Random Thoughts or Whatever

[SuperjazzyJa]

Redundancy:

Why do people refer to a water heater as "hot" water heater? If the water was already hot, it wouldn't need to be heated.

Why can't people say "ATM" WITHOUT saying "machine" afterward? ATM stands for Automatic Teller Machine. So the "M" in ATM stands for "machine". If you say "ATM machine", you're saying Automatic Teller Machine machine. Why is impossible for a person to just say "ATM" and stop. Worse yet, when I say "ATM", a lot of people will say "an ATM machine?" To which I reply "No, I need to find an ATM." They look at me confused.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Thank you.
That's very kind of you to say.

You're very welcome.

 

[BOUXY]

Better to have been a "Has Been" then a "Never Was"

 

[BOUXY]

To be or not to be,well you never was!

 

[Pio1980]

How many brazillians in a cotillion?

 

[reddodge053]

hmm ketschup or mayonnaise on fries

 

[Pio1980]

hmm ketschup or mayonnaise on fries

Both, together.

 

[SolderIron]

i notice that I am very talented in not getting anything done.

 

[egellings]

Eighties-the big hair ME decade.

 

[45rpmspinner]

I've decided that any gathering of more than two attorneys, even just for social reasons, should be termed "a grueling of lawyers".
I realize that means using an adjective as a noun, but it fits the situation.

 

[highvoltage_]

I just found out, like, five seconds ago, that VINCE GILL is a member of The Eagles.

WHEN THE "F" DID THAT HAPPEN?

2017. After Glenn Frey's passing in 2016, Gill and Glenn's son Deacon joined up.

 

[Shominy]

Both, together.

Nooooo!
Bloody pus.

 

[Shominy]

Better to have been a "Has Been" then a "Never Was"

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.

Out of the blue and into the black
You pay for this, but they give you that
And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black.

The king is gone but he's not forgotten
Is this the tale of Johnny rotten?
It's better to burn out than fade away
The king is gone but he's not forgotten.

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.

 

[Mystic]

 

[Mystic]

The M-1 Abrams tank’s fuel efficiency isn’t calculated in miles per gallon but in gallons per mile ... and that's 2 to 3.

 

[Mystic]

Everyone wants to a be war strategist. Thing is, there’s scarcely been a war strategy that’s worked according to plan since the Napoleonic campaigns.

 

[Mystic]

“A people, who, secure in their own homes, permit their rulers to carry devastation and death into the homes of another people, assuredly deserve little respect no matter how loudly they may boast of their liberty-loving spirit.”

- James Connolly

 

[Mystic]

A recently introduced bill in the state of Iowa would allow 14 to 17-year-olds to work in mining, meatpacking, demolition, guillotine shearing, and other dangerous jobs. The bill would also allow kids as young as 14 1/2 to drive themselves to work.

What in the Dickens...?

(Pssst.. can they come to France and clean my chimney?)

 

[Mystic]

According to the World Inequality Database (2021), the percentage of wealth owned by the top 1 percent, ranked most to least, in 28 countries:

Russia: 48%
Mexico: 47%
Turkey: 37%
Estonia: 33%
Hungary: 33%
US: 32%
Switzerland: 31%
Poland: 30%
Germany: 29%
Latvia: 29%
Ukraine: 28%
Sweden: 28%
France: 27%
Austria: 27%
Canada: 26%
Portugal: 26%
Greece: 24%
Spain: 24%
Romania: 24%
Lithuania: 24%
Norway: 23%
Ireland: 23%
Italy: 22%
Denmark: 22%
United Kingdom: 21%
Finland: 19%
Netherlands: 19%
Belgium: 18%

 

[Mystic]

^^^ PS: The poor Belgians... they never get anything right.