If you don't have to work in an office every day, or if you live
near your work, then it's better to not have a car and ride share.
If you commute over 30 minutes each way, and take road trips through
the year or travel more, you're better off having transportation.
There's the freedom matter as well, not to mention shopping becomes
more constrained if you like to shop in stores.
If you order your groceries & everything online, I'd think the
delivery fees and tips could add up significantly.
The real issue with ridesharing is that oftentimes you end up
waiting for the other rideshares to show up. Sometimes they
don't show up and they don't bother to notify you. I used to
rideshare a lot in the past and, while it cuts costs, it is
such a pain in the ass at times. A regular bus line is so
much better (if it exists) despite the fact bus lines have a
tendency to be poor solutions.
It depends... if you are making payments on a $50k car at $900/mo and insurance on top of that, there's a *lot* of room for delivery fees and
just a middle ground for a lot of newer cars if you're including
SUV/Truck options.
It depends... if you are making payments on a $50k car at $900/mo and insurance on top of that, there's a *lot* of room for delivery fees and ride share apps... even if you uber a few times a week. And $50k is
just a middle ground for a lot of newer cars if you're including SUV/Truck options.
It depends... if you are making payments on a $50k car at $900/mo and
insurance on top of that, there's a *lot* of room for delivery fees
and
who the fuck makes that high of a payment on a car? someone with low credit score and bankrupcy?
who the fuck makes that high of a payment on a car? someone with low credit score and bankrupcy?
I don't know, but in my area, I've been seing plenty of Teslas, BMWs, trucks, etc. that I'm sure cost around that or more, and I wonder how so many people can afford to be paying for such vehicles, or if they're getting loans where they may be paying that much for their vehicle..
MRO wrote to Tracker1 <=-
Re: Owning vs Ride Share
By: Tracker1 to Nightfox on Wed Sep 07 2022 11:22 am
It depends... if you are making payments on a $50k car at $900/mo and insurance on top of that, there's a *lot* of room for delivery fees and
who the fuck makes that high of a payment on a car? someone with
low credit score and bankrupcy?
If you order your groceries & everything online, I'd think the
delivery fees and tips could add up significantly.
It depends... if you are making payments on a $50k car at $900/mo and insurance on top of that, there's a *lot* of room for delivery fees and
ride share apps... even if you uber a few times a week. And $50k is
just a middle ground for a lot of newer cars if you're including
SUV/Truck options.
I think people are just USED to the idea that you buy a car. It's the done thing, just part of the culture. Something we as a society are brainwashed(?) into doing, an automatic action when we reach that life stage. I would bet most people who bought a car, did not assidiously research the cost/benefit implications of buying vs putting that money elsewhere and using ad hoc services. For many people, whether this lands in favour of buying or not will depend on circumstances. But young people in urban areas, who can walk or bike to work could very well have looked at it and found that not buying is better.
Tracker1 wrote to Nightfox <=-
It depends... if you are making payments on a $50k car at $900/mo and insurance on top of that, there's a *lot* of room for delivery fees and ride share apps... even if you uber a few times a week. And $50k is
just a middle ground for a lot of newer cars if you're including
SUV/Truck options.
Tracker1 wrote to Arelor <=-
I'm referring more to "ride share" like Uber/Lift over real ride sharing... Though real ride sharing can help a lot if you live/work
near the same place(s) or in route.
Nightfox wrote to Tracker1 <=-
I feel like $50K is more than I'd want to spend on a car (and would probably buy more than I'd really need in a vehicle). I think I could find a decent car for a lot less than that (and even less if it's a
used car). And ideally if the cost is low enough, I could just buy it outright and avoid paying extra in interest that would come with a
loan.
While it makes sense to do a cost/benefit analysis, I also think sometimes people are just willing to pay a bit more for convenience if it has enough value to them. Owning your own car means being able to go where you want, when you want, and being able to transport things. Getting to work and back home every day and not having to wait for a bus (and also not having to wait while the bus picks up & drops off other passengers) is useful. Being able to transport groceries in a car is useful, even if the store is relatively close (I wouldn't want to carry bags of groceries while walking, even just a few blocks).
