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[Smith1776]

Texas Amber Alert for Chucky?

Just Googled this.... LMAO.

[Xan]

Smith, I just went to your "message from Harry Browne" link. I have to say, now that YouTube always gives you an ad before the video starts, that kind of link sadly doesn't work nearly as well as it used to.

They should exempt that particular video from their ads, of course.

[Smith1776]

Smith, I just went to your "message from Harry Browne" link. I have to say, now that YouTube always gives you an ad before the video starts, that kind of link sadly doesn't work nearly as well as it used to.

They should exempt that particular video from their ads, of course.

Le sigh.

[Smith1776]

https://www.change.org/p/google-inc-rem ... rect=false

Please sign the petition for a good cause.

[InsuranceGuy]

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[dualstow]

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.

[Kriegsspiel]

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.

[Kriegsspiel]

Also, no. Although I read recently that people back in the day preferred mules to horses. Due to something something hybrid vigor.

[Mountaineer]

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.)

[Kriegsspiel]

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.

This is just so serendipitous I had to stop and share.

Just cracked open The Accidental Superpower, by Zeihan. From page 11:

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.

[dualstow]

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?

[boglerdude]

Unless some necessity overtake the woman

what does this mean

[Kriegsspiel]

Presumably, he would think it praiseworthy if Spartan women took on masculine behavior, but only in an emergency.

[Kriegsspiel]

I like your current signature, Kriegs.

It is an essay worth reading.

[Xan]

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.

[dualstow]

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.

[dualstow]

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.

Condolences.
I did see Bob Saget on the street once. The missus recognized him.

[Kriegsspiel]

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

Explain yourself!

[vnatale]

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

Explain yourself!

Just heard on Fox News this morning that he [Biden Administration] was!

[dualstow]

There are some safe smoking kits, but the articles floating around are mostly false: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden ... al-equity/

[Kriegsspiel]

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

[dualstow]

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

This is the 2nd time I’ve disappointed you in as many months. Although I maintain that the first time, when you said “maybe we (meaning I) forgot” the wording of a certain conversation and linked me to it, I had in fact remembered it almost word for word. We just had different interpretations of/reactions to it. Still, I’ll try to do better, Kriegs.

[dualstow]

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.

[vnatale]

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".

[vnatale]

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".