 lbs. but am not sure how you refer to it.
Our 'barrel' sizes are different also, although a 'barrel' is not a useful definition without more info.; a barrel of oil is a different size than a barrel of water, or a barrel of wine, or a barrel of whiskey..... I think.
As the story goes: the Mayflower could not wait for correct water barrels and so used wine barrels to store water for the journey to America. After arriving, they assigned UK gallon measurements to the wrong number of divisions coming out of the containers. And so that is where and how 'our' two systems started to part ways. Great story.... incorrect but still a great story.
Hat sizes in the US are something like 3/8" smaller than the UK due to the original hat blocking equipment being miss- calibrated in the US.
Clothes sizes are beyond my ability to comprehend, especially women's sizes (and girls, and junior- miss, ad nauseum) so I have no idea.
After that, most measuring metrics (not metric though) are so odd that I think everyone has to look them up; rods, chains, fathoms, furlongs and so forth are just not anything to most people remember well enough to use conversationally or scientifically.
Brian
Most potatoes are sold by the KG in the UK and have been for many years :)
so is most other food stuff, petrol is also sold in litres although beer is definitely Pints when sold draught although bottles are ml (or occaisonally cl)
Fenc panels are a good one as they come in either Imperial 6 ft (which are 1854mm iirc) or metric 6ft (1800mm)
Older houses with the fence posts tend to be the imperial size, newer housing stock generally has the metric size.
Same sort of thing with water pipe size .
Distance though are measure in miles and speedos are in MPH but also show KPH
So far the conversation has been civil. When they get un-civil (my interpretation) they either get moved to another place (Arena) or they get shut down. This thread is so big that I would be extremely reluctant to lock it (It would make me very irritable to do so) or censor it. Mike, for you, the Arena is a place for those discussions that can get not so civil. Members can ask for Arena access. In which case we grant it. There you can discuss whatever, any way you like. There is no moderation as such. What you get is what you get. Threads aren't locked or sanitized.
Yeah, well here in the colonies, we have been pretty successful.... hell, outright successful in not mixing up our units (Easy Boys! Not talking about that unit) or altering the landscape of reality due to a new measuring system. Our building supplies have NOT changed in the last 50 years or longer..... copper tubing from 1930 will sweat into new copper tubing purchased today. Same thing with our fences, building panel sizes (plywood, drywall, ad nauseum), which are all 4 X 8' and 4 X 12'.
Then again, we have made almost zero movement toward the metric system. So there is no competition or 'force' to use it. And not to throw stones but it does seem that in the UK you have the worst of all possible systems.... multiple systems. ;) ;D I once heard fuel mileage stated in miles per liter or kilometers per gallon or some such mixing of measuring units. Of course that too works but really it is best and simplest I think to stay with one system. If converting, swallow the pill and go over to the 'other' system and be done with the pain.
Now that I have said that, our automotive industry HAS been shifting over to metric, one fastener at a time it seems. For a long time, the standard was still SAE (our 'inch' system) but some components used metric fasteners. The metric fasteners were blue so as to help (yeah, that is helpful). So a mechanic ends up with an auto all apart (broken down to bits in Brit. speak) and a bucket of hardware.... some black,some blue and it he / she cannot remember which went where, it is going to be long and painful to reassemble. Proof that there is no limit to bad ideas.
And one more point on measuring systems: no matter how mangled a system seems to be, it is always more mangled than that when looked at more closely. We have electrical wire gauge sizes, where the smaller the number, the larger the wire, number drill sizes, where the number means nothing regarding measured size, wire gauge sizes for [non electrical] wire which is again an independant measurement. Then some really off- the- wall measurements such as firearm gauge or 'bore' sizes as shotguns use. The smaller the number the bigger the bore, except for the shotgun gauge .410, which in not a guage at all but a caliber, and that caliber is .45 of course (??). Bore sized were orginally based on one lb. of lead, broken down into divisions: a lb. of lead used to make 12 equal spheres of lead would yield a 12 gauge bore (1 /12th of a pound of lead). This is why the bigger the number, the smaller the bore size. Same thing with wire; a fixed amount of material drawn into wire size would yield a length of wire and the smaller the diameter, the longer that length. Oh yeah, it is truly a mixed bag of insanity to delve into measuring systems, at least those used in the Old World (and the US system is most assuredly based on Old World systems).
Brian
I'm always civil , I can't help it if some people are delicate flowers :D
and then we start on British Standard Fine & British Standard Whitworth threads amongst others :)
Oddly although fuel is sold in litres the majority of road users still refer to MPG
Personally I find it quite easy to mix'n'match especially with having Europe on the doorstep
And then again moving into the more modern world, MegaBits or MegaBytes per second?
(is it about time to change the subject before anyone gets touchy??)
I've just remembered. Although most food is now sold in metric weights pizzas are still sold in boxes, sorry I mean Inches :)
As I don't like the metric system at all, I think I'm leaning towards Imperial, but prefer the US system at the moment. But then again you left out the other system at work here.....Jim. ;)
Well please don't ask me... I use a MIX! I only think in Fahrenheit, period. But for distance, weight, and volume I use "Imperial"/SAE (I suppose it is called) for large units and Metric for small units. Yes, I know it seems crazy:
I think in miles and feet. But anything smaller and it is centimeters and millimeters.
I think in gallons, but anything smaller and I think in liters and milliliters.
I think in pounds, but anything smaller and I think in grams and milligrams.
I believe the main reason is that I don't like fractional notation and also the science background, which pushes me metric.
I really feel this should be a Brit's job but since none seem to want to pick up the ball, and this is information that we desperately need, I will do the best I can. That's right, a colonist doing a subject's job.... ;D
Prince Philip has officially retired at 96 years of age. So from far away and with no connection to the man or his position whatsoever, lets' review:
He is 96 years old and has been married to the Queen for 70 years. He has had 22,219 official engagements since 1952, given 5,496 speeches, participated as a patron or president in 785 organizations. I would be tempted to comment by saying 'not bad' but lets' face it, that is Frickin' spectacular! And of course he had a naval career before beginning these duties. Again, a full and honestly amazing lifetimes' worth for any human IMO.
And just as amazing is that the Queen is 91 and still performing her duties, and while it seems she is cutting back on her schedule, frankly it is amazing she is performing any duties at all, long past anyone's version of a retirement age.
So again, from a place far away, I think the British people (and the entire British Commonwealth) have been more than well and ably served by this couple, and frankly I think they have given far more in the name of duty than most would now, or have had in the past, and more than should be expected in the future. If all of us tried 10% as hard to do the right thing, I think the world would benefit.
The source of the stats. quoted: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40798469 (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40798469)
Brian
Thermite.... neat stuff. A mixture of metals and metal oxides, all just itchin' to get to some other state. And they are willing to give up a LOT of energy (in the form of heat) go get there. The neat thing is that this process is relatively cheap, easy to use and can be harnessed to do useful things. Perhaps the most interesting, in day- to- day life is this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxsFglz2ig (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxsFglz2ig)
Welding railroad tracks together with a thermite core weld. Most impressive. The stuff that falls out into the pans on the sides is the result of the original materials but what is impressive is the link formed between and around the rails; note that mechanical contraption to shear the excess metal off the rails before it cools. Thor and Sven are probably sick and tired of watching this but the first time or three it is quite slick I think.
Brian
That's cool stuff! Now I wonder what the trade off is versus a more traditional arc weld process.
I was wondering about the ties. I'm surprised concrete can withstand the harmonic vibration.
I noticed that almost all the ties in Europe are concrete. I assumed it was due to 1) more high speed trains 2) less availability of lumber
... is not full of acetylene but acetone that has absorbed a great deal of acetone. ...
Really? ???
So the tank is not full of acetylene but acetone that has absorbed a great deal of acetone.Not inaccurate, but probably not what you wanted to type there?
(see how I slipped that one in there?)
All of which leads us to the startling notion that the line "I have gas." might not be such a bad thing.....
I'm going to have to check these things out. It's been a few years since I've done some long distance shooting and even with a decent sporting scope it was difficult to see some hits. I can guarantee you my eyes haven't exactly gotten better in the last 5 years. I don't know what you paid for this device but I bet it's a lot cheaper than and really good spotting scope.
Brian, I think you missed your typo twice, once when you typed it and then again when it was quoted. Really.
Here's a third chance.Not inaccurate, but probably not what you wanted to type there?
...anyway....you also missed an easy boys here...
and then this..
Just for the record, I've never considered it bad, but then mine smells like roses. :P ::)
Really? ???
Yep, a mistake and I did not see it even when you quoted it.
Proof that while there are smart people out there, I ain't one o' dem.
Brian
For the record, I wasn't trying to give you a hard time, as a lot of the topic was over my head I was sincerely asking if it was intentional ... i.e. some sort of supersaturation. AT ANY RATE, now I know. Well, sorta.
For the record, I wasn't trying to give you a hard time,....
OH SURE, make me look the bad guy. :battle: :rotflmao:
This side of the Pond you can get both FreeView & Freesat without any sort of monthly subscription.
Both offer around 200 TV channels plus some catch up stuff, the primary difference between them is that Freeview uses a "standard" rooftop aerial whilst FreeSat requires a dish
In fact the vast majority of Tellies (or TVs, not to be confused with TVs) have one or more FreeView tuners built in. Alternatively you can but boxes for as little as about £50
Ok it is a fairly basic list and does not include any of the specialist/dedicated sports or movie channels but its a lot better than a kick in the teeth. It also includes all the "normal" terrestrial channels (ie BBC1,BBC2,BBC4, ITV,Channel4 (Plus S4C the Welsh variant), & CHannel 5) wth the BBC channels being a commercial free (apart from for their own products/programs lol) zone.
Mind you they are a bit creative with their channel count at times eg I would class Channel 4, Channel 4 + 1 & Channel 4 HD as 1 channel, legally they are allowed to count them as 3 ;)
That said I've got a Sky Q satellite service with movies and sports which also gives me multiroom viewing and the ability to record 5 other channels whilst watching another one. Alos works seamlessly across to my ipad or phone which costs me around £85 per month. Ok I could get a tve service a lot cheaper but IMHO the Sky service over here knocks spots off all the other offering and I'm more than happy to pay for it :)
But on the 'free' services, as I understand it, there is a television 'tax' or gov't fee involved? And if not, what is the mechanism of payment (there is always a mechanism of payment, the only things that change and the delivery medium and the suitableness, i.e. gov't taxes paying for gov't supplied broadcasts).
Brian
"If you're registered blind you get a 50% reduction"
:o You can get half off the television (a sighted service) fee if you're blind....do you get for free if you're blind and deaf?
"If you're registered blind you get a 50% reduction"
:o You can get half off the television (a sighted service) fee if you're blind....do you get for free if you're blind and deaf?
Almost correct :)
There's a TV licence fee payable by anyone using a TV or other device capable of receiving a signal, doesn't matter whether its BBC/ITV or whatever. If its capable of receiving a signal you need to ave a licence for it.
Or to quote Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom)
"In the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies, any household watching or recording live television transmissions as they are being broadcast (terrestrial, satellite, cable, or internet) is required to hold a television licence. Businesses, hospitals, schools and a range of other organisations are also required to hold television licences to watch and record live TV broadcasts.[1] A television licence is also required to receive on-demand programme services provided by the BBC, on the iPlayer catch-up service."
In other words even if you don't watch the BBC commercial free channels you still have to pay the licence fee.
Thats currently £147 per year for a Colour TV Licence & £49.50 for a Black & White TV Licence.
Over 75's get it free and anyone living in a care home pays £7.50
If you're registered blind you get a 50% reduction
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/tv-licence-types-and-costs-top2 (http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/tv-licence-types-and-costs-top2)
Yes, it is that frankly HUGE difference between our two systems: once we get past the facade of 'it is free' and down to brass tacks, the real difference is that in the UK, one basically pays for the ability to watch TV while in the US, at least until recently and probably still the most widely used method has us actually getting TV 'for free' with the actual cost being the commercials buried in all of the shows. I never watch TV in real- time but record it and then watch is so that I can fast- forward through the commercials. Even a show that I am literally waiting to watch; we literally wait 15 minutes and then begging to watch the recording so I can FF through the commercials. So it appears we each have our own, somewhat convoluted systems, with yours I believe being the most honest and open. Although no one here (US) is fibbing in the least that there are commercials, they are in fact commercial in nature to generate income, etc.
As I have been saying for a while now, I believe a 'pay for bandwidth' and then have the provider divide up the income and distribute it to those providing the content that generated parts of that bandwidth usage has a lot of potential merit. Such a system would take some effort to implement and use and in the end it may not work at all but still, I think it could be a good and useful system that would walk right down the center of the road named Capitalism.
Brian
Thats currently £147 per year for a Colour TV Licence
Ouch! $190 a year, every year, on top of the VAT and other taxes to buy the TV and the high taxes on the money earned to pay for it all.
At least here we pay nothing for terrestrial (over-the-air) HDTV, typically around 15 stations in rural areas with all the major traditional networks (NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, UPN, Fox, Ion, CW, TBN, etc).
Income Tax rates and bands
Band Taxable income Tax rate
Personal Allowance Up to £11,500 0%
Basic rate £11,501 to £45,000 20%
Higher rate £45,001 to £150,000 40%
Additional rate over £150,000 45%
Rate % of VAT What the rate applies to
Standard 20% Most goods and services
Reduced rate 5% Some goods and services, eg children's car seats and home energy
Zero rate 0% Zero-rated goods and services, eg most food and children's clothes
Another big difference is we don't rearrange our sports programs around the commercials :)
Where football (real football not your version ;o) ) is shown on channels with commercials then there are adverts at half time but that's still 45 minutes into the game.
For longer events such as F1 then yes they may interrupt live coverage briefly but again its typically mid race (although as I watch on SKY F1 then the entire race is commercial/advert free )
I actually quite like the adverts over here, many of them are made to a very high quality and are mini works of art in their own right.
Couple of my favourites from the last 20 years (yes a very small sample)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9znA_dwjHw#)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAL48oz7mPA#)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ve4M4UsJQo#)
ahh taxes, another good subject for comparison.
I'm 53 now and have never filled out a tax return in my life.
The majority of people on annual salaries, weekly paid etc all pay their income tax through a system known as PAYE, Pay As You Earn. COmes direct out of your wages each time you get paid.
Income Tax rates and bands
Band Taxable income Tax rate
Personal Allowance Up to £11,500 0%
Basic rate £11,501 to £45,000 20%
Higher rate £45,001 to £150,000 40%
Additional rate over £150,000 45%
Another big difference is that in shops the price on the shelf is the price you pay, VAT is included. There's no adding of sales tax at the checkout as I believe (& correct me if I'm wrong) happens in most (if not all) of the US.
Rate % of VAT What the rate applies to
Standard 20% Most goods and services
Reduced rate 5% Some goods and services, eg children's car seats and home energy
Zero rate 0% Zero-rated goods and services, eg most food and children's clothes
We are getting dangerously close to something, in a thread about nothing but my two cents:
We too have the very same tax on our income, which is withheld and paid to the Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (affectionately (cough, cough) known as the IRS and other terms, such as 'revenuers' and such). Our system too is weighted and not linear, just as yours is. And while we do have an 'end of the year fixer' upper' known as a tax return, by far the great majority of our income tax is paid in each earner's pay period, just like yours.
In addition to Federal Income Tax, almost all US states also have a State Income Tax, sometimes piggy-backed onto the Federal tax as in MA, sometimes independent as in RI. Remember, the US of A is quite unusual in that we still believe, and in many cases act, as though were were not a country at all but a loose collection of states. This is a major difference between the US and UK, as well as the US and everywhere else.
Yes, almost all states have a state sales tax that one pays at time of sale. Some states do not but they are the rarity, not the norm. You have the VAT system, but it is not as simple as that either. We have excise taxes because the various gov'ts always need more money and spend a great deal of time thinking up new and exciting taxes, many of which are done very quietly.... excise tax on tires sneaks past almost everyone. Gasoline tax (substantial, maybe $0.50 / gal. depending on state), cigarette tax (very substantial, by far the majority of the cost of cigarettes at just over $8 / pack of 20). In the end, each country has a tax structure, built up over decades, and it is not possible to directly compare any one facet of any system with another system because they just do not cross. Our state sales tax (and we also have some sales taxes piggy- backed on in very large cities; those lucky enough to live / work / buy things in NY, NY get to pay the same tax three times: Federal, State and City) does not cross to your VAT, both are part of a larger system. Which is why one has to add up all the taxes an average individual pays to see what a country really costs each citizen.
Then there are all the ways to cheat the tax system but I am sure that only applies to we Colonists; a fine, up-standing subject of Her Majesty would never even think of such a thing.... eh what, Gov? ;) ;) ;D
Brian
And that was my point.
Yes we have tax on everything, actually petrol (why call a fluid gas lol) there is a 61% Fuel Duty on it plus 20% VAT on top of that (yes they tax the tax) but the price at the pump/shelf is the price you pay. You don't have to do any further calculations.
Same goes for alcohol, there is a alcohol duty added to the price then the whole lot has VAT added
If it says £1.14 per litre on the pump that's what you pay.
If its £26 for a bottle of Jack Daniels thats what you pay
If a telly costs £499 that's what you pay
All nice & simple :)
If you're a VAT registered business then you can get a VAT receipt and start claiming back on some stuff but thats another whole minefield :)
Ie If I
Yes we have tax on everything, actually petrol (why call a fluid gas lol) there is a 61% Fuel Duty on it plus 20% VAT on top of that (yes they tax the tax) but the price at the pump/shelf is the price you pay. You don't have to do any further calculations.
wasn't it Benjamin Franklin who said there are only two certainties in life, death & tax.
And that was my point.
Yes we have tax on everything, actually petrol (why call a fluid gas lol) there is a 61% Fuel Duty on it plus 20% VAT on top of that (yes they tax the tax) but the price at the pump/shelf is the price you pay. You don't have to do any further calculations.
Same goes for alcohol, there is a alcohol duty added to the price then the whole lot has VAT added
If it says £1.14 per litre on the pump that's what you pay.
If its £26 for a bottle of Jack Daniels thats what you pay
If a telly costs £499 that's what you pay
All nice & simple :)
If you're a VAT registered business then you can get a VAT receipt and start claiming back on some stuff but thats another whole minefield :)
Ie If I
Yep, I hear you, I just do not think it is a big deal and merely a different mechanism. But I have seen enough Europeans at the cash register and the look on their faces, as well as having numerous conversations with many non- US familiar folks to know that it really is an emotional issue for some. And most unusual for most, if not all, who are used to the system. Still, it is merely a method to generate revenue and not something anyone is trying to hide or minimize. In fact, I believe most if not all advertised prices say 'plus tax' as a way of warning.
Now in a really left- handed way, it can be a benefit over, say, the VAT system: there are cases in which we do not pay sales tax. Many on- line orders are not taxed because the vendor is not required to collect sales tax (you may be amused by one slang term for it: "The Governor's Cut" :-) ), and then there is the whole question of exactly which state the sale actually took place in (yeah, that is not grammatically correct but you can make a thought out of it). This can be very hard on real 'brick and mortar' vendors with local stores for two reasons: they have to compete with on- line orders that may and often do omit sales tax, plus people end up using their store as the 'shopping floor and display' for a warehouse a thousand miles away. The store owner maintains stock, pays utilities, rent (or had to buy the building), pays help, insurance and a host of other things so a potential customer can look, handle, often get advise and then go home and buy the item on- line and have it delivered.
BTW- more and more on- line sales outfits now DO charge sales tax for the state in which the purchaser resides because they are spreading out (Amazon now has six locations in the US), and the Fed. gov't is considering legislation to plug this 'leak in the tax dyke'.
