Random randomness

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:12 am

...and that's how you get meteors.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:32 am

Damn it!

On a side note, the front end of the Kia was bent up pretty good. It's doubtful as to whether they would have been able to drive it off.

I've got a message in to the local cops to see if they want the footage.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:39 am

Paingod wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:This is why I got a dashcam.
I had to watch that 4 times before I noticed one car give another a gentle kiss. I was expecting someone to come flying over the median or roll over in the grass!

I watched it 3x and didn't see that. Still don't, as a matter of fact.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:53 am

Kraken wrote: At 5 a cat woke me because he was trapped on the wrong side of a closed door.

One of the miracles of cat physics is that there is no right side of a closed door.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:58 am

Kraken wrote:
Paingod wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:This is why I got a dashcam.
I had to watch that 4 times before I noticed one car give another a gentle kiss. I was expecting someone to come flying over the median or roll over in the grass!
I watched it 3x and didn't see that. Still don't, as a matter of fact.

Oh, for...

Watch the two white SUVs in the left lane as they go under the light.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:59 am

He wasn't the only one who never saw it.

But now that you've pointed out what happens, I saw it.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:19 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
Kraken wrote:
Paingod wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:This is why I got a dashcam.
I had to watch that 4 times before I noticed one car give another a gentle kiss. I was expecting someone to come flying over the median or roll over in the grass!
I watched it 3x and didn't see that. Still don't, as a matter of fact.
Oh, for...

Watch the two white SUVs in the left lane as they go under the light.

So, meteors are those little pebbles that get kicked up by trucks, right? A ferocious wild tiger is the neighbor's tabby pouncing on a blade of grass? I mean, that looks like it was a traumatic accident for all involved - almost a 12 car pile up, and certainly dozens injured in each vehicle...

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:27 pm

I still can't tell it was an accident. Even having it pointed out it looks like slamming on the brakes to me.

I never want to be called on the stand as an eyewitness.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:30 pm

Buncha jerks

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:32 pm

What am I supposed to see there? The tree looks a little unkempt, but ...

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:33 pm

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:43 pm

Like I said, I hope I'm never and eye witness on the stand.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:08 pm

When you see it, you'll shit bricks.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:18 pm

Bakhtosh · Post by **Bakhtosh** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:25 pm

Daehawk wrote:Picked up some Martinellis apple juice today. never had it before. Stupid me. It almost made me cry it is SO good . I've never had apple juice this good before.

We have this every year at out Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. Although not tea-totalers, my family doesn't make alcohol part our meals. This is a nice drink to put into everyone's glasses, and even the kids can enjoy it with us. Actually, we use the Martinelli's Sparkling Apple Cider.

Don't know that I've ever had their apple juice.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:43 pm

Saw a video for this and I was super stoked.

https://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic

Then I got to the bottom of this link and no Wizardry and much, much more importantly, no Nintendo Wrestling.

A Loser is ME.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:38 pm

Hey Jeff V...what do you think of that dumbass Philippine president wanting to get away from the US and align with China or Russia? Wonder what that would mean for you and your family.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:35 pm

I have an idea for a great new snack sweet. I think it would be great at fairs and carnivals and such to start. How would I get started though and not have it stolen from me by someone or company I wonder?...hmmm.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:08 pm

GreenGoo wrote:
Kraken wrote: At 5 a cat woke me because he was trapped on the wrong side of a closed door.
One of the miracles of cat physics is that there is no right side of a closed door.

Schrödinger, duh.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:30 pm

Daehawk wrote:I have an idea for a great new snack sweet. I think it would be great ate fairs and carnivals and such to start. How would I get started though and not have it stolen from me by someone or company I wonder?...hmmm.

Off the top of my head, I'd say publish the recipe, find a name that you can trademark, and launch it at the state fair.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:40 pm

Smores have already been invented.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:49 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
Daehawk wrote:I have an idea for a great new snack sweet. I think it would be great ate fairs and carnivals and such to start. How would I get started though and not have it stolen from me by someone or company I wonder?...hmmm.
Off the top of my head, I'd say publish the recipe, find a name that you can trademark, and launch it at the state fair.

Publish the recipe?!

