Random Thoughts

[Molandfreak]

There is only one Kern County in the United States.  I only recently found this out for myself when people kept complaining on our Facebook page about not knowing where Kern County was.  I would have thought such a short county name would have at least one other instance.

I was surprised to find out that the only Pine County is the one in Minnesota.

(White Pine, NV)

Pinellas County, FL too, if you count Spanish names.

Pinal County, AZ is also derivative

[kenarmy]

-Sandestin is such a clever name...
-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..
-The question is now typically "Is this AI?" and not "Is this real?"
-Sooo is there an updated ETA for US 121 completion?
-Are there any US 425 fans??
-I wonder if Rasputin was taught more in schools because of the song
-Tibet has a really cool flag
-Can't wrap my head around why Ford would discontinue the Escape..
-What does wrap your head around even mean realistically?
-The Nissan Juke was ahead of its time

[hotdogPi]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

[GaryV]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

Or 1867?

[freebrickproductions]

-Sooo is there an updated ETA for US 121 completion?

I somehow read that as "Sooo is there an updated ETA for US 121 competition?"

[1995hoo]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

Or 1867?

Some people maintain that Canada was not truly independent until 1982 when the Queen gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended the British Parliament's power to amend the Canadian constitution. Perhaps that's what the reference meant. After all, I'd wager that a fair number of us were born before 1982.

[Molandfreak]

Who is/was the oldest person on here? Were there possibly any contributors here or to MTR born in the 1920s or before?

[Big John]

Who is/was the oldest person on here? Were there possibly any contributors here or to MTR born in the 1920s or before?

Oldest I see is Sidzs1045 at 75.

[The_Ginger]

-Sooo is there an updated ETA for US 121 completion?

Beckley to Welch, W. Va. (excluding the connector to the I-77/I-64 interchange) should be done by 2031 or 2032.

[Rothman]

I still don't think Canada is independent.  Their head of state still has a massive conflict of interest.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

Or 1867?

Some people maintain that Canada was not truly independent until 1982 when the Queen gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended the British Parliament's power to amend the Canadian constitution. Perhaps that's what the reference meant. After all, I'd wager that a fair number of us were born before 1982.

Going a step further, Australia and New Zealand both got their corresponding acts ending British legal ties in 1986.

[PColumbus73]

I wish station wagons were more mainstream in the US

[GaryV]

Why can't I highlight a section of text and have it all switch to upper case? Or even better, have the first letters of each word change?

[LilianaUwU]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

Or 1867?

Some people maintain that Canada was not truly independent until 1982 when the Queen gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended the British Parliament's power to amend the Canadian constitution. Perhaps that's what the reference meant. After all, I'd wager that a fair number of us were born before 1982.

Canada is still not independent. We still got a king of England.

Also, Québec should've been independent since 1995. The numbers don't add up.

[1995hoo]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

Or 1867?

Some people maintain that Canada was not truly independent until 1982 when the Queen gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended the British Parliament's power to amend the Canadian constitution. Perhaps that's what the reference meant. After all, I'd wager that a fair number of us were born before 1982.

Canada is still not independent. We still got a king of England.

Also, Québec should've been independent since 1995. The numbers don't add up.

I don't view it as my place to pass judgment one way or the other on a resident of a different country's views about that country's political situation. That's why I worded my comment very carefully—"some people maintain" means there are other views out there.

[kphoger]

Why can't I highlight a section of text and have it all switch to upper case? Or even better, have the first letters of each word change?

You can do that in Excel.



That's a pretty simple solution if you just need to then paste it back in somewhere else.

[Max Rockatansky]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

Or 1867?

Some people maintain that Canada was not truly independent until 1982 when the Queen gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended the British Parliament's power to amend the Canadian constitution. Perhaps that's what the reference meant. After all, I'd wager that a fair number of us were born before 1982.

Canada is still not independent. We still got a king of England.

Also, Québec should've been independent since 1995. The numbers don't add up.

I don't view it as my place to pass judgment one way or the other on a resident of a different country's views about that country's political situation. That's why I worded my comment very carefully—"some people maintain" means there are other views out there.

I've never understood how Quebec splitting from Canada would somehow raise their profile on the world stage.

[LilianaUwU]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

Or 1867?

Some people maintain that Canada was not truly independent until 1982 when the Queen gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended the British Parliament's power to amend the Canadian constitution. Perhaps that's what the reference meant. After all, I'd wager that a fair number of us were born before 1982.

Canada is still not independent. We still got a king of England.

Also, Québec should've been independent since 1995. The numbers don't add up.

