Learn Something Random Every Day Thoughts

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:29 pm

I ended up going to a rock and roll barber sort of place downtown. Sort of biker decor, with 80s/90s rock blaring. The barber next to the woman who cut my hair carried on a relatively one-sided theological discussion with her as she worked on me. It was mostly a recount of another theological discussion he had with someone, perhaps a Jewish someone, about Jesus' sonofgodliness. He felt he had won their exchange by pointing out that other religions consider Jesus a prophet, and if Jesus wasn't Devine then why was he the only prophet without an Earthly father, and why was he the one given superpowers in Revelations? Just as he was wrapping up with some talk of how Satan works to keep Christians and Muslims from loving each other, Motley Crue's "Shout at the Devil" came on the radio. I smiled.

My hair looks better than it does when I do it.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:43 pm

Well, Joe Egan was there too, in the duo known as Stealers' Wheel, when they recorded that Dylanesque pop bubble-gum favorite from April of 1974, that reached up to #5, as K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70s continues…

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:50 pm

rass wrote:I ended up going to a rock and roll barber sort of place downtown. Sort of biker decor, with 80s/90s rock blaring. The barber next to the woman who cut my hair carried on a relatively one-sided theological discussion with her as she worked on me. It was mostly a recount of another theological discussion he had with someone, perhaps a Jewish someone, about Jesus' sonofgodliness. He felt he had won their exchange by pointing out that other religions consider Jesus a prophet, and if Jesus wasn't Devine then why was he the only prophet without an Earthly father, and why was he the one given superpowers in Revelations? Just as he was wrapping up with some talk of how Satan works to keep Christians and Muslims from loving each other, Motley Crue's "Shout at the Devil" came on the radio. I smiled.

My hair looks better than it does when I do it.

So, now you must REALLY look like The Edge!

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:50 pm

howard wrote:Well, Joe Egan was there too, in the duo known as Stealers' Wheel, when they recorded that Dylanesque pop bubble-gum favorite from April of 1974, that reached up to #5, as K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70s continues…

He was there, but I'm now thinking of Rafferty's career when I hear that song.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:24 pm

The word 'shrapnel' comes from a dude's name. Lieutenant Henry Shrapnel of the UK Royal Artillery, in 1793 took a hollowed-out cannonball, filled it with lead shot and powder, such that it would explode in mid-air. He refined the design over the years, as he rose to the rank of Major General.

I figured it was a yiddish word.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:13 pm

howard wrote:The word 'shrapnel' comes from a dude's name. Lieutenant Henry Shrapnel of the UK Royal Artillery, in 1793 took a hollowed-out cannonball, filled it with lead shot and powder, such that it would explode in mid-air. He refined the design over the years, as he rose to the rank of Major General.

I figured it was a yiddish word.

You watched Jeopardy tonight, obv.

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:11 am

howard wrote:The word 'shrapnel' comes from a dude's name. Lieutenant Henry Shrapnel of the UK Royal Artillery, in 1793 took a hollowed-out cannonball, filled it with lead shot and powder, such that it would explode in mid-air. He refined the design over the years, as he rose to the rank of Major General.

I figured it was a yiddish word.

That's interesting. What caused the ignition/explosion?

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:39 am

I blew out my voice trying to sing along to "Rebel Yell" on the car radio.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:35 am

Shirley wrote:
howard wrote:The word 'shrapnel' comes from a dude's name. Lieutenant Henry Shrapnel of the UK Royal Artillery, in 1793 took a hollowed-out cannonball, filled it with lead shot and powder, such that it would explode in mid-air. He refined the design over the years, as he rose to the rank of Major General.

I figured it was a yiddish word.
That's interesting. What caused the ignition/explosion?

I wonder the same, but not enough to read beyond the brief wiki article.

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:57 am

howard wrote:
Shirley wrote:
howard wrote:The word 'shrapnel' comes from a dude's name. Lieutenant Henry Shrapnel of the UK Royal Artillery, in 1793 took a hollowed-out cannonball, filled it with lead shot and powder, such that it would explode in mid-air. He refined the design over the years, as he rose to the rank of Major General.

I figured it was a yiddish word.
That's interesting. What caused the ignition/explosion?
I wonder the same, but not enough to read beyond the brief wiki article.

They used time fuses.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:58 pm

I don't think anyone enjoys any part of their job as much as people at Home Depot/Lowe's enjoy telling you they don't carry something.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:07 pm

Yeah I get it Home Depot, you don't carry plaster dick molds HA HA HA.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:03 am

This probably doesn't sound like a huge deal but among Federer's most ridiculous stats...he's never once retired in the middle of a match.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:01 pm

It's weird watching steam rise off the back deck when it's 19 degrees out. Sun is beating down, so I understand, but it just doesn't want to make sense.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:35 pm

Jerloma wrote:This probably doesn't sound like a huge deal but among Federer's most ridiculous stats...he's never once retired in the middle of a match.

