Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[PWiz]

The hardest part of getting stuff done after a two hour night is picking the right background music.
Thinking some Nirvana right now can keep me awake.

IMO, night is not the best time to listen to Nirvana. You don't want any, erm, Kurt Cobain motivation, if you know what I mean.

 

[WWGD]

"Land of the Lost" was hilarious. I had never heard of it and happened to catch it by accident on TV one night. The previews to "Get Hard," however, looked bad, and left me with no desire to see it.

Thanks, I will look it up.

 

[JorisL]

IMO, night is not the best time to listen to Nirvana. You don't want any, erm, Kurt Cobain motivation, if you know what I mean.

It's daytime :-)
Just had a deadline this morning so I continued working until 5 am and got up at 7 am, you can guess how tired I am now.

 

[PWiz]

Well well, I just got my ACT results. I got a composite score of 33: 34 Math, 36 Science, 31 Reading and 31 English. Not very happy :(
In fact, I feel terrible. I could've done so much more.

 

[collinsmark]

Well well, I just got my ACT results. I got a composite score of 33: 34 Math, 36 Science, 31 Reading and 31 English. Not very happy :(
In fact, I feel terrible. I could've done so much more.

That's not bad at all! As a matter of fact, that's an exceptionally good score. I think that places your science score in the 99th percentile, and still in the 99th percentile overall. It's better than what I got*.

*(Actually, I don't remember what I got; it was so long ago. But I am quite certain it was significantly less than that.)

 

[Enigman]

It's daytime :-)
Just had a deadline this morning so I continued working until 5 am and got up at 7 am, you can guess how tired I am now.

And this is why I always keep an emergency Red Bull stashed in the fridge.

 

[WWGD]

And this is why I always keep an emergency Red Bull stashed in the fridge.

Does that stuff actually work? Seems like a caffeine overdose with a few other ingredients.

 

[JorisL]

A pot of coffee has the advantage of tasting nice

Also, I just made my first version of Ramen. Very mushroomy taste I might need to use more concentrated stock.

 

[Enigman]

Does that stuff actually work? Seems like a caffeine overdose with a few other ingredients.

When it is 4 am and there is still a pile of work to be done, an instant caffeine overdose is exactly what I need. I have been known to fall asleep making coffee/ brewing tea at night ( which generally goes - I will open my eyes when the kettle is done boiling...zzzz). Red Bull is for emergencies only.

As for the question- does it really work?
The caffeine sure does. But it won't give you wings.

 

[Borg]

As for the question- does it really work?
The caffeine sure does. But it won't give you wings.

I guess that they should have claimed that it would turn people into litigious morons.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I guess that they should have claimed that it would turn people into litigious morons.

Benjamin Careathers, a regular consumer of the fizzy drink, sued the company for false advertising, arguing that after 10 years drinking Red Bull he neither had wings nor any enhanced athletic or intellectual performance.

The above sounds moronic. But the actual nitty gritty of the lawsuit makes more sense. The contention was that Red Bull claimed their product was more "performance-enhancing" than the average cup of coffee. That is what wasn't born out by the facts:

“Even though there is a lack of genuine scientific support for a claim that Red Bull branded energy drinks provide any more benefit to a consumer than a cup of coffee, the Red Bull defendants persistently and pervasively market their product as a superior source of ‘energy’ worthy of a premium price over a cup of coffee or other sources of caffeine.”

So, the false advertising consists of presenting their product as somehow superior to coffee, hence worth more, when it actually isn't.

 

[zoobyshoe]

My water's been shut off while the plumber fixes a leak. He left while the glue dries and now he's been gone over an hour.

 

[lisab]

My water's been shut off while the plumber fixes a leak. He left while the glue dries and now he's been gone over an hour.

This is how life will be in a few years, if that drought continues much longer.

 

[zoobyshoe]

This is how life will be in a few years, if that drought continues much longer.

Captain Kirk will save us:
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83375748/

Actually I don't understand why, a long time ago, California wasn't working on developing every kind of way to desalinize sea water. We have all of that a state could have, and our supply of fresh water has been precarious from the start.

