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Saturday, July 17, 2021 1:00 PM
BRENDA
Saturday, July 17, 2021 9:08 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Saturday, July 17, 2021 9:14 PM
Saturday, July 17, 2021 11:49 PM
Sunday, July 18, 2021 4:23 PM
Sunday, July 18, 2021 4:47 PM
Sunday, July 18, 2021 6:17 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Quote:Oregon wildfire forms 'fire clouds' that pose danger below (edited for length and focus) https://apnews.com/article/science-fires-environment-and-nature-oregon-wildfires-3255d07c698462a9221c090f212ac98e Pyrocumulus clouds — literally translated as “fire clouds” — look like giant, dirty-colored thunderheads that sit atop a massive column of smoke coming up from a wildfire. Often the top of the smoke column flattens out to take the shape of an anvil. These clouds, however, hold more than just water. Ash and particles from the fire also get swept into them, giving them a dark gray, ominous look. For four days in a row, the Bootleg Fire has generated multiple fire clouds that rise nearly 6 miles (10 kilometers) into the atmosphere and are “easily visible from 100 to 120 air miles away” (160 to 193 kilometers), authorities said Friday. ... one of them on the southern flank of the fire partially collapsed Thursday, causing dangerous winds and embers to fall on crews. When a pyrocumulus cloud forms over a fire, meteorologists begin to watch carefully for its big brother, the pyrocumulonimbus cloud. NASA has called the latter the “fire-breathing dragon of clouds” because they are so hot and big that they create their own weather. In a worst-case scenario, fire crews on the ground could see one of the monster clouds spawn a “fire tornado,” generate its own dry lightning and hail — but no rain — and create dangerous hot winds below. They can also send particulate matter from the smoke column up to 10 miles (16 kilometers) above Earth’s surface. (A) wildfire in British Columbia last month that leveled an entire town also generated a pyrocumulonimbus cloud. Blazes in California in 2020 and in the years before have created multiple pyrocumulus clouds, with the Creek Fire in the Fresno area generating a mighty pyrocumulonimbus cloud last fall. Australia’s bush fire siege in January 2020 also produced pyrocumulonimbus clouds that threatened to produce a fire tornado.
Sunday, July 18, 2021 7:15 PM
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Sunday, July 18, 2021 10:35 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: My old man ruined Pro Wrestling for me when I was a kid, said it wasn't real and said that stupid people watch it. I know that's not true, because I've known quite a few smart people in my life who were huge Wrestling fans, but the damage was done and I could never get into it. You know how stuff your parents say when you're really little can shape your life, for better or for worse. He probably wouldn't ever even remember telling me that if I asked him now. I'm glad you can dig it Brenda. -------------------------------------------------- And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm.
Monday, July 19, 2021 7:35 AM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Monday, July 19, 2021 8:47 AM
THG
Quote:Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN: Common Core? Leftist Students Say Science, Correct English and Math Is Racist and Should Be Abolished Six Obama Era Education Policy Mistakes Joe Biden Should Avoid https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/05/11/six-obama-era-education-policy-mistakes-joe-biden-should-avoid/ Biden's political critical race theory education plan runs counter to America's founding principles https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/17/bidens-critical-race-theory-education-plan-runs-co/ Not just America, in Europe also in Britbongistan? Sheffield University tells staff Charles Darwin was 'racist' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9558737/Sheffield-University-tells-staff-Charles-Darwin-racist.html Joe Biden's political racist, Marxist education rule? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-bidens-racist-marxist-education-rule-must-be-killed Who Knew? The Way You Walk on the Sidewalk Is Racist, Says Black Student Newspaper Editor https://www.blazingcatfur.ca/2021/05/13/who-knew-the-way-you-walk-on-the-sidewalk-is-racist-says-black-student-newspaper-editor/ Action Civics projects? https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/03/03/move-aside-common-core-here-comes-the-woke-biden-action-civics-project/ Mom claims she’s not racist for opposing racial theory classes in viral video https://thegrio.com/2021/05/03/mom-claims-not-racist-opposing-racial-theory-classes/ Air pollution in the US is ‘racist’ https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/air-pollution-racism-b1839792.html Educating the News media of the Fake Hate Crime, the Fake Hate Crime Fake Racist Hoax & Outrageously Fake 'Racist' Graffiti Sparked Days Of Protests https://www.dailywire.com/news/hate-crime-hoax-outrageously-racist-graffiti-sparked-days-of-protests-a-black-student-wrote-them It's racist to be good at math? https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/04/26/its-racist-to-be-good-at-math
Monday, July 19, 2021 9:00 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: My old man ruined Pro Wrestling for me when I was a kid, said it wasn't real and said that stupid people watch it. I know that's not true, because I've known quite a few smart people in my life who were huge Wrestling fans, but the damage was done and I could never get into it. You know how stuff your parents say when you're really little can shape your life, for better or for worse. He probably wouldn't ever even remember telling me that if I asked him now. I'm glad you can dig it Brenda. -------------------------------------------------- And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm. My parents were big fans when I and my brother were small, so I've watched it on and off for years. My brother may still watch it, don't know though. My brother used to work for a local promotion up here and got to know a few of the better known names in the business. He still keeps in touch with the guys he used to work with. Oh, I know a bit about how the business works even in the smaller promotions but it doesn't bother me. I can still suspend belief enough to have fun with it. It's good fun on a lazy afternoon every so often.
