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Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:19 am

This is just such an amazing post. Incredible efficiency fitting so many WTFs into such a small space.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:09 am

Lol at the 1931 bit, too.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:20 am

The back story to this particular iteration of "Pearl Harbor was an inside job!"

tl;dr: It was a joke making fun of flat-earthers.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:51 am

Womp womp.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 1:15 pm

Max Peck wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:20 am The back story to this particular iteration of "Pearl Harbor was an inside job!"

tl;dr: It was a joke making fun of flat-earthers.

Boooooo.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:43 pm

On my 93rd birthday & the day I will also be honored by Living Legends of Aviation I am pleased to announce that my longtime love Dr. Anca Faur & I have tied the knot.We were joined in holy matrimony in a small private ceremony in Los Angeles & are as excited as eloping teenagers

Spoiler:

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jan 21, 2023 4:19 pm

Was coming to post this. Good for them. Hope they get many more years.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jan 21, 2023 11:58 pm

Random fact : The movie Pacific Rim was written by a guy from my own town. Also Clash of the Titans. And graduated from my high school. Neat.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:13 am

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:19 am

Unagi wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:13 am Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

I actually read and comprehended that at almost-normal speed. It helps that the connector words aren't obscured.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:36 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:19 am I actually read and comprehended that at almost-normal speed. It helps that the connector words aren't obscured.

It's weird, isn't it?

And the connector words aren't obscured because if they were - they would break the 'olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae' rule they are demonstrating.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:53 am

I lost my carefully constructed examples when my ISP dropped, but you can confound this by structuring longer words into different familiar syllables or jumbling their letters into total gibberish.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:24 am

Unagi wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:36 am
Kraken wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:19 am I actually read and comprehended that at almost-normal speed. It helps that the connector words aren't obscured.
It's weird, isn't it?

And the connector words aren't obscured because if they were - they would break the 'olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae' rule they are demonstrating.

Ah, I overlooked that.

As a copy editor, fixing broken words is what I get paid to do, so I have a broad net for word recognition.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:54 pm

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:01 pm

Running over stuff from my past, whether its old pc hardware, places, people, whatever, is a way of coping with my life. Its a time passer and usually a pick me up. Sometimes it can depress me though and make me sad. But most times Ive come to see it as mentally coping and getting through a spot or day.

Tonight Im doing it with old pc hardware Ive owned and used over the years. I try to remember what that hardware was, when and why I stopped using it and then onto the next. Like monitors. Ive gone from 14" to 17" crts to 20" and 27" lcds flat panels to this 29" ultrawide lcd . I was going over the time I used them and it sure seems like a long time I used a 14" then 17" crt before moving on. Because my first 20" LCD was May 2007. I was thinking it was 2004 until I looked up LOTR Online's beta test. It was during that test I was asking chat about LCDs for gaming and decided to get one that May 2007 not 2004. So my memory sucks..nothing new. I dont think I had a 15" that I recall at all.

All this started because I have a 15" crt I found in my old pc parts room and have no clue why I have it or how. Im sure its not mine. I think its the one I was given around 2009.

Anyways thats one coping mechanism for me.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:06 pm

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:49 pm

Paid off my house today and am now completely, 100% out of debt.

This is a seriously strange feeling.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:54 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:49 pm Paid off my house today and am now completely, 100% out of debt.

This is a seriously strange feeling.

We are still four or so years away.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:00 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:49 pm Paid off my house today and am now completely, 100% out of debt.

This is a seriously strange feeling.

Congrats - that's a big accomplishment!

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:02 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:49 pm Paid off my house today and am now completely, 100% out of debt.

This is a seriously strange feeling.

Fardaza · Post by **Fardaza** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:20 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:49 pm Paid off my house today and am now completely, 100% out of debt.

This is a seriously strange feeling.

Grats!!

Fardaza · Post by **Fardaza** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:23 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:01 pm Running over stuff from my past, whether its old pc hardware, places, people, whatever, is a way of coping with my life. Its a time passer and usually a pick me up. Sometimes it can depress me though and make me sad. But most times Ive come to see it as mentally coping and getting through a spot or day.

Tonight Im doing it with old pc hardware Ive owned and used over the years. I try to remember what that hardware was, when and why I stopped using it and then onto the next. Like monitors. Ive gone from 14" to 17" crts to 20" and 27" lcds flat panels to this 29" ultrawide lcd . I was going over the time I used them and it sure seems like a long time I used a 14" then 17" crt before moving on. Because my first 20" LCD was May 2007. I was thinking it was 2004 until I looked up LOTR Online's beta test. It was during that test I was asking chat about LCDs for gaming and decided to get one that May 2007 not 2004. So my memory sucks..nothing new. I dont think I had a 15" that I recall at all.

All this started because I have a 15" crt I found in my old pc parts room and have no clue why I have it or how. Im sure its not mine. I think its the one I was given around 2009.

Anyways thats one coping mechanism for me.

I remember going from a 14" to a 17" just to get ready for the 3DO video machine that was coming soon. Never got the 3DO, but used that 17" monitor for many years! Google says that would have been in 1993. Sheesh. Time flies by.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:26 pm

stessier wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:00 pm
Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:49 pm Paid off my house today and am now completely, 100% out of debt.

This is a seriously strange feeling.
Congrats - that's a big accomplishment!

Thanks.

Not sure how long it will last (our 2013 minivan is almost at 200K miles), but it's nice to be out from under it all for at least a minute.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:30 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:26 pm
stessier wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:00 pm
Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:49 pm Paid off my house today and am now completely, 100% out of debt.

This is a seriously strange feeling.
Congrats - that's a big accomplishment!
Thanks.

Not sure how long it will last (our 2013 minivan is almost at 200K miles), but it's nice to be out from under it all for at least a minute.

