Miscellaneous Discussion Thread II
July 4th, 2025 at 4:55:55 AM
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Quote: gordonm888Sine billryan claims to have you blocked, I'll make your comment visible to him by quoting it.
Perhaps I miss something? Why would you purposely do that, especially being an administrator? He has him blocked for a reason >>> he doesn't want to see his post. It's kind of like cheating the system. Now, there may not be any specific rules against it, but I think a moderator would know better than to do that. It just isn't kosher. I mean, I would do it, but I'm not a moderator.
Rant over, carry on.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
July 4th, 2025 at 7:02:11 AM
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Quote: AxelWolfQuote: gordonm888Sine billryan claims to have you blocked, I'll make your comment visible to him by quoting it.
Perhaps I miss something? Why would you purposely do that, especially being an administrator? He has him blocked for a reason >>> he doesn't want to see his post. It's kind of like cheating the system. Now, there may not be any specific rules against it, but I think a moderator would know better than to do that. It just isn't kosher. I mean, I would do it, but I'm not a moderator.
Rant over, carry on.
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Seriously, a moderator is not supposed to throw gasoline on a fire. I blocked eb to avoid any conflict and never expected that a moderator would not respect it. Fair and balanced, my ass.
The funny thing is I have gordo blocked since he wrote that my charity work is just a fancy way of jerking off, and only noticed his post because it was quoted as one of the newest quotes.
In twenty five years of the internet, I think I'e blocked four people across numerous forums. Three have been here.
Anyways, if this sleazy attempt to instigate a fight isn't against the forum rules, it should be, and better moderators have resigned for less.
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July 4th, 2025 at 7:15:26 AM
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Quote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfQuote: gordonm888Sine billryan claims to have you blocked, I'll make your comment visible to him by quoting it.
Perhaps I miss something? Why would you purposely do that, especially being an administrator? He has him blocked for a reason >>> he doesn't want to see his post. It's kind of like cheating the system. Now, there may not be any specific rules against it, but I think a moderator would know better than to do that. It just isn't kosher. I mean, I would do it, but I'm not a moderator.
Rant over, carry on.
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Seriously, a moderator is not supposed to throw gasoline on a fire. I blocked eb to avoid any conflict and never expected that a moderator would not respect it. Fair and balanced, my ass.
The funny thing is I have gordo blocked since he wrote that my charity work is just a fancy way of jerking off, and only noticed his post because it was quoted as one of the newest quotes.
In twenty five years of the internet, I think I'e blocked four people across numerous forums. Three have been here.
Anyways, if this sleazy attempt to instigate a fight isn't against the forum rules, it should be, and better moderators have resigned for less.
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Charity work and constantly bragging about it like you do, yep, that's exactly like the activity you just described. You not only brag about it you brag about it constantly like you don't want us to forget what a terrific dude you are. This is called virtue signaling, look it up.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
July 4th, 2025 at 4:25:47 PM
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Quote: lilredrooster.
America's wealthiest dudes - approximate net worth:
Elon Musk - $ 409.8 Billion
Mark Zuckerberg - $ 253.1 Billion
Jeff Bezos - $ 237 Billion
unreal
Musk will prolly be America's first Trillionaire in just a few years
and yes, he is a U.S. citizen - he naturalized in 2002
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I’d bet the ‘no’ on Musk being a trillionaire anytime in the next 5 years. ‘Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results’. I wonder what he pays in child support payments alone?
July 4th, 2025 at 4:41:31 PM
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Quote: SOOPOOQuote: lilredrooster.
America's wealthiest dudes - approximate net worth:
Elon Musk - $ 409.8 Billion
Mark Zuckerberg - $ 253.1 Billion
Jeff Bezos - $ 237 Billion
unreal
Musk will prolly be America's first Trillionaire in just a few years
and yes, he is a U.S. citizen - he naturalized in 2002
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I’d bet the ‘no’ on Musk being a trillionaire anytime in the next 5 years. ‘Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results’. I wonder what he pays in child support payments alone?
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The only way I could see that happening is if SpaceX goes public.
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July 4th, 2025 at 7:09:27 PM
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Statue of Liberty
The flame is pretty big, so that's probably a lot of gold even if it's gold plated.
