Random Thoughts 7

[WWGD]

Mid-life crisis: when you suddenly notice that your 'game of life' silently becomes more and more like a survival one.

Mine came into focus when Dennis O'Leary's joke about " Coffee-flavored coffee" started making sense.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder who was being dumber. The guy who kept going on about how Oranges have caffeine, or me spending 15 minutes arguing with him.

 

[Tom.G]

Wonder who was being dumber. The guy who kept going on about how Oranges have caffeine, or me spending 15 minutes arguing with him.

Sounds like you have been trolled!

 

[Rive]

how Oranges have caffeine

Well...

 

[WWGD]

Not sure. There are some really stupid and ignorant people out there too. Youd be surprised if you come out of our PF bubble.

 

[jack action]

If one wants to show me their talents by doing abstracts with weird meaningless forms, giving you a sense of awe, I prefer it this way:

Spoiler

"Genesis", Oil on canvas by Matthew Cornell​

 

[Astronuc]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/international-space-station-captures-view-183554133.html

Somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, Milton, a Category 5 hurricane (with sustained winds up to 160 mph (257 kmph) at one point, now apparently Cat 4.

https://www.pnj.com/story/weather/h...hurricane-milton-tuesday-updates/75569396007/

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/152937.shtml?cone#contents

 

[nsaspook]

GOES-19 images. GOES-19 Preliminary, Non-Operational Data
https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate...s=rammb-slider&draw_color=FFD700&draw_width=6

 

[WWGD]

Weird problem, my Android phone screen went dark. Couldn't see enough to switch the settings for reasonably contrast.

 

[Astronuc]

Florida Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis has been warning residents about the dangers storm surge poses to EVs.

"We saw a number of fires associated with EVs from Hurricane Ian," Patronis told Fox Weather. "We know that the saltwater from storm surge can compromise these batteries, causing fires which cannot be easily suppressed. The best fire teams can do is keep water on the battery until the fuel burns out."

From Fox News, Tampa, and Yahoo News.

 

[WWGD]

Black keyboards may look cool, but not quite practical in dark environments.

 

[WWGD]

" Have a good fall". Ok, will leave my shoes untied. Or you can practice and improve capitalization ;).

 

[collinsmark]

Black keyboards may look cool, but not quite practical in dark environments.

True. That's why I ponied up for an RGB gaming keyboard. Gaming aside, it's still useful for everyday (or shall I say, "everynight") situations.

 

[WWGD]

Why did they( Power company) have to put that sign: " Smell gas, act fast" near that highschool? How many jokes have resulted from it?

 

[WWGD]

Dr: How long does it take you to sleep, how well do you sleep?

On the couch, 5 minutes, sleep like a rock. In my bed, takes me two hours to fall asleep, I wake up every few hours.

 

[Mayhem]

The deeper I get into the literature of my current project, the more pessimistic I become that it's any use at all to further the work.

 

[WWGD]

Ok, you should have told me you're from the former Yugoslavia, so I would know what " Tom is Love" ( Tomislav) meant.

 

[Tom.G]

Hmmm... Curious.
Google Translate claims Tomislav is Croation -- and that it doesn't have an English translation (proper noun maybe?).

https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=Tomislav&op=translate

 

[WWGD]

Hmmm... Curious.
Google Translate claims Tomislav is Croation -- and that it doesn't have an English translation (proper noun maybe?).

https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=Tomislav&op=translate

When you first hear it it sounds as if the name is " Tom is Love", an unusual name.

 

[WWGD]

Don't worry , though, Tom, as I just heard " Theocratic Physics" instead of Theoretic Physics. It may just be me.

 

[pinball1970]

Wonder if there's a polite way of asking some of my acquaintances: Who are you today, Jekyll or Hyde?

Sounds like at least three of my Ex's

 

[pinball1970]

Next door neighbour spent a lot of money constructing a pond, landscaped it, pump, filtration system and some impressive carp, which grew to a considerable size as the pond was large.
This was a while ago so he either, complained first that his Carp were going missing or I saw what I saw from a bed room window.
My ornithology skills are more book than twitcher but I recognise a heron when I see one, just sat on his fence, probably just had lunch and was letting it settle.
Huge, never seen one in the flesh.
They can grow to about three feet, beautiful impressive creature.
A fine mesh sorted my neighbour's problem, I was a lot less happy than he was when the heron moved on.

 

[WWGD]

Wow, somehow the population of Albania in 1979, at 2.59 million, was larger than the current 2.4 million.

 

[WWGD]

View attachment 335080

Equally over-sanitized:

 

[WWGD]

Now I need to figure out how to start my Android in safe mode.

 

[WWGD]

The bridge between the two lenses in my glasses broke appart at a point of disconnection ( in blue)

That is too thin to crazy glue back in.
I have a gas stove. Could I use the stove to heat up the left side to melt the tip as to solder it to the other end? Any other ideas, to keep them attached at least for a few days?

 

[BillTre]

duct tape

 

[Tom.G]

With that style frame, the lenses are likely plastic, not glass. Plastics Soften, melt, or decompose at soldering temperature.

Melting temperature of solder is a few to several hundred degrees.
Depending on which Plastic, softening can start at 120F to several hundred degrees.
A natural gas flame is in the thousands of degrees. Oops!

Your situation is why opticians recommend using both hands to apply and remove glasses, using the temple bars. (ear hooks)

 

[WWGD]

Thanks. Well, at least I got my 8.5 years' worth of it. I bought it on January 2016.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

That is too thin to crazy glue back in.

If it is possible to release the lens on that side temporarily by unscrewing one or two tiny screws in the hinge of the arm, you may be able to wrap some tape (say insulating tape) around the side of the frame and also around the bridge to hold it together, then put back the lens.

(Three of my four current spectacle frames are from 1981, although the lenses have been replaced several times with different prescriptions).