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1: Jazz Alley, RE: RIP Astrud Gilberto (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2023-06-24, 08:37:00 (107.141.181.199)
Gosh, I can't count the number of times I have listened to that album, from high school until my 76th year. .......
2: Jazz Alley, Ah, those chords! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-11-30, 12:26:56 (107.141.181.199)
Thanks. .......
3: Jazz Alley, That's how I felt about Norah Jones (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-10-13, 11:35:46 (107.141.181.199)
After the first blockbuster CD, I had enough. .......
4: Inmate Central, RE: Hope you change your mind... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-08-07, 17:48:58 (107.141.181.199)
Thank you. I've gotten much more from AA than I've given over the years. .......
5: Inmate Central, That is correct (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-08-07, 16:20:38 (107.141.181.199)
After 22 years of AA membership, I am leaving the Asylum for good, because of immoderate and overbearing moderation. Shorten the leash all you like, Viridian, I won't be on it anymore. Happy Trails, .......
6: Inmate Central, I don't wanna think about how Boudreaux cam up with the name (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-29, 13:51:02 (107.141.181.199)
'Cause I'm pretty sure it isn't pleasant. .......
7: Inmate Central, RE: I always miss the good stuff. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-29, 13:49:22 (107.141.181.199)
Great writing in that one. Strange as hell, but great writing. .......
8: Inmate Central, RE: Is it time to have a world government (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-29, 11:04:20 (107.141.181.199)
A world currency would be nice, but as impossible to control and regulate as a world government. Imagine trying to govern places like India and the Philippines or Indonesia with a world government. Or .......
9: Inmate Central, Is it too late? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-29, 05:34:11 (107.141.181.199)
Could you make an appeal? "Honey, I have a butt muffler now. Please come back." .......
10: Inmate Central, RE: A Yale insight (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-28, 17:24:15 (107.141.181.199)
Russia will be in more than tatters, according to this very authoritative report. It will be a hollowed-out nation. Can't wait until the bread lines and the little narcissistic bastard hiding out from .......
11: Inmate Central, RE: Shouldn't you be in school? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-28, 08:44:31 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, and a volunteer, unlike the clueless conscripts she is fighting. .......
12: Inmate Central, RE: Hey, but the Mega-Millions is at $1.2B... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-27, 16:26:56 (107.141.181.199)
Todd Graves, the chicken-finger king, bought 50,000 tickets for his employees and didn't win a dollar. So much for buying in bulk. .......
13: Inmate Central, Good, Let know how that works out, especially this winter (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-27, 15:17:21 (107.141.181.199)
And don't forget your woolies. .......
14: Inmate Central, RE: There is a night-and-day difference. . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-27, 15:15:57 (107.141.181.199)
Hey, you don't pass up Annie Leibovitz. And Putin has photo ops constantly. All we'll remember him for is being dead, if they dare reveal that. .......
15: Inmate Central, Nice Portrait (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-27, 06:39:30 (107.141.181.199)
They look like they are holding on to each other while bombs are falling. .......
16: Inmate Central, RE: Tony Dow RIP...-NT (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-26, 14:32:51 (107.141.181.199)
Nope, just resting his eyes. Good luck, Wally! .......
17: Inmate Central, RE: Take a look at this chart (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-26, 13:25:34 (107.141.181.199)
"Fox and Fiends" is in the second tier, almost a whole tier above Fox News. The problem as always is the mix of fact reporting and opinion, but respondents seem to do a pretty good job of distinguish .......
18: Inmate Central, RE: OK enough! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-25, 15:03:05 (107.141.181.199)
Coming in hot, eh, Viridian? .......
19: Whiner's Woad, RE: OK enough! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-25, 15:03:05 (107.141.181.199)
Coming in hot, eh, Viridian? .......
20: Inmate Central, RE: Amazing - police stop traffic in India so tiger can cross the road (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-25, 06:25:52 (107.141.181.199)
Well, sure. India has too many people but not too many tigers. .......
21: Inmate Central, RE: New Ride (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-23, 13:46:49 (107.141.181.199)
Looks perfect for a 22y.o. guy who rides 20 miles every day. I would break that thing in half. .......
22: Inmate Central, Agreed. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-23, 10:08:16 (107.141.181.199)
He should watch games from the bench. Or maybe from home. .......
23: Inmate Central, RE: Please welcome the new sheriff in town... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-23, 09:50:39 (107.141.181.199)
Welcome! I hope you don't use the flip-of-the-coin method. .......
24: Inmate Central, RE: Speaking of Pillows - don't laugh (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-23, 07:04:26 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, hotels are the best. Those big old firm beds with crisp white linens and a plethora or pillows. I want to live at a hotel. .......
25: Inmate Central, RE: Is it true diamonds should be worthless? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-23, 07:02:17 (107.141.181.199)
Well, yeah, but we're talking about women here, and romance. All logic and reason are out the window. Speaking of worthless, has anyone heard that Chipotle is creating a new cryptocurrency based on th .......
26: Inmate Central, RE: Before the... pedantic... arrive and point it out... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-22, 14:38:04 (107.141.181.199)
I have heard that. I thought it was from somebody who didn't know much about guns. As it is, "assault style" is like someone at roll call who answers "present" when called. .......
27: Inmate Central, RE: How would you go about reducing the numbers of legal gun owners? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-22, 12:18:15 (107.141.181.199)
I believe it is more the type of weapons and add-ons that legal gun owners can buy. Needs to be MUCH more strictly regulated, with assault weapons banned and high-capacity magazines a thing of the pas .......
28: Inmate Central, RE: It's hot. It's damn hot." Robin Williams (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-22, 11:19:38 (107.141.181.199)
Hey, it isn't the sun that's hot; it's the earth. Absorbs the heat all day in that clear NM sky and gives it out liberally. I wish I were at 6,000 ft, some days. .......
29: Inmate Central, RE: Waking up to reality? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-21, 13:53:16 (107.141.181.199)
It's not my hypothesis, but the point of it is that warm periods are more common than cold periods, and, as Victor points out, you don't want to be around during a cold age. And you're right, I am not .......
30: Inmate Central, RE: nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-21, 12:47:19 (107.141.181.199)
How do you know what a "geological pace" is? Most people have no concept of geological time. If the last 100 million years were a clock, humans would have come along at around the 2-seconds to 12 mark .......
31: Inmate Central, RE: Waking up to reality? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-21, 11:44:23 (107.141.181.199)
On the excellent science series, "Nova," a paleontologist presented a chart spanning the past 500 MILLION years, showing that there were four periods of polar ice caps and three times as many warm per .......
32: Inmate Central, RE: Yesterday, TX consumed more electricity than NY and CA combined... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-21, 05:24:26 (107.141.181.199)
Yep, companies like Tesla are moving there, thinking Texas is some kind of paradise, when in reality it has some of the worst weather extremes in the country. .......
33: Inmate Central, RE: But, don't turn your back to them (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-20, 14:36:35 (107.141.181.199)
Reminds me of the line in "Full Metal Jacket" when the Marines were bargaining for a B-girl with her pimp and offered, "a case of ARVN rifles, never fired, only dropped once." .......
34: Inmate Central, RE: Uvalde: 376 hats, no cattle... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-20, 13:50:04 (107.141.181.199)
Bunch of time-servers standing around waiting for something to happen, then run the other way. What I don't understand is that there were 150 Border Patrol personnel there, and nobody brought dogs. Tw .......
35: Inmate Central, Nah-- he sleeps with a pillow over his head (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-20, 11:18:43 (107.141.181.199)
And wakes up ready to go. .......
36: Inmate Central, Think you got luggage problems? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-20, 09:31:11 (107.141.181.199)
Check out this pile of golf bags at the Edinburgh airport a few days after The Open. Even a guy like me could walk over this mess. .......
37: Inmate Central, RE: A single scoop cone... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-20, 08:53:34 (107.141.181.199)
Sheesh! I hope the coffee was free. Love those things, but haven't had one in a long time. .......
38: Inmate Central, I was swimming! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-20, 08:04:01 (107.141.181.199)
Even Pringles--a few chips shy of the top. Money-grubbing corporate weenies, the lot of them. .......
39: Inmate Central, RE: Harmful bacteria? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-19, 16:01:03 (107.141.181.199)
I used to buy them in the farmer's market. Then I read about bacteria that can do amazingly bad things and stopped. .......
40: Inmate Central, RE: Microgreens. You know I love 'em. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-19, 13:54:48 (107.141.181.199)
How do you keep them safe from harmful bacteria? .......
41: Inmate Central, Ferrari should jump all over this. . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-19, 09:53:32 (107.141.181.199)
They can't seem to keep their power plants from blowing up when they have the lead. It happened in Austria, and twice before that. .......
42: Inmate Central, RE: I took down my feeder early spring. Maybe them hummers need lotsa liquid to survive the heat dome. n/t (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-19, 05:29:07 (107.141.181.199)
That's what I thought. Certainly the heat is intense. .......
43: Inmate Central, Hummingbirds are feeding . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-18, 15:51:52 (107.141.181.199)
. . . like there's no tomorrow. I am filling my one feeder every other day now, versus about once a week usually. Anyone else notice this? .......
44: Inmate Central, RE: Our leaders have insulated themselves against public protest. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-18, 12:28:24 (107.141.181.199)
I was at the first protest of the Vietnam in Washington in October 1967, and I would say that definitely had an effect. By the time Nixon and Kissinger were running the show, I doubt that they had muc .......
45: Inmate Central, RE: Ukraine......this doesn't sound good at all. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-18, 12:12:42 (107.141.181.199)
"Packs of people" eh? Always somebody trying to make a better deal for themselves. Take the quislings out and shoot 'em. .......
46: Inmate Central, RE: here's one trophy (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-18, 10:17:41 (107.141.181.199)
The boy had better stop using whatever he is using. He has some serious stomach ulcers. .......
47: Inmate Central, Cold? I remember cold (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-17, 07:06:03 (107.141.181.199)
It was in December a few years ago. Lasted a couple of days. By Christmas it was in the low 80s. .......
48: Inmate Central, You must have hit one of the trip wires (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-17, 02:54:19 (107.141.181.199)
I wish Rod would publish a list of keywords that may not be used. .......
49: Inmate Central, It is as predictable as the sunrise (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-16, 14:27:43 (107.141.181.199)
Demand drops, and the gougers have to give in to keep the pumps running. Meanwhile, the energy sector will report a 298 percent profit this quarter, according to CNBC. Yeah, drill baby, drill! ::: TOP .......
50: Inmate Central, RE: Baseball? Not so much (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-16, 06:51:19 (107.141.181.199)
Hey, the magic is back in Charm City. Catch it while they're hot! .......
51: Inmate Central, RE: Chomsky's point of view (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-15, 13:14:35 (107.141.181.199)
Noam Chomsky! OMG, he's still around and able to talk. He sure has a lot of opinions about world affairs for a linguist. But I really liked Taylor Hudak, the cutie who kicks off the program, so thanks .......
52: Inmate Central, OMG, is this a political post? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-14, 07:14:10 (107.141.181.199)
I can't believe it. .......
53: Inmate Central, RE: Tiger looks great! Nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-12, 17:31:46 (107.141.181.199)
Doesn't he? Robust and smiling, like he's okay with things. .......
54: Inmate Central, "Ydrip, that looks like a good place to hide while we're here" -nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-12, 12:23:52 (107.141.181.199)
-nt- .......
55: Inmate Central, RE: Who didn't get the memo? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-12, 11:47:22 (107.141.181.199)
Daly won the Open in 1995 (damned sticky keys!) .......
56: Inmate Central, Who didn't get the memo? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-12, 11:19:17 (107.141.181.199)
John Daly and Tiger Woods pose for a shot before the Open Champions dinner (Daly won in 995). I wonder what the stuffed shirts at the R&A made of Daly's garb. .......
57: Inmate Central, RE: First image from the Webb scope (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-12, 09:14:30 (107.141.181.199)
Thanks. This is the best story in a long time. I wonder if any other planet in those billions of galaxies is having the sh!t we have here on earth. .......
58: Inmate Central, RE: Colescott was Black. And his art is about busting up racial stereotypes. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-11, 09:32:20 (107.141.181.199)
From the NY Times: "As a light-skinned Black American who was raised to pass for white — wanting, he would later say, "to belong to the wrong club" — Colescott did not embrace his Blackness artistical .......
59: Inmate Central, To the Bored (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-11, 06:02:44 (107.141.181.199)
So I tried to contribute yesterday in order to continue my membership to a 23rd year. The page wouldn't take my password even though I had it for years and had used it to sign in. Is this a glitch or .......
60: Inmate Central, RE: Colescott was Black. And his art is about busting up racial stereotypes. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-11, 04:49:50 (107.141.181.199)
Oh. Never heard of him. Posting this without any context leads to wrong conclusions. .......
61: Inmate Central, RE: Irreverent & Cheeky Art (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-10, 18:29:19 (107.141.181.199)
Oh Rod M, where the hell are you? This is about as racist a post as I have ever seen here. You can choke my post about Justice Crybaby but do absolutely nothing about this? .......
62: Inmate Central, RE: anyone seen "The old man?" (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-10, 18:27:19 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, I saw the first episode and will watch again tonight. I missed the others because these cheap, cheesy cable channels do such an absolutely rotten job of promotion. .......
63: Inmate Central, RE: The Highland Park shooter merely "slipped through the cracks"... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-09, 10:00:27 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, terrible decision. The guy will be wiped off the face of the earth financial speaking. .......
64: Inmate Central, RE: Yeah, just wait'll our guys get here (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-09, 07:36:14 (107.141.181.199)
And not accomplishing much, despite firing ten times the missiles the Ukrainians have fired and incurring five times the casualties. .......
65: Inmate Central, RE: RIP Soprano's Paulie "Walnuts" ..my 2nd fav actor from that incredible show (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-09, 07:34:45 (107.141.181.199)
Some of the best moments of that series were between Tony and Paulie. RIP, Tony Sirico. .......
66: Inmate Central, RE: Twits can't verify how any legit users there really are (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-09, 07:33:20 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, that's just an excuse Musk is using to stall the deal, then back out. Moral of story--don't do business with the guy. .......