Our state sales tax system does generate some weird results though: I live in RI, and the sales tax here is 7%. 25 miles north, in MA (you know, Plymouth & The Pilgrims & The Mayflower, Boston and that.... er, 'unpleasantness in the late 1700's, etc.) the sales tax is 5%. So when buying big ticket items such as furniture, a lot of RI residents hop the line, buy stuff in MA and have it delivered. But that makes the Guvnah of RI unhappy 'cause he ain't gettin' his cut so they post agents in the parking lot of the large furniture dealers in MA, look for RI plates, and snoop around for what might have been sold. So occasionally, the state of RI bills its residents for the tax difference on large purchases made in MA.... yep, 2% due and payable to the State of RI. Amazing but true.
Brian
As the story goes.....
John 'Uncle John' Sedgwick. Born in Connecticut in 1813, graduated West Point in 1937. A Colonel at the start of the Civil War (of the 'War between the States' for my southern brethren) he rose in rank to Major General at the time of his death in VA, 1864. He is really remembered for two things: one is certainly true, the other one is sketchy but makes a great story either way.
First, he was the highest ranking US officer to be killed during the Civil War, or more accurately, was one of two Major Generals to be killed in action during that war (the other was John Reynolds, killed at Gettysburg, 1863).
The other thing that is notable is that during the battle of Spotsylvania Court House, he stood tall and tried to rally his men while they ducked and cowed. He showed frank amazement as there was nothing but occasional rifle fire, no artillery or even concentrated rifle fire aimed anywhere near him or his men and even that being fired from at least 1,000 yards and further away. He berated and bullied them in an effort to get them to stand and man the artillery pieces he commanded without success and finally said: "They could not hit an elephant at this distance!" but never actually finished the final word as a confederate sharp- shooter hit him and killed him where he stood; he was dead before he hit the ground.
As I said, it is a great story. But another version, this one by Gen. Sedgwick's adjutant, who was present when the General was killed, said this:
" I gave the necessary order to move the troops to the right, and as they rose to execute the movement the enemy opened a sprinkling fire, partly from sharp-shooters. As the bullets whistled by, some of the men dodged. The general said laughingly, "What! what! men, dodging this way for single bullets! What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." A few seconds after, a man who had been separated from his regiment passed directly in front of the general, and at the same moment a sharp-shooter's bullet passed with a long shrill whistle very close, and the soldier, who was then just in front of the general, dodged to the ground. The general touched him gently with his foot, and said, "Why, my man, I am ashamed of you, dodging that way," and repeated the remark, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." The man rose and saluted and said good-naturedly, "General, I dodged a shell once, and if I hadn't, it would have taken my head off. I believe in dodging. "The general laughed and replied, "All right, my man; go to your place."
For a third time the same shrill whistle, closing with a dull, heavy stroke, interrupted our talk; when, as I was about to resume, the general's face turned slowly to me, the blood spurting from his left cheek under the eye in a steady stream. He fell in my direction ; I was so close to him that my effort to support him failed, and I fell with him. "
Source: http://www.phrases.org.uk/quotes/last-words/john-sedgwick.html (http://www.phrases.org.uk/quotes/last-words/john-sedgwick.html)
I think everyone has to admit, the other version of the story is better even if it is.... er, stretched somewhat.
Brian
So where's Conniesaki now? Really?
So where's Conniesaki now? Really?
Aw crap. This feels like a test.
Aw crap. This feels like a test.
I hope there is some clever, sophisticated humor behind this 'cause it is absolutely flying by me. ?? ??Hope springs eternal, but no, nothing clever or sophisticated here, it's pretty much just like the last time.
Uncle John graduated from West Point at age 124.
so why is it we eat a round pizza from a square box and have it cut into triangles?
GeometryWell, speaking of that....
so why is it we eat a round pizza from a square box and have it cut into triangles?Answer: We don't. (typically)
or you could just eat calzone :)
here's one for you Brian.
I think we can both agree that in tennis & squash the item of equipment you use is called (& spelt) a "racket".
SO why do many US clubs spell it "racquet" in their name?
https://www.google.com/search?q=racquet+clubs+usa (https://www.google.com/search?q=racquet+clubs+usa)
A question that <may> have some root answer would be why some countries drive on the right and some on the left. In my opinion, only a handful of countries would be up for discussion because only a handful 'invented' driving in the first place, the rest just followed one or the other.
Originally everyone travelled on the left as that way your sword arm was facing oncoming travellers.
The switch to travelling on he right actually precedes the invention of the car (by some way, talking early 1700's in France & the USA) and can be linked back to the horse & carriage.
When using multiple horses up front it was easier for the carriage driver to sit on the left as that meant his whip arm could be used through the middle of the horses
So that they could see how much clearance they had to passing carriages they started to drive on the right rather than the left
Originally everyone travelled on the left as that way your sword arm was facing oncoming travellers.
The switch to travelling on he right actually precedes the invention of the car (by some way, talking early 1700's in France & the USA) and can be linked back to the horse & carriage.
When using multiple horses up front it was easier for the carriage driver to sit on the left as that meant his whip arm could be used through the middle of the horses
So that they could see how much clearance they had to passing carriages they started to drive on the right rather than the left
Another difference that has a lot of tentacles and originated for no reason at all that I can find: You (UK) use 50 cycle power with two legs providing 240 volts (I think it is 240). We (US) use 60 cycle power and also have two legs providing 230 volts but with a twist; we also supply what is called a neutral line, which falls between the two legs (yep, put 'between the two legs' joke here- this one is too easy) and we typically use most of our power by using one of the two legs and neutral to provide 115 volts for general, residential use, but also using 230 volt for items that consume large amounts of power, typically more than 1,500 watts or so: clothes dryers, ranges (electric stoves, I believe you call them 'cookers'?), whole- house water heaters. All of this is for residential and small business use; industrial power use such as anything running machine tools uses three phase power of varying voltage in both countries.
Another big difference is that we current- limit our power as it enters our houses, and all circuits are protected against overload there; after that, we get pretty cavalier about what we plug in where (yep more joke material). As I understand it, and I am certainly no authority on UK wiring, but you pretty freely string circuits around a house and then protect the devices plugged into those circuits by fusing the actual plugs themselves.
But back to the power generation: as I said, your power is 50 cycle, ours is 60 cycle and that results in a whole host of difference by accident. It makes no difference for the original electrical devices, incandescent light bulbs, nor other, simple things such as heating devices. But it makes a huge difference in electric motors and many different types of electronics; our motor base speed is 3,600 RPM due entirely to the cyclic rate of our mains power, yours is 3,000 for the same reason. Our entire analog TV system is built around a 60 Hertz (cycles) rate while yours is based on 50 Hertz, making your TVs, videotape and all related materials not interchangeable with ours (our entire system becomes NTSC, while yours is PAL).
Again, there is absolutely no reason or rhyme to this that I know of, it just worked out that way. And it is not much of a problem given that almost no one packs up, say, a house and moves it to the other country. :-)
Where it did become important though in Japan, where they have the outrageously strange system of using both 50 cycle and 60 cycle power in the same country, divided just about in the middle. A strange way to do things with a bid downside, at least that one time. It seems Japan jumped onto the power grip bandwagon a bit late, after other countries had already had their systems well developed. So they decided to try one of each; one system came from the US, based of course on our 60 cycle system and the other from Germany (Seimens IIRC), based on their 50 cycle system. Both worked and both were expanded until they bumped into each other about in the center of Japan. And the country eventually had two entire, functioning electrical systems that were not compatible with each other. There are some phase converters at the junction but not nearly enough to power up the 'other half' of Japan of course but merely covert enough power to help out the 'other' side if and when they needed it.
All of this results in some really strange things such as some consumer electronics working in one half of the country but not the other. Not sure what they do about TV or if that crosses the two grids or not. But the whole thing did have a disastrous consequence when that Tsunami and the following tidal wave hit them back in '11; after losing a large portion of the northern grid by losing the reactors at Fukushima, the Japanese could not send a large amount of power north from the southern grid due to the limited size of the phase converters, contributing to the reactor accidents that followed.
The Japanese power system is really something that should be and should have been corrected but as these things always go the cost is so high that it is probably prohibitive to do so now. Re- powering 1/2 of a major, industrialized country would be a monumental task that virtually any economy just could not foot.
Brian
interesting read on why the difference, blame Thomas Edison lol
http://thednetworks.com/2012/06/10/why-does-ukusa-use-110120v-and-others-use-220240v/ (http://thednetworks.com/2012/06/10/why-does-ukusa-use-110120v-and-others-use-220240v/)
I'm sure there's a good reason for the voltage difference however it escapes me for the moment
Electrical installations are pretty stringent over here.
You have to either be certified or get a certified electrician in to check any DIY wiring and lately that's also includes things like outdoor security lights
Yes you're right in saying that each individual appliance is fused at the plug however the main fusebox also has to have resettable RCCBs etc and each ring /circuit in the house is also protected by a circuit breaker/fuse.
Looking at he Pic of my main fusebox then from Right to Left I have
A main Siwtch to isolate from the incoming supply.
a 40A circuit for the cooker
a 16A circuit for the water heater (actually mines hooked up to the jauzzi bath as all my water heating is done by a gas combi boiler)
separate 6A circuits for the up and downstairs lighting
a 6A circuit for outside lights
The RCB protecting the Main Rings
separate 32A circuits for the upstairs & downstairs rings
a 16Amp circuit put in for some extension wiring by the PO that are separate from the downstairs ring main
http://sharetheexperience.co.uk/Images/GTR/fusebox.jpg (http://sharetheexperience.co.uk/Images/GTR/fusebox.jpg)
E
OK, I must have had old information- at any rate, it was clearly wrong, although unless you are running VERY heavy gauge wire, you are not protecting the entire circuit (ring) from the breaker panel. Our individual circuits must be protected by the rating of the thinnest gauge wire used on that circuit although the only two that are commonly used for 115 VAC wiring are 14 gauge wire and a 15 amp breaker or 12 gauge wire and a 20 amp breaker. But once a breaker is installed, nothing can be wired anywhere in that circuit that is smaller than the gauge size required to carry all the current that breaker can supply.
I had to do some translating but your RCB appears to be our GFI (ground fault interrupter; if the power going 'out' one wire is not identical the the power coming 'in' to the other, the breaker trips). Ours are set at a max. of 5 milliamps which is probably a decent guess 'cause it takes ~100 milliamps across one's heart to send it into fibrillation (with almost no other choices, read: death).
Apparently your 'rings' are wiring circuits with multiple taps or devices on them? If so, we call those circuits.
It also sounds like you separate your lighting circuits (rings) from those providing power (outlets) given the very different current ratings; we do not and can and do put lights and outlets on the same circuits.
(http://i.imgur.com/JKFkDfu.jpg)
This is a sub- panel so there are a couple of oddities: the mains are not lug mounted but placed where breakers would normally go, and the lugs and strips for all the other breakers are being back- fed (100 amp mains in top left, covered with masking tape for identification). You can probably see that some breakers are singles and only have one pole, making them 115 VAC, while some are double making them 230 VAC. The plastic covering each wire indicates that wire's size and in this box there are white (14 ga., 15 amp max), yellow (12 ga., 20 amp) and orange (10 ga. 30 amp max.). The box is open and we are probing each breaker so we can label the other end wherever it ends.
And as to the requirement of being a licensed electrician to work on wiring in a house: well, that depends again on the state. There are no federal laws and each state regulates how things are. Most states adopt what is provided as the National Electrical Code (NEC) but they twiddle with it as they desire. Now in my state, the home owner can do any / all of his / her electrical work on that person's place of residence. Any rental properties must have a licensed electrician work on the wiring. In neighboring MA, all electrical work must be done by a licensed electrician. Everywhere in the US, the great majority of electrical work is done inside homes so laws are simply not applied and whoever can do whatever he / she pleases, often resulting in some scary stuff. Really.
Brian
Its called a ring main as there is literally a ring all the way around with unlimited multiple sockets/wall outlets on it all in parallel although you are permitted to run a single outlet from any of the ones on the ring (within certain limits).
Ring main wiring is 2.5mm/14AWG
There are also little things like a ring main should not cover an area greater then 100sq metres.
Also as stated each individual appliance you plug is is also separately fused with anything from a 3A to a 15A fuse
And yes the RCD is the same sort of thing as the GFI
OK, that is why I understood you do not protect your actual circuits, you 'sort of' do not. 32 amps on 14 gauge wire would not fly here (assuming we are using the same gauge, no real reason to think that is correct either). We have limits on how many outlets / lighting receptacles can go on one circuit as well. Overall, it looks like we break our systems down a bit further than you do; we typically have 40 or more breakers in a typical house while it looks like you have more like 10 or 12. Otherwise, about the same.
The only real difference is that our devices have no fuses or protection of any kind. Perhaps that is why small appliances cause so many residential fires here (seriously)?
Brian
don't forget though as its a ring then its 32 amps split both ways as both ends of the ring come back into the same fuse
Given that AWG stands for American Wire Gauge I presume it is the same :)
BTW your Pic looks like something you might find in a commercial premises here rather than something found in a residential home.
This is my complete setup (bear in mind I live in an older house, built in 1911. A new build install would be the same but quite a bit neater finished(usually) .
Supply comes in/out at the bottom via a Master Fuse, the smaller white box is the electricity meter and at the top is the main fuse box
http://sharetheexperience.co.uk/Images/GTR/fusebox2.jpg (http://sharetheexperience.co.uk/Images/GTR/fusebox2.jpg)
Ah, hence the term ring :-) Yeah, I did not get that. We do not do that here, electricity is one- way, out of the box and through the one circuit. But seeing as you use two runs of wire, that is almost the same rating we would get: 32 amps divided by two for two runs of 14 gauge, would be 16 amps. We allow 15 but not enough difference to worry about.
Also interesting on the meter: ours are outside as far as I know. The breaker panel can be inside or outside, and that seems to depend on the area of the country more than anything else; breaker panels are always inside in this area as far as I know and have never seen it done any other way.
Power comes from feeder wires from the nearest telephone pole and run overhead to a high (usually) corner on the house. Those wires are the power company's. Then they attach to the building owner's wires, attach to the building owner's mounting point and run down the building to the meter trough, also owned by the building owner. Another wire leaves the bottom of the trough, goes into the house and the main breaker panel, all owned by the building owner. But the meter is the property of the electric company and is needed to 'jump' the meter trough and power up the house. That is the fast, easy way they cut power- they take their meter away.
My install looks like this:
(http://i.imgur.com/Dbq7CIv.jpg)
same photo much lighter so you can see the weatherhead (the place where the my wiring ends / power co.'s wiring begins)
(http://i.imgur.com/smoKP7W.jpg)
Brian
Ah so what you do is run a radial circuit(s)
Other than some rural areas the power in the main (no pun intended) comes in via underground cables.
As for the meter , new properties the electricity ( & gas) meters are typically accessible from outside the house so they can be read without need to come in. Fuse boxes are pretty much always indoors, usually high up away from kids although mine is at floor level, again due to being an older property.
That said there is a big push at the moment for Smart meters that phone home via short range radio/wifi to local collector points
Sure, I guess that would be a fine term. Like spokes on a wheel, they leave the hub (the breaker panel) and do not come back. In fact, depending on exactly how your wiring is done, it would violate one of the cardinal rules here: only one source of power for any box or containment device. Put another way, suppose there are 5 wires running into a junction box (a box where we join wires, ALL wires MUST be connected in a box with exactly one exception not worth bothering with here): only one can supply power or be 'hot' under any circumstances. That way when you cut power to that box, you know that box is 'cold'. So yeah, one run out of the panel, but that run can have many junction boxes, outlets, switches, lights, etc., etc. on it. There is a limit, and a way to figure that limit (just been through all this for my own house but I think it is 1.2 amps per outlet, so something like a max. of 18? 15? allowable on a 20 amp circuit) but it rarely kicks in. Our electrical code is in a book you could measure in inches.
My water meter is as you describe; in the house but readable via RF from outside. But electrical meters are all outside although I believe the new ones use RF for remote but short range reading also. We have 'meter readers' who walk around and read the meters (water, gas (not THAT gas, what you I believe call methane, electric).
Yeah, non- Americans are surprised to see all the telephone poles and wires here. As I said, it is moving underground but only in newly built communities around here (where I live specifically). In large cities, it all went underground long ago. Hey, it gives us something to bang into with an errant car; no shortage of cars driving into them either. On rare occasions, with enough speed and a sizeable car, it IS possible to snap a pole off and cut off power and communications to entire communities. But as I said, that takes a LOT of effort, mostly the pole does fine and the car has a very distinctive "U" shaped groove in the front, depth depending on the speed of the vehicle (the poles rarely have any velocity at all so everything is up to the determination of the driver).
I am not aware of anything like local data collection centers or the means of how to get the data there. ?? I do know that my landline phones ALWAYS know what the correct time / date is so they must be in contact with something over the phone line without announcing it.
An English friend of many years ago claimed all the clocks in the UK had some type of embedded setting mechanism / link; bring them home, power them up and after a short while, they would display the correct time. Neat idea. Not happening in the US, again as far as I know. And it would not be shunned either: recently with all the Karate Kid power stuff going on around here (power on / power off / power on / power off) we have had more than enough clock setting. I believe there is only one time zone in the UK so that would really help that system work there; there are four times zones in the continental US, plus some really strange daylight savings time situations (an official date for it to start, then the altered date on which it really starts, usually a few weeks separate).
Brian
The bloody French like hanging everything off (concrete) poles as well :)
Smart Meters:
Yes there are some older ones like your water meters with short range capability (our water meters are the same if you have one) however for the newer generation then "Inside your home, smart meters use their own secure, wireless network using radio waves, just like mobile phones or TVs do. Smart meters don't use the internet to send or receive data and you don't need an internet connection for it to work.
Your smart meters will link to a similar wireless network outside your home. This network is run by the Data Communications Company, which is overseen by the energy regulator Ofgem.
There are strict new regulations and codes of practice to keep smart meter data private, secure and safe."
https://www.smartenergygb.org/en/about-smart-meters/what-is-a-smart-meter?gclid=Cj0KCQjwierMBRCHARIsAHl9i4EljtUzSiWQAAiOZ-Oc-Ef18z55e52B0-Zf9j3EJOwG88yLJ5d3tOIaArmlEALw_wcB (https://www.smartenergygb.org/en/about-smart-meters/what-is-a-smart-meter?gclid=Cj0KCQjwierMBRCHARIsAHl9i4EljtUzSiWQAAiOZ-Oc-Ef18z55e52B0-Zf9j3EJOwG88yLJ5d3tOIaArmlEALw_wcB)
As for your landline knowing the time don't you use a VOIP system rather than a more traditional POTS (Plain Old Telephone System).
By its very nature that will be able to get its time signal using NTP (Network Time Protocol) same as any other (inter) network connected device can.
We call gas gas, the stuff used in your car or bike is petrol (unless you're running LPG in which case it may be referred to as gas)
Our concrete poles are wood :-) Pressure treated, oozing tar, they last forever and are easy for linemen to climb using a pair of ankle spikes and a sling.
Please do not compare us to the French in any way. :rotflmao: It is apparently inherited, exported or whatever but all native English speaking people seem to have inherited your...... distast for the French :-) I say that mostly in jest but with a little truth mixed in.
Yes, my landline is VOIP but it hardwires into the cable co's box in the cellar (basement- the room under my house) as 24 VAC analog signal so anything making it to the actual telephone is coming over as an analog signal, not digital. It may be digitally encoded up to the box in my house but analog after that. Which I am inferring would work over plain old 24 volt analog landlines though I may be wrong. Your area, not mine.
