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1: Inmate Central, similar story... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-23, 14:53:42 (69.158.174.47)
My driveway guy didn't show up once this winter. And I'm sure with the AWD Audi V6 w/ active LSD I could easily handle 12" in the driveway with all seasons. And my summer tires? I stopped cornering an .......
2: Inmate Central, in a perfect world... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-23, 07:32:50 (69.158.174.47)
Hybrids would be dominating the market while governments upgrade the grid and the car manufacturers work on EV 2.0 - mostly a move to solid state batteries. As it is the governments are interfering wi .......
3: Inmate Central, the way it works is... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-19, 14:43:44 (69.158.174.47)
These guys buy the Congress that passes the laws whereby they pay no tax. .......
4: Inmate Central, they've all gone that way... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-17, 19:36:25 (69.158.174.47)
I occasionally get a nasty surprise when I've forgotten to turn the stop off. .......
5: Inmate Central, I don't use them, apart from the collision pre-sense... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-17, 07:36:00 (69.158.174.47)
You can't turn that off. Luckily the forward collision system has greatly improved. I didn't have it on my 2018 but I've had only one false positive in 2-1/2 years, and it has helped me brake earlier .......
6: Inmate Central, my Audi lane assist lets me take my hands off the wheel... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-17, 06:57:55 (69.158.174.47)
For twenty seconds, give or take. Seems about right. How hard would it be to impose a similar limitation on Tesla? .......
7: Inmate Central, hmm... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-17, 06:24:34 (69.158.174.47)
I hope the neighbours cone these Teslas. .......
8: Inmate Central, right position, wrong process... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-16, 07:33:13 (69.158.174.47)
CNN, immediately after the missiles were downed flooded the airwaves with pro-zionist talking heads from the Israeli government, Congress, retired U.S. military and elsewhere. It continues to surprise .......
9: Inmate Central, here in Niagara we had the roads to ourselves during covid... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-13, 11:38:54 (69.158.174.47)
We were actually under an informal house arrest for a few months. No wonder people lost the habit of signalling when entering the roadway. But people not getting school aged children vaccinated for po .......
10: Inmate Central, getting vaccinated does not contribute to excess moratlity... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-13, 11:31:37 (69.158.174.47)
Anyway, Canada has the problems I cited, but not your problem with life expectancy. .......
11: Inmate Central, waiting for things to dry out a little before I mow the weedpatch... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-13, 07:38:33 (69.158.174.47)
Everything is sprouting, growing like mad. .......
12: Inmate Central, connecting too many dots? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-13, 07:30:16 (69.158.174.47)
A couple of statistics and a personal observation: since the pandemic falling vaccination rates and increased school absenteeism, and I observe odd changes in driver behaviours such as failing to sign .......
13: Inmate Central, enough already CNN... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-11, 09:11:43 (69.158.174.47)
This "story" encapsulates all that is wrong with the daily news cycle. .......
14: Inmate Central, Musk says it would cost them all 30%... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-11, 05:49:37 (69.158.174.47)
If so the duties would have to be tripled to 75% to protect the companies and those "good paying union jobs". .......
15: Inmate Central, BYD and Biden... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-10, 05:04:14 (69.158.174.47)
Whether through tariff or non-tariff barriers it is pretty clear that neither Biden nor Trump will let them in. .......
16: Inmate Central, more likely a 100% tariff... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-09, 08:45:52 (69.158.174.47)
Hawley has already proposed it in the senate and in Trump's mind China pays the tariffs! I wouldn't be surprised to see a doubling to 50% or more from a second Biden administration. .......
17: Inmate Central, no... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-08, 19:05:55 (69.158.174.47)
Tesla is not the cause of the slowing EV growth. The manufacturers showing impressive percentage increases are growing from nothing. The growing EV problem has actually been discussed in an insightful .......
18: Inmate Central, it burned through here at totality... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-08, 16:25:26 (69.158.174.47)
With a distinctly filtered look and blue cast. .......
19: Inmate Central, I got a brief glimpse of the new moon... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-08, 11:55:21 (69.158.174.47)
The clouds parted and I got an brief image through the eclipse glasses. With a sky this grey it is hard to see anything most of the time. .......
20: Inmate Central, yeah, but there is a converse lesson here... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-06, 09:24:53 (69.158.174.47)
We didn't really need all of those years of artificially low interest rates to keep the economy on the boil. The average Fed rate from 1971 to 2024 is 5.42%, current is 5.33%. When are we going to sto .......
21: Inmate Central, just down the road... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-06, 06:35:28 (69.158.174.47)
Hopefully the clouds will hold off until a little later in the afternoon. .......
22: Inmate Central, these high rates are killing me at tax time... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-05, 19:06:14 (69.158.174.47)
I'm making far too much money on both interest and the markets. This totally sucks! .......
23: Inmate Central, hmm... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-05, 08:03:47 (69.158.174.47)
The ones I bought appear to be compliant, but you have to wonder why Amazon couldn't (and wouldn't) avoid listing non-compliant glasses at all. Surely the potential liability would outweigh the profit .......
24: Inmate Central, we're warning you Bibi... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-04, 10:58:51 (69.158.174.47)
You will face absolutely no consequences when you don't do what we're demanding you do. .......
25: Inmate Central, he always lit up when he saw my wife... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-04, 07:55:37 (69.158.174.47)
Usually in Yorkville, back in the day. Probably because she's a prettier and shapelier version of Gilda Radner. I loved Count Floyd and was dying to tell him one afternoon when we were both flying to .......
26: Inmate Central, nah, but the true greatest is mentioned... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-02, 15:24:13 (69.158.174.47)
The Sebring. .......
27: Inmate Central, I'm unimpressed by this report... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-02, 07:59:07 (69.158.174.47)
No meat on the bones. .......
28: Inmate Central, at least one million eclipse gazers descending on Niagara this weekend... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-04-02, 07:50:22 (69.158.174.47)
I'm really not up with times. Will they be snapping selfies at totality? Phoning home to check on their cats? Why not just watch it on the phone since that is how they normally interact? I'm hearing $ .......
29: Inmate Central, thanks stan... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-29, 17:54:06 (69.158.174.47)
Marshes are truly a primeval environment. Herons first appeared some 60 to 38 million years ago with the ancestors of modern species appearing some 7 million years ago. .......
30: Inmate Central, the Bauhas inspired Audi design language is minimalist... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-29, 11:14:19 (69.158.174.47)
You are an automotive ascetic. .......
31: Inmate Central, minimalism is an aesthetic... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-29, 09:31:27 (69.158.174.47)
I am a minimalist in word and image. The traditional moral equivalent is asceticism. .......
32: Inmate Central, too much greenhouse, too little hood... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-29, 05:30:36 (69.158.174.47)
Looks like my next car could be a wagon as the 2025 S5 Avant could be headed here. .......
33: Inmate Central, well. it isn't just a hatchback... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-28, 05:26:40 (69.158.174.47)
And it certainly isn't a wagon in the Audi Avant manner. More of a lowered CUV. .......
34: Inmate Central, I keep the bad boys in the window pointed west at night... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-26, 07:27:15 (69.158.174.47)
I really didn't think I'd be buying an atomic time watch, but I managed to find two with attractive dials. .......
35: Inmate Central, Rick aka Red and I are lifelong neighbours... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-25, 05:20:48 (69.158.174.47)
We grew up in the Toronto area, moved to Waterloo and eventually to Hamilton and Grimsby (30 km apart). .......
36: Inmate Central, so... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-24, 06:22:58 (69.158.174.47)
My late-found interest in watches metastasized into an interest in various offline tools for atomic time and precise navigation on both watches and my android cell phone. .......
37: Inmate Central, Ha! GPS Waypoint Finder... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-24, 05:39:26 (69.158.174.47)
The cure for my recurring dream about not being able to find my hotel. .......
38: Inmate Central, could have been one of the local foxes too... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-23, 16:20:45 (69.158.174.47)
Actually my brother-in-law shot one within the town limits in neighbouring Beamsville years ago. Kids do dumb stuff. .......
39: Inmate Central, I was fast... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-23, 06:08:08 (69.158.174.47)
All Ontario in the 440 in high school, elite level at 3k (under 10 minutes) in the army, but I could never run 10k. .......
40: Inmate Central, someone took a shot at me... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-22, 13:42:13 (69.158.174.47)
Well, I suspect they shot at a turkey vulture in one of the spruces at the back of our yard. I was loading my wife from her wheelchair into the front seat of the car. We heard the whine of the passing .......
41: Inmate Central, simple offline navigation for android? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-22, 06:20:45 (69.158.174.47)
There is now a proliferation of GPS based offline navigation tools. I'm looking for a simple "backtrack" program - one that will let me set waypoints and find my way back to them on the road or in the .......
42: Inmate Central, the geese will leave if there is no open water... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-17, 04:29:12 (69.158.174.47)
That never happens here as Lake Ontario never freezes over. Well, not since the winter of 1933-34 anyway. .......
43: Inmate Central, the turkey vultures have been back for two weeks... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-16, 15:59:13 (69.158.174.47)
I didn't use my snow plow guy this winter - now I have to worry about losing him. I haven't even brought the mower into the shop for the annual sharpening and tune up yet: better get moving. Thank goo .......
44: Inmate Central, I think I just found out my Audi is spying on me... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-13, 16:47:22 (69.158.174.47)
And squealing to my insurance company! What really bugs me is that they sell me out so cheaply! .......
45: Inmate Central, like their girlfriends, dogs and pickup trucks... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-09, 05:54:05 (69.158.174.134)
Those prices aren't coming back. Now we're getting economic analysis with the heartbeat of country music. .......
46: Inmate Central, pfft... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-08, 15:20:50 (69.158.174.134)
A lot of whining about nothing. .......
47: Inmate Central, looks like significant increases in productivity to me... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-08, 14:36:13 (69.158.174.134)
Maybe the economic news is even better than we think. .......
48: Inmate Central, Biden wanted to send Canada... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-08, 13:40:22 (69.158.174.134)
Trudeau said no. .......
49: Inmate Central, funny... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-08, 13:35:13 (69.158.174.134)
I didn't know until about 10 years ago that Eydie Gormé was a serious Latino singer. Just goes to show how pasteurized TV was back in the day. .......
50: Inmate Central, when I started measuring 2 years ago... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-04, 12:42:58 (67.68.43.60)
I was down close to 5 kph, but I was 40 pounds overweight and recovering from runner's knee. I made gains fairly quickly up to 6.4 or so, but the last little bit to get to 7 kph may be too much at 73. .......
51: Inmate Central, heck, I've been walking 2100 miles per annum... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-04, 10:31:06 (67.68.43.60)
But if I can get my pace up 10% to 7 kph (supposedly much better for fat burning) I might be able to cut that back to 1400 miles. I would be happy to fill in the 700 miles on the bike. .......
52: Inmate Central, there's the rub... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-03-02, 10:59:01 (67.68.43.60)
Even if Ivan returns - and I hope he does, I'd miss his sense of humour - he would still be a geezer and a liberal. .......
53: Inmate Central, Krugman is still a liberal economist... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-29, 10:21:48 (67.68.43.60)
If you start with the premise that men are rational actors and hence act in their self-interest this whole phenomenon becomes inexplicable. .......
54: Inmate Central, that's right... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-29, 08:15:08 (67.68.43.60)
I went through two green cards plus extensions - fourteen years - to keep it none of my business. .......
55: Inmate Central, let them go unvaccinated... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-29, 05:37:19 (67.68.43.60)
See if I care. .......
56: Inmate Central, I don't think you caught my drift... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-27, 10:56:51 (67.68.43.60)
I meant that the regulator will literally need to be an AI - a type of self-regulation. .......
57: Inmate Central, I don't think we can establish fenceposts... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-27, 07:37:04 (67.68.43.60)
Rather the standard will need to incorporate a learning algorithm, sniffing out mischief that we haven't yet imagined. .......
58: Inmate Central, we need an AI regulator for AI... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-27, 06:48:44 (67.68.43.60)
In fact we need the AI regulator over the internet. I can't see anything else preventing catastrophe. .......
59: Inmate Central, the neural net/brain interface is well on the way... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-24, 16:59:50 (67.68.43.60)
But the impetus is restoring motor functions. No I haven't read any Iain Banks. .......
60: Inmate Central, I'm going for the upload... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-24, 07:50:55 (67.68.43.60)
My daughter can keep my AI manakin on the mantle. .......
61: Inmate Central, yikes... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-23, 05:35:09 (67.68.43.60)
Suburban cougars! That's an adaptation we don't really need. .......
62: Inmate Central, I knew Gia Scala's niece in Toronto... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-19, 07:31:19 (67.68.43.60)
Also named Gia. She is a mess but I was very impressed with her aunt in this movie. .......
63: Inmate Central, I hate Malick... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-19, 07:15:22 (67.68.43.60)
He translated Heidegger's "The Essence of Reasons" from the German and made a couple of excellent movies: Days of Heaven and Badlands are both interesting. .......
