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Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:32 pm

Yup. That's always been an annoyance. A coffee "cup" is 6 oz and it's bullshit.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:48 pm

(I thought it was 5, not that it matters because its not fucking 8.)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:05 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:16 pm If things ever return to normal and we can worry about frivolous things again, I'm going to start a campaign against coffee makers measuring in false cups.

Yeah, makes the measurement meaningless.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:49 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:48 pm (I thought it was 5, not that it matters because its not fucking 8.)

I think my piece-of-shit coffeemaker uses 4-ounces as a cup.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:57 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:05 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:16 pm If things ever return to normal and we can worry about frivolous things again, I'm going to start a campaign against coffee makers measuring in false cups.
Yeah, makes the measurement meaningless.

Which was Mr. Coffee's grand design.

dem3pigs · Post by **dem3pigs** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:11 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:57 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:05 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:16 pm If things ever return to normal and we can worry about frivolous things again, I'm going to start a campaign against coffee makers measuring in false cups.
Yeah, makes the measurement meaningless.
Which was Mr. Coffee's grand design.

Fuck Joe Dimaggio

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:45 pm

Michael Jackson wrote only 4 of the 9 songs on Thriller.

I'd always thought he wrote them all.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:49 pm

How many did Quincy write?

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:54 pm

co-writer on just one, PYT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(album)

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:42 pm

My closest cousin's husband died in his sleep last night. No idea why, completely out of nowhere. He was 52.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:54 pm

brian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:42 pm My closest cousin's husband died in his sleep last night. No idea why, completely out of nowhere. He was 52.

That’s terrible. I’m sorry, Brian.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:04 pm

Sorry to hear that, Brian.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:37 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:04 pm Sorry to hear that, Brian.

So sorry for your family’s loss.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:40 pm

Sorry to hear, brian.

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:39 pm

Thanks. It's completely crazy. No idea how this could have happened.

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:08 am

brian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:39 pm Thanks. It's completely crazy. No idea how this could have happened.

Same thing happened to my wife's cousin a couple years ago. She was 42. To make it worse, after two autopsies and nearly a year no cause of death was able to be determined.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:32 am

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:08 am
brian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:39 pm Thanks. It's completely crazy. No idea how this could have happened.
Same thing happened to my wife's cousin a couple years ago. She was 42. To make it worse, after two autopsies and nearly a year no cause of death was able to be determined.

Yup. They never did figure out exactly how my 25yo nephew died in his sleep in March. (We couldn’t do the funeral b/c Covid but finally saw his mom on this month’s trip.)

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:43 am

Damn. Sorry to hear that brian.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:02 am

I must've missed this earlier. So sad to hear, Brian.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:06 pm

Wife: I’ve got a headache. I don’t think im going to finish my dinner.
Me: Oh, that’s too bad. I can finish your glass of wine.
Wife: No. I said I have a headache. I didn’t say I’m delirious.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:01 am

Can you walk into the public woods and take branches and logs that have already fallen off trees? Like is that some weird form of stealing or is it perfectly fine / helpful?

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:06 am

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:01 am Can you walk into the public woods and take branches and logs that have already fallen off trees? Like is that some weird form of stealing or is it perfectly fine / helpful?

I'd avoid doing that. Technically it's stealing, and you shouldn't be altering a natural setting in any way.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:10 am

"Public woods" is pretty vague. Regs vary depending on the land designation. USFS

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:51 pm

Sabo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:06 am
mister d wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:01 am Can you walk into the public woods and take branches and logs that have already fallen off trees? Like is that some weird form of stealing or is it perfectly fine / helpful?
I'd avoid doing that. Technically it's stealing, and you shouldn't be altering a natural setting in any way.

Downed wood provides ecological functions as part of a forest. So technically it’s a weird form of stealing - but taking a couple sticks or cones or something isn’t a big deal.

Around here the USFS issues firewood- and Christmas-tree-cutting permits so they can keep control over it.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:03 pm

Actual regulations notwithstanding, I think my judgement would depend on how much you're taking away. A walking stick, or like one cool-looking log, meh. If you're harvesting a season's worth of firewood or something, not cool!

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:04 pm

rass wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:03 pm Actual regulations notwithstanding, I think my judgement would depend on how much you're taking away. A walking stick, or like one cool-looking log, meh. If you're harvesting a season's worth of firewood or something, not cool!

This is it. You want to collect some leaves or specimens for a project or something that's one thing. Anything more you're violating "leave no trace".

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Oct 28, 2020 8:51 am

This whole thread:

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:50 am

70 percent of all soccer balls are made in one town
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/ ... ma-2020-12

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 8:36 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:50 am 70 percent of all soccer balls are made in one town
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/ ... ma-2020-12

Wow, that's crazy. Wish they explained why there are so many soccer ball factories in one town, but interesting to see the manufacturing process.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 8:41 am

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 8:51 am This whole thread:

They have to make a movie about Zhang Zongchang

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:37 pm

Kinston High School in Kinston, NC was founded in 1970 when the two segregated high schools were combined. Since then, one in every 58 players on the Kinston High basketball team has been drafted or played in the NBA.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:39 pm

I've been to Kinston! Mother Earth Brewing.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:08 pm

Right next to G-Vegas! Home of the Pirates, and my cousins.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:17 pm

Met a lot of people from Kinston in school. All seemed normal except for a 6-6 225lb athletic freak named Stackhouse but he was also a good guy from my interacitons.

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:18 pm

I sometimes drive though Kinston on the way to/from the beach. It's a sad town. It grew up on tobacco and textile manufacturing money that's just not coming back.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:24 am

Listening to the Robinhood Snacks podcast this morning. Some solid random facts
1.) One of their listeners plays women's pro hoops in Spain. Jersey has 13 logos on it including Queso El Pastor
2.) Kettering Town FC were the first club to wear sponsorship upon their shirts and it happened in 1976
3.) Kettering Town FC , were the leading FA Cup goal scorers of all time as of 2015

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:44 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:24 am Listening to the Robinhood Snacks podcast this morning. Some solid random facts
1.) One of their listeners plays women's pro hoops in Spain. Jersey has 13 logos on it including Queso El Pastor
2.) Kettering Town FC were the first club to wear sponsorship upon their shirts and it happened in 1976
3.) Kettering Town FC , were the leading FA Cup goal scorers of all time as of 2015

Al Pastor sauce is delicious. One of our local butchers sells sauce from his own recipe.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:27 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:44 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:24 am Listening to the Robinhood Snacks podcast this morning. Some solid random facts
1.) One of their listeners plays women's pro hoops in Spain. Jersey has 13 logos on it including Queso El Pastor
2.) Kettering Town FC were the first club to wear sponsorship upon their shirts and it happened in 1976
3.) Kettering Town FC , were the leading FA Cup goal scorers of all time as of 2015
Al Pastor sauce is delicious. One of our local butchers sells sauce from his own recipe.

I had maybe the best I've ever had yesterday.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:44 pm

Andy Summers of The Police is older than Mick Jagger. I never would have guessed that.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:27 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:44 pm Andy Summers of The Police is older than Mick Jagger. I never would have guessed that.

Funny. Also funny that he is about 9 years older than the other guys in the band.