@Mik said in Caption contest. Air Equus edition.: Over to the right you can see a person standing up. I wonder if he's there for the duration of the flight. He's probably just doing the safety presentation.

@Jolly I posted the RT offer when it came out. The Russian State TV offer was new to me. Your guy is very popular in the Kremlin. They must have a thing for Principled Truth Tellers over there.

@Jolly said in Vaccine Side Effects: Yet, it is undeniable some people have had some nasty side effects from the vaccine. Yes, and it is undeniable that some people have had some nasty side effects from NOT getting the vaccine. (Like dying!!!). :eek

@Aqua-Letifer Very interesting and beautiful pictures.

It will be interesting to see if they can finally come up with a "root" cause of this.

@George-K said in Hay Cast! Your "I got yer alarm clock right here" post of the day.: In the comments: Him 4 hours later. [image: 1682767933011-image.png] Exactly. I hate living next to roosters!

OOPS! https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/1652867704066326534?s=20

@Axtremus said in Meanwhile, in New York...: @Doctor-Phibes , I once visited an underground coal mine and had long talks with the engineers there. One safety engineer, in particular, went into all sorts of spark prevention safety measures that they had to take with just about every piece of electronic they are allowed to take into the mine. It was quite eye opening. That's my job. Intrinsic safety. You limit the energy to levels that won't cause an ignition. Coal mining is a little different, as the underground aspect causes additional hazards, but the concepts are the same. The alternative method is to put the electronics in an explosionproof enclosure (i.e. a big metal box), that prevents an explosion from spreading, but that's a little unsophisticated, as are the people who do it.

Depends on what one needs to do. In agrarian societies it seems people have to get up early and start work early else the day gets too hot for outdoor work. So, circadian cycle or not, teenagers or not, you get up early else work does not get done. For the most part we are not an agrarian society anymore but old habits mislabeled as virtue still telling us that getting up early is good. But more practically, we are limited by transportation and childcare. Grownups have to get to work, so children have to be dropped off (or at least picked up from the house) before grownups start working. For certain age range, school takes on the childcare function. Add transportation time and the desire to avoid adding more buses to “rush hour” and voila, school age children has to get up early and get onto school buses early, circadian rhythm be damned. Local high schoolers (some of them, anyway) have been advocating for later school start time. They have been at it for years, but has yet to succeed. The pandemic has mixed things up a bit, showing us some alternatives. Maybe that will shake somethings loose for the high schooler’s plight. :man-shrugging:

You bet! [image: 1682897931214-c45eb3a3-5efe-4e44-b857-cc9818a887b7-resized.jpeg]

Defenders win and will be playing Arlington in San Antonio for the XFL Championship. I notice the XFL has had better attendence than the USFL. I also suspect - unless there is a non-compete clause - several XFL players migrating to the USFL to finish out their season, unless they get signed to a NFL contract.

Vanity, all is vanity.

The old-line liberals are getting an education, aren't they?

You have to have some sort of rudder. Pick any one you like, I suspect they’d have more flaws than ours.

@jon-nyc said in Damn. 37 month streak broken.: Very faintly detected. Hopefully I’ll be negative by the morning. Tomorrow is day 15. Symptoms mostly resolved on day 3. I guess my immunosuppressants are working. [image: 1682884997072-img_7394.jpeg] Yep. Be glad they are...