Random Thoughts

[KG4CGC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE94NLeqbso

[WZ7U]

Good night my dear friends.

Hope everyone sleeps well.

You're making me nervous. What do you know we don't? :shifty:

[KD8TUT]

You're making me nervous. What do you know we don't? :shifty:

Well... I know it's now 6:21am and I've still not had my coffee....

[WZ7U]

Well, its 11:51 and I just got mine.

Who knew going to internet college was like working the grave shift..

[KG4CGC]

It's tree fiddy pm edt and I is gettin ready go.

[W7XF]

Somewhere out there, in the great expanse, it's 4:20!

[KD8TUT]

I'm not exactly awake.

Not exactly asleep....

I am the Unasleep!

[KG4CGC]

I'm not exactly awake.

Not exactly asleep....

I am the Unasleep!

You are ... The Unrested!

[KD8TUT]

You are ... The Unrested!

Pariah dogs and wandering madmen
Barking at strangers and speaking in tongues
The ebb and flow of tidal fortune
Electrical changes are charging up the young
It's a far cry from the world we thought we'd inherit
It's a far cry from the way we thought we'd share it
You can almost feel the current flowing
You can almost see the circuits blowing

[KG4CGC]

Well I guess the trick is to get the current to pass along the outside.

[WZ7U]

FARADAY

[WZ7U]

Then there is always this guy...
http://tdn.com/news/local/south-african-man-cycles-through-longview-with-rhinoceros-in-tow/article_8cf621f4-04a6-5afc-b4a6-edd0cf6cbdb8.html

It made me smile to think there are weirder things than me out there. Not many, but they are there.

[NA4BH]

Then there is always this guy...
http://tdn.com/news/local/south-african-man-cycles-through-longview-with-rhinoceros-in-tow/article_8cf621f4-04a6-5afc-b4a6-edd0cf6cbdb8.html

It made me smile to think there are weirder things than me out there. Not many, but they are there.

You, me, and Charles need to hang out.

[WZ7U]

Agreed

But why would you guys want to hang out with a weirdo?

[KG4CGC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Tcg9TReyk

[NQ6U]

“We were somewhere around Silver Springs on the edge of the Beltway when the drugs began to take hold.”

[WØTKX]

You, me, and Charles need to hang out.

I volunteer to be the YouTube cameraman. :evil:

[NQ6U]

The Vulcan Salute emoticon (https://emojipedia.org/raised-hand-with-part-between-middle-and-ring-fingers/) is now an official part of Unicode 7.0: https://emojipedia-us.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/240/apple/96/raised-hand-with-part-between-middle-and-ring-fingers_1f596.png

[suddenseer]

Do 'flat earth' hams exist?

[WZ7U]

So you've not been over yonder in a while, have ya? :-D

[NA4BH]

MR. Dobalena, MR. Bob Dobalena

[WZ7U]

Hi, the names' Jardon. Hugh Jardon. Nice to meet ya!

[K7SGJ]

Al Killeu here.

[KD8TUT]

What if rice.... Could talk?

[WØTKX]

http://bigryanstalltales.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/scan0005-copy.jpg

[N8YX]

It's no fun when the diaphragm breaks.

It's less fun when the diaphragm was replaced about 2Kmi ago to cure the same problem. That is, no fuel flow in a vacuum operated petcock setup.

It's ZERO fun sitting in Outer Nowhere with crappy cell phone reception and no precise idea where you are, waiting for 3+ hours for a flatbed to come hoist your 900lb touring bike onto it and drive you 70+ miles home...

[NA4BH]

Jesus, I thought you got somebody pregnant.

[WZ7U]

That, sir, was a calculated freak out. :stirthepot:

[WØTKX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDyOyrY-zM

[suddenseer]

MR. Dobalena, MR. Bob Dobalena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRJr1kKYFYY

[KD8TUT]

I think that cheese, and monkeys, are the same thing.

[WZ7U]

Purple

[WZ7U]

Nerple

[WØTKX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbxt98JIvok

[WØTKX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq8jOBe5E5A

[WØTKX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTIfU4zMQWY

[WØTKX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeUobYnIHdY

[WØTKX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXHZk6FMVgE

[KD8TUT]

What... if your buttocks... was a tin foil parade?

[WZ7U]

Firewood

[suddenseer]

I am thinking of breaking in a random house, and tearing the little do not remove tags off of the furniture.

[KD8TUT]

Thinking someone should sue CNN on behalf of making that reporter run the hurricane coverage form dockside in Miami.

