Re: Hanukkah tonite! Starts at 5pm ET Dec 7-Dec 15 - Today

Quoterobfilms Family Hannukak party on Sunday. 30 -/+ folks. Yikes! Just finished food shop. I need to make a 100 latkes (fried potato pancakes) Will start frying onions tomorrow. Apple sauce later today. Brisket on Saturday. Kasha on Sunday morning. My most wonderful wife is already baking. We are running a full on production schedule. How fortunate we

Re: what, there's a Republican debate tonite at 8PM ET? - Today

QuoteMr645 Once again the clear winner of the debate was Trump. When is the democratic party debate? Why do you continue to support a self-admitted dictator? That's completely UN-American.

Re: A reminder from CNN: a President Trump will signal the death of American democracy - Today

Quotepdq QuotePeterB Not to mention that Israel has been a very good friend to the U.S. over the years. Honestly, I have to ask, in what way? We send them (~4?) billions of dollars a year in (predominantly) military aid, and in return…they spy on us, sell “numerous closely guarded state secrets” their paid agent obtained, and yet will barely even consider any of our foreign policy request

Re: what, there's a Republican debate tonite at 8PM ET? - Yesterday

QuoteSteve G.Christie says Trump won't be able to vote in 2024 In his closing statement of the night, Chris Christie predicted former President Trump won’t be able to cast a ballot in 2024 because of the legal battles he faces. “Picture in your minds Election Day. You’ll all be heading to the polls to vote. And that’s something Donald Trump will not be able to do,” Christie said.

Re: what, there's a Republican debate tonite at 8PM ET? - Yesterday

I made the mistake of watching at least some of it, and it was truly dreck. None of them would take on Dump except for Chris Christie, and he got booed whenever he did. Vivek needs to crawl back under the rock he came from. The same is true for Ron, except 2x. Ron DeFascist indeed. The only one other than Christie who sounded halfway sane was Nikki Haley, but her politics are loathso

Re: Jordache genes?!....23andMe reveals the extent of the data breach...... - 2 days ago

Quotesekker QuotePeterB A little dated, but some basic explanations of why it's a serious problem: Edit: and like sekker, I'm a geneticist and I would *never* give my DNA to 23andme or a similar company. Keep in mind, when you give YOUR DNA away, you are also giving half the DNA of a sibling, parent, or child. Yes, again that's mentioned in the articles I posted ... that you're e

Re: Jordache genes?!....23andMe reveals the extent of the data breach...... - 2 days ago

QuoteAcer Denied insurance or profiled by cops or denied a job based on leaked genetic info? If it was leaked, then the integrity of the information cannot be confirmed. Who knows how it was manipulated it after the leak. Useless. I'm much more concerned about these DNA collectors selling the confirmed data outright. That's the real threat, not these hackers. As mentioned in the articles I p

Re: Jordache genes?!....23andMe reveals the extent of the data breach...... - 2 days ago

A little dated, but some basic explanations of why it's a serious problem: Edit: and like sekker, I'm a geneticist and I would *never* give my DNA to 23andme or a similar company.

Re: Biden impeachment inquiry vote planned by GOP for next week - 2 days ago

QuoteAllGold Repugs only have a 3-vote majority now. Can they really herd all those cats? A little outdated, but... substitute Mike Johnson, and you've got it...

Re: A reminder from CNN: a President Trump will signal the death of American democracy - 2 days ago

QuoteAllGold The other thing I have been hearing lately is young people won't vote for Biden because they are furious with him over his handling of Israel/Gaza. As if PAB wouldn't be much worse on that (like EVERYTHING else he would be worse on). Yes, I have heard that too. I don't exactly understand it, because if we don't support Israel, the only democracy in that region, we might as well ki

Re: A reminder from CNN: a President Trump will signal the death of American democracy - 2 days ago

I agree with $tevie -- I don't actually think Joe is evil at all. But from the cynical perspective of some, he's the lesser evil. And no, he's not perfect, but as I've said before: if it's a choice between a grandfatherly elderly guy and a narcissistic @#$%&h@t elderly guy, I know which one I'm choosing. And no, I wouldn't write off the Gen Z's just yet. But I do think some of them are havi

Re: Does YouTube actually stop you from watching if using an Ad Blocker? - 2 days ago

For those using Safari, which version of Safari and which specific ad blocker are you using? I ask because I'm finding that Safari is no longer working with YouTube and an ad blocker, unless I turn the ad blocker off...