64: Inmate Central, my taxes are a nightmare... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-15, 06:29:33 (70.24.57.230)
More complex every year. I'm changing financial managers and one candidate would include it for free - yeah, like anything is free. But at 73 I'm seriously considering turning over the reins to an acc .......
65: Inmate Central, speaking of hi tech gumball machines... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-14, 05:25:38 (70.24.57.230)
I broke down and bought the glitziest of Citizen's atomic time watches! I got it for over $60 less than the Amazon price and couldn't resist. .......
66: Inmate Central, well, then... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-13, 09:49:54 (70.24.57.230)
What affordability crisis? .......
67: Inmate Central, whither gumball machines? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-13, 06:39:43 (70.24.57.230)
I used to fantasize about "winning" a usable watch or camera from this kind of machine, although I seldom had a quarter to spend. I vaguely remember a miniature camera that I carried around for a coup .......
68: Inmate Central, eat 'em up... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-13, 06:10:34 (70.24.57.230)
Tomorrow Lent. .......
69: Inmate Central, according to Ancestry, most Lasscocks lived in London... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-13, 05:42:29 (70.24.57.230)
That was circa 1900. The current premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, is very concerned about girls growing cocks or vice versa. Apparently this matter fires up her base, and perhaps her supporters too .......
70: Inmate Central, well... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-06, 19:58:54 (70.24.57.230)
You can't hold the gun manufacturers accountable, or the politicians they pay off...and someone has to pay. .......
71: Inmate Central, Yeats said it better... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-05, 06:00:44 (70.24.57.230)
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." But then he was telling the truth, not writing a bumper sticker. .......
72: Inmate Central, guns don't kill people, parents kill people... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-05, 05:18:31 (70.24.57.230)
I like it. .......
73: Inmate Central, the Jennifer Crumbley trial... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-02, 08:24:03 (70.24.57.230)
This overreach is not a good look for the American judicial system. Not really a good look for the media either - it is really fucking boring. .......
74: Inmate Central, I like the new show... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-01, 09:04:42 (70.24.57.230)
Not a fan of Raymond Burr, a big fan of Matthew Rhys...I loved The Americans. .......
75: Inmate Central, then there are the aplogists for the deplorables... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-01, 08:17:20 (70.24.57.230)
Tinpot internet J.D. Vances. .......
76: Inmate Central, let's be clear... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-01, 06:30:41 (70.24.57.230)
Canada's GDP is the same as Russia's. The Euro Zone plus UK accounts for 8X Russia's GDP. Throw in Australia and basically the West's economy without the U.S. is 10x as big as Russia's. Even without t .......
77: Inmate Central, not necessarily... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-02-01, 05:27:54 (70.24.57.230)
But every country we call the West would be in a world of hurt. In a sense we're already there, and need to figure out Ukraine basically among the EU, UK and Canada or they will be lost. Odds are the .......
78: Inmate Central, more European travel for my daughter... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-31, 12:05:19 (70.24.57.230)
Likely a full time minder for my younger grandson who is autistic so Rachel can fight with landlords and take their money as a paralegal. Dave is nearly 50 while I became a CEO at 45 - and blamed my l .......
79: Inmate Central, the Courtyard Marriott on Wendover was my home for those years... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-31, 11:49:24 (70.24.57.230)
Yes, Ornamental Products in High Point did a little business with Marsh. The furniture business was well in decline already. Most of our furniture business was embossing, especially chair backs. Aspen .......
80: Inmate Central, I can see the end of your republic from here... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-31, 11:03:12 (70.24.57.230)
Biden knows that the slaughter in Gaza is wrong yet supports it from fifty years of habit. The kids don't really understand the peril you are in. .......
81: Inmate Central, our head office was in Archdale NC... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-31, 10:54:20 (70.24.57.230)
We also had a furniture/kitchen component company in High Point and another one in Zeeland MI. We also had a two person buying office in China. I commuted from the original plant in Waterloo, ON - my .......
82: Inmate Central, retired for 13 years... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-31, 05:44:04 (70.24.57.230)
I spent the last 15 years of my career running a group of specialty moulding companies in the U.S. and Canada with the bulk of the sales going to Home Depot and Lowe's but with significant sales to 2 .......
83: Inmate Central, actually, he's a very funny guy JDK... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-31, 05:27:35 (70.24.57.230)
It will be interesting to see how well he does when he is really calling the shots. .......
84: Inmate Central, we have met the enemy and he is us... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-30, 07:40:00 (70.24.57.230)
One of the chief negatives I encountered in the lumber industry in both Canada and the U.S. was the pervasive nepotism. Having no initial connections in the industry I had to rely on my own initiative .......
85: Inmate Central, well... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-27, 09:09:41 (70.24.57.230)
All good until the lead character goes over a bump. flies into the air and gets cut in half on the windscreen. .......
86: Inmate Central, the Opel Astra was my rental car of choice in Europe... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-26, 05:46:29 (70.24.57.230)
I've never driven a Kadett but I liked them. .......
87: Inmate Central, likely careerism... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-24, 08:57:09 (70.24.57.230)
What better way for a prosecutor to gain national attention? .......
88: Inmate Central, a lot of chatter about affordabilty these days... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-24, 08:19:59 (70.24.57.230)
Of course this is exactly how higher interest rates are supposed to work. Presumably some of the young people who don't have the best jobs will delay their purchase. And that just might tempt the indu .......
89: Inmate Central, maybe but did they have to raise entry level prices that much? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-23, 09:48:14 (70.24.57.230)
My Audi S5 as equipped is only up 6% in the past two years, pretty much bang on inflation. It seems to me that this average market could be ripe for some price disruption - but I'm just not close enou .......
90: Inmate Central, meanwhile EV prices have dropped 22% in the last year... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-23, 06:32:00 (70.24.57.230)
At some $50,700 the average is hardly higher than the average new car. It looks like the manufacturers only want to sell ICE and hybrid vehicles if they can get their margin - how else to explain pric .......
91: Inmate Central, that's the problem with fuel efficiency... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-16, 20:24:40 (67.68.43.233)
It's so damned expensive. .......
92: Inmate Central, so... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-16, 19:46:54 (67.68.43.233)
In conjunction with my wife's wheelchair lift, I needed a ramp to clear the 6" limestone threshold. The usual standard is a 12" run for every inch, but I figured I could easily lift her transport chai .......
93: Inmate Central, relative advantage is fine, exploitation is not... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-15, 08:26:48 (67.68.43.233)
Unfortunately far too much relative advantage is exploitation pure and simple. .......
94: Inmate Central, nice... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-13, 05:57:47 (67.68.43.233)
The Cayman is such a pure sports car and the colour is perfect. Personally, I'd go for a higher performance variant. .......
95: Inmate Central, hmm... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-11, 11:23:38 (67.68.43.233)
Maybe if American consumers weren't buying so much stuff from China I'd be impressed. The average Chinese accounts for about 10.1 tons of carbon pollution annually versus 17.6 tons for the average Ame .......
96: Inmate Central, read... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-07, 15:55:34 (69.158.173.241)
And try to learn Ivan. .......
97: Inmate Central, do alpha and omega compete? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-07, 05:38:27 (69.158.173.241)
Home Depot sells a ton of high velocity items in high quantities to local customers (in United States, Canada, Mexico, China, and Puerto Rico) - local because the shipments are often very bulky so log .......
98: Inmate Central, we had a week of fog here, ending a week ago... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-06, 14:09:08 (69.158.173.241)
I think the current Arctic air should bring us closer to normal. .......
99: Inmate Central, I think Dems are about 50/50 on this... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-06, 14:06:48 (69.158.173.241)
And it doesn't help that the "left" in the U.S. is so entangled in identity politics. .......
100: Inmate Central, many of my peers in the lumber business were Ivy League... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-06, 11:57:13 (69.158.173.241)
This stratum of U.S. society is not at all unfamiliar to me. I do get the impression that Ackman wants to raise his political profile. Don't forget that once upon a time Trump was a Democratic contrib .......
101: Inmate Central, just the beginning... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-06, 04:22:59 (69.158.173.241)
I'm surprised that it took so long for the war on education to spread to your universities. .......
102: Inmate Central, wrong... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-05, 09:13:21 (69.158.173.241)
Home Depot was never into "long tail" merchandising like Amazon is. .......
103: Inmate Central, the right used to cancel people quietly... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-02, 16:28:32 (69.158.173.241)
They called it black-balling. Now they need to make a lot of noise and rope in useful idiots like Bill Maher and CNN. Bill Maher of the short memory. Oh wait, Bill appears on CNN every week now. ::: T .......
104: Inmate Central, Hamas can't be eliminated militarily... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2024-01-02, 07:26:08 (69.158.173.241)
Heck, I'd argue that the military response so far ensures radicalization for the next two generations. .......
105: Inmate Central, exposure on black and white birds is difficult (at best)... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-31, 05:38:15 (69.158.173.241)
I'm not sure there is a lesson here, except to shoot a lot of shots. .......
106: Inmate Central, here you go again... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-30, 08:16:41 (69.158.173.241)
But who am I to keep you down? .......
107: Inmate Central, not so much... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-30, 08:01:59 (69.158.173.241)
Engine packaging constraints lifted, but the constraints for aerodynamics, crash worthiness, pedestrian/other vehicle protection, occupants and luggage and entry/egress remain the same. Not to mention .......
108: Inmate Central, I have a C7 in the living room... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-28, 21:09:09 (69.158.173.241)
It is fantastic. .......
109: Inmate Central, 7.5' (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-28, 16:21:32 (69.158.173.241)
55" is as big as I can fit on the dresser, and certainly a good size at that distance. .......
110: Inmate Central, I put a deposit on a 55" LG C3 today... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-28, 15:31:26 (69.158.173.241)
Quite frankly I'm underwhelmed by the current mid-priced OLEDs, but the old Samsung plasma in the bedroom is burned in to the point of distraction. I gave the Sony 80L serious consideration but I like .......
111: Inmate Central, don't forget turkey sandwiches... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-27, 05:06:30 (69.158.173.241)
Let alone a full blown club sandwich, macaroni salad and deviled ham sandwiches (with green olives) too. I buy a big jar and it somehow disappears. .......
112: Inmate Central, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-25, 09:12:05 (69.158.173.241)
It is somehow comforting to think that this Betty Crocker recipe isn't far different from my grandmother's British recipe - and close enough to what I do today (actually yesterday) to jog my memory. T .......
113: Inmate Central, why has the U.S. supplied 5000 MK-48 munitions since October? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-23, 05:23:22 (69.158.173.241)
What sense does it make to talk of identification with a kill zone the size of 60 soccer pitches? .......
114: Inmate Central, Bibi/Putin/Satan I buy... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-22, 13:40:53 (69.158.173.241)
Trump is Satan's guy. .......
115: Inmate Central, now CNN (and Biden at the U.N.) are looking for some cover... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-22, 10:53:37 (69.158.173.241)
Too late. .......
116: Inmate Central, CNN suddenly discovers what we already knew... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-22, 08:49:07 (69.158.173.241)
Israel has systematically destroyed infrastructure and killed thousands of civilians in Gaza by dropping hundreds of 2000 pound bombs on the densely populated area. They needed AI to tell us what the .......
117: Inmate Central, wait... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-22, 08:30:03 (69.158.173.241)
Are you suggesting that the high gas prices weren't a result of "Biden's radical policies"? But...but...I heard it on TV. Next thing you know you'll be throwing around fancy words like fungible. ::: T .......
118: Inmate Central, close the border quick... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-22, 07:18:02 (69.158.173.241)
They are coming for the low gas prices. .......
119: Inmate Central, things are going swimmingly here... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-22, 07:13:49 (69.158.173.241)
We have enough money to maintain our lifestyle in perpetuity - just not enough to stay alive to enjoy it. .......
120: Inmate Central, how can the shortest day be at 10:27 P.M.? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-22, 06:53:24 (69.158.173.241)
Of course it is much more complicated than that - the more precise astronomical definition is the point of maximum tilt of the earth's axis. .......
121: Inmate Central, Hanan Ashrawi is still around... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-20, 04:58:27 (69.158.173.241)
I would say not only reasonable but exemplary. If the Palestinians could get behind a female leader there might be some hope for them. .......
122: Inmate Central, actually he was a pretty good economist... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-17, 20:39:23 (69.158.173.241)
Most of my business management education came from Marx. .......
123: Inmate Central, moving on... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-17, 09:56:50 (69.158.173.241)
As it happens the kind of militant secularism that Maher espouses tends to be fairly prevalent in lapsed Catholics and their societies (Quebec, France). Being a lapsed Catholic I feel the pull, but wh .......
124: Inmate Central, as usual... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-17, 09:19:49 (69.158.173.241)
Only the details that you care about matter, and nothing else matters at all. .......
125: Inmate Central, wtf? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-17, 09:02:15 (69.158.173.241)
Bill Maher grew up Catholic. .......
