Of course, what I really want to know: how is Smith1776's dating life? It's going! I've been going out on dates since you were last here. I haven't felt that "spark" with anyone in particular in the interim, but I've definitely learned to not get so attached on a given outcome for a relat...

Thanks!

I guess this thread a bit dormant, but I've been gone for three-is months. Reason: Nothing exciting, wanted to limit my internet time and getting too wrapped up in the news. Instead spent non-work time on what I'm calling a mini-retreat; meditation, Yoga, QiGong, a bit of exercise, ... Limiting Face...

White natuonalists posing as Antifa. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/twitter-takes-down-washington-protest-disinformation-bot-behavior-n1221456 I'm glad Twitter is preventing white nationalists from horning in on Antifa's racket! What has this world come to, that a wonderful organization like...

Am I the only one here that thinks part of the reason the rioting has gotten so out of hand is bc of the Covid lockdown? I agree with Scott Adams that this has set the progress of Black back 10 years. But doesn't take much to make people snap under the conditions we've been under. I’m with you Pug....

Peaceful protest. Copz escalating. Attacking the press.

https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-sho ... -c-1073136

Holy expletive.

White natuonalists posing as Antifa.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/t ... r-n1221456

The ideas to calm thing s.....

Don't equate peaceful protests with looting / rioting.

Police don't excelate peaceful protests.

Some protests doing better than others on social distancing and mask wearing.

Recognize that there are real grievances. Stop murdering black people.

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 10:18 pm This is my mental image of Smith1776 planning his date.

+1

I'm know mine. Have given blood.

If this worked, my avatar is the Avatar. (The last Airbender).

Watched it long ago with my kids. Now on Netflix.

I really enjoyed that show.

I should really get on to reading the books. I feel like by reading the books I somehow would enjoy the movies less going forward though. I keep consistently hearing about how much better the books are than the movies. Mentally, I already get some of the "magic" of the movies ruined by we...

You're asking about the Two Towers movie, not the book? The book's description of that battle was incredibly detailed, and with Tolkein's attention to detail it's hard to spot any logical missteps. I didn't mind the movie's simplification of this part of the book, but you have to accept that a lot ...

Smith -- I'm just returning the productivity favor; your post/photo led me to those articles. :) There has got to be something in between in terms of detail and length, but haven't made the time to find. I watched a clip of the battle from the movie, and just thought, why did they wait until the Orc...

I'd say that looks like Helms Deep. Bingo!! My favourite siege castle of all time. I am currently re-reading The Histories (on The Two Towers ; Merry and Pippen recently met Treebeard. This was a related fun read -- https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/lord-rings-debate-how-battle-helms-deep-was-...

I do miss my uncle, my mom's brother. Otherwise known as the greatest man that ever lived. When I was a kid, my mom sent me to live with him for a few summers because she said that my step-dad would never be able to teach me to be a man. Brutal. I observant and did something about it. +1.

Sounds great Smith. Thanks for the update.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 6:02 pm I've got a date tonight, guys! Dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory. Wish me luck!

Rock it, dude. Good luck.

Huh, my biggest bodyweight-related problem has been going down 2 pant sizes in the past several months. This weekend I will re-acquaint myself with my grandmother's Singer sewing machine from the late 1950s. The diet is not really a diet anymore, it's all on autopilot. No tracking or charting of an...

And now we await updates on your dating life.

Congrats on getting the license back.

GB-ish portfolio for retirement funds, starting in 2012(?).

I'd be better off financially if I hadn't back then, but I don't worry like I did in the last two big market downturns.

So, yeah. Doing what I hoped.

When I look around online I see that smoking in the US causes about 480,000 deaths annually. COVID-19 has killed about 88,000 in two months more or less, for an annualized rate of 528,000 deaths. And it looks like only about 14% of Americans smoke. Is it fair to say that the virus is about as dange...

Can we all agree that the virus will inevitably spread throughout the population until it "burns out" via herd immunity? <Snip> Take this example: a store selling mattresses. Mattresses aren't essential, right? You only buy them every 20 years or so, so a few months won't make a differenc...

Hmmm, a combination of hospitalizations and deaths seen like useful information. In related news -- " As first reported on NPR, as many as 15 to 20 out of every 100 tests may produce falsely negative results. A subsequent study released this week indicated that the test could be missing as many...

Can we all agree that the virus will inevitably spread throughout the population until it "burns out" via herd immunity? Yes, this is exactly what is expected to happen. Fauci, Cuomo and others have stated as much. "Flattening the curve" is about reducing the height of the peak,...