Mehlexa.......I have a question.

@mflassy 2 or more.

@mflassy 42

@mflassy At the point you would describe it as on the rug rather than in the rug. Also, who got all this fucking sand all over my rug?!?

@cengland0 42

@cengland0 for me, after at least 30-40 failed attempts at fuku, scoring 2 should be good enough reason

@ruthwik1 whelp, looks like it’s time for me to buy some life insurance. Does the first fuko still count if your wife claimed more than half of it (including the bag) as her own?

@cengland0 In my view, if you’re a political figure and you are killed while in office, that’s an assassination. Otherwise, murder.

@DocBJ Not necessarily political. If someone killed the Pope, I’m sure they would consider that to be an assassination too.

If Hillary was killed, would that be a murder or an assassination? She holds no political office.

@cengland0

@cengland0 you don’t think the Pope counts as a political figure?

@jbartus No. Am I wrong to think he’s a religious figure?

@DocBJ don’t forget about political figures who do not hold office but do have political power.

Plus, I think if you get killed by someone hired to do it, at least a professional, then it probably counts.

@InnocuousFarmer Not so sure about that. If someone hires a professional to kill their ex-wife, I think that’s just murder and not an assassination.

@cengland0 but she was killed by an assassin.

@cengland0 I depends, if she was stabbed to death while she sleeps then it would probably called murder. If she were killed by a gunman who jumped out of the crowd and blew her away in front of the paparatseyes, then it would be assassination. If she died as the result of driving into a tunnel and crashing it would be called a convenient accident.

@cengland0 being a religious figure does not prevent one from being a political figure. The Pope exercises considerable political power, to think otherwise is to ignore facts.

@seraphimcaduto don’t worry, I keep hearing fuku is crap anyway. It’s so elusive and that’s the reason I am fascinated by it

OK, who is the audiophile in this place? I am going to hunt people down. @ruouttaurmind You know lots of things.

@ruthwik1 just to start out I’m gonna preface by saying you’re looking for a lot for very little money in a market segment that is very expensive when you start to actually give a shit about quality. For example my speakers cost me over $200 used (Audioengine A5).

With that said, I’m throwing out part of your spec in most of my recommendation and I’ll explain why. At the price range described any sort of tone adjustments are a gimmick at best, they barely have any effect if at all. Your best bet is to find a store that sets up a demo station and listen to the different offerings and pick the ones that sound best to you and your music tastes.

With that said here are a few you can look for, some will need to be found used or on sale to meet your price guidelines: Edifier M1360, Edifier M1380, Creative T3300, Creative T10.

If you are serious about your sound but not too serious and can swing more like a $100 budget the options open up greatly. Edifier make a lot of great options for short money. You also get into a price point where finding a decent set of second hand bookshelf speakers and a small desktop amp to power them becomes realistic. Then again if you’re super lucky like @narfcake maybe you will find a set of my A5s for $5 at Goodwill.

@jbartus Thank you!

@mfladd de nada.

@ruthwik1 That’s really pushing it for a $40 budget. If you don’t mind multiple components, a class-T amp (about $25) and a pair of bookshelf speakers can do the job. Even then, the $40 price point isn’t viable unless you’re buying used speakers.

@mfladd

OK, who is the audiophile in this place?

I’m afraid my experience with audio equipment is limited to PA stuff. Stage, not studio.

Two different goals. The goal of studio audio is like delicately sipping a cup of chamomile while your temples are gently massaged by magical pixies.

The goal of PA is more like gulping a warm Red Bull, then swallowing the can while being pummeled over in the street by the Budweiser clydesdales.

@ruouttaurmind can I sip a nice glass of red wine instead?

@jbartus

@jbartus thanks a lot. Will look at them, and will buy even if it’s over my 40$ budget if I feel it’s worth

@gregormehndel I think the Pope did it.

@gregormehndel I tend to avoid the sound of bears shitting as much as possible.

@gregormehndel is this a Charmin commercial?

@katylava Never, ever had this problem:

@gregormehndel I can confirm that for some people, it is a problem. And they fall off later on. It is truly gnarly to find little, rolled up microjoints of poo paper on the floor.