I don't view it as my place to pass judgment one way or the other on a resident of a different country's views about that country's political situation. That's why I worded my comment very carefully—"some people maintain" means there are other views out there.

I've never understood how Quebec splitting from Canada would somehow raise their profile on the world stage.

You think being within Canada is helping us? I mean, it's better than being part of the US, but still...

[kphoger]

Canada is still not independent. We still got a king of England.

Forgive me for not knowing more about the history of Canadian politics, but...

Between the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster of 1931, the monarch's appointed representative in Canada—i.e., the Governor General—is only ever somebody who was already chosen by the Canadian Prime Minister, right?  To me, that sounds like Canada has been independent from the crown for almost 100 years by now.

[Max Rockatansky]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

Or 1867?

Some people maintain that Canada was not truly independent until 1982 when the Queen gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended the British Parliament's power to amend the Canadian constitution. Perhaps that's what the reference meant. After all, I'd wager that a fair number of us were born before 1982.

Canada is still not independent. We still got a king of England.

Also, Québec should've been independent since 1995. The numbers don't add up.

I don't view it as my place to pass judgment one way or the other on a resident of a different country's views about that country's political situation. That's why I worded my comment very carefully—"some people maintain" means there are other views out there.

I've never understood how Quebec splitting from Canada would somehow raise their profile on the world stage.

You think being within Canada is helping us? I mean, it's better than being part of the US, but still...

A woman I one dated for three years was originally from Montreal.  She absolutely despised PQ and everything related to Quebec becoming an independent nation.  To that end I would be curious to find out what exactly the opposing angle actually is.  I was mostly just surprised there was so much dissent up north.

[formulanone]

Why can't I highlight a section of text and have it all switch to upper case? Or even better, have the first letters of each word change?

You can do that in Excel.



That's a pretty simple solution if you just need to then paste it back in somewhere else.

Ooh, didn't know how to do that in Excel.

In Word, Shift-F3 [hold as needed] will alternate between "no caps", "ALL CAPS", but I forget if the last one is "Title Case" (Which Is Probably Called Proper As Seen Above) or "First letter only".

Unfortunately, it doesn't understand an initialism or acronym, and doesn't leave out articles / prepositions / conjunctions from capitalization.

[vdeane]

Why can't I highlight a section of text and have it all switch to upper case? Or even better, have the first letters of each word change?

You can do that in Excel.



That's a pretty simple solution if you just need to then paste it back in somewhere else.

I guess I've been capitalizing Can'T incorrectly all this time.

I've never understood how Quebec splitting from Canada would somehow raise their profile on the world stage.

I don't believe "raising their profile on the world stage" is the point.  More like giving the English language the Tom From Ohio treatment.

[LilianaUwU]

-Canada as a country is younger than a lot of people on this forum..

Who here was born before 1931?

Or 1867?

Some people maintain that Canada was not truly independent until 1982 when the Queen gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended the British Parliament's power to amend the Canadian constitution. Perhaps that's what the reference meant. After all, I'd wager that a fair number of us were born before 1982.

Canada is still not independent. We still got a king of England.

Also, Québec should've been independent since 1995. The numbers don't add up.

I don't view it as my place to pass judgment one way or the other on a resident of a different country's views about that country's political situation. That's why I worded my comment very carefully—"some people maintain" means there are other views out there.

I've never understood how Quebec splitting from Canada would somehow raise their profile on the world stage.

You think being within Canada is helping us? I mean, it's better than being part of the US, but still...

A woman I one dated for three years was originally from Montreal.  She absolutely despised PQ and everything related to Quebec becoming an independent nation.  To that end I would be curious to find out what exactly the opposing angle actually is.  I was mostly just surprised there was so much dissent up north.

Was English her first language?

[kphoger]

In Word, Shift-F3 [hold as needed] will alternate between "no caps", "ALL CAPS", but I forget if the last one is "Title Case" (Which Is Probably Called Proper As Seen Above) or "First letter only".

or ...

[Max Rockatansky]

Why can't I highlight a section of text and have it all switch to upper case? Or even better, have the first letters of each word change?

You can do that in Excel.



That's a pretty simple solution if you just need to then paste it back in somewhere else.

I guess I've been capitalizing Can'T incorrectly all this time.

I've never understood how Quebec splitting from Canada would somehow raise their profile on the world stage.

I don't believe "raising their profile on the world stage" is the point.  More like giving the English language the Tom From Ohio treatment.

Given I'm Tom from Michigan I had to think back on what that reference meant.  Isn't that the guy who got booted from the forum over unsubstantiated claims of insider information about an I-73 study?