Random randomness

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:52 pm

hentzau wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:35 pm Man, nothing anyone is saying to me makes any sense today. I fell like I've fallen into LordMortis land...

Have you been to the Logan Theater on Milwaukee since they renovated it? It's really quite nice.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:42 pm
ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:24 pm I don't see movies in theaters very often, but when I do go, I rarely get anything to eat or drink.
That used to be my approach as well, but dead salivary glands means that I can't go long without a drink. It also means that I can't see most films without at least two bathroom breaks.

That would kill going to theaters for me. I can't stand missing part of the movie to get up and go.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:56 pm

That's one of the pleasures of living alone and having a DVR (cause I'm too cheap to both get streaming services and maintain cable/Internet). I stop movies constantly because I'm distracted, thirsty, need to pee, think of something I need to look up on the Internet, get a call, or decide I'm just not into what I'm watching right now.

That convenience and not feeling a pressing need to see anything, in particular, has mostly killed the movies for me.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:59 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:52 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:42 pm
ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:24 pm I don't see movies in theaters very often, but when I do go, I rarely get anything to eat or drink.
That used to be my approach as well, but dead salivary glands means that I can't go long without a drink. It also means that I can't see most films without at least two bathroom breaks.
That would kill going to theaters for me. I can't stand missing part of the movie to get up and go.

It sucks. I usually try to 'prep' by switching from drinking to sipping a couple of hours in advance, and try to time it so that I can go right before the previews start in order to only need to get up once more.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:23 pm

I didnt go once during Guardians of the Galaxy 2 but today I went twice during Last Jedi. There near the end I thought Id make it but then they headed to the planet and I was like "oops nope gotta go again". Then I had to go at the food store we stopped at on the way home. Im old.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:35 pm

stessier wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:07 pm
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:50 pm Trips to the theater are preceded by trips to the dollar store for a bag of candy and a bottle of iced tea. It turns a $50 matinee back into a $10 matinee.
Matinees are a thing of the past here. There is no price break.

The AMC theatres here have so many price points, there's really no one "matinee" time anymore. Before 10:30am, it might be around $5.60 (with tax) - that seems to be the cheapest option. An hour later, it's like $7.60. For the rest of the day, it's all over the place, from $10 to $19.

There are only 2 of us, though, and we both signed up for MoviePass, so ticket price is irrelevant, as long as we stick to non-IMAX 2-D showings. All non-IMAX auditoriums in both AMC theatres near us got nice recliner chairs, which is great, except it means that the theater can now fit a third of the people than it used to. Because MoviePass only lets you buy tickets for the same day - and you have to be physically at the theater to do it - it can be really hard to find tickets to popular movies on weekends, unless I drive to the theater first thing in the morning to get tickets for a showing later in the evening.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:41 pm

Here its $5.50 all day Tuesday. The rest of the time matinees are 4-6 and are $6.30. Regular are $8.00. And if you are a senior you save a whopping .20 cents. Mega and 3d are more by like $2 and $4

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:25 pm

ImLawBoy wrote:I almost got a beer at the last movie I saw (Star Wars), because I saw it at a cool theater with a good bar and beer selection, but I didn't want to have to pee in the middle of the movie.

Runpee is your friend.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:31 pm

tjg_marantz wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:25 pm
ImLawBoy wrote:I almost got a beer at the last movie I saw (Star Wars), because I saw it at a cool theater with a good bar and beer selection, but I didn't want to have to pee in the middle of the movie.
Runpee is your friend.

Can't do it. I just hate missing any of a movie or TV show. If we're watching something on the couch and my wife makes a comment, I'll often rewind just the couple of seconds that it took me to process and respond, just in case I missed something. If I fast forward through the commercials on a show and cut into a show during the scene setting shot (i.e., nothing has happened - maybe the exterior of the building their in with some music), I back it up so I catch the fade in. It would cause my head to explode if I left for a couple of minutes to pee, even if some app told me that there was nothing important happening then.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:43 pm

I tried to time my breaks during less action. First was at the casino so I have no idea what happened to the original flower man they needed. Second was at the old base. When i got back they were cutting across the desert on old speeders. What was that red crystal on that planet? Looked way cool.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:49 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:31 pm Can't do it. I just hate missing any of a movie or TV show. If we're watching something on the couch and my wife makes a comment, I'll often rewind just the couple of seconds that it took me to process and respond, just in case I missed something. If I fast forward through the commercials on a show and cut into a show during the scene setting shot (i.e., nothing has happened - maybe the exterior of the building their in with some music), I back it up so I catch the fade in. It would cause my head to explode if I left for a couple of minutes to pee, even if some app told me that there was nothing important happening then.

