This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently.� Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago.� Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house.� In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion:� The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be?� Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
Nah, it's probably just all the accumulated lead in our brains from the tainted environment. We are therefore heavier, but we perceive it as increased gravity.
Besides, if the government did something in the last 70 years, by god,
you can be damn sure that trump and/or his pet muskrat would have
reversed it by now.
On 2025-03-22 3:32 p.m., Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
I have been witnessing the same thing. Perhaps we should apply for a
research grant and investigate it.
On 3/22/2025 4:29 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-22 3:32 p.m., Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
I have been witnessing the same thing. Perhaps we should apply for a
research grant and investigate it.
Must be the Russians. Putin does not want us to get up and be productive.
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:32:03 +0000, Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similarI'm still able to arise from a chair without pushing
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
myself out of it using the chair arms. But sitting
on the floor?? No more springing up like in my
youth: it takes some finessing to get my carcass
up.
--
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
getting older sucks, but really it could just be that
you're sitting on yer butt too much and drinking too many
brews or eating too many pooshkeys.
one of the tests for "How ya doin?" should be an unassisted
(by hands) getting up from a chair and if you're losing that
perhaps you should be more active (if possible).
songbird
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:43:24 -0400, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
On 3/22/2025 4:29 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-22 3:32 p.m., Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a >>>> few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over >>>> the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
I have been witnessing the same thing. Perhaps we should apply for a
research grant and investigate it.
Must be the Russians. Putin does not want us to get up and be productive.
Isn't Putin your new ally?
On 3/22/2025 5:15 PM, songbird wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently.� Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago.� Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house.� In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion:� The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be?� Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
�� getting older sucks, but really it could just be that
you're sitting on yer butt too much and drinking too many
brews or eating too many pooshkeys.
�� one of the tests for "How ya doin?" should be an unassisted
(by hands) getting up from a chair and if you're losing that
perhaps you should be more active (if possible).
�� songbird
I used to enjoy walking.� Now, going across the street to the mailbox is
a long walk.� Worn knees and arthritis take a toll.
On 3/22/2025 6:57 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
I'm still able to arise from a chair without pushing
myself out of it using the chair arms. But sitting
on the floor?? No more springing up like in my
youth: it takes some finessing to get my carcass
up.
--
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
On 3/22/2025 6:57 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:32:03 +0000, Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similarI'm still able to arise from a chair without pushing
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
myself out of it using the chair arms. But sitting
on the floor?? No more springing up like in my
youth: it takes some finessing to get my carcass
up.
--
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
Ed P wrote:
On 3/22/2025 5:15 PM, songbird wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a >>>> few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over >>>> the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
getting older sucks, but really it could just be that
you're sitting on yer butt too much and drinking too many
brews or eating too many pooshkeys.
one of the tests for "How ya doin?" should be an unassisted
(by hands) getting up from a chair and if you're losing that
perhaps you should be more active (if possible).
songbird
I used to enjoy walking. Now, going across the street to the mailbox is
a long walk. Worn knees and arthritis take a toll.
Do you have rheumatoid?
If so, there are some newer drugs that help a little bit.
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:57:11 -0400, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
On 3/22/2025 6:57 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:32:03 +0000, Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similarI'm still able to arise from a chair without pushing
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a >>>> few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
myself out of it using the chair arms. But sitting
on the floor?? No more springing up like in my
youth: it takes some finessing to get my carcass
up.
--
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
Because you have bad knees, right?
Because you have bad knees, right?
Yes, that is a big factor. I limit myself on ladders too. With age
comes some risk so I try to avoid it.
On 2025-03-22 8:49 p.m., Ed P wrote:
Because you have bad knees, right?
Yes, that is a big factor. I limit myself on ladders too. With age
comes some risk so I try to avoid it.
Do you find if you are hiking or doing some other activity that involves climbing that you have to think about which foot you are going to lead
with. I find myself torn between leading with the good one and leaving
the bad knee to bear the wait or if I should lead with the bad one and
hope is remains stable when I take the weight off the good one.
On 2025-03-22 8:49 p.m., Ed P wrote:
Because you have bad knees, right?
On 3/22/2025 6:57 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:32:03 +0000, Ed P wrote:You get on the floor?!!!
