Random. Just Random.

[mlooney 3,839]

Breaking in some new shoes.  This is the first pair of shoes (vs boots) that I've had this century that have laces instead of Velcro.

[mlooney 3,839]

[mlooney 3,839]

On 7/3/2024 at 10:12 AM, mlooney said:

I used to get spam that said I won power tools.  Today I got spam that I won a generator/power inverter.  Is the fact that I'm an older white male part of my spammer's profile?  I never get "hot women in your area" spam any more.

Today I got three spams for generators.  What the hell?  Why don't I get "hot women in your area" spam any more? 

[mlooney 3,839]

Meanwhile in California
https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/11/nudists-save-tourist-attack-castro/

[Darth Fluffy 378]

4 hours ago, mlooney said:

Meanwhile in California
https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/11/nudists-save-tourist-attack-castro/

The perp was giving a bad name to pirates everywhere.

[mlooney 3,839]

8 hours ago, mlooney said:

Meanwhile in California
https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/11/nudists-save-tourist-attack-castro/

 

3 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

The perp was giving a bad name to pirates everywhere.

Of course the heroes of the story are technically in violation if SF law. I suspect that the police don't care.
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/nude-san-francisco-17677016.php

[ijuin 611]

In some places in California, “Indecent Exposure” (i.e. having your wang visible) results in being registered as a sex offender for life, including the obligation to notify neighbors whenever you move to a new residence. Apparently going outside without pants on is the moral and legal equivalent of first-degree rape.

[Darth Fluffy 378]

9 hours ago, ijuin said:

In some places in California, “Indecent Exposure” (i.e. having your wang visible) results in being registered as a sex offender for life, including the obligation to notify neighbors whenever you move to a new residence. Apparently going outside without pants on is the moral and legal equivalent of first-degree rape.

Sadly, it seems that you are correct. I'm not well versed on nudist culture, but I gather depending where you are from, it can be very family friendly. But then again, not every place is the USA, with overzealous overreach.

"Oh, but there's some correlation!" (I'm speculating.) Oh, really? So what? Indict the perpetrator for the actual crime. Period. Don't invent peripheral crime to cover your incompetence.

 

[mlooney 3,839]

[mlooney 3,839]

[ijuin 611]

Falling rocks are normal enough, but falling cattle?

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,671]

 

11 minutes ago, ijuin said:

Falling rocks are normal enough, but falling cattle?

To be fair, when cows jump over the Moon, the landings don't tend to be graceful.

 

[mlooney 3,839]

1 hour ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

 

To be fair, when cows jump over the Moon, the landings don't tend to be graceful.

 

 

[mlooney 3,839]

A wolf, a sheep and a cabbage are in a boat traveling between the towers of Hanoi, while eating an equally divided cake they have to write a program that prints it's own source code. Which one gets the job offer for the CTO position?

[ijuin 611]

The cabbage, of course.

[Darth Fluffy 378]

1 hour ago, ijuin said:

The cabbage, of course.

Really? I had her pegged as 'future CIO'. She has the intelligence and charisma to be an exec.

If there is a boat load of unpaid overtime in the position, it's probably the sheep. But the wolf will take all of the credit for success, and none of the blame for failure.

[ijuin 611]

Cabbages have a long history in technology—one of the earliest computers was invented by Charles Cabbage.

[Darth Fluffy 378]

3 hours ago, ijuin said:

Cabbages have a long history in technology—one of the earliest computers was invented by Charles Cabbage.

That's a bad pun even by my low standards. Kudos.

[mlooney 3,839]

/m ijuin you get stars, a pentagram AND an elder sign.  Watch it.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,671]

 

"The time has come," the Walrus said,

"To talk of many things:

Of shoes - and ships - and sealing wax -

Of cabbages - and kings - "

 

[Darth Fluffy 378]

9 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

 

"The time has come," the Walrus said,

"To talk of many things:

Of shoes - and ships - and sealing wax -

Of cabbages - and kings - "

 

Apparently 20% true.

So, what are your thoughts on sealing wax? Let's raise this percentage.

(I find it difficult to buff the ceilings after I wax them.)

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,671]

 

As a child, I really did think "The Walrus" & "Puff" were actually refering to "Ceiling Wax".   I never saw anyone wax a ceiling.  But there must be a way to do it.

 

 

[ijuin 611]

Yeah, hardly anyone uses sealing wax any more. We now glue our documents closed and use embossed or inked seal marks. As for the other use of sealing wax—to seal jars and bottles—we now use manufactured rubber gaskets.

[Darth Fluffy 378]

I have seen it for sale as an affectation, ages ago, along with small single initial seals. It was in the form of a tough, thin candle-like object that you could light so it would drip sealing wax. It would be of far less use today; people send far fewer physical letters.

Per Google, you can still buy it, Walmart online carries it, for example.

The search also popped up white parafin wax bricks used for sealing canned goods. This also seems archaic, most folks use the above mentioned rubber gaskets.

I have purchased wine that had a wax seal over the cork.

[mlooney 3,839]

21 hours ago, ijuin said:

Yeah, hardly anyone uses sealing wax any more. We now glue our documents closed and use embossed or inked seal marks. As for the other use of sealing wax—to seal jars and bottles—we now use manufactured rubber gaskets.

Until one of 5 moves in 10 years made me lose track of it, I had a nice sealing wax set.  Had a nice signet ring to go with it.  Mhh.  Need to find out if any one will make a ring with my real signet on it.  Of course that would assume I ever used dead trees to send messages with.