November 06, 2013
— Maetenloch
"Plurality should not be posited without necessity."
"It is futile to do with more things that which can be done with fewer"
"When stupidity is a sufficient explanation, there's no need to have recourse to any other."
Jokes Are No Laughing Matter Comrade
The "five rules of survival in Socialism" are instructional. "1. Do not think. 2. If you must think, do not speak. 3. If you think and speak, refrain from writing. 4. If you must think, speak and write, then do not sign charters. 5. In case you think, speak up, write and sign, then do not be surprised by what happens to you.
The "seven wonders of Communism" makes a point about the economy. Accordingly, in Communism, 1. All had work. 2. Even though all had a job, no one did anything. 3. Even if none of us has done anything useful, the "State Plan" was filled above 100%. 4. Although the "Plan" has been "over fulfilled", you could not buy anything. 5. Even if nothing was offered for sale, everybody had all he needed. 6. Even if everybody had everything he needed, all were stealing. 7. Although everybody was stealing, nothing was ever discovered to be missing.
At the Yalta Conference, Churchill finds Stalin and his KGB boss Beria in an intensive conversation. "What are you discussing? - We will kill 30 million Poles and a mailman. - Why the mailman?" Stalin turns to Beria "I have told you that all they will care for is the mailman?"
Guns & Ammo Editor Fired Over 2A Editorial
And the overall editor fires himself.
[UPDATE -- Anal probe guy was billed $6,000 for the probing procedures.]
Welcoming Our New Insect Overlords And Their Beneficent Plans For You
And no you can't keep your current insurance plan because They Know Better.
...Overblown outrage is the stock and trade of conservative politics these days.
But here's what conservatives won't tell you, lest it undermine their theatrics: Many insurance plans are shutting down because they don't meet the higher bar of quality benefits required under Obamacare, and of those people who lose access to their plans, many will pay less and all will have better and more comprehensive options.
And this is absolutely nothing new:
Back in 1993, during the fight over HillaryCare, Mrs. Clinton explained Democratic reasoning to then-House GOP Leader Denny Hastert. If Americans are allowed too much discretion over how they spend their health-care dollars, Mrs. Clinton said, "We just think people will be too focused on saving money and they won't get the care for their children and themselves that they need . . .
"The money has to go to the federal government because the federal government will spend that money better."
#Biden2016: Joe Biden Congratulates Wrong Guy in Boston Mayor Race
When Marty Walsh won the Boston mayor's race, Vice President Joe Biden was quick to pick up the phone to congratulate him.But, there was a problem. The Marty Walsh who Biden had on the other end of the phone wasn't the Marty Walsh who had been elected to succeed longtime Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
...That Marty Walsh said before he could explain the mix-up, Biden launched into his congratulations, saying "Marty, you did it, you son of a gun."
Meet the New Sandinista Mayor of New York
And his lesbian wife.
No amateur psychoanalysis of Bill de Blasio is complete without mentioning his domineering lesbian wife, Chirlane McCray (and yes, even after he adopted his mother's maiden name, she still wouldn't take his name). Prior to her marriage to the doughboy from Cambridge, McCray was best known for a 1979 Essence article in which she spoke about her experiences as a homosexual woman of color. De Blasio's account of how he wooed her reads like one of Heartiste's "Beta of the Month" horror stories as reinterpreted by Dostoevsky's Underground Man, as he steadfastly refused to take no for an answer
And Meet the Coming New Old New York
Why the Left Loves Teachers But Denigrates Doctors
Rednecks in the Mist Meet the Gheys
In which The Daily Show is foiled again by the lack of hate in the Hateful South - even when they stage a very public gay engagement at the Waffle House.
Schadenjoy: Red State Dems Feeling the Blues
Thanks Snowden: New Leaks Threaten Human Smuggling Talks and Lead To Hack Attacks On Australia
Plus a little #SweetSweetHypocrisy: Brazil Admits To Spying On US Diplomats After Blasting NSA Surveillance
Miss Canada was a member of the Great White North's army reserve and was trained in firing a machine gun. She believes in striving for peace, but training for war. I hear Toronto is looking for a new mayor.
Cross-bowers Are Made, Not Born
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Worst. Super-hero. Ever. (H/T to Hank the C)
Teh Tweet!
Le AoSHQ groupe de Yahoo. Ooh la la!
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"Comment Noir" for the Moron Horde-
7:36 PM 11/6/2013(dim the lights, imagine a soulful sax solo in the background):
She was a contortionist. I met her at a Mobius strip club. She was trying to make both ends meet, but her personality had an odd twist. I thought the relationship would go on forever, but it was one-sided. I had to draw the line somewhere. Eventually, she started to lose her edge. At the end, she really came unglued.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 06, 2013 06:41 PM (N/Sup)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 06:42 PM (GEICT)
Thanks Maet. Lots of meaty content. Especially the Canadian bacon link.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 06, 2013 06:43 PM (N/Sup)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 06, 2013 06:44 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 06, 2013 06:45 PM (HVff2)
. Posted by: Thrawn at November 06, 2013 06:45 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: mpfs at November 06, 2013 06:45 PM (aHtkp)
Posted by: rickl at November 06, 2013 06:46 PM (sdi6R)
Good but dollars to donuts they knew he was a left wing asshole way before publishing his column.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 06, 2013 06:46 PM (xz0nG)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 06:47 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Harry Balzac at November 06, 2013 06:47 PM (lHVhi)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (I've found the Character limit for nics) at November 06, 2013 06:48 PM (lAZep)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 06, 2013 06:49 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: zeera at November 06, 2013 06:49 PM (awL0T)
Posted by: Harry Balzac at November 06, 2013 10:47 PM (lHVhi)
***
Shouldn't that be "mild-mannered" Harry Balzac?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 06, 2013 06:49 PM (N/Sup)
Posted by: Secundus at November 06, 2013 06:49 PM (dkQey)
Hmm, I believe I have an opening in my harem for such a girl.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 06:50 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 06:50 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 06, 2013 06:50 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (I've found the Character limit for nics) at November 06, 2013 06:50 PM (lAZep)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 06:50 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 06, 2013 06:51 PM (6rcHp)
Congrats NYC. You've just gone from the frying pan to the fire
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 06, 2013 06:51 PM (JivuR)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at November 06, 2013 06:51 PM (hhF00)
De Blasio’s account of how he wooed her reads like one of Heartiste’s “Beta of the Month” horror stories as reinterpreted by Dostoevsky’s Underground Man
Heh!!! That was some entertaining reading. The post modern world is not without some gallows humor.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 06, 2013 06:52 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I'm really curious to know what NY'er think he's going to do. Both conservatives and lefties.
Is Dinkins a rough guide?
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 06, 2013 06:53 PM (xz0nG)
Posted by: toby928© is of the body at November 06, 2013 06:53 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 06:53 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 10:47 PM (GEICT)
As long as they don't let the Irish into polite society, the South is fine by me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 06:54 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 10:54 PM (oJ5Fd)
Or the Chinese.
Posted by: Mætenloch at November 06, 2013 06:55 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2013 10:53 PM (xz0nG)
Unfortunately not.
Dinkins was dumber than a bag of rocks.
De Blasio is a bright guy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 06:55 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: toby928© is of the body at November 06, 2013 06:55 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 06:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 06, 2013 06:56 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 06:56 PM (23Kgq)
But, there was a problem. The Marty Walsh who Biden had on the other end of the phone wasn't the Marty Walsh who had been elected to succeed longtime Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
I can't wait for Joey to start campaigning for the 2016 election. His first campaign stop will be in Ulan Bator
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 06, 2013 06:57 PM (JivuR)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 06, 2013 06:57 PM (N/Sup)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 06:58 PM (23Kgq)
The Ballchinians are up to their Adam's Apples in this caper.
Posted by: GnuBreed
Hated that movie. Hated.
It ruined Laura Flynn Boyle's career and hawtness for good. That and Jack Nicholson but not the point...
They barely redeemed the franchise with III.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 06, 2013 06:58 PM (xz0nG)
Wait. I have great respect for the Chinese that built the railroad and dug the Grand Canyon.
Posted by: toby928© is of the body at November 06, 2013 10:55 PM (QupBk)
Aw prairiesticks - okay fine everyone then.