Gas and the language barrier: "Gas" as a vehicle fuel is usually referring to gasoline, heavier than, say, benzine but still a true solvent, lighter than kerosene, the fist of the oils; what you call petrol, which I believe is short for petroleum, a serious misnomer IMO. But we also use propane, which is liquefied and sold, stored and used from steel cylinders. And we also have natural gas, this is what I think you call methane and pronounce as mee- thane but am not sure. Now natural gas can be liquefied and is then called LNG, or liquefied natural gas. Not normally used in the US; we use our gas in the gaseous state and it is piped into our homes and businesses that way. LNG is shipped via container ship but that is the cause of huge controversy because a ship full of that stuff packs a serious punch and most cities / ports have a serious and sometimes desperate contingent of people trying to keep it OUT of their cities. NIMBY is the acronym: Not In My Back Yard, meaning is is a great idea, just do it some place else where I am outside of the concussion or fallout ring.
Funny story time: Way back in the 1970's, a new nuclear power plant was build in Seebrook, NH, on the coast. The usual suspects showed up to protest. But when it was time to bring in the core and actually power the thing up, the antis showed up in droves. Somehow, the time and place of the convoy moving the reactor core and fuel rods got out and there was a concerted effort to block highways, the power plant, etc., etc. to stop it from being fueled and activated. And it was successful.... sort of. What really happened is that the Gummit leaked the info., and planned on the resistance along the highway, plant entrance, etc. all the while, sending the core to the power plant via barge, after which the plant was cored, fueled and a reaction started. I am not really active in the nuclear debate but that was kind of funny, at least IMO. Seabrook 2 was never completed but Seabrook1 is running today.
Brian
Nope gas used in the home for cooking or heating is just that , gas(or same as you n, natural gas.
Methane is something that comes out of the arse end of cows ;)
Propane is typically used for camping and (a bit like a hoover) is quite often just referred to coas "calor gas" when in larger containers such as for caravan/campervan use.
In smaller bottles it tends to be referred to as "camping gaz"
Nope if its s VOIP its VOIP not analogue, the clues in the acronym, Voice Over Internet Protocol.
Of course your telco may be providing you with what is effectively a local PBX and its only VOIP from the basement out.
The giveaway usually is if the basestation/handset (as opposed to the NTE (Network Termination Equipment) in the basement has an RJ45 ethernet cable too it.
If it has it's most definitely a VOIP handset and will (most likely) also be using POE (Power Over Ethernet) to run it. (IIRC POE is about 45V DC)
Well, your gas sounds like our gas. :yikes: Other than we call it propane no matter where it is or how big of a tank it happens to be in.
Phone: my phone is analog, 24 volt, four wire, standard in the US since I was a kid. The digital signal comes into the house via cable, but is broken out in the box in the cellar (basement?), and wired to the telephone connector box. This goes back to the days when I had honest- to- goodness 24 volt analog signal coming from the telephone pole out front, and "Cable TV" ran parallel to the phone wires. So whatever signal may be coming down the coax in digital form is being analog'ed- up (converted to analog) and fed to the phone, actually the phone base (all handsets are cordless 6 MHz), just like in the olden' days.
Now it is possible there is a digital data signal overlayed on top of the analog signal of course. ?? Either way, there is a signal sneaking into the base unit telling it what time it is 'cause it keeps resetting itself in spite of the many (MANY) power outages. And no batteries in the base units. Besides, I have never set the time on this phone from when it was new so again, signal coming from somewhere.... possibly even blanket RF for all I know.
Brian
Have you read the handbook for the phone ;)
Well this thread seems to have gone from nothing to Power grids, while it's here I have a question.
Do those cheap Chinese made LED Christmas light strings that blink on and off 30 times per second in the USA only blink on and off in the UK 25 times per second?. The reason I ask, is that at 30 times per second the flicker is noticeable to most as one moves your head or out of the side of your eye but not so much looking straight at the LED. I would think that at 50 cycles the flicker effect would be too noticeable and that the manufacturers would have to provide a bridge rectifier in the LED string. So I guess that is really my question(s), are the LED Christmas lights in the UK rectified or flickering?
A bit early for that question don't you think?
I haven't actually counted but...;D...Well, I didn't really expect the count..that would be automatic for 50 cycles at 25 on and offs, but I did want to know if they flickered like the ones we get do.
.... what I can tell you is that via a process known as REIN (Random Electrical Injected Noise) they mess up peoples DSL connections every year and that fault rates into ISPs always go up at the festive period because of this.
When the (UK) DSL standards were written there was a requirement that they couldn't cause interference to anything else(HAM radio operators were moaning at the time) however there was no requirement to shield them from outside interference.
Wonky microwaves, dodgy electric motors on fridges & freezers & electric fences are other well know sources of REIN
;D...Well, I didn't really expect the count..that would be automatic for 50 cycles at 25 on and offs, but I did want to know if they flickered like the ones we get do.
It doesn't seem like it would be that expensive to put a few diodes and a capaciter in there to make a rectifier so they didn't noticeably flicker, but I guess the competition to save a few dimes per string of lights is just too much.
I think DSL is dying out over here, and for that I'm glad. It was faster than dial up but not as reliable. Frequent outages for me on rainy days. Cable or fiber optics seem the way to go now.
I guess satellite is still viable if you are remotely off the grid, but I've never tried it.
Well this thread seems to have gone from nothing to Power grids, while it's here I have a question.
Do those cheap Chinese made LED Christmas light strings that blink on and off 30 times per second in the USA only blink on and off in the UK 25 times per second?.
;D...Well, I didn't really expect the count..that would be automatic for 50 cycles at 25 on and offs, but I did want to know if they flickered like the ones we get do.
It doesn't seem like it would be that expensive to put a few diodes and a capaciter in there to make a rectifier so they didn't noticeably flicker, but I guess the competition to save a few dimes per string of lights is just too much.
I think DSL is dying out over here, and for that I'm glad. It was faster than dial up but not as reliable. Frequent outages for me on rainy days. Cable or fiber optics seem the way to go now.
I guess satellite is still viable if you are remotely off the grid, but I've never tried it.
Well, as far as Christmas LED's, and the idea that they would use a single diode to chop the sine wave into a half or a sine wave with clipped corners at that..... kind of doubtful. The LEDs would not flicker, they would actually strobe
But even that is not a fix or acceptable because there will still be a significant 'off' band on either side of the zero crossing where no current will flow and the LED's will go out.
And we have a name for those: It is called a power supply. :rotflmao:
It is also possible there are other, better brands of LED Christmas lights that do not do this but again, capitalism (and I am a loyal and firm (Easy Boys) capitalist), I just think it can and will run amok without other restraints.... just like these cheap lights). So maybe even the pretty inexpensive but not the dead- cheapest lights are also gone from the market.
But even that is not a fix or acceptable because there will still be a significant 'off' band on either side of the zero crossing where no current will flow and the LED's will go out.
Brian
I will need to re-exam the light strings in November, but it may be that they are actually already rectified and the flickering I'm seeing is the cut off in between the ON bands. They are definitely strobing which you can see when you take the end of the string (max' doesn't need to) and flip it back and forth like a rapidly moving arm on a metronome. You can then easily see the ONs and Offs which appear equal in size to me. I was thinking that since they are already diodes in series that they were just using one side to the cycle, but when you mention the "off" band that would make the LEDs off more than they're on if it wasn't already rectified. Hmmm.....
I wish they had just made the LEDs connected in parallel with a power supply......and max'has posted while I'm typing. Pretty much agree with what he said above. I'm one of the lucky ones that doesn't see the flickering when looking straight on at the LEDs.
I guess max' and I should be careful here or a moderator may move our posts over to the crazy and annoyed thread. :o ;D
As far as the crazy and annoyed thread, I think you may be OK but Max still has that 'when I wear my helmet in my house it confounds the cats' thing following him around. So he was already half- way to the crazy thread. Er, I mean the crazy and annoyed thread. ;D
At least I only have two cats, so I can't yet be called "that crazy cat man"
Well first, I did not call you 'the crazy cat man'.
Second, I do not think there is a minimum number of cats you have to own to be called a crazy cat man.
Third, remember, I am 'pulling your tail' a bit so take it for what it is worth: nothing. All in good fun (for me anyway).
Actually, now that I think about it, I have cats, I am a man, and I am a bit crazy... maybe I could be....
jumped up in my lap, insisting I stop everything and cater to her.
Welcome to a cat owner's life. We are only allowed to live, to cater to their every whim, but only when they choose to allow us to be near them.
Second, I do not think there is a minimum number of cats you have to own to be called a crazy cat man.
Three. It's three. Two cats, fine ... after all, each one needs a buddy. Any more than that and you're crazy for having that many cats. And BTW I like cats. We have two.
Damn, I resemble that statement.
count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out!
Anyone not wishing to walk on the escalator was therefore asked to stand to the right to allow others to pass, leading to Britain's unique flouting of escalator etiquette which dictates in most countries that escalators tend to match the rules of the road.
And it does, at least here. Slow on the right, fast/pass on the left. But even though in the UK the road travel directions are backwards ( ;) ), you hold the same rules for which lane is passing?
are you talking escalators or out on the road?
You were talking about both- so was I. Problem was I misread what you said :) I thought you meant Britain had pass on the same side on escalators as on the road (like we have here) but you said they "flouted" the standards, meaning it isn't the same. How confusing for people having to behave differently than when driving! So which convention is used there for walking in halls or sidewalks (which side to travel and what about passing)?
It always used to be keep left but that seems to be changing slowly.
Incidentally on the water you also pass with the oncoming vessel to your right
It always used to be keep left but that seems to be changing slowly.
Incidentally on the water you also pass with the oncoming vessel to your right
I do not think that is correct Mike: international seafaring rules have ships passing port- to- port, always. Not sure how it works on, say, the Thames but in any waters likely to have ships from different countries mingling, all passing is done on 'the right' unless very specifically communicated between and agreed upon by the two ships passing, beforehand.
you're correct, that is not correct.
Maybe this is why I don't drive a boat lol
port to port it is
The three 'shorts' all go together: Port, Left, Red. The three 'longs' (Easy Boys! This here is nautical speak and there is no innuendo or impolite references of any kind allowed!) are the other way, Starboard, Right, Green.
And I did not even see it coming.....
We need to go to Home Lowes (one or the other, usually Home Depot), lately we always need to go to Home Lowes. Anyway, as today is a holiday, such as there are holidays anymore, I looked at their site to check on the hours- often their holiday hours are the same as Sunday hours. So went to the site and typed 'store hours' in the search line and hit enter..... Got this for a response:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillman-Group-8-in-x-12-in-Plastic-Business-Hours-Sign-839888/100115199?keyword=store+hours+today (http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillman-Group-8-in-x-12-in-Plastic-Business-Hours-Sign-839888/100115199?keyword=store+hours+today)
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
And BTW: they are open 'till 9:00 PM tonight. The commercialization of America continues as we recognize fewer and fewer holidays at all, and even minimize the major ones. Not saying this is good nor bad, it merely is.
Brian
Stare at this (http://www.newopticalillusions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Optical-Illusion-Spiral.gif) for 30-45 seconds
.... and then look atsomethingnothing* else nearby.
*a poor attempt to stay on subject
ACK!
Stare at this (http://www.newopticalillusions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Optical-Illusion-Spiral.gif) for 30-45 seconds
.... and then look atsomethingnothing* else nearby.
*a poor attempt to stay on subject
It would only be slick if you could tell them to don't bother delivering it....
On March 22, 1958 a Lockheed Loadstar belonging to Mike Todd crashed in the mountains in New Mexico on land belonging to my wife's father and now belonging to my wife. All 4 aboard including Mike Todd were killed. Mike Todd was a Hollywood producer best known for the movie "Around the World in 80 days". He was also husband to Elizabeth Taylor at the time. It was rumored that he was carrying a massive diamond ring belonging to Liz. No such ring was ever found despite the fact that for years afterword my father in law would chase off treasure hunters that would sneak on to the property searching for it. Parts of the airplane were removed for investigation but most of the wreckage was buried in place and is still there. I found one of the exhaust stacks sticking out of the ground a few years ago.
That is a really interesting story.
Not to be morbid, and of course I assume all human remains have been removed, etc. but too bad the plane itself is buried as it would probably be quite interesting to see.
Brian
Tell me about it! I've thought about digging a bit but probably not much to see. It hit hard at night in icing conditions. Not a forced landing but full on impact. Was probably tiny bits. But my father in law told me they brought in a bulldozer to bury it. I'm guessing it gouged out a trench, pushed the wreckage in, then rolled over it to compress it a bit, then filled it in. So probably more aluminum scrap than anything that looks like an airplane. But still wondering if either of the engines survived in any recognizable form. Thought an outside picnic table with a big old radial as a base might make a cool conversation piece. And yes, all human remains we removed and was told was quite gruesome.
Next time you see some graph showing correlations, think about these correlations:
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations)
Next time you see some graph showing correlations, think about these correlations:
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations)
Next time you see some graph showing correlations, think about these correlations:
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations)
Next time you see some graph showing correlations, think about these correlations:
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations)
So he doesn't mind that every sound, every conversation, every fart is possibly being recorded? Is the tv watching the watchers?
... offered to tell me a political joke instead...
And I kinda' liked 'House of Cards', and that is toast. And I really liked 'The Usual Suspects' but it would seem Mr. Spacey is toast also so no more of that for us.
What? They are not doing another season? And what is up with Mr.SpaceySissy?
What? They are not doing another season? And what is up with Mr. Spacey?
Well, let's see: Mr. Spacey has been accused of sexually molesting a 14 (I believe) year old boy. So Mr. Spacey took the approach of apologizing, saying all the 'right things' and so forth, and came out as homosexual at the same time. Interestingly enough, while 7/8 of the planet had already turned against him for the sexual misconduct, the remaining 1/8 was outraged because of his using the timing of the molestation accusation to 'come out'. So the 1/8 is even MORE cranky with Mr. Spacey because it seems they believe it will have the effect of having 'being gay' being associated with sexual misconduct. The immediate results were that Netflix announced the cancellation of 'House of Cards'. But the next day (or so) Netflix announced the cancellation of production of the sixth season of House of Cards immediately, which I take as meaning there will probably not even be a sixth season (which is the next season). So, apparently in the current round of 'who stepped in it further' or 'who stepped in more of it for longer', Mr. Spacey seems to be winning because not only has the entertainment community apparently tossed him out like last week's chicken soup, it has reacted within a matter of hours to stop his career and all associated with it in its tracks. By comparison, it took weeks for Mr. Weinstein (sp?) to fall so far down the proverbial flight of stairs.
So it appears we have seen the last of Mr. Spacey, probably in any medium, stage, TV or film. Unless, of course, the FaceTwit crowd decides at some point that forgiveness is the current thing they want to run up the flag pole and wave for all it is worth, at which point the nastiest, most obnoxious people known on the planet will be elevated to new levels of fame and fortune; I predict we will have a special election in the US and somehow end up with Charles Manson as President..... maybe even Dictator.
Now it may seem that I am making fun of people who misbehave or misconduct themselves, and worse, am making light of their victims. That is most certainly not the case. If people act as scumbags, they SHOULD be hung out to dry by the public, and charges brought against them where possible, practical and, of course, warranted. It certainly would seem that there are some scumbags in some positions of authority in the entertainment industry, and all that is happening to them and more is justified if the charges are true, and I have no reason to doubt that they are true.
What I am making fun of is how we, as a society, act like a wild- eyed mob with pitchforks and torches looking for the next thing to get all worked up over and go on a rampage to..... well, rampage. It seems that we have the angry mob already and are just waiting for someone, anyone, to point a finger in a direction for them to.... well, rampage. I believe this is a result of rapid, 'free- for' all' social media (hence 'FaceTwit', which is not what I call it most of the time, I change the last vowel to make it more distasteful, exactly as I think it is- distasteful) combined with one of the very worst aspects of humanity, the urge to act as a pack and embellish our own worst behavior by exercising pack mentality. Fully grown adults acting worse than 8 year olds in a school playground but instead of nasty limericks and rhymes, we now have media, the ability to project the pack onto everyone, everywhere.
So as I said, I have no problem with people getting what they deserve and what they have earned, be it good or bad. But I do have a problem with procedure, law and social organization, as well as simple decent behavior being replaced with 'social vigilanteism', and the worst kind of vigilanteism at that. I think the way things progressed with Bill Cosby was far better, using a process in place, than what is currently being unleashed through FaceTwit.
Back to Kevin Spacey: it seems he is homosexual and has now 'come out' as such. It would seem to be not all that big a deal in today's world but as I said, the particular circumstances and timing of his coming out have raised a storm all in itself. But then again, it has long been suspected anyway and cannot really be that big of a surprise.
Brian
Wow! See what I get to miss by not having cable TV any more? I just assumed he was gay just by some of the scenes in House of Cards. But hadn't heard about any of the molestation stuff. But I really did like the show. Season's 1 and 2 were the best and it went down hill from there. But still one of the shows I would binge watch each season. I would guess Robin Wright is pretty pissed right now. She just got to be president and now she's canceled! :rotflmao:
Happy Ending Airlines
Happy Ending Airlines
Well, it did not sound like she was too happy what with all the yelling, kicking, handcuffs, arrest and so forth. Of course he may have been happy. Hey, maybe he was exactly as happy as she was unhappy, thereby keeping the entropy of the universe from growing? Sure, that makes sense.
Brian
C'mon guys. Give the poor lass a break. It may be just her way of coping with an intense fear of flying? And which 28 year old male would decline a BJ on a long flight. :finger_fing11:
With Lynch? :pukeface:
GSD dog ?German Sheperd Dog [sic] dog?
Got home and I helped Gimpy into the house (had foot surgery two weeks ago, currently wearing a 'boot built for three' and using crutches),This info might have been helpful in the mouse trap stories (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=18000.msg284916#msg284916). ....or is this situation because of the
Oh yeah, kitten already very well versed in the game called 'chase the lump under the blanket'.Years ago my wife could play that game, seems to have forgotten how lately.
GSD dog ?
German Sheperd Dog [sic] dog?
This info might have been helpful in the mouse trap stories (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=18000.msg284916#msg284916). ....or is this situation because of thebearmouse traps?
Years ago my wife could play that game, seems to have forgotten how lately.
You need a new kitten....
In my experience a cat is a minimum $5,000 'investment' ... and prob more like $10,000+: Food, litter and regular vet checkups are part of it, but also hmmm-whats-wrong-tests by the vet, medicine and surgeries as they age.
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Anyway, very cute/nice cat! And cats "coming to you" doesn't make them a dog, it makes them a cat. Every cat I have owned comes to me, loves on me, talks to me, and interacts regularly (just not every second, which is FINE). :)
BTW- not a good idea to feed cats [cow] milk products very frequently. Grab a bag of "Blue Buffalo" (freaky name)- has no grain, no by-products, is high-nutrition, convenient, not smelly, long shelf/floor life... it is a high quality food that is worth the price- less waste, fewer health problems.
I like rocks. Low maintenance.
Of course they talk. You know I hear voices all the time. I'm assuming they are telling me the truth, otherwise I'd be paranoid. I'm pretty sure I'm not paranoid...I'll ask them.
Nah, no gin tonight. It's beer night. Konig Ludwig for me and the voices, although I do hate to share.
My Schnauzer preferred good Scotch and high priced wine. Couldn't drink around him at all. He'd drool all over the carpet. Poor guy. I miss our conversations.
(https://i.imgur.com/tQ3gIW5.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9sIBToh.jpg)
Really beautiful cat, neutral gray but with a very symmetrical slightly silver 'mask' from her eyes down to her jawline. Kinda' different.
