Random Randomness.

[Deleterious]

I remember being a little kid. Standing in my parents kitchen or the basement and wondering how I would ever acquire all the things needed to run a household. 

Today I stand in our garage and I look all the crap we accumulated over the years and I wonder where the hell it all came from.

[oblong]

1 hour ago, Deleterious said:

I remember being a little kid. Standing in my parents kitchen or the basement and wondering how I would ever acquire all the things needed to run a household. 

Today I stand in our garage and I look all the crap we accumulated over the years and I wonder where the hell it all came from.

My aunt and uncle recently moved from their house of 30+ years to a one bedroom apartment to be closer to their grandkids and all that.  Watching them get rid of crap inspired me to do the same.  I got thru one phase.  I'm only 51 but its a great thing to do for your kids because having gone through it with cousins and aunts and uncles.... my mom lives in a flood area and has gone through several catastrophic events that helped clean things out but still....

My next step is my tools.  I'm not Mr. Handy at all but over 28 years of being on my own I've accumulated so much from my own and from uncles and my dad.  I'm getting rid of it and buying new stuff, just what I need.  I don't need 3 circular saws which I have now.  Don't need a grinder.  Don't need 3 weed trimmers.  Don't need a half dozen socket sets, all of which are missing something.   

 

[mtutiger]

For the folks who cook the turkey at Thanksgiving......

Brine or No Brine? This year is the first time having to the turkey in the oven (have usually smoked), considering whether brining is worth it

[CMRivdogs]

It's amazing how stuff accumulates. We did a major purge in the Spring in time for the neighborhood yard sale. Looking around the garage lately and there's still a ton that needs to go. Especially a ton of sheet music that's doubtful. We'll ever use (I'll keep a few "fake books"). I may have to start researching local schools or groups who could use them.

[Deleterious]

Oh come on.  Serrano won that fight.

Those two ladies beat the hell out of each other.  Best fight I have seen in years.  

[Tigermojo]

4 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Oh come on.  Serrano won that fight.

Those two ladies beat the hell out of each other.  Best fight I have seen in years.  

Nasty cut.

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I never knew that the music for the CBS Special Presentation are spliced elements from Hawaii Five O's Call to Danger.

 

[CMRivdogs]

Tesla has unveiled its RoboTaxi

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-b66bb2d0-a91a-11ef-8814-b9598ecea6da.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top

Notice the DeLorian wings

[Deleterious]

Sort of misleading.  I believe the European selections are the entire country.  In the US Michelin only ranks restaurants in San Francisco, Chicago, NYC, Wash DC, Atlanta, and Colorado, and Florida.   DC, Atlanta, Colorado, and Florida are all new within the past few years.

[gehringer_2]

Just saw the report that GM, Bedrock and the City want to take down the two south towers of the RenCen and redevelop the site into something more residential based having more ground level river access.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/detroits-iconic-renaissance-center-could-222054557.html

[oblong]

I go down there a lot and the RenCen is still such a boondoggle. Just gets in the way. Looks nice from afar in a skyline but you could go a long way removing its footprint both on the river and at the street level.  With the Gordie bridge being pedestrian friendly it would be nice to link all that up. 

[gehringer_2]

18 minutes ago, oblong said:

I go down there a lot and the RenCen is still such a boondoggle. Just gets in the way. Looks nice from afar in a skyline but you could go a long way removing its footprint both on the river and at the street level.  With the Gordie bridge being pedestrian friendly it would be nice to link all that up. 

I suppose if the plan is to remove the South towers and most of the pavilion south of the central tower, it would  open things up a ton. The facade on the Jefferson side will still be too much, but it is still way better now than Portman left it. Reading between the lines I'd guess they have little prospect of finding tenants for the space in the towers GM is leaving.

Edited November 26, 2024 by gehringer_2

[oblong]

4 pair of RS25 rocket engines along with 2 boosters (what powered the SLS that took Artemis I to the moon 2 years ago) for your fireplace viewing pleasure.  8.8 million pounds of thrust. 

[CMRivdogs]

If the mods prefer to move this to a different forum feel free. George Will is celebrating his 50th anniversary as a columnist. One of my favorite baseball books is his Men at Work:The craft of baseball. Ken Burns has interviewed Will several times for his documentaries, including his one on baseball. This is a good piece about their relationship....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/24/george-will-discipline-baseball-jefferson-roosevelt/

[Deleterious]

Happy Thanksgiving.

 

[oblong]

23 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

If the mods prefer to move this to a different forum feel free. George Will is celebrating his 50th anniversary as a columnist. One of my favorite baseball books is his Men at Work:The craft of baseball. Ken Burns has interviewed Will several times for his documentaries, including his one on baseball. This is a good piece about their relationship....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/24/george-will-discipline-baseball-jefferson-roosevelt/

That book was groundbreaking for me. 

[smr-nj]

Happy Thanksgiving. 
Have a pumpkin martini 🙂 (but not too many)

note:upgraded my phone last night… now the images post upside down? 
well, that’s not much of an improvement 

[oblong]

[chasfh]

On 12/1/2024 at 10:38 PM, oblong said:

Is the point here to turn it on or turn it off?

[oblong]

off.  There's a setting in that really changes the look of a program with it.  Makes it look cheap or like a Soap Opera.

 

[Deleterious]

 

[casimir]

On 11/15/2024 at 1:09 PM, Deleterious said:

I remember being a little kid. Standing in my parents kitchen or the basement and wondering how I would ever acquire all the things needed to run a household. 

Today I stand in our garage and I look all the crap we accumulated over the years and I wonder where the hell it all came from.

 

17 hours ago, Deleterious said:

 

Somewhat loosely combing these two, it wasn’t all that long ago that things such as getting the shelf elf out at Thanksgiving and making sure she moved around every night after the kids went bed was somewhat stressful.  This was especially the case when the task was forgotten at night and suddenly realized the next morning when I heard them rustling around as the woke up.

But mandatory holiday show viewing has gone away here.  No Charlie Brown Halloween or Thanksgiving specials the past couple of years and no mention of upcoming Christmas cartoons.

[CMRivdogs]

12 minutes ago, casimir said:

But mandatory holiday show viewing has gone away here.  No Charlie Brown Halloween or Thanksgiving specials the past couple of years and no mention of upcoming Christmas cartoons.

My own"mandatory" Christmas movie viewing is still in effect. It's about time to cue up White Christmas. I had a chance to see it on the "big screen" last year with the reopening of a theatre built by John Rockefeller in Williamsburg. That was very cool.

The other is the "ultimate family Christmas gathering" imo. Lion in Winter, pairing Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn along with an outstanding supporting cast.

 

[Deleterious]

New convenience fees coming for Mackinac Bridge users who pay with credit card

Rookies

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The MBA cited rising costs of transaction fees from credit card companies, which totaled more than $341K in 2024, as the reason for the move.

They will also no longer accept AMEX.  

[Deleterious]

Someone painted this on the rock in Flint.  Looks amazing.

A lot of work knowing someone is going to paint over it in a minute.