The things that matter!
Trump met with Republicans this week to talk about legislative goals, and discussion veered into polling, his time on The Apprentice, and how his tweet of the Baghdadi raid dog was his 2nd most retweeted post ever.
The first, he told the group: Covfefe.https://t.co/a8nWVUpxom
— Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) November 1, 2019
I thought this was a joke, but that's exactly what happened https://t.co/pCeNUf0726
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 1, 2019
Republicans in disarray!
[Are we really this lucky, to have Ted Cruz & Mike Lee undermining McConnell & McCarthy?] https://t.co/0QAkLUu7f5— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 2, 2019
… In this shift in strategy to defend Trump, these Republicans are insisting that the president’s action was not illegal and does not rise to the level of an impeachable offense as the Democratic-led House moves forward with the open phase of its probe.
But the shift among Senate Republicans could complicate the message coming from Trump as he furiously fights the claim that he had withheld U.S. aid from Ukraine to pressure it to dig up dirt on a political rival, even as an increasing number of Republicans wonder how long they can continue to argue that no quid pro quo was at play in the matter.
The pivot was the main topic during a private Senate GOP lunch on Wednesday, according to multiple people familiar with the session who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the meeting…
I’ll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when GOP lawmakers stop talking about him like a toddler. https://t.co/yrrPzpSk3h
[This is the 1048th tweet in the #ToddlerinChief thread.] pic.twitter.com/DPv10ZqfqY— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 2, 2019
1. Impeachment and conviction won’t reverse the election. Hillary won’t be POTUS;
2. Every member of Congress who votes won their elections;
3. People vote; land doesn’t;
4. Impeachment is a constitutional remedy that explicitly endorses removing a president for abuse of power. https://t.co/mlGpB5dNUR— David French (@DavidAFrench) November 1, 2019
Foreign correspondent explains to bemused former colonizers:
NEW: @realDonaldTrump thinks he can beat back articles of impeachment with some t-shirts & a “fireside chat” transcript reading. Republican strategists say the plan “doesn't seem like it would be advisable” and would be “the Mount Everest of dumbfuckery.”https://t.co/uhxNObHnHj
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) November 1, 2019
… According to The Washington Examiner, Trump plans to push back against Democrats’ hearings by focusing his defense on the previously released memorandum documenting his conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “At some point, I’m going to sit down, perhaps as a fireside chat on live television, and I will read the transcript of the call, because people have to hear it,” he reportedly said. “When you read it, it’s a straight call.”
Additionally, Trump plans to turn “read the transcript” into a shorthand slogan for his defenders, in part by selling T-shirts with the phrase printed on them.
Of course, this ignores the fact that Vindman and a slew of other Trump administration officials have already testified that Trump withheld $391 million worth of military aid to Ukraine.
Steve Schmidt, a veteran GOP campaign operative who ran John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, told me that he thought Trump’s plan to read the memorandum aloud “doesn’t seem like it would be advisable.”
“It’s curious that the president thinks the language of the transcript exonerates him while most people see a quid-pro-quo, an abuse of power, and an incriminating statement,” he added.
Another Republican strategy graybeard, Everything Trump Touches Dies author Rick Wilson, was even less generous in his assessment of the merits of Trump’s latest messaging plan…
When told about Trump’s desire to sell “Read The Transcript” T-shirts to promote his latest defense, Wilson responded, “Of course he does, because he’s a f**king moron.”
“At some point, the conceit that Donald Trump is playing 37-dimensional chess and is a strategic genius was detonated by anybody who is paying attention,” he continued. “The political rule of ‘holes’ that says ‘stop digging’ [when one finds oneself in a hole] is one he clearly ignores and cannot internalize, so right now he’s doing things in a way that is going to increase his exposure to a whole variety of sanctions and legal challenges.
“The famous Watergate line that ‘these are not bright guys and it got out of hand,’ we are seeing it again in the age of Trump — but they’re even less bright.”
Asked whether he thinks Trump understands the gravity of what he appears to have done or the political peril in which he finds himself, Schmidt noted that he isn’t a psychologist and “it’s tough to read anybody’s mind, but circumstantially, I’m not sure that he does.”
Which is what makes the Republican refusal to admit the obvious feel increasingly like a suicide cult. https://t.co/ZAjlgYmaOJ
— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 1, 2019
OzarkHillbilly
Blech.
