Random randomness

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu May 18, 2017 6:50 pm

Better to have and not need.

I collect a few things when I can afford it.
PC games
knives
flashlights

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu May 18, 2017 7:28 pm

I made pesto three days ago and now I have pine mouth again. Again!

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Thu May 18, 2017 9:37 pm

Holman wrote:I made pesto three days ago and now I have pine mouth again. Again!

Just use sunflower seeds!

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu May 18, 2017 9:42 pm

I just went to the bathroom and now I have potty mouth.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu May 18, 2017 11:10 pm

Unagi wrote:Honest question: Ever been in a knife fight?

Once.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu May 18, 2017 11:15 pm

In the army my buddy and I had bought some epees and used to fence down the hall by the brigade commander.

Default · Post by **Default** » Thu May 18, 2017 11:51 pm

Been off work fo the past month and a hslf, due to hip problems exacerbated by back spasms. I have strangely mixed feelings.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Fri May 19, 2017 12:33 am

dbt1949 wrote:I just went to the bathroom and now I have potty mouth.

I think you're doing it wrong.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Fri May 19, 2017 1:37 am

dbt1949 wrote:In the army my buddy and I had bought some epees and used to fence down the hall by the brigade commander.

I had a fencing class in high school. I was surprised by how ritualized it is. And even more surprised that the scripted moves work better than flailing around. I liked the precision.

Default · Post by **Default** » Fri May 19, 2017 8:14 am

You got the point, in other words?

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri May 19, 2017 9:10 am

I enjoyed this.

How My Daily Commute as a 20-something White Woman Taught Me about the National Political Situation

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri May 19, 2017 9:23 am

That was ... something. I doubt I have the context to truly appreciate whatever meta she was slinging.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Fri May 19, 2017 9:42 am

I am pretty sure the moral of the story is that we are all a bunch of self absorbed asshats or given the title, white folk have it rough. Just a guess from a self absorbed white asshat though.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sat May 20, 2017 1:12 pm

Ways to tell that you are not well-versed in the world of music, #23: You scan EBG, sans morning coffee, and your reflex reaction is "Wait, what, Chris Parnell died?"

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat May 20, 2017 1:41 pm

Two purchases in a row from Amazon that ended up being scams, several low-quality products failing on me, and two Kickstarters that I've been unhappy with the creator of, despite having been happy with their previous efforts.

Incompetent and/or uncaring businesses have put me in a really shitty, dickish mood.

Default · Post by **Default** » Sat May 20, 2017 1:49 pm

Blackhawk wrote:Two purchases in a row from Amazon that ended up being scams, several low-quality products failing on me, and two Kickstarters that I've been unhappy with the creator of, despite having been happy with their previous efforts.

Incompetent and/or uncaring businesses have put me in a really shitty, dickish mood.

Disappointed that you couldn't even muster up surly. My impression of you is you could be masterful at surly.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat May 20, 2017 2:13 pm

"Shitty, dickish mood" is what I call it when I'm too surly to remember I'm surly.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat May 20, 2017 2:43 pm

And its my fault, too. I can get dog-with-a-bone syndrome sometimes, and I'm playing tag with 'white knight' who derail any meaningful conversation with creators by blindly attacking en-masse anyone who criticizes them.

Morons (meaning me) need to quit arguing with the masses on the internet. We'd sleep better.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat May 20, 2017 3:36 pm

No you wouldn't.

Love,

The Masses

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sat May 20, 2017 4:56 pm

Sounds like they need a little Derek Smart.....

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat May 20, 2017 5:33 pm

Z-Corn wrote:
Holman wrote:I made pesto three days ago and now I have pine mouth again. Again!
Just use sunflower seeds!

I've been told walnuts are an excellent substitute too.

KDH · Post by **KDH** » Sun May 21, 2017 9:55 am

Blackhawk wrote: ... Morons (meaning me) need to quit arguing with the masses on the internet. We'd sleep better.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun May 21, 2017 10:09 am

Precisely! It cannot be allowed to stand!

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sun May 21, 2017 3:45 pm

My kids have a play kitchen that gets used almost every day. One of the "burners" has a button on it that makes different noises depending on which pan you put on it. I.E. When you put down the frying pan, it sounds like frying eggs.

Only problem...the saucepan (which I assume is supposed to sound like boiling water) sounds exactly like a water bong. I chuckle every time I hear it, and haven't yet figured out a good answer to "why are you laughing dad?"

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun May 21, 2017 4:17 pm

Does it sound like a saucepan if you put a bong on it?

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Sun May 21, 2017 9:45 pm

Skinypupy wrote:My kids have a play kitchen that gets used almost every day. One of the "burners" has a button on it that makes different noises depending on which pan you put on it. I.E. When you put down the frying pan, it sounds like frying eggs.

