Friday Ephemera
The scent of a woman. || Two types of pleasure face. || Change of plan. And yes, everyone survived. || Deploy. || Their drinks are fancier than yours. || Frame the dog. || That’s exactly how I would’ve done it. || This watch is thinner than yours. || Incoming. || Incoming 2. || Never mind the scenery, just watch where you step. || Today’s word is snug. || The thrill of innovation. || The thrill of grocery shopping. || Philadelphia street scenes. || Why dogs don’t rule the Earth. || “Are you? Are you? Are you?” || Somewhat related. || He loves you, so there’s that. || I have questions. || Tidying. || Two points, perhaps related. || An invitation to chat, possibly over coffee. || And finally, thrillingly, a sighting of bra and panties.
“The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.
Mr Duncan you are indeed correct. Dons hamster urine mask.
Sort of related: I have now come out as Woo-phobic which includes all the woke and associated sillinesses.
Sam Duncan: At least it’s easier to tell the time on that watch, although it should lose points for the silly QR code.
UTF: True. On reflection though, that’s not actually the one I was thinking of. This is: the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept, from 2020. (There seems to be a bit of a thin watch arms-race going on at the moment.) Now, that’s just a properly nice-looking watch that happens to be ridiculously thin.
You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.
I’m pure at heart.
I thought I’d learned my lesson, but I’ve been away from here for too long and forgotten my previous lessons.
Clearly, I’m going to have to start taking attendance. With a tardy book and everything.
thin watch arms-race
Perhaps a reaction to the “big clocks, big …..” school, traced back to Navy Aviators…
*glances at wrist sporting big Tag*
Piaget’s ultra thin watch, which held the record before the Bulgari (I think) is rather nicer:
https://monochrome-watches.com/the-worlds-thinnest-mechanical-watch-piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept/
[ Rolls up sleeve, checks thickness of watch. ]
6.7 mm. Until a few days ago, I thought that was pretty slimline. It’s certainly much less cluttered than the current record holders.
The fretful BBC.
Whites push their daughters into elite sport, non-whites encourage their daughters to get married and have children. The demographic winner becomes clearer with each decade that goes by. But these clusters of high-investment white girls can make a 2022 athletic competition look more like 1962.
Luckily there’s GB News to represent conservatives who want to conserve things, to point out that elite sport is is a circus, that pushing women into elite sport isn’t a worthwhile priority, that European countries are entitled to have football teams, and more to the point are entitled to have countries, without having to put out a red carpet for racial outsiders.
Of course not: the GB News panel says that England and its football teams used to be racist but aren’t any more; that by Jingo we Englishmen are so not-racist these days that we cheer for Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali and the content of their character; and that the real racists are the BBC whose top earners are all white. The presenter hounds the liberal panel member with this last revelation as if it undermines rather than reinforces the BBC’s theme of the ongoing need for white English to be monitored and critiqued and defamed for their chronic racism.
Education: there are educational methods that have been proven to work, but teachers don’t like them and instead go with the latest fad. One fad around here is not having math textbooks. This means nothing for the students to refer to, no examples, no explanations. It creates lots of business for tutors. Phonics was shown 50 yrs ago to enable rapid mastery of reading. Teachers don’t like it. Group projects always have slackers in each group but it is a fad. etc.
I’m pure at heart.
“When my son is breast-feeding I be making love to my woman.”
Damn, if he’d only been born white and in Delaware and he could be President of the United States someday.
6.7 mm. Until a few days ago, I thought that was pretty slimline.
Like wearing a doorstop on your wrist. 😉
My Gucci watch from the 80s is 2.7 mm and my 80s Seiko is a whopping 2.0 mm.
“When my son is breast-feeding I be making love to my woman.”
Tbf he didn’t say they were the same woman.
by Jingo we Englishmen are so not-racist these days that we cheer for Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali and the content of their character; and that the real racists are the BBC whose top earners are all white. The presenter hounds the liberal panel member with this last revelation as if it undermines rather than reinforces the BBC’s theme of the ongoing need for white English to be monitored and critiqued and defamed for their chronic racism.
Our elites need to be more En Vogue. Or is it less en vogue? I literally don’t know anymore.
I no longer even bother to attempt to refute false accusations of racism (or sexism, or fascism, or other-isms). Instead, I attack the accuser, pointing out the lies, the evasions, the bad faith, etc.
The not so terrible sea lion.
Exorcism? Or last rites?
I attack the accuser, pointing out the lies, the evasions, the bad faith, etc.
This reminds me of the old rule for vicious office politics: deny everything, admit nothing, make counter accusations.
But yes, your approach is a good tool to shut down the dishonest attacks.
To the extent that there is an honest listener/reader, refuting the ideas is still important.
Last rites?
No chaplain was available.
But yes, your approach is a good tool to shut down the dishonest attacks.
Key was my realization that one cannot win by attempting to refute false accusations: It takes vastly more effort to refute each falsehood. The accuser will refuse to honestly engage with anything you say. Your protests will be used against you. Thus, it is better to go on the offensive as quickly as possible and to take no prisoners.
