The Random thought thread

[onetrack]

I don't know about "dearer" - that looks like "long and painful", with more neck pain than ever! There's nothing like tribal stupidities!

[pmccarthy]

1 hour ago, red750 said:

and I have been advised to get  a thumb sling to hold the thumb in place.

 

 

Not a famous as the invention of Otto Titsling. Though he lost to in the end to m. Brassiere.

[nomadpete]

7 hours ago, old man emu said:

When was the last time you stepped on chewing gum on a footpath? 

 

My Mum asked me to get her some chewing gum for her as she suffers from "dry mouth" and chewing gum keeps her mouth moist with saliva. I tries to find some at the supermarket, but could hardly find any.

OME, go to a pharmacy and get her some Aque mouth spray.

[nomadpete]

Intolerance will NOT be tolerated

[old man emu]

43 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

OME, go to a pharmacy and get her some Aque mouth spray.

She does use a product called Oral 7 which is a gel. Doesn't use it all the time. She didn't tell me why she wanted chewing gum. Maybe she heard the song , "I'm forever blowing bubbles ..."

[Jerry_Atrick]

This isn't a random thought.. but I was in a discussion with someone today about becoming an adopter of a new technology framework over the current widespread frameworks. I made the point it is highly unusual for me to go all in on the first new release of this particular vendor's product, usually preferring to wait a few releases and then only taking it on after it has proved itself and has traction in the market. 

 

His response is that we won't be able to find the developers and that we should stick with the tried and tested frameworks. My response was if that were the case, we would all still be on IBM Mainframes writing COBOL, and that as a well paid and experienced/quality developer, he should be able to learn the new framework and start productively developing in a couple of months - and with all that experience avoid the pitfalls of newbies.

 

It sort of backed him into a corner where we were debating the technical merits of the framework. It got me thinking - how much do we hold up progress by hanging onto the old way of doing things? Forgetting the climate change argument, why wouldn't we transition to cleaner energy that would result in cleaner air and less environmental damage*? People argue cost, but if we reduced toxins in the air, which is likely to reduce all sorts of ailments from respiratory issues to cancers resulting in early deaths, how much do we save through a healthier population not dragging down finances for health care, and the opportunity cost lost on related losses from sick leave, loss of economic capacity through early deaths or retirements through ill health, etc. 

 

How many times do you see a meme that says something like "out yout hand up if you were slapped as a kid and learned to respect people"? I can recall  both my partner and I were heavily influenced by our parents' parenting, which differed substantially. And after a disagreement about how to handle a situation (after it was handled), when my partner was defending her approach based on it was what her mother did in the same situation, I stopped and thought for a minute. "Don't we both complain about how our parents handled situations.. and now we're both applying what we complained about" Of course, parenting that doesn't set boundaries and implement consequences normally results in kids out of control and worse, but studies continually conclude where the boundaries are set in calm and rational ways, and consequences are applied in calm and reasonable/non-violent ways, they have a better outcome than smacking.  Of course, in the field of any animal behaviour, there are outliers. I am not saying there is no place for a gentle tap on the wrist.. and I once did grab the boy by the ear when he was being particularly obstinate.. But, geez I felt crap afterwards. 

 

Of course, old ways worked then, and many are just as applicable now as they were.. but what if we are less shackled and more open.. how much better would this planet be?

Edited October 8 by Jerry_Atrick

[nomadpete]

Everyone loves the wedding photographer

 

https://forums.sailinganarchy.com/data/video/705/705907-4fd657891f94fa6ae773be1eff89feeb.mp4

[facthunter]

Not after they get the Bill. Nev

[red750]

Here's a very random thought, not that it affects anyone. Why did 10 days disappear from the calendar in 1582?

 

 

https://www.iflscience.com/theres-a-very-good-reason-why-october-1582-on-your-phone-is-missing-10-days-81135

 

 

 

 

 

[facthunter]

The Dog ate it? Nev

[Marty_d]

Dammit, I had appointments in that missing period 

[nomadpete]

48 minutes ago, red750 said:

Here's a very random thought, not that it affects anyone. Why did 10 days disappear from the calendar in 1582?