Stupid.

[WZ7U]

OSHA would/should run with that

[NA4BH]

Life's illusions are misleading

[KG4CGC]

NASA Says Presence Of Diving Board On Mars Confirms Planet May Have Once Contained Water (https://www.theonion.com/nasa-says-presence-of-diving-board-on-mars-confirms-pla-1825952567)

[davidradio]

Hi!

I;m David, a new member. Nice to meet everyone here!

[WZ7U]

Hi David! Welcome to the Island, our friendly barkeep will be around shortly with a beverage of your choosing.

Not sure which Dayton you are referring to since the only one I'm familiar with is the one in WA. I'm not much of a welcoming committee either so let me step aside and let some of the more articulated and wiser tribal elders greet you in proper forum fashion. Glad to have you here, enjoy your day!

Eric, wz7u

[KG4CGC]

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[suddenseer]

Hello David, welcome to the Island. We are a real fun bunch if you can get past curmudgeons under every stone. Some days the drinks flow at a mind boggling pace!. Raise your glass, or glassware.

[KG4CGC]

Happy Tom Longboat Day, eh?

[suddenseer]

Heard at a large RF amplifier: "all of this peaking, and dipping is turning me on"

[KG4CGC]

October is Cyber Security month but November is Rat Out Your Company for using unauthorized software month!

[kb2crk]

I'm getting to old for this crap

[N8YX]

October is Cyber Security month but November is Rat Out Your Company for using unauthorized software month!
If you knew the problems which unauthorized software (i.e., gifts bearing Greeks) have caused for companies vis information leakage and system compromise over the years, you'd understand why their IT staff takes a hard line approach with it.

[koØm]

I'm getting to old for this crap

Yes, you are!

HBD!

.

[kb2crk]

Yes, you are!

HBD!

.
Thank you

[KD8TUT]

If you knew the problems which unauthorized software (i.e., gifts bearing Greeks) have caused for companies vis information leakage and system compromise over the years, you'd understand why their IT staff takes a hard line approach with it.

No kidding...

It's funny... I've been interviewing for contracts and the only places I can hope for a placement are linux/unix houses.

No one else understands what comes out of my mouth. It's like basic networking vocabulary has been replaced by vendor-speak.

Me: Have you run a port scan?

Them: What's a port scan?

Me: You know- test for responding ports?

Them: We use (name pre-packaged security suite)

Me: What if it's wrong?

Them: We don't have anyone who can do it manually

Me (looks at the 100 certifications on the wall)

[WZ7U]

Thank you
Oh yeah?? You're welcome! HBD OM!!!

[KG4CGC]

Thank you

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[KC2KFC]

If you knew the problems which unauthorized software (i.e., gifts bearing Greeks) have caused for companies vis information leakage and system compromise over the years, you'd understand why their IT staff takes a hard line approach with it.

It's good to know there is somebody else in the world who understands this.

[KG4CGC]

If you’ve tried holistic and allopathic treatments to remedy your depression, but still feel as if you’re at the end of your rope… psychedelic toad milk could be the answer. According to a new study published in the journal Psychopharmacology (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-019-05236-w?fbclid=IwAR3fal7ndKv1cZ1PXb3o2Ltf7LMspbntJCPonKe yC0uO-cInhZgCn-K1Mb0), smoking the milky, psychoactive secretion of the Colorado River toad (https://truththeory.com/2018/01/12/artist-transforming-swastika-graffiti-fun-works-street-art/), or Bufo alvarius, could provide a fast-acting and extremely potent alternative for managing depression.

https://themindunleashed.com/2019/05/smoking-psychedelic-toad-milk-could-alleviate-depression-for-up-to-4-weeks.html (https://themindunleashed.com/2019/05/smoking-psychedelic-toad-milk-could-alleviate-depression-for-up-to-4-weeks.html?fbclid=IwAR3GbM0L0Fd6DJj_4IiojZkDfYUQ5f 48mEBEqJXG2_0-y-FeeeXVcI8SwUk)

[kb2vxa]

Then there is Bufo Hipgnosis!

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http://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/ Why Pink Floyd? Because Syd Barrett had records by Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

[koØm]

YMMV!

IF, you have retired after working for 40+ years in the Electrical-Electronic field AND, you went back to work in a job that make you wear a badge with your name on it THEN, your job sucks AZZ big time.