What did you with ILB? You and I never see the world from the same lens.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:49 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:43 pm I tried to time my breaks during less action. First was at the casino so I have no idea what happened to the original flower man they needed. Second was at the old base. When i got back they were cutting across the desert on old speeders. What was that red crystal on that planet? Looked way cool.

Wrong thread. That being said...the white was salt. Not sure they said what the red was.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:55 pm

LordMortis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:49 pm
ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:31 pm Can't do it. I just hate missing any of a movie or TV show. If we're watching something on the couch and my wife makes a comment, I'll often rewind just the couple of seconds that it took me to process and respond, just in case I missed something. If I fast forward through the commercials on a show and cut into a show during the scene setting shot (i.e., nothing has happened - maybe the exterior of the building their in with some music), I back it up so I catch the fade in. It would cause my head to explode if I left for a couple of minutes to pee, even if some app told me that there was nothing important happening then.
What did you with ILB? You and I never see the world from the same lens.

I also break out in hives if I hear that someone skipped over the "boring" parts of a book.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:25 pm

"abridged" is a dirty word.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:12 pm

Im craving red eye gravy and Ive talked the wife into it and she has never had it before. But we are not coffee drinkers and dont even have a coffee maker. Is instant coffee ok and if so is there a brand that is better than others? Ive never made it before but its basically ham drippings, black coffee, and water or chicken stock.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:55 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:12 pm its basically ham drippings, black coffee, and water or chicken stock.

🤮

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:14 pm

All instant coffee is terrible, but that shouldn't matter since you're using it for a terrible purpose. The crystal form is a little less awful than the powder kind.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:19 pm

Lately I've seen a couple of articles about how crows (generally regarded as the most intelligent birds) can use simple tools to fish for bugs.

Since birds are dinosaurs, isn't it at least possible that (without the meteor catastrophe) large dinosaurs might eventually have become tool users?

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:44 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:19 pm Lately I've seen a couple of articles about how crows (generally regarded as the most intelligent birds) can use simple tools to fish for bugs.

Since birds are dinosaurs, isn't it at least possible that (without the meteor catastrophe) large dinosaurs might eventually have become tool users?

Why not? It's reasonable to believe that dinosaurs spanned the gamut of animal intelligence. Given tens of thousands of species over tens of millions of years, some of them probably figured out clever ways to use rocks and sticks...if they hadn't gone extinct, maybe some would have evolved primate-level sentience.

A better question might be Why? It remains to be seen whether human-style intelligence will prove to be a successful adaptation in the long run. We're still an upstart species and our ultimate fate is an open question. Some hold up the Fermi Paradox as evidence that intelligence is an evolutionary dead end.

Shinjin · Post by **Shinjin** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:45 am

Holman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:19 pm... can use simple tools to fish for bugs.

Pretty sure the verb there is 'bug'. They bugged for bugs.

Shinjin · Post by **Shinjin** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:50 am

stessier wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:49 pmThat being said...the white was salt. Not sure they said what the red was.

My recollection is that one rebel touched his finger to a red footprint, tasted what stuck to his finger and stated 'salt'. Assuming my memory of a single viewing is not too off, that would suggest that the red is the salt. Logic + science would dictate that the white is an oxidized form of the salt. Or maybe simply a dust layer on top of the salt.

In any case, it sure made episode 8's version of episode 5's death star run dang purty.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:56 am

Alcatraz

A letter allegedly written by one of the escapees recently came to light. CBS San Francisco exclusively obtained it from a source.

"My name is John Anglin. I escape from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris. I'm 83 years old and in bad shape. I have cancer. Yes we all made it that night but barely!"

The FBI says this is the most recent piece of evidence that forced the agency to reopen the iconic cold case. The letter was sent to the San Francisco Police Department's Richmond station in 2013.
...
According to the letter, Frank died in 2008 and John's brother died three years later. The writer makes a deal – "If you announce on TV that I will be promised to first go to jail for no more than a year and get medical attention, I will write back to let you know exactly where I am. This is no joke…"

The U.S. Marshals, which is the sole agency investigating the case today, says the FBI lab examined the letter for fingerprints and DNA, and the handwriting.

