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Post by impulse on Mar 7, 2023 15:11:47 GMT -5
Are more derailments happening, or are we just hearing about them now? Also 225,000 miles out of a Dodge Caravan on one transmission? You should by a lottery ticket. THAT! 60,000 miles and it was time for another van for us. So glad after that second one when we emerged on the other side of the van era. We went through a few of those, too. I think we got 10 years out of one on 3 transmissions.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2023 18:07:02 GMT -5
Is Quora now as user-unfriendly as IMDb, Wikipedia and so many others? I Googled a question, which led me to a Quora page. But some of the answers were for other questions. I had to find a needle in a haystack. It used to be simple: you’d Google, say, “Why is it only officers that can fly aircraft in the RAF?” You’d get a load of answers. Now, it seems there are answers to other questions to navigate through (this is on an iPad), no doubt the Quora equivalent of promoted posts/adverts. It used to be that there may be 40 answers to the question you came across. It just seemed totally cluttered, with a lot of irrelevancies. That’s as best as I can explain it. Quora just seemed different. Oh well, that’s another site ruined. Someone else mentioned Goodreads has been ruined, too. I can't say, I've never found Quora useful and I found most of the answers it pointed to were wildly inaccurate or biased, so I gave up on it years ago. -M
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 7, 2023 20:42:39 GMT -5
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 7, 2023 21:52:05 GMT -5
Is Quora now as user-unfriendly as IMDb, Wikipedia and so many others? I Googled a question, which led me to a Quora page. But some of the answers were for other questions. I had to find a needle in a haystack. It used to be simple: you’d Google, say, “Why is it only officers that can fly aircraft in the RAF?” You’d get a load of answers. Now, it seems there are answers to other questions to navigate through (this is on an iPad), no doubt the Quora equivalent of promoted posts/adverts. It used to be that there may be 40 answers to the question you came across. It just seemed totally cluttered, with a lot of irrelevancies. That’s as best as I can explain it. Quora just seemed different. Oh well, that’s another site ruined. Someone else mentioned Goodreads has been ruined, too. I can't say, I've never found Quora useful and I found most of the answers it pointed to were wildly inaccurate or biased, so I gave up on it years ago. -M I’ve never understood Quora, so I’ve never used it. As best I can tell you ask a question and somebody may or may not answer it. And it’s just “some dude” who is answering. Why would I trust some random dude on the interwebs? I might as well ask Earl down at the garage or Alice, who will also be my server this evening.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 7, 2023 23:29:51 GMT -5
Are more derailments happening, or are we just hearing about them now? Also 225,000 miles out of a Dodge Caravan on one transmission? You should buy a lottery ticket. Derailments have been happening for decades. Its just a question of how much emphasis is placed on them, by the media. There have been derailments with toxic materials, before, which is part of why there was controversy in the 80s, about hazardous waste shipments moving through communities, by rail and some of them happening in the dead of night, to avoid publicity. Amtrack has a long history of derailments. I do suspect that you will find that rail safety monitoring has declined in priority, which means that the likelihood of accidents probably goes up. You have had successive administrations, since the 80s, who have espoused "deregulation." Can't be that coincidental when those easing of restrictions lead to negative consequences. Transport has been a big one for deregulation lobbying.
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Post by Rob Allen on Mar 8, 2023 1:20:34 GMT -5
I can't say, I've never found Quora useful and I found most of the answers it pointed to were wildly inaccurate or biased, so I gave up on it years ago. -M I’ve never understood Quora, so I’ve never used it. As best I can tell you ask a question and somebody may or may not answer it. And it’s just “some dude” who is answering. Why would I trust some random dude on the interwebs? I might as well ask Earl down at the garage or Alice, who will also be my server this evening. At its best, Quora has people who are genuine experts answering questions about their field of expertise. That may not be happening as often as it once did.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 14, 2023 6:59:05 GMT -5
I'm in Ny and this month's weather has been pretty crappy. It's like we're going backwards in temps.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 14, 2023 8:41:12 GMT -5
I'm in Ny and this month's weather has been pretty crappy. It's like we're going backwards in temps. Same here in Boston, I think March has been colder than December, January or February.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2023 11:32:00 GMT -5
A week and a half ago, we set a record high with temps in the 70s. This morning we got snow and temps in the mid 20s. Winter seems to be playing now you see me, no you don't, but won't quite go away.
