Daily Tech News 19 January 2023

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Apple's new M2 MacBooks and Mac Minis are out. Should you buy one? No. (Sneak.Berlin)

Remember the fuss when Apple was planning to scan the photos on your iPhone and alert the police if they thought anything on there might be untowards?

Well, they've implemented that, only on MacOS.

Without telling anyone.

And you can't turn it off.

This is unusual behaviour for Apple. It's not like they tracked all their users with unencrypted cookies, systematically locked users out of their own systems, or disabled third-party firewalls and network monitors that would let you track such activity.

Oh, wait, they did all those things.

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Microsoft may start laying off 10,000 staff this week amid slowing economy. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, let's not panic until it's confirmed.
Microsoft starts laying off 10,000 staff amid recession. (Tom's Hardware)

They used the R word.
Amazon is laying off 18,000 staff. (Bloomberg)

I might feel bad about this if these companies didn't suck so much.
Speaking of suck, a TV adaptation of Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber is under way... With Stephen Colbert named as the series producer. (Variety)

Yeah, this is going to be bad.
Mailchimp got hacked. Again. In exactly the same way as last time. (Tech Crunch)

See my note about feeling bad if they didn't suck so much.
Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records. (Substack)

San Francisco?

(Checks.)

Los Angeles. Not too far off.

Disclaimer: Not like IRyS who immediately identified the location as Sydney and then spent two minutes looking for Australia on a map.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:26 AM

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1 Mornin' all

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 04:27 AM (o0Fxd)

2 Mornin' JQ

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 19, 2023 04:28 AM (BLOW1)

3 Somepixy forgot to hit "publish."

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 04:28 AM (4UYlo)

4 Hope you're feeling better these days, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 04:29 AM (o0Fxd)

5 Hey Pixy. Good day to you.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2023 04:30 AM (/yVB8)

6 "In 2022, Ms Ardern told the BBC her declining popularity was the price her government had paid for keeping people safe from Covid-19."

https://www.bbc.com/news/
world-asia-64327224

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 04:31 AM (4UYlo)

7 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2023 04:33 AM (xhxe8)

8 Wow @ that stash of LP records! And LOL at the milk crates... Totally 70s!

I got boxes at the liquor store when moving all my albums. Didn't have enough crates for the whole collection. Probably 5 or 6 hundred records.

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 04:35 AM (o0Fxd)

9 While in Japan, picked up a bunch of anti-static inner sleeves and ziplock type outer protectors for all my albums. Way cool.

Shoulda bought that Denon turntable

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 04:43 AM (o0Fxd)

10 Had to get those dishes and glassware at China Pete's instead, LOL

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 04:49 AM (o0Fxd)

11 Pony Co. had the best deals on audio equipment and blank tapes, etc...

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 04:50 AM (o0Fxd)

12 Evening and morning to all! I'm up later than usual. Kittens are racing back and forth, and I've got to drag myself through a long day. Maybe I'll take a vacation day tomorrow; the weather is supposed to be cool for a change (in January. Nerts to this place).

Happy Thursday, though!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2023 04:50 AM (omVj0)

13 Hello?

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 04:51 AM (o0Fxd)

14 Hi Wolfus! Yay, thought I was all alone here. 'bout ready to cry LOL

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 04:52 AM (o0Fxd)

15 Speaking of suck, a TV adaptation of Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber is under way... With Stephen Colbert named as the series producer. (Variety)

Yeah, this is going to be bad.

I guess Walmart was out of chimps, and Colbert was the best they could do. Sigh.

Great series of books, at least up to Book 8 or so, where he kinda lost the thread.

And Zelazny's Lord Of Light should have been made into a movie eons ago.

Howdy, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 19, 2023 04:52 AM (JOtiF)

16 Though not LPs I've been going through my cassette tape collection. Most are getting thrown out. The ones I want to keep I check first. It's been a trip down memory lane. I'm surprised how many of them still work and that my tape player on my old mini system still works. Not sure what I'll do if the mini system dies. Hard to find them with CD and Tape players anymore.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 19, 2023 04:54 AM (sAmhv)

17 In 2022, Ms Ardern told the BBC her declining popularity was the price her government had paid for keeping people safe from Covid-19."

The undaunted tyrant, a profile in courage!

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 19, 2023 04:55 AM (F24yq)

18 That substack writeup about the stolen car full of records is super-great.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 04:56 AM (4UYlo)

19 Stephen Colbert sucks. But get him on the other side of a camera, I'm all for it.

It'll still suck, but nobody will have to see or hear him. Winning!

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 04:58 AM (o0Fxd)

20 Hi Wolfus! Yay, thought I was all alone here. 'bout ready to cry LOL
Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023

***
Hey, JQ! Doesn't feel like a Thursday, does it? I've got my writing group tonight, which is what makes for a long day. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2023 04:59 AM (omVj0)

21 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 19, 2023 05:00 AM (T4tVD)

22 One of my ex-gfs had a firebird with a loose and worn out ignition switch that most of the time wouldn't turn. So one day after trying to start the engine to no avail, I squirted some powdered graphite lubricant into to smooth out the action of the switch. Viola! It smoothed out the switch and did exactly what it is marketed to do, - except that I should have considered that graphite is highly conductive. You could start the vehicle but it wouldn't turn off. You could even remove the key but it kept running. I learned that the only way turn of the engine was to disconnect the battery.

Car jackers take heed.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 19, 2023 05:00 AM (kaTkN)

23 When XH and I split (in the 80s)-- he got the tapes, I got the LPs.

He was active duty, so wouldn't have room for albums in the barracks. Small victory for me...the LPs had only been played a couple of times: once to check for flaws, once or twice to create tapes. Most are still pristine.

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 05:02 AM (o0Fxd)

24 I've got a kitteh lying on me. She was on my chest and now just made her way to beside my knees.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 19, 2023 05:02 AM (KAi1n)

25 Though not LPs I've been going through my cassette tape collection. Most are getting thrown out. The ones I want to keep I check first. It's been a trip down memory lane. I'm surprised how many of them still work and that my tape player on my old mini system still works. Not sure what I'll do if the mini system dies. Hard to find them with CD and Tape players anymore.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 19, 2023

***
I haven't had a tape player at home in years. My '03 Buick Park Avenue had both a CD player and a cassette player, and I'd go back and forth with them. All the cars since, Buick Regal, BMW 3 Series, and now the Buick LaCrosse, have had CD players and a USB port so you can play stuff from a flash drive.

Still I have a couple stacks of cassettes. I need to look them over and see if there are any I want to keep, should I ever buy a player again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2023 05:03 AM (omVj0)

26 Anyone want a Maranz system?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2023 05:04 AM (XF9Gj)

27 I've got a kitteh lying on me. She was on my chest and now just made her way to beside my knees.
Posted by: SFGoth at January 19, 2023

***
Stirling did his patented nuzzling-milk treading thing as usual this am. Baby Dagny doesn't do that -- none of my Siberians have, come to think of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2023 05:04 AM (omVj0)

28 24 I've got a kitteh lying on me. She was on my chest and now just made her way to beside my knees.
Posted by: SFGoth at January 19, 2023 05:02 AM (KAi1n)

You are TRAPPED!