[kb2vxa]

That started out as a course in illogic gates and wound up in Hollyweird. It seems to me you were a (fairly) normal surgeon by day, played a mean prop guitar by night, and secretly worked for Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems battling Red Lectroids and the best part was your Joker grin. That's nice work if you can find it.

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Then after retirement you pull the boner of all time, work as a Detroit cop, get yourself shot, fall into the hands of Omni Consumer Products (Ron Popiel CEO) that jams you into a can and you come out looking like a cross between Gort and a Cylon!

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[koØm]

YMMV!

IF, you have retired after working for 40+ years in the Electrical-Electronic field AND, you went back to work in a job that make you wear a badge with your name on it THEN, your job sucks AZZ big time.

I'm officially now an "Essential Worker" with 'guberment papers to identify me as such.


https://youtu.be/2FUw55e59YM

[KD8TUT]

I'm officially now an "Essential Worker" with 'guberment papers to identify me as such.


https://youtu.be/2FUw55e59YM

I agree with this guy. No argument.

[KG4CGC]

I forgot what my random thought was.



20 minutes later ... thought I'd try to remember it again but I didn't. Searching for this thread ...

[KG4CGC]

Does this shot of the USS Gerald Ford not look eerily similar to Japanese samurai cartoon character(s)?

[link to photo]: https://media.defense.gov/2017/Dec/18/2001857873/-1/-1/0/171213-N-PW494-0013C.JPG

[WZ7U]

Whoa

[W3WN]

Does this shot of the USS Gerald Ford not look eerily similar to Japanese samurai cartoon character(s)?

[link to photo]: https://media.defense.gov/2017/Dec/18/2001857873/-1/-1/0/171213-N-PW494-0013C.JPG
Ah, yup.

[N7YA]

I want a house like that...just not with an armload of groceries.

[kb2vxa]

Random thoughts quickly forgotten, never to return...
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
They've gone to the other side
Look into the pool, ripples never come back
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
They've gone to the other side

[KG4CGC]

My chance of being devoured by the event horizon of a quantum fluctuation while wearing a bathrobe, my reading glasses and smoking a cigar are low, indeed ... but never zero.

[KJ3N]

My chance of being devoured by the event horizon of a quantum fluctuation while wearing a bathrobe, my reading glasses and smoking a cigar are low, indeed ... but never zero.

https://media.giphy.com/media/s8X61m47R3GZW/giphy.gif

[KG4CGC]

You know you're getting old when you're watching porn and all you can think about is how "that coffee table is hideous, but not as hideous as that couch they're ruining."

[kb2vxa]

You know you're getting old when porn is no longer an interest.

[WØTKX]

https://youtu.be/MwDiiAb2Z2s

[KG4CGC]

For whatever reason, Romans had a special affinity for Portuguese urine — so much so that Emperor Nero taxed the import of bottles.

[VE7DCW]

For whatever reason, Romans had a special affinity for Portuguese urine — so much so that Emperor Nero taxed the import of bottles.
Here is a random thought..... this I hope is not being served at the Island bar! :yuck:

[KG4CGC]

Here is a random thought..... this I hope is not being served at the Island bar! :yuck:

Only the Brazilian version and only one member has ever asked for it so don't worry, it's not something that's going to get sneaked in on ya.
FWIW, my understanding is that the Brazilian version is high in chromium picolinate.

[suddenseer]

2020.......the year I started yelling at non sports events on TV while high.........

[KG4CGC]

2020.......the year I started yelling at non sports events on TV while high.........

… psychedelic toad milk could be the answer

[KG4CGC]

I forgot what my random thought was.



20 minutes later ... thought I'd try to remember it again but I didn't. Searching for this thread ...

Celebrating nearly a year's worth of still haven't figured it out.

[suddenseer]

… psychedelic toad milk could be the answer



I thought so.

[kb2crk]

Random Thought?????? I spaced that one

[KG4CGC]

I like projects but I hate doing things anymore.

[WZ7U]

Fuck, me too.

Don't you go moving the comma around either.

[KG4CGC]

Fuck me, too.

Don't you go moving the comma around either.
OK.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd5wb5_pfTA

[WZ7U]

lol, sorry man.

[KG4CGC]

It's true. I am a sorry ass.
If we were in Canada I'd offer you maple syrup and round bacon.

[NQ6U]

“It seemed like a good idea at the time” could be the story of my life, in a nutshell.

[kb2crk]

“It seemed like a good idea at the time” could be the story of my life, in a nutshell.

