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Technology & The Internet » Technology pissing me off today.. » 2/23/2026 12:36 pm

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I solved my Teams issues.  I retired Feb 4th.  Don't plan to use it again.  Whee!

Politics » two outcomes » 2/23/2026 12:34 pm

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Anon wrote:

tw wrote:

At what point do moderators of this board ban someone who has now posted (and then deleted) tens of personal insults?  Even Urbane Guerilla was never this profane.  At least he constantly addressed the topic.  Only sometimes demeaned another.  Never did it constantly. 

^The agony of defeat.^

tw wrote:

independents can hold views that span the entire spectrum, from far-left to centrist to far-right.

Independents can be moderates or anything else. Moderates can be only that and nothing else. Moderates lack the flexibility to put knowledge into practical application. Independents make moderates obsolete. All one has to do is look outside the Cellar to see how the moderate even changes it’s name across venues attempting to obfuscate its lack of flexibility. Let’s see how one of those one-trick ponies… e.g. westom… plays out:









Damning evidence that the moderate is inflexible and inferior to Independents. The politically impotent moderate has fallen by the wayside and needs to go the way of the dinosaurs.

 

Anon/Sexobon it seems like you're trying to intimidate and doxx tw.  That's not nice.  Don't do that.
 

Nothingland » Apropos of Nothing » 2/02/2026 12:42 pm

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Anon wrote:

Anyone got a bootleg copy of Melania (the movie)?

Why would anyone go through the trouble of bootlegging a movie they are paying people to see?  (I saw a social media post of a guy who got paid something like $50 to fill a seat in a theater in NYC, He came out after it was over and asked if he could do it again.  They said yes. He watched 3-4 times in one day and made something like $200 for playing on his phone during the movie.)  He said the movie was about as good as you would expect.

Home Base » We've Moved » 1/30/2026 4:56 pm

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Seeing all these social media videos of cars in the city, and owners just taking turns just moving the snow in front of each others cars reminds me how nice it is to have a driveway.  I own the place I park and I can pile snow next to it in a spot where nobody will move it.  The plow might come by and add some to the end of the driveway, but that's what happens when you're connected to a street.

Technology & The Internet » Technology pissing me off today.. » 1/30/2026 4:49 pm

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"Next up, join me for today's episode of "How do I convince MS Teams that there is no new activity?""  I know this well.  Fuckin Teams

Home Base » We're MOVING!!! » 1/20/2026 2:17 pm

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It looks lovely there Fargon!

Nothingland » Happy Festivus » 12/29/2025 11:39 am

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Lovely tree!  But my eye is drawn to those chairs.  They look handmade, with those delicate spindles.  Did you, or someone you know make them?  Apologies if you've told us this before.  Are they unexpectedly comfortable?

Home Base » What is making you happy RN » 12/27/2025 11:58 am

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Adorable!  Merry Christmas, Dana!

Nothingland » Apropos of Nothing » 12/19/2025 4:07 pm

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We needed the room in the driveway and weren't driving it these days.

Nothingland » Apropos of Nothing » 12/19/2025 4:01 pm

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Donated our car to NPR yesterday.  It would have turned 30 on Saturday.  That's when we picked it up from the dealership after we ordered it from the factory.

You can make a bid for it if you want.  Learn to drive a stick.
https://www.capitalautoauction.com/inventory/details/a71facb6-f7f1-4477-8dc6-83950983e466
 

Home Base » We're MOVING!!! » 12/19/2025 8:56 am

glatt
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It seems to be eating at you a little bit already. LOL.

The possibilities are endless though.  It's a clean slate.  Nothing but opportunity.  I'd probably park a project car back there.  It's a nice level surface for jack stands.  But a patio would be more civilized.

Nothingland » Things that are improving your mood today » 12/17/2025 2:32 pm

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Got any ideas?

There that guardrail reviewing guy who goes around and points out all the guardrails he sees installed incorrectly and in dangerous ways.

Nothingland » Things that are improving your mood today » 12/17/2025 11:06 am

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I just gave notice.
I'm retiring.  34+ years at this place and I intend for February 4th to be my last day.  Seems surreal.

Home Base » We're MOVING!!! » 12/15/2025 10:25 am

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Fargon, that's a sweet looking house.  A perfect place to spend your golden years.  All on one level and those extra bedrooms give you a lot of space for your stuff.  Well done!

Nothingland » Un-Bucketlist Items » 12/10/2025 11:33 am

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I'm sorry.  Was your face exposed?  Cheeks get it? Fingers and toes also can be pretty vulnerable.

I hate feeling cold, and since moving from Maine to Virginia and adding 40 years to my age, I'm much less tolerant of cold.

Home Base » What is making you happy RN » 12/09/2025 1:35 pm

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Of course you hate those guys. LOL  Remember how annoying those AudioGalaxy safari people were?

Home Base » What is making you happy RN » 11/26/2025 9:44 am

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I'm happy for you Dana,  Clive will be a nice Christmas present for yourself.

Philosophy » Navel Gazing » 11/10/2025 7:30 pm

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every time I look, I find lint

Nothingland » Which way.... » 11/05/2025 10:42 am

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Sure, but they would come up with another reason.

Home Base » How old do you want to live to be? » 11/05/2025 10:40 am

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To you today there is no point.  But think of the most boring activities you do in your life today.  Watching stupid shit on TV or scrolling social media.  Even during those times, when you are mentally checked out, I imagine you still find some base level of enjoyment of life.  I think dementia (as long as it's doesn't include anxiety) is similar. 

If you have anxiety though, it's torture.  There was this one woman at my MIL's rehab a couple weeks ago who kept remembering that her child died.  It was as if she was just learning the news.  She was reliving it constantly. Her wailing and sobs could be heard up and down the hallway. Please put a pillow over my face if that happens to me.

Home Base » How old do you want to live to be? » 11/04/2025 12:37 pm

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I've been thinking about retirement a lot lately.  And thinking about life expectancy.  All the financial models map out spending to the mid 90s, but the actuarial models say I'll be lucky to make it past 85.  There are more years behind me than I have in front of me, and I wonder why I should spend them working.  I'm 58.

Probably half of the old people I know have gotten dementia, and it doesn't look so bad for them as long as it doesn't come hand in hand with anxiety.  Who cares what reality is as long as you are content in the moment?  My MIL has these wild stories of what she has been up to whenever we visit her in her assisted living facility.  Trips to Amsterdam, visits to waterfalls where her glasses slipped off and slid down the rocks, only to disappear.  And then somebody stole her truck, only to return it to the to other side of the building.  Meanwhile, she hasn't left her floor.

Old people get lonely because everyone they know dies, so I don't know that I want to get that old.  Mid 80s is fine with me.  Unless there are huge advances in medicine and dementia treatment for the common man in the next few years, I don't see the point of very old age.  Maybe I'll feel different if I get grandkids.

Nothingland » Which way.... » 11/04/2025 12:25 pm

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Clodfobble's method is very similar to mine.  Except I don't whack it on the edge of the pot.  I'll slowly remove it from the pot and drips taper down to nothing.

Home Base » Excitement 2025 » 10/02/2025 7:05 am

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Are you rooting for the hurricanes to hit populations?

Technology & The Internet » Technology pissing me off today.. » 9/24/2025 6:58 am

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I don't know what is going on, but it feels like the enshittification is taking over in many walks of life these days. Did Covid make everyone just not care?  I include myself in that.  I find myself feeling that way.

Technology & The Internet » Technology pissing me off today.. » 9/23/2025 7:15 am

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It's nuts. I wasted an hour or two yesterday trying to figure out what was going on.

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