Tracker1 wrote to Nightfox <=-
It depends... if you are making payments on a $50k car at $900/mo and insurance on top of that, there's a *lot* of room for delivery fees and ride share apps... even if you uber a few times a week. And $50k is just a middle ground for a lot of newer cars if you're including SUV/Truck options.
After the supply-chain debacle, I'll skip the dealer with their "because we can" markups and take that 2006 Honda Accord with 330K miles, peeling clear coat, dirty but intact interior, and complete service records for $1600 that I saw.
I'm amazed at what auto-detailers (or an owner with a portable Bissell cleaner) can do to an interior. I'm not going to buy another used car without having the interior detailed again.
I bought a 2011 Mazda CX-9 for $8000 (great car, killer AWD, seats 7, fun to drive, doesn't feel like 5000+ pounds) and had the interior detailed by those people who come to your office with a van. Steam cleaned and conditioned leather, headliner cleaned, all the plastic cleaned and treated, carpets and mats shampooed and it looked like new on the inside.
The outside was in pretty good shape - a hand wash, tire treatment, a little cleaner on the headlights and it was good to go.
... TWENTY PERCENT OF DENTISTS RECOMMEND GUM
Boraxman wrote to Nightfox <=-
While it makes sense to do a cost/benefit analysis, I also think sometimes people are just willing to pay a bit more for convenience if it has enough value to them. Owning your own car means being able to go where you want, when you want, and being able to transport things. Getting to work and back home every day and not having to wait for a bus (and also not having to wait while the bus picks up & drops off other passengers) is useful. Being able to transport groceries in a car is useful, even if the store is relatively close (I wouldn't want to carry bags of groceries while walking, even just a few blocks).
Try to look at the bigger picture. I know in our society we only
ever look at things from a purely individualistic point of view,
but the car isn't just you buying one. The tax payer has to pay
for infrastructure, this is a MAJOR expense too. It's more than
just buying a toothbrush. The whole idea of the car is an
investment that society makes at large. Considering that the
speed and ease at which we travel in cars declines over time (its
taking longer and longer to drive around the city and costs more
and more to ameliorate traffic snarls), surely the diminishing
returns would be something to consider.
At some point, we as a society need to examine this critically,
and look to urban design which reduces the frequency in which we
find the car to be the only viable transportation option.
I've stated this like 100 times so far, and everyone is fixated
on their own personal purchase.
After the supply-chain debacle, I'll skip the dealer with their "because we can" markups and take that 2006 Honda Accord with 330K miles,
peeling clear coat, dirty but intact interior, and complete service records for $1600 that I saw.
it if I can. Like someone said on here, automobiles are a horrible investment. But part of that is partially do to the way people think now a days. Most people buy a vehicle and only use for like 2 years, trade in for a very low value, and buy another new vehicle. Most likely to just keep up with the Jones.
After the supply-chain debacle, I'll skip the dealer with their "becaus we can" markups and take that 2006 Honda Accord with 330K miles, peeling clear coat, dirty but intact interior, and complete service records for $1600 that I saw.
I bought a 2010 Toyota Tundra in 2011. In 2011 this is when nobody wanted th uns great. Im hoping to get 10 more years out of it if I can. Like someone s trade in for a very low value, and buy another new vehicle. Most likely to j
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... I know a good tagline when I steal one!
I bought a 2010 Toyota Tundra in 2011. In 2011 this is when nobody want uns great. Im hoping to get 10 more years out of it if I can. Like some trade in for a very low value, and buy another new vehicle. Most likely
Irish_Monk
My father has a 2000 withthe Toyota Racing Development suspension
package. Still runs like a top. Nice ride, feels much better than most Fords and Chevy's I've been in.
