Random Thought of the Day
September 15th, 2020 at 4:45:20 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4960 |
Surprisingly my health has been better lately. My diastolic is down an average of 50 points. The doctors are thinking the high blood pressure may have been a result of the broken back. It has been almost a year since the lumbar fusions and I don't seem to have any side effects from it. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
September 19th, 2020 at 4:27:47 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | https://theintercept.com/2020/09/17/north-carolina-nurses-union-hca-healthcare/ Good to hear of a labor win once in a while. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
October 1st, 2020 at 6:16:03 AM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 | I think it's essential that we come together as a nation and create definitive lyrics for Lulu Had a Steamboat. Or, is it Miss. Mary Had a Steamboat? This is going to be tougher than I thought. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
October 1st, 2020 at 6:22:14 AM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 | The version I learned in school (with a few modifications): Lulu had a steamboat, The boat was in a wreck; The steamboat went to Heaven, And Lulu went to-- Hello, Operator, Give me number 9; If you disconnect me, I'll kick you in your be-- Hind the refrigerator, There laid a piece of glass; When Lulu fell upon it, She broke her big fat Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies; The boys went in the forest, And Lulu followed behind On her bicycle, With a seat made of glass; Every time she hit a bump A piece went up her Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies; Lulu's on her bicylcle, Riding to her two guys Lulu had two boyfriends, Both were very rich; One a son of a baker, The other a son of a Bit my little finger, Then he bit my little thumb, I guess I could go on, But this song is really dumb. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
October 1st, 2020 at 3:36:05 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5097 | wow I have never heard any of this I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
October 2nd, 2020 at 9:35:38 AM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 | The time guidelines for this recipe significantly overestimated my apple-peeling efficiency. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
October 2nd, 2020 at 6:32:19 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Limitless free electrify vfrom a single layer of grapheme, |
October 2nd, 2020 at 7:29:35 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | But where would we put the meter? The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
October 3rd, 2020 at 7:31:15 AM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5097 | I'm in the market for some prefab steps, but I'm not buying these steps. Yes, I know that they must intend the symbol " to mean feet, surely, but I can't stand the ignorance, in my view, of using the traditional symbol for inches to mean feet [this for my entire life]. Having to give up the word 'goat' as a shortening of 'scapegoat' in the world of sports is sacrifice enough. Yes this is a rant.
I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
October 3rd, 2020 at 8:42:01 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | In Europe this might be correct? I know they put decimal points at mid-height METER free limitless electricity? They did the theoretcal worktwo yearsago, now they did it for real. |