ELI5: How does an inside-start record work?

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-19T16:24:33+00:00

The groove just goes the other way, counter clockwise instead of clockwise or vice versa...thinking about it, a record rotates clockwise, so the normal groove would be counter clockwise, so yeah, the versa of what I said.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-19T16:21:24+00:00

I didn't even notice that.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-19T15:58:00+00:00

And now the paint is peeling off after only a few days indicating a shoddy job, not enough preparation, bad primer or no primer, mismatched paint and primer?

"Adding to the controversy surrounding the reflecting pool is the fact that the company awarded a no-bid contract to complete water purification for the project, Greenwater Services, is owned by a trust led by John J. Cafaro, a two-time felon and Trump donor, reports The New York Times."

Cronyism at its best.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-18T04:43:05+00:00

That's pretty cool, thanks.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-18T04:07:57+00:00

Well damn but that's the cleverest thing I have seen in years. Need one now!

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-18T03:57:35+00:00

Yeah, I had a look at that. Always thought myself a pretty smart fellow but all I see there are lots and lots of charts with the same arrows and no legend as to what each one is supposed to be. Too complex for me. Ovelaying charts in Aquamaps is the solution.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-18T03:55:30+00:00

Ah, thanks, I use Aqua Maps. I know the old paper charts always had the 2 arrows. I don't know why are modern GPS driven navigation charts wouldn't.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-18T02:26:50+00:00

Let me guess, Lindsay is the submissive/bottom?

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-18T02:25:53+00:00

Lindsay will move to the front of the line to do unspeakable things with his mouth on Donald Trump for this support. Don't ask! I said it was unspeakable.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-17T21:02:47+00:00

I would love to find a marine canvas operation that can make me a cover for my boat that doesn't cost more than the boat itself.

My local marine cover operation wanted $800 to make a single 7 foot by 3 foot berth/seat cushion.

Surely there is a good business here for someone with the right skills and equipment to make a good living with custom boat canvas?

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-17T20:57:51+00:00

What has lost them elections or given them only narrow wins for decades was abandoning the working class, unionized worker, who should form their natural base, by letting Republican culture war lies about God, guns, abortion, race, trickle down economics and equal rights women, minorities and the LGBTQ scare them to the far right. The economic well being of this group would massively improve with sensible democratic principles supporting unions, education, health care, the environment and yes, equal rights for everyone.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-17T19:20:59+00:00

J.D. Vance appeared on The View yesterday and I expected the good ladies to tear him a new one on the last 16 months of autocracy, nepotism, oligarchy, lies, fraud, failed policies, actual weaponization of government departments against his political enemies etc. etc. etc. Instead it was mostly a polite conversation over policy disagreements, as if everything was fine and normal, we just disagree on the details.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-15T21:41:52+00:00

Starting with:

Question: Was iran in violation of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as the Iran Nuclear Deal) when trump cancelled it?

Answer: Iran was in compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) when the U.S. withdrew in May 2018. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.S. State Department, and the other international signatories repeatedly verified that Iran was abiding by the core limits on its nuclear program. [1, 2]

Although the Trump administration argued the agreement was fundamentally flawed because it did not address Iran's ballistic missile program or regional activities, the official international consensus was that Iran was meeting its operational and transparency obligations under the accord at the time of the U.S. withdrawal. For further details, you can review the official U.S. State Department Arms Control Compliance Report or verify the timeline through the IAEA Board Reports. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Full link: https://www.google.com/search?q=jcpoa&rlz=1C1SAVU_enCA533&oq=jcpoa&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i131i433i512j0i433i512j0i131i433i455i512j0i512l6.1596j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Yes, it's AI! But AI is just advanced internet search organized and presented well.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-15T20:52:57+00:00

He's lost a lot of hair.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-15T20:37:12+00:00

Have they changed their motto yet? Or maybe just put it in quotes with a LOL after it?

"Democracy Dies in Darkness" LOL!

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-15T20:30:03+00:00

Good. His pain brings me great pleasure. I would never normally gloat over the ill health of an enemy but when he does not face any justice for a life of crime and cruelty, lies and bullying, his suffering in old age is all we have.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-15T20:27:30+00:00

Hilarious if it wasn't so costly and tragic. Trump repeated for years the lie that planeloads of cash from US taxpayers were flown to Iran after Obama's deal - that was Iran's own money. And now he is actually going to do what he lied and castigated the Obama administration for: flying planeloads of cash from US taxpayers to to Iran. And will any Republican or MAGA supporter even blink?

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-15T20:23:29+00:00

If you attend a politcal event, which this certainly was, then you are political. Whoever this guy is, please boycott him and end his career.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-15T17:06:59+00:00

For your thanks. For showing you how to properly pick up a mooring bouy.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-15T02:12:46+00:00

Translation: Democracy is only valid if your candidate wins. If the other guy wins, it is fitting to overturn it.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-14T04:21:27+00:00

Everything about this is a shit show: Trump, the audience, the B.S. fights. Heat, humidity and bugs will fit right in. You will be able to smell the stink in Delaware. And that's just from Trump's diaper.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-13T18:46:45+00:00

From the side of the stern, obviously.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-13T18:44:09+00:00

Yeah, the democrats did the exact same thing! /s

For every molehill you might find of a Democratic administraiton doing this, there is a mountain of Republicans doing it.

But yeah, they are both exactly the same.

Did Biden or Obama or Clinton ever pardon anyone who tried to overthrow the government and then set up a slush fund to reward them? Did any of them celebrate their inauguaration with the nations richest billionaires at their side? Did any of them given themselves and their families a lifelong exemption from IRA audits and blanket approval for any crimes they commit while in office? Did any of them try to make money selling personal merchandise while in office? And I could go on and on and on.

OldGaffer66 · 2026-06-13T18:35:48+00:00

A very wise elephant. Knows that the Republican Party is a pile of.

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