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 05:06 AM (4UYlo)

29 Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 19, 2023 05:00 AM

'91-'94 Model year?

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 05:07 AM (o0Fxd)

30 Anyone want a Maranz system?
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Twunny bucks ?

Same as in town ?

Posted by: JT at January 19, 2023 05:08 AM (T4tVD)

31 I just hope Pixy inc doesn't have to lay off staff amid the recession.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at January 19, 2023 05:10 AM (R8uWY)

32 The best hybrid stereo systems incorporated multiple brands (imo).

Choose your amplifier, equalizer, components (turntable, cassette, reel to reel, speakers, etc etc etc... oh man, why did anyone ever settle for a single-brand rack system?

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 05:11 AM (o0Fxd)

33 https://www.americanthinker.com/ republicans on course to get blown out by phantoms

I hope JJ has this on his schedule today

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2023 05:12 AM (xhxe8)

34 Morning all!

Slept great last night, just not long enough. What's a guy gotta do to get another hour of sleep?

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 05:13 AM (vd8XM)

35 Dr. Bone, the reason I asked about model year range is: the Alpha Tech ignition lock. Known to break at the "tailpiece" which is that end of the lock that engages the actual switch, down inside the steering column. Once broken, one cannot either start or shut down the engine, except 'happenstance' (ya got lucky and the broken pieces mated correctly, just long enough to actuate that mechanical switch in the column)

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 05:16 AM (o0Fxd)

36 Morning all!

Slept great last night, just not long enough. What's a guy gotta do to get another hour of sleep?
Posted by: Bruce

Go back to bed ?

Posted by: JT at January 19, 2023 05:16 AM (T4tVD)

37 >>>'91-'94 Model year?

Posted by: JQ

>I'm thinking '90, but it could have been '91. Damn thing had ever bell and whistle imaginable. Powered everything. Big-time money sink.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 19, 2023 05:19 AM (kaTkN)

38 Slept great last night, just not long enough. What's a guy gotta do to get another hour of sleep?
Posted by: Bruce

Same, only it's 3:15 am here.

Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2023 05:20 AM (ZEa+g)

39 You’d never hear it in our media so I’ll ask the horde. What’s public opinion about Arden in NZ now?

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 19, 2023 05:22 AM (/yVB8)

40 All the cats I ever had are dead.

Posted by: yep at January 19, 2023 05:24 AM (6WBZp)

41 Dr. Bone: You can tell by the shape of the key. Alpha Tech had a BIG key head:

tinyurl.com/43s72d4u

Yeah, they were known to break--leaving car either running or disabled... key turns but no 'action'

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 05:25 AM (o0Fxd)

42 Go back to bed ?
Posted by: JT

I try. Can't get back to sleep...Bright side, I can read the Pixy Report

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 05:27 AM (vd8XM)

43 Try this again
Just starting to rain at least it's in 40s

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2023 05:29 AM (xhxe8)

44 I've got a kitteh lying on me. She was on my chest and now just made her way to beside my knees.
Posted by: SFGoth at January 19, 2023 05:02

My Butterscotch will be here soon, I can hear the old cat, 16, crawling up the back of the couch now. She wants to sleep w/ me, but I've the radioactive seeds for prostate cancer.

So now it's a battle to keep her away from my lap for a couple more months. I usually get her to sleep in the crook of my right arm. She loves me, but I don't want to radiate her.

Good to hear that Mr d'Oh is doing well.

Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2023 05:34 AM (55Qr6)

45 What is this I read about NYS banning most popular laundry soaps. Does Kathy have a special 'banning' group. Or is she just trying to keep up with Gavin Newsome to see who can screw us the most. Most of the banning's won't work anyway. I took my Ford in for a recall and noticed EV.s dominating the show room, but no one looking at them, except with slight interest.

Posted by: Colin at January 19, 2023 05:36 AM (CbjFJ)

46 I took my Ford in for a recall and noticed EV.s dominating the show room, but no one looking at them, except with slight interest.
Posted by: Colin

Except wondering where the heck the grill went to.

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 05:39 AM (vd8XM)

47 I get a kick out of the proposed gas stove ban, and the cook standing over the stove smoking a joint. Something doesn't ad up.

Posted by: Colin at January 19, 2023 05:39 AM (CbjFJ)

48 NYC and Cali out dueling each other for Full Retard Status

Posted by: a dude in MI at January 19, 2023 05:42 AM (+I6Y/)

49 >>>Dr. Bone: You can tell by the shape of the key. Alpha Tech had a BIG key head:

>I don't remember if it had a big head, but it did have a chip in the blade.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 19, 2023 05:43 AM (kaTkN)

50 Good morning morons

California is light-years ahead of NY

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 05:45 AM (EZebt)

51 Prayers up for you, Farmer!

My dad and uncle both underwent treatment for prostate cancer. Dad was diagnosed at age 72, lived 12 years more (but maybe could've made it longer, had he kept up with bone scans like they told him and upgraded treatment sooner). Uncle was diagnosed in his 40s, lived another almost 50 years...

Ya just never know.

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 05:48 AM (o0Fxd)

52 My neighbor is apparently being held hostage by his cat?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 05:51 AM (EZebt)

53 Well, today is the day that the Santa Fe DA is supposed to announce if they are charging Alec Baldwin for the movie set shooting. He will never see jail time even if he is charged is my guess.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 19, 2023 05:52 AM (WNfWI)

54 oh man, why did anyone ever settle for a single-brand rack system?

Because you get a new Sound Design system for about $100.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 19, 2023 05:55 AM (TXFi7)

55 Dr. Bone-- if it had a 'chip' then probably not the typical AlphaTech ignition switch problem.

Could've been anything from broken wire to..??? who knows. And yes, the graphite could've formed a jumper.. Transams had numerous security system problems over several years' production.

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 05:56 AM (o0Fxd)

56 Local TV news reports the DA has arrested and criminally charged the 71 year old who hosed down that poor black trans mentally ill unhoused person trashing the front of his gallery. The DA says the battery was "totally unacceptable."

Genius Brooke Jenkins fights crime and makes San Francisco better for all of us.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 05:56 AM (EZebt)

57 Well, today is the day that the Santa Fe DA is supposed to announce if they are charging Alec Baldwin for the movie set shooting. He will never see jail time even if he is charged is my guess.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

Guy is so stupid. Even as kids with toy guns we were taught you never point it at someone.

Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2023 05:56 AM (ZEa+g)

58 Because you get a new Sound Design system for about $100.

Yep. And it sounds like it.

