Ogre

They absolutely could. That doesn’t rectify the thousands of light years of distance. Imagine embarking on a space drone mission as a society that would take hundreds of thousands of years to play out. I wholeheartedly believe that there was/is/will be intelligent life in the universe besides what we find on Earth, just not that they are here or even aware of us. A simple thought experiment, look at any of these stars that could have habitable planets in the night sky. The light that left that planet to reflect into your eye did so thousands of years ago. Now I should hypothesize that a civilization that exists there traveled that distance in less enough time (and back again) to make sense of any data they recover? Very difficult notion for me to accept.

The thing that holds me up is the vast distance that they would have traveled from, unless they’re from our solar system and that’s pretty much impossible. To travel that far they either have individual lives that last unbelievably long or they’re travel beyond the limits of our known universe. They would have needed to find a path to time travel and if they did succeed in that, why the hell would they pick right now in the history of our planet to come here? I’d love to believe but I’m also in the “show me” group.

I threw on an old APR with a P100 filter and breathed fresh clean air while I blasted my arm workout this morning. 50 years old and still hitting it hard. People that train find ways to keep it up. A simple Miller welding APR. Cheap and effective. You could fart right into my face when I’m wearing that and I wouldn’t know if I didn’t see you do. God help you if I did see it, btw. 😉

I had a dealer pull some shenanigans about 15 years ago with a new car. Wiper arms rusted a few years in to the point that they didn’t sit tight against the windshield so this Ahole fails the inspection and tells me it’s going to cost $200/wiper arm to replace. I rode my bike down there every single day and sat in the service shop’s waiting room all day telling every single person that came in what was going on with these idiots. After 2 days the service manager called me over and told me that he’d replace it all for free if I went home and stopped telling the other customers about it. Thank you, sir! That’s mighty kind of you. Needless ti say, they are out of business now.

I was nearly all the way into work this morning when some jackass blew the stop sign, pulling out right in front of me. I hit the brakes HARD, coming to a screeching stop causing everything in my passenger seat, including the 18 pack of eggs, to go flying. All but 4 of those eggs were smashed all over the interior. I was about as pissed as I could possibly get. I eyeballed the car in my rear view, he pulled into a lot for one of the businesses a few buildings down. He is VERY lucky that I have 1)mellowed a little with age and 2)a professional job that keeps me from smashing heads in. Just 3 years ago I would have followed him into the lot and rubbed his little bitch nose in the mess. Took me an hour to clean up what I could. If I didn’t have weather tech and that ***** was in the carpet I would have probably lost it and went down to his workplace with a pack of straws for him to suck all of the egg from the carpet. Wake the ***** up, *****, or I will wake you the ***** up!

I appreciate the humor. I teach my vulnerable younglings to question everything/everyone (including myself). They would know (a majority of them at the least) to request the parameters of the graph that they are judged by. My peeps are aware that I expect awareness. You have no proof that my character exceeds your own. Simple facts, my young friend.

I am the most driven, passionate human being that you could ever expect to encounter 1 on 1. I’ve been organizing charitable endeavors for years now. I create opportunity, wealth and trust in anyone that I’ve ever met. I’ve also used cannabis for 30+ years. I’m sorry that your friends are crappy, lazy people. It isn’t the weed.

I really doubted that we’d ever get to the day where we can share our hobby openly. The shop that I visit has really awesome people, not like the stuffy, snobby places on the MA side of the border. I’m a regular. Not quite as popular as Norm was, but the place has a friendly Cheers vibe. I’m sorry to you young, aspiring budtenders, but I’ve been in this culture for 33 years. I’m not coming into your establishment for an education, I’m looking for some good ***** weed.

Would you work 7/10s intermittently over the course of 30 years to be able to retire at 55 with a $4G/month pension, a $400G annuity that’s fully accessible at 59 and and fund that is designed to pay your healthcare premiums for multiple years? Mortgage cleared, a maxed out/year Roth? We literally have the ability as an organization to provide generational prosperity. I’ve spent the last two days educating high schoolers. WNY is BUSTING with our work! Rochester is the busiest local in NYS right now. Industry is flocking here. We have a plentiful, easy water supply, the perfect system of rail, water and roads to become a Multimodal Master! (There’s a study underway to assess the project) The biggest chip plant in the US is coming to NY, the Bills’ stadium, the cheese plants, the milk plants… The Dodge Report and Industrial Info resources don’t lie. I’m nearly 51. Four more years and I’m spending my days with a Jetson One (YouTube it) and whatever else strikes my fancy. I deserve it because I did what the American Dream told me to do. Work hard. Don’t give up. PTO? I’ll have a lavish, living, lifelong dose of it in a few years. Just sayin’ and I ain’t complaining. Make a ton of money like a Boss or don’t. I was agreeing with the sentiment of the poster that I quoted. I did not file an official complaint. We don’t need to those types of things. We also don’t need to beg our corporate overlords for time off. We just tell the foreman that you need to take of some life stuff and that foreman calls me for a replacement. Easy peasy and free as bird!

That’s not how it works in my industry. You can’t build a bridge or erect a wind turbine in less hours by throwing more bodies at it. The logistics involved in transporting the enormous components coupled with lane closures and erection procedures dictates the hours. We are compensated very handsomely for our efforts and we don’t have restrictions on time off. If you want time off you just take it. You made a ton of money on the OT and the wage replacement account has you covered.

