Daily Tech News 15 December 2024

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TSMC has announced performance specs for its upcoming 2nm node. (Tom's Hardware)

Compared with the current leading-edge 3nm process, it uses 24% less power for low-power mobile chips, and 35% less power for desktop chips. Or if you keep power the same, it runs about 15% faster.

Compared to 5nm, it uses around 48% to 55% less power, and compared to 7nm (which I'm running right now), the reduction is as much as 70%.

Chips will be coming off the production line in 2026.

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If your company licenses the enterprise version of Windows, Copilot doesn't work and will never work. (Thurrott)

So you can go ahead and reassign the Copilot key on your keyboard now.
A Transatlantic Tunnel, hurrah! (Newsweek)

Harry Harrison aside, this article is garbage. Newsweek was overpriced.
Hackers are very clever idiots. (Ars Technica)

They went to extraordinary lengths to steal the credentials of 390,000 security professionals, and then installed a crypto miner guaranteeing they'd be spotted instantly.
Canadia healthcare technology company Care1 leaked 4.8 million patient records totaling 2.2TB. (HackRead)

Nice work, guys.

Disclaimer: That was sarcasm.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 04:05 AM (hl4hg)

2 I nooded.

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 04:05 AM (VnUSN)

3 ... while Someone Else was BOING!ing.

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 04:06 AM (VnUSN)

4
; )

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 04:06 AM (VnUSN)

5 Electricity supply and central A/C system are back in full swing here up north in Israel.

Gardener is here. Hasn't been here for 2 months, mostly due to the security situation.

Relatively quiet. Life on the streets and in the are shops is back to normal, except for people who became unemployed over the last year.

Beautiful but crisp cold weather. Not a cloud in the sky. Windy and 55F/13C.

On a clear day you can see the FORMER Syrian Hermon.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 04:10 AM (hl4hg)

6 I nooded.

... while Someone Else was BOING!ing.
Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 04:06 AM (VnUSN)
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You do your job. I'll do mine! :p

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 04:12 AM (hl4hg)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 15, 2024 04:14 AM (n17eQ)

8 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 04:14 AM (fwDg9)

9 Canadia healthcare technology company Care1 leaked 4.8 million patient records totaling 2.2TB. (HackRead)
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First data buyer will be a Canadian euthanasia company.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 04:15 AM (hl4hg)

10 When TWO paragraphs in a NINE-paragraph "article" begin with the word "However," referring blindly back to something somewhere maybe in previous paragraphs but you'll have to do some rereading to find out what, the article is trash.

However, developments in vacuum tube technology have made the concept more viable.

However, there is still no set design for the tunnel.

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 04:15 AM (VnUSN)

11 https://tinyurl.com/3ytj65kc
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 04:15 AM (fwDg9)

12 6 I nooded.

... while Someone Else was BOING!ing.
Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 04:06 AM (VnUSN)
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You do your job. I'll do mine! :p
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 04:12 AM (hl4hg)

Agreed! (I'll get you off-guard and then I'll snatch "first" from you when you least expect it.)

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 04:16 AM (VnUSN)

13 My goodness, that Newsweek article is a true trainwreck:

With the two global cities [London and NYC] being over 3,000 miles apart, construction would take several years....

... built at the same speed [as the Chunnel], it would take 782 years to cross the 3,000 gap between the U.S. and Britain.

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 04:18 AM (VnUSN)

14 I'm sure someone post this yesterday. I didn't want to go OT on the garden thread with Trump trolling Chis Crispy Cream:

https://tinyurl.com/yuy76dmp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 04:23 AM (hl4hg)

15 Good morning! It's a fairly temperate 50F out on the patio here in Cowtown, headed for 74 this afternoon. Coffee is poured and I gave the lil' nugget dawg her morning snuggles/facetime. Thinking about bacon and eggs with OJ for breakfast.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 15, 2024 05:01 AM (3Ope8)

16 I could get up but got nothing for breakfast than coffee and a Pop Tart and breakfast bar
Out of eggs, milk, bread, pancake mix

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:03 AM (fwDg9)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 15, 2024 05:12 AM (tljrc)

18 Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at December 15, 2024 05:15 AM (YBgFH)

19 Sounds like an early morning run to the galley locker is first on the list for Skip

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 15, 2024 05:16 AM (3Ope8)

20 16 I could get up but got nothing for breakfast than coffee and a Pop Tart and breakfast bar
Out of eggs, milk, bread, pancake mix
Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:03 AM (fwDg9)

Hoping there can be a nice brunch in your future!

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 05:18 AM (VnUSN)

21 Just have to go grocery shopping

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:23 AM (fwDg9)

22 Just have to go grocery shopping
Posted by: Skip

Last words of the Donner Party

Posted by: Bruce at December 15, 2024 05:26 AM (YBgFH)

23 That trans-Atlantic tunnel idea is trash. Don't they remember what happened to that sub used to view the Titanic? High pressures (tons/ft2) on a large, looong tube with a vacuum inside (and tight tolerances), coupled with the fact the Atlantic Ocean is growing at Iceland (gee, quakes and other ground motion pose no trouble for trains, right?) Are just a few of the issues.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:29 AM (SSBCb)

24 22 Just have to go grocery shopping
Posted by: Skip

Last words of the Donner Party
Posted by: Bruce at December 15, 2024 05:26 AM (YBgFH)

And then Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Rudolph and Blitzen ...?

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 05:30 AM (VnUSN)

25 How you doing, jim (in hospital in Kalifornia)?

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 05:31 AM (VnUSN)

26 16 I could get up but got nothing for breakfast than coffee and a Pop Tart and breakfast bar
Out of eggs, milk, bread, pancake mix
Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:03 AM (fwDg9)

I had actual solid food last night. It's been since...Friday before last?...since I had that. Made me happy.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:31 AM (SSBCb)

27 26 I had actual solid food last night. It's been since...Friday before last?...since I had that. Made me happy.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:31 AM (SSBCb)

Yay!

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 05:32 AM (VnUSN)

28 I had actual solid food last night. It's been since...Friday before last?...since I had that. Made me happy.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:31 AM (SSBCb)

Yay!
Posted by: m

Great!

Was it hospital food?

Posted by: Bruce at December 15, 2024 05:34 AM (YBgFH)

29 25 How you doing, jim (in hospital in Kalifornia)?
Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 05:31 AM (VnUSN)

Finally eating solids, but still waiting for them on the other side. Just old blood collecting from the three snip n sew sections on the small intestine. I am holding down food and drink, and am no longer on IVs. Sleep apnea is still an issue; have me on O2 when sleeping again when it dropped to 75% during another colorful intense dream...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:37 AM (SSBCb)

30 28 I had actual solid food last night. It's been since...Friday before last?...since I had that. Made me happy.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:31 AM (SSBCb)

Yay!
Posted by: m

Great!

Was it hospital food?
Posted by: Bruce at December 15, 2024 05:34 AM (YBgFH)

Old joke punchline: who do you think I am, Betty Crocker?

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:39 AM (SSBCb)

31 30 28 I had actual solid food last night. It's been since...Friday before last?...since I had that. Made me happy.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:31 AM (SSBCb)

Yay!
Posted by: m

Great!

Was it hospital food?
Posted by: Bruce at December 15, 2024 05:34 AM (YBgFH)

Old joke punchline: who do you think I am, Betty Crocker?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:39 AM (SSBCb)

Glad they did not remove your sense of humor!

