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[jim hardy]

What do you mean be that these people were banned for religion?

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[Apple_Mango]

Religious and totally meaningless contributions, which don't even qualify as art, are good attempts.

What was the worst instance of flaming you saw that got a person banned?

 

[jim hardy]

I'll not repeat it.

Why do you ask ?

Read the terms and rules. Understand that good behavior is expected .

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civility

 

[Apple_Mango]

I'll not repeat it.

Why do you ask ?

Read the terms and rules. Understand that good behavior is expected .

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civility

This place appears to be really calm and nothing bad happens. I start to think nothing bad happens here.

 

[jim hardy]

This place appears to be really calm and nothing bad happens. I start to think nothing bad happens here.

Good maintenance.
Lots of hard work by both mentors and members keeps it pleasant.

“Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.”_{-Eric Hoffer}

and people of substance have no need of it .

 

[Evo]

This place appears to be really calm and nothing bad happens. I start to think nothing bad happens here.

That's because we get rid of the bad people. Try it.

 

[Apple_Mango]

That's because we get rid of the bad people. Try it.

No way. lol

 

[Jonathan Scott]

In the 1980s I lived for a while in Gothenburg, Sweden, working for the Gothenburg Universities' Computing Centre. Gothenburg has a good tram system. I just discovered that the trams, originally horse-drawn, started in 1879, built by English company Gothenburg Tramways Limited, and their on-site manager in Gothenburg was a Captain Harry Scott - my great-great-grandfather.

 

[WWGD]

This close to Halloween here, can't tell who's a freak and who's wearing a costume...or both. Still, difficult to stand out in a place where I am one of the normal ones...

 

[Borg]

Would you believe that this is a gun?

MIT students tricked an AI into thinking it is.

 

[WWGD]

Would you believe that this is a gun?

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MIT students tricked an AI into thinking it is.

And maybe a banana is a traffic light. Go Google driverless cars! EDIT: I understand the issue of statistics surrounding this, I just want to dampen what I think is an over-optimistic position in the google side. And think about all taxi drivers, bus drivers who may lose their jobs. There is an ugly side to "disrupting" few seem to bring up.

 

[Borg]

And maybe a banana is a traffic light. Go Google driverless cars!

Well, since you mention it - Graffiti can fool self-driving cars.

 

[OCR]

Go Google driverless cars!

Some things just can't be unseen... .

 

[fresh_42]

Some things just can't be unseen... .

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Not even new:

But here's the antidote:

 

[WWGD]

Some things just can't be unseen... .

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Hmm...a bathtub on wheels, good idea! And you don't need a parking space, just put it on your backpack.

 

[jim hardy]

Some things just can't be unseen... .

Or just won't go away...
i thought we were about to be shed of this but ---
My grandsons love it when their dad drives them to junior high school in 'The Old Buick'.

It's been in the family since new and they will be fourth generation of 'proud owners'.

They're learning basic mechanics and body work which is good for kids
sigh, so was Joseph Conrad's sea voyage he described in "Youth" ...

.I guess it will be a novelty in the high school parking lot next year. I hope they have a lot of fun with it.

 

[Tom.G]

What Year? What Climate?

Wife says "There was a period of time when nobody loved it."

 

[OCR]

But here's the antidote:

I won't dispute the efficacy of that antidote ... .

However, this was not merely an antidote, THIS was the cure... most efficacious, in every case... ! . .

 

[OCR]

Some backstory about the above... here.

 

[jim hardy]

What Year? What Climate?

Wife says "There was a period of time when nobody loved it."

Yes she's right.

It's a '65 Electra. Spent first thirty years in Springfield Missouri, my Aunt's car. Then to Miami Fla for twenty years, first to my Dad then to my son it was his high school 'ride'. I figured he and his sister were safe in that tank. . .
Sadly it sat outside in the woods for the last ten of those years and deteriorated. Son in law , who'd loved it when he was in high school, just hauled it to their new home in Kentucky where that picture was taken.

It's the 401cid Buick "nailhead" engine , 'Wildcat 445" which its rated torque.

A movie outfit borrowed it once for a prop. If you ever see "Toll Booth" with Will Patton ( a pretty bad movie imho) it's in several scenes.

Thanks for the interest !

 

[dlgoff]

Thanks for the interest !

The wheel skirts reminded me of my high school car. 1952 Chevy Deluxe 4 Door.
Image compliments of http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyscrapbook/1952a.htm

 

[jim hardy]

Those bulbous curvy old things look almost pretty now, don't they ?

My high school '49 Buick was same color as this one.
Image courtesy GM Heritage center https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/featured/Buick_Styling.html

Working on it made me appreciate the simplicity of Fords .
But in a crash you'd rather be in one of these. That straight-8 engine alone weighed 840 lbs, quite a battering ram.

