I have never been a social media person and it is weird to me that so many people put faith in someone who really doesn't know anything about what they are talking about. If @jolly talked to me about life skills and DIY skills, I would listen because of his experience and knowledge. If he started talking to me about some lady skin cream he recommends for no other reason other than he is getting paid by the skin cream company, then......... maybe not so much listen. But I guess that is advertising. Has been going on probably since there have been adverts.

India still hasn’t managed to eradicate the practice of sati, the ritual burning of widows on their deceased husband’s funeral pyre, nor enforce its prohibition under the country’s criminal code under a 1987 law. In 19 century British came close to ending the practice as described by Governor Charles Napier when Hindu priests met with him to complain about the British prohibition of the practice: Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs! Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice)

@Jolly said in The Mako: A stealth aircraft with a missile that's on you before you can react? Game changer. I also found it interesting that though the hard points defeat stealthiness, they can be used for specific missions. Otherwise, invisible.

@Jolly said in Talking about Musk's Tuxedo: It helps keep your spurs in place My riding boots had a spur ridge - though I never used, or needed, spurs. [image: 1713185888242-screenshot-2024-04-15-at-7.57.46-am.png] [image: 1713186607540-screenshot-2024-04-15-at-8.09.46-am.png]

Somewhat related. Defend yourself against your mother's sandal. https://x.com/AudreyStJames1/status/1779558050963013918

Me neither. We were riding 8’ swells in an Americas Cup boat. Me and Nelson were happy as clams and everybody else was turning green.

Well, Billy Joel’s 100th Madison Square show is on CBS. Pretty good.

@LuFins-Dad said in Quick! Smashburger Advice: Is this even a question? Did you seriously just ask if you should use bacon grease to fry a burger? Yes...much to my shame, I've never tried it. In point of fact, I have fried burgers only a few times. I don't have a wide spatula for smashing, so I read a tip - take some non-stick foil and wrap around the bottom of a saucepan. Use that to smash the burger. Worked really well. The downside is a lot of spatter and a lot of smoke. Now… How was it? I have a stovetop griddle that I used and they came out really nice. Only used salt and grilled onion. Oh, a piece of cheese as well. No ketchup, mustard or anything else.

If he is paying $288 million, is he going to be penalized for not paying his quarterly estimates?

@George-K said in "No one is above the law.": In New York, it's a felony to possess an unregistered firearm. Police took possession of E. Jean Carroll's unregistered gun after her testimony Police in New York took possession of a gun belonging to writer E. Jean Carroll in February after she said during testimony in her defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump that she had an unlicensed firearm at home, according to a police report obtained by NBC News. The chief of police in Warwick, New York, visited Carroll at her home on Feb. 15 “to discuss some open issues,” the report states, including Carroll’s disclosure of the handgun while she was on the witness stand Jan. 17. During the second day of the civil trial, Carroll had told the federal court in lower Manhattan that she kept a “high standard revolver, nine chambers” at home with ammunition. “By my bed,” she said. “I still do not have a license,” Carroll added. .22LR. Shot more than one. Lock her up!

@Mik said in It's Bunday!: Yours? Nah, I wish. A local farm's.

@Renauda said in Scarecrow?: This true? Not in my experience. https://askentomologists.com/2020/07/14/do-wasp-nest-decoys-work/ [image: 1713117062279-image.png]

We Were The Lucky Ones on Hulu is pretty good. So is Sugar, which I think is on Apple.

"Cadillac" Frank Salemme of the Boston mob used to live in the next town to ours - our kids used to go to the playground that was right around the corner (he'd moved out by that time) Very nondescript... [image: 1713105696268-f4e662b9-1fc9-44a6-8db4-72f01a1f738b-image.png]

@Jolly said in Vivek Speaks: Where have many of our highly touted job gains come from? Government, or government requirements. We have created a better-paying WPA, without the Depression part. And the public works projects…

The production of fake narratives has increased a enormously on TikTok as people get paid based on clicks. The quality of real acting is often quite good, let alone what is now and soon will be enabled by AI. And most have nothing to do with politics.

Happy birthday, George!