SAY IT HERE!!!!!

[nadalama]

Once on a flight from FL I had a mother and her ~6 yr old sitting behind me.

This kid started hitting me with an alligator on a stick toy.
I asked the kid to stop and asked the mother to stop him and just got glared at.
So I grabbed the stick on the next swipe the kid made broke the stick in a few pieces and gave it back to the kid.
The kid wailed and cried and the mother started raising hell at me.
flight attendant showed up. listened to what happened and got verification from surrounding passengers.
The flight attendant asked me if I wanted to have law enforcement meet the plane when we landed.
The mother got all happy, then the flight attendant said it was to see if I wanted to press assault charges against the mother for letting her child physically assault me. I declined if the mother would shut up and mind her child.
Rest of flight was nice.

Nothing to do with kids, but something that happened to my husband...he used to be in a bowling league with a work friend of his, so once a week they'd go to a bowling alley that was across the street from part of NC State University. There was always a lot of walking traffic in the area, mostly students, but also the occasional bum, too.

Hubbs had been noticing this guy who'd come into the bowling alley and panhandle for change, bum cigarettes, and just generally bother the hell out of people. The guy was in there all the time. One night the guy asked my husband for a cigarette, and hubbs told him to get a fucking job and buy his own damn cigs. Twenty minutes or so later, after hubbs had taken a couple of turns and been to the restroom and back, he noticed his cigarettes, lighter, and container of change that he'd had in the ashtray were gone (this was back when you could still smoke inside nearly anyplace). He looked around and saw the bum guy heading for the stairs that went down into the parking deck underneath the bowling alley.

To make a long story a little shorter, hubbs caught up with the guy out on the sidewalk in front of the bowling alley. He lifted dude up by his damn shirt and slammed him down on the hood of a parked car, and was about to whup the living shit out of him when a cop came walking up. Without ever letting the guy up, hubbs told the cop what happened, and said, look in his damn pockets. You'll find my Camel Lights, a green Bic lighter, and a Tupperware container of change. Sure enough...

Cop asked my husband if he wanted to press charges against the guy for stealing his stuff. I think dude thought he was saved when the cop showed up, but he damn near went to jail that night. Hubbs finally said he wouldn't press charges if the guy stayed out of the bowling alley, and after that night, he never saw the guy again.

Sometimes people better be careful what they wish for. Other folks might not see a situation the same way they do.

Thank goodness cars were made out of actual metal back then. lol At the time, I doubt my husband gave a damn about the hood of that car. He wuz pissed.

 

[The Cromwell]

 

[CrazyChef v2.0]

you all live in a simulated reality!

Yes, we do. But we simulated it just for you. You won't believe what we have in store for you...

 

[The Cromwell]

A simulated reality simulating a reality?

 

[Huckleberried]

OMFG why did I read the Govt thread? I need a shower to take a shower after all that. My god.

 

[The Cromwell]

OMFG why did I read the Govt thread? I need a shower to take a shower after all that. My god.

Now you can read the who to vote for thread

 

[nadalama]

This is the most inexplicable political time I've ever seen in my life. This country is so polarized it is tragic and unbelievable.

I feel like I am a fairly intelligent and well-informed person, and I don't appreciate being called names, don't care a damn bit for other people trying to rob me of my right to make my own decisions or use intimidation and violent speech to squelch my right to speak about those decisions.

These days, it's like if you're prepared to open your mouth, you'd better be holding a Louisville Slugger to fend off the predators.

 

[The Cromwell]

Politics has become very faith based not fact based.
Not that it ever was very fact based.
Party first!

 

[nadalama]

Politics has become very faith based not fact based.
Not that it ever was very fact based.
Party first!

Well I have some fairly extensive opinions about the real basis of all of that, but I'm sure not going to talk about them here. It may very well be that my kids and my best friends IRL are the only people I'd talk to about how I really feel about it, because it ain't pretty.

 

[The Cromwell]

Well I have some fairly extensive opinions about the real basis of all of that, but I'm sure not going to talk about them here. It may very well be that my kids and my best friends IRL are the only people I'd talk to about how I really feel about it, because it ain't pretty.

Yep I agree and for the best for this thread.
Many it seems cannot even talk in generalities about current politics.
Wait and see if some turn up here.

 

[MyMagicMist]

Politics has become very faith based not fact based.

Yes. My wife was reading to me about this new "Natural Law" humanitarian rights council/department/agency that is being created. We discussed then how the Christian Bible does not actually explicitly state it is against homosexuality.

They only genuine admonishment is against pedophilia. "Men shall not lay with boys" or something to that extent. There was no "Men shall not lay with men" either in the context of it. Nor does the Bible exclude lesbianism. I think most of us can agree that having sex with children is a rather acceptable "no no". Also sex with the dead ought not be an issue either, meaning that it just shouldn't be done, grant some small bit of respect hey?

But, it was alright for Lot's daughters to incestuously get pregnant by their father. Yet all the Fundamental Christians will thump their Bible while claiming God's Word is against homosexuality. I just smile and dare them to find a passage explicitly stating that, or that "God hates fags".

