So, how does that work out for you during in climate weather? I'm led to believe that in the Chicago area, winters can be pretty long and harsh. You go around walking in that type of frigid, windy weather?
Well, if you have a car in the city, you have to go out there and dig it out of the snow, you have to scrape the windshield, maybe find someone to help push you out of a drift.
When the weather gets really bad in Chicago, a lot more people leave their cars at home.
Are they any worse than the D's and R's that voted for the bill?
Yes, because they showed cowardice. They wanted to be able to tell prospective voters that they're all for personal liberty, while not upsetting the powers that be. At least go on the record as standing for something so you can be held accountable. Have the courage of your convictions.
Remember, voting on bills is the only goddamn thing we pay senators to do. They get $174,000 per year to work about 100 days, and these sonsabitches can't even manage to be there to vote?
The reality is that we will eventually be hit by some extinction event that eliminates all human life on this planet.
I'm pretty sure human beings are going to be their own extinction event.
I'm not against space exploration, but the private sector isn't about space exploration. And they're certainly not looking to hedge your bets or my bets or anyone's bets besides their own. And they're not doing it because they're worried about any asteroid.
I'm crabby tonight because my fantasy football team is in the toilet and my wife's friends came for dinner and drank up the last of my slivovitz. I had to pretend to be hospitable, all like, "Oh, don't worry, I can get more the next time I go to Belgrade. We have it so that you can enjoy it," while I'm thinking if I can get the shop by the Danube where I bought it to deliver some to me by drone before the weekend. It's the perfect beverage for cool autumn evenings.
I don't hate people, I just feel better when they're not around. AND NOT DRINKING MY SLIVOVITZ.
Short version: If your senator is a D-Disney, they voted Yea.
That's false. The majority of the NO votes were Democrats, and the majority of the YES votes were Republicans. And NONE of the current GOP Senators running for president voted against it. Not Cruz, Rubio, Graham or that champion of liberty, Rand Paul could be bothered to vote against this bill.
Bernie Sanders voted against it, because he's not full of shit like Rand Paul.
Also, Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Ted Cruz (R-Canada) did not vote at all, because they are huge pussies. Remember that the next time you believe any of those turds are in favor of your liberty.
The response is a nice copy and paste from the article but does not answer the question how the guy in Alabama ended up with the unit. That's more than a pencil or slide rule going missing, that's an 8 TON VEHICLE!
Several hundred years ago a bunch of men nailed together a bunch of dead trees, left their warm beds, and set sail across a barren, desolate, hostile ocean. They left behind real, tangible, and local problems in the hope of adventure, gold, glory, and a better life.
Leaving millions of dead native Americans.
Exploration is not about immediate returns.
And commercial space travel is not about "space exploration".
I don't know how to make the entire world a better place all at once
I don't think that leaving it is how you make the world a better place.
I have started using a neti pot [wikipedia.org] to rinse out the gunk in the nose and lowest sinus cavity with some salt solution.
You should try this stuff I found a few years ago, Alkalol. It's an old remedy and you can buy it at CVS and most Walgreens and it's on Amazon. It comes with a little neti-pot type thing and it works great. I find it a lot more effective than just the neti pot with saline solution.
I remind the pharmacist every time I have to sign my life away to buy the real stuff that the PE doesn't work.
Sign your life away? Is talking to a pharmacist and showing an ID really the same as "signing your life away"?
Such drama. You can still buy your Sudafed, but it might require you to have contact with a human being for 15 seconds. I know to some Slashdotters that's the same as "They took away all my rights!" but come on.
However they are uncommon. I've only seen one up close on a narrow rock ledge on a mountain - either asleep, dead or deciding to stay coiled up and not move.
When I was in Australia last, I saw death adders everywhere, but my effort to maintain a.25 blood alcohol level might have had something to do with that. I mean, I saw yowie and drop bears, too. In fact, I think I may have brought a drunk yowie back to my hotel room.
At the same time, I don't understand football and baseball fans, either, nor NASCAR, golf, and even fishing tournaments are broadcast.
I don't care for fishing tournaments on TV, but the old-fashioned fishing show, where it was two guys in a boat talking quietly about baits and lures and waiting for something to bite were some of my favorite television of all time. I don't know why I found it so relaxing. They used to come on Saturday and Sunday mornings about 5-6 am and I'd go down to the sofa and turn on the TV with the volume low and doze off again. Then my dreams would be influenced by soft, drawling voices saying "I think there's a big one down there. I'm using a red-stripe Mepps spinner with no leader and he seems to be thinking it over now...Oh, there's a hit (the sound of fishing line spinning off the reel)".
I find any really quiet television soothing. Golf used to be that way until the advertisers tried to turn it into the NFL. Quiet, unexcited voices and pictures of open spaces. A goal that is always out of view. Very zen-like.
Judging by the reaction of my dog when she watches me play video games, I really don't get livestreaming video games. I do a speed run through Shadow of Mordor and she's over there on her back, sleeping and passing wind.
At least our possums are way cuter than yours (assuming you're a yank of course). Possums are meant to be cute and fluffy. Not what ever the fuck happened to create an opossum!!!
True story: One summer back in high school was the first time I saw a US possum. We were out at the forest preserves and I was a little buzzed. I thought it was a mutant dog with radiation poisoning. Scared the hell out of me.
Nature really is an awful thing. Sooner we wipe it out the better.