Is there any chance that this "kitten" (looks kinda large to me for kitten) is any relation to those others?....like maybe a fourth kitten that
only came out at night? She is a good lookin'catkitten. Congrats at being adopted as her care taker. :)
I know Max does not agree but cats are cats and dogs are dogs but there is plenty of room in the species for different behavior. This cat is most certainly a cat but her personality leans toward the dog end of the cat spectrum.
I am not sure I said that I disagree that cats and dogs are different.... just that it is not uncommon for cats to be very friendly, interactive, follow, and come when called. Cats just don't hang on their human's every word.... and that, by me, is great! It makes them, in a way, more like us- social and yet also independent. I believe most cats NOT that way tend to had not been properly socialized and trained when young.
I like dogs, too. But for me, dogs are just too subservient. Their affection is far less earned (like cats) than just given.... So I feel like it doesn't mean as much and is often less rewarding. Like you, just a personal preference. But there are times I would love to merge the best qualities of cats and dogs into one animal- a "cog" or a "dat." No doubt, genetic engineering will make that possible one day, which scares the s*** out of me. :)
I have always dreamed of what it would be like to have a "large" cat of some type. But even tame, that would be very dangerous- by size/weight, felines are the strongest, most successful and powerful and dangerous animal, ever. But wouldn't it be just too cool?
Domestic dogs have a much larger variety of size and shape than domestic cats. It seems felis catus domestica (the domestic house cat) is genetically resistant to such breeding attempts. And cross-breeding with other species of larger cats (bobcats, ocelots, desert cat, lynx, etc) is very difficult and has not been terribly successful (the wild tends to take over or the resulting hybrids are left with too many genetic faults or are not viable). Still, they are trying...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felid_hybrid
The one that holds the most promise is the Savannah cat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_cat Amazingly, TICA has recently accepted it as an official breed. Still a work in progress, it is pretty unstable and not genetically diverse enough. Trying to analyze the breeding data gives me a headache.
How many dogs have you had as pets Max?
I really do not want to turn this into a 'pet' thread but
I would not have a male cat as they 'mark'
all the fur on her tail triples in size :-) Not the best news about the dog though 'cause that is a definite possibility at my house.... I guess we will have to burn that bridge when we come to it.
Are the holes round or flat?
Are the holes round or flat?
So not only was this von Jolly fella wrong about physics he had no basic understanding of holes. It's a good thing he had a government job or he probably couldn't have found work.
This little girl's dad is in the middle of installing a Rostra onto a C-14 when mom asked him to help get her ready for daycare.....
(https://i.imgur.com/742rBiY.png)
The 2018 Harley BadAzz rider.....
(https://i.imgur.com/qCGeyUd.png)
Brian
Bought a house about 2 months ago.
An all-electric house (save for the range and 2 fireplaces). :yikes:
Next stop, getting quotes for a 20kW standby generator. Looks like the Kohler guy gets the nod.
And the price. :yikes: :yikes:
I try to do the more simplistic electrical work, but this is one I ain't touching. And those guys get paid lots and lots of $$$$$$$$$$$.
Well, I can't take it with me, as the saying goes.
The drawback (if there is one) with stationary generators is you have to size it so it will handle whatever loads you may have on in your absence. All electric means electric heat which may or may not be on at the time. If in the country, there's a well pump possibly. Central air in the summer. Lots of things to think about. With my smaller (and less expensive) portable generator, I can shut the breakers off to all but critical loads (furnace, lights, of course the TV) and run the heavier ones individually as the need arises. Of course I have to drag it out of the garage & plug it in, not so with Jim's setup.
I too go with a portable 5K generator and find it is the best solution for me. It is just a gasoline, portable generator, about $600 new, and it sits in my garage and is wired into the garage sub- panel. So, when power fails I just open the main breakers on the house, start the generator (by hand- no electric start on it) and fuel it as needed, leaving it running inside a closed, detached garage for as long as power is down. It will run the whole house quite comfortably IF one is sane about it: no A/C unless a small room unit. It will run the boiler, refrigerator, freezer and all small appliances, all lights we want to use, and TV's, cable boxes, computers. It will run ONE burner on the electric stove OR one high wattage heating device at a time: coffee maker, toaster oven, microwave, etc. So we can live comfortably but have to be a little bit aware of what we are doing and be reasonable.
Use an auto transfer switch with only the items wired to it that the generator is capable of running.
I too have a portable generator, it's an Ohman 5k. It's attached to my very portable motor home. :)
If needed I can run an extension cord to the house. So far no need.
Cheerful subject for this time of year Brian! ;)
I thought the thing regarding the hangings after Nuremberg was retribution because the Nazi's were infamous for using piano wire with the tip of the toes just touching.
Yeah, my 'trivia posting calendar' is a bit off- it also has Santa references scheduled for July. Sorry. ;)
The execution thoughts are more about the mechanics of it than the deed (EASY, BOYS) itself. So I kind of view the whole thing as: well, we know it is an execution and so we know it does not have a happy ending (EASY, BOYS) (mostly, some exceptions I think) but looking a little deeper (EASY, BOYS) and the mechanics are interesting, at least to me.
As far as the Nuremberg hangings (EASY, BOYS) being retribution, I do not think that is really known.
What is known is that two American G.I. enlisted men did them and they simply were not hangmen so.... we kinda' had unskilled labor doing a skilled- labor task. Some of the people hanged after the war in Germany were done by British hangmen and it was done correctly; ...
Oh I dunno, as long as those deserving to die did indeed end up dead, I'd call it good.
ps Also note 'easy, boys' edits above. Some are a bit of a stretch. (EASY, BOYS)
I received several notices from different vendors that today is the LAST day that those in California can order ammunition for direct delivery. After 1 Jan 2018, California will have the US's most stringent laws on the purchase, storage, and accumulation of firearm ammunition in the country. All ammunition must be purchased through a licensed dealer, a background check performed for all purchases of ammunition and quantities limited.
Yeah, see you over- used the Easy Boys!. That ruins it and removes all the humor.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
'Nothing exceeds like excess'
-Unknown
Brian
Chicago is trying to out Kalifonia kalifornia by inviting the U.N. to help stop the so-called 'gun' violence in one of the most gun controlled cities in the country.
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/27597-chicago-politician-requests-child-raping-un-troops-in-america (https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/27597-chicago-politician-requests-child-raping-un-troops-in-america)
Which will GREATLY inconvenience the normal, good people and have almost zero effect on the bad people. Typical USA "gun control" measures- driven by emotions and not logic/fact/reason. ::)
I'm thinking that 99.9% of individuals concerned enough to get permits are not the ones we need to worry about.
Yep. The simple fact is that criminals, even those not yet criminals but thinking in that direction, do NOT want to walk into any LEO office, get fingerprinted, photographed ('mug shot') and background- checked
There is one distinction that separates them into one of two groups though, purring or 'singing' and roaring. All members of the cat family can do one or the other, while NO member of the cat family can do both. And the dividing point is generally based on the size of the cat; those below around 200 lbs. can all sing, while those above that weight can roar.
Observation about pretty much nothing at all: One member on here, I won't state who but OK it's BDF, seems to be the only member who places his response above the quote he's responding to. This is backwards flow to me, and probably everybody else who posts their response below the quoted part. i.e. I have to scroll to the bottom to see what you're responding to.
And since these replies are often quite lengthy, well, my scroll wheel finger gets tired. I suppose I could switch off and scroll with my bird finger for a while.
and since these replies are often quite lengthy, well, my scroll wheel finger gets tired. I suppose I could switch off and scroll with my bird finger for a while.And now you can see how an inline/bottom reply works, because I can talk about just this part of your response, which is about scrolling :) If the thread then develops into just about scrolling, the reply to THIS message should trim out the previous points, just leaving the relevant parts.
And this is what a nested, trimmed, inline reply would then look like. The forum supports it, but it is a little complex AND it requires pasting manually from previous messages because this forum software (like most I have used) will automatically purge out previous quotations.and since these replies are often quite lengthy, well, my scroll wheel finger gets tired. I suppose I could switch off and scroll with my bird finger for a while.And now you can see how an inline/bottom reply works, because I can talk about just this part of your response, which is about scrolling :) If the thread then develops into just about scrolling, the reply to THIS message should trim out the previous points, just leaving the relevant parts.
And now you can see how an inline/bottom reply works, because I can talk about just this part of your response, which is about scrolling :) If the thread then develops into just about scrolling, the reply to THIS message should trim out the previous points, just leaving the relevant parts.
And this is what a nested, trimmed, inline reply would then look like. The forum supports it, but it is a little complex AND it requires pasting manually from previous messages because this forum software (like most I have used) will automatically purge out previous quotations.
You have officially made my brane hurt.
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Why Brian chooses to post that way, I don't know... probably just a personal preference or habit from Email. On forums, which don't usually contain compound replies, it probably doesn't matter all that much. He is not completely alone, I have seen some other members use it, but it is rare.
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FYI: In Virginia (I assume it is the same across the whole state), you do not need to go to an LEO office, you are certainly not fingerprinted (which would be VERY unacceptable), nor are you photographed (they already have that anyway with drivers license/ID). You have to fill out a notarized form, enclose payment, and mail to the court clerk. They perform the necessary background check and mail back the license. Why it is only good for 5 years, I have no idea. If you commit a felony the next day, it is automatically revoked, so what is the point of "renewals"?
Yep, and that separation is called the "lesser cats" vs "greater cats", the greater ones being that of the Panthera genus (4 species) and all others are the lesser (of which there are many).
There is only one species of domestic cat, felis silvestris catus. Cats are far more genetically resistant to changes in body shape and size than dogs and many other animals. Breeders have tried to change that by creating hybrids with other non-domestic species, but it has been difficult. The most successful so far is the Savanna Cat (a cross with a serval). TICA now recognizes it as an actual breed, although CFA does not [yet].
Many consider the cheetah to be the most outlier of the cats, because they are the only ones that have non-retractable claws and run considerably faster than all others (it is the fastest land animal on earth).
Another interesting variation is that smaller cats are ambush hunters and have vertical slit pupils. Larger cats are typically chase or group hunters and have round pupils.
Observation about pretty much nothing at all: One member on here, I won't state who but OK it's BDF, seems to be the only member who places his response above the quote he's responding to. This is backwards flow to me, and probably everybody else who posts their response below the quoted part. i.e. I have to scroll to the bottom to see what you're responding to. And since these replies are often quite lengthy, well, my scroll wheel finger gets tired. I suppose I could switch off and scroll with my bird finger for a while.
:P
A The original plan was to have her de- clawed but our vet. gave us some really useful advice on how to stop misbehavior that seems to be working very well so far; I would rather not de- claw her because it really is a form of maiming, about the equivalent of taking a humans' fingers off at the first joint.
FYI: In Virginia [...]You have to fill out a notarized form, enclose payment, and mail to the court clerk. They perform the necessary background check and mail back the license.Yes, the requirements, as well as the likelihood of issuance, vary greatly by state. In my state, which is a <may issue> state (meaning they will not issue in almost all cases), fingerprints, background check, ID photos (exclusive to the CCW permit) are required, as are three references, notarized and from persons of 'known good character'. Further, there is a qualifying test
Yes, I consider it inhumane and it is actually illegal in many western countries and even some states and localities. It is, indeed, maiming, and it permanently ruins the cat's most effective defense and climbing tools and can lead to lots of complications. It is almost completely unnecessary if the cat is trained correctly AND given proper scratching posts (which should be made of wood, sisal rope, packed cardboard, or carpet BACKING (never carpet). The best, by far, is wrapped sisal rope. If the cat was not correctly trained when young, or ends up somehow a-typical, the claw tips can just be cut every month or so. It is best to get the acclimated to messing with their claws/paws when young, in case that becomes necessary. One can also use glued-on caps, but I think that is a bit silly.
http://www.declawing.com/ (http://www.declawing.com/)
http://www.declawing.com/countries-that-outlaw-declawing (http://www.declawing.com/countries-that-outlaw-declawing)
Yes, the requirements, as well as the likelihood of issuance, vary greatly by state. In my state, which is a <may issue> state (meaning they will not issue in almost all cases), fingerprints, background check, ID photos (exclusive to the CCW permit) are required, as are three references, notarized and from persons of 'known good character'. Further, there is a qualifying test
Oops, I did neglect to mention in VA you also need to supply proof of having passed an approved firearm safety course.
I've exhausted my Scotch supply. I'm not happy.
The group who sounded more like the Beatles than the Beatles..... Badfinger.
The first outside group signed to Apple records, way back in 1968, was Badfinger. A talented group of both songwriters and musicians, they nevertheless failed to gain sufficient 'fame and fortune' to continue for very long in the music business but to this day, the songs they wrote and performed continue to be almost cutting edge.
While formed in 1961, their first hit was not until 1970, when they performed the song 'Come and get it', written by Paul McCartney. Their first hit written and performed by group members, specifically Pete Ham, was 'No matter what', also released in 1970.
They would go on to write and perform two more hits, 'Day after Day' and 'Baby Blue', reaching into 1972. In fact, Day after Day was produced by George Harrison, who also played the slide guitar so prevalent in this song.
Pete Ham committed suicide in 1975, after believing he failed to gain any success in the music industry and further believing that a man named Stan Polley had duped them out of their share of proceeds (this part does seem accurate enough). The band would struggle on with original member Tom Evans trying to hold it together until he too committed suicide in 1983.
Nevertheless, as a group they had talent and this was recognized both during and after the principle members participation. One song they recorded, Without You, was heard by Harry Nilsson and at first he believed to be a Beatles song, but upon realizing it was done by Badfinger, he covered the song and it remains one of Nilsson's biggest hits.
Finally, the group got a huge (and justly deserved IMO) revival in 2013 when their hit 'Baby Blue' was used so very successfully in the final episode of 'Breaking Bad'. Odd how a 2010's TV series came along to revive a great song from 40- odd years before.
Brian
Good stuff, I see why they chose it, as the first line is "I guess I got what I deserved"
Do you need 20kw?
Yes, that is one drawback but there are others: an automatic, stand-by generator needs a dedicated main breaker panel and has to be maintained / serviced if one really expects it to truly 'stand by'.
I too go with a portable 5K generator and find it is the best solution for me. It is just a gasoline, portable generator, about $600 new, and it sits in my garage and is wired into the garage sub- panel. So, when power fails I just open the main breakers on the house, start the generator (by hand- no electric start on it) and fuel it as needed, leaving it running inside a closed, detached garage for as long as power is down. It will run the whole house quite comfortably IF one is sane about it: no A/C unless a small room unit. It will run the boiler, refrigerator, freezer and all small appliances, all lights we want to use, and TV's, cable boxes, computers. It will run ONE burner on the electric stove OR one high wattage heating device at a time: coffee maker, toaster oven, microwave, etc. So we can live comfortably but have to be a little bit aware of what we are doing and be reasonable.
I am not willing to 1) spend the money on a stand- by generator and the associated costs (wiring panel, lockouts, etc.) 2) do the annual maintenance to make sure it works (would rather tinker with the portable generator if / when it needs it or when I need it) 3) spend the money to arrange for sufficient fuel, either diesel or propane (no natural gas available here) and if propane, 4) not willing to try and maintain the large fuel tank on the property filled as the days tick off. It is a very significant investment and commitment installing and maintaining a true stand- by generator and the benefits are just not worth it to me.
Brian
You're welcome.
Yeah, really. What is a "pension"?
You're welcome.
Yeah, really. What is a "pension"?
That's the money the state of Illinois pays me (for the rest of my life) each month for doing nothing (they also pay my health insurance for life). I don't get Social Security because I haven't paid into that system while I worked for the state. I did pay into SS before working for the state and I'm fully vested. So at some point I will be able to draw some benefits from SS but it won't be much.
Thanks G! :)
That's the money the state of Illinois pays me (for the rest of my life) each month for doing nothing (they also pay my health insurance for life).
That's the money the state of Illinois pays me (for the rest of my life) each month for doing nothing (they also pay my health insurance for life). I don't get Social Security because I haven't paid into that system while I worked for the state. I did pay into SS before working for the state and I'm fully vested. So at some point I will be able to draw some benefits from SS but it won't be much.
Thanks G! :)
That's the money the state of Illinois pays me (for the rest of my life) each month for doing nothing (they also pay my health insurance for life). I don't get Social Security because I haven't paid into that system while I worked for the state. I did pay into SS before working for the state and I'm fully vested. So at some point I will be able to draw some benefits from SS but it won't be much.
How does one not pay into Social Security (while also staying out of jail), which is a federal program, no? (I'm assuming one is not an illegal immigrant. If so, I believe it's the case that none of our laws actually apply to you, but all of our benefits do = Sweet deal.)
I wanna do that, too. I trust my investment decisions much more than the government's.
Honestly, I am amazed at that- I was not aware anyone was exempt from SS while earning wages. ??
Brian
Rest assured I am not an illegal immigrant. I worked as a civil servant of the state for 30 years and as such didn't pay into Social Security. What I paid into instead is called SURS (state university retirement system. I paid in 8% towards my pension while the university matched that amount).
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Yes sweet indeed. Conrad, this is not personal as I realize you and thousands of others in the state just worked under the system as it exists but the result of this system is an insurmountable debt. Depending on who's counting, Illinois' unfunded pension liability is any where from 150 billion to 250 billion. Compare that to the GDP of half or more of the countries in the world. The state can only hope for a congressional bailout. Much like other Democrat controlled states.
We are doomed as a state to eternal debtor status. Enjoy your pension as long as the state can send the check.
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So the Fed. let you 'out' of SS if you signed on and into that state system? Still amazing IMO.
Brian
This is all true, the system as is is not sustainable but this is what I was guarantied when I started my employment as a civil servant with the state back in 1984. All of this is written into the state's constitution and our benefits can not be diminished. They tried that and failed.
The biggest problem with the SURS system is that in the past governors of our great state illegally 'borrowed' money for pet projects from SURS coffers with a promise to repay those funds and then, guess what? Never did. If the system wasn't mismanaged by our state politicians it certainly wouldn't be the mess it is today.
Yes! And guess what? My wife is also in this system, she retires 7/1/2018. What she will receive for her pension is unrelated to what I receive. I believe with SS the two amounts are somewhat related? She wont be maxing out her pension as I did (80%) but she's close.
Everyone drink responsibly.....whilst anyone is looking. :chugbeer:
Minus 17 this morning here. That's 17f degrees below zero!
Wind chill? 35 below zero. :_shudder_Emoticon
The poor animals!
8F here this morning but 0F yesterday..... when my water meter froze solid, and it is located in the cellar! Seems the folks removed some insulation when they put the new electrical service in and it was pouring cold air down the corner of the cellar, right onto the top of the water meter. So no water in the house yesterday morning, followed by a huge leak once I thawed the meter. Water co. was here w/in 2 hours to replace it so all is well. I reinstalled insulation, plus wrapped the meter with heat tape and insulated IT as well as burying a remote thermometer sender on top of the meter so I can see its temp. in the future.
I loaded the trailer with firewood and put it on the front porch yesterday and it looks like I will not have enough seasoned wood to last this winter. I am just pouring through the stuff. Coldest winter on record here and of course it happens to coincide with the time the house is partially open during construction :-( Oh, well, it is still great to have first- world problems so in the end, nothing to whine about really.
Brian
Minus 17 this morning here. That's 17f degrees below zero!
46F this morning in Modesto, CA. Think I’ll take my Connie out for a ride today! :banana:cannon: :1DeadBanana
:cannon: :1DeadBanana
I lived inModified your post Snake, to fit me. Whenever I hear someone leaving California or some other warm place to go back into the cold countryConnecticutChicago forfour yearstoo many decades once upon a time. I despised those winters.