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Post by Batflunkie on Mar 15, 2023 10:19:27 GMT -5
I'm in Ny and this month's weather has been pretty crappy. It's like we're going backwards in temps. It's been in the 40's here in Mobile and should be for the next week. The highs have been in the 60's though I don't mind cooler weather, but anything lower than 50 (especially when the wind is blowing) is too cold for me
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 15, 2023 11:34:21 GMT -5
I'm in Ny and this month's weather has been pretty crappy. It's like we're going backwards in temps. It's been in the 40's here in Mobile and should be for the next week. The highs have been in the 60's though I don't mind cooler weather, but anything lower than 50 (especially when the wind is blowing) is too cold for me
Reminds me of my time in Charleston, SC, in the Navy (you can sail the seven seas....). I was born and raised in Central Illinois; so, I was used to the change of seasons, with hot summers and cold winters. My summer in Georgia, for the 6 months I was at Supply Corps School, was ridiculously hot (the heat index was such that even the mornings had warnings) and I spent a lot of time either in a swimming pool, at my apartment complex, or soaking in a cool tub, when I wasn't in an air conditioned classroom, studying (and nighttime roving watch, on the school grounds sucked, when it's 2:00 am and you are sweating profusely). Charleston was a bit more pleasant, but got fairly hot in the summer, though I was on the waterfront, most of my time, which meant ocean breezes. However, anytime the temperature dropped below 65, you saw the locals in winter coats. At best, I might wear a windbreaker, while some of these people were in down coats! I was only ever cold, once, when we got some freak snow and the waterfront was getting wind off the Atlantic and it was below freezing. We were standing watch in environmental suits, then (but only for a couple of days). These days, we seem to get little traditional autumn or spring weather (like a cumulative couple of weeks, each) and go from one extreme to the other. The last few years, we have had fairly mild winters, with maybe brief big snow storms, which have melted away within the week, rather than extended periods of snow and temps below 20 degrees. However, February and March are way ot of whack, going from one extreme to another. We seem to get more snow and ice storms when Spring is supposed to be blossoming and we have had a stretch of heavy rains when planting is supposed to be starting.. My childhood memories are of more of a balance, with certain years having heavy rain or snow, like the winter of '78. We had heavy snow all through January and didn't attend a complete week of school the entire month. On top of that, we had an ice storm, around Easter, that left us without power for about 5 or 6 days. Luckily, my parents grew up on farms and we could cope. However, we and all of the surrounding schools had used so many snow days we were going to have to make up the time, according to state regulations. Due to the severity, we would be in school for about half the summer and no district had the budget for that and the state had no money and declared a "snow day amnesty," forgiving the schools for the lost time. No climate change denier can convince me that we haven't thoroughly F-ed up the planet and it's weather patterns. I have seen too much direct evidence to the contrary.
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Post by impulse on Mar 15, 2023 12:26:26 GMT -5
50, sunny with a breeze is my favorite. I'd take 45-55 under same conditions pretty much year round if the weather were taking requests.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Mar 15, 2023 21:56:21 GMT -5
It's been in the 40's here in Mobile and should be for the next week. The highs have been in the 60's though I don't mind cooler weather, but anything lower than 50 (especially when the wind is blowing) is too cold for me
Reminds me of my time in Charleston, SC, in the Navy (you can sail the seven seas....). I was born and raised in Central Illinois; so, I was used to the change of seasons, with hot summers and cold winters. My summer in Georgia, for the 6 months I was at Supply Corps School, was ridiculously hot (the heat index was such that even the mornings had warnings) and I spent a lot of time either in a swimming pool, at my apartment complex, or soaking in a cool tub, when I wasn't in an air conditioned classroom, studying (and nighttime roving watch, on the school grounds sucked, when it's 2:00 am and you are sweating profusely). Charleston was a bit more pleasant, but got fairly hot in the summer, though I was on the waterfront, most of my time, which meant ocean breezes. However, anytime the temperature dropped below 65, you saw the locals in winter coats. At best, I might wear a windbreaker, while some of these people were in down coats! I was only ever cold, once, when we got some freak snow and the waterfront was getting wind off the Atlantic and it was below freezing. We were standing watch in environmental suits, then (but only for a couple of days). These days, we seem to get little traditional autumn or spring weather (like a cumulative couple of weeks, each) and go from one extreme to the other. The last few years, we have had fairly mild winters, with maybe brief big snow storms, which have melted away within the week, rather than extended periods of snow and temps below 20 degrees. However, February and March are way ot of whack, going from one extreme to another. We seem to get more snow and ice storms when Spring is supposed to be blossoming and we have had a stretch of heavy rains when planting is supposed to be starting.. My childhood memories are of more of a balance, with certain years having heavy rain or snow, like the winter of '78. We had heavy snow all through January and didn't attend a complete week of school the