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[Ivan Seeking]

Nature documentaries become far more exciting if you pretend to be an alien watching this exotic planet!

Pretend?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I had an in-law. He was a dentist in Washington DC and his name was Kennedy. One day he went to a dinner and was seated with the famous Kennedys. They were saying, Jack, he can be President. Teddy doesn't have much on the ball, we'll stick him in the Senate where he can't do much harm.

My ex wife rode in a car with Teddy Kennedy when she was a child. Nothing happened.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Nature documentaries become far more exciting if you pretend to be an alien watching this exotic planet!

Alien 1 to Alien 2: Mork, now I understand why they make machines that release ancient carbon into the atmosphere - they like fire!

 

[fresh_42]

My ex wife rode in a car with Teddy Kennedy when she was a child. Nothing happened.

I have been driven by the guy who drove Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko. Does this count?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I have been driven by the guy who drove Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko. Does this count?

I've give you 3 out of 5.

 

[fresh_42]

I've give you 3 out of 5.

How about: "I got drunk with a guy who owned a vodka distillery."?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

How about: "I got drunk with a guy who owned a vodka distillery."?

Who hasn't?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

You have heard of people being abducted by aliens and experiencing missing time? That happened to me... sort of. I got drunk with some illegal aliens and forgot where I parked my car. My watch was in my car...

 

[fresh_42]

Who hasn't?

I smuggled so many bottles in my suitcase that it is a miracle that I got away uncontrolled. The side effect was, that I cannot drink vodka anymore 'cause now I know how it does have to taste, and what you can buy here does not.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I smuggled so many bottles in my suitcase that it is a miracle that I got away uncontrolled. The side effect was, that I cannot drink vodka anymore 'cause now I know how it does have to taste, and what you can buy here does not.

So your life of crime backfired. See, your mother warned you didn't she?

 

[fresh_42]

So your life of crime backfired. See, your mother warned you didn't she?

... yeah ...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I smuggled so many bottles in my suitcase that it is a miracle that I got away uncontrolled. The side effect was, that I cannot drink vodka anymore 'cause now I know how it does have to taste, and what you can buy here does not.

When I went to Peru for work, I brought back some cigars for one of my business allies. I declared them in customs and they never said anything. But I didn't realize it was illegal to bring back cigars from Cuba, from Peru. Whoops! My buddy was most appreciative. LOL!

 

[WWGD]

I've give you 3 out of 5.

With possibility of parole with good conduct.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Speaking of the Kennedy family, right before John F Kennedy banned imports from Cuba, he loaded up on Cuban cigars.

 

[fresh_42]

When I went to Peru for work, I brought back some cigars for one of my business allies. I declared them in customs and they never said anything. But I didn't realize it was illegal to bring back cigars from Cuba, from Peru. Whoops! My buddy was most appreciative. LOL!

From my knowledge from American tv series, it seems to be more a kind of sport to get Cuban cigars than it is a crime.

I agree that endangered animals and trophies are illegal, but to pay duty on anything else for private use is ridiculous. I am a fan of free trade. I wonder whether I could sue my country at the WTO.

 

[WWGD]

From my knowledge from American tv series, it seems to be more a kind of sport to get Cuban cigars than it is a crime.

I agree that endangered animals and trophies are illegal, but to pay duty on anything else for private use is ridiculous. I am a fan of free trade. I wonder whether I could sue my country at the WTO.

I understand today many go for Dominican cigars. Popular in Miami, I hear.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Here is a big one I had almost forgotten. Up until the 8th grade I attended a Catholic school. The Monsignor for our church somehow knew Mother Teresa. When she was in the US she sometimes came to visit our school. And we didn't have the entire school go to the auditorium. She went to all 8 classrooms, one by one, so she could interact with us directly. It was a big deal then but she gained far more fame later. I clearly remember that we all liked her and looked forward to her rare visits.

 

[WWGD]

Here is a big one I had almost forgotten. Up until the 8th grade I attended a Catholic school. The Monsignor for our church somehow knew Mother Teresa. When she was in the US she sometimes came to visit our school. And we didn't have the entire school go to the auditorium. She went to all 8 classrooms, one by one, so she could interact with us directly. It was a big deal then but she gained far more fame later. I clearly remember that we all liked her and looked forward to her rare visits.

