Euchre

77075 pts ยท March 3, 2014


Now I do.

23 hours ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If you don't vote in the general, you're just throwing away your efforts in the primaries.

23 hours ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

#15 so I looked up that snake, and although they're technically venomous, they have rear fangs (at the back of their jaws) that would be difficult to bite a human with, and their venom is so weak it would hardly effect a human. Oh, and the fangs are grooved, not hollow, so they don't inject like a needle, they just let the venom seep into the bite wound.

Wouldn't suggest messing around with one, but it isn't a particular threat. I'll take the disappointed stare.

23 hours ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

How about 'vote every time, always blue, until the MAGA/GOP are through'?

23 hours ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

My one issue right now is Constitutional law. It defines our rights and freedoms, and it is being trampled with a heavy boot by supposedly 'good Christians' and 'patriots'.

That Constitution was made to protect you and me, no matter how alike or different we are. MAGA and the GOP threw that out, unequivocally, when Jan. 6th happened. So, my 'one issue' voting starts with voting 100% blue, then after the MAGA/GOP are out, incumbency is the next thing to end. No 'Congressmen For Life'.

VOTE!

23 hours ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 3

I'm a little confused as to why this is supposed to be so difficult. Same basic method applies, with maybe going the opposite direction with the 'swipe' part.

1 day ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And when they run out of bras, do you just swap them from another person to count as a new unhook?

1 day ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

So that's 83lbs per passenger per hour in the Gulfstream, vs at most 18.6lbs per passenger per hour in the old 737. That's 4.5x as much for the business jet, assuming the worst scenario for the 737. At best the 737 does 12lbs per passenger per hour, yielding ~7x as much fuel burned by the business jet.

They could do so much better, IF they wanted to.

3 days ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

So does Winrar. Most archive utilities since about 1999 do.

3 days ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

It's because black bears are smaller and less aggressive toward humans, not less protective of their cubs. Also, not all black bears are equal, and for that matter not all black. Eastern tend to be the classic black with brown tips, but western black bears come in a wide variety of color phases, and tend to be larger.

I've been face to face with a 600 lb wild black bear (cinnamon colored) in California. I wasn't messing around with her.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That movie got a lot of criticism, some of it well deserved, but turning a foghorn drone sound into a thing of utter dread was a pretty impressive thing. What it did do is portray how badly the average person would respond to an emerging crisis like that.

3 days ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It ain't far off. The small jet industry could actually refine their product to be proportionally as efficient as a jumbo jet, but they don't, They don't care. Neither do small jet owners. As a result, that 'business jet' has engines that burn 5x or more fuel per passenger than a full sized passenger jet.

I dare the 'business' small jet industry to refine their product to be so much more environmentally conscious. I just know they won't.

3 days ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 1

Or go old school and tarball it.

3 days ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

You rar'd when you should've zip'd.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If you run a 'dry shot', you need to be running a bit rich already to make it useful. Dry shots tend to be much lower power by design, converting some of that excess enrichment into a brief bonus of power... at the expense of a spike in excess heat.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The valves would be too busy burning away as the replacement for fuel in the enclosed chamber where this is all happening to melt and weld. Well, unless the pistons volunteer to burn first.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Just NO.

Well, I guess we have catalytic converters for that.

3 days ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Fire is heat/source of ignition, fuel, and oxygen. You add more oxygen than it and the heat/ignition in the environment where they exist have in normal fuel, it'll find something to consume as fuel. Piston engines create enough heat and have strong enough sources of ignition in a high pressure chamber that stuff you don't normally thing of burning starts to do so... like solid metal. Ya know, pistons, valves, spark plug electrodes, injector nozzles...

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

To ELI5 it a bit - you need the right amount of fuel to O2 in order to burn properly. If you have the heat or ignition and plenty of O2 handy, the O2 is going to look for something to burn as fuel. That'll be your pistons, valves, spark plug electrodes, even injector nozzles if it's direct injected.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

She just feels like she's going 100mph. Her brain be trippin on that stuff. Should taste terrible, though.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oh, and automotive NOS (nitrous oxide) is supposed to have bitterant in it to make it taste terrible, so you won't inhale it.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That was my thought, and it wouldn't instantly go 'bang' and grenade. There'd be a sickening change in the way the engine sounded, followed by quickly fading power. If you added enough enrichment, though, the pure O2 boost could work.

Granny ain't gonna magically roll faster on her wheelchair, either - but she's gonna have one hell of a trip on the 'laughing gas'.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The NOS needs fuel enrichment, but swapping it with pure O2 would mean they'd need a significantly higher enrichment, leading to a serious lean condition. When there's not enough fuel being pumped in, heat and O2 find other stuff to burn, like valves and pistons.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Once he's on the ground, if he ends up facing down - sit on him. Especially considering there's help there, have others focus on containing his limbs. Since there's more than 4 people to respond, 1 sitter, 2 limb holders, and one should be calling 911 to get cops there. Filming person needs to present their evidence when they arrive. They documented a clear cut, unprovoked assault. Black shirt guy could've just yelled at her back, but he chose violence.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I just want somebody to play the whole song on a pipe organ.

3 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Around here they're known as 'mystery lillies' because they seem to come out of nowhere, if you weren't aware of or hadn't noticed the leaves coming up a couple of months before.

5 days ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

There's no 'fingers crossed', there is only 'get off your ass and vote and be sure you take someone with you'. No 'hope', no 'luck' - the only way to get results is action, and so long as the action of voting is available, everyone needs to damn well USE IT.

5 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oh, and aside from Bluetooth not being a standard inclusion, neither was Wifi. Your only data was cellular or tethered. Yes, that's right, instead of your phone being the internet connection, you might have to use USB tethering to get connected and update a device without cellular service.

5 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes and no. Back when smartphones commonly had physical keyboards, having Bluetooth was not guaranteed, and wasn't nearly as capable if you did have it. A number of other hardware sensors weren't common or present by default. Cameras were terrible. No wireless charging. Resistive touchscreens. Micro USB was too fragile, and still using a host/client protocol. What we did lose beyond the good old QWERTY was headphone jacks, IR blasters, barometric sensors, and removable batteries.

5 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Europe has had several heat waves this summer, so if this was from this summer, I'm sure it felt dandy.

5 days ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0