I hope he's off to buy a lottery ticket

“and an entire colony was later discovered to be living in his home. “ Now what does that mean, like hidden in a deserted attic, or actually hanging from the ceiling in his home? I mean maybe Batman didn’t really have a firm grip on reality from the onset?

@jolly said in My Train Wreck: A train wreck has got to be a scary thing... A couple of years ago, we were stopped at SPUD (St. Paul Union Depot) for a while. It's a longer stop - refueling, crew change, etc. On that particular day, they were adding some private cars to the end of the train for the trip to Chicago. It's a beautiful ride along the Mississippi river. Mrs. George and I were in our sleeper bedroom, and when they coupled the private cars onto the rear of the train, it was quite a violent event. We were both thrown backward. I'm sure this was only about 5mph, or even slower, but it made me aware of how things like this can be dangerous. In contrast, when we take the Empire Builder to Portland, the train is split into two sections in Spokane. The two lead locomotives and about 4 cars are detached and proceed to Seattle. A third locomotive is attached to the remaining cars and that section proceeds to Portland. It usually occurs in the middle of the night, about 1:30 AM. I've NEVER felt anything when that exchange occurs, and I've been there 8 times (4 westbound, 4 eastbound). You'd never know anything happened.

Caught off guard? Bushwa.

Nah, cutting some ears off of dead Taliban and wearing them as a necklace would be a bit trashy...

@george-k said in Plaid vs McLaren: @doctor-phibes said in Plaid vs McLaren: playing computer games in service stations YOUR OWN CAR, MAN!! That's totally different. OK, sitting there playing games in your car and telling passers-by 'This thing is faster than a Mclaren, you know!' Why not just paint a bit 'L' on your forehead and be done with it?

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Seems to me like you've had two crap Presidents in a row. I know, I know, I'm Mr. Negative. Still....

I can buy this - but, still a horrible sequence of steps on the execution.

@george-k said in Pay it off or invest?: @jolly said in Pay it off or invest?: I hate RMD's. Worth it to back-door a Roth? Not a bad thought, though I'd pay a ton of taxes doing that. At my age, would I recoup that payout by converting to Roth? My guy at Fidelity said I would not. Then how about a QLAC?

Nice! No go find some hilly trails.

Coming from the UK, my only real knowledge of Ben Stein was regarding his willingness to give strangers his money and his seemingly tireless promotion of eye drops, presumably in order to get the money back.

https://twitter.com/NextFukingLevel/status/1443181160729702402?s=20

Well, the software is presumably not written in China. It's not impossible, but it would be much harder to fiddle with the hardware without Apple knowing about it.

@doctor-phibes said in Don Lemon: "You shouldn't lie about people": @horace said in Don Lemon: "You shouldn't lie about people": Yes a lack of self awareness is associated with left leaning personalities. So, you're acknowledging that the right wing press lie like a complete bunch of bastards, they're just more aware of the fact that they're doing it? Sure, awareness of one’s own lies and manipulation in media messaging is probably more prevalent on the right. I’ve heard a long form interview with Brian Stelter and if nothing else, that guy is a True Believer. The guy interviewing him was Ezra Klein of all people, and even Klein hit a brick wall trying to pry any awareness out of Stelter that maybe CNN has an overt political bias.

@jolly said in Losing loser loses again: Gotta love those lower taxes! Not really bothered, TBH. What I've seen since I got here was debt, debt, and more debt. It doesn't seem to make much difference who's in charge, they have no concept of living within their means. Not being an American citizen means that I can choose to walk away from the debt at an appropriate point in my life if I wish, and inherit a slightly lower one somewhere else.

@lufins-dad said in Saintsations: @jolly said in Saintsations: @lufins-dad said in Saintsations: From the article: “ The Saints held open auditions in June for adults of all ages, sizes and genders, asking for originality and diversity.” The Woke Brigade… They already have a gay cheerleader. Hey, it is New Orleans... Wokeback Mountain? [image: OIP.pO4UKHg_C1Ty3AA8vQIwQwHaFH?pid=ImgDet&rs=1]