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1: Inmate Central, RE: well, I guess there's a reason I'm an accountant and not a journalist or writer (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 20:38:17 (73.176.229.164)
Anyway, my main effort was to try to inject a little life into this place. I guess I am just too out of touch to be relevant these days. I've been around the Asylum for 21 years, some times active, so .......
2: Inmate Central, RE: Notice how 'tolerance' abruptly left the lexicon? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 14:23:37 (50.237.249.54)
What prompts me? The word 'tolerance' really was pervasive in usage. In education, community groups, cultural groups - was ubiquitous as part of the platitudes one hears or reads in these groups promo .......
3: Inmate Central, RE: LOL sounds like something out of an old cartoon (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 12:27:38 (50.237.249.54)
I like it. Do they have a dehydrated version for the chipmunks? I have no doubt the birds were raised as usual, it's the consumer behavior that's mildly amusing .......
4: Inmate Central, RE: Cornish hens (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 12:10:10 (50.237.249.54)
are simply juvenile chickens; not a special 'small' exotic breed or anything just roast a cheaper price per pound full size bird and be done with it. or better yet, cut it up and fry it . .......
5: Inmate Central, RE: Notice how 'tolerance' abruptly left the lexicon? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 11:39:01 (50.237.249.54)
thought I would get more traction, but apparently not Scenery? My wife teaches English 101/102, so I get some insight through her as to where the up-and-coming generations are coming from. Used to be, .......
6: Inmate Central, RE: same price here +/-. What's kinda amusing is the lack of small birds (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 11:04:30 (50.237.249.54)
Nice find. We use an old-school Hamilton-Beach countertop roaster; my wife has it down to a science, always get a good, moist bird. And it frees up the oven for pies. We gave up on charcoal when my da .......
7: Inmate Central, RE: perhaps you're getting closer (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 10:41:36 (50.237.249.54)
The definition of intolerance is certainly in the eye of the beholder. .......
8: Inmate Central, RE: same price here +/-. What's kinda amusing is the lack of small birds (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 10:36:03 (50.237.249.54)
They're bought up as soon as they hit the freezer section. I guess with no big family gatherings, nobody wants lots of leftovers. Except my wife. We will have lots of leftovers here. Twice. ::: TOPIC: .......
9: Inmate Central, RE: Turkey for Thanksgiving (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 09:53:00 (50.237.249.54)
turkey and noodles here, not really soup and since we got turkey so cheap, we have one in the freezer for Christmas too .......
10: Inmate Central, RE: just (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 08:58:47 (50.237.249.54)
stirring the s*** .......
11: Inmate Central, RE: that's suspiciously close to Military Intelligence ;) nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 08:56:16 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
12: Inmate Central, RE: No. nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 07:25:19 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
13: Inmate Central, RE: No. Nothing to do with the Asylum; poor timing on my part. nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-24, 07:24:12 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
14: Inmate Central, Notice how 'tolerance' abruptly left the lexicon? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-23, 18:05:15 (73.176.229.164)
It's corollary, non-judgmentalism too. And 'diversity' left a while ago. All replaced by an enforced conformity. .......
15: Inmate Central, RE: I swear by my Haflinger AT's, but I doubt it helps on price nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-23, 17:54:27 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
16: Inmate Central, RE: Will He Ever Go Away?! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-23, 06:42:37 (50.237.249.54)
I'm sure I've told this story here before; I was at a Johnny Griffin concert at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago twenty some years ago, Johnny was in the middle of one of his powerful solos. He stopped, s .......
17: Inmate Central, RE: Boo! nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-22, 13:43:34 (73.176.229.164)
meh, a lot of people say 'follow the money'. While important, I don't think it needs to be said again. Took me two decades to put a tag line on my posts around here, I want it to be unique. I think I .......
18: Inmate Central, RE: Presumably buried in a field, off of a side road near the interstate exit (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-22, 13:35:51 (73.176.229.164)
to protect the guilty .......
19: Inmate Central, RE: that may be, but it's the issue of comparative density (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-22, 09:02:13 (73.176.229.164)
of the cannonball vs inmate that is bothersome. What purpose would denting the cannonball serve? Would the inmate even note the impact? Ever been to a live shoot? I've seen the block in an old Chevy S .......
20: Inmate Central, RE: well, it is a senseless waste of perfectly good ordnance nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-22, 08:14:48 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
21: Inmate Central, RE: And a cannonball will leave a bigger dent in yer head than a feather duster (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-22, 07:26:25 (73.176.229.164)
It's all about density, no big surprise What is of concern is the number of inmates here who would dent the cannonball .......
22: Inmate Central, RE: Boo! nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 20:55:38 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
23: Inmate Central, RE: not replicas, but affordable mechanical watches, yeah (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 14:39:03 (73.176.229.164)
My style and persona, even a replica high-end watch just ain't me. And I would rather encourage makers' own efforts rather than spend $ on 'replicas'. I really don't do low-end like Seiko 5 (tho I ow .......
24: Inmate Central, RE: What? Bad decisions based on deliberate lies? Good thing that never happens anymore. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 10:58:32 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
25: Inmate Central, RE: "should have chosen a better subject line"; why? This place has been damned dull ;) (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 10:43:45 (73.176.229.164)
Shit stirred, deliberately. Just a bit of poking fun. .......
26: Inmate Central, RE: *sniff* what's that funny smoke? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 09:52:42 (73.176.229.164)
Are all you '60s geezers burning your tie-dies? Never thought high 'n tight crew cuts would come back, but I guess there's no accounting for fashion. ;) .......
27: Inmate Central, RE: I have to agree with bean about McNamara. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 09:49:15 (73.176.229.164)
Bingo! We have a winner! Give the brilliant young man a Kewpie doll :) .......
28: Inmate Central, RE: shit, it's like the '60s never happened in this country (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 09:34:58 (73.176.229.164)
even when presented with contradictory evidence, the message is still, "obey" .......
29: Inmate Central, RE: you would think so (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 09:01:56 (73.176.229.164)
but that requires thought. Rare commodity, it seems. .......
30: Inmate Central, RE: are you saying questioning authority is stupid? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 08:58:28 (73.176.229.164)
I always thought skepticism and stupidity were usually mutually exclusive. But that's ok, you can go hang out in the intellectual corner with LBJ and McNamera. ;) .......
31: Inmate Central, RE: Nice! Nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 08:34:07 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
32: Inmate Central, Because, SCIENCE! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-21, 08:33:04 (73.176.229.164)
The state of South Australia was put on a harsh, leave home only for necessities, don't even walk the dog COVID lockdown - based upon the lies one individual told a contact tracer. For those of you w .......
33: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: 2A3 cathode bias instability: am I on the right track here? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-20, 14:03:52 (50.237.249.54)
I would first buy some el cheapo orange drop coupling capacitors to see if it's your surplus Russian caps causing the issue. But I'll wager it's poorly matched tubes. [edit] - oops, I see below you al .......
34: Inmate Central, RE: nice, might be able to talk the Mrs into one (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-20, 12:03:12 (50.237.249.54)
we're due for a new car (compact or mid) in a year or two, and she has been casually looking at Mazda's offerings I have been trying to steer her away from models with CV transmission grenades. Gettin .......
35: Inmate Central, RE: many of the guys I know who dye and/or toupe (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-20, 11:43:36 (50.237.249.54)
do it because their wives want it one poor 22 y.o. kid I supervised, his hair was falling out so fast he would have to brush it off of the old-fashioned accounting columnar sheet he was leaning over a .......
36: Inmate Central, Our favorite Thanksgiving, we never got out if our PJs (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-20, 08:40:16 (107.77.207.82)
Daughter was at boyfriend's, parents were traveling, it was a GLORIOUS day of sloth and gluttony. Amazing what a restorative a day like that can be. Usually, we have added people- daughter's friends, .......
37: Inmate Central, RE: Is it possible to wear out a CD? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-20, 08:25:02 (107.77.207.82)
I'm surprised I didn't wear out the 'Oh Brother' soundtrack. Still heavy in rotation Also, the Alison Krauss/ Union Station 'New Favorite' SACD .......
38: Inmate Central, RE: possums are your friend! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-19, 13:51:46 (50.237.249.54)
they eat ticks. by the thousands. good to have. trash pandas, not so much. we feed the squirrels plenty, but they think they need to be in the birdfeeders, too. .......
39: Inmate Central, RE: we like our 4-slice Breville (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-19, 09:57:19 (50.237.249.54)
quite expensive, but durable and flexible best toaster I've had since my parent's mid-century Sunbeam .......
40: Inmate Central, RE: outside of use for work, monthly bills and budget, and a (mostly) off-line music server (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-19, 08:14:40 (50.237.249.54)
we hardly use a "computer" any more, mostly tablets - I use an iPad, my wife uses a Kindle. I keep my music server disconnected from the internet, I usually only connect for JRiver updates. I transfe .......
41: Inmate Central, RE: we had trouble with the suet cage and squirrels, too (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-19, 07:42:24 (50.237.249.54)
We started hanging a suet cage from the feeder structure (4x4 post with squirrel guard, 6' 2x4 across the top with a 12x16 feeder pan on each end). But, the squirrels figured out they could jump from .......
42: Inmate Central, RE: when I was a kid, my family were members at a camping club in Coal City, IL; reclaimed strip mine (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-18, 12:57:52 (50.237.249.54)
A bit southwest of Joliet. Lots of fishing, swimming, slag piles to climb, fossils in abundance, wild black raspberries. Really, boy heaven. Ripped the knees and seat out of who knows how many pairs .......
43: Inmate Central, RE: good thing you qualified which scars (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-18, 10:51:47 (107.77.207.82)
With apologies to any ladies here - my mind first went to "boob jobs!" .......
44: General Asylum, RE: the industry was already tanking 25 years ago (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-18, 10:21:29 (50.237.249.54)
I worked at a company that made industrial chillers, and a large part of our customer base was the printing industry. We had a small department that would buy back used equipment and refurbish for oth .......
45: Inmate Central, RE: Babylon Bee usually draws a good bead on things (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-18, 10:06:34 (50.237.249.54)
"Americans are evenly divided between people who think the government should be obeyed without question and people who are murderous psychopaths" .......
46: Inmate Central, RE: what about single sideband? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 15:18:01 (50.237.249.54)
I kinda miss the old corny, amateurish humor on the pirate stations around 6800-7000 kHz haven't had a longwire up in years, pretty much since the big international stations went dark .......
47: Inmate Central, RE: be prepared (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 13:22:21 (50.237.249.54)
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48: Inmate Central, RE: thanks. she will need it (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 12:34:24 (50.237.249.54)
the prior leadership was horrid, negotiated so poorly that didn't even get the usual faculty 'step' increase .......
49: Inmate Central, RE: LOL. The other choice is "Abstain" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 12:32:37 (50.237.249.54)
I told her NO WAY she could lose, even if everybody (including her) voted Abstain, as one of those knuckleheads would check the wrong box. This is higher education, after all. .......
50: Inmate Central, RE: every 15 years or so we fill up a 30-yard dumpster (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 11:30:22 (50.237.249.54)
the useless, broken crap just accumulates. Particularly the low-end yard care machines my dad used to buy. .......
51: Inmate Central, S***. My wife just got elected president of her union. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 11:27:38 (50.237.249.54)
Well, not elected yet, but she's running unopposed. I guess I'll not see much of her for the next two years. .......
52: Inmate Central, RE: yes, I'm a skeptic. Of damned near everything. harrumph. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 11:16:19 (50.237.249.54)
I believe in science, I worked with it daily (where I work used to have a large chemical plant, recently decommissioned). I believe in masks, social distancing, and targeted protection of the vulnerab .......
53: Inmate Central, RE: uh, how old are you? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 10:41:27 (50.237.249.54)
That was the science curriculum at the time. We were told to believe, because "science". I know I'll get nowhere with my arguments, because it's assumed dissent = stoopid. Inquiry and diversity of th .......
54: Inmate Central, RE: many (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 10:07:04 (50.237.249.54)
these two guys just happened to be white upper middle class professionals I really only know people in Chicago that moved there from here. I know a lot more who left Chicago, for here. .......
55: Inmate Central, RE: no, I provided examples of poor, politically motivated "science", and called it out as such (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 09:33:50 (50.237.249.54)
THAT is not science denial. I do not, and will not, have an unquestioning mind. Which it appears y'all demand. .......
56: Inmate Central, RE: I've had a couple of friends suffer similar attacks in Chicago (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 09:08:51 (50.237.249.54)
Unprovoked sucker punches, presumably motivated by racial hatred; the cops didn't give a damn beyond taking a report and filing it. "It just happens." so, yeah. you don't even need to be black, Hispan .......
57: Inmate Central, RE: You accused me of living in a dream world of science denial, withot evidence (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 09:01:05 (50.237.249.54)
I was speaking to why the people don't trust certain "scientists", who have amply demonstrated themselves as political charlatans. You started the name calling and talking down to your adversary. You .......
58: Inmate Central, RE: I had a chemistry professor who described people like you (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 08:28:11 (50.237.249.54)
"they like to answer their own questions" see ya in the funny papers .......
59: Inmate Central, RE: I'll gladly face them; I'm a cost accountant, I've spent a career (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 07:39:17 (50.237.249.54)
picking apart fudges and lies by engineers and product development scientists ;) .......
60: Inmate Central, RE: Absolutely not. A politicized science skeptic (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 07:05:38 (50.237.249.54)
The problem with these scientists is that they have abandoned the Scientific Method. They really aren't scientists anymore. What correctly practicing scientist proclaims that "the science is settled b .......
61: Inmate Central, RE: I've seen some interesting division splits (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 07:00:58 (50.237.249.54)
to limit travel. Seems like the Western US teams get the worst of it, along with the Canadian teams. I'll have to leave work on time, looks like most of the Blackhawk's road games will be Eastern tim .......
62: Inmate Central, RE: yep (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 06:51:35 (50.237.249.54)
Scientists in the 1940's told Truman we would run out of oil by 1975 Scientists in 1976 told us we would be in an ice age by 2000 Scientists in the '90s said New York City would be under water by 2015 .......
63: Inmate Central, RE: Guessing the message should be... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-17, 06:39:31 (50.237.249.54)
Not all that many NHL players, and they have a greater potential to be spreaders due to travel (if they start the season). Just because of the spreader factor, I would put them in the first group - to .......
64: Inmate Central, RE: I would like to think I am, but I don't see a path forward right now (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 18:32:09 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
65: Inmate Central, RE: name calling vs sticks and stones (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 17:36:52 (73.176.229.164)
If name calling were the extent of it, we might be closer to common ground. But one side has censorship, deplatforming, doxing, etc. and uses it more and more often. Things will only get worse. ::: T .......
66: Inmate Central, RE: a lot of people simply don't trust the messengers anymore (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 15:23:53 (50.237.249.54)
It isn't about playing nice. It's not about deliberately putting their families at risk. The don't BELIEVE what they're being told. Systemic racism. White privilege. Police hunting down blacks. Homoph .......
