It takes 1.5 beers to properly lay and start a charcoal fire and bring the grill to desired temp. It takes .25 beers to bring a propane grill to temp. Advantage - Charcoal

FIBs.

That's hysterical.

@Horace said in "Our European Culture.":

well the first one was just a verbal accident but I'm curious where he was going with the european culture thing.

I couldn't embed just the second tweet which what I wanted to do.

@Rainman said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

In our school district, it became policy that an employee could not give a compliment unless first asking the person if it would be OK to give a compliment.
Absolutely illogical. Nuts. The change was forced by an assistant superintendent, the same one that filed a grievance against me.
She weighs like 1,000 lbs., no makeup ever, frumpy in dress, but knows how to manipulate the system to institute radical leftwing nonsense. And then enforces with a big smile. Very few people in this world that I hold in complete contempt. She's one.

That explains a lot, Rainman.

@Horace said in Today's PSA:

@Loki said in Today's PSA:

@Horace said in Today's PSA:

I would hope that everybody knows the virus is capable of killing people regardless of age, politics, or favorite soft drink. Given that, these anecdotes will exist. I see no reason for a 'wow'. But then I'm particularly bad at deriving meaning from anecdote.

Interestingly at the 35 age level you would find the same number or more flu deaths. Of course they don’t make the news. And that’s with a vaccine.

See, that fact, if it is indeed fact, is way more interesting than an anecdote. To me. But not to most people.

You should do some math. I calculated 100% of those 35 and other getting Covid and multiplied by the IFR Of those 35 and under and my argument still holds.

This reply is Aqua.

Hard to paint gravel.😄

@Axtremus said in Volunteering for COVID-19 Prevention Clinical Study (Vaccines):

Any one interested in volunteering to help with COVID-19 prevention clinical studies, there is now an official website registering volunteers:
https://www.coronaviruspreventionnetwork.org/clinical-study-volunteer/

This page explains who/what organizations are involved: https://www.coronaviruspreventionnetwork.org/about-covpn/

I registered.

Go get 'em, tiger! 🐅

Well he did have an undeniable point in his original take, though of course it's monstrously inhuman. The economic benefit of everybody dying at 75 would be seismic.

@Larry said in Trump to cave on Dreamers:

Trump had already agreed to this, a million more people than the democrats wanted, and they turned it down.

How true is that!

I've known plenty of managers who play really crazy mind games, even ones on my lowly level. Some people just love tweaking other people, and a position of authority is real easy to abuse, particularly if you don't like somebody.

I find one of the hardest things about managing is being fair to people I don't particularly get on with.

I have to say, though, the Jewish-German thing would get you fired where I work, or at the very least given 'sensitivity training'.

Along with the water problems in our mailn line, (we had two water main breaks across the street this week. Luckily the county had to fix them). We also had to buy a new washer. We picked an LG after some research. I don't go for front load washers.

This is what we selected. I do not need nor want an appliance that is connected to the internet.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-4-5-cu-ft-8-cycle-top-loading-washer-with-6motion-technology-white/6273800.p?skuId=6273800

Florida man and his sons charged with selling toxic chemical as a coronavirus cure.
https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_f0a45c51f5c7440c37015449c3e7d9bc

A Florida man and his three sons are facing criminal charges for allegedly selling a toxic solution to tens of thousands of people as a cure for Covid-19.

Mark Grenon, 62, and his sons, Jonathan, 34, Joseph, 32, and Jordan, 26, all of Bradenton, Florida, supposedly manufactured, promoted, and sold "Miracle Mineral Solution" (MMS), a chemical solution containing sodium chlorite and water, the criminal complaint affidavit says.

The men sold the toxic bleach under the guise of Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, an entity they allegedly created in an attempt to avoid government regulation, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida said in a statement.

They've been charged with criminal contempt, conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for their alleged actions, the US Attorney's Office said.

@Horace said in Tucker Carlson's top writer resigns:

Very bad look for Tucker.

He ditched the bow-tie, he can ditch this one too.

@jon-nyc said in Hydroxychloroquine is back:

Peter Navarro? Don’t they have anyone more qualified?

Does the fact the Henry Ford Health System asked for the authorization not count?

@89th said in Red skin bad, Dark skin good:

@LuFins-Dad said in Red skin bad, Dark skin good:

Potomac means River of Swans. Swans are white.

I thought Potomac meant Horse river or something.

"Potomac" is a European spelling of Patawomeck, the Algonquian name of a Native American village on its southern bank. Native Americans had different names for different parts of the river, calling the river above Great Falls Cohongarooton, meaning "honking geese" and "Patawomke" below the Falls, meaning "river of swans". The spelling of the name has taken many forms over the years from "Patawomeck" (as on Captain John Smith's map) to "Patomake", "Patowmack", and numerous other variations in the 18th century and now "Potomac". The river's name was officially decided upon as "Potomac" by the Board on Geographic Names in 1931

Agree, terrible article. I do believe that there probably is some bias in police men against black people. Of course, not every police man.

But it certainly is not 100% of the problem in that community.

You (generic) cannot spend all of your energy, time, and focus on 10%(?) of the problem and ignore the other 90%.