Winstonm Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 There has been a recent sighting of the rare double snip. Keep a sharp eye out..no, put that back in...that's gross! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 The Official BBO Hijacked Thread Thread has been hijacked! We need to herd the climate change posts back into the climate change threads before the infection kills this thread. It may already be too late! But then I am sure that there are hijack deniers out there who will argue that a few posts about climate change in this thread are not man-made but naturally occurring phenomena and not indicative of a long-term path to destruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 More of a low jack... :huh: But you would have to ask y66 about that, as he was the first to mention the dreaded subject that shall not be discussed for fear of sacrilege or heresy. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 The Official BBO Hijacked Thread Thread has been hijacked! We need to herd the climate change posts back into the climate change threads before the infection kills this thread. It may already be too late! But then I am sure that there are hijack deniers out there who will argue that a few posts about climate change in this thread are not man-made but naturally occurring phenomena and not indicative of a long-term path to destruction. The Official BBO Hijacked Thread Thread has been hijacked!This is an oxymoron. deniers This is the same thing sans oxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Really, REALLY low jacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 The Official BBO Hijacked Thread Thread has been hijacked! We need to herd the climate change posts back into the climate change threads before the infection kills this thread. It may already be too late! Don't worry, Nobody/nothing is able to kill tthis thread . Avocado-plantations in Nova Scotia are more likely than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 It's not bacon but......... back (baby back ribs) on topic. Off tomorrow for 4 days of Bridge at a Regional. Our no-tell motel has a swimming pool and a kitchenette and I'm BBQing enough baby back ribs to feed our team of 4 for at least 2 days. And the hospitality sweet features $1 beer. I'm into avocado's too. Stayed with my South African bridge partner for a couple of months and he had an avocado tree and they were the size of footballs (either kind). Rained down on the tin roof of his garage, BAM in the middle of the night and his dogs got at them often. Farting/belching machines for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Indeed I have. Not so sure that SUV's were involved in that one, however, and fossil fuels weren't even in process then and since man was not even a gleam in anyone's eye, the anthropogenic nature of that energy source was nil. ;)My point was that nuclear fission has been around a lot longer than a hundred years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 What a peaceful people here in thread. Nobody invaded (till now) the CC-thread and started there a new discussion about the influence of the global bacon grilling on CO2 emissions-:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 My point was that nuclear fission has been around a lot longer than a hundred years.And my point was that the human generated variety is only about 100 yrs old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Yes, clearly the phrase "nuclear fission" refers only to human generated fission. Just like "climate change" refers only to human generated climate change. I should have known. B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Based on the anthropogenic context, yes, you should have ;) At least semantics is a reasonable hijack and has little to do with name-calling, derogatory remarks and petulance. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 I can't believe the Cubs did not find a way to sign Cole Hamels. The Cubs, unfortunately, are still the Cubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 I can't believe the Cubs did not find a way to sign Cole Hamels. The Cubs, unfortunately, are still the Cubs.Wolf, bear, scouts or Chicago? :rolleyes: They make cellar-dwelling almost a science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 This is another "Old guy coping with new century" post. The other day I had trouble opening the car door. But it opened. Then I had trouble starting the car. All this is keyless, I have an electronic gizmo in my pocket that tells the car I am driver number 1 and that I am authorized to open the door and start the car. So I took the gizmo out of my pocket and waved it around a bit and the car started. I had places to go and I was a bit uneasy about whether all would be well. Shazam! An insight. I had Becky's cell phone in the same pocket as the gizmo. Then I remembered that when we had a rental car in Portland I had brought it back because I was having similar problems. Again I was carrying a cell phone. I moved the gizmo to a different pocket and no further problems. I may experiment further to see if I am right, but I think I have it. I don't carry a cell phone all that often, I am not really sure why I own one, so the matching of car problems with carrying a cell is impressive. Is this a known bug? P.S. The cell, which had just been charged, was out of juice later in the day. I think that the cell and the gizmo were fighting in out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Don't Mess With The Boss http://cdn4.spiegel.de/images/image-879247-galleryV9-unpk.jpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Don't Mess With The Boss http://cdn4.spiegel.de/images/image-879247-galleryV9-unpk.jpg That's running, not "the runs". