Not anymore.

I have a thread on this.

@taiwan_girl As I understand it, they were regional gangsters, mafiosi. The politician had the reputation of being something of a Robin Hood figure among locals; not unlike Al Capone who also ran soup kitchens for the poor in addition to his primary business of bootlegging and other criminal activities.

@Mik said in Hay Jon! A thread about A1AT: You should be in IT. You sit out a couple years and everything has changed. Faster than anything out there.

@taiwan_girl for more serious snowfalls, a rotary "plow" is used. Here's the Union Pacific clearing snow through Donner Pass. Link to video

@Mik said in Thread the needle: Double the equipment. True. Half the time, LOL. (at least for me)

I guess when he read the label it sounded like a good idea. [image: 1681696933504-screenshot-2023-04-16-at-9.02.03-pm.png]

Tornadoes are becoming more frequent in populated parts of the United States The role to which climate change is a factor in these shifts is unknown Climate change isn't a factor in these shifts. These shifts are climate change. And I, for one, don't think we have a very good idea why climate change might occur because we spend our time and money blaming the climate on political whims.

Probably right. But at $1000 a month, it'll take a while to kill them all off. First they came for the rich fat people, and I said nothing...

Yes, urbanization is basically an unbroken 500 year secular phenomenon, with a dramatic uptick when we harnessed hydrocarbons. So yeah, net migration is always to blue areas.

Very interesting article (and very interesting machine)

Yup, guy taller than girl = check girl taller than guy = no check guy older (sometimes by many) than girl = check girl older (by many years) than guy = no check

@George-K said in Speaking of Judges and Money: @taiwan_girl said in Speaking of Judges and Money: Who said that the judges and the courts are not getting more political? LOL Remind me, how much time have you spent in Illinois? This is a tradition that can only rival Louisiana, right @Jolly ? Y'all are minor league, but at least y'all are AAA.

Goofy idea. I believe that many/most? US utility companies have things in place to help low income personnel.

That is funny!

You have to give him credit for grit.

Or Bork.