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- Sun May 05, 2024 3:32 am
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: Protests at Universities across the fruited plain
- Replies: 270
- Views: 5736
- Sat May 04, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
- Topic: Music Free-for-all
- Replies: 2202
- Views: 303876
Music Free-for-all
My question is - Who was the first guy to blow through a hollow stick, make a sound, and amaze the shit out of everyone standing around? My vote would go towards some Australian about 40 or 50 thousand years ago. But I suppose a case could be made that it was an African before that. https://youtu.b...
- Sat May 04, 2024 7:46 am
- Forum: Religion and Politics
- Topic: Religious Threadjacks
- Replies: 673
- Views: 94749
Religious Threadjacks
Correct and no such implication was implied.
When my one time house mate was a young girl, her family lived next door to the man who became the President of the of the church.
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:37 am
- Forum: Religion and Politics
- Topic: Religious Threadjacks
- Replies: 673
- Views: 94749
Religious Threadjacks
I can't find the statement now, but I thought I saw someone put forth the idea that the Original Colonists (the Mayflower mob) 'escaped persecution' in England to pursue "religious freedom". This is one of the great American Myths that we should have grown out of long ago. The only religio...
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:24 am
- Forum: Religion and Politics
- Topic: Religious Threadjacks
- Replies: 673
- Views: 94749
Religious Threadjacks
A quick check of stats suggests that the Catholic church is nowhere near as central to American life as it was 50 years ago. At this point I paused, blinked, read it again and burst out laughing. Are you serious? The LDS has been more central to American life than Catholics ever were. :snippity: Ya...
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:11 am
- Forum: Religion and Politics
- Topic: Religious Threadjacks
- Replies: 673
- Views: 94749
Religious Threadjacks
SHE!Sam the Centipede wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 5:10 amSo he had discount codes for the magic underwear?
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:01 am
- Forum: Religion and Politics
- Topic: Religious Threadjacks
- Replies: 673
- Views: 94749
Religious Threadjacks
One of my long ago roommates grew up next door to one of the LDS Presidents.
- Sat May 04, 2024 4:52 am
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: George Santos (R-NY) and his imaginative (but dishonest) résumé
- Replies: 1629
- Views: 196528
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:42 pm
- Forum: The Big Lie & Aftermath of The Former Guy
- Topic: TRUTH SOCIAL #PRAVDASOCIAL & Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) NASDAQ:DJT - SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp
- Replies: 1060
- Views: 71593
TRUTH SOCIAL #PRAVDASOCIAL & Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) NASDAQ:DJT - SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp
Queue Turnip blaming his accounting woes on these guys in 3...2...
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:36 pm
- Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
- Topic: Music Free-for-all
- Replies: 2202
- Views: 303876
Music Free-for-all
Time to rock it like it's 1499. https://youtu.be/W8DscJHxQ0w?si=MtOMKTD3kBxmor9c Talk about SCA!!! I loved the 'proto-trombone' - what's it actually called? And what are those reeded instruments? Surely not Oboes - (no valves, just finger holes) but maybe? I take it that thing on screen right is a ...
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:31 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: Protests at Universities across the fruited plain
- Replies: 270
- Views: 5736
Protests at Universities across the fruited plain
Not a SCAdian in the bunch. :rotflmao: I had a client, an engineer at Tektronics back when it still occupied the Beaverton campus, that was a SCA member. Huge dude. Six foot plus, well over 300lbs, had to drive a Dodge Powerwagon because it was the only thing that fit him. He said in his local club...
- Fri May 03, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: Protests at Universities across the fruited plain
- Replies: 270
- Views: 5736
Protests at Universities across the fruited plain
I reckon they are just making content for one of the 'best fails' channels.
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:52 am
- Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
- Topic: Another Shooting
- Replies: 2121
- Views: 125102
Another Shooting
neonzx wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 8:35 pmYou picked up that too, eh?raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 8:29 pm "The threat was 'neutralized'" - the threat was a 14yo boy. And he was killed.
