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Where is the Random Thread of Randomness stuff that doesn't belong in other threads thread?

I realize that cockfighting is frowned upon as inhumane, but I've got to admit that there's a special thrill of excitement when the ringmaster makes the traditional opening announcement of "GENTLEMEN, GET YOUR COCKS OUT."
 
As a Christian and a former Boy Scout, I don't help people as often as I should. You're late for a meeting or whatever, it's easy to come up with an excuse not to stop. Or just think "well, they've got it." Coming home from walking The Dog and there's a guy on the side of the road, trying to change a tire literally in front of my house. It looks like he's got things and knows what he's doing, but it's on the driver's side, it's rush hour, and cars are driving past him dangerously close.

When I get up there, I realize he does NOT have things under control. He's got a jack and a jack handle, but he's got a wheeled hydraulic jack and the handle for one of those mechanical "scissors" jacks. So he's failing to get the jack to pump. Since I've got a rolling jack in the shed, I go get it and head out to see if I can help. We got it done, but not without hiccups. Apparently he'd gotten the flat off and got the fresh tire on but the jack slipped or something, so first we used my jack handle on his jack. But because the road is on a grade for drainage and I don't think he had his jack positioned precisely, the jack tipped over once it started lifting. Luckily I was able to find a decent jack point for my jack (his was tipped but still wedged between the car frame and the road surface) and we were able to get him jacked up and get the tire changed. Even with all the right parts to the equipment though, I think a little emergency jack would've been a better choice, because even my jack rolled a few inches as it was lifting the car. Since we didn't have an cones or flares, I stood uproad from him and scowled at the oncoming traffic in hopes that no one would hit us (and to give warning if someone looked like they were going to).

Interesting, though. The guy apparently didn't know he didn't have the right jack handle. He was like "where can I get one of those?" And I said I thought you had to buy a jack to get one so he was going to see if he could find one at a junkyard when it occurred to me that he could probably also just buy a 1' metal pipe of the right diameter at a hardware store. I mean, one end wouldn't have the dimple that lets you use it to open the valve, but you can do that with a pliers anyway.
 
CHESTNUTS, ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE, also I'm a borderline alcoholic...

I have chestnut trees at this place. The Oregon place had plum trees. I had plum butter enough that I didn't have to buy jam. And it was delicious. Also at least 12 bottles of plum wine every year. Never got around to making brandy but I digress. Plums are moderately a pain in the ass, compared to grapes. Because they have a big ass pit. Chestnuts suck even more. They mature in a spiny husk. And by spiny I mean "HOLY FUCK THAT'S SHARP, I'M DYING OF STABBINESS" if you even casually brush against them. But the husks open up and drop their sweet, sweet nuts. The husks also drop so you'd best wear shoes any time you're under the trees, but I digress. The nuts are fairly easy to shell and fairly tasty raw, but from the plum experience it occurred to me I could make chestnut butter. The problem is, I got busy renovating a rental property just as the nuts really started falling, so I only had a fairly large box full of chestnuts I'd harvested to that point. The rest rotted on the ground or got eaten by groundhogs and squirrels. The ones I picked sat in a closet.

One day I was doing chores but decided to google roasting chestnuts and found you should roast them within 4 days of picking them. 1.5 months later I decided I'd better drop everything else and see what I could salvage. Now. While nuts seem dry and complete, they apparently contain a lot of moisture, if the mold on the box and the nuts is any indication. Regardless, I roasted them. The song has an open fire. The first time I tried this was with an electric oven. I don't remember the results. This time I had a gas range. Not quite an "open fire" but I want to say they are tasty. Threw away a lot but was able to save more than I expected. Some are very hard. But overall, they're pretty tasty. Especially since they're free (apart from the hassle of collecting them, roasting them, and shelling them).

And deciding to have another is a valid excuse for another glass of whisky when you've already drank 3 more glasses of whisky than is appropriate.

(The taste is somewhere between peanut and walnut.)
 
