Friday Ephemera (657)
Incoming. || If you have one, you should comb it. || A sound map of forests from around the world. (h/t, Things) || Some balloons, they said. || They were bigger back then. || Cannabis-infused gummies, chocolate, and gravy. || Gift idea #72. || Demon vehicle detected. || And not entirely unrelated. || More joys of public transport. || The progressive retail experience, part 450. || It can “correctly identify a particular excretory event 98% of the time.” || An interactive text-based game about nineteenth-century surgery. || Being a teacher, she tries to undermine it. || Another educator speaks. || Vintage music radio. || A.I. imagines Wes Anderson’s Avengers. It still can’t do hands. || The wheels you’ve always wanted. || It’s probably a spider. || Purely for science. || And finally, I’m not entirely sure, but I think this may be flirting.
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Incoming.
What you don’t see is that the runway stops right at the edge of the ocean. My wife and I took a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise for our honeymoon in 1993 and St. Barts was one of the stops. The beach runs either side of the runway. We lunched at a little hotel restaurant to the right of the runway. The cheapest thing on the menu was salade niçoise at $25 US per person (IN 1993!). We hadn’t brought a lot of cash or travelers cheques from the ship and they only accepted US$ or Francs so it was all we could afford. Fortunately, wine was cheap and we could get a bottle of very good French wine for under $5 (wine was the cheapest thing on the island, cheese was a close second). While on the beach you could watch the planes come almost into the ocean before turning around and taxiing back to the terminal. They were prop planes and would throw a lot of water towards both sides of the beach.
Anyway, the ships theme for the day was pirates and prostitutes to be celebrated with wine and cheese on the ship’s deck purchased from the island. Half the ship’s guests had to buy cheese while the other half had to buy wine. We drew wine and I remember buying a wine that at home would cost $20 (remember this is 1993) for $5. We had a great time aboard ship. Most of the pirates were women and most of the prostitutes were men. It was awesome.
We were on the S/V Fantome which went down five years later during Hurricane Mitch.
On the Soviet playgrounds, (I have attached a screen grab photo, so I hope it works in this new comment setup) we had something very similar to this rocket slide thing not far from where I was brought up.
It was in a park by the river in Ulverstone, Tasmania.
We always stopped there on the way through for a play on the rocket and a picnic (which was usually scotch eggs or boiled eggs or cold chook drumsticks or sandwiches, since my parents never did “bought food” like pies or chips)
This was the 1970’s and we had a Morris 1100 S
“They were bigger back then.“
Gorgeous. Needs a human for proper size comparison though.
Cannabis-infused gummies, chocolate, and gravy.
*plans Christmas dinner*
Purely for science.
So the AI is the cheetah and we’re the baby?
[Raises hand]
Morning, all.
It’s not a thread I’d care to pull on.
In other news:
A shocking twist, I know.
Meme fail.
And finally, I’m not entirely sure, but I think this may be flirting.
Lol. That can’t be real… can it?
I’m pretty sure it’s a running gag.
A shocking twist, I know.
I wonder if the feds knew about his radical kink when they hired him.
The next frontier: gay marriage ceremonies for horses.
I think this reveals more about the humans than their horse.
UPDATE: And the link is gone already. Don’t know why.
Commemorating the glorious defeat of the Whitechapel Fatberg.
A new arrangement of Back in Black.
Mister Limpet! Stop! Go back! It was all a terrible mistake!
Developer illegally demolishes historic pub, is forced to rebuild it.
I cannot recall that ever being done here in the States.
Follow the chain of logic, according to the woke: black people cannot read or write; this is solely due to racism; reading and writing are white and are of no use; discourage them. Consequence: even less ability to read or write.
Never mind the companies that will go out of business if their safety and environmental compliance docs are gibberish or their ad copy is stupid. Employees who can’t read the equipment instructions and lose a finger. etc.
Vintage music radio.
I clicked on that thinking I’d hear music from the Roaring 20s or the 30s or something like that. Instead I discovered that not only is 80s music considered Oldies now, but apparently Vintage as well. Now I feel old.
Gift idea #72.
Interesting contrast with the depressing tower blocks that surround them.
Was reminded that I had meant to get a book for a friend, so more Christmas shopping done, and for once Amazon seems to be delivering on time. Cannot say the same for the USPS for non-Prime items though.
Being a teacher, she tries to undermine it. || Another educator speaks.
A lot of firings are overdue.
Merry Christmas everyone!
[ Checks date. ]
Aren’t you a little, er, premature? Or have you just stumbled out of a work’s do? Which now seem to start around mid-October.
Another educator speaks.