I bet he's never once bitched about tie-breaker rules, either.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:01 am

It resets if my player really crashes and I have to rebuild the library but I have 735 days and 6 hours of unlistened to music in my collection

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:29 am

I just ate a chicken salad hoagie.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:30 am

at this hour? how was it?

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 11:52 am

A little soggy.

Also, eaten in bed, postcoital. So fantastic.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:09 pm

rass wrote:A little soggy.

Also, eaten in bed, postcoital. So fantastic.

Chicken salad is the perfect desert after eating tossed salad, eh?

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:30 pm

Sunday evenings are the best with Mondays off

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:37 pm

rass wrote:A little soggy.

Also, eaten in bed, postcoital. So fantastic.

you know beth reads this shit, right?

i keed!

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:43 am

Keeping this out of the Television thread to avoid spoilers: I'm planning on binge-watching True Detective over the next 2-3 days. Do I need to more or less avoid the internet over that time to avoid having it spoiled?

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:12 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Keeping this out of the Television thread to avoid spoilers: I'm planning on binge-watching True Detective over the next 2-3 days. Do I need to more or less avoid the internet over that time to avoid having it spoiled?

I have done a good job avoiding spoilers for TD without much work. Really looking forward to watching the season en mass sometime soon.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:34 am

So, I have tickets/reservations for Puerto Vallarta next weekend for my buddies bachelor party. But he got caught fooling around and now his fiance has called off the wedding. My buddy is nowhere to be found, he hasn't gone to work for a few days and won't answer his phone.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:34 am

Keg wrote:So, I have tickets/reservations for Puerto Vallarta next weekend for my buddies bachelor party. But he got caught fooling around and now his fiance has called off the wedding. My buddy is nowhere to be found, he hasn't gone to work for a few days and won't answer his phone.

Oh, this sounds like a clusterfuck

Post by **brian** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:48 am

Keg wrote:So, I have tickets/reservations for Puerto Vallarta next weekend for my buddies bachelor party. But he got caught fooling around and now his fiance has called off the wedding. My buddy is nowhere to be found, he hasn't gone to work for a few days and won't answer his phone.

Hopefully he just wants to be by himself for a little while, which seems kinda natural. You know him better than anyone -- do you have any reason to think he's capable of doing anything to hurt himself (I realize anyone is capable of anything, but let's be honest here -- there's some people you know who are more apt to do something rash than others).

If the answer is yes, I'd send him a voicemail and text telling him you've moved beyond worrying about him and might have to get the police involved with a missing person's report. If he's underground that should bring him back up temporarily. If he doesn't respond, follow through.

ETA: If it has been several days with no response, actually I'd probably do that regardless of what you think he's capable of. But I'd send the voicemail and text and say in each that if he doesn't respond you'll file a report later today.

Post by **brian** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:57 am

I'll also add I had a similar thing happen to me one time with my best friend, but fortunately he was OK. I'm sure your friend is too.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:01 am

She might've killed him

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:08 am

brian wrote:
Keg wrote:So, I have tickets/reservations for Puerto Vallarta next weekend for my buddies bachelor party. But he got caught fooling around and now his fiance has called off the wedding. My buddy is nowhere to be found, he hasn't gone to work for a few days and won't answer his phone.
Hopefully he just wants to be by himself for a little while, which seems kinda natural. You know him better than anyone -- do you have any reason to think he's capable of doing anything to hurt himself (I realize anyone is capable of anything, but let's be honest here -- there's some people you know who are more apt to do something rash than others).

If the answer is yes, I'd send him a voicemail and text telling him you've moved beyond worrying about him and might have to get the police involved with a missing person's report. If he's underground that should bring him back up temporarily. If he doesn't respond, follow through.

ETA: If it has been several days with no response, actually I'd probably do that regardless of what you think he's capable of. But I'd send the voicemail and text and say in each that if he doesn't respond you'll file a report later today.

To add to this, I'd find out if he called out of work or just went AWOL.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 1:25 pm

We know he is alive because he has been posting wacko stuff on FB. But he won't respond to any of us trying to reach out to him, which like you guys said, is understandable since all of this just went down this weekend.

He is AWOL from work, hasn't called or talked to anyone from there. We know this because his fiance is a nurse at the hospital he works at. So not only do his family and friends know how big of a dickwad he is, but so do all of his co-workers.

What would you guys do regarding the bachelor party? If you were him would you cancel, or go and party your brains out? All 12 of us bought our plane tickets on our own, but he was hooking it up with the resort reservations and none of us have the reservation info.