Thought I'd add a little something to make y'all feel warmer...
Here it was -32C yesterday morning, with the wind chill taking that down to about -41C.
F and C readings meet at -40, so no conversion necessary...
Jamie (in cold Canada)
Still got your sleds, C? be careful out there.
brutal!
Detailed Forecast
Today Sunny and cold, with a high near 7. Wind chill values as low as -25. North northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around -10. Wind chill values as low as -24. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
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Get out there and concours those conditions!
Seriously, I don't know how anybody can stand that. Here in FL right now at 10 am wind chill is 22 and even that is enough to ruin my day. Makes me wanna lay in bed all day and night with the electric blanket on, which is just not my thang; I like to do stuff!
Thought I'd add a little something to make y'all feel warmer...
Here it was -32C yesterday morning, with the wind chill taking that down to about -41C.
F and C readings meet at -40, so no conversion necessary...
Jamie (in cold Canada)
With temps that cold you can try this. :thumbs:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=B3VHGTQQs-4 (https://youtube.com/watch?v=B3VHGTQQs-4)
With temps that cold you can try this. :thumbs:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=B3VHGTQQs-4 (https://youtube.com/watch?v=B3VHGTQQs-4)
Whoa, lucky for them neither of them can shoot. Hope nobody on that busy street was hurt.
Cheerful subject for this time of year Brian! ;)
I thought the thing regarding the hangings after Nuremberg was retribution because the Nazi's were infamous for using piano wire with the tip of the toes just touching.
Just watched a TV show about Julius Streicher, and when hanged at Nuremberg, he did not die from snapping his neck but strangled to death.
In fact, he was alive 15 minutes after the drop and the hangman went down and actually pulled on his legs to 'finish him'.
The reporter Howard K. Smith was the only American reporter to witness the hangings and after Streicher, he found the hangman (who was NOT a professional hangman and merely a US serviceman) and asked what happened. The G.I. replied something to the effect "I strangled the son of a bitch!".
And Streicher was a particularly bad Nazi, ...
... so much so that the other Nazis there on trial could not stand him and he had been ejected out of the Nazi party some years earlier, during the war, due to his being obnoxious.
Most of those hanged at Nuremberg did die of a broken neck, as hanging is supposed to cause, not strangling.
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"Bad Nazi"? Ha! Oxymoron? Double negative? Whatever it is, doesn't seem right.
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And to top it all off....we're forecast about an inch of snow on Sunday. :yikes:
And whilst you were upset about scantily clad women...something of a more serious and insidious design was happening just north west of me....
https://patch.com/virginia/fredericksburg/lego-scam-walmart-uncovered-stafford-police?utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=police%20%26%20fire&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=article-topstories&utm_slot=1 (https://patch.com/virginia/fredericksburg/lego-scam-walmart-uncovered-stafford-police?utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=police%20%26%20fire&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=article-topstories&utm_slot=1)
That's right, Legos. Is nothing in this world sacred anymore?
And to top it all off....we're forecast about an inch of snow on Sunday. :yikes:
And under the headline...Goose 1, Hunter 1..
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hunter-knocked-unconscious-dead-goose-142252976.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/hunter-knocked-unconscious-dead-goose-142252976.html)
As a side note, I was nearly knocked off a bike by one of those beasts.....the goose, not the hunter.
Some of the comments are amusing.The meat hating snowflakes came out to comment, too.
Bald Eagle14 hours ago
Was he playing “goose, goose, DUCK!!!?
As a side note, I was nearly knocked off a bike by one of those beasts.....the goose
And under the headline...Goose 1, Hunter 1..
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hunter-knocked-unconscious-dead-goose-142252976.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/hunter-knocked-unconscious-dead-goose-142252976.html)
As a side note, I was nearly knocked off a bike by one of those beasts.....the goose, not the hunter.
Some years back, one of them flew into my wife's car and managed to shear the mirror off the driver's side. Ford Expedition, all- metal mirror and mount. Big animals. That same incident no doubt would have knocked me or us down if on the bike.
Not certain but this may be 'breaking new ground', so to speak.
https://nypost.com/2018/02/18/farty-passenger-forces-flight-to-make-emergency-landing/
I do have to note though that it was not the actual flatulence that caused the emergency landing (that would be truly impressive) but the physical fight that resulted from the flatulence. So it appears that one ....... 'porthole' got another 'porthole' going and the two 'portholes' then fought sufficiently that the captain declared an emergency and landed the plane.
It should also be noted that two women were also taken into custody but they claim they did nothing wrong and just happened to be sitting in the same row as the 'portholes'.
Brian
P.S. Substitute another word that ends in '---hole' wherever you see 'porthole' and it will be more amusing. At least to me.
Not certain but this may be 'breaking new ground', so to speak.
https://nypost.com/2018/02/18/farty-passenger-forces-flight-to-make-emergency-landing/
Brilliant! I had not thought of that as a way to gain more space on a commercial flight.
Now obviously he took it too far ... He was probably trying to get the entire row to himself.
Amusing story indeed! But I bet to the other passengers it was not amusing at all to not only endure a physical altercation on the flight and a serious delay to the destination but also had to endure poison gas. :rotflmao: Sure glad I wasn't on that flight!
Can you forward the free offer?
Finally! After years of getting tremendously poor quality 'Net bait (gentlemen from Nigeria want me to help them move 2.5 gazillion dollars, etc.) I finally got a decent spam in an e-mail! Color me happy! Apparently, I have been selected to participate in study which will provide me 100% free 'cannabidiol'. Now I really do not know what that is but the cannabi aspect makes me think of some derivative of Mary J. Juana or similar, perhaps mixed with some type of PMS symptom reliever. No matter, I do not need any canni.... whatever, free or otherwise, but I am thrilled that someone finally came up with a decent looking, not 'intelligence insulting' grade of scam.
This renews my hope in all of humanity.
Brian
He was what is known today as 'a late talker', some sources claiming he did not begin to talk until he was four years old. Of course this led his parents and others to believe he was mentally retarded. It did not help that when he did start to talk he often whispered sentences to himself before saying them out loud to 'see how they sounded'. The family housekeeper called him 'the dopey one'.
So little was, and in many ways still is, understood about how the brain works that we find it impossible to 'classify' people with simple terms such as retarded or advanced or even genius because often times each case, in the same individual, is mixed in with other traits at the other end of the scale. The classic idiot- savant. "Rainman".
No matter because he did learn to talk and turned out to be gifted..... in some areas, while clearly deficient in others. He would have trouble relating to others socially for his entire life but would also excel so far in some specific areas as to overcome all of his limitations.
Today we choose to remember Albert Einstein as a brilliant physicist, which he most certainly was. But we tend to forget some other aspects about this same man that are nothing short of perplexing. Taken as a whole, I think it makes him even more fascinating; the simple version is that he was just..... really smart.
Brian
so following on from a conversation with young Brian yesterday evening.
What does the phrase "moving house" mean to you ?
so following on from a conversation with young Brian yesterday evening.
What does the phrase "moving house" mean to you ?
I'd have to see it in context..
Big Caravan? (http://www.mjweuropean.com/image/mjwhitetrucks.jpg)
I'd have to see it in context..
Well, I was sitting in my office, holding the phone in my right hand..... oh, or are you NOT referring to the phone call?Possibly :)
Brian
Lol
Big Caravan? (http://www.mjweuropean.com/image/mjwhitetrucks.jpg)
The whole shotgun "gauge" thing is even worse. A 12 gauge shotgun has a bore such that 12 lead balls of that diameter would weigh 1 pound. Therefor a 20 gauge is smaller than a 12 gauge which is smaller than a 4 gauge (yes I've seen a 4 gauge). Then along comes a .410 shotgun...
as in "I'm moving house" :)
Possibly :)
I guess nobody wants to play 'what does moving house' mean. That is OK, most Americans would not know what it really meant anyway....
In the UK, the term 'moving house' means 'moving'; in context in the US, we would say 'next month I am moving to a new house'. We (US) would never use the words 'moving house' but we might use the words 'moving a house', which is a fascinating thing to see, what with all the hydraulics, crane, flat bed trailers, main pulling truck, etc. Moving a house is no small task and it is not done all that often.
Brian
which again with your (generic rather than individual) obsession with shortening/simplifying words why would you use the longer phrase
"next month I am moving to a new house" when you can just say " I'm moving house next month" which is 40% shorter ;)
Yeah, and that does not get better when the word gauge and bore start to cross.... that 4 'gauge' you saw was probably rifled, making it a 4 bore because it was not a shotgun but a rifle. Same thing, different words applied to convey a meaning having absolutely nothing to do with the word.
My favorite is AC servo motors and DC servo motors. The difference is obvious: an AC servo uses a resolver position sensing device while a DC servo motor uses an encoder position sensing device. The position reporting devices are mounted on the back end of the actual motor. What about the actual motor..... oh, they are both AC three phase of course, why, would you think the motors were different somehow?
Brian
The 4 gauge I was referring to was in the Buffalo Bill Center in Cody WY and I'm pretty sure it was a smooth bore shotgun for taking out geese. A "punt" gun I think.
As most everyone knows, Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer that disappeared in the south pacific in 1937 in an attempt to fly around the world. She took off from Papua New Guinea for Howland Island and was never seen again. In 1940 some human bones including a skull, a woman's shoe and a bottle of herbal liqueur Benedictine were found on Nikumaroro island to the south of Howland island. At the time, the bones were analyzed on Fiji and declared to be male due to the size (no DNA at the time). The bones have since disappeared and no DNA analysis can be done. But photographs and measurements of the bones were made and recorded. Now those measurements as well as the documented height of Amelia as well as body proportions from photographs have been analyzed and fed into a forensic program for this exact purpose and the results are a 99% match. It sure looks like Amelia Earhart was actually found 78 years ago in 1940. One of the great mysteries of the 20th century solved.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43323944# (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43323944#)
As most everyone knows, Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer that disappeared in the south pacific in 1937 in an attempt to fly around the world. She took off from Papua New Guinea for Howland Island and was never seen again. In 1940 some human bones including a skull, a woman's shoe and a bottle of herbal liqueur Benedictine were found on Nikumaroro island to the south of Howland island. At the time, the bones were analyzed on Fiji and declared to be male due to the size (no DNA at the time). The bones have since disappeared and no DNA analysis can be done. But photographs and measurements of the bones were made and recorded. Now those measurements as well as the documented height of Amelia as well as body proportions from photographs have been analyzed and fed into a forensic program for this exact purpose and the results are a 99% match. It sure looks like Amelia Earhart was actually found 78 years ago in 1940. One of the great mysteries of the 20th century solved.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43323944# (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43323944#)
Hmmm, would be very interesting to identify her, but applying "a 99% match" to the statement, "Until definitive evidence is presented that the remains are not those of Amelia Earhart," Dr Jantz writes in the paper, "the most convincing argument is that they are hers." doesn't seem right. After all, there are billions of people on Earth. Also, what happened to her navigator? Do they speculate that she stayed on the island and starved to death while he decided to swim for it? And until somebody proves otherwise this conclusion is 99% true! ???
Had to buy a new meat thermometer (Easy Boys!) due to a probe failure (Boys!). Happen to see the same type I already had and liked now available in a dual probe model, so I grabbed one of those.
(https://i.imgur.com/pAwLM24.jpg)
Now the thought has occurred to me that given this hardware, I might finally be able to answer the age- old question 'what is the difference between an oral and a rectal thermometer'. And no, the oft- stated answer that one 'tastes bad' is merely a joke with no truth in it (as far as I know). So now I am off to get the definitive answer, as soon as I can find a viable, willing (or at least drunk enough) person to actually test. Tried it on the kitten but found I could not.... er, 'insert' either probe in either orifice. Man are her claws sharp!
BTW: the actual answer to the question is one- degree F. I will let you decide which place is warmer....
Brian
Let’s assume (for the sake of discussion) you did find awillingperson to test this hypothesis on. Tell me you wouldn’t use it for its intended purpose afterwards.
Now the thought has occurred to me that given this hardware, I might finally be able to answer the age- old question 'what is the difference between an oral and a rectal thermometer'. And no, the oft- stated answer that one 'tastes bad' is merely a joke with no truth in it (as far as I know).
Oral thermometers have a blue tip and rectal ones a red tip
The bulb is a slightly different shape.
An oral thermometer has a long slender bulb whilst a rectal one is short & stubby, this is to prevent injury during insertion.
Oral thermometers have a blue tip and rectal ones a red tip
The bulb is a slightly different shape.
An oral thermometer has a long slender bulb whilst a rectal one is short & stubby, this is to prevent injury during insertion.
Wow, you really know your thermometers Mike. Or the orifi (is that the plural of orifice?) that they are supposed to be stuck in.
:-)
Brian
Had to buy a new meat thermometer (Easy Boys!) due to a probe failure (Boys!). Happen to see the same type I already had and liked now available in a dual probe model, so I grabbed one of those.
(https://i.imgur.com/pAwLM24.jpg)
Now the thought has occurred to me that given this hardware, I might finally be able to answer the age- old question 'what is the difference between an oral and a rectal thermometer'. And no, the oft- stated answer that one 'tastes bad' is merely a joke with no truth in it (as far as I know). So now I am off to get the definitive answer, as soon as I can find a viable, willing (or at least drunk enough) person to actually test. Tried it on the kitten but found I could not.... er, 'insert' either probe in either orifice. Man are her claws sharp!
BTW: the actual answer to the question is one- degree F. I will let you decide which place is warmer....
Brian
Soooo, how many drinks did you end up having?
Several actually. But what does that have to do with me finding a suitable test subject? Oh wait, you are NOT suggesting..... yeah, that ain't gonna' happen.
:D
Brian
Only 13 bones were found on the island and only 13 bones were analyzed. What became of the other bones? It's logical to assume that animals may have had something to do with the missing bones. Maybe animals had something to do with the missing navigator's remains? Maybe the plane crashed into the water and he was killed and never made landfall? Who knows.
It's interesting to me that those 13 bones disappeared. How could that happen in such a high profile case? More likely those bones are in someone personal collection somewhere...
Why yes, I was suggesting. ;)
Well you know Conrad, that might be an OK idea after all. Why don't you stop by here and we can have a couple of drinks and discuss it some more..... You are feeling OK, right? No fever or anything like that?
;D
Brian
To tell the truth, I have been feeling a bit under the weather for the last couple of days. I think that my fever broke last night though and I'm feeling better this morn than I have since Saturday. This is the first time that I've been ill since I retired. I haven't missed it.
Thanks for asking and thanks for the invite! :)
Back in 1971, Rep. Tom Moore, Jr. of Waco, Texas sponsored a resolution commending Albert de Salvo for his unselfish service to “his county, his state and his community.” That resolution read, in part:
"This compassionate gentleman’s dedication and devotion to his work has enabled the weak and the lonely throughout the nation to achieve and maintain a new degree of concern for their future. He has been officially recognized by the state of Massachusetts for his noted activities and unconventional techniques involving population control and applied psychology."
The bill was passed unanimously. This provided proof to Mr. Moore that his fellow legislatures really did not pay sufficient attention or properly vet the items they were passing.
Albert de Salvo is better known as The Boston Strangler and was convicted and imprisoned on multiple counts of rape, and admitted he also killed 13 of his victims between 1962 and 1964.
Brian
To tell the truth, I have been feeling a bit under the weather for the last couple of days. I think that my fever broke last night though and I'm feeling better this morn than I have since Saturday. This is the first time that I've been ill since I retired. I haven't missed it.
Thanks for asking and thanks for the invite! :)
Hey, if you do stop by, we can check on that fever.... and see if it has broken across your entire body.
Brian
I wanted to revise my statement a bit.
"This is the first time that I've been ill since I retired."
Upon further review. This is the second time that I've been ill since I retired in December 2013.
The first time was right after our most recent presidential election... :-X
Can you imagine how much sicker you'd have been had Hellary won?! :'(
How long can a car run with wooden pistons? Yes, that's right, wood pistons, four of them.
LOL- and the answer is- a few seconds
I thought it was a little funny but I guess not.....
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23286657/former-nfl-kicker-jay-feely-apologizes-photo-gun (http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23286657/former-nfl-kicker-jay-feely-apologizes-photo-gun)
The second Amendment, then the first Amendment and finally, all sense of reason and humor.
Brian
I saw that. I just shake my head at everyone who wants to overreact to something, especially when it has to do with guns, and make a big fuss.
Two loiterers, who happen to be African Americans, get arrested for refusing to leave a coffee shop and its front page news: Outrage, offense, boycotts and a weak CEO apoligizing for a couple of A-holes making something out of nothing.
Two officers in Fla get gunned down for doing absolutely nothing but having lunch. Where’s the outrage? Where’s the news coverage?
Little of that makes sense to me. You say that there is over reaction to something especially having to do with guns. Then you seem outraged that there wasn't outrage about the one of the two stories you mentioned that involved a gun?
Little of that makes sense to me. You say that there is over reaction to something especially having to do with guns. Then you seem outraged that there wasn't outrage about the one of the two stories you mentioned that involved a gun? What would you have us do...boycott all Chinese restaurants until they can properly protect police officers eating there? The "weak" CEO was doing his job, protecting his stock holders, trying to protect his many employees from getting laid off if there was a boycott. Perhaps he was also trying to do the right thing by making sure that the Starbucks establishments don't discriminate against black people. Well maybe he was, but I don't think he was weak. The "weak" CEOs have someone in PR write up a statement and then cower hoping for it to all blow over. As for the "couple of A-holes" that got arrested for doing the exact same thing that white people do all the time at Starbucks, well they didn't seem like A-holes to me, but maybe they might have been on their best behavior when the cameras where there. Then again I didn't see the police that arrested them as being all disheveled and scratched up from any altercations with the two during the arrest. Now the naked guy that shot people in a Waffle House, there's an A-hole/nut job, where's the outrage? I mean whatever happened to no shirt no service? We should probably boycott Waffle House until we feel safe eating their cardboard waffles without fear that someone is going to walk in there without pants waving his junk around.
Ok so been watching a selection of car reviews on youtube recently (chap called Doug Demuro (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsqjHFMB_JYTaEnf_vmTNqg))
SOmething I find amusing is that its federally mandated that cars over there have to have a "trunk release" in case someone gets trapped in the boot , sorry I mean trunk ;)
Question I have to ask is "how many people have been " accidentally" trapped in the trunk of their car?
Pretty much none ... since its federally mandated that cars over here have to have a "trunk release" in case someone gets trapped in the trunk, sorry I mean boot.
I suppose we could step back ... get rid of this requirement, have a few deaths, so you can decide, "Hmm, OK, maybe that little pull handle wasn't such a useless idea after all." ;)
Only been mandated since about 2001 :)
Now that we no longer have drive in movie theaters, why are people still getting in the trunks (boots) of their cars?I think this was mostly an issue for some of Tony Soprano's friends in New Jersey . . .
Now that we no longer have drive in movie theaters, why are people still getting in the trunks (boots) of their cars?
"Only"? That was ~16 years ago.
16 years of thousands and thousands of people being able to safely escape a closed trunk that they totally understandably ended up in.
ALso strikes me as nuts that exotics that have trunks you could barely fit a laptop in also , by the same regs, have to have the same emergency release in!!
Will someone please think of the children?!?!?!They did.
During the summer of 1998, eleven children died when they inadvertently trapped themselves in the trunk of a car. This new standard will provide children and others who find themselves trapped inside a passenger car trunk a chance to get out of the trunk alive.https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/10/20/00-27038/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-interior-trunk-release (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/10/20/00-27038/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-interior-trunk-release)
My point, probably poorly made, was to express my frustration with the hyper sensitivity to what was supposed to be a funny picture, as well as the coffee shop incident-perceived racial bias vs. the lack of coverage/concern over two uniformed officers who get murdered for doing nothing but having lunch.
