Miscellaneous Discussion Thread
Quote: RSThere are a few pretty good videos on YouTube of protestors (road-blockers, or attempted road-blockers) getting run over. Usually they call 911 and expect prompt service from the paramedics. These laws absolutely should be changed, perhaps make ambulance and whatnot service based on merit or karma. Just some thoughts.
I ended up going to bed early last night because I was getting annoyed. 2 incidents of concern last night with the "peaceful" protesters. They had a main area shutdown and there was a medical emergency. Because traffic was backed up the ambulance couldn't get to the person. They ended up having to call a different ambulance to come from the other side. I hope that person made it ok. The second one was a car trying to drive through them was attacked by the "peaceful" protestors.
1 thing that made me really laugh though. 300 people gathered outside of the pirates stadium to disrupt things after the game. Games normally games end around 10. Last night's game went to 13 innings and they had fireworks after the game so the game didn't let our until almost 1am.
As a jet was flying over Arizona on a clear day, the copilot was providing his passengers with a running commentary about landmarks over the PA system.
"Coming up on the right, you can see the Meteor Crater, which is a major tourist attraction in northern Arizona. It was formed when a lump of nickel and iron, roughly 150 feet in diameter and weighing 300,000 tons, struck the earth 50,000 years ago at about 40,000 miles an hour, scattering white-hot debris for miles in every direction. The hole measures nearly a mile across and is 570 feet deep."
The lady sitting next to me exclaimed: "Wow, look! It just missed the highway!"
Quote: GWAEsighhh, every road in the area is basically blocked by protestors. We had somewhere to be and ended up 25 minutes late. These F'ers need to protest ghetto people shooting each other and worry about themselves. Why do they think they have the right to block major roadways. How does blocking tax payers from driving do anything against cops. They want people to pay attention but how about pay attention to thugs shooting thugs. I am so beyond annoyed tonight.
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/06/22/protest-downtown-pittsburgh-antwon-rose-killing-by-east-pittsburgh-officer-michael-rosfeld/
The dead kid was found with an empty 9mm clip in his front pocket.
BTW, there is a law called The Fleeing Felon rule. Police are allowed to use deadly force on a felon to protect the area. If Antwan truly did shoot the other person then this cop is just in the shooting. In that case these protestors need to protest the government to get this law abolished.
Protesting by shutting down roads is dumb, dangerous and counterproductive.
However, street crime is already illegal. What would be the point of protesting it?
What they are protesting is the fact that the police can and do kill people for almost any reason with total impunity.
We could change laws, like the one you cite, so that police are prosecuted and jailed just like anybody else would be for the same actions. This would save 100s of lives a year.
They should also be tested for steroids.
Cops are often on booze and/or steroids and/or other unsavory substances. They are also likely to be on the pad.
Not a good situation but there is little to be done.
Quote: FleaStiffThe guy the cop killed was black, young and had an empty ammunition clip inside his pocket making it rather likely he was actively involved in the shooting.
Cops are often on booze and/or steroids and/or other unsavory substances. They are also likely to be on the pad.
Not a good situation but there is little to be done.
What is pad?
Never really heard that cops are on steroids. Why would they be?
Quote: GWAEWhat is pad?
I think he is talking about female cops menstruating.
Old school, for "padded"their accounts: https://www.thenewspaper.com/news/52/5269.aspQuote: GWAEWhat is pad?
https://www.amazon.com/pad-underworld-corrupt-police-Confessions/dp/0399112375
Pretty common for PoPo to be "juicing", just like NFL players. Cops don't have to take drug tests, neither to firemen or Congress.Quote:Never really heard that cops are on steroids. Why would they be?
Quote: petroglyphOld school, for "padded"their accounts: https://www.thenewspaper.com/news/52/5269.asp
Oh.
eww.Quote: gamerfreakI think he is talking about female cops menstruating.
What's wrong with you (-;
Pad refers to the listing of all personnel in the precinct and who gets what.
Yeah, and if any of the precious Che Guevara wannabes marched around and chanted worth a damn for very much of it they must've been drowning in their own sweat. I wasn't aware of anything about the local protest, but I had an interest in that game, and according to both the weather services I use for conditions relevant to baseball bet stuff and also the descriptions (and complaining) of the guys in the TV booth calling the game, the air at PNC Park was like bubbling molasses in a kettle, with humidity at first pitch starting out in the 80s and gradually getting to over 90% by the end of it.Quote: GWAE,.,<SNIP>...1 thing that made me really laugh though. 300 people gathered outside of the pirates stadium to disrupt things after the game. Games normally games end around 10. Last night's game went to 13 innings and they had fireworks after the game so the game didn't let our until almost 1am.