126: Inmate Central, I was joking about the walking but... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-17, 06:21:01 (69.158.173.241)
Your comments about traffic density are well taken. Main Street is also the highway here in ex-urban Niagara. Evenings with light traffic are dangerous because pedestrians don't expect to encounter dr .......
127: Inmate Central, I changed channels... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-17, 06:12:50 (69.158.173.241)
Maher, like me, is anti-religious. He picks on Islam because - let's face it - they are anti-secular. I get this. Unfortunately anti-secular jews are now calling the shots in Israel - and Maher turns .......
128: Inmate Central, I use a catseye bar-end mirror... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-16, 14:57:48 (69.158.173.241)
As I was saying, around here I might need it to be a pedestrian. And yes, it is the pickup trucks. .......
129: Inmate Central, Garmin Varia radar? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-16, 09:25:39 (69.158.173.241)
I'm considering it for the bikes - not sure how much it helps to know - but wondering if I can adapt it for walking. I've nearly been hit from behind a couple of times at intersections lately. ::: TOP .......
130: Inmate Central, I carry a compressor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-14, 15:55:47 (69.158.173.241)
I've never actually looked at my donut. .......
131: Inmate Central, yes and no: having run an American company for so many years... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-14, 11:03:21 (69.158.173.241)
I have no problem being "mistaken" for an American. I fly the flag at home but not on jackets, t-shirts, backpacks etc.. .......
132: Inmate Central, since 1965 Mike... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-14, 10:15:03 (69.158.173.241)
I was never fond of the Canadian Ensign or Union Jack. .......
133: Inmate Central, a lesson from the weather gods... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-14, 07:59:15 (69.158.173.241)
I was tired of the wind tearing my 3' x 5' polyester flag to pieces, so I bought a heavy duty flag. Which tore apart and destroyed the halyard clips in the process. Oh well I bought two cheap flags an .......
134: Inmate Central, one fly in the ointment... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-14, 06:51:25 (69.158.173.241)
Is the cost of housing (nowhere near as bad as Canada). On the other hand it contributes to the wealth effect for older Americans. The real puzzle is, how can Americans continue to believe that there .......
135: Inmate Central, yes. and there has been a similar migration in partisan support too... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-14, 06:40:21 (69.158.173.241)
My view is that Bibi is biding his time just as much as Putin is. .......
136: Inmate Central, raised on it... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-14, 05:19:50 (69.158.173.241)
But never developed a taste for it. I do like regular mustard on peameal roll or corned beef brisket - and a little vinegar on the cabbage. .......
137: Inmate Central, weird... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-13, 14:03:22 (69.158.173.241)
Slovenians use horseradish on ham which would be good except they adulterate their horseradish with apple sauce. Like many French Canadians I might put white vinegar on my ham. Of course we're in the .......
138: Inmate Central, that is true, however... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-13, 13:37:47 (69.158.173.241)
Jews in general and Gerry Schwartz in particular were once huge donors and fundraisers for the Liberal Party. They had a disproportionate influence - when Irwin Cotler spoke the powerful within the pa .......
139: Inmate Central, there must be a reason we have the fourth largest population of Jews... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-13, 09:16:32 (69.158.173.241)
I don't think it is because we're a pig sty or we make Jews feel unwelcome. I do fear that Canadian Jews will contribute to making the Liberals feel unwelcome in two years - but this was a decision ba .......
140: Inmate Central, we substitute cranberries... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-12, 15:15:36 (69.158.174.18)
Easier on my wife's kidneys but still delicious. .......
141: Inmate Central, well, but the meatballs and the berries go together like... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-12, 15:13:09 (69.158.174.18)
Billabongs and crocodiles. Especially with boiled potatoes. .......
142: Inmate Central, Canada, Australia and New Zealand call for ceasefire in Gaza... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-12, 14:47:11 (69.158.174.18)
Symbolic gesture, but the right one. .......
143: Inmate Central, I'm sure he has his log cabin following... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-12, 06:56:19 (69.158.174.18)
He really is at his best piling on to this sort of right wing hit job/manufactured news. Shame on CNN for amplifying it. .......
144: Inmate Central, all three of them were right... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-11, 19:55:48 (69.158.174.18)
They will only discipline students based on their actions. As for antisemitism even "from the river to the sea" is a stretch in some contexts. Based on our experience here, the right will accuse every .......
145: Inmate Central, yeah, but... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-09, 11:32:44 (69.158.174.18)
The biggest American problem is not criminal misuse - it's the guy next door. .......
146: Inmate Central, I meant exactly what I said... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-07, 10:33:32 (69.158.174.18)
Only a complete fool would think there is any real interest in making the U.S. safe from guns. Even progressives seize on the chimera of red flag laws which would have a marginal impact in any society .......
147: Inmate Central, refused a job? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-07, 07:48:57 (69.158.174.18)
Now they are looking for red flags. What degree of surveillance and prior restraint will it take to make your country safe for guns? .......
148: Inmate Central, this is the Z-102 coupe... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-06, 07:27:48 (69.158.174.18)
Clearly the most desirable car in the world when I was an infant and little boy. I struggled to see how Bond's early Aston Martins were an improvement on it. .......
149: Inmate Central, response from Ask AI... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-05, 10:24:17 (69.158.174.18)
Rather weak in my view. .......
150: Inmate Central, a general AI is not going to give good architectural advice... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-03, 16:43:37 (69.158.174.18)
Not right now anyway, and even in future I think that would be a job for a dedicated expert system - which could well be embedded in a general AI. All I can say Jazz is "You'll see.". .......
151: Inmate Central, actually a simple and concrete idea... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 21:15:11 (69.158.174.18)
That in any given scientific, technical, educational, medical, administrative, legal or penal institution there are rules of evidence, jurisdiction, privilege, deduction etc. being followed which are .......
152: Inmate Central, from an investment point of view they're equivalent... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 19:00:50 (69.158.174.18)
nt .......
153: Inmate Central, think Foucault's archeology of knowledge... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 18:59:13 (69.158.174.18)
Not the undergraduate curriculum. .......
154: Inmate Central, huh? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 15:11:13 (69.158.174.18)
Automation and upgrading the workforce are complementary paths to productivity. .......
155: Inmate Central, a circuit might well emulate sentience... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 14:50:49 (69.158.174.18)
Certainly it will fly by the Turing test, very soon if not today. I'll leave the ontological distinction to you. .......
156: Inmate Central, not really... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 14:46:31 (69.158.174.18)
The real world is western, it is not multicultural. .......
157: Inmate Central, Husserl was not an existentialist... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 10:59:51 (69.158.174.18)
But you're right about one thing vacuous: philosophy does not do anything. Nonetheless I would argue that it is an important discourse having to do with what is thinkable in a given historical context .......
158: Inmate Central, arguably civilization declined under the Aristotelean system... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 10:09:28 (69.158.174.18)
And yet it was the Arab revitalization of Aristotle that kick-started the Renaissance. One venture of AI is that breadth may lead to depth of thought. Unproven, but how can you be sure that betting on .......
159: Inmate Central, will AI lead to the first non-human philosopher? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 09:14:11 (69.158.174.18)
Perhaps the greatest systems in the history of philosophy - the Aristotelian and Kantian - were above all syntheses of current knowledge. But with the explosion of research beginning in the 20th centu .......
160: Inmate Central, RE: The new Prius is supposed to be fun to drive. (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 08:15:26 (69.158.174.18)
I've yet to see one on the road. .......
161: Inmate Central, a shame that Toyota drivers are so reliably awful... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-02, 06:18:03 (69.158.174.18)
And their vehicles so reliably boring. Well, except for the reborn Supra which is really a BMW. .......
162: Inmate Central, speaking of Wranglers... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-12-01, 07:34:27 (67.68.43.215)
What's with the fucking blinding headlights? Why aren't these things banned? .......
163: Inmate Central, only Congress can declare war... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-30, 14:52:24 (67.68.43.215)
Your Presidents have been making war under CRs as though they have that power - other than in an emergency that is. .......
164: Inmate Central, I think "Kissinger is us" is what we discussed below... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-30, 11:13:16 (67.68.43.215)
I don't see why Americans of either partisan persuasion should be allowed to wash their hands here. .......
165: Inmate Central, you should be committed for hyperbole Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-30, 09:55:21 (67.68.43.215)
If I've learned anything about overcoming fascism over the years it is that granular and unblinking adherence to the truth is the best prophylactic. .......
166: Inmate Central, well, and I would add... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-30, 09:32:19 (67.68.43.215)
Protesting the slaughter of 15,000 Gazans - and complete destruction of their infrastructure - not to mention close to a generation under Israeli siege isn't even necessarily pro-Palestinian. ::: TOP .......
167: Inmate Central, I call a counterfactual on that... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-30, 09:16:12 (67.68.43.215)
Both Joe and Hillary voted to enable Dubya, and everyone knew what he would do. .......
168: Inmate Central, wait a second... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-30, 08:30:46 (67.68.43.215)
Saudi Arabia is the other partner in Biden's grand plan to project power in the Middle East without putting boots on the ground. Since the clown prince didn't hesitate to saw one of their own into lit .......
169: Inmate Central, agreed... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-30, 07:08:20 (67.68.43.215)
From a more contemporary point of view, there is little daylight between Joe and Hillary - although she has more balls and wouldn't have made the same mess in Afghanistan. .......
170: Inmate Central, his legacy lives on... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-30, 05:28:26 (67.68.43.215)
Biden's approach to the current conflict in Gaza is realism with a chicken heart. .......
171: Inmate Central, some real cuties getting released... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-28, 11:27:44 (67.68.43.215)
I have consistently described Hamas as psychopathic, both individually and collectively, but you may have missed that. .......
172: Inmate Central, vitriol? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-28, 10:58:21 (67.68.43.215)
Cutting through the cozy chaos that is the wider media environment in the U.S. now would take more than a little vitriol. .......
173: Inmate Central, not so much... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-28, 08:29:21 (67.68.43.215)
The Arabs, mostly Sunni - at least those not being directly oppressed by Israel - have largely chosen peace. .......
174: Inmate Central, who cares? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-28, 06:52:03 (67.68.43.215)
Sports "journalism" is entertainment. The "journalists" are like CNN journalists embedded with the Israelis in Gaza or "interviewing" the constant parade of government and IDF officials - they are boo .......
175: Inmate Central, Jesus... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-27, 13:04:06 (67.68.43.215)
So the entire Biden administration is antisemitic? Quite apart from that there are only two democratic solutions: two states and one state with an Arab majority. .......
176: Inmate Central, I was talking about the young lady being interrupted... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-25, 18:46:07 (67.68.43.215)
The old man falling down sounds like the kind of unfortunate incident that happens when you have dueling demonstrations. Even the prosecution says it was not a hate crime, so why bring it up here? ::: .......
177: Inmate Central, this is a nothing burger jazz... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-25, 16:27:43 (67.68.43.215)
This is exactly the kind of empty rhetoric around antisemitism that I'm complaining about. Do you really want to be the boy who cried wolf? .......
178: Inmate Central, 2021? lol... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-25, 16:04:07 (67.68.43.215)
This is 2023. .......
179: Inmate Central, plenty of threats, very little violence... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-25, 10:52:41 (67.68.43.215)
Not that you ever let the truth sway you. .......
180: Inmate Central, who started it is a schoolyard argument... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-25, 09:58:07 (67.68.43.215)
The U.S. has always had the power to stop the killing and impose a settlement. Time they used it. .......
181: Inmate Central, did you catch this little detail... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-24, 07:05:05 (67.68.43.215)
3000 Palestinians being held indefinitely with no charges. So much for the constant braying about lawfulness. .......
182: Inmate Central, Pope Francis calls a spade a spade... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-23, 18:57:05 (67.68.43.215)
I don't think his remarks need to be clarified. Cue the outrage! .......
183: Inmate Central, AI will certainly lead to huge changes in IP... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-22, 14:17:47 (69.158.173.108)
I don't see how anyone could be certain that everything an AI used was in the public domain, or if this is even desirable. .......
184: Inmate Central, the movies are bullshit... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-21, 16:14:12 (69.158.173.108)
John Wayne, Sly Stallone both cowards. Come to think of it Victor, you like to talk soldier. .......
185: Inmate Central, the drone is the correlate of the sniper/artillery spotter in WWI... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-20, 07:01:19 (69.158.173.108)
My first father-in-law, the major, did this at the age of 17 (he lied). .......
186: Inmate Central, it is easy to forget that... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-20, 05:00:06 (69.158.173.108)
Australia is the same size as the contiguous 48 states. .......
187: Inmate Central, watch out for those billabong crocs! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-19, 05:44:12 (69.158.173.108)
And make sure to rub in the giant insect repellent! .......
188: Inmate Central, how about Bin Laden as a TikTok influencer? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-18, 11:17:52 (69.158.173.108)
For something (9/11) so elaborately memorialized it seems that your youth haven't bee taught the historical context at all. .......
