@George-K said in Painting the screen: @Jolly said in Painting the screen: About toddlers...They make firescreens that are one piece and lay flat. It can be a very simple job to place a clip or something that would snug them up and not allow a child to pull them off. Besides, as somebody who heats with wood, I can tell you that kids will shy away from a hot stove (you have to make sure they can't stumble into the front or side). Over the years, I don't think I've had but one of them burn a finger (just a touch burn, not bad) and after that, they avoided the stove like a cat avoids bath water. That's right. In our house we had a wood-burning fireplace (outside air fed) that put out about 70-80K BTU. It heated the entire downstairs, and with ceiling fans, it saved a lot on gas. In that house, I had heating bills >$500/month more times than I care to remember. The kids never touched it, other than to note that it was hot. Now, G2 stays respectfully away. Of course, that might also be because there's a cat lying in front of it. A very large cat?

Yeah, but GM and Ford are betting the house that EV is the total wave of the future. Who in the hell runs these companies?

@Doctor-Phibes said in Only the best people: @George-K said in Only the best people: @Catseye3 said in Only the best people: Although a woman named Trashelle shouldn't have been but so surprised. Post of the day. What a bizarre name to give your daughter. They named their son post of the year. They always did like him better.

I never even heard of "sons" and "daughters" days until this week. What the actual hell? Anyway, here's another. [image: 1664455163805-309383643_180368657849429_6363405842638957562_n.jpg]

@Klaus said in Hey George: https://www.orient-express.com/la-dolce-vita/ Nice. No prices listed on the website - at least none that I could find. "Reservations: Opening Soon." That photo is a bit deceptive. A US superliner is 3.1 meters wide, and I'd assume European trains are similar. Allowing a corridor (to the left) of 1 meter's width, you're down to 2.1 meters across the space that the photo shows. It's a lot narrower than it looks. On US trains, the bedroom's bed is positioned 90 degrees to travel direction, IOW across the car. There's enough room for a 6 foot person to sleep in it, and a very narrow (8" closet) at the foot. From the website, it looks like this is one of those "excursion" things, where the goal is travel by night, then tour by the day. I'm not much into "touring," but the accommodations look wonderful. There is a similar concept in Canada - the Rocky Mountaineer. "Train by Day, Hotel by Night." In the Canadian Rockies, you want to be awake on the train! There are any number of private railcar owners who hook up onto Amtrak's train that provide a similar service - total luxury for your trip. The costs for sleeper are roughly double what you'd pay on Amtrak. I'm not sure if I want to pay twice the price for better meals and prettier surroundings.

Yeah, I dont think that any parents told their kids - "I hope you grow up to be poor." LOL

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It’s better to forget about the death of a prominent colleague sooner?

Fondly brings to mind Larry and his dial up connection.

@jon-nyc said in Mr. Biden would like to rename the Braves: They’ll always be the Redskins to me. And the Colts will always be from Baltimore. And Tampa and Seattle are the new teams. Tennessee and Jacksonville and Carolina don’t even have teams and the Houston team is the oilers. Actually, the Oilers became the Titans… I’m surprised Houston fans didn’t push to get the Oilers name back from the Titans the same way Cleveland got back the Browns name from Baltimore.

@Jolly said in Strong Dollar: More money for China. Or hopefully, India. Uh uh … fewer of our Dollars (be it printed currency or electronic ledger entries) for more of their physical goods and labor.

What is this Facebook of which y'all speak?