 

[WWGD]

Few people know I finished the November 5 2016 Marathon...on November 5 2017.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder if some marathons could be a Poisson process, e.g., number of people passing through a fixed spot per hour but I wonder if this property would remain over time. But of course, we need to put the right time limit on the Marathon, otherwise the number would be 0 beyond a certain point..

 

[WWGD]

Russia's Vladimir is Putin on the Ritz...

 

[fresh_42]

Russia's Vladimir is Putin on the Ritz...

You mean this was too good to qualify for Lame Jokes?

 

[WWGD]

You mean this was too good to qualify for Lame Jokes?

No, it was not good enough for it :).

 

[fresh_42]

Russia's Vladimir is Putin on the Ritz...

And we all could have seen it coming long ago - since 1984 to be exact - that this collusion with the Kremlin won't end up well ...

 

[WWGD]

And we all could have seen it coming long ago - since 1984 to be exact - that this collusion with the Kremlin won't end up well ...

Whatever you do, don't feed Putin after midnight...

 

[Borg]

Russia's Vladimir is Putin on the Ritz...

 

[WWGD]

Finally got some benefit from my strength training (leg lifts, pushups, etc.) when I slipped and fell a few floors and did not get hurt.

 

[Bystander]

fell a few floors and did not get hurt.

How many is/are "a few?"

 

[OCR]

How many is/are "a few?"

A few cannot be one, but it can be as low as two... . + =

 

[WWGD]

How many is/are "a few?"

Sorry, unintended exaggeration: a few steps down; I tripped and fell 5-6 stair steps down.

 

[Asymptotic]

Sorry, unintended exaggeration: a few steps down; I tripped and fell 5-6 stair steps down.

Face forward or sliding down on your back?

 

[WWGD]

Face forward or sliding down on your back?

On my back.

 

[fresh_42]

Simply because I've read this one today and it fits into context ... somehow ...

Face forward or sliding down on your back?

Why do scuba divers fall backwards into the water?

Spoiler

If they fell forward, they were still in the boat.

 

[Asymptotic]

On my back.

That's the only way to go!

Did it once myself coming home from school one cold, snowy day. Slipped on a patch of ice at the very top of a nine concrete stairway between our yard and the road ... my armload of books went flying as I slid down backwards head first, hollering "f&%k" for every time my head hit stair finally coming to a stop on the other side of the macadam. :)

 

[WWGD]

That's the only way to go!

Did it once myself coming home from school one cold, snowy day. Slipped on a patch of ice at the very top of a nine concrete stairway between our yard and the road ... my armload of books went flying as I slid down backwards head first, hollering "f&%k" for every time my head hit stair finally coming to a stop on the other side of the macadam. :)

Good deal; in my case it was just good-old rain in a smooth surface near the stairs.

 

[WWGD]

Finally got some benefit from my strength training (leg lifts, pushups, etc.) when I slipped and fell a few floors and did not get hurt.

I forgot, I guess, all the bottles I have opened for older people too: "You look pretty strong, can you help me with this...". Time well spent with those pushups, leglifts, etc.

 

[WWGD]

I still get mixed up apps as in applications with apps as in appetizers...

 

[WWGD]

I bought a pair of shoes that are around one size too big. I need to find someone who has shoe size larger than mine who bought shoes one -or-more sizes too small. Seems like a nice new feature for PF..."Wake up, you need to make money!"

 

[fresh_42]

"Wake up, you need to make money!"

Wake up, winter's ahead! You will need space for a second and third pair of socks!

 

[WWGD]

Wake up, winter's ahead! You will need space for a second and third pair of socks!

And, hopefully new shoes from the new PF shoe exchange...

 

[jim hardy]

I've long thought a PF swap meet would be fun. Trade those' projects we never got around to finishing' .

What size are your shoes ? What style?

 

[WWGD]

I've long thought a PF swap meet would be fun. Trade those' projects we never got around to finishing' .

What size are your shoes ? What style?

Around 13-13.5 ; any shoes I can wear to an office job. Things are a bit formal in here in terms of dressing for work.

 

[Posy McPostface]

Not to shill; but, just got a home assistant or, for me and what I hope to be, a life organizer. Think it's worth the $49.

 

[jim hardy]

Around 13-13.5

Wow I'm 8.5 - 9.

 

[fresh_42]

Around 13-13.5

Wow I'm 8.5 - 9.

And now the physics lesson for our students here:

Mine is 45-46.
Find the error!

 

[WWGD]

Not to shill; but, just got a home assistant or, for me and what I hope to be, a life organizer. Think it's worth the $49.

They used to be called

And now the physics lesson for our students here:

Mine is 45-46.
Find the error!

Easy: you're 29'' tall!