67: Inmate Central, RE: The Highland Park shooter merely "slipped through the cracks"... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-09, 07:31:54 (107.141.181.199)
Well, Crimo's father sponsored at least one of his weapons purchases, and signed a form that says he is liable for damages caused by the little creep. Oops. .......
68: Inmate Central, "And ven dis iss over I'm going to bite her little neck"-nt- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-09, 06:57:57 (107.141.181.199)
-nt- .......
69: Inmate Central, RE: Windows don't need to be down to be obnoxious. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-08, 11:45:09 (107.141.181.199)
No, they're not. They're moronic troglodytes who don't give a damn about anyone but themselves. The country is loaded with them. .......
70: Inmate Central, RE: I'm going to bookmark that post to recall when Watson takes the field (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-08, 05:32:06 (107.141.181.199)
That was quite a nice and respectful farewell to Baker from Jim Haslam, I thought. Probably more than he deserved. .......
71: Inmate Central, Yeah, just wait'll our guys get here (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-08, 05:29:09 (107.141.181.199)
Putzin. Circling the drain. .......
72: Inmate Central, RE: Saw it a couple of times. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-07, 13:09:00 (107.141.181.199)
Of course de Niro would have been great, but it might have been too much of a contest between him and Brando. I once read that Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, then married, were given a screen test .......
73: Inmate Central, RE: Boris Johnson resigns from party but still wants to be pm (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-07, 11:33:12 (107.141.181.199)
BoJo needs his own TV show, "Boris Live," on the Beeb or maybe SkyTV. He could interview his old Eton pals. .......
74: Inmate Central, RE: RIP James Caan. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-07, 11:30:47 (107.141.181.199)
And then there was the fine film, "Act Two," in which Caan played not a tough guy but a sensitive author, kind of a Neil Simon alter ego. .......
75: Inmate Central, RE: We are 'energy independent'... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-07, 06:38:04 (107.141.181.199)
That's right. Ever since Congress lifted the 40y.o. export ban on oil during the previous administration, we have been moving toward exporting more than we retain for American purposes. That's what is .......
76: Inmate Central, RE: I'm Being Watched By Fedex And I Don't Like It (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-07, 06:36:05 (107.141.181.199)
They watch your house to see when you're not home and then stick one of those delivery-attempt notices on your door. .......
77: Inmate Central, RE: Well, I take my shots of Espresso every morning (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-06, 13:24:05 (107.141.181.199)
Could you take 800 a minute like an AR 15? .......
78: Inmate Central, RE: Corned Beef and Pastrami (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-05, 06:01:05 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, pish posh. Look at the number of old Jews out there. .......
79: Inmate Central, RE: You do realize (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-05, 05:59:51 (107.141.181.199)
I do realize, yes. The country is awash in AR 15s and rapid-fire pistols. That's why the supply needs to be cut off--NOW. .......
80: Inmate Central, RE: Yet another mass shooting. This one at a July 4th parade in Highland Park. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-04, 17:39:11 (107.141.181.199)
If you heard those rapid-fire shots from a rooftop, you know it is time to ban the production and sale of those mofos for the rest of time. Anything else is a complete, craven sellout. .......
81: Inmate Central, RE: Corned Beef and Pastrami (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-04, 13:45:09 (107.141.181.199)
There should be a deli like that in every town. .......
82: Inmate Central, RE: Mmmm, Snails (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-03, 10:44:25 (107.141.181.199)
Gosh, let's eradicate that one. I don't like the looks of that one. .......
83: Inmate Central, Silverstone: Some real racing for a change (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-03, 09:44:40 (107.141.181.199)
After a rough start, Silverstone completed 52 laps with the last 10 or so containing some hot contests. Hamilton made the podium in 3rd, but Carlos Sainz won his first-ever grand prix after 150 starts .......
84: Inmate Central, I must have (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-03, 07:23:57 (107.141.181.199)
It's as high as an elephant's eye. .......
85: Inmate Central, "We'll make you fall in love with driving again" -nt- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-07-01, 15:53:29 (107.141.181.199)
entee .......
86: Inmate Central, RE: Why Does Fedex Always Lie? Always! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-30, 08:37:27 (107.141.181.199)
The same reason any corporation lies. They don't need you, and they think they can flick you off like a booger they discovered while on booger patrol. Don't take it personally. Just try to avoid them. .......
87: Inmate Central, Followup (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-29, 11:22:06 (107.141.181.199)
I happened to catch a program of Jacques Pepin and his daughter making potato and leek soup. Simple as can be, and I could watch Pepin cook all day for the knife skills alone. If I could do it half th .......
88: Inmate Central, And don't yawn and stretch (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-28, 09:17:17 (107.141.181.199)
Those little naps can be very refreshing. .......
89: Inmate Central, RE: Collecting rain water... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-27, 14:46:08 (107.141.181.199)
Rainwater is much better for crops than tap because of the nitrogen. And, as you point out, it's free. .......
90: Inmate Central, RE: retailers are sitting on billions of excess inventory... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-27, 14:43:52 (107.141.181.199)
Now they're considering letting customers keep return merchandise so they don't have to deal with it. I don't think they want this widely known. .......
91: Inmate Central, RE: People Eat Lentils and Leeks Voluntarily? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-27, 14:42:09 (107.141.181.199)
Oh yeah, potato and leek soup is a staple in France, and the cold version--Vichyssoise--is one of my favorites. I have had lentils and once attended a lentil festival in the Palouse area of Washington .......
92: Inmate Central, RE: AAA predicts 42 million road travelers this coming weekend (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-27, 08:47:06 (107.141.181.199)
Makes sense. People want to go someplace, and flying is a complete nightmare. Even at high prices it's cheaper to buy gas than an airline ticket. .......
93: Inmate Central, Coming to the Russian front (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-27, 07:03:39 (107.141.181.199)
"How do you like new tank? Depot said this was all they had left." .......
94: Inmate Central, Yes, the suppressors have a friend in Rod (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-25, 08:28:33 (107.141.181.199)
But I don't believe that posts about SCOTUS rulings are political. They affect everyone, regardless of party or beliefs. .......
95: Whiner's Woad, RE: You missed (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-24, 09:23:02 (107.141.181.199)
Kavanaugh will go for some craft beer with Squee and the guys. Maybe have a good cry about the old days. Gorsuch, I don't know much about Gorsuch, except that he's a stiff. .......
96: Whiner's Woad, Well, now that SCOTUS (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-24, 09:06:11 (107.141.181.199)
Has wrecked two major precedents and set us back a hundred years or so, they will go on vacation until October, leaving the country to roil in their wake. Clarence Thomas will hit the Cheese Fry Trail .......
97: Inmate Central, RE: Not so much Federal tyranny... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-23, 16:12:02 (107.141.181.199)
Self-defense as part of a militia, yes. Not individuals packing in a bar or an outdoor concert or any of the many places guns are found in this deranged country. That is an aberration and part of the .......
98: Inmate Central, RE: SCOTUS has spoken (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-23, 14:40:09 (107.141.181.199)
From Britannica, history of the Second Amendment: "The right to "keep and bear Arms" was thus included as a means to accomplish the objective of a "well regulated Militia"—to provide for the defense o .......
99: Inmate Central, RE: Food: anyone else using a rotisserie? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-23, 12:45:53 (107.141.181.199)
Porchetta sounds like a winner. I had a rotisserie, but the boy that turned it went off to college, so . . . . .......
100: Inmate Central, Chad and Jeremy nailed it for all time (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-23, 11:06:20 (107.141.181.199)
With "Summer Song." .......
101: Inmate Central, RE: Who knows, maybe that will teach you to be polite to people in a bar :) (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-23, 10:04:05 (107.141.181.199)
I usually am, but it's difficult sometimes. Some of these characters make you think of moving overseas. .......
102: Inmate Central, RE: Are you AT ALL familiar with the typical process? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-23, 09:31:30 (107.141.181.199)
"Yeah, business reasons. I got business that requires me to pop somebody now and then." .......
103: Inmate Central, RE: A sobering news to you (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-23, 09:28:57 (107.141.181.199)
So you believe they're rational creatures who just want to do the right thing? That's why they pack? Time was, only criminals packed guns. Now it's your average schmo with enough cash to buy a pistol. .......
104: Inmate Central, RE: Supreme Court decision 6-3 (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-23, 08:29:03 (107.141.181.199)
Woo hoo! Let the shootin' begin. Next time you're in an unfamiliar bar, remember that the guy next to you might be packing. .......
105: Inmate Central, Hold that Tweet! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-22, 18:37:19 (107.141.181.199)
Colts owner Irsay tweeted condolences for former player Tony Siragusa, misspelling his name, "Siracusa." Gee, Jim, have you heard of Google? R.I.P., Goose. .......
106: Inmate Central, I didn't say there was a miracle (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-22, 18:33:22 (107.141.181.199)
Owners are still in charge, just like in the NFL and NBA. .......
107: General Asylum, RE: Loudspeakers Made With Acoustic Ceiling Panels..... [yt] (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-22, 14:00:34 (107.141.181.199)
Resembles an open baffle design like I built once for a Fostex F-103 driver. Do they require tubes? .......
108: Inmate Central, Baseball is saved! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-22, 13:55:54 (107.141.181.199)
MLB has declared that teams may use "muddying" on balls. There have been lots of complaints about the balls being too slick. So is saved the livelihood of the one guy who for years has mined the mud f .......
109: Inmate Central, RE: How did we all survive our childhoods and make it this far? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-22, 06:18:59 (107.141.181.199)
Can't imagine. Played in the dirt, went barefoot all summer, pried open shotgun shells to get BBs for my slingshot, ate glue, consumed every form of sugar ever made into candy--just can't imagine. ::: .......
110: Inmate Central, RE: Not a problem for my Dad ... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-21, 10:51:54 (107.141.181.199)
I inherited a 1957 Ford Fairlane whose entire floor--front and back--was covered in black rubber. I thought that was very declasse' until a girl threw up in the car after a night of drinking Hurricane .......
111: Inmate Central, RE: Dad was a Scotsman through and through. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-21, 10:29:29 (107.141.181.199)
My grandfather taught me to haggle. He was a traveling salesman, so he knew a lot of the tricks. When I bought a VW Karmann Ghia in 1972, I went down the road because the biggest dealer in town wouldn .......
112: Inmate Central, As long as Covid is a virus,l I doubt it. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-20, 11:53:09 (107.141.181.199)
But there is no question that we need better, cheaper at-home testing as well as a variety of prophylactics and treatments to get us off the booster ride. Not that I mind a good booster now and then. .......
113: Inmate Central, RE: How many Teslas do you have to sell... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-20, 07:03:36 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, a few hundred thousand Teslas. I hear they're working on an electric rocket, but battery weight is an issue. .......
114: Inmate Central, Hey, leggo my Eggo! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-19, 14:27:39 (107.141.181.199)
Dang cat! Get your own. Looks exactly like my late Felix, BTW. .......
115: Inmate Central, RE: Svengoolie has Forbidden Planet on tonight. Catch it if you can. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-19, 06:33:39 (107.141.181.199)
A good 'un, for sure. The concept of the monstrous ID taking over was probably a first in the movies, certainly is sci-fi. .......
116: Inmate Central, All this just to go to the beach? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-18, 12:19:59 (107.141.181.199)
Man, are my lungs tired! .......
117: Inmate Central, RE: The bigger problem for baseball is owners. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-18, 07:52:27 (107.141.181.199)
True. They are interested in profit, not winning or even the game itself. Compare that to the original owners of the Mets, Jock Whitney and his wife, rich as cream and willing to lose money on a team .......
118: Inmate Central, RE: The Ballgame Last Night on Apple TV A Nightmare (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-18, 05:20:36 (107.141.181.199)
MLB better get right with showing free games on Tv or the game will continue to flounder. It's all just owner greed so can pay those ridiculous salaries to pitchers and still make a pile. .......
119: Inmate Central, RE: How hot is it? 98 in NW DC (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-17, 15:45:03 (107.141.181.199)
Yessir, it can get VERY hot there, as well as in Balto. Good luck! .......
120: Inmate Central, Hah! Good one -nt- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-17, 15:43:37 (107.141.181.199)
-nt- .......
121: Inmate Central, Nice (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-17, 12:10:02 (107.141.181.199)
Never see them fly in formation like that. .......
122: Inmate Central, "That's my last paintball party"-nt- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-17, 12:07:06 (107.141.181.199)
-nt- .......
123: Inmate Central, Hurrah! The season is finally over! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-16, 14:40:08 (107.141.181.199)
After what--eight months? Absurd. Same for hockey. .......
124: Inmate Central, You sure that's not cheesecake? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-16, 10:07:26 (107.141.181.199)
I had one of those in Chicago when I was younger and nearly choked on all that cheese. .......
125: Inmate Central, RE: Ever participate in a "provisional" or "aborted" landing? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-16, 06:27:52 (107.141.181.199)
That usually precedes a "controlled flight into terrain." .......
126: Inmate Central, RE: Does anybody know the answer to this question about some fruits/veggies? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-15, 13:51:40 (107.141.181.199)
Too long aboard a truck. Try a farmer's market or buy frozen. .......
127: Vintage Asylum, RE: KLH Model 23 - resistors in series with woofer and/or with speaker - opinions? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-15, 06:06:03 (107.141.181.199)
Bold Eagle had some knowledgeable posts on this topic some years ago. .......
128: Inmate Central, RE: That's why we never went deer-hunting on "opening day"... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-15, 06:04:28 (107.141.181.199)
I remember a cartoon from long ago that showed a guy standing at the door of a cabin talking to a bear. The caption read: "Now, that's a bottle of gin, two bottles of bourbon, and a bottle of scotch. .......
129: Inmate Central, RE: I'm still working on the Bourbon thing. After Islay Scotches, (location, not brand) all seem a bit bland. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-15, 06:00:27 (107.141.181.199)
Well, after Islay scotches, creosote would seem bland. Love 'em, but only once in a while, usually during colder months. .......
130: Inmate Central, Sound assessment (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-14, 18:02:48 (107.141.181.199)
Known by every ole boy who ever put a hole in the ground. That is why "Drill Baby, Drill" was so popular in Thawl Bidness. .......
