midwestgak 8/8/2020 7:03:08 PM

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Empty Pub.  A place for trivia.

8/8 is significant for me.  32 years ago on this date I returned home to The Land of Lincoln from S. California.  The hottest and most humid recorded time in Chicago's history.  47 days of 90° or higher. The grasses all around were brown, nary a weed could grow due to the drought of many midwest states that year.

Even though crops failed and therefore farmers suffered, even though it was hot, humid and miserable weather-wise, even though Reagan was leaving office, even though I was returning home, my life's future, yet unknown, was embarking. 

Occasional Reader 8/8/2020 7:08:09 PM

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The perfect crowd-control round for Portland, OR:

https://youtu.be/R_erHq06NcE

Pour decourager les autres.

Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2020 7:10:08 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 1:

32 years ago, I was working for the second largest computer company in the world, and felt I had it somewhat made.

That company is long gone now.

Funny thing is, the job I had before that was a contractor at the same place I am a contractor now.

Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2020 7:11:19 PM

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From the daytime thread

In #31 JCM said: I'm dyin' MAGA the song

Link to it here

midwestgak 8/8/2020 7:21:11 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 4:

Oh, what fun.  Well done on so many levels.

Occasional Reader 8/8/2020 7:24:10 PM

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midwestgak 8/8/2020 7:25:40 PM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: Funny thing is, the job I had before that was a contractor at the same place I am a contractor now.

The company in '88 begins with D?

Occasional Reader 8/8/2020 7:26:02 PM

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Wait, did I say “kindergarten“?

I meant, law school.

https://youtu.be/xlJfrpuhlPI

Occasional Reader 8/8/2020 7:35:06 PM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: I was working for the second largest computer company in the world

Cyberdyne?

It was a very promising company, indeed. And then in 1991, they suffered that crazy terrorist attack on their headquarters, by that woman and the teenage kid and that huge guy in the leather jacket, along with one of their own top scientists. They never recovered.

Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2020 7:44:51 PM

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In #7 midwestgak said: The company in '88 begins with D?

Yes. I had started working there in 84, in the terminals group. Developed their X-Windows terminal.

buzzsawmonkey 8/8/2020 7:44:59 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2020 7:46:13 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 9:

No, the company I worked for was started much earlier, and had their headquarters in an old mill (appropriate, since Charles Babbage called part of the CPU in his mechanical computer the Mill.

Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2020 7:46:46 PM

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In #11 buzzsawmonkey said: Today, Weekend Edition ran something about Nagasaki Day.  Worth reading/listening to, as it is mostly nothing more than a hit job on nuclear weapons and, of course, Donald Trump.

Weekend Sedition

Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2020 7:54:56 PM

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In #11 buzzsawmonkey said: Today, Weekend Edition ran something about Nagasaki Day.  Worth reading/listening to, as it is mostly nothing more than a hit job on nuclear weapons and, of course, Donald Trump.

They probably have no problem with Iran getting nuclear weapons, either.

Occasional Reader 8/8/2020 7:57:15 PM

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In #12 Kosh's Shadow said: No

Well, thank goodness. Believe it or not, at that time I had actually switched my career to Cyberdyne in the hopes of achieving greater stability, after that terrible winter internship I’d done a few years previously at Nakatomi Corporation’s US headquarters in Los Angeles.  The company’s holiday party started out well enough, but man, did it ever go downhill fast.

Occasional Reader 8/8/2020 7:59:33 PM

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In #11 buzzsawmonkey said: and, of course, Donald Trump.

Be sure to remind every “progressive“ you know: as things stand now, President Trump is the first president since Jimmy Carter who has not gotten us into a new “war” during his presidency.

Then stand back as their heads explode, while they try to wrap their minds around that fact.

Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2020 7:59:58 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 15:

For holiday parties, the company had a strict no alcohol on the premises policy, but a VP made a rum cake where you could get drunk from the fumes.

lucius septimius 8/8/2020 8:02:48 PM

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In #16 Occasional Reader said: the first president since Jimmy Carter who has not gotten us into a new “war” during his presidency.

Carter tried, but the Iranians just laughed at him.

Meanwhile a friend of mine is convinced that Trump is going to "declare war" in October to secure his control over the country or something.  I would have explained that only Congress has the authority to "declare" war, but I didn't think it worth the effort.

lucius septimius 8/8/2020 8:05:21 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 11:

God these people are so tiresome. Let me guess - they all saw The Dead Zone and thought it was a documentary.

buzzsawmonkey 8/8/2020 8:07:50 PM

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midwestgak 8/8/2020 8:09:27 PM

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In #16 Occasional Reader said: Be sure to remind every “progressive“ you know: as things stand now, President Trump is the first president since Jimmy Carter who has not gotten us into a new “war” during his presidency.

Trumps started the race 'war."

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Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2020 8:10:19 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 18:

My prediction for this election is that Trump wins in a landslide, with an unprecedented (since the civil rights movement of the '60's) percentage of the black vote (they don't want their neighborhoods run by gangs).

Then the Dems refuse to accept the results, claiming they don't match the polls, so the elections must have been hacked, and they get the Deep State out. Interesting times to come.

Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2020 8:11:46 PM

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In #21 midwestgak said: Trumps started the race 'war."

You included the sarc tag. Trump didn't, and even Obama didn't.

The race war was started in the '60s or 70's, but it has been a cold war until now.

midwestgak 8/8/2020 8:13:07 PM

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In #22 Kosh's Shadow said: Then the Dems refuse to accept the results

Count on it. True as death and taxes.

buzzsawmonkey 8/8/2020 8:15:29 PM

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In #19 lucius septimius said: Let me guess - they all saw The Dead Zone and thought it was a documentary.

I never saw The Dead Zone.  Just read the summary, and I can see the connection.

lucius septimius 8/8/2020 8:28:46 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 22:

WSJ reported on the madness of New York's mail in ballots on the primaries.  Over 28% of ballots were rejected for one reason or another.  Overwhelming incompetence. 

lucius septimius 8/8/2020 8:30:20 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 24:

The Dems haven't accepted a Republican President since 2000.  And let's not forget that if it wasn't for Ross Perot, that dickwad, Clinton would never have been elected.

doppelganglander 8/8/2020 8:31:11 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 1:

Let's see. 32 years ago I was living in Spain and I had a one-year-old. That's about it.

lucius septimius 8/8/2020 8:35:23 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 28:

32 years ago I was studying for my doctoral exams.  Read 300 books in six months.

Occasional Reader 8/8/2020 8:39:44 PM

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midwestgak 8/8/2020 8:50:46 PM

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In #28 doppelganglander said: 32 years ago I was living in Spain and I had a one-year-old.

If a novel were to be written, perhaps the first sentence of it might start thusly.

doppelganglander 8/8/2020 10:31:59 PM

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Reply to midwestgak in 31:

It would be a pretty boring novel. I didn't meet any mysterious strangers, or embark on a secret affair, or get involved in any radical political movements. 

midwestgak 8/8/2020 11:00:57 PM

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In #32 doppelganglander said: It would be a pretty boring novel. I didn't meet any mysterious strangers, or embark on a secret affair, or get involved in any radical political movements. 

Ha, you are right.  Misses the much sought after fiction in today's world, real life doesn't draw readers.

Life's experiences.  Lessons learned. Boring. Novels are never written and sold based on that!  

The Road Less Traveled, for example.  Or The Peter Principle.