“We gotta take these muthafuckers out.”
That right there would be a firing offense if said by a white about blacks. No more proof is needed of just how corrupt academia has become.
It seems likely the feds have a different definition.
Where it all started going wrong.
The wheels you’ve always wanted.
“It is very cool to ride.”
Only if you ignore crucial matters of practicality on actual city streets and sidewalks.
And yet they think the American version of religious freedom is the crazy one.
And yet they think the American version of religious freedom is the crazy one.
Again, “because French”. That militant secularism, dating back to the French Revolution, treats religion as something shameful which must not be seen in public–sort of like perverts in grade schools waving giant dildos.
Now is the time when we juxtapose:
The reality of urban crime.
You must not notice reality. You. Must. Not.
Could she be a space alien?
Mr. Limpet!
As someone with a phobia of fish, that was terrifying.
It can “correctly identify a particular excretory event 98% of the time.”
Doing the jobs humans won’t do.
@ComputerLabRat – I replied to your telescope question here
I found a youtube vid showing what you can expect to see with such a device.
Speaking of work’s dos… oh dear.
The Fiat Multipla: astonishingly ugly.
A sado-masochistic relationship between architect and buyer.
Kid with sweets: my daughter when younger would keep her halloween candy for months and not eat it. Still not big on sweets.
“World’s dirtiest man” dies soon after taking his first bath in over 50 years.
[ Surveys clientele, says nothing. ]
Santa Claus boot camp.
Hey, I’ll be taking a shower in just a couple of hours. It’s Saturday night after all.
Still more joys of public transport.
Toilets and lasers, together at last.
Still more joys of the Progressive Retail Experience. The victim has a fractured skull.
‘Still more joys of public transport’
The press tells us that the police are now investigating this incident. Almost certainly in order to charge the poor driver…
invisible poo monsters
Band name.
Apologies up front, and I hope the cat is OK, but the answer is not with someone else’s. (Language)
An oddity in targeted ads.
https://twitter.com/WaffleDad/status/1601634452152938497
If I may…the antidote to Farnsworth’s post, re fatty, fatty boombalatties. A song that I cannot get out of my head when in certain situations.
More pronouns. 😀
I found a youtube vid showing what you can expect to see with such a device.
Many thanks, Chris! I read all your very helpful (and interesting!) advice on the other thread, and it makes sense. Pst was right – talk to someone who knows the hobby.
Going to save up and treat myself to a really cool telescope. Thanks y’all I would have fallen into the cheap Chinese crap trap and wasted $100.
“Eat, Bray, Love“. Link courtesy of Ace of Spades.
Tell me you don’t have a job, without telling me you don’t have a job: “When they asked why he was running, he said he was running to school. Since it was Sunday, officers detained him and, after talking to witnesses, arrested him for the robbery.”
Fear the power !
fear the power? Fear posts by Farnsworth.
It is like if the worst nightmare of old-time homophobic bigots were to come to life and prove them right. They (the woke trans) are their own worst enemies.
They (the woke trans) are their own worst enemies.
The same could be said of the gay perverts of San Francisco documented on the Zombietime blog–although they are not as aggressive as today’s woke trans critters.
Don’t fool yourselves. Not that long ago if I had told you that such people would be sitting down with the POTUS, that one would be in charge of your healthcare, and other worst nightmare of old-time homophobic bigots would be the norm today, you would likely have a reaction very close to what you will now have in regard to what I am about to say…While it may not happen to you personally, these tranny scumbags are not far from getting together to corner and gang rape some regular, heterosexual guy. Possibly one who spoke up to criticize them. Possibly an otherwise tough guy. And nothing will be done about it. I am almost certain such an event is in the not too distant future as it is increasingly my observation that most people, most “men” today are pathetic little pussies. Oh, men today…”men” are still tough…in groups…but that’s the crux. They will be socially intimidated into accepting it. And the worthless pussies that men are, they will accept it. Go ahead. Call me crazy. It won’t be the first time.
An oddity in targeted ads
I was quite chuffed to see that it is now possible to buy a remastered copy of Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas, one of those Henson rarities that’s been almost forgotten.
one of those Henson rarities
I knew a couple who loved The Muppet Show, taped every episode, and wore out the tapes replaying them. They recently expressed their disappointed consternation that one cannot buy the complete Muppet series on DVD.
Hereabouts, we have both types of weather. Snow and fog.
I thought we had the same here, then I cleaned my glasses. Pro tip.
I thought we had the same here, then I cleaned my glasses. Pro tip.
Cutting down on the drinking can help too. Drugs, too. (What is that odd taste in this drink, David? And why exactly did you call it “special reserve”?)