OzarkHillbilly
Reposted from previous thread because most definitely NOT Blech:
ABC News
Verified account @ABC
JPL
@OzarkHillbilly: That was so sweet.
OzarkHillbilly
Just for WereBear:
Awwwww
@AwwwwCats
JPL
Not the NYTimes
The entire article for The Independent is quote worthy
RAVEN
@OzarkHillbilly: I’ve probably mentioned that, when I agreed to a retirement/70th birthday party, my bride invited my family next weekend without telling me . The my genius brother made non-refundable airline reservations. The problem is that it’s a football weekend here and lodgings are mostly non-existent. Well I had to get over it and go ahead and try to figure it out. My brother ended up getting a place 40 miles away adn stepmom and sis 20. My sister and great niece were staying with us but last night she wrote that she fell and broke her elbow and they can’t make it!
NotMax
If the past few years are any guide, Christmas decorations will appear in stores beginning this weekend. Blech.
OzarkHillbilly
@JPL: Mom done good. Dad probably had a hand in it too.
Litlebritdifrnt
Yay! The Government just banned fracking in the UK! Now admittedly it is a shameless reversal to curry favour with the voters in the upcoming election but it is still great news.
noncarborundum
Re: that French tweet:
5. 66 million Americans voted not to put Trump in office.
Betty Cracker
@JPL: I read that article earlier this morning. Good God. I’ve been thinking that at some point, Republicans in Congress are going to have to embrace the crackpot theory Trump, Giuliani and now Barr have peddled worldwide. It will take a while, but just as Congressional Repubs are now being forced to admit the reality of the quid pro quo in Trump’s dealings with Zelensky, they’ll have to weigh in on that crazy theory too. It is inextricable from the Ukraine shake-down. I hope House Dems will tease that out in excruciating detail in the hearings…
low-tech cyclist
Hell, this gang makes Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Colson, Magruder, etc. look like fucking geniuses by comparison.
“The Worst and the Stupidest.” Man, Garry Trudeau hadn’t seen nothing yet.
OzarkHillbilly
@RAVEN: Not when I was around you hadn’t.
DOH!
Heh. Don’t we all, from time to time. :-)
OW! Owowowowowowowowow…. My sister did that, very painful. Hers was a long time healing too. Than again, now that I think about it I think she rebroke it. Here’s hoping your sis has better luck than mine did.
Nancy
Alternative Reality continues as long as Fox edits reality for trump true believers. The base and the power it appears to continue to hold over rupublican senators scares me.
Otherwise, the trumpian delusion would be amusing.
ThresherK
Who in the WaPo insists on using words like “pivot” and “strategy” for this Three Stooges short?
JGabriel
UK Independent via Anne Laurie @ Top:
… And extortion. And coercion. And … And … And …
maiXai66
People who “spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the meeting…“ fail to grasp what comes for them next Fall. Their present anonymity will offer little comfort when they are unemployed by election, and the lobbyists who put them in office are not returning their calls.
Another Scott
‘morning all.
Woke up to a cold home again. We’ve been having problems with our 18 year old high-efficiency furnace, off and on, for the last several years. We’ve had 3 different technicians out over the last 5 years or so, “well, it’s the board, and we can only get it as an upgrade kit, so that will be $1000 and about a week…” And the repairs seemed to work, until the next heating season or two.
A few weeks ago, no heat again. I did some troubleshooting on my own. This time the igniter isn’t firing, and the igniter circuit isn’t putting out voltage, I can light the furnace with a match, so everything else “must be” Ok, so it “must be” the something with the igniter circuit on the board.
I found a place to get a replacement board for $398. New igniter for $60. Install the new parts. Igniter fires up. Furnace runs. Yay! Fixed!!
That was on Monday. Here it is Saturday and it’s acting up again – again the igniter isn’t firing, again it runs fine when started with a match.
Grrr….
We need a new AC as well (replaced at the same time in 2001) because it’s losing freon too fast (probably a leak in the cheap inside evaporator). Replacing the evaporator isn’t really an option because the AC uses a type of freon that’s being phased out because of the damage it does to the ozone layer, GHG, etc., etc.
I was hoping to put off replacing all of this off until next spring, and but the fates may be conspiring against us.