Volpone said:
Now I want to go through all my other pockets because I know there was an even better one. For that matter, I should dig out my previous laptop because I think I had one taped to the screen on it. (Or was it the monitor for my last desktop?)
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That…..would be OCD (mild). Just stick with the one u found; it was meant to be.
 
Volpone said:
As a Christian and a former Boy Scout, I don't help people as often as I should. You're late for a meeting or whatever, it's easy to come up with an excuse not to stop. Or just think "well, they've got it." Coming home from walking The Dog and there's a guy on the side of the road, trying to change a tire literally in front of my house. It looks like he's got things and knows what he's doing, but it's on the driver's side, it's rush hour, and cars are driving past him dangerously close.

When I get up there, I realize he does NOT have things under control. He's got a jack and a jack handle, but he's got a wheeled hydraulic jack and the handle for one of those mechanical "scissors" jacks. So he's failing to get the jack to pump. Since I've got a rolling jack in the shed, I go get it and head out to see if I can help. We got it done, but not without hiccups. Apparently he'd gotten the flat off and got the fresh tire on but the jack slipped or something, so first we used my jack handle on his jack. But because the road is on a grade for drainage and I don't think he had his jack positioned precisely, the jack tipped over once it started lifting. Luckily I was able to find a decent jack point for my jack (his was tipped but still wedged between the car frame and the road surface) and we were able to get him jacked up and get the tire changed. Even with all the right parts to the equipment though, I think a little emergency jack would've been a better choice, because even my jack rolled a few inches as it was lifting the car. Since we didn't have an cones or flares, I stood uproad from him and scowled at the oncoming traffic in hopes that no one would hit us (and to give warning if someone looked like they were going to).

Interesting, though. The guy apparently didn't know he didn't have the right jack handle. He was like "where can I get one of those?" And I said I thought you had to buy a jack to get one so he was going to see if he could find one at a junkyard when it occurred to me that he could probably also just buy a 1' metal pipe of the right diameter at a hardware store. I mean, one end wouldn't have the dimple that lets you use it to open the valve, but you can do that with a pliers anyway.
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Ur a chatty one aren’t u? It’s cute. My atheist husband would (if he saw this) flip at ur reference to being a Christian. J/S. Personally I don’t care but he thinks “Christians” feel like they’re special where EVERYONE should just do the right thing (like help someone similarly). Whatever, glad u helped the guy out.
 
Caught the end of the original superman, when he arrives after saving everyone to see Lois dead just destroys me. And that's before his no, no, no moment. You'd think eventually I'd get used to it, but it's worse now knowing both of them are really dead
 
whisky said:
Caught the end of the original superman, when he arrives after saving everyone to see Lois dead just destroys me. And that's before his no, no, no moment. You'd think eventually I'd get used to it, but it's worse now knowing both of them are really dead
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When he makes the Earth rotate backwards, it's a visual metaphor rather than a literal act, right?
 
Yeah he is the one going back in time, so he can be in two places at once.

Although if he can fly around the entire world that fast he should have easily been able to take care of both missiles in the first place.
 
USUC said:
Ur a chatty one aren’t u? It’s cute. My atheist husband would (if he saw this) flip at ur reference to being a Christian. J/S. Personally I don’t care but he thinks “Christians” feel like they’re special where EVERYONE should just do the right thing (like help someone similarly). Whatever, glad u helped the guy out.
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Indeed.
 
I'm reading an alumni newsletter and some graduate from the class of '23 is supposed to be speaking at an event and I'm thinking "they must've screwed up the photo because that person's way too young" and then I realize they mean the class of 2023.

(And as I typed the above I realized anyone from the class of 1923 would be around 120 years old, not in their 70s like I was picturing.)
 
Description of tonight's TOS episode on Heroes and Icons:

"Star Trek: Day of the Dove: The Enterprise is invaded by an alien life-form that transfers Klingons to the starship --- and arms the Klingons and the Enterprise crew with swords. Michael Ansara reprised his role as the Klingon Kodos in the episode 'Blood Oath' of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."

Who exactly do I need to kill about this egregious error?
 
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