Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[Danger]

I'm not too familiar with such things, but that sounds like it could start a war as well.

Depends, I guess. Legally, and in my opinion ethically, a transgendered person is whatever s/he became physically. I would not consider it to be a homosexual relationship, for instance, to be involved with a man who became a woman because her brain has been female all along. Others feel differently, and sometimes in a very violent manner. (Not that I would for a second accuse Om of that; my whole post was just an off the cuff jibe.) I would, however, be upset by any woman entering into a potentially permanent relationship with me if she did not disclose an inability or unwillingness to reproduce. That physical fact is not a deal-breaker for me; not telling me about it is. (That's all now theoretical, of course; I still have sex when I can lure some clueless young creature into my den, but she has to do all of the heavy lifting and I have to crank up my oxygen supply to potentially explosive levels. Also, I''m not physically capable of raising a child, as much as I alway wanted one. I'm sure that society will be mightily relieved to know that I'm the last of my species. The fools! I have over 500 nieces, nephews, cousins, second cousins, grand nieces and nephews, great grand... well, let's just say that society is screwed... )

 

[John M. Carr]

Ooooooh... Modern, LaTeX-set Feynman lectures. Yummy.

 

[Psinter]

Nice, another random part. I shall begin by practicing my English... *clears throat*

I do fancy we have members with class in this exemplary forum. Honorable staff, please allow me to do the honors:

It is with great delight that I inform you that you have just opened the doors into a place of awesome notoriety where science subjects can blossom into elaborated dialogues that exploit crowd-sourced analysis available nowhere else in the planet. In this marvelous forum you can get answers to scientific questions which may not always be very clear to you when they present themselves in textbooks or scientific journals. You will find a clan of humans who are positive, compassionate and profoundly diplomatic when debating.

Oh distinguished and honorable staff, if I ever blunder in my ways, kindly correct my innaposite perceptions when you deem proper. Your right-minded decisions are worthy of utmost admirance. They are what keep this wonderful place in it's current glorious and magnificent state.

Here is an image so you can get an idea of the accent I am using to pronounce these words:

Spoiler

And now I shall continue refining my English...

 

[OmCheeto]

Maybe her "true feeling's" were regret over having the sex-change operation...

This reminds me of the old "sex-change operation" joke.

Friend; "Did it hurt when they lopped off your ******"?
Lopee; "Duh..."
Friend; "Did it hurt when they lopped off your *******"?
Lopee; "Of course"!
Friend; "So what was the worst part"?
Lopee; "When they scooped out half my brain".​

It goes both ways...

hmm... Where the hell am I? Random Thoughts! My favorite place.

A friend of mine has a gasoline powered blender. We had many a margarita this summer. (hic!)

Here's a picture he took from his houseboat:

Or, should I say, his wife's houseboat?

meh...

I love good friends. :)

 

[OmCheeto]

And, for the noobs, here's a picture from the other end, from my Day after X-mas story.

Don't google it. It involves life, death, and whole lot of pigeon poop.

 

[Psinter]

Wow OmCheeto! Where is that place? It looks awesome! *jaw goes down*

EDIT: Even more wow! That place, I like that place. A house over the water, how is that even... just wow...

 

[OmCheeto]

Wow OmCheeto! Where is that place? It looks awesome! *jaw goes down*

EDIT: Even more wow! That place, I like that place. A house over the water, how is that even... just wow...

Where?
It's my home.
I was born within yards of this river.
I will most probably die, within the same proximity.
And if not, I hope they sprinkle my ashes, like I've scattered many of my friends ashes.

And then cursed them, when the wind picked up, and dust and sand got in my mouth, and told them...

We won't go there.

As the Brits say; "LANGUAGE!"

 

[Psinter]

Where?
It's my home.
I was born within yards of this river.
I will most probably die, within the same proximity.
And if not, I hope they sprinkle my ashes, like I've scattered many of my friends ashes.

And then cursed them, when the wind picked up, and dust and sand got in my mouth, and told them...

We won't go there.

As the Brits say; "LANGUAGE!"

Hahahaha!

Your home is awesome. I like it.

 

[OmCheeto]

Hahahaha!

Your home is awesome. I like it.

It's called, Earth.
I've yet to find a prettier place.
:)

This image of our planet was distributed by Cheryl McNurlin Weber.
No friend of mine.
Yet.

 

[lisab]

Lost power last night, along with thousands of my fellow Washingtonians. One tree branch and BOOM, we're back in the 17th century.

 

[Borg]

Lost power last night, along with thousands of my fellow Washingtonians. One tree branch and BOOM, we're back in the 17th century.

I always wonder when I see a post like this. How do you get on the internet without any power?

 

[Enigman]

I am bored.

 

[RonL]

Lost power last night, along with thousands of my fellow Washingtonians. One tree branch and BOOM, we're back in the 17th century.

Do you have a MacGyver to call in such circumstances ?

