Random randomness

[Daehawk]

Ryan Reynolds responds to Betty White saying he can't get over her

They're both so silly. Betty will be 100!

The iconic actress responded in an interview with People, saying, "I've heard Ryan can't get over his thing for me, but Robert Redford is The One."

Reynolds responded with a tweet, joking: "I'm absolutely sick of the media exploiting past relationships just to drive clicks."

On January 17, the former Golden Girl will turn 100. Fans can celebrate with her in a special movie event called "Betty White: 100 Years Young -- A Birthday Celebration."

[Hrdina]

It fired right up.

[Unagi]

That reminds me of my greatest feat as a know nothing electrician. Years ago I had a full size chess set with a built in computer. At one point it got stuck, and no amount of unplugging and plugging it in would reset it. So I opened up the back to look for a reset switch. There was none. But I got the brilliant idea to clip a wire leading to the power supply, then solder it back together. It fired right up.

Ahh, the Electrician's Gambit

[Unagi]

Its one of those old 70s/early 80s style elementary photos where they take one face on and one slightly looking off and fuse them into one photo close to each other. The looking off one is slightly ghosted.

And you want to preserve this image?

[Daehawk]

[Daehawk]

Neat thought: From 50,000 years ago until now today 108 billion people have lived and died. We gain about 83 million people a year on Earth. Thats births minus deaths

[Skinypupy]

So my Delta flight for tomorrow morning just got randomly cancelled. I auto-rebooked on the next available flight through their app, before realizing it wouldn’t work.

Tried to call Delta to check options…hold time is currently 10 hours, 19 minutes.

Fuck it, I’ll book a cheap Southwest flight instead and battle Delta to get the FF miles back later.

[Sudy]

So my Delta flight for tomorrow morning just got randomly cancelled. I auto-rebooked on the next available flight through their app, before realizing it wouldn’t work.

Tried to call Delta to check options…hold time is currently 10 hours, 19 minutes.

You wouldn't think they'd stay in business with hold times like that, but then I never thought I'd work for a security company frequently calling customers a couple hours after their burglary alarms went off, either.

A lot of people just won't work on the holidays. The problem is they agreed to work in a 24/7 industry. But what can you do? Of most of the holidays I haven't worked in the past decade, I've spent most of my time preoccupied with the fear I would have to work because too many people called off.

[Sudy]

Shit. I'm probably never going to play Major League ball at my age....

[Madmarcus]

So my Delta flight for tomorrow morning just got randomly cancelled. I auto-rebooked on the next available flight through their app, before realizing it wouldn’t work.

Tried to call Delta to check options…hold time is currently 10 hours, 19 minutes.

You wouldn't think they'd stay in business with hold times like that, but then I never thought I'd work for a security company frequently calling customers a couple hours after their burglary alarms went off, either.

A lot of people just won't work on the holidays. The problem is they agreed to work in a 24/7 industry.

It isn't a matter of people taking time off randomly or even the airline being understaffed. Everything I've seen is that thousands of flights are being canceled (or have been cancelled over the past few days) as flight crews have caught Covid and can not fly.

I'm sitting on pins and needles as I have a flight on the 6th. Hopefully it will go off as planned!

[dbt1949]

About a month ago I had to use my cell phone for an emergency. (the only reason I have one)
A couple of days ago I had to call my stepson on it (His dog will attack me if I get within range of it). When I activated the phone I had spam messages on it. Doesn't take them bastards long does it?

[jztemple2]

Nope. I got a new phone over the summer and I was getting spam texts within hours.

[stessier]

Just because the phone is new, doesn't mean the number is.

[Holman]

I get the usual spam phone calls (e.g. Amy from the unspecified dealership is concerned about my car's extended warranty), but I think I've only had three or four spam texts in the five years I've had this number.

[Sudy]

The world is crawling with people.

[dbt1949]

Is poaching an egg and poaching an elephant the same thing?
Then why is it used like that?

[Isgrimnur]

Yes.

From Old French pochier (“enclose in a bag”), from poche (“pocket, bag”).

[Kraken]

We're going to need a bigger pan.

[jztemple2]

The world is crawling with people.

[Isgrimnur]

[Skinypupy]

I get the usual spam phone calls (e.g. Amy from the unspecified dealership is concerned about my car's extended warranty), but I think I've only had three or four spam texts in the five years I've had this number.

