Steve O

Thanks for the explanation. Now I know. An you're correct, I still don't care.

The problem lies in your first sentence, Let's go back in time. Seems that's all that many on the left want to do, talk about how many bad things Trump did years ago. A good friend of mine says that to win in November Biden should just keep harping on Jan. 6th, 2021. I don't disagree with the strategy as there isn't much else he has to run on. From the botched Afghanistan withdrawal to mispronouncing Laken Riley's name, then apologizing for referring to her murderer as illegal rather than undocumented, from the mess at the border to inflation, things haven't gone well for Joe. So just keep hammering home the fact that politicians lie, we'll see how that works out.

I was going to ask what "cis people" are but decided I could just look it up on the world wide web myself. Started typing it into my browser, then decided I really don't care.

Absolutely. And don't get me started on "very unique." If something is unique it is by definition one of a kind, it does not require an intensifier!

Not quite sure what you're trying to say, maybe you wrote this from your phone. Think it has something to do with testing of the O-ring failures. What I got from the article I read, and there were a couple graphs I didn't totally understand, was that temperature was never a characteristic that was factored in. Therefore, the common theme of the failures that were addressed were not the actual root cause of the them. So that when the engineers said that temperature might be a problem, management said we've already addressed the failure issues.

Not so much that the O-ring itself was faulty as it was never designed to function at the temperature at launch. Several engineers noted the problem, the concerns were dismissed by NASA management.

And yet, but for the wheel it would be useless.

Pretty confused by this. Back when I was growing up we had football and soccer in the fall, basketball and wrestling in the winter, lacrosse and baseball in the spring and summer. Is this what she (or is it he?) is talking about?🤔

Greatest, maybe. Most dangerous, definitely.

I suspect the decline in the divorce rate had more to do with average age of marriage going up. Because why bother getting married if you're going to get a microwaved dinner...

I was thinking the same thing about the EV industry...

fixed now

I've never owned one😊

Seriously Irv? The microwave oven? Let me tell you about the microwave oven. It was invented in 1947 as the radar range. Throughout the rest of the 40's and 50's barely anyone owned them. You know what else was extremely low at the time? The divorce rate. In the 60's and 70's microwave ownership began to pick up. What else did? Bingo, the divorce rate. Microwave ownership steadily rose through the 80's and 90's, then started to level off at the turn of the century. That's right, the divorce rate followed the same trend. If you look at separate graphs of both since 1947, they look eerily similar. Coincidence? I think not!

I feel like it's the Polish Mardi Gras or what many countries refer to as Carnaval. The rest of the Roman Catholic world feel like they should spend a few days celebrating as they are going to be giving up stuff for 40 days for Lent. We Poles feel like we just gave up stuff for 40 days, time to let loose and celebrate.

With that in mind I'm going to celebrate Jesus' resurrection instead

Let's start with your definition of a socialist: A socialist is simply someone who advocates for an economic system in which the workers own the means of production through mandated worker cooperatives, Actually, a socialist is simply a person who advocates or practices socialism. What then is socialism? According to your definition it is an economic system in which the workers own the means of production through mandated worker cooperatives Actually, socialism has more to do with government owned means of production than worker owned. It is defined as follows: :any of various egalitarian economic and political theories or movements advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state : a stage of society in Marxist theory that is transitional between capitalism and communism and is distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done There's much more to break down in your post, it's Easter, have to start cooking, I'm going to end it here but add that there is a lot of area we agree on, or at least find middle ground. I recently watched a 7 part documentary on John Adams from 2008. Something that stuck with me was a scene from the first Continental Congress. In it, Ben Franklin shouts that "There is no room for anyone here that isn't willing to compromise." We don't see much compromise from our politicians these days.

The egg roll party, which is celebrated on Easter Monday (which us polacks refer to as dyngus day) has been around since 1878. Each first family puts their own stamp on it. Apparently the Biden family stamp is to take religion out of Easter. As Irv would say, what a mess.

Pretty sure cops will still be allowed to use the hip drop tackle without penalty.

I freakin' hate seeing 3rd and 20, a defensive holding call away from the play, the defense holds, but wait, that's a 5 yard penalty, automatic first down😡 If defensive holding is 5 yards & automatic first down, offensive holding should be 5 yards and automatic 4th down! And don't even get me started on the late flag in the Bills/Chiefs game where the replay showed the chuck was within 5 yards and before the pass.

So sorry for his loss.

Can't be any worse than the investment advice my ex broker gave me...did I mention he's my ex broker?

re Chuck - 2009 re Irv - Kidding of course

This is a good starting point, shows there are things we can all agree on. As pointed out on another thread, I myself agree with Chuck Schumer's views on immigration: "Illegal immigration is wrong, plain and simple." "Illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who enter the US legally." "When we use phrases like undocumented workers we convey a message to the American people that their government is not serious about combating illegal immigration. If you don't think it is illegal you're not going to say it. I think it is illegal and wrong." If we start with fixing things we all agree on, the rest can be worked out. Not sure we want to know, given the story about the body in the Highland Park Reservoir.