Monday, July 19, 2021 9:02 AM
Quote:Originally posted by THG: A lot of info here. Maybe you can help break it down for us comrade. T Quote:Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN: Common Core? Leftist Students Say Science, Correct English and Math Is Racist and Should Be Abolished Six Obama Era Education Policy Mistakes Joe Biden Should Avoid https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/05/11/six-obama-era-education-policy-mistakes-joe-biden-should-avoid/ Biden's political critical race theory education plan runs counter to America's founding principles https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/17/bidens-critical-race-theory-education-plan-runs-co/ Not just America, in Europe also in Britbongistan? Sheffield University tells staff Charles Darwin was 'racist' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9558737/Sheffield-University-tells-staff-Charles-Darwin-racist.html Joe Biden's political racist, Marxist education rule? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-bidens-racist-marxist-education-rule-must-be-killed Who Knew? The Way You Walk on the Sidewalk Is Racist, Says Black Student Newspaper Editor https://www.blazingcatfur.ca/2021/05/13/who-knew-the-way-you-walk-on-the-sidewalk-is-racist-says-black-student-newspaper-editor/ Action Civics projects? https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/03/03/move-aside-common-core-here-comes-the-woke-biden-action-civics-project/ Mom claims she’s not racist for opposing racial theory classes in viral video https://thegrio.com/2021/05/03/mom-claims-not-racist-opposing-racial-theory-classes/ Air pollution in the US is ‘racist’ https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/air-pollution-racism-b1839792.html Educating the News media of the Fake Hate Crime, the Fake Hate Crime Fake Racist Hoax & Outrageously Fake 'Racist' Graffiti Sparked Days Of Protests https://www.dailywire.com/news/hate-crime-hoax-outrageously-racist-graffiti-sparked-days-of-protests-a-black-student-wrote-them It's racist to be good at math? https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/04/26/its-racist-to-be-good-at-math
Monday, July 19, 2021 9:42 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by THG: A lot of info here. Maybe you can help break it down for us comrade. T Quote:Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN: Common Core? Leftist Students Say Science, Correct English and Math Is Racist and Should Be Abolished Six Obama Era Education Policy Mistakes Joe Biden Should Avoid https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/05/11/six-obama-era-education-policy-mistakes-joe-biden-should-avoid/ Biden's political critical race theory education plan runs counter to America's founding principles https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/17/bidens-critical-race-theory-education-plan-runs-co/ Not just America, in Europe also in Britbongistan? Sheffield University tells staff Charles Darwin was 'racist' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9558737/Sheffield-University-tells-staff-Charles-Darwin-racist.html Joe Biden's political racist, Marxist education rule? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-bidens-racist-marxist-education-rule-must-be-killed Who Knew? The Way You Walk on the Sidewalk Is Racist, Says Black Student Newspaper Editor https://www.blazingcatfur.ca/2021/05/13/who-knew-the-way-you-walk-on-the-sidewalk-is-racist-says-black-student-newspaper-editor/ Action Civics projects? https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/03/03/move-aside-common-core-here-comes-the-woke-biden-action-civics-project/ Mom claims she’s not racist for opposing racial theory classes in viral video https://thegrio.com/2021/05/03/mom-claims-not-racist-opposing-racial-theory-classes/ Air pollution in the US is ‘racist’ https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/air-pollution-racism-b1839792.html Educating the News media of the Fake Hate Crime, the Fake Hate Crime Fake Racist Hoax & Outrageously Fake 'Racist' Graffiti Sparked Days Of Protests https://www.dailywire.com/news/hate-crime-hoax-outrageously-racist-graffiti-sparked-days-of-protests-a-black-student-wrote-them It's racist to be good at math? https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/04/26/its-racist-to-be-good-at-math
Quote:Originally posted by THG: A lot of info here. Maybe you can help break it down for us comrade. T
Monday, July 19, 2021 1:06 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: My old man ruined Pro Wrestling for me when I was a kid, said it wasn't real and said that stupid people watch it. I know that's not true, because I've known quite a few smart people in my life who were huge Wrestling fans, but the damage was done and I could never get into it. You know how stuff your parents say when you're really little can shape your life, for better or for worse. He probably wouldn't ever even remember telling me that if I asked him now. I'm glad you can dig it Brenda. -------------------------------------------------- And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm. My parents were big fans when I and my brother were small, so I've watched it on and off for years. My brother may still watch