131: Inmate Central, RE: Why would they want to invest in new wells in this hostile environment? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-14, 14:42:43 (107.141.181.199)
Hostile environment? What are you you talking about? That's all bushwah hogwash from "thawl bidness" boys who owned the regulatory agencies and got used to no regulation during the previous administra .......
132: Inmate Central, And he did it with BB gun! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-14, 14:39:55 (107.141.181.199)
What a shot! What a guy! .......
133: Inmate Central, RE: It's National Bourbon Day! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-14, 14:38:41 (107.141.181.199)
Evan Williams White Label, 100 proof. About 15 bucks a bottle if you can find it. 100 .......
134: Inmate Central, It is like smoking a pork shoulder (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-14, 09:12:15 (107.141.181.199)
Get your portfolio tight and don't look. .......
135: Inmate Central, RE: Kudos to all those states that allow teachers take control (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-13, 16:49:37 (107.141.181.199)
That many, eh? And in not one of them has a student taken a gun away from a teacher and used it on him and others? It's just a matter of time. .......
136: Inmate Central, RE: Car damage from wind? Yes, got it. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-13, 12:55:09 (107.141.181.199)
Happened to me in a thunderstorm in Metairie/New Orleans. Opened the door of my little VW Karmann Ghia and it went forward like a hyperextended knee. Didn't work worth a damn after that. Hate windy pl .......
137: Inmate Central, RE: I call him that because he was caught on film improving his lie. nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-13, 12:25:32 (107.141.181.199)
I know, I know. Kind of like a former president who has his own courses. .......
138: Inmate Central, RE: Crypto getting clobbered again ... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-13, 12:24:30 (107.141.181.199)
Crypto is the new tulip bulb. .......
139: Inmate Central, RE: It's a no-brainer. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-13, 11:32:02 (107.141.181.199)
Miami is a big center for crypto. That should tell you something about what it's being used for. .......
140: Inmate Central, I guess AAA will soon have generator trucks (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-13, 06:53:53 (107.141.181.199)
Last week I heard about two ladies who drove from New Orleans to Chicago and back. They said they spent more time charging than sleeping. .......
141: Inmate Central, RE: So far LIV looks like a stopover between the PGA tour... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-13, 05:41:04 (107.141.181.199)
The Cheater Patrick, as you call him, is only 31 years old. He has won $38 million in the 10 years he's been on tour. .......
142: Inmate Central, RE: Got Pollen ?? .. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-12, 15:08:17 (107.141.181.199)
Over with, thank goodness. I've almost stopped sneezing much of the day. Not serious enough to treat, but annoying for sure. .......
143: Inmate Central, PGA digging its grave . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-12, 14:04:21 (107.141.181.199)
. . . With a media teaspoon. Instead of going tit-for-tat and taking such a hard line in interviews, Commissioner Monahan should be pursuing some kind of reconciliation before the bleeding gets into t .......
144: Inmate Central, RE: Well, Pittsburgh hasn't changed much... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-12, 13:57:28 (107.141.181.199)
Sounds like you did the town. Too bad you didn't get to Big Jim's in the Run. I'd like to go there. .......
145: Inmate Central, RE: Do you realize that most teachers do NOT want to be armed in their classrooms? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-12, 13:26:25 (107.141.181.199)
"Where the hell have there NOT been shootings?" Well, I can't think of any shootings at country clubs. Maybe they're afraid of rich people. .......
146: Inmate Central, RE: A shocking fact of life (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-12, 11:59:02 (107.141.181.199)
I guess I was thinking of my fifth-grade teacher, who wore a back brace and walked with a cane. Would she be disqualified to teach because she wasn't arms qualified? Maybe she could have learned to us .......
147: Inmate Central, RE: There is a Texaco station in Metairie, the owner operator open carries. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-12, 08:24:49 (107.141.181.199)
Sounds like he needs it. .......
148: Inmate Central, RE: Bad Day in Baku (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-12, 08:23:45 (107.141.181.199)
They do have new cars this year, but if anything they are worse. Mercedes can't seem to manage better than third or fourth place after dominating for years. One guy's "overtake" button didn't work tod .......
149: Inmate Central, Now think of adding firearms training to their workload (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-12, 07:08:45 (107.141.181.199)
With regular certification visits to the range. It's absurd, and doesn't address root causes, only nauseating symptoms. Teachers would become even harder to find, and most of the older ones would simp .......
150: Inmate Central, Bad Day in Baku (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-12, 07:00:59 (107.141.181.199)
For Scuderia Ferrari at Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Both of their cars blew up before the race was even half over. And one of their drivers was in the lead, or near it. F1 cars are just too finicky, quirky .......
151: Inmate Central, RE: And those poor Commanders (NFL) (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-11, 11:17:26 (107.141.181.199)
Coaches AND players should never miss a chance to keep their mouths shut about matters they don't understand. Jack del Rio is exhibit A. .......
152: Inmate Central, RE: Heading for Pittsburgh later today... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-11, 06:58:38 (107.141.181.199)
Yep, you're married all right. Enjoy the show. .......
153: Inmate Central, Ha Cha! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-10, 13:48:10 (107.141.181.199)
Thanks for the screen saver. .......
154: Inmate Central, Was she wearing a seat belt? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-10, 06:48:03 (107.141.181.199)
If not, Geico should appeal. She was not taking proper precautions required by law. .......
155: Inmate Central, RE: PGA Tour Suspends LIV Golfers (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-09, 13:50:50 (107.141.181.199)
If Ricky Fowler goes, that's it. I see a number of Europeans like Henrik Stenson, John Rahm. or Padraig Harrington going as well. Rory is a PGA stalwart. This could become like a Mercedes/BMW thing. W .......
156: Inmate Central, RE: Another Osprey crash (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-09, 13:45:32 (107.141.181.199)
Don't take your eye off it, if you see one overhead. .......
157: Inmate Central, RE: Another Osprey crash (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-09, 11:14:13 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, I was wondering about the discoloration on one of the engine cowlings. Oil sizzled to the right temp would do that. .......
158: Inmate Central, RE: How 'real' Ospreys crash... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-09, 10:00:48 (107.141.181.199)
Look out--here she comes! Boy, I wish she'd learn to land. .......
159: Inmate Central, RE: Because there is nothing like it (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-09, 09:42:01 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, Marines don't mind danger. .......
160: Inmate Central, Another Osprey crash (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-09, 09:19:36 (107.141.181.199)
Why does the Navy keep flying those death traps? They're like Jurassic drones. .......
161: Inmate Central, RE: PGA Tour Suspends LIV Golfers (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-09, 09:06:52 (107.141.181.199)
They have less than nothing. All the PGA's inventory get on their private jets and leave every week. The NBA, NFL, and MBL at least have teams with contracts. .......
162: Inmate Central, PGA Tour Suspends LIV Golfers (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-09, 08:06:43 (107.141.181.199)
Tour to golfers: "These players have made their choice for their own financial-based reasons. But they can't demand the same PGA Tour membership benefits, considerations, opportunities and platform as .......
163: Inmate Central, Nope, other thugs and morons (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-08, 11:20:50 (107.141.181.199)
Dumb boyz who want to look cool on social media--a pox on society. .......
164: Inmate Central, Yeah, were they carrying/brandishing AKs? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-08, 11:01:12 (107.141.181.199)
These aren't kids. They're thugs with guns--dangerous guns. .......
165: Inmate Central, RE: Last weekend in New Orleans (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-08, 08:00:00 (107.141.181.199)
If the cops would come upside some heads and make some arrests/confiscations, it might at least slow them down. But nooooo, that would be profiling and police brutality. No wonder things are out of ha .......
166: Inmate Central, RE: Disagree (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-08, 05:20:23 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, and where is the "well regulated" part? Right now it's a free-for-all. .......
167: Inmate Central, RE: Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. What kind of naive people would think that Biden can do something about (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-07, 12:45:40 (107.141.181.199)
I heard a guy from some natural gas outfit named EQT talking his book on CNBC today, saying we need more pipeline capacity. The price of NG has more than doubled, but it ain't supply. It's effing goug .......
168: Inmate Central, RE: Oh, lord, won't you recall my Mercedes Benz? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-07, 11:31:44 (107.141.181.199)
Brake boosters? Does Mercedes have more add-on doo dads than most luxury models? It seems so. .......
169: Inmate Central, RE: Eldragano ban to bored (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-06, 15:05:21 (107.141.181.199)
As I understand it, we're not here to get things "right," according to your definition of right. We're here to discuss, argue, insult, and throw feces-- like any good asylum. I've been banned for a LO .......
170: Inmate Central, RE: Another day... another bastard killed - the highest ranking russian general so far (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-06, 09:00:44 (107.141.181.199)
The big hats are earning their money this year. One wonders when they will start questioning what the hell all this is for. .......
171: Inmate Central, RE: Out of the ashes of this transition period, a new business cycle will emerge (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-06, 05:59:20 (107.141.181.199)
What happened to the business school notion of a few years ago that we had tamed the business cycle and wouldn't see the kind of recessions that we've had in the past? I guess 2008 did that one in. :: .......
172: Inmate Central, So we can tan? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-05, 12:50:06 (107.141.181.199)
And bikini wax, and shave? .......
173: Inmate Central, Heartbreak at World Cup (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-05, 11:19:59 (107.141.181.199)
Before 33,000 fans in rainy Cardiff, Wales got its first WC berth in 64 years. The heartbreak was that they beat the Ukraine National Football Team, whose 64 y.o. coach tried to enlist in the army but .......
174: Inmate Central, RE: Sounds like just a little fun with guns, brandishing & other amusements ?? Nb (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-05, 06:19:04 (107.141.181.199)
Just a little fun. As I put up my hands, I thought, "well, I guess it's my turn." My wallet and grandfather's wristwatch were gone in a flash. I got my wallet back, but the hundred in cash I had was g .......
175: Inmate Central, RE: That's what the chechen scum does (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-04, 14:58:49 (107.141.181.199)
The Butcher is gone? Where? Did they exile him? He was a rough-looking character right out of central casting. .......
176: Inmate Central, RE: Dude walks down the street shooting up a house. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-04, 13:57:07 (107.141.181.199)
In Reply to: RE: Dude walks down the street shooting up a house. posted by bjh on June 4, 2022 at 13:03:41: Didn't get there. No wallet for tickets. The cops caught the gang about an hour later after .......
177: Vintage Asylum, RE: Well than it's worth it (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-04, 12:22:20 (107.141.181.199)
Thanks, Charles. A sensible answer. .......
178: Inmate Central, RE: Dude walks down the street shooting up a house. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-04, 10:22:07 (107.141.181.199)
Ah, New Orleans! The only place where I've been robbed at gunpoint, 2 blocks from my residence, at 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday. Not stumbling around the Quarter at 3a.m., but going out to a movie. ::: TOP .......
179: Inmate Central, RE: bearsies (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 15:13:04 (107.141.181.199)
I hope you don't need anything from that shed. Don't go down there without a box of donuts. .......
180: Inmate Central, RE: so what, so am I (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 13:45:22 (107.141.181.199)
Musk has long had the media dancing his tune because he's good for a bite or a stunt. I actually heard one of the geniuses on CNBC say this morning that Tesla would be all right because it is a car co .......
181: Inmate Central, RE: "And wasn't it Musk who tried to save some people trapped in a cave some years ago?" (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 12:46:48 (107.141.181.199)
They should have left the soccer coach in there. People died trying to get those boys out. .......
182: Inmate Central, RE: isn't it funny he is at the top of his company, (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 12:45:29 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, just look at the stock. And it's going down further because Musk just shoots off his mouth whenever he feels like it. I wouldn't touch that stock with a 10-ft. pole. .......
183: Inmate Central, RE: That story came just a day before said country announced inflation at 73% (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 12:43:44 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, E probably thinks Mark Zuckerberg is one slick operator and wants to emulate him with a brand change like FB to Meta. But a turkey by any other name . . . . .......
184: Inmate Central, RE: Good luck with that trip to the moon. nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 12:13:40 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, Musk's Tesla equity took a trip to the moon, but now it's subterranean, especially after the e-mail. .......
185: Vintage Asylum, RE: What would a McIntosh C26 with some rack rash be worth? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 11:32:54 (107.141.181.199)
It would be for nostalgia, as it was the first Mac preamp I encountered when I was a retail monkey at a stereo store for a year in 1970, The C28 was new and rather quirky--always in the shop. I can't .......
186: Inmate Central, A turkey by any other name . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 09:40:40 (107.141.181.199)
Turkey has received permission from the U.N. to change its name for better branding. So what happens to Turkish coffee, Turkish rugs, and Turkish baths? .......
187: Inmate Central, RE: Perhaps more automation was introduced (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 08:29:30 (107.141.181.199)
Musk didn't say that, only that he had a "super bad" feeling about the economy. Working for such a mercurial, egocentric flake must be torture. .......
188: Inmate Central, RE: Musk wants to cut 10 percent of Tesla work force (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 07:49:01 (107.141.181.199)
Ten percent of the Tesla work force is 10,000 people. That's a lot. .......
189: Inmate Central, Musk wants to cut 10 percent of Tesla work force (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-03, 06:18:01 (107.141.181.199)
Now we know why he wanted people to return to the office. So he can fire one in ten of them. .......
190: Inmate Central, I'm not either (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-02, 12:03:12 (107.141.181.199)
I know some hunters of feral pigs use them, but it ain't very sporting. The majority are for uses other than animal slaughter, I'm betting. .......
191: Vintage Asylum, What would a McIntosh C26 with some rack rash be worth? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-02, 11:41:44 (107.141.181.199)
It's for sale locally--800 bucks. .......
192: Inmate Central, RE: Putin and his beauty (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-02, 11:31:00 (107.141.181.199)
That's a blowup doll, right? .......
193: Inmate Central, RE: A slam on Markle. What a cheap shot. Time to invoke Groucho Marx. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-02, 11:30:04 (107.141.181.199)
Well, Andy wasn't there either. Like many families, the Windsors have their favorites and their outcasts. .......