189: Inmate Central, accusing the Aspen Institute of fascism is just plain weird Jazz... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-17, 07:12:59 (69.158.173.108)
But at any rate what I was pointing out is that demographic forces are undermining Israel's ability to remain democratic both in the region and in the Jewish population. Having said that they are hard .......
190: Inmate Central, Bibi loves that line of argument... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-17, 05:27:55 (69.158.173.108)
But it doesn't really wash. The west is not under siege from Islamic terrorism no matter how hard the mavens of the national security industry talk it up. But it could be true in a completely differen .......
191: Inmate Central, so... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-15, 20:41:20 (69.158.173.108)
That should be good for a week. .......
192: Inmate Central, Reuters-Ipsos poll shows support for Israel dropping... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-15, 19:07:03 (69.158.173.108)
Biden is in a very tough spot here, with 75% of Democrats supporting a ceasefire. .......
193: Inmate Central, it is the whole issue... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-15, 15:23:04 (69.158.173.108)
The demographic problem that came to haunt Ben-Gurion. .......
194: Inmate Central, go for it Mikey... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-15, 13:46:29 (69.158.173.108)
That thing should make short work of cyclists and pedestrians alike. .......
195: Inmate Central, great summary Feanor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-15, 13:42:46 (69.158.173.108)
I would say this is the position of the majority of Canadians with a liberal inclination. Where it gets complicated for me is when asked if Israel has the tight to pursue a single state solution that .......
196: Inmate Central, walking with Google Fit worked for me... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-15, 05:28:31 (69.158.173.108)
Mind you, only 50 pounds. The bicycling is fun but I can't rely on it in Canada. Life without caffeine would be hard! .......
197: Inmate Central, yeah, right... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-13, 09:07:19 (69.158.173.108)
Certainly the right will do their damnedest to reinforce this narrative because it will exacerbate what is already shaping up to be a significant split in Democratic support. .......
198: Inmate Central, the only overtly political act of anti-semitism here was against Heather Reisman... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-13, 07:08:13 (69.158.173.108)
But Reisman's husband Gerry Schwartz had been the Liberal Party's chief fundraiser until 2006 when they changed their allegiance to the Harper Conservatives in support of Israel's invasion of Lebanon. .......
199: Inmate Central, this is a labour of love for Dana Bash... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-12, 15:59:04 (69.158.173.108)
She openly admits that her approach is "aggressive". .......
200: Inmate Central, you don't want to get it Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-12, 15:41:03 (69.158.173.108)
The demonstrations are against the Biden administration's support of Bibi's deranged government. Assad and Putin have nothing to do with this except for your feverish whataboutism. .......
201: Inmate Central, oh, they're on this like a hungry dog on a t-bone... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-12, 15:27:28 (69.158.173.108)
Heck, Dana Bash had Bibi on today and gave him a really soft ride. She is in the habit of conflating criticism of Israel with anti-semitism so I'll be looking for some solid evidence that there is som .......
202: Inmate Central, nothing cheap enough for me Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-10, 20:20:43 (69.158.173.108)
Nice site though - if it weren't for the outrageous prices they might catch some phish. .......
203: Inmate Central, Israel still does... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-10, 07:34:02 (69.158.173.108)
The blockade is just a modality of occupation. Bibi saw Hamas as a path to kill the 2 state solution. And we both know the zealots have been aiming to deport the Palestinians. History shows that PMs w .......
204: Inmate Central, the occupation doesn't contribute to Israel's security... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-10, 07:19:06 (69.158.173.108)
The real motive for the occupation is a question that doesn't get asked. .......
205: Inmate Central, the world expects restraint to protect Palestinian civilians... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-10, 06:45:23 (69.158.173.108)
Not against Hamas. No matter how hard the American media spins it, world criticism of Israel should be heeded: end the occupation. .......
206: Inmate Central, RE: Sandhill cranes (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-09, 15:28:27 (69.158.173.108)
Very nice Stan - good light and acceptable sharpness on the eye. We do get some in southern Ontario these days, but I haven't had a good shot yet. .......
207: Inmate Central, yeah, not so much... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-09, 07:29:10 (69.158.173.108)
The Israeli gaolors don't get off that easily in my view, nor do their American patrons. And certainly not Hamas who individually and collectively are psychotic. If Iran is the big winner here it was .......
208: Inmate Central, if I were you Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-08, 08:39:49 (69.158.173.108)
I'd be begging for a substance to change my brain. .......
209: Inmate Central, keep a low profile... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-08, 08:13:52 (69.158.173.108)
Heck they have even gone after Canadians over seeds. And shamefully, our week-kneed government of the day extradited. .......
210: Inmate Central, just remember, the Feds can still get you... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-08, 06:58:11 (69.158.173.108)
How fucked up is that? .......
211: Inmate Central, what West? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-07, 11:55:09 (69.158.173.108)
If Biden supports this and the left and the young stay home in 2024 there will be no West. .......
212: Inmate Central, what is so nice about it? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-07, 06:41:01 (69.158.173.108)
Biden would support this at his domestic peril. Bibi, of course, would prefer a regime change in the U.S.. .......
213: Inmate Central, Jackie Stewart is my driving instructor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-06, 08:01:24 (69.158.173.108)
Pretend you are balancing an egg on your head. .......
214: Inmate Central, Max and Lewis are among the best drivers ever... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-06, 06:21:59 (69.158.173.108)
If you want real flair dig up Stirling Moss, although he never once won the championship. .......
215: Inmate Central, my Heritor Ashton is now within 3 seconds 90% of the time... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-06, 05:39:40 (69.158.173.108)
So within 2 seconds in the hours when I'm awake when set at 7 A.M.. Since it consistently gains time and is hackable setting takes seconds. I've decided that this confidence interval is the best way t .......
216: Inmate Central, my Android phone is about 1 second behind my computer... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-05, 05:39:06 (69.158.173.108)
For the sake of convenience the phone is my standard. .......
217: Inmate Central, those world time watch faces are a mess... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-04, 16:02:03 (69.158.173.108)
I set most of my watches this morning - only took a few minutes. .......
218: Inmate Central, I'm expecting about $50 x 4 claims... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-03, 06:49:21 (69.158.173.108)
Last week Audi charged me $91 for wiper blades. .......
219: Inmate Central, speaking of which, sort of the opposite of a recall... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-03, 06:23:13 (69.158.173.108)
I'll be getting settlement money, unsought, for purchasing four BMWs from 1998 to 2016. This came straight out of the blue although I vaguely recall some news reports from a few years back. The dealer .......
220: Inmate Central, what I miss even more... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-02, 16:22:34 (69.158.173.108)
Back in the day, the Canadian Armed Forces used those perforated sheets to score IQ tests. The recruiting officer (in 1975) laid the overlays on my test, turned white and phoned Ottawa. These days I n .......
221: Inmate Central, I don't see the advantage in measuring... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-02, 15:27:35 (69.158.173.108)
I forbid my doctor from doing it. I will be 6' 1-1/2" until I die. .......
222: Inmate Central, so let's be clear about that too... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-02, 08:59:42 (69.158.173.108)
I hold Biden responsible, and so do some 2/3 of younger Americans. He is headed for some real electoral problems, especially in Michigan. .......
223: Inmate Central, what they need is a Children's Crusade... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-02, 08:54:41 (69.158.173.108)
Since more than half of the population are children. Oh wait, they don't like Crusaders either. .......
224: Inmate Central, no Ivan, they even wrote a plan... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-02, 06:42:54 (69.158.173.108)
But the final destination could be Canada! After they steal Gaza in one fell swoop they'll just continue to nibble away at the West Bank - stealing land and water and shooting the residents when the m .......
225: Inmate Central, no analogy... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 20:47:42 (69.158.173.108)
Gaza is a prison. But the civilian population is definitely oppressed by both the Israeli gaolors and the Hamas prison overlords. A situation that Bibi, for one, saw as an opportunity. Certainly if hi .......
226: Inmate Central, this is not war... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 17:07:26 (69.158.173.108)
The gaolors are dealing with a nasty prison break and riot. The other side might as well be armed with pikes. .......
227: Inmate Central, let's be clear... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 13:27:20 (69.158.173.108)
10:1 or greater is an order of magnitude, it is not proportional. .......
228: Inmate Central, a more credible source... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 08:33:44 (69.158.173.108)
One wack job who specializes in gender and race resentment does not a movement make. .......
229: Inmate Central, social media posts, unnamed professors, shouting mobs... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 08:09:35 (69.158.173.108)
Up to your usual standard of apocryphal B.S.. .......
230: Inmate Central, I love my Pirelli P Zero Winters... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 07:34:59 (69.158.173.108)
I prefer the smoother ride of the 18s over my summer (Michelin Pilot 4s) 19s anyway, and these high performance winters just keep getting better. .......
231: Inmate Central, left wing fascism was never really a thing in the U.S. and Canada... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 06:55:52 (69.158.173.108)
Sure there were some Stalinist "useful idiots" and wild-eyed Maoists around when I was in university, but even they didn't know what they meant by what they said. I understand why you take it more ser .......
232: Inmate Central, left wing anti-semitism is gospel on the right... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 06:02:52 (69.158.173.108)
Now let's see, who could be removing your posts? .......
233: Inmate Central, the prototypical form of xenophobia... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 05:35:58 (69.158.173.108)
At least for the West. They are our inner other whose prodigious gifts have shaped our civilization in ways that seem to always mark them out as the root causes of popular grievances. .......
234: Inmate Central, proof of life of left wing anti-semitism? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-11-01, 05:18:46 (69.158.173.108)
An Asian at Cornell no less. Well, we'll see: maybe you have one. .......
235: Inmate Central, I bombed the refugee camp,... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-31, 10:58:55 (69.158.173.108)
But I did not bomb the hospital." Ballad of the IDF. .......
236: Inmate Central, yes, a refuge from the torrent of lies... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-31, 09:09:48 (69.158.173.108)
I generally expect more from CNN and the Biden administration than I do from you. Surely they don't want to be the boy who cried "Wolf!". .......
237: Inmate Central, grams per m2... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-31, 08:44:53 (69.158.173.108)
But just like a house you need to seal the cracks first. I wear a stretchy lightweight running jacket underneath which drastically reduces the weight of the outer shell required. .......
238: Inmate Central, the wave may be more of a ripple... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-31, 08:28:17 (69.158.173.108)
But a gusher of conflation of criticism of the Israeli government and support for the Palestinians with anti-semitism. Dagestan, no question. .......
239: Inmate Central, very expensive tuning out of warranty... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-30, 08:12:09 (69.158.173.108)
Bad on the straight six even worse on the E92 V8. That is a fact. I initially assumed that that was what ghost meant. .......
240: Inmate Central, my E36 M3 was no Vanos... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-30, 06:23:53 (69.158.173.108)
The initial Canadian model - the so-called Euro-spec - had a 3 liter Vanos engine which was expensive and expensive to maintain; the model was dropped after two years. The U.S. model was a little anem .......
241: Inmate Central, actually Abbas was elected in 2005... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-29, 16:14:36 (69.158.173.108)
Hamas in 2006. But just imagine you had elections in federal prisons. What kind of inmates would be elected? .......
242: Inmate Central, yes, there is an open question of fashion(ism) involved... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-28, 16:01:42 (69.158.173.108)
Here is one theory. .......
243: Inmate Central, I guess you missed it... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-28, 14:09:49 (69.158.173.108)
Not suits. .......
244: Inmate Central, the Israeli war cabinet looked good in all black... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-28, 11:20:06 (69.158.173.108)
One presumes that they have a deep sense of irony. .......
245: Inmate Central, so... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-28, 04:37:31 (69.158.173.108)
The obvious effects of high interest rates and corporate greed on American consumers brought forth this homily? .......
246: Inmate Central, you'd think so watching U.S. TV... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-22, 17:27:57 (69.158.173.108)
So just don't. .......
247: Inmate Central, yes, my daughter is the same... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-20, 13:59:07 (69.158.173.108)
I, on the other hand, am Alienware and Android to the core. I have clothing designed to carry the phone and the armband as a last resort. I prefer paying attention to the environment and guessing my r .......
248: Inmate Central, no, I meant more accurate than an android phone... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-20, 12:21:39 (69.158.173.108)
For tracking walking, running or cycling. I think it is reasonable to assume that watches that run redundant geolocation services like Garmins would be more accurate. But then there is the hassle of u .......
249: Inmate Central, my phone tracks my workouts... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-20, 07:06:08 (69.158.173.108)
I have no doubt that some watches would be more accurate, but which ones? I don't have any problem with weight, but sheer size can be a problem: I'm one of those people who bangs a watch into door fra .......
250: Inmate Central, I have a Casio Duro too... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-20, 06:34:34 (69.158.173.108)
I wanted to leave one dive watch with a poly strap on it for sports. I'm too cheap to go swimming or bicycling wearing a $500 (list) watch. I remain unconvinced by smart watches - especially since so .......