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 05:56 AM (o0Fxd)

59 Arden in NZ?

She resigned and is ready to marry her boyfriend. Yikes. Talk about old eggs.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 19, 2023 05:57 AM (TXFi7)

60 G'morning all, from sunny South Carolina!

57 degrees, and no ice in the bird bath.

Long but smooth trip back home yesterday.

Any word from Teresa about her daughter's surgery yesterday?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 05:57 AM (1n+EO)

61 If interested didn't watch but there is a YouTube video on why cats sleep on you.

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2023 05:58 AM (YUxOJ)

62 Farmer..

You have Prostate Cancer too?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 05:58 AM (1n+EO)

63 When you are 18, you cannot afford much better.

I guess those ear infections as a child rendered me unable to really tell the difference.

Now, the first time I heard classical music from a CD, on a system with good speakers, that I could tell was great. But then, maybe those ear infections....

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 19, 2023 06:00 AM (TXFi7)

64
Arden in NZ?

She was applied to freezing todgers by lackwit gingers and received rave reviews.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2023 06:00 AM (pNxlR)

65 Arden, like her counterpart in Canada, are just tools for the Davosians. Castro Jr and Arden simply do what they are told.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 19, 2023 06:02 AM (sAmhv)

66 Of course, Chatterbox Mouse. I completely understand! "Great" or even "good" systems were pretty expensive.

Now? Meh. My hearing is... compromised... it all sounds tinny anymore. *sigh*

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 06:02 AM (o0Fxd)

67
Is Doctor Jill giving SlowJoe the stink eye because he failed to cure cancer, as he had promised to do, on his watch?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2023 06:02 AM (pNxlR)

68 My Butterscotch will be here soon, I can hear the old cat, 16, crawling up the back of the couch now. She wants to sleep w/ me, but I've the radioactive seeds for prostate cancer.

So now it's a battle to keep her away from my lap for a couple more months. I usually get her to sleep in the crook of my right arm. She loves me, but I don't want to radiate her.
Posted by: Farmer at January 19, 2023 05:34 AM (55Qr6)

Oh, I am so sorry! That is really frustrating.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:03 AM (4UYlo)

69 On ONT I saw Teresa was positive about the sleep-in room but I saw comment about the surgery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 06:04 AM (EZebt)

70 Saw *no comment on the surgery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 06:05 AM (EZebt)

71 She wants to sleep w/ me, but I've the radioactive seeds for prostate cancer.

So now it's a battle to keep her away from my lap for a couple more months. I usually get her to sleep in the crook of my right arm. She loves me, but I don't want to radiate her.
Posted by: Farmer

My buddy had the seeds done. Would joke the "it" glows in the dark.
After two years he says everything is fine.

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:05 AM (vd8XM)

72
Old man, why did anyone
ever settle for a single-brand
rack system?

-- rejected line from yet another tedious Neil Young song

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2023 06:05 AM (pNxlR)

73 It turns out my hearing loss in mainly in the range of voice.

I still love and enjoy music. I hear it just fine. I have to get the headphones at the movies because I cannot make out the dialog while there is music competing with it.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 19, 2023 06:05 AM (TXFi7)

74 And in other news, Maryland swore in it's first black Governor, Wes Moore yesterday.

We streamed the Baltimore talk station the entire trip south so we caught about 15 seconds of the prayer, followed by three hours of the local black talk show hosts reviewing and recapping the event.

They are concerned. Very concerned. Another blank slate upon which we can....ah hell, just call him another Obama.

And there is a strong belief that just like a stump turtle, something larger than Wes Moore is gonna try to lift him up upon that POTUS post , with the Maryland governorship as just a stepping stone.

If you follow politics, watch this guy. Closely.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:06 AM (1n+EO)

75 >>>Transams had numerous security system problems over several years' production.

>This one had a big problem. So big she had some hack mechanic install a 3rd party security system on top of the factory system. F*cked the whole thing up, including the wiring harness.

Did I mention money sink?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 19, 2023 06:07 AM (kaTkN)

76
And there is a strong belief that just like a stump turtle, something larger than Wes Moore is gonna try to lift him up upon that POTUS post , with the Maryland governorship as just a stepping stone.

The trailblazin' Larry Hogan will show him How It Is Done!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2023 06:09 AM (pNxlR)

77 Farmer, good luck with the seeds.

We did the radical dice and slice back in 2010, and as you may have seen here, recurrence last year.

Photon treatments start next Wednesday, and prognosis is excellent.

Good luck, and look at the positive side of the seed treatment. At least you can find your Willie in the dark.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:09 AM (1n+EO)

78 I still love and enjoy music. I hear it just fine. I have to get the headphones at the movies because I cannot make out the dialog while there is music competing with it.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

Even in my yute, I had difficulty in hearing a individual voices in a crowd. I disliked going to crowded bars with loud music and or a lot of background chatter. Yet, I played trumpet for 50 years in different concert bands and could tell that the trombone player across the room was out of tune.

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:09 AM (vd8XM)

79 A prayer by Rev. Leslie Weatherhead (1883- 1975) a Congregationalist minister in London . In response to numerous requests for guidance in personal prayers, that he wrote h
A book,, "The House of Prayer" in which he depicts the patten of daily prayer as moving through seven rooms in a house and gives sample prayers which can be said in each room

Room 5- petition

I pray, O Lord, that today I may know with keener awareness that I am in thy hands; well or ill, happy or sad, at work or at play, with others or alone, may I become increasingly conscious that I dwell within thy purposeful providence. Illness does not mean punishment or thy disfavor. Fun is not "secular". The trifles of my life do not forfeit thine intetest in me. Grant me the sense of thy presence , born of thine indwelling and of thine enfolding love, and let me increasingly pause to recollect that, in every circumstance, I live within thy life and am always the object of thy care.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2023 06:09 AM (K3sUy)

80 SF

Thanks for the Teresa update.

Hopefully good news today on her daughter's recovery.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:10 AM (1n+EO)

81 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 19, 2023 06:11 AM (ju2Fy)

82
Rain was promised and rain is being delivered.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2023 06:12 AM (pNxlR)

83 I w*rked in a loud environment, hearing protection required, for almost 30 years. Wore my earplugs every day. Still... nerve damage. Plus age. Plus heredity. I am looking into getting hearing aids now. Mom had her first set at 50.

Can't distinguish speech when there's background noise, such as: hubby speaking to me while I'm next to tv, or in next room. Can't always hear the phone ringing. Can't hear the coyotes howling or owls calling at night... hubby swears he can hear them.

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 06:12 AM (o0Fxd)

84 "The trailblazin' Larry Hogan will show him How It Is Done!"

Lockdown Larry?

Had a chance to speak with some Maryland Republican Central Committee members while up there for the last three weeks.

