Is it time for Random Thoughts - Part 4?

[micromass]

We have 24/7 chat now, char! Join us if you're available!

 

[lisab]

Yesterday, I got stuck. In a car wash.

Sigh.

It's a long, pathetic story. Short version: I ended up having to drive home with foam all over my car. By the time I got home, it was dried of course (it was a hot day). Now I have spots on my car.

The employee/troll at the car wash was no help.

Has anyone ever written a flaming review online, like on Yelp?

 

[Evo]

Yesterday, I got stuck. In a car wash.

Sigh.

It's a long, pathetic story. Short version: I ended up having to drive home with foam all over my car. By the time I got home, it was dried of course (it was a hot day). Now I have spots on my car.

The employee/troll at the car wash was no help.

Has anyone ever written a flaming review online, like on Yelp?

No, but you should.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Spoiler

Boo!

 

[dkotschessaa]

Our little rebel.

 

[lisab]

In the last couple days, we've had a dead-thing stench blowing around our house. Hard to say where it's coming from. At this time of year the grass is tall (a meter or more), and the wind has been very quiet.

We live off a rural road. The speed limit is 65 km/hr (40 mi/hr) but most people drive at least 25% over the limit. Like so much of rural America, we have so, so, so many deer here - I'm sure what we're smelling is a deer that was hit by a car, and wondered off the road to die.

So, let's assume this thing is a deer. Deer here are about 70 kg (150 lbs). It's over 30 C these days (over 90 F).

In your experience, how long will this stink?

 

[Borek]

You don't have a dog to find it?

 

[Char. Limit]

Holy dear god, is this what it feels like to be drunk?

 

[thankz]

http://www.keepingtropicalfish.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bushy-nose-plecostomus-500p.jpg

a random image of a fish ;P

 

[AlephZero]

a random image of a fish ;P

Note to self: don't let the fish play with the paper shredder again.

 

[thankz]

I used to have one of those, the bristle nose is a beautiful catfish imo.

 

[HeLiXe]

Welcome back char

 

[Borg]

My microwave suddenly started beeping and flashing an SE error. Unplugging it and pressing various buttons did nothing for it. It looked like I would have to get a new one. Then, I thought of my friend Google. A short video, 10 minutes of cleaning some contacts and my microwave was working again. Thank you internet.

 

[jim hardy]

Amen, Borg

Washing machine did same thing, the error code decoded to "slow drain"

a video showed me what the drain pump looks like. Sure enough i found an old rusty bolt, a bobby pin, fragments from a ball point pen, some electronic parts from my pocket-drek in it, and a a sock that had wrapped around the impeller. I got quite a lot of water on the laundry room floor but figured out how to avoid that next time.
Running fine again .

If i learn something every day, might know something some day.

 

[Borek]

If i learn something every day, might know something some day.

Nah, we learn all our lives only to die stupid.

 

[Borg]

If i learn something every day, might know something some day.

I learned something new today. I was in a bakery and something looked out of context from where I'm used to seeing it. Then I realized what it was.

 

[Borek]

Yes, many variants, many names: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Börek

It is one of the things I just HAVE to eat each time I go to Croatia.

 

[Evo]

Oh Borek, you're YUMMY!

 

[dkotschessaa]

My wife posted on Facebook that I was like a cross between Einstein, superman, and Wolverine.

Well technically, it was me posting from her phone. But she didn't delete it afterwards!

 

[Evo]

My wife posted on Facebook that I was like a cross between Einstein, superman, and Wolverine.

Well technically, it was me posting from her phone. But she didn't delete it afterwards!

 

[collinsmark]

Fresh, Nebraska corn on the cob.

 

[Deepness]

hello hello hello. Nice rainbow.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Fresh, Nebraska corn on the cob.

Can you tell me a random fact about Nebraska? I think it is the most mysterious state, and I know nothing about it.

 

[jim hardy]

Can you tell me a random fact about Nebraska? I think it is the most mysterious state, and I know nothing about it.

Loren Eisely's birthplace.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394701577/?tag=pfamazon01-20

“...on the other hand the machine does not bleed, ache, hang for hours in the empty sky in a torment of hope to learn the fate of another machine, nor does it cry out with joy nor dance in the air with the fierce passion of a bird.”
― Loren Eiseley, The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature

 

[jim hardy]

Next time you drive across, take scenic route through the Sandhills on Route 2 , from Grand Island to Alliance.

 

[lisab]

Can you tell me a random fact about Nebraska? I think it is the most mysterious state, and I know nothing about it.

It's a rectangle, I think.

 

[HomogenousCow]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/12-pictures-of-death-row-prisoners-last-meals

Guess it's not all that bad.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Loren Eisely's birthplace.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394701577/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Well, I didn't know who that was before I ready your post. But that certainly qualifies as a fact.

It's a rectangle, I think.

 

[Borek]

Looks like a rectangle to me.

This black shape is a little bit confusing, it tricks you into thinking the image is not rectangular.

 

[DennisN]

Looks like a rectangle to me.

This black shape is a little bit confusing, it tricks you into thinking the image is not rectangular.

For some reason, it reminds me of:

(from http://xkcd.com/688/)

 

[AlephZero]

Looks like a rectangle to me.