Posted by: Mætenloch at November 06, 2013 06:58 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: toby928© is of the body at November 06, 2013 06:58 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Secundus at November 06, 2013 06:58 PM (dkQey)
Posted by: fluffy at November 06, 2013 06:58 PM (lHVhi)
Thereby dispelling all Irish stereotypes.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 10:56 PM
Hey, you're supposed to buy the drinks, then deck them. You're paying, might as well drink 'em both. Are you SURE you're irish???
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 06:59 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: rickl at November 06, 2013 06:59 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Snark Shark at November 06, 2013 06:59 PM (EO5SM)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: toby928© takes to joke too far? at November 06, 2013 07:00 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 07:00 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: rickl at November 06, 2013 07:01 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: trump at November 06, 2013 07:02 PM (FbbJc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 10:56 PM (GEICT)
True story:
Went to England when I was about 20. First night out in London, my friends and I went to a pub, where we proceeded to discover (belatedly), that English ales were not 3.2 beer.
An Irishman down the bar heard my (lack of) accent and staggered over, yelling expletives about how America sucks and how he hates America and how he was going to kick my ass. All of this in an incomprehensible Irish accent.
I'm half in the bag from strong English beer, and have no idea of the rules for bar fights in London. But that doesn't matter, because Paddy swings at me, misses, falls down, and stays on the ground for a good 15 seconds. The bartender clearly doesn't give a rat's ass, and I am flabbergasted.
So Paddy finally gets up, looks at me, says, "I'll buy you a pint," and staggers back to his bar stool.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:03 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 07:04 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Peter Griffin at November 06, 2013 07:04 PM (jf8y6)
I imagine him dressed in a pink pinafore with a bow on his head and rubber panties and a ball gaga and her all in White leather and spandex with a bull whip in one hand and an enema nozzle (extra extra large) in the other.
I imagine they have a special room with all surfaces covered in plastic for easy cleanup.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (I've found the Character limit for nics) at November 06, 2013 07:04 PM (lAZep)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:05 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 07:05 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 07:06 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 11:00 PM
No. When they get up, it's their shout. Repeat the process.
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 07:06 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Regular GUy at November 06, 2013 07:06 PM (N3Al8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: trump at November 06, 2013 07:06 PM (FbbJc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:07 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 07:07 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (I've found the Character limit for nics) at November 06, 2013 07:07 PM (lAZep)
All this bitching all day about TFG and the ACA.
Y'all keep missing the point. And this is not a joke, it's something to wrap your minds around and accept as fact....
These fuck-ups are ALL features, not bugs. The whole point was to pass the law, not to make it work. It has to fail in a spectacular way, so people again look to someone, anyone, who can fix this mess.
And there will be the government, waiting with their pre-written bill to make America into a single payer socialist paradise.
All these so-called mistakes and outrages are just necessary steps in the journey.
Posted by: normal man spitting on his hands at November 06, 2013 07:08 PM (agLwc)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 06, 2013 07:09 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 07:09 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:09 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at November 06, 2013 07:10 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 11:07 PM (4BA+Y)
Ye of little faith - PA covered his antics last week I believe.
79 Cleanup on aisle 56 maet.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (I've found the Character limit for nics) at November 06, 2013 11:07 PM (lAZep)
Movie quote used in proper context. No penalty.
Posted by: Mætenloch at November 06, 2013 07:10 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: rickl at November 06, 2013 07:11 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: boulder toilet MS programmer at November 06, 2013 07:11 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Regular GUy at November 06, 2013 07:12 PM (N3Al8)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 06, 2013 07:12 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:12 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at November 06, 2013 07:12 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 07:13 PM (EO5SM)
Posted by: booger at November 06, 2013 07:13 PM (xRDdL)
And we can feel good about ourselves whilst getting mugged.
Posted by: New Yawkahs at November 06, 2013 07:13 PM (Dwehj)
You gotta try this. Serious, you guys.
http://tinyurl.com/krqyf65
Evening roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 06, 2013 07:13 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: mpfs at November 06, 2013 07:13 PM (aHtkp)
Posted by: mindful webworker knows the drill at November 06, 2013 07:13 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 07:14 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:14 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:14 PM (zvFWX)
Dinkins was WAAAAYYY over his head and even his platoon of advisers couldn't help as NYC requires a proactive Mayor just to stay even with the craziness.
Everything went bad during Dinkins tenure. He's the Jimmy Carter of Mayors.
From folks say, DeBlasio is smarter and therefore more dangerous and devious. The only good thing is that he's not a rich man like Bloomberg so this is the best he'll ever probably do.
Glad I don't live near New York anymore. When New York Sneezes, the suburbs catch the cold.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (I've found the Character limit for nics) at November 06, 2013 07:14 PM (lAZep)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 07:14 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at November 06, 2013 11:12 PM (RZ8pf)
Giuliani was the perfect mayor, because he made the city incredibly safe (don't believe the current numbers: it's already getting worse), but was able to preserve the feel of the neighborhoods and the "grittiness" of the city.
Bloomberg just turned it into his image of a perfect city...and it sucks.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:15 PM (oJ5Fd)
This is funny shit right here.. O bammy on tour of Texas
Ted Cruz: President Obama Should Take His ‘Broken Promises Tour’ Elsewhere
Posted by: Regular GUy at November 06, 2013 07:16 PM (N3Al8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:17 PM (zvFWX)
65, CBD
I spent 3 years in the UK and drank many a pint in all kinds of pubs. Basically when I wasn't working, I was drunk. I never had a single problem with any of the locals (english, scots, irish, welsh, didn't matter). The only run ins I ever had with anybody was with other Americans and 1 Canadian. Go figure.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 06, 2013 07:17 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: Snake Plissken at November 06, 2013 07:17 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: rickl at November 06, 2013 07:17 PM (sdi6R)
--Did Obama wear that black cowboy hat again?
Easily one of the funniest pics of Ear Leader ever.Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 07:17 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 06, 2013 07:18 PM (GEICT)
That was the only time I was even remotely concerned. I've been back several times, and London is still my favorite English speaking city....although they say it is a Muslim shit-hole now....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:19 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: The Cock at November 06, 2013 07:19 PM (4eDvT)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 07:20 PM (EO5SM)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 06, 2013 07:20 PM (HVff2)
The last several times I have been in Times Square, all I have seen was cops rousting drunks.
On which corner do the trannies hang out? I'm asking for a friend.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:20 PM (oJ5Fd)
In 1983 he legally changed his name to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm.
By the time he appeared on the public stage in 1990, he was using the name Bill de Blasio as he explained he had been called "Bill" or "Billy" in his personal life. He did not legally change over to this new name until 2002, when the discrepancy was noted during an election.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 06, 2013 07:20 PM (H0R/1)
De Blasio is a creature of the municipal unions.
He will probably give every union a sweet heart deal and generous raises in the next go round.
Fun fact: The NYPD pays more for it's "retired" police force than it's active police force.
It pays 4.7 billion for their retired comprising over 46,000 retirees and 4.3 billion for it 36,000 active police force.
Welcome to the suck, it couldn't happen to a nicer city.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 06, 2013 07:20 PM (dwtaK)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:21 PM (zvFWX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 06, 2013 07:21 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:23 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 07:23 PM (EO5SM)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 11:14 PM (zvFWX)
Depends where you put your nose.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 06, 2013 07:23 PM (lr3d7)
Actually, I think many of us are aware of that and we can bitch regardless.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 11:14 PM (23Kgq)
Respectfully sir, I disagree. When each putrid layer of this rotten ACA onion gets peeled back, there is more anger, and gnashing of teeth. If people really understood the intent of this law is to be the "transitional phase" the Emperor spoke of, none of it would come as a surprise.
Unless this is all faux outrage, meant to drum up the groundswell of real anger necessary to effect change....
Posted by: normal man spitting on his hands at November 06, 2013 07:23 PM (agLwc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:23 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: rickl at November 06, 2013 07:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 06, 2013 07:25 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: The Warrior Hat at November 06, 2013 07:25 PM (Vk2pI)
They had a teddy bear hanging from the ceiling of the capsule as kind of an unofficial g meter.
The guy in the right seat was using a finglonger to push buttons on the console.
