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Lawn Care and Gardening Myths
One of the myths I have heard since I was just a lad was that you ...
AstralSmoke comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Don't water it. Plant something useful.
I commented before reading other comments. Is there a native grass you could use?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
It is useful, it holds the sand mantle in place so my septic bed in place, although that's probably more the clover. The neighbours seem to just love it though, unique post modern design house with architectural components and they all commented on the grass as soon as I put it in so the Health Dept. would sign off on the septic system. Philistines.
AstralSmoke comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Don't water it. Plant something useful.
I commented before reading other comments. Is there a native grass you could use?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
It is useful, it holds the sand mantle in place so my septic bed in place, although that's probably more the clover. The neighbours seem to just love it though, unique post modern design house with architectural components and they all commented on the grass as soon as I put it in so the Health Dept. would sign off on the septic system. Philistines.
Lawn Care and Gardening Myths
One of the myths I have heard since I was just a lad was that you ...
WalterWhite comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Some plants like tomatoes and cukes are bothered by rain in the sunshine, but not grass. Lawns are getting to be a bad word and I expect in 20 years will be a thing of the past. So I am considering a ground cover or actually planting wild flowers or perennials that look after themselves.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
The lawn in the pic is over my septic bed field and mantle, it is required by the health department when I put in the system. Other than that I have mowed pasture land, gardens and trees on my tiny acreage. I think the real reason people were discouraged from watering their lawn during business hours was because industry needs a lot of water and watering thousands of lawns puts more strain on the water system. The other reason is that it wastes some water to evaporation and if you live on a small lot in a city you may wind up having over spray into your neighbour's yard. Shouldn't be an issue but a lot of people are plenty fussy about such things when you think they would be happy for the free watering.
WalterWhite comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Some plants like tomatoes and cukes are bothered by rain in the sunshine, but not grass. Lawns are getting to be a bad word and I expect in 20 years will be a thing of the past. So I am considering a ground cover or actually planting wild flowers or perennials that look after themselves.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
The lawn in the pic is over my septic bed field and mantle, it is required by the health department when I put in the system. Other than that I have mowed pasture land, gardens and trees on my tiny acreage. I think the real reason people were discouraged from watering their lawn during business hours was because industry needs a lot of water and watering thousands of lawns puts more strain on the water system. The other reason is that it wastes some water to evaporation and if you live on a small lot in a city you may wind up having over spray into your neighbour's yard. Shouldn't be an issue but a lot of people are plenty fussy about such things when you think they would be happy for the free watering.
It's a bittersweet day.
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Change is often hard, we seek stability out of instinct if nothing else. Getting past feelings of personal failure took me a long time after I got divorced, one assumes that if they had just done something better, tried harder perhaps then it wouldn't have happened but that's a lie we tell ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@pepperjones Sounds like you're ahead of where I was when I was there myself. One less thing to deal with and there sure is a lot to deal with, especially with kids.
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Change is often hard, we seek stability out of instinct if nothing else. Getting past feelings of personal failure took me a long time after I got divorced, one assumes that if they had just done something better, tried harder perhaps then it wouldn't have happened but that's a lie we tell ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@pepperjones Sounds like you're ahead of where I was when I was there myself. One less thing to deal with and there sure is a lot to deal with, especially with kids.
Garden Plans:
Now that the water in the catchment pond has dried up it is time for me to get in ...
Sheannutt comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Looks like a lot of work and I bet it is but in the long run you can sit back and say look what I did.??
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@Sheannutt The building inspectors hate nonconventional construction techniques like straw bale, probably because they aren't fully trained in it, an engineer's stamp gets rid of most of the issues but it does cost money. Commercial projects are all done under engineer's stamps so I never used to see them even though I have a building inspectors ticket myself. The house in the picture is post modern with 8' cantilevers, the building inspector had never seen anything like it so I produced the engineering with the stamps on it and no problems, passed. I wound up doing 90% of the work myself because I am on an island and couldn't get any help that was suitable so it was a small crew of 3 - Me, Myself and I. ;)
Sheannutt comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Looks like a lot of work and I bet it is but in the long run you can sit back and say look what I did.??
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@Sheannutt The building inspectors hate nonconventional construction techniques like straw bale, probably because they aren't fully trained in it, an engineer's stamp gets rid of most of the issues but it does cost money. Commercial projects are all done under engineer's stamps so I never used to see them even though I have a building inspectors ticket myself. The house in the picture is post modern with 8' cantilevers, the building inspector had never seen anything like it so I produced the engineering with the stamps on it and no problems, passed. I wound up doing 90% of the work myself because I am on an island and couldn't get any help that was suitable so it was a small crew of 3 - Me, Myself and I. ;)
Do you think a good person is someone who never gets angry?
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
I think this guy almost never got angry or upset but it didn't make him a good person or a bad one for that matter. It just made him cold and logical.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@DZhukovin We are getting a bit Trekkie here but the reason he was so emotional was because of the Vulcan rut which drives the males mad with emotion and lust. All Vulcans behave this way every 7 years and unless they mate with their bonded partner they will develop a violent blood fever that will eventually kill them, they revert back to their more primitive origins prior to embracing pure logic.
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
I think this guy almost never got angry or upset but it didn't make him a good person or a bad one for that matter. It just made him cold and logical.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@DZhukovin We are getting a bit Trekkie here but the reason he was so emotional was because of the Vulcan rut which drives the males mad with emotion and lust. All Vulcans behave this way every 7 years and unless they mate with their bonded partner they will develop a violent blood fever that will eventually kill them, they revert back to their more primitive origins prior to embracing pure logic.
Do you think a good person is someone who never gets angry?
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
I think this guy almost never got angry or upset but it didn't make him a good person or a bad one for that matter. It just made him cold and logical.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@DZhukovin That's true but the Pon Farr is purely Vulcan in nature. That episode did deliver some really good lines for Spock, particularly when he tells his betroth's other suitor that 'You may find in time that wanting something is better than having it'.
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
I think this guy almost never got angry or upset but it didn't make him a good person or a bad one for that matter. It just made him cold and logical.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@DZhukovin That's true but the Pon Farr is purely Vulcan in nature. That episode did deliver some really good lines for Spock, particularly when he tells his betroth's other suitor that 'You may find in time that wanting something is better than having it'.
Garden Plans:
Now that the water in the catchment pond has dried up it is time for me to get in ...
Sheannutt comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Looks like a lot of work and I bet it is but in the long run you can sit back and say look what I did.??
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@Sheannutt I'm thinking perhaps a few more custom design houses like this one I am building for us now and maybe another hotel if I haven't become too old and cranky to put up with all the BS that goes with building a hotel. :D
Sheannutt comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Looks like a lot of work and I bet it is but in the long run you can sit back and say look what I did.??
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@Sheannutt I'm thinking perhaps a few more custom design houses like this one I am building for us now and maybe another hotel if I haven't become too old and cranky to put up with all the BS that goes with building a hotel. :D
Garden Plans:
Now that the water in the catchment pond has dried up it is time for me to get in ...
FrayedBear comments on Jul 2, 2018:
It is so green!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@FrayedBear I've got friends from Taz that now live in Melbourne, fireworks set off a grass fire on their corner last night. Bloody Hell it's dry there right now.
FrayedBear comments on Jul 2, 2018:
It is so green!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@FrayedBear I've got friends from Taz that now live in Melbourne, fireworks set off a grass fire on their corner last night. Bloody Hell it's dry there right now.
Garden Plans:
Now that the water in the catchment pond has dried up it is time for me to get in ...
Sheannutt comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Looks like a lot of work and I bet it is but in the long run you can sit back and say look what I did.??
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@Sheannutt I've built 353 houses, 2 shopping plazas, 7 hotels and a school but I think I have a few more things left to build before I'm done. Unless I wake up dead tomorrow, that would definitely change my plans. :D
Sheannutt comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Looks like a lot of work and I bet it is but in the long run you can sit back and say look what I did.??
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@Sheannutt I've built 353 houses, 2 shopping plazas, 7 hotels and a school but I think I have a few more things left to build before I'm done. Unless I wake up dead tomorrow, that would definitely change my plans. :D
Do you think a good person is someone who never gets angry?
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
I think this guy almost never got angry or upset but it didn't make him a good person or a bad one for that matter. It just made him cold and logical.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@JustinPalmer Except that they didn't seem to get paid on the original Star Trek.It seemed to work pretty good though, unless you had to wear the red suit on the away team, that guy was never coming back. ;)
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
I think this guy almost never got angry or upset but it didn't make him a good person or a bad one for that matter. It just made him cold and logical.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@JustinPalmer Except that they didn't seem to get paid on the original Star Trek.It seemed to work pretty good though, unless you had to wear the red suit on the away team, that guy was never coming back. ;)
Good morning Gardeners, Day 9 of my morning trip the garden, It turned into two trips, My basket ...
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Feeding the hungry masses, I enjoy it. I always plant too much and give more than half of it away to friends and family.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@kenriley I'd like to think it is just his pride talking because he has been a bit down on his luck lately but he really is a pompous ass.
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Feeding the hungry masses, I enjoy it. I always plant too much and give more than half of it away to friends and family.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@kenriley I'd like to think it is just his pride talking because he has been a bit down on his luck lately but he really is a pompous ass.
Garden Plans:
Now that the water in the catchment pond has dried up it is time for me to get in ...
Sheannutt comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Looks like a lot of work and I bet it is but in the long run you can sit back and say look what I did.??
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I look back on my life and there is a lot of that but I love to create and build.
Sheannutt comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Looks like a lot of work and I bet it is but in the long run you can sit back and say look what I did.??
