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  • Spare the rod...

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    MikM

    Actually something related happened to me with my daughter when she was in 7th grade. She has internet access as long as she followed simple rules - no establishing accounts on websites without our prior approval and without us having her id and password.

    Well, she didn't realize that dumb old dad was a bit more technologically savvy than she was and I found a MySpace account where she was being trolled by a 26 year old. After I found him and addressed the situation with him personally I addressed it with her. She fessed up and so, in keeping with the maxim that if you tell the truth you will be in a lot less trouble I did not levy a penalty.

    So a week later I found one of her other accounts where she was telling the story and talking about she was still getting to her secret accounts that dad didn't know about..ha ha.

    Yer gonna think ha ha.

    She had no technology access at all and very little freedom for almost a year and did a whole lot of work around here. Like the mule, sometimes you just have to get their attention.

  • Subscription Foods

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    MikM

    I have a local produce subscription. Other than that its all a la carte. Just ordered some venison osso buco and a rack of NZ red deer.

  • On my screen door today

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    jon-nycJ

    No, he wandered out of view a few minutes after I took the picture and I haven't been outside to see.

  • Weird dreams

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    jon-nycJ

    @Mik said in Weird dreams:

    You’re gay. Definitely.

    lol

  • UK - 78% of those tested as positive are asymptomatic

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    L

    @xenon said in UK - 78% of those tested as positive are asymptomatic:

    Pre-symptomatic is different from asymptomatic.

    It's hard to gather that data though.

    Why can’t they retest that cohort in a week?

  • Bunny Trouble

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    Catseye3C

    We need the guy in the white shirt sleeves again. "Who has bunny ebola for August?"

  • Thermapen anyone?

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    jon-nycJ

    Oh I have one. I just saw the ad on FB and thought I'd post it here as a PSA.

  • Who says there's a shortage of PPE?

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  • Movie Remakes

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    Doctor PhibesD

    I quite liked Sting as Feyd Rautha in David Lynch's version - there was a touch of punk rock to him. It doesn't look as though the character is in the 2020 film, which would be a shame.

  • Backyard deck building

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    MikM

    That is true - you could use the existing slab as the foundation. I'd cantilever it so that the slab did not show.

    Is there a step down from the house to the slab? The only reason I have a deck instead of a paver patio is I wanted teh deck level with the first floor. I think it extends the house more.

  • Broken Trees - NY edition

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    JollyJ

    Look at the bright side...That's a couple of nice fires in the fireplace or you have some smoking wood.

    The new battery chainsaws are much better and will cut bigger stuff than they used to. Might be time for a new tool, if you don't have one.

    Something else you might consider for trimming limbs:

    https://www.harborfreight.com/95-in-7-amp-corded-electric-pole-saw-62896.html

    Yeah, they take a cord, but they're cheap and they work well for limbs they can reach, should you decide to trim some smaller stuff.

    For limbs a bit higher, this is slow as molasses, but does work:

    https://www.homedepot.com/p/High-Limb-48-in-Manual-Chain-Saw-HD14049CS-48/301790942

  • Kaepernick cnn vs fox

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    HoraceH

    They are a particularly sorry bunch, from what I gather.

  • SCOTUS: No faithless electors

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    HoraceH

    @George-K said in SCOTUS: No faithless electors:

    The issue arose in lawsuits filed by three Hillary Clinton electors in Washington state and one in Colorado who refused to vote for her despite her popular vote win in both states. In so doing, they hoped to persuade enough electors in states won by Donald Trump to choose someone else and deny Trump the presidency.

    I just now read the whole story. Yes, not surprisingly, the issue is one of righteousness, by left-leaning folk. While the left fantasizes about pro-Trump electors stealing the election in 2020, their side already tried to steal the election through those means in 2016.

  • "Just say 'No!' to fireworks."

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    taiwan_girlT

    @Rainman said in "Just say 'No!' to fireworks.":

    As long as you get to keep the thumbs.

    I think I mentioned this before, but a friend of my in Taiwan lost his thumb and they replaced it with one of his big toes. So, maybe we dont even need the thumbs!!! LOL

  • SCOTUS: NoMoRobo

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    George KG

    Yeah, the landline thing is supposedly illegal.

    That really hasn't worked out, has it? I probably get 4-5 calls per day from "Unknown Caller," "Out of Area," or some other crap like that.

    I ignore them and let them go to voicemail. If there's no message, they're blocked.

  • Whew!

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    jon-nycJ

    I have sympathy for that view since the effective R never really got below 1.

    But in most of the country we’re clearly in the second wave of reacting to it.

    But really I don’t know how useful it is to fight over who gets to define ‘wave’.

  • Puzzle time

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    HoraceH

    This strikes me as one of those problems that's answerable with a little elbow grease. Is it interesting to get into for some reason?

  • It's Monday! What's for dinner?

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    MikM

    Fried is not the same thing as unhealthy. It all depends how you fry it.

  • The Last Alaskans

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  • Charlie Daniels, RIP

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    LuFins DadL

    No. No. No. No. Just no. Not Charlie.