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similarI'm still able to arise from a chair without pushing
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
myself out of it using the chair arms. But sitting
on the floor?? No more springing up like in my
youth: it takes some finessing to get my carcass
up.
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
getting older sucks, but really it could just be that
you're sitting on yer butt too much and drinking too many
brews or eating too many pooshkeys.
On 3/22/2025 6:57 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:32:03 +0000, Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similarI'm still able to arise from a chair without pushing
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
myself out of it using the chair arms. But sitting
on the floor?? No more springing up like in my
youth: it takes some finessing to get my carcass
up.
--
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
On 2025-03-22 1:32 p.m., Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
To guard against one of the serious side effects of gravity, ALWAYS
hold on to stair rails!
On 2025-03-22 1:32 p.m., Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar experiences >> recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a few years ago. >> Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over the >> past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
To guard against one of the serious side effects of gravity, ALWAYS
hold on to stair rails!
"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. And let my liver rather heat with wine than my heart cool with mortifying groans."
The Bard
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:57:11 +0000, Ed P wrote:
On 3/22/2025 6:57 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:I swear I replied to you awhile ago, but what happened
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:32:03 +0000, Ed P wrote:You get on the floor?!!!
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similarI'm still able to arise from a chair without pushing
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a >>>> few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
myself out of it using the chair arms. But sitting
on the floor?? No more springing up like in my
youth: it takes some finessing to get my carcass
up.
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
to my post, I haven't a clue.
Cleaning the cat poop box everyday was a bit of a
challenge however taking advantage of a pre-Black
Friday sale I bought a self-cleaning litterbox.
Great decision! And Amazon doesn't always have the
best price.
--
Hank Rogers wrote:
Ed P wrote:
On 3/22/2025 5:15 PM, songbird wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a >>>>> few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over >>>>> the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space >>>>> Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
getting older sucks, but really it could just be that
you're sitting on yer butt too much and drinking too many
brews or eating too many pooshkeys.
one of the tests for "How ya doin?" should be an unassisted
(by hands) getting up from a chair and if you're losing that
perhaps you should be more active (if possible).
songbird
I used to enjoy walking. Now, going across the street to the mailbox is >>> a long walk. Worn knees and arthritis take a toll.
Do you have rheumatoid?
If so, there are some newer drugs that help a little bit.
Fentanyl...!!!
8-D
--
GM
--
Cleaning the cat poop box everyday was a bit of a
challenge however taking advantage of a pre-Black
Friday sale I bought a self-cleaning litterbox.
Great decision! And Amazon doesn't always have the
best price.
On 2025-03-22, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
getting older sucks, but really it could just be that
you're sitting on yer butt too much and drinking too many
brews or eating too many pooshkeys.
"Pooshkeys"? Do you mean Pączki, which is already plural?
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-22, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a >>>> few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over >>>> the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
getting older sucks, but really it could just be that
you're sitting on yer butt too much and drinking too many
brews or eating too many pooshkeys.
"Pooshkeys"? Do you mean Pączki, which is already plural?
pedant, pedant, pedant ... (etc. sung to the Pink Panther
theme song)
if i'm obviously spelling something wrong, you can be pretty
sure i don't care how to spell it right (or i would have).
To guard against one of the serious side effects of gravity, ALWAYS
hold on to stair rails!
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-22, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a >>> few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over >>> the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
getting older sucks, but really it could just be that
you're sitting on yer butt too much and drinking too many
brews or eating too many pooshkeys.
"Pooshkeys"? Do you mean P�?czki, which is already plural?
pedant, pedant, pedant ... (etc. sung to the Pink Panther
theme song)
if i'm obviously spelling something wrong, you can be pretty
sure i don't care how to spell it right (or i would have).
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
"Pooshkeys"? Do you mean PÄ?czki, which is already plural?pedant, pedant, pedant ... (etc. sung to the Pink Panther
theme song)
if i'm obviously spelling something wrong, you can be pretty
sure i don't care how to spell it right (or i would have).
Either you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
On 2025-03-23 9:19 a.m., Janet wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
"Pooshkeys"? Do you mean PÄ?czki, which is already plural?pedant, pedant, pedant ... (etc. sung to the Pink Panther
theme song)
if i'm obviously spelling something wrong, you can be pretty
sure i don't care how to spell it right (or i would have).
