Random Thoughts

[Ironclad Alibi]

My mom has the big TV on and is watching her handheld at the same time. Is it all old people or just the ones in my family?

Mrs. IA does the same thing.

[Dreamstalker]

My mom does too...and complains at me if I happen to be looking at my phone during commercials (sooo...I'm ignoring the ads, while you're ignoring the whole show?).

[Food Lady]

Mom's dad had one TV for picture, one for sound. But that's different.

[AnaKhouri]

Today at the library this mom called her toddler over. Toddler replied, "NO Mama, I don't WANT to, I WANT to go back to my BOOKS."

Little girl, you have no idea how much I sympathize with you.

[Ceir]

I may have had this one before, but it's surfaced again. Given what phones and tablets can do, why are graphing calculators still $120?

[Ironclad Alibi]

I may have had this one before, but it's surfaced again. Given what phones and tablets can do, why are graphing calculators still $120?

Because teachers require the students to have a graphing calculator and will not let the students use more modern, and capable, devices. It is a captive market.

[dalesys]

Because teachers require the students to have a graphing calculator and will not let the students use more modern, and capable, devices. It is a captive market.

Real professors only understand how to use Antikythera mechanisms.

[Ceir]

Speaking of technology again. I read something recently (ironically, a blog post that I now cannot find) that vibes with why I have so many personal issues with social media in general - something about "growing up in the early days of the greater internet, when mentioning even so much as your favorite color was giving out too much personal information; compared to the plethora of real names, locations, personal details, and what you ate for breakfast".

[Pixelated]

Speaking of the internet, I'm on another seven-day ban on Facebook ... I used a term that apparently "triggered" the algorithms, but the irony is, I wasn't trying to insult anybody, much less the person whose post I was responding to.

And I can dispute it, but of course they are sooooo overwhelmed due to COVID that they probably won't ever get back to me.

[dalesys]

I wonder if some people with perfect pitch tend to only drive at particular speeds so the road/engine/gear/tire noises are in tune.

So they might be comfortable at exactly 60.00, ~63.57, ~ 67.35, ~71.35, ~75.60 and so on. Would they change tires for ones with different number of lugs/tread pattern repeats?

[Ceir]

Saw this one on a blog somewhere. To win like a hundred million dollars, you have to live in the last video game you played for a year. How hosed are you?

...I'm screwed. Warframe or Dwarf Fortress.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Saw this one on a blog somewhere. To win like a hundred million dollars, you have to live in the last video game you played for a year. How hosed are you?

...I'm screwed. Warframe or Dwarf Fortress.

Last video game for me is Fallout 4.

Do I get that hundred million in dollars (worthless in the game) or bottle caps (the in-game currency)?

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Sunday is grocery shopping day.

Saw on the shelf that Kraft now has KD Flavour Boost, packets of flavouring you can add in to your Kraft Dinner macaroni.

Jalapeno
Ghost Pepper
Buffalo Wing
Poutine
Butter Chicken

... and Cotton Candy.


(note to board mods, for some reason my computer hiccuped and the original post didn't look like it posted, but it did...)

[Seanette]

I'm a spice wimp, so about the only one of those that sounds good to me is the Poutine. The Butter Chicken is a maybe.

Cotton Candy mac & cheese? Seriously?

[Ironclad Alibi]

Cotton Candy mac & cheese? Sweet!!!