Posted by: Anachronda at November 06, 2013 07:25 PM (U82Km)
I used base-ten minutes and a 24 hour clock for years. It makes it much easier to calculate pay for hourly workers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:26 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:26 PM (23Kgq)
Seems the Barkyware crew slept through that class-
http://tinyurl.com/q4w9yyr
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 06, 2013 07:26 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:26 PM (zvFWX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:26 PM (Z9EHQ)
... when all the NYC hipsters flee to Charlotte and make NC a reliable Dem state
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 06, 2013 07:28 PM (d7tB2)
Act accordingly.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 06, 2013 07:28 PM (dwtaK)
Speaking of tranny hookers....How about the National Moron Meet-up? Have you thought any more about it, because I am game.
It would be an amusing weekend.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:28 PM (oJ5Fd)
How is that useful?
Posted by: miked at November 06, 2013 07:28 PM (iZiIb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Say what you will about the Russkies, but the Soyuz is about as reliable as a subway train.
Posted by: rickl at November 06, 2013 11:24 PM (sdi6R)
Is it like the DC-3 of rockets?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 06, 2013 07:29 PM (H0R/1)
The combination is awful enough, but your interpretation really makes it epically disgusting.
Thanks a lot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:29 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 06, 2013 07:30 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:30 PM (23Kgq)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK04VyrcXjI
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 07:30 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 06, 2013 07:31 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 11:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
These were teamsters....they were dumb, sneaky, vicious and liars...all at once!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:31 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:32 PM (zvFWX)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 06, 2013 07:32 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 07:32 PM (EO5SM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:33 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:33 PM (zvFWX)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 11:20 PM
It was attempted, but didn't work. The upside of metric is everything is decimalized. But, the basis of a month is the moon. There's no getting around 12 cycles to a solar year. You could simply make it 10 months to a year, but it mucks up the lunar cycle. When they tried the metric time time, they didn't go that route and kept 12 months. Defeated the purpose of the concept. Either way, it's not a winner.
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 07:33 PM (9gNQd)
With about as many drunks and empty vodka bottles.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 06, 2013 07:34 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: rickl at November 06, 2013 07:34 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 06, 2013 07:35 PM (HVff2)
Tell you the truth, Fenelon, I don't know. Once I got past the anger, there's just been this hollowness, nothing to fill the space where the hate was...yet. The anger's still there too, just choked down to where it requires alcohol to release it.
It just seems like people can't believe that government could fuck up something so royally and unfairly, and OMG what can we/they do to make this less sucky, etc.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object..........it should be obvious
Posted by: normal man spitting on his hands at November 06, 2013 07:35 PM (agLwc)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2013 07:35 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 11:33 PM (9gNQd)
Well we do still have lobster thermidor from the attempt.
Posted by: Mætenloch at November 06, 2013 07:36 PM (pAlYe)
I have no idea why we use a 24 hour/60 minute/60 second clock, rather than a 10 hour/100 minute/100 second clock!
Interesting question.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:36 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:36 PM (zvFWX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:36 PM (23Kgq)
*Reaches down, checks smoothness of balls, lingers........*
Oh hi, so anyway, I was thinking razors and balls should never be in the same thread post.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2013 07:37 PM (nKUHR)
No reason why we can't have a metric day linked to a more conventional month and year.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:37 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 06, 2013 07:37 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Infidel at November 06, 2013 07:37 PM (X7va6)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 11:35 PM
They did that, IIRC.
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 07:38 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 06, 2013 07:38 PM (HVff2)
Okay...try this:
Walk up to someone in the supermarket and strike up a conversation without making them extremely uncomfortable.
See?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:38 PM (oJ5Fd)
So IOW if you wipe out on your Harley, you have to go home when your yearly max runs out, then go back in January 1 to start a new yearly max.
Posted by: PJ at November 06, 2013 07:38 PM (ZWaLo)
Interesting question.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 11:36 PM (oJ5Fd)
Thank the Sumerians and the fact that 24 and 60 have lots of factors which make the math easier when you haven't invented the decimal point yet.
Posted by: Mætenloch at November 06, 2013 07:38 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 06, 2013 07:39 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:40 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:40 PM (zvFWX)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 06, 2013 07:41 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
Bastards!
Not as bad as the Irish though......
[BCochran....still here?]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:41 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 06, 2013 07:41 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 07:42 PM (EO5SM)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 11:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
It's one hour!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:42 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:42 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2013 07:42 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 06, 2013 07:43 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 11:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
hmmm, the pizza is gonna be a tough one...
Posted by: Las Vegas Office of Tourism at November 06, 2013 07:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Gilgamesh at November 06, 2013 07:43 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:44 PM (zvFWX)
Right....so we adjust the length of the second to 84.6% of the current one, and we have a perfect day.
For geeks.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:44 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 07:44 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: booger at November 06, 2013 07:44 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:44 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 06, 2013 11:39 PM (N/cFh)
Au contraire - most Americans learn the metric system by way of guns, drugs, and soda bottles. :-)
Posted by: Mætenloch at November 06, 2013 07:44 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: The Warrior Hat at November 06, 2013 07:44 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 06, 2013 07:44 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 11:42 PM (23Kgq)
What are you....from New Jersey?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:45 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: eman at November 06, 2013 07:46 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: RWC at November 06, 2013 07:46 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Abe Simpson at November 06, 2013 07:46 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 11:37 PM
Well yeah, you could. But without a complete system based on 10, it kind of defeats the purpose.of metric. A lot of mucking around for little gain. IIRC, they tried to change everything, including seconds, but couldn't get it all to fit, without ignoring the solar/lunar thing.
One thing about metric that always bugged me... why the hell isn't there an equivalent to a foot? You only have a mm, a cm... then a metre?! What the hell? There ought to be a "decimetre".
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 07:46 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 07:46 PM (EO5SM)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 06, 2013 11:39 PM (N/cFh)
My frigging tool box would say otherwise, there are whole drawers dedicated to this "ignored" system.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at November 06, 2013 07:47 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 06, 2013 07:47 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:47 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 06, 2013 07:47 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:47 PM (23Kgq)
OK Fen, since we both know where we're heading, the appropriate response would be to get there first, by developing some sort of plan to thwart their end-game. You know that the single-payer bill is already written, right? It's sitting in some senator's cabinet, ready- made for when the time is right.
Get there first. With a viable alterative plan, and a determined opposition party to push for it.
Oh wait.....that explains the hollowness inside.
Posted by: normal man spitting on his hands at November 06, 2013 07:48 PM (agLwc)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:48 PM (zvFWX)
Posted by: The Non-Metric Hat (10/6) at November 06, 2013 07:48 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2013 07:49 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: The Non-Metric Hat (10/6) at November 06, 2013 07:49 PM (Vk2pI)
Something tells me our socialism experiment is coming to an end.
Posted by: PJ at November 06, 2013 07:49 PM (ZWaLo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:49 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 06, 2013 07:49 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 06, 2013 07:50 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 11:46 PM (9gNQd)
Um...dude? It's the ONT. That's what we do here!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:50 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
No amateur psychoanalysis of Bill de Blasio is complete without mentioning his domineering lesbian ...[ ] he steadfastly refused to take no for an answer.
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Interesting. Almost as if he didn't respect her gayness. Smacks of "If she just found the right man" thinking that conservatives are usually accussed of having. Clearly he is anti-gay.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2013 07:50 PM (KlVdw)
also, the idea is take the day, divide it into ten hours, divide each hour into ten minutes, and so on. you are not able to keep your minutes if you like them.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 11:44 PM (Z9EHQ)
Yeah, I realized after I posted that comment that you all were discussing changing the length of the second, which I had assumed would stay the same. Oops.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 06, 2013 07:51 PM (lr3d7)
We were just suggesting that Obama is an idiot and a sociopath.
You might not be able to use Excel, but my guess is that you could probably make normal human contact with a stranger pretty easily.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:51 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 06, 2013 07:52 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:52 PM (zvFWX)
Posted by: Jerec at November 06, 2013 07:53 PM (8HhF2)
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"...Almost as if he didn't respect her gayness."
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2013 11:50 PM (KlVdw)
Sounds like rape to me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:53 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 07:53 PM (4BA+Y)
Will this also bring down what I need to pay Kate Upton for a BJ? Since things of value have value can they just be changed arbitrarily?