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I look back on my life and there is a lot of that but I love to create and build.
Garden Plans:
Now that the water in the catchment pond has dried up it is time for me to get in ...
FrayedBear comments on Jul 2, 2018:
It is so green!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I'm on an island in the middle of a huge river at the end of the Great Lakes, the largest body of freshwater in the world, things stay pretty green and I never run out of water. :)
FrayedBear comments on Jul 2, 2018:
It is so green!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I'm on an island in the middle of a huge river at the end of the Great Lakes, the largest body of freshwater in the world, things stay pretty green and I never run out of water. :)
Garden Plans:
Now that the water in the catchment pond has dried up it is time for me to get in ...
SkotlandSkye comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Can I borrow your backhoe next?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I think the float charges might be cost prohibitive. ;) I bought it to build the house and do the landscaping when I found out they charge $600 just to float a machine onto the island to your site, then it is $150/hr including lunch and breaks. I've run pretty much everything but a tower crane over the years so I bought if used for $35k, a good investment as I can sub out at $100/hr on the island and still be a good deal - cash of course. :D
SkotlandSkye comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Can I borrow your backhoe next?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I think the float charges might be cost prohibitive. ;) I bought it to build the house and do the landscaping when I found out they charge $600 just to float a machine onto the island to your site, then it is $150/hr including lunch and breaks. I've run pretty much everything but a tower crane over the years so I bought if used for $35k, a good investment as I can sub out at $100/hr on the island and still be a good deal - cash of course. :D
Calla lily this morning. I'm really hoping to harvest the seed pod from this one:
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
That's Gorgeous!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@bigpawbullets A favourable mutation that falls in your lap is a wind fall. (y) My wife loves it too and she is really picky.
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
That's Gorgeous!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@bigpawbullets A favourable mutation that falls in your lap is a wind fall. (y) My wife loves it too and she is really picky.
Good morning Gardeners, Day 9 of my morning trip the garden, It turned into two trips, My basket ...
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Feeding the hungry masses, I enjoy it. I always plant too much and give more than half of it away to friends and family.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@SkotlandSkye Although it is not a given, the husband of a woman who walks her dog past my house daily just told me that he didn't want anymore kale or lettuce because it was too much. Then he took a shot at me about the custom home I am building because he is an internet expert, even though I am a Master Builder and he knows it. The wife and dog are friendly but he's a bit of a pompous prick so I just smiled and told him it was not a problem I will give his share to others who want it. The wife was aghast because I know they need the help but I don't go to the time, sweat and expense of putting in and tending a garden to be insulted. The share I set aside for them will go to someone else now and if nobody wants it I will compost it. The sad thing is that he's an Atheist.
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Feeding the hungry masses, I enjoy it. I always plant too much and give more than half of it away to friends and family.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@SkotlandSkye Although it is not a given, the husband of a woman who walks her dog past my house daily just told me that he didn't want anymore kale or lettuce because it was too much. Then he took a shot at me about the custom home I am building because he is an internet expert, even though I am a Master Builder and he knows it. The wife and dog are friendly but he's a bit of a pompous prick so I just smiled and told him it was not a problem I will give his share to others who want it. The wife was aghast because I know they need the help but I don't go to the time, sweat and expense of putting in and tending a garden to be insulted. The share I set aside for them will go to someone else now and if nobody wants it I will compost it. The sad thing is that he's an Atheist.
Okay, I just HAD to share this with you lovely people.
DUCHESSA comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Even if I see a guy has checked my profile....I won't answer if he is too young and/or lives far away. Is different if I am approached for friendly conversation or to debate an issue
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I check the profiles of people who respond to my posts, especially if their response is interesting. Interesting people are hard to find in this vanilla world we live in, so it is worth taking a moment to look a bit further to find out more about them.
DUCHESSA comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Even if I see a guy has checked my profile....I won't answer if he is too young and/or lives far away. Is different if I am approached for friendly conversation or to debate an issue
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I check the profiles of people who respond to my posts, especially if their response is interesting. Interesting people are hard to find in this vanilla world we live in, so it is worth taking a moment to look a bit further to find out more about them.
Okay, I just HAD to share this with you lovely people.
CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jul 2, 2018:
I’m laughing with you, and shouting too. My profile, finally, said in the first lines that I’m bisexual, liberal, and atheist, so “if you need a ‘god-fearing woman’ STOP HERE”.
Did they stop there? Even read my profile? HELL NAW.
I gave up on dating sites when I realized how ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@CarolinaGirl60 Maybe if religion didn't indoctrinate them into thinking of women as chattels they wouldn't have these ridiculous notions? Wouldn't it be great if women just cut these idiots off permanently so they couldn't reproduce, in a generation or two there would be no religitards left. Women the fate of humanity is in your hands more than ever. (y)
CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jul 2, 2018:
I’m laughing with you, and shouting too. My profile, finally, said in the first lines that I’m bisexual, liberal, and atheist, so “if you need a ‘god-fearing woman’ STOP HERE”.
Did they stop there? Even read my profile? HELL NAW.
I gave up on dating sites when I realized how ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@CarolinaGirl60 Maybe if religion didn't indoctrinate them into thinking of women as chattels they wouldn't have these ridiculous notions? Wouldn't it be great if women just cut these idiots off permanently so they couldn't reproduce, in a generation or two there would be no religitards left. Women the fate of humanity is in your hands more than ever. (y)
Okay, I just HAD to share this with you lovely people.
Clearconscience comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Sadly there are still many people (men) who still hang on to antiquated, misogynistic beliefs.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
Ever wonder why they don't just get a dog, maybe a Lab or one of those little dogs that wiggle their butts and pee on the floor when they see you come in the door? Those kind of guys would be doing humanity a favour by not breeding.
Clearconscience comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Sadly there are still many people (men) who still hang on to antiquated, misogynistic beliefs.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
Ever wonder why they don't just get a dog, maybe a Lab or one of those little dogs that wiggle their butts and pee on the floor when they see you come in the door? Those kind of guys would be doing humanity a favour by not breeding.
Okay, I just HAD to share this with you lovely people.
CallMeDave comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Often, essays reflect the problems of one's most recent relationship. He probably just dated a screamer. It's still not a good line to include.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
Better a screamer than a thrower and a stabber. ;)
CallMeDave comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Often, essays reflect the problems of one's most recent relationship. He probably just dated a screamer. It's still not a good line to include.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
Better a screamer than a thrower and a stabber. ;)
Okay, I just HAD to share this with you lovely people.
Marionville comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Good luck to him finding a mate is all I can say, it’s not exactly an inviting chat up line unless you have been to the Stepford Wives finishing school!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I think we have all met a few like that, pretty package but nobody home. ;)
Marionville comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Good luck to him finding a mate is all I can say, it’s not exactly an inviting chat up line unless you have been to the Stepford Wives finishing school!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
I think we have all met a few like that, pretty package but nobody home. ;)
Okay, I just HAD to share this with you lovely people.
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Maybe he's just come out of an abusive relationship where his partner verbally abused him and he just can't take it anymore? Or maybe he just wants one of those women from The Handmaid's Tale? If he's that preachy it is probably the latter.
Funny how people on dating sites often just go for ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@TheresaReid2 The 'Lord' told them? That's a new one, I've heard it called Johnson, Willie and even Big Bob and the Twins but I've never heard anyone speak of it as The Lord even though I have heard a lot of Oh God! associated with it. :D
Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Maybe he's just come out of an abusive relationship where his partner verbally abused him and he just can't take it anymore? Or maybe he just wants one of those women from The Handmaid's Tale? If he's that preachy it is probably the latter.
Funny how people on dating sites often just go for ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@TheresaReid2 The 'Lord' told them? That's a new one, I've heard it called Johnson, Willie and even Big Bob and the Twins but I've never heard anyone speak of it as The Lord even though I have heard a lot of Oh God! associated with it. :D
Canada Day long weekend here so I am up at the family cottage visiting my Mom, Brother and Niece who...
LB67 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I think that, at 83,she is unlikely to change her mind. I do believe that it is important to be visible within your family, in agreeing to disagree. The evolution explanation was worth it, just for that reason alone. It is too bad the family get together didn’t stay light.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@LB67 Perhaps try a pitcher of Bermuda Rum Swizzle, goes down so sweet and fruity and refreshing but when you try to stand up you usually sit right back down, no wonder Bermudians are so mellow. :D
LB67 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I think that, at 83,she is unlikely to change her mind. I do believe that it is important to be visible within your family, in agreeing to disagree. The evolution explanation was worth it, just for that reason alone. It is too bad the family get together didn’t stay light.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@LB67 Perhaps try a pitcher of Bermuda Rum Swizzle, goes down so sweet and fruity and refreshing but when you try to stand up you usually sit right back down, no wonder Bermudians are so mellow. :D
Precious metals as an investment have always been a very safe and conservative bet but many people ...
Ellatynemouth comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I have no idea what they're worth... But it makes no difference. I'm as poor as a church mouse.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
If you get a real silver coin in your change, older coins pre-1960, it's a win fall as they are worth more than their face value.
Ellatynemouth comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I have no idea what they're worth... But it makes no difference. I'm as poor as a church mouse.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
If you get a real silver coin in your change, older coins pre-1960, it's a win fall as they are worth more than their face value.
Precious metals as an investment have always been a very safe and conservative bet but many people ...
memorylikeasieve comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Wouldn't that make it heavy after a while? ?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@memorylikeasieve bullion coins are 99.99% pure gold or silver metal for gold and silver coins respectively. Old silver coins were usually 90% silver up until the mid 60's, then they dropped to 40% and then 0% after the mid 70's when America came off the gold standard completely.
memorylikeasieve comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Wouldn't that make it heavy after a while? ?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@memorylikeasieve bullion coins are 99.99% pure gold or silver metal for gold and silver coins respectively. Old silver coins were usually 90% silver up until the mid 60's, then they dropped to 40% and then 0% after the mid 70's when America came off the gold standard completely.