 

[Borg]

I've been watching the impact of falling oil prices on energy stocks. Oil stock prices are down significantly. Investors are taking a bath in oil.

 

[RonL]

I've been watching the impact of falling oil prices on energy stocks. Oil stock prices are down significantly. Investors are taking a bath in oil.

I sure looked hard at some of the companies working the Eagle Ford Shale, one of the good things about NOT having that cushion to play with.:)

 

[Psinter]

Lost power last night, along with thousands of my fellow Washingtonians. One tree branch and BOOM, we're back in the 17th century.

I lose power from 20-50 times per year. At my place is not even about tree branches. Transformers simply explode out of pleasure.

There is only one power company in the whole country and is under control of the government. They are highly corrupted and care not about customers because if it is not with them, you have nothing. It's not like you can say: "If you don't fix this I'm leaving." because there is no other power company you can go to. And even though the service is so terrible the kWh is at 27 cents. And the last person who questioned them about why it was so expensive got threatened by the company with getting arrested.

Down to the point: Welcome to the 17th century lisab. There is a lot of things I can teach you from this primitive age.

EDIT: I'm saving to buy solar panels, a wind turbine, and a bank of batteries.

 

[lisab]

I lose power from 20-50 times per year. At my place is not even about tree branches. Transformers simply explode out of pleasure.

There is only one power company in the whole country and is under control of the government. They are highly corrupted and care not about customers because if it is not with them, you have nothing. It's not like you can say: "If you don't fix this I'm leaving." because there is no other power company you can go to. And even though the service is so terrible the kWh is at 27 cents. And the last person who questioned them about why it was so expensive got threatened by the company with getting arrested.

Down to the point: Welcome to the 17th century lisab. There is a lot of things I can teach you from this primitive age.

It isn't all bad, is it? You get a chance to sit by the fire, enjoy a glass of wine, engage in quiet, gentle conversation. Not a bad way to spend an evening.

EDIT: I'm saving to buy solar panels, a wind turbine, and a bank of batteries.

Excellent idea. Solar panels, etc., are to energy as cell phones were to communication.

 

[drizzle]

..Solar panels, etc., are to energy as cell phones were to communication.

Not sure if it's me or the cold I'm having, but my mind got stuck reading this. :D

 

[DennisN]

 

[Enigman]

^Me in grade 5 with a power socket and a power testing screwdriver thingy. Accidentally touched the shaft and then went on to repeat 4-5 times because it made my arm all tingly and shaky. I was not a smart kid.

 

[DennisN]

Here's a picture he took from his houseboat:

Very nice picture! Smoke on the water...

 

[edward]

Very nice picture! Smoke on the water...

Smoke on the water ...don't Google that

 

[zoobyshoe]

Adobe wants the password to my computer to install the latest update. Is that normal, or is it a clever scam?

 

[DennisN]

Adobe wants the password to my computer to install the latest update. Is that normal, or is it a clever scam?

Zooby, that sounds really suspicious to me. That has never happened to me. Which OS are you running? And if it is Windows, do you know if you are logged in as administrator or not?

 

[WWGD]

I used to think that the word homogeneous referred to an extremely smart gay person.
(makes more sense when you hear the word than when you read it).

 

[drizzle]

Lol WWGD

 

[Borg]

I met someone who could have starred in Short Attention Span Theater yesterday. I'm sure she doesn't remember me though.

 

[Psinter]

It isn't all bad, is it? You get a chance to sit by the fire, enjoy a glass of wine, engage in quiet, gentle conversation. Not a bad way to spend an evening.Excellent idea. Solar panels, etc., are to energy as cell phones were to communication.

How did you know? You must be psychic. That happens every single time. No kidding. Except for the wine. I drink fruit juice instead.

Not sure if it's me or the cold I'm having, but my mind got stuck reading this. :D

Get better soon drizzle.

 

[drizzle]

Thanks Psinter.

 

[OmCheeto]

Lost power last night, along with thousands of my fellow Washingtonians. One tree branch and BOOM, we're back in the 17th century.

About a month ago, an old friend notified me that we were to have a nasty wind storm in the next few days.
So I checked out my battery backup system, and discovered that my 1 kwh capacity battery, had been reduced to about 0.05 kwh capacity.
So I bought a new battery.
The wind storm broke a 45 foot tall tree in half, that was strategically placed, in my front yard, to give me nightmares, day sweats, and general anxiety, up until my brother showed up on Saturday, when we brought it down, in a most youtube worthy manner. It took us over 6 hours.
Anyways, the top NOAA recorded wind gust yesterday, down here, was 130 mph. (Mt. Hebo)
Never lost power.

Left a bit of a mess though, on inspection, this morning. On a back of my hand calculation, I think I have roughly 13,000 Douglas Fir tree cones in my yard.
(6600 ft² * 2 cones/ft² = 13,200 cones)
It sounded like Santa and his reindeer were on my roof all night.
Thump... thump. thump thump... thump.