Is that from the Slim Whitman Sampler?
1 Like
That’s so wonderful! I’m thrilled to hear it.
7 Likes
thank you and @castor_troy. It’s very good to be able to be back.
@pluckyinky - I’m so incredibly fortunate. And so incredibly grateful.
10 Likes
Feature, not a bug. They’re literally trying to kill as many high population center dwellers…i.e., people who are blue, brown and/or black…as possible.
2 Likes
Glad to see you here again, tena. It was odd to scroll through a million or so posts and not see heartfelt Fuck 'em posts from you.
9 Likes
I understand where you are coming from, Darr. While I have always hated Clipper, and other "autocorrect’ software (I always call it “autocorrupt,” it doesn’t bother me as much as it does you (I just blow it away by hitting the “x” or delete button.) But, I tell you, I am completely and totally with you on cancer. Hit me twice, too, and I demolished it, with all my energy and all my doctors’ best tools. The progress we have made in this world against cancer is pitiful. And we just pump more and more carcinogens into the air, into our food, and stress (also a carcinogen) into our lives. I rage with you! 
And, no disrespect or disregard to @psudawnc
2 Likes
So wonderful to see you on the mend 
4 Likes
Thanks.
and @Hatmama
3 Likes
Well, that’s just because he left them all at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan - cost us an absolute fortune!
.
.
.
/s
3 Likes
It’s so good to see you’re back! Thank god for redundancy. Wishing you the very best recovery, too.
4 Likes
Best news anyone can hope to hear.
I think I need the name of your doctor, lol. I’m one of those people who cannot imagine taking opioids recreationally - if it gets to the point that I’m willing to take them in spite of the way my body reacts to them, you’ll know I’m really bad off.
One of my FIL’s favorite phrases: Don’t seize up or you’ll keep hurtin’.
3 Likes
wait, we can do that? Nobody told me!
4 Likes
" 'Cause I’m free to do what I want any old time" for now
1 Like
Welcome back, @tena!!!
4 Likes
For those questioning AG Garland, Lawrence Tribe just said he has faith that Garland will do the right thing in how he tackles this BS law. Fingers crossed
1 Like
Back when the idea of staying in space beyond a few days was a pipe dream and the moon a far-off goal. We know a lot more about what can and can’t be done with known science than we did back then and that his classification system is outdated. I doubt that any civilization has sent any apex species members beyond their solar systems let alone colonized more than a planet or two away if that. If they had we’d probably have known about it by now. This is just a variation on the its always greener fallacy. There’s certainly certainly vast room for growth, but not in this direction.
1 Like
Never thought about scale but obviously it’s a factor. I’m sure the numbers have been run so do you know how big it would have to be to avoid this problem, and how thick the band could be before the gradient became noticeable or unhealthy? It’s fairly basic math I’m sure, I’m just too lazy to do it. There’s also the effect of seeing everything spin outside that could mess with us, so it would have to be oriented a certain way or only allow windows pointing into relatively slow-moving objects. I wonder what the rotational speed and duration would have to be too, to minimize this issue.
True but we were only talking about gravity. Obviously these other things would have to be considered. I don’t think we’d have to get everything 100% right, but pretty close, some more than others. And we won’t know how we truly handle extraterrestrial colonization for many decades after setting them up, in terms of long-term health effects, pregnancy and early development, mental health, non-earth cycles, etc. But even if we get as much right as possible, I just don’t see human exploration let alone colonization beyond the solar system. The distances are simply too vast. We’re stuck here for literally eternity.
1 Like
They’re called Care, Bear and Us?
1 Like
A classic malcontent narcissist who thought she was better than everyone and resented others’ relatively greater success, never for a second considering that it was due to superior talent and hard work and not just connections and politics. What Clinton did was obviously wrong and stupid on many levels but in no way impeachable. Profumo was Hiss in comparison.
1 Like