 

 

https://www.iflscience.com/theres-a-very-good-reason-why-october-1582-on-your-phone-is-missing-10-days-81135

 

 

 

 

 

Well I bet mobile phones back then couldn't cope with daylight saving time?

[facthunter]

You don't want a missing period. Nev

[onetrack]

I just hate it, when you wonder where that last 10 days went!

[nomadpete]

2 hours ago, red750 said:

Here's a very random thought, not that it affects anyone. Why did 10 days disappear from the calendar in 1582?

 

 

https://www.iflscience.com/theres-a-very-good-reason-why-october-1582-on-your-phone-is-missing-10-days-81135

 

 

 

 

 

This is yet another example of religious mobs meddling with science to make it fit into their doctrine.

[pmccarthy]

More importantly, where did three or four years go out of our lives? When I try to remember when something happened, or how old I am, I keep getting it wrong by that amount. I can own up to being 70, but not a few years older. And events from around 2015 seem much more recent. Perhaps it is the blank time during the covid crisis.

[onetrack]

Meantimes, there's a black African Christian pastor, one Joshua Mhlakela, who has apparently messed up a little with his religious calendar predictions.

 

He told all his followers the Rapture (an event in Biblical prophecy whereby true Christians will ascend directly into Heaven) was sure to happen on the 23rd Sept 2025, according to his best calculations.

 

Unfortunately, it seems he failed in school, in both maths and religious predictions, because the 23rd of Sept has come and gone, and all his followers are still stuck on on Earth, and there's no sign of Jesus Christ or God! 

This is apparently getting a little awkward for Joshua, as a big number of his dedicated believers sold their cars and homes and all their possessions, because they knew they wouldn't need them in Heaven!

 

What is worse, it seems Joshua has made himself scarce, and doesn't want to meet up with those angry and disappointed followers of his! Such are the trials of being a religious forecaster!

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15133737/Humiliated-preachers-Rapture-explain-happened.html

[red750]

I may be starting to lose it. The dog went batshit this morning when there ws someone at the front door. It was the driver of the garbage collection truck. Keeping an eye on parked vehicles as he picked up the bin, he noticed that I had left the key in the car door, and brought it to the house. I had been reattaching the rear dashcam camera, which had fallen from the rear hatch window yesterday afternoon, and I forgot to lock the car and remove the key. The car was unlocked with the key in the door all night. On the Astra, the door key also locks the rear hatch and petrol tank door via the central locking.

[onetrack]

Too much on your mind will do that. I once noticed a Landcruiser in the street nearby with the keys hanging out of the door. I stopped, took them out and went into the house alongside where it was parked. A bloke in his mid-30's came out, and when I said, "Is that your Landcruiser in the street? I found these keys in the door!", he looked aghast and said "Yes", and thanked me.

 

He was running a small business, he had three little kids running around, and he looked absolutely frazzled. Probably working his guts out, and his gorgeous-looking missus had probably screwed him senseless the night before, as well! 

 

About 25 yrs ago, I lost a big bunch of my keys in my rented 1000 sq m industrial yard. I didn't find them for 6 mths. When I did find them, I found them sitting on an item of equipment right up the back corner of the yard. I'd put them down while I was in a brain fog, distracted by something else, and walked off without them, not realising they were gone, until long after I got home. Luckily, I keep plenty of spare keys. I was under a lot of stress at the time.

[pmccarthy]

I put the house keys on the tow bar once, drove to town and back, and they were still there.

[octave]

We drove out of our place on the way for a day trip.  At the first traffic light, the car behind me beeped.  I assume I had raced off quickly enough when the light turned green.  After we passed through the intersection, he was still beeping and flashing his lights. I angrily pulled over and threw my door open, ready to confront this person. I slammed my door closed, and as I aggressively strode towards him, he pointed to my car. There was my beloved and expensive SLR camera on the roof of the car. The only reason it had not fallen off was that the neck strap was caught in the door. The man came up and I apologised for the angry gesticulations, and we had a bit of a laugh about it.