Maybe it’s just that the new igniter failed – I’ll check it later once I’m fully awake and J is up and about. I don’t want to be making too much noise while she’s trying to sleep…
Mumble, grumble, … [/first-world-problems]
Cheers,
Scott.
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
This is more apropos to the post downstairs – the Pelosi interview one, but since threads around here die long before I get to them…. McConnell has said on multiple occasions that he wants impeachment over by Christmas. That seems like a compelling reason to drag the testimony and House vote out past the new year. Maybe look into financial crimes if necessary to drag things out long enough. Messing with McConnell seems like a noble cause in and of itself.
JGabriel
@noncarborundum:
Huh? I think you mean 73.66 million (Votes for Clintion + Others) voted not to put Trump in office, versus only 62.98 million who voted for him.
Jeffro
@JPL: @Betty Cracker: I’m hoping Nancy Smash and Adam Schiff…hell, EVERY Democrat everywhere…keep making that point and making it loudly:
Jeffro
@JGabriel: Probably meant ‘66 million for Clinton’
JGabriel
Ah, I see. I was reading the period after five as a decimal point, rather than a separator in a numbered list. My bad.
OzarkHillbilly
@Another Scott:
It probably is, but the next question is “What is causing the igniters to fail?” That’s the $1000 question. If you’re lucky.
Ken
@NotMax: Most hardware stores had the Christmas decorations on display by early October this year.
In related news, the area radio station that is (in)famous for going to an all-Christmas format ridiculously early, has turned it into a contest this year: Guess the day and time they switch over, and win a prize!
OzarkHillbilly
@What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?:
And I want a magic pony. If wishes were horses Republican Senators would get trampled in a stampede.
HinTN
@Nancy:
Yeah, their fear of being pushed off the gravy train and being forced to lobby the maroons that displaced them, or the Dems that defeated the maroons. That hold.
Chyron HR
Normally I assume Republicans are being disingenuous in their arguments, but McCarthy sincerely believes the percentage of red on that map represents Trump’s 63 million votes, doesn’t he?
Ken
@OzarkHillbilly: If it’s any consolation to McConnell, I’m fairly sure the impeachment will be over by Christmas 2020. Sorry, can’t help you with the magic pony.
HinTN
@Chyron HR: Yes, SATSQ
raven
@Another Scott: Our Hvac is over 20 years old and we can’t believe it made it through this brutal summer. We know it’s going to go sooner or later but all the Hvac guys say keep it until the bitter end because the new ones suck.
OzarkHillbilly
“Oooooh Baby, that perfume is driving me wild.”.
Raven
@RAVEN: I asked her “When you retired did I make the arrangements for the events with YOUR family”????
JPL
@OzarkHillbilly: Maybe even grandparents.
JPL
@Betty Cracker: Foreign policy is going to be determined by the latest conspiracy theories. ugh
debbie
Oh, FFS. Retweeting a photo of a dog has nothing to do with Trump. Grrr, it’s the dog, jackass, not you.
OzarkHillbilly
@Ken: I’m not so sure. A lot can happen between now and a final impeachment vote and I am fairly sure it will. I’d bet donuts to dollars Ukraine isn’t the only country he has pressured to interfere in a US election. Once one starts digging, there’s no telling what kind of dirt will be found and right now people seem to be lining up to testify.
Besides, McConnell can’t control what happens in the Senate trial, Roberts will and as image conscious as that man with a life time appointment is, he’ll be very aware that history is watching every thing he does.
Opinions may differ.
eclare
@OzarkHillbilly: Hahaha…what a photo!
debbie
@OzarkHillbilly:
Local news led with this last night. What an old, sweet soul!
rikyrah
Good Morning, Everyone ? ??
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@OzarkHillbilly: Dear Mitch: If you’re bored waiting, maybe you could take up one or two of the hundreds of House bills in your inbox.
Baud
@rikyrah:
Good morning.
debbie
@Jeffro:
“Do you really want to be seen as being as stupid as Gym Jordan?”
debbie
@OzarkHillbilly:
Dems should bargain with McConnell: If you bring the bills we’ve sent you to the floor for voting, we’ll see about speeding this process up.
rikyrah
@Baud:
Baud???
Butch Fries
Someone wrote “legislative goals” and “Trump” in the same sentence and wasn’t overcome by hysterical laughter?
