@Horace said in Save the Planet: If you’re talking about joe average denizen of leftist pop culture, they have been successfully indoctrinated against nuclear energy because nuclear energy lacks virtue. I don’t think there exists a better explanation of their opinion than that. As for smoky room types at the levers of power, indeed why do they hate nuclear energy so much? There's always been a link between nuclear power and nuclear weapons in many people's heads, however you might as well link the use of nitrates in farming with terrorist bombings, and it could be argued that a good use for nuclear weapons that aren't needed any more would be to provide fuel for nuclear power.

We had a little gang war here Sunday morning in the OTR entertainment bar district. Nine shot, no fatalities. I have long said that reclaiming this previously ghetto area will be great until the bullets start flying.

@Renauda said in Barr on Trump: @Catseye3 said in Barr on Trump: @Renauda Did you hit your head, Renauda? No, I was just had momentary lapse into sardonic cynicism. And much appreciated!

Did they let one of the passengers drive? (On a better note, I did see that he did use his turn signal properly after crashing into all the cars!!! 555)

@George-K said in "Awake": @Horace “After eight straight weeks of no sleep, Corke’s mental faculties were quickly fading. This cognitive decline was matched in speed by the rapid deterioration of his body. So compromised were his motor skills that even coordinated walking became difficult. One evening Corke was to conduct a school orchestral performance. It took several painful (though heroic) minutes for him to complete the short walk through the orchestra and climb atop the conductor’s rostrum, all cane-assisted. As Corke approached the six-month mark of no sleep, he was bedridden and approaching death. Despite his young age, Corke’s neurological condition resembled that of an elderly individual in the end stages of dementia. He could not bathe or clothe himself. Hallucinations and delusions were rife. His ability to generate language was all but gone, and he was resigned to communicating through rudimentary head movements and rare inarticulate utterances whenever he could muster the energy. Several more months of no sleep and Corke’s body and mental faculties shut down completely. Soon after turning forty-two years old, Michael Corke died of a rare, genetically inherited disorder called fatal familial insomnia (FFI).” Excerpt From Why We Sleep Matthew Walker This material may be protected by copyright. Wow!!

I remember when you could stand on top of the twin towers, outside on a cat walk.

@Klaus said in New laptop design …: @George-K said in New laptop design …: A lot of people loved it, but, apparently, not enough for them to continue the idea to the current iterations of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. Hater here. The reason why the concept doesn't make sense: You cannot use it "blind". You have to move your hands away from the keyboard and change the direction of where you look. It's not an effective method of communication. Interesting. Makes sense. I have a Surface laptop and it’s great, but never use the touch screen. I do disconnect the display at times which is nice (it becomes a tablet, that I use with touchscreen), but I have an iPad I use if I plan to be in tablet mode for a while.

Yeah, but that's a gourmet grilled cheese. Looks mighty good!

@Klaus said in Remember that crazy trail in Spain?: It's not as dangerous as it looks. You are on the rope the whole time. Put your index finger and thumb against each other. Now, squeeze them together so tight that it hurts. Now, relax them, just so that it stops hurting. That's how much the "pucker factor" would be reduced by having a rope attached.

@George-K I believe hemeoglobin is blood that has been coagulated into big globs.

Reminds me of this classic meme about the five stages of grief: [image: 1659957781299-1b17a260-18db-4e6d-a35f-ada6b78ff285-image.png]

You wouldn’t want that. The scumbag might have won. As astonishing as it is, I know people who believe his tripe.

@LuFins-Dad said in I, for one, welcome our new snake-like robot overlords: @George-K said in I, for one, welcome our new snake-like robot overlords: ETA: They just had to paint it black, didn't they? I would think that makes the most sense for visibility against ice, snow and most pool bottoms and sides... And make it, ahem, creepy AF.

Seems counterproductive.

@taiwan_girl Wonderful. "Slap-chop" anvil, LOL. I wonder if they cleaned it up with a sham-wow.

@Jolly said in Speaking of Episcopalians...: https://www.gcschool.org/news-detail?pk=1373646&fromId=248546 Bless their hearts.

He's right, of course. There are multiple small-time guys who cover sports teams that have podcasts, blogs, YouTube channels and write for team fan sites, such as SB Nation. These guys were barely getting by, many not able to work full-time, having to take on other work just to keep the lights on. Then came legalized sports gambling. The people running the betting sites and the casinos want the unvarnished dope on teams, including anything these writers can dig up that may not make even regional headlines or broadcasts. These writers will do their interviews, check their sources, evaluate the All-22 NFL tape, and write a full synopsis of what's going on for their gaming employers. For example, if they find out from one of their sources that Alvin Kamara was in the ice bath a bit longer early in the week and the Saints are cutting down his reps in practice, that's grist for the mill. This helps the gambling folks set the lines on games, using multiple streams (they hire multiple part-time guys for these reports) of information on each team. I know two guys who cover the Saints, one who has been able to pay the down payment on his home with this money and another guy who managed to pay off his wife's medical bills and pay off some school debt. The gaming people also make money off of these guys by distilling the information and selling it as a service to prospective betters. Since we are establishing that all stats and data can be massaged, wonder what is the quality of the reports the betters are paying for? And...I wouldn't put it past the gaming industry to push or pull betting lines whichever they want them to go.

I found a contact number: 281/220-1999. Contact name is Josh Read. I also found a PDF of the NSGA 2023 Rule Book: https://nsga.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2023NSG_Rulebook_07232022.pdf.pdf On page 23 it gives the Qualifying Rules for golf. In part: "All first place winners or athletes meeting this sport’s [golf, 54-hole scratch] NSGA minimum performance standards in competition at a 2022 NSGA qualifying games will qualify for the 2023 National Senior Games. Qualifiers will be determined by 18-hole (not two rounds of a 9-hole course) gross score played on a course with a minimum par of 70 and a United States Golf Association (USGA) slope rating between 119 and 126 for men . . . That doc also gives stuff like Entry Regulations and Format. At the bottom of the page it says, "As of 7.23.2022". So maybe it's too late for you to enter this year, anyway. Next year? Sorry. Didn't mean to get your hopes up.