Random Thoughts

[kphoger]

I just can't see.. or taste the appeal of watermelon.

One of my sons says it tastes like cucumber to him.

Do any of yall go to auto shows?

I went to the Chicago auto show once, back in... umm... I think it was 2002.

[Max Rockatansky]

I used to go to the Detroit Auto Show every year.  But that was back in an era when automakers still had to put effort into stuff like that. 

[vdeane]

2028 still feels like the far future, but it's actually the same time from this year as 2020. 

[kphoger]

2028 still feels like the far future, but it's actually the same time from this year as 2020. 

2028 is 30% further away.

[Max Rockatansky]

Me once believing the future would be more interesting than the past feels quaint when I think over it.

[vdeane]

2028 still feels like the far future, but it's actually the same time from this year as 2020. 

2028 is 30% further away.

Yeah, that's why I changed my original thought of "today" to "this year".

[tmoore952]

Me once believing the future would be more interesting than the past feels quaint when I think over it.

I'm going to massively date myself here but so be it.

Thinking in 1975-1976 ---- boy, 1979 is so far off, and then it'll be 1980, and then way way off 2000. Thoughts of anything after that did not cross my mind.

[Rothman]

Me once believing the future would be more interesting than the past feels quaint when I think over it.

I'm going to massively date myself here but so be it.

Thinking in 1975-1976 ---- boy, 1979 is so far off, and then it'll be 1980, and then way way off 2000. Thoughts of anything after that did not cross my mind.

I remember my father pointing out how old I would be in 2000 and I thought it was an eternity away.

[Max Rockatansky]

Me once believing the future would be more interesting than the past feels quaint when I think over it.

I'm going to massively date myself here but so be it.

Thinking in 1975-1976 ---- boy, 1979 is so far off, and then it'll be 1980, and then way way off 2000. Thoughts of anything after that did not cross my mind.

The way I look at everything now more or less is:

-  The future is nowhere interesting as thought it would be.
-  The present isn't as bad as everyone says.
-  The past was way more interesting than I gave it credit for. 

In particular during my adult life I've found myself way more interested in the 1850-1960 era.  A lot of it as far as infrastructure goes feels so detached from what things are now that I find it fascinating.

[tmoore952]

Me once believing the future would be more interesting than the past feels quaint when I think over it.

I'm going to massively date myself here but so be it.

Thinking in 1975-1976 ---- boy, 1979 is so far off, and then it'll be 1980, and then way way off 2000. Thoughts of anything after that did not cross my mind.

-  The past was way more interesting than I gave it credit for. 

I tend to agree, but I will say that living through the 1970s was an interesting experience, even at the time. Between Nixon and the Bicentennial stuff especially for me. And there were many young people whose behavior and dress I got to witness, for better or worse.

The 1960s would have been interesting to live through to, but that wasn't in the cards for me. In the '80s I was angry about this, but I do not feel that way anymore.

[Rothman]

Me once believing the future would be more interesting than the past feels quaint when I think over it.

I'm going to massively date myself here but so be it.

Thinking in 1975-1976 ---- boy, 1979 is so far off, and then it'll be 1980, and then way way off 2000. Thoughts of anything after that did not cross my mind.

-  The past was way more interesting than I gave it credit for. 

I tend to agree, but I will say that living through the 1970s was an interesting experience, even at the time. Between Nixon and the Bicentennial stuff especially for me. And there were many young people whose behavior and dress I got to witness, for better or worse.

The 1960s would have been interesting to live through to, but that wasn't in the cards for me. In the '80s I was angry about this, but I do not feel that way anymore.

Angry that you weren't born earlier?

[Big John]

If you remember living in the 60s, you wern't there.

[tmoore952]

Me once believing the future would be more interesting than the past feels quaint when I think over it.

I'm going to massively date myself here but so be it.

Thinking in 1975-1976 ---- boy, 1979 is so far off, and then it'll be 1980, and then way way off 2000. Thoughts of anything after that did not cross my mind.

-  The past was way more interesting than I gave it credit for. 

I tend to agree, but I will say that living through the 1970s was an interesting experience, even at the time. Between Nixon and the Bicentennial stuff especially for me. And there were many young people whose behavior and dress I got to witness, for better or worse.

The 1960s would have been interesting to live through to, but that wasn't in the cards for me. In the '80s I was angry about this, but I do not feel that way anymore.

Angry that you weren't born earlier?

I hope you are sincerely asking the question. Your emoji makes me wonder about that. Nevertheless, I will give a serious answer.

There's context here.

I am the youngest of 8. Siblings 5 to 15 years older than me. I have always found the '60s interesting for a lot of reasons, (music, culture, politics, the general vibe) and wished I had been around to experience it, especially the British Invasion -- so, say 1964 on. Six of my seven siblings are old enough to remember back to the beginning 1964 (one was a baby), and some told me of their experiences back at that time (some of which I experienced as a baby, and which I do not remember).

With 7 siblings that much older than you, and jumping forward to the '80s, it was difficult to see them all going off and doing things while you are stuck in school -- which was the case for 5 years (see the above paragraph). And I internalized a lot of that. I may have spoken about it to two people.

I also believed (naively, as it turned out), when the '80s began, that somehow the '80s would be a repeat of the '60s. Looking back now, that was silly, but I really believed that at the time.

As far as my siblings are concerned, they did their time (education and careers) before me, and I did my education and am still doing my career. Ironically, things are the same now as they were in the '80s but in a different way. I'm the only one of the 8 who are still working.

Unlike then, however, I know that 3 or 4 years will go by relatively quickly. I also have a lot more to care about now -- raising teenagers being one.

