My grandmother, who lived with us when I was growing up, actually would ask me this. Of course, it sounded idiotic and embarrassing to me then, but now that I think back it was a more interesting and probably more accurate term than “dating.”
What’s In a Name?
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264 responses to “What’s In a Name?”
Oh, I see, Jackie; just “ghost rider”.
A thoroughly puerile and ludicrous bit of fantasy (like that’s something that happens all the time) which only reinforces the opinion I expressed above regarding the worth of many of those who contribute to UD. Subtlety is not their stock in trade, is it?
Do you not have a minion with a drivers license?
TruckerRon: I get that you were responding in kind. It’s just the duplicity of putting something out there while simultaneously disavowing the content rubs me wrong. But, if Village Ordinance suggests discussion of content is verboten, I’ll just say of the competing articles: one invites comments and leaves them open for review and the other does not. Maybe it does if you Join Now, or Contribute Here, or Chase Us On This Social Site; I didn’t.
I also enjoy noting that 40 to 30 years back, one side used solid law to declare freedoms and powers, gave them fancy new names, and tried to make it appear as if they were responsible for creating these powers from scratch. But when the opposition uses these same tools today, somehow that’s not legitimate. Kind of a goose/gander proposition to me.
Posted With Comment. But not Content?
I am familiar with “Ghost Rider”, the B-52. Those BUF’s are amazing aircraft.
GR6: When I saw the undercarriage picture, my first thought was “Man, that is one ugly … . I don’t remember them like that.” I didn’t realize AF jargon had a recognized acronym.
Morphy, and TruckerRon, a quote from the AL.com website in a story about the discovery of a new species of trachodon in Alabama.
“When dinosaurs roamed the planet, the southern half of Alabama was under about 300 feet of water. Although most of the fossils found in the state are the remains of ancient sea creatures, dinosaurs, like the newly discovered one, that roamed the land millions of years ago are also found here as they died, washed into the ocean, sank and embedded into the earth.”
Obviously that water is long gone. But it is a fact that once we were underwater here. The data man-made climate change is based on goes back 200-300 years. Science says the earth is millions of years old. Statistics wouldn’t attempt to make a valid analysis with a data sample that small. Too many variables over the period of Earth’s existence.
Mark: Good points. Published information and critical thinking combine to make good sense. I’ll admit that without formal study in the field, I tend to be a bit more of a hand-waver and make easy to see statements like: How many thermometers do you think there were on the entire planet 300-200 years ago? And how accurate do you think they read? And how faithful were those logs kept?
I know all the arguments on how we can make impressive interpolations from data collected today on what the Earth was like in many historical epoch. I just like to remind people that direct observation data simply does not exist to the accuracy portrayed. Senior people are staking impressive careers on ethereal models that fall apart when the sixth significant digit varies by a single unit. Yes, Troll, that is an exaggeration used to make a point. There were no artificial satellites, with down looking sensors, measuring this kind of data even 25 years ago. The accurate information of today is being compared to guesswork, and can yield the result you want to see, so that your life has meaning. Even if that meaning is “we are destroying the Earth”.
That level of dark self-importance just doesn’t feel healthy. Reminds me of Goth in the 80’s, grunge in 90’s, and the aught’s Emo. (I don’t know what the kids have today.) Learned people should not succumb to teenage angst.
TL/DR Get out of the lab more. The world can be pretty fun.
Mark, my only concern is the integrity of the data. If it is manipulated, any analysis of it is suspect. I’m sure someone famous has come up with a pithy quotation that says the same thing.
Ghost, I was re-viewing the thread before signing off. Smiled again. I don’t think I can see a bodybuilder or just hear an athletic type being described, without a new appreciation for the adjective ‘buff’. Cheers
or even a lurid tale including the phrase ‘in the buff’ for that matter.
Debbe 😉 Bet you could throw a dance into this tune, hon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kvg6O_yP2s
If all of earths history were compressed to 24 hours
Man has been here 4 seconds (not just written history)
Earth does not care about puny man – IT will be here long after
we are gone.
I’m not sure who first said it, but it’s true: “Mankind lives on the interface between hard vacuum and molten, radioactive rock and worries about safety.”
Good morning Villagers….
I think it’s payday…it is Friday, right?
And, yes, I remember the word sparkling……the seventies 🙂
Ya’ll have a blessed day.
GR 😉 …and that I did, thought I’d give you a laugh today…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2igGFIqpJw
“hi honey, let’s play”…he was quick
GR 😉 you gave me an earworm 🙂
“I go to bed feeling the same way, I ain’t nothing but tired….”
🙂 http://cheezburger.com/8607547648
So Bill did or did not spark with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky?
Regarding yesterday’s strip about thermostats, I worked for a company that did climate controls for automotive and it was my job to sell a Dual control (for driver and one for passenger) to Chrysler for their minivans, which 25 years ago had huge volumes. So took one of the company own vans, outfitted it with a prototype and we drove it to Chrysler headquarters for all of the engineers to see and use for about a month. I encouraged them to take it home and get their wives’ opinions.
That’s how the 1996 Chrysler redesigned minivan came with an option for Driver/passenger climate controls.
And another one’s gone: http://www.nola.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/01/jefferson_airplane_co-founder.html#incart_m-rpt-1
I was listening to Sirius classic vinyl last night when they announced his death while I was driving home. My only thought was the Village will be upset again.
Ghost, don’t go there about my minions. No. One has no license, one isn’t supposed to drive because of seizures and one drives so badly it freaks me out. I have fired the rest, these were the best.
So exhausted I fell into bed and asleep minute I got home. I have no recollection.
I am crawling under comforter for awhile. Shaking and feeling worse I have felt in a year. Autoimmune diseases are who I am to see this afternoon. Won’t go back on steroids.
Back during the first oil bruhaha office manager set thermostat to 70
staff were cold so turned it up – then were hot so turned it down – ad infinitum
Manager put thermostat in his office and left the other one on wall in the outer
office. The staff continued to turn the thermostat up and down and were content.
That is the PC worded abbreviated version.
Jacky, I hear you regarding steroids! They can do a lot of good for a lot of people, but longterm use leads to problems for many of us.
Sorry, Jackie, my fingers don’t always spell names right.
Jackie, check this and see if the demand-response service would work for you.
http://www.okdrs.org/drupal/guide/kibois-area-transit
I made the mistake of putting these in the same post yesterday, and they’re still in Moderation Heck, so I’m separating them today.
Honestly, I would take the castle over this place. It would have to be warmer!
http://www.icehotel.com/
I’ve never gotten to see them in concert but I do love Jethro Tull!