67: Inmate Central, RE: I had a huuuuge fight with my mom over just that (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 12:09:56 (50.237.249.54)
A couple weeks ago restaurants were closing Wednesday, she wanted me to take her out Monday "before they close". I refused, she was NOT happy. I can't blame her, she's basically a bored to death shut .......
68: Inmate Central, RE: want people to follow you? don't shit on them (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 11:51:23 (50.237.249.54)
They don't believe you because you have only shit on them in the past. They believe you hold only malice towards them. It's as much your fault as it is theirs because you have broken the bonds of trus .......
69: Inmate Central, RE: "science" has become political in case you hadn't noticed (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 11:44:32 (50.237.249.54)
I hold certain areas to be the ethical equivalent of 1930's "German science". YMMV. .......
70: Inmate Central, RE: you missed my point; the logic may be absolute, but the implementation is not (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 10:52:33 (50.237.249.54)
This is not revenge. This is non-compliance with flawed, economically partisan directives from "leaders" the people do not trust. .......
71: Inmate Central, RE: trust and respect (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 10:07:25 (50.237.249.54)
These people have neither, they assume that they are being fleeced for the benefit of others. Just because YOU think it's smart, doesn't mean others see it that way if there have been abuses. Local j .......
72: Inmate Central, RE: making friends and influencing people (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 09:27:25 (50.237.249.54)
folks have spent four years being told they're deplorables, ignorant, stupid, etc ad nauseam, and then the people saying so are surprised that they get the big middle finger when they try to force the .......
73: Inmate Central, RE: they closed the restaurants and bars, and the rate has more than doubled here. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-16, 08:05:35 (50.237.249.54)
Not saying it didn't help, but it's not stopping it. Anecdotally, most of the folks I know who are getting it are being stupid about either family gatherings or large groups indoors for extended perio .......
74: Inmate Central, RE: Excellent comparison. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-15, 09:45:51 (73.176.229.164)
Both using their $ to exert influence; Koch thinking more $ is power, Soros thinking more control is power. Different approaches. .......
75: Inmate Central, RE: I won't hold my breath waiting for similar from Soros nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-15, 09:01:10 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
76: Inmate Central, RE: I was expecting (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-15, 08:54:17 (73.176.229.164)
British gangland drive-by shootings from a Jag by somebody firing a C-96 Mauser. .......
77: Inmate Central, RE: our every day single malt is Aberlour (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-15, 08:50:13 (73.176.229.164)
Usually the 12 year double cask, sometimes the a'bunadh cask strength. $50 and $80-90, respectively. A good Speyside style. Aberlour is in the same town as Walker's shortbread cookies. One night many .......
78: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Speaker Recommendations for low-power amps ? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-14, 14:13:20 (73.176.229.164)
Honestly, I've never been satisfied with any small speaker with a low power amp. If you need bookshelf sized speakers, move up in power; sticking with tubes, PP EL-34 or KT-88. If you need single ende .......
79: Inmate Central, RE: glad to hear you are doing well (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-14, 13:57:23 (73.176.229.164)
Particularly with replacement #2; a lot of people I know did fine with replacement #1 and had a harder recovery with #2. That was my wife's experience with her knees. It shouldn't be a surprise that .......
80: Inmate Central, RE: I hope she has some success (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-13, 14:42:54 (73.176.229.164)
Outside of a wildcard spot in the expanded playoffs this year, they haven't been very good and their attendance has been deep in the basement for all of MLB. Ownership there might be too tough to ove .......
81: Inmate Central, RE: Very nice! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-13, 13:47:45 (73.176.229.164)
Cute couple. Nice to see something cheerful for a change. During those years, I had my M1840 musician's sword hanging over my recliner. Guns may intimidate, but nothing instills pure, primal fear lik .......
82: Inmate Central, RE: I've been to LBJ's and Hoover's (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-13, 13:41:04 (73.176.229.164)
as a kid; both were quite impressive (to a kid) and I was bitten by the history bug. more recent visits have been to homes, birthplaces etc of earlier presidents. .......
83: Inmate Central, RE: +1 nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-13, 13:33:21 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
84: Inmate Central, RE: Ok, I shoulda put a smiley face on it (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-13, 12:21:46 (73.176.229.164)
your original post was a joke, after all ;) .......
85: Inmate Central, The big banks catch a lot of grief from people, but Chase fraud detection did ok by me (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-13, 08:07:40 (73.176.229.164)
Somebody got my debit card info, and made three transactions overnight Wednesday, total a bit over $200; Chase caught two, reversed them, and shut down the card. A brief call about the third, and they .......
86: Inmate Central, RE: yep, at the edge where suburbia meets the endles corn and beans (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-12, 10:19:38 (50.237.249.54)
In a subdivision with 1-3 acre lots, a large part of it in woods. Not ours tho, we added all the trees starting when my parents moved there in '72. Starting to lose a lot of them, had a couple recent .......
87: Inmate Central, RE: M1 clip? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-12, 10:10:33 (50.237.249.54)
wonder if it makes the laptop go *ping* .......
88: Inmate Central, RE: Plenty of great humor wasn't about offending (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-12, 10:01:47 (107.77.207.82)
All the disability and deformity jokes? A few years back I went to a screening at the Chicago Theater with Mel Brooks providing on stage commentary afterwards. He described it as "not as offensive" as .......
89: Inmate Central, RE: pretty much the same list here in Northern IL (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-12, 09:16:23 (50.237.249.54)
In addition, we have a couple of late leaving bluebirds, and the past couple of years Bewick's wrens, tho I think they have already moved south The Bewick's wrens are a bit out of their range, and are .......
90: Inmate Central, RE: our daughter dumped her fiance; he got depressed and refused to get help (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-12, 08:16:00 (50.237.249.54)
She put up with it for quite a while. He got laid off, and basically got so depressed he wouldn't do ANYTHING. Wouldn't pick up after himself, wouldn't cook for himself (not even pour a bowl of cereal .......
91: Inmate Central, RE: Let me tell you, it has been a wild ride; kids are a blank slate, and they aren't (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-11, 19:00:25 (73.176.229.164)
Our daughter was so much different than us, it really strained our ability to anticipate and relate. We adopted her as an infant and knew she had two older sisters. She made contact with them, and we .......
92: Inmate Central, RE: LOL my wife and I are so smart we adopted nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-11, 14:28:28 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
93: Inmate Central, RE: how can you tell? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-11, 13:13:34 (50.237.249.54)
considering the state of our society, can we be sure they weren't nuts beforehand? .......
94: Inmate Central, RE: I prefer fixed bias (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-11, 10:56:53 (50.237.249.54)
my dog however was not a fan .......
95: Inmate Central, RE:"Using the 'decades' of experience and data we have from the Flu virus, we should not expect patterns..." (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-11, 08:49:25 (50.237.249.54)
of infection, vaccination effectiveness or death rates to be any different." you're the one that made the above claim of equivalency, not me I don't see where it is unclear in the least .......
96: Inmate Central, RE: which is it? COVID is now LIKE the seasonal flu, before you were treated like an idiot if you said it was? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-11, 08:21:36 (50.237.249.54)
spin in one direction only, please. you won't get as dizzy .......
97: Inmate Central, RE: glad to see you're the gracious winner I thought you would be (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-11, 06:44:50 (50.237.249.54)
Did you get stuffed in lockers when you were in school? Swirlies too? .......
98: Inmate Central, RE: there's a demand, so they're fulfilling it and making a profit (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-10, 10:56:53 (50.237.249.54)
no more complicated than that we're not a command and control economy - yet .......
99: Inmate Central, RE: and pinching a too big tube in the bead can really ruin your day nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-10, 10:54:01 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
100: Inmate Central, RE: I have always thought of it in terms of a narrow, blinkered view (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-10, 07:07:10 (50.237.249.54)
More focused on the process and its completion than the desired outcome (which is seldom achieved). Plank roads, high speed rail, capital warships, rent control, etc. .......
101: Inmate Central, RE: Deceleration (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-09, 21:43:26 (73.176.229.164)
A high school buddy graduated early and joined the Air Force, ended up doing survey work and crash sight investigations for a while. At one site, he said the pilot and crew cause of death was "deceler .......
102: Inmate Central, RE: high-speed 'rail' is simply the plank road and canal of today (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-09, 14:16:06 (50.237.249.54)
the US Whig party pushed plank roads and canals for decades in the early to mid 19th century. The idea died with the party and the advent of rail. Why the Dems have picked up on one of the Whig's wors .......
103: Inmate Central, RE: Indeed glorious. Power washed the house today (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-07, 20:12:07 (73.176.229.164)
Nice to get another nice day to get some outside work done. A bonus! .......
104: Inmate Central, The old man in the brown suit (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-07, 19:34:41 (73.176.229.164)
Every weekend at McCabe's, THE place to be in the late '70s thru 80s in Dekalb, IL, home of Northern Illinois University, there was an old man, always in a brown suit, dancing with the college kids. E .......
105: Inmate Central, RE: One of my college professors had one from every year up to '85 (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-06, 23:15:57 (73.176.229.164)
At least that many, he may have continued after I left. One summer I was assigned a parking spot near his, was like going to a museum, different 'vette every day. He had written the standard textbook .......
106: Inmate Central, RE: Sad to hear that (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-06, 23:08:01 (73.176.229.164)
I'll miss our occasional Packers/Bears rivalry .......
107: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: similar to what I built (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-06, 09:20:05 (50.237.249.54)
I use Electraprint autoformers .......
108: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: +1 (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-06, 09:07:01 (50.237.249.54)
Bent Audio used to make a motorized remote control for DACT, Goldpoint etc, but he dropped out of supporting the DIY biz a few years ago. I got one of the last ones, haven't used it yet. Anybody else .......
109: Inmate Central, RE: actually (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-06, 08:28:17 (50.237.249.54)
not that hard .......
110: Inmate Central, RE: outside of the talking heads, they're not too bad on hard news (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-06, 08:13:20 (50.237.249.54)
A bias to the right, to be sure, but at least they pretty much report everything relevant. Nearly everybody else has simply become propagandists, ignoring ANY news favorable to the right or unfavorabl .......
111: Inmate Central, RE: pestilence, bad officiating, supremes court picks, etc (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-06, 06:45:59 (50.237.249.54)
It's all a matter of timing, that you really can't do anything about. And it usually all evens out over time. Maybe a loooong time, tho. .......
112: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: OPT? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-06, 06:41:17 (50.237.249.54)
The Pete Millet design is nice, sounds good. I've built just one, years ago, but it's still in my system. My own design, with some help from folks here. It's a bit different from the usual. Two stage .......
113: Inmate Central, RE: I'm ready for the hockey season, if there is one this year (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-05, 22:08:13 (73.176.229.164)
Usually able to find a game on nearly every night. It's acceptable background noise while doing other things. Enough of the talking heads. .......
114: Inmate Central, RE: Looks great! nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-05, 22:04:23 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
115: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: OPT? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-05, 21:48:07 (73.176.229.164)
I use outputs from a Sansui 1000a, 6.6k, you should be fine. The 1000a (not 1000) outputs sound fantastic, wound by the group later spun off by Sansui that became Hashimoto. You might be able to find .......
116: Inmate Central, Alexa - "take shovel and ammo to dad" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-05, 13:15:55 (50.237.249.54)
My daughter had borrowed my good shovel, and had bought me some 9mm rounds (I asked her to keep an eye out, as the shelves here have been empty). She set up a reminder on her Alexa, and it came out k .......
117: Inmate Central, RE: 7 of 8; missed Rockets from Russia (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-05, 12:38:31 (50.237.249.54)
it's not anything that hasn't been said in the past, and I'm unfamiliar with the vagaries of Twitter format, which they said was one 'tell' fun test .......
118: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: nice! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-05, 12:09:48 (50.237.249.54)
I'm sure you will enjoy the fruits of your labor. PP 2A3 is my favorite amp topology. Good luck on your treatment! .......
119: Inmate Central, RE: Then, there's this (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-05, 07:57:25 (107.77.207.27)
a regularly recurring meme on Facebook .......
120: Inmate Central, RE: the last three seem to be in charge of COVID response (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-04, 13:53:21 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
121: Inmate Central, RE: you're not a real road cyclist until (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-04, 13:39:34 (50.237.249.54)
some deer has your helmet mounted on the wall back in his buck-cave You're lucky you saw it. One broadsided me and I didn't see it until it was sprawled out on top of me flailing its legs. ::: TOPIC:: .......
122: Inmate Central, RE: if we're doing homicidal clowns, (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-04, 11:06:36 (50.237.249.54)
I much prefer "Killer Clowns from Outer Space" so bad, it's good edit - odd spell check correction? .......
123: Inmate Central, RE: meh. nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-04, 10:32:17 (107.77.207.27)
z .......
124: Inmate Central, RE: Or Captain Spaulding (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-04, 10:08:27 (50.237.249.54)
Hello, I must be going .......
125: General Asylum, RE: I've got TEAC UD-503 with a slightly older version of the AKM chipset (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-04, 09:54:59 (50.237.249.54)
in a dual mono set-up and it's really, really good. The TEAC had some trickle-down form Esoteric, and it shows. The 505 was announced and I've seen a few, but not sure where TEAC (or Esoteric) is goi .......
126: Inmate Central, RE: it's a party! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-04, 09:08:17 (50.237.249.54)
Hmmm... Keeshan supposedly played Clarabell the Clown on Howdy Doody, but his face was kept secret. Stalin died in '53. Keeshan started Captain Kangaroo in '55. Could it be....??? Conspiracy theory! .......
127: Inmate Central, RE: it's a party! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-04, 08:11:15 (50.237.249.54)
It's a JOKE, folks. Particularly for jaded history geeks. Please note that I chose the grinning Stalin graphic ;) It will probably get deleted anyway. .......
128: Inmate Central, RE: that's what my Commie friends tell me (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-03, 09:57:43 (50.237.249.54)
so you're well informed .......
129: Inmate Central, RE: The end of times ... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-03, 07:16:43 (50.237.249.54)
I always attributed their popularity bump to pent-up demand from Lefties who wouldn't be caught dead eating at Chick-fil-a. I could care less one way or the other, but I've never had the Popeye's. Th .......
130: Inmate Central, RE: no stickers for us this year (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-03, 06:50:10 (50.237.249.54)
must be a COVID thing. Guess I'll have to look for a participation trophy elsewhere. .......
131: Inmate Central, RE: doesn't work as well with a mask nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-03, 06:38:17 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
132: Inmate Central, If it's cold outside when you vote and you wear glasses, take a handkerchief or tissue to wipe them off (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-03, 04:55:07 (73.176.229.164)
Biggest delay this morning was mask wearing old farts like me being unable to see the ballot with - or without - their glasses. .......
133: Inmate Central, RE: saw a lot of those scoops on Mavs in the high school parking lot back in the day (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-02, 14:20:49 (50.237.249.54)
and yeah, lots of V8s swapped in. Popular gear-head project. .......
