Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770

I really like the guys that set it against the door that open outward so that I have to push the package out of the way to open the door.

Used to happen to me a lot. Then I'd get an emule saying that my package had been delivered. They kept delivering it to my neighbor. My mailbox is kind of between the two houses on the street, so I guess that they thought it was theirs. Of course, my house is the last one on the street, and there's NO mailbox AFTER mine, AND my address is on my house in 6" numbers, but they kept screwing it up. (My neighbor was great about it, even brought a couple over to me). So, I got a sign to but on the mailbox with my house number and an arrow pointing to my house. No problem since.

Thanks Chief. It's been a long time, and I never berthed on an Aircraft Carrier while in the Marines. I was on several Troop Transport, Landing Ships, and Helicopter Landing ships, (LSTs, LHAs, and LPDs).

No. The shops are on lower decks. Look at it this way: The raised decks in the "tower" portion of the ship, (or any deck above the main deck on any other type ship,) are the "0" decks. On a Carrier, they work on the aircraft under the flight deck, which is where the shops are. The "0" decks are where the Officers hang out. Nothing gets done there.

For the "Chestburster" scene in "Alien" they didn't tell the cast exactly what was going to happen just to get their surprise.

$25 here in Tucson at my LGS. No extra fees, taxes, or whatever.

I think that the big thing there were the special effects, (turning her head around and such), and having her swear at the priest like she did.

In my opinion, (worth exactly what you pay for it), horror movies have a lot of people killed by the antagonist simply for his pleasure, like Freddie Kruger, Jason, etc.). Monster movies, (Frankenstein, The Blob, etc.) don't count, Sci Fi, (Alien) doesn't count.

I've read that over the years too. Most specifically in Louis Lamour books. But it doesn't seem to hold with me either. I usually go to bed around 10:00. On My gym days, I get up at 6:00. Other days, 7:00 or later. When I was still gainfully employed, it was 10:00 to 4:30, maybe 6:00 on weekends. Of course there are nights that I wake up at 3:30 or 4:00 and don't get back to sleep because my mind, (such as it is) won't shut down.

If it's properly climate controlled, you wouldn't need the crew of people knowing what you have.

Which means that it can only be trusted as much as it's programmers can.

A few months back, Google's new AI was asked to produce a picture of George Washington. This is what it spat out. Story here: https://www.afr.com/technology/black-george-washington-google-shows-pitfalls-of-woke-ai-20240229-p5f8ob

Like the AI "George Washington":

Smarter than most people that are "in charge".

We'd probably have to yell to get you started.

I know.

Like I said, I'm not that interesting in racing either. But I think you know what I think of football.

I rather read Blackwater discussing racing, and I don't care much for racing either.

Most of my friends know that if I quit insulting them I must be annoyed with them over something.

That absolutely the best kind of LEADER there is.

Which means that we know which buttons to push.

This time he admitted it.

There's a shock.

This IS his hobby.