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 07:53 PM (MVBSu)
Plug in electric clocks use the constant frequency from the outlet to keep time. Try changing that worldwide.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2013 07:53 PM (nKUHR)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 06, 2013 07:53 PM (b2cFu)
6.5mm = .256 caliber
9mm = N scale = 1:160
all this measuring stuff has my head spinning...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 06, 2013 07:54 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: RWC at November 06, 2013 07:54 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 06, 2013 07:54 PM (xz0nG)
Our mistake was air conditioning. Now we can't keep the damn yankees out.
--------------------------------------------
AC and common courtesy to NJ/NY rats -- BIG mistakes in NC
Posted by: NCwoof at November 06, 2013 07:54 PM (aUQgu)
=0.5 Kate Upton
Posted by: that was way too easy at November 06, 2013 11:52 PM (Oh07U)
Yeah....maybe closer to1.0....
http://tinyurl.com/mxxuvhw
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:55 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: booger at November 06, 2013 07:55 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jerec at November 06, 2013 07:56 PM (8HhF2)
=0.5 Kate Upton
Posted by: that was way too easy at November 06, 2013 11:52 PM (Oh07U)
Why not Kate Marceau for some of that hybrid vigor?
Posted by: Mætenloch at November 06, 2013 07:56 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Carol at November 06, 2013 07:56 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 07:56 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 07:56 PM (eIFv3)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2013 07:56 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:57 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 11:56 PM (Z9EHQ)
A fellow can dream.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:57 PM (oJ5Fd)
Lordy, do you know how hot is in Vegas in July-August?
It rarely gets above 50C.Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 06, 2013 11:55 PM (JawqV)
LOL. That's why they have AC everywhere. Smokin too.
Posted by: Infidel at November 06, 2013 07:57 PM (X7va6)
Posted by: rickl at November 06, 2013 07:57 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 07:57 PM (eIFv3)
Wisest thing out of my first wife's mouth was, re: y2k, "Time is just a collective hunch" (at least, the measuring thereof ...)
Is that factoring thing the same reason why we measure degrees of a circle in the same manner? Asking for a friend ...
Posted by: Joe who was told in the seventies we would all be metric now, but we aren't at November 06, 2013 07:58 PM (aW6dO)
He plans to chase the wealthy out. Problem solved.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at November 06, 2013 07:58 PM (W9e8l)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2013 11:53 PM (nKUHR)
US = 60hz
Most of the rest of the world = 50 hz
Also, generated power on the power lines isn't exactly the standard I would use for generating precise frequencies. There are electronic timer circuits that do that job much, much better. Besides, most of todays electric clocks are electronic anyway, even the ones with analog dials, so their timers are electronic frequency generators (quartz crystals, fr'instance).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 06, 2013 07:58 PM (yh0zB)
Haha, you wiseguys. Somebody gave me the wrong website number. Jeez.
Posted by: Joe Biden at November 06, 2013 07:58 PM (Oh07U)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 07:59 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 07:59 PM (zvFWX)
The ability to connect with others is certainly one way to measure intelligence...emotional intelligence.
Assuming the average person had an emotional intelligence of 100, what would you guess Obama's was?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 07:59 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at November 06, 2013 07:59 PM (LIvS0)
Posted by: RWC at November 06, 2013 07:59 PM (LpbKr)
all this measuring stuff has my head spinning...>>
Wow you must have one hell of a Train set.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 08:00 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2013 08:00 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 12:00 AM (MVBSu)
N and Nn3, but not on the same board...yet...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 06, 2013 08:00 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at November 06, 2013 08:01 PM (FFIoe)
The on-shot config is what you use for umm...
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at November 06, 2013 08:01 PM (W9e8l)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 06, 2013 11:58 PM (yh0zB)
Plus the mains frequency tends to drop under load so they have to cycle it at a slightly higher rate at night in order to keep the clocks from getting too far off. About all you can count on is that the frequency will be around 60hz *on average*.
Posted by: Mætenloch at November 06, 2013 08:01 PM (pAlYe)
After two-thirds of the subscriber base announced they were leaving, and the publisher's board of directors shit their collective pants.
Everyone has a set of rules they live by. Torque's Fifth Rule says, "Whenever anyone says it's not about the money, it's about the money." This was about the money.
Kinda makes you wonder what could be accomplished if conservatives in general had anything like the courage of the G&A readership when it comes to consumer boycotts.
In off moments, I imagine the wave of total panic and fear that would come over thousands of liberal media executives if half the country basically said, "Nah. No more. Done with this. Cancelling all my subscriptions. Everything. No TV, no movies, no radio, nothing. Gonna catch up on my reading. See ya later, OK?"
Posted by: torquewrench at November 06, 2013 08:01 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Lawrence at November 06, 2013 08:01 PM (eIFv3)
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at November 06, 2013 08:02 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 08:02 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:03 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 08:03 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at November 06, 2013 08:03 PM (W9e8l)
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at November 06, 2013 08:03 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2013 12:02 AM (23Kgq)
You can't be far off.
Just look at the way he holds himself around the Marines who escort him, or the audience at his many functions.
Yukk.
I miss Bush and Reagan.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2013 08:04 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: RWC at November 06, 2013 08:04 PM (LpbKr)
Well sure GGE there are atomic clocks using cesium, but my point was the power grid would have to change for new clocks or the clocks would all have to change and if the power grid changed you refrigerator might not keep your beer cold and then you would not know when beer-thirty was and you would perish.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2013 08:05 PM (nKUHR)
There is. It's called a decimetre and it's, oh, approximately 10 cm or so long.
Took the wife to urgent care once for a slice that needed some stitches. A couple of PAs worked on her. One says "we need the length of the wound in centimetres." The blonde one said "Dunno. This ruler is marked in millimeters."
Not making that up. It actually happened. And she really was blonde.
Posted by: Anachronda at November 06, 2013 08:05 PM (U82Km)
http://tinyurl.com/l9pdfpo
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 08:05 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:06 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2013 08:06 PM (23Kgq)
Yes.
But make sure you get some twitter. So you can tweet "I just made a shit load of money and the SCOMF is a liar!"
Posted by: Kreplach at November 06, 2013 08:07 PM (dwtaK)
Gah! No way I'm staying up for that!
Posted by: Anachronda at November 06, 2013 08:07 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: RWC at November 06, 2013 08:07 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 08:08 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 06, 2013 08:08 PM (JawqV)
Don't know much about Biology. But I think they have electronic doodads to do that since all my cheap ass electronics keep time so well (between Daylights savings times)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 08:08 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: RWC at November 06, 2013 08:08 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Carol at November 06, 2013 08:08 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 08:09 PM (zvFWX)
So the Egyptians use of sundials divided the time between sunrise and sunset into 12 equal parts.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2013 08:10 PM (nKUHR)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 08:11 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 07, 2013 12:05 AM (nKUHR)
Oh, that's no problem. If this beer is empty, it must be beer thirty because it's time to get another one.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 06, 2013 08:12 PM (yh0zB)
I generally am SI unit compliant, but I simply cannot do without Fahrenheit degrees.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 06, 2013 08:12 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:12 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: PMRich at November 07, 2013 12:11 AM
No, I'm saying I blame the french.
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 08:12 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Tuna at November 06, 2013 08:14 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: The Non-Metric Hat (fractions rule!) at November 06, 2013 08:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Not making that up. It actually happened. And she really was blonde.>>
I have 4 year degree engineers that belive because the computer will show measurements out to 0.00001 they are real. It's a fucking stereoscope at 25. How do you think that is possible?
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 08:15 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: RWC at November 06, 2013 08:15 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: RWC at November 06, 2013 08:18 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: logprof at November 07, 2013 12:12 AM
Oooooooohhh.... Air Canada flight 143. I know about that. That was some serious flying. Totally amazing piloting.
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 08:18 PM (9gNQd)
Okay, if you like your dvds, you can keep your dvds.*
* Sorry, but we are confiscating your original theatrical edition "Star Wars" dvds, and you must now buy the prequels on Blu-Ray.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2013 08:18 PM (KlVdw)
Mars Climate Orbiter.