Re: A reminder from CNN: a President Trump will signal the death of American democracy - 3 days ago

QuoteSam3 Based on what my daughter is hearing from her friends as well as youth oriented social media, youth are going to vote third party, as Biden is too old and doesn’t understand and support youth and Trump is a narcisstic @#$%&. I sometimes think youth are stupid. Sometimes? While I understand the desire to not vote for someone who might have one foot in the grave (true for BOTH

Re: A reminder from CNN: a President Trump will signal the death of American democracy - 3 days ago

Re: Recommendation for a good mechanical keypad? - 3 days ago

QuoteBuzz Ya ain't gonna beat twelve bucks, might as well just go for it. I've got a couple of USB wired num keypads that were more costly back when. Nothing special, but they work. But for good, and mechanical, I've got a great, old, as in ADB old, wired keypad, buried somewhere (if I didn't give to Harbourmaster years ago, who bequeathed the stash to Pat before changing coasts). If I can fin

Re: My mom passed - 3 days ago

Diana, my condolences. Unfortunately, I don't have anything useful to add beyond the great advice already given above.

Recommendation for a good mechanical keypad? - 4 days ago

... mine just gave up the ghost. Sucks because I really liked this model-- it was a PCAlly PK-CPA, which they apparently don't make any more. It has larger "0/insert" and "Enter" keys, as well as a separate "00" key... Anyway: any recommendations for a good replacement? Doesn't matter to me if it's wired or wireless, so long as it's mechanical and reasonably pri

Re: COMEDY: FL sex assault state chair refuses to step down - 4 days ago

Geezo, hypocrisy much?:

Re: Cat folks: make a shelter for the stray? - 4 days ago

QuoteiaJim Stray cats are a real danger to our bird population. I would suggest that if you want to provide the cat a better life that you should bring it inside. If you don't, I think taking it to a rescue facility would be the next best choice. Strays and ferals are everywhere here. They're considered community cats and are actually protected by law. I would love for this cat to be adopted

Re: Cat folks: make a shelter for the stray? - 4 days ago

QuoteMikeF Just write "Cat House" in large letters on it. Yes, it may come to that. QuoteDianaAs far as Porch Cat goes, PC will go rest wherever she feels safe. Has she shown an inclination to nap on the porch, or is is simply that there is where you tend to see her most? Warm, dry, cozy, well protected from other cats and animals (including people), but there must be more than

Re: The George Santos Revenge Tour Begins And he's naming names - 5 days ago

Gurl, bye! (NSFW):

Re: Cat folks: make a shelter for the stray? - 5 days ago

Oh, there's another factor I forgot to mention. This is likely to be sitting on my porch, so I'm actually not sure I'd want something that simply looks like a package or a tote-- might invite theft, which has been a serious problem over the years. (Of course, a thief might also take a cat house, but... it's such a niche item, I don't know how many thieves would be interested in that.)

Re: Cat folks: make a shelter for the stray? - 5 days ago

Quotemattkime I think you're better off going with something made for outdoor usage. This looks pretty simple - --- I guess the first one you linked to is made for outdoors and might be a good option. Yes, I saw that exact link you posted... I think I have a few concerns about it, first is having to continuously replace the straw (I kind of like the idea of something that's washable), se

Cat folks: make a shelter for the stray? - 5 days ago

Hi everyone, With recent weather we've had down here (flooding rains), and the approach of very cold temps, I've been debating to make (or buy) a small outdoor shelter for my porch cat. I've seen lots of instructions online to make a shelter using either plastic totes or styrofoam coolers, but I'm also wondering if it makes sense to save some time and just use something premade. I just fou

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Re: Anyone here with appliance repair experience? - 7 days ago

Quotesekker Quotemodelamac In my 23 years of experience(my own company) of appliance repair, I have heard plenty of squeaky fans, but never a squeaky compressor. Compressors tend to run or not run. I'm guessing that your problem is a noisy circulating fan inside. You might try , looking up you model number. If your unit is listed, there should be a diagram of the unit showing the fan and lo

Re: Lawyers: Trump never took oath ‘to support the Constitution’ - 8 days ago

QuoteOmbligo In a filing made to the Colorado Supreme Court, lawyers for former President Donald Trump say that he never took an oath “to support the Constitution of the United States’’ Instead, the attorneys noted, Trump swore “to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.” Therefore he should not be banned from the state’s presidential ballot. This should rank right up

Re: Anyone here with appliance repair experience? - 8 days ago

Quotemattkime You have an expensive and elaborate hobby. --- It would be helpful if you could get a better idea of where the sound is coming from. Past that, I've found appliances surprisingly easy to repair when they can be repaired. ??? this isn't a hobby, it's my research work, on what is obviously a very limited research budget -- so I've had to occasionally find creative and inexpens

Anyone here with appliance repair experience? - 8 days ago

I have, in my research lab, a refrigerated incubator -- think large refrigerator, but with a much wider range of settable temperatures. It has started very intermittently making a lot of weird high-pitched squealing noises, but seems to be keeping the temp perfectly OK and otherwise seems to be working fine. I had the company rep (of the company that originally sold it) come out to look at it

Re: Roselynn's Funeral. About an hour in - 9 days ago

Quotejonny Quotevision63 I hope Trump comes to Jimmy's funeral. Curious to see if he's invited. Since he's repeatedly attacked Jimmy, I don't see why he would.