@lufins-dad said in Wrong leg: And he still has the other leg needing to come off... But, let’s face it, at his age he was spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair anyway... To your point: The patient was suffering from "numerous medical conditions" and ailments affected both his legs. From a different article: Austrian news outlet Heute reported that the patient did not initially recognise the mistake, because of his illness. It also said the 82-year-old was asked to confirm beforehand, but his articulation was limited, it reported Fritsch saying. But yes it is terrible just the same.

@george-k I've read many times that when kids abuse animals they very often graduate to similar actions against people. He's not a kid, but I wonder where this guy's behavior is headed.

If the point is merely to know about the weight, why not just weight the whole plane? Actually, I would have assumed that modern airplanes can already measure their own weight. If it is really necessary to compute passenger weight, then it shouldn't be too hard to do that automatically without anyone noticing or explicitly stepping on a scale.

Well, you'd have to ask yourself whether you'd rather hear me play badly on a good piano or on a bad piano.

NYC has said some of theirs will become permanent

@lufins-dad said in Karla’s away and Luke’s staying overnight at a buddy’s...: I went with hookers and blowa fire and my second sweetheart, Dakota Good choice. You'll be glad in the morning.

@jolly said in The Cuban Connection: Maybe you need to try a Clinton cuban... So many snarky options, so little time.

@horace said in The Commission: There is no way of preventing Portland or CHAZ type riots, since the culture accepts them as basically just and the backlash against attempting to combat them would be severe and widespread. That's why there was no response. Meanwhile we are more than happy to combat "Capitol insurrections" now that we're on alert about them. Yet the "Capitol insurrection" is the real threat? An insurrection that could have been easily prevented with basic security measures? Like I said I would support the commission if not for the dems blowing it too with the hasty political impeachment #2 event. Nevertheless this Commission is dead on arrival. I think the lessons have been learned that will be learned, lock up the people who crossed the rubicon and crack down on rioters wherever they are.

poor duck.

Be interesting to see if the protests continue or die out now.

@axtremus said in Where's Joe?: @copper said in Where's Joe?: I think it seems like the VP is doing more because we have a senile president who does less. Everytime a GOP-leaning poster questions why VP Harris does something instead of President Biden doing it himself, it always come down to do this: accusing Biden of suffering from mental decline to the point of being unable to do the job of a President. He's not suffering, he is living it up in the whitehouse. When the dementia allows.

Right, next the royals will move to LA

Bill Bailey is a freaking treasure. He has what I'd call "stoner humor." Dylan Moran, on the other hand, has what I'd call "alcoholic humor." Still funny, just in a very different way. Which is why Black Books was basically one of the best British sitcoms ever.

I had my ear forcibly pierced by a group of "friends" when I was fifteen. They used a freaking prefect badge, which was not particularly sharp. For a couple of years after that, I'd do it myself as a party trick.

@brenda said in Are modern women too picky?: @jolly said in Are modern women too picky?: @brenda said in Are modern women too picky?: I've been married to the same fella for 36 years. If he's not Mr. Right by now, then I haven't done my job of molding him to suit me. It's sort of like that line about teaching a man to fish, and he'll be able to eat for a lifetime. If you teach a husband how to behave, then he'll be a good husband for a lifetime. Go ahead and prove me wrong. Yeah, but most young women are not as smart or wise as you are... Let's see ... there's Mrs. Jolly, Mrs. George, Mrs. Mik, Rachel, M&Ms, Mrs. Mark, Mrs, Rainman ... I could go on for quite a while listing examples of smart and wise wives of y'all. And all are excellent representation of not being too picky. In fact...

@doctor-phibes said in The Global Tax: @renauda said in The Global Tax: No surprise here. The US seems to think it can collect income taxes based on citizenship in addition to residency. Yet another good reason not to apply for citizenship. Actaully, even if you just hold a green card, that’s enough for the USA to tax you globally.

It’s a two way street, with 5G it’s so easy to re-infect these people. It’s what Facebook does every day, pay for a target group and

@loki said in Squirrel-proof.: @brenda said in Squirrel-proof.: Eventually, they will learn to jump from the railing to the feeder, even to the roof of the feeder. They may also find a tree branch from which to leap onto the feeder. I’ve seen enough of these to think like . I’d jump on the roof of the feeder and then hang down by my hind legs and start chomping. That's exactly what they do. Been there, seen that.

@taiwan_girl said in Greene’s Police Violence and Wrongful Death Case: The police have a tough job. I think that almost all the time, I am a pretty kind person (I think), but there have been situations when I have got very mad. The "adrenaline" is going high. For the police, it is probably x 10 or more. But after the first stop and they got him out of the car and zapped him, then, hmmm, different situation. It's Louisiana. State troopers can be tough. Think Singapore with southern accents.

@loki said in So About This Jan 6 Commission: So, what will the senate do? Dunno. The Dems are clinging to this politically, hoping their allies in the media will cover for them enough to stave off a bloodbath in 2022. But...Latest polls show Trump leading Harris, head-to-head. (How's that, for waaay too early?) If this doesn't take Trump out of the picture, they do run the risk of making a martyr out of him. Even with drugs, I can't see Biden making 2024. If the economy gets some significant inflation, things could be very interesting in '24, from the Oval Office to the make-up of Congress.