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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: Governors & State Elections
- Topic: Still not 'duly elected' ... anything -- Kari Lake, TFG Endorsee
- Replies: 2681
- Views: 190073
Still not 'duly elected' ... anything -- Kari Lake, TFG Endorsee
Basically the same story, from WaPost (gift link): https://wapo.st/4bjywO5
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
- Replies: 145
- Views: 3978
2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Yesterday NPR's "All Things Considered" interviewed a biologist that did a study of how animals at the Fort Worth zoo reacted during the eclipse: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246682967/animals-are-stressed-during-eclipses-but-not-for-the-reason-you-think It's a 4 minutes listen, or you ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Rest In Peace
- Replies: 1520
- Views: 213098
Rest In Peace
Terry Anderson, the journalist who was held hostage in Lebanon from 1985-1991, has died following complications from heart surgery. He was 76.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68871753
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68871753
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:39 pm
- Forum: Climate Change
- Topic: Housing
- Replies: 17
- Views: 934
Housing
That's fascinating (and nauseating). off topic: Side question. I don't like watching a video without some sense of how long it's going to last. I can't figure out how to do that with an embedded Tiktok video, because they don't have a progress bar. Is there a workaround? Same question for Facebook ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
- Replies: 145
- Views: 3978
2024 Total Solar Eclipse
The red dot at the bottom of the total eclipse that some of us saw is explained here (the 2nd video on the page): https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/solar-eclipse-2024/what-was-that-red-spot-at-the-bottom-of-the-sun-during-the-total-solar-eclipse It's called a solar prominence, and it's ...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:21 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
- Replies: 145
- Views: 3978
2024 Total Solar Eclipse
I was in Lima OH and it was perfect. At around 30% I took our extra eclipse glasses to some contractors across the street and they went from “oh is that happening?” To “Hey look at that!” And of course totality was amazing- we heard yells and applause all around the neighborhood. Oh and we saw the r...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: Science
- Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
- Replies: 145
- Views: 3978
2024 Total Solar Eclipse
A little late IMO, but Time magazine has an eclipse display where you enter your zip code to see the predicted event:
https://time.com/6963248/total-solar-ec ... -view-2024
https://time.com/6963248/total-solar-ec ... -view-2024
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: The Funny
- Topic: Clueless Youth Struggle With Old Technology & Stuff We Grew Up With
- Replies: 271
- Views: 91120
Clueless Youth Struggle With Old Technology & Stuff We Grew Up With
When I was in high school - I think a freshman - the math teacher had a giant slide rule hanging over the chalkboard and he did a few lessons on how to use it. Then the next year we got a group discount on multi-function calculators - they ADDED, SUBTRACTED, MULTIPLIED and DIVIDED! They were $60 if ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Worst of the Right-Wing Pieholes
- Topic: Charles "Charlie" J. Kirk, Turning Point USA #TPUSA
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13183
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:33 pm
- Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
- Topic: It sucks growing old
- Replies: 1200
- Views: 422052
It sucks growing old
Thanks, everyone, for your condolences. I have spent the last couple days working on a slideshow to show at my dad's visitation on Monday. Not so many pictures of him and his own children (since he usually held the camera), but lots and lots of him with his 7 grandkids and 9 great grands! Here is my...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:58 am
- Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
- Topic: It sucks growing old
- Replies: 1200
- Views: 422052
It sucks growing old
I lost my dad tonight. He was doing so well in the memory care facility, but on Wednesday he fell and hit his head. My mom and her caregiver were there with him, so it was just a freak accident. He was out for a few minutes, so they took him to the ER. They did a CT scan and determined he had 2 smal...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Dogs!
- Replies: 1367
- Views: 127901
Dogs!
