I’m in Cocoa Beach now too. I would have heard that launch from the VRBO.

@Horace said in Yesterday's Concert - My fourth Ninth.: I think I've seen the ninth once in San Francisco. The conductor of this performance was one of Michael Tilson Thomas' students/protege's. From 2018 to 2023, Goodman served as an Assistant Conductor to the San Francisco Symphony, working alongside Michael Tilson Thomas, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Manfred Honeck, Daniel Harding, Pablo Heras-Casado, Simone Young, and James Gaffigan, among others

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Too dangerous? And TG doesn't believe in lawfare...

John D'Oh was an old goat, certainly. However, I never saw him take a drink.

Let it cool a bit so you won't get burnt.

How anyone can support criminal charges is beyond me. In my view, limited as it is, the Israelis have exercised great restraint in the face of an enemy who wants them to kill civilians.

This is a NFA case. Suppressors are subject to most of the same rules as machine guns. Why, I don't know...Europeans seem to be more lenient about suppressors than we are.

George that is great. Love the wit.

@taiwan_girl I don’t think the poor chap was nailed to that fence in as part of a passion play in celebration of Orthodox Easter. Something far more sinister was at play in this incident.

I think they've forgotten who they are and what their purpose is...

Getting into the weeds a bit. The IABP (Intra Aortic Balloon Pump) is a notoriously tricky device to operate. The timing of inflation and deflation have to be adjusted very, VERY, precisely. If you fuck it up, someone's heart attack might very well get bigger, and that would be the best outcome. Mrs. George, in another life, taught some courses on how to manage the IABP in the ICU. If we had trouble weaning an open heart patient from the pump, the surgeon would insert an IABP to "unload" the heart and hopefully get the patient to the ICU. In the "bad old days" inserting an IABP was a big deal. Surgeon would make an incision in the groin and find the femoral artery. He would then take a piece of dacron tubing, about ¾" in diameter and sew its end to an incision in the femoral artery. Then, the IABP would be inserted through the Dacron. Taking the IABP out was another trip to the OR - had to remove the graft on the femoral artery and then close the artery. Eventually, the tech matured so that the IABP could be inserted percutaneously. Made a huge difference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intra-aortic_balloon_pump [image: 1715007181631-screenshot-2024-05-06-at-9.52.44-am.png] Link to video

@Jolly said in A 2700 PSI Pressure Pressure Washer is a Helluva Toy: If you can build furniture, you can frame, sheetrock and do tile work. With flexible connectors and plastic pipe, a lot of plumbing (replacing faucets, changing out sinks and commodes) got a lot easier. Electrical? That can get complicated. Able and willing are two very different things.

Conservation for thee, not for me.

@Doctor-Phibes Some people try and blame Tina Fey for making people misunderestimate Sarah Palin. Fey called it as she saw it for comedic effect. Politicians are always fair game for caricature and lampooning with impunity. Fey did not feed the public misunderestimation of swell Sarah. The latter did that all on her own.