My father has a 2000 withthe Toyota Racing Development suspension package. Still runs like a top. Nice ride, feels much better than most Fords and Chevy's I've been in.
Yeah I have always been pretty impressed with Toyota cars and trucks myself.
Nightfox wrote to Boraxman <=-
While it makes sense to do a cost/benefit analysis, I also think
sometimes people are just willing to pay a bit more for convenience if
it has enough value to them. Owning your own car means being able to
go where you want, when you want, and being able to transport things.
Nightfox wrote to Boraxman <=-
While it makes sense to do a cost/benefit analysis, I also think sometimes people are just willing to pay a bit more for convenience if it has enough value to them. Owning your own car means being able to go where you want, when you want, and being able to transport things.
I never dated without a car. Couldn't imagine how bus dating would have worked, but I suppose it works somehow.
MRO wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I never dated without a car. Couldn't imagine how bus dating would have worked, but I suppose it works somehow.
your date fucks a guy with a car
your date fucks a guy with a car
Not everybody dates strippers.
your date fucks a guy with a car
Re: Re: Owning vs Ride Share
By: Gamgee to MRO on Sun Sep 11 2022 05:25 pm
your date fucks a guy with a car
Not everybody dates strippers.
No, not everybody does, but still MRO has a bit of a point.
Relationships have to be maintained. You need to do interesting stuff with y girl or she will become bored and move on with somebody who is more interesting. Being interesting takes resources and that often means if you l some key resource, you are a bad catch.
I know I am the anti-romantic prick in town, but with attention spans shorte to the point they are, my observation is that gals ditch their boyfriends mo frequently than I take a shower (and I do multiple times a day). Men are ver low value in the dating scene because there are so many of us drooling after crumbs. Girls get to decide which guy they like and to change opinion at any time. If you cannot take your girl to places you are pretty much fucked. Rather, you are pretty much not-fucking.
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Arelor wrote to Gamgee <=-
I know I am the anti-romantic prick in town, but with attention spans shortened to the point they are, my observation is that gals ditch
their boyfriends more frequently than I take a shower (and I do
multiple times a day). Men are very low value in the dating scene
because there are so many of us drooling after crumbs. Girls get to
decide which guy they like and to change opinion at any time. If you cannot take your girl to places you are pretty much fucked. Rather, you are pretty much not-fucking.
Careful, you are close to incel territory there.
Romanticism is dead. Now members in couples just look for selfish instant
Reality is then close to incel territory, then, whatever that is supposed to mean.
Re: Re: Owning vs Ride Share
By: Arelor to bex on Wed Sep 14 2022 02:01 pm
Reality is then close to incel territory, then, whatever that is supposed to mean.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel
Re: Re: Owning vs Ride Share
By: Arelor to bex on Wed Sep 14 2022 02:01 pm
Reality is then close to incel territory, then, whatever that is suppos to mean.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel
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It sucks specially if you are a guy because society is engineered so
guys make the upfront investment: we are supposed to look for a girl and impress her, and that takes resources. It is that simple.
It sucks specially if you are a guy because society is engineered so guys make the upfront investment: we are supposed to look for a girl an impress her, and that takes resources. It is that simple.
Can't say this has been my experience at all. *shrug*
Re: Re: Owning vs Ride Share
By: esc to Arelor on Wed Sep 14 2022 05:55 pm
It sucks specially if you are a guy because society is engineered so guys make the upfront investment: we are supposed to look for a girl impress her, and that takes resources. It is that simple.
Can't say this has been my experience at all. *shrug*
The number of times I have had a girl make an advance on me is far smaller t the number of girls I have made an advancement on.
My friends have a similar experience.
If one sits on his ass expecting for the girl he likes to show up and ask fo date, he is up for a disappointment.
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My friends have a similar experience.
If one sits on his ass expecting for the girl he likes to show up and ask for a date, he is up for a disappointment.
people. I'll go out and have fun, however the rate at which i would like things to progress are much slower. I don't get that "OMG I need her in my life" excited like when I was a teen. I think I got burned out long ago, and refuse to trust my feelings of what is love or lust.