Either you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
LOL thinking of a former poster who had claimed to be an author but
didn't know the meaning of the word "ignorant". She also argued that it
was not important for her to know that. I wonder if she understood the >concept of irony.
On 2025-03-23, Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
On 2025-03-22 1:32 p.m., Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
To guard against one of the serious side effects of gravity, ALWAYS
hold on to stair rails!
Could be tricky if you're carrying a big box on the stairs.
I limit myself on ladders too. With age comes some risk
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-03-22, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a >>>>> few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over >>>>> the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space >>>>> Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
getting older sucks, but really it could just be that
you're sitting on yer butt too much and drinking too many
brews or eating too many pooshkeys.
"Pooshkeys"? Do you mean PÄ?czki, which is already plural?
pedant, pedant, pedant ... (etc. sung to the Pink Panther
theme song)
if i'm obviously spelling something wrong, you can be pretty
sure i don't care how to spell it right (or i would have).
Either you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
Janet UK
On 2025-03-23 9:19 a.m., Janet wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
"Pooshkeys"? Do you mean PÄ?czki, which is already plural?pedant, pedant, pedant ... (etc. sung to the Pink Panther
theme song)
if i'm obviously spelling something wrong, you can be pretty
sure i don't care how to spell it right (or i would have).
Either you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
LOL thinking of a former poster who had claimed to be an author but
didn't know the meaning of the word "ignorant". She also argued that it
was not important for her to know that. I wonder if she understood the concept of irony.
On 2025-03-23, Ed P wrote:
I limit myself on ladders too. With age comes some risk
Tell me about it. My last ladder adventure was not too high,
but the little 'feet' I had built at the end to allow the
ladder to rest on the roof shingles had collapsed on acscension
in a pecuriar manner such that my weight on the ladder
twisted my ankles forcing me into a cross-legged sit
between a pair of rungs. I slowly removed my gloves one
at a time to maximize friction, but there was clearly
insufficient 'purchase' for me to lift my rear high enough
to disentangle my feet. The ladder feet had come loose of
the blocking bricks, it was (is) a quite steep (45 degree)
roof, and I could think of no way to extricate myself
without risking a severe fall into the brick flowerbox below.
Slowly I reached for my cell phone to call my wife or 911,
when I noticed that my across-street neighbour had seen me
and was crossing the street to help me disentangle.
On 3/23/2025 9:49 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Now, now! Don't you dare bring up Julie! LOLEither you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
LOL thinking of a former poster who had claimed to be an author but
didn't know the meaning of the word "ignorant". She also argued that
it was not important for her to know that. I wonder if she understood
the concept of irony.
He's already clarified not wanting to use capital letters. Seems silly
to me to find it difficult to use the Shift key to type correctly.
Blames it on old Usenet from the 1990's. Odd, I never had any problem
with Usenet accepting caps.
Either you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
Janet UK
On 3/22/2025 10:14 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
Cleaning the cat poop box everyday was a bit of a
challenge however taking advantage of a pre-Black
Friday sale I bought a self-cleaning litterbox.
Great decision! And Amazon doesn't always have the
best price.
Is it noisy? I think one of those self-cleaning litter boxes would
scare the crap (pun intended) out of my 8 month old kitten, Cleo. Is
the one you got a covered litter box? I doubt she'd be comfortable
using one of those. She shies away from enclosed spaces.
I do agree, Amazon doesn't always have the best price. I see an
automatic uncovered litter box on chewy.com for $170 but it seems to
require buying disposable litter trays containing crystal-type cat
litter. Seems like constantly buying new litter trays would wind up
being expensive. Since I'll likely be out of work come July, that's something I have to take into consideration. That, and the fact that
the litter box is in the (spacious) water closet area of the bathroom
(tub & toilet) but there are no electrical outlets in that space.
Jill
On 2025-03-23 11:24 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/23/2025 9:49 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Now, now! Don't you dare bring up Julie! LOLEither you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
LOL thinking of a former poster who had claimed to be an author but
didn't know the meaning of the word "ignorant". She also argued that
it was not important for her to know that. I wonder if she understood
the concept of irony.
