Home Base » Forget the Green Beer... It's Teh Cellar Equinox Zoom! » 3/18/2024 2:41 pm |
It was. There was Lola Bunny. There was not Santa with or without his underpants. Jim sang a song. A good time was had by all. See you at the solstitial intercourse.
Health » Not allowed to say Queers anymore? » 3/12/2024 9:16 am |
Flint wrote:
Human social conventions are nebulous and not defined by strict logic, so anyone looking for "a list of what I'm allowed to say" is not even in the right ball field. I can just tell you that "blacks" sounds like something Archie Bunker would say. It sounds objectifying, and reductive. It doesn't pass the "cringe-meter"
Different people will have a different cringe-meter. This is why we say of people, "he's from a different time," or judge older artistic works on a sliding scale of social cohesion.
I think the goal is, if a group of 'people who are different from me' communicate their perspective, on a subject which I have no experience, I add it to a list of things I try to remember, out of basic common courtesy. For the same reason, I trust mathematicians or other experts who are more knowledgeable than me in a particular subject. To not do so, is to be a person driving the wrong way down the highway, and getting mad that people are honking.
Well said, Flint!
Philosophy » Specialness Spiral » 12/05/2023 5:25 am |
I'm trying to use the "special" stuff. We used to keep the fancy crystal glasses that were a wedding gift from my MiL for birthdays, festivals and other celebrations. We now use them every weekend. But we need to up our drinking game as we're only using the red wine glasses (and have broken two in 18 years of marriage) and champagne flutes, but we also have whisky glasses, highball glasses, brandy balloons, port/sherry glasses (six of each). We have no-one to leave this shit to, after all.
Same with "special" clothes - I've only got a limited amount of time left to enjoy wearing them so I should just wear them!
Home Base » Cars -just everyday shit, nothing technical here » 11/27/2023 5:49 am |
1.) Never
2.) Never
3.) Never
4.) 1
Home Base » Maybe I joined too quickly.... » 11/22/2023 6:31 pm |
Flint wrote:
is "throwing a water cooler through the window" an expression I'm not familiar with?
It would seem so. For the record, I'm not familiar with it, either.
Home Base » A Voice from the Past » 10/31/2023 5:13 am |
Great to see you here, Sarge!
Food & Drink » my work has a cafeteria.. » 10/31/2023 5:11 am |
I've worked from home for years, but now I go out on interpreting assignments a couple of days a week or so. I try always to take a packed lunch and it's almost always the same thing: a (cruncheh!) peanut butter and cheese sandwich, a few tiny tomatoes, a box of dried fruit and nuts and a bottle of water. Sounds dull but I like it, I don't have to think/make decisions and it's quick to put together. Now that winter is here I've bought a chubby flask and may sometimes take some homemade soup. I did the buy-a-sandwich thing for many years when I worked in an office in London, and I really don't relish (see what I did there?!) returning to it.
Health » Parents are getting old » 10/04/2023 8:34 am |
Griff's right.
Nothingland » Camping » 10/04/2023 8:33 am |
Great! Keep 'em coming!
Health » Parents are getting old » 9/21/2023 12:47 am |
lumberjim wrote:
100% sure he'd want to know I did.
So, I guess that's how you keep your parents alive in you. You give attention to how you figure they would react to your action.
Would they be proud of you?
Yes, this is my touchstone now. This is how I still feel their love - that I know they'd be proud of what I'm doing.
Cellar Meta » Interest in an Autumnal Equinox (?ish) Zoom? » 9/06/2023 8:45 am |
Can we do Sunday 17th instead? Same time, same channel??
Philosophy » Attitude » 8/26/2023 5:29 am |
In the light of the stushie about the Spanish guy snogging the footballer without consent, I'm not a big fan of pic no. 3.
Nothingland » Exploring the Cellar » 7/06/2023 5:21 am |
Pete Zicato wrote:
Efficiently exploring the cellar now requires knowing the current date, and being able to quickly determine how many days have passed since a previous date.
I’m not retired yet. But I have gotten rather blasé about the date. Maybe this will prompt me to pay better attention. ;)
That's not what I find ... When I am logged in on a PC on this page there are two things I can click to see what's been going on since my last visit: "active topics" at top right-ish, and "active topics" below the list of boards. YMMV.
Cities & Travel » Bend OR » 7/06/2023 5:16 am |
I misread this as some sort of threatening instruction ... "Bend! Or ..... ".
But yes, pics please!
Home Base » Hi » 7/02/2023 4:59 pm |
SARGE!
Home Base » Where the Hell is Toad's Tesla Thread??? » 6/27/2023 9:37 am |
Well I never!
Home Base » Where the Hell is Toad's Tesla Thread??? » 6/26/2023 5:54 am |
Just a note from your friendly mods. If you delete your account here, all of your posts get deleted too.So ... check out anytime you like, but just go and close the door behind you, without deleting your account, if you want to leave your threads (and others' contributions thereto) intact.
Philosophy » Notable Women » 6/22/2023 4:29 pm |
Pete Zicato wrote:
I think I get your point, Monster. These accomplishments would be less notable if society were a level playing field. But it’s not. Not now and even less so going back in time.
So these women were notable not only for what they did but for the environment in which they did it.
Hi Pete!
Cellar Meta » Summer Solstice Approacheth » 6/11/2023 5:53 am |
10pm Limey time? I thought it was 9pm ....
Nothingland » Names. (My obsession) ((Well one of them)) » 6/07/2023 5:37 am |
monster wrote:
Today I saw a piece of mail for Shatrine. I googled. It's a real name. for more than one person.
Anything beginning "Shat" would be bad enough, but to also rhyme it with latrine????
Truly wonderful!
Cellar Meta » I miss beest so much » 6/01/2023 5:28 pm |
Indeed it does.
Home Base » Celebrity Death Pool 2023 » 5/27/2023 5:35 am |
Team Limey hasn't even compiled a list. Maybe that's the problem?
Nothingland » The Gnu thread » 5/04/2023 11:56 am |
Carruthers wrote:
From a gentler age.
Surely gno-one will dislike this video.
Classy!
Cellar Meta » I miss beest so much » 4/30/2023 8:17 am |
Sorry I'm late to the party. Hope the meds are doing what they should, not what they shouldn't.
Sympathy.