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There Is Lots Of Joy In Mudville, For ONT, Mighty ONT, Has Come Out
Hi everyone! Time for Thursday's ONT! Let the festivities begin!
City Living
The death of the great American cityUntil recently, cities like London, New York, San Francisco and Chicago seemed to be on the up. They were widely hailed by academic researchers as presaging a high-tech economic future. Urban advocates like former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg described the city as ‘a luxury product’, designed around the needs of wealthy elites and professionals. Some even imagined a world controlled by these cities and their mayors. Yet reality was undermining the great ‘urban renaissance’ even before the pandemic. Office occupancy has actually been declining since 2000. By 2019, the construction of new office space had dropped to one third of the rate of 1985 and half that of 2000. Meanwhile, wealth and educated people continued to shift to the periphery.Yes, all of this is happening, and the article talks about how the pandemic accelerated the process, but other than two sentences that mention the riots after the death of George Floyd, it misses what I think was the real reason cities started to lose population, and the reason they won't get it back: After decades of one party rule, most cities have descended into such an utter morass of filth, crime and violence that nobody has any reason to WANT to come back. What do cities even offer anymore? Last time I visited Baltimore, I remember thinking “Was it always this dirty and I just didn't notice?” (Answer: No) My head was on a swivel at all times looking for gangs and other criminals. Harborplace, the 1980s era inner harbor renovation that started the downtown renaissance and served as a model for other similar cities across the nation, is empty. No, really, it's EMPTY EMPTY. So those of y'all that still live in or around big cities, what does the city offer you that you can't get elsewhere? Major league sports teams? The only time I go to center city Dallas is to watch a Flames/Stars game (and Dallas is still pretty nice down there). I'd really be curious to know, because if y'all don't come up with anything substantial, I'm having a hard time seeing how cities can come back from this.
The pandemic clearly accelerated this process, greatly impacting dense, public-transport-dominated urban centres like New York, with higher population-adjusted Covid fatalities than car-dominated suburbs. It prompted millions to move from dense urban areas to the suburbs, exurbs and beyond. Demographer Wendell Cox has found that virtually all the migration gains since 2020 have been outside the dense cities, which have lost population.
Today's Tip: How To Sit In A Chair
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 25, 2023
Tonight's Question
You can send one 3x5 index card through time back to the Founding Fathers with anything you want written on it.
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) August 18, 2023
What are you writing on the index card? pic.twitter.com/N4EWUsOHc8
1: No person may serve more than 12 years total in Congress
2: Congress may never exempt themselves or any government employees from any laws
3: Congress may pass no bill longer than 4500 words
4: Regulations may be proposed by departments, but each must be voted on by Congress (subject to #3) before they take effect
5: Ditch the preamble to the 2A
6: Spend more time on Article III. Role of courts must be more strictly defined and limited to prevent them from becoming defacto legislators.
7: Requirement that every 5th Amendment must be a word for word copy of the 10th
8: Make sure that to include language that precludes the 16th or 17th from being adopted. (Possibly impossible, but the attempt should be made) What have you got, Horde?
Changing World
10 Paradigm Shifts that Shatter Establishment Illusions
(1) Good vs. evil Not long ago, it was common for conservatives to see the Marxist left as foolishly mistaken — a collection of young and inexperienced troublemakers who would eventually "snap out" of their common delusions once forced to confront reality.I agree there is a shift occurring, but how much of one? That is the question.
Now people understand that the left's real mission is to reject reality. Castrating boys so that they can pretend to be girls is not "healthy." Perpetuating racism as social policy is not "justice." Imposing a "woke" State religion over personal conscience is not "moral." Aiding and abetting child sex–trafficking and drug-smuggling at our borders is not "compassionate." Stealing property is not "equitable." Just as with Leninism and Maoism before, today's leftism is evil. (2) Parties vs. uniparty There has been a seismic shift in the way Republican voters see political parties. After Obama forced government-controlled health care on America, the Tea Party movement began a desperate fight against socialism's advances. From the energy of that movement, Republicans eventually took back the House and Senate. Despite those triumphs, Paul Ryan rubber-stamped Obama's budgets, while refusing to build Trump's border wall. McConnell's Senate Republicans, who had run on repealing Obamacare, cemented socialized medicine with McCain's decisive betrayal.
Grassroots voters finally rejected Establishment Republicans and catapulted outsider Donald Trump into office. In response, Republicans quietly assisted Democrats in their attempt to remove Trump through the Russia hoax. In the space of a decade, most Republican officeholders were outed as RINOs, before voters properly concluded that they were actually part of a single D.C. Uniparty all along.
Not For Little People
The Bidens' Existential Threats to the American Rule of Law
Our tax institutions, of course, are based on the real deterrence of a disinterested, uncompromised Internal Revenue Service. Without it, the income revenues of the United States are existentially threatened.
So far, any negative reputation of the IRS has rested with natural complaints that it is too zealous in hounding out American taxpayers in all walks of life. Or citizens often object that the IRS must enforce a tax code that is innately unfair.
But not until now, has the IRS itself ever been under a shadow of such corruption?
Has it been in the past ever found to have applied so blatantly and deliberately one standard of tax enforcement to elites and quite another to everyday Americans?
Again, if that charge of unequal treatment in tax compliance were to prove true, then Humpy-Dumpty like, the entire American system of revenue collection would shatter.
In other words, millions of Americans might shrug, “If Joe Biden, President of the United States and his criminally minded son, can get away with avoiding millions of dollars in taxes, then should not I, a nobody, at least have the right to avoid hundreds of dollars in taxes?”
So the Bidens, along with Attorney General Merrick Garland and the FBI, are treading on dangerous ground in imperiling a hallowed American tradition — one vital to the very governance and operation of the United States.
Rule of law? It's been years since I heard that name mentioned. * puffs cigarette * Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by voices:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 24, 2023 10:02 PM (k1Qly)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 24, 2023 10:02 PM (ToIrN)
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Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2023 10:02 PM (NxC5+)
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Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at August 24, 2023 10:03 PM (u/nTb)
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 10:03 PM (WGqXv)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 24, 2023 10:05 PM (5kdlS)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2023 10:05 PM (hv9bm)
Color Revolution.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 24, 2023 10:05 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:07 PM (Angsy)
@GovKathyHochul
To manage this crisis [invasion of illegal aliens], we have provided an enormous amount of resources to support cities & counties — including securing $1.5 billion, nearly 2,000 @USNationalGuard members, & State-owned land for shelter sites.
But New York has shouldered this burden alone for too long.
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Poor baby! Nobody outside of NYC is affected at all!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 24, 2023 10:07 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2023 10:07 PM (SAX5G)
ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 24, 2023 10:08 PM (e6UQI)
Now that the government has completely destroyed any need for collecting revenue by just printing up money on demand, there is NO REASON for any citizen to contribute money to the government coffers.
Sure, the result is out of control inflation and debt, but they don't seem to care, so why should I?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2023 10:08 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Marooned at August 24, 2023 10:08 PM (kt8QE)
To their credit, the VA verified that the voices weren't his subconscious, and they weren't commanding him. He would routinely hear the paint shaker swearing at him, though.
Posted by: pookysgirl has to verify reality a lot at August 24, 2023 10:08 PM (dtlDP)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2023 10:08 PM (qPw5n)
There's only one reason I'm stuck in this third world sh*thole, *like Dominic Toretti* that's fambly.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2023 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Fastly Strokewater - Backstroking. Barely. at August 24, 2023 10:09 PM (gWAUD)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 24, 2023 10:09 PM (5kdlS)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2023 10:10 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: pookysgirl needs the edit button at August 24, 2023 10:10 PM (dtlDP)
And I think my poor old (25 years!) Phillips cone coffee maker is totally plugged. Dumped some 10% HCl in there, and nothing comes out the drip nozzle. Shut of the heat for a while; maybe the acid will digest the clog.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2023 10:10 PM (J8pqV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Sometimes, we are asked why we moved to where we did. "Do you have family here?"
"Oh no."
On some days, it's "Hell no."
Not kidding.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2023 10:10 PM (SAX5G)
In the 2020s, Americans won't even be able to define the word "woman." They legit will be claiming some women have penises. Maybe rethink the level of clarity required in constitutional provisions.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 24, 2023 10:11 PM (KFhLj)
Posted by: These fish sticks...on my mobile at Coronado Camp at August 24, 2023 10:11 PM (2mun7)
Posted by: Fastly Strokewater - Backstroking. Barely. at August 24, 2023 10:09 PM
'Lead, brass, steel, by Crom.'
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2023 10:12 PM (NxC5+)
I just might pop some champagne.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2023 10:12 PM (up/3i)
Posted by: pookysgirl has to verify reality a lot at August 24, 2023 10:08 PM (dtlDP)
To be fair, Elvis is likely good and tired of having those gallon cans strapped to his hips.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2023 10:12 PM (J8pqV)
Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2023 10:13 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: These fish sticks...on my mobile at Coronado Camp at August 24, 2023 10:11 PM (2mun7)
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Yeah, I have to go to "The Big City" in a couple of weeks for that purpose. Fortunately, the specialist I see is in the suburbs on the side nearest to me, which is fairly upscale and pretty safe. I don't have to go very deep into "The Big City" at all.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2023 10:13 PM (BpYfr)
My assessment is that while paying donkey games and winning donkey prizes set the stage for the great urban emigration, the Branch Covidian cult was in fact the thing that put them down. Yuppie types tolerated the high taxes, crime, etc. because of "the scene" and all the clubs, restaurants, theaters and such that gave them both after work entertainment and spiritual fulfillment. But all that went away in 2020 and no rational person thinks Comrade Mayor is giving up its newfound power voluntarily, so the balance swung strongly negative and those with means responded accordingly.
Posted by: CppThis at August 24, 2023 10:14 PM (PZvjL)
A separate card stating that congress votes on one item at a time. NO omnibus bills.
Posted by: Moki at August 24, 2023 10:14 PM (JrN/x)
2: Congress may never exempt themselves or any government employees from any laws
3: Congress may pass no bill longer than 4500 words
4: Regulations may be proposed by departments, but each must be voted on by Congress (subject to #3) before they take effect
I have been proposing these for years, sometimes even here.
But check the word count-The Declaration of Independence is fewer.
Posted by: Miklos is an Actual Political Scientist, according to expensive but worthless degree at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (JrYM1)
Posted by: Iris at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (n3DL0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (FVME7)
- All voting shall be in person on one day, and with proof of identity, either through Photo ID or DNA sequencing.
[I am not a fan of term limits. Term limits take power from the people and hand it to the party. I would rather make the elected position so shitty that no one can tolerate it for more than a few years -- delete all the budget and power and make them live in their offices on stale bread and water.]
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (xggz7)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2023 10:13 PM
The VA in Lancaster, TX is surrounded by what looks like Mogadishu. Only had to go there once to take a friend.