Post by **brian** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 1:34 pm

Keg wrote:What would you guys do regarding the bachelor party? If you were him would you cancel, or go and party your brains out? All 12 of us bought our plane tickets on our own, but he was hooking it up with the resort reservations and none of us have the reservation info.

Well if I were HIM I don't know what I'd do, but if I were you guys I'd definitely go down there and party my brains out. If he keeps flaking out, you guys might want to look into making some refundable reservations somewhere on your own just in case.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:51 pm

Go South!

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:25 pm

We're giving him one more day to respond, if we don't hear from him we're going to huddle up and figure out Plan B.

Brian, I will be in Vegas for March Madness again this year. I was planning on cutting the bachelor party short to fly to Vegas on Wednesday. If the trip to PV falls (ie if everyone decides to just lose the airfare rather than spend another $1k), I'll just make the drive up. I'll give you a holler to see if/when you can meet up.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:58 pm

Keg wrote:We're giving him one more day to respond, if we don't hear from him we're going to huddle up and figure out Plan B.

You should all go down and designate one of the married guys to pose as the bachelor. Give a married guy one more weekend of glory! [not projecting. OK, maybe a little bit]

Post by **brian** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:03 pm

Keg wrote:We're giving him one more day to respond, if we don't hear from him we're going to huddle up and figure out Plan B.

Brian, I will be in Vegas for March Madness again this year. I was planning on cutting the bachelor party short to fly to Vegas on Wednesday. If the trip to PV falls (ie if everyone decides to just lose the airfare rather than spend another $1k), I'll just make the drive up. I'll give you a holler to see if/when you can meet up.

Cool, hope to catch up with you.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:15 am

The more I go through life the more I realize how selfish people are.

Some background: A new LRT line opened near my house on Jan 1, 2013. It's great cause now it cuts at least 15 minutes each way on my commute. Of course at first people complained it was a waste of money and instead of one bus going downtown they now had to TRANSFER from a bus to the LRT. These people must have more free time since they don't mind spending an extra 15 minutes each way as long as they don't TRANSFER. To transfer you have to walk about 100 yards from terminal to bus stop.. whoopdie-doo. People have free time, or so I thought.

Coming home, my bus (453) leaves the terminal during rush hour at :05, :20, :35 and :50. After 6:05 it's just :05 and :35. When the line just started there was always one parked there, when I got off the train I would just hop on. But then the bus started to park there to long, drivers would either go to the washroom and or have a smoke. I always catch the 5:35 one... but it would be parked there long.. 5:37, 5:38, OMG 5:40.. bus driver is still dicking around. But I'm already sitting on the bus and I'm just going home, what do I care? And in the event that I caught a late train and arrived at say 5:37 I might make a run for it and the bus would still be there and the driver would let me on instead of having to wait til 5:50. But sitting on the bus you can hear the mummers, people were upset, the bus wasn't leaving on time, they needed to get home. I remember the faces of those who complained, heck I'm on a bus I got nothing better to do. and then at maybe 5:40 the bus would start to leave then the driver catches people coming out of the terminal and would stop to let more people on... this pissed more people off. I'm like just shut up, the bus is here all the time, we'll get home whenever.

So starting in 2014 they cut down on busses but the bus times are still the same, every 15 minutes. I talked to one of the drivers and he says even in good conditions now he has to floor it. If it's icy conditions, forget it. In the morning I get on the bus, before I could even show my bus pass the bus is moving. I've seen so many people actually fall over cause they haven't sat down yet. Driver no longer gives a shit. Coming home now the bus is never at the terminal and it's -30. So we gotta wait in the cold instead of sitting on a warm bus. And the bus now waits for nobody, it gets there right at 5:35 and before I can even sit down, it's gone. I've seen so many people wipe out on the slick ice trying to run for the bus. Some of them were the complainers I heard before, fell right on their asses, good on them. The driver sees people coming out of the terminal, he no longer gives a shit. Some kid yesterday got to the door and pounded on it. Driver just kept going nearly ran him over.

I don't care either way, now I just stand inside the terminal play on my phone until the next bus comes, I never run for it like I used to. At 5:33 I just start walking that 100 yards. If I'm late I wait for 5:50 bus. And those complainers, I hope they're now 15 minutes late instead of 3 and they fall down and go boom every time.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:50 pm

Brontoburglar wrote:Sunday evenings are the best with Mondays off

Getting sick on that Monday night is not. It was such a productive day... and then the puking hit.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:31 pm

The longest vertical drop on Earth is 4101 and located on Mt. Thor in Canada.

People jump off it.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:55 pm

rass wrote:Also, eaten in bed, postcoital. So fantastic.