I don't have any hope the drought is going to suddenly clear up. The southwest is probably going to wither up and die.

 

[Lisa!]

It seems that I can't get Closer movie (2004) out of my mind!

 

[OmCheeto]

Captain Kirk will save us:
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83375748/

Actually I don't understand why, a long time ago, California wasn't working on developing every kind of way to desalinize sea water. We have all of that a state could have, and our supply of fresh water has been precarious from the start.

I don't have any hope the drought is going to suddenly clear up. The southwest is probably going to wither up and die.

I have a FB friend up in the Seattle area who posted Shatner's proposal, the day after he made it.

It took me a few days to figure out what Shatner was doing, but in the end, it was, IMHO, pure genius.

And don’t think badly of Shatner. He has made his proposal with tongue firmly planted in cheek. After receiving a negative response from folks up in the land of Amazon, Starbucks, REI and Microsoft, Shatner sent out a tweet that read: “Dearest Citizens of Seattle if you think I'm an idiot or evil enough to steal your much needed water; you don't know me very well.”

See? We knew he was a hero. What Shatner is really hoping to do is bring attention to a big challenge — not just the drying up of California, but the drying out of the entire West. It is a challenge that needs to have brought to it some bold, futuristic ideas. It is a worthy mission for everyone, from border to border.

#1: I discovered that Seattle had zero spare water.
#2: There's a river, about 200 miles south of Seattle, that could supply all of California's water needs, just by siphoning off 13% of it. And that's assuming it never ever rained in California, ever again.

The strangest thing I found, was that water prices in San Diego, were the same as they were in the "Seattle" region.
Though, I discovered many strange things, other than that.

 

[zoobyshoe]

#2: There's a river, about 200 miles south of Seattle, that could supply all of California's water needs, just by siphoning off 13% of it. And that's assuming it never ever rained in California, ever again.

I haven't heard of this, but if it's true, then the Shatner pipeline should go there.

The strangest thing I found, was that water prices in San Diego, were the same as they were in the "Seattle" region.
Though, I discovered many strange things, other than that.

I was thinking about this today. Why haven't they raised water prices here to discourage waste? I suppose people who aren't wasting would complain. As it is, they are on the verge of ticketing and fining wasters instead. There are already restrictions on lawn watering and other stuff like that.

 

[OmCheeto]

I haven't heard of this, but if it's true, then the Shatner pipeline should go there.

I proposed it on FB, and all the Goonies could do was knee-jerk, and say no.

I was thinking about this today. Why haven't they raised water prices here to discourage waste? I suppose people who aren't wasting would complain. As it is, they are on the verge of ticketing and fining wasters instead. There are already restrictions on lawn watering and other stuff like that.

My sister lives in the burbs of San Diego, which is why I checked out the water rates there.
There is a $40.62 flat fee, which you pay, whether you use 0 gallons, or a million gallons.
This means, to me, that poor people, who can't afford a lot of water, are going to pay more than rich people.

I've used about 1200 gallons/month, over the last year.
At San Diego rates, my water fee per gallon would be $0.041
A person using 10 times as much as I do would pay only $0.007/gal
So a water miser like myself, would pay nearly 6 times per gallon, as a green lawn whore.
And I would still pay 3.5 times as much per gallon, compared to someone using 1,000,000 gallons/month, with the progressive rates.

So yes, the system is a bit screwy. Not to say our system of water rates aren't screwy. But we've no shortage of water.
I'm just worried about the price of tomato sauce next winter.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I proposed it on FB, and all the Goonies could do was knee-jerk, and say no.

Maybe you should propose it to Shatner. Show him some math.

My sister lives in the burbs of San Diego, which is why I checked out the water rates there.
There is a $40.62 flat fee, which you pay, whether you use 0 gallons, or a million gallons.
This means, to me, that poor people, who can't afford a lot of water, are going to pay more than rich people.

I've used about 1200 gallons/month, over the last year.
At San Diego rates, my water fee per gallon would be $0.041
A person using 10 times as much as I do would pay only $0.007/gal
So a water miser like myself, would pay nearly 6 times per gallon, as a green lawn whore.
And I would still pay 3.5 times as much per gallon, compared to someone using 1,000,000 gallons/month, with the progressive rates.

