We used to say ‘he couldn’t sell pussy on a troopship’. If we had to clean it up it was ‘couldn’t sell beer…’

The opposite was ‘he could sell brass knuckles to Ghandi’

@Doctor-Phibes said in Worth considering.:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Worth considering.:

Totally unrelated but what was your grade school's art department budget like?

It was fine, but I was told my paintings were awful when I was 5. That last bit's actually true. The fact that I very clearly remember it happening is interesting. I should pay for therapy so that I can blame everything on my primary school teacher.

Wow. 😄 You were 5, what a ridiculous thing to say to a 5-year-old.

Here's some fun society-wide cognitive dissonance for you:

Every single possible way to make, spend or transfer money throughout the world requires creative writing and visual messaging. Every single freaking thing.

And yet nobody gives a shit if their kid doesn't do all that great or even refuses to take art and creative writing courses. Nobody tells their kid, "okay, fine, you got that A in math but what's with this C in art? What's up with that?"

We're pretty damn good at scooping up the STEM stars. But there are shitloads of kids out there who suck at physics but could easily become successful videographers, illustrators, writers, motion graphic designers or sound engineers and don't because the world tells them not to take any of that stuff seriously.

And it's the other half the entire fucking economy.

@mark said in The Pee Tape:

Surely you're joking!

I'm not joking, I'm Aqua.

And don't call me Shirley.

Why do people tweet????

(And if they do, thinking that deleting it will somehow magically remove it from the internet forever.)

I dont think this is malpractice. Bad judgement when he went to the hospital, but not sure if it is malpractice.

😂

@jon-nyc said in Mike Speaks:

I guess campaigning on a premeditated plan to impeach

Letitia smiled.

Typical doofus

@Jolly said in It's ok to be itty-bitty...:

Didn't Google take those over?

Haven't looked. I use to subscribe to Giganews for Usenet access. Dropped my subscription years ago.

@George-K said in Link?:

We've been chasing the "amyloid deposit" r

Yes, this is a very interesting puzzle, most of it goes over my head.

The guys with the big money placed most of it on amyloid research.

But there are people who say this:

Dr. Daniel Alkon, a longtime NIH neuroscientist who started a company to develop an Alzheimer’s treatment, is even more emphatic: “If it weren’t for the near-total dominance of the idea that amyloid is the only appropriate drug target,” he said, “we would be 10 or 15 years ahead of where we are now.”

https://www.statnews.com/2019/06/25/alzheimers-cabal-thwarted-progress-toward-cure/

Then there is this:

The amyloid hypothesis drama

In AD, brain cells are dying. Additionally, a protein fragment called beta amyloid is building up on the exterior of brain cells. Some believe that amyloid buildup is a primary disease mechanism—it’s killing the cells and/or interfering with the transmission of information between cells.  But other researchers I’ve spoken with believe amyloid is a byproduct of the disease process with no real consequence of its own.

Other authorities propose that amyloid plaques are actually a natural protective feature for the cells intended to defend against microbes and toxins.

https://www.amazon.com/Beating-Dementia-Monster-impairment-Alzheimers-ebook/dp/B08D3HDJ4B/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dementia+monster&sr=8-1

@89th said in The Million-mile Tesla:

2004? You mean 2014...

Yes. My bad.

So yes, 2008 is 15 years ago. Quite the round-up to say nearly two decades, something you can say for the next 5 years!

Enjoy!

I'm just glad MLK's vision of a colorblind society is finally kicking in.

Very interesting story.

Yup, good to have a local hard drive backup.

The minds that thought this up ...

Apple didn't fall far from the tree. We had Christmas with part of the family at Thanksgiving. Her 84 year-old mother came in with nine, count 'em, nine deserts.

@George-K said in Chinese Cheap Chic:

@Jolly said in Chinese Cheap Chic:

It's not a motorcycle, it's a motorscooter.

Yeah, I know.

The injuries at 35 mph are so much less severe than at 65 mph.

No thanks.

No worse than a mild wreck gettin' throwed off a buckin' bull...