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Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:23 pm

ImLawBoy wrote:
Jaymann wrote:Since almost no one ever parks in the handicap space, my favorite spot is to park very close to it, ensuring a wide berth on both sides.
As someone who needs every inch of space a handicapped spot provides for a ramp and getting my son's wheelchair loaded and unloaded, I'd really appreciate you stopping this practice.

Well, I am still a few inches off the blue line and the HK space is nearly double width.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:01 pm

Our local Walmarts have spaces reserved for law enforcement...It takes away handicapped spaces. I respect police..i have police family....but damn let them walk and let the spaces go to handicapped. I have to drive around a lot to find a handicapped spot a lot of times. I cant do a thing about the police spots but if I see a car in a handicap spot without tags or a plaque I call them in.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:19 am

The police spots aren't for convenience. The police spots are because cops are often there either on a priority call - not quite an emergency yet, but they don't need to be searching for a place to park, and because they are often dragging uncooperative suspects out to their cars.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:23 am

Usually there is plenty of room curbside for emergency vehicles.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:22 pm

'The Hobbit' book returned after 38-year unexpected journey

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) -- A hardbound edition of "The Hobbit" is back on the shelves at a New York library nearly 40 years after it was checked out by a reader who traveled the world as a Marine.

Bob James tells WSTM-TV in Syracuse (http://bit.ly/2jwoC2Q) that he checked out the J.R.R. Tolkien book from the Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca before enlisting in the Marines in 1979.

The book became so popular with his fellow Marines that there was a waiting list. James believes the book was passed along to Marines and sailors serving aboard at least eight different ships in the western Pacific.

He brought the book the home after getting out of the Marines and held onto it until Monday, when he returned it to the library.

The library didn't charge him any late fees.

And he lived happily ever after. Fin.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 5:51 pm

coopasonic wrote:
LordMortis wrote:There is a movement of people who spell dilemma with an n. Who knew?

http://dilemna.info/
I view that page as more of a support group for the misled or misinformed.

do you remember that post title from a while back where i spelled it 'dilemna' and i was called out on it? clearly i got it from somewhere, and i am not a poor speller.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:26 pm

I don't want dilemma to be right. No.

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hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:45 pm

https://www.waywordradio.org/learning-dilemma/
https://www.waywordradio.org/spelling-dilemma/

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:46 pm

dellima.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:48 pm

This is quite a dillenema.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:14 pm

Did you ever have one of those days where you think you bought some mint chocolate chip ice cream (on sale, even) and when you get home you realize you actually bought "Mint Chocolatey Chip Frozen Dessert" and you're all like:

But you eat a bowl of it anyway, because it's what you've got.

And the "chocolatey chips" have a vaguely mildewesque aftertaste.

But you finish it anyway.

Thanks Trump!

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:49 pm

Posted the following on my facebook page:

It's dreary and cloudy outside. I think I'll just spend the day in my boxers. God, I love those dogs.

Then I realized that joke was probably going a little too far and deleted it. Society wins.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:44 pm

hepcat wrote:Posted the following on my facebook page:

It's dreary and cloudy outside. I think I'll just spend the day in my boxers. God, I love those dogs.

Then I realized that joke was probably going a little too far and deleted it. Society wins.

So you were eating hot dogs in your boxer shorts? Who hasn't?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:32 pm

I think I saw this in the cartoons, probably more than once.

http://wsbt.com/news/offbeat/trucker-lo ... s-on-i-465

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:47 pm

My dad worked for the railroad and used to get me those kind of marbles. They're actually made that was to transport glass better.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:12 am

Blackhawk wrote:The police spots aren't for convenience. The police spots are because cops are often there either on a priority call - not quite an emergency yet, but they don't need to be searching for a place to park, and because they are often dragging uncooperative suspects out to their cars.

They're also not taking the place of accessible spots. They're just taking the place of regular spots - there's the same number of accessible spots.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:11 pm

If you have a "Briefing" scheduled for 6 hours, can you really call it a briefing?

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:47 pm

A longing?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:48 pm

tjg_marantz wrote:A longing?

Careful, you'll get Kasey Chang to show up.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:26 pm

ImLawBoy wrote:
Jaymann wrote:Since almost no one ever parks in the handicap space, my favorite spot is to park very close to it, ensuring a wide berth on both sides.
As someone who needs every inch of space a handicapped spot provides for a ramp and getting my son's wheelchair loaded and unloaded, I'd really appreciate you stopping this practice.

Well you shamed me into examining the situation more closely. There are actually 2 handicap spaces next to each other with the unloading area between them (a smart setup). So me sidling up to the outside of this setup has zero impact on the unloading capability.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:17 pm

Jaymann wrote:
ImLawBoy wrote:
Jaymann wrote:Since almost no one ever parks in the handicap space, my favorite spot is to park very close to it, ensuring a wide berth on both sides.
As someone who needs every inch of space a handicapped spot provides for a ramp and getting my son's wheelchair loaded and unloaded, I'd really appreciate you stopping this practice.
Well you shamed me into examining the situation more closely. There are actually 2 handicap spaces next to each other with the unloading area between them (a smart setup). So me sidling up to the outside of this setup has zero impact on the unloading capability.