[tmoore952]

If you remember living in the 60s, you wern't there.

I turned 3 in early 1970.

I remember two things from the '60s. When I say this, I always have to add "it was not due to drugs". The two things I remember are both family related.

[kphoger]

-kenarmy

[Poiponen13]

2028 still feels like the far future, but it's actually the same time from this year as 2020. 

2028 is 30% further away.

Yeah, that's why I changed my original thought of "today" to "this year".

And 2008 feels a relatively recent year, but actually it is further away from this year that 2036 is. And 2036 feels like far future.

[Max Rockatansky]

-kenarmy

No kenspaceforce or kencoastguard editions?

[kphoger]

And 2008 feels a relatively recent year, but actually it is further away from this year that 2036 is. And 2036 feels like far future.

Wow, crap.  My eldest son was born in '08.  He'll turn 28 years old in 2036.  Is this what getting old is like?

[GaryV]

And 2008 feels a relatively recent year, but actually it is further away from this year that 2036 is. And 2036 feels like far future.

Wow, crap.  My eldest son was born in '08.  He'll turn 28 years old in 2036.  Is this what getting old is like?

No, getting old is when all your kids are over 30.

[Poiponen13]

And 2008 feels a relatively recent year, but actually it is further away from this year that 2036 is. And 2036 feels like far future.

Wow, crap.  My eldest son was born in '08.  He'll turn 28 years old in 2036.  Is this what getting old is like?

Two things you may know have known:
1. Sault Sainte John Madden was also born in that year.
2. I consider 28 years a special anniversary, since calendar repeats itself every 28 years. That is so because the leap day occurs every four years and there are seven days in a week (thus seven possible weekdays for leap day), and 4*7=28. A calendar like 2008 wll not occur again until 2036, and this year's calendar was last used in 1996 and will not be used again in 2052.

[kphoger]

I consider 28 years a special anniversary, since calendar repeats itself every 28 years. That is so because the leap day occurs every four years and there are seven days in a week (thus seven possible weekdays for leap day), and 4*7=28. A calendar like 2008 wll not occur again until 2036, and this year's calendar was last used in 1996 and will not be used again in 2052.

From 2080 to 2120, it's 40 years—not 28 years.  Your system doesn't work.

[frankenroad]

Do any of yall go to auto shows?

I went a few years ago when I was in the market for a new vehicle.  I wanted to look at and sit in several before deciding which ones I wanted to test drive.  I was in the market for a small SUV, and one of the things I was specifically looking at was how high the liftgate would go.  Being a tall person, I did not want one where the lift-gate did not clear my head.  As a consequence, I was able to quickly eliminate several models from any further consideration.

The funny thing is, one of the models that I could fit under was a Nissan Rogue.  So a few days later, I test drove one at my local dealer - I was telling the salesman about my need to clear the liftgate, and after the drive, we went around to the back to look in.  Bam -- I hit my head!   I told him that the car that was at the auto show did not have that problem.  He brought out the service manager to see if there was some kind of adjustment that could be made, but they could not figure out any way to get the liftgate higher.  Then the service manager mentioned that the car that had been at the auto show was actually in their shop getting prepped to be put into inventory.  So he brought that one around, and sure enough, I cleared the liftgate.  So I ended up buying that particular one (which had all the features I wanted).  8 years and 105,000 miles later, and I sill haven't bumped my head!   I also haven't been to the Auto Show since!

[Poiponen13]

I consider 28 years a special anniversary, since calendar repeats itself every 28 years. That is so because the leap day occurs every four years and there are seven days in a week (thus seven possible weekdays for leap day), and 4*7=28. A calendar like 2008 wll not occur again until 2036, and this year's calendar was last used in 1996 and will not be used again in 2052.

From 2080 to 2120, it's 40 years—not 28 years.  Your system doesn't work.

The 28-year cycle is broken by a year that is divisible by 100 but not by 400 (such as 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200). 2000 is divisible by 400, so it is a leap year, but 1900 and 2100 aren't. After 2120, the cycle of "2024-like years" restarts and goes 2120, 2148, 2176. The Gregorian calendar repeats itself after 400 years, so Jan 17, 1624 was also a Wednesday, like the ones in 2424, 2824, 3224 etc. will also be.

[kphoger]

I consider 28 years a special anniversary, since calendar repeats itself every 28 years. That is so because the leap day occurs every four years and there are seven days in a week (thus seven possible weekdays for leap day), and 4*7=28. A calendar like 2008 wll not occur again until 2036, and this year's calendar was last used in 1996 and will not be used again in 2052.

From 2080 to 2120, it's 40 years—not 28 years.  Your system doesn't work.

The 28-year cycle is broken by a year that is divisible by 100 but not by 400 (such as 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200). 2000 is divisible by 400, so it is a leap year, but 1900 and 2100 aren't. After 2120, the cycle of "2024-like years" restarts and goes 2120, 2148, 2176. The Gregorian calendar repeats itself after 400 years, so Jan 17, 1624 was also a Wednesday, like the ones in 2424, 2824, 3224 etc. will also be.

Yeah, that's what I said.  Your system doesn't work.  The calendar only "repeats itself every 28 years" a few times in a row before it doesn't do that.

[Brandon]

And 2008 feels a relatively recent year, but actually it is further away from this year that 2036 is. And 2036 feels like far future.

Wow, crap.  My eldest son was born in '08.  He'll turn 28 years old in 2036.  Is this what getting old is like?

Two things you may know have known:
1. Sault Sainte John Madden was also born in that year.

Who's Sault Sainte John Madden?