Octopus Overlords

You can dance better without pants.

No, I have to pant when dancing.

You can pants if you want to...

...you can leave your pants behind.

'Cause your friends don't pants
And if they don't pants
Well, they're no friends of mine

Yahoo has decided to redo their home page. Buncha crap I don't are about. Extra step to getting to the news.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:34 am 'Cause your friends don't pants
And if they don't pants
Well, they're no friends of mine

/in pantses a short jester with no dance

Yahoo still exists?

My neighbors are yahoos, so yeah.

I am the yahoo on my mountain. R-I-C-O-L-A!

So as the weather warms up around these parts, I can, speaking as a very confirmed atheist, say with all sincerity, God bless the person that invented yoga pants.

Kinda nippley here. After days of upper 70s and nights of 50s its mid 60s today and going to drop to mid 30s tonight.

Brian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:22 pm So as the weather warms up around these parts, I can, speaking as a very confirmed atheist, say with all sincerity, God bless the person that invented yoga pants.

Where'd you find them in your size?

They're super stretchy.

Just wow. My favorite show once.

Steve “Big Boris” Christie
Melbourne, Australia

“Eagle 10 powering up for a scientific survey,” writes Steve. He built Replica Unlimited’s 1/48 scale “Space: 1999” Eagle transporter and Small Art Works’ “spine booster” with heavy modifications, including some kitbashing and turned-aluminum engine nozzles. “The gantry section also is custom built of kitbashed leftovers from old Airfix kits,” he says. Markings come from JBOT decals. Steve spent more than 1,500 hours on the project.

I have an ongoing joke/insult with my workmates from Texas.


"I just can't bring myself to think very highly state that gives itself a 1 star rating"

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:43 pm

Brian wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:22 pm So as the weather warms up around these parts, I can, speaking as a very confirmed atheist, say with all sincerity, God bless the person that invented yoga pants.

Where'd you find them in your size?

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:26 pm Just wow. My favorite show once.

Steve “Big Boris” Christie
Melbourne, Australia

“Eagle 10 powering up for a scientific survey,” writes Steve. He built Replica Unlimited’s 1/48 scale “Space: 1999” Eagle transporter and Small Art Works’ “spine booster” with heavy modifications, including some kitbashing and turned-aluminum engine nozzles. “The gantry section also is custom built of kitbashed leftovers from old Airfix kits,” he says. Markings come from JBOT decals. Steve spent more than 1,500 hours on the project.

I barely remember any details of SPACE: 1999 other than the fact of Martin Landau, but I know that I got glue all over my fingers building a plastic Eagle model.

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:46 pm I grew up with Brood XIX but now live with Brood II.

What I remember most is that they molt and leave their brittle, empty skins still clinging to tree trunks. I was willing to flick them away, but only one of my friends was willing (on a dare) to eat one.

Yeah, I am definitely in the middle of Brood II territory.

I have some photos on my computer from 2013 of empty cicada skins all over the front of my house, so the map checks out.

There is some sport showing on ESPN called the American Cornhole League. That is all.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:21 am There is some sport showing on ESPN called the American Cornhole League. That is all.

ESPN 8 - The Ocho?

Edit. I'll turn my duplicate post into my own answer. Yes it it is the Ocho:
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/28 ... dule-guide

So I'm watching the news with my wife and they had a story about some guy killed 3 family members.
My wife says "I wonder why he did that?"
Without thinking i said "They probably talked too much."
My wife who is pretty much deaf says "What?" and I said "Nevermind."
Dodged a close one there.

They messed with his goats?

I find the older I get the more I lose my sense of balance. I'm starting to walk more and more like a penguin.

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:45 pm I find the older I get the more I lose my sense of balance. I'm starting to walk more and more like a penguin.

That latter gif is ancient.

And the unexpurgated version

Sudy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:26 pm That latter gif is ancient.

and totally fake.

Alkaline “Real Water” linked to liver failure in kids—and reports are rising

You'd think there'd be testing and regulation of food products.

At least five infants and children in Nevada have suffered acute non-viral hepatitis, resulting in liver failure, after drinking “alkalized” water by the brand “Real Water,” local and federal regulators reported this week. At least six others fell ill with less severe conditions after drinking the water—and additional reports continue to surface.

The initial five infants and children with liver failure fell ill in November 2020 and required hospitalization, but they have since recovered. They lived in four different households in southern Nevada. The other six ill people—three adults and three children—came from at least two of those same households and reported vomiting, nausea, loss of appetite, and fatigue, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.

That's pretty bizarre - did they pump their water with enough oxidizers (to up the pH) to make it so corrosive that it's leeching every heavy metal it's coming in contact with? Like, WTF?

The bottles advertise a 9.0 pH. That's nuts. I'd never want to drink that. Maybe use it in an industrial process where water is used to absorb stray chemicals, but not consume it.

From the FDA:

However, the agency recommends that municipal drinking water suppliers keep their water supply at a pH of 6.5 to 8.5

I suppose it's too late for a short sell?

From what I've heard the biggest problem is that your body is designed to regulate it's own pH. If you start gulping down large amounts of alkaline water, it doesn't actually alter your pH, because your body goes into overdrive to maintain the proper acidity. It's your body going into overdrive for an extended period that can cause the organ damage (although it would be expected to be the kidneys, not liver, and most people wouldn't have an issue anyway.)

The thing is that the alkaline water craze has been going on several years now, and a pH of 8 or 9 is about normal for it. If it was going to cause all these problems, it would have been noticed before now. It's more likely that it's something with this specific brand that's the issue rather than the pH itself.

And like all things like this, there are no real studies to fall back on.

It's also advisable that you don't ingest C4

But what if it’s cherry flavored C4? A small bite would be okay, right?

If you don't mind "generalized seizures, hyperreflexia, nausea, and vomiting," knock yourself out.

But...cherry flavored!

Should taste just as good coming back up.