The map is not the territory.

 

[dkotschessaa]

The map is not the territory.

Unless you live on a map.

 

[WWGD]

Yes, many variants, many names: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Börek

It is one of the things I just HAVE to eat each time I go to Croatia.

And a Fart afterwards? Maybe you bring farts with you?

 

[dkotschessaa]

If you don't believe in Gosh, you run the risk of being darned to heck. (Another David King quote)

 

[Astronuc]

How to lose $700 million: The rise and fall of Stroh's
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-to-lose--9-billion-202413101.html

Ouch!

 

[HeLiXe]

My wife posted on Facebook that I was like a cross between Einstein, superman, and Wolverine.

Well technically, it was me posting from her phone. But she didn't delete it afterwards!

I was going to comment that by your picture I think your wife described you well and then I read the second sentence. HILarious. Nice of her not to delete it too lol

 

[Borg]

My neighbor across the street, tutors high school students out of her home. I had to explain to one of them today that a sewer is not a trash can after he grabbed some empty food containers from his car, ran to the drain in front of my house and tossed them in.

 

[OmCheeto]

My wife posted on Facebook that I was like a cross between Einstein, superman, and Wolverine.

Well technically, it was me posting from her phone. But she didn't delete it afterwards!

I've always considered myself to be a cross between Einstein, and Red Green.

Pure genius, but it mostly involves duct tape.

 

[dkotschessaa]

For the first time in a long time I actually hate my job. Glad it will be over soon when I start my TAship. It is a good reminder why I went back to school in the first place.

 

[edward]

I've always considered myself to be a cross between Einstein, and Red Green.

Pure genius, but it mostly involves duct tape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhSqvycZZ0c

Duct tape comes in fluorescent colors now if you want your creations to become more visible.

http://www.tapebrothers.com/Fluorescent-Duct-Tape-s/240.htm

 

[WWGD]

I got caught at the hot food bar, "maximizing" ( my euphemism) : I was cutting of the meat from the bone to avoid paying for the weight of the bones that (unless I get desperately hungry) I won't be eating. If they offer pieces of orange, etc. without the peel, why not all meat without bones?

 

[dlgoff]

Duct tape comes in fluorescent colors now if you want to your creations to become more visible.

http://www.tapebrothers.com/Fluorescent-Duct-Tape-s/240.htm

Only an "Old Person" would consider fluorescent tape for projects. Count me in.

 

[AlephZero]

Duct tape comes in fluorescent colors now if you want to your creations to become more visible.

http://www.tapebrothers.com/Fluorescent-Duct-Tape-s/240.htm

The quote

The fluorescent Duct Tape is great for conspicuity marking (hunters use the fluorescent orange during deer season).

has lost me. Do you use fluorescent tape to mark targets on the side of the deer or something? I thought the basic strategy of deer huntng was to be inconspicuous.

 

[Evo]

The quote

has lost me. Do you use fluorescent tape to mark targets on the side of the deer or something? I thought the basic strategy of deer huntng was to be inconspicuous.

The issue is being marked as non-deer to other moronic hunters that shoot at anything that moves.

 

[trollcast]

The issue is being marked as non-deer to other moronic hunters that shoot at anything that moves.

To expand on that in a lot of states there's law / advise (http://www.ihea.com/hunting-and-shooting/requirements/hunter-orange-requirements) to wear hi visibility clothing normally bright orange but there are other colours in a couple of the laws like chartreuse. Which has lead to companies making fluorescent orange camo like this:

Which surprisingly may actually help since iirc deer are colour blind so the camo pattern will break up the silhouette which will be some shades of grey to the deer.

 

[ChiralWaltz]

The library is such a fun place.

I was walking to the library earlier today when I noticed a group of people gathered in a semi circle under the shade of some trees. There were some officers from the K-9 unit putting on a demonstration for the public. One of the older dogs was preforming commands with expert precision, which the crowd seemed to love. As I got closer, a young man walked past me in heavily padded gear and proceeded to stand in the middle of a field.

Apparently if you want to get into the K-9 club, you have to play the bait for the new dogs. The new dog could barely be kept on the leash as his trainer approached with him. A few seconds later, he let him off the leash and the dog rocketed towards the new guy. He choped down on the new guys elbow and started to ferociously wrestle him towards the group. The guy fought pretty hard against the German Shepard and held his ground. Eventually, the trainer had to come over because the dog wasn't obeying commands. To get the dog off, the handler had to choke him with a leather restaining collar.

The library is such a fun place.

 

[dlgoff]

The quote

has lost me. Do you use fluorescent tape to mark targets on the side of the deer or something? I thought the basic strategy of deer huntng was to be inconspicuous.

The issue is being marked as non-deer to other moronic hunters that shoot at anything that moves.

Having bow hunted deer; the better camouflaged you are, the better you can hide from the moronic hunters. Just sayin'

 

[edward]

Speaking of moronic hunters I wonder what Sarah Palin is up to lately. no no no, please, it was only a joke.

 

[jim hardy]

i rather like Sara.

 

[OmCheeto]

i rather like Sara.

Who doesn't?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iirw147LHkQ​