194: Inmate Central, Caption this . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-02, 06:45:54 (107.141.181.199)
"My God, will the old girl outlive ME? And what are all these medals for? They're heavy." .......
195: Inmate Central, RE: In news crucial to the survival of Earth.......Depp wins. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-02, 06:29:28 (107.141.181.199)
Good, good. Now I can sleep, except for the Elvis impersonator ban. .......
196: Inmate Central, RE: QuantumScape is farther along than anyone with solid state battery (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-02, 06:28:23 (107.141.181.199)
Thanks. I can't say the chart looks very good, but it is something of a bargain right now. .......
197: Inmate Central, RE: It really does depend on the job function and organization (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-02, 05:09:30 (107.141.181.199)
Interesting. I think that has been the experience across the board. Airlines who are waiting for business travel to return to pre-pandemic levels are kidding themselves in a major way. .......
198: Inmate Central, RE: Everyone getting their copy of the new SI "swimsuit issue"?... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-02, 05:06:55 (107.141.181.199)
God, does SI still do that? Elon's mother is a study in why Elon is so weird and quirky. .......
199: Inmate Central, RE: Anyone here ready to give their life for Ukraine? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-01, 15:37:01 (107.141.181.199)
As George Patton famously said:"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." The Ukraine army seems to get that. ::: TOPIC: .......
200: Inmate Central, RE: Holy grail for EVs: Batteries free of nickel and cobalt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-01, 15:29:51 (107.141.181.199)
It's clear to me that the challenge of EV is not guvt. subsidized car production but battery technology. I've been looking for years to find investment quality companies but nothing so far. ::: TOPIC: .......
201: Inmate Central, RE: It really does depend on the job function and organization (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-01, 14:37:39 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, the pandemic was rough on business travel, hotels, Dave and Buster's. Companies piled up the profits as they were no longer wasting money flying regional and middle managers around the country fo .......
202: Inmate Central, RE: From what I know he has no difficulty hiring people nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-01, 11:59:49 (107.141.181.199)
I wouldn't work for him for all the tea in China, as they used to say. .......
203: Inmate Central, RE: my experience contradicts your statement. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-01, 11:58:30 (107.141.181.199)
Agree. Offices are generally places for corporate grab-ass and goofing off. I did a stint in one for a year as an internal consultant and thought it was just like the movie "Office Space." ::: TOPIC:: .......
204: Inmate Central, RE: He's also going to open an all-night diner (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-01, 11:56:09 (107.141.181.199)
Makes sense, except the tables won't turn very fast, which is essential to a diner. .......
205: Inmate Central, RE: I'm too young to get Elvis. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-01, 11:54:31 (107.141.181.199)
I think if you saw the Elvis portions of Ken Burns' terrific series on country music, you might change your mind about Elvis being rock and roll. I'm too young to get J.S. Bach or Haydn, but I get tha .......
206: Inmate Central, RE: Elon builds beautiful new headquarters but... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-01, 10:28:02 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, I'm sure Musk got where he is today by showing up at the office every day and working hard for 12 hours. And I'm a Russian astronaut. .......
207: Inmate Central, What is this country coming to? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-06-01, 09:49:11 (107.141.181.199)
CNBC reports that the company that owns the rights to Elvis's name, image and likeness has obtained a cease-and-desist order to Las Vegas wedding chapels who use Elvis impersonators. From now on, i .......
208: Inmate Central, RE: A new entry into "the game"... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-31, 08:25:39 (107.141.181.199)
Thanks, but selection seems kind of limited, and $699 a month for a Chevy Blazer? I don't know. But I like the idea of not owning anything. I wonder if the insurance is any good, and who underwrites i .......
209: Inmate Central, Oh yeah (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-30, 09:03:47 (107.141.181.199)
Vince Gilligan is something of a magician. BCS is much better than BB, IMHO, with better pacing and less darkness, although it's just as violent. Walter White's family situation nearly drove me nuts. .......
210: Inmate Central, Russian geezers can now join up (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-29, 11:14:48 (107.141.181.199)
Putin has lifted the age-40 limit on enlisting, so if you missed Chechnya or are nostalgic for the good old days, you can serve again. .......
211: Inmate Central, I have watched enough, seen enough highlights, heard enough jaw flapping (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-28, 13:09:13 (107.141.181.199)
To think that this should be all over by Memorial Day--by law. The NBA season is ridiculously, obscenely long, and it's time for America's Game. It's nothing but greedy owners and cable channel empty- .......
212: Inmate Central, RE: Strippers can apparently better forecast the market than your financial advisor! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-28, 12:01:32 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, they've put their portfolios mostly in cash and repaired to their homes in the south of France until things pick up. .......
213: Inmate Central, RE: Usually 6 times per week. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-27, 14:35:22 (107.141.181.199)
That's me--Sundays off. But these 2X a week shavers have me thinking I might be chopping my old mug too often. I feel cleaner and fresher if I shave, but so what? .......
214: Inmate Central, More than I can say. . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-27, 12:53:39 (107.141.181.199)
. . .Because I don't have one. But that is a beautiful piece, seems more suited to cats, which like boxes and enclosed spaces. .......
215: Inmate Central, RE: Shave what? Nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-27, 12:50:54 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, there's always one. .......
216: Inmate Central, Do you shave every day? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-27, 11:50:06 (107.141.181.199)
As I go deeper into geezerdom I find that I don't want to shave every day. I remember reading years ago a quote from a Boston dermatology professor that shaving is like microsurgery, and you should gi .......
217: Inmate Central, RE: Please 'splain something about FaceBook (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-26, 16:20:57 (107.141.181.199)
Facts emerging at a press conference today seem to confirm that. Not a good look for the local law. .......
218: Inmate Central, Yes,. let's (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-26, 15:07:54 (107.141.181.199)
Go door to door and take all the semi-automatic rifles, the 30 and 40 shot clips, the Glock plugs, and the military-grade weapons. No one needs them for what you describe, and it should be illegal to .......
219: Inmate Central, RE: Clear invasion of privacy (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-26, 11:53:23 (107.141.181.199)
You have experience with surveillance states, so I understand your position. But how is it any different from security or surveillance cameras? Monitoring should be part of the User Agreement, if it i .......
220: Inmate Central, Please 'splain something about FaceBook (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-26, 10:28:00 (107.141.181.199)
I am not on Facebook, never have been, never will be. But if you can use Facebook to find the dentures you lost at the beach 2,000 miles away from home, or to find your senior class ring, why can't FB .......
221: Inmate Central, RE: I don't understand the Bears (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-25, 18:08:48 (107.141.181.199)
I don't understand them either. They used to be a square-jawed, rock-hard, straight-up Midwestern team. Now they're like a bunch of women shopping for shoes. .......
222: Inmate Central, RE: Dunno, I think he'd be a solid backup. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-25, 13:54:55 (107.141.181.199)
He would also help rid the Raiders of the Gruden stench, which is no small part of this. .......
223: Inmate Central, Colin Kaepernick is working out with the Raiders (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-25, 13:37:50 (107.141.181.199)
Heavenly days! Next thing you know, AB will be signing with the Packers or the Pats. .......
224: Inmate Central, RE: Kissinger (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 14:35:45 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, I read his autobiography. He was born in the Bronx but went to live in France with relatives after his parents were run over by a bus. He came to America after long training and service in France .......
225: Inmate Central, RE: Kissinger (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 13:09:28 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, let's be generous. I can't imagine Jacque Pepin talking like a Californian. .......
226: Inmate Central, So the Saudis continue to back Russia (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 12:32:53 (107.141.181.199)
It's time to sanction them, and to prevent Phil Mickelson or any other American golfer from playing professionally in Saudi. Formula 1 should also pull out. I don't think they like it over there very .......
227: Inmate Central, RE: No theory. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 12:24:27 (107.141.181.199)
And LBJ heard about it and called Tricky Dick to ask him if the story was true. Nixon denied it, like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar. .......
228: Inmate Central, RE: There's no reason to pay attention to a guy who's been out of the game for 47 years (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 12:20:24 (107.141.181.199)
Normally, that would be right, but I pay attention because K. is the last of the lying bastards who stole my future, and I can't stand it that he is 98 and still speaking at places like Davos. Where t .......
229: Inmate Central, RE: In today"s news (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 09:57:18 (107.141.181.199)
Here is some further corroboration--82 percent. Let's hope that if negotiations do begin as Heinz suggests, they won't take as long as the Paris peace talks. .......
230: Inmate Central, RE: Did you see this? 2-Year Old orders 31 Cheeseburgers (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 08:52:44 (107.141.181.199)
I also saw a guy last week who claimed he had eaten 25,000 Big Macs over the past 50 years, since the 1972 introduction of the BM. He has one every day with a large Coke. He didn't look unhealthy, jus .......
231: Inmate Central, RE: According to the late Christopher Hitchens, there are countries Kissinger can't go to. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 08:50:24 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, according to Hitchens, Kissinger was a flat-out war criminal, and he wasn't one to make careless accusations. .......
232: Inmate Central, RE: Kissinger (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 08:35:26 (107.141.181.199)
Lewis Lapham said that accent is a fraud, that K's brother, who came to America at the same time as Henry, has no accent. .......
233: Inmate Central, RE: The Oracle Has Spoken (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 06:10:17 (107.141.181.199)
Try telling him that. He thinks he's still on top of things and his realpolitik is more relevant than ever. .......
234: Inmate Central, The Oracle Has Spoken (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 05:29:33 (107.141.181.199)
From BUSINESS INSIDER: "Henry Kissinger said Ukraine must be prepared to give up territory to Russia in peace talks. He warned of the risk of escalation unless peace negotiations start in the next 2 m .......
235: Inmate Central, RE: Did you see this? 2-Year Old orders 31 Cheeseburgers (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-24, 05:24:49 (107.141.181.199)
The kid should go to work for Elon Musk. Twitter could use him, I bet. .......
236: Inmate Central, RE: Anybody here eat hot cereal for brekky? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-23, 08:52:13 (107.141.181.199)
Oatmeal in cooler weather, preferably from Anson Mills in South Carolina. .......
237: General Asylum, RE: Helping a friend downsize (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-23, 06:55:38 (107.141.181.199)
Music Room--stand-up guys, Bend over backwards to help. Often pay for shipping. I would contact them first. .......
238: Inmate Central, RE: No NBA fans here, huh? Bizarre. Not one, besides me? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-23, 05:38:46 (107.141.181.199)
The playoffs (including the play-in) go on FAR too long, as does the NBA season. It should be all over by Memorial Day, but it goes through June. Nuts. And greed $$$. .......
239: Inmate Central, RE: Greatest CEO of all time! Or not... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-22, 16:17:28 (107.141.181.199)
The other one of that hard-ass school who stands out was Harold Geneen, the British accountant who became CEO of ITT in 1959. Under his iron-fisted reign, ITT's sales grew from about $700 million in 1 .......
240: Inmate Central, RE: You still gonna cheer him on? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-22, 14:32:27 (107.141.181.199)
Communication. And Welch was one of the premier communicators of his time. Terrible to work for, maybe, but very articulate and outspoken in the media. .......
241: Inmate Central, RE: Greatest CEO of all time! Or not... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-22, 14:21:03 (107.141.181.199)
Right for the times, I guess, just as Tom Brady is right for these times. GOAT? I don't know. I think it depends on your perspective. Today, Welch's top-down management style and automatic elimination .......
242: Inmate Central, RE: Tonight on "Svengoolie." (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-22, 05:45:37 (107.141.181.199)
I haven't watched in a while because he won't stop showing Vincent Price movies. The only thing worse are the movies about people shrunk to the size of mice. .......
243: Inmate Central, RE: Lower your risk of stroke & dimentia (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-21, 13:04:43 (107.141.181.199)
I've taken up tea in the afternoon in place of coffee. I like it. Gotta use good loose tea, though. No bags. I use Taylor's Darjeeling that I buy through Amazon. Only one cup at a time, with a good li .......
244: Inmate Central, RE: But who believes anything published by the WaPo? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-21, 12:05:57 (107.141.181.199)
No, Jeff Bezos owns WaPo, just as the Grahams owned it before him. Katherine Graham certainly had a point of view, but she left things to the editors. Bezos does the same, or else nobody good would wo .......
245: Inmate Central, Have you ever read the editorials? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-21, 10:44:58 (107.141.181.199)
A more literate Fox in print. I quit subscribing when Murdoch went back on his promise for free access to the digital edition for current print subscribers. .......
246: Inmate Central, Meanwhile (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-21, 10:06:15 (107.141.181.199)
Earnings keep falling and prices keep rising. Is it inflation or naked profiteering? .......
247: Inmate Central, RE: You can read it here on Twitter posted by the man himself (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-21, 09:03:44 (107.141.181.199)
I believe the name of the law firm Musk is libeling here is Perkins Coie, and they should sue him. Musk is starting to sound more like Trump every day. And operate like Trump, i.e., his current shaked .......
248: Inmate Central, REAL Poppycock (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-21, 08:38:55 (107.141.181.199)
Trump became extremely wealthy because his father made him so, and because he's a crook. "Behind every great fortune is a great crime"--Balzac .......
249: Inmate Central, Oh, it's only billions of dollars (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-20, 11:55:37 (107.141.181.199)
For someone used to burning cash like Elon Musk, it's just a blip. .......
250: Inmate Central, RE: Rightous indignation from the privilidged elites (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-20, 08:05:25 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, cannot have guys in wife-beaters and cargo shorts on the Main Line. Simply won't do. .......
251: Inmate Central, RE: Good news for my garage... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-20, 07:36:12 (107.141.181.199)
Oh boy! Maybe I can get on the list now. I've been waiting for years. .......
252: Inmate Central, Which goes best with sardines and mustard? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-20, 06:53:53 (107.141.181.199)
I've been off Nabisco since they discontinued Chocolate Snaps, a marvelous, cheap commercial cookie. .......
253: Inmate Central, RE: Rightous indignation from the privilidged elites (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-20, 06:46:30 (107.141.181.199)
Hah, if it were at Bedminster, it would be $22 for a beer and $26 for a burger. Gotta pay those lawyers, y'know. .......