Maybe someone should make a heist movie about stealing it with a helicopter. Then Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible team could find it and return it.
There you go Tom, your next movie. I only want a measly one percent of the gross. Or a half-percent, whatever,
Technical correction, gold leaf. is not gold plating.
Quote:the current torch, which was installed in 1986, is made of copper and covered in 24-karat gold leaf, according to the National Park Service.
The flame is pretty big, so that's probably a lot of gold even if it's gold plated.
Maybe someone should make a heist movie about stealing it with a helicopter. Then Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible team could find it and return it.
There you go Tom, your next movie. I only want a measly one percent of the gross. Or a half-percent, whatever,
Technical correction, gold leaf. is not gold plating.
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July 4th, 2025 at 7:22:01 PM
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Gold leaf weighs next to nothing, so it would be a lot of work for little money, although I suspect an eccentric collector would pay a fortune for the Torch.
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July 4th, 2025 at 8:02:30 PM
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Quote: SOOPOOQuote: lilredrooster.
America's wealthiest dudes - approximate net worth:
Elon Musk - $ 409.8 Billion
Mark Zuckerberg - $ 253.1 Billion
Jeff Bezos - $ 237 Billion
unreal
Musk will prolly be America's first Trillionaire in just a few years
and yes, he is a U.S. citizen - he naturalized in 2002
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I’d bet the ‘no’ on Musk being a trillionaire anytime in the next 5 years. ‘Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results’. I wonder what he pays in child support payments alone?
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If you're worth over 400 billion dollars my bet is he thinks about child support payments zero amount of the time. When you're worth over $400 billion dollars any amount of money if it's not in the millions means nothing to you. Elon Musk is worth $400,000 million dollars. You can't conceive of that much money it's not possible. There are 182 countries in the world and of those 182 only 37 have a greater wealth than Elon Musk. That means that one man is wealthier than 145 countries in the world. And you still can't wrap your mind around it.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
July 4th, 2025 at 9:01:32 PM
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Quote: billryanGold leaf weighs next to nothing, so it would be a lot of work for little money, although I suspect an eccentric collector would pay a fortune for the Torch.
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A scrap dealer would pay handsomely, if the collector backed out. Copper prices are pretty good right now.
May the cards fall in your favor.
July 5th, 2025 at 9:59:03 AM
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Seems like a homemade highwater siren would be easy to construct. A simple float in a box that activates the alarm when it reaches the top. You stake it deep in the ground nearest the point where the water is likely to come in.
Better than drowning.
Better than drowning.
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July 5th, 2025 at 10:29:36 AM
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I saw online that Elon Musk could give each of the 334 million people living in the USofA a one-hundred-dollar bill and still have far more than half his wealth. Insane.
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July 5th, 2025 at 11:58:00 AM
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Quote: rxwineSeems like a homemade highwater siren would be easy to construct. A simple float in a box that activates the alarm when it reaches the top. You stake it deep in the ground nearest the point where the water is likely to come in.
Better than drowning.
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It could be homemade, or you could just buy one. Very old and mainstream tech.
https://www.amazon.com/Ogrmar-Automatic-Moisture-Ignition-protected/dp/B07G42P836/
July 5th, 2025 at 2:27:48 PM
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Water travels at a high speed. The alarm would have to a good distance away, I would think, and even that would be of limited value..
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July 5th, 2025 at 4:07:18 PM
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A contestant at the Nathan's Hot Dog contest was DQ'd, after experiencing "urges other than swallowing" after the contest ended but before the results were official.
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July 6th, 2025 at 1:45:52 AM
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Quote: billryanI saw online that Elon Musk could give each of the 334 million people living in the USofA a one-hundred-dollar bill and still have far more than half his wealth. Insane.
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Assuming his net worth is currently still north of the $408B, he could give us each $1000 and still keep over $75B…
It’s a dog eat dog world.
…Or maybe it’s the other way around!
July 6th, 2025 at 8:34:18 AM
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Quote: AxelWolfQuote: gordonm888Sine billryan claims to have you blocked, I'll make your comment visible to him by quoting it.
Perhaps I miss something? Why would you purposely do that, especially being an administrator? He has him blocked for a reason >>> he doesn't want to see his post. It's kind of like cheating the system. Now, there may not be any specific rules against it, but I think than to do that. It just isn't kosher. I mean, I would do it, but I'm not a moderator.
