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George,
GP> Most people don't take any of the time or effort to be involved to have
GP> the government they can actually be proud of. Either from a lack of
GP> time &/or a surfeit of apathy.
I tell folks if you don't vote in an election...whether it's for taxes
or millage, or people involved...you have no right to complain about the
outcome.
GP> I consider it my obligation & privilege to keep an eye on those
GP> humpers, even the ones I like & trust.
You think your dogs are horny as all get out, as they're humping your
leg all the time (both males and females do it). But, that's actually "a
dominance move"...saying "I'm the boss around here". A local area family
has 4 male dachshunds (named Thor, Gunnar, Floki, and Baxter), and most
recently a piebald female named Torvi. She is now the humper of the bunch,
telling her "brothers" that "I rule around here". It reminds me of the
meme where this guy's dog is "humping his leg", and he growls "at least
someone's willing to have sex with me".
But, to many people, their pets are their "kids". You don't have to send
them to school, except maybe obedience school. It reminds me of a QWK Mail
tagline from the late Nancy Backus (she is sorely missed), that noted "Dog
flunked obedience school...said kid ate his homework".
GP> One of the longtime members whom I like & have voted for every 4 years
GP> for the past 20, likes that I sit where I can see everybody & I watch
GP> them when they spea, & I take notes to some times address them
GP> personally, later, or for me to take the dais & ask them publically
GP> right there.
When they know someone is there who will stay involved, they're a bit
more likely to behave themselves, so to speak...and get the work done,
instead of just collecting a paycheck. Before elections, they give us the
thumbs up...afterwards, they give us "the bird". :P
GP> I'm fortunate to have the time, right now; also that I can refuse to
GP> allow apathy to rule over me.
Apathy Error: Strike any key, or none for that matter.
GP> When you're diabetic, as you know, you need to watch your sugar intake.
My A1C has never been below 5.4, and never above 6.1 -- when I was in the
ER the other night (heart rate had dropped to 44...they think it was a bad
reading from the pulse oximeter), the sugar was 110...right in the middle of
the normal range. I'm most likely to become type 2 diabetic, although my BMI
(body mass index) has me as "obese class II".
GP> Monsanto is evil, as are those in power who are partnered with them &
GP> raking in millions a day by monopolizing and controlling critical food
GP> supplies.
There are a bunch of lawsuits out there right now for various things.
GP> Very simple to starve any nation or continent by withholding the
GP> Monsanto branded DNA-altered fertilzers required to make their seeds
GP> grow into mass food crop amounts
With so many farmers quitting, due to the high costs, that's going to
mean less food overall. Many folks who go out to eat waste so much food
that it's pathetic. I remember seeing a sign at a buffet that noted "take
all you want, but eat all you take".
GP> Working on changing my habits from being so wheat-centred for my diet.
GP> (love toast in the morning(or whenever),. & sandwiches whenever; 50
GP> years of food habits is hard to break)
I used to eat white bread, but have gone to wheat bread for sandwiches
at home. When I eat out, I may not have a choice.
GP> Yup, I meant it was ALSO crappy before -- now it just means somewone
GP> els is openly claiming ownership of the portions of our lives we spend
GP> on Facebook or Instagram(owned by FB, after a $1.1bn purchase). Screw
GP> hard work to get to success -- just invent a way to steal mass numbers
GP> of people's private info & sell out to a big corporation for enough to
GP> finance you well, for life!
I don't spend as much time on Facebook as I used to...mainly on there now
for my ham radio traffic net groups. My internet was out for 4 1/2 hours
Tuesday afternoon and evening, so I couldn't browse the web or do email
(except minimally through my smartphone), and could only do BBS things via
the host console. But, I just logged on to do QWK Mail (always), then some
minor file section and bulletin updating, and very few doorgames. While I
am on Twitter and Skype, both are used very sparingly.
GP> I can easily do the math to figure it out -- but I'll save that for
GP> when I draw up our contracts. I'm just chattimg now.
Most kids nowadays are lost above a count of 10 fingers and toes, if
they don't have some sort of calculator. I can do a lot of calculations
in my head, but I'll never be as fast as my late father was. He was the
comptroller for the local Swift Independent Packing Company office in
town for many years...it was that job that transferred us from Miami,
Florida to Little Rock, Arkansas 45 years ago.
GP> So a 10% holder would get over $330bn on exit. Even Kevin O'Leary
GP> would have his pants tighten on hearing that!)
But, they take none of that with them when they die. Everyone came
into this world as naked and broke as I did, and they're going out the
same way.
GP> I only pop on rarely to check on family, & to sometimes give answer to
GP> ridiculous claims that I see on my newsfeed.
I dropped all my "friends", and while folks can "message me", I don't
have a "friends list", per se...and don't even post on my timeline.
GP> Yeah, that's not listed as a diagnostics port in my user
GP> manual(unpublished).
It's your exhaust pipe and exit ramp. :P
GP> I'm afraid of the day when I need a colorectal endoscopy, that the
GP> tube'll go in so far, it'll trip my uvula into gag reflex.
I told my wife one night that "my head was so far up my butt, that I
could see my throat". Without missing a beat, and grinning wryly, she
said "That's why your eyes are so brown!!".
GP> time (might've beebn an intersting home movie -- there are patches tio
GP> can apply to redesign elements like making the stones look like the
GP> Dark Side's ships, & the laser head to look like the photon torpedos
GP> on the USS Enterprise! (That would've been AWESOME -- I'd be pissing
GP> off both sets of obsessive nerds for getting it 'wrong' (it's creative
GP> fiction, boys; I just know how to manipulate that, exercising my
GP> Creative License I have in my other wallet)
Since I rarely drink carbonated beverages in any form any more, and have
given up chocolate, caffeine, and candy, I haven't had a kidney stone in
over 2 years, and my heart rate (with medication) is half of what it was
when I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation last summer.
GP> Yup; mine has the female rinse, but that's it -- the rest of the water
GP> features are for the back cargo doors. (scrub, rinse, massage, enema) &
GP> there's a warm air dryer for all.
I wish I could afford one...but right now, finances are tighter than a
frog's butt underwater.
Daryl
... OK, so what's the speed of dark?
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