1. They love them some Larry

2. They blame Dan Cox for the loss

3. They hate, absolutely HATE being called RINO's.

They have not a clue.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:13 AM (1n+EO)

85 78 Even in my yute, I had difficulty in hearing a individual voices in a crowd. I disliked going to crowded bars with loud music and or a lot of background chatter. Yet, I played trumpet for 50 years in different concert bands and could tell that the trombone player across the room was out of tune.
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:09 AM (vd8XM)

Huh.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:15 AM (4UYlo)

86 52 My neighbor is apparently being held hostage by his cat?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 05:51 AM (EZebt)

We haven't heard from him since that last SOS.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:16 AM (4UYlo)

87 Can't distinguish speech when there's background noise, such as: hubby speaking to me while I'm next to tv, or in next room. Can't always hear the phone ringing. Can't hear the coyotes howling or owls calling at night... hubby swears he can hear them.

Posted by: JQ

When we attended my niece's wedding, the DJ was playing the music too loud for the in a room with very live acoustics.

If I couldn't be right next to the person talking and or see their lips, I couldn't make out the conversation.

Had a hellova headache after too..and not from the drinks

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:16 AM (vd8XM)

88 The doctors seem to feel Rebecca- Teresa's daughter- surgery spent well -but she had a very difficult time with effects of coming out of anesthesia and sounded and acted very hyper and manic and it took several nurses and Teresa and her husband and more medication to sedate her and get her settled down, which eventually worked.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2023 06:17 AM (9YJ5T)

89 Lol, Dr. Bone. Money sink. Yep!

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 06:17 AM (o0Fxd)

90 An American fashion designer who spent 16 years in Shanghai published an essay in the New York Times highlighting the virtues of raising her children under the watchful and authoritarian eye of the Chinese government. Heather Kaye (main) arrived in Shanghai in 2006 with her husband George and a plan to stay for a year, but ended up raising her two daughters (below) there. In 2022 her family was driven to return to the US, having lived for two years under the country's draconian COVID-19 policies. Nonetheless, she described her return to Washington DC as a 'culture shock' that made her miss that her children were no longer being 'co-parented by the Chinese government.'

Just about every single mother and welfare mother have these same thoughts.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 06:18 AM (BRHaw)

91 "Went" not "spent"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2023 06:18 AM (9YJ5T)

92 Hey! Can I interest you in a nice EV? Twice the cost, half the range, and if you act now I will throw in a charger that you need to get wired into your garage for the low price of $9999.99! Think of all the time you can spend relaxing at the gas station while this baby charges!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at January 19, 2023 06:18 AM (R8uWY)

93 Thank you, Fen.

I sent a short note to Annie yesterday morning asking for their addition to the weekly prayer list.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:18 AM (1n+EO)

94 Think of all the time you can spend relaxing at the gas station while this baby charges!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Act now and get 7500 tax credit on certain cars with certain batteries at certain times in certain states....

None of which will apply to you.

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:20 AM (vd8XM)

95 Remember the ancient TV ad from the United Negro College Fund with the slogan "A mind is a terrible thing to waste"?

Well, they need to place the ad again.

https://tinyurl.com/yubkujnv

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 19, 2023 06:20 AM (UouaT)

96 pure evil

'This should be illegal': Virginia's Gov. Youngkin proposes law for schools to notify parents if they decide to scrap National Merit Awards after 16 canned them in the interests of 'equity'

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 06:20 AM (BRHaw)

97 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:18 AM (1n+EO)

That was kind of you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2023 06:22 AM (9YJ5T)

98 G'mornin' everyone! G'devenin' Pixy!

29 degrees, 4" of snow, still coming down

shoveling and coffee are required, bbl

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at January 19, 2023 06:22 AM (XzIdt)

99 JANUARY 18, 2023
Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Proposal to Protect Student Achievement Against Merit Withholders
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that he has requested Senator Siobhan Dunnavant (Henrico) and Delegate Nick Freitas (Culpeper) to sponsor legislation on his behalf to require Virginia schools to inform students and their parents about National Merit Scholarships and other awards.

https://www.governor.virginia.gov

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:23 AM (4UYlo)

100 When we attended my niece's wedding, the DJ was playing the music too loud for the in a room with very live acoustics.
If I couldn't be right next to the person talking and or see their lips, I couldn't make out the conversation.
Had a hellova headache after too..and not from the drinks Posted by: Bruce
-----
As a waitress in military club overseas-- had the same problem: had trouble getting customers' orders! Until one of the bartenders (active duty guy, who worked flight line) had a chat with me: "Here. Put these in." (handed me a pair of earplugs) Huh? "Really! Use these! You'll hear better, you'll hear voices over the music."

He was right!

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 06:23 AM (o0Fxd)

101 100

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:23 AM (4UYlo)

102 Huh? "Really! Use these! You'll hear better, you'll hear voices over the music."

He was right!
Posted by: JQ

Hmmm... I hate earplugs, but I'll give it a try.

Thanks!

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:24 AM (vd8XM)

103 "Guy is so stupid. Even as kids with toy guns we were taught you never point it at someone.

Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2023 05:56 AM (ZEa+g) "

really?
not when I was growing up, not for cap/water guns, only real ones.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at January 19, 2023 06:24 AM (XzIdt)

104 Man donates kidney to stranger after his daughter's life was saved by a kidney transplant years earlier:

https://tinyurl.com/yrb9fc68

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2023 06:25 AM (9YJ5T)

105 "really?
not when I was growing up, not for cap/water guns, only real ones."

Ditto!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:26 AM (1n+EO)

106 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 19, 2023 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

107 Oh, and 'don't stand under the lawn-dart'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:26 AM (1n+EO)

108 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 19, 2023 06:27 AM (u82oZ)

109 LOL

Omri Ceren
@omriceren
6h
Climate Change had a great run but nothing lasts forever. There are always younger hungrier competitors. Eventually the crown passes to someone new. Circle of life and what not.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:27 AM (4UYlo)

110 "really?
not when I was growing up, not for cap/water guns, only real ones."

Ditto!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

It's not like we obeyed.

Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2023 06:27 AM (ZEa+g)

111 G'morning, Salty.

Smooth ride home, and to finally sleep in our own bed.

And drink my own coffee.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:27 AM (1n+EO)

112 Pfizer CEO publicly humiliated on the streets of Davos by Rebel News. So awesome.

https://tinyurl.com/mrymb72n

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 06:27 AM (EZebt)

113
Remember the ancient TV ad from the United Negro College Fund with the slogan "A mind is a terrible thing to waste"?

It was rejected in favor of rejecting the whole body / person by Black Lives Splatter

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 19, 2023 06:28 AM (pNxlR)

114 53 Well, today is the day that the Santa Fe DA is supposed to announce if they are charging Alec Baldwin for the movie set shooting. He will never see jail time even if he is charged is my guess.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 19, 2023 05:52 AM (WNfWI)

He'd have to be charged with something, I'd think. The person he shot is dead.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:29 AM (4UYlo)

115 29 degrees, 4" of snow, still coming down

shoveling and coffee are required, bbl

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at January 19, 2023 06:22 AM (XzIdt)

We missed it. Just sloppy rain.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 19, 2023 06:29 AM (45fpk)

116 Smooth ride home, and to finally sleep in our own bed.

And drink my own coffee.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

After a long spring vacation, that's my feelings too. Plus a comfy chair and the TV programs are on the right channels.