Rant over, carry on.
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Because I also am annoyed by this thing that billryan does as well, and I would like him to either answer this very legitimate question or, at least, to think about this objection to what he does. The proliferation of so many billryan-created threads about historical oddities would not have a place in a well-curated forum. I wonder, perhaps we should give him a 'billryan's Corner' thread, like we do with Nathan where he could make interesting posts about historical curiosities and people he once knew. Or, maybe not, lol.
Axel, you say that "a moderator would know better" but is it fair for me to say that you almost never treat moderators as if that was the case?
So many better men, a few of them friends, are dead. And a thousand thousand slimy things live on, and so do I.
July 8th, 2025 at 6:06:27 AM
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Scottsdale renter fined $4,000 for leaving negative reviews about property
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqjG7ZZZU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqjG7ZZZU0
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July 8th, 2025 at 6:11:18 AM
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Quote: rxwineScottsdale renter fined $4,000 for leaving negative reviews about property
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqjG7ZZZU0
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This is garnering a lot of attention around here, with politicians scrambling to say that something must be done. It's a nice distraction from discussing the quarter million Arizona children who will be losing their health insurance.
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July 8th, 2025 at 6:31:33 AM
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Quote: billryanQuote: rxwineScottsdale renter fined $4,000 for leaving negative reviews about property
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqjG7ZZZU0
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This is garnering a lot of attention around here, with politicians scrambling to say that something must be done. It's a nice distraction from discussing the quarter million Arizona children who will be losing their health insurance.
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I know many people get a half hour of news, but surely, they can focus on more than one thing in that amount of time.
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July 8th, 2025 at 7:59:11 AM
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Quote: rxwineQuote: billryanQuote: rxwineScottsdale renter fined $4,000 for leaving negative reviews about property
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqjG7ZZZU0
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This is garnering a lot of attention around here, with politicians scrambling to say that something must be done. It's a nice distraction from discussing the quarter million Arizona children who will be losing their health insurance.
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I know many people get a half hour of news, but surely, they can focus on more than one thing in that amount of time.
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If only.
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July 8th, 2025 at 8:46:24 AM
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Had some tornado activity just outside of town yesterday. It ripped off the roofs of some houses. There were photos of tornadoes in areas further away so what the news found may just be a point of damage they found, but there may be damage elsewhere not reported. TV News tends to focus on one point and miss everything else going on and just add a headline "widespread damage" without really elaborating what they mean. But they seem to have circled a 1 square mile area, but tornadoes were seen much further away. I'll have to check my storage units and see if they are OK.
July 8th, 2025 at 9:30:00 AM
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Quote: billryanQuote: rxwineScottsdale renter fined $4,000 for leaving negative reviews about property
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqjG7ZZZU0
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This is garnering a lot of attention around here, with politicians scrambling to say that something must be done. It's a nice distraction from discussing the quarter million Arizona children who will be losing their health insurance.
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Political speech is not allowed on WoV.
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July 8th, 2025 at 10:04:59 AM
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On July 8th, 1944, American troops were engaged with the Japanese on the island of Saipan.. Ben Salomon was a 29-year-old Medical Officer, assigned to the battalion aid station, some 100 yards behind the Americans' defensive lines.
At 5 AM, perhaps the most significant Japanese Banzai attack of the war happened, as upwards of 5000 Japanese rushed the 800 Americans.
Within minutes, the American line began to crumble and Japanese soldiers neared the Aid station.
When a Japanese soldier entered the tent and bayoneted an American, Captain Saloman wrestled away his rifle and killed him. He then shot and killed four more soldiers who tried to enter the tent. His rifle now empty, he charged a soldier and beat him to death. Another invader jumped on his back, but Salomon killed him barehanded.
Seeing they were being overrun, he ordered his nurses to retreat and take the walking wounded. Picking up a Japanese rifle, he made his way outside to cover the retreat. Some twenty yards from the tent was a .30 caliber machine gun, and four dead machine gunners. Salomon fought his way to the gun and opened fire. No American lived to tell what happened next, but when the US Army retook the position, Captain Salomon was found slumped over the gun dead, shot or bayoneted 78 times, and 98 Japanese soldiers were dead in front of his weapon. An autopsy showed that almost half the stab wounds happened while he was alive
For his actions, Captain Benjamin Salomon, DDS, posthumously received the Medal of Honor, one of only three dentists to receive it, and one of three Jewish Soldiers to receive it in World War II.
