LawTalkers  

Go Back   LawTalkers > General Discussion > Politics

» Site Navigation
 > FAQ
» Online Users: 296
0 members and 296 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 4,499, 10-26-2015 at 08:55 AM.
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-06-2023, 05:26 PM   #1891
Icky Thump
Registered User
 
Icky Thump's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 3,565
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski View Post
How often do you replace your shoes, and do you alternate two pair?
Whoops. And that.

FWIW, I am an addict. Saucony codes are the shit.

I have quite a few pairs. 250 miles and I can feel the difference.

Plus, I use the Hank move when I am traveling. This one poor pair, when I went to London and Paris -- the last run there was the worst of my life. They knew they were being left there.
__________________
gothamtakecontrol
Icky Thump is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-06-2023, 08:58 PM   #1892
Hank Chinaski
Proud Holder-Post 200,000
 
Hank Chinaski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corner Office
Posts: 86,129
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Icky Thump View Post
Whoops. And that.

FWIW, I am an addict. Saucony codes are the shit.

I have quite a few pairs. 250 miles and I can feel the difference.

Plus, I use the Hank move when I am traveling. This one poor pair, when I went to London and Paris -- the last run there was the worst of my life. They knew they were being left there.
I rotate between 4 pair, 2 at my office where I run from during the week and two at home where I run on the weekend. 2 months in I switch them for each other (cuz 5 days a week vs. 2). Inevitability I start feeling “leg tired” as Coltrane says. I check and yes, it is 4 months since I bought them. So I get 4 new.

And the old ones come with on my next travel and are thrown away. Note, this part is simply OCD as they do make me tired legged.
__________________
I will not suffer a fool- but I do seem to read a lot of their posts
Hank Chinaski is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-06-2023, 09:42 PM   #1893
Tyrone Slothrop
Moderasaurus Rex
 
Tyrone Slothrop's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 33,050
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski View Post
I rotate between 4 pair, 2 at my office where I run from during the week and two at home where I run on the weekend. 2 months in I switch them for each other (cuz 5 days a week vs. 2). Inevitability I start feeling “leg tired” as Coltrane says. I check and yes, it is 4 months since I bought them. So I get 4 new.

And the old ones come with on my next travel and are thrown away. Note, this part is simply OCD as they do make me tired legged.
Do we all get more OCD as we age? Lately I would prefer that the TV volume not be an odd number.
__________________
“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
Tyrone Slothrop is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-06-2023, 10:05 PM   #1894
tmdiva
Quality not quantity
 
tmdiva's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Stumptown, USA
Posts: 1,344
Re: Apropos of Nothing

Shoot--I get there the next night. Visiting my kid--I posted his baby pictures back in the day!--to help him furnish his apartment.

Thanks to Hank for letting me know about PLF. I wish I'd followed him on Insta. Life is short.

tm

Quote:
Originally Posted by SlaveNoMore View Post
My beloved "Catrin Darcy" and I will be visiting next week from San Francisco back to my NYC.

We will be at wonderful great and bar/restaurant - the Elgin - at 6pm on Weds 3/8.

If anyone wants to stop by to say hello, please do. If only to raise a glass to Flower.

SNM

(and to answer Ted and paraphrase "John Wick", Yeah, i might be back)


https://www.elginnyc.com/location/the-elgin/
tmdiva is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-07-2023, 12:08 PM   #1895
SlaveNoMore
Consigliere
 
SlaveNoMore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pelosi Land!
Posts: 9,477
Re: Apropos of Nothing

Quote:
Originally Posted by tmdiva View Post
Shoot--I get there the next night. Visiting my kid--I posted his baby pictures back in the day!--to help him furnish his apartment.

Thanks to Hank for letting me know about PLF. I wish I'd followed him on Insta. Life is short.

tm
Damn, Sorry we will miss you.

If this plan works, we will be back East much more often. Hopefully next time

SN(fingers crossed)M
SlaveNoMore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-07-2023, 03:31 PM   #1896
Icky Thump
Registered User
 
Icky Thump's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 3,565
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop View Post
Do we all get more OCD as we age? Lately I would prefer that the TV volume not be an odd number.
No it’s genetic. My son started this at 10.
__________________
gothamtakecontrol
Icky Thump is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-07-2023, 03:36 PM   #1897
Icky Thump
Registered User
 
Icky Thump's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 3,565
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski View Post
I rotate between 4 pair, 2 at my office where I run from during the week and two at home where I run on the weekend. 2 months in I switch them for each other (cuz 5 days a week vs. 2). Inevitability I start feeling “leg tired” as Coltrane says. I check and yes, it is 4 months since I bought them. So I get 4 new.

And the old ones come with on my next travel and are thrown away. Note, this part is simply OCD as they do make me tired legged.
Glad I’m not the only one. 2 at work for lunch runs ( Endorphin pro/speed) plus a commute run pair (usually something light like Kinvara). At home 1 for treadmill runs which are infrequent and short (Asics Gel Kayano). A few various pairs for trail runs at home, depending on weather.

