@jon-nyc said in Quotable Dan: Its funny and all but god forbid someone follow me around for 4 years with a microphone. Yeah, you don't get to proofread what comes out of your mouth.

WOW. I wonder if the elephant was trained to retrieve items thrown into her space. Otherwise, think of the reasoning it took for her to return the shoe. "Thing belongs to those animals up there, not here. I return it to them."

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QUOTE There are 15 electronic gimzo type items on this page (1991 Advert from a store called "Radio Shack"), being sold from America’s Technology Store. 13 of the 15 you now always have in your pocket. So here’s the list of what I’ve replaced with my iPhone. All weather personal stereo, $11.88. I now use my iPhone with an Otter Box AM/FM clock radio, $13.88. iPhone. In-Ear Stereo Phones, $7.88. Came with iPhone. Microthin calculator, $4.88. Swipe up on iPhone. Tandy 1000 TL/3, $1599. I actually owned a Tandy 1000, and I used it for games and word processing. I now do most of both of those things on my phone. VHS Camcorder, $799. iPhone. Mobile Cellular Telephone, $199. Obvs. Mobile CB, $49.95. Ad says “You’ll never drive ‘alone’ again!” iPhone. 20-Memory Speed-Dial phone, $29.95. Deluxe Portable CD Player, $159.95. 80 minutes of music, or 80 hours of music? iPhone. 10-Channel Desktop Scanner, $99.55. I still have a scanner, but I have a scanner app, too. iPhone. Easiest-to-Use Phone Answerer, $49.95. iPhone voicemail. Handheld Cassette Tape Recorder, $29.95. I use the Voice Memo app almost daily. BONUS REPLACEMENT: It’s not an item for sale, but at the bottom of the ad, you’re instructed to ‘check your phone book for the Radio Shack Store nearest you.’ Do you even know how to use a phone book? You’d have spent $3054.82 in 1991 to buy all the stuff in this ad that you can now do with your phone. That amount is roughly equivalent to about $5100 in 2012 dollars. The only two items on the page that my phone really can’t replace: Tiny Dual-Superhet Radar Detector, $79.95. But when is the last time you heard the term “fuzzbuster” anyway? 3-Way speaker with massive 15″ Woofer, $149.95. It’s nothing new, but it’s a great example of the technology of only two decades ago now replaced by the 3.95 ounce bundle of plastic, glass, and processors in our pockets. UNQUOTE [image: ?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.w9aNymA9rl1akguC9R0WcQHaKK%26pid%3DApi&f=1]

Wow!

Every single day I see office and commercial buildings based on Wright’s designs being torn down. Thank God… 70 years too late, but it’s something…

Whoever decided that putting the generators in the basement in NOLA should be pilloried. Reminds me of a hospital I knew that was installing a mainframe computer. They were told that it needed a raised floor, which pretty much everyone knows is for running cables underneath. When the installers came back the IT director had had 8" of cement poured on top of the existing floor. True story.

@jon-nyc said in Organic matter in rock samples on Mars: Also 'organic' just means 'contains carbon' AND has hydrogen or other (oxygen, nitrogen) atoms attached. A diamond contains carbon, but it is inorganic.

From what I've heard, they love to build these really swanky looking places over there, but don't want to spend the money on sprinkler systems. There have been a couple of such places that burnt down before they were even inhabited.

Good. May it go down in flames.

@Renauda said in The Queen's Funeral: On the other hand there is also a precedent not to invite undesirables to state events as this funeral or even royal weddings. Yes. The Twitter mob is going certifiably (more) insane that Trump was not invited, but was "only" invited to the US memorial service. “Trump invited to US service for Queen Elizabeth II after being snubbed from funeral” “Consolation prize: Donald Trump invited to Queen’s memorial service in Washington DC after funeral snub” “Donald Trump to be invited to Washington service for Queen Elizabeth after not making funeral guest list” at The Telegraph. “Donald Trump potentially snubbed for the Queen’s funeral after the Bidens receive two invites”. - Business Insider. You know who else wasn't invited, not that you'd know it from the headlines? Obama Bush 43 Clinton Carter

@George-K said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone: Well, there's an hour and 53 minutes I'll never get back. The last 38 seconds was my favorite part!

throwback. My favorite Pat joke was a black guy asking Pat, "Are you a brotha or a sista?" Pat: "well, I'm an only child"

@Mik said in Pinball Wizard: Big clot That made me think of when I get a piece of a stick in my finger. Hurts alot, can cause an infection, etc. But when I am finally able to get it out, it usually is much much smaller than the pain and agony it caused. LOL Same with blood clots I guess.

@Catseye3 Thanks for the article link!!

A good friend used to fly the Ensign Eliminator, his best story was about the time he buzzed the Wright Brothers monument in Kitty Hawk, NC. On their way back to the ship, they decided to buzz the monument. He says he doesn’t know what his altitude was, but he was looking up at the monument as he flew past.

Can't dick around with trucks.

I'd be glad to.

Meanwhile, my OnlyFans is barely generating any income at all, although I have no limits whatsoever with regard to the content requests I get. In fact, the only paid requests I get so far are from @Aqua-s-Sister (and a couple of unsolicited requests for private meetings from @jon-nyc ) . How can I expand my business?