Sadly, some here think such great Americans shouldn't be honored on this forum.
At 5 AM, perhaps the most significant Japanese Banzai attack of the war happened, as upwards of 5000 Japanese rushed the 800 Americans.
Within minutes, the American line began to crumble and Japanese soldiers neared the Aid station.
When a Japanese soldier entered the tent and bayoneted an American, Captain Saloman wrestled away his rifle and killed him. He then shot and killed four more soldiers who tried to enter the tent. His rifle now empty, he charged a soldier and beat him to death. Another invader jumped on his back, but Salomon killed him barehanded.
Seeing they were being overrun, he ordered his nurses to retreat and take the walking wounded. Picking up a Japanese rifle, he made his way outside to cover the retreat. Some twenty yards from the tent was a .30 caliber machine gun, and four dead machine gunners. Salomon fought his way to the gun and opened fire. No American lived to tell what happened next, but when the US Army retook the position, Captain Salomon was found slumped over the gun dead, shot or bayoneted 78 times, and 98 Japanese soldiers were dead in front of his weapon. An autopsy showed that almost half the stab wounds happened while he was alive
For his actions, Captain Benjamin Salomon, DDS, posthumously received the Medal of Honor, one of only three dentists to receive it, and one of three Jewish Soldiers to receive it in World War II.
Sadly, some here think such great Americans shouldn't be honored on this forum.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
July 8th, 2025 at 10:14:47 AM
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I've stumbled across old episodes of The Time Tunnel on Daily Motion. I used to watch this show the first time around. Now I can see it in color.
Episode 4 - The Day the Sky Fell In - aired Sep 30, 1966
Tony tries to save his father's life at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; guests Sam Groom, Linden Chiles.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8humh6
Episode 4 - The Day the Sky Fell In - aired Sep 30, 1966
Tony tries to save his father's life at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; guests Sam Groom, Linden Chiles.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8humh6
July 8th, 2025 at 10:29:30 AM
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Quote: ChumpChangeI've stumbled across old episodes of The Time Tunnel on Daily Motion. I used to watch this show the first time around. Now I can see it in color.
Episode 4 - The Day the Sky Fell In - aired Sep 30, 1966
Tony tries to save his father's life at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; guests Sam Groom, Linden Chiles.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8humh6
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I loved that show as a kid, and didn't see it again for many years. I think that because it only lasted one season, it wasn't worthy of syndication.
I've always loved history and been fascinated by The Titanic, Halley's Comet, Gettysburg, and King Arthur., all of which were featured in episodes of the Time Tunnel.
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July 8th, 2025 at 10:42:28 AM
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Quote: billryanQuote: rxwineScottsdale renter fined $4,000 for leaving negative reviews about property
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqjG7ZZZU0
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This is garnering a lot of attention around here, with politicians scrambling to say that something must be done. It's a nice distraction from discussing the quarter million Arizona children who will be losing their health insurance.
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WARNING: Political speech is not permitted in this forum.
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July 8th, 2025 at 10:47:20 AM
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I also ran across The Six Million Dollar Man movies before it was a TV series.
The first one was "The Moon and the Desert, Parts I and II" which was our introduction to Steve Austin from NASA and his fateful crash landing and rebuilding.
The second one was The Six Million Dollar Man: "Wine, Women and War" Parts 1 & 2, which included some casino scenes in the Bahamas and Britt Ekland.
The third one was The Six Million Dollar Man: "The Solid Gold Kidnapping" Parts 1 & 2 which I haven't seen yet. I got distracted to see the first two episodes of The Bionic Woman first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man
I'm watching on the Roku Channel
The first one was "The Moon and the Desert, Parts I and II" which was our introduction to Steve Austin from NASA and his fateful crash landing and rebuilding.
The second one was The Six Million Dollar Man: "Wine, Women and War" Parts 1 & 2, which included some casino scenes in the Bahamas and Britt Ekland.
