buzzsawmonkey 2/1/2021 6:37:08 AM

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Kosh---re your showerhead conversation with OR in last night's Pub, given the cheap price of the one he recommended you might want to consider laying in one as a contingency spare.   Things that work, and things that are cheap, and especially things that are both, have a tendency to suddenly disappear from availability right when you suddenly need to acquire them.  

I believe in keeping spare parts and tools around.

buzzsawmonkey 2/1/2021 6:39:49 AM

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NPR's Morning Sedition was droning on and on, yet again, about "racism" in connection with the availability/distribution of coronavirus vaccine.

Once again, the government is being racist if "communities of color" receive distribution priority, because the Tuskeegee Experiments of decades ago prove the government is racist.  But if "communities of color" do not receive distribution priority, then that, too, is racist because white folks are being favored.

vxbush 2/1/2021 7:02:55 AM

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In #2 buzzsawmonkey said: NPR's Morning Sedition was droning on and on, yet again, about "racism" in connection with the availability/distribution of coronavirus vaccine. Once again, the government is being racist if "communities of color" receive distribution priority, because the Tuskeegee Experiments of decades ago prove the government is racist.  But if "communities of color" do not receive distribution priority, then that, too, is racist because white folks are being favored.

I'm going to be damned just for thinking that I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't, so at this point, I just don't give a damn. 

Morning, campers. 

Kosh's Shadow 2/1/2021 7:16:00 AM

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In #3 vxbush said: I just don't give a damn. 

Since that is a quote from the raaaaacist Gone With the Wind, you must be raaacist too!

vxbush 2/1/2021 7:23:47 AM

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In #4 Kosh's Shadow said: Since that is a quote from the raaaaacist Gone With the Wind, you must be raaacist too!

See? There's no escape!

lucius septimius 2/1/2021 7:26:35 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

In the immortal words of Rhett Butler ...

buzzsawmonkey 2/1/2021 7:27:44 AM

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PaladinPhil 2/1/2021 7:36:58 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 1:

In the immortal words of engineers two is one and one is none. Always have a back up for everything.

As well, regular internet connection is back, more or less. Had to do some internal trouble shooting this morning to figure out why some connections weren't working. Restarted the main router and things are better.

vxbush 2/1/2021 7:41:04 AM

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In #8 PaladinPhil said: As well, regular internet connection is back, more or less. Had to do some internal trouble shooting this morning to figure out why some connections weren't working. Restarted the main router and things are better.

Our DSL modem crapped out the end of last week, and a new one is supposed to arrive soon. 

doppelganglander 2/1/2021 7:45:11 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 2/1/2021 7:47:29 AM

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So, if the groundhog can't get out of its hole because it is covered with a foot of snow, then it won't see its shadow and that means shorter winter, or because it ends up back in the hole, does it mean a longer winter?

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Kosh's Shadow 2/1/2021 7:50:40 AM

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In #9 vxbush said: Our DSL modem crapped out the end of last week, and a new one is supposed to arrive soon. 

I replaced the old one a while ago because it needed to be rebooted every day, but kept it, so if the new one goes, I'll have a backup.

And DSL modems are getting hard to find now, Got this one at Staples, but they don't carry them anymore.

vxbush 2/1/2021 8:10:05 AM

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In #12 Kosh's Shadow said: I replaced the old one a while ago because it needed to be rebooted every day, but kept it, so if the new one goes, I'll have a backup. And DSL modems are getting hard to find now, Got this one at Staples, but they don't carry them anymore.

Yeah, I keep hoping there will be better internet options out here in the sticks soon, but so far no go.

Occasional Reader 2/1/2021 8:11:48 AM

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In #8 PaladinPhil said: In the immortal words of engineers two is one and one is none. Always have a back up for everything.

This is why it’s wise to have a girlfriend in addition to your wife, for example.

/

Occasional Reader 2/1/2021 8:14:56 AM

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In #1 buzzsawmonkey said: given the cheap price of the one he recommended you might want to consider laying in one as a contingency spare.