134: Inmate Central, RE: yep, they did. 250 cu in, 110 hp. You could knit a pair of mittens waiting for it to hit 60 mph. nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-02, 13:08:46 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
135: Inmate Central, RE: Electric Bill (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-02, 11:13:45 (50.237.249.54)
are you being Californicated? Sounds like they're really taking it to you. looking at last month's bill, all inclusive of taxes and treehugger fees: $0.128 per kWh Should probably be less; the Feds ar .......
136: Inmate Central, RE: my family had a '77 4-door, straight six, no A/C (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-02, 11:00:32 (50.237.249.54)
a real "Sally Rand", AM radio may have been the only factory option. Impala, not a Caprice. Boy, what a dog it was, while still being a nice ride. .......
137: Inmate Central, RE: used to be that way, but all those sites have closed down since FB came along (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-02, 08:48:57 (50.237.249.54)
Surprisingly, people tend to behave more on Facebook, maybe it's because more people can see it, maybe it's because folks can't take their marbles and go make a new website/forum. Internal politics sh .......
138: Inmate Central, RE: I'm really only on it for re-enacting. And people do post somne fairly pretty funny stuff. nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-02, 08:43:30 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
139: Inmate Central, Facebook has become a primary means of communication for much of the living history/re-enacting community (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-02, 08:14:41 (50.237.249.54)
Facebook has been removing so many accounts, it is starting to become difficult to organize next year's events. People are assigned by event coordinators to be in leadership roles, and *poof* they're .......
140: Inmate Central, RE: Me too. Had one in college. Unusually fast, suspension had been stiffened (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-11-02, 07:34:48 (50.237.249.54)
'78 Impala. Had been a company car with daily long highway miles, hauling boxes of cut fabric trim in the back between factory locations for a dress making company. Bought it at 75k, added 210k miles, .......
141: Inmate Central, RE: a bit more to it (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 18:51:25 (73.176.229.164)
It wasn't a young lady, it was the older fat homely married woman next door. Even her own daughter, one class behind me, didn't believe her and eventually moved in with her aunt and uncle to get away .......
142: Inmate Central, RE: Not pitying him at all; I'm appalled at the bullying by the mob of an adult for his behavior in jr high (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 18:39:38 (73.176.229.164)
I brought up murder on purpose; it's not what you do, it's who you are and who your victim is. He is being singled out because he has a prominent and promising future and the mob wants a high profile .......
143: Inmate Central, RE: Take it for what its worth (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 16:36:05 (107.77.206.48)
Kid at the locker next to me was sent up for rape (he said she said, he lost). No name in the paper, sealed record. Did his time in juvee and I ran into him after high school. He said he had to discl .......
144: Inmate Central, RE: Yep. Do I get a prize? ;). nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 16:30:23 (107.77.206.48)
Z .......
145: Inmate Central, RE: I'm sure you are capable of finding something (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 16:20:02 (107.77.206.48)
I'm limited to typing at stoplights for a while. Juvenile records are sealed and aliases used in court unless unless tried as an adult. You should be aware of that unless all of your friends growing .......
146: Inmate Central, Indeed a creep, but if he had killed somebody he would be anonymous and free (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 15:46:48 (107.77.206.48)
Should he be afforded the same rights as other minors, or not? That's where the cancel culture is. Is it so insidious now that people like him are now not worthy of equal treatment? .......
147: Inmate Central, being a bonehead in 8th grade destroys your life with the cancel culture? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 15:10:30 (50.237.249.54)
A minor can commit murder, stay anonymous to the press/public, and be released as an adult with no criminal record. But commit certain blasphemous acts against the current culture in 8th grade, and yo .......
148: Inmate Central, RE: my daughter got one of the first two under 21 y.o. med marijuana cards in the state (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 07:09:30 (50.237.249.54)
It stops her migraines before they get going, as nothing else does. No migraines, no brain swell, no pituitary crushing (empty sella syndrome), much better health and quality of life. She went off to .......
149: Inmate Central, RE: don't laugh - I never tried it - honest (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 06:58:46 (50.237.249.54)
never had any appeal; booze messes me up enough That, and I lost some friends to addiction in high school. Made me pretty much revile illicit drugs, but I have softened a bit on that. .......
150: Inmate Central, RE: wow. back in the day, that was suicidal (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 06:47:17 (50.237.249.54)
Word was to NEVER ship it; nearly everybody I heard of trying it got busted. .......
151: Inmate Central, RE: my brother in law discovered the hard way it's not (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-30, 06:36:40 (50.237.249.54)
Motorcycle trip with three of his sons and a couple nephews from Illinois to Colorado; he was driving the support truck. Took the scenic route through Kansas on the return trip, and got busted for 'in .......
152: Inmate Central, RE: My daughter works at a large D.C. law firm (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-29, 21:23:12 (73.176.229.164)
I locked my only military style semi-auto rifle in a hard case and lost the keys - literally decades ago. Really didn't care, moved house with it and my modest ammo stash a couple times, always hoped .......
153: Inmate Central, RE: It was 20 degrees the day we buried my dad. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-29, 06:57:41 (50.237.249.54)
It seems like I always end up blowing Taps once or twice a year in appallingly cold and windy conditions - without a coat. I don't really need a dress coat for anything else, so it's so low on the pri .......
154: Inmate Central, RE: it was a fun series to watch (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-28, 08:58:21 (50.237.249.54)
Though I nearly just turned it off to go to bed when Snell was given the hook. Outcome was pretty predictable. .......
155: Inmate Central, RE: Google U (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-27, 10:36:22 (50.237.249.54)
looks like they have the community/junior/2-year college in their sights .......
156: Inmate Central, RE: then there's always those who take advantage of the system (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-27, 08:14:19 (50.237.249.54)
My wife in in higher ed (community college). She's high risk, so she's 100% on-line instruction, at least through spring semester. Saves her roughly 4 hours a week in commuting, but it's taking MUCH m .......
157: Inmate Central, RE: You're right... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-26, 12:44:33 (50.237.249.54)
Close by accommodations for family members is likely the very best thing you can do. Smoothing the way, without getting in the way goes a long way. .......
158: Inmate Central, RE: LOL (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-26, 11:45:47 (50.237.249.54)
my long widowed maternal grandmother, who lived with us, spent a lot of $ (for her) on an electric hedge trimmer back in the mid '70s. She promptly cut the cord the first couple of minutes she tried i .......
159: Inmate Central, RE: the human condition can be a hoot (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-25, 15:27:14 (73.176.229.164)
This afternoon at the local farm and fleet, the young lady at the checkout register, very pleasingly curvaceous with big brown eyes, pulled her mask down to show off her cute little nose while she fli .......
160: Inmate Central, RE: that sucks! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-25, 14:24:38 (73.176.229.164)
Maybe 2020 is looking up a bit .......
161: Inmate Central, RE: more tests, more infections (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-25, 09:31:58 (73.176.229.164)
Our region, cases are indeed up, but so is testing. Rate of infection percentage has remained flat for a few weeks. People are becoming newly infected at a constant rate. We're just spreading out the .......
162: Inmate Central, Hoarding for the electionpocalypse (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-25, 08:17:15 (73.176.229.164)
May just be a local thing, but not the usual shopping yesterday - Sams club and big box grocers packed, lots of families with multiple carts, long checkout lines with nearly all open; regular grocery .......
163: Inmate Central, RE: Anybody hsve a propane fire pit? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-23, 21:38:57 (73.176.229.164)
+1 piped natural gas. We don't have a fire pit, but a Weber natural gas grill. Always even heat, no bottles to run out or change, we even grill in downpours and blizzards. Can't easily do that with .......
164: Inmate Central, RE: well (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-23, 08:44:05 (50.237.249.54)
ever since freddyi passed, there's been a lot less traffic on the DIY side of things. He had a real enthusiasm and it was fun watching his projects. Let's face it, the base is aging, and many have pas .......
165: Inmate Central, RE: honestly (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-21, 19:59:07 (73.176.229.164)
if she took off the rest, I'd let her keep her gloves on .......
166: Inmate Central, RE: hmmm... "Beer, sex, beer, sex". I guess i can relate nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-21, 19:55:18 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
167: Inmate Central, getting squirrelly (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-21, 14:03:24 (50.237.249.54)
Oddest thing happened yesterday; my wife was out walking our Scottie (on a leash), and a rather unaware squirrel approached them. They stood still, and the squirrel kept coming closer and closer, unti .......
168: General Asylum, RE: '62 vintge Acousti-Craft (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-21, 07:14:01 (50.237.249.54)
Not your typical console, this was "hi-fi furniture" of its day. The buyer chose the components, and the seller stuffed the cabinet. This one came with HH Scott and JBL. Cost nearly as much as a ne .......
169: Inmate Central, RE: Falcons (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-20, 11:29:00 (50.237.249.54)
We have had them hang around in the summertime for two or three years on a couple of occasions (my parents have been there 48 years; me most of that time). They usually announce their presence by leav .......
170: Inmate Central, RE: What's that ? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-20, 09:15:15 (50.237.249.54)
a "brushing" scam is where somebody (usually in China) sends you cheap shit, uses your account to leave a positive review to drive sales of said shit (and other shit they sell) at higher than usual pr .......
171: Inmate Central, RE: not recently, but I think I got a "brushing" scam package last week. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-20, 08:38:50 (50.237.249.54)
I promptly changed all passwords. Early pandemic, things took a couple of extra days, and I had a package in August that was damaged and undeliverable. Took weeks for them to issue the refund, low $, .......
172: Inmate Central, RE: we have a flock that size near us (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-19, 13:37:59 (50.237.249.54)
they usually hang out in woods on the slope of the valley a mile or so from my place, I think a farmer puts grain out for them over there they meander into our yard occasionally, and I will see their .......
173: Inmate Central, RE: it's more of an industrial stregth effort in our yard (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-19, 10:50:51 (50.237.249.54)
We have a couple of 12x16 inch pans set up on posts, usually go through 10-12 lbs of feed per day, I buy in bulk. They're on the side of the house where my mom's in-law apartment is, gives her a lot o .......
174: Inmate Central, RE: #7 - Packers fan (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-19, 07:08:49 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
175: Inmate Central, RE: Ghetto mower ... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-18, 20:27:39 (73.176.229.164)
LOL I did the same thing a couple of years ago with the handle on a wheeled garden hose reel when it rusted thru. Why not? It works. .......
176: Inmate Central, RE: Not for long... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-18, 10:22:33 (73.176.229.164)
There's a big push right now by certain political entities that they have "the right to choose their audience" and any trespass they make in that pursuit is their right. You're gonna listen whether y .......
177: Inmate Central, RE: It ain't easy. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-16, 09:42:28 (50.237.249.54)
my dad was that way too; specific details of the past, but every day I had to tell him my wife was away on sabbatical to research for writing a book on abolitionism. Every day. Sometimes fifteen minut .......
178: Inmate Central, RE:pretty sure all DE blades are made overseas now (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-16, 07:43:13 (50.237.249.54)
I think my 7 o'clock yellows are Russian not sure why Gillette even bothers with DE anymore, maybe they just want to carry a full product line .......
179: Inmate Central, RE: I spent some time at a Gillette manufacturing plant (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-15, 20:50:35 (73.176.229.164)
No, not razors, a different division. I wasn't with Gillette, was working with them on a project to move some production lines. Several of the folks I worked with had spent time in the razor division .......
180: Inmate Central, RE: I like Proraso red (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-15, 16:30:18 (107.77.209.185)
I use the tube cream, fast, easy with quick cleanup. Lathers up quick and nicely with a Simpson Duke brush. And it's cheap. Like me. .......
181: Inmate Central, RE: LOL nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-15, 12:48:13 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
182: Inmate Central, RE: Woof. Me, I'm just the opposite. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-15, 12:13:54 (50.237.249.54)
A good Norelco electric (not the cheap ones) does ok with rarely any trauma, and I get the closest shave with an old mid-century Gillette Super Speed safety w/ Gillette 7 o'clock yellows. Multi blade .......
183: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Some measurments... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-15, 11:04:26 (50.237.249.54)
Depends. Active xover and an extra (assuming different) amp add more variables, including a different slope. You might like it, might not. And it may not remove the 250hz hump. Nice rig you have there .......
184: Inmate Central, RE: batteries would have to be reduced to a one (or 2 or 3 or 4) size fits all commodity (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-14, 13:56:04 (50.237.249.54)
I imagine it would be something like pay a deposit on the battery when you buy the car, then swap out for a charged battery for an energy and service fee. Like old fashioned Coke bottles. Which means .......
185: Inmate Central, RE: good idea, but I see it as chum in the water for the lawyers (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-14, 13:01:21 (50.237.249.54)
a couple of accidents and it's dead Plus, it's capital intensive for the robotics and the spare battery inventory. Gas pumps and tanks are cheap. .......
186: Inmate Central, RE: exactly so... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-14, 12:08:33 (50.237.249.54)
You are indeed fortunate in that you are able to afford such a property and solar installation. If I can swing it, I'll likely install some solar when we replace our roof in the next few years. But, w .......
187: Inmate Central, RE: It will happen, regardless of the very good points you make. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-14, 11:56:26 (50.237.249.54)
Europe might have a shot, much lower per capita car ownership, shorter distances, fewer miles traveled. Outside Europe and (and maybe the US and Canada), no ICE means horse and buggy, at best. Plenty .......
188: Inmate Central, RE: well, I'll be dammed (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-14, 09:27:48 (50.237.249.54)
Works nice if you're there. For those of us in the flat Midwest, not so much. Say what you will about wind, but the wind doesn't always blow. And the sun doesn't always shine. I guess you can't use el .......
189: Inmate Central, RE: won't ever happen, because it's all about resources and logistics (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-14, 08:41:50 (50.237.249.54)
It's all been said before: scarce rare metals w/ their related environmental nasties, grid insufficient for current demand let alone millions of charging cars, nearly all electric is fossil fueled any .......
190: Inmate Central, RE: best thing I've read all day nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-13, 13:49:12 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
191: General Asylum, RE: horses for courses (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-13, 08:17:04 (50.237.249.54)
I'll have to look that one up, haven't tried it. For my brass band cornet I use 5-Star, the Bauerfiend stainless steel valves on it like really thin oil. My antique horns, Hetman #3. My over-the-shou .......
192: Inmate Central, RE: the suits came free with the EV (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-12, 08:21:50 (50.237.249.54)
just showing how much more they care than everybody else .......
193: General Asylum, RE: ever try BBB? Pushes wind band to 4th (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-12, 07:12:01 (50.237.249.54)
British brass band is a blast. Bring your chops of steel and lots of valve oil. I was at the end of the front row for a while, then moved to Repiano. Not quite as technically challenging but musically .......
194: General Asylum, RE: Spit Valves ? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-11, 19:05:17 (73.176.229.164)
I wonder if we will be allowed to bring a horn to the re-education camp? I'll save you a spot in the camp orchestra. ;) .......