With Canada's legalization of pot official, we should pot bomb the US of A until they have been ...
Akfishlady comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Already legal here. Hasn't helped.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
Maybe the people who really need it are the ones not smoking it? ;)
Akfishlady comments on Jul 2, 2018:
Already legal here. Hasn't helped.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
Maybe the people who really need it are the ones not smoking it? ;)
Spain’s new atheist Prime Minister spells trouble for the Church | CatholicHerald.co.uk
Scriberpunk comments on Jun 30, 2018:
Ha. The article describes him as a "self declared atheist." The worst kind.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@Scriberpunk I'm certain it was a sneer, thought the same thing when I read it.
Scriberpunk comments on Jun 30, 2018:
Ha. The article describes him as a "self declared atheist." The worst kind.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
@Scriberpunk I'm certain it was a sneer, thought the same thing when I read it.
A little game to get the brain juices flowing. Hint, he's the little man. ;)
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 2, 2018:
30% up from the bottom... far left side of picture.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
It would have been harder but they couldn't find a pic of him smiling like an Oompa Loompa. :D
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 2, 2018:
30% up from the bottom... far left side of picture.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 2, 2018:
It would have been harder but they couldn't find a pic of him smiling like an Oompa Loompa. :D
It's been working in Portugal since 2001 when they decriminalized all drugs, why not here in North ...
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Hmmmm... that's interesting.... I dont know about happening here.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@BucketlistBob that seems to be the problem, too many people making big money of the suffering of others. Cops could be spending their time catching real criminals like bankers and stockbrokers, all the money spent on prisons could be spent on schools or hospitals - at least that's what they did in Portugal.
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Hmmmm... that's interesting.... I dont know about happening here.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@BucketlistBob that seems to be the problem, too many people making big money of the suffering of others. Cops could be spending their time catching real criminals like bankers and stockbrokers, all the money spent on prisons could be spent on schools or hospitals - at least that's what they did in Portugal.
Happy Canada Day!
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BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
That was really nice. It's more refined and refreshing.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
That's us, we play it before the hockey game and within minutes we are punching each other in the face. lol
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
That was really nice. It's more refined and refreshing.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
That's us, we play it before the hockey game and within minutes we are punching each other in the face. lol
It's been working in Portugal since 2001 when they decriminalized all drugs, why not here in North ...
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Hmmmm... that's interesting.... I dont know about happening here.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Get rid of the pushers by making it unprofitable and you can get the junkies cleaned up, the crime rate drops all around. Let all the nonviolent drug offenses out, buys that got caught with a bag of weed and save the taxpayers $100k/yr for each of them.
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Hmmmm... that's interesting.... I dont know about happening here.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Get rid of the pushers by making it unprofitable and you can get the junkies cleaned up, the crime rate drops all around. Let all the nonviolent drug offenses out, buys that got caught with a bag of weed and save the taxpayers $100k/yr for each of them.
Canada Day long weekend here so I am up at the family cottage visiting my Mom, Brother and Niece who...
archer5691 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
That's so fucking sad...i feel for you. With 2 born again brothers, every trip home is like donning a straight jacket. I purposely avoid ANYTHING in conversation that could lead to my brothers launching into a fucking sermon. So frustrating. Needless to say i don't go home much.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
I had a brother like that, 5 years older, he spent all his days off knocking on people's doors preaching JW bullshit, died of a brain embolism at 58. His ashes are in the day lilly patch at the cottage.
archer5691 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
That's so fucking sad...i feel for you. With 2 born again brothers, every trip home is like donning a straight jacket. I purposely avoid ANYTHING in conversation that could lead to my brothers launching into a fucking sermon. So frustrating. Needless to say i don't go home much.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
I had a brother like that, 5 years older, he spent all his days off knocking on people's doors preaching JW bullshit, died of a brain embolism at 58. His ashes are in the day lilly patch at the cottage.
Canada Day long weekend here so I am up at the family cottage visiting my Mom, Brother and Niece who...
LB67 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I think that, at 83,she is unlikely to change her mind. I do believe that it is important to be visible within your family, in agreeing to disagree. The evolution explanation was worth it, just for that reason alone. It is too bad the family get together didn’t stay light.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
I whipped up a pitcher of Margaritas and changed the topic, all was well again. She worries she'll never see me again when she goes to her fantasy land and I wish she would not put off things in this life because she expects to do them in the next life - awkward but we make it work.
LB67 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I think that, at 83,she is unlikely to change her mind. I do believe that it is important to be visible within your family, in agreeing to disagree. The evolution explanation was worth it, just for that reason alone. It is too bad the family get together didn’t stay light.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
I whipped up a pitcher of Margaritas and changed the topic, all was well again. She worries she'll never see me again when she goes to her fantasy land and I wish she would not put off things in this life because she expects to do them in the next life - awkward but we make it work.
Canada Day long weekend here so I am up at the family cottage visiting my Mom, Brother and Niece who...
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Well hell... it was still a nice visit with the family .
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Yep, the cottage has been in my family since WWII and it has always been neutral ground, leave your troubles at the gate when you go to the cottage or turn around and go home.
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Well hell... it was still a nice visit with the family .
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Yep, the cottage has been in my family since WWII and it has always been neutral ground, leave your troubles at the gate when you go to the cottage or turn around and go home.
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BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Ass holes!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Uuge Assholes.
BucketlistBob comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Ass holes!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Uuge Assholes.
Another frosty morning. Fires stoked lil chick snuggled up by the fire. ☺
CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Fire? I live in the South...the fire is all outside right now! I love cool/cold weather best. A fire sounds so cozy.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@CarolinaGirl60 Mid April we had snow flurries here, I don't miss it.
CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Fire? I live in the South...the fire is all outside right now! I love cool/cold weather best. A fire sounds so cozy.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@CarolinaGirl60 Mid April we had snow flurries here, I don't miss it.
Another frosty morning. Fires stoked lil chick snuggled up by the fire. ☺
CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Fire? I live in the South...the fire is all outside right now! I love cool/cold weather best. A fire sounds so cozy.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
This woman lives in the 'REAL' South - Australia south where it is now winter. Even in Canada where I am we don't have fires going at this time of year, it was 94F today. ;)
CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Fire? I live in the South...the fire is all outside right now! I love cool/cold weather best. A fire sounds so cozy.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
This woman lives in the 'REAL' South - Australia south where it is now winter. Even in Canada where I am we don't have fires going at this time of year, it was 94F today. ;)
Happy 151st birthday Canada! You don't look a day over 100. (Must be the healthcare.)
Ellatynemouth comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Who lived there before?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Mostly Hurons and Iroquois at least in central and eastern Canada. Canada is actually a Huron word for 'village' so in the 1500's when Jacques Cartier the French explorer asked the native chief where they were the Chief responded CANADA or we're in the Village and Canada it remained from then on.
Ellatynemouth comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Who lived there before?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Mostly Hurons and Iroquois at least in central and eastern Canada. Canada is actually a Huron word for 'village' so in the 1500's when Jacques Cartier the French explorer asked the native chief where they were the Chief responded CANADA or we're in the Village and Canada it remained from then on.
It's been working in Portugal since 2001 when they decriminalized all drugs, why not here in North ...
Tomfoolery33 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I definitely agree. The "war on drugs" is the problem, not drugs themselves. Everything was legal, if only by prescription up until the early 1900s, We didn't have a drug problem then, though.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
There were some addiction problems but not like we see now a days, much of it was medical ignorance of the time, like prescribing laudanum for female hysteria which could mean anything from post partum depression to nervous breakdown to menopause.
Tomfoolery33 comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I definitely agree. The "war on drugs" is the problem, not drugs themselves. Everything was legal, if only by prescription up until the early 1900s, We didn't have a drug problem then, though.
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
There were some addiction problems but not like we see now a days, much of it was medical ignorance of the time, like prescribing laudanum for female hysteria which could mean anything from post partum depression to nervous breakdown to menopause.
Precious metals as an investment have always been a very safe and conservative bet but many people ...
memorylikeasieve comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Wouldn't that make it heavy after a while? ?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Heavier but less bulky, especially if you were transporting funds between countries. Gold and Silver coins are assessed at the face value on the coin which is always much less than the precious metal value. I confirmed that with customs a few years ago when the currency police were stopping people on the boarding ramp to the plane.
memorylikeasieve comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Wouldn't that make it heavy after a while? ?
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Heavier but less bulky, especially if you were transporting funds between countries. Gold and Silver coins are assessed at the face value on the coin which is always much less than the precious metal value. I confirmed that with customs a few years ago when the currency police were stopping people on the boarding ramp to the plane.
What's the worst gift you've ever had?
Surfpirate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I don't think there is such a thing as a bad gift, perhaps a thoughtless gift or a gift with strings attached but bad and gift just don't go together in the same sentence for me. Maybe I'm just too much of the optimist but if I got a horse trailer full of horse manure for xmas then I'd grab a ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@UUNJ It's about $40 a ton around my home, delivery extra.
Surfpirate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I don't think there is such a thing as a bad gift, perhaps a thoughtless gift or a gift with strings attached but bad and gift just don't go together in the same sentence for me. Maybe I'm just too much of the optimist but if I got a horse trailer full of horse manure for xmas then I'd grab a ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@UUNJ It's about $40 a ton around my home, delivery extra.
