Random Thoughts

[kenarmy]

- If con is the opposite of pro, isn't congress the opposite of progress?
- The tinder has a flame logo because you find matches..
- I really regret clicking on the replies for the new name for Cleveland Indians thread..
- Cleaning is just transitioning dirtiness to another place.
- What if alcohol is a transportation device, where you have to drink enough to wake up in jail, or the hospital? Or even worse..
- They choose the pope for life, and putin has met 3... seems fishy.
- If there was to be a mandatory cry for everyone, it would probably be for Queen Elizabeth's death.
- A gummy shark has a higher chance to kill you than a real one.
- The brown and green m&ms are a lesbian couple.
- The game tag stands for "touch and go".

[wanderer2575]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

[hotdogPi]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

I believe that active military members can drink at age 18.

[Roadgeekteen]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

I believe that active military members can drink at age 18.

Is this to encourage more people to join the military?

[interstatefan990]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

A solution: a person who is age 18 can travel anywhere they want in the world. Simply catch a flight to a country or other place that has a drinking age of 18. The Bahamas being one example, which may be part of the reason that it's a popular spring break destination for college students.

[US71]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

Perceived emotional security?

[lepidopteran]

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

So if a US army troop consists of mostly under-21 soldiers, all the enemy has to do is have water cannons filled with beer.  The generals won't let the soldiers go near them.

[Roadgeekteen]

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

So if a US army troop consists of mostly under-21 soldiers, all the enemy has to do is have water cannons filled with beer.  The generals won't let the soldiers go near them.

Not sure if war works like that anymore.

[US71]

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

So if a US army troop consists of mostly under-21 soldiers, all the enemy has to do is have water cannons filled with beer.  The generals won't let the soldiers go near them.

Not sure if war works like that anymore.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making some other poor dumb bastard die for his country.  _George S Patton

[Roadgeekteen]

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

So if a US army troop consists of mostly under-21 soldiers, all the enemy has to do is have water cannons filled with beer.  The generals won't let the soldiers go near them.

Not sure if war works like that anymore.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making some other poor dumb bastard die for his country.  _George S Patton

Kings used to fight in battle.

[wanderer2575]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

I believe that active military members can drink at age 18.

Totally missing my point.

[Roadgeekteen]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

I believe that active military members can drink at age 18.

Totally missing my point.

Many teens drink anyway it's not like the police is arresting people for it.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

I believe that active military members can drink at age 18.

Totally missing my point.

Many teens drink anyway it's not like the police is arresting people for it.

Not arresting people, but in college towns busting those parties brings in a lot of easy citation money.

[Roadgeekteen]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

I believe that active military members can drink at age 18.

Totally missing my point.

Many teens drink anyway it's not like the police is arresting people for it.

Not arresting people, but in college towns busting those parties brings in a lot of easy citation money.

You gotta keep it on the down low

[wanderer2575]

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

You can enlist in the U.S. military at age 18 (age 17 with parental consent) but can't legally have a drink until age 21...  something is messed up there.

I believe that active military members can drink at age 18.

Totally missing my point.

Many teens drink anyway it's not like the police is arresting people for it.

And...  still totally missing my point.  Amazing.

[kphoger]

If con is the opposite of pro, isn't congress the opposite of progress?

The prefix con- means with (conjoin, converge, congregate, commiserate).  So a congress is a bunch of people gathering/moving together.  Progress is what happens when they move forward.

If you can't remember the last time you've had a drink, you're either a very light or very heavy drinker.

Or under 21

I don't think being under 21 necessarily prevents someone from having a drink

Plus, the minimum age may depend on where you live - when I turned 18, that happened to be the legal age at the time.  And I celebrated with a drink

My family aren't big drinkers anyway.

That last part is all that really matters.  I see you live in Massachusetts, where it is perfectly legal to consume alcohol at under age 21, so long as you're with your parents.