195: General Asylum, RE: Spit Valves? We don't need no stinking spit valves! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-11, 19:01:04 (73.176.229.164)
I play in a civil war reenactor brass band; spit valves hadn't been invented yet in the 1860s. We constantly pull slides and dump, sometimes have to give the oddly designed horns a spin or two to get .......
196: Inmate Central, RE: I quit watching them during the Carter administration (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-09, 14:05:14 (50.237.249.54)
I miss spending Thursday afternoons in the media room (newspapers/ magazines) at the university, reading a variety of sources reading Pravda at the end of the day was almost always good for a chuckle .......
197: Inmate Central, RE: our jr high was GREAT program, hs a bit of a letdown (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-09, 09:56:55 (50.237.249.54)
the high school really took off later, when the director retired and the jr high director moved up still, in a class of 309, thirteen of my class became music professionals in one capacity or another. .......
198: Inmate Central, RE: yeah, I was breifly on the Speech/Debate team. "extemporaneous speaking" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-09, 06:57:40 (50.237.249.54)
Basically, in the pre-season you spent time researching and gathering sources (usually newspaper/magazine back in the day) on a wide variety of topics. 30 minutes before the debate, you were told the .......
199: Inmate Central, RE: when I was riding, that last ten pounds of belly was tough (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-08, 08:27:46 (50.237.249.54)
everybody I was racing with told me I wouldn't ever be competitive with it; they were right. But every time I got rid of it, it seemed I was more prone to get sick. So 5 or 10 went back on, every time .......
200: Inmate Central, RE: we had some in our neighborhood (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-02, 12:10:32 (50.237.249.54)
But I haven't heard one lately, maybe since last year. Coyotes may have driven them out. I have seen a bobcat butt diving into the woods a few times while I was driving, but that's it. My daughter got .......
201: Inmate Central, RE: we are doing that with a 1500 sqft area this fall (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-10-02, 07:37:35 (50.237.249.54)
We have a low area in the front that is often too soft (wet) to mow; we're ripping out the grass (mostly weeds) and planting a native cover/food blend of flowers and grass. A couple of years ago, we p .......
202: General Asylum, RE: I find that if gear can do 'large' music (orchestra, big band) loud, clean, fast while retaining inner detail (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-30, 07:42:39 (50.237.249.54)
with dynamics and without getting 'congested' or mushy, it can play everything well with the caveat that you might not like what some thinly or poorly recorded material really sounds like .......
203: Inmate Central, RE: I replaced all the lug nuts on an '08 Chrysler (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-29, 13:38:09 (50.237.249.54)
Town & Country. Front brakes on those wear out quickly, I was going to do yet another quick brake job; nope, decorative chrome lugs had corroded and separated. Inner lug stripped, too. PITA, I had to .......
204: Inmate Central, RE: my wife bought an old one cheap while in grad school (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-29, 10:57:23 (50.237.249.54)
around 1990. Black, with some really ugly black and white seersucker seats. A farmer had owned it and didn't drive it many miles, was in good shape but she couldn't ever get the "old farmer smell" out .......
205: Inmate Central, RE: used to have a National Lampoon comedy LP that made fun of the Cordoba (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-29, 10:12:28 (50.237.249.54)
somebody mimicking Ricardo Montalban in an advert for the the "Caramba!"; "swim in its rich, wine-filled interior..." .......
206: Inmate Central, RE: It's almost as old as me (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-29, 10:08:39 (50.237.249.54)
I remember a very uncomfortable ride in the back seat of one of those when I was 14, for a long hour-long ride to Chicago. It was a church youth group trip to Uno's pizza, before they became famous. A .......
207: Inmate Central, RE: Question on 12 volt car batteries (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-28, 18:53:14 (73.176.229.164)
Here in the northern Midwest, I buy the 'better' grade store brand battery at the local Farm and Fleet agricultural store. The levels are usually something like bronze, silver, gold and platinum; I us .......
208: Inmate Central, RE: this year, the squirrels have been eating our tomatoes (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-28, 12:29:53 (50.237.249.54)
Never seen that before. They would eat them a day or two before my wife thought they would be ripe enough to pick. Maybe was due to the mild draught we were going through? Plenty of food around, they .......
209: Inmate Central, RE: crowd noise (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-28, 09:11:21 (50.237.249.54)
they're using 'canned' crowd noise for the NHL playoffs Live crowd noise can be a good indicator of something happening in hockey that you can't quite see on TV - particularly penalties. As I watch th .......
210: General Asylum, RE: Moody Blues (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-28, 07:45:38 (50.237.249.54)
First one I paid for - Fall of '81, Assembly Hall at U of IL. The Moody Blues had a last gasp resurgence with 'Long Distance Voyager'. I really didn't care about them so much, but I got a decent draw .......
211: Inmate Central, RE: I have complete confidence in this (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-25, 19:25:00 (73.176.229.164)
turning out just as well as their forest management policies .......
212: Inmate Central, RE: I hear you, I roll my eyes at a lot of them too (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-24, 14:22:06 (50.237.249.54)
they give religion, not just Christianity, a big black eye it's as if they have never read the Bible; which is probably the case with most of them .......
213: Inmate Central, RE: my problem was getting the part (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-24, 11:17:16 (50.237.249.54)
for an old-school Maytag top loader. There was a water level sensor/ diaphragm that failed after 10-15 years, the replacements stock ran out, and anybody with an old Maytag was SOL. Machine wouldn't r .......
214: Inmate Central, RE: no, I think it's suede/denim (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-24, 08:50:49 (50.237.249.54)
at least for their secret police .......
215: Inmate Central, RE: with, and without (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-24, 07:21:48 (50.237.249.54)
a very smart move 25 years or so ago, my wife was looking for a position in higher ed - English rhetoric professor. She was ABD at that point, close to getting her PhD In her earlier years, she got a .......
216: Inmate Central, RE: CPVC for supply, hot & cold (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-23, 14:51:04 (50.237.249.54)
CPVC doesn't start to soften until nearly water boiling temperature, PVC gets soft at a much lower temp, and PVC pipes aren't rated for supply pressure. PVC is fine for sewer/drain. My father put in C .......
217: Inmate Central, RE: I live just a few miles from the Farnsworth House (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-23, 08:51:17 (50.237.249.54)
It's a Mies van der Rohe design; basically it's one floor from an all-glass skyscraper set on a Midwestern wooded lot by river. While it's a treasured architectural work of art, it was a complete fai .......
218: Inmate Central, RE: yeah, I guess I wouldn't have to wear a mask while going that (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-22, 09:37:37 (50.237.249.54)
and the Raiders, uh, nope. I disliked them way back as a kid in the early Ken Satbler days. Tying maidens to railroad tracks - a favorite memory from high school, home basketball game, and the other s .......
219: Inmate Central, RE: Silver Singles ? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-22, 08:09:12 (50.237.249.54)
What bothers me most, is my 82 year old mom has more black left in her hair than I do. I'm much more silver than black now. I also have a handlebar moustache, and I've had to switch to lighter colored .......
220: Inmate Central, RE: nice! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-21, 10:45:10 (50.237.249.54)
we have a population of great horned owls, I hear three of them trading calls in the evenings when I smoke my pipe out on the porch they will take prey as large as juvenile raccoons; most summers the .......
221: Inmate Central, RE: until fairly recently, it was legal in Illinois (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-18, 23:13:29 (73.176.229.164)
to ride a horse while intoxicated. The old 19th century law assumed the horse was sober enough to get you home 20 odd years ago I was at a restaurant/bar near Naperville, the "Country House", in an ar .......
222: Inmate Central, RE: So i was using my string trimmer and (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-18, 12:19:51 (50.237.249.54)
LOL, when I was a kid (early/mid '70s), my grandmother lived with us; she bought an expensive new electric hedge trimmer and promptly cut the cord in a few minutes my dad started to get worked up abou .......
223: Inmate Central, RE: nice! nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-17, 09:21:29 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
224: Inmate Central, RE: chaffe from just two estates... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-17, 07:20:26 (50.237.249.54)
Two elderly, childless cousins and their spouses passed; my parents got the estates. Had estate sales, but a lot of nice - but no longer in fashion - items left over. One cousin collected crystal/cut .......
225: Inmate Central, RE: we do a lower-carb crust (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-16, 14:10:44 (50.237.249.54)
One cup unbleached white, one cup wheat, and two cups of a low-carb "flour" (I think it's Carbquik brand). Add teaspoon sugar, teaspoon salt, quarter cup olive oil, two cups warm water and two package .......
226: Inmate Central, RE: I like it. Maybe "Spare tires" in the sub-title nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-16, 09:58:19 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
227: Inmate Central, RE: eek! nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-16, 08:48:55 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
228: Inmate Central, RE: Oh, to be reincarnated (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-16, 07:02:04 (107.77.208.101)
As a bicycle seat .......
229: Inmate Central, RE: "multiple names for me in their database" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-15, 11:36:29 (50.237.249.54)
If you're getting jury summons for multiple instances of your name, it's likely because the multiple instances have all voted recently; they use active voter rolls (I believe NY does; somebody let me .......
230: Inmate Central, RE: rising seas (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-15, 09:17:46 (50.237.249.54)
Former president Obama has purchased multi-million dollar beachfront mansions on Martha's Vineyard and Hawaii. As president, I'm sure he was well informed. But regardless of party, have you ever seen .......
231: Inmate Central, RE: nice! nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-15, 09:13:11 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
232: Inmate Central, RE: bike lanes/trails are deadly to fast riders (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-14, 08:24:07 (50.237.249.54)
Last stats I read, several times more deadly than roads, per mile traveled by bicycle Why? Design and traffic. Tight turns not designed for bikes, poor visibility, road crossings not intuitively visib .......
233: Inmate Central, RE: Nice ride (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-13, 16:11:48 (73.176.229.164)
A neighbor had a Puch from the same era that is had a chance to ride a few times, always a nice ride. When he sold it he offered it to me first, I should have bought it, but I just wasn't into steel f .......
234: Inmate Central, RE: the original Performance went bust a year or two (or three?) ago (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-13, 15:47:15 (73.176.229.164)
They closed all of their brick and mortar stores; we had a couple around here. They're back to being internet/mail order, like the old days. I always preferred them to Nashbar. .......
235: Inmate Central, RE: I wish (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-11, 09:26:25 (50.237.249.54)
suppressors were legal here in IL. I would have a 50 or 75 ft pistol range set up in the back yard as soon as I could get a machine in to push up a berm; I've got a perfect spot for it but, the neighb .......
236: Inmate Central, RE: I see Timber rattlesnakes every other year or so here (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-11, 07:20:39 (50.237.249.54)
There is some undisturbed timber (including one of two small virgin stands in Northern Illinois) next to our semi-rural subdivision, and they venture out once in a while. we had an 'invasion' one sum .......
237: Inmate Central, RE: 5 FOOT RATTLESNAKE is pretty cool (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-11, 06:59:18 (50.237.249.54)
LOL probably better results than when my brother-in-law shot the south end of a northbound skunk at point blank range with a 12-guage 3-inch goose load. .......
238: Inmate Central, RE: while your graphs show substantial improvement, they are barely exponential (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-11, 06:51:22 (50.237.249.54)
from a cost perspective over the period shown, and decidedly less than exponential the last 4-5 years. The curve has become shallow. I would expect a business to classify the product as 'maturing' and .......
239: Inmate Central, RE: the sun will become exponentially brighter? Or, will panels will convert over 100% of sunlight? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-10, 11:48:14 (50.237.249.54)
Maybe usage will expand exponentially (and then we're in the commodities pressure trick bag already discussed), but there's not an exponential opportunity in the technology. .......
240: Inmate Central, RE: It's probably time; we went through a boiler replacement two years ago (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-10, 11:32:42 (50.237.249.54)
Burners and flues wear out too, that's probably why you are getting the CO issues. Likely not economic to repair, even if possible. But yes, time to get estimates. I can see a second opinion test by a .......
241: Inmate Central, RE: nope (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-10, 09:42:50 (50.237.249.54)
There just isn't that much left in chemistry. Only so much energy is available in solid/liquid state ions. That's where combustion and gas expansion comes in handy ;) Chemistry and physics breakthroug .......
242: Inmate Central, RE: It's probably time; we went through a boiler replacement two years ago (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-10, 08:24:31 (50.237.249.54)
It was leaking through the casting, from erosion over the decades. It was 46 years old, my father installed it when the house was built. Hot water system, not steam. I would get another two (or three .......
243: Inmate Central, RE: in the long run, science (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-09, 20:49:11 (73.176.229.164)
Is neither 'progressive' nor 'old school' A half century is likely long enough to provide a proof of concept for profitability, given no incidental outside influences. It's just not there. I'm not ta .......
244: Inmate Central, RE: how much longer? I was told the death of the internal combustion engine was nigh (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-09, 15:16:09 (50.237.249.54)
before I got my driver's license in the '70s. Oh, and fusion reactors were going to be a thing, too. I honestly don't think there's enough room under the laws of chemistry and physics to make a quantu .......
245: Inmate Central, RE: maybe eventually, but in the meantime (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-09, 14:53:09 (50.237.249.54)
it's more consumption of increasingly scarce semi-precious metals, energy to extract/refine/form them, and on and on the inner accountant in me sees benefit in certain limited applications, but in gen .......
246: Inmate Central, RE: IIRC it's a 5-7 year lifespan for a helmet (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-09, 13:55:33 (50.237.249.54)
the plastics/foams deteriorate relatively quickly and lose the ability to function as intended in a crash. .......
247: Inmate Central, RE: And I'M the insensitive bastard?... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-09, 11:03:02 (50.237.249.54)
if you can't defeat the memorial (in the public easement, no ordinance prohibiting, etc) just put up a bigger one behind it on your property that says don't drive drunk, and don't memorialize those wh .......
248: Inmate Central, RE: Ping Bullethead! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-09, 08:34:19 (50.237.249.54)
Country music may have evolved towards this style, but at the time I thought it was firmly in the southern rock/blues category, perhaps somewhat 'power pop'. Always thought it was a fun song. ::: TOPI .......
249: Inmate Central, RE: I feel your pain; we are going through the Appliance-acalypse (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-08, 12:52:26 (50.237.249.54)
I am hoping so, our replacement is a Frigidaire; literally the only thing we could find in time to save our side of beef. Brands have moved around so much in the last 20 years, I don't know what to t .......
250: Inmate Central, RE: speaking of a noisy fridge (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-08, 12:44:41 (50.237.249.54)
ours hums (of course), but somehow the acoustics of the house are such that it rounds a couple of corners and takes up residence behind my left speaker in the living room I went nearly insane chasing .......
251: Inmate Central, RE: I feel your pain; we are going through the Appliance-acalypse (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-08, 12:40:18 (50.237.249.54)
they were all really top quality units and have had long lives, but I'm expecting the end to come soon: 25 y.o Frigidaire commercial freezer just died 10 y.o water softener died last month (meh, not t .......