Only problem...the saucepan (which I assume is supposed to sound like boiling water) sounds exactly like a water bong. I chuckle every time I hear it, and haven't yet figured out a good answer to "why are you laughing dad?"

The proper answer is obviously "Ask your mom."

funnygirl · Post by **funnygirl** » Sun May 21, 2017 10:19 pm

Skinypupy wrote: Only problem...the saucepan (which I assume is supposed to sound like boiling water) sounds exactly like a water bong. I chuckle every time I hear it, and haven't yet figured out a good answer to "why are you laughing dad?"

"It reminds me of the way laughter bubbles out of you when you're happy."

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu May 25, 2017 4:16 pm

I have a dare for Trent....

I'm a hot pepper hot hot hot pepper pepper

https://www.simplemost.com/welsh-farmer ... ign=buffer

SHUoot

The Welsh farmer teamed up with Nottingham Trent University to create this chili plant. Known as the Dragon’s Breath chili, this pepper comes in at around 2.48 million on the Scoville scale.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu May 25, 2017 4:48 pm

Dear God, I thought the Ghost Pepper was supposed to be the hottest thing on earth. I was wrong:

Carolina Reaper, 2,200,000 SHU.
Moruga Trinidad Scorpion 2,009,000 SHU.
7 Pot Douglah 1,854,000 SHU.
Primo 1,469,000 SHU.
Butch T Trinidad Scorpion, 1,464,000 SHU.
Naga Viper, 1,349,000 SHU.
Ghost, 1,042,000 SHU.
7 Pot Barrackpore, 1,000,000 SHU.

Sheesh, who knew people were insane enough to put potentially lethal plants into their mouths for fun.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Thu May 25, 2017 5:04 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:That was ... something. I doubt I have the context to truly appreciate whatever meta she was slinging.

I think I want the time I spent reading that back.

Fretmute · Post by **Fretmute** » Thu May 25, 2017 6:07 pm

hepcat wrote:Dear God, I thought the Ghost Pepper was supposed to be the hottest thing on earth. I was wrong:

Carolina Reaper, 2,200,000 SHU.
Moruga Trinidad Scorpion 2,009,000 SHU.
7 Pot Douglah 1,854,000 SHU.
Primo 1,469,000 SHU.
Butch T Trinidad Scorpion, 1,464,000 SHU.
Naga Viper, 1,349,000 SHU.
Ghost, 1,042,000 SHU.
7 Pot Barrackpore, 1,000,000 SHU.

Sheesh, who knew people were insane enough to put potentially lethal plants into their mouths for fun.

Pfft. Those are all trifles. Real hot heads go for the Source.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu May 25, 2017 10:05 pm

Turns out that contacting poison ivy is no walk in the park (it was at the edge of my garden, actually). Both of my legs are an angry itchy red, stippled with painful blisters and hard scaly skin. Finally went to the doc today after it became clear that it's getting worse before it's gonna get better; he gave me prednisone (oral cortisone) and something that suppresses itching...these will give me some relief but it's just gotta run its course. Turns out that the rash keeps spreading long after all the urushiol has been washed away.

Guess I should consider myself lucky that I got through 60 years without ever needing to know this.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu May 25, 2017 10:29 pm

She comes on like a rose
And everybody knows
She'll get you in dutch
You can look but you'd better not touch
Poison ivy, poison ivy
Well late at night when you're sleeping
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around
She's pretty as a daisy
But look out man she's crazy
She'll really do you in
But if you let her get under your skin
Poison ivy, poison ivy
Well late at night when you're sleeping
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around
Measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
A common cold'll cool you but whooping cough'll fool you
But poison ivy's gonna make you itch
You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion
You'll be scratching like a hound
The minute you start to mess around
Poison ivy, poison ivy

Default · Post by **Default** » Thu May 25, 2017 11:08 pm

Jaymann wrote:She comes on like a rose
And everybody knows
She'll get you in dutch
You can look but you'd better not touch
Poison ivy, poison ivy
Well late at night when you're sleeping
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around
She's pretty as a daisy
But look out man she's crazy
She'll really do you in
But if you let her get under your skin
Poison ivy, poison ivy
Well late at night when you're sleeping
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around
Measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
A common cold'll cool you but whooping cough'll fool you
But poison ivy's gonna make you itch
You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion
You'll be scratching like a hound
The minute you start to mess around
Poison ivy, poison ivy

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/c/coas ... r3_crd.htm

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu May 25, 2017 11:44 pm

Fortunately I've always been immune to the stuff. Seen all my childhood friends turn into cabbage patch dolls at the mere sight of it I think.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri May 26, 2017 12:00 am

I get it in very small places off and on and I haven't been in it in decades. Just stays with me. Trouble is I have a tree where I got it all those years ago that I have to clean and cut all the crap around it. Im sure to get a huge new does .

