TheLastColdBeer

We are all here together, but sadly, not for the same purposes. One hoped we had a common goal, such as a prosperous nation, justice for all, and opportunity to enjoy life. Can't have that while your "elected" representatives view their constituents as sheep to be fleeced. I never intended to bust my arse so some junkie could doze off his fentanyl high off on the sidewalk.

Heavy work schedule, so we all didn't arrive at the lakes simultaneously. Gaggle of cars & boats, but we loaded up Wednesday morning & headed north for breakfast & home. Pouring down rain, battery saver alert came on, I watched the voltage drop until I pulled into a rest stop on IL57 south of Urbana. Guy & Dale picked me up, called towing service for nearest dealer, had the boys drop me off in Champaign, IL. Rode with the towing company back to my car, it started & charged, no point in loading on the flatbed. Lead me to the dealer & make me out a bill. By this time it's noon, no techs around, car is charging fine. Service manager & I flipped a coin, so I headed up the road to Bloomington-Normal. 30 miles out it quit charging again, but JUST made it to Lehmans dealership in Bloomington before it croaked. Charged the battery, found a bad cell, did some recall work while there, they test drove it, pronounced me good to go. About 5 miles away it quit charging again, so back to Lehmans I went. Poor techs & service girls were fit to be tied, they thought they had it sorted out. I laughed, that's equipment for you. Boning me hard for the new battery, and now a GM alternator, but they shot me a deal on new Michelin tires. Sales girl gave me a 2021 GMC Arcadia to drive home (scratch it, and you bought it, big boy). Had to hollar out to one of the techs, "where's the shifter?" "It's on the dash, all toggle now, everyone asks that!" So much for a relaxing fishing trip.

My guess is little bob.

I split & burned them last night, they were wet, gave off no heat, and weren't worth throwing on the fire. Ready to crack a Shiner Pecan.

Survived another ugly quarter mailing. Had a couple @ work, home by the fire w/a Founders IPA. Loaded, & leaving in the morning for a fishing trip until Wednesday.

Checking specs & comparability is half the fun of building your own rig. Scope out everything before you press the order button. Cya in game Spongey!

Long, ugly, week @ work. Just got home, lit a fire & poured a Blue Moon. Dammit...

Knocked back a few Founders Dirty Bastards in front of the fire the other night. Don't care what Rob says, 8.5% tastes just fine.

Mom was too pretty for the likes of you. Besides, I'm the spitting image of my Irish grandad.

Same here, if I'm going to punish my liver, I'd rather have something with flavor.

Me too....uh oh.

It's a game of musical chairs, everyone investing in each others' debt. When the music stops, somebody won't have a chair.

If propaganda is news you don't want to hear, I guess kitco.com, & nasdaq.com are off the list. That goes for my local Kroger ads, Ameren Power & even my own checking account statements. They're all telling me things I don't like. That's the problem with reality, it doesn't hold whitewash or sugarcoat very well.

Maj, why do you even look at Wiki for anything anymore? The founder himself said his site has been hijacked by radicals that show no tolerance for anything that they disagree with. It's become a propaganda voice, nothing more. Certainly not a site I would use for fact checking.

Last one I bought was MW2. Play COD2, WAW, and a bit of COD4 for the friends that play. They make the game fun.

Of all the ways to check out. Thanks Skippy.

We were talking after lunch, I hoped Charles would become King George VII, but Charles III it is. Been a long, lovely, reign Queen Elizabeth, you'll be missed by many.

Great fun for taxpayers of all ages!

Can't remember the map, but my gun was shot out of my hands. Sluf's body was nearby, so I picked up his double barrel shotgun. Holy....what a deathray! Nothing stood in front of me and lived. Next map was Chateau, and I easily won a grip for it. Might be my go-to weapon for small maps.

Ok, have another!

A pasta pun? Nope, like a broken bone, not humerus.

Not relevant to the topic, but it's good for a giggle.

One thing most can't wrap their heads around is time. Time slows down around great mass. Time slows down with velocity. When we look at a celestial event, like a quasar, we are seeing things that may be happening rather close to our personal time frame, because the event is slowed down by mass. It may take thousands of our years for material to reach the surface of a black hole, while in its' time frame it's milliseconds. Hard to calculate when there are no benchmarks to go by for a universal noon or midnight. That's why I smile when it's claimed we "know" how much mass is in the universe. Humility comes in handy, it allows you to admit you're wrong, and keeps your mind open for new avenues of thought.

https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/08/17/astronomers-looking-at-webb-what-if-the-big-bang-didnt-happen-n490341 A lot of us have surmised the "big bang" was too full of holes, and needed too much patching to hold water. You can't argue with established academia, they won't allow heresy to poke holes in their sacred beliefs. Maybe now questions against "dark" matter might make inroads. Doubt it, science has been enslaved by government grants to the point of addiction. At least a new light is being shown, lets hope darkness doesn't pinch it off.