Baud
Great. Now ISIS knows the identity of the dog.
OzarkHillbilly
@Raven: HA!
@JPL: Well, they did raise the parents. Other than that, Grandchildren are a parents revenge.
OzarkHillbilly
@Baud: That dog’s phone is going to be filled with death threats.
Steeplejack
@Betty Cracker:
Here’s the other thing from last night that made me do a spit-take: “Testimony: Nunes acolyte misrepresented himself to Trump as Ukraine expert.”
Basically, a Devin Nunes minion got embedded at the White House as the “Ukraine expert,” even though he has no experience at all. And apparently he’s feeding Trump documents and information from sources unknown.
chris
Finally! Rump’s bone spur x-ray.
JPL
@OzarkHillbilly: lol I was not expecting that.
Just Chuck
I don’t see quid pro quo in Trump’s call, not really. To me, that implies a fairly willing exchange. What I see Trump doing is criminal extortion, expropriation of federal funds, abuse of power, abuse of the legal system, and when you consider that all roads lead to Putin, a heaping helping of treason. And that is just the call itself.
So naw, not quid pro quo.
TS (the original)
@Ken: Given that trump minions look to be ending up in the SCOTUS deciding whether or not they have to obey subpoenas to appear before the committees, trump may have lost an election before the house completes the impeachment inquiry.
Tony Jay
@Litlebritdifrnt:
I saw that. Desperation indeed. I really do wonder what the Tories’ own private polling is telling them, because there seems to be – much – more nervousness about them than the public polling would call for.
OzarkHillbilly
@chris: The best part is, that’s a hen’s leg.
Baud
@Just Chuck:
Plus, Trump has his fingers crossed during the call.
TS (the original)
@OzarkHillbilly:
Grandchildren are also the reward for being a parent.
debbie
@Steeplejack:
Jesus, that gives Trump cover, doesn’t it? He was limited by what he was being told.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Real world will intrude during this Republican version of WWE as we saw with Turkey. I am sure Iran will pile on just to screw with Trump and they know he will back down.
mad citizen
Good Saturday morning! Yes, I’m on board with phucking with McConnell at every step. The Dems will need to do a lot of educating, and I can’t help but think they need another, perhaps younger, member with great communication skills to do the explaining. I don’t have cable tv so don’t see these folks on the shows. Maybe a star emerges during the public hearings.
Our high efficiency furnace and AC have lasted 23 years, so we know either are ready to go. Our AC had a part go bad a few weeks ago and the tech was selling us on a new system. Apparently if they discover cracks in the furnace legally they can’t fix it–carbon monoxide, etc. We have two CO detectors inside. Seems like the tech was giving away their game–“see that crack, you need a new system”.
OzarkHillbilly
@TS (the original): They’re the reward for not killing their children.
mad citizen
@Just Chuck: It’s funny and sad that when I do the computer-delivered harrassment training at work I think of our fired R agency head who practiced harrassment, and when I do the ethics training part of it is on “quid pro quo”, and I think of trumpov.
Perhaps the Dems could lead on this and use the English phrase, “this for that” instead of the Latin. Educate americans, Dems! Please.
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax:
Beat them back with a Festivus pole?
“Back! Back! Back in the boxes until we’re at least a day after Thanksgiving!”
Steeplejack
@debbie:
I can’t find the source now, but a journalist on Twitter pointed out that because of Trump’s abysmal staffing choices and lack of communications security it would be easy to get people close to him who could feed him all sorts of misinformation about anything.
So, great, we have not only a stupid president but a stupid president—and staff—working off bad information. What could possibly go wrong?
OzarkHillbilly
@mad citizen: You are correct, they legally can’t fix it. Once you have a crack, it’s only a matter of time before somebody dies. I have CO detectors, but I’ll only know they work properly when they go off. Which they never have.
Cheryl Rofer
LOL
OzarkHillbilly
@Litlebritdifrnt: @Tony Jay: At least your Tories shake up their strategies from time to time, unlike our Republicans who keep pulling the same old bait and switch out of their asses: White House Officials Ramp Up New Tax Cut Talks
chris
@Steeplejack: Staff print out rightwing twitter for the shitgibbon. “Bad information” doesn’t even begin to cover it.
