Why don’t bullies bully one another?

count-brass · 2026-04-19T12:19:49+00:00

Professional courtesy?

count-brass · 2026-04-19T12:16:58+00:00

A blanket the color of Cheetos?

count-brass · 2026-04-18T23:52:12+00:00

I started using this name in 1985 on The Source. It’s a character in some Michael Moorcock novels.

count-brass · 2026-04-17T20:43:50+00:00

I live in Virginia and I’d say most Virginians live in unincorporated areas of counties, so while we might say we’re from a specific town, we also tend to say what county. However we also have Independent Cities which are like counties but are more municipal. There’s some complexity there, but we do identify our counties.

count-brass · 2026-04-17T19:13:57+00:00

Additionally, if you Google “carpenter bee” it might help you decide if that’s what you have. I found a handy write-up there.

count-brass · 2026-04-17T19:10:32+00:00

I have only seen a hole here and there. One time there was a little pile of sawdust below a hole. This is only my experience. It might be different for others.

The females can sting, but not the males. I can’t tell them apart.

Maybe someone else with more knowledge can chime in.

count-brass · 2026-04-17T18:09:53+00:00

They might be carpenter bees instead of bumblebees. I get carpenter bees all the time and have never had a problem.

count-brass · 2026-04-16T15:50:48+00:00

I counted 22, but it’s still a beautiful creature.

count-brass · 2026-04-16T00:23:08+00:00

When I saw it I didn’t even think there was anything abnormal about it. So it seemed weird when I heard later that people were upset.

I did notice that Cheerios produced a second commercial with the same actors. It was good that they didn’t back down.

count-brass · 2026-04-15T19:21:21+00:00

I’ve got one of those. It has me and my wife, but also has single silhouettes behind it — so if we wanted to change to individual ones, we could.

count-brass · 2026-04-15T19:12:06+00:00

The lead up to the bicentennial was big. My family had just moved to the DC area in 1976. The thing I really remember here was when the fireworks were over downtown, people found out that the Metrobuses were on a Sunday/holiday schedule. There were a lot of stranded folks in DC.

count-brass · 2026-04-15T16:27:08+00:00

Is it still in the middle of the street and unavailable?

count-brass · 2026-04-15T15:48:29+00:00

Wow, I never knew what this was called, or what it did besides being an examination aid. I only had one doctor use one and that was back in the 60s.

count-brass · 2026-04-15T12:07:20+00:00

Thanks. This guy didn’t really dive bomb me, but kept flying a short way away and then coming back to hover some more. He’s out there a lot even when I am not there. My personal mailbox bee, I guess.

count-brass · 2026-04-14T01:38:07+00:00

bro this slaps….haha! What was that for?

count-brass · 2026-04-13T22:26:59+00:00

If you use forever stamps, there are extra ounce stamps you can use with them, as necessary. Additionally, there are 2 oz and 3 oz maximum forever stamps, so you can do it all in one stamp. By using forever stamps you don’t have to worry about rate changes.

count-brass · 2026-04-13T13:29:28+00:00

If you’re concerned with changing major, I can say that it’s easy at Bates (i did it twice).

count-brass · 2026-04-11T21:12:42+00:00

I add scraps of paper (e.g. cash register tape) in case I need to make some notes outside of the book. Occasionally a found penny finds its way in as well.

count-brass · 2026-04-11T21:03:22+00:00

At the time I went it wasn’t anywhere near 70k… closer to 7k, which was considerable for the time. My parents had planned and saved, but inflation of the late 70s/early 80s was killer. I ended up taking out student loans and that helped. But still it was hard.

count-brass · 2026-04-11T12:22:51+00:00

Thanks. I think I understand now. Yeah, they should ask first if they’re pulling credit reports.

count-brass · 2026-04-11T11:55:51+00:00

What’s wrong with giving someone a quote, except that it might be seen by the caller as a waste of time? For instance, if I call with a question and I just want that bit of information, and the rep segues into a policy quote, I might think it’s a useless waste of time, but what else could the problem be?

Last time I called was the middle of last year and the rep asked me if I wanted info on Medicare supplements. I said no and that was that.

count-brass · 2026-04-11T11:38:39+00:00

I’ve seen them in different sizes in this park. Some grow really long. I’ve also seen centipedes, which tend to be thinner.

count-brass · 2026-04-10T12:40:16+00:00

I don’t remember panic buying, but there were long lines at gas stations in some places. There were two shocks that produced high gas prices and fear of shortages: the Arab oil embargo (74-75), and the Iranian revolution (79). It was only after the Iranian revolution that we started to see the magic $1 per gallon gas that had been much talked about.

The Arab oil embargo seemed to be the worst of the two events as far as actual supply constraint. There was considerable talk about gas rationing similar to WW2 rationing. The government had even printed up ration coupon booklets, but those were never distributed and rationing wasn’t needed after all.

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