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 This is another "Old guy coping with new century" post. The other day I had trouble opening the car door. But it opened. Then I had trouble starting the car. All this is keyless, I have an electronic gizmo in my pocket that tells the car I am driver number 1 and that I am authorized to open the door and start the car. So I took the gizmo out of my pocket and waved it around a bit and the car started. I had places to go and I was a bit uneasy about whether all would be well. Shazam! An insight. I had Becky's cell phone in the same pocket as the gizmo. Then I remembered that when we had a rental car in Portland I had brought it back because I was having similar problems. Again I was carrying a cell phone. I moved the gizmo to a different pocket and no further problems. I may experiment further to see if I am right, but I think I have it. I don't carry a cell phone all that often, I am not really sure why I own one, so the matching of car problems with carrying a cell is impressive. Is this a known bug? P.S. The cell, which had just been charged, was out of juice later in the day. I think that the cell and the gizmo were fighting in out. What did google tell you when you asked what the problem might be? The real "old guy coping with new century" problem here is that you have the answer to literally any question you can possibly ask at your finger tips as long as you know the magic words. For example, if you google "cell phone interfering with keyless entry" you might find this: "In a nutshell, keyless entry for automobiles will tend to use the unlicensed 2.4GHz spectrum used by Bluetooth and some flavours of Wi-Fi which means that it will be susceptible to interference from such devices particularly if they are immediately adjacent and broadcasting. What things will come down to is which device is broadcasting the stronger signal and whether or not there is enough signal to overcome the noise created by other signals on the same band." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 ]OBBOHTT says Senator Ted Cruz for President!!! Making machine-gun bacon with Ted Cruz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiLTWVIRm3I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Wanted: Zamboni driver. Location Brooklyn, NY. http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/08/08/sports/08zamboni/08zamboni-blog427.jpgThe key for the ice resurfacer used at Islanders games. The job of driving the machine is more complex than it sounds. Credit Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Chris Jennings, the ice rink manager at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, where the Flyers play, said it took him four to six months before he was really comfortable behind the wheel. The hardest part, he said, was adjusting to the obstructed view. “Imagine driving your car but sitting in your trunk,” he said. When driving a Zamboni, “you can’t see the entire right side.” Drivers deal with this by visually aligning lines engraved on the top of the machine with lines on the glass around the rink. “That way, you know you’re going straight,” Jennings said. Jennings, who has been operating an ice resurfacer for 10 years, said his fellow drivers generally started at community rinks before making their way to the N.H.L., where the standard was higher. “Players are bigger in the N.H.L., so we have to focus a little more on the density of our ice surface,” Jennings said. “We want it to be as strong as it possibly can.” N.H.L. ice has an average thickness of one inch from the concrete floor to the top of the ice surface. The person the Islanders hire will join a Zamboni community of sorts. The Facility Operations Managers Association meets annually to talk shop. “We gather to talk about a lot of the stuff that we do, because we face a lot of the same challenges,” Jennings said. So if you’re “detail-oriented,” can “lift and/or move up to 75 pounds” and have a “passion for creating an exceptional experience” for fans, your dream job may be waiting in Brooklyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Katie Ledecky Wins 800, Completing World Championships Sweep Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Wanted: Zamboni driver. Location Brooklyn, NY. http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/08/08/sports/08zamboni/08zamboni-blog427.jpgThe key for the ice resurfacer used at Islanders games. The job of driving the machine is more complex than it sounds. Credit Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesDamn! I've got 12 points on my zamboni license: speeding, don't ya know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Katie Ledecky Wins 800, Completing World Championships Sweep Wow. I have been enjoying reading about her. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, as does my grandson. He knows of her but has never met her. He is only 16, and more into weights, and guitars than swimming. Different high school. Oh well. Some people are exceptional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Some people are exceptional Thanks, Ken. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 What did google tell you when you asked what the problem might be? The real "old guy coping with new century" problem here is that you have the answer to literally any question you can possibly ask at your finger tips as long as you know the magic words. For example, if you google "cell phone interfering with keyless entry" you might find this: "In a nutshell, keyless entry for automobiles will tend to use the unlicensed 2.4GHz spectrum used by Bluetooth and some flavours of Wi-Fi which means that it will be susceptible to interference from such devices particularly if they are immediately adjacent and broadcasting. What things will come down to is which device is broadcasting the stronger signal and whether or not there is enough signal to overcome the noise created by other signals on the same band." Kids still say the darndest things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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