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri May 26, 2017 12:06 am

mares eat oats and does eat oats but little lambs eat ivy

KDH · Post by **KDH** » Fri May 26, 2017 3:41 am

.

... Three Nigerians sentenced to 235 years in prison for online scamming

25 May 2017, Iain Thomson
A court in Mississippi has sentenced three Nigerian men to 235 years in prison for running online scams that duped people out of tens of millions of dollars.

Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was sentenced to 95 years in prison today, with associates Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31, getting 115 years and Femi Alexander Mewase, 45, getting 25 years. A jury found all three guilty of mail fraud, wire fraud, identity theft, credit card fraud and theft of government property.

Ayelotan and Raheem were also found guilty of conspiracies to commit bank fraud and money laundering, which explains their longer sentences. The three were part of a 21-person case bought by US authorities against an accused gang based in Nigeria and the US. Twelve of them have already pled guilty.

Based on their testimony, the gang has been operating since 2001 and ran a variety of schemes, including so-called romance scams where the lonely and credulous are persuaded to shell out for plane tickets and medical costs to meet a sweetheart who never shows up.

Such rackets are depressingly successful. Last year a British bean counter was cheated out of $150,000 in just such a romance scam and a British woman lost $1.6m over a ten-month period.

The gang would also use these clueless romantics to shift money from other rackets via Western Union and MoneyGram, or to resend goods bought with stolen credit and debit cards to countries where they could be sold for a profit.

The group was arrested by South African police in a joint operation with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and the US Postal Inspection Service. More arrests are possible, but they are unlikely to put a dent in the situation for long.

According to the International Police Organization (Interpol), West African scammers pulled in over $3bn in online rackets over the past three years. The international police force said the reason the area is such a hive of online criminality is because of low employment prospects in the region for computer specialists.

the reason the area is such a hive of online criminality is because of low employment prospects in the region for computer specialists.

Well, NO, that's not the reason .. as my momma always said .. If little johnny commits wire fraud, does that mean you have to as well?

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Fri May 26, 2017 4:00 am

KDH wrote:.
... Three Nigerians sentenced to 235 years in prison for online scamming
25 May 2017, Iain Thomson
A court in Mississippi has sentenced three Nigerian men to 235 years in prison for running online scams that duped people out of tens of millions of dollars.

Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was sentenced to 95 years in prison today, with associates Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31, getting 115 years and Femi Alexander Mewase, 45, getting 25 years. A jury found all three guilty of mail fraud, wire fraud, identity theft, credit card fraud and theft of government property.

Ayelotan and Raheem were also found guilty of conspiracies to commit bank fraud and money laundering, which explains their longer sentences. The three were part of a 21-person case bought by US authorities against an accused gang based in Nigeria and the US. Twelve of them have already pled guilty.

Based on their testimony, the gang has been operating since 2001 and ran a variety of schemes, including so-called romance scams where the lonely and credulous are persuaded to shell out for plane tickets and medical costs to meet a sweetheart who never shows up.

Such rackets are depressingly successful. Last year a British bean counter was cheated out of $150,000 in just such a romance scam and a British woman lost $1.6m over a ten-month period.

The gang would also use these clueless romantics to shift money from other rackets via Western Union and MoneyGram, or to resend goods bought with stolen credit and debit cards to countries where they could be sold for a profit.

The group was arrested by South African police in a joint operation with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and the US Postal Inspection Service. More arrests are possible, but they are unlikely to put a dent in the situation for long.

According to the International Police Organization (Interpol), West African scammers pulled in over $3bn in online rackets over the past three years. The international police force said the reason the area is such a hive of online criminality is because of low employment prospects in the region for computer specialists.

the reason the area is such a hive of online criminality is because of low employment prospects in the region for computer specialists.

Well, NO, that's not the reason .. as my momma always said .. If little johnny commits wire fraud, does that mean you have to as well?

I'm so glad to live close to strip club nirvana, I'd dislike being duped out of $150,000. Well, $150,000 at one time anyway, $200 at a time is much more palatable.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri May 26, 2017 2:20 pm

So I figure I am about >< this far getting a company cell phone and may even be forced to get one before the company does their next round of negotiations and purchases.

The good news is, I think the first thing I'm going to do is install a bunch of restaurant aps, so I can order food at the touch of a button when I'm getting in the car. Because ordering by Internet isn't lazy easy enough. I want to be able to establish "this is what I order" and then only ever push like two buttons after that when I'm hungry and about to get in a car and go pick up food. That might be the single best amenity available to a human being in the 21st century. I am really looking forward to having it at my disposal.