@thismyusername Ok, I have set an alarm for 1058PM.

@dave someone has a product question,

@cranky1950 I believe they sold out of those.

But they’d NEVER run out of speaker docks to sell, right?

@mfladd although this thread is funny, this is why I start a specific thread if I have a question.

@RiotDemon I have a question, but did not want a whole thread about it - hence, I came up with the help thread. But, I can fully appreciate this so far because it is entertaining me. And if anyone can appreciate a thread going haywire - it’s me

Very serious question: Why doesn’t @mfladd go ahead and ask his question? Inquiring minds and all that.

@PocketBrain The Babel Fish took it.

@gregormehndel And was it all just Jill’s botched assassination attempt? Perhaps She sent him up the hill…

@gregormehndel Assassination attempt or just murder attempt?

@cengland0 Exactly. This conspiracy goes deeper than Alice’s rabbit hole.
Every question just leads to more questions. Thanks @mfladd for this forum. This is important shit.

@gregormehndel I do what I can.

@gregormehndel This depends on where you live. I come from and area with weird topography and indeed there is swampland that is uphill from dry meadow. So indeed Jack and Jill could go uphill to a spring to fetch a pail of water. As a matter of face we usta catch salamanders at such a spring which also supplied drinking water to the Lonsdale company mill village. . . mehvermind.

@gregormehndel Jack and Jill is neither instructive nor cautionary but, an early failed attempt at slapstick. British humor tends to mirror their dental hygiene.

@cranky1950 I think you are right about the dental hygiene. After all, the ditty says that Jack “broke his crown.” Molars are important; that’s gonna need a specialist.

@gregormehndel if this were Reddit I’d be buying you like five months worth of gold right now. Thank you for this.

@jbartus To quote a famous entity:

I do what I can.

@gregormehndel You have made a base assumption that neither of them successfully completed the task for which they set out. Does it state anywhere that the pail was empty on the completion of the story? The better question was really why they sent to people to do 1/2 a persons job. It is well established that fetching 2 pails of water is easier than fetching one as the load is correctly balanced (Assuming Jack and Jill are not from an area where water is fetched upon ones head)

@tightwad My assertion of non-completion of said task is based on images remembered from my youth. I give you exhibits A, B, and C:

Your ‘better question’ has its merits, but a picture is worth a thousand balanced water pails.

@gregormehndel Of course I’m right except when I’m left but still right of Bernie Sanders.

@cranky1950 So, if I understand you, you are not right when you are right of Bernie. Loud and clear, friend! Loud and clear!

@gregormehndel It is apparent that a reliance on the pictures, which I had never seen, was required for the context of the story to match the results. In 2 out of 3 of the included pictures someone dug a well starting at the top of a smallish hill…that was a silly place to dig. Additionally you have 2 sets of youth who can’t manage to walk a small slope without falling, and without a single cell phone in sight to distract them.

@mflassy I’m not starring that. I would think the 5 rings would be reason enough.

@mflassy I think because it gives them the satisfaction that everyother brand of NFL fan is their bitch. But then again what do I know.

@mflassy it’s our solemn duty to put ourselves out there so that fans of lesser teams can have somewhere to vent their frustrations without having to verbally admit to the shortcomings of their own team. It’s a tough job but someone’s gotta do it. You’re welcome.

@mflassy Because if they weren’t they’d either be Mexicany or Okieey

@mflassy One big factor: value of rural economic output increased rural land owner power sharply and continuously over the past 100 years (Oil). This power was/is exerted in ways that affect culture even as socioeconomic contributors are now more diverse.

Mostly-accepted “Pros” of this are upticks in individual freedoms, hatred of oppresive governments, personal integrity, capitalism & maybe an underdog survival mindset. Cons are numerous and, to many folks, outweigh the pros above by far.

@snapster

And attitude. And continuing popular and fondly-regarded mythology that sometimes sets a standard for expectations.

For better
(for almost all residents and ex-natives/residents)

Or for worse
(everyone else who thinks we take it too far, or are sick of it)

It’s an instant public shared membership identity thing that is recognizable round the world.

