Random Thoughts or Whatever
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SolderIron
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kryten79
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I just lost three, or was it FOUR days trying to buy kitchen appliances. Wait times of up to 18 months were heard. Some stores closed on Saturday and/or Sunday. Rude clerks on the phone, etc. etc. WTH happened to American production capability??? OH, and many manufacturers do not offer white (and yes, it's so consumers can't mix and match brands). I might have had more luck asking for avacado or tangerine.
Erik Tracy
Everyone's happy when the wizard walks by
Real and planned Earth orbit space stations compared
Pio1980
AK Member
I've imagined Paula Poundstone in a typically unguarded moment stating that gangsta rap will get NPR coverage when one of them gets harpsichord to rhyme with motherf#&%er.
One of her funniest bits was during an on-stage live broadcast when the topic was a Ronald Reagan quote involving the difficulty of something being akin to defecating a watermelon, and, catching sight of the deaf interpreter signing it, she drove it into the ground riffing on it with her stage partner Adam Felder. Unfortunately, NPR wouldn't pair them again on air because of the otherwise hilarious skit-stealing lengthy diversion.
https://paulapoundstone.com/podcast/
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Pio1980
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Remember the first time you heard your voice played back on a recording?They (the sound experts) say that we will never ever hear really hear what we sound like when we speak.
Hmmmmmmmm?
Q
Fwiw, analogue hearing aids sound like that, the modern digital jobbies don't.
HRH Queen Elizabeth hears her own voice on the telephone - Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, 1959
CoogarXR
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Random thought this morning- Your gut feelings about people can be wrong.
I have been buying and selling for a LONG time. I can smell a bullshitter a mile away. I had a meetup set for this morning, and dude passed the BS test with flying colors, and he ghosted me. I am kinda surprised. Like I said, I am pretty good at this by now, and I rarely get stood up anymore without kinda seeing it coming. This one surprised me so much that I kinda wonder if something happened to the guy.
I have been buying and selling for a LONG time. I can smell a bullshitter a mile away. I had a meetup set for this morning, and dude passed the BS test with flying colors, and he ghosted me. I am kinda surprised. Like I said, I am pretty good at this by now, and I rarely get stood up anymore without kinda seeing it coming. This one surprised me so much that I kinda wonder if something happened to the guy.
Quadman2
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Good pts made, CXR.
One of random thought I've had in the way of meeting people and "gut" feelings is: Within the first few moments of meeting someone, your basic take/opinion of someone doesn't change.
I've struggled with this initial take on people!
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Erik Tracy
Everyone's happy when the wizard walks by
California Citizens urged to get hamster wheels for recharging their EVs to not stress the power grid
Quadman2
Lunatic Member
Makes ya wish you were an orthopedic surgeon upon seeing this character in the "hamster wheel".
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Mystic
We're all born mad
Meme material thar.
Mystic
We're all born mad
Okay, so a friend in (Krasnodar) Russia sent me the link to the YT page of one of her students, a boy of 10. After having watched several, I'm thinking this kid is not human, but an alien life form that's assumed a human form.
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAfboET9y5TietXLmD-yJRg/featured
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAfboET9y5TietXLmD-yJRg/featured
Lord Patrick
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Lord Patrick
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And here's some grainy footage of Top of the Pops with the shy, retiring young scamp doing the Can Can.
If you picture yourself like an imposing statue in the park, remember pigeons are a thing.