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Well, if you have a car in the city, you have to go out there and dig it out of the snow, you have to scrape the windshield, maybe find someone to help push you out of a drift.
When the weather gets really bad in Chicago, a lot more people leave their cars at home.
No kidding. I went to England and they didn't even know which side of the street to drive on.
You really can't imagine someone preferring walking over driving? It's incomprehensible to you that it might even be possible?
No wonder so many Americans get so fat that they need to ride a scooter around the Wal-Mart.
You mean like inside the car, on the road with all the other cars?
Yes, because they showed cowardice. They wanted to be able to tell prospective voters that they're all for personal liberty, while not upsetting the powers that be. At least go on the record as standing for something so you can be held accountable. Have the courage of your convictions.
Remember, voting on bills is the only goddamn thing we pay senators to do. They get $174,000 per year to work about 100 days, and these sonsabitches can't even manage to be there to vote?
So basically, the ISS is like a Super 8 motel room, but in space and without the complimentary cable.
I'm pretty sure human beings are going to be their own extinction event.
I'm not against space exploration, but the private sector isn't about space exploration. And they're certainly not looking to hedge your bets or my bets or anyone's bets besides their own. And they're not doing it because they're worried about any asteroid.
I'm crabby tonight because my fantasy football team is in the toilet and my wife's friends came for dinner and drank up the last of my slivovitz. I had to pretend to be hospitable, all like, "Oh, don't worry, I can get more the next time I go to Belgrade. We have it so that you can enjoy it," while I'm thinking if I can get the shop by the Danube where I bought it to deliver some to me by drone before the weekend. It's the perfect beverage for cool autumn evenings.
I don't hate people, I just feel better when they're not around. AND NOT DRINKING MY SLIVOVITZ.
That's false. The majority of the NO votes were Democrats, and the majority of the YES votes were Republicans. And NONE of the current GOP Senators running for president voted against it. Not Cruz, Rubio, Graham or that champion of liberty, Rand Paul could be bothered to vote against this bill.
Bernie Sanders voted against it, because he's not full of shit like Rand Paul.
Here is a list of the 21 senators who voted AGAINST this CISA surveillance bill.
Baldwin (D-WI)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cardin (D-MD)
Coons (D-DE)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daines (R-MT)
Franken (D-MN)
Heller (R-NV)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lee (R-UT)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Risch (R-ID)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)
Also, Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Ted Cruz (R-Canada) did not vote at all, because they are huge pussies. Remember that the next time you believe any of those turds are in favor of your liberty.
They chose Huntsville because a nazi wouldn't stick out.
He was using it as a meth lab.
Leaving millions of dead native Americans.
And commercial space travel is not about "space exploration".
I don't think that leaving it is how you make the world a better place.
Actually, I take that back.
I'm not sure if anyone's told you, but there are asteroids in space, too.
Space nutters are going to cheat death by having an asteroid kill them on Mars instead of in their nice warm beds on Earth.
The only thing that will stop a bad guy with Sudafed is a good guy with Sudafed.
Boil some sliced fresh ginger. Make green tea. Mix them and sprinkle some cayenne on it. Stir. Add lemon if you want.
It tastes great and will open up your head in a hurry. You can sweeten it if you need.
You should try this stuff I found a few years ago, Alkalol. It's an old remedy and you can buy it at CVS and most Walgreens and it's on Amazon. It comes with a little neti-pot type thing and it works great. I find it a lot more effective than just the neti pot with saline solution.
http://www.alkalolcompany.com/
No sir. You're not gonna trick me a second time.
Sign your life away? Is talking to a pharmacist and showing an ID really the same as "signing your life away"?
Such drama. You can still buy your Sudafed, but it might require you to have contact with a human being for 15 seconds. I know to some Slashdotters that's the same as "They took away all my rights!" but come on.
You're right. Those drones will drop loot when shot out of the sky.
When I was in Australia last, I saw death adders everywhere, but my effort to maintain a .25 blood alcohol level might have had something to do with that. I mean, I saw yowie and drop bears, too. In fact, I think I may have brought a drunk yowie back to my hotel room.
Thank you. Now I won't sleep tonight.
I don't care for fishing tournaments on TV, but the old-fashioned fishing show, where it was two guys in a boat talking quietly about baits and lures and waiting for something to bite were some of my favorite television of all time. I don't know why I found it so relaxing. They used to come on Saturday and Sunday mornings about 5-6 am and I'd go down to the sofa and turn on the TV with the volume low and doze off again. Then my dreams would be influenced by soft, drawling voices saying "I think there's a big one down there. I'm using a red-stripe Mepps spinner with no leader and he seems to be thinking it over now...Oh, there's a hit (the sound of fishing line spinning off the reel)".
I find any really quiet television soothing. Golf used to be that way until the advertisers tried to turn it into the NFL. Quiet, unexcited voices and pictures of open spaces. A goal that is always out of view. Very zen-like.
And I neither golf nor fish.
Judging by the reaction of my dog when she watches me play video games, I really don't get livestreaming video games. I do a speed run through Shadow of Mordor and she's over there on her back, sleeping and passing wind.
True story: One summer back in high school was the first time I saw a US possum. We were out at the forest preserves and I was a little buzzed. I thought it was a mutant dog with radiation poisoning. Scared the hell out of me.
Nature really is an awful thing. Sooner we wipe it out the better.
I guess that's OK, but you're also gonna owe us for the barbecue you stole.