I am a mad Siroflex fan.  That’s in part, as I mentioned, because it’s so counterintuitively Italian; cheap, ugly, works flawlessly and no maintenance needed.  Also, because this is sort of like “guerrilla plumbing“, a thumb in the eye to the environmentalist crazies who are insisting we all use low flow showers forever.

buzzsawmonkey 2/1/2021 8:22:42 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 15:

There's an SJ Perelman story/essay---it might be "What Am I Doing Away From Home?", but I can't remember now for sure---where he talks about how "a plumbing fixture in the house suddenly gave way, and while the plumber was awaiting arrival of a replacement from Cartier's..."

So the problem of expensive and difficult to get plumbing fixtures is not a new one.

JCM 2/1/2021 8:36:55 AM

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Good morning, sorry Kosh, got late night goofing off with the kids.

vxbush 2/1/2021 8:45:50 AM

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In #15 Occasional Reader said: I am a mad Siroflex fan.  That’s in part, as I mentioned, because it’s so counterintuitively Italian; cheap, ugly, works flawlessly and no maintenance needed.  Also, because this is sort of like “guerrilla plumbing“, a thumb in the eye to the environmentalist crazies who are insisting we all use low flow showers forever.

I am intrigued. Their hand-held shower looks like the hose is longer than a standard American hand-held. That alone would be nice. 

PaladinPhil 2/1/2021 8:54:22 AM

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In #14 Occasional Reader said: This is why it’s wise to have a girlfriend in addition to your wife, for example. /

(Saw the sarc tag)
Not something I am willing to risk. She's good with knives and power saws, and my friends would be willing to help with "moving". :)

Occasional Reader 2/1/2021 11:46:43 AM

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In #18 vxbush said: Their hand-held shower looks like the hose is longer

Now, that claim is a more typically Italian attribute... 

vxbush 2/1/2021 12:01:41 PM

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In #20 Occasional Reader said: Now, that claim is a more typically Italian attribute... 

I am willing to admit a superior product when I see it. I would say I want to try it out, but then you'll just interpret me incorrectly and on purpose. 😜

buzzsawmonkey 2/1/2021 2:07:39 PM

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Occasional Reader 2/1/2021 2:47:31 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 22:

+++

Yep, the Ran-Goon Squad strikes again.

Occasional Reader 2/1/2021 2:48:48 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 2/1/2021 3:04:59 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 22:

Suu good. You got the Kyi features of the Burma Shave rhymes

JCM 2/1/2021 3:20:15 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 24:

With a single magazine.....

JCM 2/1/2021 3:30:21 PM

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Oregon becomes 1st state to decriminalize possession of hard drugs

I don't see any downside.... nope none at all....

Occasional Reader 2/1/2021 3:44:30 PM

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Reply to JCM in 27:

And again: Leftism is a mental illness.

lucius septimius 2/1/2021 3:54:12 PM

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Reply to JCM in 27:

"those found in possession would face a $100 fine or a health assessment that could lead to addiction counseling. "

Of course!  More tax-payer funded jobs for mental health professionals!

JCM 2/1/2021 4:14:41 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 29:

I to the point where addicts get a choice, treatment or jail.

As long as they adhere to their treatment plan, they can avoid jail.

Kosh's Shadow 2/1/2021 4:19:33 PM

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Reply to JCM in 26:

Reminds me of a joke about old cowboy movies.

The good guy and bad guy would shoot at each other in a mine, with so many shots from their six-shooters that they'd be mining lead for months.

BTW, I did get to hold an 1890 Colt revolver, worth $25,000, when we visited the gun expert my wife uses. However, rule was no pictures and no info about where we were. 

lucius septimius 2/1/2021 4:20:25 PM

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Reply to JCM in 30:

I noticed that about half the article seemed to deal with revenues from state pot sales.  Are they also planning on selling smack, crank, and blow?

There is something really disturbing about the state deciding that selling drugs is the way to solvency. 

JCM 2/1/2021 4:40:28 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 32:

Profit from the slavery to a drug addiction.

doppelganglander 2/1/2021 4:47:18 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 32: 

What they ought to be doing is selling antipsychotic drugs over the counter.

Fun fact: After I was hospitalized for an intestinal disorder, I was prescribed a drug that was used for digestive problems as well as schizophrenia and psychosis. I only took it for a week or so and experienced noticeable withdrawal symptoms. Unsurprisingly, it is no longer sold in the US.