They're Japanese! Nothing else matters!

@Jolly said in Mark Bait: Went to George's funeral yesterday. (The guy who gave my buddy the Guild.) The wife played the music for the funeral, except for one song. They used a recording of Mr. George, where he sang on a country gospel song he had written. He also did all the instruments - the lead guitar was the Guild, along with mandolin and acoustic rhythm guitar. I'd never heard the man sing or play...God Bless him, he had talent. Nice.

@Jolly said in 10 Things: You get a mite of it down here, especially the whole Andy and pirate thing. Link to video

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-rejects-bayer-bid-nix-roundup-weedkiller-suits-2022-06-21/ Supreme Court rejected Bayer’s bid to dismiss legal claims by customers who contend its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. Separately, in Oregon: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/bayer-wins-fourth-roundup-weedkiller-case-us-2022-06-18/ Bayer won a separate lawsuit where an Oregonian alleged that the Roundup weed killer caused his cancer.

Congratulations!

@LuFins-Dad Why do you say that's a problem?

@George-K said in Sue the cops: It’s my understanding that the police are under no legal obligation to protect you. Actually the only public servant expected to risk their lives in the line of duty are military. Others, like police or fire fighters, are understood to have jobs that place them in riskier situations, but they are explicitly not expected to make conscious decisions that put their lives at risk in order to save someone else.

@Horace said in How's your weather?: I'm about to fly into triple digit TX heat, for the next several days. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!

It's the identity theft that's addressed by the article. What a nightmare for the person who has angry strangers showing up at their home wanting their new puppy or other merchandise. That's scary.

First PzH2000s have also been delivered today. From what I understand, that's a quite decent and modern piece of artillery. https://twitter.com/oleksiireznikov/status/1539225560588734466

It’s interesting how we got to watch differences in belief in free speech play out in our history at the piano forums. Some people prefer moderation by an authority, some don’t. And as it turns out, that preference is correlated with political preference. I know, shocking. Oh, and the corollary to comedians actually caring about free speech, is that people with no senses of humor can be trusted not to care too much. I hope there's no further questions which political side is currently the attractant for old buttoned down humorless mainstreamers.

Maybe post this on the Russian Oligarch Facebook group? Some people there may be in need of a new super yacht!!!

Had to look up a couple of what you listed. Zorb seems pretty cool I have roller skied before. Lots of fun. So, since I have tried it, I would recommend it.

@George-K Interesting read! Boy, when corruption is so deep, it is hard to remove. Who can you trust?

@Larry said in Who here thinks this stops at Ukraine?: The US is sending fighter jets to Poland to let Ukrainian pilots go to Poland and fly them back into Ukraine. Whether you agree with doing that or not, that is the US getting directly involved in a hot war with Russia. Also, since Poland is also a NATO member, this brings NATO into the war. This act alone makes NATO and the US both direct participants in a hot war between Russia and Ukraine, and now it's WWIII. Maybe it does according to Newsmax or RT, but not by the many decades of Cold War historical precedent. We armed each other’s enemies all the time.

Maaaaybe, if it was a real tall building and you could start the process from your apartment, it maybe worthwhile. Otherwise, yup, kind of dumb.