This language disturbs me.
- Thu May 02, 2024 4:41 am
- Forum: Other weirdos
- Topic: #DeadBirthers Dead Birthers Gone to that Birth Certificate Registrar in the Sky
- Replies: 119
- Views: 10887
#DeadBirthers Dead Birthers Gone to that Birth Certificate Registrar in the Sky
- Wed May 01, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: George Santos (R-NY) and his imaginative (but dishonest) résumé
- Replies: 1629
- Views: 196528
George Santos (R-NY) and his imaginative (but dishonest) résumé
One of Australia's most famous satirist's (Barry Humphries RIP) most famous routines was to dress up in drag as Dame Edna.
He did other characters (male) too and was married with several kids. I never heard one person claim insult by Dame Edna.
He did other characters (male) too and was married with several kids. I never heard one person claim insult by Dame Edna.
- Wed May 01, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Up Here in Bathysphere (or wherever it is)
- Replies: 408
- Views: 33547
Up Here in Bathysphere (or wherever it is)
Condolences and respect to a fellow orphan.
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: Protests at Universities across the fruited plain
- Replies: 270
- Views: 5736
Protests at Universities across the fruited plain
FYI The mountain, Sentinel Peak, commonally called A-Mountain was 'vandalized' a hundred years ago when the 'A' was built. It is repainted at least once a year before football season starts. Sometimes more that once. Rival students from ASU try to paint it in ASU colors, maroon and urine, when the f...
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Foreign Countries and Culture
- Topic: Private Eye "Letters from Our Own Correspondent"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 262
Privite Eye "Letters from our own corrispondent"
Private Eye is a great magazine. Started in the sixties and has boasted some of the greatest political and satirical writers of the last 70 years.
It was started by Peter Cook, and included a lot of expat Australians like Barry Humphreys in the early days.
It was started by Peter Cook, and included a lot of expat Australians like Barry Humphreys in the early days.
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:59 am
- Forum: Computers and Internet
- Topic: The General thread for Computers And Internet
- Replies: 337
- Views: 46817
The General thread for Computers And Internet
:snippity: Pretty safe bet. Thorium reactors are practical now. But I dont know of any under developement (all nukes are too expensive), or operational (maybe in Italy?). China was supposed to bring on test reactor in 2021 in the Gobi desert but there is surprisingly little news available on it. Th...
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:52 am
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Birding
- Replies: 731
- Views: 187868
Birding
Or maybe a Norwegian Blue?
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
- Topic: Interesting Youtubes
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1151
Interesting Youtubes
:snippity: ETA: Here's another. A young native German speaker who thinks that some English words are better, not ugly like the German. I like that she speaks with an American English accent. I like "Shit Wing". Imma gonna start calling 'em that. She doesn't have an American accent - but s...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:05 pm
- Forum: Computers and Internet
- Topic: The General thread for Computers And Internet
- Replies: 337
- Views: 46817
The General thread for Computers And Internet
I am putting my money on thorium molten salt reactors becoming practical alternatives for uranium fueled high pressure water fusion reactors first (i. e. before quantum computing and fusion are practical.) Pretty safe bet. Thorium reactors are practical now. But I dont know of any under developemen...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: Protests at Universities across the fruited plain
- Replies: 270
- Views: 5736
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:53 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Poor Ol' Rooster
- Replies: 1668
- Views: 93462
Poor Ol' Rooster
And of course there is plenty of opportunity for you indulge your favourite beachside pastime...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:43 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Poor Ol' Rooster
- Replies: 1668
- Views: 93462
Poor Ol' Rooster
I have returned. Good vacation, even if it did beat the crap out of me. I drove home 5 hours and I needed a bit of rest (and one last cuppa), but I recovered fully, put everything away, did my laundry, reinstalled my main laptop with all the peripherals, and charged up all my tech. Few more vacatio...