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 05:40 AM (VnUSN)

32 Jim - good to hear you're improving!

WRT the plastic sub that imploded on its way to the Titanic...just the fact that it was a composite structure under pressure was sufficient to ensure its demise. Pretty sure some human dumbassery was involved as well though.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 15, 2024 05:43 AM (3Ope8)

33 Well, back to sleep, nurses orders. I might show up in the book thread; no longer commando under my gown.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:45 AM (SSBCb)

34 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 15, 2024 05:45 AM (dg+HA)

35 32 Jim - good to hear you're improving!

WRT the plastic sub that imploded on its way to the Titanic...just the fact that it was a composite structure under pressure was sufficient to ensure its demise. Pretty sure some human dumbassery was involved as well though.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 15, 2024 05:43 AM (3Ope

Carbon fiber laminates.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:46 AM (SSBCb)

36 Carbon fiber laminates.

Tiny threads in a resin matrix. Great under tension, not so much in compression. Can't push a rope.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 15, 2024 05:47 AM (3Ope8)

37 Evening and morning to all the early risers, Sunday toilers, insomaniacals, and general reprobates of the AoSHQ Empire! 'Tis the Sun's Day.

I really should go work out this morning -- something easy like a 30-min. walk. Yes. Haven't gone in over a week. It's time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 05:49 AM (omVj0)

38 I really don't get having to undress at hospitals

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:51 AM (fwDg9)

39 Last night I finally brought up the topic of my retirement to Linda. The results were as underwhelming as I expected. When I asked, gently but with determination, for a comment beyond "I don't know," her reaction was . . . "I hope it [the topic] won't spoil Christmas." Not exactly the excited "Something new to do, explore, or contemplate!" that I'd hoped for; more in the line I thought it would be.

Ah, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

40 38 I really don't get having to undress at hospitals
Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:51 AM (fwDg9)

Part of the kink?
Seriously, they have me wired up for 24 hrs monitoring. It makes for easy access to my incision scar and ostomy. When I had a cather I couldn't wear underwear anyway. Easier to give bed baths.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 15, 2024 05:55 AM (SSBCb)

41 Jim! Glad to hear you are improving! Eating solid food, even if it is hospital chow, is a big jump forward.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 05:58 AM (omVj0)

42 'At this hospital, your meals are prepared by Chef Louis of the Ritz in Paris. Unfortunately, it takes 2 weeks to transport them here from Paris.'

Posted by: Nazdar at December 15, 2024 06:03 AM (NcvvS)

43 https://pjmedia.com/How many are those thousands of illegal chinese young men biden let in drone operators

I think this is onto something. As far as I know China doesn't just let people leave on their own accord if they want to go. They are here for a mission.

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 06:06 AM (fwDg9)

44 "A Transatlantic Tunnel, hurrah! (Newsweek)

Harry Harrison aside, this article is garbage. Newsweek was overpriced."

Wait, I thought you were joking. People are really thinking about this?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 15, 2024 06:07 AM (bss/y)

45 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:08 AM (u82oZ)

46 G'morning Horde, black coffee is being enjoyed here at Casa Del Recalcitrant. ("Remove thy cream and sugar, for these are holy grounds." -- King Harv)

This Microsoft Copilot thing... From the article:

"Furthermore, it also recommends that organizations uninstall the Copilot app that comes with Windows 11 to avoid confusion and to use AppLocker to prevent employees from reinstalling it later."

So anyone running Windows 11 Home or Pro needs to:
- Figure out how to uninstall Copilot
- Figure out how to access and use "AppLocker" to prevent it from being installed ever again.

Microsoft is shooting itself in the foot here (again.) Telling Enterprise customers: "We'll protect YOUR privacy and security" (while having a long track record of utterly screwing up in that regard) and also telling your home and commercial end-users "We'll shred your privacy gleefully and you can't stop us"? This is a terrible look for the company, and it's going to utterly bite them in the arse.

Do you want to encourage people to look at operating system alternatives? Because this is how you encourage people to look at operating system alternatives.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

47 "A Transatlantic Tunnel, hurrah! (Newsweek)

Harry Harrison aside, this article is garbage. Newsweek was overpriced."

Wait, I thought you were joking. People are really thinking about this?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 15, 2024

***
This sounds like F. Joke's "idea" of a train line across the Indian Ocean.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 06:09 AM (omVj0)

48 jim (in hospital in Kalifornia)

Yeah for baby steps.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:10 AM (u82oZ)

49 Wolfus Aurelius,

Sorry it was not " I will follow you to the ends of the Earth, for you, my love. You complete my life and make me wondrously happy."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:13 AM (u82oZ)

50 Last night I also inquired, *again*, as to what Linda wants for Christmas. Reply: "I'm still thinking about it." To which I said, "You need to think faster. You've said you don't want anything from online and you don't want a gift card. And I don't want to fight the crowds in the stores on the twenty-third."

If she won't be specific, I guess a bottle of wine and two cards, one from me and one "from the cats," will have to do. I've tried being clever and out-of-the-box, and every time she's been disappointed. Honestly I'm tired of trying. Is this what happens to couples who are together for many years?

I've asked her for some tobaccos that I like and that may be going out of production, and gave her a catalog from one online shop I use a lot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 06:14 AM (omVj0)

51
Sorry it was not " I will follow you to the ends of the Earth, for you, my love. You complete my life and make me wondrously happy."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024

***
Yeah, Salty, after all this time I'd hoped for something closer to that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 06:15 AM (omVj0)

52 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

Sounds like she definitely doesn't want to talk about it till after Christmas. Perhaps the thought of retiring and packing things up and moving just seems too overwhelming?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2024 06:17 AM (Oajpq)

53 Wolfus: Get up early and make her the most amazing breakfast you can. Time and special effort to express your love for your spouse are the best present ever.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

54 Wolfus Aurelius

No lumps of coal. I tried that. Got a lump of coal sized mark in my forehead.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:18 AM (u82oZ)

55 Wolfus Aurelius

What Grumpy and Recalcitrant said. Also:

Offer to clean her oven. That is true love.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:19 AM (u82oZ)

56 Moving at age 29 is not a lot of fun. So she has that.

Con you get a full service moving company any more? They probably do military service moves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:21 AM (u82oZ)

57 I've tried being clever and out-of-the-box, and every time she's been disappointed.

Seems like you two have had a semiserious relationship for some time. Might I suggest something more transcendental than a tangible gift...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 15, 2024 06:22 AM (3Ope8)

58 @52/FenelonSpoke: "Sounds like she definitely doesn't want to talk about it till after Christmas. Perhaps the thought of retiring and packing things up and moving just seems too overwhelming?"

I think you're on to something - that and huge change later in life is generally resisted strongly and a very unwelcome thing for most people. We really do get set in our ways.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

59 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot

Disclaimer: That was sarcasm

Puns, bathos, litotes?

