Happy Birthday!!!
BASIC is 60yrs old. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...uage-turns-60/
There has certainly been many many flavors of BASIC through the years and new ones are still popping up.
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Happy Birthday!!!
BASIC is 60yrs old. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...uage-turns-60/
There has certainly been many many flavors of BASIC through the years and new ones are still popping up.
I was awoken by explosions and sirens, early this morning. Turns out, something either burned down or burned up pretty close to me. I went for a stroll this morning, and couldn't even figure out where the fire had been. I suspect it was a garden shed, but it was storing something like a gas canister or two, as one of the explosions rocked my house. I could see the flames, briefly, yet no houses look damaged, so it was eventful and relatively benign.
I just wish I knew whether it burned down or burned up.
If it was that close, just be glad it didn't burn sideways. You might have ended up with firemen stomping through your beans.
They certainly did take some odd routes. At first, I thought they were going to use the hydrant at my house, but the truck was just taking the scenic route. What was kind of surprising was that the truck that drove past was the ladder truck, which would seem to be more suitable for fighting fires in multi-story buildings, rather than a single story residence. There aren't a whole lot of multi-story buildings in this city, so maybe they were just looking for something to do?
HmmQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
We might be a few short years away from watering crops with Brawndo.Quote:
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Where've you been Dil?
The thought did cross my mind. There are numerous, small, fire stations spread here and there through the city. That's a reasonable layout. However, each station has only one or two trucks. I don't know them all, certainly, but I believe that particular truck is stored a fair distance from this fire, whereas one of the stations was so close that some of the firemen could have (and may have) reached the fire faster on foot. It was almost across the street from the station, which had more suitable trucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
So...why THAT truck, from so far away, and so dubiously suitable for fighting a residential fire? That was one of those trucks that is so long that I think it might have a rear driver as well as a front driver. The route they took may have been because they needed to, just to get that long truck through residential streets.
The same place I've been - and a quick look at Chit Chat confirms I made the right choice months ago. Sadly, this coding forum is still dead to me...Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Yeah, the ideological toxicity is stifling. I'm just about down to an occasional post here about my trials and tribulations.
Those continue to be hilarious when I step back and look on from a distance. More ups and downs and I don't know where we are right now but we continue talking and sending cryptic messages by posting songs. Every time I think I'm out she comes right back.
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
Just saw an ad on Facebook for a T-Shirt.
The Print was in german, and i laughed my ass off.
I'll try to translate it:
T-Shirt front: "I'm off drinking Whisky"
T-Shirt back: "Look to my coming on the first light of the fifth day, at dawn look to the east."
I was seriously considering buying it, but i'd be hypocrite, since i stopped drinking 10 years ago (and Whisky was in fact my favorite drink)
Come on, quitters never win.
I'm only kidding, my dad was an alcoholic nearly my entire life. He's 2 years sober now and I'm incredibly proud of him.
You should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
I still remember, how hard the first 2 months were for me.
And i stopped from one day to the next (not "easing" out).
Never felt better in my life.
But i did like the T-Shirt... :D
Feel like a dart board tonight. Went to Dr. for problems with my side and back. He gave me a bunch of trigger point injections. Must of hit me @ 10 times with that needle. Hope they work, had some @ 2yrs ago for the same problem and they helped. That time I only got stuck @ 5 or 6 times.
Find a practitioner to heal your Sacral and Heart Chakras. Or maybe try a Reflexologist. Voodoo is voodoo, and those are probably cheaper than your co-pay at this "doctor's" office.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
Seriously though... was the Doc injecting saline, botulism toxin, or a steroid or just dry needling you?
Mainly cortisone. Well worth the $5 copay. It's no big deal, me and cortisone are old friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
So, a steroid. It can provide some relief. Some people who are working out also report doing better. It shouldn't have that impact, but...who knows. Placebo effects are still effects.
What impact? I didn't mention what the problem was. Do you think cortisone has no medical benefit? That would be an interesting view. Would go against every medical professional and medical article that I've ever encountered. And because of major injury in '77 that's a long list. Or is it just using it for trigger point injections that you think wouldn't help.Quote:
It shouldn't have that impact, but...who knows. Placebo effects are still effects.
My neighbor (85F) gets cortisol shots about twice a year but she tells me they aren’t as effective as when she first got them.
Yeah, I've had the same experience with my shoulder. After a few years I wasn't seeing any benefit from the shots, so I stopped. I've heard the same from several people. I've always tried to keep them to a minimum because there can also be some nasty side effects.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
btw - "(85F) ", I was wondering what 85 degrees Fahrenheit had to do with this. I finally figured it out. lol
No, that wasn't where I was going. I've never had a cortisone shot, as chance would have it, but I talked to somebody who had gotten one and found that, at his next session in the gym, he could lift more weight than he had. Cortisone is not supposed to increase strength, so it was more likely to have been a placebo effect, but....well, who knows?Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
She sounds a bit hypothermic, really.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
And I'd also say that nothing works quite as well as you get older.
I definitely support that theory. Unfortunately. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Regarding cortisone
i lost my hearing in one ear some 3 years ago (95%), and cortisone was the answer.
seems to be some kind of panacea….
Yeah, it's weird that way.
I've had numerous issues where the doctor said essentially, "give it time...or give it cortisone."
Went from 50's and lots of rain to @ 90 all in the same week. We usually don't get much, if any, rain in May. This makes two years in a row we got plenty of rain. Thought for a while that Ca. was going to dry up and die.
In Germany it’s more or less the opposite.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
People have started to say „look, a blue disturbance in the sky“
Fun fact, If you spill a bowl of steaming hot Teriyaki sauce on your foot it burns the hell out of your foot. Don't think I'll be able to run in the Olympics this year. Last night took a sudden turn and not a good one.