Everyone I know who was born here or who lived here for some years feels it.

Identifiable. A can-do and independent reputation. A friendly and open reputation. A positive (mostly, and to most residents) stereotype. A public meme that is usually played for gentle humor, but that indicates unspoken or spoken bragging rights.

The Texans I know who strongly, or even fanatically, dislike the prevailing (very red state) political attitudes still seem to be very attached to being Texans.

Many Texans (even those who dislike the local political culture) find positive aspects to the “Texas” mythology or stereotype, and try to hold, to some degree, to the implicit standard.

Supposedly, in the late 1800’s, travelers in very remote places (far inner Siberia, other places equally remote), when speaking with untraveled locals who could barely read or could not read, found that those remote peoples were usually aware of at least a few far-away icons.

The great Queen and Empress. (Victoria)
The great President who did away with slavery
(many frontier and political myths about Lincoln went 'round the world)
The great jungle
(Amazon basin)
The great general
(Napoleon)
The great city with unimaginably tall buildings
(NYC, which had the first skyscrapers)

Texas was on that list.

@f00l Ha joke was on ole Davey boy howdy I tell ya

@cranky1950

Nope. Honor and glory (noble or foolish) were big things then.

So many people didn’t live past age 35 anyway, so why not go out taking some worthy and serious risks, and at least die trying for something?

Crockett was a famous bear hunter and frontiersman/adventurer long before he left Tennessee. He wanted more. Texas was the place many aimed at.

He deliberately joined the army of the nascent cause fighting for the independence of Texas. He deliberately stayed at the Alamo. He understood his choices. So did the rest of them.

Different era. I fear, if they were able to visit modern times, they would find much in us they would not admire.

As we might in them - since they justified slavery and racism, and perpetrated many injustices that would horrify us.

@mfladd

Looks nice.

If we could see it in person, it might help.

Mind if I bring somebody over to examine it?

@mflassy No, because someone would probably create a reminder to murder/assassinate me and then bury me next to a fallen tree where a bear would dig me up and eat me and then shit me out. Just no.

@mfladd I used to do stained glass and made a few lamps. I’m pretty sure that gives them no extra value but it was fun. That one is pretty.

@sammydog01 I am also wondering about the age of this shade.

@mfladd

Didn’t even consider the bear factor.

Here it is up. Just finished (long story. I will blame the goat later). I love it! Still have to adjust the chain length. Please excuse my temporary kitchen shades.

@mfladd Beautiful! My parents used to make stained glass shades, and I have one on a table lamp. I know my mom still has some at her house, the type you have here, and I love the idea of hanging it. That would look so much better than the crappy cheap chandelier I have hanging over the dining room table.

@pitamuffin Thanks. It is large with an 18" dia. I picked it up for $70. I don’t know if that is a lot, or a little.

@mfladd I would say it is a little. The amount of time it takes to make one of those is absurd.

@mfladd

No, because someone would probably create a reminder to murder/assassinate me and then bury me next to a fallen tree where a bear would dig me up and eat me and then shit me out. Just no.

You turn that vast opportunity down.

And then you whine that 2017 sucks.

???

@mfladd I found a similar one for $175, so I think you did alright.

http://parksideunlimited.com/items.cfm?catid=5

@RiotDemon Dammit. I want the orange one now! But thanks for checking.

@mfladd Well, in meh terms, you got a pretty impressive hand-soldered lamp for about the price of 3 Bluetooth headphones. I call that a score.

@mfladd

No, because someone would probably create a reminder to murder/assassinate me and then bury me next to a fallen tree where a bear would dig me up and eat me and then shit me out. Just no.

But what about the Pope???

@thejackalope I will probably end up fertilizing his grapes to be made into sacramental wine (and I’m not even Catholic).

@mehcuda67 Ha! I agree

@mfladd

e I will probably end up fertilizing his grapes to be made into sacramental wine (and I’m not even Catholic).

See! You have some good points as a human. And you are aware of them!

Self-esteem, baby.

