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- Yesterday, 18:07
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: OFFS: The Forsakening
- Replies: 7433
- Views: 438906
Re: OFFS: The Forsakening
I don't know what first amendment exemption applies to things like that, though whatever it is, I hope it wouldn't stretch so far as to allow a law like this to pass.(Insert disclaimer about how I think it would be a good idea, but don't think it should be enforced by law.) ‽‽‽‽‽‽‽ Huh? Why would y...
- Yesterday, 17:01
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: OFFS: The Forsakening
- Replies: 7433
- Views: 438906
Re: OFFS: The Forsakening
Honestly, on reflection, if the net effect of such a law was that a department store simply stopped separating boys' and girls' clothing into two different store locations and stopped identifying clothing items as specifically for boys or girls, I don't see the big deal. That's not to say I think t...
- 25 Feb 2021, 21:27
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: No Sandwich is Safe: The Joe Biden Presidency
- Replies: 138
- Views: 3794
Re: No Sandwich is Safe: The Joe Biden Presidency
Wasn't Trump the one who was going to start a war with Iran? U.S. bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were in retaliation for a rock...
- 24 Feb 2021, 19:20
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Corona(virus)? ITS NOT EVEN BEER DAMMIT!!!
- Replies: 1563
- Views: 130819
Re: Corona(virus)? ITS NOT EVEN BEER DAMMIT!!!
I suspect the north v. south covid dichotomy is due to the same reason European diseases wrecked American Indian populations far worse than American Indian diseases wrecked Europeans (yeah, syphilis was nasty back in the day, but it never did and never could result in Captain Trips-level population...
- 23 Feb 2021, 17:15
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: This is the thread for people who died, died.
- Replies: 2858
- Views: 274156
- 23 Feb 2021, 17:12
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: No Sandwich is Safe: The Joe Biden Presidency
- Replies: 138
- Views: 3794
Re: No Sandwich is Safe: The Joe Biden Presidency
I suppose the First Circle of Hell is preferable to the Ninth Circle.thoreau wrote: ↑23 Feb 2021, 14:41That's fair.Eric the .5b wrote: ↑23 Feb 2021, 14:10 This merits distrustful watching, but it looks like an improvement to me.
- 22 Feb 2021, 16:57
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Petty annoyances
- Replies: 10143
- Views: 705749
Re: Petty annoyances
My issue is ready to transfer to the "good things" thread. I walked into the office, paperwork in hand, and was quickly taken into the billing office. She already had checked my account, remembered speaking to me, and apologized for everything. After a few hours, she sent me a zero balance due rece...
- 22 Feb 2021, 12:49
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Random covid-19 observations
- Replies: 1051
- Views: 112915
- 21 Feb 2021, 10:44
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Petty annoyances
- Replies: 10143
- Views: 705749
Re: Petty annoyances
Welp...they billed me for the redo. Now they want $1165 from me. And they applied my payment of $265 to this bill instead of the one they sent to collections. To top it all off, my insurance EOB says I only owe $325, even if I were going to pay it. So...what type of lawyer am I looking for? Malprac...
- 18 Feb 2021, 15:57
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Small joys and random good things
- Replies: 133
- Views: 61662
- 18 Feb 2021, 15:54
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Small joys and random good things
- Replies: 133
- Views: 61662
- 18 Feb 2021, 15:42
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Small joys and random good things
- Replies: 133
- Views: 61662
Re: Small joys and random good things
I'm listening to the podcast of the landing of the Perservence lander on Mars.
6 minutes to mars.
6 minutes to mars.
- 18 Feb 2021, 12:59
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Towing the Lion
- Replies: 2073
- Views: 231710
Re: Towing the Lion
From a thread about Johannes Kepler:
Plutonic solids to be more exact he thought that geometry was part of the solar system and there were 5 astronomical bodies discovered at that time so he thought that the 5 plutonic solids would match up.
- 17 Feb 2021, 22:28
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Observations of the Random sort
- Replies: 9333
- Views: 529426
Re: Observations of the Random sort
Everything was way more expensive back then. Remember my " historically rich " game? I still play it, almost unconsciously/automatically, anytime I read any well-done, well-detailed piece of historical fiction or non-fiction. I've been trying to make a modern price comparison of sorts -- I've been ...
- 17 Feb 2021, 16:02
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Putin on the Writs
- Replies: 1268
- Views: 136852
Re: Putin on the Writs
Putin says Russia needs to safeguard parliamentary elections from foreign meddling
Well, Russia probably knows more about the risks than any other country.
Well, Russia probably knows more about the risks than any other country.
- 17 Feb 2021, 12:52
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: This is the thread for people who died, died.
- Replies: 2858
- Views: 274156
- 16 Feb 2021, 16:03
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: How's the weather? v. 1.1
- Replies: 3589
- Views: 280393
Re: How's the weather? v. 1.1
All of you suffering from the mid-continent cold snap have my sympathies. Cold is very hard to handle, especially when you are not used to it. Wishing you all the best.
The only advice I can offer is: Multiple thin layers of clothing keeps you warmer than a single thick layer.
The only advice I can offer is: Multiple thin layers of clothing keeps you warmer than a single thick layer.
- 15 Feb 2021, 11:19
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: The Well-Dressed Man
- Replies: 1596
- Views: 107557
Re: The Well-Dressed Man
So, the German muckity-mucks wore steampunk helmets. Interesting. Pickelhaube is the term you want to Google here. They ranged from fairly simple 'army helmet with a spike' to seriously Flash-Gordon-looking things. Fun fact: the US Army dress uniform in the late 1900s included a pickelhaube, as doe...
- 15 Feb 2021, 11:14
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Observations of the Random sort
- Replies: 9333
- Views: 529426
- 14 Feb 2021, 11:59
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: How's the weather? v. 1.1
- Replies: 3589
- Views: 280393
Re: How's the weather? v. 1.1
Victoria had a snowstorm (~15 cm) yesterday, so naturally the city is paralyzed.* It's still falling, but supposed to turn to rain in the next 24 hours, making a nice slushy mess. I've shovelled the walk three times already, but am not going to drive anywheres until the streets are in better shape. ...
- 14 Feb 2021, 11:33
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Observations of the Random sort
- Replies: 9333
- Views: 529426
Re: Observations of the Random sort
In the United Kingdom, that factually lies with the Prime Minister as well as the Letters of Last Resort.
- 13 Feb 2021, 11:48
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Light laffs
- Replies: 6186
- Views: 466245
- 12 Feb 2021, 00:19
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: The Well-Dressed Man
- Replies: 1596
- Views: 107557
- 11 Feb 2021, 22:01
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Petty annoyances
- Replies: 10143
- Views: 705749
Re: Petty annoyances
Enraged and need to vent! These fuckers had the nerve to send me to collections and there will be hell to pay. Of course I didn't open the mail until the office was closed. I had an upper GI and colonoscopy last year, paying about $4k out of pocket. Problem wasn't resolved so they wanted to do a ca...
- 11 Feb 2021, 11:47
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: PS 411
- Replies: 283
- Views: 36944