The Bible also does not take a stand against witchcraft. Instead the original Greek from the Hebrew means to say "thou shalt not suffer a poisoner". A poisoner could be the guy telling you that the Bible says witches need burned alive at the stake because he is indeed poisoning the actual true word of an alleged God.

And I also point out to these folks wanting Natural Law to mean male and female coupling only, nature allows for homosexual pigs, penguins, cattle, sheep, horses and all other creatures. Sorry but no, Natural Law doesn't mean what they pro-port it to mean. Nature just loves the act of sex and especially when it sets everything else aside for love being love.

I think Jacque Fresco was on to something in that we need to let science govern us.

Many it seems cannot even talk in generalities about current politics.
Wait and see if some turn up here.

Hope I kept it general enough. Know I pointed a Christianity but the same kind of stuff goes hand in glove with most of any other religion as well. I'll just stay a free thinking, agnostic fence setter.

 

[Huckleberried]

 

[DogMan]

https://www.facebook.com/jason.nolthenius/posts/10157033156285272

i expected that to embed

 

[The Cromwell]

https://www.facebook.com/jason.nolthenius/posts/10157033156285272

i expected that to embed

Some will take offense, I like it.
Religion with many seems to be like shopping just pick out what you like.

 

[gadget!]

 

[The Cromwell]

That was a really crappy thing to do.

 

[The Cromwell]

It is best to just steal all the toilet paper.

 

[DogMan]

Went to sister's Wednesday, to help nephew install his graphics card in his PC

Neglected to take an adapter for his VGA screen

She's regional. So I express posted one on my way home

They got it today.

I was just settling down for a nap, when phone beeped. After installing driver, it said no operating system

I made coffee and talked them through it

Nephew suffers severe anxiety. So he did well

Sorted out now. But I can't sleep

 

[The Cromwell]

Well all the bombs and rockets have died down around here so I will be sleepytime soon.
4th of July thing in the USA for all you furriners

Even heard lots of guns being fired, probably associated with prolific consumption of alcoholic beverages?

 

[ej1024]

MY July 4

EARTHQUAKE
BREAK LOSS
UNEXPECTED EXPENSES TO FIX MY SUV.
I HAVEN’T USE MY NAVIGATOR FOR 2 WEEKS, SO I SAID TO MYSELF LET ME USE IT TODAY, SINCE IT WAS HOLIDAy, I STEEPED ON THAT GAS PEDAL DOING DANGEROUSLY 100-110 this morning.....
Fast forward, I clocked out @7:23pm got inside my truck, stepped on my break pedal, and my foot went all the way to the floor, WTF!
Popped my hood, checked my brake fluid chamber, NO FUCKING FLUID! walked a mile to a liquor store to get me some break fluid, walked back to my car, filled it with stp dot 3 BREAK FLUID, STARTED THE ENGINE, STEPPED ON THE BREAK PEDAL AND BOOM, MY FOOT BACK ON THR FLOOR! FUCK!!

At this point I was like, should I leave my truck here or have it tow tonight, ITS FUCKING 4th of JULY! I went online and researched on the issue, then somebody said you still can drive the truck home, but you just have to step on the breaks all the way to the floor and use your lower gears to help you stop and turn the hazard light which i did drove 15 miles utilizing the side streets and I’m finally home safe and irritated!

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TOM, IM GONNA HAVE TO TAKE TO MY TRUSTED MECHANIC ALEX, ITS GONNA COST ME MONEY FOR SURE BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS!!

 

[Huckleberried]

@nadalama, I want to wish you a Happy Belated Birthday!

 

[f1r3b1rd]

Nature has chosen mankind’s replacement


https://www.fox8live.com/2019/07/03/roaches-are-building-immunity-bug-spray/

 

[The Cromwell]

Roaches would be a fitting replacement for those humans wishing total destruction, pain and death on California right now.
Rabid Muslims have nothing on that type of American.
I doubt that their self tortured souls will ever find peace.

And yes such posts exist on this board.

 

[MrMeowgi]

Roaches would be a fitting replacement for those humans wishing total destruction, pain and death on California right now.
Rabid Muslims have nothing on that type of American.
I doubt that their self tortured souls will ever find peace.

And yes such posts exist on this board.

Some places here you never want to go. Lol

 

[SteveS45]

MY July 4

 

[The Cromwell]

Some places here you never want to go. Lol

Well I will never see any post from that individual again.
I just cannot imagine being that mean hearted.
I hope their self tortured soul finds peace.

 

[SteveS45]

Well I will never see any post from that individual again.

So he has f1r3bird on IGNORE? Os is he just talking out his orifice again?

 

[f1r3b1rd]

So he has f1r3bird on IGNORE? Os is he just talking out his orifice again?

Don’t think he’s referring to me.

 

[SteveS45]

Don’t think he’s referring to me.

Trying to figure that out since he quoted someone who quoted you????