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (NxC5+)
Half the kitchen wall plugs are on one circuit and half on another. When I plug in a toaster oven into the gfci outlet, it trips. Not turning it on, just plugging it in. Five outlets go dead, and the only other item plugged in is a wall phone/answering machine. Need new gfci outlet, or maybe something's wrong with the circuit? Nothing tripped on the outside panel.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (Angsy)
(sips coffee)
I've lived in the burbs of Babylon DC since 1997. Meh. I guess there are some benefits. Good food is always nearby. Metro is close by, and I use it to go to work. No shortage of things to do if I choose to do so. Still, I'm slowly planning an escape at some point. The thrill is gone. I like my job though. I'd like to do somewhere else. In God's hands. Right now, I'm staying put.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (4eKPg)
What are you writing on the index card?
Find these persons
(a list of all ancestors for Engels, Marx, Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Hitler)
...and kill them
Posted by: DB - FWIW at August 24, 2023 10:17 PM (geLO8)
24 Buy silver. Stack it deep. Gold would be cool, too. Dollars are fading....
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 24, 2023 10:18 PM (glGDV)
It likely doesn't matter. The Constitution as written is fine. The problem is the people enforcing it. Or more accurately that are supposed to be enforcing it.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:18 PM (lc5cP)
2: Congress may never exempt themselves or any government employees from any laws
3: Congress may pass no bill longer than 4500 words
4: Regulations may be proposed by departments, but each must be voted on by Congress (subject to #3) before they take effect
I have been proposing these for years, sometimes even here.
But check the word count-The Declaration of Independence is fewer.
Posted by: Miklos is an Actual Political Scientist, according to expensive but worthless degree at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM
Somewhere on my card is 'no former member oif congress or any elected, or appointed office may return to Washington City on pain of death.' Washington City will be moved to Omaha Nebraska.
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2023 10:19 PM (NxC5+)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2023 10:19 PM (7ye/I)
Posted by: Lirio100 at August 24, 2023 10:19 PM (QWdpX)
Posted by: Eromero
I have a book called "Brass and Coral" by Gen. "Howlin' Mad" Holland Smith
Posted by: Miklos has retained a few items at August 24, 2023 10:19 PM (WVRZF)
I'm a refugee from Austin and I can list many reasons for leaving that S-hole.
Last night spoke to a young college graduate here in ETX who is making Dallas his new stomping grounds in pursuit of a career and bride.
Don't blame him.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:20 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 24, 2023 10:20 PM (5kdlS)
'Lead, brass, steel, by Crom.'. Eromero
Yeah, I went through other phases of prepping over the last 20 years.. boomsticks and food for same, beans and rice, gardening, propane. Just spectatin' as it's all crumbling. My son believes it's prophesy. Could very well be end times.
Posted by: Fastly Strokewater - Backstroking. Barely. at August 24, 2023 10:20 PM (gWAUD)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 24, 2023 10:20 PM (u73oe)
Not enough of one. The only people who are really talking about this shit are people like us. Average standard-issue Republicans even, as far as I can tell, still don't get it.
Posted by: "Electability" and "winning the argument" don't mean a fucking thing anymore at August 24, 2023 10:21 PM (fhX0j)
Posted by: Lost in the Ozone Again at August 24, 2023 10:22 PM (83IzV)
Posted by: Eromero
Well, my idea is "No person shall serve in the House, Senate, or as President, if a parent or spouse served in the previous 20 years".
Posted by: President Miklos has no issues here at August 24, 2023 10:22 PM (WVRZF)
hubby says there is a very small current path to ground in your toaster oven.
Humidity could cause that. If the breaker has been tripped a lot it could be weak.
A GFCI only needs 5 milliamps to ground to trip.
Try plugging the toaster oven into a different circuit with a GFCI breaker.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2023 10:22 PM (JrYM1)
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2023 10:23 PM (fRgg4)
Posted by: JB1000 at August 24, 2023 10:23 PM (lPzYT)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (Angsy)
Try plugging it into one of the other outlets protected by the GFCI. If that doesn't trip the GFCI, then I would guess that the physical socket part of the GFCI is bad. If it does trip the GFCI, try plugging it into a different GFCI outlet. If it trips there, then maybe the toaster oven has a ground fault in it. If it doesn't trip, then your first GFCI is bad.
IIRC, toaster ovens have exposed element wires that could become bridged by hunks of carbonized food. A ground fault would not be surprising at all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2023 10:23 PM (J8pqV)
For example, is it against the law to pay people personally to vote for you as a candidate? Yes.
Is it against the law to *promise* to pay people from the federal till if they vote for you and then in fact pay them if you win? No.
Why are those two things not handled the same way?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:24 PM (lc5cP)
I was gonna say the same thing. Current leakage happens!
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 24, 2023 10:24 PM (k1Qly)
BTW, congress approved it and Washington signed the bill...
Posted by: Will Not Comply bumpersticker at August 24, 2023 10:25 PM (Rbu5d)
Today was a very bad, not good, terrible day. A tractor of mine needed a new starter. It crapped out, parked in the back of the shop with the front-end loader down (and thus in the way for side engine access). I was dreading it, it's so damn hot, and way back in the back.
I got around to it this afternoon. I ordered a new one, but the new one came damaged in shipping and had to swap it back. Which made me even less enthusiastic.
I got the old one off, putting the new one on will be for tomorrow. Or the next day.
All it cost me was a busted lip and a hot foot (so to speak).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 24, 2023 10:25 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: TecumsehTea
I like this answer. GFCI's are funky. Had a pellet grill that would trip every GFCI I plugged it into. Had to change out the outlet.
We put a GFCI breaker in the panel for our bedroom. Can't run a vacuum from those outlets.
Posted by: MkY at August 24, 2023 10:25 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2023 10:25 PM (NxC5+)
Posted by: chris+opher at August 24, 2023 10:25 PM (atDlR)
Humidity could cause that. If the breaker has been tripped a lot it could be weak.
A GFCI only needs 5 milliamps to ground to trip.
Try plugging the toaster oven into a different circuit with a GFCI breaker.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2023 10:22 PM (JrYM1)
Tea, house was built in '94, third owner. It's probably never been changed. The toaster oven works fine on the other circuit. Seems like it trips from most things plugged into it. Nothing happens with the other plugs on that circuit.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:26 PM (Angsy)
I had that in my Constitutional Bingo card too.
Specifically "may not be within 100 miles of the Washington Monument, on Pain of Death, for which all citizens are Empowered and Authorized".
Posted by: Miklos notees that the reality of the Constitution has been rejected, therefore I substitute my own at August 24, 2023 10:26 PM (WVRZF)
This is one of the most important things to understand about the left.
Why didn't Obamanomics work? Because you and I didn't believe in them. If everyone had believed in those policies they would have worked. Liberals will literally tell you that.
And then GOPers will offer up a detailed 50 point plan to reform the government and wonder why LIVs and leftists both ignore them.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:26 PM (lc5cP)
Posted by: CppThis at August 24, 2023 10:26 PM (PZvjL)
Posted by: Dr. T at August 24, 2023 10:26 PM (m9hmt)
Cities are collapsing for all of the stated reasons, when you said that Baltimore looked "dirty" is because that is the only direction it can head.
Governments don't shrink, they add staff and drop accountability due to the large number of faceless drones who unions keep from being fired.
That means that the infrastructure crumbles. Water, gas and sewer pipes don't last forever and may only be worked on at the point of failure; so its one outage and right-of-way construction zone after another.
Immigrants backfill the condos and apartments that are on their fifth or more decade of existence. The bones are old and dried and its plumbing and electrical is worn and outdated. Pools aren't maintained, the irrigation system leaks, parking lots crumble and those with means go move out to the exurbs for the new home warranties, the fresh schools, modern hospitals with top notch medical staff, green spaces, reliable utilities, level pavement, nascent government and absence of barbarians.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:27 PM (p8A+W)
Does the toaster oven work when plugged into an entirely different receptacle on a different circuit?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 24, 2023 10:28 PM (5kdlS)
Half the kitchen wall plugs are on one circuit and half on another. When I plug in a toaster oven into the gfci outlet, it trips. Not turning it on, just plugging it in. Five outlets go dead, and the only other item plugged in is a wall phone/answering machine. Need new gfci outlet, or maybe something's wrong with the circuit? Nothing tripped on the outside panel.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:15 PM (Angsy)
I'm neither Jim nor AoP, but I'll jump in. If it only trips with the toaster oven, I'd suspect a problem with the oven. GFIs trip when there's an current imbalance between the hot and neutral, which indicates an unintended current path to ground. Have you tried the oven on a different GFI protected circuit? Does it trip there?
Not to disparage your housekeeping skills, but if the
toaster oven has food residue splattered inside that might be creating a path for current to ground and causing the GFI to trip. It doesn't take much current imbalance to trip, only a few milliamps. The idea is that the GFI will trip on less current than it takes to stop your heart.
Posted by: a.moron at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (F6Xpw)
IIRC, toaster ovens have exposed element wires that could become bridged by hunks of carbonized food. A ground fault would not be surprising at all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
WE ARE MAKE ALL CRAP GFCI!!!
NO TAOIST TOAST FOR YOU
AVOCADO HA!!!!
Posted by: Kindly China at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (WVRZF)
Keep 2A simple.
Every American shall have the right to own any gun for any reason at any time with no restrictions.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (gaGdv)
Try plugging it into one of the other outlets protected by the GFCI. If that doesn't trip the GFCI, then I would guess that the physical socket part of the GFCI is bad. If it does trip the GFCI, try plugging it into a different GFCI outlet. If it trips there, then maybe the toaster oven has a ground fault in it. If it doesn't trip, then your first GFCI is bad.
IIRC, toaster ovens have exposed element wires that could become bridged by hunks of carbonized food. A ground fault would not be surprising at all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2023 10:23 PM (J8pqV)
Funny thing is, the other gfci is out in the garage! The toaster oven causes no problems plugged into other outlets.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: publius,
I feel for ya'.
I have an old Cat dozer I use occasionally. Had the starter rebuilt, and the shop didn't check or rebuild the (2) solenoids.
You have to drop a pan that weighs about 100 pans to get to the bolts to take the damned starter off.
When I want to start it, I have a special sacrificial screwdriver I use to jump the solenoid.
I ain't taking it off again.
Posted by: MkY at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
We shall have none of this methodical testing in an effort to uncover the root cause!
This is the ONT after all!!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (SAX5G)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (JrYM1)
The busted lip came from an air hose. I had stretched the hose out, but it wasn't quite long to get back there to the tractor. Lots of shit to blow off.
So, not thinking, I pop the quick coupler to plug it in to another hose to get some more length. Was not thinking I needed to brace the loose end. Stupid. Hose end whipped, and as Ralph Kramden would say, "Pow! Right in the kisser!"
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (Mzdiz)
BTW, congress approved it and Washington signed the bill...
Posted by: Will Not Comply
The hell you say
Posted by: Andy Jackson at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (WVRZF)
My moment of clarity was 2012.