251: Inmate Central, right... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-19, 05:57:35 (69.158.173.108)
The damage is done - exactly my point, although I was largely focused on the implications for Biden's visit. The potential for published truth being a positive force in the Middle East is challenged b .......
252: Inmate Central, not sure what that means... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-18, 12:17:52 (69.158.173.108)
Apart from his protectionism I'm pretty much aligned with Biden. But the withdrawal from Afghanistan, handling of MBS and now this war have been both wrong-headed and even worse in the execution. ::: .......
253: Inmate Central, so I finally found an Eco-Drive watch I wanted... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-18, 11:50:55 (69.158.173.108)
A dive watch, but it is the combination of navy and gold I wanted more than the 200 meters depth or irreversible egg-timer bezel (although the latter could come in handy in the kitchen). I'll be putti .......
254: Inmate Central, well... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-18, 10:37:19 (69.158.173.108)
In the grand scheme of things it doesn't much matter: Biden's attempt to open up Gaza to humanitarian aid and selective egress failed. He just can't seem to win in the Middle East. His luck is even wo .......
255: Inmate Central, wait... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-17, 19:09:24 (69.158.173.108)
I think my grandson did that in his game animation studio. And it isn't his best stuff. .......
256: Inmate Central, really... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-17, 18:40:37 (69.158.173.108)
That's what you see here? Even the campaign AI stuff is more convincing than this. .......
257: Inmate Central, Israelis bomb Gaza hospital to welcome Biden... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-17, 12:16:07 (69.158.173.108)
Good luck with the spin Joe. .......
258: Inmate Central, Google pisses me off... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-17, 10:44:05 (69.158.173.108)
These guys pay them a few bucks and a phishing site comes up posing as the one you're looking for. Some of these phishing sites have contents so good that they can fool a practiced eye. .......
259: Inmate Central, no, but... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-17, 06:58:54 (69.158.173.108)
My sister-in-law's boyfriend sells boat lifts and does a ton of underwater welding. A good way to combine hobbies: scuba and welding. Needless to say, he wears diver watches. .......
260: Inmate Central, hmm...not so much... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-16, 15:36:42 (69.158.173.108)
Bibi's ugliness is on the inside. .......
261: Inmate Central, Hamas declared it a day of rage... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-13, 07:11:19 (69.158.173.108)
I thought it somewhat ironical to declare a Friday the 13th in October (of all months) a day of rage. The mind reels (anachronistic pun) at the possibilities! .......
262: Inmate Central, The perch capitol of the world... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-13, 07:01:01 (69.158.173.108)
Well, of southwestern Ontario anyway. .......
263: Inmate Central, a day of rage... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-13, 06:33:29 (69.158.173.108)
Thousands of dentists and Nazis are strapping on the leather and mounting their rumbling, carbon-spewing steeds to ride to Port Dover - that southern town that divides the world of men and the world o .......
264: Inmate Central, Thanksgiving in Canada... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-09, 19:18:36 (69.158.173.108)
Not allowed to argue. .......
265: Inmate Central, hmm... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-08, 16:16:02 (69.158.173.108)
We must remember that 1 million Palestinians are not worth one Jewish fingernail. .......
266: Inmate Central, -5, +4, 0... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-08, 05:17:29 (69.158.173.108)
Seconds of error for my replacement Heritor Ashford automatic watch over the 72 hours ending at 7 this morning. Looks like verging on chronometer territory to me (fingers crossed). Changing to setting .......
267: Inmate Central, b-b-b-b-bad... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-05, 14:55:44 (69.158.173.108)
Bad to the bone. Commander and Hunter both. .......
268: Inmate Central, are hackers just lazy? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-05, 11:57:05 (69.158.173.108)
With AI readily available how come their phishes are full of simple spelling errors? .......
269: Inmate Central, Commander must be presumed innocent! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-05, 10:56:31 (69.158.173.108)
Having said that any other dog would be dead three or four times over. .......
270: Inmate Central, the replacement Heritor Ashford is coming to me... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-05, 06:44:09 (69.158.173.108)
-8,-5.-7 the last three days. The problem with automatics is you need to wear them or buy a winder (on the way from Amazon). The quartz watches - two Calvin Kleins and the incredibly priced Wenger Cit .......
271: Inmate Central, Commander Biden coverup! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-04, 17:53:14 (69.158.173.108)
Turns out that the 11 reported biting incidents is only the tip of the iceberg. Clearly the Republican House is after the wrong Bidens, although I could see an impeachment angle here too. .......
272: Inmate Central, I'm pretty thrifty with watches too... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-04, 16:28:16 (69.158.173.108)
There is a back story here: my big break in business was an order to stock 200 stores in the Midwest from Home Depot, and the buyer told me he gave me the order because I was wearing a Timex and the C .......
273: Inmate Central, nah... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-04, 13:38:10 (69.158.173.108)
I grew up thrifty and I'll stay thrifty thank you. .......
274: Inmate Central, dang... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-03, 11:49:24 (69.158.173.108)
The new watch is -1 in 8 hours, and usually it runs more true overnight. .......
275: Inmate Central, Canada has a new speaker... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-03, 10:40:39 (69.158.173.108)
Greg Fergus, a very nice man. Good luck to our southern neighbors today. .......
276: Inmate Central, no, the bull is back... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-03, 05:07:11 (69.158.173.108)
Bull. .......
277: Inmate Central, these watches are still coming to me... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-02, 04:42:24 (69.158.173.108)
The new one from the factory was -7 yesterday. I always admired sailors who could navigate by sextant - I'm a whiz at classical physics and trig so I likely could have done it if pressed. I use my cel .......
278: Inmate Central, when Seiko intoduced the first quartz watch... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-01, 16:25:12 (69.158.173.108)
On December 25th 1969 Che had been dead for over two years. I'm sure the Timex Expedition would have improved Che's performance in the field. .......
279: Inmate Central, nah, just bring an extra Timex Expedition... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-01, 12:47:59 (69.158.173.108)
I've got three and plenty of spare batteries. I like some of the solar adventure watches too, but they are too damned big - I prefer 40mm. .......
280: Inmate Central, as I'm sure you know Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-01, 11:23:51 (69.158.173.108)
Quartz watches are generally as accurate per month as automatic watches are per day. There is one quartz that might suit my taste better than the Heritor, but the Hamilton Jazzmaster Gent Quartz is $8 .......
281: Inmate Central, be careful what you wish for... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-01, 09:48:57 (69.158.173.108)
So, the local jeweler regulated my Heritor Ashton, and did it for just $16.95 Canadian (tax in)! But the joke is on me: I think they must have used a factory default because I now have two watches (th .......
282: Inmate Central, provided that... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-10-01, 09:14:02 (69.158.173.108)
Some damage has already been done, undermining the U.S. as a dependable ally and defender of democracy - once again. .......
283: Inmate Central, I wanted the ICE version of that car... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-30, 20:40:20 (69.158.173.108)
Unfortunately it wasn't offered in Canada last year, nor can we get it this year either. .......
284: Inmate Central, oops... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-30, 15:00:42 (69.158.173.108)
Putin has won a huge victory, the Russian way - out-waiting the enemy. .......
285: Inmate Central, Chris, you do thinking... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-30, 09:57:33 (69.158.173.108)
Like an incel has sex with his AI girlfriend. .......
286: Inmate Central, actually Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-29, 06:24:42 (69.158.173.108)
I've heard far worse. .......
287: Inmate Central, good grief... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-29, 06:07:20 (69.158.173.108)
This Putin apologist just relies on the same threadbare "facts" you've already given us: the grandfather, a juxtaposition in a photo at a public event. This is conspiracy theory whole cloth and especi .......
288: Inmate Central, no... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-28, 14:28:21 (69.158.173.108)
She simply attended a Ukrainian solidarity rally. .......
289: Inmate Central, Freeland is the furthest thing from a Nazi... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-28, 11:53:49 (69.158.173.108)
It is regrettable that at one point her office was denying her grandfather's Nazi connections, but the idea that she is a Nazi or that anyone with active Nazi connections could be Deputy Prime Ministe .......
290: Inmate Central, seriously? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-28, 10:29:56 (69.158.173.108)
Two of my wife's uncles were Nazi collaborators in Slovenia. So my wife is a Nazi? No wonder we live in Canada, who else would have us! P.S. I should point out that Viki's prospects would have been ve .......
291: Inmate Central, still, who wouldn't ask what unit he was with? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-28, 10:06:48 (69.158.173.108)
Rota was mailing it in and deserves to be fired. .......
292: Inmate Central, Rota must be very weak on European history... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-28, 06:38:30 (69.158.173.108)
He was not generally incompetent. CSIS of course would have had this information at their fingertips. Guests at an international session of parliament should be vetted by our security services. ::: TO .......
293: Inmate Central, we may need to legislate a change... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-27, 15:21:46 (69.158.173.108)
Obviously the government can't tolerate an international embarrassment like this. A shame though - the speaker has this independence in order to prevent the government from exercising censorship in th .......
294: Inmate Central, just to be clear... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-27, 15:04:05 (69.158.173.108)
There is a separation between parliament and the government - not dissimilar to your independence of the DOJ - under which the speaker invites whomever he wishes into the speaker's gallery. The errors .......
295: Inmate Central, this blunder was a boon to Putin's propaganda... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-27, 06:11:16 (69.158.173.108)
Which is precisely why you won't let up on it. .......
296: Inmate Central, the AI didn't indicate who the buyers are... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-27, 04:54:06 (69.158.173.108)
After all there were only 86000 EVs sold in Canada last year so the numbers aren't huge. I expect that a ton of them are members of the Chinese diaspora community living in cities, especially Vancouve .......
297: Inmate Central, dang... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-26, 11:24:46 (69.158.173.108)
I just don't understand why I've never been there. .......
298: Inmate Central, Canada should increase the tariff on Chinese EVs... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-26, 10:52:47 (69.158.173.108)
6% is just not doing the job. It makes no sense to import EVs made with coal-fired power to reduce emissions. According to www.iAsk.ai Ask Ai Search Engine: Current Market for Chinese EVs in Canada Th .......
299: Inmate Central, I'd never keep any car once the warranty is up... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-26, 06:42:45 (69.158.173.108)
But German auto makers will bleed you dry if you have a problem. .......
300: Inmate Central, my next car will likely be a high performance hybrid... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-25, 10:58:27 (69.158.173.108)
A little more than 25 hp. .......
301: Inmate Central, and yet... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-25, 06:41:05 (69.158.173.108)
My 2018 and 2022 Audi S5s have been dead reliable. .......
302: Inmate Central, looks like the local jeweller may regulate the +25 one... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-22, 05:49:20 (69.158.173.108)
They have it in to take a look. I'm still persisting with face up with the brand new -11 watch. .......
303: Inmate Central, the writers and actors are on the front line... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-21, 09:44:50 (69.158.173.108)
AI opens the door not only to exploitation but to duplication and expropriation of our selves. More hall of mirrors than panopticon. .......
304: Inmate Central, slowing by resting hasn't worked... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-21, 04:53:40 (69.158.173.108)
Either crown up or crown down. I've only had the new watch for 36 hours, but it does look like face up may speed it up a little. But as I intimated I find a watch that loses even a little time very pr .......
305: Inmate Central, cash is more anonymous than crypto... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-20, 20:14:01 (69.158.173.108)
Cash needs to be banned in the panopticon. .......
306: Inmate Central, my two Heritor Ashtons hack... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-20, 19:52:37 (69.158.173.108)
The one I bought and the new one they sent me. The new one keeps better time, but it is losing some seconds. I almost prefer the first one. A 25 second gain just means I need to set it at 7 A.M. and s .......
307: Inmate Central, Albanese refuses to comment on intelligence... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-20, 05:14:27 (69.158.173.108)
Likely a wise choice. .......
308: Inmate Central, not a concern... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-19, 16:15:57 (69.158.173.108)
I wear a Timex Expedition on the bicycle. .......
309: Inmate Central, uh huh... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-19, 06:23:30 (69.158.173.108)
Propitiation-wise I call it a draw. But only one of these guys is your President. .......
310: Inmate Central, hell, if the battery runs out... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-19, 06:00:13 (69.158.173.108)
Just get a new one. .......
311: Inmate Central, I'm thinking the U.S. and Australia will do their damnedest to ignore this... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 16:49:50 (69.158.173.108)
Biden pretty much rehearsed the whole play with MBS. Trudeau and Canada are in an awkward spot. .......
312: Inmate Central, my guess is that Modi will be implicated... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 15:32:35 (69.158.173.108)
Murdering a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an act of war. .......
313: Inmate Central, it could have been bad luck... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 15:10:32 (69.158.173.108)
It strikes me that it is very typical of the watch market that not all watches agree on the time and most need to be manually set - after all the technology is hardly new. I'm really something of an a .......
314: Inmate Central, outstanding post... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 15:05:20 (69.158.173.108)
Although I can't believe that he didn't design his watch after a fly reel! .......