Another annoyance is I get get in a relationship so i can hear all the crazy bullshit her ex had put ther through. I guess after 20+ years it's hard to avoid talking about her ex, but I get tired of that shit. if they still talk with their ex,it makes me wonder if it is completely over with them?
I mentioned this in another thread, dating in your 40's and 50's is a minefield. I think this is neither a man or woman only thing, but some get
used to being attached or were married immediately from high school, they cannot function as individuals. They cling too hard on requiring a nother person for emotion support and stability. I'm not sure I would call that lo . Maybe a security blanket.
Another annoyance is I get get in a relationship so i can hear all the crazy bullshit her ex had put ther through. I guess after 20+ years it's hard to avoid talking about her ex, but I get tired of that shit. if they still talk with their ex,it makes me wonder if it is completely over with them?
That's one thing I don't like about friends playing matchmaker. That initial spark or sense of chemistry isn't always present. Even though I have never been diagnosed, I suspect I have autism spectrum disorder, and I
Another annoyance is I get get in a relationship so i can hear all the crazy bullshit her ex had put ther through. I guess after 20+ years it's hard to avoid talking about her ex, but I get tired of that shit. if they still talk with their ex,it makes me wonder if it is completely over with them?
feelings of what is love or lust.
I mentioned this in another thread, dating in your 40's and 50's is a minefield. I think this is neither a man or woman only thing, but some get so
Some people still talk to their ex because they had children together. Or
sometimes they might have had a stillborn child who they still want to remember and honor, etc..
Some people also have a friendly divorce and are
still on good terms with their ex.
one other thing about the friend matchmaker shit: nothing lasts forever, so when the breakup comes people normally have to pick sides. so everyone loses a friend.
Some people still talk to their ex because they had children together. Or
you can be civil and help parent, but you don't have to 'talk' or be friends.
over is over.
Re: Re: Owning vs Ride Share
By: MRO to Nightfox on Thu Sep 15 2022 05:31 pm
Some people still talk to their ex because they had children together. Or
you can be civil and help parent, but you don't have to 'talk' or be friends.
over is over.
The main reason to avoid a serious relationship with somebody who has a burden is that her burden will end up being your burden too.
A friend of mine got into a romance with a single mother who had her kid with 16. He ended up acting more like a parent than as a boyfriend. Bonus anti-points because this guy hates kids and has made it clear over and over again that he plans not to produce any little monster. I think he thought he could bed this woman and keep the contact with the kid to a minimum, but the harsh truth is that if you engage with a gal who comes with a larvae from a previous relationship... her larvae comes first and you come second in her priorities. That, if you are lucky.
Last time I saw this guy both mother and larvae had moved into this guy's house and he was freaking out because he didn't want to deal with the kid, but didn't want to end the relationship either. It is extremely important to be able to see these things before hand. If I got something serious with a woman, my horses and dogs come in Falken's package, so if you don't want horses and dogs, don't fucking buy the fucking package. Same with single mothers.
I haven't seen this guy for ages, but last I have heard is he got rid of his troubles and is now dating somebody else. It is never late to learn from your mistakes and correct them :-)
Some people also have a friendly divorce and are
still on good terms with their ex.
they call that fuck buddies. another unhealthy thing.
people. I'll go out and have fun, however the rate at which i would like things to progress are much slower. I don't get that "OMG I need her in my life" excited like when I was a teen. I thinkIt can take time to get to know someone and know they're right for you. If you feel like you really need someone in your life right away and/or want to move in or marry them quickly, you're taking a
I got burned out long ago, and refuse to trust my feelings of what is love or lust.
gamble.
Another annoyance is I get get in a relationship so i can hear all the crazy bullshit her ex had put ther through. I guess after 20+ years it's hard to avoid talking about her ex, but I get
tired of that shit. if they still talk with their ex,it makes me wonder if it is completely over with them?
