Post Race!

[dilettante]

Just one more thing to look for when buying a used car. Always check out the CarFax report.

[Shaggy Hiker]

"Suitable for transporting a bull" would be a pretty niche type of vehicle.

[dilettante]

We've had some outfit named "Zip Recruiter" (or something very close) doing a lot of radio ads lately.

I have a grandson who recently entered the age of chatty mimicry. Last week we were going somewhere together and a commercial came on, kid started spouting "zippycooter" and the parents laughed. I warned them, but I think they imagined I was worried about the poor kid's psyche.

I heard from my daughter in law that they are afraid to take him to the grocery store right now. It seems that when he sees anyone he's likely to shout "zippycooter, zippycooter!"

Parents learn a lot on that first kid. Like not to encourage them unintentionally. Actually in parenting it is probably best to be as "intentional" as you can.

[wes4dbt]

I heard from my daughter in law that they are afraid to take him to the grocery store right now. It seems that when he sees anyone he's likely to shout "zippycooter, zippycooter!"

Why is saying zippycooter a problem.

[dilettante]

Perhaps it is a regional thing. We've had a lot of people move here from the south since Civil War days.

[wes4dbt]

Perhaps it is a regional thing. We've had a lot of people move here from the south since Civil War days.

I've got relatives in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana. Never heard the term zippycooter. lol

[Shaggy Hiker]

"Cooter" can be a bad word in some places...or it could be the mechanic in the Dukes of Hazard.

[wes4dbt]

"Cooter" can be a bad word in some places...or it could be the mechanic in the Dukes of Hazard.

I was wondering if that was the problem. But I've heard it used as a name more than anything else. But the list of possible bad word is pretty long.

[dilettante]

...or it could be the mechanic in the Dukes of Hazard.

Actually when the series started pretty much everyone knew it was meant as an unfortunate name.

[dilettante]

Is there an official "Windows 11: Ow, My Balls!" thread here yet?

I keep running into things that are moved if not outright hidden, removed, or badly broken. I was tolerant of Windows 10 and it's my daily driver, but 11 seems to be a horse of a very different color. I've been at this for several months and I am no closer to making the switch.

Oh, the humanity!

[Jacob Roman]

Is there an official "Windows 11: Ow, My Balls!" thread here yet?

Hehe, you said "balls"

Got any odyssey? Oughta see deez nuts! Oooooooo!!!

[wes4dbt]

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!!!!

Got a new keyboard. lol

[dilettante]

I need to do that.

My main keyboard was pretty solid, but it doesn't have double-shot keycaps and the paint is worn nearly off some keys. The shift keys have also become less than reliable.

I'm sure I have others brand new in a box here somewhere. I tend to use old ones I am used to for their multimedia buttons and such.

The last thing I need is one of those "dolly keyboards" with the colored lights under the keys. But then I wasn't born in a Chuck E. Cheese ball pit either.

[dilettante]

Huh. Viewer discretion advised:



Pretty gross. Nothing really awful shown, it's just a story. Probably a dramatization of an urban legend.

[dilettante]

What’s ET short for?

Because he’s only got tiny legs.

[wes4dbt]

What’s ET short for?

Because he’s only got tiny legs.

Extra Tiny

[dilettante]

What’s ET short for?

So he can fit in the spaceship.

[dilettante]

My neighbor called me pretentious.

I was so surprised my monocle fell out!

[wes4dbt]

My neighbor called me pretentious.

I was so surprised my monocle fell out!

That's funny

[Shaggy Hiker]

I need to do that.

My main keyboard was pretty solid, but it doesn't have double-shot keycaps and the paint is worn nearly off some keys. The shift keys have also become less than reliable.

I'm sure I have others brand new in a box here somewhere. I tend to use old ones I am used to for their multimedia buttons and such.

The last thing I need is one of those "dolly keyboards" with the colored lights under the keys. But then I wasn't born in a Chuck E. Cheese ball pit either.

I sought out a lighted keyboard so that I could use it in the dark. The fact that it the lights are colored and keep changing, isn't so great, but I can live with it.

[dilettante]

I sought out a lighted keyboard so that I could use it in the dark. The fact that it the lights are colored and keep changing, isn't so great, but I can live with it.

I had solved this issue with a small USB LED lamp on a flexible gooseneck lead. That older Dell keyboard has a hub built in with two ports that can support this light and the mouse.

[dilettante]

How many optometrists does it take to change a light bulb?

One… Or two.
One……… Or two.

[jdc2000]

https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Mech...dp/B089YFHYYS/

Static lighting available with this one.

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/produ...luminated.html

[Shaggy Hiker]

I considered the exterior lighting, such as the USB light, but it didn't work as well for me.

[wes4dbt]

I just tested positive for COVID. Yay

Friday evening, wont be able to contact my Dr till Monday. Lucky me. lol

[Shaggy Hiker]

I tested negative for corvids, so I have nothing to crow about.

[dilettante]

COVID-19 Threat Remains Low for Most People

COVID-19 certainly appears to be spreading, but it’s not causing serious illness in large numbers of people as it was earlier in the pandemic.

“Newer COVID-19 variants have very mild symptoms in general compared with the earlier variants, and can very much mimic the common cold,” Winslow says.

COVID-19 Variant ‘Eris’ Is Dominant After 8 Straight Weeks of Rising Hospitalizations

Hopefully this is good news and yours won't be serious.

[wes4dbt]

So far ibuprofen has knocked down the temp. I should know by morning how this is going to play out. My son has had it the last three days and seems to be getting better already. Hopefully that's how mine goes.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Eris??? I thought the next variant would have to be Pi.

How can we make puns about Eris? Do they think we'll be shown the Eris of our ways?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Quagga mussels have been found in Idaho. That is an issue, but anybody who remembers the game Rogue, like me, will expect to see 'Q's all over the place. Apparently, they don't look like that.

[Bonker Gudd]

Hmmm, chicken fingers.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Chickens have claws.

[dday9]

*talons

[Shaggy Hiker]

I've met a few talon-ted chickens.

[dilettante]

I get confused by cultural references I encounter in the speech of people who speak a kind of English but grew up or live in other countries.

Is there a meme about "Uncle Toby?" I'm thinking England, maybe Wales? Because all I can find is an oatmeal company.

I got the idea this is some stereotypical label for an old guy who spouts ignorant opinions on almost anything, most often from a somewhere right of center slant. Sort of like an "Archie Bunker" or something.

[dilettante]

Anybody watching "Gen V" that new series? Worse than "The Boys" was, not sure I'll keep watching it.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Never heard of Uncle Toby, but then again, I'm not so young.

[Shaggy Hiker]

There's rain in the forecast. Perhaps it will be a damp fall?

[wes4dbt]

A friend and his family were vacationing in the Coure d’lene area of ID. Said they hit rain most of the way back to Bend yesterday.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yes, it's been oddly wet.