Plan B Forum

Actually I prefer analog over binary

snailgate

We evovled from fish? I thought we evolved from star dust. That is why I celebrate the Eucharist with a Hoagy. In honor of St Carmichael. Yess Big RR, I believe in the universal binary condition. All Humanity can be divided into two types: those who believe it is all binary and those who do not. sna...

Back when I was working I would stop at a Starbucks at 6am for a cup of house blend. Same barista would serve me nearly every morning. Frequently she would say, "My mother always said, 'Little boys who are liars, grow up to be weather men' ". My favorite online weather service (Weather Underground) ...

Big, (may I call you by your first name?) I will attempt to answer your question. Simple two words.

Stupid. Ignorant.

See the entry above for the Miss Teen USA 2007. These two words seem to be almost incomprehensible to many people.

snailgate

Yes, that percentage is very small. In my daily life I do not deal with thousands, or millions or even hundreds. The one person standing next to me is one person and I need a lot of data, not just gambling percentages, to judge just where on the bell curve that individual is on any particular human ...

I have seen a Fisker. At about 2:30pm, Feb 28, 2024, at the intersection of Delaware Rt 273 and Pulaski Hiway (old US40) Bear, DE, I was sitting at the light waiting for the green arrow so I could make at left turn onto 273. In front of me was a car I did not recognize. I crept forward to get a good...

I refer you to 'Touching a Nerve' by Patricia Churchland, 2013, which explores the physical structures of the brain as the basis for morality, empathy, aggression, free will. From paged 138: 1 in 650 births are XXY (Klinefelter syndrome) 1 in 1000 are born with XYY, 1 in 5000 are born with solo X (T...

BB, your faith in a binary system is remarkable. Have you no acquaintance or friend who has spent a decade or so working in a maternity/delivery room? It is assigned. After a cursory (the technical term of art is 'gross examination') look between the legs of the newborn, it is assigned. Perhaps afte...

Forgive me Joe, for my ignorance, but I thought all the medical procedures, surgery, chemicals, psychotherapy was intended to result in that very condition, that the person could then be comfortable in he/her/their skin.

snailgate.

Once upon a time I purchased six white dress shirts, custom made, from a source in Hong Kong. They were supposed to have my name, in Chinese pictograms rather than a Roman alphabet monogram. I always wondered what it REALLY said, but I never asked anybody who should have known and told me the truth....

Age or ageism is not Biden's only problem. This is a quote from a yahoo news summary of the Michigan primary: "Earlier on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre acknowledged that the conflict in Gaza was “deeply painful” for many Arab Americans and said that the president “cares abo...

All kinds of interesting questions now that I have not seen addressed. If the egg or sperm are from an anonymous donor, who is the custodial parent? If the donor was paid, is that human trafficking? Does the anonymous donor have liability for future care of the child? If the truck delivering liquid ...

Russia has broken the stalemate?

Russia is losing naval ships in the black sea. The supply lines for Crimea as drying up. Ukraine is now shipping food commodities in amounts slightly greater than before the Russian invasion. (source: BBC last night.)

snailgate

All this official patriotism is interesting. The official rules say never display it flat (the way they do at big football games.) The official VFW rules say individuals in military uniform should NEVER say the pledge to the flag. All these rules are ignored by most. I suppose it is because they are...

I m celebrating George's birthday tonite with a piece of store-bought cherry pie.

snailgate

RR, you confirm my chioce as favorite. He failed at nothing, he achieved nothing. Very balanced record. I can only hope that the Donald has a similar second term. Perhaps he might even beat Harrisons record for length of term. For me I would hope for his death by dyspepsia 28 days after the election...

https://www.gocomics.com/pedroxmolina/2024/02/16

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For me it's William Henry Harrison -- the only president who never had a project rejected. Close second is Millard Fillmore, because nobody remembers him. Trivia question: What presidents were elected with Johnson as their veep? Lincoln and Kennedy, easy. But did you remember Martin Van Buren? snail...

I too love buttermilk -- but I want the old-fashioned kind. Every carton of 'Buttermilk' I see in the store has the word 'cultured' on it. That means it is some variation on milk with chemicals added to make it taste like what some panel of taste-tasters declared tasted like the real thing. That cul...

I see now this really does belong here -- it is a lifestyle question. I grew up in an unincorporated area of Jackson County MO. My mother's family were farmers. My father's parents lived 'in town' (Plattsmouth Nebr) but their extended family were famers and it was a farm town, South of the big city,...