Random Thought Thread

[norb]

And if it doesn't meet the collective standards, then we stop trusting them... semantics. Oh well, this thirty year-old argument has no solution.

It has a solution. The solution is that the phrase is BS. The logic is fundamentally flawed. No amount of logical meandering/sophistry will change thay.

 

[jefboyardee]

drink a bucket full of something horrifying to prepare for my colonoscopy on Monday

Well, I've almost finished the bucket. It is not a pleasant sensation, but there hasn't been anything like the horror stories I've heard about... knock on wood. I hope I can turn myself off when I go to sleep.

 

[kct1975]

Well, I've almost finished the bucket. It is not a pleasant sensation, but there hasn't been anything like the horror stories I've heard about... knock on wood. I hope I can turn myself off when I go to sleep.

Ummm....ya...good luck!

 

[Dngrsone]

And if it doesn't meet the collective standards, then we stop trusting them... semantics. Oh well, this thirty year-old argument has no solution.

That's just a BS-y way of saying you dont trust them to be competent.

Such cynicism... Granted, when Reagan said it, neither the Soviet Union nor the US trusted the other (for good reasons) and the phrase was largely rhetoric.

In my case, however, I do trust the contractor to do good work, and they do know what the standards are. My job is to make sure that those standards are maintained throughout the project. So, despite the political baggage behind the statement, my position holds.

 

[jefboyardee]

Ummm....ya...good luck!

Everything came out in the end, as they say. The drugs knocked me out completely and now I'm sorta wide awake. They found four little polyps and one they've sent to the inspector. I'll know later this week if I can continue living.

 

[jefboyardee]

Put an offer on this. The house, that is, not the car...

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World record set, I think:

I am the first person to have a colonoscopy and buy a house on a leap day.

 

[Unforgiven]

World record set, I think:

I am the first person to have a colonoscopy and buy a house on a leap day.

Congrats on buying the house. As far as the colonoscopy, um, I hope everything came out OK.

 

[jefboyardee]

I hope the owning house won't be as revolting an experience as the colonoscopy was!

 

[Unforgiven]

I hope the owning house won't be as revolting an experience as the colonoscopy was!

Home ownership has its ups and downs. When things aren't breaking, it great. When something breaks, expect things to continue to break.

 

[jefboyardee]

Owned a bunch. Own one now, for eleven years and sick of it. But once you've owned, it's durn near impossible to consider renting again.

 

[jefboyardee]

I have three scotch and sodas every freaking night.

...except last night and tonight. Doctor's orders. Proving to myself that I'm not an alky.

 

[jefboyardee]

Great to see baseball scores again.

 

[Clementine_3]

...except last night and tonight. Doctor's orders. Proving to myself that I'm not an alky.

I had some bourbon for you last night and will happily have more tonight if it will help you out I do have scotch if you (we) prefer.

Great to see baseball scores again.

Go Boston!

 

[Gmash]

I had some bourbon for you last night and will happily have more tonight if it will help you out I do have scotch if you (we) prefer.

Go Boston!

Party at Clementine's house!

 

[mikedt]

Not using that, don't think this teacher's stomach could handle it.

 

[zuben el genub]

Not using that, don't think this teacher's stomach could handle it.

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Do the boys get Ken?

 

[mikedt]

Yeh, the boys can have Ken™

 

[Gmash]

Yeh, the boys can have Ken™

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Judging by the hairstyle and the outfit, that must be Ken circa 1967.

 

[Clementine_3]

Judging by the hairstyle and the outfit, that must be Ken circa 1967.

I'm more than a bit disturbed that you can identify the correct "Ken years"...

 

[mikedt]

1967, I think this was more the order of the day in the PRC.

The Zhongshan suit.

Actually that reminds me, must remember to take my little book into the office tomorrow. Mustn't forget.

 

[Gmash]

I'm more than a bit disturbed that you can identify the correct "Ken years"...

Dang, you outed me. Actually, I'm not sure if that's "Swinger Ken" or "Mentally Handicapped Ken".

 

[Lordvincent 90]

https://geon.github.io/programming/2016/03/03/dsxyliea

 

[mikedt]

I've not seen any so far...

...but if I do, can have this handy leaflet I got from the police station this morning...

 

[huh]

Quinn cam!
Couldn't seem to get my phone to work properly on the forum !! no worries I think I fixed it now so I can resume the incessant babbles and ramblings
Missed you guys[emoji12]

 

[shalemail]

So I heard it's take your action figure to work day today? On Twitter and Instagram (#AFWD2016) .... Honestly I thought everyday was action figure at work day. I am just that much of a geek I guess. I always have these guys up - one was found in a parking lot by a coworker some years back and they thought I should have him (motorcycle rider Spidey) and Well the Arkham Origins Batman was a gift from my loving wife - she found him at CVS when she was picking up scripts last summer. The are my totems, my harbingers of goodness.