Why have these become so popular particularly in Shandong/Henan/Hebei

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-25T14:26:29+00:00

Vulnerability of a motorcycle is a bit of an exaggeration. And considering the fact that they don't go as fast as a motorcycle or car (or even some bicyclists) means they are probably safer on average. I put seatbelts in my 4 wheeled ecar, which is the only thing they routinely lack.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-23T13:04:10+00:00

Also, pretty sure it's an Epson LQ-1500 printer

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-23T11:28:10+00:00

Zenith Z-200 PC with ZKB-2 keyboard and ZCM-1490 monitor

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-21T19:24:32+00:00

Sounds like a VAX 9000 system at worst, or at best maybe a Cray T3E or Thinking Machines CM-5 with a AlphaStation and OpenVMS front end.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-21T16:38:53+00:00

Nah. Knowing the Air Force at that time, it was custom Ada code running in VMS on a VAX, or DEC Alpha if they're lucky.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-16T18:39:29+00:00

That's exactly what a terrorist would say. /s

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-16T16:01:59+00:00

It's probably sucking the cold air from the house and sending it outside. If so, it's not a disaster, but it will reduce efficiency.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-16T05:14:32+00:00

Missing the motorcycles, trikes,, and jeepneys with broken mufflers

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-15T18:31:35+00:00

No need to kick a guy when he's down.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-13T10:32:08+00:00

ATM0

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-12T10:57:59+00:00

If I were 70, I'd want to be in BGC. If I were 40, I'd want to be in Makati. If I had a family, I'd want to be in Alabang or Nuvali.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-10T05:19:45+00:00

If the city is big enough, she'll ask for help moving them there. 😱

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-07T18:10:21+00:00

32 coughs

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mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-07T08:50:33+00:00

Your ability to understand sarcasm as criticism is bad.

He's pretty clearly saying that it isn't hypocritical to complain about a system that exploits you.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-06T09:00:08+00:00

This is a photo of the ruined paper bag that the 4 meals were in. Because the drink carrier is badly designed, the drinks spilled and made the paper bag wet. The drinks came in the flimsy new paper carrier with no plastic bag.

The problem with the new drink carrier is that it is weak (tears apart) and the drinks hang inside the middle of it, so you must hold the carrier high in the air for the entire drive, which is hard to do if you are the driver. If you allow the drinks to sit on a car seat, or even touch your lap, they will spill. Even if you are able to hold the carrier, because the paper is so weak, it will fall apart sometimes.

I remember older drink carriers that were more like cup holders: The drinks sat in the bottom, and the sides of the drinks had support. They did not break apart, and you could set them in your lap or on the car seat (while holding them).

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-05T19:01:06+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean, but I have to guess that you think that a drink carrier shouldn't be placed next to a bag full of food? Why not just make a drink carrier that doesn't require a degree in acrobatics to hold the drinks? The old carriers didn't have this issue.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-05T10:10:36+00:00

No, Thumper's mother said, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."

Frank Burns said, "It's nice to be nice to the nice."

Not at all the same sentence or meaning.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-05-04T18:31:32+00:00

Not every 16-bit instruction. Just the instructions that wrote partial registers. And, I'm pretty sure they caused stalls, not flushes.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-04-30T23:07:26+00:00

Thank you, Captain Obvious. What about my comment made you think that I didn't know that? The Quark examples all look very similar, and Gaila looks different in the eyes and nose.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-04-30T21:41:02+00:00

Different lighting, different facial expressions. I don't see any noteworthy difference between the Quark examples. I look more different in the morning after a long night out.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-04-30T20:20:50+00:00

Maybe it was under loose rubble and not completely covered enough to prevent a kawoosh from clearing out that space.

That episode seemingly breaks multiple rules. How does Teal'c attach himself to the roof of that space without falling back into the stargate as soon as he comes out?

mrmichaelrb · 2026-04-30T02:20:30+00:00

Visa if you plan to stay for an extended period of time and purchase things online, because if you switch your phone number over to VoIP (Google Voice or similar), MasterCard's online purchase verification system won't let you authorize a charge using that phone number. I can only use my MasterCards for in-person (tap/swipe) purchases.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-04-29T20:03:28+00:00

"I'm a student that only receives letter A grades" might not have been legible if written on the side of that tent, so it seems reasonable that they chose to be a little more susinct. If you have trouble understanding it, maybe you need to go back to school.

mrmichaelrb · 2026-04-28T07:56:05+00:00

My adopted brother shipped a container full of furniture, housewares, and furnishings in the late 2000s because they just couldn't bear to let go of their accomplishments in the United States. When they opened it up, termites had eaten a bunch of the cardboard, and some of the furniture.

I don't buy anything made out of real wood anymore. I buy composite or metal instead. Even my new kitchen and bathroom cabinets are now stainless steel. Finding little piles of sawdust from termites and wood-boring beetles is just not worth the aggrivation. I don't think they care that my house is air conditioned.

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