What nonbelievers do you remember from TV growing up?
Surfpirate comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Doctor Who as he was always annoyed with anyone with ridiculous religious delusions, most of the original Star Trek crew (I was deinitely disappointed in Ohura when she got all sappy at the end of the episode Bread and Circuses), Carl Kolchak the Nightstalker didn't seem to be a believer but did go ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@BufftonBeotch Borg don't flop around on the floor making weird noises unless you hit them with a phaser with adapted frequency modulation. Pentecostal do it every Sunday, I've seen it when I dated a Pentecostal girl in my teens, scary shit.
Surfpirate comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Doctor Who as he was always annoyed with anyone with ridiculous religious delusions, most of the original Star Trek crew (I was deinitely disappointed in Ohura when she got all sappy at the end of the episode Bread and Circuses), Carl Kolchak the Nightstalker didn't seem to be a believer but did go ...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@BufftonBeotch Borg don't flop around on the floor making weird noises unless you hit them with a phaser with adapted frequency modulation. Pentecostal do it every Sunday, I've seen it when I dated a Pentecostal girl in my teens, scary shit.
Happy 1st of July fellow Canadians
Surfpirate comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Normally this is a day that we as Canadians get to show our patriotism publicly instead of keeping it to ourselves which is so typically Canadian. This year is a little different thanks to the rude and insulting behavior of Trump and his crew towards Canada.
...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@Science-guy Technically Canada existed since Jacques Cartier misinterpreted the Huron word for village to mean the whole country and in the war of 1812 we were already the British Colony of Canada after defeating the French on the Plains of Abraham. British regulars and Canadian/British militias were involved in the rout of the Americans forces in Washington. Part of the reason for that war was that the British, which includes the British in Canada did not acknowledge American sovereignty, still considering them a bunch of rag tag rebels that would soon realize the error of their ways and return to the British fold. Even though the Americans started and lost that war, they like to call it a draw, kind of like Vietnam was a draw. ;) My ancestors sailed over back in 1753 so we fought the Indians, the French and the Americans as well as each other, what kind of party doesn't have a good punch up anyways. lol
Surfpirate comments on Jul 1, 2018:
Normally this is a day that we as Canadians get to show our patriotism publicly instead of keeping it to ourselves which is so typically Canadian. This year is a little different thanks to the rude and insulting behavior of Trump and his crew towards Canada.
...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
@Science-guy Technically Canada existed since Jacques Cartier misinterpreted the Huron word for village to mean the whole country and in the war of 1812 we were already the British Colony of Canada after defeating the French on the Plains of Abraham. British regulars and Canadian/British militias were involved in the rout of the Americans forces in Washington. Part of the reason for that war was that the British, which includes the British in Canada did not acknowledge American sovereignty, still considering them a bunch of rag tag rebels that would soon realize the error of their ways and return to the British fold. Even though the Americans started and lost that war, they like to call it a draw, kind of like Vietnam was a draw. ;) My ancestors sailed over back in 1753 so we fought the Indians, the French and the Americans as well as each other, what kind of party doesn't have a good punch up anyways. lol
I figured out that I don't hate folding laundry.
MissKathleen comments on Jul 1, 2018:
lol...don't use dryer sheets!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
My wife uses balls of aluminium foil wrapped with wool yarn, they work very well and no harmful chemical in the clothes. I used to do the laundry but one of the side effects of menopause for my wife is OCD regarding certain things and one of them is laundry so I am no longer welcome around the laundry room because I don't do it 'right'. No worries, plenty of other things to occupy my time.
MissKathleen comments on Jul 1, 2018:
lol...don't use dryer sheets!
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
My wife uses balls of aluminium foil wrapped with wool yarn, they work very well and no harmful chemical in the clothes. I used to do the laundry but one of the side effects of menopause for my wife is OCD regarding certain things and one of them is laundry so I am no longer welcome around the laundry room because I don't do it 'right'. No worries, plenty of other things to occupy my time.
I think we could solve America's problems for them and our problems with some of the Americans in ...
TheGreatShadow comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I live in jesusland. :(
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Nebraska is close, you might be able to escape before we complete construction on the wall and make you pay for it. ;)
TheGreatShadow comments on Jul 1, 2018:
I live in jesusland. :(
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
Nebraska is close, you might be able to escape before we complete construction on the wall and make you pay for it. ;)
Maybe I'm wrong and maybe there is a hell.
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 30, 2018:
Id rather die than go to heaven...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
I think the rules say that you have to die to go to heaven at all but I could be wrong, these delusional ideas come with a lot of complex and contradictory rules that are hard to keep track of. :D
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 30, 2018:
Id rather die than go to heaven...
Surfpirate replies on Jul 1, 2018:
I think the rules say that you have to die to go to heaven at all but I could be wrong, these delusional ideas come with a lot of complex and contradictory rules that are hard to keep track of. :D
I honestly don't understand how so many people escape the bonds of religion, to remain entangled in ...
Marionville comments on Jun 30, 2018:
I am not qualified to make an argument regarding the Republican Party as I am neither an American citizen nor do I live in the USA. I do however, live in N.Ireland and we have a political party here called the DUP......this is Democratic Unionist Party. There is nothing democratic at all about ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@Jolanta Dear old Rupert, proof that hatred and fear can keep a person alive as long as love can. It's a half life full of cobwebs, spiders and snakes but technically still alive, just barely enough to spew his vile lies and hatred and fear into the world. Keep fighting the good fight for yourself and for the future generations.
Marionville comments on Jun 30, 2018:
I am not qualified to make an argument regarding the Republican Party as I am neither an American citizen nor do I live in the USA. I do however, live in N.Ireland and we have a political party here called the DUP......this is Democratic Unionist Party. There is nothing democratic at all about ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@Jolanta Dear old Rupert, proof that hatred and fear can keep a person alive as long as love can. It's a half life full of cobwebs, spiders and snakes but technically still alive, just barely enough to spew his vile lies and hatred and fear into the world. Keep fighting the good fight for yourself and for the future generations.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
sweetcharlotte comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Yes I have had a recurring dream for 17 years. My husband died in 03 of diabetes at age 48. Soon after the dream began.
<He wanted a separation for a while and moved into a dirty, dirt floor shed behind his parents house. I loved him so much and wanted to see him, hold him. So I try to visit him...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@StilInterested The next time you have this dream and you realize that you are dreaming, you should ask his mother just why it is that he doesn't want to see you and what her role is in it. It may help you resolve some issues that are still dogging you after 17 years.
sweetcharlotte comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Yes I have had a recurring dream for 17 years. My husband died in 03 of diabetes at age 48. Soon after the dream began.
<He wanted a separation for a while and moved into a dirty, dirt floor shed behind his parents house. I loved him so much and wanted to see him, hold him. So I try to visit him...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@StilInterested The next time you have this dream and you realize that you are dreaming, you should ask his mother just why it is that he doesn't want to see you and what her role is in it. It may help you resolve some issues that are still dogging you after 17 years.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Sharlee comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Only time I have had the same experience was when I was using the nicotine patch..oh, my! They were so real ..it's not easy to explain if you have never been there, but it's an alternate reality for sure!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@Sharlee although you have to like the side effects of quitting smoking and exploring your dream state. :)
Sharlee comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Only time I have had the same experience was when I was using the nicotine patch..oh, my! They were so real ..it's not easy to explain if you have never been there, but it's an alternate reality for sure!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@Sharlee although you have to like the side effects of quitting smoking and exploring your dream state. :)
What more is there to love than this? If there is more then I haven't found it.
WalterWhite comments on Jun 30, 2018:
The more part of real love is that it must be reciprocal, and for the man to also help her manifest her vision to be the best she can be, just as she helps you.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
I would have thought that to be a given but you are right, I shouldn't assume.
WalterWhite comments on Jun 30, 2018:
The more part of real love is that it must be reciprocal, and for the man to also help her manifest her vision to be the best she can be, just as she helps you.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
I would have thought that to be a given but you are right, I shouldn't assume.
Canada officially strikes back against US tariffs
webbew1 comments on Jun 29, 2018:
How long has it been since the United States actually produced anything of value? We make Big Macs and mediocre cars now. We're the land of Super Wal-Mart and McDonald's, so you can't blame our allies for laughing in our faces at the thought of the US slapping new tariffs on international trade. ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
The US military props up the Petrodollar and as long as it can continue to do so then the music will keep playing and the game of musical chairs will not be over. Just be prepared when the music stops or you won't have a seat.
webbew1 comments on Jun 29, 2018:
How long has it been since the United States actually produced anything of value? We make Big Macs and mediocre cars now. We're the land of Super Wal-Mart and McDonald's, so you can't blame our allies for laughing in our faces at the thought of the US slapping new tariffs on international trade. ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
The US military props up the Petrodollar and as long as it can continue to do so then the music will keep playing and the game of musical chairs will not be over. Just be prepared when the music stops or you won't have a seat.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
ThinkKate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I have experienced lucid dreaming before and enjoy they story-creation aspects of it. The only issue I have ever had is when I was told that I could challenge a character in my dream and ask why they were there and who they were. I had a dream that a woman in a hooded robe was following me, leading...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@ThinkKate I had something similar happen when I was young, I was in a flying dream and knew it was a dream but I came to an old barn and a young girl was chained inside as a sacrifice to black blob of a creature that lived in a brass cauldron suspended on chains from the wooden beams of the barn. Since I was in control of the dream I moved to set the young girl free but she didn't want to leave because she had been chosen as the sacrifice and it would save her friends and family in her town from the black blob creature. I could see the red eyes of the blob creature peering at me out of the cauldron and as I was trying to think of a way to solve this dream problem the blob creature took control of the dream and moved me under the cauldron from where I had been standing by the young girl and now I couldn't move. The black blob spilled out of the cauldron above me and landed on my shoulders, so I tried to take back control of the dream from the blob thing but it resisted and the dream became a battle of wills, it finally sank it's 3 clawed talons into my shoulders to keep me from escaping and this was so painful that I immediately woke from my sleep. It took me a long time to go back to lucid dreaming after that experience and I can still feel the points where the yellow talons sank into my shoulders as I recall this dream to you. I would have been in kindergarten so about 5 years old.