/giphy self esteem

@InnocuousFarmer You are getting rid of a puppy?

@InnocuousFarmer There’s this magical place near me, and there’s probably one near you. It’s called “The Dump.”

Serilousy though, the dump in the next town over has what they call a “Swap Shop,” where people show up (on Saturdays only) with still-useful stuff of all kinds. It gets sorted and shelved by a person working there, and anyone can browse through the stuff and take it for free. Maybe your dump has similar? I’ve found some building materials that way.

Re: computers, my dump takes as many computers as you bring, for free, because they mine the precious metals from the circuit boards. Perhaps yours does also.

@InnocuousFarmer

Did you know Best Buy will take all your old computer equipment no questions asked? They do.

@mfladd You know, a cough puppy farm, where the puppies go.

But for computers and paraphernalia, maybe some toys, maybe shavers that you don’t like that are outside their return window. Things that it feels wrong to throw away.

@gregormehndel @mfladd I did try to search for a dump, in the usual fashion, by yelling “Phone woman, locate for me a location whereupon I may dispose of materials in configurations such that I am appeased that the effort of their construction was not wasted,” but it didn’t turn anything up. I’ll give it another shot.

@InnocuousFarmer I know . Just donate the items that you feel someone could still use to Goodwill, Salvation Army, or local church thrift shops. And you get a tax write-off for your donation.

Also, call your local city hall for more information on the dump items and if they hold events for hazardous waste pickup.

@mfladd GW, SA et al are very particular about what they will accept as donations now. Vietnam Vets are more accepting, and local homeless shelters are usually glad to take functional things. Often they have thrift stores where you can drop items off, and perhaps take some wonderful things home at low prices.

@InnocuousFarmer Several of the thrift stores here will take e-waste, so find out if yours does too. If your old computers still have data, though, make sure it’s a place that will reformat and/or shred the drives before hand.

One of the computers I bought before still had the previous owner’s information. His residence. His business. And applications. And scans of checks. And scans of IDs. I did a format C on that drive afterwards, but in the wrong hands, that would’ve been very very bad.

@InnocuousFarmer Staples will take most eWaste. Load up a cart, roll it into the Tech desk and let them know it’s recycling. They take it from there.

@jbartus does Staples also take old lead acid batteries for proper disposal/recycling?

@cengland0 lead acid? I know they’ll take rechargeable batteries but…

@InnocuousFarmer Depending on the items you have, any of one these places could be a solution:
Do you have classic computing hardware/software/materials?
Do you have a massive collection of old music?
The Internet Archive is probably interested in it.

If you have a lot of old computer crap, but it’s not noteworthy either way (really old, rare, or valuable), you can call a recycler to come out and pick up your stuff. At work, we’ve used a group to come out and clear out our old stuff, and they handle all the recycling, disposing, and wiping of equipment (if there’s any value, they’ll cut you a check or something similar).
Just look for a company that is R2 certified.

For smaller amounts, as listed below, lots of stores that carry electronics will happily recycle them for you.

Your local municipality or city may have a hazardous waste disposal day that you can haul your equipment to.

You could see if any auction place is interested in buying the lot from you (places that buy estates possibly).

Or, as I posted in a separate thread: http://www.ifixit.com/Info/Device_Donations
It works out great for both of you, and as long as the device is in one piece, it doesn’t have to be working.

@cengland0 Around here there are a few battery stores (industrial ones, not of the plus bulbs variety) that pay a few dollars apiece for old lead acid batteries to recycle.

@gregormehndel where we live (mid-Atlantuc) there is a furniture chain called The Dump. It’s weirdly Meh-like in one aspect: they are only open Fri-Sun and each weekend feature some big sale of some load they got for a song from a retailer. They do have all sorts of furniture all the time (Fri-Sun) too, so not totally Meh-like. But when i first read your post i was like “cool they started a recycling program, wait, that makes no sense…, oh :”

@InnocuousFarmer Freecycle Find one in your area and post what you have. I have found homes for things like non-working computers and electronics, scrap metal, an old Betamax and a manual typewriter. I’m often amazed, not just that there is someone who wants the stuff, but that I often get 4 or 5 people responding and I have to figure out who to give it to. Stuff that’s too “non-working” to Freecycle goes to a local recycle facility that takes dead monitors, TVs, light bulbs (like the long florescent ones) and batteries. Nothing goes to the dump until I have explored all other possibilities.

