Posts for: Bloke
Jun 28, 2023 09:53:00 #
Jun 28, 2023 09:45:06 #
Ollieboy wrote:
I'm afraid of heights and when I fly my drone it affects me as if I was really up there. I'm working on overcoming this. I upgraded to the Mavic 2 pro with obstacle avoidance which helps a little.
Me too! Like getting nervous when someone else is close to the edge...
Jun 26, 2023 12:49:32 #
EdJ0307 wrote:
I found an NPR website that plays "the best of Car Talk". I listen to them since I haven't heard all of them when they were on the air.
You can find them here if interested:
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk
You can find them here if interested:
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk
Thanks for posting this... I used to enjoy listening to them!
Jun 13, 2023 09:23:58 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Why would you care were the gas filler is on someone else's car? Don't we all have enough to worry about?
My wife used to have a '71 Chevy Nova and the gas filler was down low behind the License Plate! Annoying and hard to use in a dress or skirt.
My wife used to have a '71 Chevy Nova and the gas filler was down low behind the License Plate! Annoying and hard to use in a dress or skirt.
I used to work at a garage back home in the early 70s. No self-service then! One guy pulled in, and I got the hose and started looking for the filler cap. Nearly wrenched his license plate off, but no... Can't remember what the make of the car was, but I had never seen one before. This was obviously a common issue, as the driver got out and stood there laughing while I searched. Finally he took mercy on me, and unscrewed the reflector plate from the back light cluster...
Jun 11, 2023 10:18:00 #
Mike D. wrote:
That reminiscent of where I work, Rich. I work in... (show quote)
One of the banks back home installed a new atm, and it had instructions on it in braille. Now, how would a blind person find the machine in the first place? My mother was blind for the last couple of decades in her life, and we used to look for these kinds of nonsense. For the record, she did not know what an atm WAS?
Also, in western Maryland, there is a rest stop on the freeway, between the 2 carriageways. The signs inviting people to pull in say "Welcome to the William Donald Sheaffer rest area for the blind". Given that you had to be in a vehicle to get to the place, what is the point?
May 23, 2023 08:01:37 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes! "Dr. Mallard." And "Illya Kuryakin." David McCallum is 89. That's a long acting career.
I love how they manage to sneak in occasional references to Kuryakin during NCIS!
May 11, 2023 09:41:05 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Thanks for starting the discussion, R.G.!
In this fanciful composite, I placed Stella off to the side in the hopes that it would take longer to discover her hiding place, and that once found, the surprise would be enjoyable
In this fanciful composite, I placed Stella off to the side in the hopes that it would take longer to discover her hiding place, and that once found, the surprise would be enjoyable
Love this picture!
May 3, 2023 12:39:59 #
I drove through the area 20-some years ago. It was strange, there were all these black 'lumps' moving across the road, so I stopped and looked. Spiders kinda freak me out, but strangely, not tarantulas! I think it's because they don't 'scuttle' around... Here are a couple of frames captured from the DV camera footage. Not great, but it *was* kinda neat!
Mar 18, 2023 10:07:04 #
A lot of these are written by journalists who either don't understand the subject, or are just 'clickbaiting'. That star *is* about to go supernova, just like Betelgeuse in Orion - sometime in the next 50,000,000 years!
I watched a youtube video, supposedly by a reputable scientist, saying that the San Andreas fault had built up so much pressure that it was on the verge of letting go, with the proverbial "Big One". Half-way through, one of the experts said that it was impossible to predict when an earthquake was about to occur. So, how do they know that it is just about to pop?
I watched a youtube video, supposedly by a reputable scientist, saying that the San Andreas fault had built up so much pressure that it was on the verge of letting go, with the proverbial "Big One". Half-way through, one of the experts said that it was impossible to predict when an earthquake was about to occur. So, how do they know that it is just about to pop?
Mar 9, 2023 13:42:06 #
limey wrote:
Strange how the rest of thw world thinks soccer is great, while Americans watch World Championships played only by American teams. Can't think of anything more boring than NFL, NBA and NHL games.
Mar 9, 2023 09:38:45 #
bobbyjohn wrote:
I guess you could say that ... given that a score of 1-0 is commonplace ... not a lot of goals! And then the announcer exaggerates by shouting: "GOOOOOOOOOOOAL," one word lasting about 10 seconds, to try to make the fans watching on TV think that one goal is really exciting!
Well, I guess they could follow the idea from American football, and award 7 points every time someone scores... Heck, you can hate the game if you like, but this oft-quoted reason is just silly...
Feb 8, 2023 09:48:32 #
I have never watched them - better things to waste my time on. The most ridiculousness came when the Academy Awards show received an Emmy!
Feb 5, 2023 08:45:32 #
A great comedian - built his career on failure... I was watching the show when he collapsed...
Jan 12, 2023 09:26:47 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Don't laugh about that. Imagine having to carrying several gallons of water on a hike. With the dehydrated water, you just carry the powder and add water to reactivate it. Go ahead, try to figure out if I'm being serious.
There was a sketch years ago on the British comedy show "The Two Ronnies" They were going on about ways to survive a drought. One of the suggestions was "Drink peanut butter", followed by a pause, "It's delicious", another pause, "Eventually..."
Dec 22, 2022 09:31:14 #
I was visiting friends in Green Bay for Christmas, oh, about 30 years ago. On the way from the airport, we passed the stadium, and they mentioned that they had thought about getting tickets for the game. It was -40 degrees! Interestingly, it was -40 degrees Celsius as well, as this is the one point where they are equivalent...
We watched the game on tv, and there were total lunatics in the crowd stripped bare to the waist!
When we were leaving to go back to the airport a few days later, the fuel in the tank was frozen... There was a guy lying under the car with a blowtorch, trying to thaw out the fuel line...
We watched the game on tv, and there were total lunatics in the crowd stripped bare to the waist!
When we were leaving to go back to the airport a few days later, the fuel in the tank was frozen... There was a guy lying under the car with a blowtorch, trying to thaw out the fuel line...