Some people still talk to their ex because they had children together. Or sometimes they might have had a stillborn child who they still want to remember and honor, etc.. Some people also have a
friendly divorce and are still on good terms with their ex.
Re: Re: Owning vs Ride Sharethis is true, however. at that age you both know what you want and it does actually make it a little easier - speaking from experience.
By: Moondog to Arelor on Thu Sep 15 2022 10:03 am
feelings of what is love or lust.
I mentioned this in another thread, dating in your 40's and 50's is a minefield. I think this is neither a man or woman only thing, but some get so
you can be like that gamgee guy and marry the prostitute you and your buddies used to frequent when you were overseas in the military. they will be happy to marry and be out of that situation.
i don't think she will keep doing the "me so horny" act once she settles in, though.
Re: Re: Owning vs Ride Share
By: Moondog to Arelor on Thu Sep 15 2022 10:03 am
people. I'll go out and have fun, however the rate at which i would lik things to progress are much slower. I don't get that "OMG I need her in life" excited like when I was a teen. I think I got burned out long ago and refuse to trust my feelings of what is love or lust.
It can take time to get to know someone and know they're right for you. If
Another annoyance is I get get in a relationship so i can hear all the crazy bullshit her ex had put ther through. I guess after 20+ years it' hard to avoid talking about her ex, but I get tired of that shit. if th still talk with their ex,it makes me wonder if it is completely over wi them?
Some people still talk to their ex because they had children together. Or s x.
Nightfox
Some people also have a friendly divorce and are
still on good terms with their ex.
they call that fuck buddies. another unhealthy thing.
I didn't suggest anything about fucking your ex..
Some people also have a friendly divorce and are
still on good terms with their ex.
they call that fuck buddies. another unhealthy thing.
I didn't suggest anything about fucking your ex..
Nightfox
Incorrect, that group of drooling dipshits named themselves that.
Re: Re: Owning vs Ride Share
By: MRO to Nightfox on Wed Sep 14 2022 05:28 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel
that's a stupid insult liberals came up with.
Incorrect, that group of drooling dipshits named themselves that.
Incorrect, that group of drooling dipshits named themselves that.
Yeah lol I seem to recall some dude attacked a bunch of people while saying the equivalent of "incel represent!"
apparently the internet says a woman created a website about it. who knows, it's just wikipedia. i've been around long enough and had my eyes open enough to not trust anything on the internet.
They did. shit, they even created their own group on reddit (r/incels) which was eventually banned when reddit started to get popular and the owners realized "oh shit, we could actually get in trouble for some of the shit people are saying on this site"
and nobody is involuntary celebate. you can get ass anywhere.
Yeah, I was a giant, awkward nerd and I still managed to get a girlfriend, and get married. (will be 25 years in May)
and nobody is involuntary celebate. you can get ass anywhere.
that being said, i've seen womans groups on facebook where these women are cu
off from sex from their husbands and do man trashing.
It's possible "incel" was coined by someone else, but they referred to themsel
s as "involuntarily celibate" since the 90s. I remember running into a group
f them on IRC at one point, back when I was in high school, so that must have en '93-94 or so (some friends and I took over their IRC channel for a time. it
as hilarious).
and nobody is involuntary celebate. you can get ass anywhere.
Around here, if you try to get it "anywhere" you are asking for trouble.
that being said, i've seen womans groups on facebook where these women are cu
off from sex from their husbands and do man trashing.
Are cut off, or cut their husbands off? It is usually the latter.
I am amazed when either partner cuts the other one off and then acts shocked when that partner start looking elsewhere to find it.
and nobody is involuntary celebate. you can get ass anywhere.
and nobody is involuntary celebate. you can get ass anywhere.
Around here, if you try to get it "anywhere" you are asking for trouble.
where are you at right now? a day care?