I thought I would do that for the benefit of Gary in case he is still >lurking.
Janet wrote:
...
Either you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
Janet UK
you never have fun with language?
On 3/23/2025 12:42 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-23 11:24 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/23/2025 9:49 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Now, now! Don't you dare bring up Julie! LOLEither you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
LOL thinking of a former poster who had claimed to be an author but
didn't know the meaning of the word "ignorant". She also argued that
it was not important for her to know that. I wonder if she understood
the concept of irony.
I thought I would do that for the benefit of Gary in case he is still
lurking.
Julie's birthday is June 26, Dave.
On 2025-03-23 11:24 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/23/2025 9:49 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Now, now! Don't you dare bring up Julie! LOLEither you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
LOL thinking of a former poster who had claimed to be an author but
didn't know the meaning of the word "ignorant". She also argued that
it was not important for her to know that. I wonder if she understood
the concept of irony.
I thought I would do that for the benefit of Gary in case he is still lurking.
On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:42:21 -0400, Dave Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2025-03-23 11:24 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/23/2025 9:49 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Now, now! Don't you dare bring up Julie! LOLEither you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
LOL thinking of a former poster who had claimed to be an author but
didn't know the meaning of the word "ignorant". She also argued that
it was not important for her to know that. I wonder if she understood
the concept of irony.
I thought I would do that for the benefit of Gary in case he is still
lurking.
He has to pay his Internet provider a cent per word that he posts, so
he doesn't say much anymore.
On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:53:37 -0400, Gary <[email protected]> wrote:
On 3/23/2025 12:42 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-23 11:24 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 3/23/2025 9:49 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Now, now! Don't you dare bring up Julie! LOLEither you're literate, or not.
Thanks for confirming.
LOL thinking of a former poster who had claimed to be an author but
didn't know the meaning of the word "ignorant". She also argued that >>>>> it was not important for her to know that. I wonder if she understood >>>>> the concept of irony.
I thought I would do that for the benefit of Gary in case he is still
lurking.
Julie's birthday is June 26, Dave.
That's $0.06.
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
On 2025-03-22, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
Can you imagine a cop telling you to put your hands on your head and get
on your knees? That thought keeps me on the straight and narrow.
On 2025-03-23 7:00 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-03-22, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor.� Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around.� Not going to try.
Can you imagine a cop telling you to put your hands on your head and get
on your knees? That thought keeps me on the straight and narrow.
That is an American thing, which is ironic considering the rhetoric
about the US being the land of the free and all that crap. American cops
are assholes.� Sadly, I can't really lay all the blame on them because
of the resistance they have to deal with.... and the violence they are subjected to. I dealt with a lot of Americans on the job and could not believe the number of American drivers who would want to shake my hand
and thank me for treating them so well.
On 2025-03-22, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
Can you imagine a cop telling you to put your hands on your head and get
on your knees? That thought keeps me on the straight and narrow.
On 2025-03-23 7:00 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-03-22, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
Can you imagine a cop telling you to put your hands on your head and get
on your knees? That thought keeps me on the straight and narrow.
That is an American thing, which is ironic considering the rhetoric
about the US being the land of the free and all that crap. American cops
are assholes. Sadly, I can't really lay all the blame on them because
of the resistance they have to deal with.... and the violence they are subjected to. I dealt with a lot of Americans on the job and could not believe the number of American drivers who would want to shake my hand
and thank me for treating them so well.
On 3/23/2025 7:00 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-03-22, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
Can you imagine a cop telling you to put your hands on your head and get
on your knees? That thought keeps me on the straight and narrow.
Yes officer, I will as soon as you bring over a walker to hold onto.
Knee pad would help too.
On 3/23/2025 7:38 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-03-23 7:00 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
It is the chicken/egg thing. What asshole came first, cop or criminal?
Can you imagine a cop telling you to put your hands on your head and get >>> on your knees? That thought keeps me on the straight and narrow.
That is an American thing, which is ironic considering the rhetoric
about the US being the land of the free and all that crap. American
cops are assholes. Sadly, I can't really lay all the blame on them
because of the resistance they have to deal with.... and the violence
they are subjected to. I dealt with a lot of Americans on the job and
could not believe the number of American drivers who would want to
shake my hand and thank me for treating them so well.