A direct result of the philosophy of participation trophies. They were being taught that you deserve without effort. Also a result of the aforementioned philosophy. A better result for you (and me, I’m struggling with inept people) but you still have the entitlement. $100 bonus right now on a certain job if you work a full week (+OT(which is even MORE money)). A 70 hour work week is worth $4,995 but people snub their nose and ask about PTO. WTF?!

This boggles my mind. At my current miles/year, that vehicle would have 520,000 miles.

If someone ever offered me a glizzy, I would assume that they had bad intentions.

I have an Earth Machine composter that has been a staple on the property for a number of years. My little skunk friend dug a hole under it and he’s so damn cute that I don’t move the unit around much (like you should). I have developed a reputation as an established benefactor to the local fauna. Deer, foxes, and especially the skunks and crows. The deer revel in my gardens. The foxes (and birds of prey) feast on the booming mouse population from the gardens. I have a lot of slithering friends as well. The skunk (who is starting to respond to baby talk) comes to Chez Composter a few times a week. Enough to keep the hole cleared for the crows. The crows are my biggest fans. They not only follow me around the property, they leave bones and other trinkets on the composter, on the deck…..right in front of the front door. They’re a clever, focused bunch. Three or four come at a time. Two watch out, one goes in and tosses the booty toward the hole. One grabs while the third watches. If I’m out there, both go for the booty and I keep an eye out. And they show me signs of weather long before it comes. When they stop leaving trinkets I know that a storm is coming, not that there’s much I could do about it. Guess they’re doing their best to help me. I miss my poverty stricken youth, at times. We all relied heavily on the natural world and I am not so convinced that a lot of money is a better way, also, at times.

Or, if things go South, “Nads hangs in there.”

Who knew there were so many GD kitchen sinks! We definitely wanted under mount but the different styles, sizes and materials was unexpected. We needed to decide fairly soon because they need to know what you have before they’ll even come out and measure. She refuses stainless. No problem. Looked at some porcelain but she doesn’t want white either. No problem. I found some badass hand hammered copper sinks that she liked a lot. We had a serendipitous meeting with the counter people and I finally got the one rep that is very smart and knowledgeable. Older guy that’s done this forever. His daughter had the same sink and it was the dirtiest, worst thing ever. Scrub it for two hours and tomorrow it’s all F’ed up again. He shows us some samples of granite sinks. Looks good. Feels nice. Did some research and these things are badass and come in a wide range of colors. Without having that interaction we would have made an expensive mistake that would have plagued me for the rest of my life!

Back in the day my nickname was T-Bone. I remember being at a party one night being introduced to a kid who’s nickname was Pork Chop. We didn’t have much in common.

It’s a strain that is bred from Critical Mass and OG Kush. Most everything out there now is a strain of some older strain. The Skywalker OG is bred from Mazar and Blueberry OG and is one of my favorites. It would completely solve your problems with insomnia.

I’m smoking a nice blend of Ice Cream Cake and Skywalker OG. Tossed a little kief on top. I’m drinking a glass of Suaza with water and lime. Don’t judge the Suaza please. It is my mass quantity drink of choice and tonight is one of those nights. Stay safe, folks!

And what type of destructive device would that put Spectrum’s grundle in? I would guess 2/3 of WNY subscribers do so only for Sabres’ games. I am planning on dropping them like a red hot ember regardless.

I truly think that the Buffalo market for pro sports is under valued from a classical perspective. That SO market gets overlooked IMO. Add more wins and more nods to the good times (like the goat head) and people will be throwing money at the team. Look at the value of all of our Bills gear now. I see people that I know throwing money at them. There’s a mafia for both teams and they are insane. TPegs would be a fool to not follow along IMO.

Our home is a modular chalet that we erected ten years ago. We took the basic countertops, flooring, etc because I’m a builder and I’m pretty sure these morons were the type to F up a wet dream. I didn’t expect it to take ten years to do the upgrades that we wanted. Life happens. After Mrs. iT’s accident I decided that I needed to do that stuff asap. Flooring? 👍 When I tore out the carpet to install the laminate I noticed water damage so I tore out two side by side sliders which required the siding on the end to be removed. When I got to that part I found other problems. Two 4” holes cut in the sheathing near the outdoor lighting. Easy to fix but while reinstalling the sliders I realized that the RO was way too big for the doors! That’s why the old ones leaked! They weren’t even fastened in the sides! Just attached with flashing tape! I solved all of those problems and replaced all of the appliances. Refinished the cabinets because they were well built and nicely designed. I needed to do some rework on the install, they obviously didn’t care if things sat flush. Now we have finally reached the final step. Replacing the cheap assed countertop. We went and selected a beautiful slab of granite. We didn’t look at prices, just let our eyes decide. We don’t have a ton of counter space and when I saw the $6G estimate I puckered. It is the pre sealed granite, I get it, but geez! It’s going to look awesome though.

I’d like the photo to show the part of the WR that I care about most. For all I know he could have frying pans for hands. JC, I hope this guy is good.

Grit is merely a component. Have you ever had a butt crack full of grit after a day at the beach? Irritating. Put some sandpaper in that same crack. Yeowch! How about a grinding wheel (I love the reference @ddaryl). Sandblaster as the grit delivery system? We need grit. We have it various forms. My question is, how useful is it? How deeply should the grit dig?

The need for extra, secured storage space.😉 You would use a ratchet strap to secure your 2x4s to the trailer, wouldn’t you?