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:31 AM (vd8XM)

117 "He'd have to be charged with something, I'd think. The person he shot is dead."

[ ] Neglegent Discharge

[ ] Excess noise violation

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:31 AM (1n+EO)

118 Bruce-- for occasional use, and if you don't want to feel like your hearing is *completely blocked* try these:

tinyurl.com/2x87xrfj (amazon)

You can pull them out slightly if needed, unlike the compressible foam ones that expand into ear canal. (The expanding ones felt like having swimmers' ear to me, but then I have issues with excess wax anyway)

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 06:31 AM (o0Fxd)

119 We missed it. Just sloppy rain.
Posted by: grammie winger

Morning grammie!

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:32 AM (vd8XM)

120 o happy grammie!

bbl ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at January 19, 2023 06:32 AM (XzIdt)

121 95 Remember the ancient TV ad from the United Negro College Fund with the slogan "A mind is a terrible thing to waste"?

Well, they need to place the ad again.

https://tinyurl.com/yubkujnv

(Nitter)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 19, 2023 06:20 AM (UouaT)

He just mispronounced it.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:32 AM (4UYlo)

122 Have a great day, everyone.

May your travels be smooth, and ice and fog-free.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 19, 2023 06:33 AM (u82oZ)

123 Morning all. You too Bruce!

Posted by: grammie winger at January 19, 2023 06:34 AM (45fpk)

124 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:34 AM (1n+EO)

125 You can pull them out slightly if needed, unlike the compressible foam ones that expand into ear canal. (The expanding ones felt like having swimmers' ear to me, but then I have issues with excess wax anyway)
Posted by: JQ

Great! Thank you

I love looking at the Amazon frequently bought together.
I guess if I order these I should also get the fold hex set and the long nose cutting pliers.

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:34 AM (vd8XM)

126 Anybody ever watch 'You Bet Your Life' with Jay Leno?

There are some extremely smooth brained folks on that show.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:35 AM (1n+EO)

127 ha

Rep. George Santos also known as drag queen in Brazil over a decade ago: report
Rochard reportedly said that Santos was never a professional drag performer, but instead only did it for fun and to dress up.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 06:35 AM (BRHaw)

128 Hmmmm, Apple. So glad I have android phone and a PC... wait.

Chronicles of Amber with... Steven Colbert. Well, I am glad this was not one of my beloved series. I have read it, but it never really grabbed me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 06:36 AM (CsVWE)

129 Didja notice how "baked" Greta's eyes looked in closeups of her staged arrest?

Didja?
Didja?

Posted by: Marooned at January 19, 2023 06:36 AM (w6hJ9)

130 Everything is going swimmingly.

https://tinyurl.com/4r84pt3c

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:38 AM (1n+EO)

131 Heated mug, heated cream, hot coffee. No coffee cake. Skip feels my pain.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 06:39 AM (EZebt)

132 Lol. Santos is officially "embattled".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at January 19, 2023 06:39 AM (R8uWY)

133 53 Well, today is the day that the Santa Fe DA is supposed to announce if they are charging Alec Baldwin for the movie set shooting. He will never see jail time even if he is charged is my guess.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 19, 2023 05:52 AM (WNfWI)

Word on the street is that they ~~can't~~ aren't willing to afford the cost of the high profile media-circus lawsuit and are trying to get Uncle Sam to pick up the tab. And I'm sure Slow Joe's DOJ is eminently eager to help prosecute one of its shitlib allies.

Posted by: CppThis at January 19, 2023 06:39 AM (PZvjL)

134 Twitter is tittering about CNN closing its ATL HQ?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at January 19, 2023 06:39 AM (R8uWY)

135 Breakfast time!!!

Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:42 AM (vd8XM)

136 This should be illegal': Virginia's Gov. Youngkin proposes law for schools to notify parents if they decide to scrap National Merit Awards after 16 canned them in the interests of 'equity'
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 06:20 AM (BRHaw)

Cut out the middle man. Contact the students and parents directly. Unless the NMA are in on it too.

Posted by: Golfman at January 19, 2023 06:43 AM (BLVc0)

137 LOL Bruce!

Definitely go for the Klein pliers, but pass on the 'refurbished' hex keys

Posted by: JQ at January 19, 2023 06:43 AM (o0Fxd)

138 "We wanted to charge ARREC BARRWIN you guys, we totally did. But we can't afford it because times are tough, buhuhu. And it's all Trump's fault because reasons."

Posted by: CppThis at January 19, 2023 06:44 AM (PZvjL)

139 135 Breakfast time!!!
Posted by: Bruce at January 19, 2023 06:42 AM (vd8XM)

I hope you made enough for everybody.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:45 AM (4UYlo)

140 I don't know how to even parse one quote out of this. Probably worth a post by ace today.

https://tinyurl.com/wjjar52y

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at January 19, 2023 06:45 AM (R8uWY)

141 On the NMA scandal, was it only non-blacks that were not told of their achievement?

Was there a statistical anomaly when comparing historical data for the schools numbers of those who were eligible, showing a decrease from years past?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:46 AM (1n+EO)

142 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at January 19, 2023 06:45 AM (R8uWY)

It's just an overly elaborate vasectomy advertisement, as far as i can tell.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 19, 2023 06:46 AM (9UlRk)

143 140 I don't know how to even parse one quote out of this. Probably worth a post by ace today.

https://tinyurl.com/wjjar52y
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at January 19, 2023 06:45 AM (R8uWY)

She's not worth our attention.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 06:47 AM (4UYlo)

144 "I don't know how to even parse one quote out of this. Probably worth a post by ace today. "

Authentic frontier gibberish?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:47 AM (1n+EO)

145 Cut out the middle man. Contact the students and parents directly. Unless the NMA are in on it too.
Posted by: Golfman at January 19, 2023 06:43 AM (BLVc0)

Why is it not published to a website for all colleges to recruit?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 06:48 AM (BRHaw)

146 This should be illegal': Virginia's Gov. Youngkin proposes law for schools to notify parents if they decide to scrap National Merit Awards after 16 canned them in the interests of 'equity'
=====

I hope the parents are exploring civil actions because that will cost them and their children a LOT of tuition scholarship money.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 19, 2023 06:49 AM (MIKMs)

147 Actually heard on radio that study showed most of the Davos attendees traveled by private plane. With the statement that private air travel is the worse thing for the environment.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:51 AM (1n+EO)

148 I'm amused at this story about how parents are upset about some freebie their kid might not be getting as they happily send their beloved child off every day to a ~~communist brainwashing sex dungeon~~ public school.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 19, 2023 06:51 AM (9UlRk)

149 Then I am for it

RepRashida

I’m outraged that the @StateDept is moving forward with plans to build the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on land stolen from Palestinians. By doing so, the U.S. is complicit in the illegal confiscation of Palestinian property. @POTUS should reverse this Trump era policy immediately.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 06:52 AM (BRHaw)

150 "I’m outraged that the ....."