I watch On Patrol Live and see how some people handle themselves and
make matters far worse for no reason.
IIRC, you worked in traffic/trucking enforcement. Have you had people
pull a gun on you? Domestic abuse call where the ex shot the new boyfriend? On OPL, some simple traffic stops that may result in a
warning turn into a major confrontation by an arrogant offender.
[...] Domestic abuse call where ...
On 2025-03-24, Ed P wrote:
[...] Domestic abuse call where ...
Dispatch: "Situation ? ..."
Officer: "The lady of the house shot her husband
because he walked on her freshly-mopped floor.
Dispatch: "Do you need backup?"
Officer: "No, we'll just wait until it dries up a bit."
Hank Rogers wrote:
Ed P wrote:
This morning I was talking to my friend and we both had similar
experiences recently. Getting out of a chair takes more effort than a
few years ago. Often use hands to give a bit of a push.
Grocery bags are heavier to bring into the house. In spite of
shrinkflation, the bags are heavier than ever.
My conclusion: The government has been slowly increasing gravity over
the past 5+ years.
What else could it possibly be? Probably a side effect of the Space
Program where they shift gravity from the space station to earth.
Nah, it's probably just all the accumulated lead in our brains from the tainted environment. We are therefore heavier, but we perceive it as increased gravity.
Besides, if the government did something in the last 70 years, by god,
you can be damn sure that trump and/or his pet muskrat would have
reversed it by now.
I dealt with a lot of Americans on the job and could not
believe the number of American drivers who would want to shake my hand
and thank me for treating them so well.
On 2025-03-22, Ed P <[email protected]> wrote:
You get on the floor?!!!
I'd not consider getting down on the floor. Next to something I can
pull up on may be OK, not sure with nothing around. Not going to try.
Can you imagine a cop telling you to put your hands on your head and get
on your knees? That thought keeps me on the straight and narrow.
On 2025-03-24, Dave Smith wrote:
It is common for the wife to interfere
with the arrest of their abuser.
Similarly, do not take someone to task for
abusing a dog or you may end up fighting both.
Also, very 'woke' of you to use a gender-neutral
pronoun like 'their' for singular noun 'wife'.
On 2025-03-24, Dave Smith wrote:
It is common for the wife to interfere
with the arrest of their abuser.
Similarly, do not take someone to task for
abusing a dog or you may end up fighting both.
Also, very 'woke' of you to use a gender-neutral
pronoun like 'their' for singular noun 'wife'.
On 3/24/2025 10:49 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-03-24, Dave Smith wrote:Huh? Seems like the proper grammar I was taught 70 years ago. Nothing
It is common for the wife to interfere
with the arrest of their abuser.
Similarly, do not take someone to task for
abusing a dog or you may end up fighting both.
Also, very 'woke' of you to use a gender-neutral
pronoun like 'their' for singular noun 'wife'.
woke about it.
Wife abused. Other person doing the abuse is "their" abuser
It is common for the wife to interfere
with the arrest of their abuser.
On 3/24/2025 10:49 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-03-24, Dave Smith wrote:
It is common for the wife to interfere
with the arrest of their abuser.
Similarly, do not take someone to task for
abusing a dog or you may end up fighting both.
Also, very 'woke' of you to use a gender-neutral
pronoun like 'their' for singular noun 'wife'.
Huh? Seems like the proper grammar
Wife abused. Other person doing the
abuse is "their" abuser
On 3/24/2025 11:29 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-03-24, Ed P wrote:
Huh? Seems like the proper grammar
Wife abused. Other person doing the
abuse is "their" abuser
'Wife' abused. 'Her' abuser. If He had said
'abused wives' then 'their abusers'.
He is talking in general terms. One wife here, another wife another
day, the other wife from last month. Same situation. THEIR abuser.
On 2025-03-24, Ed P wrote:
On 3/24/2025 10:49 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-03-24, Dave Smith wrote:
It is common for the wife to interfere
with the arrest of their abuser.
Similarly, do not take someone to task for
abusing a dog or you may end up fighting both.
Also, very 'woke' of you to use a gender-neutral
pronoun like 'their' for singular noun 'wife'.