But I really just wanted to use this excuse to ask you about some trivial piece of local color, if it really exists, what the guys doing the game telecast took to calling "The Tiki Boat" during their Arizona broadcasters chatter on their "away" feed. Apparently they have a pretty good view of the river from their visitor's TV crew booth way up at the top edge of the ballpark, and over the 13 mostly scoreless innings of the pitcher's duel (or hitter's coma) they eventually grew more than a little interested (mesmerized?) by some kind of boat they said had tropical themed bamboo structures on it, and as it spent the night chugging up and down the riverfront they surmised (fantasized?) that it must be some kind of fabulous local floating Tiki Bar thing.
After hearing them lusting after the pleasures they imagined it carried, like very cold & extremely tall glasses of potent rum topped with little paper umbrellas carried by maidens wearing a strand of grass and a palm leaf, I started wondering what was really up with that. In Pittsburgh? It seems just odd enough to wanna ask. Do you know anything about this? Is there actually something that might resemble their peculiar Pittsburgh Tiki riverboat dream? Or was it more likely a fevered mirage by a couple of Arizona guys getting gradually more unhinged as they went into the fourth scoreless sweltering hour?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itDGH9vhd-k
Quote: gamerfreakI think he is talking about female cops menstruating.
I'm sure you're correct.. (good grief)
Quote: EvenBobI'm sure you're correct.. (good grief)
on the pad ... on the rag
Very similar.
Quote: gamerfreakon the pad ... on the rag
Very similar.
Yeah. Like that comment needed defending or revisiting.
Quote: DrawingDeadYeah, and if any of the precious Che Guevara wannabes marched around and chanted worth a damn for very much of it they must've been drowning in their own sweat. I wasn't aware of anything about the local protest, but I had an interest in that game, and according to both the weather services I use for conditions relevant to baseball bet stuff and also the descriptions (and complaining) of the guys in the TV booth calling the game, the air at PNC Park was like bubbling molasses in a kettle, with humidity at first pitch starting out in the 80s and gradually getting to over 90% by the end of it.
But I really just wanted to use this excuse to ask you about some trivial piece of local color, if it really exists, what the guys doing the game telecast took to calling "The Tiki Boat" during their Arizona broadcasters chatter on their "away" feed. Apparently they have a pretty good view of the river from their visitor's TV crew booth way up at the top edge of the ballpark, and over the 13 mostly scoreless innings of the pitcher's duel (or hitter's coma) they eventually grew more than a little interested (mesmerized?) by some kind of boat they said had tropical themed bamboo structures on it, and as it spent the night chugging up and down the riverfront they surmised (fantasized?) that it must be some kind of fabulous local floating Tiki Bar thing.
After hearing them lusting after the pleasures they imagined it carried, like very cold & extremely tall glasses of potent rum topped with little paper umbrellas carried by maidens wearing a strand of grass and a palm leaf, I started wondering what was really up with that. In Pittsburgh? It seems just odd enough to wanna ask. Do you know anything about this? Is there actually something that might resemble their peculiar Pittsburgh Tiki riverboat dream? Or was it more likely a fevered mirage by a couple of Arizona guys getting gradually more unhinged as they went into the fourth scoreless sweltering hour?
The humidity was terrible last night. I think the temp was only 75 but it felt like 90.
The tiki boat is new and stupid imo. It is just a little bar like boat that floats on the river. Alcohol is allowed but it is a byob. It is $400 for 2 hours and only seats 6.
https://www.cruisintikispittsburgh.com
Yeesh, that's a glorified innertube with a dime store straw hat.Quote: GWAEThe humidity was terrible last night. I think the temp was only 75 but it felt like 90.
The tiki boat is new and stupid imo. It is just a little bar like boat that floats on the river. Alcohol is allowed but it is a byob. It is $400 for 2 hours and only seats 6.
https://www.cruisintikispittsburgh.com
Apparently it looks a lot more fetching in the middle of the night when someone is stuck for hours with nothing happening & squinting at the distant outline of it from way far above. Which could probably be said of about half the people who'll be waking up together on the Las Vegas Strip tomorrow morning, so I guess if they actually get 6 chumps peeling off 4 bills for that, then more power to 'em.
Thanks for the info. Hope Bob Brenly & Steve Berthiaume (the on-air FOX Sports AZ guys) don't go and sink their Tiki-oasis dreams by actually tracking it down this weekend.
This is what was meant, now drop it.Quote: FleaStiffPad. On the take. In the UK: bent or taking backhanders. Corrupt.