I understand her hotel was close to the school. She came straight out of Compton.;).

 

[Hornbein]

Nature documentaries become far more exciting if you pretend to be an alien watching this exotic planet!

Politics becomes wholly amusing.

 

[Hornbein]

My ex wife rode in a car with Teddy Kennedy when she was a child. Nothing happened.

My older sister slept with Richard Gere before he was famous. In the same room but not in the same bed.

We were all in the same theater troupe with Tommy Hulce, who later earned fame as the lead in the film Amadeus.

I dated Sooni Taraporevela. She later was listed as one of the Ten Most Famous Parsees, along with Zubin Mehta and Freddie Mercury. (I didn't date Freddie.)

NBA star Jerry Stackhouse said hello to me in the streets of Japan. We went to school together and I'd watch him practice so he may have recognized me. Or maybe not.

Tonya Sampson suspected me of being a stalker. She's not that famous but was once featured on the front page of USA Today.

Richard Ebright is in the news these days as an epidemic expert. He defeated me in my game of Battlefleet Mars, so badly it made me feel stupid. I thought, "he's extremely bright."

I got a permit for a private rafting trip down the Grand Canyon. By a series of coincidences we discovered the wreckage of a private plane that had gone down years ago. That made the national news.

For a few months I played in a band with Ron Asheton, who holds #60 on Rolling Stone's silly list of 100 Greatest Guitarists. We got along pretty well, but I left to go back to college.

 

[WWGD]

I want to open a perfume store called " 50 scents".

 

[DrGreg]

I want to open a perfume store called " 50 scents".

Well, I suppose that's better than "50 shades of spray".

 

[fresh_42]

I want to open a perfume store called " 50 scents".

Well, I suppose that's better than "50 shades of spray".

As long as you do not make the same stupid mistake a German franchise made. Their advertisement was by the slogan:

"Come in and find out!" I wonder whether they sold anything at all.

 

[WWGD]

As long as you do not make the same stupid mistake a German franchise made. Their advertisement was by the slogan:

"Come in and find out!" I wonder whether they sold anything at all.

Those were not perfumes, they were just non-scents.

 

[Ibix]

As long as you do not make the same stupid mistake a German franchise made. Their advertisement was by the slogan:

"Come in and find out!" I wonder whether they sold anything at all.

There used to be a UK chain of budget jewellery stores called Ratner's. The owner, Gerald Ratner, said publically that what they sold was "absolute crap" but people bought it anyway. I don't recall how long it took for them to file for bankruptcy after that - a week or two I think.

 

[DrGreg]

There used to be a UK chain of budget jewellery stores called Ratner's. The owner, Gerald Ratner, said publically that what they sold was "absolute crap" but people bought it anyway. I don't recall how long it took for them to file for bankruptcy after that - a week or two I think.

I remember that. You can read the details in the Wikipedia article: Gerald Ratner

 

[Ibix]

I remember that. You can read the details in the Wikipedia article: Gerald Ratner

Thanks - I see I had a few details wrong.

 

[WWGD]

Ibix just beat me to post #7,777. I challenge you for #77,777, which I estimate to be at around the year 2035. You in? Edit: Or let's see about #8,888

 

[Ibix]

Ibix just beat me to post #7,777. I challenge you for 77,777, which I estimate to be at around the year 2035. You in?

I make it more like 2066 given it's taken about five years to get to 7,777, but yeah, I'm in.

 

[ergospherical]

Are you supposed to suck on tic tacs or crunch them?

 

[BillTre]

Are you supposed to suck on tic tacs or crunch them?

Yes.

 

[DrGreg]

Are you supposed to suck on tic tacs or crunch them?