@mfladd NOT Goodwill - they are for profit. Salvation Army is a better choice, plus with them you get a tax deduction.

@Kidsandliz FYI, Goodwill is non-profit. Their focus of job training and rehab for folks with disabilities differs from other charities, however.

@narfcake I thought they had lost it due to spending more than allowed on “overhead”. I looked them up and see that I am wrong, although I also found out they pay their disabled workers less than minimum wage at many of their stores, for example see:
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/10/25/goodwill-industries-omaha-ugly-wage-ratios-define-nonprofit-business/
On the one hand there needs to be organizations with training programs to help seriously disadvantaged folks (disabled or not) to get the training they need, on the other hand they shouldn’t be taken advantage of.

@Kidsandliz I struggle with this issue in a couple of ways. I am all for those with disabilities keeping in the workforce in some way, shape, or form, but as a business owner I recognize that a business, even a non-profit one, is not a charity and needs to derive meaningful benefit from the employment of an individual. If someone is disabled, collecting benefits for that disability, and is being employed despite their relative lower value to the employer as an employee I am not opposed to some sort of legal arrangement by which an employer can pay that employee less than the minimum wage to which a fully capable individual would be entitled. With that said such a lesser wage would need to be within reason and commensurate with the degree to which that employee benefits the company.

It’s important to remember that the company is making a willful choice to employ the disabled, many of whom may not be able to find jobs otherwise and that there are real mental and physical health benefits beyond the increased spending power to having a job, a purpose in life. For example, something like the reduced wage mentioned here does not seem too far out of line to me provided the employees in question were not contributing on a level equivalent to an employee making the full wage.

With that said, I don’t think NPOs should be paying executives nearly as much as many of them do. I’d be willing to accept the idea that they might be paid something commensurate with their skills and degrees and such, maybe $100k or something like that, but these stories of NPO leadership making in the mid-six to seven figure salaries is insane to me.

@jbartus In my opinion it is a dilemma with no easy solution. CEO pay in the USA in general means they get paid far more than most of their European counterparts when you look at the ratio of CEO pay vs average worker pay. I would agree that is you rely on donations, government grants, etc. pay levels of top execs should not be up in the rarified air level.

@Kidsandliz yeah it’s a mess.

@jbartus @Kidsandliz There are federal tax credit programs for hiring disabled people. Near me there is an organization that educates businesses and then matches clients abilities to jobs that are available. They send one of their employees to learn the job and then that person teaches the disabled person and coaches them until they are comfortable doing the job. Most of the jobs are low wages but many people are happy to be able to have a job.

@sohmageek ok… not what I Was thinking of… but I think @mfladd would appreciate this…

@sohmageek Yes. That is my purpose. But I am less the breast guy, and more the ass guy.

@sohmageek You pass butter.

@InnocuousFarmer
/giphy you pass butter

@mfladd /giphy You are forgiven

@sohmageek Gosh, it’s like watching a verticle tennis match.

@ThomasF

@ThomasF HaHa! One of my favorite scenes from almost any movie, ever!

@nogoodwithnames Sudoku

@nogoodwithnames
Building large underground bottling plants, stealing all of your apples, smoothing out that chucked oak wood into barrels, and making:

@jbartus

This song seems applicable.

@f00l not at all the song I would have thought someone would link…

@jbartus I completely expect such things. It’s @f00l!
I have stopped trying to figure her out.

@mfladd I mean I’m not surprised really, I just had a few other songs that came to mind first.

@jbartus Isn’t it just easier to say Puerto Rico?

@jbartus
/image because purple

@hanzov69 because, didn’t want that bastard Bezos to prefix anything.

@hanzov69 I still want to name mine HAL.

@rtjhnstn HALexmeh?

@medz depends on the guy.