'Nuff said.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 06, 2013 08:20 PM (gqT4g)
* Sorry, but we are confiscating your original theatrical edition "Star Wars" dvds, and you must now buy the prequels on Blu-Ray.>>
Bad analogy. Think on it.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 08:20 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 11:46 PM (9gNQd)
There is. And it is often marked on meter sticks. But it is rarely used in practice. When I took high-school physics, we worked in the mks system: meters, kilograms, seconds. This was before Canada went metric. mks was dead easy to use, and the numbers were pretty intuitive. But Canada adopted the SI metric units, or cgs, centimeters, grams, seconds. So we wound up with crazy-ass units like the "Pascal" for pressure. Instead of something intuitively understandable like kg/m2 for pressure, which is pretty readily convertible to psi, we fill our tires to 250 kPa, (roughly = 35 psi).
And they should never have metricated the land survey or highway systems. That was plain-ass stupid. The entire country was surveyed in miles and feet. And on rods, chains, and moosedicks, too. Well, I may have made that last one up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2013 08:20 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 06, 2013 08:21 PM (6SyN7)
Most people use the "pick a system" method for measurements today.
I work in chemical process, most people I talk to assume we use gallons / liters. We run everything by pounds per hour because it's easier to do the mole ratio calcs.
The odd part is we use the old British
M = 1,000
MM = 1,000,000
Not sure if this is a legacy of the company or of the operating system
Posted by: PMRich at November 06, 2013 08:22 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:23 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: RWC at November 07, 2013 12:20 AM (LpbKr)
New Koch or Koch classic?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 06, 2013 08:23 PM (H0R/1)
The units vary depending on whether or not it's the swimsuit issue.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 06, 2013 08:23 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at November 06, 2013 08:23 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at November 06, 2013 08:24 PM (zvFWX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
And they should never have metricated the land survey or highway systems. That was plain-ass stupid. The entire country was surveyed in miles and feet. And on rods, chains, and moosedicks, too. Well, I may have made that last one up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2013 12:20 AM
So the decimetre is being suppressed? I knew it. They're just doing it to piss people off. I reckon they should adopt the tridecimetre. That's close to a foot. What the fuck is 63cm? Oh, it's 2 and a bit tridecimetres. Fucking french.
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 08:28 PM (9gNQd)
I need to install a new piece of equipment (from Germany)> The insructions I was sent were in Psi. The equipment is marked in bar. The 2 are 14lbs psi off if I convert. What does that do to believing the maker is competent.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 08:28 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: CarolT at November 06, 2013 08:32 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:32 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: Þe Political Hat at November 06, 2013 08:32 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Joe Biden at November 06, 2013 08:32 PM (fW/Ev)
Posted by: otho at November 06, 2013 08:32 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 08:33 PM (wNF3N)
But it's a dry heat.
So dry that you'll be suffering from heat stroke in under 20 minutes if you're not prepared for it.
So there's that to look forward to.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 06, 2013 08:35 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: RWC at November 06, 2013 08:36 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Joe who still wonders about the degree thing at November 06, 2013 08:37 PM (aW6dO)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2013 12:21 AM (6SyN7)
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Because the originals are substandard and the new ones have all the bells and whistles.
/s
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2013 08:38 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: JB1000 at November 07, 2013 12:38 AM (lAcfn)
Two sets? Try three, old boy.
Posted by: Whitworth at November 06, 2013 08:40 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: Joe who still wonders about the degree thing at November 06, 2013 08:40 PM (aW6dO)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 08:40 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: The Salt-Encrusted Hat at November 06, 2013 08:42 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:42 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: CarolT at November 06, 2013 08:42 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 06, 2013 08:42 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Court Eunuch at November 06, 2013 08:43 PM (Vk2pI)
Which was a great boon to men. Building a tool shop. Crap sockets and opened end wrenches are way cheaper than a radial arm saw.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 08:43 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 07, 2013 12:42 AM (b2cFu)
What is your top speed in furlongs per fortnight?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 06, 2013 08:44 PM (H0R/1)
speaking of tools, no not biden, the other kind; it sure would be helpful if the world standardized the turn end of screws. And it should be the star shape for efficiency.
this changing the tip of screwdrivers is bullshit.
/rant
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2013 08:44 PM (nKUHR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
Can you convert that to bushels and pecks for me? Actually, I'm asking for a friend.
(happy anniversary CC)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 08:46 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:46 PM (4BA+Y)
I have defended it because I love tools. But for the American mechanic this has been a tax.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 08:47 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: Whitworth at November 07, 2013 12:40 AM (8Fl6F)
Man no shit. The first time I had to work on a triumph motorcycle I was like WTF size is this???
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at November 06, 2013 08:48 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:48 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Non-Metric Hat at November 06, 2013 08:49 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Joe who has many sockets but limited skill at November 06, 2013 08:50 PM (aW6dO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
FIFY chuckle-head. The new plans are like bundled cable packages. Six or seven channels you actually watch, and nine hundred that you don't.
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at November 06, 2013 08:52 PM (2vl2+)
Posted by: kalneva at November 06, 2013 08:52 PM (XyrkB)
And then you got to work on Lucas electrical that no size wrench would fix.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 08:52 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 06, 2013 08:53 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Joe who has many sockets but limited skill at November 07, 2013 12:50 AM (aW6dO)
Thats how they mind fucked us into the system, when they started doing that shit on cars. It seems like they strategically placed metric bolts throughout the car.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at November 06, 2013 08:53 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:54 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:55 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: President For Life Obama at November 06, 2013 08:55 PM (qjFNd)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 12:52 AM (MVBSu)
THAT tool looks some sort of wooden handle with a 2 pound mass of steel on the end.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at November 06, 2013 08:55 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 06, 2013 08:56 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Joe who has many sockets but limited skill at November 06, 2013 08:56 PM (aW6dO)
Posted by: Kathleen Sebelius
yeah, give me your info? do you want bronze, silver, gold?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 07, 2013 12:51 AM (Z9EHQ)
I'm holding out for plutonium.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 06, 2013 08:56 PM (H0R/1)
Posted by: logprof, quiz pub bore at November 06, 2013 08:57 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 06, 2013 08:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 06, 2013 08:58 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 08:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2013 08:59 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 07, 2013 12:56 AM (DmNpO)
Thats pretty cool looking.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at November 06, 2013 08:59 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 08:59 PM (4BA+Y)
389, good analogy! I would not be paying for NFL Ticket, for example, if Beloved Hubby didn't live here! This is a great idea for a LIV campaign! *oh* Forgot the GOP is incapable of great ideas.
OMG, that's a good idea. Making single LIV women, only concerned about getting their formerly $10 pill Rx for free. Now what if you have to pay for all sports fans' NFL Ticket on Directv!
I already know the answer. Fucking everyone is a right, and it's not a right to watch football.
Posted by: kalneva at November 06, 2013 08:59 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: 1-800-F1UCKYO at November 06, 2013 09:00 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: logprof at November 07, 2013 12:54 AM
You use a shit scale. It tells you how many shit pounds are in a ton of shit.
Posted by: mr lahey at November 06, 2013 09:00 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at November 06, 2013 09:01 PM (W9e8l)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 09:01 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: President For Life Obama at November 06, 2013 09:01 PM (qjFNd)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 09:02 PM (4BA+Y)
But they cannot do a thing about her IQ.
Posted by: pat at November 06, 2013 09:03 PM (KCg4m)
And we can feel good about ourselves whilst getting mugged.
Posted by: New Yawkahs at November 06, 2013 11:13 PM
They'll feel good about themselves from a distance. Noo Yawk suffered Chicago and Philly level population declines in the 70s, their 80 census had the city barely over 7 million
They'll be in FL, NY, or TX telling everyone how great NY is and why don't people in their new town do it like they do in Noo Yawk
I grew up in northern NJ and remember the 70s. History repeats itself, just like a Noo Yawkah
Posted by: kbdabear at November 06, 2013 09:03 PM (aTXUx)
It's funny that the imperial system has the hundredweight (cwt, 100 pounds) that is metric in concept, and is commonly used for freight, especially bulk freight. That's about the closest intersection I can think of between the two systems.
The hundred weight is 112 pounds, or at least it was.