it, don't know though. My brother used to work for a local promotion up here and got to know a few of the better known names in the business. He still keeps in touch with the guys he used to work with. Oh, I know a bit about how the business works even in the smaller promotions but it doesn't bother me. I can still suspend belief enough to have fun with it. It's good fun on a lazy afternoon every so often. Yeah. I've never known anybody over 10 years old who believed that it was real. It's all about the spectacle and athleticism and completely dependent on the knowing suspension of disbelief. It's like the circus, but cooler. My old man just didn't get that. He didn't tell my brothers and I we couldn't watch it, but he shamed us out of watching it at an early age. Like I said, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't even remember he did that if I brought it up to him now. It might have just been a few off-handed remarks he made one day, but kids who are still of the age that they look up to their parents as actual know-it-alls are pretty impressionable. It's not like he walked around all day talking about how much Wrestling sucks or anything. I don't even remember him ever speaking about it again after that. That's cool you got into it with your family. I knew a few families who made a huge deal about it. My step-dad's Mexican family even had everybody over for taco dinner on Wrestlemania every year. Aunt Rosie made the best tacos. -------------------------------------------------- And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm.
Monday, July 19, 2021 1:08 PM
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Monday, July 19, 2021 5:38 PM
Monday, July 19, 2021 9:19 PM
Monday, July 19, 2021 9:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by THG: Oh I see. I look forward to you posting proof of this comrade. Let's talk...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 1:22 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 1:25 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: That sounds like fun, Brenda.
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 1:32 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by THG: Oh I see. I look forward to you posting proof of this comrade. Let's talk... Okie Dokie, NeoCon Ted. Feel free to bring it up in one of your dumb threads you litter the board up with and I'll be happy to oblige. -------------------------------------------------- And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm.
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 4:42 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 4:43 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 6:18 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 6:20 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Finished watching "Unhinged" last night and talk about unhinged. A better title for a film, I've never heard of. And I don't think I've seen Russell Crowe play a more unhinged character than he was in this film.
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 9:43 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 11:20 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Finished watching "Unhinged" last night and talk about unhinged. A better title for a film, I've never heard of. And I don't think I've seen Russell Crowe play a more unhinged character than he was in this film. Was it worth watching? Crowe is an incredible actor. But sometimes he takes on crappy movies. ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 11:22 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Finished watching "Unhinged" last night and talk about unhinged. A better title for a film, I've never heard of. And I don't think I've seen Russell Crowe play a more unhinged character than he was in this film. Even more unhinged than in Virtuosity? -------------------------------------------------- And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:18 AM
Quote:Brenda: Finished watching "Unhinged" last night and talk about unhinged. A better title for a film, I've never heard of. And I don't think I've seen Russell Crowe play a more unhinged character than he was in this film. SIX: Even more unhinged than in Virtuosity? BRENDAl The character in this film SIX was totally deranged and he wound up dead at the end of the film. The woman he was "road raging" killed him as he tried to kill her and her son.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:21 AM
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Finished watching "Unhinged" last night and talk about unhinged. A better title for a film, I've never heard of. And I don't think I've seen Russell Crowe play a more unhinged character than he was in this film. Even more unhinged than in Virtuosity? -------------------------------------------------- And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm. The character in this film SIX was totally deranged and he wound up dead at the end of the film. The woman he was "road raging" killed him as he tried to kill her and her son.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:49 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: SIX, I'm so used to reading about progress on your house. You taking a breather?