ThinkKate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I have experienced lucid dreaming before and enjoy they story-creation aspects of it. The only issue I have ever had is when I was told that I could challenge a character in my dream and ask why they were there and who they were. I had a dream that a woman in a hooded robe was following me, leading...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@ThinkKate I had something similar happen when I was young, I was in a flying dream and knew it was a dream but I came to an old barn and a young girl was chained inside as a sacrifice to black blob of a creature that lived in a brass cauldron suspended on chains from the wooden beams of the barn. Since I was in control of the dream I moved to set the young girl free but she didn't want to leave because she had been chosen as the sacrifice and it would save her friends and family in her town from the black blob creature. I could see the red eyes of the blob creature peering at me out of the cauldron and as I was trying to think of a way to solve this dream problem the blob creature took control of the dream and moved me under the cauldron from where I had been standing by the young girl and now I couldn't move. The black blob spilled out of the cauldron above me and landed on my shoulders, so I tried to take back control of the dream from the blob thing but it resisted and the dream became a battle of wills, it finally sank it's 3 clawed talons into my shoulders to keep me from escaping and this was so painful that I immediately woke from my sleep. It took me a long time to go back to lucid dreaming after that experience and I can still feel the points where the yellow talons sank into my shoulders as I recall this dream to you. I would have been in kindergarten so about 5 years old.
What's the worst gift you've ever had?
Surfpirate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I don't think there is such a thing as a bad gift, perhaps a thoughtless gift or a gift with strings attached but bad and gift just don't go together in the same sentence for me. Maybe I'm just too much of the optimist but if I got a horse trailer full of horse manure for xmas then I'd grab a ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@Josephine I'm an Atheist who is about to run for the Mayor's seat in a county that has been controlled by the little old ladies who run the church and the bridge club for years. If you look up Optimist in the dictionary you may just find a picture of me. :D
Surfpirate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I don't think there is such a thing as a bad gift, perhaps a thoughtless gift or a gift with strings attached but bad and gift just don't go together in the same sentence for me. Maybe I'm just too much of the optimist but if I got a horse trailer full of horse manure for xmas then I'd grab a ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
@Josephine I'm an Atheist who is about to run for the Mayor's seat in a county that has been controlled by the little old ladies who run the church and the bridge club for years. If you look up Optimist in the dictionary you may just find a picture of me. :D
Who else remembers this brave young page, standing up against Harper's desire to make Canada like ...
Arouet comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I do! I wonder where she is now.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
From what I can tell she is about to graduate from U of Ottawa and is still an activist.
Arouet comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I do! I wonder where she is now.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 30, 2018:
From what I can tell she is about to graduate from U of Ottawa and is still an activist.
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
iamjc comments on Jun 29, 2018:
A quick look into lithium mining. It's a dirty, water and energy consuming business.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/lithium-ion-battery-production-is-surging-but-at-what-cost#gs.1AkdKcM
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@iamjc Anything that reduces oil dependency and helps stop these insane wars over oil is a good thing in my mind. It's not an all or nothing deal, it never is but I think the era of ICE vehicles is drawing to a close.
iamjc comments on Jun 29, 2018:
A quick look into lithium mining. It's a dirty, water and energy consuming business.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/lithium-ion-battery-production-is-surging-but-at-what-cost#gs.1AkdKcM
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@iamjc Anything that reduces oil dependency and helps stop these insane wars over oil is a good thing in my mind. It's not an all or nothing deal, it never is but I think the era of ICE vehicles is drawing to a close.
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
iamjc comments on Jun 29, 2018:
A quick look into lithium mining. It's a dirty, water and energy consuming business.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/lithium-ion-battery-production-is-surging-but-at-what-cost#gs.1AkdKcM
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@iamjc I'm not suggesting that EV's have a zero carbon foot print, even the Flintstone Mobile had a carbon footprint in it's manufacture but EV's are a better alternative than ICE vehicles.
iamjc comments on Jun 29, 2018:
A quick look into lithium mining. It's a dirty, water and energy consuming business.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/lithium-ion-battery-production-is-surging-but-at-what-cost#gs.1AkdKcM
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@iamjc I'm not suggesting that EV's have a zero carbon foot print, even the Flintstone Mobile had a carbon footprint in it's manufacture but EV's are a better alternative than ICE vehicles.
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
iamjc comments on Jun 29, 2018:
A quick look into lithium mining. It's a dirty, water and energy consuming business.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/lithium-ion-battery-production-is-surging-but-at-what-cost#gs.1AkdKcM
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
As is all mining and drilling for oil for that matter.
iamjc comments on Jun 29, 2018:
A quick look into lithium mining. It's a dirty, water and energy consuming business.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/lithium-ion-battery-production-is-surging-but-at-what-cost#gs.1AkdKcM
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
As is all mining and drilling for oil for that matter.
Is anti-theism on a par with racism?
Livia comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Not a fan of atheists using atheism to justify clear Islamaphobia. Seen that a lot. Atheism is a personal choice. I respect all religious belief, I just don’t want it in public spaces and taught in schools without objectivity. If people are religious they can go to temples. They don’t have to go...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
If only all of the religions didn't command their followers to go out and proselytize but they do and they also command their followers to attack non-believers. I see no reason why any free thinking person should accept such abuse.
Livia comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Not a fan of atheists using atheism to justify clear Islamaphobia. Seen that a lot. Atheism is a personal choice. I respect all religious belief, I just don’t want it in public spaces and taught in schools without objectivity. If people are religious they can go to temples. They don’t have to go...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
If only all of the religions didn't command their followers to go out and proselytize but they do and they also command their followers to attack non-believers. I see no reason why any free thinking person should accept such abuse.
So when you stare at a woman, for five seconds, and they say you are sexually harrasing them,then ...
graceylou comments on Jun 29, 2018:
There was a video, I think a UK one, that a friend shared on FB. It was about a woman in a bus and a man sitting a bit aways looking at her. Not like crazy ogling but that looking a bit longer than just a glance. The woman looked distressed. And another man was thinking whether he should do ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
So it's okay to do a bit of ogling and persistent staring even if it makes the person uncomfortable but if you start stalking someone at night down a street then that's too far, did I get that right?
It's about power and men have to stop deluding themselves into believing that they have the power in sexual relations that are consensual, the woman has always been the one making the choice in consensual relationships, regardless of what we like to think as Alpha males.
graceylou comments on Jun 29, 2018:
There was a video, I think a UK one, that a friend shared on FB. It was about a woman in a bus and a man sitting a bit aways looking at her. Not like crazy ogling but that looking a bit longer than just a glance. The woman looked distressed. And another man was thinking whether he should do ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
So it's okay to do a bit of ogling and persistent staring even if it makes the person uncomfortable but if you start stalking someone at night down a street then that's too far, did I get that right?
It's about power and men have to stop deluding themselves into believing that they have the power in sexual relations that are consensual, the woman has always been the one making the choice in consensual relationships, regardless of what we like to think as Alpha males.
So when you stare at a woman, for five seconds, and they say you are sexually harrasing them,then ...
Surfpirate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Was your dick hanging out while you were staring? If so then she might have a point, otherwise just forget about it and avoid physical contact without an invitation.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@0752532706 1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, 3 mississippi, 4 mississippi, 5 mississippi.
If you stare at me that long I am going to come over to you and ask you what the fuck you are staring at, wouldn't you do the same? If you had a good answer then cool but if you were hitting on me I would tell you we aren't on the same team. 5 seconds of staring is longer than it sounds but of course it also depends on how you are staring at someone.
Surfpirate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Was your dick hanging out while you were staring? If so then she might have a point, otherwise just forget about it and avoid physical contact without an invitation.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@0752532706 1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, 3 mississippi, 4 mississippi, 5 mississippi.
If you stare at me that long I am going to come over to you and ask you what the fuck you are staring at, wouldn't you do the same? If you had a good answer then cool but if you were hitting on me I would tell you we aren't on the same team. 5 seconds of staring is longer than it sounds but of course it also depends on how you are staring at someone.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
MsAl comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I thought lucid dreams meant that you were aware you were dreaming. I've done this once and want to learn how to, listened to some podcasts about it. I had very vivid dreams when on nicotine patches.. It was my treat that kept me on track. I kinda fell off the wagon again a few months back so I'm ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
That's exactly right but as with most posts this one has gotten off track a bit. Waking up inside your dream is a surreal experience and after a while you tend to develop a latent knowledge when you dream that you are aware that you are in a dream. Where it tends to get interesting is when you actively seize control of the dream reality and change it to what you want it to be.
MsAl comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I thought lucid dreams meant that you were aware you were dreaming. I've done this once and want to learn how to, listened to some podcasts about it. I had very vivid dreams when on nicotine patches.. It was my treat that kept me on track. I kinda fell off the wagon again a few months back so I'm ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
That's exactly right but as with most posts this one has gotten off track a bit. Waking up inside your dream is a surreal experience and after a while you tend to develop a latent knowledge when you dream that you are aware that you are in a dream. Where it tends to get interesting is when you actively seize control of the dream reality and change it to what you want it to be.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Sticks48 comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I try to avoid lucidity. It leads to reality and right now reality is not very good.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@Sticks48 I've had horrific dreams but the good outweighs the bad and it isn't like I have any choice in the matter. I go to sleep and I am teleported some place else.