254: Inmate Central, RE: Nick vs. Jimbo (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-20, 06:44:48 (107.141.181.199)
Two of the highest-paid coaches in the land going at each other like middle schoolers. For shame! But I am glad it's about NIL and recruiting. .......
255: Inmate Central, RE: Pork Roast (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-19, 09:50:03 (107.141.181.199)
Sounds terrific. Don't think I've ever seen a pork sirloin. .......
256: Inmate Central, RE: Pork Roast (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-19, 05:35:24 (107.141.181.199)
All true, but then there is all that lovely bacon out there. Every pork roast has a belly attached. Salt and fat--balm for the troubled soul. Besides, just try making a PLT sandwich or pork club. ::: .......
257: Inmate Central, RE: Bingo.... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-18, 09:13:26 (107.141.181.199)
Sure, but that's step 2. My point is that Russia is getting rich off oil and gas sales, and countries and probably speculators are buying. As for the current account balance, ALL of it should be used .......
258: Inmate Central, RE: I don't think the US gives two shits about Sweden in NATO... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-17, 17:15:09 (107.141.181.199)
The point is to have an alliance. Putin would like to have an alliance, but no one will stand with him except craven Belarus and maybe Hungary. .......
259: Inmate Central, RE: The U.S. Should Get Out of NATO (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-17, 17:13:40 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, go away, Donald! I'm surprised you have time to read this thread. .......
260: Inmate Central, Yeah, well (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-17, 17:12:16 (107.141.181.199)
Bloomberg reported today that Russia's current accounts balance has reached record levels thanks to oil and gas exports, so somebody is buying. That's what I meant when I said oil is fungible and it i .......
261: Inmate Central, Oh, I feel better now (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-17, 10:32:03 (107.141.181.199)
And we can trust Recep Tayyip, right? He'll do the right thing? Anything to base that on? .......
262: Inmate Central, RE: Link below to General on Korsak and Comrades. The look on their faces! He even mentioned one Senator (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-17, 10:19:22 (107.141.181.199)
Is the woman questioner still alive? .......
263: Inmate Central, Forgot the link (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-17, 09:52:28 (107.141.181.199)
Here it is .......
264: Inmate Central, Read the S-4 filing for his new company (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-17, 09:24:26 (107.141.181.199)
Especially the "Risks", where they list all of Trump's bankruptcies, frauds and flops. The weasel Devin Nunes is the CEO and a director. Donny, Jr., is also a director. .......
265: Inmate Central, NATO should expel Turkey (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-17, 07:05:44 (107.141.181.199)
"There is no scenario under which Turkey does not end up being seen as (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's mole inside NATO," said Soner Cagaptay, an expert on Turkey at the Washington Institute. "Ev .......
266: Inmate Central, RE: For boots, I have all Red Wings... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-16, 17:03:28 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, Danner. Have a look at the web site. Like visiting an art gallery for boots. .......
267: Inmate Central, RE: I despise that way of thinking. And you are wrong. There will be NO concessions. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-16, 16:17:16 (107.141.181.199)
I have believed that the best path for Ukraine is to bring Putin to the table for a deal, but now I believe the mean little prick has further to fall. This is based on several factors: Ukrainian succe .......
268: Inmate Central, RE: What?! Ya mean Matt Damon was wrong? nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-16, 14:53:17 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, and Tom Brady as well. Damon might have gotten the idea of crypto while he was stuck on Mars. .......
269: Inmate Central, RE: Let him. Pay little, use as needed, let him exit with dignity. nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-16, 13:22:53 (107.141.181.199)
Exit with dignity? Has he ever done anything with dignity? If Bruce Ariens didn't want him around I can't imagine someone with the experience and good sense of Mike Tomlin wanting him around. ::: TOPI .......
270: Inmate Central, RE: Antonio Brown wants to retire as a Steeler. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-16, 12:18:44 (107.141.181.199)
Well, he kind of is already, no? He won't play again and he used to be a Steeler. .......
271: Inmate Central, You got it (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-16, 06:04:07 (107.141.181.199)
Houston isn't a heat island; it's a heat continent. All that concrete and asphalt. .......
272: Inmate Central, RE: oil is nothing until finished product (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-15, 13:12:01 (107.141.181.199)
That's what I said--within grade classification, oil is completely fungible. Otherwise, it wouldn't trade so easily. .......
273: Inmate Central, RE: oil per se is not fungible...-please stop saying this...--nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-15, 12:02:53 (107.141.181.199)
Except for grade, oil per se is very fungible. That's why the Seventies concept of "energy independence" is no longer valid, if it ever was. It is a world mazrket, and the oil is completely interchang .......
274: Inmate Central, RE: There has been no lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico...- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-15, 12:00:22 (107.141.181.199)
There were two leases for sale, but they were both tied up in court action, so the govt. pulled them. .......
275: Inmate Central, RE: There is no faucet. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-15, 07:06:22 (107.141.181.199)
There may be no faucet here. but the Saudis have a faucet that used to be called OPEC. Now they are pretty much in control. Since the Saudis are still the world's lowest-cost producer, they can do a l .......
276: Inmate Central, RE: Want expert commentary? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-14, 17:44:50 (107.141.181.199)
His opinion and five bucks will buy you a TOTL latte' at Starbucks. I used to be a professor, and the title works magic, especially now that media have to feed the beast 24/7. .......
277: Inmate Central, Six power plants have failed in Texas (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-14, 12:04:51 (107.141.181.199)
The Texas power grid authority has advised cutting consumption. And it's only the middle of May! Still want to move to Texas, everyone? Go ahead! .......
278: Inmate Central, RE: First part is correct, although his support seems to be on decline (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-14, 10:37:02 (107.141.181.199)
They wouldn't put a hole in Putin, would they? Kind of unsophisticated. Poison with Polonium and claim he died of leukenia. .......
279: Inmate Central, RE: so... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-14, 10:33:33 (107.141.181.199)
Time for a new devil, I think. This is Putin t birth. Hated the world and everyone in it. .......
280: Inmate Central, "Yah, you really can hear a gnat fart with dis thing" (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-14, 09:17:24 (107.141.181.199)
Best birthday present I ever had! .......
281: Inmate Central, RE: Ineffable. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-14, 08:33:46 (107.141.181.199)
Looks like good trout water, but no fishermen on it. .......
282: Inmate Central, "Do you think I can get a patent for this?" (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-14, 08:32:36 (107.141.181.199)
"What should I call it? What does it do? I don't know." .......
283: Inmate Central, Russian Coup Underway (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-14, 08:31:06 (107.141.181.199)
From FORTUNE Magazine less than an hour ago: "A coup is underway to oust Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is "very sick" due to cancer, according to Ukraine's head of military intelligence." ::: .......
284: Inmate Central, RE: birds here have been pretty cool here of late (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-13, 04:03:01 (107.141.181.199)
Nice shots. They like citrus, do they? I know they like my figs. .......
285: Inmate Central, Biden hasn't got much to do with the present situation (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-12, 15:16:32 (107.141.181.199)
And there wasn't much interest in leases, the White House said. Ask yourself this: Is it in Big Oil's interest to have a lot of oil on the world market and see its price fall below zero like it did a .......
286: Inmate Central, RE: If you can't get to brunch on-time, this new Escalade is for you... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-12, 05:25:15 (107.141.181.199)
Or--more likely, if you are a drug dealer in a high-speed police chase, or a rapper late for a concert or as club date . . . . .......
287: Inmate Central, RE: Birth control is readily available at any grocery store (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-11, 16:39:50 (107.141.181.199)
That's right--before we know it, there will be legislation that makes it illegal to have sexual intercourse without the intention of conceiving a child. Even the rhythm method could be outlawed. Big P .......
288: Inmate Central, RE: No, that is not the truth (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-11, 06:15:06 (107.141.181.199)
That would be great, but at what cost? It means a protracted war, with lots of help from the U.S. and other NATO countries. And the human toll would be significant. .......
289: Inmate Central, RE: And I was thinking overturning Roe v. Wade would be a death blow for the GOP (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-10, 17:11:46 (107.141.181.199)
It doesn't have to be Mitch McConnell. Any of his craven colleagues and their wing-nut supporters could bring it about. It's an ideology and a way of life. They're all nuts, now that John McCain isn't .......
290: Inmate Central, RE: Russia admits it faces economic collapse over Putin's war (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-10, 12:58:58 (107.141.181.199)
Word is that Putin is preparing for a long-haul war, and will have to admit that it is a war and not a "Special Operation." He will also impose martial law and call up reserves. Winter should bring pl .......
291: Inmate Central, RE: What right do we have to bargain away parts of Ukraine? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-10, 12:55:07 (107.141.181.199)
What right did we have to carve up the Middle East? Fact is, in order to get a truce Ukraine is going to have to give up some territory. But they should drive a very hard bargain that keeps Putin away .......
292: Inmate Central, RE: Pittsburgh guy's painting sells for $195 million, most ever for an American artist. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-10, 09:17:49 (107.141.181.199)
I'm just sorry that Warhol didn't take up the "Dogs Playing Poker" theme. That's as American as you can get. This one is 20 bucks on Amazon, but if Andy had done it the painting would be worth at l .......
293: Inmate Central, RE: And I was thinking overturning Roe v. Wade would be a death blow for the GOP (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-10, 07:34:20 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, Mitch McConnell wants a federal anti-abortion bill. Think about if the state decides it also has an interest in other human organs besides the uterus, and begins to ban heart transplants in patie .......
294: Inmate Central, Because he wants to be emperor? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-10, 06:11:37 (107.141.181.199)
He probably believes he could use his own country for some of his plans. .......
295: Inmate Central, RE: Chicken pot pie with crust from a can (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-10, 05:45:48 (107.141.181.199)
That's a good-looking pie. I use crescent roll crust to make apple pandowdy. Works very well. I'm not much of a baker. .......
296: Inmate Central, Not to worry (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-09, 13:58:04 (107.141.181.199)
I am certain the mostly white, make state legislators will figure it out, the same way they have figured out ways for the state to control a woman's uterus from conception to birth in 26 states. ::: T .......
297: Inmate Central, Thanks (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-08, 09:30:29 (107.141.181.199)
That Sacher Torte makes me weak in the knees. .......
298: Inmate Central, Me too (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-07, 14:50:23 (107.141.181.199)
When I got a hand-me-down Ford Fairlane with an automatic, I thought I had gone to heaven. The first car invariably died when I let out the clutch, terrifying at busy intersections. .......
299: Inmate Central, RE: Wheaties/Grape Nuts mix with dollop of Probiotic yogurt and diced apple, (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-07, 12:40:41 (107.141.181.199)
They still make Grape Nuts? Haven't see that cereal in years. Used to eat it, though. Good with yogurt, yes! .......
300: Inmate Central, That is the North American (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-07, 11:40:35 (107.141.181.199)
Stuffed gray cat. They are found in antique stores and gift shops. .......
301: Inmate Central, RE: Here's what you get? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-06, 13:33:09 (107.141.181.199)
As I said, I think that the SCOTUS conservative cabal leaked the opinion to gauge the blowback. They know it's a political decision, not a legal one. .......
302: Inmate Central, RE: Things that make you go HHmmmm (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-06, 13:31:31 (107.141.181.199)
Sure. Big B knows the government is going to be all over them, so they would like to at least be in the same time zone and not too far from K Street. A hop, skip and a slide off the runway to the Pent .......
303: Inmate Central, Yeah, it is a first . . .. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-06, 12:00:05 (107.141.181.199)
Before this week, it was too boring to go in there so the SC didn't need fences. .......
304: Inmate Central, RE: Is the Economy strong enough to handle interest rate hikes? We'll see. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-06, 10:35:39 (107.141.181.199)
The past seven out of ten hikes have resulted in recession. The smart money, i.e. Glen Hubbard, seems to believe that a recession will be short and shallow. Let's hope. .......
305: Inmate Central, RE: MLB.tv (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-06, 08:50:12 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, on top of my exorbitant cable bill. And MLB claims they want people to watch baseball. Maybe the owners could pay some of those pitchers a little less and take a little less in TV revenues. Yeah .......
306: Inmate Central, What baseball? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-06, 08:35:21 (107.141.181.199)
I searched and searched my 200-plus cable channels last night and found NO games at all. There must have been at least eight that could have been televised. Greedy, money-grubbing corporate bastards. .......
307: Inmate Central, RE: Pay your taxes, schmuck! I had to. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-06, 07:30:53 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, as Leona Helmsley said famously, "only the little people pay taxes." .......
308: Inmate Central, RE: Exactly! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-06, 07:07:14 (107.141.181.199)
So what are the "hobby" degrees? .......
309: Inmate Central, RE: 'A slap in the face'... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-06, 05:04:57 (107.141.181.199)
There should be an "up to" $XXXXX limitation, plus means testing for the higher amounts. But what really torques my old noogies are the commercials from companies claiming to reduce your taxes if you .......
310: Jazz Alley, If you are talking about whiskey . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-05, 15:04:22 (107.141.181.199)
Hell, yes! The more expensive, the better. Although that recording you feature does have a pretty good beat. .......
311: Inmate Central, RE: CNN still does some actual reporting evidenced by this thoughtful analysis of the Ukraine War (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-05, 06:46:27 (107.141.181.199)
CNN exists to cover events like the war in Ukraine, and has done a superb job on the ground and in the studio--with correspondents like Clarissa Ward, Frederik Pleitgen, Matthew Chance, and Nick Paton .......
312: General Asylum, We are the champions my friend (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-05, 05:31:54 (107.141.181.199)
By Queen. .......
313: Inmate Central, I'm beginning to think Alito leaked it . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-04, 18:28:28 (107.141.181.199)
Through some clerk minion. This leak has been called "unprecedented" so much that I'm beginning to think the conservative cabal did it to gauge public reaction and take measure of the blowback. ::: TO .......
314: Inmate Central, RE: Yes, they are (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-04, 10:31:00 (107.141.181.199)
I wonder if any of them get any. .......
315: Inmate Central, Yes, they are (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-04, 09:48:17 (107.141.181.199)
If women would organize a national boycott cutting off men until their constitutional rights were restored and guaranteed, it would happen like THAT! There would be a million-dick march on Washington .......