They did.
(Yes, I realize you were making a funny, this response is really more about the original question)https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/10/20/00-27038/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-interior-trunk-release (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/10/20/00-27038/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-interior-trunk-release)
OK, that's better. Yes there is very much an over reaction to many things these days. Humor seems to be harder to interpret by the increasingly polarized masses. Humor generation can involve risk taking and sometimes not only does it not work, it backfires from over reaction. I don't think it's fair to compare the reaction of racial bias in a coffee shop to the death of the police officers reaction. I felt I was equally informed about both incidents, but since the shooter took his own life, we have little to follow up on in that story other than the officer's funerals. The coffee shop incident has plenty to follow up on, so there continued to be something to report and thus news coverage. I believe if there was more to the police story ...say if the police announced that they would be taking lunch in groups of three from now on, so one can stand guard while the other two eat, (or some other plan) Then there would have been more reporting about the police murders. That is of course, just my opinion, and I suspect we will continue to disagree about the "A-holes" and the "weak CEO" but that's OK by me.
And I didn’t have enough info on the coffee shop incident to really refer to them as a-holes. I should’ve looked into that more before spouting off. I’ve looked into it further, and by all accounts, if accurate, point to gross racial bias. I saw their interviews, and they seem like good people who were wronged. But they also appear to have been more than ready to capitalize on the situation too. It’s the skeptic in me that wonders if this wasn’t a premeditated event based on previous encounters at this store.
And although we all have some degree of racial bias, I find that my dislike/distrust of the media makes me always doubt the truth and motivations in their storytelling.
I still think the idea of closing every store in the U.S. for racial sensitivity training is a huge over-reaction on behalf of the company. Though employees should have that type of training, closing every store comes off as more of a publicity stunt to appease the angry masses than it does to truly address the problem. The CEO says he wants to “fix this”, but you can’t “fix” human nature. You can only educate and become aware of how your own biases affect how you look at and treat people.
If there is any positive out of this coffee shop incident, whether premeditated or not, is that maybe more folks are talking about racial bias and how it effects us all.
And I didn’t have enough info on the coffee shop incident to really refer to them as a-holes. I should’ve looked into that more before spouting off. I’ve looked into it further, and by all accounts, if accurate, point to gross racial bias. I saw their interviews, and they seem like good people who were wronged. But they also appear to have been more than ready to capitalize on the situation too. It’s the skeptic in me that wonders if this wasn’t a premeditated event based on previous encounters at this store.
And although we all have some degree of racial bias,
I find that my dislike/distrust of the media makes me always doubt the truth and motivations in their storytelling.
I still think the idea of closing every store in the U.S. for racial sensitivity training is a huge over-reaction on behalf of the company.
ALL people, regardless of color/race, probably have some degree of racial bias, and/or gender bias, and/or religion bias, and/or politics bias, and/or hair length bias, and/or language bias, etc.
I totally relate. I finally went ahead and researched it and believe what the manager did was distasteful, unnecessary, and really not professional. The police did *absolutely* nothing wrong- they did their duty and did it properly. Whether the manager was right or wrong, when asked to leave and they refused, the two non-customers became illegal trespassers. They should have just left when asked, then called headquarters and started complaining and asking questions.
The company's reaction was a huge over-reaction, so was the public's and the sensationalist media. I also got that "spidey sense" about something not quite right about the whole thing. Too many people out there are just itching to blow any little thing up to crazy proportions and make a show of it.... I think it often just makes things even worse.
Once upon a time in a land far away an individual could make a personal decision on what they like, dislike or even chose to care about without being accused of a hate crime.
Once upon a time in a land far away an individual could make a personal decision on what they like, dislike or even chose to care about without being accused of a hate crime.
I know you care deeply about my edification, so which of your recent personal decisions about likes and dislikes led to accusations of hate crime? Enquiring minds want to know. 8)...and in said land a man was taught at an early age to not to concern himself with his neighbor's business unless it directly his personal right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately and obviously, and to the detriment of society, that lesson is no longer taught.
...and in said land a man was taught at an early age to not to concern himself with his neighbor's business unless it directly his personal right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately and obviously, and to the detriment of society, that lesson is no longer taught.
Cutting through the verbiage, you're just telling me to disregard all vacuous statements and mind my own cotton pickin' bidness? :finger_fing11:
.... the part about minding our own business is an idea we should all be able to get behind.
Cutting through the verbiage, you're just telling me to disregard allYeah, that was my take on it as well, but I've been wrong in the past.vacuous or not vacuousstatements and mind my own cotton pickin' bidness? :finger_fing11:
' vacuous' is such a subjective adjective that it is hardly applicable in this instance but the part about minding our own business is an idea we should all be able to get behind. :chugbeer:
....as Rand Paul discovered, somewhat painfully.
Just so.
So, this old-fashioned ass kicking endured by Rand P. was a hate crime or just a simple case of lawn rage? ;D
Not sure there is a difference. Either way, he is a great man and it was a horrible crime that will hopefully land the assailant in jail for years.
A new record was set last night.
My weather station has a lightening detector that detects all lightening within a 25 mile radius. Last nights storm produced 2100 strikes! The previous record was 1680.
My weather station has a lightening detector that detects all lightening within a 25 mile radius. Last nights storm produced 2100 strikes! The previous record was 1680.
There's gotta be a joke in there somewhere about this "lightening" you speak of.
Something to do with overweight ladies maybe. Yeah, and this new fangled device you have detects all the chubbies within 25 miles who are eating donuts ... yeah! ... and the device appropriately counts each of those events as a "strike". 8) This should definitely help America's obesity epidemic :thumbs:
Oh, maybe change the name to a whether station ... as in, whether or not you want to be thin. Drop the donut chubby lady.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5688029/School-superintendent-revealed-high-schools-mystery-pooper.html?mrn_rm=rta-fallback (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5688029/School-superintendent-revealed-high-schools-mystery-pooper.html?mrn_rm=rta-fallback)
You cannot make this stuff up.
Brian
I don't think Wasp Majors were used on B-29s. They were used on B-50s which was an upgraded variant of the '29. Wasp majors were also used on B/RB-36s, C-124's, KC-97s and the XC-99 to name a few other aircraft. Other than their propensity to catch fire and being a nightmare to maintain, they weren't bad engines.
My wife and I were food shopping today...;D
;D
Do you consider elderberry wine to be food?...'cause I think that just might be what you came home with. Judging by the difference between the two previous posts. It might also explain why you are wearing a cast in the first place? ;D (http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq209/Tejrinde/Emoticons/Drink/wine.gif~original) ???
Disclaimer needed because it is 2018: I am not making fun of anyone or any medical condition.. The above is meant to be humorous and even if you, gentle reader, do not find it to be so, it was still free and no offense was or is intended. We should probably all put this in our signature line.
I finally used the least expensive method that would actually work for about twice the price. What is up with that?
My wife and I were food shopping today WHEN SUDDENLY a woman on my left pulled a U- turn and crashed into me. On my left side, where the broken bones are. Fortunately, I am wearing a hard cast so it all just bounced off with no harm done. But it got me to thinking.... maybe we have been doing it wrong all these years, waiting for a bone to break before putting the cast on it? If I had been wearing the cast when I fell down the stairs, odds are extremely high that I would NOT have broken those bones in first place. Which got me thinking about the entire medical community and how they treat medical problems, which is ALWAYS after there is already a significant, and all too often, nonredeemable problem existing. For example, removing infected tonsils.... why wait for the infection? How about lung cancer- would it not be better to just remove a lobe or even an entire lung BEFORE the tumor starts?
I am going to the orthopedist this Tues. and I am going to ask about 'preventative casts' and see what he thinks of it. While there, I am going to check on various surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation PRE- treatments. I honestly think I just may be able to avoid future uterine cancer entirely by using one or more of the treatments mentioned above before I have any symptoms and long before I am diagnosed.
I have given this a fair amount of thought and the logic seems flawless.
Brian
Disclaimer needed because it is 2018: I am not making fun of anyone or any medical condition other than perhaps my own broken wrist. The above is meant to be humorous and even if you, gentle reader, do not find it to be so, it was still free and no offense was or is intended.
You broke your arm falling down the stairs? I must have missed that, did you post about it on this forum? I'm sorry to hear about your mishap Brian!
Those "stairs" look pretty steep. Almost a ladder.
but could NOT change the floorplan from the stairs to the south end of the house. So all the extra room went into the MBedroom and associated rooms but the two 'spare' bedrooms in front are relatively small at just under 12' X 12' each.
Thanks for the sympathies Conrad. My son reacted by sending me this shirt.....
(https://i.imgur.com/LiDjag1.jpg)
Broke a small bone in my wrist but apparently it is more important than I would have thought. Surgeon put a screw in it (Boys!) and I got a 'bone stimulator' (Easy Boys!) to <perhaps> help it heal. Not a big deal but slowing me down on the house a bit.
(https://i.imgur.com/QST19qk.jpg)
Brian
Luck on the move. Is 1.5% mortgage typical?
a short while ago I mentioned that I was (to some peoples amusement at the phrase) moving house.
Well both my house (https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/46853434) and my girlfriends house (https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/47390572) are both sold subject to contract and we have an offer in on a new home (https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/46714948) for the 2 of s plus dogs & gails mum (well I say new, it was built in 1824).
Just waiting for all the solicitors. conveyancers, surveyors, mortgage brokers etc to get everything in place to complete the sales and then we can get moved, packing has started :)
Assuming that is you, Brian, (and I have no option but to believe that), I find it amazing that you can type your *ss off with a cast on your arm. :-)
I had a boxer's fracture on my right arm many years ago with the requisite cast (looked much like yours) and I well remember the difficulty in showering and other stuff associated with a severely right-handed person that I am.
Excellent, congrats to both of you folks, Mike!
Interesting house- lots of very modern facets (at least by US standards) mixed in with an older home. Looks great in the photos. Best of luck with the sale, the move and then it being your home. Hope Winston likes it :-)
Brian
we do plan on refreshing the kitchen with integrated white goods, a range style cooker and possibly a small island :)That’s the first time I’ve ever seen a washing machine in the kitchen!
Mustn't forget Amber , Gails dog:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TekDKtkYPQU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TekDKtkYPQU)
That’s the first time I’ve ever seen a washing machine in the kitchen!
It does look odd, but is apparently pretty common in Europe. But keep looking to try and find the dryer...
Those are easy to find- they are the long, narrow slats that one drapes the wet clothes over..... Clothes driers are rare in Europe and I assume this is true of the UK also (yes, I know the UK is part of Europe but it is.... a different part where the mainland European 'rules and methods' often do not apply).
Brian
Clothes (or tumble as they are commonly called) dyiers are commonplace.
Many are combined in the same machine as the washer itself and use a condensing system so no tubing required to vent them.
That said there is something just nice about clothes that have been dried naturally in the sun and breeze on a good old fashioned washing line
Clothes (or tumble as they are commonly called) dryers are commonplace. Many are combined in the same machine as the washer itself and use a condensing system so no tubing required to vent them.
That said there is something just nice about clothes that have been dried naturally in the sun and breeze on a good old fashioned washing line
That is pretty neat. I think I have only seen one "all in one" machine before. Good for saving space, but doubles the time to do laundry.
Only if you have a second load to do whilst the first load is drying ;)
I finally found it..... the reason for the 'face-palm' emoticon. We do not seem to have one around here, which is rather amazing IMO. Anyway, it is used a lot and often fits pretty well but I finally found the absolutely ideal, perfect 'thing' for that emoticon.....
https://www.facebook.com/lchaithesis/videos/364837930674880/ (https://www.facebook.com/lchaithesis/videos/364837930674880/)
What makes it so special is that this happened at Cornell, not Springfield Community College (on the Simpsons) during a night class. Oh no, this happened at a REAL school and as it appears to be a dissertation, it means that this person is a graduate student, having already received a Bachelor's degree and gone on with at least another 1 1/2 years of formal education.
Yep, these are certainly the people I want tinkering around and 'improving' my Constitution. (the next word suggested by my spell- checker after 'constitution' was 'constipation', and I had to think about that for a moment as to which one applied best)
Brian (who is typing this while wearing clothes)
Sorry, couldn't get past the 2 minute mark.It was painful to watch.
It was painful to watch.
1. Because she’s a terrible speaker.
2. Because stripping down to her underwear didn’t help, it was just sad.
:_shudder_Emoticon
Sorry, couldn't get past the 2 minute mark.
Jump forward to 2:45 and watch.
Brian
Sorry, couldn't get past the 2 minute mark.
Sorry, couldn't get past the 2 minute mark.
Me neither. I zoomed to see her undress and then aborted.
I just read more about this video. Apparently she was presenting here senior thesis at Cornell University. I looked it up and on average, Cornell costs $67,000/year or $280,000 for a 4 year degree. I think she should demand her money back as they obviously didn't teach her anything or value.
I went to school with an unusually high number of Indian nationals in the physics and engineering colleges of the school I attended. They were quiet, reserved, very much retiring people who worked and studied hard. They were overall excellent students and also very nice, humble people. Their English skills were often lacking but I found it more than worth the effort required to communicate with these people and frankly would rather spend time with many of them than some of the Americans I went to school with.
OK, to get this thread back off- topic, where it belongs:
The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world, and is visited by an estimated 7 to 8 million people every year. Originally built by Shah Jahan to entomb his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Construction started in 1635 and continued through 1653, at a cost of approx. $827 million dollars (2015 dollar value). A beautiful series of buildings, sitting on 17 acres of land, it is one of the leading tourist attractions in the world today.
There is a common story that the Shaw built this mausoleum in white but planned an identical tomb to be built in all black marble for himself. As the story goes, he died before construction on that next tomb was even started but in truth, no further tombs were planned, and both Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal are entombed in the Taj Mahal.
As a useless piece of trivia, the largest burial tomb in the US is Grant National Memorial, commonly known as Grant's tomb, located just about mid- Manhattan in NYC, NY, USA. Grant was entombed there 12 years after he died, on April 17, 1897, with his wife Julia being interred beside him several years later when she too passed away.
Which also yields the correct answer to the oft- asked question: Who is buried in Grant's tomb? The correct answer being both Ulysses AND Julia (Dent) Grant.
Brian
OK, to get this thread back off- topic, where it belongs:
The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world, and is visited by an estimated 7 to 8 million people every year. Originally built by Shah Jahan to entomb his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Construction started in 1635 and continued through 1653, at a cost of approx. $827 million dollars (2015 dollar value). A beautiful series of buildings, sitting on 17 acres of land, it is one of the leading tourist attractions in the world today.
There is a common story that the Shaw built this mausoleum in white but planned an identical tomb to be built in all black marble for himself. As the story goes, he died before construction on that next tomb was even started but in truth, no further tombs were planned, and both Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal are entombed in the Taj Mahal.
As a useless piece of trivia, the largest burial tomb in the US is Grant National Memorial, commonly known as Grant's tomb, located just about mid- Manhattan in NYC, NY, USA. Grant was entombed there 12 years after he died, on April 17, 1897, with his wife Julia being interred beside him several years later when she too passed away.
Which also yields the correct answer to the oft- asked question: Who is buried in Grant's tomb? The correct answer being both Ulysses AND Julia (Dent) Grant.
Brian
It's incredible that feminism has evolved into women being half-naked and promiscuous. Yeah, that'll really stick it to the men.
Further evidence of the renaissance of half-witted intolerance : https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/05/17/us/aaron-schlossberg-attorney-racist-rant/index.html?__twitter_impression=true
At the other end of the racial harmony spectrum there was the Brit Royal wedding yesterday which offers some hope for optimism.
IMO, the Cornell lass didn't go far enough. Hope I never reach the state of mind where I get upset by harmless youthful exuberance or by young ladies not closely related to me, shedding their clothes. That level of curmudgeon requires a boneheadedness which can only result from inadvertently placing a bone stimulator contraption on the cranium. To my knowledge, nobody's Constitutional rights were tinkered with or harmed by that senior thesis presentation.
PS. Progressive insurance co. is running ads showing people thinking/behaving like their parents. I think they call it parentamorphosis. Some of the members here seem to have skipped a generation and are behaving like their grandparents. heh..heh...heh
So... What is grown on Grant's farm?
So I take it you do not believe the data contained in the book The Bell Curve?
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Brian
IMO, the Cornell lass didn't go far enough. Hope I never reach the state of mind where I get upset by harmless youthful exuberance or by young ladies not closely related to me, shedding their clothes. That level of curmudgeon requires a boneheadedness which can only result from inadvertently placing a bone stimulator contraption on the cranium. To my knowledge, nobody's Constitutional rights were tinkered with or harmed by that senior thesis presentation.
PS. Progressive insurance co. is running ads showing people thinking/behaving like their parents. I think they call it parentamorphosis. Some of the members here seem to have skipped a generation and are behaving like their grandparents. heh..heh...heh
A pole dance might have helped.
Can't hurt! :P
I can only speak for myself but nobody I know of is upset.
Disapproval is quite different than upset.
That poor human being has issues. I suspect primarily caused by disinformation poison disguised as education.
I found it quite sad that after 1/4 million dollar education that was the best she could come up with for a senior thesis.
I guess she had to strip to distract from the fact her thesis was a rambling, incoherent screed on victim hood and displayed zero scholarship.
C'mon now, if she had stripped to pasties and butt-floss thongs then your distraction would be justified.
:pukeface:
May bear no resemblance to reality.In that we can agree on.
In a nutshell, yes. I make lots of calls (non-robo) to clients during the day. The cell phone is awkward and radiates cosmic rays to my brane. I feel this is the safer solution overall. I could wear the helmet but then I can't hear very much.
Going to dump my land line finally. Can't stand the robo calls. I was holding up doing it and then was wondering if I could still use my phone set somehow.
So just found this out today that the newer handsets (I'm looking a Pansonic) can have blue tooth built in. You sync your phone to the main set and then the calls can route through all the sets. Your phone has to be within blue tooth range of the main unit but I don't see a problem with that. Panasonic calls that link2cell.
Forget the 'not land line' new phone and get you a nice blutoof ear piece. The better devices sound and work great plus you can wear one inside of your helmet.
blutoof? Never heard of that one. ;)
C'mon Jim, we really need that face- palm emoticon..... please? It is not so much me asking as it is the world demanding it..... over and over again.
This one? :doh:
All modern pistols have anti-drop safeties, so that would have had to fail, too.
"He landed and as he picked up his gun from the floor, it fired."
And there you have it, *HE* fired it, accidentally, by having his finger in the trigger guard area when he picked it up. Almost even visible in the video. It didn't go off from being dropped.
"Denver police spokesman Marika Putnam said she does not know what type of gun the agent was carrying."
So we also don't know what it was- old, new, service or what.
Now this one is destined to be a classic: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/06/03/an-fbi-agent-did-a-backflip-in-a-club-dropped-his-gun-and-accidentally-shot-someone-police-say/?utm_term=.296e52f4469c (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/06/03/an-fbi-agent-did-a-backflip-in-a-club-dropped-his-gun-and-accidentally-shot-someone-police-say/?utm_term=.296e52f4469c)
It will be interesting to see how this one turns out. There were several phases of this that were more than 'bad enough', starting off with dropping a firearm while dancing, but the coup de grace is that the agent just walked away from the person he shot without rendering aid or even accessing the situation. ?!?!?!?!?!?!
C'mon Jim, we really need that face- palm emoticon..... please? It is not so much me asking as it is the world demanding it..... over and over again.