The third one was The Six Million Dollar Man: "The Solid Gold Kidnapping" Parts 1 & 2 which I haven't seen yet. I got distracted to see the first two episodes of The Bionic Woman first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man
I'm watching on the Roku Channel
July 8th, 2025 at 11:24:50 AM
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I've never seen the original Six Million Dollar Man movie. It was a tv movie of the week, and I don't think it was ever rebroadcast.
The Bionic Woman was a spin-off of the SMDM, with some of the same cast, but it was on a different network. I'm not sure that had ever been done before, nor do I know why they did it.
The Bionic Woman was a spin-off of the SMDM, with some of the same cast, but it was on a different network. I'm not sure that had ever been done before, nor do I know why they did it.
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July 8th, 2025 at 11:58:48 AM
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Quote: ChumpChangeI also ran across The Six Million Dollar Man movies before it was a TV series.
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My brother and I thought that show was a comedy, we'd laugh our butts off at every episode. We called him the $6 man. If you look at it from the aspect of how corny it was it's hilarious.
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July 8th, 2025 at 12:05:59 PM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: ChumpChangeI also ran across The Six Million Dollar Man movies before it was a TV series.
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My brother and I thought that show was a comedy, we'd laugh our butts off at every episode. We called him the $6 man. If you look at it from the aspect of how corny it was it's hilarious.
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Kight Rider has turned out to be closer to current reality. Of course, I haven't seen any crime fighting cars as yet.
autonomous that is.
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July 8th, 2025 at 12:25:56 PM
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Quote: rxwineQuote: EvenBobQuote: ChumpChangeI also ran across The Six Million Dollar Man movies before it was a TV series.
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My brother and I thought that show was a comedy, we'd laugh our butts off at every episode. We called him the $6 man. If you look at it from the aspect of how corny it was it's hilarious.
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Kight Rider has turned out to be closer to current reality. Of course, I haven't seen any crime fighting cars as yet.
autonomous that is.
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Lots of self-wrecking cars though. A couple days ago a Tesla in self-driving mode turned left onto a railroad tracks because it thought it was a road and kept going then it got stuck and a train was coming and the passengers had to bail out. Train totally destroyed the car. If I was those passengers I'd be thinking about a lawsuit.
Tesla In 'Self-Drive Mode' Hit By Train ...
A Tesla operating in self-driving mode (either Autopilot or Full Self-Driving) in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, made a left turn onto a set of railroad tracks, mistaking them for a road. The vehicle traveled a short distance before being struck by a train on an adjacent track. Fortunately, the occupants had exited the vehicle before the collision and were unharmed."
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
July 8th, 2025 at 7:56:37 PM
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I'm usually on the lookout for time traveler stories, and this one is better than most of them on this channel. It came out 3 hours ago.
Time Traveler Reveals Money From 2080 - ApexTV
Time Traveler Reveals Money From 2080 - ApexTV
July 9th, 2025 at 2:16:11 AM
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Quote: ChumpChangeI'm usually on the lookout for time traveler stories, and this one is better than most of them on this channel. It came out 3 hours ago.
Time Traveler Reveals Money From 2080 - ApexTV
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I know an even better time traveler story. I think you'll like it, when it's written.
July 9th, 2025 at 4:07:14 AM
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My turn to be the turd in the punchbowl,
Yeah, I'm taking sci-fi too seriously, but this is just a pet peeve of mine
Time can be slowed down, though, so a certain type of time travel to the "future" is possible by having something or somebody experience that slowing of time , and there is a theoretical way to do it without going 99.9% of the speed of light. But it's not the type of time travel that the writers have someone do, and travel to the past is nonsense.Quote: Albert EinsteinFor us physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion
Yeah, I'm taking sci-fi too seriously, but this is just a pet peeve of mine
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
July 9th, 2025 at 4:35:06 AM
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arvin ash, a lot smarter than me, says travel to the past is a viable theory
I'm not liking backing down, but oh well
I'm not liking backing down, but oh well
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
July 9th, 2025 at 7:28:54 AM
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Quote: odiousgambitarvin ash, a lot smarter than me, says travel to the past is a viable theory
I'm not liking backing down, but oh well
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Time travel is not possible because time does not exist the way we think it does. All we have is the present moment, the past does not exist. We have a memory of what we think is the past.
