Subdeacon Joe
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In high school my Spanish 3 teacher was from Chicago. Even after being in California for over 20 years he had a very pronounced Chicago accent. Castilian Spanish with a Chicago accent....
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50 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
Definitely a tablespoon!!
Which direction do you twirl it?
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8 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
They were some of these scumbags complaining about the free food they were receiving. I think it was sandwhiches and soup maybe. Talk about chutzpah!
https://nypost.com/2023/01/10/tons-of-food-gets-tossed-by-nyc-hotel-because-migrants-wont-eat-it/
From the article:
"At the same time, Rodriguez said, he’s confiscated hot plates, pressure cookers and other forbidden kitchen items from hotel residents at least eight times.
“I felt horrible. They want a hot meal. They don’t want sandwiches. They want a cooked meal like in their own country. And that’s a serious issue,” he said."
Any that do that should be kicked out at once and deported. And don't distribute food to the rooms, make them go to a distribution point.
Any fights, any destruction of facilities, should be grounds for immediate deportation.
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1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said:
They're a PIA on the fork!
Think those are bad? Try orzo!
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Remembering the Fallen of the Pacific Theater
United States Marine Corps Private Theodore James Miller of Hennepin County, Minnesota assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marine Independent Regiment returns to Coast Guard-manned attack transport USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) at 1400 Hours after two days of combat on Engebi. Engebi was the first of the Eniwetok Atoll to be invaded by American forces. In Operation "Fragile" the 1st and 2nd Battalions landed on February 18, 1944, with 3rd Battalion in reserve. In the attack on Engebi American losses were 78 killed, 166 wounded, and 7 missing, totaling 251 casualties. All of Engebi's defenders were killed, except for nineteen prisoners taken. Miller himself was killed in action during the invasion of Ebon Atoll a month later on March 24,1944. He was 19 years old.
#ww2uncovered #ww2 #WorldWarII #worldwar2 #wwiihistory #ww2history #worldwartwo #Salute #HeroesInUniform #worldwar2history #usa #usmarinecorps #usmc #Remember #ww2vet #semperfi #WWII #neverforgotten #neverforget #Hero #lestweforget #rememberthefallen
Original description and photo sourced from NARA FILE #: 026-G-3394,WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1198 (Photographed by CPhoM Ray R. Platnick, USCGR).
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15 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:
‘Tis but a scratch. It’ll buff right out.
Buffing Compounds
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2 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:
I don't know if it's Cincy style or not,
I just extrapolated from Cincinnati Chili. Had it once. That's enough for a lifetime. "For Thee, but not for me."
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34 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said:
Only slightly less rough than the regular German toilet paper.
In "Battle Cry" (1955), the scene where a bunch of those leaflets come fluttering down and, I think it's James Whitmore, gathers up several of them and shuffles off into the woods didn't make sense to me until I was in my teens. I suspect that even those beat leaves or a handful of snow
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21 minutes ago, Alpo said:
First time I ever had a burrito it was at a Mexican restaurant. It covered the plate. One of those oval-shaped plates. Had to be at least 9 inches long and about 4 inches wide. And once they had it on the plate they covered it up with chili. It was a chili burrito. And boy howdy, it was good. But you had to eat it with a fork. There weren't no way you was going to pick that up and eat it with your fingers.
Yeah, "wet burritos." More or less a big enchilada using a flour tortilla rather than corn tortilla.
But the classic burrito, even the "Mission Burrito" is eaten without utensils.
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22 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:
There ya go... spaghetti on a bacon cheeseburger!
Isn't that Cincinnati style?
28 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:Hey, who knows...this thread may even circle back around to spaghetti!
I'm rather surprised that more hasn't been made of the "eating tacos and burritos with a fork" line.
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14 hours ago, Yul Lose said:
Guess what aggravates me most about the attitude of some of the EV crowd is that they belittle, berate, scold, ridicule or whatever you want to call it and then in nearly the same breath want to borrow your ICE car or truck because theirs doesn’t have enough juice or can’t haul enough or whatever and please, oh, please, oh please, oh please let me borrow yours.
Sort of like people who belittle you for owning a "gas guzzling pick up" and praising their fuel efficient little car (I can drive from Chula Vista to Eureka on half of my 10 gallon tank!), then wanting to borrow it when they need to haul more than a loaf of bread and carton of milk. That's all about the person and says nothing about the technology.
Other than my sarcastic "yeah, I get that you commute 500 miles up a 14% grade, at 70mph, while towing 20,000#, through 4 feet of snow, so an EV isn't for you" how often have you seen me belittle people here for their choice of ride? And even that is more about my perception of what they expect from an EV (often beyond what is expected of an ICE) than what they drive.
13 hours ago, Buckshot Bob said:The OP does not imply that all batteries for this make or any make cost that .
