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  1. Compliments of my wife this morning.
    12 points
  2. Just to update... I made it home just fine. I was working in an area that was very close to a bridge, it's a section of downtown that is well west of the main area of downtown. There was not much going on where I was at. I am scheduled there again tomorrow. I painted the legs of my table, helped Griffin cook dinner and helped Emmy do her pitching drills outside. And I tried to explain to them what was going on with the people on the TV. Then I slept about 9 hours last night. It was glorious.
    8 points
  3. You need to take him to the vet.
    8 points
  4. Wade put new taars on his Tahoe yesterday. He is 19 and wants a cool looking truck, so he went with a semi aggressive all terrain tire. Looks damn good, and I bit my tongue and did not get on him about mileage and wear and road noise. He can learn about that when his is old and grumpy. It was cool to see how proud he was of the tires.
    7 points
  5. ...here's a picture of a solar generating station they installed as a shade structure over the parking at Cal Expo some years back.
    4 points
  6. @ChrisL, you are a reasonable and good person. There should be more of you.
    4 points
  7. When I was a kid, one next door neighbor rented out their house and several families were living in it. They had numerous cars & felt the street in front of their house was their parking so would yell at my oldest brother not to park there. My brother repeatedly told them to F’ off. Well one night somebody broke into his car, put in in neutral, released the brake and pushed it down the street. My brother was pissed but never said a word about revenge. However a few nights later someone punctured all 4 tires on every one of their cars. Someone also shimmied up the power line & cut the power to their house. It took the power company a couple of days to repair the damage. Oh and did I mention my brother was a linesman for a power company? The parking fued ended after that...
    4 points
  8. The next time the boat is gone, park something there even if you have to borrow a car or truck.
    4 points
  9. Not a Death Jim alert but a weather alert all the same. Next week will see a drop in temperatures, mostly in the Midwest as the jet stream drops lower. Minnesota and the UP are expected to see highs in the 50’s and nighttime lows in the 30’s. I hope all you, “I can’t wait for summer to be over” people are happy now.
    3 points
  10. 6 on the commute. Ran 2.5. Low 80s windy and humid.
    3 points
  11. Shut your pie hole. This is a vitally important PSA. Thank you 7. Screw you Jfarrt.
    3 points
  12. Is it large enough to handle more than 5 commandments?
    3 points
  13. It's very difficult to be a moderate in this world. In some forums I am hated as a liberal. In others hated as a conservative. It seems that if you do not march in lockstep you are the enemy. I like some conservative ideas. I like some liberal ideas. I don't like some conservative ideas. I don't like some liberal ideas. Being a political animal in some other forums, this makes me the enemy of all.
    3 points
  14. I do. I also feel for the people in Louisville that are having their property burned down. I feel for the friends of mine that lost their business in 'peaceful protests' from looting and burning. I feel for my friends of color who have had to endure years of harassment at the hand of officials. I feel for my friends in public safety who put their lives on the line every time they go to work. I feel for my friends who are wives of LOEs who worry if their husbands will come home every time they leave for work. None of us have the answers. None of us were on the grand jury panel. Civil unrest by anarchists is not the answer. Shooting cops will never endure 'the other side' to the cause. Protests create a voice. Destruction creates more hate. There is a movement that has no leadership. The movement has heroes that are either criminals or thugs. You will never win the argument without strong leaders and your heroes are criminals. The black community had 2 attempted leaders in the previous few decades that proved that all they wanted was money and position and they failed to move the needle forward. They had a president that was in position to make great changes for his people but didn't do one constructive thing for them while he had the reins of power. He is currently in a position to do something now, but only makes political comments. So they are left with a Marxist organization that has coopted an acronym and filled their coffers to spread anarchy. If I had the answers, others smarter than me, would have already provided them. In my mind, the big issue is we need to understand each other. I have a learned a lot in the last several years from my friends of color. They need a voice and they need to be heard. But if they don't understand how the other side thinks they will never be convincing. Telling me I'm wrong, burning my car, shooting my friends will not be convincing.
    3 points
  15. My new taars dropped the inside noise from 85dB to 82dB. Even Wo2 noticed the difference.
    3 points
  16. I laugh when I read about people being concerned about road noise. Hell, just turn up the radio. If it gets too quiet, I get sleepy. Just curious, did you ever drive or ride in a car that had holes in the floor board? That is when you notice road noise, as well as drafts.
