My building is 4 stories tall. First floor is a restaurant, dentist, financial advisor (Jones), and a dentist. "Downtown" is full of dual-use buildings. Most of these buildings are over 100 years old. Down the street from me: [image: 1693134824440-screenshot-2023-08-27-at-6.11.25-am.png] Across the street from me: [image: 1693134838943-screenshot-2023-08-27-at-6.12.16-am.png] Kitty corner from me: [image: 1693134853601-screenshot-2023-08-27-at-6.12.41-am.png]

What's funny (?) about Vivek's post is that it's another "I'm gonna clean house because the entire government is corrupt!" That brings a lot of fans into his camp. If I'm correct, this is not the first time he's done something like this.

Particularly brave to continue after that first jump

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Susceptible doesn't necessarily equate 'are going to'. OTOH : the Ukranians have their own strategy which seems to be quite effective.

If you can get enough states to commit, it's Constitutional. I think. Could be wrong and amendments are the only thing possible.

@LuFins-Dad

Sidenote: If a kid can land a job at one of the refineries, it's one of the best paying jobs in the area. And young people that are willing to work and have a good mind can have a career better than almost all of their peers. Which is why, when a kid who doesn't pursue college or who drops out after a couple of semesters, lands one of these jobs, it's common for the family to throw a party after he signs his hiring papers.

Trump has done a full media blitz(at least conservative media) after the Fulton County shitshow. X is just more of the same.

@Jolly said in It's a small world, after all...: The detail is amazing. THere's one which depicts a tank, and it zooms in to show the interior. I was struck at how the modeler paid attention to the surrounding shrubbery and the chipped-off paint on the mechanicals in the interior. Go fullscreen to really appreciate it. It's at about 18:44 [image: 1693051829678-screenshot-2023-08-26-at-7.09.39-am.png]

Moochelle did weigh in on this, until Big Food quietly killed the initiative. OTOH, I think some of her stuff was a tad unrealistic, considering what kids do eat today and the waste factor. But, ever the True Believer, she has now launched PLEZI. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/michelle-obama-launches-juice-drink-005200979.html True Believer in this case, meaning she believes in money. Or, using your current mantra, maybe her conversion can be traced back to Canadians and Nazis.

Twitter started paying content producers a bit based on interaction with their accounts, so long as they’re subscribers. Apparently getting lots of replies is much more lucrative than lots of views. That’s why some accounts have started asking questions to their followers. Example, the cute-animal account that George often quotes here recently asked its followers to post pictures of their pets. I assume that was for $

My uncle was an eyewitness to the Hindenburg disaster.

Leave the house an hour earlier you lazy bastard. This is freaking americA!

Actually never mind, I thought better of it.

@George-K said in Making handmade saxophones: Stupid question: Why don't brass instruments tarnish? Are they lacquered to prevent that? Yes, they're normally lacquered. It does wear off over time and they will tarnish. There's also been a bit of a fad for unlacquered ones of late. I bought a cheap second-hand tenor sax that was unlacquered, but I don't like how it looks at all. You can see the solder, and it goes green. It's a bit like that stupid fad for pre-aged guitars. They look well-played, which saves the people who buy them from having to practice.

While we're on the subject... Hie thee to your nearest oil well and the collection tank. Steal 10-15 gallons of crude oil. Mix the crude oil with diesel fuel, to where it's thin enough to apply with a deck sprayer. Makes a decent exterior penetrating stain for a board-n-batten barn or house.