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:51 pm

Works for those star registration places.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:28 pm

How can anybody invest any emotion into any of the comicbook superheroes of today?
There are so many timelines/universes with so many copies of them all, some good, some bad and some indifferent. I imagine Stan Lee has trouble keeping up with them all.
By this time does anybody really care if the superheroes live or die? Is it just for the conflict the people read these now?
I cannot imagine how these planet/universe eating supervillians would ever even notice some superhero type the size of a microbe to him/it. Is the Hulk destroying them one cell at a time? Why in the world would these supervillians shrink themselves down so Hulk and others could punch him in the nose.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:08 am

Surfing is basically putting yourself in the way of a few tons of quickly-moving water, staying barely afloat, and making it look awesome in the process.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:27 am

No, surfing is making sure you stay on top of the water and not going for a dive.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 7:02 pm

dbt1949 wrote:How can anybody invest any emotion into any of the comicbook superheroes of today?
There are so many timelines/universes with so many copies of them all, some good, some bad and some indifferent. I imagine Stan Lee has trouble keeping up with them all.
By this time does anybody really care if the superheroes live or die? Is it just for the conflict the people read these now?
I cannot imagine how these planet/universe eating supervillians would ever even notice some superhero type the size of a microbe to him/it. Is the Hulk destroying them one cell at a time? Why in the world would these supervillians shrink themselves down so Hulk and others could punch him in the nose.

This has been my thought as I play Marvel Puzzle Quest and they keep adding heroes that I've never heard of or variants of heroes but without context, they make no sense to me.

Basically, if I were a kid, I'd just pick a few "favourites" and focus on them. That's what I did when I was a kid, so just because there's more choice today doesn't mean I'd change my ways.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 7:23 pm

I still do that. I follow DC more than Marvel, and in DC I generally follow the Batman family (Batman, his allies and villains) and Justice League, plus some of their individual members. I don't follow all of the alternate version/alternate times/alternate timelines stuff.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 8:18 pm

This has been my thought as I play Marvel Puzzle Quest and they keep adding heroes that I've never heard of or variants of heroes but without context, they make no sense to me.

This is why I cant play that Marvel Heroes MMO thats free. Too many heroes and I cant choose what to play. When I pick oen I feel Im missing something by not using another one.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:41 pm

Same with Star Trek Timelines. They keep adding character variations and minor characters out of every series.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:08 am

Seeing Jolene Blalock as T'Pol on the first season of Enterprise is a bit strange. Her short wig really made her fake lips stand out and in my head when I see her I think of that old childrens game and hear "duck duck goose duck duck goose"

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:48 am

Dont mean any bad to Benny but Gary Glitter looks like Benny Hill in the old videos.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:38 pm

So, how many other guys have to reassure their wives they're not going to kill them during the night?

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:44 am

*tentatively raises hand*

In my defence we're not sure who's going to get who first

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:03 pm

I have found in my olde age I don't like much in the way of goriness in my movies.
This weekend I tried watching the first two Hellraiser movies. Couldn't do it.
I still like the violins just not the gore.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:09 pm

i spaced on paying the credit card bill this month. this has not happened before. i usually remember to pay along with the internet/phone bill, but this time... i can remember myself thinking 'do i have any other bills?' and coming up totally blank. really disturbing...

(i sucked it up, paid the late fee and interest charges, and i have now set a monthly reminder for this. feel like a failure of an adult.)

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:18 pm

hitbyambulance wrote:i spaced on paying the credit card bill this month. this has not happened before. i usually remember to pay along with the internet/phone bill, but this time... i can remember myself thinking 'do i have any other bills?' and coming up totally blank. really disturbing...

(i sucked it up, paid the late fee and interest charges, and i have now set a monthly reminder for this. feel like a failure of an adult.)

Since you have a perfect prior payment record you most likely will be able to get the late fee waived, if not the interest charges as well, if you give customer service a call.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:25 pm

Yeah - my wife has done that. We miss one every 2-3 years when we take vacations during the summer. She has always just called and asked if there was anything they could do and they've always been really pleasant while removing it.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:31 pm

hitbyambulance wrote:i spaced on paying the credit card bill this month. this has not happened before. i usually remember to pay along with the internet/phone bill, but this time... i can remember myself thinking 'do i have any other bills?' and coming up totally blank. really disturbing...

(i sucked it up, paid the late fee and interest charges, and i have now set a monthly reminder for this. feel like a failure of an adult.)

CRS? I've had it for years. If I don't write it down, it don't get done.

I'd call the company and talk about it. Irrespective of the interest and late fee, one missed payment on a credit card and they can throw you in a whole nother credit bracket that permeates your rating and see rates change across the board on all credit stuff up to even your car insurance.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/car- ... /index.htm

https://www.esurance.com/info/car/myth- ... rance-rate

I know one late payment when I was much younger took me from 6.9 to 18% interest on a BIG BANK Visa until I called and had it removed under their grace period blah blah blah.

No reason not to keep a spotless credit rating if all it takes one call.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:33 pm

I have a spreadsheet that lays out each bill down the left side in day of month order and each month across the top. Every payday, I sit down and pay the bills and mark each one as paid for the month, so I can see exactly where I need to start. The second tab is a running balance of the checking account.

And I take screenshots of all the confirmation screens and save those off to a folder under my Payment Receipts folder.