OzarkHillbilly
@Cheryl Rofer: It’s the *Ronco WallAway*! Pesky wall in your way? Not for long!
Politicians have absolutely no idea what we construction workers do or how we do it. None.
**otherwise known as a sawzall or it’s more powerful cousin called the demo saw. in this case probably the demo saw. Now that I think about it it could be just the old fashioned angle grinder, which now come battery operated too.
Raven
@OzarkHillbilly: Canary in a Coalmine
First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect
Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect
You live you life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line
Sloane Ranger
@Litlebritdifrnt: I understand that they’ve left the door open to restarting if ways of preventing earthquakes can be found.
Wouldn’t surprise me if they suddenly discovered that a way did exist and started up again a few months after the election (if they win)
Raven
@OzarkHillbilly: And C-4 and det cord.
Immanentize
@Raven:
So what was supposed to be a sweet family surprise has turned into an aggravating hassle for all. Sounds like my family!
And I am very sorry about your Sis. Hope she knits up soon
Cheryl Rofer
@OzarkHillbilly: BUT TRUMP IS A BUILDER! THE BEST BUILDER!
Amir Khalid
I’m a bit mystified that Trump believes the Ukraine phone “transcript” exculpates him, when in fact it establishes his guilt beyond any doubt.
Sloane Ranger
@Tony Jay: I think they’re scared that the Brexit party will peel off just enough votes to prevent them gaining an overall majority or, even worse case scenario for them, Labour gains more seats than them and forms a minority government with support from the SNP.
Steeplejack
@OzarkHillbilly:
Link doesn’t go to a story.
RAVEN
@Immanentize: Yea, she’s just a year younger so these kinds of injuries are tough. It was never really a surprise, just that my brother made the travel arrangements without discussing it with me. Of course there is also the fun aspect it that I’ve not communicated with my half brother in over 6 years and his mom and sis are coming. Stepmom and I have never discussed it and it’s fine with me if we don’t but I’m sure it’s not a happy thing for her.
Steeplejack
@Raven:
Would love to hear how that conversation went. Heh.
Another Scott
@OzarkHillbilly: Well, I just checked. It’s acting exactly the same way as it was before I replaced the board. The week old igniter itself is fine (~ 55 ohms). The new igniter itself is fine (~ 50 ohms). It still doesn’t fire. The board isn’t putting out any voltage on the igniter circuit.
And of course none of the description of operation of the board or troubleshooting discusses issues like these.
Grrr…
Cheers,
Scott.
MagdaInBlack
@Raven:
I always end up down a youtube rabbit hole when you post a music vid and I love it. I find things I’d long forgotten ?
Thank you !
Eta: today it was Dire Straits “Why Worry” live.
mrmoshpotato
@OzarkHillbilly:
Bets on when we get to a tipping point? “This just in – Dump has now asked the majority of the world’s countries to create dirt on his political opponents. He also asked Narnia, Tatooine, Nambia, the animals of Antarctica and the talking planets and stars from the Storybots universe.”
Immanentize
@RAVEN:
Well, there is first getting through it, then getting on with it.
And, Go Dawgs!
OzarkHillbilly
@Raven: Which the cartels can get boatloads of even if we can’t anymore (w/o a license anyway, something else we can thank terrorists for… I have cave friends still hoarding there pre 9/11 stashes)( I think pre 9/11, might be pre timothy McVeigh and OK City)
@Cheryl Rofer: TRUMP KNOWS ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT BUILDING!!! YOU PAY OTHER PEOPLE TO DO IT FOR YOU!
Amir Khalid
@Tony Jay:
I don’t know if you’re tracking, but the halftime score in the early kickoff is Bournemouth 1-0 Man United.
OzarkHillbilly
@Steeplejack: Figures I’d screw that up. Try this. It should go to a Krugman tweet which links to a WaPo story. I was trying to eliminate the middle man.
Another Scott
@Another Scott: Ah, it looks like it’s the first stage pressure switch. “The control waits for the stage 1 pressure switch to close. When the pressure switch closes the silicon nitride ignitor is powered.”
I’ve seen mention elsewhere that these switches can be problematic, very sensitive, etc., etc. I don’t think they’re adjustable, unfortunately… :-/
Cheers,
Scott.
