That was my first thought. I used to have a bird dog that, when let off the check-cord, would head for the horizon. It didn't matter that he was whistle trained. He could hear the whistle, and if he was on a check-cord he responded perfectly, but once off, well, if you had binoculars you could see his head turn when the whistle was blown, but he chose not to respond. The dog just loved to run. Unfortunately, it meant that the next several hours were spent chasing down the dog. The beeper collars don't help me track a dog, as I can only hear that frequency from one ear. Besides, who wants to walk in the fields with a dog that sounds like a garbage truck backing up? I would have loved to have something like a GPS tracker for him.
They took mine tailings and used them as gravel on the roads. All the dust kicked up from driving on the roads had a lead component to it. The surrounding environment really is that bad.
You are slamming the GPS for the wrong reason. The idea is that the unit will get you there, even if the route is not perfect. Google may have an advantage because they seem to have driven every street out there, where the Garmin routing is based only on the map.
Having said that, I have found entire highways missing from some of the Garmin base maps, and in one case with the detail maps, I could see my destination to the right, yet the GPS was wanting me to turn left, down a one-way street the wrong way. Now, that's crappy routing.
Are you talking about state fuel taxes, or federal fuel taxes? Because there are a number of states that put in far more federal fuel tax dollars than they ever get out for roads.
In any case, the point is that fuel tax money should be spent as the legislation stated. If more is needed, change the taxes to reflect that. Don't make up deficits from the general fund, or dump any surplus into the general fund. Other taxes too. How else can we decide what is needed if we can't tell where the money is coming from?
But, in the original Batman, when the thugs were rehydrated with heavy water, they vanished when struck! It's the end of us all! AAAAAAHHHHHaaaaaa.a.aaa.aa. mmm thorazine......
Heaven forbid that tax money should be spent educating our youth!
Why is insightful? The argument being made was not that tax money should not be spent on education, but that road use tax money should be spend on roads, but is instead diverted to other needs.
I don't mind paying gas tax for roads. I don't mind paying property tax for education. I mind like hell paying either only to find that the money was diverted to other things. We will never know the true cost of services with this kind of bullshit accounting going on.
What? I am not blaming technology. I am not even blaming the people running the light show. It was an accident. Something went wrong, and the laser hit me instead of the termination point. It did not turn me into a Luddite, or a laserphobe, or anything else. It did make me more aware of protecting my eyes.
All I said was that I found the idea of lasers projecting images directly on my retina disturbing. I find the idea of lens implants disturbing too, but that was not the topic at hand. I think there is a risk of losing eye function with this gizmo, but I am not advocating against it. If you want one, by all means, get one. I don't give a shit.
I am not impressed by straw man arguments either, but you seem to like them, so rave on Macduff.
Don' t be an ass. I know they are different levels of power. And, I don't care. I am not shining a laser of ANY strength directly into my eye on purpose.
Seriously, though, does anybody else find the idea of projecting directly on the eye a little disturbing?
Having been hit in the eye with a laser at a light show (flight path was supposed to terminate below where I was, but something went wrong), and lucky to escape without long term injury, I do.
You can sue a lawyer for malpractice. Of course, you need another lawyer....
You can also file a bar complaint. The state bar association will investigate. And, in spite of, or perhaps because of, all the lawyer jokes, they take it seriously.
In the case of your land, that is what title insurance is for. However, what is usually in the closing costs for title insurance is to protect the bank, should there be a title error, so they don't lose the loan money. You have to buy your own title insurance to protect your investment. You can also get an abstract of title and check it out yourself, but the abstract costs money.
My experience with lawyers is that they will be more than happy to explain anything you want in more detail, but if you just sit there and nod, they presume you understand what is going on. Health care, legal care, or custom software, if you don't stay engaged, you won't get the outcome you want.
I saw that show too, and until then, I thought my opinion of Phil Graham could not get any lower. It has now dropped to where my vocabulary, even when including words like "motherfucker", is not sufficient to describe how I feel about him.
Twitter doesn't seem to be popular with teenagers.
Probably because it is filled with "the inane ramblings are from the 25-40 crowd." I never thought I would say this, but, man, am I happy to be over 40!
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In 10th grade electronics, I was poking fun at a flyback transformer, and it poked back. Hard. Nothing can say "leave me alone" like electronics.
I don't put mine on until the tomato throws itself out of the car.
That was my first thought. I used to have a bird dog that, when let off the check-cord, would head for the horizon. It didn't matter that he was whistle trained. He could hear the whistle, and if he was on a check-cord he responded perfectly, but once off, well, if you had binoculars you could see his head turn when the whistle was blown, but he chose not to respond. The dog just loved to run. Unfortunately, it meant that the next several hours were spent chasing down the dog. The beeper collars don't help me track a dog, as I can only hear that frequency from one ear. Besides, who wants to walk in the fields with a dog that sounds like a garbage truck backing up? I would have loved to have something like a GPS tracker for him.