Brian
I felt so good I went out and rode the Indian 200 miles yesterday.
???? What a horrible ending...
unless it is as simple there were far more Munchkins than there were dogs in that movie?
And now for something entirely different. Some years (more than I can count) ago I misplaced my primary fob (the one with the key). I know I hadn't lost it because I had got home on the bike and the bike wasn't complaining about fob out of range. Looked over and over for it in the garage and in the house and no luck. I had thought I had put it down somewhere and it slid into a box that got thrown out. So not wanting to lose the second one, I attached a chain to it and always clipped that to my belt loop. Only way I could lose it now was to lose my pants. Fast forward to day before evening... Wife comes down the stairs and asks me what is this in her hand. Oh heck yes, I need that. It's the primary fob to the C14. Where was it? It was in a drawer she was cleaning out. I felt so good I went out and rode the Indian 200 miles yesterday.
... It was either in the house or thrown out inadvertently, hence the chain and fastening to the belt loop. If that fob got lost then I was going to get lost with it. ;)
Snip...
However, being the eternal pessimistic optimist, I knew that the other fob would show up at some time or another or not.
Yep.. And I got found at an Indian Dealership. Probably the best experience I've ever had buying a motorcycle.
Did they have a bone stimulator there? We know it could not have been the bike......
;D ;)
Brian
I find it quite interesting that when your phone goes missing all heck breaks loose.
Something I did without for the majority of my life now is a 3 alarm full panic when it goes missing. How did that happen? "Find my iPhone" is the best app on the thing.
Something I did without for the majority of my life now is a 3 alarm full panic when it goes missing. How did that happen? "Find my iPhone" is the best app on the thing.
Perfect storm.. low battery and it died before I knew it was missing. I was a passenger in my wife's car (coming back from our favorite eating place in Fredericksburg, had the phone on my knee and in a corner it slid off and went under the seat and I promptly forgot where it was. Looked all over the house and couldn't find it. Was talking with a client the day after and she mentioned the word 'seats' and it instantly came back where it had gone. Amazing how that trigger word worked.
Normally, we have been putting Phoebe's..... output into the trash container. But a while ago, i started to put it into the recycle container out of curiosity as to whether or not they could recycle that stuff.
Are you serious? You didn't really put cat litter in the recycle bin...
Are you serious? You didn't really put cat litter in the recycle bin...
And no, I did not put cat litter in the recycle bin
Unfortunately for Hedy, she neither received any money nor recognition for what she came up with until very late in life. The recognition, that is. She never received any money for those inventions.
She was also quite a looker!
(https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdailyentertainmentnews.com%2Fwpgo%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F11%2Fhedy-lamarr-bio-husbands-children-7.jpg&f=1)
And now for an excellent story about a very good LEO doing his job.
http://time.com/5315805/indiana-state-trooper-pulled-over-slow-driver-left-lane/ (http://time.com/5315805/indiana-state-trooper-pulled-over-slow-driver-left-lane/)
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana State Police trooper who tweeted a photo of a vehicle he stopped for driving too slowly in the left lane says he’s overwhelmed by the widespread praise he’s receiving online.
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And now for an excellent story about a very good LEO doing his job.
http://time.com/5315805/indiana-state-trooper-pulled-over-slow-driver-left-lane/ (http://time.com/5315805/indiana-state-trooper-pulled-over-slow-driver-left-lane/)
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana State Police trooper who tweeted a photo of a vehicle he stopped for driving too slowly in the left lane says he’s overwhelmed by the widespread praise he’s receiving online.
Sgt. Stephen Wheeles stopped the driver Saturday on Interstate 65 about 35 miles south of Indianapolis after about 20 vehicles had slowed behind her. Wheeles says she was traveling under the 70 mph speed limit. Indiana law requires drivers to move to the right lane to allow faster traffic to pass.
The post has been retweeted by IndyCar driver Graham Rahal, who said, “This guy is my hero,” and Fox NFL announcer and Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman. Others suggested he win a Nobel Prize or asked him to relocate to their states.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Df1WJcIX0AEJMom.jpg:large)
"I stopped this vehicle today for a left lane violation on I-65. The driver had approximately 20 cars slowed behind her because she would not move back to the right lane.
Again...if there are vehicles behind you, you must move to the right lane to allow them to pass."
https://twitter.com/ISPVersailles/status/1008056619622690817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw (https://twitter.com/ISPVersailles/status/1008056619622690817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Yeah, I saw that story. Brought a tear to my eye, it did.
I saw something absolutely amazing in Wyokodatana (one of those big, western states) on my ride to the other coast in '11. There is miles and miles of nothing but prairie with a ribbon that in Interstate I-90 running through the middle of it. Seriously, on a small rise, I think you can see for 30, 40 miles in either direction. Anyway, riding along a few MPH above the speed limit, I came upon a car and a truck driving much slower..... but RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER! I got behind the person in the left lane, waited a bit and then flashed my brights at the driver. After a few flashes, he / she sped up and started to pull ahead but only did so until about 10 feet in front of the truck in the right lane, and then settled back down to the original cruising speed. Still not able to get by them (only a 2- lane highway), I finally had to resort to more drastic passing measures. I did not and still do not believe they were acting maliciously and it was simply ignorance, and idiocy causing this.
And then some time later, I saw the exact same thing happen a few more times! The very definition of F.U.B.A.R. in my opinion.
Brian
Good argument for cremation.
There are a lot of good arguments for cremation.... like
1) Lower cost
2) No space
3) More logical
4) Less work
5) Easier planning
6) More environmental friendly
7) Less conceited
8) Can stay at home and keep an eye on things...and up close at that. 8)
...and up close at that. 8)
9) Bigger...become the man in death that you never were in life (https://www.boredpanda.com/cremation-ashe-dildo-21-grams-mark-sturkenboom/).
I really hate to put this in a Thread about nothing at all because I really think this IS something.... but here goes:
Koko the gorilla died last Tuesday at the age of 46. For those not familiar with her or that story, Koko was a female lowland gorilla, adopted and raised by Francine Patterson as part of her PhD thesis which was based on the idea of actually getting a great ape to 'talk' with humans. This project started in 1972 and has been basically on-going ever since.
There had been many trials to teach some of the great apes to 'talk' in the past but almost all involved trying to teach Chimpanzees to use vocal speech. All were failures, in a large part due apparently to the fact that the other apes (besides us on this forum) just do not have the mental speech center development to actually 'talk'. They emitted a few screeching words but as far as a conversation or exchange of ideas, that never happened.
Ms. Patterson choose a different route; first she chose a gorilla, believing them more intelligent than chimpanzees. But the big break- through was that she taught Koko ASL, American Sign Language rather than vocal speech. And Koko learned..... far beyond anyone's expectations. Beyond her actual language abilities, she gave great insight into her cognitive and reasoning abilities including making up her own compound words ('cookie- rocks' for stale cookies, 'water- birds' for seagulls and other instances) and the truly fascinating ability to lie in order to deflect blame for something she had done. Lying is an extremely high- order action that takes a lot of raw reasoning power to figure out how to paint a false 'picture' to mislead others and actually have them think that what they perceive as reality is not really correct. A few years after getting Koko, Ms. Patterson also procured a young male gorilla (as an infant, just as Koko was when this experiment was started) and to everyone's amazement, Koko started teaching Michael (the male gorilla) sign language. Koko was also given many different tests including I.Q. standardized tests for young humans and actually scored above 100, which is average for humans.
Another story I remember from many years ago is that Koko loved Coca- cola but was normally not allowed to have it because of tooth decay. But every now and again, she would get loose on campus (again, this was a research project) and run up to anyone / everyone, signing that she wanted money. Of course most people did not know what she wanted but some did and they gave her change; once Koko had enough (could she actually count it??) she would go to a vending machine, insert the money and have herself a refreshing Coke. :rotflmao: Smarter than a lot of people who do not know enough to come in out of the rain IMO. ;) ;D
Brian
...and up close at that. 8)
9) Bigger...become the man in death that you never were in life (https://www.boredpanda.com/cremation-ashe-dildo-21-grams-mark-sturkenboom/).
I told my wife about this. I didn't know that her eyes could roll back that far! :rotflmao:You mean in ecstatic anticipation of your demise and growth in the afterlife? ;D
You mean in ecstatic anticipation of your demise and growth in the afterlife? ;D
With my luck, my wife would enjoy the new me a few times and then remember something I did in the past that ticked her off really good
and she would probably take the new me and leave me on the curb outside of a gay bar.
Oh boy, I don't think anybody's gonna be able to hear you screaming inside your new jar.
Assuming you actually are screaming.
Man, this is one sick forum.
Assuming you actually are screaming.
Man, this is one sick forum.
But that sure is an..... unusual 'accessory', how did you find it? Were you searching or did it just 'pop up' in your normal shopping? Hmmmmm? ;) ;D
For 217 pages this thread was going so well and with in short order has gone to HE double toothpicks. LOL
Well OK, sorry. But it was Brian that brought up FaceTwit and ruined the whole thing. ;)
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That Koko what a great story, I'm sorry she is gone.
For 217 pages this thread was going so well and with in short order has gone to HE double toothpicks. LOL
:-X :banana
Don't get jealous Brian, you're still the only man that's ever 'popped up' and hugged me.
Only now you are starting to worry that I enjoyed it. :stirpot:
Bone stimulator indeed.
I think most people know the story of the German battleship Bismark; she engaged some British ships, most notably the HMS Hood, sinking the Hood in a matter of minutes (to everyone's amazement) but then was cornered by a large portion of the British fleet and sunk in the Atlantic. This occurred in 1941.
But I believe few people know of the fate of her escort ship on that voyage, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen (pronounced Oy- gen with a hard 'g'). She survived the encounter with the British fleet and in fact, survived the entire war, finally being given to the US as a war prize. She was sailed to Boston with a combination of German and US sailors (the vast majority being German) where she was given the designation USS Prinz Eugen, and was thoroughly examined by US Naval personnel, especially her sonar equipment. Once her German crew left the ship, 11 out of 12 of her boilers failed, probably due to the lack of knowledge and experience with them given her new American crew. Eventually, she was towed to the Pacific where she was anchored and became a 'test mule' for atomic tests by the US. She developed a relatively small leak but due to radiation contamination, she was not repaired and was eventually left to capsize and sink at the Kwajalein Atoll.
If one looks closely at the film taken before the atomic tests Able and Baker, the first two atomic tests done after the end of WWII, she can be seen anchored with several other ships awaiting the detonation of both above ground as well as below surface atomic bomb tests in 1946.
Brian
There is now a SCUBA live aboard that goes from Majuro to Bikini. It also includes a stop at Kwajalein to dive the Prinz Eugen as well as an aircraft graveyard. My son and I went to Truk Lagoon last January and now we are saving up to make the trip to Bikini. Hopefully in the next 2 years I intend to see the Prinz Eugen.
Excellent! I assume she is in good overall shape as she was not blast- damaged but rather had a slow leak and simply sunk.
I am sort of surprised there is not an exclusion zone around those ships due to radiation. Of course I am sure they have purged a LOT of the radiation that prevented personnel from coming into contact with her back in '46 and so well may be perfectly safe now. Certainly diving on her will protect you from 100% of the really dangerous part of radioactive fallout anyway; inhaling alpha- emitting particles. ;)
A real treat would be to see the Bismark but she is a bit too deep for an open dive. She, and I believe the HMS Hood were found recently by submersible. They are both on the floor of the Atlantic, a couple of miles down. The Tirpitz, Bismark's sister- ship, is partly visible at low tides and rests in shallow water but is so dilapidated that it cannot even be seen as a ship anymore.
There is a U-boat just off Block Island in Rhode Island that is not too deep, something like 120 feet down. I have never tried to dive on her due to the current between the island and the mainland, as well as the fact that visibility this far north is just not very good usually. But if I remember correctly, that boat is the last U-boat sunk during WWII, and at the very end of the war also.
Brian
I don't know about Prinz Eugen but Bikini and all the wrecks were mostly off limits since WWII. Actually Kawajalein itself is still off limits unless you have security clearance and a reason to be there. So the only way there would be by boat and you don't make land fall. The Truk Master trip https://www.masterliveaboards.com/truk_lagoon/ (https://www.masterliveaboards.com/truk_lagoon/) to Bikini is very recent. Been told there is no radiation danger just being there. The danger is consuming anything from the atoll (assuming that includes fish). The live aboard will bring all food and drink with it. Diving Truk was an absolutely amazing experience. Now looking forward to diving on the Saratoga and other wrecks at Bikini.
Just as an aside, wreck diving is typically fairly dangerous. Something like 80% of the experienced divers who die while diving are 'in' something when an accident occurs or emergency occurs. I make it a point to always stay outside of everything, no matter how interesting the inside may appear (Easy Boys!- talking about diving here and Easy again Boys!, water diving).
Rented a car to go to TN to do a job. Got to the rental place and they 'upgraded' me to a new RAV4. Didn't really like that as it would not get as good a gas mileage as the car I was supposed to get (Altima, Camry or something similar). After driving it for a few hundred miles I realized that they hadn't fixed the seats and my back was killing me by the time I got to my destination. I had previously owned a RAV4 for 11 years and it killed my back as well on long trips.All this new fangled stuff is making people worse drivers. Cars that park themselves, warn you of stopped traffic ahead, or a vehicle occupying a lane next to you, etc. and etc. just makes people lazy. Drivers stop using good defensive driving techniques and rely on technology to do it for them. The result is a disconnect from the task at hand: Paying attention. I was so happy to be done with my career after witnessing so many drivers texting and crashing.
This RAV had radar in the front and lane awareness. It also had a key. I can't tell you how many times I went to unlock it by touching the door handle with the key in my pocket. No vehichle I have I have uses a key anymore. It's all fobs. In fact at the Indian dealer a month or so back I went on a demo ride on a Scout and couldn't figure out how to start it. They had to point out the key on the left side for me.....sigh.
Now to the advanced feature starting with the radar in the front. Comes on with cruise control. Not sure I liked it much. It wanted way more following distance than I thought necessary and would slow the vehicle to match speeds with the slower one in front. Couldn't get used to it. I also had a car pull out in front of me. I saw it, but just as I was reacting the car strongly applied the brakes to my 'WTF!'. That was unnerving as well.
The lane awareness was interesting, seems I be wobbling a bit going down the road and if I didn't correct quickly enough the steering did a nudge all by itself in the opposite direction.... That happened a couple of times...and no, I wasn't drinking. I found a button to turn that off but didn't see anything to turn the front radar off. New fangled stuff....
Now to the advanced feature starting with the radar in the front. Comes on with cruise control. Not sure I liked it much. It wanted way more following distance than I thought necessary and would slow the vehicle to match speeds with the slower one in front. Couldn't get used to it. I also had a car pull out in front of me. I saw it, but just as I was reacting the car strongly applied the brakes to my 'WTF!'. That was unnerving as well.
All this new fangled stuff is making people worse drivers. Cars that park themselves, warn you of stopped traffic ahead, or a vehicle occupying a lane next to you, etc. and etc. just makes people lazy. Drivers stop using good defensive driving techniques and rely on technology to do it for them. The result is a disconnect from the task at hand: Paying attention. I was so happy to be done with my career after witnessing so many drivers texting and crashing.
Get off my lawn!
Either drive FOR me COMPLETELY, or let me drive. I don't like this inbetween crap. I know I am not alone.
I agree, accept for cruise control.
Gives all the idiots more time to read and/or send their texts/emails and ignore what's happening around them as they are speeding down life's hiway. Getting in my way or just another irritation waiting to cause an accident. I'm beginning to think "self driving" vehicles may just be better for most than actually driving themselves.yeah,right!
On a sadder note, I've been reduced to drinking Cognac out of a wine glass. Oh the pain!
Firearms are noise suppressed, knives are silent.
I must be getting old. Did a localized trip (about 300 miles) with the wife on the Roadmaster and man I was beat afterwards. I'm wondering if it's the loud pipes that save lives ( :rotflmao: ) that's causing it. Next time I'll try it with ear plugs and see if that helps Used to be I could do 500 mile+ days without any issues. A little sore perhaps, well maybe a lot sore but never felt beat. The Indian is a pleasure to ride and I'm not sore afterwards. Just got that feeling of weariness.When our department switched to from BMW to HD, after a day’s work on that thing, my head would be pounding from the exhaust. I don’t think it was the noise, since the stock pipes aren’t that loud, but, rather the slight concussive effect from those big cyclinders. All of the constant accelerating from a stop to freeway speeds took its toll.
I must be getting old. Did a localized trip (about 300 miles) with the wife on the Roadmaster and man I was beat afterwards. I'm wondering if it's the loud pipes that save lives ( :rotflmao: ) that's causing it. Next time I'll try it with ear plugs and see if that helps Used to be I could do 500 mile+ days without any issues. A little sore perhaps, well maybe a lot sore but never felt beat. The Indian is a pleasure to ride and I'm not sore afterwards. Just got that feeling of weariness.
There are only two of us who actually like the stock exhaust on a C-14 (and I cannot remember the other guy's name.....) and the reason is because it is QUIET.
Even then, I wear earplugs under a full face helmet; constant, droning noise, even if it is not overly loud, is very tiring.
Alright! Three of us that like the stock exhaust because it is quiet. :) 8)
I can't believe you guys forgot me. :'( :'( I feel so ....so...insignificant..so... :'(....unvalidated...
.....so much like...Johnnie here:https://youtu.be/-fxGNKxS8J0 (https://youtu.be/-fxGNKxS8J0)
;D hmmm...I'm kinda weepy this morning..sniff..sniff....I must need to go for a nice very quiet (yet very fast) ride.
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Despite it's size, I actually also think the stock muffler (especially the newer ones) looks better than most of the replacements as well.
So many of the replacements look like polished car mufflers welded on the end of a pipe. Most just look clunky, however the CS1 looks pretty good.
I can't believe you guys forgot me.
Despite it's size, I actually also think the stock muffler (especially the newer ones) looks better than most of the replacements as well.
Excellent work!
Thank you Jim! I'm hoping that I can do as fine a job this year as I did the last. :chugbeer:
less than zero/noting. (fyi, we have around 2 feet of snow on the ground already)I'm not that far from you across the river in NE Iowa.
Today
A chance of snow and freezing drizzle before 11am, then a chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow after 1pm. Cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 29 by 9am, then falling to around 18 during the remainder of the day. Blustery, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Tonight
A chance of snow before 8pm, then a chance of flurries between 8pm and 10pm. Patchy blowing snow before 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around -5. Wind chill values as low as -21. Blustery, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday
Patchy blowing snow between noon and 5pm. Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. Wind chill values as low as -28. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around -26. Wind chill values as low as -50. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -16. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around -30. :o
Thursday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -4.
Thursday Night
A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -7.
I'm not that far from you across the river in NE Iowa.
Time to put the cold weather gear on, huh?
Yes, all of it. All the gear you have.
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=47.23507040000004&lon=-93.52352509999997#.XE_NmNFMGhB
Two nights in a row forecast for -38*F actual low temps. Add in a nice breeze for some windchill factor for good measure. Week number two of it.
I'm not that far from you across the river in NE Iowa.
Time to put the cold weather gear on, huh?
Cold weather gear? I'm retired man! I just won't be going outside is all. :)I hear you Conrad. This just happens to be the week I’m doing livestock chores for a buddy. I’m not as concerned for the cattle. They have protection and are doing fine. I’m hoping the waterers don’t freeze up! They can be a huge PIA.
The poor animals though...
Alright! Three of us that like the stock exhaust because it is quiet. :) 8)
I guess I'm still a member of that group, always like the lack of sound.
but I do think clipping a bit of it's length, makes a nice compromise... no real loud difference, just the slightest pleasant tone, while still virtually as quiet as prior...