JMG
I’ll vote for the candidate who promises to create a federal law making it a crime to have Christmas music or Christmas decorations ANYWHERE until the day after Thanksgiving.
Chyron HR
@debbie:
“I only said what they told me to say in the perfect phone call! Then they gave me the pink starbursts and told me I said the words perfect!”
Yeah, no, I don’t see that working.
mrmoshpotato
@Amir Khalid:
Allow me to explain – he’s an idiot.
Thank you for attending my TED talk.
pat
Re that igniter problem: We had to replace our water heater. The flame would ignite but the gizmo that determines that the flame is lit was not functioning, so the flame was extinguished. This would happen several times until finally it stayed lit.
It was either clean the gizmo and wait for it to happen again, or spring for a new heater. “oh we haven’t installed that model for ten years.”
OzarkHillbilly
@Another Scott: AHA! You are now in the very expensive Weakest Link Territory. You spend hundreds of dollars fixing the weakest link, and a week later the next weakest link breaks. Fix that and a week later the next one breaks. Each costing a mere 3 or 4 hundred dollars, but by the time you are done fixing this pile of junk you basically have a brand new furnace!
Which you could have had for half the money you’ll have spent.
Sucks to be you.
Steeplejack
@OzarkHillbilly:
Thanks. I looked on the Post front page and couldn’t find the story. This works.
Honus
@OzarkHillbilly: yeah, cordless tools have pretty much made almost any wall obsolete. I guess you could build it out of reinforced concrete but for the cost of that you could bring everyone in Central America up here and give them a job.
Wait a minute, I think I’m on to something here.
OzarkHillbilly
@Another Scott: I always fix these things by calling 1-800- HVAC-MAN.
Another Scott
@OzarkHillbilly: As I said, I’ve done that 3x… :-) I’m a fan of figuring out the reasons why things work or don’t and not just replacing parts. My father’s engineer brain at work.
(He had a Volvo with issues with the AC temperature control. He diagnosed the problem, modified the circuit board, then wrote to Volvo in Sweden and told them what they needed to do to fix it. ;-)
We’ll see how it goes. Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott.
OzarkHillbilly
@Another Scott: Over my years in the trades I gained great respect for the practitioners of the other trades and learned to stick with carpentry. My curiosity only goes so far. Good luck scratching yours. ;-)
JR
@OzarkHillbilly: when I saw the demo wall, I thought an old fashioned rope and pulley system could take down a section or two
BruceFromOhio
Presumes Republicans argue in good faith guided by values similar to Democrats.
They don’t, and they aren’t.
@noncarborundum: @JGabriel: These.
RSA
On the plus side, that map is a nice illustration of the phrase “dumb as dirt.”
Aleta
He wants cheers from the world? Have the most retweets ever? “I have resigned.”
Hate to be cynical but another potential positive about moving to Fla is there’s an excuse for sending moving vans stuffed with stolen objects, cash, records out of Trump Tower and the WH.
Aleta
Farmer’s market tomatoes are done here. Wishing I lived where they still are.
Cheryl from Maryland
@Another Scott: I feel for you. Our 45-year-old electric furnace was acting up, and our regular technician was all for letting it die and forcing us to get a heat pump. My husband has osteoarthritis, and a heat pump does not produce the correct type of heat for his joints. We had to shame the technician into fixing it. We have now found other companies that sell furnaces and not heat pumps so we will be ready if it finally dies.
Tony Jay
@Sloane Ranger:
That’s my reading of it too, plus any move towards the far-right position will shed more moderate votes in the direction of the Lib-Dems. Be interesting to see if the Tories lost a lot more voters to Farage than Labour does.
Fingers very crossed.
Tony Jay
@Amir Khalid:
And it finished the same way. Ha to the Ha!
But we’re 1-0 down at Aston Villa. Not concerned, but it’s going to be tough.
Oooh, Bobby goal ruled offside but VAR says…..offside. Wrongly. He was a mile on.
Steve in the ATL
@RAVEN: non-southerners usually don’t know that you have to plan all fall activities around the SEC football schedule. It’s sad that their lives are so empty!
Steve at Lake Oconee whose mother in Memphis called this morning to complain that there’s some big football thing going on there and traffic is so bad she doesn’t think she can get to the club for brunch #WorstDayEver!
Ruckus
@mrmoshpotato:
A TED talk for the completely obvious?