I'm outraged, too.

Just not about that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:53 AM (1n+EO)

151 A mind is a terrible thing to get wasted.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at January 19, 2023 06:53 AM (iayUP)

152 How are the hookers getting to Davos?

Charter flight?

Local talent only?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:54 AM (1n+EO)

153 Tlaib is also pissed that some asshole stole all her vinyl.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 19, 2023 06:54 AM (9UlRk)

154 Good morning all. Nice to get an update regarding Teresa's daughter. Hopefully she starts recovering soon and finds the surgery went well for her.

It is warm and wet today - 60 degrees expected. Then tomorrow, 37 and I've heard rumors of snow. I wish it would just get cold and stay cold. (And freeze the mud in the back yard)

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 19, 2023 06:54 AM (yEBFM)

155 Nobody really owns land.

They just rent it from the state.

And if your state falls, "your" land is taken by someone else.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 19, 2023 06:55 AM (TXFi7)

156 How are the hookers getting to Davos?

Charter flight?

Local talent only?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:54 AM (1n+EO)

Aer Lingus

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 19, 2023 06:55 AM (9UlRk)

157 Well I'm late to the blog.

Posted by: Ciampino --- hey they need a job at the FDA at January 19, 2023 06:55 AM (qfLjt)

158 > "Here. Put these in." (handed me a pair of earplugs) Huh? "Really! Use these! You'll hear better, you'll hear voices over the music."

He was right!

Posted by: JQ

yeah those expandable foam earplugs are great. Wore them riding motorcycles back in the day. For me, they cut off hi-frequency noises, which are the damaging ones

Posted by: DB - you know my name at January 19, 2023 06:55 AM (geLO8)

159 "Aer Lingus"

*Golf clap*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:55 AM (1n+EO)

160 Cut out the middle man. Contact the students and parents directly. Unless the NMA are in on it too.

Posted by: Golfman at January 19, 2023 06:43 AM (BLVc0)

That's what I don't understand about all this. I was a National Merit Scholarship winner - way back in '90. They DID contact you directly back then, via mail. They also sent you a big book with all the corporate sponsorships. If one of your parents worked at one of those places - you pretty much got a golden ticket. I, alas, did not. But I still got $2500 bucks in tuition my first year - which my school graciously gave me in cash.

Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 06:56 AM (UFuW2)

161 A mind is a terrible thing

Posted by: DB - you know my name at January 19, 2023 06:56 AM (geLO8)

162 For hearing issues, I was astonished at the small Bose speakers. Made an incredible difference for me in music appreciation and broadcast voices. We got a used one for the computer >$100 and worth every penny.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 19, 2023 06:56 AM (MIKMs)

163 "Well I'm late to the blog."

That will be two demerits.

*Makes note in attendance record*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:57 AM (1n+EO)

164 Looks like Weasel Zipper's been banned from receiving Google ads.

In affect, being demonetized.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:01 AM (1n+EO)

165 A balmy 24 this am.

Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2023 07:04 AM (ZEa+g)

166
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 19, 2023 07:05 AM (ENBF0)

167 Pixy What's the local skinny on the NZ PM?

Posted by: Ciampino - NZ NAZI resigned? at January 19, 2023 07:06 AM (qfLjt)

168 Pixy What's the local skinny on the NZ PM?
Posted by: Ciampino

I'm not pixy, but she seems like some sort of freak.

Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2023 07:07 AM (ZEa+g)

169 mornin yall. Kemp went to Davos and told the crowd to secure the border. Then he spent 4 hours with a hospitality specialist and got his todger tugged.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2023 07:11 AM (iayUP)

170 A terrible waste is a thing to get minded.

Posted by: Ciampino -- The NZ NAZI resigned? at January 19, 2023 07:12 AM (qfLjt)

171 129 Didja notice how "baked" Greta's eyes looked in closeups of her staged arrest?

Didja?
Didja?
Posted by: Marooned at January 19, 2023 06:36 AM (w6hJ9)

How Dare You!! *giggles*

Posted by: Greta Thunberg at January 19, 2023 07:12 AM (PiwSw)

172 Is ten million ballots a lot?

https://tinyurl.com/5hyfstay

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:13 AM (1n+EO)

173 169 mornin yall. Kemp went to Davos and told the crowd to secure the border. Then he spent 4 hours with a hospitality specialist and got his todger tugged.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2023 07:11 AM (iayUP)
----
Is that the same as 'toobinated'?

Posted by: Ciampino - The NZ NAZI resigned? at January 19, 2023 07:13 AM (qfLjt)

174 152 How are the hookers getting to Davos?

Charter flight?

Local talent only?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:54 AM (1n+EO)

Probably FedEx.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:14 AM (CsVWE)

175 173 169 mornin yall. Kemp went to Davos and told the crowd to secure the border. Then he spent 4 hours with a hospitality specialist and got his todger tugged.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2023 07:11 AM (iayUP)
----
Is that the same as 'toobinated'?
Posted by: Ciampino - The NZ NAZI resigned? at January 19, 2023 07:13 AM (qfLjt)

Mebbe it had frostbite?

Posted by: Harry Markle at January 19, 2023 07:14 AM (PiwSw)

176 "Is that the same as 'toobinated'?"

Nah, that's more like an own-goal.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:14 AM (1n+EO)

177 I'm not pixy, but she seems like some sort of freak.

Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2023 07:07 AM (ZEa+g)

She seems like the typical female in HR or academia to me.

Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 07:15 AM (UFuW2)

178 167 Pixy What's the local skinny on the NZ PM?
Posted by: Ciampino - NZ NAZI resigned? at January 19, 2023 07:06 AM (qfLjt)

He's in australia.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:15 AM (CsVWE)

179 176 "Is that the same as 'toobinated'?"

Nah, that's more like an own-goal.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:14 AM (1n+EO)

DIY.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:15 AM (CsVWE)

180 "He's in australia."

So we have to type our questions in Australian?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

181 164 Looks like Weasel Zipper's been banned from receiving Google ads.

In affect, being demonetized.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:01 AM (1n+EO)

You know, I never read the comments at WZs. Lively?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:17 AM (CsVWE)

182 180 "He's in australia."