Sticks48 comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I try to avoid lucidity. It leads to reality and right now reality is not very good.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@Sticks48 I've had horrific dreams but the good outweighs the bad and it isn't like I have any choice in the matter. I go to sleep and I am teleported some place else.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Sticks48 comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I try to avoid lucidity. It leads to reality and right now reality is not very good.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Sometimes you can find answers in your dreams, I would often dream solutions to technical problems on the job site. After a while my foreman would ask me if I had dreamed up a solution to whatever snag we were trying to fix that seemed impossible.
Sticks48 comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I try to avoid lucidity. It leads to reality and right now reality is not very good.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Sometimes you can find answers in your dreams, I would often dream solutions to technical problems on the job site. After a while my foreman would ask me if I had dreamed up a solution to whatever snag we were trying to fix that seemed impossible.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Jnei comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I've had lucid dreams, but have always woken up almost as soon as achieving lucidity and thinking "Oh, this is a dream - now for some consequence-free fun!"
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@Jnei Boy Scout Rule #1 - Don't Get Caught. ;)
Jnei comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I've had lucid dreams, but have always woken up almost as soon as achieving lucidity and thinking "Oh, this is a dream - now for some consequence-free fun!"
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@Jnei Boy Scout Rule #1 - Don't Get Caught. ;)
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Jnei comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I've had lucid dreams, but have always woken up almost as soon as achieving lucidity and thinking "Oh, this is a dream - now for some consequence-free fun!"
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Oh No, just at the point where it starts to get good.
Jnei comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I've had lucid dreams, but have always woken up almost as soon as achieving lucidity and thinking "Oh, this is a dream - now for some consequence-free fun!"
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Oh No, just at the point where it starts to get good.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
McWalsoft comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I dream most of the time that I go to sleep for the night. I would consider myself a lucid dreamer but I think it maybe even more than that. I can control my dreams. If I don't like something that happens in my dream I can rewind it and have a different outcome. Sometimes I can create things in my ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@McWalsoft I think of it as a whole other part of my life that I would miss out on if my body was inactive for 1/3 of it and I couldn't enter dream state.
McWalsoft comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I dream most of the time that I go to sleep for the night. I would consider myself a lucid dreamer but I think it maybe even more than that. I can control my dreams. If I don't like something that happens in my dream I can rewind it and have a different outcome. Sometimes I can create things in my ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@McWalsoft I think of it as a whole other part of my life that I would miss out on if my body was inactive for 1/3 of it and I couldn't enter dream state.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Sharlee comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Only time I have had the same experience was when I was using the nicotine patch..oh, my! They were so real ..it's not easy to explain if you have never been there, but it's an alternate reality for sure!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
I have to wonder what other active ingredients are in those patches because anything I have read about dreaming says that nicotine is a blocker of dreams.
Sharlee comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Only time I have had the same experience was when I was using the nicotine patch..oh, my! They were so real ..it's not easy to explain if you have never been there, but it's an alternate reality for sure!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
I have to wonder what other active ingredients are in those patches because anything I have read about dreaming says that nicotine is a blocker of dreams.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Marionville comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I know I must dream but I am never aware of any. What are you doing prior to going to bed? Are you eating strong cheese? They used to say that cheese caused lurid dreams!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Dreaming is normal but many people do not remember their dreams, there are books on the topic that suggest ways to remember your dreams, some times people block out the memory of their dreams after they have had nightmares in childhood so they don't remember any of their dreams when they wake up, good or bad.
Marionville comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I know I must dream but I am never aware of any. What are you doing prior to going to bed? Are you eating strong cheese? They used to say that cheese caused lurid dreams!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Dreaming is normal but many people do not remember their dreams, there are books on the topic that suggest ways to remember your dreams, some times people block out the memory of their dreams after they have had nightmares in childhood so they don't remember any of their dreams when they wake up, good or bad.
What's the worst gift you've ever had?
Surfpirate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I don't think there is such a thing as a bad gift, perhaps a thoughtless gift or a gift with strings attached but bad and gift just don't go together in the same sentence for me. Maybe I'm just too much of the optimist but if I got a horse trailer full of horse manure for xmas then I'd grab a ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@Josephine See that shows you lack optimism, the horse could be really good at holding his breath. :)
Surfpirate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I don't think there is such a thing as a bad gift, perhaps a thoughtless gift or a gift with strings attached but bad and gift just don't go together in the same sentence for me. Maybe I'm just too much of the optimist but if I got a horse trailer full of horse manure for xmas then I'd grab a ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@Josephine See that shows you lack optimism, the horse could be really good at holding his breath. :)
Only in Canada , eh
Surfpirate comments on Jun 27, 2018:
Let me guess, Upper Beaches? :D
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@Slava3 Looks like you are parked on the south side of Kingston Rd. not far from the Bingham Loop, across the road from where Bargain Harold's used to be. Nice Alpha, is it the Graduate model they came out with about 15 years ago? Classic
Surfpirate comments on Jun 27, 2018:
Let me guess, Upper Beaches? :D
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@Slava3 Looks like you are parked on the south side of Kingston Rd. not far from the Bingham Loop, across the road from where Bargain Harold's used to be. Nice Alpha, is it the Graduate model they came out with about 15 years ago? Classic
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
btroje comments on Jun 29, 2018:
mostly when I was younger.THere is one in particular I remember and watch the news for similarities
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@btroje Me either but there are times when it suddenly hits me out of the blue 'Oh, I remember this, so and so is going to say this next and the other guy will do this because he wants me to do something else' but I won't go along because I know how it will end.
btroje comments on Jun 29, 2018:
mostly when I was younger.THere is one in particular I remember and watch the news for similarities
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@btroje Me either but there are times when it suddenly hits me out of the blue 'Oh, I remember this, so and so is going to say this next and the other guy will do this because he wants me to do something else' but I won't go along because I know how it will end.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
btroje comments on Jun 29, 2018:
mostly when I was younger.THere is one in particular I remember and watch the news for similarities
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@btroje By that do you mean you have had 3 dreams of things to come in the future and 2 of them already have come to pass?
I've had many dreams that later on have happened, right down to the point where I am listening to people talk and I know what they will say before it comes out of their mouths because I recall the dream of it happening, sometimes are clearer than others and most of them don't seem to be earth shattering or world changing except that they are usually important to me.
btroje comments on Jun 29, 2018:
mostly when I was younger.THere is one in particular I remember and watch the news for similarities
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@btroje By that do you mean you have had 3 dreams of things to come in the future and 2 of them already have come to pass?
I've had many dreams that later on have happened, right down to the point where I am listening to people talk and I know what they will say before it comes out of their mouths because I recall the dream of it happening, sometimes are clearer than others and most of them don't seem to be earth shattering or world changing except that they are usually important to me.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
sweetcharlotte comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Yes I have had a recurring dream for 17 years. My husband died in 03 of diabetes at age 48. Soon after the dream began.
<He wanted a separation for a while and moved into a dirty, dirt floor shed behind his parents house. I loved him so much and wanted to see him, hold him. So I try to visit him...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Did your husband separate from you in real life and move into a shed behind his parents house or is that just in the dream? Were you estranged at the end when he died?
It may be that your subconscious mind is just reliving the events of the past, trying to make sense of it and what his mother says is a possible clue to the solution of this dilemna.
sweetcharlotte comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Yes I have had a recurring dream for 17 years. My husband died in 03 of diabetes at age 48. Soon after the dream began.
<He wanted a separation for a while and moved into a dirty, dirt floor shed behind his parents house. I loved him so much and wanted to see him, hold him. So I try to visit him...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Did your husband separate from you in real life and move into a shed behind his parents house or is that just in the dream? Were you estranged at the end when he died?
It may be that your subconscious mind is just reliving the events of the past, trying to make sense of it and what his mother says is a possible clue to the solution of this dilemna.
We really are just a bunch of hairless monkeys. :D
Marionville comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Some of us are not even all that hairless! I hasten to add, I’m not speaking in a personal capacity, but by observing my fellow homosapiens!!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
I'm a bit furry myself but not as much as this guy.
Marionville comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Some of us are not even all that hairless! I hasten to add, I’m not speaking in a personal capacity, but by observing my fellow homosapiens!!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
I'm a bit furry myself but not as much as this guy.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
btroje comments on Jun 29, 2018:
mostly when I was younger.THere is one in particular I remember and watch the news for similarities
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Any de ja vu moments happen regarding that dream yet?
btroje comments on Jun 29, 2018:
mostly when I was younger.THere is one in particular I remember and watch the news for similarities
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Any de ja vu moments happen regarding that dream yet?
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Holysocks comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I love the pic! I normally don't remember my dreams, but when I do, yes, I feel drained or a huge sense of loss. A few years ago, I had a series of dreams that a few factors that connected them. I still remember them and what they made me think and feel.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
My personal sense is that sometimes the subconscious mind is trying to reach us through our dreams as if our higher brain functions are trying to alert our waking mind of issues we need to address.
Holysocks comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I love the pic! I normally don't remember my dreams, but when I do, yes, I feel drained or a huge sense of loss. A few years ago, I had a series of dreams that a few factors that connected them. I still remember them and what they made me think and feel.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
My personal sense is that sometimes the subconscious mind is trying to reach us through our dreams as if our higher brain functions are trying to alert our waking mind of issues we need to address.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
ThinkKate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I have experienced lucid dreaming before and enjoy they story-creation aspects of it. The only issue I have ever had is when I was told that I could challenge a character in my dream and ask why they were there and who they were. I had a dream that a woman in a hooded robe was following me, leading...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Sounds like you got an answer but not the one you were hoping for. Was the hooded woman a malevolent force or threatening?