252: Inmate Central, RE: What's REAL? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-04, 13:20:59 (107.77.209.72)
Peoria? Too much meth and opioids, not enough teeth. Not a very photogenic bunch on average. Rural/ small city Illinois is in pretty tough shape. Maybe that IS reality. .......
253: Inmate Central, RE: I would watch that if (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-04, 13:17:48 (107.77.209.72)
Instead of designer dresses, they wore lingerie my wife wouldn't let me watch it, tho .......
254: Inmate Central, RE: new freezer is a lowish end made in China Frigidaire; going to miss the old one (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-04, 11:29:17 (50.237.249.54)
20 cuft Frigidaire commercial unit, it was top quality. It even had a vacuum pump to pull seal on the door. Our garage never freezes, but gets close; was never an issue. My father-in-law bought it, li .......
255: Inmate Central, RE: maybe not quite sacred (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-04, 11:07:10 (50.237.249.54)
but old-fashioned grass fed, grain finished beef is SO much better than grocery beef happy Bday to your Mrs! enjoy! .......
256: Inmate Central, RE: Indeed! LOL nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-04, 09:35:26 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
257: Inmate Central, RE: I'm more used to the other end (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-04, 06:55:38 (50.237.249.54)
Spent some time mucking out dairy stalls when I was in high school. Was some very strong encouragement to go to college. .......
258: Inmate Central, RE: we hit five stores before we found one (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-04, 06:43:40 (50.237.249.54)
and only one. A couple stores said they stock on line or over the phone, but one sold it before we got there, and another hadn't updated their inventory. The one we got was indeed at Home Despot, not .......
259: Inmate Central, RE: even IF we could find one, we were sweating delivery (pun intended) with the holiday weekend (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-04, 06:36:29 (50.237.249.54)
fortunately, it fit in the van we have a spare 2/3 size fridge downstairs in the laundry room too; mostly cold drinks, plus an overflow for when we entertain. .......
260: Inmate Central, Finally got our side of beef, and our freezer died. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 21:05:16 (73.176.229.164)
The meat should stay frozen until we can plug in the new one (brought it home on its side in the van). We were lucky to find an upright freezer - they're nearly impossible to find right now. Too small .......
261: Inmate Central, RE: nice family heirloom! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 19:43:54 (73.176.229.164)
You are quite fortunate to have it .......
262: Inmate Central, RE: Some pix. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 15:20:40 (50.237.249.54)
very slight bow shouldn't be an issue 'dent' by the seat tube - can't tell if it's damage or the way it was assembled. Tube seems to be a little skewed on the left side at the joint, too? I've seen wo .......
263: Inmate Central, RE: bent, or slight bow? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 13:16:47 (50.237.249.54)
Dropped/hit, or came from the factory that way? Was the poor 'welding' a repair? Shouldn't be a weld line on a brazed frame (are you using 'welding' in a generic sense?). Dents shouldn't be an issue u .......
264: Inmate Central, RE: *ouch* nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 11:44:47 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
265: Inmate Central, RE: I don't use it for kitten pics, recipies, restaurant selfies or relatives; and especially not for "news" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 11:27:33 (50.237.249.54)
I use it for the small group communications, and umbrella groups networking that I need. It's useful for that, and really it's the only game in town, for that matter. When I joined FB, a friend messa .......
266: Inmate Central, RE: back in the day, did open the local newspaper to watch Monday Night Football? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 10:05:35 (50.237.249.54)
You likely tuned in to the local ABC affiliate. Sure, you could read the box score the next day, but that's not getting the information you wanted, if your intent was to watch the live action. I go to .......
267: Inmate Central, RE: like 51, I'm kinda stuck with it (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 08:01:15 (50.237.249.54)
It's pretty much the platform used by most. And since I'm one of the leaders, I have to be there. FB is a lot easier for small groups to use than email lists, with constantly changing e-mail addresse .......
268: General Asylum, RE: misdirection (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 07:41:35 (50.237.249.54)
I had a fairly low value parcel mailed from a merchant in Missouri to me in Illinois. USPS managed to send it to one of the military bases on Guam via surface transportation, not air. After it didn't .......
269: Inmate Central, RE: don't get me started on THOSE morons nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 07:21:03 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
270: Inmate Central, RE: no need to re-enact... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 07:18:19 (50.237.249.54)
There's a lot of trepidation in the community, particularly among the Iraq/Afghanistan vets. Nobody wants it, but they're resigned to be prepared for it. Me? I'm too old and fat to fight. I like to th .......
271: Inmate Central, RE: I use FB mostly to connect with other Civil War reenactors (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-03, 06:59:13 (50.237.249.54)
Regarding events (not this year!), items for sale, etc (I got my 1850's over-the-shoulder bell cornet off FB). Used to be a lot of 'Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia' (aka the Confederate f .......
272: Inmate Central, RE: I never touched headsets (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-02, 12:33:13 (50.237.249.54)
I let the shop do that the couple of times I needed it. Just loosened to change stem height. suicides - can't get a firm enough grip, keeps you upright with a high center of gravity been a while since .......
273: Inmate Central, RE: Old school fillet brazed frames were a work of art (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-02, 11:28:06 (50.237.249.54)
It's worth putting some effort into, you will have a bike for life. Not the lightest, not the most up to date, but a great ride. Take your time and keep you ear to the ground for used parts, folks wit .......
274: Inmate Central, RE: most of the components weren't up to snuff 40 years ago (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-02, 10:53:01 (50.237.249.54)
and time hasn't improved them. Seriously, replace any chromed steel that rotates. old school freewheel should be fine .......
275: Inmate Central, RE: but you have an excellent frame at the core (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-02, 08:52:01 (50.237.249.54)
crankset and wheels, seat, and you say new brakes. you will have a very nice ride. yeah more $, but it's got a cool retro vibe, anybody can buy a boring ride. .......
276: Inmate Central, RE: LOL now the song is stuck in my head at work today (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-09-01, 07:15:24 (50.237.249.54)
could be worse .......
277: Inmate Central, RE: Bars lower than the seat on both bikes. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-31, 14:13:46 (50.237.249.54)
You might try the Team Pro if the B17 doesn't work for you. Depends on how forward you ride on that particular bike. .......
278: Inmate Central, RE: bars vs seat (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-31, 13:53:00 (50.237.249.54)
what is your seat height, vs your handlebars? I always rode with handlebars lower than the seat, with a more forward position, even on my commuter. My local shop set me up with the "Team Pro" model vs .......
279: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: LOL, forgot that by the time i read all the responses nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-28, 21:06:34 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
280: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Could use some help Trouble Shooting my Welborne laurel 300B Monoblock ............... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-28, 18:38:18 (73.176.229.164)
Not likely, but I had a DHT develop a short that blew a fuse. Made for some interesting fireworks in the rectifier tube, too. If you keep blowing fuses and you don't find anything obvious, you might .......
281: Inmate Central, RE: Honestly I would rather have Social Security funds go into the markets (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-28, 08:45:08 (50.237.249.54)
than go into the government's coffers. If you haven't noticed, the government has already spent the all of the dollars collected over the years. Any Social Security 'trust fund' is simply a piece of p .......
282: Inmate Central, RE: assuming those were the originals (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-27, 10:14:52 (50.237.249.54)
you need new wheelsets anyway. .......
283: Inmate Central, RE: Schwinn--or somebody--must have used the same grease Dual used in its changers. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-27, 09:08:33 (50.237.249.54)
I always kept a gallon gas can of kerosene handy to soak chains and hubs not sure if it's available at gas stations in the summer tho .......
284: Inmate Central, RE: So.....I, ah...shaved my legs. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-26, 21:40:41 (73.176.229.164)
I never considered my riding to be at a level where it made any difference, even when I was racing. Most of us shaved, but it was for the road hash, not the speed. Guys with hair often got minor infe .......
285: Inmate Central, RE: Audioasylum Ad, yep that's what I need :) (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-26, 07:13:42 (50.237.249.54)
back in the late '80s one of my old college roommates, jobless with a rather useless humanities degree, traveled to Italy to visit distant relatives. He ended up spending a few years there as what he .......
286: Inmate Central, RE: Big Brother (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-24, 09:37:23 (50.237.249.54)
US intelligence agencies are having a hard time with this overseas. US made/assembled cars have the tracking chips, foreign government can track where a vehicle makes a stop and when a door opens and .......
287: Inmate Central, RE: It's a question of geometry (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-22, 17:39:31 (73.176.229.164)
Usually have to have a little bit relaxed wheelbase for a triple to work, sometimes the rear triangle is too tight and the angle of the chain on the sprockets can be to big and you will get chain slip .......
288: Inmate Central, RE: you really need to replace that old school one piece steel crankset (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-22, 08:50:35 (73.176.229.164)
and bottom bracket. The Super Sport was a quality frame set sabotaged by crappy, heavy mass market grade steel components. The crankset and bottom bracket are the worst offenders, next are the wheel .......
289: Inmate Central, RE: if same turnout as '16 and EVERYBODY votes by mail on ONE day, it's a one-day volume spike of just 76% (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-08-21, 08:39:38 (50.237.249.54)
54.9 billion pieces annually, 302 delivery days, that's 181.788MM pieces per day (first class). 2016 turnout was 138.847MM Saying that the postal service will not be able to handle the surge is worse .......
290: Inmate Central, RE: have it your way, Tin (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-13, 12:10:44 (50.237.249.54)
I took an opposing view on the Redskins name just to stir the shit and see where it went. With you, nobody else ever has a valid point or opinion. You're just not worth the bother. .......
291: Inmate Central, RE: the problem with you is that you always try to turn the argument by putting words in my mouth (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-13, 09:41:50 (50.237.249.54)
that I specifically did not say I did not "misspeak", I earlier said the body parts definition was revisionist and out of context. I then refuted your belief in the non-pejorative use of WASP. Refuti .......
292: Inmate Central, RE: WASP has been used as a prejorative for decades (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-13, 09:00:10 (50.237.249.54)
where have you been? .......
293: Inmate Central, RE: at least Evangelicals recognize the choice to believe, or not; these folks demand unwavering conformity (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-13, 08:37:55 (50.237.249.54)
My wife is nearing the end of her college teaching career. She teaches an early American literature course every fall, and she's terrified of what some little woke mobster might do. .......
294: Inmate Central, RE: are you super-duper special or something that I must obey? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-13, 08:32:45 (50.237.249.54)
You may not like your definition of a word, but how does that give you the right to force others to accept that same meaning? Not picking on you, just trying to demonstrate the absurdity and illibera .......
295: Inmate Central, RE: revisionist and out of context (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-13, 08:17:47 (50.237.249.54)
they didn't name them for that. sheesh. .......
296: Inmate Central, RE: "nothing fun left." Using demeaning names is fun? nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-13, 07:43:04 (50.237.249.54)
They demean people they don't like on a regular basis, and it's not only fine, it's lauded as heroic and brave. It's all a matter of perspective. .......
297: Inmate Central, RE: a couple suggestions for them (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-13, 07:14:26 (50.237.249.54)
- Changing their name to the 'Opossums' because the play dead at home, and get killed on the road. - Changing their name to a shortened 'Redskins', removing the universally reviled 'Washington' from .......
298: Inmate Central, RE: my nightmare tire experience (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-12, 09:21:50 (73.176.229.164)
A farmer had cut the ditch grass, road was entirely covered on both lanes, so I had to ride through it. Ran over a cut up beer can hidden under the grass, and it cut the sidewall of my rear tire. Big .......
299: Inmate Central, RE: Definately! Helmets have a shelf life (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-10, 13:56:06 (50.237.249.54)
The foam degrades in something like 3-5 years. Don't trust your brains to a vintage bucket. And wear it always! I knew a guy who took off his helmet first when he stopped, and then slipped on fresh se .......
300: Inmate Central, RE: I found padded seats quite painful (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-10, 07:46:08 (50.237.249.54)
I ended up with a Brooks on my commuter bike (Raleigh Tri-Lite hybrid aluminum/steel). They're not for everyone, tho, and I had to go with a little padding on my very stiff Canondale frame. Selle San .......
301: Inmate Central, RE: Jokes (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-10, 07:40:18 (50.237.249.54)
My Mom's boss always told the worst, corny jokes. She finally figured him out when she looked through a copy of my Boy's Life (the Boy Scout magazine). His sons were scouts too, and he stole all of hi .......
302: Inmate Central, Finally getting our side of beef; 11 week wait (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-10, 07:16:49 (50.237.249.54)
vs the estimate of 6-8 weeks - unusually long - when we ordered. I'm kind of surprised it came in as early as it did. I'll probably order again for next spring while I'm at the locker, if they are tak .......
303: Inmate Central, RE: no sense of humor? nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-09, 13:59:44 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
304: Inmate Central, RE: did I accidentally (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-09, 13:17:54 (50.237.249.54)
stumble into an Evangelical theology forum ;) .......
305: Inmate Central, RE: Harvey (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-09, 07:33:00 (50.237.249.54)
Quite a line-up on TCM last night; Harvey, Bringing Up Baby, Night at the Opera. Good stuff. .......
306: Inmate Central, RE: it is on the list to look at (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-08, 16:32:42 (73.176.229.164)
whenever anybody has stock again I haven't liked DAO autos I have tried. If I'm stuck with a no manual safety DAO I'm more likely to go with a wheel gun magnum. Extra power, better action, and more re .......
307: Inmate Central, RE: yep (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-08, 10:10:22 (50.237.249.54)
I went to rounding up (card), over 20% back in '08 when the economy tanked and service sector employees were taking it on the chin. I'm now 25% (usually more), particularly for low $ meals, where I'll .......
308: Inmate Central, RE: .380 vs 9 (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-08, 07:33:27 (107.77.210.128)
I've been looking at the newer 9mm versions of these small carry pistols by Kimber/ Sig/ Springfield Armory. Not really for the extra power, the ammo is cheaper and easier to find. And I already do 9m .......
309: Inmate Central, RE: I've got a 1988 Canondale hanging in the garage (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-08, 07:23:31 (50.237.249.54)
back in the day I stripped it down and put a mix of Campagnola Record and Chorus parts on it, but with an indexed Suntour (remember them?) rear cluster and shifter. Built my own wheels, Mavic MA40 rim .......
310: Inmate Central, RE: corruption is as corruption does (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-07, 19:53:56 (73.176.229.164)
I've seen examples of worse; agent shows neighbor small pic of M16 rifle and asks if subject has one, neighbor says yes (looks like subjects legal AR15). Subject raided, arrested. When evidence Does n .......
311: Inmate Central, RE: I always remember the late US senator from Illinois, Paul Simon (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-07, 17:58:10 (73.176.229.164)
I called his office and asked for the text - I had a bar bet riding on it. Sure enough, it COULD be interpreted that way, easily. Broad enough to drive a truck - er, mobile self powered magazine mater .......
312: Inmate Central, RE: Henry Clay, (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-07, 12:08:54 (50.237.249.54)
popularly known at the time as "the Kentucky 'coon". When he ran for president in 1844, his supporters made up campaign flags picturing a raccoon eating poke ("Polk") berries. Kinda funny, in the cont .......