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 1:28 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Brenda: Finished watching "Unhinged" last night and talk about unhinged. A better title for a film, I've never heard of. And I don't think I've seen Russell Crowe play a more unhinged character than he was in this film. SIX: Even more unhinged than in Virtuosity? BRENDAl The character in this film SIX was totally deranged and he wound up dead at the end of the film. The woman he was "road raging" killed him as he tried to kill her and her son.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 1:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Finished watching "Unhinged" last night and talk about unhinged. A better title for a film, I've never heard of. And I don't think I've seen Russell Crowe play a more unhinged character than he was in this film. Even more unhinged than in Virtuosity? -------------------------------------------------- And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm. The character in this film SIX was totally deranged and he wound up dead at the end of the film. The woman he was "road raging" killed him as he tried to kill her and her son. Jeez. Like he got pissed off at her on the road and they made a movie about him following her home and going after her family? Half the people out there probably shouldn't be allowed to drive for sure, but that's a tad extreme. -------------------------------------------------- And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 1:31 PM
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 4:17 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: KIKI: Halfway thru the hot spell! Hang in there!
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 4:35 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Thanks! for the movie review. I think we'll skip this one!
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: I think that is a good idea. I only got it because I was curious and hadn't seen anything new in a while.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 4:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: KIKI: Halfway thru the hot spell! Hang in there! Despite the weather, I'm making some progress indoors, even though it's hot in here too! I'm nearly halfway through giving my bathroom a ceiling-to-floor cleaning, in preparation for installing a bathtub bench. By the end of the day, I'll be a bit more than halfway through, after I scrub out the bathtub. The previous owners may have used pumice stone on it or some other inappropriate cleaning, because the surface is roughish, not smooth, which makes keeping it clean tedious. But all that is in preparation to installing the bathtub bench, which sits crosswise over the top edges, and I'll put it at the back. I never use it as a bathtub anyway, and the bench will make the tub handier. The other thing I've been slowly pecking away at is rearranging a corner of my living room, and I'm about 3/4 through. That involved removing everything, cleaning everything, and finding news homes for the 2 things I'm keeping. Next up is really cleaning the floor (how often does one get behind furniture?), cleaning the stuff I'm going to put there, and installing it. But I admit, it's been really, really, really slow.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 4:58 PM
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 5:20 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: I wish I could do a thorough job of anything, but as I speed my way thru each task/ project, if hubby criticizes the results I remind him that I don't have time to be perfect. Unlike him, I can't spend a week on (the equivalent of) flattening a plane, and then take three weeks off! The house is still cleanish, not due for another dusting/ sweeping/ vacuuming until the end of the month , the bathroom walls/ceiling got their yearly scrubbing with bleach/TSP (mildew issues) and paperwork has been sorted. So back to researching investments, which I had to set aside in favor of yardwork. ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 5:25 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: I've started to open myself up a bit more socially these days, and other people sure are a time sink.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 5:33 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Out for my walk soon. My area expecting smoke from the fires to drift down here by the weekend.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 5:36 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Thanks! for the movie review. I think we'll skip this one! Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: I think that is a good idea. I only got it because I was curious and hadn't seen anything new in a while. I'll know to NOT watch it myself! I myself watched 2 older movies, because I was curious. One was Runaway Bride. I THINK it was popular at the time ... .OMG. It was bad. I THINK they were trying to recapture the Roberts/ Gere chemistry of Pretty Woman, which I also thought was bad, but I'd say Runaway Bride was worse. Implausible plot, untenable unlikable characters, terrible writing, and acting too poor to carry any of it off. (tomatometer 46%, audience score 53%) I also watched The Wolverine from 2013, which in terms of scripting, plot, acting, special effects and so forth which I found was FAR better than Runaway Bride. (tomatometer 71%, audience score 69%). And of course there's Hugh Jackman, whose acting abilities were sadly wasted because he only had a few modes to project. But after about halfway through of one heartfelt conversation after one guilt-ridden dream after one extravagant fight scene after another, I got bored. The only thing I really wanted to know was does The Wolverine get his healing powers back? So I skipped through the rest to find the answer :: SPOILER ALERT yes he does :: and to the end to find out what happened to whom.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 5:46 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Out for my walk soon. My area expecting smoke from the fires to drift down here by the weekend.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:31 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: I've started to open myself up a bit more socially these days, and other people sure are a time sink. Was what broke the logjam getting your house into better shape? Not that you invite everyone over, but that people COULD stop by if the topic came up ... ?
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