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#91
Politics / Re: Duke of Bullshit: "The" Do...
Last post by Dark Lightning - August 11, 2026, 10:11:54 PMNot too different from sending ICE into blue cities. The irony is that the orange faced shitgoblin votes by mail, himself.
#92
Politics / Re: Duke of Bullshit: "The" Do...
Last post by Recusant - August 11, 2026, 09:13:32 PMThe convict president indicates he's warming to the idea of declaring a national emergency to federalize the upcoming election. At the link below the main article there is a "don't panic" message from an election law blog.
As if such niceties mean anything to the decrepit wannabe dictator and his henchmen.
QuoteThere's no part of the Constitution or federal law that would give the President power to say how states run their mail ballot programs, voter id, etc.
As if such niceties mean anything to the decrepit wannabe dictator and his henchmen.
#93
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Multi-Association Thread
Last post by billy rubin - August 11, 2026, 03:05:45 PMlook at these nut cases though. hang gliding is pretty laid back compared to the wingsuit people
you couldnt get me to do this if you stuffed my pockets with winning lottery tickets i understand exactly what theyre doing, because theyre looking for a tecnical perfection in their control of a path through a very narrow success window. but i dont look for challenges where slipping out of the window means that you die.
people are always saying these folks do it for the adrenaline. i dont think so. when i pull up my motorcycle to the starting line and go through my safety checks, i dont feel any adrenaline about going 135 mph on a naked motorcycle in a few seconds. my heart rate actually goes down, and my mind slows way down. i have to be careful i dont neglect anything because i start to detach from the world.
then during the run, everything goes away except me, the motorcycle, and the race course. there's no thought of anything else-- zero past, present, or future. im listening to the engine, watching the tachometer, keeping track of where my body is located on the machine, and watching out for the lights.
got to keep your eyes up. i once looked down briefly and missed the mile lights going by. then i hit the cones at 100-something mph, which reminded me to stay in present time.
maybe thats it? things like this enforce a mental state of complete living in the present moment.
im thinking drag racing is like that too, but drag racing would be too stressful for me, i think.
you couldnt get me to do this if you stuffed my pockets with winning lottery tickets i understand exactly what theyre doing, because theyre looking for a tecnical perfection in their control of a path through a very narrow success window. but i dont look for challenges where slipping out of the window means that you die.
people are always saying these folks do it for the adrenaline. i dont think so. when i pull up my motorcycle to the starting line and go through my safety checks, i dont feel any adrenaline about going 135 mph on a naked motorcycle in a few seconds. my heart rate actually goes down, and my mind slows way down. i have to be careful i dont neglect anything because i start to detach from the world.
then during the run, everything goes away except me, the motorcycle, and the race course. there's no thought of anything else-- zero past, present, or future. im listening to the engine, watching the tachometer, keeping track of where my body is located on the machine, and watching out for the lights.
got to keep your eyes up. i once looked down briefly and missed the mile lights going by. then i hit the cones at 100-something mph, which reminded me to stay in present time.
maybe thats it? things like this enforce a mental state of complete living in the present moment.
im thinking drag racing is like that too, but drag racing would be too stressful for me, i think.
#94
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Multi-Association Thread
Last post by Dark Lightning - August 11, 2026, 12:21:15 AMI get vertigo on ladders, so this is beyond the pale for me.
#95
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Multi-Association Thread
Last post by billy rubin - August 10, 2026, 11:03:42 PM???
how can you possibly not want to do this?
to strap on wings, run down a ramp, and step off into . . . nothing?
ive wanted to build man-carrying kites like the wright brothers since i was a child. or a hang glider like otto lilienthal.
life is just too short to fret about making it last longer. i spent most of my life being responsible and looking out for the future.
then some thirty years ago i realized that my life wasnt in the future. it was right now, and if i kept putting the interesting stuff off i was just going to die without ever doing it. so i said, fuck that, and walked away from everything i owned and had worked for all my lfe. and then i taught myself how to race motorcycles.
id still do the hang gliding right now except im finally too decrepit and dont live in the right place. so on the racing i slid in under the wire.
how can you possibly not want to do this?
to strap on wings, run down a ramp, and step off into . . . nothing?
ive wanted to build man-carrying kites like the wright brothers since i was a child. or a hang glider like otto lilienthal.
life is just too short to fret about making it last longer. i spent most of my life being responsible and looking out for the future.
then some thirty years ago i realized that my life wasnt in the future. it was right now, and if i kept putting the interesting stuff off i was just going to die without ever doing it. so i said, fuck that, and walked away from everything i owned and had worked for all my lfe. and then i taught myself how to race motorcycles.
id still do the hang gliding right now except im finally too decrepit and dont live in the right place. so on the racing i slid in under the wire.
#96
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Multi-Association Thread
Last post by Icarus - August 10, 2026, 04:04:39 AM Billy: Back a few years the NAACP had a much advertised slogan: "A mind is a terrible thing to waste:
Hang gliding???? How the fuck did you happen to lose your mind.
Hang gliding???? How the fuck did you happen to lose your mind.
#97
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Multi-Association Thread
Last post by Dark Lightning - August 09, 2026, 08:53:38 PMHang Gliding? Another thing that will never be on my bucket list. Good on ya, Billy!
#98
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Multi-Association Thread
Last post by billy rubin - August 09, 2026, 05:29:33 PMim taking a break from the track. maybe permanently. ive been doing this for over ten years, and it takes a trememndous amount of time and resources. wrenching on the racebike takes hundreds of hours, and everything else in my life has been on the back burner.
some things were conscious decisions, like my plans to take up hangliding. couldnt do that and race at the same time, so i let one go.
one of my fellow racers bumped the mile-point-five record above my 135 to almost 137, which im not sure i can get out of my machine. but i still have the mile record at 133.
some things were conscious decisions, like my plans to take up hangliding. couldnt do that and race at the same time, so i let one go.
one of my fellow racers bumped the mile-point-five record above my 135 to almost 137, which im not sure i can get out of my machine. but i still have the mile record at 133.
#99
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Multi-Association Thread
Last post by Dark Lightning - August 09, 2026, 12:42:41 PMSpeaking of which, when is your next speed run?
#100
Science / Re: The "Hygiene Hypothesis"
Last post by billy rubin - August 09, 2026, 03:27:09 AMwhere exactly on a farm do these . . . metabolites? exist?
manure? chicken feed? raw milk?
manure? chicken feed? raw milk?