The New Coffee Room

God I love to slide into reverse at the bottom.

I seem to recall that he had some genetic condition which contributed to his leg size.

Depending on where you are in Bavaria it's a 2-4h drive. Once you know more, PM me!

@89th said in Senate Filibuster ... is it time for it to go?:

Random, but how nice will it be one day to return to this type of normalcy. 6 days after 9/11, Bush speaking at an Islamic center.

Wow, to think that back then we made fun of GWB as a kind of wild cowboy who doesn't know how to behave...

Oh yeah?

Yeah, that sounds very unusual. I'm used to 1-3-5 and 2-4-6.

OK, this is a Tetris reference but I still don't get it.

I usually shop groceries 2-3x per week. Enough for the day and an additional 1-2 days. That way, everything is reasonably fresh while being not as time-consuming as shopping every day.

@jon-nyc said in 14 months' work at the gym and the dinner table:

I just ordered the Wahoo Kickr Rollr, which is a device designed to allow you to ride your bike indoors

I really want to train all winter. It bores me to tears to ride indoors, but I think I could tolerate some HIIT which is what I need to get my speed to the next level.

Cool, I have the Wahoo Kickr Core 2.

@jon-nyc said in Funny Pics:

I saw that the other day and it surprised me. Portugal and Spain did at least.

From what I understand, a big part of the explanation of the numbers of Spain and Portugal is not that there are so many divorces but so few new marriages. The divorce rate is measured as the quotient of divorces and marriages in a year, I believe, so the "percent of marriages ending in a divorce" header is misleading.

@jon-nyc said in Auto makers ditching Apple and Android car play?:

Seems doomed to fail. There’s no way the car companies are going to compete with the open ecosystems of Apple and Android and most customers simply won’t buy cars that don’t seamlessly integrate with their phones.

That would have been my initial reaction as well, but then again Tesla does, according to the article, not support Carplay et al and consumers still buy it.

@Mik said in If this is true I will live forever:

if it is cause-and-effect.

If.

This is the decisive part.

I use soap only to drop it and pick it up again.

Hi Cathy, I can see the problem. There is an email configuration problem specific to gmail. I'll get that fixed. In the meantime, if you DM me a new password I'll set that password for you.

I just think the whole Peace prize has become a joke. It has been way over-used as an instrument to affect certain political changes - always in the same direction - and not as a recognition for actual accomplishements. The sad climax of this development was probably when they gave it to Obama.

Trump could end all wars in the world for the next 700 years and he still wouldn't get the prize. The people in the committee hate the guy.

I still have many doubts whether Hamas will ever voluntarily cease power in Gaza.

What happened to that guy? There was a time when he was somewhat reasonable, at least sometimes.

Does he believe his own shit? Or is he motivated by something else?

@NobodySock said in Piano upgrade time:

I have possible good news in that I’ve taken on a new piano teacher. She’s an Armenian lady about my age. Who’s a former concert pianist and is very good friends with Sergei Babayan who still has played the best recital I have witnessed. When she heard I was selling my pet rod, her eyes grew and she says she wants to buy it for her son. Petrof is a well known brand in Eastern Europe. I asked her last lesson what the predominant brand was on the floor for performances in the countries of East Europe, asking if Steinway was ubiquitous over there as well and she said that the number one brand that appears over there is Bluthner

Those would probably be old pre 1989 Blüthner's from the time when it was part of the GDR.