316: Inmate Central, Never knew there was so much fun to be had (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-04, 09:02:44 (107.141.181.199)
Still, it's a cruise ship, and you'll never find me on a cruise ship of any description. .......
317: Inmate Central, Now that's better (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 11:54:04 (107.141.181.199)
The other place was too small, and didn't have a back yard where Russ could toss the ball around. And around and around. .......
318: General Asylum, RE: Who moderates the moderators? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 11:37:38 (107.141.181.199)
First of all, they shouldn't be called Moderaters. They don't moderate; they delete, shame, and impose penalties. Instead, they should be called Ward Monitors, like Nurse Ratched. Nothing personal, gu .......
319: Inmate Central, RE: Yes, it is about the law, so we should let the law professionals decide. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 11:35:12 (107.141.181.199)
Sure, and I respect your position, but a chance to sue as well? .......
320: Inmate Central, RE: This is not about woman's health (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 10:38:00 (107.141.181.199)
As regards the Supreme Court, it is about neither: it is about the law, the Constitution, and whether constitutional protection extends to seeking pregnancy termination. Anti-abortion zealots want con .......
321: Inmate Central, RE: You seem to advocade abortion on demand (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 09:35:44 (107.141.181.199)
I heard excerpts from what the draft opinion says last night. And I knew Alito was a creep long before now, as when he sat in the House Chamber during Obama's State of the Union address and mouthed "Y .......
322: General Asylum, RE: Your house is flooding,what do you save? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 08:42:32 (107.141.181.199)
Records, and lousy computer. .......
323: Inmate Central, RE: You are REALLY grasping, while still hiding (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 08:41:26 (107.141.181.199)
There are NO exceptions for rape or incest in the Mississippi law this decision would uphold and ratify. The little creep Alito says the matter is for lawmakers, not judges, to decide. But it is judge .......
324: Inmate Central, RE: Red herring, and hiding (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 08:03:58 (107.141.181.199)
I didn't want to provide an answer because I don't know all of the facts and it isn't my decision. Nor yours, or some bozo state lawmaker's. It is the decision of the parent or parents. BTW, the most .......
325: Inmate Central, RE: Just what is "that situation"? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 07:34:52 (107.141.181.199)
I'll give you an easy start as well: A 14-year-old girl raped by a relative (or a stepfather) and living with her single mother. The right to choose any time for any reason, yes. Not restricted to 15 .......
326: Inmate Central, RE: Strange comment... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 07:10:18 (107.141.181.199)
I am well aware of local laws. Local or federal, there shouldn't be ANY laws that restrict a person's right to decide what to do in that situation. We're talking about overturning 49 years of constitu .......
327: Inmate Central, RE: Government (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 06:22:04 (107.141.181.199)
What continues to amaze me is the way that conservatives--supposedly ardent believers in small government, are willing to turn over to the government--state government, no less--the power to intrude o .......
328: Inmate Central, RE: And firing squad.... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-03, 05:19:11 (107.141.181.199)
They are definitely NOT two of a kind. One is a scientist, the other is a little creep you just want to take out back and beat the crap out of. .......
329: Inmate Central, RE: Is it Blue cheese or..... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-02, 15:52:50 (107.141.181.199)
In France it's bleu, 'cause that's the word for blue. Simple. BTW, in France simple is simple, just prounounced "sampluh." .......
330: Inmate Central, RE: Flounder tonight (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-02, 15:51:12 (107.141.181.199)
Nothing better for eating light and healthy. Also really good stuffed with crabmeat dressing and doused with lemon butter (yeah, fat). .......
331: Inmate Central, RE: Ice Cream anyone? Check this quote! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-02, 13:47:21 (107.141.181.199)
It's true the country has gone to the dogs, but not from eating ice cream in cones. .......
332: Inmate Central, RE: Vietnam, civil rights: a brilliant small essay looking back. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-02, 08:04:37 (107.141.181.199)
No thanks, don't wanna be taken back to the Seventies. A lousy decade, the lousiest of my life. And yet, Henry Kissinger lives. .......
333: Inmate Central, RE: Texas nukes are DOA too (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-01, 13:44:52 (107.141.181.199)
Georgia was a 100 percent rip-off of the ratepayer. I was still in Atlanta when Southern Company got the entire Georgia legislature to vote to allow them to collect the costs of the plant IN ADVANCE t .......
334: Inmate Central, HAH! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-01, 12:57:19 (107.141.181.199)
Good one. A diesel/electric hybrid, right? Kinda defeats the purpose, eh? .......
335: Inmate Central, RE: Move to Texas? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-01, 12:55:45 (107.141.181.199)
They'd better figure out something Imagine a wandering hurricane in the Gulf suddenly taking a bead on Houston and everybody has 12 hours to evacuate. Everyone is going to want to top up their E/V bef .......
336: Inmate Central, RE: Reality begins to set-in--in Santa Monica, CA... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-01, 12:51:42 (107.141.181.199)
That will be one way. The other way is that REITs and private capital will see enough return potential to invest. Probably with government subsidy, or tax breaks, or side deals like "let's stop talkin .......
337: Inmate Central, RE: Any Blue Cheese Connoisseurs here ? ............... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-01, 11:30:04 (107.141.181.199)
Fourme d'Ambert, one of France's oldest cheeses, made from cow's milk. $7.98 for 8oz. at Zabar's, a bargain anywhere but especially there. Sorry, but the link didn't work. Maybe too long. .......
338: Inmate Central, RE: Reality begins to set-in--in Santa Monica, CA... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-01, 10:42:33 (107.141.181.199)
When the money is right, there will be a boom in charger site construction, and then we might have too many charging stations. For densely populated areas, I can see the coming of E/V hotels, where yo .......
339: Inmate Central, RE: But what about Andy Dalton? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-01, 09:47:50 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, that's true. Forgot about forgettable Andy Dalton. .......
340: Inmate Central, RE: Well--another addition to the "used QB market"... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-05-01, 08:25:19 (107.141.181.199)
The Saints could use him, in case Winston goes down again. .......
341: General Asylum, RE: Young vs Old (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-30, 15:40:51 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, yeah. A well-furnished apartment then had a nice stereo and a mattress on the floor. People mounted album covers on walls for art. That and a few Mary Jane plants and some macrame' and you were al .......
342: General Asylum, NAAH! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-30, 15:38:20 (107.141.181.199)
Keep it the way it is. Avatars? C'mon, avatars are for kid movies. Boldface and italic are certain to be abused by the trogs and trollers. .......
343: Inmate Central, RE: Kremlin piece of shit facing cancer surgery... there IS hope... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-30, 15:03:14 (107.141.181.199)
It's just fine, thanks, and Biden isn't the one acting like a power-mad maniac. .......
344: Inmate Central, RE: Kremlin piece of shit facing cancer surgery... there IS hope... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-30, 13:35:02 (107.141.181.199)
Does this mean he can't push the button? .......
345: Inmate Central, Hold my beer and watch this . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-30, 10:22:46 (107.141.181.199)
Famous redneck last words. .......
346: Inmate Central, RE: 32 teams. How many seriously are going to be competitive? Salary (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-30, 10:20:43 (107.141.181.199)
Salary cap accounting reminds me of Hollywood studio accounting. As far as I know, nobody regulates it. .......
347: Inmate Central, RE: Electrical engineering speak, translated (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-29, 13:24:51 (107.141.181.199)
Hah! I have always relied on percussive maintenance without knowing it was an engineering term. .......
348: Inmate Central, Small hands and all (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-29, 05:35:57 (107.141.181.199)
I hope he can find a place there. Big shoes to fill. .......
349: Inmate Central, RE: ""And then there's the politics." (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-28, 13:30:37 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, Twitter. I wouldn't know. Nor care much. Not part of the Twitterverse. If Musk doesn't sell any stock we'll know the money for the deal came from Russia courtesy of Trump. .......
350: Inmate Central, RE: Oh, great. More Californians moving to Texas (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-28, 12:17:40 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, I have a friend who keeps warning me about weather and wondering why I put up with the stuff here. I do too, sometimes, but now she tells me she's moving from Raleigh, NC, to Texas. I pointed ou .......
351: Inmate Central, RE: 25 candy bars no longer sold (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-28, 11:01:52 (107.141.181.199)
Wouldn't miss a one of these except the Red Hots. I am surprised they didn't include the Mars Bar, a classic and one of my faves as a youngster. Can't eat candy bars now, but I sure got my share back .......
352: Inmate Central, RE: the end of the German sports sedan... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-28, 10:59:59 (107.141.181.199)
You think gasoline internal combustion will come back like vinyl, as buyers grow increasingly dissatisfied with PITA E/Vs? .......
353: Inmate Central, RE: I never understood the purpose of a roundabout. nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-28, 06:21:36 (107.141.181.199)
I first encountered the roundabout while driving in England. The purpose seemed to be to make you dizzy while you drive round and round trying to read the signs telling you which was your exit. ::: TO .......
354: Inmate Central, He's just been jerking off too much (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-28, 06:14:07 (107.141.181.199)
Dreaming of re-uniting the Soviet Empire and re-constituting Mother Russia. .......
355: Inmate Central, RE: NFL draft day, and not a moment too soon. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-28, 05:37:21 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, the ESPN crew are pissing their pants because the draft is here, but it should be a lackluster affair. I watch it for the clothes and the families with $$$ dancing in their eyes. Nauseating. ::: .......
356: Inmate Central, RE: Nice catch! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-27, 17:54:02 (107.141.181.199)
That is one of the many things that are so great about The Game. He couldn't do that at a football game, or basketball, or--come to think of it--at a Red Sox game at Fenway, where they sit cheek-by-jo .......
357: Inmate Central, RE: "But as a Senator, Harris is qualified enough." Hmmmm.... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-27, 10:25:39 (107.141.181.199)
Thanks, I see I left out a third Ron in the first part: "a dumb Ron, Ron Ron a dumb Ron Ron." .......
358: Inmate Central, RE: So, what's the end game? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-27, 09:43:44 (107.141.181.199)
Keep denying Russia territory in eastern and western Ukraine until he has to talk turkey. Ukraine will have to give up the Dombas and Crimea Get a cease fire and withdrawal, with a 100-mile DMZ in eve .......
359: Inmate Central, RE: " He couldn't get elected anywhere outside of Utah." (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-27, 09:04:43 (107.141.181.199)
As noted, he was governor of Massachusetts, no easy thing for a Republican. It's that country club speech that sank him. You only get one real shot at becoming president no matter how often you run, a .......
360: Inmate Central, RE: "But as a Senator, Harris is qualified enough." Hmmmm.... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-27, 08:23:46 (107.141.181.199)
Well, she is at least as qualified as Ron Johnson--"a dumb dumb Ron Ron, a dumb Ron Ron." .......
361: Inmate Central, RE: Forget it. Get ready for president DeSantis. nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-27, 08:22:15 (107.141.181.199)
We don't need another weasel in the White House. DeSantis has the credentials of a smart guy, but he acts like a dumb guy. .......
362: Inmate Central, RE: Biden is done... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-27, 08:10:30 (107.141.181.199)
Biden isn't done, Kamala isn't up to the job by a loong way, and the Dems have NOTHING. We had better hope Trump gets back on Twitter, shows his fat white ass and scares the crap out of the GOP so tha .......
363: Inmate Central, RE: Where's the anti-war movement? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-27, 07:16:28 (107.141.181.199)
No U.S. troops, no anti-war movement. .......
364: Inmate Central, Are they any smarter? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-26, 17:19:47 (107.141.181.199)
I doubt it. Just older. .......
365: Inmate Central, RE: Electric Corvettes on the way! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-26, 16:31:10 (107.141.181.199)
Take the hybrid, thanks. What they really need is a 600-horse beast to rival the TESLA. .......
366: Inmate Central, Oh, I was going to say Jekyll Island . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-26, 08:59:10 (107.141.181.199)
. . . but that's the OTHER Georgia. I once donated blood in Atlanta and the technician was an elderly gentleman with a wonderful manner and a pronounced accent. I asked where he was from, and he said, .......
367: Inmate Central, When this thing takes off . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-25, 15:42:14 (107.141.181.199)
. . .Jeff Bezos is gonna go green!" .......
368: Inmate Central, The Conscripts (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-25, 06:14:57 (107.141.181.199)
Most endangered species in Russia. .......
369: Inmate Central, RE: Hopefully the French follow the US example and reject.... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-24, 13:18:38 (107.141.181.199)
"Not enough is being made of this, but this is the first time ever that a governing president of the Fifth Republic has been re-elected." --BBC News .......
370: Inmate Central, RE: If we really wanted to end the war, we would send our soldiers. Not just a bunch of weapons (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-24, 11:56:54 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, but no can do. And our recent track record doesn't recommend it. What the Ukraine forces really need is fighter jets. That piece needs to be figured out. .......
371: Inmate Central, RE: My local bakery has great baguettes and pastries but horrible coffee (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-24, 10:13:29 (107.141.181.199)
That's lucky. You can make your own coffee. Baguettes quite a bit harder, at least for me. .......
372: Inmate Central, RE: The French got this right: (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-24, 08:24:38 (107.141.181.199)
Oh yeah. Many eat a couple of these each day. .......
373: Inmate Central, RE: Urban Ritual Cafe (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-23, 15:24:56 (107.141.181.199)
Cooking PBJ sounds like making Baloney Wellington with foie gras. Did you seriously hear any difference? .......
374: Inmate Central, Well, he's as dumb as some humans (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-23, 11:40:08 (107.141.181.199)
So we answer his nonsense for now, but not for long. .......
375: Inmate Central, Oh, getting technical, eh? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-23, 07:40:44 (107.141.181.199)
Well, let's celebrate it all! The only pity--as George Bernard Shaw once said--is that the women have it all. .......
376: Inmate Central, RE: So who claimed you can rely on a long term return of 10.5% over the long term? nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-23, 07:38:21 (107.141.181.199)
Some people get more than that--in the teens, but we civilians should be content with 5-6 percent unless we invest for ourselves. That is the historical average. .......
377: Inmate Central, RE: More Putin lies (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-23, 06:51:15 (107.141.181.199)
It isn't a war, it's a "special military operation," one in which Putin is getting his skinny ass kicked at the moment despite superior numbers and firepower. As for the rest of your drivel, what the .......
