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Post by dualstow » Mon Feb 15, 2021 2:19 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:One horse can carry 125 kg on its back, but it can drag 2500 kg on a cart. If it pulls a barge along a river, it can drag 30,000 kg, 30 tonnes, and it can drag 50 tonnes if the weight is on a barge in quiet water, i.e., on a canal.
Have any mule stats? I’m kind of into mules and donkeys. Don’t quote me out of context. O0
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dualstow wrote:
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Kriegsspiel wrote:One horse can carry 125 kg on its back, but it can drag 2500 kg on a cart. If it pulls a barge along a river, it can drag 30,000 kg, 30 tonnes, and it can drag 50 tonnes if the weight is on a barge in quiet water, i.e., on a canal.
Have any mule stats? I’m kind of into mules and donkeys. Don’t quote me out of context. O0
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:06 pm

Also, no. Although I read recently that people back in the day preferred mules to horses. Due to something something hybrid vigor.
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Also, no. Although I read recently that people back in the day preferred mules to horses. Due to something something hybrid vigor.
Mules are more sure-footed. That’s why mules are used to pack supplies down the Grand Canyon trail to Phantom Ranch. Ditto on the Yosemite trail to the top of Nevada Falls. (Son in Law used to work in the Canyon.)
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dualstow wrote:
Mon Feb 15, 2021 2:19 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:One horse can carry 125 kg on its back, but it can drag 2500 kg on a cart. If it pulls a barge along a river, it can drag 30,000 kg, 30 tonnes, and it can drag 50 tonnes if the weight is on a barge in quiet water, i.e., on a canal.
Have any mule stats? I’m kind of into mules and donkeys. Don’t quote me out of context. O0
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Meet Farmer Smith. In the early nineteenth century, Farmer Smith had a small but productive apple orchard in upstate New York. Every fall he loaded his horse, Tobias, with 250 lbs of apples for market, which was all that Tobias could carry over the paths that snaked through upstate New York's hilly terrain. Farmer Smith's apples were very popular; he did well, saved his money, and planted more apple trees. In a few years Farmer Smith had done well enough to afford a cart to transport his harvest, and with Tobias strapped in he could now take two thousand pounds of apples to market with each cartload. Years passed, the weather held, and Farmer Smith's apples continued to sell; with his proceeds he bought more acres of land and planted more apple trees. By the fall of 1825, Farmer Smith was in luck: the long-awaited Erie Canal was finally finished and open for business. Tobias had long since been put out to pasture, so Farmer Smith roped his new horse, Jedediah, to the barge he'd rented in Albany. Jedediah was able to pull thirty tons of apples all the way across the state to Buffalo, where the canal ended and Lake Erie began. And thanks to the waterways of Lake Erie, Farmer Smith was able to sell his apples as far away as Detroit.
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Post by dualstow » Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:33 pm

Ha, I love it. You don’t mess with the Zeihan.

I hope old Tobias got a barge ride for his service. Or is this just a fictional example?
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed May 05, 2021 10:40 am

Presumably, he would think it praiseworthy if Spartan women took on masculine behavior, but only in an emergency.
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:) I like your current signature, Kriegs.
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Post by Xan » Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:47 pm

Dualstow, I never saw Full House either, but I did see my share of America's Funniest Home Videos. It would be nice to say that I developed a fondness for Saget from that, but really "loathing" is probably more apt.
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Post by dualstow » Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:55 pm

Xan wrote:
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Dualstow, I never saw Full House either, but I did see my share of America's Funniest Home Videos. It would be nice to say that I developed a fondness for Saget from that, but really "loathing" is probably more apt.
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Post by dualstow » Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:17 pm

MangoMan wrote:
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Xan wrote:
Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:47 pm
Dualstow, I never saw Full House either, but I did see my share of America's Funniest Home Videos. It would be nice to say that I developed a fondness for Saget from that, but really "loathing" is probably more apt.
I, unfortunately, saw every Full House episode as my then school age children were obsessed with the show.
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Re: Signatures

Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:41 am

dualstow wrote:
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Fact Check: Biden Administration is not giving out crack pipes.
Explain yourself!
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Post by vnatale » Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:47 am

Kriegsspiel wrote:
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dualstow wrote:
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Fact Check: Biden Administration is not giving out crack pipes.


Explain yourself!


Just heard on Fox News this morning that he [Biden Administration] was!
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Post by dualstow » Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:06 pm

There are some safe smoking kits, but the articles floating around are mostly false: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden ... al-equity/
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:15 pm

So... is your signature disinformation, or misinformation then?

ETA: I originally thought you were mocking "fact checkers" and had a good chuckle. Very disappointing turn of events :-\
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Post by dualstow » Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:08 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:15 pm
So... is your signature disinformation, or misinformation then?

ETA: I originally thought you were mocking "fact checkers" and had a good chuckle. Very disappointing turn of events :-\
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Post by dualstow » Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:54 am

p.s. I see a follow-up at snopes now, same link as above.
… after this fact check was published, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 9 provided Snopes a statement which stipulated that federal funding would not be used to include pipes in smoking kits as part of the harm reduction plan.
So there you have it.
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Post by vnatale » Thu Feb 10, 2022 4:07 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm

Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?


I have never cared about what goes on with any of "The Royal Family".
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Post by vnatale » Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:08 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:57 pm

vnatale wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 4:07 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm

Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?


I have never cared about what goes on with any of "The Royal Family".


Or any celebrities, athletes, etc. Why should I care?


I do care about certain celebrities and athletes because they have a presence in my life. I've not understood the relevance of "The Royal Family".
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Post by vnatale » Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:36 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:55 pm

vnatale wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:08 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:57 pm

vnatale wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 4:07 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm

Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?


I have never cared about what goes on with any of "The Royal Family".


Or any celebrities, athletes, etc. Why should I care?


I do care about certain celebrities and athletes because they have a presence in my life. I've not understood the relevance of "The Royal Family".

No, you think they have a presence. They don't know you or care about you (other than the $ you provide by buying tickets or whatever) and if you got sick or died they wouldn't know or care, so why should you?


Is it logical to deduce from your statement that, therefore, one should not care about what happens to anyone who one does not personally know?
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Post by Mark Leavy » Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:45 pm

dualstow wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:54 am
p.s. I see a follow-up at snopes now, same link as above.
… after this fact check was published, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 9 provided Snopes a statement which stipulated that federal funding would not be used to include pipes in smoking kits as part of the harm reduction plan.
So there you have it.
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Edit to add: I have no idea what is happening with crack pipes or funding or equality or smoking kits or safety or harm reduction...
I just thought you were madly hilarious in quoting a department statement as if it were any more credible than your dementia aunt.
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Post by dualstow » Thu Feb 10, 2022 10:47 pm

O0 fair point
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Post by dualstow » Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:04 am

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ALOL. No Vinny, that is not a logical deduction. I'm not sure how your brain works to reach that conclusion. People who I personally know presumably care about me and I care about them. I also care about the world and the people in it. I just don't specifically care about someone just because they are a celebrity. YMMV
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Post by dualstow » Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:05 am

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm
Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?
I guess the short answer is, I really don’t give a shit if you care or not. Does everyone have to care about everyone else’s signatures? No.
And that goes for everyone on the internet who asks “why should I care” about anything.
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