Huh? Seems like the proper grammar
Wife abused. Other person doing the
abuse is "their" abuser
'Wife' abused. 'Her' abuser. If He had said
'abused wives' then 'their abusers'.
He is talking in general terms. One wife here, another wife another
day, the other wife from last month. Same situation. THEIR abuser.
On 2025-03-24, Ed P wrote:
On 3/24/2025 10:49 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-03-24, Dave Smith wrote:
It is common for the wife to interfere
with the arrest of their abuser.
Similarly, do not take someone to task for
abusing a dog or you may end up fighting both.
Also, very 'woke' of you to use a gender-neutral
pronoun like 'their' for singular noun 'wife'.
Huh? Seems like the proper grammar
Wife abused. Other person doing the
abuse is "their" abuser
'Wife' abused. 'Her' abuser. If He had said
'abused wives' then 'their abusers'.
Jill McQuown wrote:
...
He's already clarified not wanting to use capital letters. Seems silly
to me to find it difficult to use the Shift key to type correctly.
Blames it on old Usenet from the 1990's. Odd, I never had any problem
with Usenet accepting caps.
and here comes the bee up the bonnet folk.
really, like, i don't take usenet that seriously. it is
light entertainment and something i do when i have time in
between other things.
sometimes when writing poetry you take different paths to
see where they lead.
creative writing in general can poosh some boundaries.
i'm also fairly literate but i don't care to be formal.
i prefer play, especially when i'm not being paid.
It's easy to look up. Google "Polish donut".
On 2025-03-23, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote:
...
He's already clarified not wanting to use capital letters. Seems silly
to me to find it difficult to use the Shift key to type correctly.
Blames it on old Usenet from the 1990's. Odd, I never had any problem
with Usenet accepting caps.
and here comes the bee up the bonnet folk.
really, like, i don't take usenet that seriously. it is
light entertainment and something i do when i have time in
between other things.
sometimes when writing poetry you take different paths to
see where they lead.
creative writing in general can poosh some boundaries.
i'm also fairly literate but i don't care to be formal.
i prefer play, especially when i'm not being paid.
are a few reasons i do it. i've mentioned one or two before.
herding is another. if i were a sheep in a herd i'd be the one
wandering around outside the herd pushing the boundaries so the
sheepdog has to keep chasing me back to it. there's always at
least one. hi. nice to meet you. :)
applies to more than posting Usenet articles. last job i was at
i parked in the farthest corner of the parking lot from the
building entrance. had i been driving a newer vehicle it would
have been to help avoid getting door dings. that new vehicle has
been a work beater for many years now, i couldn't care less
about dents. i was asked once why i parked in the most distant
spot when everyone else was jockeying for the spots closest to the
door. my response was i don't subscribe to herd mentality. his
mouth opened like he was going to say something but then sneered
at me and walked away. mission accomplished. :)
On 2025-03-23, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote:
...
He's already clarified not wanting to use capital letters. Seems silly
to me to find it difficult to use the Shift key to type correctly.
Blames it on old Usenet from the 1990's. Odd, I never had any problem
with Usenet accepting caps.
and here comes the bee up the bonnet folk.
really, like, i don't take usenet that seriously. it is
light entertainment and something i do when i have time in
between other things.
sometimes when writing poetry you take different paths to
see where they lead.
creative writing in general can poosh some boundaries.
i'm also fairly literate but i don't care to be formal.
i prefer play, especially when i'm not being paid.
are a few reasons i do it. i've mentioned one or two before.
herding is another. if i were a sheep in a herd i'd be the one
wandering around outside the herd pushing the boundaries so the
sheepdog has to keep chasing me back to it. there's always at
least one. hi. nice to meet you. :)
applies to more than posting Usenet articles. last job i was at
i parked in the farthest corner of the parking lot from the
building entrance. had i been driving a newer vehicle it would
have been to help avoid getting door dings. that new vehicle has
been a work beater for many years now, i couldn't care less
about dents. i was asked once why i parked in the most distant
spot when everyone else was jockeying for the spots closest to the
door. my response was i don't subscribe to herd mentality. his
mouth opened like he was going to say something but then sneered
at me and walked away. mission accomplished. :)
flood of sins wrote:
On 2025-03-23, songbird <[email protected]> wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote:
...