Another fun fact. Getting Teriyaki sauce off the floor is hard. I've mopped three times and it's still sticky.
Follow me for more fun facts.
Here's a little something to get your mind off your troubles, Wes. There's alot going on in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbEKsMy6bM
Try cleaning-up printer ink off your floor. About half a year ago I accidently overfilled the black ink tank to my Epson. I still have a stain on my wooden floor.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
Follow you? Sounds like I'd end up sticking to the floor like a fly in fly paper.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
That's a funny video. :)
That's about how it was in my kitchen last night, except with a lot of swearing.
Were there only two bases, or did that kid run straight(ish) to second, then third, then home?
One kid readied himself near 1st base to tag him out. Funny the kid with the ball didn't think about tagging out the runner cutting across the field.
Did you mean the one that got beaned? Yeah, getting hit in the head with a ball usually hurts (I have no idea what kind of ball they were using), but his fall was pretty theatrical.
Yeah, that fall was something.
It looks like they were using a Spalding tennis ball. It wouldn't have hurt him if it would've hit him on top of the head, but he got it in the face about eye level.
Did you noticed when the kid threw his bat at the adult behind him. Cracks me up that the kid skips 1st base after he was directed to run to it. :lol:
All actions in the video are kind of random, at least by the kids. It's a pretty funny video.
That's T-ball, though they don't show the ball on the T, since the video starts just after the hit. I liked the fact that the kid managed a full 360 degree swing before launching the bat into the shins of the guy behind the plate and heading for third base. Perhaps the full spin got him turned around?
This is a conversation I've just had with my ISP due to a 'no internet access problem'.
ISP. Hello. My name is Dan. Sorry for the wait. How may I help you.
ME. I've got an internet issue as I have no access to any web sites.
ISP. Have you checked our web site for known issues? We always detail known problems on our web site.
ME. I don't have internet access. That is the problem.
ISP. You should check the support page of our web site for information regarding known issues and how to trouble-shoot.
ME. I DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS.
ISP. Let me check for any known issues but you should first check our support pages.
ISP. We have an issue that causing difficulties accessing web sites. Please check our internet support page for further details.
ME. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
This is now resolved (as I can now post here) but how does the ISP expect customers to check their web site support page if the problem is that you can't access the internet??? Was I talking to a chatbot?
reminds of an issue we had some years ago….Quote:
Originally Posted by 2kaud
user registers a support ticket with our IT department: is the mail-server down? I got complaints from clients that they get „mail undelivered. Unknown address“. And I can’t even send out internal emails. (We have one central mail server)
IT-Admin registers first step done in the ticket: informed all users via mail, that the mail-server is down……
Layer 8 at its best….
About a couple of months ago, my wife had a problem logging into her account with an online retailer, so she phoned support since submitting tickets to support on the website only works if you're logged-in. After explaining her problem, and that she couldn't submit a ticket, support told her they'll get right on it as soon as they recieve a ticket. This went on for about 10 minutes, my wife frustratingly explaining she can't login, so she can't submit a ticket through the website, and the person on the phone explaining they can't do a thing until they recieve a ticket. There reasoning was that this was the only way she can prove she is the owner of her account! They didn't want to verify over the phone any identifying info from my wife to prove she was the owner! Anyway, about a week later she was able to log into her account, so she submitted a support ticket with the message "You suck!", and they immediately locked her out for another week. After that week she recieved an emailed apology containing a gift card worth $20, and that the employee who locked her out was reprimanded, and her account was reopened. Their backtrack was probably after looking my wife's purchase history of all the clothing she brought from them over the years.
Hard to say, as there isn't any intelligence there, artificial or otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2kaud
These days I just use USB tethering of my phone to my PC for such occasions. WiFi hotspot mode could be another option, of course.
Soap opera continues.
After one breakup after another, most lasting 3 to 5 days, things came to a head and were finally winding down. Next to zero contact, just a few cool pms here and there and pretty standoffish.
Late last night I get a phone call. "Can't even sleep" without me, blah, blah. She eventually went from "wide awake" to suddenly snoozing. I listened to snoring for 20 minutes before she started awake and I told her to go to sleep and we hung up. Two hours later, another call. Her mother was wandering around talking to "a fireman, or angel." Recent stroke, so she had to move mom in. Got that sorted and I got ordered her back to sleep.
She seemed pretty upbeat this morning.
For people in their 60s this is sounding awfully darned juvenile, but somehow after 6 months we've become pretty entangled at a distance.
That's how it happens...and you sound a bit out of sorts, too, as that was a pretty scattered post, for you.
Are you saying that the sound of your voice puts people to sleep. :wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
Never pictured you as a soap opera star but life is full of surprises. Good luck.
He could call it, "as the code compiles"
Voice actor only, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
My daughter is finishing 1st grade this year and we just went to her award ceremony. She got first place in everything except French (she got second) and also made principal's list (4.0 GPA).
What does first place mean, in this case? If it is class rank, I don't see how she could have NOT made the principal's list (unless it was the naughty list, where I usually was) if she was first in all but one...unless there was only one subject...and the principal didn't like making lists.
That's never a good thing.... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Top overall in that class subject.
They have these online apps that are self paced in the various subjects and she completed the most.
Smart girl, she must get that from her mom. :p
Oh absolutely. I was barely a D student in school.
I'd think you were a DDay student, at least.
I did do very well in 9th grade history (WWII).
This is probably the nicest May's that I can remember. Mainly 70s and 80s. We usually get several days of high 90s maybe even a 100. And I'm laid up hanging around the house with a burnt foot. Figures. Oh well, at least my utility bill will be low.