    3 points
  17. There is a military saying Class 1. Or Grade A. It would be like saying that @Randomguy is a Class 1 Grade A fuckstick or something like that. As long as it's got the word fuck thrown in there at least twice for good measure. (Let the record show that I don't believe RG to be a fuckstick, but he was the first name to come to my head)
    3 points
  18. Wo46 and I peddled 20 miles round trip for a lousy cup of coffee. I guess that tells you how smart I is .....I went 20 miles for that lousy tasting coffee when I would have to only walk 20 feet to the kitchen for a better cup of coffee. I bet that if I would have asked nicely Wo46 would have brought me one without me getting up.
    3 points
  19. I hear what everyone is saying about "right to protest". But I feel like we tried that. And it didn't work. Downtown Lville has been set on fire, windows broken, things destroyed, businesses closing left and right. The people that live and work here are done with it. DONE. I don't care what the news is showing. THIS IS NOT PEACEFUL. And I don't care if it's black people, white people, BLM, KKK, whoever is doing it. It needs to stop. I am 110% behind the cops here. Curfews were made and enforced. Good for them. The people that have come to our city from other places need to go home. The people that are just here strictly to cause trouble need to be dealt with. Look at Portland. Look at Minneapolis. This is what happens when you let things get out of hand.
    3 points
  20. I know him best from after he retired. He visited our area and became very good friends with a local doctor. He ended up buying a house in Wakarusa and spent much of his time here. I was on our fair board with the doctor and had many good visits with Gale. Gale donated to many local charities.
    3 points
  21. My only question is "Where is the extra required electricity going to come from?" Solar and wind are not there yet efficiency-wise and I dont know about Cali but here the only way we have enough electricity to get us through is by 'stockpiling' it during quiet times like the middle of the night, which will no longer be quiet when umpteen million cars are charging. I love the idea, the execution worries me
    3 points
  22. We were much nicer than most when I had a house in VA Beach. (3 E6 sailors). The street that our house fronted on was angle parking with 2 no parking spaces where our driveway entered. Usually we were able to park in front of the house but if necessary would park in the driveway, stacking cars in the expected order of next departure. Did I mention that we were 1 1/2 blocks from the beach in downtown VA Beach. You know that assholes just had to park in the blank spaces leading to our driveway, especially on weekends. Enter the shop jack. After people parked and left for the beach we would jack up the rear end and roll the car out into the street, leaving it there. Usually the police would have it towed pretty soon. They never gave us any grief over the tactic.
    3 points
  23. Agreed. I appreciate our local police here I really do. But, I have not been victim to being clubbed and beaten. They are pretty good here. We don't hear about the abuse. Maybe I am in a bubble, cause we don't have all that kind of racial injustice and people being shot and killed by bad cops. Had one incident where my husband was passing a stop sign and this patrol car came screaming up and seemed like he wasn't going to stop. I think it is possible he didn't see my husband. My husband said "Whoa. Stop sign." <as he pointed at the sign> The cop became irate and stared screaming at my hubby "I WAS GONNA STOP!!!" Like he screamed at him. My husband said what he said in a calm voice. My husband isn't like me. He is gentle and quiet. The cop was a jerk, and he was clearly in the wrong. It was a 25 mph zone and he was driving like a maniac. No lights. Had he blew that stop he would have killed my husband. My husband had the right of way. Here is the thing. Where I am at right now is that I honestly believe we are heading into being a fascist country. Our leaders seem to be using a playbook that scares the crud out of me. It should scare all of us.
    3 points
  24. A guy at the mill was a stripper, and a roid popping heavy weight lifter. His wangdoodle suffered from the roids, but it was a bit disconcerting to find him shaving in the shower, and down right uncomfortable if he asked you get that spot on his back for him....
    3 points
  25. Lots of wrong going on. I know it’s pissing you off, it pisses me off too but it’s a complex and dynamic situation. I wish I had a better answer but I don’t. Remember I walked away from my job as a cop 30 years ago due to a culture of violence I just couldn’t get on board with. I have been discussing police abuse for decades, I get it. Shit I was a part of it. But I can’t support some of the protest behavior either. Just a lot of wrong all around...
