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#1
Laid Back Lounge / Re: What's on your mind today?
Last post by Tank - October 10, 2024, 06:57:47 PMNew toy 
No idea where I'm going to keep it!
No idea where I'm going to keep it!
#2
Laid Back Lounge / Re: What's on your mind today?
Last post by Tank - October 10, 2024, 11:47:06 AMI had a little aquarium that was just sitting around. I now have a little aquarium sitting around with a Sundew and Venus Fly Trap in it. 
#3
Miscellaneous / Re: Are We Fucked, Climate Wis...
Last post by zorkan - October 10, 2024, 10:45:05 AMGlobal weather today suggests yes, we're fkd.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kjrp2rngzo
Wind speeds of 13,508mph in London, 5,293mph in Rome, temperatures of 404C in Nottingham and 384C in New York.
It's even worse than the climate on Jupiter where winds can only reach 425mph.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kjrp2rngzo
Wind speeds of 13,508mph in London, 5,293mph in Rome, temperatures of 404C in Nottingham and 384C in New York.
It's even worse than the climate on Jupiter where winds can only reach 425mph.
#4
Laid Back Lounge / Re: What's on your mind today?
Last post by Tank - October 10, 2024, 09:15:56 AMWatching this on the BBC. Terrifying.
#5
Laid Back Lounge / Re: What's on your mind today?
Last post by Recusant - October 10, 2024, 03:54:16 AMI'm impressed that you took care of the boarding up yourself, Icarus. That's some serious toting and lifting, not to mention the agility required to get the fasteners in. Respect! I hope I'll manage so well if I ever make it to my tenth decade. 
Taking them back down will be another adventure I imagine.
I think of how common window shutters are on houses in France but I don't recall seeing them in Florida. A few folks must have them though.
Rotten luck with the water heater, a whole other pain in the neck for later.
Taking them back down will be another adventure I imagine. I think of how common window shutters are on houses in France but I don't recall seeing them in Florida. A few folks must have them though.
Rotten luck with the water heater, a whole other pain in the neck for later.
#6
Laid Back Lounge / Re: What's on your mind today?
Last post by Dark Lightning - October 10, 2024, 01:52:17 AMKeep safe, buddy! It would be nice for that storm to drop some water over here on the west coast. We're looking at another drier winter.
#7
Laid Back Lounge / Re: What's on your mind today?
Last post by Icarus - October 10, 2024, 01:40:21 AMAbout 8 pm here on Wednesday night. So far no damaging winds but more is expected. This kind of weather phenomena, an approaching Hurricane, has the added horror of spawning Tornadoes. We have had reports of three of them in areas within a few miles of my keyboard.
In the last few hours, Milton has veered a little bit southward which means that I will not get the full fury of the storm. We will get more than enough of it to keep us in a vigilant state.
I spent many hours and a lot of sweat to board up all my windows and some of the doors. My poor ancient ass is dragging from all the physical exercise. I also used more than a gentlemanly number of curse words in the process.
Oh happy day....My wife just said; "what is that beeping sound"....I don't know but I will find the source. AHA! It was my damned water heater which is in the garage. It was leaking around the gasket of the lower heating element and the sensor took issue with the water that was not supposed to be there. Alright I have to disconnect the power shut off the water supply to the heater and drain the tank. I did that, which is part of the misery that the Gods have laid on me. That is not a big deal because it is a certainty that I will lose electric power for a few days while the utility company does their repair thing. I would not have hot water anyway. None of this is like;y to defeat me because I have gone through this kind of character test many times before.....But it is getting pretty damned tiresome.
No, I am not leaving my humble abode. I will weather the storm as before. Many thousands of people who reside on the coastal areas, 45 miles west of here, have taken the wise option and headed for higher ground hundreds of miles away. The interstate highways are bumper to bumper for miles and miles. The deadly risk to them is storm surge which can and does pile up water above the roof line of their coastal or barrier island homes.
I will (hopefully) be back when my electric and internet power is restored. It is good at this moment but it sure to fail soon. Cheers to all my HAF friends
In the last few hours, Milton has veered a little bit southward which means that I will not get the full fury of the storm. We will get more than enough of it to keep us in a vigilant state.
I spent many hours and a lot of sweat to board up all my windows and some of the doors. My poor ancient ass is dragging from all the physical exercise. I also used more than a gentlemanly number of curse words in the process.
Oh happy day....My wife just said; "what is that beeping sound"....I don't know but I will find the source. AHA! It was my damned water heater which is in the garage. It was leaking around the gasket of the lower heating element and the sensor took issue with the water that was not supposed to be there. Alright I have to disconnect the power shut off the water supply to the heater and drain the tank. I did that, which is part of the misery that the Gods have laid on me. That is not a big deal because it is a certainty that I will lose electric power for a few days while the utility company does their repair thing. I would not have hot water anyway. None of this is like;y to defeat me because I have gone through this kind of character test many times before.....But it is getting pretty damned tiresome.
No, I am not leaving my humble abode. I will weather the storm as before. Many thousands of people who reside on the coastal areas, 45 miles west of here, have taken the wise option and headed for higher ground hundreds of miles away. The interstate highways are bumper to bumper for miles and miles. The deadly risk to them is storm surge which can and does pile up water above the roof line of their coastal or barrier island homes.
I will (hopefully) be back when my electric and internet power is restored. It is good at this moment but it sure to fail soon. Cheers to all my HAF friends
#8
Laid Back Lounge / Re: What's on your mind today?
Last post by billy rubin - October 09, 2024, 05:26:41 PMare you staying or bugging out?
#9
Miscellaneous / Re: Failure of justice
Last post by zorkan - October 08, 2024, 12:32:10 PMThe TV program alleged that the hospital had to find a scapegoat for the death of so many babies.
The scapegoat was the nurse on duty at the time.
As an alternative explanation they suggested a super bug had found its way into the room due to poor sanitation.
That would make it difficult for the hospital managers.
Back in the 1970's 21 members of the public were killed by bombs in 2 pubs close by each other in Birmingham.
182 were injured with many maimed for life.
The police were frantically trying to find the culprits.
6 arrests were made on a boat train going to Ireland.
Confessions were beaten out of them and they spent 17 years in jail for a crime they did not commit.
The circumstantial evidence was found in playing cards which naturally contain traces of explosive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Six
More recently hundreds of innocent people were prosecuted and some even jailed for fraud in what is known as the Post Office Scandal.
The software was the problem and not the sub-postmasters who were made scapegoats by managers who wanted to conceal the evidence.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56718036
The scapegoat was the nurse on duty at the time.
As an alternative explanation they suggested a super bug had found its way into the room due to poor sanitation.
That would make it difficult for the hospital managers.
Back in the 1970's 21 members of the public were killed by bombs in 2 pubs close by each other in Birmingham.
182 were injured with many maimed for life.
The police were frantically trying to find the culprits.
6 arrests were made on a boat train going to Ireland.
Confessions were beaten out of them and they spent 17 years in jail for a crime they did not commit.
The circumstantial evidence was found in playing cards which naturally contain traces of explosive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Six
More recently hundreds of innocent people were prosecuted and some even jailed for fraud in what is known as the Post Office Scandal.
The software was the problem and not the sub-postmasters who were made scapegoats by managers who wanted to conceal the evidence.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56718036
#10
Miscellaneous / Re: Failure of justice
Last post by Asmodean - October 08, 2024, 06:28:04 AM...They are also more or less all the same show about the same cast of characters.
Well, not really, but close enough.
Well, not really, but close enough.