In 2008 Republicans voters demanded someone who would stop illegal immigration. The GOPe offered Juan McVain. And I voted for him.
But then come 2012 Republican voters demanded someone that would get rid of Obamacare and the GOPe offered up...Mittens Romneycare.
And then I thought back prior to McVain. Did Shrub deliver anything outside of temporary tax cuts? No. When was the last time the Republicans actually did something their voters asked? Welfare reform in the mid 90s. So...from Newt to Trump was about 20 years. 20 years of NOTHING. That's not an accident, incompetence or even cowardice.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (lc5cP)
And I just found out there's a freakin' Lord Of The Rings *anime* coming out shortly after.
So big eyed and bigger tittied elves. I'm down.
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (WGqXv)
Posted by: TecumsehTea
220, 221 - whatever it takes.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2023 10:31 PM (SAX5G)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2023 10:31 PM (NuL5H)
Posted by: TecumsehTea
I heard that about a girl's diaphragm once.
Posted by: Planned Obsolescence at August 24, 2023 10:31 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 24, 2023 10:32 PM (FVUBB)
Basing it and what they think you and yours should accept, whether it be based on religion, astrology, the tides is irrelevant.
Shit changes. Deal with it.
The left has dealt with it. Embrace the suck.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2023 10:32 PM (Q4IgG)
toaster oven has food residue splattered inside that might be creating a path for current to ground and causing the GFI to trip. It doesn't take much current imbalance to trip, only a few milliamps. The idea is that the GFI will trip on less current than it takes to stop your heart.
Posted by: a.moron at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (F6Xpw)
No, I keep the oven clean. It could be a wiring problem with it, I suppose. We've had it about five years, and it's a Black and Decker.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (Angsy)
Standard household wall outlets are not designed to last more than twenty years. Its recommended to replace frequently used outlets (like one you use frequently for vacuuming) every five years (or get an industrial grade outlet).
I replaced all of the kitchen outlets with hospital grade for the kitchen appliances, and for the outer reaches of the counter USB A/C outlets (so I can get rid of wall warts)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (p8A+W)
You failed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2023 10:10 PM (BpYfr)
But they didn't. The people did. They failed to pass on what was needed to keep the Republic.
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (fRgg4)
And I just found out there's a freakin' Lord Of The Rings *anime* coming out shortly after.
So big eyed and bigger tittied elves. I'm down.
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (WGqXv)
Twitter says Dune 2 drops March 15 next year. Still annoying.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (m9hmt)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (lc5cP)
TBF to Shrub, Republicans were hot and heavy on going to war with Saddam in 2003.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (gaGdv)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
I would lose a game of Musical Chairs to Marie ON PURPOSE
Posted by: Miklos would probably actually do that at August 24, 2023 10:34 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 24, 2023 10:35 PM (FVUBB)
And I just found out there's a freakin' Lord Of The Rings *anime* coming out shortly after.
So big eyed and bigger tittied elves. I'm down.
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (WGqXv)
Twitter says Dune 2 drops March 15 next year. Still annoying.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (m9hmt)
*Rereads story*
Fall...March...same difference.
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 10:35 PM (WGqXv)
Otherwise it's a shithole
Posted by: Lars Pilsen at August 24, 2023 10:35 PM (kJH1Z)
Sounds like you need to read Ace's post from the other day:
https://tinyurl.com/2jj5xc4a
Or maybe you did, and are paraphrasing him.
Posted by: pookysgirl, getting lost in Tachikoma debate at August 24, 2023 10:35 PM (dtlDP)
There will someday be 48 continental states and 2 noncontiguous states. Federal government reigns supreme and eats out our substance through income taxes held back from our pay. The national debt is trillions of dollars. Voting is a universal right. Immoral men rule over us, and the people vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. The anti-federalists' nightmares all came true and then some.
Posted by: Will it all fit? Maybe if I write small enough. at August 24, 2023 10:35 PM (fhX0j)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (lc5cP)
The Republican Party has always been about big business playing footsie with the government for mutual benefit. Always. Even back in Lincoln's day.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 24, 2023 10:35 PM (m9hmt)
Hello there Manling. May I introduce you to the wonders of our lord and err not savoir Slaanesh?
Posted by: Morathi at August 24, 2023 10:36 PM (lc5cP)
Posted by: CppThis at August 24, 2023 10:26 PM (PZvjL)
I think Prigozhin was the one holding the pin in for the Wagner group. I suspect Putin will be finding out who either set the bomb or triggered the SAM, quickly. If Putin wanted him gone he would have been gone a while ago, and if Putin wanted him not moving he would have assigned him to build forts in Belarus or Niger.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2023 10:36 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2023 10:37 PM (zGrqf)
What are you writing on the index card?
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9. All laws must sunset after one year.
10. Any party or parties advocating for anti-Republican ideas or candidates like a monarchy (or what would subsequently become communist, socialist, fascist, et. al.) will be a capital offense punished by swift execution (i.e. the U.S. Constitution is NOT a suicide pact).
11. Congress may ONLY spend in the current fiscal year NO MORE than the revenue collected in the prior fiscal year with NO EXCEPTIONS and with violations consider a capital offense punished by swift execution of the entire Congress.
12. Representatives and Senators will be selected at large by lottery, and any bribery/corruption incurred by a Congresscritter will be considered a capital offense punished by swift execution.
13. All lawyers are barred from holding public office.
14. I could go on here all night, but of course the Founding Fathers could never have imagined our descent into satanic hell.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel at August 24, 2023 10:37 PM (CYgrT)
Posted by: 18-1
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
He may have been approximately right, but we are finding out the hard way that when the populace is dumb, depraved and idiotic, we know that the demogogues will twist and shred up the Constitution for their own ends.
Posted by: Barnacle Bill the sailor at August 24, 2023 10:37 PM (tjZg/)
Otherwise it's a shithole
Posted by: Lars Pilsen
Sad
*dances*
Posted by: Abe "Miklos" Froman, Sausage King of Chicago at August 24, 2023 10:37 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (p8A+W)
I looked at Lowe's recently. $50 for one gfci outlet.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:37 PM (Angsy)
Fiddling in Ukraine and getting in wars from Africa to Syria hasn't slowed down the Dems from doing anything else has it?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:38 PM (lc5cP)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 24, 2023 10:38 PM (FVUBB)
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 10:30 PM (WGqXv)
Twitter says Dune 2 drops March 15 next year. Still annoying.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (m9hmt)
*Rereads story*
Fall...March...same difference.
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 10:35 PM (WGqXv)
Since those movies are made by people who hate you, and want you dead, the only morally defensible way to watch them is to steal them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2023 10:38 PM (J8pqV)
“Elections are advance auctions of stolen goods”
HL Mencken
Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2023 10:38 PM (NuL5H)
Posted by: Barnacle Bill
Precisely
Posted by: Public School Teachers at August 24, 2023 10:38 PM (WVRZF)
So what? Eye on the ball. Much bigger fish to fry.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 24, 2023 10:38 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 10:38 PM (FK14U)
That's a whole lot of executions.
I approve!
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 10:39 PM (WGqXv)
My nephew showed me some way to watch the latest Spiderverse movie.
He didn't pay anything and he didn't enter an account. So...I'm guessing that might have been a wee bit of piracy.
I was so proud.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:39 PM (lc5cP)
Fiddling in Ukraine and getting in wars from Africa to Syria hasn't slowed down the Dems from doing anything else has it?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:38 PM (lc5cP)
Not sure what you mean. I’m just saying that Shrub delivered what the GOP voters wanted, in going to war.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:39 PM (gaGdv)
No, I keep the oven clean. It could be a wiring problem with it, I suppose. We've had it about five years, and it's a Black and Decker.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (Angsy)
If a different GFI doesn't trip when the oven is plugged in to it, then the tripping GFI is probably bad and should be replaced.
It sounds like this GFI is protecting other outlets downstream. When you replace it, keep track of which wires go to what terminals and wire the new one same as the old one. GFIs have goesintos and goesoutas and it's important to wire them correctly.
Posted by: a.moron at August 24, 2023 10:40 PM (F6Xpw)
End slavery as soon as possible, because there will be a ruinous war about it in 80 years. And the outcome of the war will change the course of our government, and eventually, just about everybody loses.
Posted by: Barnacle Bill the sailor at August 24, 2023 10:40 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: Will it all fit? Maybe if I write small enough. at August 24, 2023 10:35 PM (fhX0j)
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Make The Articles of Confederation Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel at August 24, 2023 10:40 PM (CYgrT)
In 2003 almost everyone in America wanted to go to war with Saddam - including the leadership of the D party.
Saying they delivered for Republicans is...a stretch.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:41 PM (lc5cP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2023 10:38 PM (J8pqV)
The LOTR anime is directed by a Japanese guy. The Japanese appreciate their audiences.
If he hates me and wants me dead it's only because I'm not Japanese.
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 10:41 PM (WGqXv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2023 10:41 PM (TZ75n)
Posted by: These fish sticks...on my mobile at Coronado Camp at August 24, 2023 10:11 PM (2mun7)
***
Yeah.
Had to go to the VA hospital in San Francisco a few years ago.
Never again.
The hospital site is beautiful. The hotel manager where I was staying made it clear to be back in the hotel parking by 7:30 if I wanted a car in the morning. And four locks on the room's door.
Eff that.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2023 10:41 PM (hv9bm)
"Politics is about who gets what, when, and how"
Posted by: Kiklos musta paid attention that day at August 24, 2023 10:42 PM (WVRZF)
In 2003 almost everyone in America wanted to go to war with Saddam - including the leadership of the D party.
Saying they delivered for Republicans is...a stretch.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:41 PM (lc5cP)
It has been 20 years so I don’t remember all the details. But I do seem to remember a lot of protests in the streets against the war and generally, Democrats - not the politicians , but voters - being opposed.
To say everyone wanted to go to war in Iraq… that is a stretch and then some.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:42 PM (gaGdv)
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2023 10:33 PM (fRgg4)
The Republic ended with the Civil War and Reconstruction. It's been on an overall downward slide since then.
Posted by: Since then, DC uber alles at August 24, 2023 10:43 PM (fhX0j)
Missed it (just read it Right Now).
The political component is not necessary, all politicians want to have their name on a green field project, no one wants to have their name on a sewer maintenance schedule.
There are other reasons why cities must die. For example sewers designed for five gallon flush to move solids aren't able to scale down to 1.5 gallon flushes for the same solids. Utility power systems designed for a different age, etc.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:43 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 24, 2023 10:43 PM (4I/2K)
( I am not sure this will work, but I have been assured it works for phones, so maybe.)
Posted by: Jerry Helper at August 24, 2023 10:44 PM (xggz7)
Posted by: Montec
Interesting take. I know I was totally against the Vietnam War when I was in my teens... maybe cause had it lasted another year or so I would have been drafted.