So we have to type our questions in Australian?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

One of my favorite Simpson's scenes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JQK4bH0J-o

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 19, 2023 07:18 AM (PiwSw)

183 "You know, I never read the comments at WZs. Lively? "

Some of them have a distinct Over the Line pattern.

Not all, but enough to make me stop commenting there several years ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:19 AM (1n+EO)

184 So we have to type our questions in Australian?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

We have to type backwards so he can read them right way around.

That is why it takes so long for him to respond. Also, it takes a while for the data to get that far around the world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:20 AM (CsVWE)

185 A cheerful good morning to you all!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 19, 2023 07:20 AM (nxdel)

186 Some of them have a distinct Over the Line pattern.

Not all, but enough to make me stop commenting there several years ago.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:19 AM (1n+EO)

Like stormfronty or insurrectionist bait?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:20 AM (CsVWE)

187 Morning Jewells!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:20 AM (CsVWE)

188 Pictures from Hunter's laptop show him and two bikini clad girls, one of which appears to be Natalie Biden, driving around in Joe's Corvette in 2017.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2023 07:21 AM (iayUP)

189 "Also, it takes a while for the data to get that far around the world."

Ahhh....

I hadn't thought of that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:21 AM (1n+EO)

190 Underage sex and censorship. What excites the Davis crowd.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 19, 2023 07:21 AM (F24yq)

191 "Like stormfronty or insurrectionist bait?"

Ja!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:22 AM (1n+EO)

192 Microsoft is laying off 10,000 people? Oh no! Anyway...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 19, 2023 07:22 AM (PiwSw)

193 It's difficult to find what the real story on Jacinda Ardern is. She's stepping down and the internet has glowing reports about how she's an "icon "to many for her response to Covid. However, if she didn't think she'd win the election I guess she wasn't an icon to many after all and her draconian response wasn't applauded by all the Kiwi' ers.

Another Davos tool

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2023 07:23 AM (D+F6R)

194 Microsoft is laying off 10,000 people? Oh no! Anyway...

Unthinkable. Do they think those useless edits to Word and Excel that relocate commonly used features to different menus are just going to write themselves ?

Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 07:24 AM (UFuW2)

195 "Microsoft is laying off 10,000 people? Oh no! Anyway..."

Only another 190,000 to go!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:24 AM (1n+EO)

196 No, just print the question upside down so Pixy can read it

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2023 07:26 AM (YUxOJ)

197 193 It's difficult to find what the real story on Jacinda Ardern is. She's stepping down and the internet has glowing reports about how she's an "icon "to many for her response to Covid. However, if she didn't think she'd win the election I guess she wasn't an icon to many after all and her draconian response wasn't applauded by all the Kiwi' ers.

Another Davos tool
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2023 07:23 AM (D+F6R)

I remember reading she went full nazi during covid and thought, well she's a nazi. Then a guy at work was talking about how awesome she was BECAUSE of her response to covid.

'Some men are only fit to be slaves.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:26 AM (CsVWE)

198 "No, just print the question upside down so Pixy can read it"

Put the paper in the printer tray upside down.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:26 AM (1n+EO)

199 194 Microsoft is laying off 10,000 people? Oh no! Anyway...

Unthinkable. Do they think those useless edits to Word and Excel that relocate commonly used features to different menus are just going to write themselves ?
Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 07:24 AM (UFuW2)

Or fucking with the formatting of my templates on excel after a windows update? What will I do without those?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:27 AM (CsVWE)

200 Wait a minute...

How does the ink flow upside down out of Pixy's inkjet printer?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:28 AM (1n+EO)

201 200 Wait a minute...

How does the ink flow upside down out of Pixy's inkjet printer?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:28 AM (1n+EO)

Gravity is reversed in australia. Duh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:29 AM (CsVWE)

202 "Gravity is reversed in australia. Duh. "

Oh.

Never mind.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:30 AM (1n+EO)

203 umopəpısdn

Posted by: Warai-otoko, at January 19, 2023 07:31 AM (9UlRk)

204 "Or fucking with the formatting of my templates on excel after a windows update? What will I do without those?!"

* Tap...Tap*

I can help!

Posted by: Clippy at January 19, 2023 07:32 AM (1n+EO)

205 Wait a minute...

How does the ink flow upside down out of Pixy's inkjet printer?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Seinfeld's astronaut pen.

Posted by: JT at January 19, 2023 07:33 AM (T4tVD)

206 Nobody likes a show-off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:33 AM (1n+EO)

207 I can help!
Posted by: Clippy at January 19, 2023 07:32 AM (1n+EO)

When did clippy disappear? I was a while back, wasn't it?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:33 AM (CsVWE)

208 I remember reading she went full nazi during covid and thought, well she's a nazi. Then a guy at work was talking about how awesome she was BECAUSE of her response to covid.

I got bad news. Most of the people around you, when you really scratch the paint and see what's underneath, have absolutely no regard for individual liberty or diversity of thought. Most people ARE nazis, for lack of a better word. The fun starts when you get two or more of them together with differences of opinion regarding what that should look like. Then you get contemporary politics.

Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 07:34 AM (UFuW2)

209 I purchased *both* WindowsMe and Windows Vista. I denounce myself.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 07:35 AM (EZebt)

210 If and when it stops raining, I have to go out and explain to my birdbath that its been kicked off the sidebar.

Posted by: JT at January 19, 2023 07:35 AM (T4tVD)

211 190 Underage sex and censorship. What excites the Davis crowd.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 19, 2023 07:21 AM (F24yq)

I see Manchin was saying we have too many rights!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 07:35 AM (BRHaw)

212 "When did clippy disappear? I was a while back, wasn't it?"

been quite a while.

Clippy was the Jar-Jar Binks of the software world.

*Blam Blam*

Take that, you irritable little shit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:36 AM (1n+EO)

213 The Nazis did not win over a majority of German voters but certainly a plurality of them by 1932.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 07:36 AM (EZebt)

214 " If and when it stops raining, I have to go out and explain to my birdbath that its been kicked off the sidebar."

But I did quote you just a few minutes ago!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:37 AM (1n+EO)

215 WindowsMe

What it that?

Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2023 07:37 AM (ZEa+g)

216 I see Manchin was saying we have too many rights!
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 07:35 AM (BRHaw)

How are those poor dears ever supposed to debauch the world's adolescent autochthonous population in peace when we meddlesome plebs are running around with the means to stop them?

Posted by: Warai-otoko, at January 19, 2023 07:37 AM (9UlRk)

217 For those keeping score, Rebecca had a very restful night. They woke us up at 4:00 am. Rebecca is on pain meds, so she went back to sleep. I, however, am now wide awake. And I am most definitely NOT a morning person!

Thankfully, Paul will be by later this morning so I plan on getting some shut eye in the little alcove in her room.

