Being retired trumps just about all.

Never mind the 2nd question - lots of interesting differences. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/xfl-rules-differences-nfl-overtime-double-forward-pass/hgcpxe6anoeaovxconjmbtnq https://xflnewshub.com/xfl-news/xfl-vs-usfl-rules-the-crucial-differences-in-light-of-their-merger/

Sadly I don't yet have a picture of her living room, sorry @George-K

You don’t get diversity Pokémon points for being Chinese. You know, white adjacent, model minority?

@Renauda said in 2nd GOP Debate: @Mik Fighting the other party is one thing and understandable, but to have to fight factionalism in your party is quite another. I'd prefer they spend their time working for the good of the nation. Yeah, I'm a dreamer.

So grueling. Sorry to hear that. Riding 50 miles is a challenge, getting up and doing it over the next day is something else again.

@Horace :woman-heart-man:

I remember in Taiwan, there was always talk about busing in "supporters" of a candidate, giving them a few $NT and a free meal to cheer and "support" the candidate. I am sure that probably some people attended multiple rallies for different candidates.

And vape backpacks, smart watches, t-shirts, and hoodies. A friend was telling me that some have the vaping device in the "string" of a hoodie. Kids will take a vape, and then pull their collar out and exhale into the "hoodie" so that there is very little evidence that they are doing it. Not only from a health standpoint, but from an economic standpoint for kids, it is a bad idea.

@89th said in Ozempic mental health side effects: So basically, it's really the most unreliable statistics database EVAH. Voluntary, no baseline (denominator), possible duplicates. You noticed... Interestingly, I don't recall NPR, or any other outlet, being critical of VAERS. Of course, I could be wrong.

@George-K said in Little Brown Pill: However, a new UK-led study has shown that molnupiravir "can give rise to significantly mutated viruses which remain viable," lead author Theo Sanderson told AFP. Sanderson, a geneticist at London's Francis Crick Institute, emphasized that there is no evidence that "molnupiravir has to date created more transmissible or more virulent viruses." Seem to be opposite opinions.

That's great. My brother in law in Wisconsin bought a house in the country about 10 years ago and he quickly cleared the land around the house, fenced it in, and bought 4 donkeys. No reason, other than they had the space and wanted some farm animals (they since have chickens, pig, sheep, etc). Anyway, the donkeys were cool... low maintenance (hay, grass, water) other than any medicines. They were also much more powerful than you'd expect up close, when you saw them from afar. Taking a page out of @Jolly 's book, a few years ago a wolf broke in to the pasture and I had to spend about 2 hours with a shotgun watching over the land until they were able to get a trailer ready to haul them to another farm until they could fix the fence.

I did too. He made a lot of sense, and I'm sorry he's not on still.

Interesting. I'll have to look that up. I do have a lot of respect for Attenborough. Plus his voice is better than Ambien for putting you to sleep.

Sounds a lot like free lunch. And as we all know....

Still very reactionary.

@89th said in Hey Mik and 89th: Two Hearted is a staple in my beer fridge. I like Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo IPA too. Two Hearted is my regular IPA. Light Hearted is a great low cal option. The double? Man, it tastes great, not too heavy, but with a kick.

@Wim said in Parents Being Stupid: Hey TG, Remember the Moher Cliffs? It's happening all the time over there ️ Yeah, I remember that. Saw it all along the path

New Blue Tarantula Species Discovered in Thailand Link to video Go to about 1:30 of the video above Between the sky and sea, nature appears to favor blue, as do we humans. Yet the color is rare in nature—especially not in “a blue-violet hue resembling the color of electrical sparks,” which is how a research team described a new species of tarantula in southern Thailand. The spider, which can measure nearly three inches long, sports iridescent streaks of neon color on its legs, back, and mouthparts. The spider, named Chilobrachys natanicharum, was already known in the pet trade as the electric blue tarantula, but a recent study published in the journal Zookeys finally confirmed it as a unique species. For the study, Chomphuhuang and colleagues went on an expedition to the mangroves of Phang-Nga Province, searching at night in the humid, muddy vegetation for a tarantula’s telltale sign: Shroud-like webs covering its burrow