313: Inmate Central, RE: but will the back end burst into flame now and then? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-07, 11:46:55 (50.237.249.54)
If you're going to do nostalgia, do it right. Electric might be just the thing! I recall seeing three or four burning, the last one a late model around 1994. A family pulled into a hotel parking lot, .......
314: Inmate Central, RE: I always remember the late US senator from Illinois, Paul Simon (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-07, 11:37:10 (50.237.249.54)
introduced a bill which would make possession of tools and materials to make a firearm magazine a Federal felony, 10-year minimum sentence. So basically, if you simultaneously possessed a screwdriver, .......
315: Inmate Central, RE: Firearms, too much booze, and positions of authority (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-07, 08:41:55 (50.237.249.54)
all often reveal the true person .......
316: Inmate Central, RE: a good one (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-07, 08:40:05 (50.237.249.54)
my wife has a copy, I skimmed it briefly. It's in my deep, deep pile of books to read, that will still be there upon my passing; it grows faster than I can deplete it. Always thought it ironic that Al .......
317: Inmate Central, RE: my experience was pretty much the opposite (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-07, 08:09:50 (50.237.249.54)
In my 20's I briefly joined a club, 50-foot pistol bullseye shooting at a park district owned indoor range (facility used to be a boys' military school). You had to pass two 13-week instructional cour .......
318: Inmate Central, RE: Jizzlay Milfwell to be arraigned on Friday (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-07, 07:25:07 (107.77.207.195)
Nah, she's safe .......
319: Inmate Central, RE: coyotes here are overpopulated, they sweep up all the cats (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-06, 13:48:05 (50.237.249.54)
folks have quit letting their cats out at night, it's only a matter of time before they're dinner .......
320: Inmate Central, RE: Ruger makes your LCRX (and the LCR) in 327 (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-06, 08:17:50 (50.237.249.54)
6 rounds in the cylinder, vs 5 in the 38/357 version. The cartridge has been around 12-13 years, starting to gain some traction. The reviewers seem to think it's an excellent cartridge. .......
321: Inmate Central, RE: Nothing like a .22LR that you like shooting (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-06, 07:20:08 (50.237.249.54)
You want to practice because it's fun, and the rounds are cheap enough you don't think twice about burning through them. I've got a Ruger MkII "Government Target Model" pistol that's stooopid accurate .......
322: Inmate Central, RE: I've always been enamored of hot 30-ish pistol rounds (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-06, 07:11:14 (50.237.249.54)
30 Mauser, 7.62x25 Tokarev. Decent power and flat trajectory. The 32 H&R magnum was a step in the right direction, but I think the 327 mag gets it right. Too bad revolvers are out of fashion right no .......
323: Inmate Central, RE: Power washing here too (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-06, 05:04:38 (73.176.229.164)
Some drunk must have hit a power pole, power went out A few times briefly early Sunday AM. .......
324: Inmate Central, RE:so, I'm untermensch? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-05, 17:46:15 (73.176.229.164)
geez, this is too easy You folks really need to be careful of the ideology you adopt. It isn't pretty. .......
325: Inmate Central, RE: "being decent" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-05, 16:01:12 (73.176.229.164)
I suppose if I don't meekly submit to your political norms in all venues of public life, I'm not 'decent' Am I at Liberty, or am I not? Am I "allowed" to dissent? .......
326: Inmate Central, RE: Getting played - again (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-05, 15:52:25 (73.176.229.164)
That's their response. I have been saying it since the 2016 election; that's why Trump won. Who votes for somebody who calls you 'deplorable'? Would you? The Left's rhetoric towards ANY opposition is .......
327: Inmate Central, RE: How do they get like that? Easy. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-05, 15:33:14 (73.176.229.164)
5-6 years of being told they're deplorable, racist, bigots, evil, stupid, irredeemable, yada yada. To them it's push back against just more mean spirited slights and exclusion from the Left, particul .......
328: Inmate Central, RE: Suburban deer (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-04, 10:32:26 (73.176.229.164)
are essentially rats with antlers. No predators, they overpopulate and become very destructive finding food, and can wreck landscaping overnight. We are still rural enough that they have plenty of gr .......
329: Inmate Central, I know fashions come and go, and sometimes come back, but (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-04, 00:02:56 (73.176.229.164)
I never would have thought "separate but equal" would return. There were always fringe separatists, but never thought segregation would come back. At least it isn't disco. .......
330: Inmate Central, RE: Yep. I've seen it at the Illinois National Guard Museum (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-02, 17:40:29 (107.77.207.195)
Great story. Four (I think) Illinois volunteers captured his carriage, found his wooden leg, his gold, and his chicken dinner. They ate the chicken, gave the leg to the state, and the gold to the Fed .......
331: Inmate Central, RE: let me know when and where; I'll bring marshmallows (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-02, 08:12:22 (50.237.249.54)
if we can't stop the inevitable tyranny we might as well relax and enjoy it .......
332: Inmate Central, RE: they were both "in" when the season ended (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-02, 08:05:14 (50.237.249.54)
we will see if they really do the playoffs, or not I'm half happy my Blackhawks are in the "play-in", half unhappy because there's no damned way they would have made the post season this year, so it w .......
333: Inmate Central, RE: the period from roughly 1820-1856 is fascinating (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-02, 07:25:51 (50.237.249.54)
but gets short shrift in 'popular' history. Texas independence/annexation, the Mexican War, and the ham-handed Jackson are about all you hear about. Speaking of the Mexican war, a local civil war arti .......
334: Inmate Central, RE: Dammit, now I'm looking at new lenses nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 21:36:14 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
335: Inmate Central, RE: showed me the error? You simply followed with another inapplicable comparison (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 18:14:21 (73.176.229.164)
I simply don't see how they can be historical precedents for today's indiscriminate looting and rioting. [edit - I'm not talking about the protest, which is wholly justified] I'm not saying everybody .......
336: Inmate Central, RE: hold on; first I am a nit-picker, then I am vague? Maybe I should just argue with myself (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 15:38:11 (107.77.207.195)
might make more sense than you do sometimes ;) I think people recognize the issues that started BLM and agree with them. But I doubt all but a fraction approve of the violence. Real world - people who .......
337: Inmate Central, RE: throwing the baby out with the bath water (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 13:16:58 (50.237.249.54)
No question we have problems to be overcome. But it seems that every 50 years or so, we take a step back 50 years. Some gains will be made, but gains made with intimidation and violence against fellow .......
338: Inmate Central, RE: probably more than one source nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 13:01:56 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
339: Inmate Central, RE: the Bokeh 'king' (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 12:42:27 (50.237.249.54)
Canon 50/1.8 - what a great lens. My daughter uses it a LOT on her DSLR. I have the original, the type 1 chrome in Leica thread mount. Heavy but stupid good for b&w (single coating), and I like the ' .......
340: Inmate Central, RE: of course. But you brought up the Boston Tea Party (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 11:55:57 (50.237.249.54)
Again, the Stamp Act riots were specific issue driven, and targeted specific institutions. .......
341: Inmate Central, RE: a singular action against a specific government target for a defined purpose (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 11:32:27 (50.237.249.54)
isn't a riot, and people comparing today's riots to the Boston Tea Party are just fooling themselves. .......
342: Inmate Central, RE: Olney, Illinois (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 11:03:56 (50.237.249.54)
is known for its white squirrels. I have relatives around there; they say the population is much reduced now, being driven out by gray squirrels. .......
343: Inmate Central, RE: the "gag rule", violence (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 10:49:44 (50.237.249.54)
abolitionist petitions were automatically "tabled"; rolled up, tied with red ribbon "tape" (yes, that's where the phrase "red tape" originates), and stored in wicker baskets in the Library of Congress .......
344: Inmate Central, RE: the Bokeh 'king' (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-07-01, 10:24:43 (50.237.249.54)
Leica folks say it's the Leica M-Summicron 35mm version IV. I've got a well worn version III, almost as good and maybe 60% of the price. Alas, no scans handy. .......
345: Inmate Central, RE: and Johnny Mandel too; bad day for Show of Shows alumni nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-30, 14:15:35 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
346: Inmate Central, RE: Now to something really important: cars. $130. For a diagnostic. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-30, 09:50:06 (50.237.249.54)
Fees are pretty much the usual, I have to pay it for unknown faults. I bought a scanner to figure out what my problems are before I go in, and I have a mechanic that will fix minor issues based on my .......
347: Inmate Central, RE: yeah. makes sense (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-29, 11:01:47 (50.237.249.54)
as steroids reduce inflammation, one of the major issues in life threatening COVID cases my daughter got IV steroids when she had it; seemed to help more than anything else .......
348: Inmate Central, RE: gee, let's worry about peaceful protesters, exhume a 25-yo tragedy, and ignore those burning our cities now (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-29, 10:32:48 (50.237.249.54)
the Right wing nutjobs aren't the problem right now. They're sitting this out. The Left wing nutjobs are everything they accuse the Right of being. .......
349: Inmate Central, RE: I got 15% prorated for 2 months from Country Companies nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-27, 19:40:38 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
350: Inmate Central, RE: +1; it's the only way we cook salmon now nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-27, 15:59:38 (107.77.207.195)
z .......
351: Inmate Central, RE: CA grid can't support demand now, and the enviromob won't let them update it (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-27, 08:09:47 (73.176.229.164)
And they want to add all of this demand to the system. Right. .......
352: Inmate Central, RE: a while back our next door neighbor and his early 20's son (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-26, 11:20:35 (50.237.249.54)
were both arrested for drunk and disorderly. Same night, different towns. Wife came from money, he's just a boorish redneck living in a nice neighborhood. They keep animals, poorly, county had to get .......
353: Inmate Central, RE: There is some amazing, and some bizarre beer out there! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-26, 08:32:23 (50.237.249.54)
The Aberlour scotch whiskey distillery is close to the factory where Walker's shortbread cookies are made. Years ago, we bought a bottle of Aberlour scotch (their cheapest 10 year old), and it tasted .......
354: Inmate Central, RE: Throwback to 1973.... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-24, 06:48:58 (50.237.249.54)
Thibaud? NICE! .......
355: Inmate Central, RE: he is pretty much spot on, but (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-23, 13:49:42 (50.237.249.54)
how could he go through all of that and omit the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968? .......
356: Inmate Central, RE: More pandemic fall-out that I hadn't thought about... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-22, 09:46:31 (50.237.249.54)
After spending decades teaching in higher education, my wife has been able to correlate the level of sickness that spreads through the student body with the weather. The warmer the weather, the higher .......
357: Inmate Central, RE: Nice. I assume it is capable of manual focus through the eyepiece (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-20, 09:18:57 (73.176.229.164)
With the simulated rangefinder patch in the corner of the optical viewer? Tried it with the Leica glass yet? Seems like a possibility for using M glass without dropping big bucks on a digital M. Just .......
358: Inmate Central, RE: +1 /nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-19, 11:41:53 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
359: Inmate Central, Anybody else notice that "tolerance" has left the contemporary lexicon (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-19, 09:04:35 (73.176.229.164)
so fast, it must have had rocket boosters? And nearly as quickly replaced by an enforced conformity. .......
360: Inmate Central, Happy birthday! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-18, 10:15:27 (73.176.229.164)
I'm relatively young at 57. When I look back at my old posts here (different monicker), I wonder how I had time and energy for the DIY I did. Then I realize I was in my late 30's and early forties. T .......
361: Inmate Central, RE: Too tedious for a rare day off work, but a quick current example (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-17, 11:40:53 (73.176.229.164)
is google demonetizing (later reduced to a threat) thefederalist.com at the behest of some Left group (The Center for Digital Hate; Brit based). It allegedly over the comments left by readers, vs the .......
362: Inmate Central, RE: the unfortunate bit is (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-17, 10:10:27 (73.176.229.164)
that many "rights" movements have morphed (or been coopted) into demanding reductions in civil rights - speech, press, religion, assembly, arms, search & seizure, property, equal protection etc for th .......
363: Inmate Central, RE: that's the north of the border white privilege (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-17, 07:59:35 (73.176.229.164)
Mowing them down .......
364: Inmate Central, RE: it will last as long as (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-17, 07:25:37 (73.176.229.164)
it can be used to intimidate, with the teeth of doxing/ boycott/ job loss behind it Once the masses ignore it as mere name calling and it loses its teeth, it will pass. But it is much too powerful a t .......
365: Inmate Central, RE: Outdated brand image? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-17, 06:38:06 (73.176.229.164)
Rural white landowners or their cabins are often depicted. Their ancestors stole the land from the Native Americans. That's white privilege slowly dripping into those buckets there. If things keep go .......
366: Inmate Central, RE: I wouldn't be sure they knew what he brandished; are you asking the cop to bet his life? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-16, 13:40:25 (50.237.249.54)
if: taser taken from cop A in a struggle, perp runs then points taser at cop B Maybe, even likely, cop B didn't know WHAT the perp took from cop A. All he saw was a struggle for a weapon. Are you goin .......
367: General Asylum, RE: Thanks. It does, actually (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-16, 10:47:13 (50.237.249.54)
A little wooly in the bass, but livable. Maybe when I'm retired I'll put a bit more effort into stiffening them up. Nearly all DIY/modded gear now. Every year I go to an audio show, the replacement c .......
368: General Asylum, RE: and console (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-15, 12:37:17 (50.237.249.54)
bays are a bit narrow for "standard" modern components, but other than digital I'm vintage or DIY anyway .......
369: General Asylum, RE: '62 Acusti-Craft speakers (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-15, 12:35:35 (50.237.249.54)
one speaker; Edgar tractrix horn on top is not vintage. JBL 136a in the box. .......
370: Inmate Central, RE: Can't wait for the next installment, when our idealistic young protagonist (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-14, 11:06:11 (73.176.229.164)
And his apparatchik boss are taken out to the alley by the Red Guards/ Sturmabteilung/ Khmer Rouge/ Blackshirts (or whatever they're called this round) and shot in the back of the head with a small ca .......
371: Inmate Central, RE: we are trying to fashion a decent lower carb crust (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-13, 10:04:11 (73.176.229.164)
It isn't easy. Best so far is 2 cups 'carb quick' brand low carb "flour", 1 cup whole wheat, 1 cup all purpose. 2 teaspoons sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, oil, and yeast. Makes a pretty big deep dish pizz .......
372: Inmate Central, RE: indeed, before my wife had her bariatric surgery, not a wrinkle to be found (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-13, 09:45:18 (73.176.229.164)
Pushing the wrinkles out from the inside. She didn't have any face work after the weight loss, so time has caught up to her a bit. But below the neck, she required lots of skin reductions and tighten .......
373: Inmate Central, No, a state trooper shot a rancher three times in the back at a traffic stop (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-13, 08:54:50 (73.176.229.164)
Trooper wasn't prosecuted for that killing, but was for failing to disclose that he actually fired five rounds, and missed twice .......