Pad refers to the listing of all personnel in the precinct and who gets what.
No matter where or how they float it, to pay the Tiki torch bill methinks that soggy clump of yard clippings needs a brass pole. For some appropriately equipped performance artists to display their talent at deeply meaningful symbolic communication to the target Tiki appreciation market. That market would be those special folks eager to cough up dough for a cover charge on what amounts to a slightly upsized pool floatie. Which would probably need to be among the members of the informal club of fellows who haven't been sober for a whole day since roughly the Carter administration or thereabouts.Quote: billryanPut that tiki bar on a float at $200 an hour on the strip and you can print your own money.
Gaming board actually allowed the owner to appear telephonically since his journey would have been so long and arduous.
Quote: RSNot a great idea, but it's actually kinda funny. (Video contains swear words and stuff.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itDGH9vhd-k
I cringed when the kid, with a cop pointing a gun at him, started reaching for his black camera tripod.
I get there and go through the drive through. They ask what drinks I want and I say Pepsi. Sorry we are out of pepsi. Ok Dr. Pepper then, 10 seconds later she comes back. I see you ordered nachos. We are currently out of Nachos. So I say hold on let me call wife and see if she wants something different. So I get her order changed and as I hang up with her the manager comes back to the window and says, I see you ordered the cravings box. They are no longer available. I just LOL at this point. However the parts of the box are still there just no box pricing, but it was on the website so she just did it. Then she comes back and asks what I would like in place of the side nachos. I am like it was for my picky 4 year old so just remove it from the order. She says she can't do a refund because it was paid for through the website. At this point I get a little pissy and told her to just leave it off and I will call corporate to make a complaint. So in the end she gave me coupons for 2 free value meals and 10 coupons for free tacos. When I got home in my bag I had an extra 5 tacos, a long cinamon thing (maybe a churro?) and 2 apple pies in addition to the food I ordered.
Quote: GWAEJust had an amazing experience at Taco Bell. I did the online ordering and ordered the Cravings Box, Nachos belle grande meal, 3 soft tacos and side nachos with cheese.
I get there and go through the drive through. They ask what drinks I want and I say Pepsi. Sorry we are out of pepsi. Ok Dr. Pepper then, 10 seconds later she comes back. I see you ordered nachos. We are currently out of Nachos. So I say hold on let me call wife and see if she wants something different. So I get her order changed and as I hang up with her the manager comes back to the window and says, I see you ordered the cravings box. They are no longer available. I just LOL at this point. However the parts of the box are still there just no box pricing, but it was on the website so she just did it. Then she comes back and asks what I would like in place of the side nachos. I am like it was for my picky 4 year old so just remove it from the order. She says she can't do a refund because it was paid for through the website. At this point I get a little pissy and told her to just leave it off and I will call corporate to make a complaint. So in the end she gave me coupons for 2 free value meals and 10 coupons for free tacos. When I got home in my bag I had an extra 5 tacos, a long cinamon thing (maybe a churro?) and 2 apple pies in addition to the food I ordered.
Shouldn't this post be in the "Health and Weight Loss" thread. Lol
Quote: FleaStiffNevada recently licensed a four coin-operated slot machine casino in a remote town near the Idaho border dozens of miles from the nearest paved road in a town with twenty-seven residents, mostly miners or hikers.
Gaming board actually allowed the owner to appear telephonically since his journey would have been so long and arduous.
If you build it, they will come.
I think you have to sort of love the area "where the high desert meets the mountains" to be a candidate for one of those four coin operated virtually archaic slot machines. Owner had extreme difficulty finding slot machine servicing company willing to add those four machines to its route.Quote: billryanIf you build it, they will come.
Still, I do agree... those machines will go from novelty item to obsession soon enough.
because of this Sears is desperate for customers and is offering UGE promotions.
I was in a Sears store yesterday and in addition to markdowns all over they were offering $60 off of a $100 (or more) purchase if you open a Sears credit card. I won't do this at stores where the offer is usually around 10 or 15% but 60% is hard to resist.
I don't say Sears is a fun or a good store but they usually have a few things that tempt me. Right now, Sears is a kind of depressing place but I'll take the UGE discounts if it's something I need or want.
Quote: DRichShouldn't this post be in the "Health and Weight Loss" thread. Lol
haha yes maybe.
Quote: lilredroosterSears is closing stores BIGLY and there have been rumors of bankruptcy and the chain completely shutting down for a couple of years.
because of this Sears is desperate for customers and is offering UGE promotions.