"The past does not exist is a concept suggesting that the past, as a collection of memories and perceptions, exists only in our minds and not as a separate, objective reality.'
We have photographs from the past but these are just imprints of what was then the present moment and we choose to call it the past. The actual past self, all the present moments strung together in our minds, are just a construct. There is no past it doesn't exist and you can't travel to a place that does not exist. This is what the Eastern Yogi's call enlightenment when they actually experience this in real time, that this is all there is. The actual realization of it changes your life.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
July 9th, 2025 at 8:02:12 AM
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I won't argue with that, but I'll add that time is a dimension through which we travel. This is a crucial concept to grasp and one physicists have been talking about since the late 19th century. HG Wells wrote "the Time Machine" before Einstein theorized about time dilation, he was exploring what scientists were saying prior to EinsteinQuote: EvenBobQuote: odiousgambitarvin ash, a lot smarter than me, says travel to the past is a viable theory
I'm not liking backing down, but oh well
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Time travel is not possible because time does not exist the way we think it does. All we have is the present moment, the past does not exist. We have a memory of what we think is the past.
We do not experience time in a direct way, we just know it exists and that it has effects on us. There is a thought experiment out there about the people who only live in 2 dimensions and only understand that world, but are affected by a 3rd dimension they know must exist. Google The " 'two-dimensional people' thought experiment" to read about this.
Honestly, largely we are these people. The third dimension throws us a bit, which I think explains why there are so many people who believe in a flat earth. Also, we are easily thrown by the requirments of 3 dimensional work, like how much concrete you need to fill a hole. Start talking about the 4th dimension, time, and no wonder people get lost.
I thought you liked sci-fi?Quote:"The past does not exist is a concept suggesting that the past, as a collection of memories and perceptions, exists only in our minds and not as a separate, objective reality.'
We have photographs from the past but these are just imprints of what was then the present moment and we choose to call it the past. The actual past self, all the present moments strung together in our minds, are just a construct. There is no past it doesn't exist and you can't travel to a place that does not exist. This is what the Eastern Yogi's call enlightenment when they actually experience this in real time, that this is all there is. The actual realization of it changes your life.
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In the Ash video, he concedes that in what you can also call a thought experiment, a theoretical backtrack through a worm hole can only get you where you started in time, not truly the past since it would be your departure time plus some time that further elapses.
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
July 9th, 2025 at 9:31:09 AM
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Time is both a dimension and a concept. The past does not exist anymore we cannot go there.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
July 10th, 2025 at 8:47:53 AM
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amazing videos from a 17 year old teen who traveled the world with no money - he had a camera and he made videos for businesses in exchange for food and lodging
the first vid is from Vietnam, the 2nd is him in the Amazon jungle, and the 3rd is him in Cuba
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amazing videos from a 17 year old teen who traveled the world with no money - he had a camera and he made videos for businesses in exchange for food and lodging
the first vid is from Vietnam, the 2nd is him in the Amazon jungle, and the 3rd is him in Cuba
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the foolish sayings of a rich man often pass for words of wisdom by the fools around him
July 10th, 2025 at 11:22:02 AM
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Mercury played Lynx last night i the WNBA.
Those of us who remember the 80s should laugh a bit at that.
Those of us who remember the 80s should laugh a bit at that.
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July 10th, 2025 at 3:08:38 PM
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July 10th, 2025 at 3:43:11 PM
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Quote: AZDuffmanMercury played Lynx last night i the WNBA.
Those of us who remember the 80s should laugh a bit at that.
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I certainly remember that. That was the German Merkur, wasn't it?
There was also a Mercury Mariner. Tonight the Seattle Mariners are playing the Yankees, and the Mariners are pitching Woo.
July 10th, 2025 at 5:23:32 PM
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Quote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: AZDuffmanMercury played Lynx last night i the WNBA.
Those of us who remember the 80s should laugh a bit at that.
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I certainly remember that. That was the German Merkur, wasn't it?
There was also a Mercury Mariner. Tonight the Seattle Mariners are playing the Yankees, and the Mariners are pitching Woo.
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No, it was the badge engineered Mercury version of the first gen Escort.
I saw the matchup and wonder how many people notice, though it has to be Gen X and older.....
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