Posted by: The Grim Reaper at December 15, 2024 06:25 AM (fsC91)

60 Imagine a full service move coordinated by the Horde, with Horde movers and trucks.

You'd get to your destination and be left asking, "Why is there French Toast with powdered sugar and maple syrup in the medicine cabinet?!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 06:26 AM (O7YUW)

61 Gah!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 15, 2024 06:26 AM (fsC91)

62 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 15, 2024 06:27 AM (hoCmQ)

63 You'd get to your destination and be left asking, "Why is there French Toast with powdered sugar and maple syrup in the medicine cabinet?!"
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 06:26 AM (O7YUW)
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Or the package of shredded carrots marked "For chili only"?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 15, 2024 06:27 AM (fsC91)

64 Record Execs: 'Johnny, we want you to do an album of Christmas Favorites.'
Mr Cash: 'Ok.'
Record Execs: 'You know, like Silent Night and Little Drummer Boy-'
Mr Cash: 'I am not doing the "Pah rump a pum pum" thing.'
Record Execs (soothingly): 'That's ok, we'll get some back up singers to do it.'

https://tinyurl.com/23bkvbmy

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 15, 2024 06:28 AM (bss/y)

65 https://pjmedia.com/How many are those thousands of illegal chinese young men biden let in drone operators

I think this is onto something. As far as I know China doesn't just let people leave on their own accord if they want to go. They are here for a mission.
Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 06:06 AM (fwDg9)

These drones were a topic of discussion with my brother yesterday. I said that these are pretty obviously being operated by an adversary nation - my money was on China. The fed.gov knows precisely who's operating and why - they just don't want to admit it because it makes the Biden-Harris administration look like the impotent, feckless weaklings that they are.

If it were a U.S. DoD project all the fed.gov would have to say is "Sorry for the panic, we're teaching drone AI how to recognize objects." Instead, fed.gov just says, "Gee, it's a mystery, good luck."

January 20th, 2025 can't come soon enough. On the bright side, if Jimmy Carter is still compos mentis (based on the photo from Election Day: doubtful), he can die knowing that he's no longer the worst POTUS of the modern era.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 15, 2024 06:33 AM (pJWtt)

66 Sounds like she definitely doesn't want to talk about it till after Christmas. Perhaps the thought of retiring and packing things up and moving just seems too overwhelming?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2024

***
It's overwhelming for *me*! But the thought of staying here in this pesthole for years to come is even more horrifying. As my former boss, who is now retiring, put it, "We have lots of resources. But time is something you have only so much of."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 06:33 AM (omVj0)

67 When I hear about stuff like a trans-Atlantic tunnel concept, I ask, what problem are they trying to solve with this? We have two proven methods of crossing oceans: ships and airplanes. What would a tunnel do for us that we can't do now?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 06:34 AM (/7KEl)

68 "We have lots of resources. But time is something you have only so much of."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 06:33 AM (omVj0)
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"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."
---Richard II, via WS

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 15, 2024 06:35 AM (fsC91)

69 What would a tunnel do for us that we can't do now?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 06:34 AM (/7KEl)
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Toll booths?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 15, 2024 06:35 AM (fsC91)

70 Wolfus Aurelius

Good luck. We are all counting on you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:36 AM (u82oZ)

71 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 06:33 AM (omVj0)

Yes: I wasn't suggesting that it wouldn't be hard for you as well.

And how does she feel about living in New Orleans?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2024 06:36 AM (49ZOn)

72 anyone remember when these drones started? was it before or after Nov 5

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 06:37 AM (/7KEl)

73 A better use of concrete is a pipeline from the upper Missouri River to Kansas. To refill the Ogallala Aquifer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:38 AM (u82oZ)

74 Last night I also inquired, *again*, as to what Linda wants for Christmas. Reply: "I'm still thinking about it." To which I said, "You need to think faster. You've said you don't want anything from online and you don't want a gift card. And I don't want to fight the crowds in the stores on the twenty-third."

If she won't be specific, I guess a bottle of wine and two cards, one from me and one "from the cats," will have to do. I've tried being clever and out-of-the-box, and every time she's been disappointed. Honestly I'm tired of trying. Is this what happens to couples who are together for many years?

I've asked her for some tobaccos that I like and that may be going out of production, and gave her a catalog from one online shop I use a lot.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 06:14 AM (omVj0)

"Think faster," LOL, my brother from another mother.

Mrs. Cop is among the "a bit over 29" crowd. She loves having a spa treatment. Perhaps Miss Linda has a place she likes to go to get pampered for an hour or two.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 15, 2024 06:40 AM (pJWtt)

75 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 15, 2024 06:40 AM (fsC91)

76
And how does she feel about living in New Orleans?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2024

***
"I'm content." That's an exact quote. Or, as I have described it to others over the years, "She's stuck to this place like moss on a tree."

I can wait to discuss this until 12/26. But I noticed myself last night as I got into the topic, and I was actually excited, rather than the usual "Yeah, nice lights." We were walking through a suburban town which really goes all out at Xmas time, decorates the trees in a wide park-like median, puts up reindeer figures and the like, and the houses on this avenue tend to decorate with colorful lights too. I kept saying, "What if we could live in a place like this and decorate for Christmas?" (No, living in that suburban area would be *way* out of any sane person's price range.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 06:41 AM (omVj0)

77 AOSHQ Daily Tech News:

Come for the latest chip fab news
Stay for the relationship advice.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 15, 2024 06:41 AM (PiwSw)

78 67 When I hear about stuff like a trans-Atlantic tunnel concept, I ask, what problem are they trying to solve with this? We have two proven methods of crossing oceans: ships and airplanes. What would a tunnel do for us that we can't do now?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 06:34 AM (/7KEl)
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I could take Amtrak!

Posted by: Joey Biden at December 15, 2024 06:42 AM (x2BaM)

79 Putting 2 +2 together on drones, being run by foreigners here makes more sense than some ship off the coast. Pulling up to some secluded place but close to your target, then next night move to the next.

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 06:43 AM (fwDg9)

80 Trans-Atlantic tunnel?

Good luck blasting through the trans-Atlantic Ridge. Makes going to Mars seem easy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 15, 2024 06:44 AM (Wv/YG)

81 I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Our relationship advice is golden. Remember when we were advising a woman on meeting his parents? Too funny.

Our advice on life-threatening woulds is just as good. Put a hot iron on it.

I seem to remember there is a device of that nome, but mostly I think of pig iron out of the foundry.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

82 Time for chores. Have a great day, everyone.

May the Drama level be zero.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2024 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

83 Happy Sunday
10 days til Christmas

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2024 06:46 AM (gbOdA)

84 Putting 2 +2 together on drones, being run by foreigners here makes more sense than some ship off the coast. Pulling up to some secluded place but close to your target, then next night move to the next.
Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024

***
Why not a submarine on the Atlantic coast? Surface at night to run your drones and collect your data, then submerge and cruise to the next point by day?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 06:46 AM (omVj0)

85 You too, Salty!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 15, 2024 06:49 AM (PiwSw)

86 Nancy Pelosi undergoes hip replacement surgery.

But Bhussein said Grandma will just get a pill instead of expensive surgery.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2024 06:58 AM (gbOdA)

87 20 degrees out but still
Flag is up
🫡
As KT pointed out, today is Bill of Rights day

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 06:59 AM (fwDg9)

88 Nothing says secure airspace like swarms of drones traversing the skies around a major air transportation hub.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 15, 2024 06:59 AM (3Ope8)

89 For Moron writers and fans of Powerline Week in Pictures, Sarah Hoyt brings the memes. ( Buckle up, it will take awhile to get through the list. )

https://is.gd/absOuh

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 15, 2024 07:01 AM (PiwSw)

90 I'm glad that Windows Enterprise doesn't support CoPilot for the reason that there are a lot of business devices that shouldn't have it. I'm thinking of Point of Sale and ATMs. Linux really isn't a good OS for some things either, in the case of Point of Sale, the device drivers are Windows centric

A lot of Windows based enterprise things are often on the production line floor and need to be as lightweight as possible.