The woman who does senior caregiving for my mother raises Weimaraners. Want to see what a Weimaraner carrying 16 puppies looks like? Preggo.JPG They lost 2 at birth and 2 shortly after. So here's the 12 remaining: Puppies.JPG I was told the "stripes" are actually folds in the skin. She has...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:38 pm
- Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
- Topic: It sucks growing old
- Replies: 1200
- Views: 422052
It sucks growing old
...I hope your sister has a good outcome. I never heard of it. I have never heard of it either. The doctor told my sister "don't google it" but I did - and apparently Justin Bieber had it last May. The pictures he posted look a lot like what my sister's face looked like. (I just checked m...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
- Topic: It sucks growing old
- Replies: 1200
- Views: 422052
It sucks growing old
I spent Friday afternoon and evening in an emergency room with my sister. She has been sick since MLK day - strep, ear infection, that cough/cold that's going around... you name it. (She's 64 and a special ed teacher, and is exposed to EVERYTHING.) Since she was experiencing vertigo, I drove her to...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: True Heroes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 289
True Heroes
Oh, I'm literally sobbing - the bravery of that man!
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:35 pm
- Forum: Computers and Internet
- Topic: SCAMS!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6296
SCAMS!
I almost didn't watch this episode because I didn't want to watch them butchering actual pigs. I have never heard the term before. It sounds a lot like a "catfishing" scheme except for the amount of money involved. I can't imagine investing that kind of money without going through my inves...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: AGOTX - Warren Kenneth “Ken” Paxton Junior
- Replies: 308
- Views: 88198
AGOTX - Warren Kenneth “Ken” Paxton Junior
Gift link from Washington Post regarding the request:
https://wapo.st/49VmWYu
https://wapo.st/49VmWYu
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:26 pm
- Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
- Topic: It sucks growing old
- Replies: 1200
- Views: 422052
It sucks growing old
I have vasovagal syncope. All my life. This sounds quite different. Notably the unbendable knees part. It's a fear/panic reaction to a trigger, and it is not controllable. Just fainting due to lack of blood flow to the head (vagus nerve spasms and inhibits blood flow). It does not last, once you li...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
- Topic: Fashion!
- Replies: 444
- Views: 130185
Fashion!
I guess I don't usually have a problem with women getting augmented breasts, but, geez, it seems like you would want them lifelike, not appearing as if you had two grapefruit halves glued to your front. :cantlook: The fabulous and opinionated Tom and Lorenzo call them "baby heads" :lol:
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
- Topic: It sucks growing old
- Replies: 1200
- Views: 422052
It sucks growing old
Got a call from the memory care where my dad is (93, been there since Jan 10). He was eating, then his head dipped down - they thought he was praying. That is, until he threw his head back, his eyes rolled back, and he was OUT. They tried to get him to walk but he couldn't (he can normally manage wi...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: Law and Lawsuits
- Topic: X -Where Twitter goes to die.
- Replies: 2798
- Views: 245288
X -Where Twitter goes to die.
Lately I've been followed by many accounts with photos of scantily clad women and no profile or tweets, but that like random replies of mine to other accounts. Bots been busy. That happened to me back in November. Back then I posted: Lately I have picked up at least 50 followers who follow thousand...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
- Topic: What are you watching?
- Replies: 1712
- Views: 191695
What are you watching?
I watched the first episode of (season 2 of) "Feud". This season is subtitled "Capote Vs. The Swans". It's about a public feud between Truman Capote and a group of socialites in the mid 60s. I wasn't planning to watch until I heard an interview with Molly Ringwald on "Fresh ...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Titan Submersible Vessel
- Replies: 221
- Views: 19488
Titan Submersible Vessel
I just noticed that ABC is having a special "Truth and Lies - Fatal Dive to the Titanic" TODAY (Thursday 2/8) at 8-10pm Eastern time. If you miss it, they might show it on Hulu
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Rest In Peace
- Replies: 1520
- Views: 213098
Rest In Peace
On the Late Show last night:
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
- Topic: It sucks growing old
- Replies: 1200
- Views: 422052
It sucks growing old
I spent Friday afternoon and evening in an emergency room with my sister. She has been sick since MLK day - strep, ear infection, that cough/cold that's going around... you name it. (She's 64 and a special ed teacher, and is exposed to EVERYTHING.) Since she was experiencing vertigo, I drove her to ...