Not all the insanity and mayhem is in Portland and San Francisco.
“Not all the insanity and mayhem is in Portland and San Francisco.”
I’ve done that on a Morris Minor, although I was seated, facing the direction of travel. And it was on, I hasten to add, a private road with the permission* of the driver. Moggies even have a little handle on the bonnet for you to hold on to. At least, I assume that’s what it’s for.
*Encouragement, frankly. Teenage boys… need I say more?
How dare you not take us seriously.
Thin watches.
I’m guessing those featured on here are extremely pricey.
Instead I can recommended various models by Skagen. Maybe a bit more than 2mm but eminently affordable and pleasingly minimalist design.
Maybe a bit more than 2mm but eminently affordable and pleasingly minimalist design.
I was looking for a new watch last year and trying to find something that wasn’t the size and weight of a hockey puck and encrusted with umpteen gratuitous buttons and sub-dials. It took a while.
By the way, I’m fiddling with the text size of the main posts. Some of you heathens have complained that the text was too small for ageing eyes and that enlarging via your browser was too exhausting. I don’t have many options on that front, and with my limited tech savvy it’s tricky to change one thing without buggering up something else, but let me know if it looks better, or worse, or is at least more legible.
Our elites need to be more En Vogue.
I recall this music video fondly from my adolescence.
See, David? This is how you post links for a straight male audience.
Anything to increase font size is appreciated by those of us with Mr Magoo tendencies.
GAH! The new font size – do not like.
I recall this music video fondly from my adolescence.
I vaguely remember some shimmering, and quite short, silver dresses. I’m guessing you recall the particulars more vividly.
Anything to increase font size is appreciated by those of us with Mr Magoo tendencies.
[ Fetches cushion, slippers. ]
How dare you not take us seriously.
Assuming this is the same, for those of us who have no truck with instagram or anything else google…winning over allies and striking fear in the hearts of our adversaries.
Font – second Captain Nemo.
Thin watches.
They make People of Size unsafe. [ Frowns at David and the denizens ]
Some of you heathens have complained that the text was too small for ageing eyes and that enlarging via your browser was too exhausting.
Enlarging via my browser is only too exhausting if I can find a way to use font size to tease David.
I cannot give an immediate opinion of the change you made, David, as I usually adjust font size when viewing different websites.
I was looking for a new watch last year and trying to find something that wasn’t the size and weight of a hockey puck and encrusted with umpteen gratuitous buttons and sub-dials.
All those gratuitous dials and gears detract hugely from the beauty of a watch. They’re garish rococo embellishments for modern techno-nerds. Give me a traditional design any day. (Except that I haven’t worn a watch in years since I always carry a smart phone. Shrug. )
I vaguely remember some shimmering…
And at the time did not immediately feel an unquenchable desire to immitate them, publicly, in garish pantomime? This is contrary to the current Message of the Revolution.
Report for re-grooving.
Thin watches, as reliable and accurate as Timex watches, ‘Timex, Time is for time, X for for unknown.”
For some reason I don’t think this is exactly something they should be bragging about.
David and the denizens
Band name.
Meanwhile at the EU, another compelling speech.
Band name.
Having no real musical talent, I’ll have to be a roadie. In charge of inspecting catered food for the absence of brown M&M’s. And maybe a few other jobs that don’t require heavy lifting.
Meanwhile at the EU, another compelling speech.
Those sophisticated, hyper-intelligent Europeans that America must emulate, right?
“I’m Lavrentiy Beria, and I approve this message.“
So, SUPER BIG FONT or teeny tiny font? Those are your choices, it seems. Vote now.
What about a font with crappy kerning so I can complain about it?
“I’m Lavrentiy Beria, and I approve this message.”
Step 1: Allow vast numbers of hostile immigrants who will refuse to assimilate.
Step 2: Allow habitual criminals to walk the streets.
Step 3: Enact more intrusive and oppressive laws, in a false promise to curtail crime.
Step 4: Rinse and repeat.
Speaking of which, I hear that after largely (and largely uselessly) banning the owning of firearms and the carrying of knives and any weapons*, the UK is now poised to ban pointed knives–even though criminals are far more likely to slash than stab. What will the UK do next, when that measure does not reduce knife crime?
* It made a big impression on me when I started reading about innocent peaceful citizens arrested and convicted for carrying weapons to defend themselves from ever-more-prevalent thugs. Very effective in persuading me that the ruling class was corrupt and entirely indifferent to the well being of the citizenry. And that was well before I heard about the Rotherham child rape scandal.
For some reason I don’t think this is exactly something they should be bragging about.
Perhaps the officers are planning early retirement?
When I checked in just now I wondered if I had fiddled with the settings. Even though I need new glasses I was fairly happy with the old font size.
The new setting I approve.
Cannot lock up this lunatic because that would infringe on his rights.
Vote now.
I am nigh antediluvian, and vote for the old one, as do all the ballots I stuffed in the box down on 34th and Vine.
Even though I need new glasses…
Here is an eye test for you.