He's already clarified not wanting to use capital letters. Seems silly >>>> to me to find it difficult to use the Shift key to type correctly.
Blames it on old Usenet from the 1990's. Odd, I never had any problem >>>> with Usenet accepting caps.
and here comes the bee up the bonnet folk.
really, like, i don't take usenet that seriously. it is
light entertainment and something i do when i have time in
between other things.
sometimes when writing poetry you take different paths to
see where they lead.
creative writing in general can poosh some boundaries.
i'm also fairly literate but i don't care to be formal.
i prefer play, especially when i'm not being paid.
are a few reasons i do it. i've mentioned one or two before.
herding is another. if i were a sheep in a herd i'd be the one
wandering around outside the herd pushing the boundaries so the
sheepdog has to keep chasing me back to it. there's always at
least one. hi. nice to meet you. :)
ha! if you have a program that needs testing for
bugs i'm the person who will find them. i've worked
with computers since i was 18 and almost always get
in there and do strange things with them. at the uni
i was one of the few people who learned how to run
a remote batch station for the mainframe computer setup
so i could check out a small remote site they had in
another building. that meant that i could also use a
terminal instead of punched cards. immediately i was
digging into OS manuals and assembler and we got a
project going where i was connecting the Pascal code
to some assembler code for doing more direct disk io.
i was learning things before the classes i was taking
got to them so when stuff did come along in the class
material i had hooks in my brain already. this was
before the age of the internet at first. that came
along later.
the stuff being taught in classes were things like
how to write an OS, compiler for language of your choice,
editor, database gunk, multicpucomputer simulations
(at the microcode level), etc. all very fun to me. the
mundane programs like how to do a web-site just didn't
have much appeal to me after the more complicated things
when the internet started out and i happened to mostly
retire from computer anything other than for projects
of my own, but nothing big really any more. i did get
into grad school, but that's a whole different story
line...
applies to more than posting Usenet articles. last job i was at
i parked in the farthest corner of the parking lot from the
building entrance. had i been driving a newer vehicle it would
have been to help avoid getting door dings. that new vehicle has
been a work beater for many years now, i couldn't care less
about dents. i was asked once why i parked in the most distant
spot when everyone else was jockeying for the spots closest to the
door. my response was i don't subscribe to herd mentality. his
mouth opened like he was going to say something but then sneered
at me and walked away. mission accomplished. :)
i park further away because i need the walk. :)
the last job i had was librarian in a nearby small town.
new managment came along and eventually i quit in disgust.
the pay wasn't worth the headaches.
as for creative writing and poetry i did get some credits
and writing done at college which of all that a few of my
best poems were written as usenet replies, but those sometimes
came years after the classes were over. i was trying to find
one of them but no luck. i'd still like a copy of it.
songbird
flood of sins wrote:
are a few reasons i do it. i've mentioned one or two before.
herding is another. if i were a sheep in a herd i'd be the one
wandering around outside the herd pushing the boundaries so the
sheepdog has to keep chasing me back to it. there's always at
least one. hi. nice to meet you. :)
ha! if you have a program that needs testing for
bugs i'm the person who will find them. i've worked
with computers since i was 18 and almost always get
in there and do strange things with them. at the uni
i was one of the few people who learned how to run
a remote batch station for the mainframe computer setup
so i could check out a small remote site they had in
another building. that meant that i could also use a
terminal instead of punched cards. immediately i was
digging into OS manuals and assembler and we got a
project going where i was connecting the Pascal code
to some assembler code for doing more direct disk io.
i was learning things before the classes i was taking
got to them so when stuff did come along in the class
material i had hooks in my brain already. this was
before the age of the internet at first. that came
along later.
the stuff being taught in classes were things like
how to write an OS, compiler for language of your choice,
editor, database gunk, multicpucomputer simulations
(at the microcode level), etc. all very fun to me. the
mundane programs like how to do a web-site just didn't
have much appeal to me after the more complicated things
when the internet started out and i happened to mostly
retire from computer anything other than for projects
of my own, but nothing big really any more. i did get
into grad school, but that's a whole different story
line...
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