@RiotDemon depends on the nipples.

@mfladd also true.

@medz

Males can successfully nurse infants. Males don’t necessarily need any hormone supplementation to accomplish this.

@f00l Didn’t know that, until now.

@f00l Sweet. Follow-up: Does male nipple hair, if left unchecked, inhibit suckling of the nip? What little I have, I shave regularly. Just curious.

@medz

No idea whether this question has been investigated.

Got tweezers handy?

@gumtreertmug paging @matthew

@gumtreertmug whoooooaaaah, you’re halfway there: https://meh.com/forum/topics/ask-irk-autograph

@matthew

Preferably would want one of Irk and Glen together though.

I don’t think they really hang out

@matthew

Or at least, not with you around.

I mean, I’m not saying you wouldn’t be fun to hang around, but I heard that Irk and Glen consider you more of a “work acquaintance” person and less of a “hey, let’s invite that person over to the 3 day Mediocre employee getaway because they are fun” person.

My point is, they probably don’t tell you everything.

@gumtreertmug Because of an illustration appearing in the 1810 publication of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice Through The Looking Glass”.

@gumtreertmug see the above discussion on Jack and Jill, then reference the following:

@gumtreertmug one of my favorite cartoons

@gumtreertmug

@cranky1950 For those not up on 40s slang people who were from the wrong side of town were often refered to as hard boiled.

@gumtreertmug

@mfladd Resolve, a fingernail brush and a spotbot pet.

@mfladd Rent or borrow a Thermax cleaner and load it with their SEP 900. It’s a powdered soil extractor meant for upholstery. You mix it in hot water and it sprays a little in and vacuums it right out with the dirt.

@djslack I have never heard of, or seen one of those before.

@cranky1950 Thank you.

@mfladd I assumed they were a big national deal but maybe not. Stick your zip code in at this site and see: http://www.thermaxrentalsinc.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=1

I found that site by googling, and it turns out that company is about 5 miles from me. But I tested and there are locations in NYC so it’s not just here.

@djslack Thank you again, I have to travel 27 miles to get one. But that is not really a big deal as I have to travel for work, and the location is near one of my accounts.

@cranky1950 oooooo…spotbot is kinda expensive.

@mfladd Got mine for 6 bucks at the thrift store, ugly as sin, but an afternoon and many gallons of hot water, looks like new. Look around the Bissel machines all have an upholstery attachment. Craigslist man! din’t yo mama teach you to nevah pay retail?

@cranky1950 Damn! Nice. @narfcake would be proud of that find.

@mfladd It’s like anything else if you’re in a rush you’re gonna pay through the nose. I got a list of things that would be neat to have in the back of my mind and when I go yard saleing or thrift shopping and I see something that is too cheap to pass up it gets marked off the list.

@cranky1950 If you were in charlotte and needed it tomorrow $40 is the best price.
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@cranky1950

I have heard of people who use craigslist as their “tool garage”.

They need something, they buy it. Use it. Sell it. For basically what they paid for it. No need to store or maintain the item that way. Not taking up space.

Few aging unused items in the garage. Or around the house that way. No storage lockers.

I need to adopt this philosophy.

@f00l That would be a good way to do things.

@cranky1950 So I still need someone with knowledge to tell me how to paint/ or dye these things.

Another question. I need to dye some fabric. The product (rit) says to do it on the stove in a pot. Will this dye turn my pot blue?

@mfladd Do you know what fibers the fabric is made of? Many dyes are only suitable for natural fibers; if there are any synthetic fibers, the dye will come off on whomever is sitting on it.

Start with a good vacuuming, then spray some carpet and upholstery cleaner on it. If necessary, work it in with a nylon scrub brush. Vacuum again when it’s dry.

@narfcake Thanks. I did look into it and picked a dye that is good for synthetic or natural fibers. This project is not the chairs, but dying two small curtains that are in a bathroom cabinet. I tend to have multiple projects. It’s not a good habit

But do I need to worry about the dye staining my cuisinart stainless pot?