374: Inmate Central, RE: +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-12, 19:20:04 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
375: Inmate Central, RE: 2 of my cousins, working for my uncle's business, bought a pair of X1/9s as 'company cars' (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-12, 11:14:28 (73.176.229.164)
Really cool, good handling cars, but between the two of them, they had at best just one running, maybe 75% of the time. After having to borrow my uncles old International pickup truck to take girls o .......
376: Inmate Central, RE: that sentiment seems to not be an option in this brave new world (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-11, 11:00:28 (73.176.229.164)
you express appropriate outrage, or you're finished There's more than a whiff of Mao in the air .......
377: Inmate Central, RE: my worst, I got it off of a deer I hit with my car (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-09, 09:27:42 (50.237.249.54)
Beautiful 12-point buck; it was a hot August evening, so we had to work quick to dress and get him in a spare fridge we had. We were hanging him in the garage, rope over a joist, and he was heavy; I w .......
378: Inmate Central, RE: false dichotomy (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-09, 09:15:21 (50.237.249.54)
Of course I'm not satisfied with the status quo. Hardly anyone is. Unilateral disarmament of officers is not the answer. They have to be able to protect themselves, and others. Around here - and in ma .......
379: Inmate Central, RE: governments with weak police forces (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-09, 09:05:51 (50.237.249.54)
create a power vacuum that is always filled, and never by the good guys. Wide swaths of Mexico are ruled by the cartels; 1920's Chicago was run by Capone's mob; republican post-czarist Russia was swep .......
380: Inmate Central, RE: guns on every call (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-09, 08:40:40 (50.237.249.54)
because ANY call, no matter how minor, may lead to violence against the officer(s) Ask any cop. It might not be the call itself, might be the 2nd cousin once removed of the neighbor across the street .......
381: Inmate Central, RE: Yep. Goggles (or at least glasses) too (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-09, 06:54:58 (50.237.249.54)
Even if the PI trunks are big, I would still recommend a hand saw vs any power equipment. Even with a string trimmer, I stop and pull it (gloves and long sleeves) rather than sling it around. Roundup .......
382: Inmate Central, RE: Hops cover up a multitude of sins in bad beer (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-08, 07:55:34 (50.237.249.54)
IPA's and the current uber-hops trend came about because the "in crowd" microbreweries offered it up to the unsuspecting masses. If the "cool" mircrobrew is nearly a hop tea, well, then that's the fav .......
383: Inmate Central, RE: +1 nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-06, 19:37:23 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
384: Inmate Central, Ah. We trumpet players called the single reed players (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-06, 17:30:39 (73.176.229.164)
"Targets" ;) .......
385: Inmate Central, RE: LOL; low brass player? Nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-06, 11:47:05 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
386: Inmate Central, RE: that's an awfully fancy pot still nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-05, 14:49:46 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
387: Inmate Central, RE: We have discovered that (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-05, 07:09:08 (50.237.249.54)
dining out is quite expensive, and with a few exceptions, my wife is a much better cook. We have converted our dining out budget to booze $$, buying much better wine and liquor. Better for our limite .......
388: Inmate Central, Old school Alinsky acolytes (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-04, 20:39:38 (73.176.229.164)
Back at college in Illinois in the mid '80s there were 3 or 4 honest to goodness Saul Alinsky acolytes. They would hang out on the quad, particularly the first month or so of school. All older gentlem .......
389: Inmate Central, RE: LOL! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-04, 12:38:33 (50.237.249.54)
I count my blessings in the marriage arena. ok, 95% was hyperbole; and agreement in context, of course. But it's the kind of thing a history and politics geek like me - but nobody else - will pay atte .......
390: Inmate Central, RE: unfortunately (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-04, 11:43:30 (107.77.208.78)
You can't parse things that finely for a visual intended for mass consumption. I get his point. But I'll wager 95% of his fellow NFL kneelers had no clue of which specific phrases he was protesting. .......
391: Inmate Central, RE: Yes, they can. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-04, 10:53:53 (50.237.249.54)
If he doesn't get the outrage of denigrating the sacrifice of those who died for our freedom, is he really any different than those who don't recognize the tragedy of police brutality against African .......
392: Inmate Central, RE: Yes, they can. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-04, 10:17:06 (50.237.249.54)
If they want to influence others, they need to consider others and not just themselves. What Kaepernick did was needlessly and outrageously offensive - ironically to many who actually agree with him. .......
393: Inmate Central, RE: you're deluding yourself; you are REQUIRED to have an opinion (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-04, 08:22:02 (50.237.249.54)
and it had damned well be the one you have been told to have, or you're finished .......
394: Inmate Central, RE: very nice nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-04, 08:09:42 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
395: Inmate Central, RE: LOL (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-04, 07:13:05 (50.237.249.54)
Good one. Nearly spit my coffee out on my monitor. .......
396: Inmate Central, RE: the new European pedestrian safety rules (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-03, 09:05:29 (50.237.249.54)
are bulging out the front ends of new designs, and I think the stylists are having a rough time. most of it is fugly .......
397: Inmate Central, RE: "batteries could also be charged using surplus renewable electricity" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-03, 09:00:43 (50.237.249.54)
Unless you're in an area with hydroelectric power - nope. Or we would have already closed all the power plants. My opinion is that it will be too capital intensive - changing stations, stock of batter .......
398: Inmate Central, RE: very nicely played nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-03, 07:13:29 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
399: Inmate Central, Last US Civil War pension recipient has died (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-03, 07:11:58 (50.237.249.54)
The disabled child of a veteran. .......
400: Inmate Central, Rent a U-Haul out of state: $100 (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-03, 07:00:49 (50.237.249.54)
Pallet of bricks for the riot & looting: $350 The Feds waiting for you when you return the U-Haul: PRICELESS .......
401: Inmate Central, RE: Velvet? I'm getting a whiff of Mao (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-03, 06:55:34 (50.237.249.54)
particularly from some of the leadership. If you don't act/speak/THINK in the way you're told to, you're done. This was a moment to bring America together. Everybody was appalled by Floyd's death. The .......
402: Inmate Central, RE: it's even in Wikipedia; see section "Relations with the West" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-01, 13:33:35 (50.237.249.54)
there's more out there, if you're interested in looking. Alas, I really should be working... .......
403: Inmate Central, RE: massive cluster (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-01, 13:21:51 (50.237.249.54)
Kaddahfi/Gaddafi knuckled under and was cooperating with the US. Then Hillary as Sec of State coordinated and funded his removal. And continues to brag about it. If you were a bad actor dictator, woul .......
404: Inmate Central, RE: AntiFa was more organzed here than law enforcement (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-01, 10:38:34 (50.237.249.54)
they showed up with trailers of bricks, crowbars, hammers, and milk (for the teargas), and had a list of specific businesses and institutions to be targeted. They actively directed the wannabe revolut .......
405: Inmate Central, RE: 1986 I think, a mixed race group of us tried to go see Farrakahn speak on campus; they wouldn't let Whites in (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-01, 10:28:57 (50.237.249.54)
in spite of it being a state University sponsored and paid event. We watched through an open door; he played a tape of Kaddahfi calling on Black soldiers in the US to rise up and kill their White offi .......
406: Inmate Central, RE: downtown area was busted up (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-01, 08:59:24 (50.237.249.54)
The local cops know my daughter as a photographer, so they left her alone and let her move about, crossing their lines. State cops and National Guard were too busy elsewhere to care. She has facial pi .......
407: Inmate Central, RE: my wife and I are still trying to determine if she's fearless, stupid, or just nuts (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-01, 07:31:56 (50.237.249.54)
She got nearly that close to a wolf in the wild - same 85mm lens. .......
408: Inmate Central, RE: she usually works 35 & 85mm primes; this one was 85mm, full frame (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-06-01, 07:06:57 (50.237.249.54)
she figured 35mm wide angle was a bit too close for comfort she grew up shooting a film rangefinder, and she shoots with a rangefinder street photographer approach .......
409: Inmate Central, Riots in Aurora, IL, SW Chicago burb (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-31, 21:02:50 (73.176.229.164)
My daughter's pic of a burning squad car got picked up by some of the Chicago TV stations .......
410: Inmate Central, RE: addendum: mayor Lightfoot - "organized assembly line looting" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-31, 13:46:06 (73.176.229.164)
last night, complete with fleets of U-Hauls .......
411: Inmate Central, RE: Yeah, pretty much is the message. Brief lip service about violence, blame outsiders, then 5 minutes of lecture (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-31, 13:42:14 (73.176.229.164)
about how social injustices created all of this, and it's understandable. If I was a rioter, I would interpret it as I'm not going to get prosecuted. Probably not much else on, I just came in from wo .......
412: Inmate Central, RE: Speaking of Smollette, state's attorney Kim Foxx is in front of the camera whipping them up (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-31, 13:27:51 (73.176.229.164)
Going on and on about racial injustice justifying the mess in Chicago Pathetic .......
413: Inmate Central, RE: probably after that big nut under that hat ;) (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-30, 11:40:20 (73.176.229.164)
neat pic .......
414: Inmate Central, RE: why pay somebody to lie to us? I'm sure they will do it for free, with China paying the bills nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-30, 09:40:31 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
415: Inmate Central, RE: rule of thirds applies to Cops, just like everybody else (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-30, 06:58:05 (73.176.229.164)
In the US revolution, one third were patriots, one third were loyalists, and one third didn't care and just went along with the side in power. My experience with Cops - friends, family, interactions - .......
416: Inmate Central, RE: Cop racism swings both ways (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-30, 06:46:14 (73.176.229.164)
My daughter was involved in a car accident; undocumented unlicensed uninsured immigrant sideswiped my daughter's car and bounced into a tree. His daughter, not wearing a seatbelt, hit the dash and mes .......
417: Inmate Central, RE: Thanks. Sorry if i came across as grumpy (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-29, 11:09:24 (107.77.210.91)
Blood sugar drop before lunch. And get off my lawn. .......
418: Inmate Central, RE: geez, can you do the absolute minimum of checking before posting incindiary BS? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-29, 10:32:57 (50.237.249.54)
I'm not particularly a fan of Snopes, but it's probably got the most following. It's a lots of other media outlets, too. .......
419: Inmate Central, RE: I live in Minneapolis and you don't know the history here.... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-28, 07:57:24 (50.237.249.54)
I've read a couple of comments from former LEOs in Minnesota that they looked upon Minneapolis cops as "cowboys" that they never wanted to have to work with, for fear of having the sh** splash on them .......
420: Inmate Central, RE: I didn't see him resist in the videos recently released (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-28, 00:39:47 (73.176.229.164)
He was walking oddly tho, and fell down next to the police vehicle, looked like he fell as he stepped down from the curb. That's why he was on the ground; not taken down resisting. Maybe because he .......
421: Inmate Central, RE: around 1979 or 1980 (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-27, 18:28:26 (73.176.229.164)
There was a poster of Pat Benatar, bent over at a ballet rail, by the door at a local record store. Tradition was to give her a pat on the bottom for good luck on the way out. Stevie Nicks never did .......
422: Inmate Central, RE: unwarranted, unequally applied heavy handedness has made a lot of people skeptical (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-27, 08:24:10 (50.237.249.54)
once the jackboot is on your neck, it's hard to trust the people wearing said boots besides, I thought vaccinations really don't matter. at least that's what we're told about illegal immigrants. (I d .......
423: Inmate Central, RE: if you can afford to slow down (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-27, 07:08:21 (50.237.249.54)
a good handheld light meter can really improve results, even with the new-fangled digital gear. 100% manual settings, of course. In-camera meters are still handy for long lens work, tho, particularly .......
424: Inmate Central, My mom is watching a TV series, has a character w/ my name; her damned Alexa has been calling me all day (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-25, 21:40:06 (73.176.229.164)
Probably because she's more than half deaf and the volume is cranked waaaay up .......
425: Inmate Central, RE: only played Taps once today (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-25, 21:21:06 (73.176.229.164)
Out on the back deck for the 3 pm Bugles Across America First time in 18 years I didn't do the "taps tour" with my re-enactment group. We usually go to 12-13 cemeteries where men of the 104th Illinoi .......
426: Inmate Central, RE: The shift begins... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-22, 22:06:44 (73.176.229.164)
One of the tech giants keeps dangling a Bay Area job in front of my daughter. She won't bite, will settle for far less $ in the Midwest. Everything in a holding pattern now, of course. .......
427: Inmate Central, RE: Indeed. What a difference that year made (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-20, 10:29:26 (50.237.249.54)
Geography can make a big difference too; I went to work in a rural area out of college. All of the girls that went off to college didn't come back, the ladies left were either just 18 and chasing thei .......
428: Inmate Central, RE: Or far SW 'burbs of Chicago, Chevy Impala straight 6 no A/C (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-20, 09:29:51 (50.237.249.54)
Slow family boat, and hot in the summer. Big back seat, but of absolutely no use to me. .......
429: Inmate Central, RE: +1 (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-18, 06:35:45 (50.237.249.54)
I've used it on two cars; easy, quick, cheap. I have two summers so far on one recharge, one on the other. .......
430: Inmate Central, RE: It's happened to me with LPs. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-17, 14:01:11 (73.176.229.164)
I still have horns in the living room, but she keeps moving a sofa in front of the left speaker so the dog can get up and look out the window In my only cull, I tossed some thrift store records I had .......
431: Inmate Central, RE: Her: "go get X in the garage"; me: "you made me throw it out"; her: "NO I DIDN'T" nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-17, 13:55:54 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
432: Inmate Central, RE: a girlfriend's mom drove a Le Car in Boston (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-17, 06:59:03 (107.77.207.4)
poor little thing got so beat up the body looked like a piece of tin foil somebody wadded up and tried to flatten out .......
433: Inmate Central, RE: at work a machinist on the off shift drives a decent 280Z, daily driver (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-17, 06:55:20 (107.77.207.4)
tho he doesn't drive it much in the winter. .......
434: Inmate Central, RE: watching Mascots nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-16, 20:20:33 (73.176.229.164)
z .......
435: Inmate Central, RE: one if the best (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-15, 10:28:53 (107.77.207.141)
Provided neutral TV watching with my daughter during her difficult years. .......
436: Inmate Central, RE: "Illinois, where our governors make our license plates" nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-15, 07:40:00 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
437: Inmate Central, RE: For those of you unfamiliar with Mr Bell (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-15, 06:37:05 (50.237.249.54)
He played Bozo the Clown in the Chicago market for decades, on WGN TV. Immensely popular, waits to get in to the studio audience were years long. Young couples would put their engagement announceme .......
438: Inmate Central, For you Chicago boomers out there (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-14, 18:07:15 (73.176.229.164)
I was asked to submit names of historical Illinois personalities for recognition by some committee putting together a program. In the middle of the list, I wrote "Bob Bell, for his influential exampl .......
439: Inmate Central, RE: where my wife fears my tube amp projects are ultimately going to end up (nt) (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-14, 08:13:25 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
440: Classical Court, RE: yeah, I heard that one too (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-13, 12:07:36 (50.237.249.54)
Shosti 15 was the last thing I saw him conduct. Too bad. I always wondered why he ended his short "emeritus" season with that one. .......