378: Inmate Central, More Putin lies (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-22, 14:45:39 (107.141.181.199)
(Reuters) - One sailor died and 27 more are missing after the Russian missile cruiser Moskva sank last week, while 396 other crew members were rescued, RIA news agency cited Russia's defence ministry .......
379: Jazz Alley, This Bill Evans album (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-22, 13:51:41 (107.141.181.199)
-nt- .......
380: Inmate Central, RE: Even in red states they do it (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-22, 13:43:33 (107.141.181.199)
T. Boone Pickens, an Oklahoma native and early investor in wind power, got out of it because, he said--among other reasons--it was bad for the birds. .......
381: Inmate Central, Looks like you and your dog can eat pretty well there (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-22, 11:19:41 (107.141.181.199)
For not too much scratch. I'd eat that if I didn't have to prepare it. .......
382: Inmate Central, RE: Tomorrow is "National Vagina Appreciation Day"... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-22, 08:38:37 (107.141.181.199)
Hail to the V! Is there a special cocktail? Oh, I know--the Split Tail-- equal parts Crown and ginger ale. .......
383: Inmate Central, Earth, air, fire and women (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-22, 08:35:59 (107.141.181.199)
Right? I can name all the Kardashians, too. .......
384: Inmate Central, And they're trying to hound him out of office (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-22, 06:35:41 (107.141.181.199)
Over that stupid Covid party crap. Politics! .......
385: Inmate Central, RE: CNN+ Shuts down after just 1 month (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-22, 05:12:06 (107.141.181.199)
They're all bumblers and have been for some time. .......
386: Jazz Alley, RE: Miles' Electric Period (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-21, 14:50:33 (107.141.181.199)
Miles had so much talent that he couldn't keep it in check, and he always had to be growing, experimenting. This led to the electric era, which I associate with drugs, anguish, and generally negative .......
387: Inmate Central, RE: Not a fan of Obamacare, but let's go back to the good old days where you paid $200/mo for the whole family, (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-21, 08:47:30 (107.141.181.199)
I think that was before orthopedic surgeons made $5mil a year and travel nurses got $250 and hour. Gone forever. .......
388: Inmate Central, Good idea (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-21, 06:55:43 (107.141.181.199)
After all, energy is energy. We're using expensive and dangerous nuclear reactors to boil water when we could be using naturally occurring heat. .......
389: Inmate Central, You got it (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-21, 06:27:03 (107.141.181.199)
And employers are using the ACA to screw employees, dropping health coverage and forcing them onto the government system. Like the insurance companies, they are doing it to themselves and will pay the .......
390: Inmate Central, RE: my daughter Rachel passed the bar exam at 48... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-21, 06:24:49 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, she found out she wasn't human and decided to become a lawyer. .......
391: Inmate Central, RE: Have you ever bought ObamaCare insurance? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 17:45:39 (107.141.181.199)
No, but a 53 y.o. friend of mine did a couple of years ago, and it reduced his costs immensely (he is self-employed). Last week, he had a brain tumor removed. Under the old system dominated by the ins .......
392: General Asylum, I recall reading some 50 years ago (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 14:50:09 (107.141.181.199)
How a Steinway grand piano was finished, starting with burlap and ending with silk. Even then I thought, "how can this go on? .......
393: General Asylum, Interesting (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 14:46:34 (107.141.181.199)
Might look into it, thanks. I can't afford a Steinway, but I might be able to afford the stock. Couldn't play it anyway. Nice system, BTW. .......
394: Inmate Central, Mine too (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 14:43:33 (107.141.181.199)
My late wife, rest her soul. She used to go to a certain restaurant, call me and tell me to meet her there and bring a couple gallons of gas. This happened more than once. I don't really blame her bec .......
395: Inmate Central, RE: New competition for B.A.T. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 14:40:36 (107.141.181.199)
I don't know about any of these, but if you are looking for collectible Pontiacs you want the Pontiac Aztec, easily the strangest-looking car ever to come out of GM except for the bustle-butt Caddy .......
396: Inmate Central, RE: Whether y'all like to wear masks or not.... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 12:53:36 (107.141.181.199)
It's illegal to force people to wear masks? Then it must be illegal to force them to wear seat belts. But it's not illegal to force women to bear children that are the product of rape, or incest. What .......
397: Inmate Central, RE: About half of Americans have medical conditions... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 12:20:27 (107.141.181.199)
When you consider how much we have to shell out for health care and higher education, plus state and local taxes, we have among the highest taxes in the world. .......
398: Inmate Central, RE: It was supposed to be NOT A TAX .... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 12:18:52 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, but SCOTUS also ruled that money is free speech in Citizens United. They are about as screwed up as it gets, with Thomas, Alito, and the other arch conservatives. .......
399: Inmate Central, RE: BS, prices NEVER CAME DOWN, ONLY INCREASED (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 12:14:54 (107.141.181.199)
That was eliminated by a SCOTUS ruling. Can't compel anyone to have health insurance, although other types of insurance can be mandated. .......
400: Inmate Central, RE: BS, prices NEVER CAME DOWN, ONLY INCREASED (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 12:02:28 (107.141.181.199)
If prices hadn't come down, subscriptions wouldn't have increased. Maybe you should consult an insurance broker. The ACA is responsible for you getting ripped off with co-pays, the insurance company i .......
401: Inmate Central, RE: NoCare is an abject failure for those that remember (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 11:11:03 (107.141.181.199)
Prices rose at first until the market settled and a lot of the greedheads got out of the market to focus on fleecing big employers (and small). Now it is affordable and getting more subscribers. The h .......
402: Inmate Central, Gosh--I think I could have gone to MIT! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 09:44:19 (107.141.181.199)
I had this down by the time I was eight. Next they should investigate whether different colors/flavors separate differently. .......
403: Inmate Central, RE: ACA revisited: significant other's payment is halved through gov't. subsidy. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-20, 08:44:03 (107.141.181.199)
Medicare had hundreds of fixes applied to it after it was introduced in 1965. Instead, congressional Republicans tried to repeal the ACA 50 times and failed. .......
404: Inmate Central, RE: Charity I give to bombed in Ukraine. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-19, 17:30:18 (107.141.181.199)
I'm afraid that Chef Jose Andres, a great human being, said on the news that "food is fighting," and that some of Putin's people were watching. I hope that is not the case. I'm thinking of a donation .......
405: Inmate Central, RE: "bureaucrat's honeymoon and everyone is winning bigger than their wildest dreams" (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-19, 17:25:52 (107.141.181.199)
That's right, employer-based health insurance goes back to the Eisenhower administration, when he suggested to large employers such as GM that they provide health insurance instead of salary increases .......
406: Inmate Central, That wasn't a recession (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-19, 12:17:53 (107.141.181.199)
It was a crash. And it didn't have so much to do with mortgages as securitizing mortgages and then selling and re-selling them as worthless derivatives. It was completely engineered by Wall Street and .......
407: Inmate Central, RE: A typical static analysis (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-19, 12:10:51 (107.141.181.199)
Plus, the Ukrainians come up with some pretty cool moves, like the guy giving the warship the finger and telling them to go f*ck themselves,or the latest, a millionaire who told the Ukrainian army to .......
408: Inmate Central, RE: Actually... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-19, 08:30:48 (107.141.181.199)
The government should build free or low-cost housing for people over 70 who want to clear out of their houses and make them available to younger people. We've paid enough in taxes, and on top of that .......
409: Inmate Central, RE: The boom(!) in American household debt. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-18, 17:02:17 (107.141.181.199)
Left out medical debt, where 58 percent of the $140 billion in collection is medical debt. The leading cause of personal bankruptcy in this country. I don't have any, thank goodness, but many people w .......
410: Inmate Central, RE: Moskva update (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-18, 13:22:10 (107.141.181.199)
The WaPo reports that word is getting around on social media and Russian moms are starting to demand answers about what happened to their conscript sons. That is the weak link in Putin's deception, an .......
411: Inmate Central, RE: portfolio? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-18, 13:19:59 (107.141.181.199)
Well, it's a choice. I've always believed in 'em. .......
412: Inmate Central, RE: How many here have visited our nation's capital? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-18, 12:10:36 (107.141.181.199)
I lived there as a student before the place blew up in 1968. Before that, you could walk the streets at night--no problem. I also visited a lot when I lived in Baltimore 1977-79. Fine and interesting .......
413: Inmate Central, RE: CNN can't help themselves... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-18, 06:46:53 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, we will have a recession like everybody is going to die. Just not right now. Nevertheless, Q1 was VERY hard on the old portfolio. .......
414: Inmate Central, RE: Towing... LOL... there was no towing. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-17, 16:40:55 (107.141.181.199)
They really do think we are morons. Attributing the incident to a fire and then moving six ships out to sea. So, like what, the Ukrainians couldn't flip burning cigarettes onto them? .......
415: Inmate Central, I agree . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-17, 13:44:35 (107.141.181.199)
I agree with the philosophy, but the price tag is too high That's how I feel about CD players, not printers. .......
416: Inmate Central, RE: Happy Easter!!!... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-17, 08:24:48 (107.141.181.199)
That should make your visitors feel right at home. .......
417: Inmate Central, Make a good ship in a bottle model (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 16:41:38 (107.141.181.199)
Then fill the bottle with water. Good old Revell. .......
418: Inmate Central, RE: I just buy an HP and it always works for me ................ (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 14:45:21 (107.141.181.199)
That's what expected when I used Windows--that it would just install. It's sitting about a foot from the router, so that's not a problem. But the program wouldn't even recognize the printer. I also tr .......
419: Inmate Central, RE: Dunno, maybe HP sucks now but my HP LaserJet 5MP has been working fine for over 25 years. nt (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 11:46:56 (107.141.181.199)
I feel like I have had them all--HP, Epson, Canon, and some other jackazz printer whose brand name I can't remember. They'll all trash. .......
420: Inmate Central, RE: Isn't it strange that some consider it macho to have gone 10,000 miles away (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 11:24:22 (107.141.181.199)
That's what many said before WWs I AND II. In the case of Vietnam, I agree, but I was primo draft material and didn't want to die face down in a rice paddy full of pig shit. .......
421: Inmate Central, RE: Grain shipments being blocked (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 11:22:05 (107.141.181.199)
Ukraine has always been Russia's breadbasket. We'll see what happens when there is no wheat coming from there. .......
422: Inmate Central, RE: All this HP hate and Warren Buffet just bought a chunk. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 11:20:08 (107.141.181.199)
I know he did. But then Uncle Warren does things for his own reasons. He also bought a chunk of Goldman Sachs when they were on their asses during the last crash and peddling themselves around the wor .......
423: Inmate Central, RE: One'a these days, Unk.... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 10:18:13 (107.141.181.199)
I hear you. The garbage truck usually comes before first light, and I'm thinking of leaving the Canon Pixma in its path. .......
424: Inmate Central, RE: the cheapest laser by Brother (hard wired) (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 10:17:08 (107.141.181.199)
About $139, but they're perpetually out of stock. I'll try again. .......
425: Inmate Central, Okay, I didn't listen to you guys. . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 09:50:19 (107.141.181.199)
. . .About a printer. After not having much luck trying to buy a Brother monochrome printer, I got an HP M103e printer about the size of a toaster. After going through all the crap to take out the old .......
426: Inmate Central, RE: Well--it's been a week... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 09:44:21 (107.141.181.199)
Anybody play cards? They must know some games. .......
427: Inmate Central, RE: Grain shipments being blocked (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 08:27:37 (107.141.181.199)
And that ain't all. Wait until next winter, after Ukraine farmers weren't able to plant this spring. Then maybe Russians will wonder what's going on, when they can't buy any bread to go with their mea .......
428: Inmate Central, RE: These younger people don't understand the "draft". (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 08:25:06 (107.141.181.199)
There wasn't just a waiting line for the F104, it was nearly impossible to get into an ANG unit at that time. Of course, Poppy Bush made sure his eldest son got in. That's what I have a beef about to .......
429: Inmate Central, RE: If soldiers in any service intentionally bomb or shoot unarmed (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-16, 06:48:35 (107.141.181.199)
I know all about Pinkville, and I knew the guy who broke the story--Ron Ridenhour. He used to work out at the Y in New Orleans. .......
430: Inmate Central, RE: I have two BILs that retired in the Air Force. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-15, 14:59:45 (107.141.181.199)
"I didn't want to be alt. Dan in the Army." No, you didn't want that. Good decision. I wonder how many of them got it from fragging or "friendly" fire. .......
431: Inmate Central, RE: These younger people don't understand the "draft". (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-15, 14:00:50 (107.141.181.199)
Sounds very familiar. I got caught with a lottery number below 150, which was still dangerous territory. My uncle the war hero (who flew over 100 missions in Vietnam) said whatever you do, do get draf .......
432: Inmate Central, RE: If soldiers in any service intentionally bomb or shoot unarmed (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-15, 11:38:22 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, a hardened VISTA and AmeriCorps veteran! Those Americans like Wm. Calley who murdered and committed war crimes were court-martialed and punished. I doubt any Russians will be punished unless an in .......
433: Inmate Central, RE: I grew up poor. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-15, 10:05:34 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, I thought that food was normal. I preferred mustard sandwiches. My mother only went to the grocery store once a week, so Saturdays were always welcome. I surely didn't starve, not with two grandm .......
434: Inmate Central, RE: Nooooo! I managed to miss one of my favorite "so bad it's good" movies! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-15, 09:59:47 (107.141.181.199)
Oh yeah, all the bigs in that one. Heston, Brynner, Edward G., Cedric Hardwick, Yvonne de Carlo. I was wowed by the burning bush scene as a kid. .......
435: Inmate Central, RE: 8600 is just about 1/3 of all bodies (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-15, 09:56:00 (107.141.181.199)
What do the ZZZZZs mean? I see them on all the armored vehicles. .......
436: Inmate Central, RE: Lavrov claims sinking a ship with a crew is an illegal act of war (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-15, 07:58:07 (107.141.181.199)
Maybe Putin should cancel May Day this year, claiming there aren't enough available personnel because of the "exercise" in Ukraine. It would be about as believable as all the other lies. .......