OK never mind………
Amir Khalid
@Tony Jay:
If it’s any comfort, Man City are 0-1 down at home to Southampton.
trnc
@RAVEN:
Sorry to hear about your sister, but maybe now your stepmom and other sister can stay with you and your bro can get the place 20 miles away?
Uncle Cosmo
@NotMax: As of 30 October, the stores in metro Baltimore** were already inundated with Xmas crap. Thank doG for Halloween or the Sanity Clauses & candycanes would go metastatic the day after Labor Day…
** Just FTR, it annoys me to no end that so many on this blog are utterly paranoid about telling anyone where they are. I see posts that say “It’s snowing here” & I want to ask “So where is here?” but the combined forces of Jackaldom always retaliate with accusations of sinister motives. FFS, no one wants to “out” you, but without a hint of where you are within 100 miles or so, a geographically-specific post isn’t much better than a stringless kite…but I guess yinz’d rather cause confusion than reveal anything about your identities IRL. Either that, or you figure that all the Kewl Kidz know where you are & the rest of us can fuck the hell off. /rant
joel hanes
@Raven:
There’s always thermite, which is shockingly easy to make.
Steve in the ATL
@Uncle Cosmo: my nym and frequently adjusted signatures are designed to be forthright and helpful to all.
You’re welcome.
Steve at Lake Oconee, approximately 90 miles east of Atlanta and near the town of Eatonton, Georgia, where it’s sunny and 60 degrees, a perfect day which I will waste by sitting inside watching a football game, but it’s a very, very important game
Uncle Cosmo
@Ken:
Had a long talk Thursday evening with a 50ish guy working at the IKEA NE of Baltimore who said he’d worked retail most of his life. (Apparently for them it’s one of the slowest nights of the year, so we had plenty of time to chat.) He told me that pretty much everywhere he’s worked, stores put in their final orders to suppliers for Christmas stock by 2 October, & that’s it – nothing additional can be expected before 25 December, & whatever they run out of is out. Dunno if that directly applies here, but I thought it was an interesting tidbit to toss in.
Uncle Cosmo
@TS (the original): Grandchildren (so this eternal bachelor has been told) are your reward for not having murdered your children under the all-too-frequent circumstances when any impartial jury would agree they richly deserved it.
Uncle Cosmo
@Steve in the ATL: Don’t think it’s not repreciated for its rarity around here.
OTOH (IIUC) you’re a leagle egal paid by eeebil managements to fuck over labor unions. This brings to mind my Nanjing tailor, Yu Suk.
mrmoshpotato
@Ruckus: Fine. :P
Here. I printed up a flyer especially for you. Spoiler – it says the same thing.
Dev Null
@Uncle Cosmo: Some of us are paranoid because we don’t want our Spousal Units to guess that we’re slumming with jackals.
IOW: It aint about you.
/snark
(Hmm, perhaps the phrase should be “Spousal Unit (singular)”, but … assumptions …)
Steeplejack
@Uncle Cosmo:
Amen. Even just a “southeast Indiana” or “north of Houston” gets it in the ball park without compromising personal security.
—Steep in NoVA (Falls Church!)
J R in WV
@Steeplejack:
NO ONE EVER gonna know where I’m from, Steep!!
heehee.
pluky
@joel hanes: I won the chemistry prize in high school by successfully initiating a thermite reaction (starting from a formula in one of my army officer father’s munitions books). I knew I was close when the teacher told me to take the apparatus out to the parking lot (the deal was I could try this, but had to check in with him at each stage of the process). Quite something! Burned through the crucible, and the asphalt paving down to the dirt base!
The Lodger
@pluky: And this is
howwhy people become chemists.Another Scott
@Another Scott: If anyone is curious, …
It turns out everything was working properly, except the igniter relay on the board. The igniter draws at least 2.5A at 120 V (55 ohms), and the relay on the board is only rated for 2.0A. So, the relay eventually (sometimes many months, sometimes a few days) burns out.
:-/
I installed an external solid-state relay ($11.50 from Amazon) to take as an input the IGN 120V ac signal from the board, then had the output of the SSR power the igniter (via a separate 120 V ac circuit). Then installed a new circuit board (to replace the one with the bad IGN relay). Fired up first time. Works fine. Yay!
Cheers,
Scott.