 

[SteveS45]

 

[f1r3b1rd]

Trying to figure that out since he quoted someone who quoted you????

I reckon I don’t put much stock in who quotes whom or why

 

[The Cromwell]

Don’t think he’s referring to me.

Nope, no problems with you at all.

 

[SteveS45]

I reckon I don’t put much stock in who quotes whom or why

Some members have No Stock Value so I have to whole heartedly agree~!

 

[f1r3b1rd]

Nope, no problems with you at all.

I knew there was a rare member somewhere that didn’t

 

[The Cromwell]

I knew there was a rare member somewhere that didn’t

LOL good reply. I like it.
Not sure who thought I had issues with you?
I suppose it must have been one of my admirers

 

[Huckleberried]

LOL good reply. I like it.
Not sure who thought I had issues with you?
I suppose it must have been one of my admirers

Well I like ya. I like Bird, too.

 

[DogMan]

 

[The Cromwell]

Well I like ya. I like Bird, too.

Well Thank You

 

[DogMan]

i don't like anyone

at parties, i'm the one hiding in the corner, with the dog

 

[nadalama]

@nadalama, I want to wish you a Happy Belated Birthday!

View attachment 142177

Thank you! I had a very nice birthday this year; boss even let me go home early! Hubbs made dinner for me, even had cake and ice cream. Gotta love birthdays!

 

[The Cromwell]

i don't like anyone

at parties, i'm the one hiding in the corner, with the dog

I am in the other corner with no dog.

 

[nadalama]

i don't like anyone

at parties, i'm the one hiding in the corner, with the dog

I do like some people but I'd still be right there with ya, in the corner with the dog. I am basically antisocial, and only like people when I just can't help myself!

Why would anyone hope for bad things for Californians? I don't get it. With all the narcissists and psychos and just plain damn mean people in the world, they have to single out Californians?

 

[The Cromwell]

Aww here comes your dog over here.
Critters like me.
I will send it back in a bit.

 

[The Cromwell]

I do like some people but I'd still be right there with ya, in the corner with the dog. I am basically antisocial, and only like people when I just can't help myself!

Why would anyone hope for bad things for Californians? I don't get it. With all the narcissists and psychos and just plain damn mean people in the world, they have to single out Californians?

Many people must have someone to hate it seems.
Just a common thing with humans.
I may dislike or feel indifferent about some humans.
Which makes me avoid them not verbally or physically attack them or wish them ill.
I do not think I really hate anyone.
Mosquitoes now I do hate!

 

[DogMan]

i'm australian, so don't understand the californian reference

just posting to feel involved though

 

[nadalama]

i'm australian, so don't understand the californian reference

just posting to feel involved though

I don't understand it either. The only thing I can think of is that some people may be convinced that California is an evil place because of Hollywood and the film industry and the hedonistic lifestyle that seems to go along with that. San Francisco has a very large LGBTQ community and is also a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants, and I'm sure there are people who feel negatively about those things.

In any case and in my opinion, the people of San Francisco have the right to determine how their community is governed and the responsibility to create the conditions under which they want to live. If some do not approve, then they can live somewhere else.

Overall I am afraid that this is just yet another manifestation of the current moral climate in the US, where a certain part of the population feels that they have suddenly been given permission to be vehemently vocal and in everyone else's face about their prejudices and hatred. Up until just a couple of years ago they realized that they needed to to keep this vileness to themselves, or at least contained to like company.

And by the way, and certainly this is not directed toward @DogMan , but if anyone feels inclined to attack me for what I've said here, as far as I'm concerned you can go ahead and kiss my ass and I will ignore everything you have to say from here on. I'm not going to change what I feel or deny myself the right to have and express an opinion any more because of people like you who want to silence everyone who doesn't agree with you.

 

[DogMan]

No. I mean I am clueless. I am without clue.

Do people not like Californians? I've been told socal vs norcal exists. But I wasn't aware that neighbouring states viewed Californians as anything other rivals in baseball

 

[The Cromwell]

No. I mean I am clueless. I am without clue.

Do people not like Californians? I've been told socal vs norcal exists. But I wasn't aware that neighbouring states viewed Californians as anything other rivals in baseball

It is as nadalama said.
Many in the USA have focused on California because of things they love to hate and be outraged about.
Gays, Hispanics, more socialistic laws than much of the country, Environmental regulations, etc.
And because of the predominant political party there.

And yes northern CA is quite different from southern CA.
SOCAL is VERY high population density and NORCAL is much more sparsely populated.

 

[DogMan]

on another note, the internet is kind of stupid

i suspect that i just made yet another ignore list of a millenial on a (non vaping) forum

we were offensive youth, now we are offensive middle agers. Some day, i still have hopes to be fashionable

 

[The Cromwell]

on another note, the internet is kind of stupid

i suspect that i just made yet another ignore list of a millenial on a (non vaping) forum

we were offensive youth, now we are offensive middle agers. Some day, i still have hopes to be fashionable

Trouble is fashions keep changing and being recycled.
I prefer to be me.