Oh? What's the title of this thread? To me that, along with the Ohmygawd!!! ANOTHER one!!!! presentation, implies that for all Hyundai EVs of this model it costs $60,000 to replace the battery. There is, to me, also the implication that ONLY EVs have outrageously overpriced replacement parts and disreputable dealers, and that no ICE dealership or shop ever overcharged for service. Much the same as the memes that imply that 99&44/100 of all EVs will spontaneously burst into flames, and that only EVs burn. It's hard to find the rate at which that happens because it is a pretty rare event, but it seems that the number per 100,000 is far lower for EVs than for internal combustion engines. But the prevailing wisdom is that just about every EV is a firetrap that will catch fire for no apparent reason.
And, yet again, I'm not a "fan boy," I don't believe that EVs are a universal panacea for all our social ills, I don't believe that by driving an EV I'm "saving the planet." I do think that EVs can fill a significant niche in our transportion needs, and, like ICE vehicles of 125 years ago, are a new and developing technology. I don't expect them to hit the market with every flaw eliminated, as so many of the anti-EV people demand, nor do I expect that the supporting infrastructure be 10 years ahead of demand. I look back at the history of the automobile and see people having to order fuel through pharmacies and hardware stores rather than a gas station on every other corner. Growing pains. People gave the technology time to develop. I suspect that there are still stretches in the US where if you don't top off your tank you might be in a world of hurt before the next filling station. I remember I-5 through the Central Valley not long after it was completed, with signs like "Next Service 95 Miles" or 68 miles. Not like today with stations maybe, at the most, 20 miles apart. Heck, how long after motor cars became common was it before tarmack or concrete paved interstate highways became the norm?
I see, looking at that golden era, the laws that mandate someone some yards ahead of the car with a flag to warn pedestrians and equestrians of the approaching motor vehicle, or having to stop every couple of miles to set off a warning fireworks rocket. I see things like that Ed Kline ad telling people of the pitfalls of motor vehicles compared to horses. And I see that same mindset in the anti-EV crowd today.
I don't see from many people a willingness to let technology develop. I also see lots of grousing about "government subsidies!!!!" Just look at the railroads, then tell us how that little land grab wasn't a government subsidy . And the tax breaks and incentives for both petroleum and automotive industries over the decades. At least with EVs some small portion of what we have paid in can come back directly to us if we take advantage of it.
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10 minutes ago, Yul Lose said:
You may find this hard to believe but I’ve never once asked to borrow an EV, they hold absolutely zero appeal to me. I don’t sit there and beat someone over the head about them choosing to drive an EV
I don't find it hard to believe at all. I was skeptical about them at first, and still see the limitations of them as I've said many times here. And I've never "beat someone over the head" about not driving EVs, or even not liking them. I have "beat them over the head" about some of the stupid and/or ignorant memes and comments about them. Like the aforementioned using the cost per minute of a commercial fast charging station and the time to fully charge on a 120v charger to arrive at some ridiculously high cost to charge an EV, or the OP of this thread implying that all Hyundai EV batteries cost $60,000 to replace. Heck, on other subjects I've been in the uncomfortable position of defending the likes of Obama, DiFi, or Pelosi when people on other fora posted "quotes" that they never said. I'll haul them over the coals for things they actually said, but I see no need to drop to their level by attributing things to them that they never said, or changing the meaning by editing what they said to get it to mean the opposite.
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10 minutes ago, Yul Lose said:
Thank god, I thought you’d totally lost all sense of reason like they have.
I saw no need to state the obvious. And I stand by my initial take away.
I see a lot of that kind of male bovine excrement up here in Sonoma County. I have learned to ignore it for the most part.
I did have fun in a discussion with a lady from the local public broadcasting station. A few months ago I did a bit with "One Small Step," signed up they matched you with someone of the opposite political views for about an hour of non-political discussion. It's loosely modeled on old WPA Writers Project. Anyway, the station recently staged a little "listening party" at a small independent theatre. I declined, she asked if we could sit down and talk. Sure, why not. I described some of the vitriol I've put up with from some of the local o, so tolerant, diverse, and inclusive "progressives" in this county. And that, given the listenership of PBS I figured that those types would make up the bulk of the people attending and I didn't feel like setting myself up for more of that kind of abuse. She wasn't surprised to hear that as every conservative she talked with who participated had said roughly the same thing. She was also affronted when I told her that my opinion of PBS/NPR is that it's nothing but a mouthpiece for the DNC.