I know my brother was gung ho for Desert Storm I, and so was I. I had two sons enlist to fight the latest Sand Wars.
That probably means that Vietnam was worth doing, and the last 2 or 3 were not.
I'm kinda jaded, but I hate the feeling of being manipulated my entire life.
Posted by: MkY at August 24, 2023 10:44 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Miklos will return your gift maybe at August 24, 2023 10:44 PM (WVRZF)
And then, after I get that lip to stop bleeding, and check it out (it's going to be a sore bitch the next few days), I get back at it. I needed some light back there to see, so I get a 500W light stand thingy (one of those small tungsten tube things in a sealed cage).
So, I back there blowing everything off, and had just taken the ground cable off the battery. I step back, and then fireworks under my feet. "Zhhhhoooooot!".
WTF? Couldn't see anything, big ol' cloud of thick smoke rising up from underneath. Light was out. Did I yank that light over and blow the bulb? Smoke clears, nope.
Breaker had tripped. Well, I had stepped on the drop cord with my heel, and right in a bad place. I had patched that cord years ago after my father cut it in two years ago. I soldered the 14 ga cu wires and taped them, damned good repair.
However, the hard little solder spots had been flexing and working through the tape over the years. I stepped on it at just the right place and hard enough to initiate a short right there.
Damn thing was a charred mess inside. I'll have to take off maybe a foot to splice it back together.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 24, 2023 10:45 PM (Mzdiz)
The 16th Amendment forever changed the relationship to the government from Consent of the Governed to Diseased Livestock.
The first ten amendments said what the government can't do, the 16th said "you're government has just assumed full property rights to you and your earnings."
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:45 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: a.moron at August 24, 2023 10:40 PM (F6Xpw)
I've changed out regular wall receptacles, it shouldn't be a problem changing out that one. I just don't like fooling with electrical, but I think a handyman I've used before would charge too much. At $50 for the outlet, that could end up being quite a "charge."
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:45 PM (Angsy)
In the house the vote by Dems was 126-81 AGAINST the war. So yeah not exactly “everyone” supported it.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:46 PM (gaGdv)
The biggest war proponent in 2003. More then Shrub. More then Cheney was...John Edwards. Who would be the D VP in 2004.
Hillary was a pretty major proponent as well. Hell, Kerry did NOT even run as a real anti-war candidate even in 2004. He flipped and flopped and never gave an answer as to what he would do if elected president.
Pew says it was 72 for vs 22 against in 2003.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:47 PM (lc5cP)
That probably means that Vietnam was worth doing, and the last 2 or 3 were not.
I'm kinda jaded, but I hate the feeling of being manipulated my entire life.
Posted by: MkY at August 24, 2023 10:44 PM (cPGH3)
I was all for it too because I was an idiot and believed all the bullshit. I really hate that I did that. Thousands of American lives and trillions of dollars were squandered because people like me.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:48 PM (gaGdv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I thought that was Mrs. Miley's job
Posted by: Miklos admits some naivete regarding modern Farm Life at August 24, 2023 10:48 PM (WVRZF)
Every American shall have the right to own any gun for any reason at any time with no restrictions.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (gaGdv)
And you just screwed it up by making it about guns.
As it is, it's about arms, of any sort.
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2023 10:48 PM (fRgg4)
Posted by: CppThis at August 24, 2023 10:49 PM (PZvjL)
I would like to add to the discussion If the outlet box has 900 wires in it run for your life and call an electrician. And if you're utterly stubborn like me, don't start the project on Christmas Eve. Surprisingly electricians like Christmas Eve off.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 10:49 PM (FK14U)
1. Every adult can own the same armaments issued to a standard infantryman. That includes full pew-pew and grenades.
2. Commerce between the states means commerce between the states, not any damn thing which might affect the transfer of a penny at any time, anywhere.
3. No administrative agencies. Laws must be passed by Congress, not delegated to bureaucrats.
Posted by: PabloD at August 24, 2023 10:49 PM (9bfaL)
( I am not sure this will work, but I have been assured it works for phones, so maybe.)
Posted by: Jerry Helper at August 24, 2023 10:44 PM (xggz7)
It's heavy. That'd be as hard as pulling teeth.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:50 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (Angsy)
Have you tried slapping a hot iron on it?
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2023 10:50 PM (fRgg4)
We weren't in the "Information Age" then. We are now, and our eyes have been opened. Trump enlarged them.
No wonder the information gatekeepers are so hell-bent on throttling information, huh?
Posted by: MkY at August 24, 2023 10:50 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: publius, Rascally
At home transplant surgery.
Damn, you people ARE self-sufficient!
Posted by: Miklos would call Muldoon first at August 24, 2023 10:50 PM (WVRZF)
As it is, it's about arms, of any sort.
Posted by: GWB
I've had my eye on a plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2023 10:50 PM (SAX5G)
I'm kinda jaded, but I hate the feeling of being manipulated my entire life.
I think Vietnam was "worth doing" but not the way we did it. Same story in Korea. Really the same in Iraq and 'Stan - though those should have been purely punitive "in and out" actions.
You either go war willing to destroy your enemy totally or you don't go to war.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:50 PM (lc5cP)
As it is, it's about arms, of any sort.
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2023 10:48 PM (fRgg4)
Eh. I can live without owning an anti aircraft missile launcher.
I kid, I kid.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:50 PM (gaGdv)
I'm a fan of the Pass & Seymour brand (aka Legrand). In the laundry room and garage, I replaced the GFCI with an adjustable night light version for as low as $20 on Amazon (depends on 15/20A and outlet color)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:52 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: davidt at August 24, 2023 10:52 PM (SYTee)
Posted by: 18-1
Bingo.
Posted by: MkY at August 24, 2023 10:52 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 24, 2023 10:53 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Tonypete
Now see?
We can have nice things.
Posted by: Miklos wishes his has were still 6PEWS , and also that Cotton was a monkey at August 24, 2023 10:53 PM (WVRZF)
As it is, it's about arms, of any sort. Posted by: GWB
Eh. I can live without owning an anti aircraft missile launcher. I kid, I kid. Posted by: Montec
I might be the exception but I lay awake at night thinking about owning a nuclear tipped ICBM.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 10:53 PM (FK14U)
Every American shall have the right to own any gun for any reason at any time with no restrictions.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:29 PM (gaGdv)
And you just screwed it up by making it about guns.
As it is, it's about arms, of any sort.
Posted by: GWB
Keep and Bear
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 24, 2023 10:54 PM (xggz7)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2023 10:50 PM (lc5cP)
Agreed--the geopolitical underpinnings of all those wars made sense, but America just wasn't in it to win it so the efforts were doomed to mismanagement.
Posted by: CppThis at August 24, 2023 10:54 PM (PZvjL)
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2023 10:54 PM (8moOh)
Posted by: blaster at August 24, 2023 10:55 PM (dWjpk)
As it is, it's about arms, of any sort.
Posted by: GWB
I've had my eye on a plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2023 10:50 PM (SAX5G)
***
Saw a vid yesterday of a tripod mounted laser that was being used to cut down trees. It was cutting treetops, about 6-8 inches in diameter. Took about 2 seconds.
I hoped there weren't any planes down range and in the line of sight.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2023 10:55 PM (hv9bm)
Posted by: Michelle Field at August 24, 2023 10:55 PM (WVRZF)
Pull out the old socket with wires attached, photograph it, label the wires, whatever but the outlets are standardized so the the two load wires and the two line wires use the same socket location.
The biggest hassle I have with GFCI when they have toys added, like hospital grade or with night-lights or USB charging ports, is trying to stuff that whole mess back in the busy box.
Learn to love WAGO 221s !!
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:55 PM (p8A+W)
A lot of the tweaks above make sense. For me the two biggies are
- voting. one day, in person, with ID
- LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL. I am not sure how to implement this, but revenue and laws have to be as local as possible. Make each sate, city, county, school district, independent. Independent control over laws and funding with only exception being those things which are naturally of a larger order, like national defense.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 24, 2023 10:57 PM (xggz7)
Posted by: ballistic at August 24, 2023 10:57 PM (oXNqT)
Posted by: PabloD at August 24, 2023 10:57 PM (9bfaL)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 10:49 PM (FK14U)
I'd hope there's only four wires on it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:58 PM (Angsy)
I'd add:
1) In addition to Marx, Engles, Mao, Hitler, Stalin, and Lenin, kill Woody Wilson if he decides to run for office.
2) If any regulation is published by a federal agency that differs by so much as a single typo from a law enacted by Congress, then only a single state objecting is enough to strike that regulation from the C.F.R., and if a regulation that has been enacted and is listed in the C.F.R. correctly without any typos, a simple majority of states can have it struck from the C.F.R.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 24, 2023 10:58 PM (xxG/v)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:58 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 24, 2023 10:59 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Paul at August 24, 2023 10:59 PM (R5bhD)
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 11:00 PM (WGqXv)
Posted by: leber at August 24, 2023 11:00 PM (Bz66X)
My comment above with the paper sack is a gag my neighbor Rob Petrie pulled on me once. You all may not have remembered. I do.
Posted by: Jerry Helper at August 24, 2023 11:00 PM (xggz7)
Posted by: Peter Stzrok at August 24, 2023 11:01 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 11:01 PM (gaGdv)
The biggest hassle I have with GFCI when they have toys added, like hospital grade or with night-lights or USB charging ports, is trying to stuff that whole mess back in the busy box.
Learn to love WAGO 221s !!
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:55 PM (p8A+W)
Yeah, I'd just use a plain one, no usbs or lights. A top plug and a bottom plug, same as in town, I mean same as is installed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 11:01 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2023 11:02 PM (+fYDp)
My comment above with the paper sack is a gag my neighbor Rob Petrie pulled on me once. You all may not have remembered. I do.
Posted by: Jerry Helper at August 24, 2023 11:00 PM (xggz7)
Oh, I do. That's why "pulling teeth."
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 11:03 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at August 24, 2023 11:03 PM (+o6KZ)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 24, 2023 11:04 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Old White Guys who didn't live so long at August 24, 2023 11:04 PM (WVRZF)
The 435 Representatives made sense when there were only thirteen states and a Rep to Voter ratio of 1:5000. Now we are Rep to ballot ratio of 1:900,000
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:05 PM (p8A+W)
No employee of the federal gov't is permitted to vote except for members of the armed forces.
Term limit on federal employment of 10 years.
Constitutional amendments only by 2/3 affirmative vote of State legislatures. Congress has no role in approving amendments.
No family member within 3 generations of a person who was federally elected or appointed to a post that required Congressional approval can be employed by federal gov't or elected or appointed to a federal position, or act as a federal contractor. Define family very, very broadly (parent, sibling, aunts, uncles, cousins, whether by blood or marriage or adoption).
Posted by: Kreskin at August 24, 2023 11:05 PM (xP8Wr)
Letting irresponsible people have an equal say makes any kind of rational policy impossible.