Posted by: Grey Fox at November 06, 2013 09:04 PM (/LcRQ)
Posted by: Randy at November 06, 2013 09:05 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: President For Life Obama at November 06, 2013 09:05 PM (gKGI0)
/rant
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 07, 2013 12:44 AM (nKUHR)
Best design by far is the Robertson square socket, invented in Canada, eh? Stronger than the Torx, and easier to manufacture, too. And a new Robertson bit will wedge tightly into a new Robertson screwhead, so that the screw stays on the driver, making one-handed screw starting practical. Boat builders and fine woodworkers love 'em.
Posted by: Whitworth at November 06, 2013 09:05 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: Randy at November 07, 2013 01:05 AM
What's a shit snare, julian? Some kind of shitty snare?
Posted by: bubbles at November 06, 2013 09:06 PM (9gNQd)
404 PH
I know what's wrong with Santorum, in today's milieu, I am just saying it shouldn't be that way. It's stupid, and narcissistic to think that "we" can do it better than all civilizations before us. Granted, a society can improve, but not "fundamentally transform".
Posted by: kalneva at November 06, 2013 09:06 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 09:07 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: JB1000 at November 07, 2013 12:38 AM (lAcfn)
Two sets? Try three, old boy.
So someone explain to me why I connect my 9 mm socket to my 1/4 inch ratchet?
Fuck Sears and The French
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at November 06, 2013 09:08 PM (/2ciC)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 12:28 AM (MVBSu)
Being off by 14 psi makes it sound like one of your units are gauge pressure and the other is in atmospheric.
Posted by: buzzion at November 06, 2013 09:08 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Julian at November 06, 2013 09:09 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at November 06, 2013 09:09 PM (/2ciC)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 09:10 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 06, 2013 09:10 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 09:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
The land that Casa del Crank sits on measures 5.01 acres, which is about 2.03 hectares to you metric using sons of b*tches.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 06, 2013 09:12 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: kalneva at November 06, 2013 09:13 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 06, 2013 09:13 PM (4BA+Y)
Try teaching dumbass young engineers Metric when dealing with Mills of an inch which is a thousand of an inch and mills of a meter. Both pronounced the same way but not at all compatible. It gets to be like speaking Russian to me in measurement. They got taught in metric but didn't think anything else mattered so assumed what Mill meant.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 09:13 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: Randy at November 07, 2013 01:05 AM
About 90 shit pounds, bo-bandy. 90 shit pounds of ruminant shit.
Posted by: mr lahey at November 06, 2013 09:14 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 06, 2013 09:14 PM (6SyN7)
Shit I went down a vent alley. Micrometer is like Thermometer.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 09:15 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at November 06, 2013 09:15 PM (Vk2pI)
--Answer: It depends.
A pound of gold can be 16 ounces avoirdupois, or 12 ounces troy.
My usual answer when I try to puzzle people with that question is: Feathers, because gold is traditionally measured in pounds troy, which has only 12 ounces. Your answer works too, I guess.
Posted by: Grey Fox at November 06, 2013 09:15 PM (/LcRQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 09:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at November 07, 2013 01:15 AM (Vk2pI)
yeah, I saw that yesterday morning. She's wearing a bit more clothing than I was expecting
Posted by: The Dude at November 06, 2013 09:17 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Ångström at November 06, 2013 09:17 PM (Vk2pI)
Try teaching dumbass young engineers Metric when dealing with Mills of an inch which is a thousand of an inch and mills of a meter. Both pronounced the same way but not at all compatible. It gets to be like speaking Russian to me in measurement. They got taught in metric but didn't think anything else mattered so assumed what Mill meant.
I usually hear/read .001" abbreviated as "thou." (pronounced with the initial consonant voiceless, as in "thousandths," not as in "a loaf of bread and thou.")
Posted by: Grey Fox at November 06, 2013 09:19 PM (/LcRQ)
Posted by: kalneva at November 06, 2013 09:19 PM (XyrkB)
Fuck I hate when people here make me look stupid. 0bar is atmosphere but I added the 14 to get to 35 psi.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 09:19 PM (MVBSu)
She was pretty typical of your average Manhattan lefty
Posted by: kbdabear at November 06, 2013 09:20 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 06, 2013 09:20 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: The Dude at November 06, 2013 09:20 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 09:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 09:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Accordingly, a pound of feathers -- or beef, dirt, wood, or human -- would weigh more than a pound of gold, silver or gemstones.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 06, 2013 09:21 PM (7OSKn)
Posted by: CarolT at November 06, 2013 09:25 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 06, 2013 09:26 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 06, 2013 09:26 PM (b2cFu)
Yeah but I'd take the pound of metal over the pound of feathers. The FSA would take the feathers because it's like more or something.
Anyway, leave the grains to bullets where they belong.
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at November 06, 2013 09:26 PM (/2ciC)
Which of these 2 groups falls faster.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 09:27 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: Luther at November 06, 2013 09:29 PM (Ua6T/)
Which of these 2 groups falls faster.
If this Obama BS keeps up the metals ain't falling anywhere. Vaccuum or no.
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at November 06, 2013 09:29 PM (/2ciC)
Posted by: Zakn at November 06, 2013 09:29 PM (N6437)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 09:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 09:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Ångström at November 06, 2013 09:32 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 07, 2013 01:26 AM (4BA+Y)
I happen to be in need of a pub quiz bore! What a coincidence. Not gonna be in Las Vegas this weekend, are you?
Posted by: kalneva at November 06, 2013 09:33 PM (XyrkB)
Until they mark the wrenches and sockets big and bold enough for me to read. Does it really matter which is used if I own both.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 09:34 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 07, 2013 01:26 AM (b2cFu)
Newtons are metric. And they are a measurment of force. Weight is the force of gravity acting on a mass. Pounds are a measurement for mass or weight. When you are dealing with physics you denote the difference with and m or f after the Lb. So its lbm for mass and lbf for force. lbf would be what your weight is measured in.
Posted by: buzzion at November 06, 2013 09:36 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 06, 2013 09:36 PM (4BA+Y)
Sears is selling stuff with large print laser etched sizes on them. Very easy to read. No more squinting and holding shit up to a light at just the right angle to read it
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at November 06, 2013 09:37 PM (W9e8l)
Which of these 2 groups falls faster.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 01:27 AM (MVBSu)
In a vacuum? Same-o, same-o.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 06, 2013 09:37 PM (7OSKn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2013 09:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
I've turned 50, you'd think AARP would send me mailings about this kinda stuff. But no it's buy this buy that.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 09:40 PM (MVBSu)
As a wrench turner, I say we should just go metric. I'm tired of carrying around two sets of everything.
>>
Far too much legacy equipment for that to occur. Some of the things I have worked on are older than I am, and I ain't getting no younger.
Posted by: PMRich at November 06, 2013 09:40 PM (KDUNf)
easy to read. No more squinting and holding shit up to a light at just
the right angle to read it>>
I've turned 50, you'd think AARP would send me mailings about this kinda stuff. But no it's buy this buy that.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 01:40 AM (MVBSu)
If you look at labels on things, there's some big-ass bar code and a bunch of microscopic print that's grey on orange or some other bullshit combination....thus showing that the end of civilization is nigh: things for computers to read are printed so that people can easily see them but make scanners unnecessarily large; things for people to read are printed (by computers) with such bad contrast and small type that they can't be read by human eyes.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 06, 2013 09:46 PM (7OSKn)
Christie had special senate vote on a Wednesday instead of having it on same day as election day, to have spotlight on him.
I know he had that surgery for fat. Is he immune to results.
I live in MA and my vote makes no difference. I will never vote for someone I canÂ’t stand again.
Posted by: CarolT at November 07, 2013 01:25 AM (z4WKX)
-----------------------------------------------------
Just lock and load; and let the fat bastards self-destruct.
When I go, I'll take at least one commie with me.
Posted by: NCwoof at November 06, 2013 09:46 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: PMRich at November 07, 2013 01:43 AM (KDUNf)
Torr, God of Tunderr....