And humanity will actually be able to learn from mistakes made in the past.
Yeah, "In the future, don't dick around with the rat's genetics."
Hey, I am sure someone wants to buy Howard the Duck!
With any luck, it will be Tyson Foods.
They took mine tailings and used them as gravel on the roads. All the dust kicked up from driving on the roads had a lead component to it. The surrounding environment really is that bad.
You are slamming the GPS for the wrong reason. The idea is that the unit will get you there, even if the route is not perfect. Google may have an advantage because they seem to have driven every street out there, where the Garmin routing is based only on the map.
Having said that, I have found entire highways missing from some of the Garmin base maps, and in one case with the detail maps, I could see my destination to the right, yet the GPS was wanting me to turn left, down a one-way street the wrong way. Now, that's crappy routing.
Are you talking about state fuel taxes, or federal fuel taxes? Because there are a number of states that put in far more federal fuel tax dollars than they ever get out for roads.
In any case, the point is that fuel tax money should be spent as the legislation stated. If more is needed, change the taxes to reflect that. Don't make up deficits from the general fund, or dump any surplus into the general fund. Other taxes too. How else can we decide what is needed if we can't tell where the money is coming from?
But, in the original Batman, when the thugs were rehydrated with heavy water, they vanished when struck! It's the end of us all! AAAAAAHHHHHaaaaaa.a.aaa.aa. mmm thorazine......
...still be riding the vertical spike...
One way or another.
Heaven forbid that tax money should be spent educating our youth!
Why is insightful? The argument being made was not that tax money should not be spent on education, but that road use tax money should be spend on roads, but is instead diverted to other needs.
I don't mind paying gas tax for roads. I don't mind paying property tax for education. I mind like hell paying either only to find that the money was diverted to other things. We will never know the true cost of services with this kind of bullshit accounting going on.
Some people assumed with all the talk of new technology that by the year 2000 we'd all be driving flying cars and we'd have colonies on the moon...
Instead we got a date bug.
I was emotionally devastated, believe you me.
What? I am not blaming technology. I am not even blaming the people running the light show. It was an accident. Something went wrong, and the laser hit me instead of the termination point. It did not turn me into a Luddite, or a laserphobe, or anything else. It did make me more aware of protecting my eyes.
All I said was that I found the idea of lasers projecting images directly on my retina disturbing. I find the idea of lens implants disturbing too, but that was not the topic at hand. I think there is a risk of losing eye function with this gizmo, but I am not advocating against it. If you want one, by all means, get one. I don't give a shit.
I am not impressed by straw man arguments either, but you seem to like them, so rave on Macduff.
Don' t be an ass. I know they are different levels of power. And, I don't care. I am not shining a laser of ANY strength directly into my eye on purpose.
Are you kidding? People have been saying that for forty years!
Seriously, though, does anybody else find the idea of projecting directly on the eye a little disturbing?
Having been hit in the eye with a laser at a light show (flight path was supposed to terminate below where I was, but something went wrong), and lucky to escape without long term injury, I do.
High-powered laser shoots down helicopter. Film at eleven.
Evil maids are easy to spot because of their goatees.
Like Flexo in drag.
You can sue a lawyer for malpractice. Of course, you need another lawyer....
You can also file a bar complaint. The state bar association will investigate. And, in spite of, or perhaps because of, all the lawyer jokes, they take it seriously.
In the case of your land, that is what title insurance is for. However, what is usually in the closing costs for title insurance is to protect the bank, should there be a title error, so they don't lose the loan money. You have to buy your own title insurance to protect your investment. You can also get an abstract of title and check it out yourself, but the abstract costs money.
My experience with lawyers is that they will be more than happy to explain anything you want in more detail, but if you just sit there and nod, they presume you understand what is going on. Health care, legal care, or custom software, if you don't stay engaged, you won't get the outcome you want.
I saw that show too, and until then, I thought my opinion of Phil Graham could not get any lower. It has now dropped to where my vocabulary, even when including words like "motherfucker", is not sufficient to describe how I feel about him.
Twitter doesn't seem to be popular with teenagers.
Probably because it is filled with "the inane ramblings are from the 25-40 crowd." I never thought I would say this, but, man, am I happy to be over 40!
You had me at the explosives. Everything else is just icing on the cake.
From watching people drive, one would think many already have a hand on the joystick.
"The other day, upon the stair, I met a man, who wasn't there...."
having just read Atlas Shrugged
In how many years?
Ugh. What a book.