315: Inmate Central, Vostok? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 13:41:56 (69.158.173.108)
Whatever, looks nice. Another good alternative to Timex. .......
316: Inmate Central, yes, they are known to use Chinese parts... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 13:35:46 (69.158.173.108)
But the movement is Swiss and the strap is real leather so I can't complain. .......
317: Inmate Central, I took a look at an Eco Drive... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 09:16:34 (69.158.173.108)
The one below: it was crap. I've always been very averse to watches (among other items) whose value is largely driven by snobbery. But I got tired of my Timex digital Expeditions and set out in search .......
318: Inmate Central, Swiss on the cheap... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 08:16:37 (69.158.173.108)
$66.05 Canadian is $48.95 US. From the Swiss army knife people a very nice watch including a sapphire coated element and a slim 8mm profile with curved back that makes its 43mm wearable even on my sli .......
319: Inmate Central, the future is likely hybrid... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 07:33:57 (69.158.173.108)
No harm is burning some natural gas on a still night. .......
320: Inmate Central, private citizen, from the Greek... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-18, 06:47:18 (69.158.173.108)
idiotes, as opposed to a member of society. Unplug, drop out. Can existing idiot networks such as encrypted apps and barter be extended as a broader resistance to the surveillance state? P.S. the edit .......
321: Inmate Central, only Samantha Fox held a candle to my wife... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-17, 09:26:57 (69.158.173.108)
In the attributes department that is. Unfortunately all of that strategically placed body fat shifts over a 50 year period. .......
322: Inmate Central, lol... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-16, 07:04:19 (69.158.173.108)
I'm thinking you put in 174 kg. or something. Comes out to 62.5 psi. .......
323: Inmate Central, try this calculator... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-16, 04:09:33 (69.158.173.108)
I'm guessing you could get away with 60. I keep my 40s at around 45 psi which is a little high according to this - but I mostly ride on roads. .......
324: Inmate Central, we dodged the worst of the heat... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-15, 06:52:23 (69.158.173.108)
But the last six weeks here have been exceptionally wet and humid - we still have June grass in mid-September! Yesterday we had fog along with the lower temps and I can still feel slight humidity even .......
325: Inmate Central, wearing my Italian cross country jacket in the morning... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-15, 06:35:14 (69.158.173.108)
It certainly is a welcome change - and less laundry. .......
326: Inmate Central, resolved... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-15, 01:35:11 (69.158.173.108)
Amazon would not bill me for a discounted amount, nor do think I should have to return it. Unless I'm willing to pay the full price - I'm not - they told me to keep the item. .......
327: Inmate Central, this type of bike is an upright gravel bike... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-14, 11:27:57 (69.158.173.108)
And generally much better priced than the much trendier gravel bikes. .......
328: Inmate Central, so... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-14, 10:29:36 (69.158.173.108)
I let them know and was met with the usual Brit order desk stupidity: here is how to download the original Amazon invoice. What I asked for was for Amazon to bill my Visa for the original invoice plus .......
329: Inmate Central, a concern from early on for me... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-14, 07:13:09 (69.158.173.108)
Imagine a scenario where the caregiver's health is ruined and the recipient either rejects or doesn't benefit sufficiently from the transplant, remaining on dialysis (at best)! Good news about the sup .......
330: Inmate Central, I find I'm very attached to the expert fitting in particular... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-14, 07:06:56 (69.158.173.108)
The dealer had to go at it twice with this bike, reversing the stem on the second go round to match my XL+ reach on an L frame (shortish legs, very long torso and arms). But I'm very conscious that I' .......
331: Inmate Central, Trek dealer will inspect/adjust my bike for "free" next week... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-13, 13:24:52 (69.158.173.108)
Oh wait, I paid three times what you paid! .......
332: Inmate Central, rejected as a living donor! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-13, 11:28:25 (69.158.173.108)
Well, in effect. The nephrologist I saw today said that my kidney function was marginal for a donor. The irony is that I thought being in good shape would be a positive. This doctor said that normally .......
333: Inmate Central, not at all... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-12, 10:11:07 (69.158.173.108)
Reasonable delivery was explicit in the contract. .......
334: Inmate Central, pretty much... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-12, 10:09:24 (69.158.173.108)
So much so that I really don't feel inclined to talk to them. And wouldn't they already have collected from their carrier? On balance I find their demand that I pay up or return it should I somehow re .......
335: Inmate Central, pretty sure I got it when the wife, SIL and her boyfriend got it... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-12, 10:06:16 (69.158.173.108)
All boostered up and in superb cardio-vascular shape I shook it off in three days and didn't even falter on my walking. I did use up some Tylenol and Ibuprofen. .......
336: Inmate Central, is covid done with us? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-12, 10:00:35 (69.158.173.108)
The Real is what affects us no matter what we believe or how we feel. Done with covid is a category error. .......
337: Inmate Central, agreed, but... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-12, 09:55:53 (69.158.173.108)
They have given me no indication that a partial payment would be satisfactory. .......
338: Inmate Central, ethical issue... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-12, 09:04:36 (69.158.173.108)
I received a bicycle accessory from Europe, worth around $50 Canadian, this morning - four months late. I've long since received reimbursement. At the time (close to three months ago) the distributor .......
339: Inmate Central, I'm looking for a charging port repair on an old Rugby 2 phone... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-11, 10:59:26 (69.158.173.108)
A good quality new rugged voice only phone is $200. Why not get a repair? .......
340: Inmate Central, live free or die... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-11, 07:06:42 (69.158.173.108)
Neither of us could tolerate living in an institution. .......
341: Inmate Central, not so much... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-10, 09:29:31 (69.158.173.108)
The right is at war with all experts and expertise, a concept that strongly applies to medicine. Lack of vaccination can lead to exposure to polio, an exposure that only kills or cripples - there is n .......
342: Inmate Central, not sure how you do public health without some degree of coercion... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-10, 06:15:36 (69.158.173.108)
'twas ever thus. The guy who was caught on the wrong side of the yellow fever quarantine line didn't stay - and likely die - out of self-interest. Oddly, the point where self interest and public good .......
343: Inmate Central, blame Canada! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-09, 21:19:26 (69.158.173.108)
WD-40 will just be changing to the U.S. formulation. .......
344: Inmate Central, coyote munches on cyclist in Cape Breton... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-09, 19:20:01 (69.158.173.108)
Apparently the cyclist stopped - likely a good decision - and was bitten on the arm. These eastern coyotes are big. .......
345: Inmate Central, mud walls? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-09, 14:51:36 (69.158.173.108)
Crappy 12th century building standards. Having said that what will likely remain standing in the 33rd century? .......
346: Inmate Central, on the way home the hospital phoned... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-09, 11:38:10 (69.158.173.108)
They wanted to know whether I stole one of their wheelchairs. .......
347: Inmate Central, a long day... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-09, 06:13:04 (69.158.173.108)
Tissue typing blood work at 7:45, renal scan at 9 with hourly bloodwork thereafter for three hours, squeezed in a chest x-ray before a blood pressure check with the organ donor coordinator at 10, echo .......
348: Inmate Central, mice love it too! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-07, 09:52:19 (69.158.173.108)
Quite often I hear the trap spring within an hour. .......
349: Inmate Central, lol...Gates only owns 30.5% of America's farmland... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-07, 05:49:41 (69.158.173.108)
You're not entitled to your own facts! .......
350: Inmate Central, so... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-07, 05:41:15 (69.158.173.108)
Let's say a Grand Seiko gains 4 seconds per day. I'm guessing I would set it once a week, and on average it would be no more accurate than my Heritor set daily. I accepted a new watch from Heritor (if .......
351: Inmate Central, looks like a very affordable alternative to my Trek FX 6 sport... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-06, 15:24:40 (69.158.173.108)
Pretty close to the same weight. .......
352: Inmate Central, a step back... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-06, 13:58:31 (69.158.173.108)
Non-removable battery, doesn't work for me. .......
353: Inmate Central, try iask.ai Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-06, 09:45:09 (69.158.173.108)
I really like it's answers to technical questions. .......
354: Inmate Central, RE: 6'3" and 215... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-05, 15:30:24 (69.158.173.108)
A full head of flowing red hair too? .......
355: Inmate Central, girls pass me walking... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-05, 14:44:02 (69.158.173.108)
I am bereft, but 190 pounds. We take what we can get. .......
356: Inmate Central, so, Heritor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-05, 14:08:55 (69.158.173.108)
Even though the watch is up to spec, they are sending me a replacement. This indicates to me that they realize that their spec won't fly. .......
357: Inmate Central, I carry a very accurate timepiece in my pocket... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-05, 13:26:01 (69.158.173.108)
Most of us do. I like to leave it there, which is why I'm not wearing some smart device that makes my wrist blow up. So the wristwatch is a habit and a decoration. The Heritor is an awesome looking wa .......
358: Inmate Central, I had the Elite 50" for many years... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-05, 06:43:31 (69.158.173.108)
My LG OLED beats it in every respect. .......
359: Inmate Central, my mean age is 73 years... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-04, 10:00:00 (69.158.173.108)
And I get meaner each year! .......
360: Inmate Central, maybe by Hamilton H10 standards... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-04, 09:44:05 (69.158.173.108)
I think they are +- 15 seconds. Anyway, after 5 weeks I'm confident of the +25 and I'll see what Heritor has to say about it. While it is within spec it really means that the watch needs to be set eve .......
361: Inmate Central, I did a couple of older Timex Expeditions recently... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-04, 05:34:24 (69.158.173.108)
The Indiglo feature had stopped working in both of them so I wouldn't pay for a new battery. I slipped in the new CR2016s and both are working fine and the Indiglo is restored. You're right about the .......
362: Inmate Central, RE: worth a try... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-04, 04:14:19 (69.158.173.108)
No effect whatsoever, even on its side with crown up. The good part is that the watch is very consistent - if it did change with attitude it would likely require adjustment, which is far more complex .......
363: Inmate Central, worth a try... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-03, 14:59:09 (69.158.173.108)
I was storing it flat, face up. Exacerbating the problem according to this post. I'll start with on its side, crown down. .......
364: Inmate Central, the spec is up to +40 seconds... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-03, 14:07:18 (69.158.173.108)
Many much more expensive automatic watches need to be regulated. .......
365: Inmate Central, they use their watchmaker as a marketing tool... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-03, 14:05:05 (69.158.173.108)
They are shameless - they replace the battery in my Calvin Klein (Swatch Group, same as Hamilton) for $15 tax in - because they think they can maybe sell me a Breitling. But they refuse to touch a Tim .......
366: Inmate Central, definitely not a Rolex... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-09-03, 10:43:45 (69.158.173.108)
My new Heritor Ashford is gaining 25 seconds per day. It really needs to be regulated but finding someone to do it will not be easy. The snotty local jeweler won't touch it. .......
367: Inmate Central, not at all... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-25, 09:32:57 (69.158.173.108)
I started buying BMWs partly because the company paid for all maintenance - no matter how unreasonable. .......
368: Inmate Central, I distinctly remember an incident in a W.C. Fields movie... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-23, 10:50:31 (69.158.173.108)
You need to stay away from those airplane windows. .......
369: Inmate Central, hey, I got a brand new engine from Munich! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-22, 05:32:22 (69.158.173.108)
With full warranty. The N54 engine was almost guaranteed to fail. .......
370: Inmate Central, not quicker than the original 2007 BMW 335i though... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-21, 16:27:50 (69.158.173.108)
And especially one with Dinan Stage 2 like mine. .......
371: Inmate Central, I think I had a TI-59... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-11, 05:31:04 (67.68.43.32)
I lusted after that damned thing and then hardly used it. .......
372: Inmate Central, The Band/Bob Dylan 1974... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-10, 12:05:36 (67.68.43.32)
They raised the roof at Massey Hall. How much would a ticket cost today? .......
373: Inmate Central, only Garth Hudson left now... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-09, 19:58:30 (67.68.43.32)
And he looks like Father Time. .......
374: Inmate Central, CEO of a company with factories nearby... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-08, 10:38:16 (69.158.174.29)
In High Point and Archdale to be precise. .......
375: Inmate Central, well... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-07, 10:13:48 (69.158.174.29)
You and I know what the problem is - so I'm pretty sure many of the owners do too, and don't care. You can't blame business and government exclusively. .......
376: Inmate Central, my war with local pickup drivers continues... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-07, 06:44:39 (69.158.174.29)
They don't seem to get that sorry doesn't cut it: dead pedestrians don't benefit from apologies. Unlike you I hate these things and if my daughter didn't drive one I would add all of the ignorant self .......
377: Inmate Central, this subsidy is a direct response to Biden's IRA... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-07, 06:36:03 (69.158.174.29)
But you're right about the ferocious polemical response to the carbon tax in Canada. Apparently the right have failed to notice that we're on fire. .......
378: Inmate Central, I always liked it too... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-06, 17:04:21 (69.158.174.29)
My then VP in the Greensboro NC area had an early V-8 model, I'm guessing 2007. I put plenty of miles on the passenger seat. I was just transitioning from the 2001 E46 M3 to a 2007 335i coupe with Din .......