Using Embedded Windows is out of fashion since the developer tooling is geared towards the full OS.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 07:03 AM (rHxhM)

91 37 days to inauguration

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 07:03 AM (fwDg9)

92 31
Glad they did not remove your sense of humor!

Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 05:40 AM (VnUSN)
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He hides it well.

(Glad things are improving Jim. We're pulling for you.)

Posted by: Ciampino - beware of crepitation at December 15, 2024 07:06 AM (i0xsb)

93 ""A Transatlantic Tunnel, hurrah! (Newsweek)

Harry Harrison aside, this article is garbage. Newsweek was overpriced."

Wait, I thought you were joking. People are really thinking about this?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 15, 2024 06:07 AM (bss/y)"

just because the idea is ridiculous on the face of it doesn't mean that "consultants" can't make millions off of it ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 15, 2024 07:06 AM (cY18j)

94 Where's the Chardonnay?

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 15, 2024 07:07 AM (dg+HA)

95 Some of the first thoughts on the trans-Atlantic tunnel.

• why would I want to bring Europe's problems to North America at a faster clip?

• Should the US/UK be building any pipeline after dispatching NordStream?

• I like the cost justification, not the "significantly more efficient" not because that is any indication that it would be cost effective, but the "... and environmentally friendly than flying." which has any $ amount you want to attach since it means absolutely nothing.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 07:07 AM (rHxhM)

96 38 I really don't get having to undress at hospitals

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:51 AM (fwDg9)
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In an emergency they don't want to deal with clothing, even just cutting it off.

Posted by: Ciampino - beware of fluid crepitation at December 15, 2024 07:10 AM (i0xsb)

97 >Why not a submarine on the Atlantic coast? Surface at night to run your drones and collect your data, then submerge and cruise to the next point by day?
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you would have to surface to recover your drones

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 07:11 AM (/7KEl)

98 A better use of concrete is a pipeline from the upper Missouri River to Kansas. To refill the Ogallala Aquifer.

The Ogallala could use the water, but the migration speed of the water once in aquifer is measured in feet per day. Any injection would only have local value.

but its better than nothing. Hope Gates, Blackrock and China didn't buy all the land the recharged zone would service.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 07:12 AM (rHxhM)

99 Any fixed transportation infrastructure for moving people city to city is a boondoggle at least 97% of the time.
The route(s) is always about getting a hub through your hamlet.
The design is always about architecture and not function.
The project must assume on day 1 that X people need to move from point A to B at set times.
Most importantly, you will never have a Southwest or a Jetblue or Peoples Express that will bring in a new product.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2024 07:14 AM (gbOdA)

100 These drones were a topic of discussion with my brother yesterday.

Add this to your calculus:

H.R.3935 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024

Particularly giving the federal government even more power to regulate private domestic drone operations to the point of uselessness.

Its up for vote tomorrow.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 07:15 AM (rHxhM)

101 Yesterday I found that discount bakery shop in my area. They had lots of chips, cookies, Moon Pies, and Buddy Bars, but the big thing was the bread. Dave's Bread, that $6.00/small loaf whole grain stuff at the grocery, for $4.00 for two loaves. Also Nature's Own small loaf for $1.00, and their regular size whole grain loaves for $2.50 instead of nearly $4.00.

They're closed on Sundays, but Saturdays are good. I may go back and stock up on some things next weekend.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 07:15 AM (omVj0)

102 Now, we live in a country where if a small plane gets anywhere NEAR White House airspace, they scramble jets to have a look see. Ipso, ergo, the USGovt -

1) knows what these things are, and won't tell us, or
2) DOESN'T know what these things are, and won't tell us, or
3) is behind it

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 07:15 AM (/7KEl)

103 If you have a bunch of SUV-sized drones, it's gonna take big-assed (and yes, that's a technical term) submarine to carry them.

Arm chair admirals think about strategy.
Real admirals think about logistics.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2024 07:15 AM (dg+HA)

104 In other news, Psychologist Jordan Peterson has decided that fighting the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario as well as the corrupt Ontario court system was finally too much. They'd ruled against him and said he had to submit to their struggle sessions because he said things they didn't like, even though those things were NEVER about any patient he treated or came in contact.

So... He's moved to Florida and said "Nuts to this" regarding Ontario and Canada. There were several medical/psychological organizations in the States that were outright inviting him to come down and lend his expertise to their outfits rather than continue to fight a corrupt government and court system that's only getting worse as time goes on. His moving comes as no surprise to me, and even though it means losing him here in Canada, I'm glad he pulled the trigger on this for his and his family's sake. Canada's loss, the USA's gain.

Article here at the Western Standard:
https://tinyurl.com/2au4fn43

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 07:17 AM (O7YUW)

105 Arm chair admirals think about strategy.
Real admirals think about logistics.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2024 07:15 AM (dg+HA)

And some admirals think about where to get XXX Large hose. I'm always getting rips in mine...

Posted by: Admiral Dr. Rachel Levine at December 15, 2024 07:17 AM (PiwSw)

106 OK, my roast beast is underway
update in nine hours

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 07:17 AM (/7KEl)

107
When TWO paragraphs in a NINE-paragraph "article" begin with the word "However," referring blindly back to something somewhere maybe in previous paragraphs but you'll have to do some rereading to find out what, the article is trash.

However, developments in vacuum tube technology have made the concept more viable.

However, there is still no set design for the tunnel.
Posted by: m

However, I don't get it

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 15, 2024 07:17 AM (lJmG6)

108 Why not a submarine on the Atlantic coast? Surface at night to run your drones and collect your data, then submerge and cruise to the next point by day?
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you would have to surface to recover your drones
Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024

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Sure, that would be part of each night's operation. A serious technological U.S. would detect the boat, of course, and probably our Three Stooges-led bunch has, but the Stooges haven't the nerve to do something about it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 07:18 AM (omVj0)

109 Jordan Peterson, come on down!

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 07:18 AM (/7KEl)

110 Good morning one and all. ABC will be paying 15 million to PDT's Presidential library as part of their settlement for Steffy's defamation.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 15, 2024 07:19 AM (LN7gX)

111 If you have a bunch of SUV-sized drones, it's gonna take big-assed (and yes, that's a technical term) submarine to carry them.

Arm chair admirals think about strategy.
Real admirals think about logistics.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2024

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Oh, that's right, I'd forgotten; these drones are huge. A surface ship makes more sense, then, as does having various (and nefarious) actors right here on the ground in NJ.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 07:20 AM (omVj0)

112 Stephanofogous has deleted his TwiXter account

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 07:21 AM (/7KEl)

113 However, our entire operation was once listed as an item on the McDonald's Value Menu, so...

Posted by: Newsweak at December 15, 2024 07:23 AM (dg+HA)

114 112 Stephanofogous has deleted his TwiXter account
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Oh, no!
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.
.
Anyway...