ThinkKate comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I have experienced lucid dreaming before and enjoy they story-creation aspects of it. The only issue I have ever had is when I was told that I could challenge a character in my dream and ask why they were there and who they were. I had a dream that a woman in a hooded robe was following me, leading...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Sounds like you got an answer but not the one you were hoping for. Was the hooded woman a malevolent force or threatening?
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Knitfreak comments on Jun 29, 2018:
using the patch not to smoke at present so yeah, I sooooo get this :)
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
That's interesting because some people I have talked to in the past felt that nicotine and alcohol dulled their dreams and made lucid dreaming more difficult.
Knitfreak comments on Jun 29, 2018:
using the patch not to smoke at present so yeah, I sooooo get this :)
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
That's interesting because some people I have talked to in the past felt that nicotine and alcohol dulled their dreams and made lucid dreaming more difficult.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
Ella comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I go through phases of having a very active dream life, or at least phases where I remember my dreams.
I figured out how to lucid dream when I was a teenager. Sometimes I can only control my actions in the dream, sometimes I can choose the entirety of it, what’s happening, the setting, who ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
This also happens to me but usually I dream in technocolor, except when I am in dark places like outer space or during the night or in other dimensions. Do you ever notice different levels of sentient awareness in the other characters in your dreams and by that I mean that some of the people/entities in my dreams are like scenery as people in a crowd but playing a minor supporting role, like some of the soldiers in my squad last night, some are like my Lt. who was aware but subject to my control, some were like the AI in one of the fighting vehicles who was an active protagonist and I could hear its thoughts and know what its mission was, once in a great while I encounter others in my dreams who seem fully self aware and independent of my control as though my dream and their dream were overlapping each other.
Ella comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I go through phases of having a very active dream life, or at least phases where I remember my dreams.
I figured out how to lucid dream when I was a teenager. Sometimes I can only control my actions in the dream, sometimes I can choose the entirety of it, what’s happening, the setting, who ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
This also happens to me but usually I dream in technocolor, except when I am in dark places like outer space or during the night or in other dimensions. Do you ever notice different levels of sentient awareness in the other characters in your dreams and by that I mean that some of the people/entities in my dreams are like scenery as people in a crowd but playing a minor supporting role, like some of the soldiers in my squad last night, some are like my Lt. who was aware but subject to my control, some were like the AI in one of the fighting vehicles who was an active protagonist and I could hear its thoughts and know what its mission was, once in a great while I encounter others in my dreams who seem fully self aware and independent of my control as though my dream and their dream were overlapping each other.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
zeuser comments on Jun 29, 2018:
This happens to me when I sleep in specific places. Like when I visit my dad in PA and sleep in my old room, I get very vivid and lifelike dreams. If I wake up and fall back asleep, the dream picks up where it left off. There are definite plot lines, and sometimes a surprise ending. Happens much ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Do you ever get recurring dreams that pick up where you left off the night before? I do this sometimes and depending upon the dream I find it very exhausting. I'm a master builder and back in the mid-90's I had a dream that went on for weeks where I was managing the build of a domed stadium in Vancouver, then I would wake up and go to my projects building custom homes on a golf course. By the time I got the retractable roof on and working properly I was exhausted mentally.
zeuser comments on Jun 29, 2018:
This happens to me when I sleep in specific places. Like when I visit my dad in PA and sleep in my old room, I get very vivid and lifelike dreams. If I wake up and fall back asleep, the dream picks up where it left off. There are definite plot lines, and sometimes a surprise ending. Happens much ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Do you ever get recurring dreams that pick up where you left off the night before? I do this sometimes and depending upon the dream I find it very exhausting. I'm a master builder and back in the mid-90's I had a dream that went on for weeks where I was managing the build of a domed stadium in Vancouver, then I would wake up and go to my projects building custom homes on a golf course. By the time I got the retractable roof on and working properly I was exhausted mentally.
Do you ever experience lucid dreams?
McWalsoft comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I dream most of the time that I go to sleep for the night. I would consider myself a lucid dreamer but I think it maybe even more than that. I can control my dreams. If I don't like something that happens in my dream I can rewind it and have a different outcome. Sometimes I can create things in my ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
I do the rewind thing as well, often I can look ahead down the plot line and see that the possible outcomes are going to be unacceptable to me so then I look back to the point in the dream where the events branched off into the present point, cut that out like editing a movie on to the cutting room floor and then proceed down a new plot line that ends how I like it.
McWalsoft comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I dream most of the time that I go to sleep for the night. I would consider myself a lucid dreamer but I think it maybe even more than that. I can control my dreams. If I don't like something that happens in my dream I can rewind it and have a different outcome. Sometimes I can create things in my ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
I do the rewind thing as well, often I can look ahead down the plot line and see that the possible outcomes are going to be unacceptable to me so then I look back to the point in the dream where the events branched off into the present point, cut that out like editing a movie on to the cutting room floor and then proceed down a new plot line that ends how I like it.
A very insightful interview with the past American Ambassador to Canada, where Trump is going with ...
Lukian comments on Jun 29, 2018:
very insightful, the WH hates what Canada represents, but really what can we do about it?
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Hope that the Americans take care of it in their usual way.
Lukian comments on Jun 29, 2018:
very insightful, the WH hates what Canada represents, but really what can we do about it?
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
Hope that the Americans take care of it in their usual way.
It is 7 AM in central Illinois, and I really need to be out in the yard weeding and planting the ...
Ellatynemouth comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Fahrenheit I presume :P
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
:D I sure hope so.
Ellatynemouth comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Fahrenheit I presume :P
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
:D I sure hope so.
Two kinds of people in this world: Those who create and nurture and grow things plus all the other ...
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Truly we are all assholes! Personal selfish agendas! If we would stand together as one, the Multiverse would be ours by now! We have fought so much we have not left our world really!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@MARDUK
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Truly we are all assholes! Personal selfish agendas! If we would stand together as one, the Multiverse would be ours by now! We have fought so much we have not left our world really!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@MARDUK
Two kinds of people in this world: Those who create and nurture and grow things plus all the other ...
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Truly we are all assholes! Personal selfish agendas! If we would stand together as one, the Multiverse would be ours by now! We have fought so much we have not left our world really!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@MARDUK I'm a Lefty LIbertarian if that makes any sense but it still doesn't explain why the American system has turned on the working class people and the middle classes as well.
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Truly we are all assholes! Personal selfish agendas! If we would stand together as one, the Multiverse would be ours by now! We have fought so much we have not left our world really!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@MARDUK I'm a Lefty LIbertarian if that makes any sense but it still doesn't explain why the American system has turned on the working class people and the middle classes as well.
I spotted this young fox down by the new rock garden at the front of the property and it reminded me...
FrayedBear comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Just don't keep sheep or chickens. Alpacas know what to do with foxes and dogs. They are used as guard animals here.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@FrayedBear I think they could handle themselves around a fox because they have powerful wings to beat off an attack but the coyotes, fishers and wolves would certainly be a problem.
FrayedBear comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Just don't keep sheep or chickens. Alpacas know what to do with foxes and dogs. They are used as guard animals here.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@FrayedBear I think they could handle themselves around a fox because they have powerful wings to beat off an attack but the coyotes, fishers and wolves would certainly be a problem.
Two kinds of people in this world: Those who create and nurture and grow things plus all the other ...
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I am weird! I gave life and make things grow! All life! Not just plants! What is dead lives again in my presence! Everything grows bigger and stronger because I touched it!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
:D That's a great idea for a kids toy, I hope you get a patent on that before Matel sees it. ;)
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
I am weird! I gave life and make things grow! All life! Not just plants! What is dead lives again in my presence! Everything grows bigger and stronger because I touched it!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
:D That's a great idea for a kids toy, I hope you get a patent on that before Matel sees it. ;)
Two kinds of people in this world: Those who create and nurture and grow things plus all the other ...
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Truly we are all assholes! Personal selfish agendas! If we would stand together as one, the Multiverse would be ours by now! We have fought so much we have not left our world really!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@MARDUK It's odd that cab drivers make a good living in many parts of the world, it's considered a very good job but not in the US and the same goes for people who bake pizzas but in the US it is only a good job if your name is Papa John. Why is that?
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Truly we are all assholes! Personal selfish agendas! If we would stand together as one, the Multiverse would be ours by now! We have fought so much we have not left our world really!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
@MARDUK It's odd that cab drivers make a good living in many parts of the world, it's considered a very good job but not in the US and the same goes for people who bake pizzas but in the US it is only a good job if your name is Papa John. Why is that?
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
RavenMunnin comments on Jun 28, 2018:
While I like electric vehicles they are not a panacea. All those batteries will need huge quantities of chemicals. Imagine how many steps we need to refine lithium from ore to a battery pack, 2 the most likely source of electricity is still fossil fuels, 3 ICE engines are well known and though ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
5 x 40 gallon barrels of gasoline would be a bit bulky to store in a car body and the resulting conflagration in the event of an accident would be tricky to put out should it catch fire, I wonder why nobody has come up with that design yet?
RavenMunnin comments on Jun 28, 2018:
While I like electric vehicles they are not a panacea. All those batteries will need huge quantities of chemicals. Imagine how many steps we need to refine lithium from ore to a battery pack, 2 the most likely source of electricity is still fossil fuels, 3 ICE engines are well known and though ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
5 x 40 gallon barrels of gasoline would be a bit bulky to store in a car body and the resulting conflagration in the event of an accident would be tricky to put out should it catch fire, I wonder why nobody has come up with that design yet?
