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dafyre

@thanksajdotcom said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

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@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

I drive almost 40 km to work and it usually takes 25-30 minutes, also depends on what I'm sharing the road with.

At one point I was driving about 70km one way and occasionally had to contend with mining equipment (trucks with parts of excavators much bigger than the transport truck or the large mining vehicles).

Now it's farming equipment and slow pokes.

Sounds like upstate NY. I drive ~20 miles to work everyday and 4 out of 5 times I get stuck behind a car going 30-35 in a 55. Frustrating... and they don't have passing lanes where I live so no way to get around them.

You get that in the Texas cities. Upstate NY pokey drivers have nothing on the slow people here.

This. This is so true. Oh, and NYers aren't terrified of rain...Texans? When it rains you'd think that it was a white out. I've seen NYers driving faster on city roads in the middle of a blizzard and being totally safe than Texans on the highway after it's been raining for HOURS because the ground is wet.

Everyone in Atlanta turns instantly stupid when it rains... or when it looks like it might rain. And it rains here, with regularity.

And don't even get us started on what it's like when a snowflake shows up.

StrongBad

@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

@RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:

@thanksajdotcom said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

I drive almost 40 km to work and it usually takes 25-30 minutes, also depends on what I'm sharing the road with.

At one point I was driving about 70km one way and occasionally had to contend with mining equipment (trucks with parts of excavators much bigger than the transport truck or the large mining vehicles).

Now it's farming equipment and slow pokes.

Sounds like upstate NY. I drive ~20 miles to work everyday and 4 out of 5 times I get stuck behind a car going 30-35 in a 55. Frustrating... and they don't have passing lanes where I live so no way to get around them.

You get that in the Texas cities. Upstate NY pokey drivers have nothing on the slow people here.

This. This is so true. Oh, and NYers aren't terrified of rain...Texans? When it rains you'd think that it was a white out. I've seen NYers driving faster on city roads in the middle of a blizzard and being totally safe than Texans on the highway after it's been raining for HOURS because the ground is wet.

Everyone in Atlanta turns instantly stupid when it rains... or when it looks like it might rain. And it rains here, with regularity.

And don't even get us started on what it's like when a snowflake shows up.

Or worse.... devops

scottalanmiller

Sarajevo taxi drivers in De Niro tribute as film festival begins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37063862

scottalanmiller

US women's soccer team apparently not mature enough for middle school ....

Rio Olympics 2016: Women's champions USA beaten by 'cowardly' Sweden
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37066215

scottalanmiller

Kenny Baker, Star Wars R2-D2 actor, dies aged 81
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37072736

scottalanmiller

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57af78bae4b069e7e5058c2e?

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57af78bae4b069e7e5058c2e?

Article title: So, Someone Dumped 160 Liters Of Hydrogen Peroxide In 2 Olympic Pools
...
just in case you were wondering

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Kenny Baker, Star Wars R2-D2 actor, dies aged 81
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37072736

Frankly We're lucky we had him as long as we did. He's been sick for a long time, near a decade. He nearly died a few years ago on a trip to the US. Doctors told him it was his last airplane flight (so I was told).

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57af78bae4b069e7e5058c2e?

Article title: So, Someone Dumped 160 Liters Of Hydrogen Peroxide In 2 Olympic Pools
...
just in case you were wondering

Sounds like the beginning of some ridiculous Nazi themed B movie. In an attempt to turn the world blonde, a nazi spy dumped 160 gallons of H2O2 into an Olympic pool and.....

hilarity and hijinks ensue.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57af78bae4b069e7e5058c2e?

Article title: So, Someone Dumped 160 Liters Of Hydrogen Peroxide In 2 Olympic Pools
...
just in case you were wondering

Sounds like the beginning of some ridiculous Nazi themed B movie. In an attempt to turn the world blonde, a nazi spy dumped 160 gallons of H2O2 into an Olympic pool and.....

hilarity and hijinks ensue.

I'd watch it. I am a sucker for SciFi B movies.

scottalanmiller

Swedish girls apparently too cowardly to lose again. When will those Swedes be brave enough to lose?

Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil lose to Sweden on penalties in semi-final
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37102004

BRRABill

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Swedish girls apparently too cowardly to lose again. When will those Swedes be brave enough to lose?

Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil lose to Sweden on penalties in semi-final
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37102004

It was one player, who has a history of saying/doing dumb things.

scottalanmiller

@BRRABill said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Swedish girls apparently too cowardly to lose again. When will those Swedes be brave enough to lose?

Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil lose to Sweden on penalties in semi-final
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37102004

It was one player, who has a history of saying/doing dumb things.

@BRRABill said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Swedish girls apparently too cowardly to lose again. When will those Swedes be brave enough to lose?

Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil lose to Sweden on penalties in semi-final
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37102004

It was one player, who has a history of saying/doing dumb things.

And a team that chooses her to be a part of them. And a nation that chooses her to represent them.

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

And a nation that chooses her to represent them.

The whole country get to vote in their players?

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

And a nation that chooses her to represent them.

The whole country get to vote in their players?

If you accept the theory of indirect democracy as a form of democracy, then yes.

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

And a nation that chooses her to represent them.

The whole country get to vote in their players?

If you accept the theory of indirect democracy as a form of democracy, then yes.

That's a whole lot of indirect direction/misdirection...
hmmm sport.... no sense of direction... https://youtu.be/ksrItPfz6A0

scottalanmiller

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/omaha-dad-finds-pot-brownies-eats-of-them-says-mean/article_385099cc-649c-11e6-86a8-4728d60cb7fe.html

scottalanmiller

http://www.1011now.com/content/news/Man-cited-for-indecent-exposure-claims-he-was-mixing-protein-shake-390353151.html

coliver

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/comcasts-70-gigabit-offer-is-only-good-in-cities-with-google-fiber/#p3

Good ole Comcast. At least you'll never change.

wirestyle22

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/comcasts-70-gigabit-offer-is-only-good-in-cities-with-google-fiber/#p3

Good ole Comcast. At least you'll never change.

hahahaha. Oh god.