Posted by: Most people at December 15, 2024 07:24 AM (dg+HA)

115 From the "That's supposed to be a surprise?" dept. Hamas grossly overestimates the number of dead civilians.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 15, 2024 07:26 AM (LN7gX)

116
Stephanofogous has deleted his TwiXter account

Has he skeedaddled over to the looney bin that is BlueFlu, or ShooFly, or whatever it styles itself?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 15, 2024 07:28 AM (xG4kz)

117 @FoxNews
D.C. restaurant server fired after comments about refusing service to some Trump officials

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 07:30 AM (/7KEl)

118 LOL I think Shoo fly is a pie- much preferable to the nuthouse Bluesky,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2024 07:31 AM (sbNZT)

119
From the "That's supposed to be a surprise?" dept. Hamas grossly overestimates the number of dead civilians.
Posted by: Ben Had

Y'know, for a rubble strewn wasteland that is alleged to be chock-a-block full of some of the most highly educated people on Earth, GoezintoLandians sure are lousy at rudimentary counting.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 15, 2024 07:31 AM (xG4kz)

120 Mid afternoon stove top brewed Columbian coffee cappuccinos for Mrs. BD and me!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 07:31 AM (hl4hg)

121 Morning peeps

Drone count here = 0

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2024 07:31 AM (Q4IgG)

122 Krebs

who knows
I wonder if he'll keep a lower profile from now on
nah- he thinks every thought of his is gold, and we simply must hear it

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 07:31 AM (/7KEl)

123 67 When I hear about stuff like a trans-Atlantic tunnel concept, I ask, what problem are they trying to solve with this? We have two proven methods of crossing oceans: ships and airplanes. What would a tunnel do for us that we can't do now?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 06:34 AM (/7KEl)
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Kill more people faster and free disposal. Also very flat.

Posted by: Ciampino - beware of semi-fluid crepitation at December 15, 2024 07:32 AM (i0xsb)

124 It's rather amusing they named that site "Bluesky" which reminds me of the song about happiness and being in love which seems inappropriate as a connection to that site.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2024 07:33 AM (sbNZT)

125 @89/Shadout Mapes: "... ( Buckle up, it will take awhile to get through the list. )"

And yet I did. Those were good, thank you!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 07:34 AM (O7YUW)

126 Morning, Horde!

Just dropped the missus at the airport to go see her parents. Too early to get dressed for church, so I thought I'd drop in.

Watched Home Alone 1 & 2 with the family last evening. I think we all wanted to see the second one because of the famous cameo of the Bad Orange Man (well, and also Tim Curry).

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 15, 2024 07:40 AM (LxER7)

127 Trans-Atlanticv Tunnel?

Think East Palestine, OH. ....... yeah, that!

Posted by: Ciampino - beware of drunken loco drivers at December 15, 2024 07:40 AM (i0xsb)

128 Trans-Atlantic tunnel....

I think the mid-Atlantic ridge, an active seismic area and boundary between two of Earth's tectonic-plates, would be an engineering issue too expensive and complicated to overcome.

Ballistics are where it's at. We're already pretty good at lofting missiles great distances in short periods of time.

I'd go with that tech first.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2024 07:42 AM (Q4IgG)

129 Manhunt in progress for a terrorist who escaped on foot from a vehicle travelling on Israel's Highway 1, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Driver caught.

Supposedly armed with an automatic rifle.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 07:42 AM (hl4hg)

130 Hamassholes : We are ready for any cease fire deal.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 15, 2024 07:44 AM (LN7gX)

131 The fact that Musk's "The Boring Company" hasn't already created a Trans-Atlantic tunnel should tell everyone how feasible this idea really is.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 07:45 AM (O7YUW)

132 Good bye and drop dead, Ireland:

https://tinyurl.com/4mactfke

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 07:45 AM (hl4hg)

133 Are we forgetting the plethora of consulting and DEI training opportunities a project like the Transatlantic Tunnel will provide? First, a comprehensive Marine Environmental Justice Impact Statement would need to be drafted, of course.

Posted by: Graft and Corruption, Inc. at December 15, 2024 07:45 AM (PiwSw)

134 Watched Home Alone 1 & 2 with the family last evening. I think we all wanted to see the second one because of the famous cameo of the Bad Orange Man (well, and also Tim Curry).
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 15, 2024

***
A sort of cameo: At the thrift store yesterday, I spotted a yellow dress shirt with white collar with the "Donald J. Trump Signature Series" label. It was too big for me, or I'd have grabbed it. Maybe I should have anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 07:46 AM (omVj0)

135 @130/Ben Had: That's the pattern. When they're getting their arses whupped, they want a cease fire to re-arm and recruit so they can come back at you stronger next time with a time limit of 10 years.

Every. Single. Time.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 07:47 AM (O7YUW)

136 The fact that Musk's "The Boring Company" hasn't already created a Trans-Atlantic tunnel should tell everyone how feasible this idea really is.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 07:45 AM (O7YUW)
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And yet he boasts:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhxj8hz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 07:48 AM (hl4hg)

137 Grumpy, ah yes, the Hudna. That is not going to work this time.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 15, 2024 07:49 AM (LN7gX)

138 Admiral Rachel is neither.

Posted by: He's simply mentally ill at December 15, 2024 07:50 AM (dg+HA)

139 A sort of cameo: At the thrift store yesterday, I spotted a yellow dress shirt with white collar with the "Donald J. Trump Signature Series" label. It was too big for me, or I'd have grabbed it. Maybe I should have anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 07:46 AM (omVj0)
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I still have my Trump reversible leather belt. I think I bought it back in the 90s.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 07:50 AM (hl4hg)

140 Drone launching submarine. See WW2 Japanese submarine aircraft carrier. They built and sailed three or four of them, each carrying 4 small airplanes in a sealed hangar. It's purpose was to attack the Panama canal. They were evaluated postwar by the US and then destroyed so the worthwhile tech wouldn't be shared with the Soviets.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 15, 2024 07:50 AM (gm9Sb)

141 @132/Biden's Dog: "Good bye and drop dead, Ireland:"

That article's title: "{ Israeli } Foreign Affairs Min. instructed opening of Embassy in Moldova and closing of Embassy in Ireland"

Reminded me of this:
https://youtu.be/AhuHPhey7D4?t=43

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 07:52 AM (O7YUW)

142 Admiral Rachel is neither.
Posted by: He's simply mentally ill at December 15, 2024 07:50 AM (dg+HA)
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If we rename him Admiral Peachfuzz, at least title will be valid.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 07:52 AM (hl4hg)

143 139 A sort of cameo: At the thrift store yesterday, I spotted a yellow dress shirt with white collar with the "Donald J. Trump Signature Series" label. It was too big for me, or I'd have grabbed it. Maybe I should have anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 07:46 AM (omVj0)
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I still have my Trump reversible leather belt. I think I bought it back in the 90s.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 07:50 AM (hl4hg)
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We're going to a wedding next summer - the reception is going to be at his Virginia winery. (I tried the cab a few years ago - it's really not bad.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 15, 2024 07:52 AM (LxER7)

144 The writer of the Newsweek article is an idiot who didn't do decent research. And the included image only made it worse. The entire concept hinges on the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Ships and aircraft, of course, must follow the curvature of the planet. They also have to deal with the behavior of atmosphere and ocean to seek the most cost efficient route that consumes the least fuel.

A transatlantic tunnel would be just that, a tunnel. Running deep underground. Not a tube in plain sight to any passing submarine looking to make trouble.

Nor is the Atlantic crossing the sole place for one of these. Flyover country would become fly under country if a line ran between the East and West coasts. The Atlantic crossing is just what was most apparent use application in the era the idea was first proposed. It's always been around in the background. Some of you may remember a TV movie/pilot Gene Rodenberry did in the 70s called 'Genesis II'. (Starred Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley with dual belly buttons, and Ted 'Lurch' Cassidy.) One of the plot devices had a DEEP subway system connecting many major points in the US. This is still in operation long after WWIII.