Did you know that labelling rules in the US allow a single 0.49g Tic Tac's 90% sugar content to be declared as 0g, since it is below the threshold of 0.5g? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic_Tac#Ingredients

 

[BillTre]

Did you know that labelling rules in the US allow a single 0.49g Tic Tac's 90% sugar content to be declared as 0g, since it is below the threshold of 0.5g? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic_Tac#Ingredients

I did not that know that, but I am so not surprised.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I understand her hotel was close to the school. She came straight out of Compton.;).

What? Do you know who she is?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Ibix just beat me to post #7,777. I challenge you for #77,777, which I estimate to be at around the year 2035. You in? Edit: Or let's see about #8,888

Or you could get a job. ;)

 

[WWGD]

What ca

What? Do you know who she is?

What can I say? Math/IT people tell me to stick to comedy. Comedy people tell me to stick to IT/Math.

 

[Keith_McClary]

Oh yes, oddly enough, I learned a key concept from the show, The West Wing. A woman is explaining how guys who are not proverbial hunks or knockouts get beautiful women: Smart and funny. Many women are attracted to men who are smart and funny.

I remember thinking, "I can do smart and funny!" This just helped to reinforce what I had already been learning. It's true! Unflinching confidence, smart, and funny. That was the ticket along with losing 60 pounds and adding a bunch of muscle. Gotta take great care of yourself too!

Truth Facts by Wulff & Morgenthaler for July 16, 2021

 

[Tom.G]

What ca
What can I say? Math/IT people tell me to stick to comedy. Comedy people tell me to stick to IT/Math.

I suppose you could try Grave Digger, no customer complaints that way.

 

[Ibix]

I suppose you could try Grave Digger, no customer complaints that way.

But any you do get are serious - there are no minor errors, only grave errors.

 

[Bystander]

I suppose you could try Grave Digger, no customer complaints that way.

Festus to Marshall Dillon: "Matthew you look like you was buried a week, and dug up clumsy," or words to that effect.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

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Truth Facts by Wulff & Morgenthaler for July 16, 2021

LOL! I raised my standards to dream girl. And it worked. If I posted photos of the women I've dated you wouldn't believe it.

But I'm not looking for a wife or life partner. No plans to do that again. So it's a very different game. I have also talked online with something around 6000 women over the last 6 years. I work very hard to find someone when I'm looking. It's a full-time job after my full-time job.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I call it Excel Dating because I have to use Excel to keep track all of my conversations. It isn't easy trying to carry on conversations with ten different women at once. Name, age, education, looks, job, passions, other interests, location, looking for?, wants to do?, names of children if any, names of pets, etc, etc, etc,

Oh yes, the most amazing relationship that I've had was with a women with which I seemingly had nothing in common. It never made sense. I never could have guessed that we could have three amazing years together. There was no basis for it. But we had magic. Since then I mainly look for that inexplicable personal chemistry. There is nothing logical about passion.

 

[fresh_42]

I suppose you could try Grave Digger, no customer complaints that way.

But they are also known for notoriously not paying the bill.

 

[WWGD]

I've run recently, in other sites, into some strange/unusual cases of people who's writing was excellent but their content was at best mediocre.

 

[hmmm27]

I've run recently, in other sites, into some strange/unusual cases of people who's writing was excellent but their content was at best mediocre.

How's there spelling ?

 

[WWGD]

How's there spelling ?

My bad, auto (in)correct. Whose . Maybe is to help Canadians avoid confusion with a house.

 

[hmmm27]

 

[WWGD]

They're giving away free groups!

 

[WWGD]

Guy wants to keep his business secret. Including from me. So I have to setup a database for a phantom business I know nothing about. I suspect even he barely knows. Should go well. I believe @fresh_42 was a pm? Any ideas, fresh?

 

[fresh_42]

Guy wants to keep his business secret. Including from me. So I have to setup a database for a phantom business I know nothing about. I suspect even he barely knows. Should go well. I believe @fresh_42 was a pm? Any ideas, fresh?

That's how Oracle, SAP, and all the others came into our world. There is a huge gap between 'from scratch' and e.g. SAP. You could start with the usual suspects (depending on how OO you want to be): clients, deliverers, credits and debits, bills, addresses, and so on. Those databases get bigger automatically, and painful if import and export are involved.