Posted by: Methos at August 24, 2023 11:05 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2023 11:06 PM (+fYDp)
I have to semi-agree with this. Term limits for unelected government workers is essential, however. A government job should never be forever.
Term limits for elected officials should not even be considered until the apparatus surrounding them has been dismantled.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 24, 2023 11:07 PM (EXyHK)
I hoped there weren't any planes down range and in the line of sight.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2023 10:55 PM (hv9bm)
For sure, but get a couple miles away and it will be mostly dissipated. Cutting lasers like that are focused such that the beam tapers down to a *very* small cross-section a little bit away from the laser unit and then spreads out pretty fast on the back side of the focus zone. Giant laser cutter, basically; I have one of the 40W hobby cutters and the beam is already like an inch wide if I back the cutting head a few inches away from the material. Some guys with diodes will check the squareness by pointing it across the room so they can see in detail what the edge looks like.
That said, it's definitely the sort of thing that I could see the stereotypical "idiots with chainsaws" tree trimming company totally screwing up.
Posted by: CppThis at August 24, 2023 11:07 PM (PZvjL)
Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2023 11:07 PM (+fYDp)
Have an express method for a state to withdraw from the US that depends solely upon the sole decision/discretion of that state.
Posted by: Kreskin at August 24, 2023 11:07 PM (xP8Wr)
That is why there are circuit breakers upstream, to prevent people from burning the house down (unless some dude replaces the 15A breaker with a 30A or a metal bolt)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:07 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Paul
My only point with that comment was that the politicians had convinced the world that the second word "bear" did not exist. It is very important.
GWB had already clarified that we were talking about arms.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 24, 2023 11:07 PM (xggz7)
Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (+fYDp)
Letting irresponsible people have an equal say makes any kind of rational policy impossible.
Posted by: Methos
Fine then.
Voting limited to taxpayers, specifically property taxes.
Posted by: New York and other states would find a way around this at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (WVRZF)
... or draw a paycheck for more than ten years
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (p8A+W)
We’ve always seen eye to eye politically generally speaking. Outside of me, everyone in the group still thinks in mid 2000s terms. Republican good, Democrat bad, cut some taxes and compromise with Dems on things to “get things done”. Democrats are just wrong on issues but they’re not bad people.
I don’t talk politics too much with them anymore because it’s maddening how they don’t get it. And yes one of them thinks Pence would be just super as Potus, lol.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (gaGdv)
Pray that there are five†
† Ground
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 10:58 PM (p8A+W)
The ones I'm looking at have two screws on each side. Can't see another connection. EZ Flow 15 amp at Lowe's.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: PabloD at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (9bfaL)
And I hate residential Romex wiring with a passion. Tangled spaghetti bowls of circuits made up in switch and outlet boxes, and by appearances, often with no rhyme or reason as to the wiring paths from one box to the next.
No, gimme proper COMMERCIAL wiring, individual color coded wires, pulled through proper conduit, and connections made up in proper Junction Boxes, and not the end fixture boxes themelves.
A neatly done commercial job looks, installed, damn near identical to the circuit diagrams themselves. You SEE it on paper, and you DO IT that way in the build.
Should I build a house from scratch (at my age, it'll be last ever!), I'm going have commercial crews come in and do the wiring to that standard. Buy once, cry once.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Jerry Helper at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (xggz7)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:05 PM (p8A+W)
It was pegged at 435 during...the Depression, I think.
I'm of the opinion that the House needs to be expanded to something like 10,000 representatives.
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (WGqXv)
Posted by: Lois Lerner at August 24, 2023 11:09 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 10:42 PM (gaGdv)
-
People need to bookmark this (and save a copy) before it goes down the Internet and their personal memory holes:
https://youtu.be/D4m1QB_6gQg
I had to page down a ton more on YouTube than ever before to find this video.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2023 11:09 PM (adINt)
Revoke the 24th Amendment and set the poll tax to $10,000 and make that $10k completely deductible from regular income tax.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:10 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 24, 2023 11:10 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 11:10 PM (gaGdv)
Jim
Boat
Not house
Boat
Posted by: Bosun Miklos at August 24, 2023 11:10 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2023 11:10 PM (+fYDp)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 10:49 PM (FK14U)
I'd hope there's only four wires on it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I was updating some fixtures and the associated box in the kitchen area of my house and it was stuffed with more lines leading into it than anything I've ever seen in my entire life. Everything went great until I turned on to breaker and blew the circuit. I double checked all my new connections threw the breaker and it blew up again. I was pretty stumped at that point and I realized that I was the dumbest dumbass on the planet as was it Christmas Eve. By some miracle I found an electrician who came over and fixed it for me and took pity on me and only charged me for regular time because it was Christmas Eve and he was in a good mood. The issue? Apparently I'm not real good at stuffing wires back into a box that is too full. Yeah I felt really stupid.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 11:11 PM (FK14U)
I'm of the opinion that the fedgov needs to disassociate from so many things, that administration by 435 people is possible.
At a 1:900k ratio, the politician only represents a handful of donors and the Party stewards.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:12 PM (p8A+W)
THIS
I've been preaching this for years now.
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2023 11:13 PM (fRgg4)
Posted by: PabloD at August 24, 2023 11:13 PM (9bfaL)
Posted by: Jerry Helper at August 24, 2023 11:13 PM (xggz7)
Posted by: Robert
More fisticuffs that way
Posted by: Miklos knows where Preston Brooks' cane is kept at August 24, 2023 11:13 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Jerry Helper at August 24, 2023 11:08 PM (xggz7)
Now, that Mel Cooley, I heard he really got around.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 11:13 PM (Angsy)
We're looking at a couple of generations of swine and scum and war criminals.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 24, 2023 11:13 PM (fY84s)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 24, 2023 11:14 PM (sgGc9)
Learn to love the WAGO 221
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:14 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Lost In Space
Even The Paolo knows, how you say, that if it doesn't fit, the Paolo will not force it.
Posted by: The Paolo at August 24, 2023 11:15 PM (SAX5G)
Posted by: Miklos knows where Preston Brooks' cane is kept at August 24, 2023 11:13 PM (WVRZF)
The South Koreans and Japanese parliaments freakin' riot from time to time and I ask you wouldn't you enjoy seeing Congresscritters beat each other over the head with steel chairs?
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 11:15 PM (WGqXv)
Air quality was pretty good, smoke is creeping in again. Supposed to hang around for a few more days then clear out with some rain early next week.
I'm sad. I try not to let big stuff that I have no control over bother me. Sometimes I'm not very good at it.
How are you and the doggo?
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 24, 2023 11:15 PM (U2p+3)
I hoped there weren't any planes down range and in the line of sight. Posted by: Diogenes
That sounds like it'd be perfect for hunting wild hogs in Texas.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 11:16 PM (FK14U)
Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2023 11:16 PM (+fYDp)
Learn to love the WAGO 221
Posted by: Reuben Hick
Just became aware of them last project. Love them!!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2023 11:16 PM (SAX5G)
Coas Books. Was sad to see El Patron go. I pass through Las Cruces a couple of times a year.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 24, 2023 11:16 PM (EXyHK)
There rules about box fill per code. Every box should have capacity in cu. inches stamped on it. There are rules about how to count the max number of conductors. You count devices as so many as well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 24, 2023 11:17 PM (Mzdiz)
From Article 1 § 2, "The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand,"
Thanks for the correction!
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:17 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Miklos Preston-Brooks at August 24, 2023 11:18 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2023 10:07 PM (Angsy)
Well...s/he did 'come out'....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at August 24, 2023 11:20 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: PabloD at August 24, 2023 11:20 PM (9bfaL)
Not house
Boat
Posted by: Bosun Miklos at August 24, 2023 11:10 PM (WVRZF)
The Sloop New Dawn had been commission-built by a retired Supertanker Captain. (sistership to the Exxon Valdez, actually).
Not only were there 4 extra layers of heavy fiberglass mat from the bootstripe to keel, but all of the wiring, including the panel, were done to American Shipbuilding Standard.
That's a degree of electrical perfectionism that was Nuclear Overkill to the needs of a 30ft. sailing yacht. But I loved it. Easiest panel and system to work with, ever. NOTHING, was NOT clearly labeled, as to purpose, voltage, amperage and path. You only used a multimeter to check if everything was working to spec, but never had to use one to "trace" a damn thing. "Trace", was just keep reading the labels, till you got to this end or that end of the circuit. And the labels were ALWAYS correct, too.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 24, 2023 11:22 PM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
Holy hell, you are the first person I've met outside of Las Cruces that knows about Patron. Their brisket was the best I've ever had. Nothing. Nothing compares. I did some research on them and they got written up I think in the New York Times and had an international reputation for brisket.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 11:22 PM (FK14U)
The 435 is already at the edge of manageable now. What if the country divided along the Mississippi River and had US-East and US-West? Any sort of collaboration would be performed via treaties.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:22 PM (p8A+W)
195
No government employees can get a pension.
Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2023 11:07 PM (+fYDp)
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196
...Have an express method for a state to withdraw from the US that depends solely upon the sole decision/discretion of that state.
Posted by: Kreskin
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Both great additions.
Posted by: Jerry Helper at August 24, 2023 11:23 PM (xggz7)
There will someday be 48 continental states and 2 noncontiguous states. Federal government reigns supreme and eats out our substance through income taxes held back from our pay. The national debt is trillions of dollars. Voting is a universal right. Immoral men rule over us, and the people vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. The anti-federalists' nightmares all came true and then some.
Posted by: Will it all fit? Maybe if I write small enough
A message sent back in time from 12 monkeys.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2023 11:24 PM (63Dwl)
It would also make it cost more to buy enough reps to sway policy. This could be done, though, but being personally known by his/her constituents would help to deter this from happening.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 24, 2023 11:24 PM (xxG/v)
Yeah, there is Code and there is Jim Billy Joe Bob's ad hoc kitchen renovation.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:24 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Miklos checks prospective budget at August 24, 2023 11:26 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Miklos knows where Preston Brooks' cane is kept at August 24, 2023 11:13 PM (WVRZF)
The South Koreans and Japanese parliaments freakin' riot from time to time and I ask you wouldn't you enjoy seeing Congresscritters beat each other over the head with steel chairs?
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 11:15 PM (WGqXv)
***********
The WWE way! Just add a considerable number of garbage cans so that they can be used as well - toss one over your opponent and start hitting the can hard and often!
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 24, 2023 11:27 PM (xxG/v)
Committee assignments would be crazy with individual committees number in the thousands. Debate is over. They would need a stadium to gather.
Break it up.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:27 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: PabloD at August 24, 2023 11:27 PM (9bfaL)
Yeah, there is Code and there is Jim Billy Joe Bob's ad hoc kitchen renovation.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:24 PM (p8A+W)
Code? It's more what you'd call Guidelines.
Posted by: Jim Billy Joe Bob Home Handyman at August 24, 2023 11:27 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at August 24, 2023 11:28 PM (MB784)
Trump says he could end it in a day.
