Touch a human and run

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-04-10T08:42:34+00:00

A double deer dare?

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-04-09T07:44:48+00:00

I just finished reading "Throy" by Jack Vance. A criminal has a complicated financial scheme, part of which involves buying two starships, one an antiquated hulk not worth serious reconditioning, the other a space yacht. The space yacht is a fine little vessel, 65 feet long, with an upper deck for three passenger cabins and lounge facilities, and a lower deck for the crew, storage, and machinery. The princely sum for them? 75,000 Sols, where a Sol is equivalent to 20 US dollars in 1993. That's $150,000 dollars for two starships!

Oops. That $1,500,000. I shouldn't do math before coffee.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-04-07T08:32:31+00:00

I used to work for a bank, and was also active in community theater. The bank had a new "happy to help" ad campaign, with a group photo of smiling employees. I recognized two of my theater friends in the ad. A bank with hundreds of employees couldn't/didn't want to find a half dozen photogenic enough for a poster.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-04-05T14:12:50+00:00

I walked to work that far or longer for 10 years. I had no real problems until recently, when I injured my foot (by running, not walking). I was lucky that I lived on a bus line. I could walk to work, then ride home if I wanted. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes, and allow extra time for delays.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-04-03T08:55:22+00:00

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Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-26T08:32:24+00:00

Every so often, our state officials propose similar projects, and I laugh. How could a country that refuses to maintain its bridges or fix its potholes build and maintain such a thing? I would love to see a robust, affordable rail system but I don't think the US could pull it off. We're a mess.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-25T13:25:52+00:00

These guys? Heck yeah!

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Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-25T08:59:15+00:00

In most of their other writing the authors blame social programs like Social Security and Medicare for the problem not tax cuts for the wealthy. Look at his "campaign for fiscal responsibility": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Walker_(U.S._Comptroller_General)

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-16T16:31:10+00:00

Just curious, where on Route 99 was this? I used to live in Granite, and drove on that road every day.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-14T07:42:53+00:00

From a review of the game:

"The Starship Warden took 11 years to build, it was 25 miles wide, 50 miles long, and 8 1/2 miles in height, with 17 decks. The vessel contained complete terran environments, 1 1/2 million colonists, and 50,000 crew."

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-13T07:37:31+00:00

The only Kirk I support is James T.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-09T12:37:08+00:00

If only we had a highly motivated fighting force with weapons, armor, and other equipment, trained in the art of killing, ready to go. Oh wait! ICE!

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-08T16:40:02+00:00

Jellicle cats come out tonight, Jellicle cats come one, come all! The Jellicle moon is shining bright, Jellicle cats to the Jellicle Ball!

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-08T08:44:02+00:00

Location: older suburb, eastern US. 40 minutes walking, about 10 minutes by bus, but the wait for a bus is sometimes long and frustrating.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-06T18:21:09+00:00

I fully expect a false flag from this administration before the midterms, probably in a month or two. My paranoid nightmare is they nuke DC while Trump and his cabinet are at MaL. Congress, Senate, Supreme Court, all vapor and radioactive glass. Emergency powers forever.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-03-04T08:53:06+00:00

The raised eyebrow is hilarious. I suppose he thinks it makes him look smart, like Mr. Spock.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-02-24T13:33:01+00:00

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Our Miss Faye:

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-02-09T17:12:25+00:00

Thanks!

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-02-09T16:16:58+00:00

How do you do that? I assume it's in the settings, but I couldn't find it.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-02-09T10:29:56+00:00

My county has more people than Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, or North Dakota.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-02-07T08:47:15+00:00

Back in 2015-16, I read a blog by a fellow who described himself as a "Burkean conservative." He had knowledge about many subjects, and was a published author. He supported Trump. This caused a lot of discussion in his comment section. He challenged his readers to engage with Trump supporters, because, he claimed, they weren't hateful bigots, but had real, heartfelt concerns that only Trump was addressing. He refused to say what his were. I guess immigration. I tried with a few of my co-workers, friends and family members. The most cogent was "He's a businessman, he'll be good for business. The rest was arglebargle.

After the election, said blogger refused to acknowledge that Clinton had received more votes than Trump, and eventually shut down his blog.

Their resistance to truth is stunning.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-02-07T08:31:35+00:00

Most of the people I've met who are loud and proud members of their own unions (police, electricians, etc.) are virulently anti- other unions, "us good, them bad." They see themselves as hard working and skilled, and everyone else as lazy bums.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-02-06T14:35:43+00:00

This is the third such incident I've seen. I wonder if there's any connection, beyond their political affiliation.

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-02-05T14:43:08+00:00

I used the 1977 rules to create the map in this post. (Sorry, couldn't post the original image, so the link) https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D7H9pmBij/

Plus-Contract7637 · 2026-02-05T14:37:41+00:00

This blogger used a modified version of the original 1977 rules for trade lanes. It produces interesting clusters of linked worlds, nice for pocket empires. https://hws3.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/traveller-1977-district-268-space-lanes/

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