So yes, the system is a bit screwy. Not to say our system of water rates aren't screwy. But we've no shortage of water.
I'm just worried about the price of tomato sauce next winter.

So, your water bill here would be about 46.85 a month. What is it there, where you live?

 

[OmCheeto]

Maybe you should propose it to Shatner. Show him some math.

I did. He created a website almost immediately. I posted the first day. But his website sucks royally. Page 2, which is where my post resides, gives me a 404 error.
Greg needs to get ahold of him.

So, your water bill here would be about 46.85 a month. What is it there, where you live?

It's complicated up here in Portland. We've a poop and water combined bill.
If we hadn't installed the new sewer system, I'd probably still be paying $5/month for water.
But I pay $45/month now. Which is what I would pay down in SD.
hmmm...
Do you pay to poop on top of your water?

To me, water/poop rates are a runaround hand-wavy tactic of hiding taxes.

Everyone hates taxes.
Everyone loves water.
Hide the tax in the water bill.

Idiots...

 

[OmCheeto]

Things are getting too non-random.

We need a pop quiz.

Here's a picture from my city that posted over the last couple of days:

What two people at PF did it remind me of?

 

[zoobyshoe]

I did. He created a website almost immediately. I posted the first day. But his website sucks royally. Page 2, which is where my post resides, gives me a 404 error.
Greg needs to get ahold of him.

It's complicated up here in Portland. We've a poop and water combined bill.
If we hadn't installed the new sewer system, I'd probably still be paying $5/month for water.
But I pay $45/month now. Which is what I would pay down in SD.
hmmm...
Do you pay to poop on top of your water?

To me, water/poop rates are a runaround hand-wavy tactic of hiding taxes.

Everyone hates taxes.
Everyone loves water.
Hide the tax in the water bill.

Idiots...

We have separate charges for sewer service here. Example:

http://www.sandiego.gov/mwwd/rates/singlefamily.shtml

These charges, though, are billed along with the water. That is: you get one bill for both sewer and water. There's a base fee and a usage fee. And I assume the separate usage fee per month has to be based on the water usage bill. There's obviously no sewer meter, and I suppose they assume that most of what goes into a house exits via the sewer.

To their credit, they do seem to be always out there replacing sewer pipes. They're not just charging empty fees because they can. On the other hand, traffic is always screwed up somewhere big time on the surface streets due to sewer construction.

All of which will be moot if there's no wastewater to discharge into the new sewers.

 

[lisab]

Things are getting too non-random.

We need a pop quiz.

Here's a picture from my city that posted over the last couple of days:

View attachment 83191

What two people at PF did it remind me of?

Hmm...jtbell and edward, I think!

 

[OmCheeto]

Hmm...jtbell and edward, I think!

Correct!

 

[Astronuc]

Track a shark - http://www.ocearch.org/tracker/mobile/

Interesting journeys

 

[WWGD]

I don't know if it is my imagination , but it seems the food I prepare
tastes better when I leave it out overnight, or at least a few hours , and
do not cook it fresh out of the refrigerator.

I tried almond "milk" , but , after a few days, I don't know how to tell
when/if it has become spoiled, which is much easier to tell for good-old
fashioned cow milk.

 

[JorisL]

I don't know if it is my imagination , but it seems the food I prepare
tastes better when I leave it out overnight, or at least a few hours , and
do not cook it fresh out of the refrigerator.

Depends of the dish but a beef stew is better if you let it sit for a day. I believe it is because the taste develops.

About the milk, I don't use any it's revolting imho (as in I really don't like the taste of it). Double cream for cooking is acceptable.

 

[zoobyshoe]

For most of human history there were no refrigerators.

One way they dealt with this back in the day was to have an eternal stew: it was always simmering over a low heat, day and night. You ladled some out when hungry, and added to it when stuff was available or as needed.

 

[zoobyshoe]

"Chat" means "cat" in French.

 

[nuuskur]

"Chat" means "cat" in French.

chatte, if you want to say "chat" then it's got to be with something, for example "un chat noir" - a black cat.