379: Inmate Central, not so much Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-05, 06:03:36 (69.158.174.29)
It isn't just the components, it's also in how the manufacturers combine them to attack different end uses and riders. .......
380: Inmate Central, good prices, lots of innovation... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-04, 10:02:51 (69.158.174.29)
Probably the best buyer's market for bikes in a generation. But so many choices! .......
381: Inmate Central, the green door sucks... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-04, 09:51:33 (69.158.174.29)
Always did, always will. .......
382: Inmate Central, propitiating the tax gods? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-03, 10:13:06 (69.158.174.29)
As luck would have it my mother-in-law appeared to need a wheelchair last October just as I had been toying with buying a proper lightweight wheelchair for my wife. My sister-in-law got a great price .......
383: Inmate Central, many years ago I was fly fishing... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-08-01, 05:42:25 (69.158.172.130)
Going for bass in the Madawaska River. No waders, we used to just wear sneakers and jeans. Anyway, I was fishing this quiet pool when I sensed something on the bank. There was a lynx standing not eigh .......
384: Inmate Central, RE: our bobcat is back... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-31, 19:46:54 (69.158.172.130)
Years of wildlife photography have likely increased my ability to detect such creatures. But with the bobcat it has been fleeting glances usually at dusk. .......
385: Inmate Central, we've had all of the local apex predators JDK... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-31, 16:14:38 (69.158.172.130)
Coyotes, foxes and bobcats. Bear in mind the Escarpment is a natural game corridor running unbroken to the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. I've seen Algonquin wolves within 20 miles of here (only once) an .......
386: Inmate Central, well... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-31, 10:16:26 (69.158.172.130)
Bobcats have a large territory and typically several dens. This one never hangs around. No mystery where he spends most of his time - we're a few hundred yards from the Niagara Escarpment. ::: TOPIC:: .......
387: Inmate Central, both lynxes (genus)... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-30, 17:46:07 (69.158.172.130)
The bobcat is smaller with much shorter legs. .......
388: Inmate Central, our bobcat is back... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-30, 11:44:24 (69.158.172.130)
A bedraggled bob-tailed spotty grey creature. It never stays long. Much less brazen than the foxes. .......
389: Inmate Central, I love tiling problems... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-30, 09:11:12 (69.158.172.130)
Forgetb the circular area covered, you want to tile your yard with the inscribed square to give you 100% coverage - or not: "I think you'd be more comfortable sitting here.". .......
390: Inmate Central, you mean like Goofy and Pluto? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-29, 11:35:32 (69.158.172.130)
No, Commander is his own dog. .......
391: Inmate Central, absolutely a selfish act on my part Cut-Throat... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-27, 14:29:30 (69.158.172.130)
I avoid doctors like the plague, but I don't know what I'd do without her. .......
392: Inmate Central, likely directly... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-27, 14:24:24 (69.158.172.130)
One of the tests is a more narrow tissue matching but I have a compatible blood type. .......
393: Inmate Central, I haven't had a physical for 43 years... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-27, 08:32:27 (69.158.172.130)
The last one was part of the application for my first executive job. However, I have every reason to think that I'm in exceptional cardio condition for my age. The other stuff could easily trip me up. .......
394: Inmate Central, Friday, September 8 is the big day... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-27, 08:11:00 (69.158.172.130)
I have tests from 7:45 A.M. to 2:45 P.M. at St. Joseph's in Hamilton. The last test is cardio stress on the treadmill. If I pass these then I should be donating a kidney to my wife before Christmas. : .......
395: Inmate Central, Woof! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-27, 06:11:26 (69.158.172.130)
I was asking myself "Why hasn't Ivan posted on this?". .......
396: Inmate Central, Commander Biden is biting secret service agents... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-27, 04:58:14 (69.158.172.130)
Any other dog would have been put down by now. .......
397: Inmate Central, I have two Calvin Kleins from Swatch... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-26, 14:28:55 (69.158.172.130)
Bought on clearance. Definitely dress watches, not for everyday, but miles ahead in quality to that Citizen. I'm no expert but I've heard there is a big gap in quality between Japanese and Chinese Cit .......
398: Inmate Central, Heritor uses Seiko movements in many of their watches... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-26, 06:13:16 (69.158.172.130)
At the same price point too. I was just looking for a low maintenance gold tone brown strap three hand scratch resistant watch for everyday wear. I tried the Citizen below first but it promptly broke .......
399: Inmate Central, "I wish we had one of them doomsday machines." (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-25, 11:34:55 (69.158.172.130)
So, some in the U.S. military are suggesting that an AI be enabled to launch a retaliatory strike in case a supersonic Russian attack takes out the command structure. Sound familiar? .......
400: Inmate Central, yes, the 2008 was a new model... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-25, 06:55:12 (69.158.172.130)
With the lifting tail. The 200 bhp base with front wheel drive was one of the best handling front drivers of all time and plenty quick. .......
401: Inmate Central, a message to the Knesset from Mark Twain... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-25, 05:57:28 (69.158.172.130)
"All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity." .......
402: Inmate Central, we gave my daughter my wife's 2008 Audi TT... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-25, 05:22:06 (69.158.172.130)
6 months later she had flipped it for a Tiguan. Soon that was replaced with a Golf wagon. And so on...I'm sure she has now owned more vehicles than I have. I hope your daughter appreciates this fine v .......
403: Inmate Central, so I asked Bing AI about pros and cons of my new Heritor Ashton watch... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-24, 18:07:47 (69.158.172.130)
They said: The Heritor Ashton automatic watch is a stylish and elegant timepiece that features a stainless steel case, a leather strap, a sapphire-coated mineral crystal, a skeleton dial, an exhibitio .......
404: Inmate Central, really like the vertical pano... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-22, 10:44:44 (69.158.172.130)
And the light in it! .......
405: Inmate Central, similar thoughts on my F100 vs. F5... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-21, 06:24:00 (69.158.172.130)
The F5 is a beast but was always relegated to backup as the F100 was so capable and comfortable. .......
406: Inmate Central, the FM2n was the last of the mechanical cameras... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-20, 05:33:02 (69.158.172.130)
Personally I always liked Nikon's semi-pro cameras better anyway. .......
407: Inmate Central, I just don't think it's concept only Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-16, 12:37:14 (69.158.172.130)
The concept was 20 years ago. .......
408: Inmate Central, so what's up with no swarms of semi-autonomous drones? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-16, 07:34:40 (69.158.172.130)
Steve Schmidt was on Fareed Zakaria GPS, and it is clear to him that only massive drone attacks can break the stalemate in the trenches on the front lines of the Ukrainian war. One obvious limitation .......
409: Inmate Central, my politics must have confused you... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-15, 11:06:43 (69.158.172.130)
I was chasing the fox. .......
410: Inmate Central, we had a bobcat under the porch briefly... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-15, 06:10:43 (69.158.172.130)
One thing foxes and bobcats have in common is their dens really stink at times. The problem with the foxes is that they kill things and leave parts all over the place. .......
411: Inmate Central, I was walking toward the school on the north side of Main Street... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-14, 17:43:36 (69.158.172.130)
What do I see but a fox going west on the south sidewalk. The fox has something red in its mouth. It's a kit. The fox sees me and speeds up. I reverse direction back toward my house. The fox breaks in .......
412: Inmate Central, precisely... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-12, 09:32:45 (69.158.172.130)
I really don't know why a bling watch should be running except when you're looking at it anyway. .......
413: Inmate Central, I told my GPS lady to Fuck Off... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-12, 06:05:04 (69.158.172.130)
And she replied "Don't speak to me that way." Uppity machine. .......
414: Inmate Central, I fixed another Timex late this afternoon... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-11, 19:59:05 (69.158.172.130)
Here's the thing Abe: I can buy a Citizen with Eco-Drive, sapphire crystal and three luminous hands in the look I like to go with my suits for $233 Canadian. But I'm skeptical of the luminosity for ni .......
415: Inmate Central, I think I'm done with watches... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-10, 07:03:13 (69.158.172.130)
But that Eco-Drive may pull me back in, especially if there is a good deal for Prime Day tomorrow. .......
416: Inmate Central, I like the idea of the Citizen Eco-Drive... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-09, 18:11:27 (69.158.172.130)
But a bling watch that I wear a few times a year likely needs to be battery powered. Meanwhile my favourite Timex is $44 Canadian right now and I love the Indiglo for night walks and the digital secon .......
417: Inmate Central, oh boy, this stuff is tiny! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-09, 14:53:00 (69.158.172.130)
I had looked at the 8 year old Timex Expedition Indiglo watch in the drawer one too many times. The Indiglo was busted and the battery long dead. It now had two neighbours but neither of them had a le .......
418: Inmate Central, mixing it up with cars could lead to a lot worse than road rash... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-08, 04:16:59 (69.158.172.130)
It was the mix of high performance, danger and teenage glamour that caught the eye - certainly not expected of a small town Friday night. Later last night I saw someone zip by on an EV motor scooter t .......
419: Inmate Central, I bought my daughter a Honda CB250 for her 16th... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-07, 18:39:57 (69.158.172.130)
But this is batshit crazy. .......
420: Inmate Central, good connection... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-07, 18:09:50 (69.158.172.130)
Apparently this is a thing in Grimsby England. But Canada? .......
421: Inmate Central, anyone else seen this? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-07, 16:58:15 (69.158.172.130)
I was walking down Main Street tonight and a couple of 5 liter Mustangs went by - a girl on an e scooter hard on their tail. Must have been doing 70 kph. Speaking of tail, she was dressed head to toe .......
422: Inmate Central, Biden is "very proud" of Hunter... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-07, 08:03:48 (69.158.172.130)
Must be on drugs. .......
423: Inmate Central, by the time they get it built grid storage will improve... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-06, 07:09:52 (69.158.172.130)
I'm not anti-nuke and as a long time sailor I'm not crazy about offshore wind in the Great Lakes. So I'm persuadable but definitely not persuaded. .......
424: Inmate Central, too much energy sloshing around... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-06, 06:52:25 (69.158.172.130)
At least two all time temperature records for the planet this week alone. I don't like this all time weather stuff - I start getting nervous even in Niagara. .......
425: Inmate Central, weird for boomers in Canada... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-05, 10:52:00 (69.158.172.130)
When we grew up most of the cripples were veterans of the two world wars and Korea or victims of our worst nightmare - polio. All and sundry were treated with special respect, at least in my schools a .......
426: Inmate Central, I think so... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-05, 07:16:29 (69.158.172.130)
Rooted in Nixon's southern strategy. .......
427: Inmate Central, symbol of privilege? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-05, 07:01:16 (69.158.172.130)
I got the impression that the second, truly mad geezer was incensed by the Audi and my wife's open door (class misogyny?). .......
428: Inmate Central, the weaponization of speech... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-05, 06:52:56 (69.158.172.130)
I don't think it's an overstatement that this could be the gravest danger to your republic since the Civil War. .......
429: Inmate Central, two (or three) geezers who should know better... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-05, 06:43:16 (69.158.172.130)
Yesterday afternoon I missed out on buying my July parking pass for dialysis because the parking office closed at 4:00 (I'd been told 4:30). Oh well, so I was left to disembark the wife in the crowded .......
430: Inmate Central, I think I still have a Razor kicking around somewhere... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-04, 06:02:06 (69.158.172.130)
It was my first cell phone and the only one I ever liked. .......
431: Inmate Central, I just turn off mobile data... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-04, 05:11:04 (69.158.172.130)
I get to be untethered and save money. With a real watch I don't need the phone out to tell the time. .......
432: Inmate Central, I've had a 17" for close to 20 years... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-04, 04:58:09 (69.158.172.130)
Last three "laptops". But they really need to live on a small table. .......
433: Inmate Central, technology defines us... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-03, 21:25:10 (69.158.172.130)
Always has - it isn't so much that technology is a tool but we are tool users. We do what the tools can do. We don't stand somehow above the context of tools and use them as mere means like we like to .......
434: Inmate Central, same... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-03, 08:12:10 (69.158.172.130)
But there's a white wear mark/outline on my jeans. .......
435: Inmate Central, my phone does all of the fitness tracking and reminding... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-03, 07:37:35 (69.158.172.130)
But it is wrecking my Levis. .......
436: Inmate Central, and then there's the challenge of anachronistic technologies... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-07-03, 07:13:03 (69.158.172.130)
I made the mistake of buying a Calvin Klein chronograph on clearance. An attractive bauble but looks like I left the (useless to me) stopwatch running and the battery is dead after only three months. .......
437: Inmate Central, yes... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-30, 06:44:56 (69.158.172.210)
A 132 pound man (?) who drinks 12 or more diet sodas per day could be at risk. .......
438: Inmate Central, how could I remember that? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-28, 07:41:42 (69.158.172.210)
I was riding a Supercycle. The only BMWs we saw in the GTA were Isettas. .......