The FBI's results were inconclusive.
...
As for the U.S. Marshals, they tell CBS San Francisco they consider this lead closed with no merit.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 5:55 pm

No Cochise?

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:05 pm

RE: Movie theatre discussion/cost.. You should look into Moviepass: https://www.moviepass.com/

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:54 pm

Wow... one of my neighbors (maybe .5 mile up the valley) got swatted.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:28 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:54 pm Wow... one of my neighbors (maybe .5 mile up the valley) got swatted.

According to a KTVU television report posted Thursday night, a Novato resident was the target of a fake emergency phone call to Novato first-responders on Jan. 13. The call, which was a hoax, resulted in police swarming Brian Stauffer’s Pacheco Valle neighborhood.

Stauffer, an illustrator, creates art for national magazines and newspapers that is often political in nature. He believes recently published work critical of President Trump may have led to the call, a practice known as “swatting.”

The caller described a shooting after reporting an argument between and mother and father.

That is awful on several levels. Ugh.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:39 pm

Yeah, we have a nice walking path all through the valley, so we (Mrs. Kub and I) walk by that house quite frequently.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:34 pm

People that abuse the police like that to intentionally put others in danger are terrible. Deplorable by any standard.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:42 pm

Zarathud wrote:People that abuse the police like that to intentionally put others in danger are terrible. Deplorable by any standard.

IMHO, it should be akin to attempted murder. Maybe second degree or something.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jan 27, 2018 12:02 am

I have always agreed. Someone dies its murders. Just the call its attempted murder. Whatever you charge them with they should be taken out of society away from normal people they can do harm to.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 12:41 am

It appears Ronda Rousey is taking a break from MMA for a while, as she signed a full time contract with WWE today and appeared as a surprise at the end of tonight's Royal Rumble PPV.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:17 am

i was hearing random 'flicking' noises from my refrigerator tonight. temperature seemed fine in both the fridge and freezer, and i was wondering what it could be. then i looked under the fridge - there was like a miniature electrical storm under a part of there. tiny arcs of electricity from the bottom of the fridge to the linoleum. what's *that* about?

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:46 am

pr0ner wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2018 12:41 am It appears Ronda Rousey is taking a break from MMA for a while, as she signed a full time contract with WWE today and appeared as a surprise at the end of tonight's Royal Rumble PPV.

The only nouns I recognize in this post are break, while, contract, surprise, and end. I think MMA is Ecstasy and WWE has something to do with wildlife, so it's probably really interesting.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 7:52 am

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:17 am i was hearing random 'flicking' noises from my refrigerator tonight. temperature seemed fine in both the fridge and freezer, and i was wondering what it could be. then i looked under the fridge - there was like a miniature electrical storm under a part of there. tiny arcs of electricity from the bottom of the fridge to the linoleum. what's *that* about?

When I hear clicking from my fridge, it's usually the stupid ice-maker turning back on.

This anecdote gets a thumbs-up for dramatic surprise.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:53 am

hitbyambulance wrote:i was hearing random 'flicking' noises from my refrigerator tonight. temperature seemed fine in both the fridge and freezer, and i was wondering what it could be. then i looked under the fridge - there was like a miniature electrical storm under a part of there. tiny arcs of electricity from the bottom of the fridge to the linoleum. what's *that* about?

Just your fridge making its nightly delivery of milk and eggs to various hell dimensions. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:56 am

Kraken wrote:I think MMA is Ecstasy and WWE has something to do with wildlife, so it's probably really interesting.

MDMA and WWF.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:18 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:56 am
MDMA and WWF.

That kind of party brings the heat.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:21 am

Holman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:18 am
Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:56 am
MDMA and WWF.
That kind of party brings the heat.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:37 am

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:47 am

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:17 am i was hearing random 'flicking' noises from my refrigerator tonight. temperature seemed fine in both the fridge and freezer, and i was wondering what it could be. then i looked under the fridge - there was like a miniature electrical storm under a part of there. tiny arcs of electricity from the bottom of the fridge to the linoleum. what's *that* about?

I had that happen when a mouse got up in there.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:49 am

Automatic defense system?