When I get a code, I buy one and keep in my basement. Saucony will sell discontinued ones for like $40. Then 250 miles and retired.
__________________
gothamtakecontrol
Icky Thump is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-07-2023, 07:01 PM   #1898
Hank Chinaski
Proud Holder-Post 200,000
 
Hank Chinaski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corner Office
Posts: 86,129
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop View Post
Do we all get more OCD as we age? Lately I would prefer that the TV volume not be an odd number.
You have an analog volume control? Edit: I just checked. Had no idea there is a number.
__________________
I will not suffer a fool- but I do seem to read a lot of their posts
Hank Chinaski is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-07-2023, 07:05 PM   #1899
Ty@50
Registered User
 
Ty@50's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 188
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop View Post
Do we all get more OCD as we age? Lately I would prefer that the TV volume not be an odd number.
In a few years you’ll forget about this as hearing starts to go. Two words: closed captioned.
__________________
much to regret

Last edited by Ty@50; 03-07-2023 at 09:37 PM..
Ty@50 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-07-2023, 08:41 PM   #1900
Icky Thump
Registered User
 
Icky Thump's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 3,565
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ty@50 View Post
In a few years you’ll forget about this as hearing starts to good. Two words: closed captioned.
It’s because the damn actors mumble nowadays.
__________________
gothamtakecontrol
Icky Thump is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-08-2023, 11:54 AM   #1901
Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Registered User
 
Greedy,Greedy,Greedy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Government Yard in Trenchtown
Posts: 20,182
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield View Post
I don’t know how to respond to this. He was one of the funniest, warmest, most original - truly sui generis - people I’ve run into here, or anywhere. He could have been a professional comedy writer or stand up, and a damn good one.

I’d no idea he was battling anything.

The absence of his voice is just… it’s hard to find the superlative. There’s no way to count how many times the man caused laughs out loud (some of the best at my own expense).

The only, and extremely limited, silver lining I see in your post is that he died doing something he loved. He’s not a soul who could leave in a hospital bed, riddled with disease. That wouldn’t, couldn’t happen.

Excellent people shouldn’t go so early. The world has far too few. This is simply horrible. All the love in the world to his family.
I am late to this too. I got to know PLF a bit better in real life since his diagnosis, and I always thought he was funny and wry and upbeat here but man he was even more so in real life.

He was always going to die standing up. The shit he was doing out in the world, on his bike, on his skis, with his camera, in the wild, all while battling the junk inside him was incredible and inspirational - ordinary humans don't do that. The man was just a bright spot in the world.
__________________
A wee dram a day!

Last edited by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy; 03-08-2023 at 12:03 PM..
Greedy,Greedy,Greedy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-08-2023, 01:48 PM   #1902
Tyrone Slothrop
Moderasaurus Rex
 
Tyrone Slothrop's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 33,050
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ty@50 View Post
In a few years you’ll forget about this as hearing starts to go. Two words: closed captioned.
Not sure why I'm getting advice about the future from a younger me. Amnesia?
__________________
“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
Tyrone Slothrop is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-08-2023, 02:02 PM   #1903
Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Registered User
 
Greedy,Greedy,Greedy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Government Yard in Trenchtown
Posts: 20,182
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop View Post
Not sure why I'm getting advice about the future from a younger me. Amnesia?
If I had it in me to create a sock again, I'd create a "Hank@50" sock to tell him all the ways in which he's just lost it.
__________________
A wee dram a day!
Greedy,Greedy,Greedy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-08-2023, 02:24 PM   #1904
LessinSF
Wearing the cranky pants
 
LessinSF's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pulling your finger
Posts: 7,119
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ty@50 View Post
In a few years you’ll forget about this as hearing starts to go. Two words: closed captioned.
It's the opposite. Younger people use them more - https://www.fox13news.com/news/young...viewers-survey.

According to a thread I read on Reddit, the reason(s) are bad sound mixing and massive changes in volume.
__________________
Boogers!
LessinSF is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-08-2023, 03:12 PM   #1905
Tyrone Slothrop
Moderasaurus Rex
 
Tyrone Slothrop's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 33,050
Re: Implanting Bill Gates's Micro-chips In Brains For Over 20 Years!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy View Post
I am late to this too. I got to know PLF a bit better in real life since his diagnosis, and I always thought he was funny and wry and upbeat here but man he was even more so in real life.

He was always going to die standing up. The shit he was doing out in the world, on his bike, on his skis, with his camera, in the wild, all while battling the junk inside him was incredible and inspirational - ordinary humans don't do that. The man was just a bright spot in the world.
I have been pretty blue about losing him, but this makes me feel a bit bitter. I wish I'd known that side of him better.
__________________
“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
Tyrone Slothrop is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.0.1

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:54 PM.