439: Inmate Central, yesterday, on highway 8 near St. Catharines... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-28, 07:21:08 (69.158.172.210)
The smoke was so thick that my Audi pre-sense warning blinked. Thankfully the car didn't slam on the brakes. .......
440: Inmate Central, the company is Bombardier, since 2022... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-28, 05:32:58 (69.158.172.210)
They have certainly had a tumultuous corporate history, but people even buy used jets from them olddude. .......
441: Inmate Central, no purist I... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-27, 07:58:12 (69.158.172.210)
I would have bought one this time around if I could have found something light enough with a removable battery for less than $18000 (USF). I can always ride the Trek 5200 for nostalgia. .......
442: Inmate Central, check your moniker olddude... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-27, 06:03:36 (69.158.172.210)
You're not the future. Neither am I but I will be looking for the lightest and most maintenance free bike with the most unobtrusive electrical assist in a few years. I'm betting that Pinion is on the .......
443: Inmate Central, integrated sequential gearbox/motors are the future... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-27, 05:23:44 (69.158.172.210)
And this is it. .......
444: Inmate Central, afraid they'd clone you? (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-26, 15:12:31 (69.158.172.210)
Not likely. My wife paid the $99 Canadian. I'm not sure what she was expecting but in my view she got nothing. .......
445: Inmate Central, not so much vacuous... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-25, 19:41:16 (69.158.172.210)
It just seems to me that they've lost touch with the children they were who had a favourite uncle, and that is kind of sad. .......
446: Inmate Central, well... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-25, 09:48:51 (69.158.172.210)
One thing came to mind: I had a reunion with my first cousin who I hadn't seen in 50 years. She was delighted. But my sister has lived in the same northern town (of 50,000) as her for 25 years and as .......
447: Inmate Central, ancestry... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-24, 11:38:27 (69.158.172.210)
I don't get it. My wife and I attended the funeral of my uncle's wife - she was 95, he is 93 - in London Ontario on Tuesday. It was a bit of a scramble, an hour and a half or more each way and she had .......
448: Inmate Central, umm pictureguy... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-24, 04:17:55 (69.158.172.210)
That site has the most visitor unfriendly user interface I've ever seen. I have no idea how to navigate to anything on there, let alone your photos. .......
449: Inmate Central, the community at its peak was even more impressive... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-22, 05:24:34 (69.158.172.210)
A rogue's gallery of digital theorists, really good photographers and industry experts. A lot of egos got bruised and people would come and go. You're absolutely right about the narrow focus: I'm not .......
450: Inmate Central, well musetap... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-21, 18:44:05 (69.158.172.210)
Back in the 70s I fell under the spell of Galen Rowell and other major contributors to Outdoor Photographer. I resolved to learn to shoot like them and by the 90s I could. In truth I was amazed at how .......
451: Inmate Central, I'm glad the Amazon era is over... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-21, 16:29:07 (69.158.172.210)
Although, in fairness, they maintained the quality of the site. .......
452: Inmate Central, DPReview lives! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-21, 16:15:18 (69.158.172.210)
Some day I may even update my gallery. .......
453: Inmate Central, yes, they do... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-21, 07:02:19 (69.158.172.210)
I find it hard to believe that they're bobbing on the surface undetected. My guess is that power was compromised and they blundered into a snag. I hope I'm wrong. .......
454: Inmate Central, likely snagged... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-21, 05:36:20 (69.158.172.210)
I'm not sure any regulatory framework could reduce that danger. .......
455: Inmate Central, IV and V (the models I currently own) are Vibram... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-19, 19:41:31 (69.158.172.210)
I've always found them to be comfortable out of the box - just a little stiff. .......
456: Inmate Central, lol... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-19, 07:56:43 (69.158.172.210)
The majority of the Irish came before there was such a thing as illegal immigration. .......
457: Inmate Central, soon we won't need the growing workforce... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-19, 07:51:50 (69.158.172.210)
The majority of the population will do the dead end face work while AI and a handful of executives do the talking and thinking. .......
458: Inmate Central, two daughters to go... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-19, 07:20:28 (69.158.172.210)
Family friends provide wedding gifts in five figures. No doubt there will be some private medical types added to the guest lists. .......
459: Inmate Central, should I make it to 80... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-19, 07:15:20 (69.158.172.210)
I could see a Trek Domane+ SLR 9 AXS in my garage. .......
460: Inmate Central, a very reliable heavy duty hiking boot... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-18, 16:44:44 (69.158.172.210)
I've worn various iterations of these for photography in the field for twenty years or more. Very waterproof, very comfortable. .......
461: Inmate Central, amazon basics 12 sheet cross cut... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-18, 15:36:09 (69.158.172.210)
No wheels, good enough for me. .......
462: Inmate Central, too bad there is nowhere for the students to live... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-17, 08:29:50 (69.158.172.210)
But don't confuse me with someone who supports Ford's program to build new housing at any cost to the environment. I do think we need to look at limiting university enrollments based on the availabili .......
463: Inmate Central, 40 million strong(ish)... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-17, 06:14:15 (69.158.172.210)
Canada's population hit 40 million yesterday. We were under 14 million when I was born in 1950. Still the Aussies beat the crap out of us in the summer Olympics. .......
464: Inmate Central, just another foray in the war on expertise... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-16, 05:22:22 (69.158.172.210)
The current House, left to its own devices, wouldn't be able to keep the lights on. .......
465: Inmate Central, long past time to decapitate Belarus... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-15, 16:16:13 (69.158.172.210)
Shove those tactical nukes right up Lukashenko's ass. .......
466: Inmate Central, duh...robots... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-15, 16:07:50 (69.158.172.210)
You're no AI are you oldmkvi? .......
467: Inmate Central, it's like the pocket on a t-shirt... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-15, 06:13:12 (69.158.172.210)
It was always there so I need it to be there. Anyway, looking at your watch is better for your mental health than looking at your phone. .......
468: Inmate Central, an AI with my name, experiences and personality... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-15, 05:42:55 (69.158.172.210)
My daughter could keep me on the mantle and bring me down once in a while for an argument. .......
469: Inmate Central, I understand one of the kids had an old-fashionel watch! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-14, 15:06:55 (69.158.172.210)
You know, the kind that tells you the time. All you would need to immobilize at least three generations is a device to kill their cell phones. .......
470: Inmate Central, definitely not an avatar... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-14, 08:59:11 (69.158.172.210)
Although I have given it some thought. .......
471: Inmate Central, human, all too human... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-14, 05:37:16 (69.158.172.210)
There is an interesting tension in AI research between mimicking human approaches (neural networking, for example) and exploiting the ways in which computers are just plain better (mostly speed, brute .......
472: Inmate Central, knowledge is more than data... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-13, 05:40:19 (69.158.172.210)
Intelligence is the ability to acquire, apply and communicate knowledge. A person with perfect recall represents an unusual challenge. She would remember many things that could never be verified, like .......
473: Inmate Central, far from it... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-12, 16:30:03 (69.158.172.210)
In fact the equally wrong position that mathematical and scientific knowledge is just another form of expertise is just as defensible as your position. And based on the way we contemporary humans dole .......
474: Inmate Central, some pretty scary humans there... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-12, 08:27:30 (69.158.172.210)
The poor little guy was probably thinking he'd be barbeque. .......
475: Inmate Central, their neo-fascist PM will be around for decades... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-12, 07:36:17 (69.158.172.210)
Like Trump, aging like a fine whine. .......
476: Inmate Central, you're overlooking the obvious pictureguy... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-12, 06:52:12 (69.158.172.210)
A lot of what we call human intelligence is expertise (not "mere" expertise). Generally speaking, expertise in the broadest sense - what Wilfrid Sellars called the Manifest Image - is denigrated in co .......
477: Inmate Central, good luck JDK... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-11, 09:30:46 (70.53.54.35)
My grandson is not bi-polar, and I'm not sure I buy into the adhd epidemic - but getting him on a sound career path has my daughter seeking diagnoses and tearing her hair out. Your daughter's laconic .......
478: Inmate Central, back in the 80s I was using backpropogation... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-11, 08:06:44 (70.53.54.35)
For instance to solve a 5x5 magic square. Of course, If I had been a better mathematician I would have sought the magic formula. As it is I just developed an algorithm to detect an impasse in solving .......
479: Inmate Central, a walk in the spring rain... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-09, 06:29:34 (70.53.54.35)
So much better with this Sportful Gore-Tex Infinium jacket (bought for half price), Tilley t3 hat and Brooks Ghost 12 GTX shoes. The rain just beads up everywhere and rolls off me, and no stickiness n .......
480: Inmate Central, it gets worse... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-08, 10:54:36 (70.53.54.35)
My sister is in the house and she has been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. Luckily her daughter, who lives in the Quad Cities area, can work remotely. And my younger sister is helping too. I' .......
481: Inmate Central, my brother is a lawyer... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-08, 09:34:39 (70.53.54.35)
He is co-executor of my mother's will, along with me. Both my mother, and father who died ten years earlier, were demented. I thought it would be great, having a lawyer as co-executor. Well, he finall .......
482: Inmate Central, I think you can guess :) nt (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-07, 18:33:15 (70.53.54.35)
nt .......
483: Inmate Central, my prediction... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-07, 18:07:59 (70.53.54.35)
The Mike Pence town hall sets a ratings record. .......
484: Inmate Central, Licht fired... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-07, 16:07:18 (70.53.54.35)
But Zaslav still no doubt believes in the mythical center. .......
485: Inmate Central, I'm coughing right now... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-06, 17:08:36 (70.53.54.35)
A very thick haze here in Niagara. I could smell a pocket in the house last night. .......
486: Inmate Central, I'm pretty close... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-06, 11:56:28 (70.53.54.35)
I've kept a pair of Hi-Tec Altitude boots outside the front door for cutting the grass and snow shoveling for the past 15 years. They are my most decrepit. .......
487: Inmate Central, a change is as good as a rest for your feet too... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-06, 05:22:55 (70.53.54.35)
And as someone who walks over 10 km per day regardless of weather I favour different shoes for driving, dry pavement, rain, ice and salt, etc.. In any given season I'll be rotating three or four pairs .......
488: Inmate Central, yes, we'll pay double for this Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-05, 09:27:41 (70.53.54.35)
But unlike Americans we don't pay double or more for every drug, treatment or service - every day, year after year. .......
489: Inmate Central, no doubt there's a financial agenda here too... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-05, 07:27:32 (70.53.54.35)
I remember one wag from the National Review "proving" that the U.S. would fare far better than Canada in the pandemic. Better doctors, access to vaccines and treatments, better hospitals, etc.. No arg .......
490: Inmate Central, I had a big issue with a Columbia Peakfreak X2 shoe... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-05, 07:16:31 (70.53.54.35)
I wore a painful hole in the left counter. Oddly the Peakfreak II is a completely different shoe and fits fine. Now I return shoes immediately if they pinch anywhere. .......
491: Inmate Central, I tried the other foot Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-05, 06:23:15 (70.53.54.35)
But it seems that shoes are handed. .......
492: Inmate Central, seems to me that MSP is doing its job... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-05, 06:01:48 (70.53.54.35)
The scandal would be if there was capacity in Washington and B.C. let people go untreated. .......
493: Inmate Central, on the other hand... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-05, 05:07:24 (70.53.54.35)
These Columbia Plateaus are excellent, and they are giving them away in Canada. I paid $70 and now realize I overpaid. Not for wide feet and even for me - a true D - I needed to go from a 10 to a 10-1 .......
494: Inmate Central, NB 990v6 is $260 in Canada! (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-04, 20:07:00 (70.53.54.35)
And it's grey! RunRepeat calls it the ultimate Dad shoe. .......
495: Inmate Central, it is so easy to take fitness for granted... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-04, 09:09:26 (70.53.54.35)
Yesterday I passed on the bike ride to push my wife's wheelchair to Tim Horton's. Only 2 km return, but it turned into a pretty good workout in the 31 C heat. .......
496: Inmate Central, I wasn't talking about private or total spending on heathcare... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-02, 07:10:20 (67.68.43.176)
I was just talking about public money: you are dysfunctional socialists. .......
497: Inmate Central, you're as doctrinaire as any communist Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-02, 05:53:14 (67.68.43.176)
Small s socialism is nothing more than a set of practices revolving around redistribution of income and public ownership of certain assets (like utilities). It is widely practiced in all developed dem .......
498: Inmate Central, RE: Gonna start using AI to post here... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-06-01, 11:42:48 (67.68.43.176)
I understand that AI is more sympathetic to his views than yours (or mine). .......
499: Inmate Central, AI will solve the shortage... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-05-31, 17:32:47 (67.68.43.176)
I'm thinking the U.S. economy is in a pretty good place overall. .......
500: Inmate Central, I think a positive outcome is priced in... (0.00)
Posted by Jim Pearce on 2023-05-31, 11:47:36 (67.68.43.176)
Oddly your take is more positive and could even lead to a surge tomorrow. We'll see. .......
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