I’ve seen a sharp uptick in spam texts over the past year. I used to get 1-2 a week, now I get 3-4 a day.

My favorites are the ones where they just spam a block of 20 sequential phone numbers (I.e. 501-555-1111, 501-555-1112, etc) as a group text, which leads to at least 10 “Remove me from this list” replies to all.

[gilraen]

I've been getting weird texts for the last year, all addressed to Georgia (not my name...) - all to the tune of "Georgia Here's 6k you applied for You don't have to pay this back" and a link. Different link every time, and from different phone number, so blocking the number doesn't help.

[Daehawk]

Anyone going to have to buy a new phone? Im lucky as mine is 4g / LTE so it should be good a few more years. Anyone on 3G will need a new one soon.

[stessier]

Anyone going to have to buy a new phone? Im lucky as mine is 4g / LTE so it should be good a few more years. Anyone on 3G will need a new one soon.

My brother had a 3G. His provider sent him new one for free.

[jztemple2]

Anyone going to have to buy a new phone? Im lucky as mine is 4g / LTE so it should be good a few more years. Anyone on 3G will need a new one soon.

We bought new flip phones for our AT&T Prepaid service. Less than $30 each at Walmart, then took them to the local corporate AT&T store to move the prepaid accounts.

[LordMortis]

Anyone going to have to buy a new phone? Im lucky as mine is 4g / LTE so it should be good a few more years. Anyone on 3G will need a new one soon.

My brother had a 3G. His provider sent him new one for free.

My parents have a 3G hot spot and need to get a new one before March.

[Holman]

Yeah, but to get a high score you have to drum YYZ with the flippers.

[Rumpy]

Just because the phone is new, doesn't mean the number is.

That and the fact that I've heard the spoofed numbers scammers use will actually end up having any return calls going to the actual number. Like Jztemple, Several years ago I got a new phone and number to use while in the US, as I don't do roaming, and within about an hour I had this random phone call, which I can only assume was someone trying to return a spam call because I'm not sure how they would have gotten it otherwise. To make matters more embarassing, I ended up buttcalling them back later on during the day.

[Daehawk]

I have discovered something called The Black Tape Project. I am very happy.

[dbt1949]

betelgeuse

betelgeuse

derek smart!

[Daehawk]

Its just the 5th day. Why couldn't you wait??

[Pyperkub]

Yeah, but to get a high score you have to drum YYZ with the flippers.

The Live version, of course!

[hitbyambulance]

just got this message this week:

THE NEXT PSRG EDUCATIONAL MEETING WILL BE THIS SATURDAY JANUARY 8th AT 1:30 PM ON ZOOM. The topic will be How the Amateurs Created Commercial Radio.
In this presentation, media historian and former broadcaster Donna Halper will introduce you to some of the men and women of amateur radio in the 1910s-1920s, many here in the northwest, and discuss the important work they did in both amateur and commercial broadcasting.
Meeting link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84187325059...
Meeting ID : 841 8732 5059 Passcode : 988961
Calling all RUSH fans...Halper is credited with discovering the rock band Rush while working as the Music Director at radio station WMMS in Cleveland in 1974. After a Canadian record producer gave her the then-unknown band's album, she played a track called “Working Man” on the air. Listeners started requesting more Rush tracks. Soon, other radio stations began including Rush songs in their playlists, and by late summer of 1974, the band got a U.S. recording contract. As an acknowledgement of her role in their success, the band dedicated their first two albums to Halper.

[Daehawk]

The meeting sounds interesting.

But Im one of those outliers that just doesn't like Rush.

[Rumpy]

The meeting sounds interesting.

But Im one of those outliers that just doesn't like Rush.

Haha Oh.. wait, I don't either.

[gbasden]

Heretics!

I want that pinball table.

[jztemple2]

I'd like to listen in on "How the Amateurs Created Commercial Radio", I have several books about early radio.

[Daehawk]

Question: We already know Taskmaster cant beat Deadpool because he cant figure him out. But what about Taskmaster vs Domino? Would her luck beat him?

[Daehawk]

I had a great life. Not just a good life but a great life. Not a perfect life. But close enough in my eyes. Its gone. Sometimes it makes me mad. I dont function well all the time in this world as just me.

[Blackhawk]

I know it's becoming a broken record, but you can choose to change that. The 'great' can continue if you want it to. You just have to accept that it will be a different great.