Posted by: Epobirs at December 15, 2024 07:52 AM (/0z9K)

145 94 Where's the Chardonnay?
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff

We're out.
It'll have to be Pinot until DoorDash gets here.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at December 15, 2024 07:53 AM (dg+HA)

146 I tried the cab a few years ago

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 15, 2024 07:52 AM (LxER7)
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Yellow? Checkered? Gypsy?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 07:55 AM (hl4hg)

147 Zombie Robbo, I have had the Cab. It's no Rodney Strong but very drinkable.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 15, 2024 07:55 AM (LN7gX)

148 @137/Ben Had: "Grumpy, ah yes, the Hudna. That is not going to work this time."

Hope springs eternal towards your thoughts.

I've seen this play out very many times though, and at some point, some idiot pressures those who are wiping out the terrorists trying to get them to grant a cease fire, and another 'reasonable' idiot always says, "Let's give them their cease fire, maybe this time it will be different and they mean it" and then even more idiots believe that idiot, and the cycle repeats. Again.

*sighs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 07:56 AM (O7YUW)

149 The lead character, Dylan Hunt, (Rodenberry really liked that name and used it multiple times) is the subject of a suspended animation experiment and literally sleeps through it and the following two centuries. Wacky antics ensue.

The vacuum tunnel system in that movie was the first time I encountered the concept. It also turned up in DC comics Legion of Superheroes setting, in a story focusing on the Karate Kid. (This was before the Ralph Macchio - Pat Morita movie franchise)

Posted by: Epobirs at December 15, 2024 07:57 AM (/0z9K)

150 *Now contemplating Mariette Hartley with dual bellybuttons*

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 15, 2024 07:57 AM (LxER7)

151 145 94 Where's the Chardonnay?
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff

We're out.
It'll have to be Pinot until DoorDash gets here.
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at December 15, 2024 07:53 AM (dg+HA)

Pelosi's probably got some, we can bogart it while she's in the hospital. She'll never miss it.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 15, 2024 07:58 AM (PiwSw)

152 If we're talking about ridiculous stuff, why don't we just build a bridge across the Atlantic. Seems just as feasible.
And the claustrophobiacs among us would like it much better.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 15, 2024 07:59 AM (Lo97M)

153 All the fun stuff happens to the south of us.

Posted by: Dual bellybuttons at December 15, 2024 08:00 AM (dg+HA)

154 The modern advent of inexpensive lasers makes it more feasible how you'd constantly monitor the integrity of the tunnels against seismic activity. The big issue remain the capital needed up front before you have anything that produces revenue. Musk seems to have based his Boring Company around the idea of starting small and scaling up as the utility is demonstrated.

Posted by: Epobirs at December 15, 2024 08:00 AM (/0z9K)

155 If your company licenses the enterprise version of Windows, Copilot doesn't work and will never work. (Thurrott)

So you can go ahead and reassign the Copilot key on your keyboard now.

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Is that the key with the image of Juan McCain crashing his Navy plane?

Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 15, 2024 08:00 AM (0Q8Z+)

156 Krugman:
There’s an obvious parallel between the Grace commission and Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Muskaswamy bring a level of arrogant ignorance and clownish amateurishness that Grace never came close to emulating.

Grace, after all, assembled a staff of nearly 2,000 business executives divided into 36 task forces, who spent 18 months on the job, although they mostly came up empty. So far, at least, Muskaswamy don’t seem to be doing anything besides credulously scooping up random posts from social media.

2000 people on 36 committees is just Big GOVT again.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2024 08:02 AM (gbOdA)

157 We're going to a wedding next summer - the reception is going to be at his Virginia winery. (I tried the cab a few years ago - it's really not bad.)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 15, 2024 07:52 AM (LxER7)

Some the the first Cal wines were taken from VA.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2024 08:03 AM (gbOdA)

158 If we're talking about ridiculous stuff, why don't we just build a bridge across the Atlantic. Seems just as feasible.

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* F. Joe's "intercontinental railroad" has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 15, 2024 08:03 AM (0Q8Z+)

159 So you can go ahead and reassign the Copilot key on your keyboard now.

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Is that the key with the image of Juan McCain crashing his Navy plane?

Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 15, 2024 08:00 AM (0Q8Z+)
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I wish! When I press it on my keyboard, an inflatable pilot pops up.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 15, 2024 08:04 AM (hl4hg)

160 I saw Daniel Penny with Trump at the Army-Navy game yesterday. What a nice gesture.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 08:04 AM (SfhV1)

161 Mariette Hartley in Genesis II. you have to zoom in a bit.
https://tinyurl.com/3kz3bh8t

Posted by: Epobirs at December 15, 2024 08:04 AM (/0z9K)

162
Virginia makes wine.
Napa makes auto parts.

Posted by: One of my favorite bumper stickers at December 15, 2024 08:05 AM (dg+HA)

163 OK

you need to get from NYC to London
your choices are

Ship
Airplane
Tunnel

why would you choose tunnel

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 08:05 AM (/7KEl)

164 158 Build the bridge. And then they'll put a toll booth in the middle and nobody remembers to bring a shit load of dimes.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 15, 2024 08:05 AM (gm9Sb)

165 *When I press it on my keyboard, an inflatable pilot pops up.*

What's the vector, Victor?

Posted by: Peter Graves at December 15, 2024 08:06 AM (dg+HA)

166
Krugman

Go tend to your horde of trillion dollar coins.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 15, 2024 08:06 AM (xG4kz)

167 #152 Because a bridge would lose the 'shortest distance between two points' reason for doing it at all.

Posted by: Epobirs at December 15, 2024 08:07 AM (/0z9K)

168 At least now my breakfast menu is wide open
Maybe cinnamon swirl bread French Toast

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 08:07 AM (fwDg9)

169 Krugman:

There’s an obvious parallel between the Grace commission and Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Muskaswamy bring a level of arrogant ignorance and clownish amateurishness that Grace never came close to emulating.

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I thought Krugman -- the only person on the planet who was wrong about everything (especially foreign policy) more than F. Joe Mugabe -- recently died or something.

Anyway, I'm stealing "Muskaswamy" ... so he was finally good for something.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 15, 2024 08:08 AM (0Q8Z+)

170 161 Mariette Hartley in Genesis II. you have to zoom in a bit.
https://tinyurl.com/3kz3bh8t
Posted by: Epobirs at December 15, 2024 08:04 AM (/0z9K)

You WILL deliver all materials related to this Project Genesis II to me immediately.

Posted by: Khan Noonien Singh at December 15, 2024 08:09 AM (LxER7)

171 Trillion dollar coin, you say?

Posted by: Volodymyr Zelenskyy at December 15, 2024 08:10 AM (PiwSw)

172 When a jetliner at 36,000 ft suffers decompression, the pilot drops in altitude to below 15,000'(?) where people can breathe okay.
When a pressurized train in a vacuum tube suffers decompression .....!

Posted by: Ciampino - built by the lowest bidder? at December 15, 2024 08:13 AM (i0xsb)

173 "Canadian Eyecare Firm Care1 Exposes 2.2TB of Patient Records"

And I had just gotten an eye exam and new glasses this summer.

Fantastic.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 08:14 AM (O7YUW)

174 172
Would that Fantasy Bridge Makers Co in Florida be available for parts of this project? All Girls. That's important for equity you know!