But Uncle Palp-FIVE MINUTES TOPS
Posted by: Miklosov "Bubba" Miklosevich, all cry out at August 24, 2023 11:28 PM (WVRZF)
So would the age old custom of tar and feathering.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:28 PM (p8A+W)
Trump says he could end it in a day.
Trump can't even prevent himself from being arrested on a bullshit charge by a third world retard prosecutor.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:29 PM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2023 11:29 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 24, 2023 11:30 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at August 24, 2023 11:30 PM (MB784)
Also-
It is an existing Tax Rule, so cool.
Every Senator or Representative must be physically present in such State or District a minimum of 183 days per year.
Posted by: Miklos has so many good ideas, he forgets them at August 24, 2023 11:31 PM (WVRZF)
Yeah, there is Code and there is Jim Billy Joe Bob's ad hoc kitchen renovation.
Posted by: Reuben Hick
Pretty sure If I had checked the cubic inch requirements were sanded off on my kitchen box - we're talking Improved Mexico here. I love living here because of the complications that you could never saw coming and the kindness of people that go out of their way to help you out in the pitch even if it is Christmas Eve.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 11:31 PM (FK14U)
Heh. Ran across them completely randomly, immediately added them to my favorites list. Lost a lot of them in the 2020-2022 range.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 24, 2023 11:32 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
At one time, I would have voted for something with Natalie.
Posted by: Miklos knows the French term "Jolie led" at August 24, 2023 11:32 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Miklos
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NO funding from outside district. NONE. ZERO.
Posted by: Jerry Helper at August 24, 2023 11:34 PM (xggz7)
Cube root law! From wiki: "The cube root law is an observation in political science that the number of members of a unicameral legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature, is about the cube root of the population being represented. The rule was devised by Estonian political scientist Rein Taagepera in his 1972 paper 'The size of national assemblies'. ... there would be 693 members of the House of Representatives based on the population at the 2020 Census. This proposal was endorsed by the New York Times editorial board in 2018."
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 24, 2023 11:34 PM (k1Qly)
Posted by: Miklos notees that the reality of the Constitution has been rejected, therefore I substitute my own at August 24, 2023 10:26 PM (WVRZF)
Washington Monument won't be started for another 80 or 90 years or so. Plus - why spoil the surprise for Mr Washington. ?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at August 24, 2023 11:35 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 11:36 PM (FK14U)
NO politician should get any funding from outside their constituency. ALL funding should be tied to a VOTER in their district.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 24, 2023 11:36 PM (xggz7)
Committee assignments would be crazy with individual committees number in the thousands. Debate is over. They would need a stadium to gather.
Break it up.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2023 11:27 PM (p8A+W)
They don't all need to serve on committees. Hell, they don't even need to meet in one place.
State delegations could vote on who they send to DC to do the committee work for a term. Let's say for tradition's sake that total is about 435. Everyone else can meet* and vote from various city halls, county commissioner's building and state capitols as needed.
*Meeting is optional since no one actually debates shit.
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 11:36 PM (WGqXv)
Posted by: BonscottMike. N at August 24, 2023 11:36 PM (QrUJD)
Goodnight all my electrician friends. I hope no one blows up tonight.
Thanks WD - a real thought provoker tonight.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 24, 2023 11:38 PM (xggz7)
From what we know about Washington he might refuse to serve if he knows that’s a consequence.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 24, 2023 11:38 PM (EXyHK)
They get extra money, and extra money for staff, for every committee.
Posted by: Miklos knows this part at August 24, 2023 11:39 PM (WVRZF)
By law they would never leave their district while holding office. Obviously not an easy job then but very easy today.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 24, 2023 11:41 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 11:42 PM (WGqXv)
And a return to the private sector sans lobbying for the rest of their working careers.
If ss and Medicare are still created, then they also have to rely on ss and Medicare for their retirement. No government pensions and no gold medical plans.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 24, 2023 11:43 PM (U2p+3)
Maybe give state governors some backstop role in federal lawmaking; last resort ability to veto laws with a supermajority; mostly ceremonial power, but worthwhile in emergencies.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 24, 2023 11:44 PM (k1Qly)
Senators should be ambassadors from the States.
And while I'm at it, the 19th.
Which turned American politics into a XX chromosomal environment.
Posted by: Miklos knows this part too well at August 24, 2023 11:44 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 24, 2023 11:44 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2023 11:10 PM (+fYDp)
Okay, but mortgages, and any other kind of individual loans have to be banned.
Posted by: Methos at August 24, 2023 11:46 PM (Dnobf)
This proposal was endorsed by the New York Times editorial board in 2018."
Posted by: Walter Freeman
The New York Times ran an opinion piece against elections.
https://archive.is/AZ8mp
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2023 11:46 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 11:47 PM (FK14U)
https://archive.is/AZ8mp
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
I got my job through hard work, grit, and determination.
Or not
Posted by: various people named Ochs and/or Sulzberger at August 24, 2023 11:48 PM (WVRZF)
Op-ed from a guy who does a TED podcast. Grain of salt, I'd say.
"... he has lively discussions and debates with some of the world's most interesting thinkers, creators, achievers, and leaders--from Lin-Manuel Miranda to Brene Brown to Mark Cuban, and Olympic medalists to Nobel laureates to Oscar winners."
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 24, 2023 11:48 PM (k1Qly)
You could break up Texas into 2
And give Austin its own state. In ez CNN ange Eastern Washington becomes its own state. The do the same with upstate NY as a state and Miami as a state. And so on. Balance of power stays the same at the federal level but at the local level everyone gets the laws they want and not subject to a majority it opposes fully.
Posted by: Montec at August 24, 2023 11:50 PM (gaGdv)
If you ever get tired of Christians citing verses and sharing their message, I hope you'll consider this for a second, as I know we seem like we are droning on and on.
If you personally witnessed someone die, and then a person came by days, months even years later and brought them back to life, would you tell anyone? Would you tell everyone? If you had a friend who was dying, would you tell them about the man who raises the dead to life or would you just keep it to yourself?
Christ literally did this with Lazarus, Jairus' daughter and the widow's son. His disciples who witnessed this were awed that this man can raise the dead to life and controls death, and shared it far and wide.
To the modern Christian, we recognize that we have witnessed this miracle, in ourselves and others. We have come to understand that we are dead and with no hope, and we have seen the power of Christ to resurrect us to life. It's not any less miraculous that broken, dead, and lifeless bodies (that may still twitch with the appearance of life but are in fact dead) have been raised anew.
And we can't help but tell others. We stand amazed.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 24, 2023 11:50 PM (IAwid)
Posted by: MiklosTalks at August 24, 2023 11:51 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 24, 2023 11:52 PM (FK14U)
Do you mean....
jolie laide
French noun phrase
jo·lie laide zhȯ-lē-led
: good-looking ugly woman : woman who is attractive though not conventionally pretty
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 24, 2023 11:52 PM (FVUBB)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
Those who have Olders either learn, or remember.
Posted by: Miklos at August 24, 2023 11:52 PM (WVRZF)
Carving off the ten or twenty biggest metro areas into their own states might be interesting. It would be fun to run the numbers and see how that affects tax revenues in their previous states and how well those new states could finance themselves.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 24, 2023 11:53 PM (k1Qly)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
Oui
I learnt in Noo Awlins, so pardon my French
Posted by: Le Mikleuse, shrugging like a Frenchman at August 24, 2023 11:54 PM (WVRZF)
Just trust me on this, guys, it will be relevant one day.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2023 11:54 PM (geenm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2023 11:54 PM (63Dwl)
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I note that one area of Atlanta is engaged in a continuing effort to declare itself a separate town.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2023 11:55 PM (ABY7r)
Strategic catastrophe.
Posted by: 13times at August 24, 2023 11:55 PM (Htdy0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Buckhead
The name itself is both Racist and Sexist.
I will speak the the City Manager.
Posted by: Karen, is a gated community near Buckhead at August 24, 2023 11:58 PM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Karen
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Pretty sure that Lance Bottoms lives in a gated 'community'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2023 11:59 PM (LPLin)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 25, 2023 12:00 AM (FK14U)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
OK
But I have been retired and even dead for years now
Posted by: Murray Slaughter at August 25, 2023 12:00 AM (WVRZF)
What are you writing on the index card?
====
Hi, Founding Fathers. This is me, from the future. I humbly request two additional amendments. One - Each office holder in this land shall take and pass a rigorous intelligence test. Two - no one over the age of 70 shall hold public office or serve as a judge.
Posted by: runner at August 25, 2023 12:01 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Can you hook us up?
Posted by: Barr O. at August 25, 2023 12:02 AM (WVRZF)
State delegations could vote on who they send to DC to do the committee work for a term. Let's say for tradition's sake that total is about 435. Everyone else can meet* and vote from various city halls, county commissioner's building and state capitols as needed.
*Meeting is optional since no one actually debates shit.
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2023 11:36 PM (WGqXv)
*********
This.
Send only the 435 who are apportioned like we have today and who would be selected by their state legislatures to Washington so that they can do the committee work.
And make it mandatory that the rest have to be based in their state capitols when Congress is in session.
It would bring back the best of what we had before direct elections of Senators (who had to please their state legislature if they wished to remain in Washington) and it would mean that nearly 10,000 reps would be living in their states where they would have more contact with their constituents.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 25, 2023 12:02 AM (xxG/v)
Everything will be in CONDUIT and will be run in lines parallel or perpendicular to studs/beams. I'm going to put buses in those junction boxes, too, not just twisty stuff together.
Posted by: GWB at August 25, 2023 12:05 AM (fRgg4)
Also, it would not change the graft and corruption.
Just move it local
Posted by: Miklos may have a point at August 25, 2023 12:06 AM (WVRZF)
Dear Founders, please make clear that in a REPUBLIC there is no Sovereign, and thus no Sovereign immunity. All are equal under the law, including the Government itself.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 25, 2023 12:06 AM (oHd/0)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 25, 2023 12:07 AM (S3OK8)
The only hitch in this plan is that the C-HGB missiles haven't been fielded for both scientific and policy reasons.
So not only is this destroyer seven years late and 50% over budget, not only can it not survive navigating the Panama Canal, it will now be declawed and have empty missile tubes as it awaits missiles that don't exist.
I think now is the time to open a two front war with the largest militaries on planet earth.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 25, 2023 12:10 AM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Miklos sex DO NOT ASSUME MY PREPOSITIONS at August 25, 2023 12:10 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Miklos sex DO NOT ASSUME MY PREPOSITIONS at August 25, 2023 12:11 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Pedro Sez at August 25, 2023 12:12 AM (WVRZF)
1. Defend the shores (and borders)
2. Print the money
3. Deliver the mail
The money being a backed currency.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2023 12:12 AM (Lw4MP)
Posted by: PabloD at August 25, 2023 12:12 AM (9bfaL)
I think now is the time to open a two front war with the largest militaries on planet earth.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 25, 2023 12:10 AM (p8A+W)
So, it is literally following the path of the Littoral ships... which were supposed to be armed with missiles which were never built.