General Laws
Part I.  Administration of the Government
  Title XX.  Public Safety and Good Order
   Chapter 138.  Alcoholic Liquors
    Section 34C.  Minors; operation of motor vehicle containing alcoholic beverage; suspension of driver's license

Whoever, being under twenty-one years of age and not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, knowingly possesses, transports or carries on his person, any alcohol or alcoholic beverages, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than one hundred and fifty dollars for a second or subsequent offense; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to a person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who knowingly possesses, transports or carries on his person, alcohol or alcoholic beverages in the course of his employment. A police officer may arrest without a warrant any person who violates this section. A conviction of a violation of this section shall be reported forthwith to the registrar of motor vehicles by the court, and said registrar shall thereupon suspend for a period of ninety days the license of such person to operate a motor vehicle.

There are other sections pertaining to selling alcohol to persons under age 21 and to purchasing alcohol if under age 21–but the above is the only section I've found that specifically addresses possessing alcohol, and it has an explicit carve-out for family.

[Flint1979]

I love the 50,000 watt blowtorches. As I'm currently sitting under perhaps the most distinctive broadcasting tower and the most distinctive feature of Mason, Ohio. I had to get a picture of it.

[kphoger]

I love the 50,000 watt blowtorches. As I'm currently sitting under perhaps the most distinctive broadcasting tower and the most distinctive feature of Mason, Ohio. I had to get a picture of it.

When Wolfman Jack was broadcasting on the XERF-AM border blaster in Ciudad Acuña, it was five times that, at 250,000 watts.  Birds would drop dead out of the sky if they got too close.  It currently operates at 100,000 watts.

[Flint1979]

I love the 50,000 watt blowtorches. As I'm currently sitting under perhaps the most distinctive broadcasting tower and the most distinctive feature of Mason, Ohio. I had to get a picture of it.

When Wolfman Jack was broadcasting on the XERF-AM border blaster in Ciudad Acuña, it was five times that, at 250,000 watts.  Birds would drop dead out of the sky if they got too close.  It currently operates at 100,000 watts.

WLW at one time was 500,000 watts but it was interfering with too much so it went back to 50,000 watts. It was the first distant radio station I ever listened to. It's one of the strongest stations in my area up in Michigan at night.

[kurumi]

Fake urban legend: in Boise, SmartCar tried out a skid-steer version of their car (like a Bobcat tractor). Simpler, less expensive, less maintenance. However, they couldn't get it to handle well enough on the freeway.

[Flint1979]

When I was in Ohio the other day I spent the night in St. Clairsville and went to eat around 9:00. I went to Eat N Park and they closed while I was still in there but they didn't kick me out or anything I just finished eating, paid and left but Google Maps said they were open until 11 this was just after 10 when they closed. I didn't say nothing.

Then just before I left one of the cooks was talking to the server and told her that he got pulled over by a state boy for doing 91 in a 65 coming over the I-470 bridge into Ohio. He was bragging about getting a ticket and said it only cost him $155.

[Flint1979]

Nice skyline

[kenarmy]

- Ok wait a minute.. I just realized Donkey Kong isn't a donkey..
- What if our pets think delivery people are our owners because they feed us..
- I just found out the number following a the name of a movie theater indicates how many screens are inside.
- Are birds on feeders friends, or is it like a public bathroom and they ignore each other?
- In a game of tag with a sprinter and a distance runner, the chaser will probably always win.
- Scooby Doo would be way shorter if they just went to a costume store and asked some questions..
- Does anyone notice the irony behind "hyphenated" and "non-hyphenated"?
- We put paper in a folder to keep it from folding.
- Being scared to end a relationship is the real life version of "are you sure want to quit, any unsaved progress will be lost"
- Flames don't have shadows
- I'm sick af.. there's no way mayonnaise is made from eggs.. 

[TheHighwayMan3561]

- Ok wait a minute.. I just realized Donkey Kong isn't a donkey..

It's a subtle translation from his original Japanese name, which Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto intended as meaning "stubborn as a donkey".

[CNGL-Leudimin]

- Does anyone notice the irony behind "hyphenated" and "non-hyphenated"?

The same happens in Spanish with separado and todo junto. I think it's obvious which one means "separated" and which one "altogether" .

- We put paper in a folder to keep it from folding.

This doesn't happen in Spanish, though (Carpeta and doblar respectively).