@horace said in "The Last Jedi": I don't think I've seen any of the movies other than the original three. Prior to having my son I had only seen the first two and had no interest in the others.

Of course. And we all know the reason why.

@mik said in And he's in the kitchen again....: I probably do that most often. Too easy. Stupid easy, if.... ...you and SWMNBN enjoy the same level of doneness. Mrs. George likes her steak like a hockey puck. I prefer medium rare. So for us when it's steak night, I sous-vide mine to about 125 degrees, and I put hers in the oven at 225 degrees for about an hour. If I overcook hers, she's delighted (I know, I know). Then, sear away for both of our steaks.

@mik said in Aqua bait: Carnak foresees inebriation and suffering. [image: carnac-tablet.png] Lol

@catseye3 said in Crying Shame: @mik said in Crying Shame: That's the pinnacle. The pinnacle, not the only. Not the one. For many, it is.

@catseye3 The Browser Tab is at the far top/left on my Chrome browser. This is where I see a logo that appears to be a backward blue B and a blue B. I believe the red number there is the count of unread replies for you. This is a reply for cats Cats, you should have seen the red number before you red this. Now it should be gone.

@lufins-dad said in For all the city/condo folk who need a taste of living with a yard.: It needs a olfactory element… They could probably sell a grass-clippings-and-dog-shit candle with it.

https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

@horace said in Interesting thought: to be disseminated on backwater piano-related forums amongst wealthy and good looking white males, As a non-wealthy, halfway non-goodlooking non-male, I am totally triggered by this. I demand reparations.

@klaus said in eBikes aren't exercise.: I don't know your heartbeat profile, but at least the second calorie number looks rather high. If I'd pedal for 42 min with 123 beats avg, I'd definitely burn less than 457 calories. Doesn't matter. The point is that eBikes are indeed exercise. Just not necessarily hardcore cardio exercise.

All of the above

My condolences.

@jon-nyc said in RIP Jackie Mason: They fixed it already He was born Yacov Moshe Maza in Sheboygan, Wis., on June 9, 1928, to immigrants from Belarus, although other sources give the year as 1931. You choose numeracy over anti-semitism every single time.

@bachophile said in Happy Birthday!: i would not go that far.... I would and will. You've made the world better for many people, in many ways. So there.

@jolly said in Vaccination Rate: Facebook needs to start a rumor that COVID leaves you sterile. Will NIH do? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7171435/ Does COVID-19 affect male fertility? There is a theoretical possibility of testicular damage and subsequent infertility following COVID-19 infection.

Just a comment... The perfumed princes down at the Pentagon always want something bigger, faster and more "mission capable". They are willing to spend enormous sums of money to do this, when less expensive alternatives are easily available, just with less bells and whistles. A ship like the corvette has always had a place in the better navies of the world. From the single decker sloop of sailing days, to the Flower class in the Battle of the Atlantic, the little ships always have an important role to fill. They're just not sexy and they don't cost a bazillion dollars. Subs are another place where more expensive and bigger is not always better. The Swedes, Germans and Japanese all build very good smaller subs, using things like Stirling engines or fuel cell technology. The German sub is built by many countries under license, because it is very stealthy and only requires a crew of twenty-five. Those type subs are great for coastal defense and you could buy four or five for what a nuclear boat costs...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/arizona-election-officials-find-infinitesimal-rate-of-potential-voter-fraud-in-audit-of-2020-election?ref=home Election officials in Arizona announced Friday that they had identified just 182 cases of potential voter fraud among the 3.4 million ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election. Of the 182 cases referred to investigators, only four have led to charges against those involved, and no one has been convicted. That’s .005 percent of the votes cast. Two of the four cases that resulted in charges were Democratic votes, and two were Republican. … https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-arizona-election-2020-e6158cd1b0c6442716064e6791b4c6fc No one has been convicted. No person’s vote was counted twice. … The Pima County Recorder’s Office has a practice of referring all cases with even a hint of potential fraud to prosecutors for review, something the state’s 14 other county recorders do not do. Pima County officials forwarded 151 cases to prosecutors. They did not refer 25 others from voters over age 70 because there was a greater chance those errors — typically attempts to vote twice — were the result of memory lapses or confusion, not criminal intent, an election official said. … Didn’t know that before, people older than 70 get a pass because the the county consider it more likely that their mistakes are due to memory lapses. About the few cases where some voters appeared to have attempted to vote twice … ”Franklin noted several factors at play, including worries about U.S. Postal Service delays. In addition, Trump at one point encouraged voters who cast their ballots early by mail to show up at their polling places on Election Day and vote again if poll workers couldn’t confirm their mail ballots had been received.”

@mik said in Going all frou-frou at Chez Mik: Jealousy does not become you. Enjoy your h07 p0ck37s. That was cold. Funny, but cold.