Navy, stuck on stupid.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 25, 2023 12:13 AM (oHd/0)
Because mostly they will kill you for telling them that.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 25, 2023 12:15 AM (p8A+W)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Greenbax stamps might be a better preservation of value than greenbacks
Posted by: Miklos, just Yellin at August 25, 2023 12:16 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Old Papa was an Army guy at August 25, 2023 12:17 AM (WVRZF)
Bread and circuses only go so far.That is all.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 25, 2023 12:18 AM (ga8qR)
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 25, 2023 12:19 AM (zGQ50)
Dear George Washington,
Stay indoors on December 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th or you will contract a serious illness and die on the 14th of December, 1799.
PS: don’t let quack doctors bleed or feed you strange foods and drinks.
Posted by: 13times at August 25, 2023 12:19 AM (7L5KP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Full Faith and Credit, peon.
Indentured servitude, if you do or don't please.
Posted by: interest on the existing debt is now the biggest Federal expense at August 25, 2023 12:19 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Pete Bog
Agree
malefactors of great wealth
Posted by: Frank D. Roosevelt at August 25, 2023 12:21 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest
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Arms.
ARMS
Posted by: Michelle Field
*clears throat*
*puts on dazed and conducted look*
What is the definition of "arms"
- William Jefferson Clinton.
Aka - slick willy (lying shitweasel)
Posted by: BifBewalski at August 25, 2023 12:22 AM (3CCua)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 25, 2023 12:23 AM (+ap8X)
Posted by: BifBewalski at August 25, 2023 12:23 AM (3CCua)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2023 12:23 AM (iAZie)
Posted by: 13times
The second part is TRUE
Posted by: Miklosdoric of York, Medieval Barber at August 25, 2023 12:24 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Miklos also sleep on occasion at August 25, 2023 12:24 AM (WVRZF)
No human can have more than 10% of their wealth taxed. State, local, federal, international, whatever. Maybe have everyone contribute to a kind of Escrow.
Then all the parasites can fight over it, divvy it up how they see fit. But the taxpayer is done at 10%, and doesn’t need to worry about it.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 25, 2023 12:25 AM (NuL5H)
Posted by: BifBewalski
Sir-
Your imprecision is confusing.
There appear to be many.
Best Regards
Posted by: Miklos likes precise and Naming of Names at August 25, 2023 12:27 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Herman Cain was RIGHT! at August 25, 2023 12:28 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 25, 2023 12:10 AM (p8A+W)
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So, it is literally following the path of the Littoral ships... which were supposed to be armed with missiles which were never built.
1Navy, stuck on stupid.
Posted by: Romeo13
I was 'punished' and was the technical reviewer on the aegis contract recently. I rated them red for subcontractor control and red for requirements they couldn't meet.
What a fucking shit show. Eight (
motherfucking independent Navy shops run by 06 cocksuckers without a damned clue what the fuck the other 7 shops are doing. This is why the Chinks are gonna have a North American province with round eye slaves.Posted by: BifBewalski at August 25, 2023 12:28 AM (3CCua)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 25, 2023 12:30 AM (+ap8X)
Posted by: BifBewalski
So the Navy has adopted the Boeing paradigm?
But we've always done it this way...
Posted by: MkY at August 25, 2023 12:31 AM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Lost In Space
You mean like executing recalcitrant underlings?
Cause that's what I think may be required.
Posted by: MkY at August 25, 2023 12:33 AM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Lost In Space
He still doesn't put the Ramalama in your Ding-Dong?
Posted by: Miklos day and the Knights at the Dexter lake Club at August 25, 2023 12:34 AM (WVRZF)
“One man one vote” Supreme court decision took away the state electoral system that functioned similar to the EC nationally. The idea was to prevent a large city from dominating the politics of the rest of the state.
That decision was in the 1960s, I think. It took a while, the effect was slow, but it was sure. Now many states are effectively fooked. Oregon and Washington are good examples.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 25, 2023 12:35 AM (NuL5H)
Posted by: Miklos, tossissing his two cents into the ONT Wishing Well at August 25, 2023 12:35 AM (WVRZF)
Cause that's what I think may be required.
Posted by: MkY
He still doesn't put the Ramalama in your Ding-Dong?
Posted by: Miklo
Geezh. What a difficult audience. Q1 that is harsh; shouldn't banning them to Detroit accomplish the same thing? Q2. yes.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 25, 2023 12:37 AM (+ap8X)
I think impeachment ought to be a regular occurance. Or at least it should have been up until now. By that I mean goofball judges. Congress hasn’t been doing their job for decades now. If they ever did, I dunno.
All of the feedback mechanisms, the controls are severed. The switches and buttons don’t do anything. Up until fairly recently we at least had the illusion of public participation, albeit manufactured consent.
The rubes (eventually) caught on to that. So now it has to go overtly fascist instead of parlor tricks and circus mirrors.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 25, 2023 12:40 AM (NuL5H)
Just watching an older B western, 'Heaven With A Gun'. I noticed that Carolyn Jones looked older than I remembered. Checking, I found that the Addams family was on for less than two years, and had ended in '66, three years before this western was filmed.
Carolyn Jones eyes >> Bette Davis eyes
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2023 12:41 AM (q5ARv)
Define "Natural" in Natural Born Citizen.
One would think it is not the same as "Native" or that would be the word used.... but... here we are.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 25, 2023 12:41 AM (ga8qR)
I bet that 16 pound grey dappled camouflaged asshole is lurking in the hallway so he can 'attack' me and get me squeak out a girly squeal of fright. Punk assed little bitch.
*girds loins*
Fuck, my ankles are exposed.
Posted by: BifBewalski at August 25, 2023 12:44 AM (3CCua)
The federal government will give each candidate for a federal office a war chest for their campaign. No monies outside of the war chest may be collected or spent. No third party expenditures are allowed. Any leftover is returned to the treasury.
Say (in today's money) a billion for each Presidential candidate, 100 mil for each senate candidate and 10 mil per house candidate. In a 2 party system that's about 20 billion. A pittance for the government. Hell, even with 2 legit 3rd party candidates in each race it's still only 40 billion. The trick would be defining "legit".
As I said, against my general principles, but damned if it doesn't sound better than what we have now.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 25, 2023 12:44 AM (0Do5x)
Posted by: Mullah Miklos at August 25, 2023 12:45 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 25, 2023 12:47 AM (ga8qR)
Posted by: Weirddave
See Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (actually Clinton)
Posted by: Miklos sees "issues" here at August 25, 2023 12:47 AM (WVRZF)
One would think it is not the same as "Native" or that would be the word used.... but... here we are.
That one's on the SCOTUS. "Subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is perfectly clear to me, but not to the 1960s court.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 25, 2023 12:49 AM (0Do5x)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 25, 2023 12:50 AM (ga8qR)
It was nice to know others remembered and cherish such a foul mothed, outraged American who defended freedom. I was blessed to meet him and his better half at a small MoMee in Green Bay. A steelworker patriot.
Also met another Moron from WI, Misanthropic Humanitarian and his lovely wife. Little did I know at the time that he would go on to fame and
Regards
T
Posted by: Farmer at August 25, 2023 12:52 AM (a8Bg6)
Posted by: Weirddave
Dude
Posted by: Wonk Kim Ark's parents were legally present at August 25, 2023 12:53 AM (WVRZF)
I like this young man but I don't think he is ready for being president.
Posted by: Lost In Space
+++++++++++++
I didn't see the debate last night, but I was persuaded by the column by Powerline's new contributor, Elizabeth Stauffer. I really like her writing and thinking.
https://tinyurl.com/mezrfud9
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 25, 2023 12:55 AM (lCaJd)
Posted by: The at August 25, 2023 12:56 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 25, 2023 12:56 AM (lT3tg)
Posted by: Common Tater
And "why am I pointing west when the TV is north?"
Posted by: mikeski at August 25, 2023 12:59 AM (DgGvY)
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Once the surrounding walls are built, they're readymade FEMA camps for herding you undesirables into!
Posted by: Your Local Friendly WEF Commissar at August 25, 2023 01:02 AM (dqAjg)
He strikes me as having the hubris of always achieving at a high level. From my perspective a great president achieves from a place of humility.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 25, 2023 01:03 AM (+ap8X)
Posted by: The
I love blue cheese but gorgonzola is wicked good in pasta dish. I can't decide between the two.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 25, 2023 01:05 AM (+ap8X)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 25, 2023 12:10 AM (p8A+W)
//
I know you're not serious. Did you or anyone see the interview with McGregor (?) Military guy. Very depressing about our lack of resdiness?
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 25, 2023 01:07 AM (A73Rb)
Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at August 25, 2023 01:09 AM (GshMh)
Much to everyone's relief, I'm sure.
Instead here's something to get your blood boiling:
https://tinyurl.com/36z2ftvw
Gateway Pundit, so take with your usual amount of salt.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 25, 2023 01:14 AM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: Lost In Space
No?
Posted by: Miklos2023 and a Half! at August 25, 2023 01:15 AM (WVRZF)
1: No person may serve more than 12 years total in Congress
We don't need people making a lifelong career out of government. And nepotizing their spawn in after them.
1) 12 years total drawing a federal paycheck. Plus 12 more in active-duty military.
If a law is a good idea it should be obvious to everyone.
2) No 50%+1 votes passing. Minimum 2/3 for everything.
3) All laws are passed by Congress. No executive orders effectively creating a law. No unelected bureaucrats effectively creating a law. No judges effectively creating a law.
4) All laws sunset every 7 years, if not faster. Laws that generate revenue sunset annually.
Posted by: mikeski at August 25, 2023 01:15 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Jamie Gorelick 4 Prez! at August 25, 2023 01:17 AM (WVRZF)
Agree, but you are quite the dreamer. If I had more internet skills I'd post a song, but alas I lack that skill. Old and senile. And it wouldn't be Lennon's idiotic Imagination.
Posted by: Farmer at August 25, 2023 01:20 AM (a8Bg6)
Posted by: Lost In Space
No?
Posted by: Miklos2023
Elaborate please.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 25, 2023 01:21 AM (+ap8X)
Posted by: Miklos wants your vote-President, Coroner, whatever at August 25, 2023 01:24 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 25, 2023 01:26 AM (S3OK8)
Posted by: Always trust content from Miklos at August 25, 2023 01:27 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 25, 2023 01:26 AM (S3OK
...you'd see the most bizarre headlines... and they'd be TRUE.
Posted by: pookysgirl prefers InfoWars anyway at August 25, 2023 01:27 AM (dtlDP)
The WEF is hard at work to eliminate voting. Elections are dangerous for Democracy -- some motherWEFer egghead think-tank type actually said that. Actually wrote it. Elections are bad for our democracy.