Posted by: Ciampino - AHEM ... built by the lowest bidder? at December 15, 2024 08:15 AM (i0xsb)

175 I see Ace's post about ProPublica is up on RealClearPolitics website. Is that a first for him?

Posted by: dantesed at December 15, 2024 08:16 AM (Oy/m2)

176 I thought Krugman -- the only person on the planet who was wrong about everything (especially foreign policy) more than F. Joe Mugabe -- recently died or something.

Anyway, I'm stealing "Muskaswamy" ... so he was finally good for something.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 15, 2024 08:08 AM (0Q8Z+)

He just quit his NYT gig to go to subparstack.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2024 08:16 AM (gbOdA)

177 @172/Ciampino: 10,000 feet.

But your point about a tunnel underwater suffering decompression: Yeah. That.

*whump* *whoosh* ... and it's gone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 08:17 AM (O7YUW)

178 *However, developments in vacuum tube technology have made the concept more viable.*

Like when we all used to go to drive thru banks back in the day.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2024 08:18 AM (dg+HA)

179 However, developments in vacuum tube technology have made the concept more viable.

On a scale from 0 .. 100 where "viable

The more viable number went from 0 to 1 which technically still is "more viable" than zero.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 08:22 AM (rHxhM)

180 On a scale from 0 ... 100 where "viable" < 10 is "Designed by OceanGate"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 08:24 AM (rHxhM)

181 161
Beautiful lady. I never remember her name.
Alex Cord: pronstar mustache.

Posted by: Ciampino - The answer is Transporters at December 15, 2024 08:24 AM (i0xsb)

182 I think I see the reason Joe and Mika went to kiss Trump's ring... $15M defamation judgement against ABC and what's his name.

Granted they hit up Mar-a-Lago before the settlement was announced, but I'll bet they knew it was coming and didn't want to be on the receiving end of a shitshow over at MSNBC.

Typically, it was about money (Joe and Mika's loss of it) and nothing to do with making amends.

There may be other such "pilgrimages" to Mar-a-Lago that we don't know about, or will be in the works.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2024 08:25 AM (Q4IgG)

183 I do not care for tunnels, in general

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what is that thing? at December 15, 2024 08:25 AM (/7KEl)

184 Mayorkas says that DHS hasn't spotted any drones.
Kinda makes sense. Because they didn't spot any of those 10 million illegals that came across the border either.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 15, 2024 08:26 AM (Lo97M)

185 When I think of vacuum tube improvements, tunnels are far from my mind.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 15, 2024 08:26 AM (zdLoL)

186 Instead of the tunnel just do Transporter Booths as in StarTrek. If Hollywood can manage it .....
Just use a lot of DDT to keep out the flies.

Posted by: Ciampino - Help me! Help me! at December 15, 2024 08:26 AM (i0xsb)

187
"Mayorkas says..."
I think I've found your problem.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2024 08:27 AM (dg+HA)

188 Krugman:

There’s an obvious parallel between the Grace commission and Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Muskaswamy bring a level of arrogant ignorance and clownish amateurishness that Grace never came close to emulating.

I thought Krugman and Kramer came from the same school of Economy Prophecy.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 08:29 AM (rHxhM)

189 Mayorkas says that DHS hasn't spotted any drones.
Kinda makes sense. Because they didn't spot any of those 10 million illegals that came across the border either.

But DHS did indeed spot the other 40 million illegal alien and foreign soldiers and helped resettle them.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 08:30 AM (rHxhM)

190 * F. Joe's "intercontinental railroad" has entered the chat *

So FJB has now claimed to have invented the New Silk Road, Eurasian Land Bridge and the Trans-Siberian Railway?† Or just that he has funnled billions of US tax dollars to underwrite China's transportation system to Europe?

† each of these are intercontinental railroads.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 08:35 AM (rHxhM)

191 My goodness, that Newsweek article is a true trainwreck:

With the two global cities [London and NYC] being over 3,000 miles apart, construction would take several years....

... built at the same speed [as the Chunnel], it would take 782 years to cross the 3,000 gap between the U.S. and Britain.
Posted by: m at December 15, 2024 04:18 AM (VnUSN)

Without bothering to read the article, do they discuss how to overcome the fact that, due to plate tectonics, London and NYC are getting further apart over time?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 15, 2024 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

192 Are there rest areas in the tunnel? That's a long time to hold it.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 08:37 AM (SfhV1)

193 I think drones are part of some domestic spy/military business run amok. foreign actors are not that stupid. Any of those suckers can be shot down, pulled apart and payback is a bitch. They won't risk it. Not now. Could be Miller Light comeback, who knows....

Posted by: Harry Reid's exercise device at December 15, 2024 08:38 AM (QTCRF)

194 Looks like Elon Musk is going to be indicted by the SEC for Securities Fraud this week. Why would the SEC announce a major indictment like that during a lame duck period, just weeks before a new administration takes over? Does anyone need to ask?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2024 08:39 AM (W6hoT)

195 whoa!

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 08:39 AM (QTCRF)

196 177 @172/Ciampino: 10,000 feet.

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Cabin pressure is as if 8000-10000' - memory?
We breathe okay at 19,000' (Mt Kilimanjaro is a walk-up climb), 17,000' (Mt Kenya - no walk-up this, it's a toughie) without oxygen equipment.

Corrections at your peril

Posted by: Ciampino - Help me! Help me! at December 15, 2024 08:39 AM (i0xsb)

197 What would a tunnel do for us that we can't do now?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 06:34 AM (/7KEl)

Allow us to funnel trillions of dollars to politically connected "tunnel builders".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 15, 2024 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

198 throwing a lot of feces on the way out. been in power for 16 years, just can't let go.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 08:40 AM (QTCRF)

199 192 Are there rest areas in the tunnel? That's a long time to hold it.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 15, 2024 08:37 AM (SfhV1)

Waffle Houses? People got to eat...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 15, 2024 08:41 AM (PiwSw)

200 Before turkeys were brought into this country over 500 years ago people used to eat geese, boars' head and even peacocks during the festive season! Henry VIII was the first English king to enjoy a turkey on Christmas Day.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2024 08:42 AM (gbOdA)

201 Stephanofogous has deleted his TwiXter account

Posted by: Don Black. Message: stay calm & carry on. at December 15, 2024 07:21 AM (/7KEl)

Smart move. Now, that Trump's proved that S.'s common place Leftard lies are actionable.

I'd be very surprised if that account wasn't stuffed to the gills with more slander and malicious lies stated as facts, but now we'll never know.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 15, 2024 08:43 AM (iJfKG)

202 Electors meet on Tuesday in their state capitals to cast their votes for president and vice president.

May God go with them.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 15, 2024 08:45 AM (9X60i)

203 the last time I rode up Pikes Peak (14110'), once on top, I had to chain-smoke cigs just so my lungs would have something to hang onto

YMMV

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what is that thing? at December 15, 2024 08:45 AM (/7KEl)

204 Boar’s heads stuffed with bacon, salt and spices; spit roasted peacocks served whole, with the feathers re-attached!

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 08:45 AM (QTCRF)

205 Looks like Elon Musk is going to be indicted by the SEC for Securities Fraud this week. Why would the SEC announce a major indictment like that during a lame duck period, just weeks before a new administration takes over? Does anyone need to ask?

A shot across the bow for DOGE.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 08:46 AM (rHxhM)

206 Christmas Pie, made of a pigeon, placed inside a partridge, inside a chicken, inside a goose, inside a turkey, inside a pastry case, served with hare and other game birds on the side !