The One Small Step thing was kind of fun, but I think that their goal of finding ways to discuss things is just another "non-partisan" pipe dream. Not because of ill will, but preconceived notions held by "progressives." My opposite number in the project kept harping on how she's nonjudgmental and doesn't like to be judged or stereotyped, but a few weeks ago emailed me this little gem:"
how do you within the context of your beliefs construe and construct and manage change like spaceships and quantum physics and morality and well even women voting or athesim or health or aging i mean the gamutare you dogmatic or pragmatic are you romantic or optimistic or pessimistic"She was affronted when I responded, in part, "What an extremely ignorant and bigoted question. And from you, who claimed up, down, and sideways that you don't generalize or put people into groups or classes. And, yes, you did generalize with the baseless assumption that people with deeply held Christian beliefs are ignorant, anti-science troglodytes. So, once again you parrot standard left wing lies." with a list of famous Christian clergy who made important scientific discoveries. Her response?"I did not and I do not I’m asking because I want to hear what you have to say there is no judgment I sent know you junk to loss of conclusions and are owned I to assume I think you are ignorant you are succumbing to your own bias" (yes, she doesn't use punctuation or capitalization).I see no way of bringing that gap.-
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1 minute ago, Pat Riot said:
Why? What does it matter if people do not like what you like, Joe?
I don't care that they don't like the same things. But take the OP of this thread, it implies that ALL batteries for this make cost $60,000 to replace. Another post claims that ALL EV power packs need to be replaced at between 3 and 5 years.
I think what irks me is that people who I view as reasonably intelligent pass on, and believe, these obvious lies. Kinda like if I see a motorcycle with a broken kickstarter and said that ALL motorcycles are junk because sometimes a part breaks.
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3 minutes ago, Yul Lose said:
Your reading comprehension skills are severely lacking.
Are they? She can't be bothered to stop and pay $20 to charge her car before she gets to your place? Sounds pretty cheap and lazy to me. What would you say if she drove a gas powered car and said something like, "I didn't want to stop and get gas before I got here and don't have enough to drive around, I need to use your car."?
I get your point about the hypocrisy of denigrating ICE cars while demanding to use your ICE vehicles.
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1 minute ago, Yul Lose said:
Simple, she plugs it into the slow charger over at her folks place and it sits there and charges while she’s running around in my wife’s car and oh by the way she’s to cheap to pay for a charge at a fast charger. Her and her dad both like to blast everyone for driving fossil fueled vehicles but when they need to borrow my truck or my wife’s car they don’t hesitate to ask.
You're then saying it has nothing to do with the technology, and everything to do with her being cheap and lazy.
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Just now, Pat Riot said:
I had a feeling you were going to come back with this type of logic.
I will buy an EV when I trust them. Not before. And not because a fanboy tried to shame me into it.
I;m not a "fanboy." I'm just sick and tired of the double standard. The new technology must be perfect and the infrastructure must be 10 years ahead of demand before you will "trust" it.
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8 minutes ago, Yul Lose said:
Let me dumb it down for you, Joe. They were already bitching about a $1,000.00 per month electric bill and they added to it with the EV, the granddaughter has a Leaf and when she comes down she has to borrow someone else’s gas powered car to get around because hers doesn’t have enough juice left in it to get around. Makes a lot of sense doesn’t it? She spends more time in my wife’s car driving around here than she does in hers. So tell me Joe how fucking smart was it for them to get EV cars?????
You're saying that she isn't smart enough to stop at a fast charger 15 or 20 miles from you. It's called "planning." It has zero to do with the technology or lack of infrastructure. You are near Escondido if I recall correctly. I did a quick search for "fast chargers near Escondido." Even I'm smart enough to plan ahead.
Not like there aren't options.
Question - if "she doesn't have enough juice to get around" how does she manage to get to a charger for her drive home?-
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What are the two white masts (?) behind the sail?
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25 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:
I will not have an electric car until I can trust the technology not to let me down.
So...you don't drive a car or ride a motorcycle? Don't those break down?
"OH! Everything MUST be 100% PERFECT before I'll buy (fill in the blank)! There must be no chance of breakdown, and there must be service every half mile!" That's what I see people wanting. Same reasoning as this in the transition from horse to automobile
Oh,...and with "total grid collapse" you can't fuel your gas cars - those pumps run on electricity....
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23 minutes ago, Yul Lose said:
They just bought a EV and secretly I can’t wait until they start getting the bill for charging that thing, I can hear the bitching now.
Depending on their driving habits it will likely only add about $50/month to their utility bills. When gas was "only" $3.50/gal I was spending about that per week just to and from work (26 mile round trip(, plus shopping trip (about 4 miles round trip). Now gas is $4.50 to $5.00 here. At it's peak it was pushing $7.
But, yeah, $50/month is so much less than $50/week. ( now to wait for someone to dredge up the meme about the 43 cents/minute rate for commercial fast chargers and apply it to the charge time from 1% to 100% on a Level 1, 120 volt slow charger that you can plug into your ordinary house circuit and come up with over $1000 every time you charge)
Spaghetti
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Meatloaf needs catsup, and you can't make a good meatloaf sandwich without catsup.