You see, the people vote the wrong way, and that just can't be tolerated. They don't want to own nothing, live in pods, and be happy.
Klaus Schwab said something about "prescriptive democracy". They prescribe, you swallow it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 01:29 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 25, 2023 12:10 AM (p8A+W)
//
While debasing the currency and defrauding the public at home.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 25, 2023 01:31 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: publius
Now I understand why they can't define "woman."
Posted by: mikeski at August 25, 2023 01:32 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Skip at August 25, 2023 01:35 AM (MOY79)
Klaus Schwab said something about "prescriptive democracy". They prescribe, you swallow it.
---
No, no, it's more of a suppository...
Posted by: Your Local Friendly WEF Commissar at August 25, 2023 01:36 AM (dqAjg)
I got interested in something else, but I did look up the electrical box fill rules. They've changed a bit, just a bit, from what I remember back in the day.
Basically, each conductor coming into a box that is "cut", that is will be spliced to another or connected to a device counts as a unit. #14 counts as 2 cu in per. #12 is 2.25 cu in per, and #10 is 2.5 cu in.
Each gang device counts as 2 of the largest size conductor to be connected to it. Thus a receptacle receiving #12 wire would count as 2*2.25 = 4.5 cu in.
Now, bare ground wires, all of them count as one of the largest size. Internal wire clamps (like on some metallic and plastic boxes) count as one of the largest conductor entering.
Now, conductors that go straight through count as just 1 of each. Unless there is more than 12". There's an old rule, 6" of wire inside the box. So that's twice that for a through, non-cut, pass through.
Jumper wires, pigtails, don't count, provided they aren't too long.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 01:36 AM (Mzdiz)
If you want to enjoy the story, you have to ignore the obvious.
I thought about Obama, the Clintons, and the Bidens.
While watching "The Flying Nun".
Sally was a thing in her day.
Posted by: Culturally Unaware Miklos at August 25, 2023 01:39 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Miklos pleads the Fifth at August 25, 2023 01:41 AM (WVRZF)
I realized that the lyrics to "Harley's Hat" work right well with the tune for "Dooley"
Posted by: Miklos is still working on that at August 25, 2023 01:46 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 25, 2023 01:47 AM (k1Qly)
Posted by: Petulant Miklos at August 25, 2023 01:51 AM (WVRZF)
Article 1
The Federal Government of the United States of America shall have no authority and no jurisdiction over any citizen of the United States of America.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at August 25, 2023 01:54 AM (U8Hxf)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 25, 2023 01:54 AM (k1Qly)
Posted by: Walter Freeman
Yep
Now try it in Hungarian.
Posted by: Miklos should move to vowel-free Croatia, maybe the island of Krk at August 25, 2023 01:58 AM (WVRZF)
Well, I'm off to bed. This damned lip is getting pretty swollen and not too fun. Pro tip, go light on the salt when trying to eat with a split lip. Whoooo doggies, that stings.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 02:01 AM (Mzdiz)
BTW, that reminds me, forgot to give you the pics to Spud's old house place and all. Miley can arrange to send, I think.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 02:02 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 25, 2023 01:47 AM (k1Qly)
"Kiqly?"
A service like DoorDash, but the driver just shows up, kicks the target in the ass once, and leaves.
Sounds like a great idea, but the gridlock it would cause in D.C. would shut it down fast.
Posted by: mikeski at August 25, 2023 02:06 AM (DgGvY)
Szombathely! And that's only because all of the other multisyllabic towns ending in -y have a frightful number of accent marks.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 25, 2023 02:07 AM (k1Qly)
Posted by: The at August 25, 2023 02:07 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Miklos in the refrain from Dooley at August 25, 2023 02:09 AM (WVRZF)
***
Pass basic civics test to vote.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 25, 2023 02:10 AM (mU984)
Grandmothers also working, and discuss, argue.
The Youngs are frolic in fields, destroy many sunflowers with frolics.
It is the Way of Our People.
Posted by: Official Novdu Informations at August 25, 2023 02:12 AM (WVRZF)
... Slap Hot Okra to it? At 220v 50amp?
That's Big League Trailer Park Power to the rest of yah, heah!
*runs serpentine*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 25, 2023 02:16 AM (e6UQI)
... Slap Hot Okra to it? At 220v 50amp?
That's Big League Trailer Park Power to the rest of yah, heah!
*runs serpentine*
Jim
Publius has a 50 amp setup
And that's just Miley
Posted by: Miklos done seen it at August 25, 2023 02:23 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Miklos done wrote this at August 25, 2023 02:32 AM (WVRZF)
Had to check back one more time. I might try some okra slime on it.
That little hot foot incident stomping and shorting the drop cord 'twarn't nothin'. In my day, I've done a couple of real Lu-lus, big time, high current arc faults triggered by me being a bit...reckless, a bit absent minded you might say.
When you do that, remain calm. Don't move. The arc flash will blind you. You're sight will return in a few moments. Are you being shocked? No? Are you on fire? No? Then don't move. Wait until your sight returns and you assess your situation. Moving blind can make things much worse....
Yes, your heart is going 90 mph. Your stomach is your throat. You want to jump and run. Don't. Be Mr. Spock. Control your emotions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 02:34 AM (Mzdiz)
Sat right on top his ears
Been hanging on the wall right there for nigh on 50 years
Posted by: Miklos done wrote this at August 25, 2023 02:34 AM (WVRZF)
And, if you need to move, but can't move, then hope you've got a buddy nearby who knows how to flying tackle away from danger.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 25, 2023 02:36 AM (k1Qly)
I guess I have to tell
But poor ol' Harley,
I guess he's runnin' still
Posted by: Miklos done wrote this at August 25, 2023 02:37 AM (WVRZF)
Sometimes when your sight returns, you'll get another "shock" as it were. Case in point. It would take 3 posts to fully describe the situation, but short version, I made a "questionable connection" of a circuit with a 5HP motor trying to start.
Big arc flash of the starting current of that motor, which couldn't start, cause it had a big ol' arc in series, which my "questionable" drop cord connection had triggered.
I feel my hand burning a bit. That arc blows out quickly. I'm blind. I stay put. When my sight returns, I look down and see my left hand is black.
OMG, I'm burned bad! Nope, just soot from the arc blowing burning plastic and shit. Wiped right off. A little sunburned, but no serious burn.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 02:38 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally
When I finish with the Harley song, you might need The Ballad of the Burnt Hand.
Learned Hand was the famous Judge, by the way.
Not Judge Burned hand.
Posted by: Miklos will done have wrote this at August 25, 2023 02:42 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Miklos will done have wrote this at August 25, 2023 02:45 AM (WVRZF)
One does make a "questionable" connection to a motor that will try to start once voltage is applied. Well, a big motor that is going to draw a YUGE starting current.
That was the lesson I learned that day. Make damn sure that motor ain't trying to start. It was an air compressor that was being moved to where it needed to be temporarily, and I was rigging a big drop cord for it.
A similar thing can happen with cord and plug to receptacle connections. Most 120V shit ain't gonna pull enough to do this, but some 240V shit can. You need to make that connection quick. If you don't, you get a big ol' arc started right quick.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 02:47 AM (Mzdiz)
Come on back any day
That works! Singing that to "Dooley" in my head.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 02:47 AM (Mzdiz)
---------
Not the worst part, but the most humiliating, on those few occasions where I made a 'mistake', there were witnesses.
Some people who call themselves my 'friends', to this day will, under the influence of a few beers, recall those incidents.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2023 02:48 AM (tUUeN)
Posted by: Miklos will done have wrote this at August 25, 2023 02:52 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 25, 2023 02:58 AM (a4EWo)
Yes, after it's over, one looks around to see if there were any witnesses. If there aren't there's a sense of relief.
Now, if one works for Mrs. Duke as a lineman, and I assume most of the others. Well, this type of thing is called a "splash" in the lingo. And it sort of is. Makes a splash of molten metal.
Anytime one triggers a splash, one has to write up a "Splash Report", describing what happened. Any witnesses have to write up their own report. Failure to do a splash report is firing-on-the-spot offense.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 02:59 AM (Mzdiz)
Harley, where it at boy
It's hangin' on the the wall
And that's Where it's gonna stay
Posted by: Miklos will done have wrote this at August 25, 2023 03:01 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Miklos who studied nor has done any of this at August 25, 2023 03:02 AM (WVRZF)
Republics with democratic institutions are not for the lazy, yet Americans are lazy, and they ache for lazy solutions that encourage more laziness.
Likewise the repeal of the 17th Amendment I keep hearing about. I’m into that, but too many people think that this instant that happens we will be magically transported to a political golden age where we will never have to even participate in government ever again. (Never mind that in both cases, we have all failed to drill home the importance of valuing temporary public service and not constantly raiding the federal treasury to pay for things that are best paid for at the state and local level.)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 03:02 AM (f0XAF)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 25, 2023 03:02 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Prof. Dr. Chikoadinaka Wnankpa, Healer Of Herbalist Knowlewdges at August 25, 2023 03:04 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
especially for Senators with Wide Stances
Posted by: Miklos vaguely remembers something at August 25, 2023 03:05 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 03:08 AM (Mzdiz)
Okay, should I tell the story of Harley's Hat again? Don't know how many are familiar with it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 03:09 AM (Mzdiz)
That thing is the revival of civil society. Do not allow government to take over vast segments of what used to be run by civil society (such as social programs to look after the elderly or the less fortunate; yes, things like that exist even now but not to the extent of times before). Why do school districts and local governments feed kids over the summer rather than parents and organizations like churches? Why can’t school districts open the kitchens of the schools to charitable organizations to take care of charitable acts instead? (For some examples.: Government does not exist to help the poor; it exists, in a very real sense, to kill people.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 03:10 AM (f0XAF)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 25, 2023 03:13 AM (a4EWo)
ROFL! ROFL, indeed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally \
This ONT was cleaned and sanitized at
3 AM [X]
Posted by: Miklos moppin' and sweepin' and sanitizin' at August 25, 2023 03:15 AM (WVRZF)
Yeah, I'm about to drop, too. Harley's Hat can wait until another ONT.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at August 25, 2023 03:15 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius
Yeah.
Posted by: Ol' Spud at August 25, 2023 03:16 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Gereman Philosopher with a lousy hash at August 25, 2023 03:52 AM (WVRZF)
Posted by: Skip at August 25, 2023 03:57 AM (MOY79)
Posted by: Physicist Uncle Miklos at August 25, 2023 04:00 AM (WVRZF)
Flash forward many years and small towns/cities are still pretty nice to live in. I have several near me that haven't fell into disrepair yet. Most have Republican mayors and maybe the old downtown has gone away, but its still nice. Shopping has moved to the suburbs or online. I have a nice small town house for 150 K, and see the mayor out often talking to the people. No real public transplantation, except school buses.
Will this all end as state and federal rules mandate more and more shit every week.
Posted by: Colin at August 25, 2023 04:07 AM (2DV6+)
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