I spotted this young fox down by the new rock garden at the front of the property and it reminded me...
FrayedBear comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Just don't keep sheep or chickens. Alpacas know what to do with foxes and dogs. They are used as guard animals here.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
I was thinking about getting some guard geese, nasty as stink.
FrayedBear comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Just don't keep sheep or chickens. Alpacas know what to do with foxes and dogs. They are used as guard animals here.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
I was thinking about getting some guard geese, nasty as stink.
Two kinds of people in this world: Those who create and nurture and grow things plus all the other ...
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Truly we are all assholes! Personal selfish agendas! If we would stand together as one, the Multiverse would be ours by now! We have fought so much we have not left our world really!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
That vision may be a bit too big for most hairless apes to comprehend, an angry old man in the clouds seems to be the limit for most of them. You dream big, mate. (y)
MARDUK comments on Jun 29, 2018:
Truly we are all assholes! Personal selfish agendas! If we would stand together as one, the Multiverse would be ours by now! We have fought so much we have not left our world really!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 29, 2018:
That vision may be a bit too big for most hairless apes to comprehend, an angry old man in the clouds seems to be the limit for most of them. You dream big, mate. (y)
I spotted this young fox down by the new rock garden at the front of the property and it reminded me...
RobinF comments on Jun 28, 2018:
That's a nice rock garden and I love the picture of the fox. The lighting was perfect.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
The lighting was my wife's idea, we didn't like the traditional layout so she started playing around with it and there you have it.
RobinF comments on Jun 28, 2018:
That's a nice rock garden and I love the picture of the fox. The lighting was perfect.
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
The lighting was my wife's idea, we didn't like the traditional layout so she started playing around with it and there you have it.
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
KennyB comments on Jun 28, 2018:
Actually I've been learning a lot about this. And with the changing of chemical composition of batteries batteries will soon become very small. A company called EV West just built a BMW M3 they modified to be all electric it set records in the open class at Pikes Peak. It was then reconfigured and ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
The guys at EV West are amazing and they helped spur me to develop an EV of my own for buzzing around the island I live on. It's still at the concept stage as I amass components but I hope to get it done this winter.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE7mwGfnP3uVp8-iNbVMjDw
KennyB comments on Jun 28, 2018:
Actually I've been learning a lot about this. And with the changing of chemical composition of batteries batteries will soon become very small. A company called EV West just built a BMW M3 they modified to be all electric it set records in the open class at Pikes Peak. It was then reconfigured and ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
The guys at EV West are amazing and they helped spur me to develop an EV of my own for buzzing around the island I live on. It's still at the concept stage as I amass components but I hope to get it done this winter.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE7mwGfnP3uVp8-iNbVMjDw
The weather forecast is for this to be the hottest Canada Day in Ottawa in almost a century.
Lukian comments on Jun 28, 2018:
been hearing 46C humidex in Montreal on Sunday... !
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
I bought a portable A/C unit for the cottage today, family insisted on going up there this weekend and don't seem to realize how hot it is going to be and how hard it hits now that they are in their 80's.
Lukian comments on Jun 28, 2018:
been hearing 46C humidex in Montreal on Sunday... !
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
I bought a portable A/C unit for the cottage today, family insisted on going up there this weekend and don't seem to realize how hot it is going to be and how hard it hits now that they are in their 80's.
Two kinds of people in this world: Those who create and nurture and grow things plus all the other ...
BucketlistBob comments on Jun 28, 2018:
Well hell.... another way to say I'm an asshole...lol. I try to grow things.... they won't grow!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
You're gonna have to join the gardening group on this site, my friend. :)
BucketlistBob comments on Jun 28, 2018:
Well hell.... another way to say I'm an asshole...lol. I try to grow things.... they won't grow!
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
You're gonna have to join the gardening group on this site, my friend. :)
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
TheAstroChuck comments on Jun 28, 2018:
EV are 80% efficient at converting stored energy into mechanical energy (motion) while ICE vehicles typically operate at 20-25% efficiency with most of the energy having to be dissipated as waste heat. This is a major reason why EVs typically have greater acceleration, except for good old fashioned...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
@TheAstroChuck A major increase in the efficiency of photo voltaics is needed, they may have just made that leap with a new filter that goes over the photo cells and bums the efficiency to the range of around 30% by focusing the usable light spectrum that gets converted to electricity. Humans can be idiots but we can also be ingenious, let's hope the idiots to win the race. ;)
TheAstroChuck comments on Jun 28, 2018:
EV are 80% efficient at converting stored energy into mechanical energy (motion) while ICE vehicles typically operate at 20-25% efficiency with most of the energy having to be dissipated as waste heat. This is a major reason why EVs typically have greater acceleration, except for good old fashioned...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
@TheAstroChuck A major increase in the efficiency of photo voltaics is needed, they may have just made that leap with a new filter that goes over the photo cells and bums the efficiency to the range of around 30% by focusing the usable light spectrum that gets converted to electricity. Humans can be idiots but we can also be ingenious, let's hope the idiots to win the race. ;)
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
MrBolton comments on Jun 28, 2018:
Mass transit was electrified in most major cities until after WWII. Then the petroleum and auto lobbies worked to have these systems dismantled in favor of single passenger autos.
Much of the energy to charge EVs can come from solar power. If I had aTesla and some solar panels, I could drive ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
The petroleum industry and auto industry bought up and closed many of the electric trolley lines that had been in operation since before WWI once WWII was over and cheap oil arrived.
MrBolton comments on Jun 28, 2018:
Mass transit was electrified in most major cities until after WWII. Then the petroleum and auto lobbies worked to have these systems dismantled in favor of single passenger autos.
Much of the energy to charge EVs can come from solar power. If I had aTesla and some solar panels, I could drive ...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
The petroleum industry and auto industry bought up and closed many of the electric trolley lines that had been in operation since before WWI once WWII was over and cheap oil arrived.
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
TheAstroChuck comments on Jun 28, 2018:
EV are 80% efficient at converting stored energy into mechanical energy (motion) while ICE vehicles typically operate at 20-25% efficiency with most of the energy having to be dissipated as waste heat. This is a major reason why EVs typically have greater acceleration, except for good old fashioned...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
@TheAstroChuck A solar array with a powerwall would make the most sense, no transmission loss. The family business was high voltage transformers and switch gear up until a few years ago when the old man retired so I have seen the waste in the electricity generation industry, pitiful really when you consider how much damage is being done to the ecosystem that we rely on for our future survival.
TheAstroChuck comments on Jun 28, 2018:
EV are 80% efficient at converting stored energy into mechanical energy (motion) while ICE vehicles typically operate at 20-25% efficiency with most of the energy having to be dissipated as waste heat. This is a major reason why EVs typically have greater acceleration, except for good old fashioned...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
@TheAstroChuck A solar array with a powerwall would make the most sense, no transmission loss. The family business was high voltage transformers and switch gear up until a few years ago when the old man retired so I have seen the waste in the electricity generation industry, pitiful really when you consider how much damage is being done to the ecosystem that we rely on for our future survival.
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
IamNobody comments on Jun 28, 2018:
The first step could/should be the big bulk of small and medium size cars. However, heavy duty vehicles like 18 wheelers (to move goods all over), and other heavy machinery (large variety) still have a long way too go. Now, if electrical technology new developments allow to handle heavy workload and...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
@IamNobody possibly so but you can't sell a product if nobody wants it and if EV's break the price point and recharge barriers there will be nothing to hold them back.
Wouldn't you rather drive a vehicle that had better performance, was cheaper to operate and easier to maintain if it cost the same money as a gas car?
IamNobody comments on Jun 28, 2018:
The first step could/should be the big bulk of small and medium size cars. However, heavy duty vehicles like 18 wheelers (to move goods all over), and other heavy machinery (large variety) still have a long way too go. Now, if electrical technology new developments allow to handle heavy workload and...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
@IamNobody possibly so but you can't sell a product if nobody wants it and if EV's break the price point and recharge barriers there will be nothing to hold them back.
Wouldn't you rather drive a vehicle that had better performance, was cheaper to operate and easier to maintain if it cost the same money as a gas car?
Seven reasons why the Internal Combustion Engine is a dead man walking – Tom Raftery's Internet of...
TheAstroChuck comments on Jun 28, 2018:
EV are 80% efficient at converting stored energy into mechanical energy (motion) while ICE vehicles typically operate at 20-25% efficiency with most of the energy having to be dissipated as waste heat. This is a major reason why EVs typically have greater acceleration, except for good old fashioned...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
The technology has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years. The electrical grid needs to be overhauled regardless of EV's future, the recharge rates are much quicker with quick charge systems allowing 80% recharge in 20 minutes being the latest innovation, much of the charging will be done in off peak hours which is actually more efficient than the current usage. You might find that there is more interesting reading on the topic out there.
TheAstroChuck comments on Jun 28, 2018:
EV are 80% efficient at converting stored energy into mechanical energy (motion) while ICE vehicles typically operate at 20-25% efficiency with most of the energy having to be dissipated as waste heat. This is a major reason why EVs typically have greater acceleration, except for good old fashioned...
Surfpirate replies on Jun 28, 2018:
The technology has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years. The electrical grid needs to be overhauled regardless of EV's future, the recharge rates are much quicker with quick charge systems allowing 80% recharge in 20 minutes being the latest innovation, much of the charging will be done in off peak hours which is actually more efficient than the current usage. You might find that there is more interesting reading on the topic out there.
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