Posted by: cthulhu at November 06, 2013 09:50 PM (7OSKn)
3D bar-code is a tiny square you barely notice but holds many lines of data for a reader. But I don't want to bar-code all my sockets.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 09:52 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: kalneva at November 06, 2013 09:54 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 09:55 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 07, 2013 01:26 AM (b2cFu)
Pounds are mass, and Newtons are force. The Imperial equivalent of the Newton is the poundal.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2013 09:56 PM (8Fl6F)
http://tinyurl.com/kbjjdxz
They hit some stuff I didn't know about.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 09:56 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: The Political Ångström at November 06, 2013 09:57 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: kalneva at November 06, 2013 10:01 PM (XyrkB)
I thought mercury was used to measure temperature. Does Mercury out gas at a constant that it can measure vacuum pressure?
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 10:01 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: biscuits mahoney at November 06, 2013 10:01 PM (avEon)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 06, 2013 10:03 PM (4BA+Y)
Charming!
How's that work with really small diameter drill bits?
Posted by: torquewrench at November 06, 2013 10:04 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 06, 2013 10:05 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 01:52 AM (MVBSu)
You could color-code your sockets. Use the resistor color code as your basis, and use the colors in the same sequence. Take the 3/8 set of inch-standard sockets, for example. The smallest one of that series is normally 3/8, so put a black stripe on it. 7/16 gets a brown stripe, 1/2 gets a red stripe, 9/16 orange, 5/8 yellow, 11/16 green, 3/4 blue, 13/16 gray. White is left over. Similar scheme for the 1/4 drive and 1/2" drive, and for the ends of wrenches.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2013 10:06 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: The Political Ångström at November 06, 2013 10:06 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 06, 2013 10:07 PM (4BA+Y)
And yes, I've often measured out air/gas pressure by actually measuring mercury. >>
I know what you mean. We've found here that use of a true Hg gauge is more reliable than even the 'certified' vacuum gauges, when doing calibrations for our lowest range instruments.
Kind of embarassing to do a cal., then have the device read a negative value when placed online. Control room guy always yells out "Call NASA"
Posted by: PMRich at November 06, 2013 10:08 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: logprof the pub quiz bore at November 06, 2013 10:11 PM (4BA+Y)
Or I could just keep my 13MM/1/2, 7/16, 9/16 and 5/8 in a box and do 90% of my fixin with very little searching. ( threw in that 13MM and 1/2" are the same to make me look smart)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 10:11 PM (MVBSu)
Go get em, boys.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 10:13 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 02:01 AM (MVBSu)
Mercury barometers and pressure gauges have been used for centuries. When the weather forecast says "thirty point oh-two inches" that's the height of the mercury column in a barometer glass. And the blood pressure gauges used by doctors worked that way, too. I remember having my blood pressure taken on those. The vapor pressure of mercury is very tiny at normal temperatures. Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is trifle more than 30" of mercury, and over 30 feet of water. Probably why water barometers never caught on.
You can also build a mercury diffusion pump to pump a vessel down to a very high vacuum indeed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2013 10:13 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: biscuits mahoney at November 06, 2013 10:18 PM (avEon)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 10:18 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 02:11 AM (MVBSu)
Or you buy these: http://www.metrinch-tools.com/website/introductie.php
(I haven't tried these, but the concept is damned interesting.)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2013 10:20 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: model_1066 at November 06, 2013 10:20 PM (DK7BF)
They have videotapes, plus the actual card scans. More than enough info.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 10:21 PM (wNF3N)
Isn't silicone cheaper and way safer. Or does a mercury diffusion pump go to higher vacuum.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 10:21 PM (MVBSu)
I'm not sure how they are going to prove this or that person did that.
Posted by: biscuits mahoney at November 07, 2013 02:18 AM (avEon)
The store receipts should have a record of the EBT card numbers. It was only the balances that were not working properly, but which card made which purchase should be pretty easy from a technical standpoint as I understand it.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 06, 2013 10:21 PM (b2cFu)
I'm not sure how they are going to prove this or that person did that.
>>
The balance on the card wasthe part lost in the glitch, very easy to see which cards were used for this buying spree.
Posted by: PMRich at November 06, 2013 10:25 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: logprof at November 06, 2013 10:27 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: model_1066 at November 06, 2013 10:27 PM (DK7BF)
Isn't silicone cheaper and way safer. Or does a mercury diffusion pump go to higher vacuum.
>>
Never seen a mercury diffusion pump. I work with vacuum on large scale. Most of our systems here use steam ejectors. Able to achieve < 0.1 mmHg
Posted by: PMRich at November 06, 2013 10:30 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: The Political Ångström at November 06, 2013 10:30 PM (Vk2pI)
I'm pretty sure I have heard over and over that ignorance of your crime is not a defense. And they did know as well as you would in your checking account their balance in the system. Or put them in a home if they are that retarded.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 10:33 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: model_1066 at November 06, 2013 10:34 PM (DK7BF)
Posted by: Reggie Love at November 06, 2013 10:35 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 02:21 AM (MVBSu)
Sounds like synthetic oils have replaced mercury in this application. Here is an interesting read of the subject (pdf): http://www.chemassociates.com/products/findett/diffusion_pump.pdf
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2013 10:38 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 06, 2013 10:40 PM (Vk2pI)
1. Listen to a two hour tape of Sarah Silverman jokes.
2. Get nightly visits from a horny demon with a red hot barbed penis.
3. Listen to a year's worth of Obama speeches.
4. Take a Caribbean cruise with your kids, when every night they have the pedophile showcase.
5. Trim your toenails with a chainsaw.
6. Have doggy for dinner.
7. Volunteer to work 200 hours in helping GOTV for Hillary 21016.
8. Sign up to be a Mars colonist. It's a one way trip.
9. Do a couple of laps with DWS when she's in full PMS mode.
And finally,
10. Shake Obama's hand.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 10:42 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Jesse at November 06, 2013 10:42 PM (ZoglM)
Posted by: junior at November 06, 2013 10:43 PM (BsbbB)
So it's off to bed.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 10:58 PM (wNF3N)
I have worked with High vacuum systems for over 20 years and have never seen a mercury high vac diffusion pump. The primary diffusion pump can only knock molecules down the system to secondary pump. How does a Mercury molecule do that more efficiently than silicone molecule? Bigger and heavier yes but less abundant and way more dangerous. Think football team with 10 guys vs 20 a great team takes 10 minutes to get to10^-11 but without Mercury it takes them 20 minutes but without the hated Packers.
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 11:07 PM (MVBSu)
What i mean is, that's clearly a 12 bagger, plus the 2 I'd have to wear just in case hers broke. Whew, doggy.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 11:12 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 06, 2013 11:13 PM (7OSKn)
Nevertheless, happy spawning day to you.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 06, 2013 11:16 PM (wNF3N)
Kinda Un happy Birthday if the Got deams it?
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 11:16 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 06, 2013 11:22 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: GMB at November 06, 2013 11:25 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 06, 2013 11:25 PM (MVBSu)
Posted by: Old Dog at November 06, 2013 11:28 PM (tQYJH)
Posted by: Judge Elihu Smails at November 06, 2013 11:28 PM (MSrqi)
Posted by: fastfreefall at November 06, 2013 11:28 PM (1kXtQ)
government, I'm 51 -- though reality will have to wait until 3:41 PST.
Don't wish me "many more" unless they'll be worth it.>>
Kinda Un happy Birthday if the Got deams it?
Posted by: The Hickster at November 07, 2013 03:16 AM (MVBSu)
It's late, and soon to hit the sack in order to be awake during a day of frivolity....so I should have said 1541 PST, and "don't wish many more years of the last ones on me....wish me some Reagan-type years, 'cause more years like the ones we've had lately just suck and drag-on."
Posted by: cthulhu at November 06, 2013 11:31 PM (7OSKn)
Posted by: GMB at November 06, 2013 11:31 PM (nkPV9)
we are living history. every good story had to have villains, struggles, overcoming the odds, arc of character growth, etc. without the shitbags we are dealing with the boredom would be terrible.
you will live long enough to shit on their graves.
