2 hours ago, Old Man said:

 

Sigh.  Well, that'd get us into WWII territory (405,399) and, given that the most likely date for general vaccine availability is next September, would put the totals for the Spanish Flu (675,000) and the First Civil War (625,000) squarely within reach.

 

The situation doesn't look any better in the EU either.  I'm wondering if I shouldn't take a yearlong vacation in Australia.

The dingos would eat you

On 10/7/2020 at 6:34 PM, Starlord said:

Oh yeah!  OH YEAH!!  Well, ummm...ok, I got nothing.

Burst through wall.

Oh yeah

26 minutes ago, archer said:

 

Repeat after me, "Kaiju are friends, not food."

 

 

Tritium is supposedly one of the most expensive substances in the world (roughly $30,000 per gram is the number you see repeated on the internet).

 

It must be extremely expensive to remove if it isn't worth it to even try.

Kaiju are higher on the food chain.

We are their food.

Jets will jet.

Yeah, like I said in praise of pip makes me bawl and weep.

Thanks to comment seen elsewhere on internet. 

Stephen King's The Stand with Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

What would Randall Flagg's Stand be?

Favorite ending

A Nice place to visit

12 hours ago, death tribble said:

[sarcasm mode]

well Badger likes the hunt. Who ever would have guessed ?

[/sarcasm mode]

On a serious note, I am a sucker for interspecies loyalty, I guess

Isnt the 1st amendment the one everyone thinks says: you have the right to free speech, as long as we are of like opinion

6 minutes ago, Badger said:

Obsolete Man is my favorite.

Praise for pip makes me cry. I hate admitting when I cry.

Yeah, like the hunt, too

Think I meant In praise of pip

5 hours ago, Hermit said:

 

Liked them all.

Special fondness for The Obsolete Man which is under rated in my view 

Obsolete Man is my favorite.

Praise for pip makes me cry. I hate admitting when I cry.

1 hour ago, slikmar said:

ok, I have given props to the ones I agree with above and will add in a few more:

Nothing in the Dark - Robert Redford as an injured policeman (for those who haven't seen, won't say more)

2 of Jack Klugmans - A Passage for Horn and A Game of Pool

The Hunt - A man and his dog are on the road to Heaven

 

I am not a very religious person, but still love those episodes.

And although I have given props to ones above, Burgess Meredith's shows were awesome, but I agree that the 2 standouts were time enough at last and the obsolete man.

 

I also loved the ending twist on A World of His Own.

 

Yeah, like the hunt, too

10 hours ago, Tjack said:

   Puppies are easier to housebreak than children because when you rub a child’s face in it and smack ‘em with a newspaper people look at you funny.

I will remember that, if I ever have kids😉

On 10/13/2020 at 9:26 PM, ScottishFox said:

Had someone I know pop positive for Coronavirus today.

 

I was already headed into the Dr. Office for a persistent cough and shortness of breath.  Went through all of the usual and they decided to test me for Strep, Flu and Coronavirus.

 

Whoever invented the Coronavirus test deserves to be shot.  Rather, cut repeatedly, basted in honey and laid on the bank of a river where salmon are being hunted by grizzly bears.

The Q-tip like end was so swollen I was dubious about getting it into my TMA/MMA mangled nose in the first place.  The right nostril was a complete no-go.  I couldn't even get it to the bridge of my nose.  I can barely breathe out of that nostril as it is mostly scar tissue and my septum is deviated.  Other nostril I got further in and the nurse - between laughing fits - suggested I should aim for behind my eye.  I had blood on the f'ing Q-tip before I could get the last inch in.

This thing is designed for brain trauma.

 

Luckily the Flu test swap is thin enough you can actually slide it up your nostrils and into your sinus cavity.  Success.

 

The last one - a vomit-inducing tickler that you have to rub "over your tonsils".  I have no idea where that is I haven't had tonsils for 44 years.  I swabbed over my uvula and various parts of my throat will gagging repeatedly.

 

I do not enjoy the self-testing lane of the Dr's Office.  I would prefer the nurse or doctor wield the instruments of torture so I have a small chance of getting a valid test result.

 

They of course did not call me back as promised nor update my online records.  I did get an antibiotic so I **suspect** that only the strep test came back positive.

 

We'll see how it goes.

I have enough trouble getting air up my nose.  I think if I suspect I have covid, I will just crawl under the porch and wait for death like an old feral cat.

Well playing inside their division was how I gave them as much as 6.

4 hours ago, Pariah said:

 

 This is true.

But cats are better behaved than kids. Just remember how low a bar kids set on that.

On 10/11/2020 at 3:22 PM, DShomshak said:

Sadly, I heard on All Things Considered yesterday that a three-judge appelate panel overturned the judge's order and restored the one-box-per-county rule. All three judges are Trump appointees.

 

There's not even a pretense of judicial independence here, so I no longer see any reason not to pack the courts if Dems can manage the trifecta. Or start legislatively firing and replacing judges as was done in Poland. Then make micro-states out of the District of Columbia to pack the Senate, so Republicans will never be in a position to do the same, and say, "We win."

 

Dean Shomshak

Can never there. If we say, tyranny as long as it is mine, it is time to give up.

On 10/11/2020 at 11:41 PM, Old Man said:

 

So first Nfc east team to 6 wins takes the division

8 hours ago, Cancer said:

That's an angry cat.

That is a cat who will have revenge.

Expect the guilty party to be found crumpled at the bottom of the steps, cats are masters at random chop blocks. 

49 minutes ago, Matt the Bruins said:

Is it ridiculously pollyanna-ish that I'm somewhat reassured there have ONLY been 5 verified cases of reinfection worldwide since this thing started out of almost 38 million people infected? At least that seems to imply it's an unlikely enough occurrence that the virus isn't going to just inevitably chew up and spit out the whole population until we're all isolated or dead.

I did get chicken pox twice as a kid, although most people only get it once and are immune.

Though, the first was very minor at age 4. Bad the 2nd time at age 8. (Though not nearly as bad as others in my class that year). So, I kind of wonder for those who get it twice, maybe one or both were relatively minor.

5 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said:

Although I shudder to think what would happen if a.) we never get a vaccine after all, and b.) we get one, slap ourselves on the back and say "Well done!", and become totally complacent and are totally unprepared for COVID-21.

Well, I have been asking  about the former, so far no one willing to answer

4 hours ago, Bazza said:

And Australia gets the reputation for being dangerous... *sigh*

Dont deny you arent.

Wasn't the Monty Python bunny from Australia 

23 hours ago, archer said:

 

I usually hear it as Czech Republic in the US media. 

 

Czechia is used more informally...and probably in places which are more familiar with it and which are much closer to it than the US.

 

I had used it inside my head before because I am lazy. But, I wasn't even sure that was official or even acknowledged as a thing.

8 hours ago, unclevlad said:

 

I take it you didn't catch much of the Atlanta pitching staff...but they were the early game.

Yeah, I have been working during early games a lot.

Best game so far. I was just happy to see a handful of innings without 3 run Homer's for a change this postseason

7 hours ago, Cygnia said:

Health officials in Virginia are warning about venomous caterpillars that look like toupées

I live in Va. That would a rather large caterpillar.

Now, I am thinking about when I was little. One guy at church wore a toupee. I would always be staring at it trying to figure things out, looked weird to me. My mother was always scooting  me along.