    3 points
  26. 3 points
  27. The Geneva Protocol does not allow the use of chemical agents but it also doesn’t specifically specify is CS or non lethal gassed can be used. The military has used CS gas in the past to quell violent protests and it was used to “smoke out” tunnels in Vietnam. We had CS in our inventory but as a soldier I never deployed it and I was in several riots. I find this point interesting (against the Geneva Protocol) as chemical agents used as a form of non lethal interventionist has been in use for decades. Please be careful with the labels here as not all police are fuckers just as not all protesters are rioters. Ever get hit in the head by a bottle? Ever have stones bounce off your shins? Ever have your leg bitten by a rioter? Yeah we gassed them, I guess I am a fucker and I’m good with it.
    3 points
  28. All y’all can kiss my ass.
    2 points
  29. @BuffJim / AKA DeathJim would never waste our time with crap like this.
    2 points
  30. Yeah, well, your state is on fire.
    2 points
  31. You are funny, Hip. But consistent.
    2 points
  32. 2 points
  33. Those two are idiots IMO because they paint over bricks. Who does that?!
    2 points
  34. Quite a lot of good insight there. I've had my doubts about the Taylor situation for a while. I don't buy into the "don't commit crimes and cops won't kill you" narrative, too many black folks I know have a FAR different experience. But in the Taylor case, there's a reason a warrant was being served there. And yes, one cop was stupid to fire randomly, he got charged. But (especially in today's no gray area society), after enough watching kids get shot in the park and guys having their neck knelt on for 8 minutes, anger lumps it all in together and muddies all reason. And when the party the protesters are angry at pretty much refuses to admit there's any issue, it reinforces the thinking to lump all actions in together. I heard a very good explanation of the Taylor decision last night on TV. Well reasoned. Had that been offered along with a very good explanation of how the Floyd situation was wrong and an outlier, perhaps it would be easier to not lump all of the incidents and cops together. If the police and police unions especially, would come out and admit they have a problem with a few of their members, it would become so much easier to identify the problem.
    2 points
  35. So does the grand jury revelation that is WAS NOT a no knock warrant and witness corroboration of that fact change anything. They knocked, they announced themselves. They forced entry and were fired upon. So the grand jury is wrong? They examined the evidence and reached a conclusion. I feel horrible for the young woman that died, but she was knowingly or unknowingly associating with criminals. Sometimes when you break the law, bad stuff happens. Inevitable. Are there bad cops, sure, but the culture has changed. Cops are getting gunned down in record numbers. I live in Dallas, where a cop I know from church was shot down along with half a dozen others at a "peaceful" protest. Can you blame the rank and file cop for being on edge when they never know if the call they are on is legit or if they are walking into an ambush? I fully support the right to gather and protest. Block traffic. Make your voice heard, but do not destroy property or take life or limb from another. There is a huge silent majority out there that will not speak up until voting day to make themselves heard. These protests are hurting the democratic or leftist chances in the coming elections.
    2 points
  36. It was better. We had real conversations. This place feels like we have real conversations. I do enjoy this place for that.
    2 points
  37. You have a sound meter? Can you use it to rate parr8ies?
    2 points
  38. You eat how you wanna eat. Go all in, you won’t enjoy the indulgence with more guilt than maple syrup. Unless you’re eating frozen French toast from a box with maple syrup made from corn. If so, you are dead to me already and your mother probably dressed you funny as a child.
    2 points
  39. Or since he is a wild animal take him to the rehabbers.
    2 points
  40. put in a plastic shopping bag, run over with car
    2 points
  41. Your title reminds me of seeing a poster yesrs ago called "Dive North Dakota" and was a pic of a guy in full scuba gear standing knee deep in a puddle in a field
    2 points
  42. Could I suggest Drugs.com as a good source of information. There are descriptions of most drugs and their side effects. Most importantly there is a computer like I/O that takes in lists of drugs and provides information on their interactions with each other.
    2 points
  43. I think Ralph and allice Kramden's digs were about right for a transit bus driver's salary in the 50s.
    2 points
  44. Parsley is a thug of a vegetable, telling us all it is imperative that we all buy it and have it on hand, wasting our money and calling us horrible names from within the fridge until we throw its rotting stench out. Bah, I spit on you, parsley!
    2 points
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