Random thought thread!

RichVR · 2013-12-11T14:17:12.000Z

Spent some time at Home Depot with the wife recently. We need to replace our old ceiling fans. Got the fans and needed bulbs. So we ended up having a “discussion” about LED bulbs vs. incandescent. I actually showed her the math that proved that buying a $15 60W equivalent bulbs ultimately saved us money on bulb replacement and energy costs.

We went home with 60W incandescent bulbs. ::SIGH::

Scuzz · 2013-12-11T15:16:30.000Z

Chris Nahr:

Warm fluorescents are nice and cozy! Just like sunset and fireplaces and incandescents. Keep the nasty yellow face out of my burrow, precious.

In other news, clothing sizes are getting ever more ridiculous. My latest shopping spree ended up with sizes from L to XXL, where the L was rather loose and the XXL was rather tight (both upper body). Why even bother showing sizes? Just stamp everything with “random size, try your luck.”

I totally agree. I wear shirts anywhere from M to XL depending on the manufacturer and the style. T-Shirts are always XL (shrinkage) and many brand name golf shirts can be M.
WTF?

Scuzz · 2013-12-11T15:19:53.000Z

duplicate post…

nevermind

Dave_Perkins · 2013-12-11T16:47:48.000Z

RichVR:

Spent some time at Home Depot with the wife recently. We need to replace our old ceiling fans. Got the fans and needed bulbs. So we ended up having a “discussion” about LED bulbs vs. incandescent. I actually showed her the math that proved that buying a $15 60W equivalent bulbs ultimately saved us money on bulb replacement and energy costs.

We went home with 60W incandescent bulbs. ::SIGH::

See, this is the kind of math that we should be teaching in school, not how to factor a difference of effing cubes. So that people aren’t stupid. School ought to attempt to help everyone not be stupid.

wisefool · 2013-12-12T10:58:00.000Z

I may go to hell for this but…

1330 AD: Bubonic plague breaks out in China
c. 1347 AD Arrives in Europe.
2013 AD Arrives Madagascar.

(Cannot link from mobile sorry)

RichVR · 2014-08-04T12:03:17.000Z

For the first time in my life I am older than the president. Thanks Obama.

Tortilla · 2014-08-04T12:15:42.000Z

RichVR:

For the first time in my life I am older than the president. Thanks Obama.

Um, if Obama is younger than you then this has been the case for 6-ish years now . . .

Tortilla · 2014-08-04T12:16:10.000Z

RichVR:

For the first time in my life I am older than the president. Thanks Obama.

Um, if Obama is younger than you then this has been the case for 6-ish years now . . .

Papageno · 2014-08-04T12:19:14.000Z

Same here. We were both born in '61 but I was born in April.

RichVR · 2014-08-04T12:48:44.000Z

Tortilla:

Um, if Obama is younger than you then this has been the case for 6-ish years now . . .

I know, but I just realized it today. It’s his birthday.

Bartholomew_Roberts · 2014-08-04T22:38:25.000Z

I switched from Bryers Ice Cream to Turkey Hill a few years ago because Bryers (who used to proudly advertise that they only used natural, real ingredients) started adding preservatives and other additives. It tastes like poop now. Fun fact they legally can’t call some of their brands “ice cream” because of this. They have to label it “frozen dessert”. At any rate, I shall miss their coffee ice cream; and I absolutely love Turkey Hill’s all natural vanilla and almond. I mean holy molly!

Teiman · 2014-08-05T00:59:27.000Z

I have a problem.

Has I grown older, I am becoming stupidier. Also a bigot. A huge asshole bigot. I am stupid, but still smart enough to notice. What If I become even stupidier that I don’t know how stupidier I am?

Carionto · 2014-08-05T13:46:01.000Z

It`s near midnight, the bugs have begun their invasion yet again, but i stand ready (sitting in front of a monitor) armed with a thick notebook, ready… to fruitlesly flail my arms around and to get startled shitless by the big buzzing moth that always flies in.

War continues with no end in sight…

Carionto · 2014-08-05T13:46:26.000Z

It`s near midnight, the bugs have begun their invasion yet again, but i stand ready (sitting in front of a monitor) armed with a thick notebook, ready… to fruitlesly flail my arms around and to get startled shitless by the big buzzing moth that always flies in.

War continues with no end in sight…

RichVR · 2014-08-05T15:20:12.000Z

Happy to have resurrected this thread. It was dormant for too long.

Nixxter · 2014-08-06T08:59:12.000Z

In my haste to be the fastest walker to the train station ever, wearing my stupid Korean curved walking shoes, I tripped yesterday and face planted the sidewalk.

Embarrassed, yes. Burning the shoes, yes (OK, I’ll just discard them, they look like they are neither destructible nor bio-degradable). Happy I didn’t break my nose or cheekbones, yes.

Damage to date: Stupid Korean shoes, $65 on Amazon. Replacing scratched glasses lenses $320 at the quick, but pricy Lenscrafters. Going to dentist later to see about the chunk of tooth that apparently disappeared, who knows what that will cost. Pride and ego major hit.

I wish I had a video, it probably looked a little like breakdancing as I went down shaped like a smile and then at the end my face bounced off the roadway. Not really funny but could be enlightening to see it in a disembodied fashion.

Nixxter · 2014-08-06T08:59:36.000Z

What, double post? Only hit it once. Sigh.

Carionto · 2014-08-07T01:20:20.000Z

I just looked up some things about the brain and found out that it uses a bunch of chemicals - dopamine, serotonin, adrenalin, estrogen and a bunch of others - and most of them influence how you feel, so i think something might be off-balance in my brain to make me this unfocused, perma-happy and randomly energetic.

maybe finding out my brains both a junkie, a dealer and the manufacturer wasn`t brilliant, but it certainly was enlightening.

Teiman · 2014-08-07T04:20:29.000Z

My country is fucking stupid retarded idiot to the extreme, “we” just imported a evola guy to cure him here.

RichVR · 2014-08-07T12:38:56.000Z

Welcome to the club.