Posted by: jc at November 06, 2013 11:37 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Zakn at November 06, 2013 11:41 PM (N6437)
Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at November 06, 2013 11:43 PM (ZoglM)
Posted by: Zakn at November 06, 2013 11:43 PM (N6437)
Posted by: Zakn at November 06, 2013 11:43 PM (N6437)
Posted by: PMRich at November 06, 2013 11:52 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Zakn at November 06, 2013 11:55 PM (N6437)
Posted by: fastfreefall at November 06, 2013 11:59 PM (1kXtQ)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at November 07, 2013 12:11 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 07, 2013 12:12 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: schizoid at November 07, 2013 12:16 AM (hHNz9)
Posted by: Zakn at November 07, 2013 12:17 AM (N6437)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 07, 2013 12:38 AM (6ahup)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 07, 2013 12:46 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 07, 2013 04:46 AM (Z9EHQ)
it's his right arm that's damaged, isn't it ?
Posted by: dDan at November 07, 2013 12:58 AM (hwYmz)
Hammer and I used to italicize some noir every now and again....
maybe we should have a talk like a gumshoe ONT one night.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 01:08 AM (9jfyN)
uh Chrispy is like Juan and Willard...punch right, hug left.....
no more retarded boxers.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 01:11 AM (9jfyN)
How ya doin?
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 05:05 AM (9jfyN)
if you don't mind...if you do, no prob.
you mentioned Canada last night. I don't know much about the country.
but, I think if desire is that deep, it's worth going for. A lot of factors weigh on those kind of decisions. right now, I'm out of position to reach my goal.
Posted by: dDan at November 07, 2013 01:32 AM (hwYmz)
Don't mind at all.
Look this is not some faux tough guy "I want to win but you people won't fight or get in people's faces" thing in my case.
I lived in Alberta when I was a boy my grandfather had holdings there, and I was told by him the shale boom was coming and that America was preferable to Canada because of economic freedom.
in just 30 short years the liberals have flipped the switch.
The last time Canada was more capitalist than America was in the 30s and we're here again.
Everyone needs to decide if they feel the best move for their bloodline is to move on. FreeShit Army will not stop their routine until there is a collapse. You want to know America's future look to Detroit on a much faster timeline thanks to EPA.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 01:50 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: ThomasD at November 07, 2013 01:51 AM (FA+FN)
How ya doin?
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 05:05 AM (9jfyN)
You can't enter Canada if you've ever had a DUI. Ever. Unless you're POTUS.
Posted by: schizoid at November 07, 2013 01:54 AM (hHNz9)
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 05:50 AM (9jfyN)
Everything goes in cycles. Problem is, it doesn't seem to be cycling back to the right as far or as long as it cycles left.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 07, 2013 01:56 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: mindful webworker in the wee hours at November 07, 2013 02:00 AM (13IVx)
I can pass the background check.
I am for the most part, a well behaved person.
570 GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 07, 2013 05:56 AM (yh0zB)
I think the NEA accomplished what the Soviets couldn't.
Self-esteem nation is gonna destroy the Republic.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 02:01 AM (9jfyN)
and I have Lipton tea and grape nuts...breakfast of champions.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 02:02 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Barney F. at November 07, 2013 02:08 AM (WM1/o)
an even more horrifying thought...
so guy gets charged 6 grand to titillate some cops' fetish...
guess what if a court upheld the decision he hasn't even met his annual deductible.....
Brave New World Bark has built....I want off it.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 02:10 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: mindful webworker in the dark at November 07, 2013 02:11 AM (uHgI5)
I am for the most part, a well behaved person.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 06:01 AM (9jfyN)
Excellent. Once you're in you're home free. I suggest you smoke crack and run for mayor of a major city.
Posted by: schizoid at November 07, 2013 02:13 AM (hHNz9)
They and the World War One Generation were unstoppable once they got antibiotics. hardy people because they had to be. I need to get back into shape, but the men in my family either die before 70 or make it to their 90s.
My great grandpa was lucid into his late 90s.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 02:16 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: mindful webworker - in case of occident, brake glands at November 07, 2013 02:16 AM (u57y4)
Everyone needs to decide if they feel the best move for their bloodline is to move on. FreeShit Army will not stop their routine until there is a collapse. You want to know America's future look to Detroit on a much faster timeline thanks to EPA.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 05:50 AM (9jfyN)
I appreciate your response. I'm on better (not good, but better) tech than I'm used to... work, sleep, and other stuff will slow me down.
I pulled this out of your response, partly because "best move for bloodline" is one of my unresolved factors.
FSA will do as you say; I also think a collapse is coming; America's future is dark...
but, I'm an old CDB fan, "This lady may have stumbled, but she ain't never fell" kinda guy right now.
Posted by: dDan at November 07, 2013 02:17 AM (hwYmz)
I can respect that, I was an upbeat confident voter...perhaps stupidly so under Beijing Billy. The GOP's greatest failure was in refusing to listen to people who warned what the left was up to. I used to think it was tender-heartedness, I am not of a mind that it was at best collusion and at worst conspiracy.
One thing those on the "but I agree for the most part with donks on social policy you h8er" types need to remember is the mules and media have been playing you like a fiddle for at least 7 years and most likely 20+....
Good luck.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 02:25 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 06:01 AM (9jfyN)
I pray that you are wrong. I fear that you are right.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 07, 2013 02:31 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 06:16 AM (9jfyN)
I'm gonna be bug-fucking nuts when I'm in my 90's. On purpose if I have to.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 07, 2013 02:32 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: mindful webworker - late boomer at November 07, 2013 02:36 AM (ndxIr)
But that declaration of independence cannot be put back in the bottle. Humankind will continue to fight the revolutionary war, wherever and with whatever it takes, was the best I could answer.
One hopes, I think the only hope is to break the nation up. Pride won't let too many see that. New York City just elected an unapologetic communist.
I was raised to have some very serious and sincere ideas about communists.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 02:39 AM (9jfyN)
Oh I have a year or two penned in for playing Koei's PTO series in my underwear and eating peanut butter crackers.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 02:40 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: madamex at November 07, 2013 02:41 AM (LG3EV)
Posted by: madamex at November 07, 2013 02:43 AM (LG3EV)
@ sven10077 at November 07, 2013 06:25 AM (9jfyN)
(maybe, that is the correct way to do things.)
"Good luck." sounds like a sign off. I hope not.
do not misunderstand me.
"The GOP's greatest failure was in refusing to listen to people who warned what the left was up to."
....do not confuse the GOP w/ America.
Posted by: dDan at November 07, 2013 02:43 AM (hwYmz)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Communism is not that kind of party, dude! at November 07, 2013 03:02 AM (i5xnd)
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 06:39 AM (9jfyN)
Spent the first 4 years of my Navy career opposing the commies. When the wall fell down I was as surprised (and as happy) as the rest of us.
Hard to imagine that was 23 years ago. Today's college student has never lived in a world where there was an Evil Empire.
time for my Geritol...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 07, 2013 03:07 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at November 07, 2013 03:17 AM (3brsw)
@ sven10077
"I was raised to have some very serious and sincere ideas about communists."
My mother-in-law is/was a party member from Moscow her whole life. We have some pretty interesting, and intense, conversations, but she recognized what Obama was from the moment she hear him speak. She also thinks he is a fool, becuase, I Quote, "he is pushing the socialist agenda too fast. It needs to be done in incramental steps and now their will be a politcal backlash and it will take anohter 100 years to get where the US socialists are now."
Pray that she is right, but I think it will end with the economic collapse followed by bloodshed and then the country splits apart.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at November 07, 2013 04:06 AM (EINWq)
"If you order your bacon extra crispy they will fry it for you. Takes a little longer, but very worth it." Posted by: Zakn at November 07, 2013 03:43 AM (N6437)
Or like a Jesus if you prefer it Chuy.
Posted by: Mr. Dave at November 07, 2013 04:10 AM (HC6Ll)
We'll see....
if John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Chrispy Chreme are the best the Republic can give in riposte to a communist we're fucked anyway.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 07, 2013 04:30 AM (9jfyN)
@598 sven10077
The best of the Republic are dissuased/attacked as they are not in the vested moneyed interests of the powerful. Those that they cannot control, must be destroyed. Think the way Sarah Palin, love or hate her, was attacked-- by her own political party no less.
The current GOP will choose another blue state RINO in 16', and try and placate the conservatives with another VP slot, but it won't make a difference in the world at this point. The FSA is beyond saturation and new comers fill the ranks daily.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at November 07, 2013 05:12 AM (EINWq)
Posted by: Future Illegal Immigrant at November 07, 2013 05:16 AM (OPg+h)
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