I was in a Sears store yesterday and in addition to markdowns all over they were offering $60 off of a $100 (or more) purchase if you open a Sears credit card. I won't do this at stores where the offer is usually around 10 or 15% but 60% is hard to resist.
I don't say Sears is a fun or a good store but they usually have a few things that tempt me. Right now, Sears is a kind of depressing place but I'll take the UGE discounts if it's something I need or want.
Dept stores could care less about their sales numbers
Employees are generally not rated on sales
instead
They rate their employees on how many credit card accts they open
That's where the big bucks are when people make the minimum payment and start racking up the interest charges
Quote: mcallister3200Prob deserves a new thread being a Vegas forum, but the old man on pawn stars passed away.
He seemed to be the most decent of the bunch.
Quote: rxwineI need to get me these moves.
Damnit now youtube is suggesting all this BET, black soul dancer, watermelon and purple drank recipe, etc. videos for me to watch. I just wanna keep watching Russian dash cam car accident videos.
Quote: RSQuote: rxwineI need to get me these moves.
Damnit now youtube is suggesting all this BET, black soul dancer, watermelon and purple drank recipe, etc. videos for me to watch. I just wanna keep watching Russian dash cam car accident videos.
Maybe I can create a mashup of both. Uh, Russian soul dance crash videos.
Like there's a crash, and then some crazy 70s soul dancing afterwards.
Launch was ENE, towards pre-dawn sky, with full moon in the high west. We saw it for more than 6 minutes (last pic). Usual viewing is 2-3 minutes. Payload was ISS supplies, including first space robot.
Soon to be released Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye
capable of 203 m.p.h. - zero to 60 in 3.4 seconds
At full throttle, the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye’s consumes guzzles 1.4 gallons of fuel a minute — enough to drain the fuel tank in just under 11 minutes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/06/29/dodge-unveils-new-797-horsepower-hellcat-redeye/743960002/
Nice pics, Babs! Thanks for sharing. We can sometimes see launches from here in Jax, but not usually, and obviously not this close.Quote: beachbumbabsSo, this happened very early this morning (5:42am) : from the front yard.
Launch was ENE, towards pre-dawn sky, with full moon in the high west. We saw it for more than 6 minutes (last pic). Usual viewing is 2-3 minutes. Payload was ISS supplies, including first space robot.
They said on the news this morning that it caused a UFO scare among those who saw it, but didn't know about the launch.
Quote: lilredrooster
Soon to be released Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye
capable of 203 m.p.h. - zero to 60 in 3.4 seconds
At full throttle, the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye’s consumes guzzles 1.4 gallons of fuel a minute — enough to drain the fuel tank in just under 11 minutes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/06/29/dodge-unveils-new-797-horsepower-hellcat-redeye/743960002/
One of my Sisters underlings got a Hellcat for his 46th birthday. I think it has around 700 horsepower. He had three fender benders in a month or so and finally took a class to learn how to drive it.
Quote: RSI absolutely loathe dodge challengers. They’re trashcan cars.
For the most part, American super cars are engineered to be drag strip cars, European super cars are designed to be road course cars
Quote: RSI absolutely loathe dodge challengers. They’re trashcan cars.
what kind of cars do you like?
Quote: Gabes22For the most part, American super cars are engineered to be drag strip cars, European super cars are designed to be road course cars
The newer version of Detroit muscle cars are, by report (I've not ridden in any, but subsrcibe to 3 car mags) vastly improved of the originals from 50 years ago.
They are no longer limited to straight line performance: good handling, good braking.
One, the new Stingray and it's high performance versions is stunningly competent.
There are still rough edges in fit and finish and build quality: the Germans still excel in this area.
Quote: RSI absolutely loathe dodge challengers. They’re trashcan cars.
Quote: lilredroosterwhat kind of cars do you like?
Obviously, if you are trashing Dodge Challengers you must be into...
Quote: RSI absolutely loathe dodge challengers. They’re trashcan cars.
I urge you to specify era. You wanna talk about these high-waisted uggo mobiles of the 21st century, then I stand in solidarity. If you just mean "all Challengers", then fight me.
T'ain't a woman alive that could hold a candle.
Quote: MrVThe newer version of Detroit muscle cars are, by report (I've not ridden in any, but subsrcibe to 3 car mags) vastly improved of the originals from 50 years ago.
They are no longer limited to straight line performance: good handling, good braking.
One, the new Stingray and it's high performance versions is stunningly competent.
There are still rough edges in fit and finish and build quality: the Germans still excel in this area.
The Stingray has come a rather long way, and is truly able to compete on the world stage, but it still has a little ways to go