437: Inmate Central, RE: I guess you never lived in Sovok (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-15, 07:07:47 (107.141.181.199)
Interesting, thanks. So much for talismans. .......
438: Inmate Central, Those amusing Russians (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-15, 06:31:31 (107.141.181.199)
Moved six other ships out to sea, saying it was in case any other "fires" broke out on board. How effing stupid do they think people are? As stupid as them? .......
439: Inmate Central, Why not? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-14, 17:59:28 (107.141.181.199)
He could run it into the ground and that would be one less annoying and dangerous social media platform. Musk is going to flame out someday, and this could be the start. .......
440: Inmate Central, Top Russian Diplomat Blasts "Russophobic Ideology" (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-14, 09:16:46 (107.141.181.199)
"The culmination of this Russophobic course has been Washington and Brussels' unconditional support for the radical nationalist Kyiv regime, the nurturing of ultra-radicals in Ukraine, and the creatio .......
441: Inmate Central, RE: Back in the '70s when i was buying my first little system...- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-13, 20:42:41 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, I remember it, and bought stuff there. Art had a very innovative dealership that lasted quite some time. .......
442: Inmate Central, RE: Back in the '70s when i was buying my first little system...- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-13, 14:46:57 (107.141.181.199)
It was Kadair's, I think. They were a Klipsch dealer. I worked at a competing store down the street--Ogden Record Shop. Also closed. Those were the days of discovering the hobby, which still exerts a .......
443: Inmate Central, RE: Back in the '70s when i was buying my first little system...- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-13, 13:56:25 (107.141.181.199)
Pretty good "first little system." Is the store still in business? .......
444: Inmate Central, RE: So am I (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-13, 09:32:25 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, I know, but it was TOL when I sold gear for a year after college. I have an MR-77 tuner, and it's a perfect mate. And all those lights . . . . .......
445: Inmate Central, So am I (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-13, 07:26:56 (107.141.181.199)
I have a minimalist system, yet I keep looking at all this old-fashioned battleship stuff like the McIntosh C-28 preamp. There was a very good deal on Craigslist recently, and I had to tie my hands to .......
446: Inmate Central, RE: Assuming the voting was free/fair he just got a lotta respect from Hungarians. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-12, 13:15:18 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, I remember when Soviet tanks were in the streets of Budapest. I guess they're all dead now. .......
447: Inmate Central, RE: Because... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-12, 12:37:35 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, that's what I thought .......
448: Inmate Central, RE: "Shit wages"??? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-12, 11:34:34 (107.141.181.199)
It's all those Chipotles and their odious bowl food. .......
449: Inmate Central, Why does Viktor Orban of Hungary . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-12, 11:22:27 (107.141.181.199)
Remind me so much of Rodney Dangerfield? Is it because he's Putin's stooge, or because there is a true resemblance? .......
450: Inmate Central, RE: For years we only had one channel (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-12, 07:28:38 (107.141.181.199)
For years, stations signed off at midnight, playing the national anthem to the image of a rustling flag. .......
451: Jazz Alley, Miles was the slickest (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-12, 07:23:30 (107.141.181.199)
All his life. Great pic, BTW. .......
452: Inmate Central, RE: My dad used to take the entire chassis to work. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-12, 07:19:58 (107.141.181.199)
In those days, TV techs made house calls. I remember the large double-fold case full of toobs and tools. .......
453: Inmate Central, It was 1955 (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-12, 05:26:01 (107.141.181.199)
I was eight. Hauled it in, set it up, fiddled a lot. Then, on the B&W screen appears, "A Brighter Day," with Dennis James. I'll never forget that moment. And I watched EVERYTHING on TV. Everything. I .......
454: Inmate Central, RE: You do realize... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-11, 06:36:01 (107.141.181.199)
No, I didn't' know there were four of you, and of course you need more for your guests. The French sell eggs according to their freshness. The very freshest are for immediate use, the next are for bak .......
455: Inmate Central, RE: Soooo... I went to go get a case of eggs yesterday... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-11, 05:16:35 (107.141.181.199)
"GFS was sold-out of the 15 doz cases that I usually get," What? Usually? Do you eat eggs all day every day? .......
456: Inmate Central, Now here's a fascinating tidbit (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-10, 13:45:25 (107.141.181.199)
Brady and Peyton to Miami next season? .......
457: Inmate Central, RE: I'm in hiding... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-09, 12:44:42 (107.141.181.199)
You need to give them a fish fry down at the church. They'll like that. Good work. Good luck. .......
458: Inmate Central, RE: Why should the tech be the cheapest part? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-09, 11:08:19 (107.141.181.199)
Parts. The cheapest parts. No machining, no expensive materials. Tech has gotten much cheaper over the decades, until the "value added" goes on, meaning overhead and profit--GIANT profit. .......
459: Inmate Central, RE: We don't need the UN to do something (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-08, 14:54:36 (107.141.181.199)
Oh, I must be thick. Nobody can do anything to Putin, except MAYBE try him as a war criminal after he kills a million civilians in Ukraine. What the hell do we have all this war stuff and all these or .......
460: Inmate Central, RE: Man, but that United Nations is some kind of lame (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-08, 14:16:49 (107.141.181.199)
So, nobody in the West can do anything? Depriving Russia of a seat at the table around the world (except China) seems like something, even if they say they don't care. .......
461: Inmate Central, RE: Man, but that United Nations is some kind of lame (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-08, 13:49:38 (107.141.181.199)
No, I haven't been to Geneve, but I doubt that with the Motel 6 scenario they would get anything done either, because nobody would show up. .......
462: Inmate Central, Man, but that United Nations is some kind of lame (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-08, 11:45:27 (107.141.181.199)
They suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council instead of the Security Council as Zelensky has urged, so Russia just resigns altogether. "We don't need no stinkin' Human Rights Council! We don't go .......
463: General Asylum, Maybe when I go to the home . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-08, 11:38:52 (107.141.181.199)
. . .And need to downsize my two (or three) systems. But then, I ain't ever going to the home. I'll blow my brains out first. .......
464: Inmate Central, Start me up! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-08, 11:15:14 (107.141.181.199)
"Oh, but this is so much better than the washing machine!" .......
465: Inmate Central, RE: Battery cost... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-08, 11:14:13 (107.141.181.199)
"EVs are more about the tech, rather than physical manufacturing." Ah, tech-schmech, that should be the cheapest part! I think it's more about scale, which Musk hit on yesterday, but if you want more .......
466: Inmate Central, I got to wondering . . . (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-08, 08:59:59 (107.141.181.199)
. . .this morning when I heard David Faber of CNBC mention that it takes 30 hours to build a Volkswagen and only 10 hours to build a Tesla, that since it requires so much less time and probably many f .......
467: Inmate Central, RE: What part of unanimous don't you understand?... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-08, 06:34:37 (107.141.181.199)
Point taken. .......
468: Inmate Central, RE: Go away, troll (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-07, 16:22:16 (107.141.181.199)
Loser is my favorite troll word. It shows what troglodytes they are. You get all your information from Russian state media and probably comic books. Get lost. .......
469: Inmate Central, RE: Lump burns longer, hotter and with a lot less ash than briquets. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-07, 14:43:48 (107.141.181.199)
I suppose it's better for long cooks, but I'm a grill guy--baddaba, baddabing! 30 minutes tops. .......
470: Inmate Central, Go away, troll (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-07, 13:52:01 (107.141.181.199)
It's people like you polluting the internet. And you know nothing of history. .......
471: Inmate Central, Give me my Weber and a bag of Kingsford bricks (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-07, 13:38:33 (107.141.181.199)
I bought a BIG bag of lump charcoal because a friend was riding me (he's a BGE guy), and I swore on Sunday I would never do it again. I used gloves, and still came away looking like a coal miner. The .......
472: Inmate Central, I think a ZAP! button for texters at traffic lights would be great (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-07, 13:34:06 (107.141.181.199)
That way, I could take care of business from my car and resist the urge to get out and choke the dingleberries to death. .......
473: Inmate Central, RE: Senate unanimously resurrects WWII "lend-lease" policy... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-07, 12:04:16 (107.141.181.199)
And FDR caught hell for it, thanks to the Republican opposition know-nothings and do-nothings such as we have now. Nothing ever changes in Congress. .......
474: Inmate Central, RE: Stay away from anything by AT&T (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-07, 07:04:57 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, AT&T pays a good dividend because they make big $$$ screwing consumers. I'm sick of them and their corporate fat-cat ways. .......
475: Inmate Central, RE: Nice photos! I had no idea... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-06, 09:22:40 (107.141.181.199)
Most people think WA state is like where your friend lives. But there are huge expanses of open, relatively treeless land in the east and all the way down to the southeast and the Oregon border. In fa .......
476: Inmate Central, RE: Eastern WA (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-06, 05:44:49 (107.141.181.199)
Well done. You certainly captured the "wide open spaces" character of the place. I lived there from 1990 to 1994. When the wheat ripens and the fields turn golden, it's pretty special. .......
477: Inmate Central, Good 'un!-nt- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-05, 19:01:08 (107.141.181.199)
-nt- .......
478: Inmate Central, But, they're money--grubbing crooks (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-05, 12:20:07 (107.141.181.199)
With their hands always in your pockets. .......
479: Inmate Central, Stay away from anything by AT&T (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-05, 12:11:43 (107.141.181.199)
I just spent 30 minutes on the phone talking to two different people who both sounded like they learned English on the planet Jupiter. They kept asking the same questions over and over, then going awa .......
480: Inmate Central, Man, this new bullet tweeter is gonna rip! (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-05, 12:07:29 (107.141.181.199)
I can't wait to get it home and put on some Led Zepp. .......
481: Inmate Central, RE: "and for what?"... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-05, 06:42:15 (107.141.181.199)
Yes, what do you gain if you get a nearly totally devastated country where 40 million people hate your guts and will continue to resist? .......
482: Inmate Central, RE: If I was told it would take the greatest comeback in history to win it ... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-05, 05:28:12 (107.141.181.199)
Has to be one of the biggest chokes in history. When I saw Kansas come back and actually go ahead after the half, I knew how it would end. .......
483: Inmate Central, RE: "In the water they don't bite" (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-05, 04:55:57 (107.141.181.199)
Years ago, I remember unhooking a lure that hung up on a lily pad and then thinking, "Oh, I probably shouldn't have done that." Still have all my fingers, though. .......
484: Inmate Central, "In the water they don't bite" (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-04, 13:22:02 (107.141.181.199)
You sure about that? I wouldn't stick my hand in water they were around. I've heard tales, but they were exactly that--tales. .......
485: Inmate Central, RE: Scroll through (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-04, 12:03:09 (107.141.181.199)
The pic of the dead civilian with hands tied behind the back says it all. So many civilian deaths, people displaced, young children traumatized, and for what? .......
486: Inmate Central, Mine bit the dust when AT&T (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-04, 11:59:54 (107.141.181.199)
Pulled the plug on it. Now I have a Samsung Galaxy A13 phone that is only 4GB and it more like a Fisher-Price smart phone that doesn't do very much. I absolutely hate it, and I will be shopping. Oh, a .......
487: Inmate Central, RE: I know it wasn't intentional (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-04, 07:10:48 (107.141.181.199)
That's right--they just all happen to be black. I love Denzell and Danny Glover, and I loved Sidney Poitier. I love Miles Davis, even though he detested white people. But I calls 'em like I sees 'em. .......
488: Inmate Central, RE: you mad? (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-04, 07:07:08 (107.141.181.199)
Spike Lee has a bachelor's degree from Morehouse in Atlanta and an MFA from New York University. I don't where you got USC film school. .......
489: Inmate Central, RE: "Sucking up" at the Michigan Spring Game... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-04, 05:36:48 (107.141.181.199)
I think the Jacksonville Jaguars might be able to use him. .......
490: Inmate Central, RE: Ooooo--soup! -nt- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-04, 05:20:31 (107.141.181.199)
I have never tried, but I know it ain't easy. That's what makes me appreciate turtle soup so much. .......
491: Inmate Central, I saw that one (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-03, 12:39:26 (107.141.181.199)
Pretty spectacular it was. .......
492: Inmate Central, RE: What are the odds they'd all be black guys? /n (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-03, 12:37:56 (107.141.181.199)
In Hollywood and the NFL, pretty good. .......
493: Inmate Central, RE: Danm, three black guys in one post... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-03, 12:02:01 (107.141.181.199)
Yeah, they just happen to be black, and just happen to all be self-promotional whores and phonies. .......
494: Inmate Central, Kaepernick still stalking NFL (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-03, 09:48:10 (107.141.181.199)
And now Spike Lee is making a movie about him. Perfect pairing of a couple of phonies. Too bad it is a documentary--they might have gotten Will Smith to play Kaepernick. .......
495: Inmate Central, Ooooo--soup! -nt- (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-03, 08:27:19 (107.141.181.199)
-nt- .......
496: Inmate Central, RE: "Gougers" (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-03, 07:00:31 (107.141.181.199)
All the people in the chain, from Wall Street speculators, to distributors to retailers. All stand to benefit from a phony shortage if they can put prices up for however long they will last. ::: TOPIC .......
497: Inmate Central, RE: Kansas and North Carolina Monday night. I'm picking Kansas. (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-03, 06:58:15 (107.141.181.199)
Considering that Duke left at least four points on the table with missed free throws, yeah. And why do they play on Monday? Those are kids; they don't need that much rest. Is that for the benefit of t .......
498: Inmate Central, RE: Really poor planning... (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-02, 14:41:33 (107.141.181.199)
Yep. "Dig trench here. I know dirt glows--DIG!" .......
499: Inmate Central, Wait, don't tell me, it works well on horses and cattle (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-02, 14:39:34 (107.141.181.199)
But then I think I knew that. Remember that Seinfeld episode in which Kramer was getting his medications from a vet because he was too cheap to get them from a physician? He ended up drinking out of t .......
500: Inmate Central, RE: How to make India play ball (0.00)
Posted by BillH on 2022-04-02, 14:00:39 (107.141.181.199)
Sanctions, like immigration and travel. Well-off Indians won't care for that at all. .......
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