Random Thoughts

[Molandfreak]

I can't remember where we discussed special things that happened when you googled specific topics such as fonts, but add "67" to that list... I know it's an obnoxious meme, but if you google it, what happens next is interesting.

[Henry]

Once got a magazine delivered to Duluth, Minisoda...

This Illannoy native is getting a very good laugh out of it!

[Beltway]

Just happened to look through my flight history and looks like I had previously flown on one of the planes that the hijackers took over on 9/11. Previously I had flown it from Denver to Dulles on October 16th, 1998. This is the one that ended up being Flight 93 and crashed in Shanksville, PA. Weird to think about.

I flew on the B-17 Nine-O-Nine (N93012) in 2015 when it visited a local airport.

On October 2, 2019, N93012 crashed at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, while attempting to return shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was destroyed in the crash, and seven of the thirteen people on board were killed.

I don't know for sure but it likely had the same pilot and copilot as my flight.

[Beltway]

Of the top 15 posters by post count on this forum, two are from upstate NY, and both are NYSDOT employees.

How many of them were one-liners?

The world wonders.

[formulanone]

I flew on N909DL twice before it was crashed and written-off at La Guardia in 2015, but there were no fatalities.

[PColumbus73]

Watching three boards getting antagonized at the same time, by the same user, is quite fascinating

[Max Rockatansky]

Watching three boards getting antagonized at the same time, by the same user, is quite fascinating

Name dropping the forum owner and implying threats of administrative action against "eight certain users" certainly is an unusual angle to try.

[PColumbus73]

Watching three boards getting antagonized at the same time, by the same user, is quite fascinating

Name dropping the forum owner and implying threats of administrative action against "eight certain users" certainly is an unusual angle to try.

How long before Montana falls?

[D-Dey65]

Hey, where is or was this building, which I assume was in Midtown Manhattan?
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1SGnRO.img?w=1920&h=1080&q=60&m=2&f=jpg

[freebrickproductions]

Hey, where is or was this building, which I assume was in Midtown Manhattan?
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1SGnRO.img?w=1920&h=1080&q=60&m=2&f=jpg

Definitely not Midtown Manhattan, based on the design of the license plates, parking spaces, and signage seen on the right. I'd suggest somewhere in Europe, potentially specifically somewhere in the UK? Though the positioning of the cars seems to imply they drive on the right side of the road...

[LilianaUwU]

Hey, where is or was this building, which I assume was in Midtown Manhattan?
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1SGnRO.img?w=1920&h=1080&q=60&m=2&f=jpg

Rotterdam.

[D-Dey65]

Hey, where is or was this building, which I assume was in Midtown Manhattan?
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1SGnRO.img?w=1920&h=1080&q=60&m=2&f=jpg

Rotterdam.

Thanks.

New topic; I can't believe how many photographs of US 19 between Capps, Florida and Monticello, Florida from May 2023 I still have yet to upload to Wikimedia Commons. Some of them are of sites that have been taken before, but I don't care.

[PColumbus73]

Updating a schoolyard jab for modern times:

Did your mommy clanker do that for you?

[Max Rockatansky]

My wife really likes the Fallout TV series.  I find that slightly odd since she wasn't even aware it was an RPG series nor has any idea about the massive amounts of background lore. 

[Scott5114]

My wife really likes the Fallout TV series.  I find that slightly odd since she wasn't even aware it was an RPG series nor has any idea about the massive amounts of background lore. 

Every once in a while someone on social media will post a screenshot of the game map from one of them and I'll run through the same thought process of "Huh, that looks just like a map of Las Vegas. Wait, that is a map of Las Vegas. Wait, no it's not."

[plain]

YOU WILL NEVER HINDER THE JINDER!!!

Pretty soon The Modern Day Maharaja will once again enter the WWE, where he will become a 2X world champion. And it doesn't matter who the reigning champion is because his bitch ass is going to get hit with the most devastating move in the history of everything, the Khallas!!!

[Max Rockatansky]

My wife really likes the Fallout TV series.  I find that slightly odd since she wasn't even aware it was an RPG series nor has any idea about the massive amounts of background lore. 

Every once in a while someone on social media will post a screenshot of the game map from one of them and I'll run through the same thought process of "Huh, that looks just like a map of Las Vegas. Wait, that is a map of Las Vegas. Wait, no it's not."

One thing I'll say that kind of disappoints me about the show is the lack of accuracy with highway stuff.  I-15 in particular was a significant plot element in several Fallout games.  The only highway sign I've seen in the show was a novelty US 66 sign in a promo.

[Molandfreak]

Is it AARoads canon that Poiponen wanted to boink Nic Cage now?

[Max Rockatansky]

Is it AARoads canon that Poiponen wanted to boink Nic Cage now?

That movie better have the line "put the turducken back in the box."

[Takumi]

Is it AARoads canon that Poiponen wanted to boink Nic Cage now?

That movie better have the line "put the turducken back in the box."

Given that John Mulaney and Shane Gillis are in it, it's probably got an entire scene devoted to it.

[ZLoth]

56 bags of leaves in the past week, and set out to be picked up tomorrow.

[Scott5114]

That's a lot of effort to put into making your soil worse.

[kphoger]

That's a lot of effort to put into making your soil worse.

I thought sunlight was good for plants.

[Scott5114]

That's a lot of effort to put into making your soil worse.

I thought sunlight was good for plants.

It is, but most grasses are dormant at this time of year, and so are not using the sunlight anyhow. Also, downed leaves provide shelter and warmth to the sort of creatures that promote soil health. The leaves themselves, of course, biodegrade over time, which improves soil fertility. (Which is important, since the grass monoculture typical of suburban lawns tends to sap the soil of nutrients but not replenish them over time, which means you have to do even more work applying fertilizer, while the soil ends up becoming dense and hard, which means you have to aerate it—all of this can be done through natural processes instead, which leaving leaves in place promotes.)

All of the above is why I never bothered to do anything with the leaves when I lived in Oklahoma. When it was time for the first mowing of the spring, I just ran the mower over any leaves that were still around and they became part of the regular mulch.

[vdeane]

That's a lot of effort to put into making your soil worse.

I thought sunlight was good for plants.

It is, but most grasses are dormant at this time of year, and so are not using the sunlight anyhow. Also, downed leaves provide shelter and warmth to the sort of creatures that promote soil health. The leaves themselves, of course, biodegrade over time, which improves soil fertility. (Which is important, since the grass monoculture typical of suburban lawns tends to sap the soil of nutrients but not replenish them over time, which means you have to do even more work applying fertilizer, while the soil ends up becoming dense and hard, which means you have to aerate it—all of this can be done through natural processes instead, which leaving leaves in place promotes.)

All of the above is why I never bothered to do anything with the leaves when I lived in Oklahoma. When it was time for the first mowing of the spring, I just ran the mower over any leaves that were still around and they became part of the regular mulch.

Makes me wonder if this is why the town my parents live in stops collecting yard waste before the leaves are done falling.  Every year there are piles of leaves that sit by the side of the road all winter long waiting for them to resume collection in the spring.