MoB, is there a thread describing how you did this? Think I might be interested. Winter project to keep myout of the wife's wayerr, busy. Thanks.
I hear you Conrad. This just happens to be the week I’m doing livestock chores for a buddy. I’m not as concerned for the cattle. They have protection and are doing fine. I’m hoping the waterers don’t freeze up! They can be a huge PIA.
Appears to be the coldest night so far in the current cold stretch. Weather service predicts -43*F actual temp tonight, but the winds have calmed down. So, we've got that going for us....
Good luck with those chores!Made it through the coldest temps without waterers freezing up. I call that a success. :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana
Minus 26 here this morn with a wind chill of 45 below! :o
My dogs don't spend much time outside doing their 'business'.
-29*F here this morn with a wind chill of -56*F.
Today's high temp is -4*F but that's supposed to happen just before midnight tonight.
That's brisk baby!
Made it through the coldest temps without waterers freezing up. I call that a success. :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana
From the 'Now I've heard everything' department.....https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/madhya-pradesh-opium-addicted-parrots-flying-away-with-poppy-pods-in-neemuch-1999471 (https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/madhya-pradesh-opium-addicted-parrots-flying-away-with-poppy-pods-in-neemuch-1999471)
"Opium-Addicted" Parrots Affecting Poppy Cultivation In Madhya Pradesh
But a large group of parrots feed on poppy plants around 30-40 times a day and some even fly away with poppy pods, said a farmer from Madhya Pradesh.
Daylight Savings time change this weekend. I don't think it saves anything.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/louisiana-woman-meth-vagina-not-hers (https://www.foxnews.com/us/louisiana-woman-meth-vagina-not-hers)
And now for something completely different.... A woman was arrested, searched (you know, the 'intensive' kind of searching) and after the 'searcher' found $6,233 in case and roughly one gram of meth in her vagina..... and claimed that it was not hers. Perhaps she rents out her body cavitie(s) for short and / or long term storage? Maybe on a 'no- name' basis? Gives new meaning to the term 'security box'.
Reality is far, far more interesting than even the best fiction IME.
Brian (carefully keeping track of what is.... well, in some special places)
Damn this place is dead!!!
I may have to take up slamming POTUS again in the Arena just to liven this place up...
Buy a car for the Mrs ?Aw man. That’s harsh,
Went car shopping in the big city and came home with this lil thing.
[smg id=847]
Congrats! Looks like fun. What is it? A Nissan or Mazda?Maybe Fiat?
Maybe Fiat?
Buy a car for the Mrs ?
Aw man. That’s harsh,
but funny! :rotflmao:
It is a Mazda Miata
https://cars.usnews.com/static/images/Auto/izmo/i107294098/2019_mazda_mx_5_rf_angularfront.jpg
:rotflmao:
No doubt, that Gary is a funny man alright.
Tell you what G, the first time that I have the pleasure of rowing through the gears of that sweet six speed in my girly car, with the top down, while my wife and I are enjoying the views of a coastal highway somewhere, I'll put on some Beatles, or maybe The Traveling Wilburys (Tweeter and The Monkey Man of course), on the stereo, chuckle a bit, and think of just how funny you are...
:chugbeer:
:rotflmao:
No doubt, that Gary is a funny man alright.
Tell you what G, the first time that I have the pleasure of rowing through the gears of that sweet six speed in my girly car, with the top down, while my wife and I are enjoying the views of a coastal highway somewhere, I'll put on some Beatles, or maybe The Traveling Wilburys (Tweeter and The Monkey Man of course), on the stereo, chuckle a bit, and think of just how funny you are...
:chugbeer:
You misunderstand me, Sir. I wish you and the Missus many happy and safe miles before your activity is deemed unhealthy and uncaring for the environment and becomes socially unacceptable and therefore illegal. The Left Coast may suit you til that occurs. (and I'm ok with the Wilburys) :rotflmao:
WTF just happened. (Again by the way)
You mean between pinkie and Mr C.? Oh don't mind that, it's just the usual outside the arena banter, it's like foreplay that leads up to an argument instead of sex.
Damn this place is dead!!!
I may have to take up slamming POTUS again in the Arena just to liven this place up...
Ok then, The Beatles it is.
Leave it to you to somehow politicize this...
By the post above I thought you were looking for some fun. My bad.
OK then, now on to something completely different.
This question sort of fits here in "A thread about nothing at all..." because 1) it's about a thread, as in a thread of a machine screw; and 2) I'm finding almost nothing at all when I try to research it.
What is a 5/32-32 thread size used for? ???
Is it British? Specialty automotive? A special size for Helicoil usage? Perhaps an old obsolete size? I've search through many online charts of screw sizes, zooming in on many photos of thread checker kits and fixtures. I even searched through my old high school copy of Machinery's Handbook which I thought for sure would have the answer. No. So far the only thing I've found is that there are both taps, dies, and screws of that size available, but for what I don't know. I have found both NS and UNS designators on some of the taps and dies available, but I don't know if the s stands for special or superfine or neither.
I ask this here because some of you are a lot more experienced than I, and also have knowledge of and access to references that I don't even know exist. If I can't find it in Machinery's Handbook then I assume it doesn't exist, at least until now.
edit: Why do I ask?..short story is I purchased a set of steel nut rivets or threaded inserts if you prefer, and I noticed that it included 80 5/32-32 inserts that I had never seen before and didn't fit any of my thread checkers, neither metric or SAE so it got me to wondering why it was included and what was it used for?
What rivet nut kit did you buy, Marty?
About 6 months ago I went outside to lock up two vehicles with my spare fobs. After that I couldn't find them anymore. Looked in the garage, looked everywhere in the house, looked in all my pants pockets....no luck. I knew I had brought them back in because as a lazy sob I never took them out of my pocket. Fast forward to last night. Wife dropped her fob on the tile floor and it separated into all of it's pieces. Took me an hour and a half to put it back together as she would have no way to get to work except via my truck. I went into overdrive again looking for the spares and was sitting on the couch and thought...I wonder if they fell down into the right side? Put my hand down there and found not only the two fobs but two USB sticks I've been missing and thought that I had lost.
Hey, I'm good. Seems like we might have worried other folks though. :rotflmao:
Convert the fractional dimension to a US standard screw diameter and you get a number 8. So what you really have is an 8-32, common as the day is long.
What rivet nut kit did you buy, Marty?
No, the set I purchased had those (#8) as well, and using a thread checker, the 5/32-32 would go loosely onto a 6-32 and only just start on a 8-32 but not go all the way on it.
I also found it strange that the rivet size for the 5/32"-32 was larger than for the 8-32 even thought the major diameter would be smaller. ???
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I'm beginning to think that the 5/32-32 is a Whitworth cap screw size possibly out dated, as I'm told it's listed in a 1957 version of Machinery's Handbook, but I couldn't find it in my '66 edition. Maybe if I reach down into the cushions of my sofa I'll find an earlier edition?
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5/32"-32 is a British Standard Whitworth size/thread. 5/32" diameter and 32 Threads per Inch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Standard_Whitworth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Standard_Whitworth)
The size is listed in the table (4th row from the top).
The most common usage was and still is for Meccano screws.
https://www.usmeccano.com/pdf/newmeccanoscrew.pdf (https://www.usmeccano.com/pdf/newmeccanoscrew.pdf)
This thread ain't about nothing,.... it's a thread about threads. :rotflmao:
So this one is new and sort of interesting: I am one of the last three people on the planet to have an actual wired phone (a landline) and it has been pesky with bottom- feeder calls. With the blocking feature on the phone itself as well as nomorobo, the problem is down to an acceptable if not great level. But I have been getting a new one lately that is pretty attention- getting: quite a few (multiple times per day) phone calls from..... wait for it..... me. Yep, Caller ID identifies the caller as me, by name, along with the phone's 10 digit phone number. As I have VOIP, I looked this up on my account and sure enough, I have been calling myself a lot. This just started a week ago or so.
I know Caller ID can be 'faked' in that an incorrect name and / or phone number will show but I cannot imagine why anyone would want to try spoofing me by pretending to be... me? I mean, I KNOW it is not me calling, right?
This is actually more interesting than annoying and the first really different type of phone scam I have seen in years.
I have also been getting threatening spam e-mails from somewhere accusing me of doing disgusting (matter of opinion, right?) things with underage fe- persons, and having video of same, along with my entire contact list. The threat of course is that unless I send (usually around $5,000) via BitCoin w/in two weeks, they will send said videos to everyone on my contact list. I have even gotten repeat threats from the same entity reiterating that they are not kidding, I will suffer, etc., etc.. Hey, it beats being badly wooed by a Nigerian businessman, right? Although frankly, I personally would alter the threat just because I do not find it all that threatening and not at all imaginative but hey, that is just content, not the actual idea, which I found refreshing.... the first couple times anyway.
Brian
Have you tried answering those calls from yourself?
About one minute in...
http://youtu.be/jMyD3TSXyUc (http://youtu.be/jMyD3TSXyUc)
Don't answer those calls from yourself!!!
The call is coming from INSIDE the house!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkcGm-pWwsQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkcGm-pWwsQ)
"A fifth of British teenagers believe Sir Winston Churchill was a fictional character, while many think Sherlock Holmes, King Arthur and Eleanor Rigby were real, a survey shows."
".... The study also shows a marked change in how people acquire their historical knowledge these days. More than three-quarters of those polled (77 per cent) admitted they did not read history books, and 61 per cent said that they changed channels rather than watch historical programmes on television."
This according to a Telegraph poll on 4 Feb 2008.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1577511/Winston-Churchill-didnt-really-exist-say-teens.html (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1577511/Winston-Churchill-didnt-really-exist-say-teens.html)
But I bet these folks are right up to speed on FaceTwit, and these same people get to vote.... over and over again.
Brian
Yeah, well it's probably the same over here with kids too.
I found that somewhat reassuring at first, that it wasn't just us (USA). However, I realized that it was just my nationalistic side being reassured. My logical side (not as large as I wished it would be) knew that wide spread stupidity isn't better than local stupidity.
Stupids, like assholes, are a standard percentage of the population, wherever you go.
We have just as many as a percentage of the population as you do, but because of Farcebook, Twatter, and other Social Moron-media the Stupids now have a global audience with which to share their Stupidity.
Do I worry that these people get to vote,.... yes.
Do I want to do anything about it,.... yes, I want to teach them to think for themselves, to research the facts and make up their own minds, but far too many of them just can't be bothered to do any of that and seem quite happy letting power hungry demagogues and vapid self-serving "Influencers" make their decisions for them.
Then later on, when the sh!t has hit the fan because of their lack of involvement, they will claim that they were duped and conned and that we can't blame them for it. A large part of the population of Germany did EXACTLY that in the 1930s, and they are still trying to crawl out from under that burden of guilt 90 years on.
Stupids, like assholes, are a standard percentage of the population, wherever you go.
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The same has happened with cable TV, which is yet another tentacle of the pipeline: it deteriorates to the lowest possible point until what used to be real bearers of information, such as The History Channel, no longer contains any real or useful information but garbage 'reality' shows not only do not contain any content but are not even 'real' but staged abortions.
Exactly, what used to be my favorite channel.... now crap. Which is exactly what happened to the "Learning Channel" and "Discovery Channel", both were excellent many years ago. Now they are full of reality crap. I am so pissed I have to pay over $100/mo to get what few shows left I watch. And they wonder why people are dropping cable left and right. I am sure the Science Channel is going to go the same way.... just waiting...
This is the wrong thread but just to add a thought to the above
I find myself watching a lot of YouTube lately, again due to content.
Can someone explain to me how and why Ford would call this thing a 'Mustang'?
Can someone explain to me how and why Ford would call this thing a 'Mustang'?
Earworms - you know, those songs/melodies that run through your head at all hours of the day and night. No, I'm not talking about the Star Trek kind of ear worm.
As a musician, I am cursed with them. But that curse isn't necessarily unpleasant.
Earworms - you know, those songs/melodies that run through your head at all hours of the day and night. No, I'm not talking about the Star Trek kind of ear worm.
As a musician, I am cursed with them. But that curse isn't necessarily unpleasant.
I've banned people for less, Boomer....LOL:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Does the aquatic life to live in that area glow?
I’m just asking for a friend.
Interesting ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TihHZAaop2o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TihHZAaop2o)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Kwajalein/@8.7527949,167.6835561,465m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x65aeba1bdf4fcbd9:0xa428045186f42c97!8m2!3d8.7226625!4d167.7351935 (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Kwajalein/@8.7527949,167.6835561,465m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x65aeba1bdf4fcbd9:0xa428045186f42c97!8m2!3d8.7226625!4d167.7351935)
Not going to be very radioactive after being washed by the sea for the last 74 years.
This is a pretty well known logo for the band Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Funny you should mention them- I like lots of their songs. Just last weekend, I decided to listen to everything that Stephen Stills did, solo (99% of it for the first time; thanks, Spotify). His earlier stuff was "OK" but nothing I would really want to listen to. His later stuff was even less interesting.
I will give David Crosby solo stuff a chance next, although I am not expecting much.
Let's not forget about Neil Young. His solo work was far more interesting, and I did seek out a good amount of his work.
1) Oatcakes and a lot of dairy.
2) Beans, olive oil, pesto, carbonara.
As for the Native Americans, mostly shanks pony. :D
I associate Indians with bows and arrows and sneaking up on you.
That's interesting as when I hear the work Indians, I think of our indigenous populations, not the ones external to our country. Yet another word's meaning that has morphed somewhat.
That's only the Plains Indians. I don't think the ones on the East or West coasts used horses...much. I associate Indians with bows and arrows and sneaking up on you.
That one should be morphed, though. Indians are from India :) If you say "Indian" out of context, one will not know what was meant in the USA. And everywhere else in the world, they would rightfully assume you mean Indian and not Native American. I have never met a Native American, but I have met many Indians.
Of course, Native Americans are actually from Asia. And if you go back far enough, everyone is from Africa.
Meanwhile, if one uses ANY term with a hyphenated (or unhyphentated) "[Area]-American" (African-American, Asian-American, Native-American, Hispanic-American, Arab-American, etc), I *insist* they call me "European-American" and not "White." (I actually don't care what you call me, I only care that terms are at least roughly equal and like to point out the hypocrisy, PC, and virtue signaling).
Of course, eventually, all this obsession with "race" and its description and nomenclature will hopefully die, because it really doesn't make any sense. If you are 1/8 this and 1/4 that and 2/3 who knows or cares, no term works, anyway. Your skin color, eye shape/color, hair type/color, height, nose size, etc, say absolutely nothing about who you really are, what you value, or how you think or act.
Really?...I'd think you would associate Indians with an overpriced motorcycle company.
blah...blah...blah Didn't you ever watch The Lone Ranger?
Really?...I'd think you would associate Indians with an overpriced motorcycle company.
See Marty, this ^^^^ is an effective way to prevent people.
Really?...I'd think you would associate Indians with an overpriced motorcycle company.
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Hey Boomer, maybe we're related LOL!
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We are ALL related, no matter if you believe in evolution or creationism (I think it is called 'intelligent design' these days?). The lines back into our past converge, if not down to one couple then down to a handful of couples that were related. That makes all of us related. Even when you meet someone and really, really, really do not want to believe that..... :rotflmao:Oh no, now I feel dirty! :rotflmao:
The material that is most recycled on Earth is asphalt. Yep, old roads are ground up, mixed with a new binder and then put back in place as new roads.They are now also padding out the asphalt with waste plastics for an asphalt that is more flexible and resistant to water/potholes as well as reusing waste plastics.
Speaking of meat, what is corned beef? How about pastrami?
It is meat :)
I will ignore the rest of your post because.... gross :) ;)
And with said bombers, could we not widen the canal? 8)
That solution wouldn't help the locks very much.
Locks...we don't need no stinkin locks. How long would it take the oceans to balance?
I'm sure there is a mathematical solution to that question, even though I work with math all day at work, that's a bit far advanced for me. :)
And with said bombers, could we not widen the canal? 8)
Especially since the orbit of the moon would have some affect on the balancing which would probably never end.
Give that man a cheroot. Any east / west canal open to both oceans would never 'balance' but instead create tremendous velocities due to tidal action.
The lowest toll was for Richard Halliburton, an American, who swam the canal.
Ewwwww....makes me wonder what the sewage discharge requirements are (if any) for ships going through the canal. I guess they'd empty the tanks before entering just to lower the cost
of passage but some of it must get in. Like swimming in a oil fouled toilet bowl I'd imagine.
Man swims the Panama canal and Marty wonders how much e coli was in there with him. ;D I doubt any ships empty waste in the canal, it is not a long trip time- wise and making the water toxic along the way would be horrible for the locals, or at least I would think. Panama is in the tropics so.....
Trusting ships and crews to do the right thing....LOL. I guess they're so clean that they dump before they get to the canal.. Hmm I wonder where that overabundance of oil came from on the Delaware and MD beaches came from....Space Aliens! Most likely. Either that or law abiding ships I guess.
But now that you have steered the thread into the proverbial cesspool, .....
Are you saying Jim that human waste is being used on farm fields? The farms around here have waste ponds from the animal areas that are pumped out a few times a year and sprayed on fields with huge sprayers as opposed to older method of mechanical spreading of solids, do NOT fall into that pond. But, back in the 80's I started seeing tanker trucks marked "Agri-Sludge" smeared with nasty looking stuff and smelling awful and leaving horrible, slippery, nasty looking stuff on the street.......
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, a very well- known person, is probably better known by his nickname, The Red Baron due to him painting his plane red so he could be recognized in combat by the enemy. A fighter pilot in WWI, he is credited with 80 air victories before being shot down himself and killed in 1918. He won much acclaim and many decorations, including the Prussian Pour le Mérite, better known to English speakers as The Blue Max. He was the commanding officer of Jagdgeschwader 1, again better known to English speakers as The Flying Circus.
Most casual accounts and I think memories of the man and the squadron end with Richthofen but he was not the last, or even the next- to- last commander of that squadron. He was simply the last famous commander, at least in his own time. As Richthofen died in April 1918, and the war did not end until Nov. 1918, there would be time for two more officers to command that group, both aces in their own rights with 20 kills each. But it is the second and final commander that I think surprises most people- he started WWI in the infantry and did not even learn to fly until 1916 and was then wounded so badly that he was hospitalized for nearly a year before again returning to the war. He would be awarded the Iron Cross, First Class as well as the coveted Blue Max in addition to gaining 20 air victories. He survived the war and went onto.... oh, I guess politics, broadly speaking. His name was Herman Goering, eventually Reichsmarschall of the Luftwaffe, a morphine addict after 1923, second in the command structure only to Adolf Hitler and would end up being the highest ranking Nazi to be tried at Nuremberg for war crimes. Found guilty, he was sentenced to death by hanging but cheated the hangman by committing suicide using cyanide the night before his scheduled execution. Goering was instrumental in bringing the National Socialist or Nazi party to power, as well as moving Hitler from the chancellor of a republic to the dictator of the nation.
At least this provides us a small break from the hectic political discussions going on now, Sat., 31 Oct. 2020..... three days before the US election.
For those of you dating Barbie dolls....
Looking just above the butt on the back of the torso, there is a date stamp. Most of the Barbies we have at the house have 1966 on that. That is not an indicator of when it was produced. Look at the back of the head or around the neck for the true date of manufacture. Mattel has used the 1966 torsos for many years after that.
This has been a Word to the Wise Public Service Announcement.
Well, after a couple of years, he [Francis Gary Powers] was traded for a Soviet spy, across a bridge in Berlin, real cold- war stuff ...