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  • I logged into my Usenet provider yesterday. I read groups related to my hobbies, so not sure my recommendations would do you much good.

  • what controversial thing would the vettong process uncover about you?

    Nice try, FBI!

    :-)

  • I learned to drive on a 1942 John Deere in the early 70s. No on-the-fly shifting but the basics of steering, clutch, and throttle were there.

    In 2017 I bought my first automatic; that vehicle was not available in manual or I def would have bought it that way.

  • I live in a campervan and so have no temperature control in the traditional sense. Closest thing would be the Maxxfan with thermostatic fan control and it's set to 68F. As long as external temps are lower than internal temps it does a reasonable job.

  • My favorite is bathrooms where you can stand at the urinal and make eye contact with people in the dining room everytime the door opens.

  • I was driving with a friend on in Louisiana about 3am one night in the late 90s. I thought I saw something ahead in the right lane so I moved into the left lane just in case.

    As we got closer there was a giant shadow of some kind with only tiny reflectors at the edges. It was a HUGE matte black boat filling the lane on a matte black trailer with no plates. Closest comparison I can come up with would be one of those river patrol boats from the Vietnam war.

    We were on cruise so it took a few seconds to pass them. The boat was being towed by a matte black F-550 (?) MDT with no plates and no lights other than headlights.

    I did not look up at the driver when we passed. I have no idea if this was a drug thing, an intel thing, or what.

  • Only saw one (Oppenheimer) so it must have been the best.

  • For some reason it took me a long time to click with Schitt's Creek.

  • What is your opinion on men that make use of sex worker services?

    Same as any other business transaction.

  • Typing on a phone is terrible for writing more than a few sentences.

    A bluetooth keyboard might be helpful here.

  • I like cars and other vehicles. I dislike low-skilled drivers and a-holes (the two often overlap).

  • UTVs are fine, same as any other tool. But for whatever reason UTVs seem to attract a higher percentage of poorly-behaved owners. I suspect its because, unlike dirt bikes and similar, you can operate them with zero skills and not immediately suffer injury or death. And there is a cupholder for your beer, a cooler for the beers-in-waiting, and a place for speakers to blast one's music into the wilderness.

    Informally, I have observed that jerky/destructive behavior is correlated with the square feet of flag flown from the back of the UTV (regardless of the flag's message).

    The polar opposite appears to be adventure bike riders, who tend to be highly-skilled and considerate of others. I have never been dusted by a high-speed flyby from an ADV rider, or seen one deliberately rut out a wet trail. "Woo-hoo, looka muh roost!"

    To be fair: I have seen UTVs used by talented and considerate individuals. Skillfully navigating terrain that it was hard for me to walk up with trekking poles, and leaving no visible damage. More power to 'em, and I hope they encourage the miscreants to behave better on public lands.

    • drivers of lifted trucks
    • drivers of UTVs
    • owners of vehicles with obnoxious exhausts or stereos
    • people who park their shopping carts next to other carts in the aisle so no one can pass. Also accepted: walking three-abreast in the aisle.

    This is far as I can go in the list without risking a stroke.

  • Im convinced most the piss you see all over the place is from little boys

    Also accepted: grown women doing the hover-and-spray.

    Source - cleaned public restrooms. Don't get me started...

  • and then go crazy because of the smell of puke in the wastebin?

  • What would happen if caffeine was made illegal?

    black market

  • They also invented tinfoil hats to keep secret agents in your walls from being affected by your mindcontrol countermeasures. Duh.

  • There is a saying from when the newspaper world that when a headline asks a question the answer is no.

    Multiplexers are critical to my workflow due to bandwidth limitations and intermittency. mosh+tmux saves my butt daily.