Thanks, everyone, for all of your kind thoughts and prayers. We are feeling very hopeful about Rebecca's prognosis!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AOS Ladies' Team plucky comic relief at January 19, 2023 07:37 AM (YqLCx)

218 "How are those poor dears ever supposed to debauch the world's adolescent autochthonous population in peace when we meddlesome plebs are running around with the means to stop them?"

If nothing else, our Founding Fathers understood human nature.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:38 AM (1n+EO)

219 WV Morons should mail copies of the Constitution to Manchin's office with the appropriate sections highlighted.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 19, 2023 07:38 AM (PiwSw)

220 Teresa, thank you for the wonderful update!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:39 AM (1n+EO)

221 Teresa, that's wonderful news!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 19, 2023 07:39 AM (PiwSw)

222 I see Manchin was saying we have too many rights!

See me at 208. It crosses all boundaries; age, sex, race, religion, economic status, and political affiliation. Most people, when you really dig deep, are pretty damned authoritarian. It just so happens - get this - that their ideal authoritarian government happily coincides, to the letter, with their own personal beliefs. Such that the perfect authoritarian government doesn't intrude on their own personal desires, and conveniently makes everyone else conform to the same.

Neat, ain't it ?

Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 07:39 AM (UFuW2)

223 Thanks, everyone, for all of your kind thoughts and prayers. We are feeling very hopeful about Rebecca's prognosis!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AOS Ladies' Team plucky comic relief at January 19, 2023 07:37 AM (YqLCx)
===
b"h Thanks for the update

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2023 07:39 AM (EZebt)

224 Thanks, everyone, for all of your kind thoughts and prayers. We are feeling very hopeful about Rebecca's prognosis!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth,

So glad to hear that.

Posted by: Infidel at January 19, 2023 07:40 AM (ZEa+g)

225 My MiL is convinced that if everyone would live exactly according to her rules, their lives would be better.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:40 AM (1n+EO)

226 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AOS Ladies' Team plucky comic relief at January 19, 2023 07:37 AM (YqLCx)

Thx for the update, Teresa, and get some rest.

Prayers continue.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 19, 2023 07:40 AM (D+F6R)

227 210 If and when it stops raining, I have to go out and explain to my birdbath that its been kicked off the sidebar.
Posted by: JT at January 19, 2023 07:35 AM (T4tVD)

*JT goes out with family to birdbath*

'We're all here for you...'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:40 AM (CsVWE)

228 I see Manchin was saying we have too many rights!

--

Yeah, I saw that. The sad part is, most West Virginians will never know about it. I'd have to think they'd be none too pleased with that blockhead. Some of the things coming out of these WEF attendees, including straight from our very own, are downright frightening. And if you aren't frightened where all this is headed, you aren't paying attention...or you aren't too bright.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 19, 2023 07:41 AM (sVtYq)

229 My MiL is convinced that if everyone would live exactly according to her rules, their lives would be better.

I'd say your MiL is, if nothing else, much more honest than most.

Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 07:41 AM (UFuW2)

230 Thanks, everyone, for all of your kind thoughts and prayers. We are feeling very hopeful about Rebecca's prognosis!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AOS Ladies' Team plucky comic relief at January 19, 2023 07:37 AM (YqLCx)

That's great Teresa. Hope things continue to go well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:41 AM (CsVWE)

231 Which one of us wants to be the one to cut/paste teresa's update to the morning report, so she can get some sleep?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:41 AM (1n+EO)

232 I remember hearing a radio ad for the wah wah pedal on a podcast.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2023 07:42 AM (CsVWE)

233 I got bad news. Most of the people around you, when you really scratch the paint and see what's underneath, have absolutely no regard for individual liberty or diversity of thought. Most people ARE nazis, for lack of a better word. The fun starts when you get two or more of them together with differences of opinion regarding what that should look like. Then you get contemporary politics.
Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 07:34 AM (UFuW2)

Jordon Peterson does a great rant about who the hell are you to think that once your get your great reset and control that you will not become Hitler. And more importantly how do you know when and if you next in line kills you to gain the power.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

234 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 19, 2023 07:46 AM (BRHaw)

235 OK, I will.

And JJ be here

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:46 AM (1n+EO)

236 I remember hearing a radio ad for the wah wah pedal on a podcast.

One of the most distinct effects made - Slash made great use of it for G&R. I can't use one, don't own one. Playing guitar is hard enough. Playing guitar while working a pedal in unison is beyond what you're going to get out of me.

Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 07:46 AM (UFuW2)

237 153 Tlaib is also pissed that some asshole stole all her vinyl.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 19, 2023 06:54 AM (9UlRk)

Hahahahahaha.

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 07:46 AM (syBNd)

238 156 How are the hookers getting to Davos?
Charter flight?
Local talent only?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 06:54 AM (1n+EO)

Aer Lingus
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 19, 2023 06:55 AM (9UlRk)

; )

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 07:47 AM (syBNd)

239 "Playing guitar while working a pedal in unison is beyond what you're going to get out of me."

Voice aside, another look at Geddy Lee?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 19, 2023 07:50 AM (1n+EO)

240 Jordon Peterson does a great rant about who the hell are you to think that once your get your great reset and control that you will not become Hitler. And more importantly how do you know when and if you next in line kills you to gain the power.

Even though people can see it in their daily lives, in simple things like their HOA or HR at work, most just won't grasp the consequences of that human tendency to exert overwhelming control as applied on a government scale. And worse yet, they feel a need to shout down anyone that does see it.

Posted by: Wah Wah Pedal at January 19, 2023 07:51 AM (UFuW2)

241 203 umopəpısdn
Posted by: Warai-otoko, at January 19, 2023 07:31 AM (9UlRk)

Ha!

Posted by: m at January 19, 2023 07:54 AM (syBNd)

242 Even if you are the most benevolent dictator in history, you've only just done the leg work to consolidate power for the evil bastard(s) who have no qualms about murdering you to seize that power. Once you have a dictator, you no longer have to subjugate an entire people from scratch, you just have to overthrow the dictator.

Posted by: Warai-otoko, at January 19, 2023 07:59 AM (9UlRk)

243 I still love and enjoy music. I hear it just fine. I have to get the headphones at the movies because I cannot make out the dialog while there is music competing with it.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at January 19, 2023 06:05 AM (TXFi7)

That's not your hearing. Or at least, it's not just your hearing. That's the way the sound is mixed in modern movies. Also, actors are allowed to slur their words and say lines under their breath, in an effort to add verisimilitude.

This is a really common complaint, but in the end it probably doesn't really matter that much. Contemporary movies are made with non-English-speaking audiences in mind, so the dialog rarely matters that much.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 19, 2023 08:09 AM (wGeit)

244 Late and FWIW ... probably the news I needed to move me out of the Apple world once and for all

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245 I get paid over $85 per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 12,000 bucks a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless.
Here's what I've been doing... www.Payathome7.com

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