@mfladd it shouldn’t stain the pot (it’s stainless!) But there are people with concerns over Rit dyes not being food safe. You might consider picking up a different pot at a thrift store or a cheapo thin stainless stockpot someplace like Big Lots or Dollar General for project use if that concerns you at all, or just give it an extra thorough cleaning when you’re done if it doesn’t.

For dyeing the chair upholstery, you may want to look into a spray product and just mask the hell out of the chairs to prevent overspray. I don’t have a specific product to recommend (been years since I did some of that for car upholstery) but if you have access to an airbrush or can find a fillable spray can that you either pump up or use propellant cans with you can use almost any liquid dye.

@mfladd do not dye stuff in a good pot. You can sometimes use a washing machine for certain dyes as long as you run bleach through it afterwards.

You can get fabric paint at Michael’s that won’t be super stiff. Are you sure you can’t take the fabric off the back? Those are usually a panel than you can pry off.

@djslack @RiotDemon. Thank you for the info. I was kinda at the point I was not going to use the Cuisinart tri-ply, I love my cookware too much.
No can’t take the fabric out of the backs, but you both gave me good ideas, and I have been looking into it. I don’t want to go to crazy with them (they aren’t THAT nice), but I don’t want what I use to be stiff. I may even go a little crazy and sponge them. I will let ya know.

@gumtreertmug Contaminated drinking water.

@gumtreertmug

“Logical” ? There is none.

@gumtreertmug I’m not sure logic applies to any sports fandom

@jbartus

Gotta love these people. I have mad respect for them.

@jester747
/google volvo minivan
2017 Volvo XC90 - Luxury SUV | Volvo Car USA
http://www.volvocars.com/us/cars/new-models/xc90

@jester747 At 171" in length, it’s pretty mini.
/image Volvo c303

@connorbush You are now the Official Answer Keeper of all things beer. Thank you for volunteering.

@mfladd I graciously accept

@connorbush

Beer certainly deserves its own dedicated topic, doesn’t it?

@f00l this is @mfladd s house. @mfladd s rules paging @mfladd

@connorbush We haven’t had a good beer thread in awhile and with all the October stuff coming out I think you should start one. And by the Mehcronomicon, this site needs some new interesting threads. Beer threads usually pull some lurkers out to. Have at it @connorbush

@mfladd Understood. Thread creation underway… ETA night time PST.

@mflassy According to this @kevlar51 shirt – yes.

https://shirt.woot.com/offers/robots-dream-of-electric-sheep-1

@narfcake those are robots, not androids!

@jbartus If you go in expecting to find something great, you’ll be disappointed. If you go on the premise that you have no idea of what you want, then you’ll probably find something good.

IOW, lower your expectations.

Also if you can’t test something, is the price at least compelling enough to not care if it doesn’t work?

@jbartus Introduce yourself as Abdul and ask if they have any pressure cookers.

@cranky1950 groan.

@jbartus HEY! Just trying to keep it interesting.

@cranky1950 you know I live in Massachusetts right?

@jbartus

Please accept my deepest sympathies.

@jbartus Then how much more interesting could your day get?
Tom’s not having a good day.

@cranky1950 there’s nine minutes left to play today and it’s only week 4. I might get upset in week 14 but there’s a ton of football left to play.

@mflassy no sympathies required.

@jbartus The defense ain’t got it this year.

@cranky1950 it’s week 4. I’ll worry in week 14. If not for one questionable call that game could have ended very differently. I would have liked to see a camera angle where the alleged hand to facemask contact was visible.

@gregormehndel Ask someone to make that the daily poll.

@gregormehndel Number of days:
/roll 18d20
You rolled a total of 169

Hey @Dave, are you “someone?” @sammydog01 has an idea for a daily poll question. @narfcake’s divination on the matter seems dicey.

@gregormehndel
/image @dave’s not here, man.

/8ball Are dice dicey?
Yes definitely

@narfcake

@gregormehndel Actually, I am one of those people who really doesn’t care, or consider it lame to resurrect a thread. I just don’t know how people remember some of these threads to resurrect.

Except for @f00l who has some bizarre excel sheet library on these things.