The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Shadow Wolf]

two words......Cutting torch

It is now my project car, so that is perfectly within reason. Except it's not because I don't have a cutting torch. I could weld everything back together, but not cut it apart.

 

[sun rise]

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I suppose one thing I did learn at college, and learned it well and it serves me well, is to do web searches. I was terrible at them before. But now I can find many things. Not everything, but many things. Without I'd probably be one of the "I don't know what to believe" pleabs.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I've called many places today trying to get my people stabbing externship. And I've decided I don't care if I end up having someone inadvertently getting in trouble for taking me in after someone at another location of the same organization says no. I need this, and forcing people and groups to update policies and print new rules is just something those in my family do. Mom says no so go ask dad. Not like I haven't been in trouble for that one before.

 

[Wu Wei]

Stab... Stab... Stab.... stab stab

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Stab... Stab... Stab.... stab stab

You're a bear. You should come this way so I can do all my stabbings on you to get my externship in. Unconventional for it to be at a vet's office or zoo, sure, but if I can repeatedly stab a nearly 3/4 ton killing machine to harvest its precious bodily fluids over the course of a week and survive intact to tell the tale I think I am good to go.

 

[Stevicus]

I suppose one thing I did learn at college, and learned it well and it serves me well, is to do web searches. I was terrible at them before. But now I can find many things. Not everything, but many things. Without I'd probably be one of the "I don't know what to believe" pleabs.

One of the more useful classes I took in college was learning how to type on an IBM Selectric:

Those were actually pretty neat, with the typing balls (lower right), and it also had a correcting ribbon.

For a while, I didn't have a typewriter, so I used the typing room at the library. It cost 25¢ per 15 minutes.

 

[Wu Wei]

You're a bear. You should come this way so I can do all my stabbings on you to get my externship in. Unconventional for it to be at a vet's office or zoo, sure, but if I can repeatedly stab a nearly 3/4 ton killing machine to harvest its precious bodily fluids over the course of a week and survive intact to tell the tale I think I am good to go.

No problem, as long as you don't mind me getting in some stabbing of my own

 

[Shadow Wolf]

No problem, as long as you don't mind me getting in some stabbing of my own

I'll have to go back into wolf form first, and I get to dodge.

 

[Wu Wei]

I'll have to go back into wolf form first, and I get to dodge.

Nope, you can't do your stabbing training with paws

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Nope, you can't do your stabbing training with paws

I won't, but wolves aren't quite as fragile as humans, especially the skin and fur.

 

[Wu Wei]

 

[Stevicus]

Stop yelling at tourists, say police in Arizona destination | AP News

JEROME, Ariz. (AP) — Police in a old Arizona mining town that gets 1 million tourists annually are warning residents to stop yelling at visitors or they could face harrassment charges.

Jerome, population about 450, was once home to one of Arizona’s largest copper mines and is now an hub for artists. Tourists take in its scenic views and visit stores and bars along the winding mountain road that passes through it.

But Jerome police said on Facebook this week that it “has come to our attention that some people visiting our town on short visits and using lawful short term parking passes are being yelled at or having notes left on their cars by local residents.”

And it warned: “Yelling at, or leaving notes could, in some cases, constitute harassment under Arizona Revised Statutes.”

Jerome is about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Phoenix and was designated a National Historic District in 1967.

Residents who think people may have violated parking regulations were asked to contact police.

I've been to Jerome, and no one yelled at me while I was there.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I've been to Jerome, and no one yelled at me while I was there.

Have Arizona plates?

 

[Stevicus]

Have Arizona plates?

Yep.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

New Mexico cops need to stop picking on people with California plates.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Yep.

Probably makes a difference.

 

[Stevicus]

Probably makes a difference.

Probably, although I do get yelled at in my hometown.

But I can sort of understand it, having worked in the hospitality industry. American tourists can be quite obnoxious.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I read an article about reasons "we" love and hate TV Uhtred of Bebbenberg. One reason was funny, because it was how he doesn't treat women the best, and it mentions history and this and that, but that does elevate Uhtred, by a lot, especially when it's contrasted with the Christianized Saxon treatment of women. I even remember posting how I loved that about this show. And then it says "we" hate him is because of his hatred for Christianity. But Uhtred is an Old Ways Pagan Saxon, the Northmen did tend to despise Christianity, and it's a reason I love him because he's a pop culture figure who actually shares in my disliking of it. Especially the Clergy.
These "we" articles really need to speak for themselves.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Probably, although I do get yelled at in my hometown.

But I can sort of understand it, having worked in the hospitality industry. American tourists can be quite obnoxious.

I thought it might be more wanting to some peace and quiet in their own home if the town is that small but gets that many tourists. I'd probably be frustrated with it myself, to say the least.