441: Classical Court, RE: blaring brass (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-13, 11:21:31 (50.237.249.54)
I always thought the brass in his Wagner gave the recordings an earthy, pagan feel; majestic yes, but with a raw, crass edge. I like that interpretation of Wagner. I'll just sit back and prepared to b .......
442: Classical Court, RE: I've told this story here before, but not for a while (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-13, 08:59:12 (50.237.249.54)
I was in the audience one of the nights (late 1991 I think) Solti was trying to record La Mer; Orchestra Hall has to have meat bags in the seats to sound good. Before beginning, he asked the audience .......
443: Inmate Central, RE: I would think that taking Britney away is worth at least half that nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-13, 08:28:00 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
444: Inmate Central, RE: Coyotes and rabbits (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-12, 14:56:51 (50.237.249.54)
Weasels are tough critters to deal with. We have a fox that spends a couple of years in the neighborhood cleaning out rabbits and squirrels; almost exterminates them, then leaves for another hunting .......
445: Inmate Central, RE: Local meat lockers are sold out through the end of the year (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-12, 08:51:16 (50.237.249.54)
and not taking any more orders. Everybody rushed out to buy freezer meat. Long waits. We're lucky, only 5-7 weeks out for us for a side of grass fed, grain finished beef (fingers crossed; we have abou .......
446: Inmate Central, RE: Maratac is the latest inexpensive self-winder overseas (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-12, 06:39:02 (50.237.249.54)
Provided by DoD for allied forces and contractors in the Mideast and Afghanistan, and for private purchase. Large black face 'pilot' style, stainless steel, sapphire crystal, has a small Citizen pocke .......
447: Inmate Central, RE: old rec.audio.tubes jokes about Phillips bulbs (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-11, 08:36:26 (50.237.249.54)
guys used to joke that Phillips bought up every crappy Eastern bloc vacuum tube factory that us audiophools complained about, and turned them into crappy light bulb factories .......
448: Inmate Central, RE: every fall, we had a nearly 100% incandescent fail (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-11, 08:30:53 (50.237.249.54)
the bulbs were used to summer season voltages of 117-120 at the wall, when everybody ran their A/C. In the fall, the utility wouldn't ramp down their capacity right away - in case an "Indian summer" h .......
449: Inmate Central, RE: likely too small for me too :) nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-11, 08:23:52 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
450: Inmate Central, RE: aaaaand the executive in an expensive suit pushes grandma over the edge of a cliff in her wheelchair (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-11, 07:25:07 (50.237.249.54)
must be an election year .......
451: Inmate Central, RE: My theory is that both Elvis and Liberace are alive (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-11, 07:07:18 (50.237.249.54)
one of the best April Fool's jokes on the radio was in the late '80s, reporting that Elvis had come out of hiding and had signed to play third base for the Cubs even dead, he probably wouldn't have be .......
452: Inmate Central, RE: no, never made it that far north on the continent. But (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-09, 22:07:18 (73.176.229.164)
she was simply gorgeous. And a very lovely person. A loss to wherever she left. .......
453: Inmate Central, RE: used to work for a BIG European corp, one of their expat engineers on assignment here (US) was Danish (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-09, 19:32:15 (73.176.229.164)
A young-ish, stereotypically hot blonde young lady. INCREDIBLY bitter. She worked her ass off to get that engineering degree, while her peers partied. After taxes, she had nothing more to show for it .......
454: Inmate Central, RE: Some of those "Good People" (Ahmaud Arbery lynchers) (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 23:17:39 (73.176.229.164)
If I am reading it correctly, a gun was stolen from a vehicle outside the father's house? Perhaps a personal revenge issue here against the perceived perpetrator? Idiots. How he hell did this guy last .......
455: Inmate Central, Farmers in central IL are selling hogs to anybody for just $50 cash (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 20:19:10 (73.176.229.164)
Live, of course. Buyer has to deal with slaughter, butchering and curing. Good luck with that. The local independent lockers are booked for months. .......
456: Inmate Central, RE: yeah, I know all about it. I have posted here in the past that my daughter is immuno-compromised (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 14:09:34 (50.237.249.54)
I support mandatory vaccinations. But you were being such a horse's ass, I strung you along for a while. And you did not disappoint. Chill, dude. .......
457: Inmate Central, RE: the only one I miss is the local Greek smorgasbord that shut down 15 years ago or so (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 13:08:38 (50.237.249.54)
Yeah, Greeks running a Scandinavian style smorgasbord - friends of the family. Well run, maintained, and clean. Good food (not great, but a few items were), almost always busy. Long waits Sunday after .......
458: Inmate Central, RE: So, if you get vaccinated and some moron does not, how does he/she kill you? (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 09:09:16 (50.237.249.54)
Oh, I get it, you think some big bad Republofascist will withhold vaccines from you 'cause you're Blue. Me thinks you are projecting your dystopian fantasy here. Republicans are Americans too, and don .......
459: Inmate Central, RE: I am (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 08:32:42 (50.237.249.54)
Vaccines aren't limited to America's abilities to develop. Though I figure we are most likely to do so. Won't vaccinate? Ok, go ahead and die. 50 years of my body, my choice precedence, right? Or, is .......
460: Inmate Central, RE: until a vaccine is available and widely distributed (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 07:38:31 (50.237.249.54)
folks will stay home. Or a positive blood test result; then, why even bother wearing a mask? To make others comfortable? .......
461: Inmate Central, RE: smart; making the best of a bad situation (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 07:35:00 (50.237.249.54)
At least his employees are going to do ok. But I would imagine most businesses are not in as good a place. I figure dine in restaurants will suffer until a vaccine and blood tests are widely available .......
462: Inmate Central, RE: if he wasn't Catholic, I would say Delaware already has a groping, hair sniffing WASP (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 07:14:32 (50.237.249.54)
relax folks, it's just a joke .......
463: Inmate Central, RE: Does knowingly perpetuating a fraud to the courts, Congress, and the people (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-08, 06:28:51 (50.237.249.54)
in order to remove the head of state rise to the legal definition of domestic insurrection? Regardless of where you land on the political spectrum, you should be concerned about the crimes committed t .......
464: Inmate Central, RE: I think that the quality of his work impunes itself (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-07, 07:27:50 (50.237.249.54)
who cares who he sleeps with? other than the husband of his mistress. maybe. .......
465: Inmate Central, RE: Yep. Lash LaRue it was. Didn't stick too bad tho (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-06, 14:50:17 (50.237.249.54)
Not enough kids knew who LaRue was in the late '70s. But it's been a good inside joke for decades now. .......
466: Inmate Central, RE: Eyelashes some women would pay for. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-06, 14:21:39 (50.237.249.54)
when I was a 15 y.o. high school freshman, I was in the spring musical. for dress rehearsal, they had all the girls do all the guys makeup. an older girl started on me, stopped and shouted "GIRLS! Com .......
467: Inmate Central, RE: LOL! Nice catch nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-06, 09:39:59 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
468: Inmate Central, RE: LOL (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-05, 15:03:33 (50.237.249.54)
No, glycerin is a byproduct of Bio-diesel. It's also a byproduct of some tallow processes. My problem with Bio-diesel is that it's burning food, when too many in the world go hungry. My opinion, Ameri .......
469: Inmate Central, Industrial Edible Tallow is now in short supply (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-05, 14:33:33 (107.77.207.79)
A reflection of the decline in beef slaughter and processing. Expect beef shortages at the grocery, and certain tallow based consumer products in a month or two. Glycerin may be an issue too, depend .......
470: Inmate Central, RE: They're politicians; Omnimorons. nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-04, 19:11:55 (107.77.207.79)
Z .......
471: Inmate Central, RE: Congratulations! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-04, 18:19:21 (73.176.229.164)
Hope you have many more! .......
472: Inmate Central, Nah; mainstream Republicans (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-04, 18:13:52 (73.176.229.164)
are to the Left of JFK. Big Labor being a possible exception .......
473: Inmate Central, RE: It would be nice if the politicians could agree somewhere in the middle for once nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-04, 16:47:20 (73.176.229.164)
Z .......
474: Inmate Central, RE: you know (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-04, 14:55:13 (50.237.249.54)
if the FDA had NOT released all those tests, you surely would be here saying that they "recklessly withheld" them. I don't mind a preliminary shotgun approach to see what works; desperate times and al .......
475: Inmate Central, RE: not my cuppa tea (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-04, 13:48:23 (50.237.249.54)
No, I haven't watched it, but in general I find watching messed up people and their trainwreck lives to be uncomfortable. I don't need the affirmation that my mess is ok because I'm not as big a mess .......
476: Inmate Central, RE: Sorry for your loss (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-03, 14:27:41 (73.176.229.164)
My wife was diagnosed with CHF before her gastric bypass surgery; getting the weight off brought her heart back into normal function. Fluid build in the lungs is how CHF kills, the heart becomes too w .......
477: Inmate Central, Hoarding, redux; two month or more wait for a side of beef from the locker (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-02, 20:46:53 (73.176.229.164)
We hadn't bought a side of beef for the freezer for a couple of years, after the farmer we had been using retired (I worked with his daughter, and we would split a beef every year). With the recent ne .......
478: General Asylum, RE: When they didn't push the date back a year, we knew this would eventually happen. (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-01, 22:18:54 (73.176.229.164)
It's likely the $ isn't there for exhibitor refunds. Maybe partial refunds but it would be the absolute end of AXPONA, nothing left to produce 2021. I went every year except last year - honestly one .......
479: Inmate Central, RE: why not? At least it's consistent (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-01, 22:06:36 (73.176.229.164)
Native Americans, people of color, anybody they don't want to see in their neighborhood. Pay them off and keep them away. Only 'correct' people get to be seen. .......
480: Inmate Central, RE: If no symptoms and no known potential exposure (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-05-01, 22:02:25 (73.176.229.164)
I would leave the test for someone else. Wait for the above, or the antibody test if you think you had it earlier. My daughter's first early version antibody test came back negative, last week a bett .......
481: Inmate Central, RE: With my beard (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-30, 20:50:03 (73.176.229.164)
I already kinda look like my Scottie .......
482: Inmate Central, RE: woof! woof! (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-30, 09:33:12 (50.237.249.54)
My wife is determined to give me a haircut this weekend. Good thing I'm married, I'm going to look funny(er) for a while. I'm supposed to shelter in place, but the gubnor's wife can go to an airport, .......
483: Inmate Central, Here in Illinois, my dog can go to the groomer tomorrow, but I still can't get a haircut (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-30, 09:10:50 (50.237.249.54)
in the meantime, the gubnor's wife took a private plane to visit their $16MM horse farm in Florida .......
484: Inmate Central, RE: No (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-29, 21:20:21 (73.176.229.164)
The pact the elites of western Europe signed with the devil assured their continued ascendancy in society. If income is taxed at a confiscatory rate, new wealth will be impossible to accumulate, leavi .......
485: General Asylum, RE: 57; started seriously 21 years ago (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-29, 21:06:38 (73.176.229.164)
Crap with aspirations until I was 26, decent mid-if until 36, then DIY in earnest. I've been pretty much settled for a while, plans for next step - have gathered parts - but it won't be for a while. I .......
486: Inmate Central, RE: I have the cheaper Konica-Minolta Dual Scan IV around here somewhere (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-29, 19:24:29 (73.176.229.164)
It did pretty well. I liked the image results (not a drum scanner, but more than ok for home), but was slow. For a while the only way to run it on a 64 bit system was to buy Silverfast software. There .......
487: General Asylum, RE: it's amazing (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-29, 11:53:36 (50.237.249.54)
I'm 21 years older than when I started this hobby 21 years ago. How the hell did that happen? It's frustrating to not be able to focus your eyes in the parts you're trying to solder. And what's this c .......
488: Inmate Central, RE: RIP... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-29, 11:27:14 (50.237.249.54)
Ouch. I haven't had my Ranger years, but I still miss it. A handy little vehicle, useful but not as cumbersome as a full sized truck. .......
489: Inmate Central, RE: yeah, there really isn't a lot of difference (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-29, 11:23:41 (50.237.249.54)
between Communist, Fascist, Nazi, Stalinist, Maoist... just different implementations and degrees of authoritarianism/totalitarianism. .......
490: Inmate Central, RE: China GDP contracted by 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020 (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-29, 11:09:31 (50.237.249.54)
from a friend who spent a couple of years in the interior at a large construction project 25 years or so ago (and has been there frequently since): - the Communist party is always right, no matter wh .......
491: General Asylum, RE: c'mon, folks. No love for Spike Jones? nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-29, 08:12:07 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
492: General Asylum, RE: I imagine it was a choice of composing "A Toast to Stalin" (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-29, 08:11:15 (50.237.249.54)
or risk becoming compost, because of Stalin. Sure, there will always be collaborators with authoritarian regimes, but most people just try to live their lives and survive. .......
493: Inmate Central, RE: no such restrictions here, share a cart, etc (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-28, 17:09:56 (73.176.229.164)
I may be wrong, but I think it's no restrictions .......
494: Inmate Central, RE: the Prince of Porcelin (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-28, 12:07:21 (50.237.249.54)
He (and/or his wife) had the toilets removed from one of his 'spare' mansions on the Gold Coast in Chicago, and had the city condemn the property as uninhabitable. Saved him six-figures in real estate .......
495: Inmate Central, RE: in Illinois, Gubnor JB sez (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-28, 10:24:59 (50.237.249.54)
foursomes playing golf in the urban/suburban Chicago area - where the Covid outbreak is - are just fine. But, no more than two people in a boat in the southern part of the state - where Covid has bare .......
496: Inmate Central, RE: cryo is nonsense (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-27, 14:30:02 (50.237.249.54)
the best ones have a powdery painted cartoon image of a bugle being played, or a diamond pressed in the glass on the bottom .......
497: Inmate Central, RE: **drool** my blood sugar spiked just reading that! nt (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-27, 06:52:01 (50.237.249.54)
z .......
498: Inmate Central, RE: Yeah... I've seen plenty of video of big Cadillac SUV's pulling up to.... (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-26, 18:27:16 (73.176.229.164)
If you're high risk and it keeps you safe, by all means use it. If you're financially equipped to not need it, donate the $$ you would have spent to a good charity with low overhead that helps the poo .......
499: Inmate Central, RE: Great for at risk seniors, great for restaurants (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-26, 16:15:28 (73.176.229.164)
Hopefully there won't be too many taking unfair advantage, tho there always are some. After they retired, my parents volunteered to deliver meals on wheels free dinners to seniors. They quickly becam .......
500: Inmate Central, RE: You won't keep people away with those (0.00)
Posted by bean on 2020-04-26, 16:05:58 (73.176.229.164)
I love sourdough, but I have to watch my carbs. My wife is experimenting with 'engineered' flours for me, and so far so good, though have only tried biscuits so far. Getting down to our last half doze .......
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