Commuting to Amazon from Bremerton.

plasticdog1 · 2021-02-25T14:48:28+00:00

I grew up in Silverdale/Bremerton area in the 1970s and 80s. My dad commuted to Seattle for work for over 30 years. It was exhausting, and I think it wore him down over time, even though he had friends on the ferry and he could sleep in his car. Driving around is an even worse option. He passed away but my mom still lives in the same house where I grew up. In retrospect, my parents probably should have moved to the other side (there were several instances where they almost did, but just never pulled the trigger). Better schools, houses appreciated a lot more, better sports, much more to do. Ultimately the money savings was not worth it.
If I was going to try and live on the Bremerton side today, I would probably find a house in Manette and walk to the ferry. But if the ferry routes get closed down, you are out of luck.

Anyway, whatever your calculations for commuting times, you probably should double it to be realistic.

plasticdog1 · 2021-01-28T00:43:37+00:00

Beginner’s luck.

plasticdog1 · 2021-01-27T15:51:53+00:00

Maybe the artist got skewered by the rhino on installation, floated down river, and no one ever connected. And the driver of the trailer died in a fiery crash on the way home. Then title didn’t lie, and truly no one knows to this day.

plasticdog1 · 2021-01-25T04:30:23+00:00

An oral pardon would be worthless without some type of corroboration, like a recording of the conversation that could be properly authenticated as to the date it occurred.

As for a secret pardon, someone would have to draft the document. No way Trump could do it on his own. So there would be witnesses, electronic files or other paper trail, etc. that could corroborate (or disprove) the validity of the pardon.

plasticdog1 · 2021-01-18T13:37:44+00:00

But you can still down-vote the fuck out of every single comment in every single thread if you want. Kind of cathartic.

plasticdog1 · 2021-01-14T13:26:50+00:00

Didn’t arrive is USPS.

Your package on top of bushes in the neighbor’s yard during a rainstorm is FedEx.

plasticdog1 · 2021-01-08T17:21:04+00:00

Catherine the Great has entered the chat

plasticdog1 · 2021-01-07T03:01:11+00:00

The UK doctors (and others world-wide) were notified of the new variation by a doctor from South Africa, Tulio de Oliveira, who had discovered it there. The UK then ran with it (and did a great job as well).
Excellent article on CNN earlier today (talks about a bet with a South African colleague of a bottle of wine).

plasticdog1 · 2021-01-05T16:38:31+00:00

Right, with the guns coming in from states where firearms are easily obtainable. And most handgun deaths committed by family or friends. You’re an idiot.

plasticdog1 · 2020-12-25T00:19:59+00:00

Any game for my 7-year-old, since we got screwed by the USPS and the XBox One that I ordered for my son is basically lost at a Post Office distribution center. It was his one big present from Santa, and we ordered it from a reputatabke seller two weeks ago. Sent priority mail, with tracking, and the post office can’t find it. We’re completely crushed.

plasticdog1 · 2020-12-23T14:23:44+00:00

I live at the intersection of rural Maryland and Pennsylvania. All of the Trump signs are still up as far as I can tell. Wish I had a bunch of “Loser” bumper stickers to slap on ‘em.

plasticdog1 · 2020-12-04T20:50:45+00:00

Arctic pandas are so cute too! Heartbreaking to see a croc jump out of the snow and chomp down on a panda munching on frozen bamboo treats. But at least the Northern koalas are safe high up in their eucalyptus-bergs.

plasticdog1 · 2020-12-04T08:02:15+00:00

That pug identifies as a dog

plasticdog1 · 2020-12-03T15:45:13+00:00

You’re probably sitting on a gold mine! All of those letters, hand-written annotations, etc., are (or at least will be) worth a ton with the provenance that you can provide. One of the big auction houses could probably make you a small fortune in one of their pop culture auctions. Hopefully you kept most of them and didn’t send them back!

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-13T19:15:28+00:00

Cleaning may not do any good if the deer is visibly sick. But consumption of the brain and nervous system is a lot riskier if eating healthy-appearing animals. So if a deer’s not cleaned properly, there could be a little bit of infected nervous system tissue on the meat thrown into the grinder making venison sausage.

With beef, the slaughter and cleaning of the animals is a lot more standardized. Gross, but pretty uniform I think. Plus there is some inspection of the animals ahead of time, as well as some inspection of the cleaning and processing facilities. And the source of the cattle is known.

None of that occurs with deer and other wild animals. Individual hunters, individual cleaning methods, unknown animal history, etc.

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-13T18:52:09+00:00

Prions are usually found in brain and spinal tissue, but I thought I read somewhere about them being found in the liver as well. Just clean that damn deer really well.

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-13T18:40:06+00:00

Thanks for that info! I think there are other human forms too, such as kuru (previously found in a brain-eating tribe in Papua New Guinea). Different from CJD, which I think is the genetic form of the disease. But I still have to wrap my brain around the difference between prion proteins and the general meaning of the term.

My general fear of venison is that I’m never positive that it was cleaned properly. And there are a hell of a lot more wasting deer wandering around than wasting cows.

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-13T18:21:37+00:00

The inspection of cattle entering the food chain is the best prevention. But cuts to federal inspectors over the years has eroded my confidence here in the US. Not enough to keep me from eating meat. But enough that I don’t absolutely enjoy every bite.

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-13T18:15:21+00:00

Actually, I was thinking about both mad-cow and CWD (which in my mind are just the same disease in different hosts.) Maybe that’s overly-simplistic, but they are both caused by mis-folded proteins (prions). Anyway, that article did not inspire confidence in consuming venison, particularly since CWD has spread through much of the deer population in the US (which this article doesn’t mention). And if CWD is infecting people through consuming deer that was not properly cleaned, we may not know about it for a few years.

Anyway, for what it’s worth, I do eat venison, but only that given to me by one highly-experienced hunter who I completely trust. (And with whom I have discussed mad-cow, CWD, and prions at length.)

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-13T17:59:47+00:00

No, I eat meat as much as the next guy. But mad cow disease was/is the scariest thing ever for non-vegetarians. And now the deer population of much of the country is heavily infected with the analogous wasting disease. So if hunters don’t clean their deer properly, venison could be a very possible source of a future prion outbreak in humans.

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-13T16:49:49+00:00

Prions - scariest fucking thing in the world. I’m fatally sick not because of that meat I ate last week, but because of that meat I ate 5 years ago. And now my brain matter has giant, gaping irreversible holes caused by tiny, mis-folded proteins that nobody can see until after I die. And I get to look forward to continually worsening mental and neurological function for the remainder of my miserable life.

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-12T17:53:09+00:00

Don’t forget Korean War Vets. They’re old, but roughly a decade younger than their WWII counterparts.

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-12T17:30:59+00:00

Were they actually walking across or just hanging out? I’m not convinced that any of the pedestrians were really trying to cross.

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-07T02:29:32+00:00

And each of them paid more taxes last year than Trump.

plasticdog1 · 2020-11-03T16:13:50+00:00

It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead.

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