Some wheel chair lifters are fixed so that the car can only unload on one side.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:18 pm

One assumes that they still have a reverse gear.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:28 pm

wonderpug wrote:
Jaymann wrote:
ImLawBoy wrote:
Jaymann wrote:Since almost no one ever parks in the handicap space, my favorite spot is to park very close to it, ensuring a wide berth on both sides.
As someone who needs every inch of space a handicapped spot provides for a ramp and getting my son's wheelchair loaded and unloaded, I'd really appreciate you stopping this practice.
Well you shamed me into examining the situation more closely. There are actually 2 handicap spaces next to each other with the unloading area between them (a smart setup). So me sidling up to the outside of this setup has zero impact on the unloading capability.
Some wheel chair lifters are fixed so that the car can only unload on one side.

If a spot has the loading space on the "wrong side", we just back into the spot.

Glad I was able to shame you into checking, and I'm glad your practice doesn't actually impede those who rely on the extra space an accessible spot provides. I was a little touchy on the subject, because I had just been in a parking lot with three accessible spaces, but only one of them had a loading area, and it was taken.

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:46 pm

No matter how kind you are, German children are kinder.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:21 pm

Enough wrote:No matter how kind you are, German children are kinder.

Children are a gift!

Spoiler:

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:00 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:One assumes that they still have a reverse gear.

WHAT ABOUT ANGLED ONE-WAY PARKING LANES MR SMARTY PANTS

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:51 am

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:18 pm

From the It's Not Just a Metaphor file:

US authorities have seized $20m (£16m) in cash discovered in a bed frame under a mattress in a Massachusetts flat.

The cash is believed to be linked to a $1bn pyramid scheme involving TelexFree, a company that claimed to provide internet phone services.

Investigators uncovered the cash while following a Brazilian man, who was charged in connection to the haul.

Federal prosecutors say the defunct company swindled almost a million people worldwide out of about $1bn.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:43 pm

Hell, with asset forfeiture law, they don't even have to prove the money came from nefarious activities.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:32 pm

It's been one of those months.

My glasses got run over a few weeks ago.
My socks (all the same age) all started sprouting holes.
I just noticed a tear on one of my two pairs of pants.

And now my vacuum cleaner just exploded. Loud noise. Bad smell.

Thanks, Trump.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:30 pm

Blackhawk wrote:It's been one of those months.

My glasses got run over a few weeks ago.
My socks (all the same age) all started sprouting holes.
I just noticed a tear on one of my two pairs of pants.

And now my vacuum cleaner just exploded. Loud noise. Bad smell.

Thanks, Trump.

On the glasses, at least you weren't wearing them when it happened.

The vacuum cleaner sounds like it could be a broke belt. Depending on model not that hard to fix.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:56 pm

Blackhawk wrote:And now my vacuum cleaner just exploded. Loud noise. Bad smell.

My mom still has an Electrolux vacuum from the 1960s - it's one of the floor canister models. Other than replacing worn belts, it's unstoppable and has ridiculous suction power. Meanwhile, I've gone through at least 4 vacuums in the last decade. They don't make 'em like they used to...

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:23 pm

Smoove_B wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:And now my vacuum cleaner just exploded. Loud noise. Bad smell.
My mom still has an Electrolux vacuum from the 1960s - it's one of the floor canister models. Other than replacing worn belts, it's unstoppable and has ridiculous suction power. Meanwhile, I've gone through at least 4 vacuums in the last decade. They don't make 'em like they used to...

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My parents still have a bag vacuum (Eureka) from the 60s. It had a suitcase sized attachment plastic casing, that I loved to pull all of hoses and attachments out of so I could roll big ball bearings around in it. I later learned about labyrinth and wanted one so desperately during my elementary school years. I never did get one, not even when I could buy one with my own money. I think the love got supplanted by video games. It's all been down hill ever since.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:12 pm

There were some bad tornadoes across the deep South this past weekend, including a number of deaths.

On a personal level, I just learned that my mother's childhood home (and which was my grandmother's house all through my 1970s and 1980s visits) was completely destroyed. It's a weird feeling.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:16 pm

I used to sell Kirby vacuums. A nuke couldn't kill one. They last forever and in 1987 for the price of $800 they damn well better. I used to sell one a day I was so good. The only downsides to them were they were heavy and the belts broke often. But those things worked better than any vac you could buy.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:00 am

I was drinking my soda today when evidently a lady bug crawled inside and I ate it.
Birds are right not to eat these things. Yuck!

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:58 am

dbt1949 wrote:I was drinking my soda today when evidently a lady bug crawled inside and I ate it.
Birds are right not to eat these things. Yuck!

Sounds to me like more evidence of the dangers of drinking soda.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:04 am

Daehawk wrote:I used to sell Kirby vacuums. A nuke couldn't kill one. They last forever and in 1987 for the price of $800 they damn well better. I used to sell one a day I was so good. The only downsides to them were they were heavy and the belts broke often. But those things worked better than any vac you could buy.

We finally retired my mother-in-laws Kirby 7 years back when we moved to a two story house. Hauling that thing upstairs on a regular basis was just not going to happen. We've been through several vacuums since. Nothing compares.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:48 am

coopasonic wrote:
Daehawk wrote:I used to sell Kirby vacuums. A nuke couldn't kill one. They last forever and in 1987 for the price of $800 they damn well better. I used to sell one a day I was so good. The only downsides to them were they were heavy and the belts broke often. But those things worked better than any vac you could buy.
We finally retired my mother-in-laws Kirby 7 years back when we moved to a two story house. Hauling that thing upstairs on a regular basis was just not going to happen. We've been through several vacuums since. Nothing compares.

The house I lived in previously had an outstanding ducted central vacuum cleaner. Now that was the dog's bollocks.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:14 pm

Rip wrote:
The vacuum cleaner sounds like it could be a broke belt. Depending on model not that hard to fix.

The belt is intact. The area where it died is littered with small pieces of plastic, though.