PaladinPhil 10/4/2021 5:07:58 AM

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Morning just finished shoving the Squire out the door to catch the school bus. Relaxing and checking my blogs when I ran across this one.... Funny how the internet works. :) 

Still alive, busy as hell at work and trying to find time for a new hobby. Hand tool woodworking and I have a lot of tools that need fixing currently.

Occasional Reader 10/4/2021 5:58:28 AM

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Reply to PaladinPhil in 1:

I’m famous… -ish-y!

Good to hear from you,  This is Little OR’s first year with a school bus as well.

Kosh's Shadow 10/4/2021 6:02:28 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

Somehow, I think there are a lot of (leftist) Jews who still think "It can't happen here" when it has already started.

vxbush 10/4/2021 6:07:49 AM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: Somehow, I think there are a lot of (leftist) Jews who still think "It can't happen here" when it has already started.

A lot of them don't see the Democrat party as the "other" that would seek to harm them. 

Good morning, everyone. Another 2 hours in bed would have done wonders for me. 

lucius septimius 10/4/2021 6:08:14 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

No school bus for us -- one of the many ways the district punishes parents who opt for charter schools is by not providing transportation (even though in the case of special needs kids they are obligated to under federal law).  

The only thing I miss about the bus was waiting for the younger kids with the lovely nannies and foreign au pair girls that the nouveau riche parents hire to care for their kids so mom can spend the day doing yoga, lunching with girlfriends, and posting on Facebook.  That is, when they're not entertaining their boyfriends.

vxbush 10/4/2021 6:09:29 AM

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Occasional Reader 10/4/2021 6:53:53 AM

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In #5 lucius septimius said: the lovely nannies and foreign au pair girls

I need to get me one a’ those. Or maybe, a bevy.

lucius septimius 10/4/2021 7:12:18 AM

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Youngest Boy had a project for chemistry -- one of these "cereal box" things on a radioactive element.  He chose (mainly because of the name) Rutherfordium,  He did a great job -- listed the properties like the nutrition info, the half-life as the expiration date, and even had the elements from which Rutherfordium is synthesized as marshmallow treats in the mix.  On the back of the box was a maze based on the periodic table that took one through the synthetization process to the place of the element on the table.  Very inventive, but he was stumped with what to do about the bottom.  I suggested a coupon for iodide tablets. He liked that, and then came up with what to do for the price code.  He put in a qr code that, should she choose to actually scan it, with Rick Roll the teacher.  

We are both curious to see if she'll try it. 

lucius septimius 10/4/2021 7:14:09 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 7:

There's one nanny I keep seeing -- older than the usual 22yo sort,  She's been with the same family for six years.  She's quite nice and every now and then I think I should ask her out for a beer, but the anti-vaxxer (all of which were pre Covid I should add) stickers on her car have been off-putting.

buzzsawmonkey 10/4/2021 7:20:57 AM

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In #9 lucius septimius said: the anti-vaxxer stickers

"Anne T. Vacksair" would make a good character name...

vxbush 10/4/2021 7:21:34 AM

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In #8 lucius septimius said: He put in a qr code that, should she choose to actually scan it, with Rick Roll the teacher. 

I've learned that people don't scan QR codes unless they are on a menu. I've got one set up on the son's wheelchair that has a link to his background and why he's in the chair, and he has to beg people to scan it. I wouldn't put your hopes too high.

Occasional Reader 10/4/2021 7:26:13 AM

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Occasional Reader 10/4/2021 7:28:52 AM

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In #11 vxbush said: I've learned that people don't scan QR codes unless they are on a menu.

Personally I don’t make a habit of just scanning random QR codes, because you never know where they might take you.

Occasional Reader 10/4/2021 7:36:55 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 8:

very clever!

lucius septimius 10/4/2021 7:37:11 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 11: Reply to Occasional Reader in 13:

It was still a cute idea. 

vxbush 10/4/2021 7:44:36 AM

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In #15 lucius septimius said: It was still a cute idea. 

Oh, it is. I'm just sharing my experience with a QR code that I created, for which any iPhone will warn you what web page it is opening, and still people don't scan them. 

buzzsawmonkey 10/4/2021 9:50:42 AM

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vxbush 10/4/2021 10:36:50 AM

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In #17 buzzsawmonkey said: Are the demonstrations against Arizona's Senator political theater, or are they merely Sinema?

The peasants are Manchin' for attention!

Occasional Reader 10/4/2021 12:44:14 PM

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Thought for the day:

“live not by lies.“

-A. Solzhenitsyn

Kosh's Shadow 10/4/2021 12:52:49 PM

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In #20 Occasional Reader said: Thought for the day: “live not by lies.“ -A. Solzhenitsyn

Not "lies" but someone's "truth"

Kamala Harris

lucius septimius 10/4/2021 1:46:01 PM

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JCM 10/4/2021 3:01:05 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 22:

Excellent!

I came a across this the other day....

JCM 10/4/2021 3:10:26 PM

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Well this is definitely cool....

Previous job I did the circuit board for a projector. Company ran into trouble meeting deadlines on the project, had layoffs, and sold off the Intellectual Property for the projector.

The projector resurfaced and is available......

The circuit board has most certainly be revised since on worked on the early versions. But those working models.

buzzsawmonkey 10/4/2021 3:13:34 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 10/4/2021 4:11:44 PM

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Apparently Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp are back after a 6-7 hour outage.

The only reason I noticed was it got into the news.

doppelganglander 10/4/2021 4:36:47 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 22:
I love it!