Thats better than hold my Beer, Hey Ya'll watch this.

Or the famous words of one Jeremy Clarkson, "how hard can it be?"

[WZ7U]

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Just saying. Sorry fellas

[NQ6U]

I’d be willing to bet that I’m the only person you know who packs rolls — one each — of plastic wrap and blue masking tape in his shower bag.

[N1LAF]

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Just saying. Sorry fellas

You should read this, just saying... (https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/24/fact-checking-trumps-i-had-nothing-to-do-with-it-r/)

[W3WN]

I’d be willing to bet that I’m the only person you know who packs rolls — one each — of plastic wrap and blue masking tape in his shower bag.
TMI

[NQ6U]

A Zeppelin Hitch, because you never know when you’re gonna need to tie your dirigible down, sport:

https://i.imgur.com/4S4x00P.png

(And, yes, they really did use it for tying up Zeppelins, although not Led ones)

[KG4CGC]

Nope. That's an America Hitch. You can denote this by the red, white and blue material used.
A Zeppelin Hitch uses only a single colored material.

[WZ7U]

Or red, yellow, black cord... oh right. No zeppelins these days.

Cool knot. I wish I could remember knots when I need one.

[WZ7U]

I’d be willing to bet that I’m the only person you know who packs rolls — one each — of plastic wrap and blue masking tape in his shower bag.

Shelter in place?

[WZ7U]

You should read this, just saying... (https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/24/fact-checking-trumps-i-had-nothing-to-do-with-it-r/)

I did. Thanks!

[NQ6U]

Shelter in place?

Treatment for psoriasis: Goop on the corticosteroids, cover it with plastic wrap held in place with blue masking tape.

I always laughed when I saw those “Heartbreak of Psoriasis” ads but now I know this shit ain’t no joke. It’s painful and it pisses me off because it’s my own body attacking itself.

[NQ6U]

Or red, yellow, black cord... oh right. No zeppelins these days.

Cool knot. I wish I could remember knots when I need one.

I’m not sure why someone felt it necessary to invent a new knot specifically for zeppelins, especially one that is so hard to tie. A simple sheet bend would have worked fine.

[NQ6U]

“Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot He Himself couldn't eat it?"

[KG4CGC]

Treatment for psoriasis: Goop on the corticosteroids, cover it with plastic wrap held in place with blue masking tape.

I always laughed when I saw those “Heartbreak of Psoriasis” ads but now I know this shit ain’t no joke. It’s painful and it pisses me off because it’s my own body attacking itself.

Coenzyme Q10 plus beta carotene.
Throw in some D3.

[NQ6U]

They say that what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger but they never mention the way it gradually chips away at your sanity.

[NQ6U]

“Offer not good after curfew in sectors N or R”

[W3WN]

Gezundheit!

“Offer not good after curfew in sectors N or R”
...and you should NEVER go into forbidden sections after curfew...

[NQ6U]

Gezundheit!

...and you should NEVER go into forbidden sections after curfew...

Nobody will come up into the hills at all.

[W3WN]

Nobody will come up into the hills at all.
I’d like a pizza to go. With no anchovies.

[NQ6U]

No anchovies? You’ve got the wrong man. I spell my name Danger!

[KG4CGC]

I knew a Dagner once.

[W3WN]

No anchovies? You’ve got the wrong man. I spell my name Danger!How about a nice, steaming bowl-full of Loosener’s Castor Oil Flakes, with Real Glycerin Vibrofoam!

[NQ6U]

“It ain’t no use if you ain’t got the boost, the boost you get from Loosener’s!”

[W3WN]

“The All Weather Breakfast!”

[NQ6U]

For everything, tern tern tern
There is a seabird, tern tern tern

[KG4CGC]

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[NQ6U]

The neighbor’s loud obnoxious adult son is “helping” him work on his sailboat and if he doesn’t lower his voice real soon I’m gonna yell right back at him, if for no other reason that to say “It’s not a porthole, you grass-combing lubber, it’s a fucking portlight!”


(A porthole is an opening for ventilation cut into the hull or bulkhead of a boat that is closed with an opaque cover. A portlight may or may not be openable but it always has a glass cover)

[KG4CGC]

This is typical South Carolina shit except ... this was North Carolina.

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[WZ7U]

Wait
Wait
Wait
Wait
Wait

Wait

Is that the men's room book mobile?

What
What
What
Wait
What
Am I looking at? That is some deep woods Oretucky shit right there

[KG4CGC]

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