entire month. On top of that, we had an ice storm, around Easter, that left us without power for about 5 or 6 days. Luckily, my parents grew up on farms and we could cope. However, we and all of the surrounding schools had used so many snow days we were going to have to make up the time, according to state regulations. Due to the severity, we would be in school for about half the summer and no district had the budget for that and the state had no money and declared a "snow day amnesty," forgiving the schools for the lost time. No climate change denier can convince me that we haven't thoroughly F-ed up the planet and it's weather patterns. I have seen too much direct evidence to the contrary. Interesting coincidence, I was also stationed in Charleston while in the Navy. Don't know when you were there, but I was there in 81 to 83. My ship was stationed at the Naval Weapons Station in Moncks Corner, outside of Charleston, though we also spent several months with our ship in drydock at the main base for refitting.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 16, 2023 0:07:16 GMT -5
Reminds me of my time in Charleston, SC, in the Navy (you can sail the seven seas....). I was born and raised in Central Illinois; so, I was used to the change of seasons, with hot summers and cold winters. My summer in Georgia, for the 6 months I was at Supply Corps School, was ridiculously hot (the heat index was such that even the mornings had warnings) and I spent a lot of time either in a swimming pool, at my apartment complex, or soaking in a cool tub, when I wasn't in an air conditioned classroom, studying (and nighttime roving watch, on the school grounds sucked, when it's 2:00 am and you are sweating profusely). Charleston was a bit more pleasant, but got fairly hot in the summer, though I was on the waterfront, most of my time, which meant ocean breezes. However, anytime the temperature dropped below 65, you saw the locals in winter coats. At best, I might wear a windbreaker, while some of these people were in down coats! I was only ever cold, once, when we got some freak snow and the waterfront was getting wind off the Atlantic and it was below freezing. We were standing watch in environmental suits, then (but only for a couple of days). These days, we seem to get little traditional autumn or spring weather (like a cumulative couple of weeks, each) and go from one extreme to the other. The last few years, we have had fairly mild winters, with maybe brief big snow storms, which have melted away within the week, rather than extended periods of snow and temps below 20 degrees. However, February and March are way ot of whack, going from one extreme to another. We seem to get more snow and ice storms when Spring is supposed to be blossoming and we have had a stretch of heavy rains when planting is supposed to be starting.. My childhood memories are of more of a balance, with certain years having heavy rain or snow, like the winter of '78. We had heavy snow all through January and didn't attend a complete week of school the entire month. On top of that, we had an ice storm, around Easter, that left us without power for about 5 or 6 days. Luckily, my parents grew up on farms and we could cope. However, we and all of the surrounding schools had used so many snow days we were going to have to make up the time, according to state regulations. Due to the severity, we would be in school for about half the summer and no district had the budget for that and the state had no money and declared a "snow day amnesty," forgiving the schools for the lost time. No climate change denier can convince me that we haven't thoroughly F-ed up the planet and it's weather patterns. I have seen too much direct evidence to the contrary. Interesting coincidence, I was also stationed in Charleston while in the Navy. Don't know when you were there, but I was there in 81 to 83. My ship was stationed at the Naval Weapons Station in Moncks Corner, outside of Charleston, though we also spent several months with our ship in drydock at the main base for refitting. 1989 to 1992; USS Jesse L Brown and COMDESRON 4. I was a supply officer, serving as the Assistant Supply on the Brown, but transferred off and spent the bulk of my time working in the material office, at COMDESRON 4, chasing repair parts for CASREPS. We had two ammo ships at the Weapon Station (well, off and on; sometimes they were berthed at the Naval Station), the USS Santa Barbara and the USS Mount Baker. My brother was also on one of the submarines, homeported in Charleston. I can't recall which. DESRON 4 had the steam turbine destroyers and frigates, while DESRON 6 had the gas turbine, though we ended up inheriting a couple of them. I resigned my commission in 1992, returning to Illinois. Tha base close by around 1996, I think. The Weapon Station remained open, including housing prisoners during the War on Terror. My parents had retired to Charleston and when I went back to visit them, after the base closing, we went to the base to see the facilities that were exhuming the Hunley, after it was located and salvaged. Turns out, it was the old NOAA office building, next door to the DESRON 4 & 6 offices (which were repurposed by the Federal government, for Customs/Border Patrol training facility).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2023 12:58:52 GMT -5
Show organizer (and con friend) Jesse Noble snapped a pic of me (in the tie dye) at Champion City Comic Con Spring Edition today sharing a joke with another of my favorite comic dealers, Dan Taylor (in the flannel) of Jim & Dan's Comics. I had just turned Dan on to the Monster Hunters arc in Marvel Universe which he had never seen before, and we were laughing at the fact he was reading a Fin Fan Foom comic when I approached him about those books (the dealer at the next table had the whole run in his dollar bins, which prompted me to show them to Dan). -M
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