It's kind of funny - auto and home debt doesn't bother me. Well, I do keep it to a pretty small ratio of my salary, so even if I get fired and have to take a pretty healthy step back, I'll still be able to make the payments. So that might play a big part.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:38 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:49 pm Paid off my house today and am now completely, 100% out of debt.

This is a seriously strange feeling.

Our "mortgage" was a HELOC, so hitting zero didn't feel like a huge milestone. After all, the LOC is still open and we'll probably borrow against it for home improvements later this year.

Paying off my car last November felt like a bigger deal because I got my title in the mail.

It is nice to be debt-free for the moment but it didn't change my monthly budget. I'm still making monthly house and car payments...into our savings account.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 5:07 pm

Kraken wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:38 pm It is nice to be debt-free for the moment but it didn't change my monthly budget. I'm still making monthly house and car payments...into our savings account.

That’s our plan as well.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 5:54 pm

Congrats! Im looking to do that someday before I die

Ill just add this to this post and save a post....

I had to pay half my property taxes this month. If I dont pay them in full but the end of next month they add back my credit discount so another $150 id be behind. I was unable to save the money to pay them all last year. I tried. And tried. So half next month too. I didn't know I could pay half and half before Jan or I would have done it last year when I had some extra cash.

But this has left me with no money to pay my power bill...and Ive now found out they are not flexible at all. They have already added a late fee as of the 19th and if I dont pay by the 29th they cut my power off. I went by today to show them my credit voucher approval of $600. I get them every year. They can see that. When it goes in it will pay this month's total amount. They dont care. I get the credit 2nd week in Feb. But they dont care. Cut off come 29th. I dont get the silliness of that. Its hard to comprehend. In the 17 years me and my wife and now myself have paid that bill we have never once been late. Before that I dont think my father in law was late . Power has been hooked up and on here since like 1940. And its 100% guaranteed they will be paid in full next month...and thats enough credit for about 3 or 4 more months. They dont care.

So I went by Salvation Army to beg. They might be able to help but require the bill, my ID , proof of income, and the disconnect letter from the power company. All well and good but the power company doesn't mail that letter out until 3 day AFTER the 19th. So it will be at least the 25th or so before I even get it. Thats cutting it damn close.

If I fail at it and they cut me off Ill be without power at least a week maybe 2. Most likely 2 because I could pay my bill come the 3rd of Feb but then I have NONE yet again for the next power bill or the property tax..and they'll had that $150 fee thing. Besides no cooking, no internet, and no heat for me and the little dog that means all my frozen food will spoil. Half my food is frozen as I stock it up a little each month because its cheap and keeps so long. It gets me by.

What a shitty policy. Sry for long post just venting. They did tell me about the salvation army and one other place to try. And Im doing more. You'd think they'd accept a partial payment as I think I may be able to borrow $20. But they said no. Its all of nothing not part of something with them.

EDIT: Ill have the credit next month so wont need to make a payment.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:48 pm

Man, life in a red state. Here, it takes an act of the Department of Public Utilities to shut off someone's power.

If all residents of your home are age 65 and over, your electricity or gas cannot be shut off without permission from the Department of Public Utilities (DPU).

If you are experiencing financial hardship and one of the following applies, your electric or gas cannot be shut off without permission from the DPU:

You, or someone in your home, is seriously ill;
You have an infant under 12 months in your home;
All adults in the home are age 65 or older and a minor child resides in the home;
It is between November 15 and March 15 and the utility service is needed to heat your home.

Practically speaking, one needs to be delinquent for months before the state will allow a shutoff, and never during heating season. Not late by 2 weeks. That's nuts.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:37 pm

Can you pawn something? One of those payday loan places maybe?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:15 pm

This state and this town in particular suck. Always have.

Nah cant get anything when you pawn an item around here. I dont really have anything to pawn anyways....mostly my wife stuffed animals and dolls and clothes and such. My only items I have up for sale right now are that barely used well pump I bought and a 15" crt monitor and my last Brother laser printer i replaced a couple years ago.

Im still looking for more stuff to sell all the time though. Just people want to just click and looks. I get dozens of clicks and maybe 1 or 2 "is it still for sale" even if I posted it that day and a couple "will you take $5?"

I swear if I posted a $1000 gold brick for $2 someone would ask if Id take $1. Im gonna start posting stuff higher then work down. Trouble then is less interest.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:38 pm

TechSpot

In a freak series of seemingly random events, a Switch owner's pet fish accessed his eShop account and added funds to it using his credit card. The crime was caught on video during an unsupervised live stream.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:59 pm

Well what do you expect from inhabitants of a live stream.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:22 pm

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:19 am

I just discovered today that once you are President you can never drive again. Least not on public roads. Not allowed. You are driven by Secret Service forever. I would seriously hate that one. Least I never have to worry about it

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:27 am

I would vote for you.

"Daehawk 2024: Because Why Not?"

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:54 am

You just don't want him to drive anymore.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:35 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:27 am I would vote for you.

"Daehawk 2024: Because Why Not?"

Daehawk 2024: Make America 1987 again!

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:15 am

So what if the President and Vice President were in an accident and the VP was killed and the Pres went into a coma, and they swore in the Speaker as President. Then an hour later the Pres snaps out of it and jumps out of bed to resume his duties. Would the Speaker who was President for an hour be prohibited from ever driving again?

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:39 am

So far as I can find out, there is no actual law prohibiting an ex-President from driving on public roads. It seems to be a security procedure, and the penalty for breaking the rule is that they piss off their security detail.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:26 pm

There are anecdotes out there of President Johnson driving out in Texas over the speed limit and driving his security detail nuts. Note that it not illegal for the president to do that or at least he can't be prosecuted.