@doctor-phibes said in Again, I ask: Why the helmet?: @aqua-letifer said in Again, I ask: Why the helmet?: That's because you're British AF. Anyway, vengeance was mine. We came to a hill, and he clearly wasn't quite as big an expert as he'd thought, I actually passed his $2500 road-bike on my $500 Schwinn. That's really the best thing.

I think it's a narrow window. Brady has defied all odds by being as good as he is, as old as he is. He took a page out of his New England playbook, and took a hometown discount for the Bucs, then demanded the franchise go out and get the best talent they could afford. Much of that talent is older and will be gone in two years. Maybe less. Some of the talent is longer lasting...Devon White is a generational linebacker. But Tampa Bay, which had been drafting early in the rounds, will now be drafting late. That makes a difference, long term, unless the front office is very, very good. But for now, they have talent. Secondly, Brady is one of the few QB's that could tell Coach Bruce Ariens to go get screwed. His "no-risk-it-no-biscuit" offense darn near ruined Jameis Winston. (Winston this year has 12TD's/3INT, his QB rating is 20 points higher and his TD% has doubled, under Sean Payton) Brady imported his old offense from New England last year during the season and the Buc's offense took off. It's a very good team. Not perfect, but very good.

@catseye3 said in Things that make you LOL: Here's his pic: [image: 1634054426890-d7b510bf-ac84-4173-989a-8baacf7c383b-image.png] It's true, a picture really is worth a thousand words. You can tell just by looking at him what a kind-hearted softie he is -- with a soul-deep encompassing love in his heart for all living things. You really can’t tell anything, but some combination of photo selection and preconceived notions can work magic. Just ask every biased media outlet ever.

Love Texas red chili.

I just knew this would be fun.

And we were energy independent.

Interesting. Further down in the thread...Most of us with a lick of common sense figured out COVID was transmissible by droplet and aerosol a long time ago.

@axtremus said in We have a new letter to add to the LGBTQXYZ acronym!: @doctor-phibes said in We have a new letter to add to the LGBTQXYZ acronym!: Personally, I have zero clue what happens after I die. ... And neither does anybody else. Eternal supply of good beer and great sex in the afterlife. I hate to break it to you, but if you can't get laid while you're alive, you're not going to suddenly start getting laid when you're dead.

What he could do, is do the plot outline and then hire a decent writer to "co-write" the books.

The "luxury beliefs" idea is a brilliant way to think about high status leftist culture. Speaking of Chicago, I bet those fired museum volunteers were chock full of these sorts of beliefs. Probably still are.

Various Opinions: "The taste-good factor of MREs is inversely proportional to how hungry you are which itself is a function of how long you’ve been in the field." "I’ve eaten more cold MRE’s than hot, by a factor of 3. The army has destroyed my sense of taste. It’s just fuel. (It also destroyed my love of architecture and landscape. It’s just terrain.)" "One man’s crap is another man’s feast. We always run a ‘goodie box’. A collection of stuff that guys don’t want. After a day, I can live off the goodie box. One of the bonding experiences is eating. Guys are always giving up their pudding for chocolate bars, or peaches for sliced apples (Who am I kidding? NOBODY gives up peaches.)" "A MRE is freaking huge, and typically on missions you only get to use what you physically carry with you. When packing for your mission, you want to make sure all the items you need to bring with you will actually fit in your pack; you don't need your food taking up a lot of space. "What you do is strip the MRE down and take out all the useless packaging, utensils and accesories including the chemical heater. You won't be using that heater on a mission, it produces visible steam and that is a big no-no if you don't want to be seen. "Meals Ready to Eat are pretty sweet for missions because you can stick the small vacuum sealed baggies of food in mag pouches or pockets, rip the corner open and suck it down while you are on the move." "Do soldiers eat MREs every day? Oh god no! If it was only MREs we would all never take a shit again. MREs have a tendency to constipate the bowels like nothing else." "Some are better than others. The good ones are about equivalent to other types/brands of camping food. I intentionally planned some MRE meals for my family on a camping trip, nobody complained. They even had some nice features like a little candy and a tiny bottle of Tabasco sauce." [image: 1634001840611-7be7daf5-c1ec-47c4-b464-bd74504e00f7-image.png]

I am not sure where @mark got the picture, but there is a small town in Illinois, that has been trying to get tourists and improve business by have the "largest" of things. EDIT: It is Casey, Illinois.

@axtremus said in America's paper of record predicts the future - again:: Lego bricks have always been bisexual. @axtremus said in America's paper of record predicts the future - again:: Lego bricks have always been bisexual. No, they are authentic trans.

I despise email. It's all but ruined my job over the last 20 years or so. We used to communicate by telephone (primarily) and where writing was needed, by letter or fax. Writing a fax took actual effort, so you didn't end up with gazillions of them every day, and you weren't expected to reply within 10 minutes. One of the good things about the pandemic for me has been the push towards video calls rather than those awful extended email correspondences. The problem is they don't really work when lots of people are involved, but then again, not much does.

@larry said in Natural Immunity Antibodies vs Vaccine Induced Antibodies: @doctor-phibes said in Natural Immunity Antibodies vs Vaccine Induced Antibodies: @larry said in Natural Immunity Antibodies vs Vaccine Induced Antibodies: One of these days you'll be driving down the road and your car will stop running. A voice will come from your dash saying you have driven your allotted miles for the month. It won't matter much though, because you ant qualify to work, and you lack the proper credentials to buy food. I'm pretty sure my job is secure. I do the voice-overs in all the new electric vehicles. They tell me they do so love a sophisticated British accent, and apparently they can't tell the difference between one and what I have. I should have pointed out that what I described will be noticed mostly by those who haven't submitted to their overlords. For those who go through life with their heads in the sand it will happen so slowly they wont even notice a change. They'll think everything is just fine, and probably even think other silly things like (bahaha...)British accents (snort) sound (..,,bwahaha....) "sophisticated"...... (BAHAHA.....) And to think some people say that Americans struggle to understand irony....