Ohio will cease PUA participation June 26. Good.

@taiwan_girl said in Picking up the violin:

I like music, but I think that the violin is one instrument that sounds terrible as a beginner. On something like the piano, you can play a simple tune as a beginner and it does not sound too bad.

+1.

The violin is one of the most powerful instruments in terms of what one can express, but it takes a long time before the efforts are rewarded.

@axtremus said in Are you cheug?:

How cheugy of them!

I guess some people actually believe this horseshit. Maybe they will die of Covid or kill a loved one before they ever discover the truth.

All they want is to drag you into the debate. Don’t look the idiots in the eyes, you will turn to stone.

@doctor-phibes said in iPhone amplifier:

That's what the Amish use if they want to amplify their iPhones without using any electronics.

I think what you mean to say is Mennonite.

The Amish quite obviously don't use iPhones.

They use Blackberries.

The only reason anyone ever thought it didn't was because Mr. Trump said it did.

That might be fading.

@89th We succumbed to peer pressure and went mask-less. We were a little taken back at first and I was super paranoid about distance but that also gave way to the need to demo the system, etc. My fear eventually subsided and I just didn't think about COVID-19 for most of the show.

If we had not been vaccinated, we would not have even attended. The fact that we were exactly two weeks past the second shot, provided a lot of confidence.

It’s the old sacred Indian burial ground trick.

Smart move when you want more of something during a dole out to attach yourself to something righteous that is impossible for the other side to attack.

My other favorite is, “we are going to have our client in a wheel chair pass the jury on his way to the stand, so maybe you really should see our settlement demand in that light”

That's a great way to describe them.

The whole episode is Hi-larious.

$3300 retail. Might be worth it.

Just what we need. More Chicago rats moving to the 'burbs.

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Its a shared delusion.

Neat idea for the lottery.

@jodi

@jodi said in "Have you tried turning it off and back on again?":

Curious - How often to airplanes sit for awhile between flights - is there a rule about that? (And if so, why don’t they get turned off then?)

I was thinking the same thing. LOL

Maybe @Copper has some ideas

@jolly said in Repeat after me: "China is ...":

Chinese business ethics. Ain't none.

True to that!

@taiwan_girl said in 18.45:

@jolly said in 18.45:

Inches of rain in the last six weeks.

Wow! I did the conversion, almost 50 cm. That is a lot!!

Is this time of year the rainy season where you live?

Not usually, although we generally get somewhere around 50"/year.