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 08:46 AM (QTCRF)

207 Wouldn't there be a air/ quality problem in a 3,000 mile tunnel?

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 08:47 AM (fwDg9)

208 204 Boar’s heads stuffed with bacon, salt and spices; spit roasted peacocks served whole, with the feathers re-attached!

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 08:45 AM (QTCRF)
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Wait, .... no mint sauce?

Posted by: Ciampino - what about the rest of the boar? at December 15, 2024 08:50 AM (i0xsb)

209 Here's how it was when I was flying, although the rules may have changed since:

For operations conducted under FAR Parts 121 and 135, pilots must be using supplemental oxygen at cabin pressure altitudes above 10,000 feet.

For passengers, supplement oxygen is not required for use for cabin pressure below 15,000, although it has to be made available to them should they desire it.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 15, 2024 08:50 AM (Y1sOo)

210 Wouldn't there be a air/ quality problem in a 3,000 mile tunnel?

Not any more than there is in the ISS

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 08:50 AM (rHxhM)

211 @Ciampino:
https://tinyurl.com/kbkjzs6r

See 8-1-2 Effects of Altitude
a. Hypoxia.
6.

We'd remembered different numbers from the same advisory it seems. Peril averted. (Strangely enough, this is the purpose of providing supplemental oxygen at a given height, as well.) :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 08:50 AM (O7YUW)

212 Battle Beneath the Earth, 1967: the Chinese build a pneumatic tunnel system underneath the Pacific and plan to place nuclear weapons underneath major American cities. Our heroes must battle them beneath the Earth!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2024 08:51 AM (W6hoT)

213 199 192 Are there rest areas in the tunnel? That's a long time to hold it.

Stuckey's.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2024 08:51 AM (dg+HA)

214 #192

I think necessity would demand each car (?) in the system be large enough to have facilities onboard, like a Greyhound bus. Even if it is amazingly fast compared to currently available flights, it would still be measured in hours. Likely at least vending machines, if not a mini-fast food outlet.

Posted by: Epobirs at December 15, 2024 08:52 AM (/0z9K)

215 @205/Unknown Drip Under Pressure: "A shot across the bow for DOGE."

If you're taking flak, you know you're over the target.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2024 08:52 AM (O7YUW)

216 207 Wouldn't there be a air/ quality problem in a 3,000 mile tunnel?

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 08:47 AM (fwDg9)
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Think Nubians ... palm fronds.

Posted by: Ciampino - what if it were a sow? at December 15, 2024 08:52 AM (i0xsb)

217 216 207 Wouldn't there be a air/ quality problem in a 3,000 mile tunnel?

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 08:47 AM (fwDg9)

No Taco Bells.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 15, 2024 08:53 AM (PiwSw)

218 I think necessity would demand each car (?) in the system be large enough to have facilities onboard, like a Greyhound bus. Even if it is amazingly fast compared to currently available flights, it would still be measured in hours. Likely at least vending machines, if not a mini-fast food outlet.

Still wouldn't stop the cannibalism that would occur if it broke down somewhere along the 3000 mile path.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 08:55 AM (rHxhM)

219 Would point out ISS is no more than a small house and not running trucks and vehicles and a millions of Sq feet difference

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 08:55 AM (fwDg9)

220 how much farting is there on the ISS

and what happens when out-gassing in zero G

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what is that thing? at December 15, 2024 08:57 AM (/7KEl)

221 Would point out ISS is no more than a small house and not running trucks and vehicles and a millions of Sq feet difference

For the tunnel to work as advertised it would be operating in a tunnel near vacuum. The only air quality consideration would be for the passenger and crew cabin.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 15, 2024 08:57 AM (rHxhM)

222
Are there rest areas in the tunnel? That's a long time to hold it.

Stuckey's.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 15, 2024 08:51 AM

you mis-spelt Buc-ees

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 15, 2024 08:58 AM (tljrc)

223 I really don't get having to undress at hospitals

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 05:51 AM (fwDg9)
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In an emergency they don't want to deal with clothing, even just cutting it off.
Posted by: Ciampino - beware of fluid crepitation at December 15, 2024 07:10 AM (i0xsb)

But I was just there to visit someone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 15, 2024 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

224 Commercial supersonic jet. NY to London in 3.5H. Or 1.5H as boasted by NASA. Which means Elon would have to build it.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2024 08:59 AM (QTCRF)

225 Before turkeys were brought into this country over 500 years ago...

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I didn't know you lived in England. I just figured TX because of the nic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 15, 2024 08:59 AM (BI5O2)

226 If you fart in the ISS, and it is traced back to you, is there a penalty of some kind

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what is that thing? at December 15, 2024 08:59 AM (/7KEl)

227 214
MacDonald's - cooked as you watch. Lot's of pork to deter mohammedan terrorists.

Posted by: Ciampino - notice how I think ahead? at December 15, 2024 08:59 AM (i0xsb)

228 I recently released my own fragrance.
No one else in the car was impressed.

Posted by: Bum-tiss at December 15, 2024 08:59 AM (dg+HA)

229 Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2024 09:00 AM (fwDg9)

230
nood books

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 15, 2024 09:01 AM (tljrc)

231 NOODIE BOOKIEZ

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 15, 2024 09:02 AM (7gFa4)

232 That tunnel:
Contractor: HAMAS Excavations Unlimited FDE**

Ask for references.***

** (fund diversion experience - see extensive photographic portfolio)

*** IDF

Posted by: Ciampino - Notice how I think ahead? at December 15, 2024 09:06 AM (i0xsb)

233 Posted by: Epobirs at December 15, 2024 07:57 AM (/0z9K)

That was interesting to read about. Just finished binge watching all 5 seasons of Andromeda, so the parallels were pretty clear.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 15, 2024 10:00 AM (lFFaq)

234 Last night I finally brought up the topic of my retirement to Linda. The results were as underwhelming as I expected. When I asked, gently but with determination, for a comment beyond "I don't know," her reaction was . . . "I hope it [the topic] won't spoil Christmas." Not exactly the excited "Something new to do, explore, or contemplate!" that I'd hoped for; more in the line I thought it would be.

Ah, well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 15, 2024 05:53 AM

MBIC, saw it off right now

you talk about a *huge* life changing thing like retirement and her concern is that it might affect Christmas? she either just can't contemplate the future or she can't contemplate a future with you

neither is a good situation, you're headed for disappointment either way

saw it off, go your own way. retire, move, and live your life

Posted by: heywood the third at December 15, 2024 10:06 AM (T7ekB)

235 Everything the left touches turns to sh*t. PDT was correct. I saw the picture today and though immediately of freaking freaks and their 12 months of freak.

Posted by: Pamazon at December 15, 2024 10:21 AM (b5MGU)

236 Miss Linda is probably quite content with things as they are from what I can tell from your writing. She probably feels that you are threatening contentment by pushing her.

I think she could quite possibly be angry with you but hasn't had the opportunity to vent it because you haven't done anything "wrong" yet in her mind.

I guarantee you taking her on a trip north to "explore" Indiana during the WINTER will bring this to a head and maybe you both will do something dumb like break up.

I suggest you do the exploring on your own. Maybe even the move. And then you both can see how much you mean to each other. Maybe when you are over the extra stress of your escapee you can invite her up and show her how nice things are.

You are presenting her with too many unknowns. She's not a man. She needs to feel good about what she is doing otherwise there will be resentment.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 15, 2024 10:41 AM (QB+5g)

237 Howdy, i read your blog from time to time and
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