Re: Re: Owning vs Ride Share
By: MRO to DaiTengu on Fri Sep 16 2022 03:16 pm
and nobody is involuntary celebate. you can get ass anywhere.
It is not terribly common, but there is a bunch of people who are psychologically emasculated. They'd had a girl but they have this mind blockade bounding them. They talk all day long about not being able to get
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
It sucks specially if you are a guy because society is engineered so
guys make the upfront investment: we are supposed to look for a girl
and impress her, and that takes resources. It is that simple.
Moondog wrote to Arelor <=-
It's worse when you get in your 40's and 50's. One would imagine an
older woman would be more confident, less crazy, and more independent.
That is not the case. There's nothing like a divorcee that is in a
hurry to move in with you because she's temporarily living back home
with her parents or a grandparent, and feels uncomfortable bringing a
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel
that's a stupid insult liberals came up with.
Arelor wrote to Nightfox <=-
I honestly don't know how the idea that if you don't pour resources
into things you won't get crap done can be tagged as incel, then.
Arelor wrote to esc <=-
The number of times I have had a girl make an advance on me is far
smaller than the number of girls I have made an advancement on.
My friends have a similar experience.
MRO wrote to Arelor <=-
My friends have a similar experience.
If one sits on his ass expecting for the girl he likes to show up and ask for a date, he is up for a disappointment.
usually people that say they dont have problems are people who take the easy way out and date within friend groups or the workplace.
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
It sucks specially if you are a guy because society is engineered so guys make the upfront investment: we are supposed to look for a girl and impress her, and that takes resources. It is that simple.
Interestingly enough, your clarification made you sound like *more* of an incel, not less. The classic incel believe that they are "involuntarily celibate" but are owed sex, whether it's just for being alive, or for
having the bad luck to be short or not attractive. They go hand in had with the "nice guy," who believe they are owed sex because they do things like open doors for women, pay women compliments, do things for women, pretend
to be a woman's friend. They're the kind who whine about the "friend zone" too.
Anyway, you're reduction of human romantic relationships to a "simple" financial transaction is so close to part of the incel world that it's difficult to see the difference.
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Arelor wrote to Nightfox <=-
I honestly don't know how the idea that if you don't pour resources into things you won't get crap done can be tagged as incel, then.
Because you are equating relationships to financial transactions, and you sound like you are saying that you somehow earn the interest of a potential romantic interest thruogh the use of money.
Or is that not what you were saying?
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Arelor wrote to esc <=-
The number of times I have had a girl make an advance on me is far smaller than the number of girls I have made an advancement on.
Y'know, it could just be that you haven't met any girls that were
interested enough to make an advance on you.
:)
I am not discounting your assertion that men are more likely to make
initial contact, but I also think that it isn't true. We women do things like try to strike up conversations, maybe point out common interests ("I love that book you've got there, it was so good I read it twice"). Communication is what's important, and you don't have to spend money to communicate with a woman! If one of us likes you, meeting up in a park and chatting for a couple hours makes for a fantastic date.
I really think you're over-thinking things, Mr. Sir.
My friends have a similar experience.
Of that I have absolutely no doubt.
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Y'know, it could just be that you haven't met any girls that were
interested enough to make an advance on you.
Moondog wrote to Arelor <=-
It's worse when you get in your 40's and 50's. One would imagine an older woman would be more confident, less crazy, and more independent.
Hey now, I'm a 52 year old woman!
That is not the case. There's nothing like a divorcee that is in a hurry to move in with you because she's temporarily living back home with her parents or a grandparent, and feels uncomfortable bringing a
Is it possible you are painting all women by one particular woman?
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Arelor wrote to bex <=-
It sucks specially if you are a guy because society is engineered so guys make the upfront investment: we are supposed to look for a girl
and impress her, and that takes resources. It is that simple.
Anyway, you're reduction of human romantic relationships to a "simple" financial transaction is so close to part of the incel world that it's difficult to see the difference.
I am not discounting your assertion that men are more likely to make initial contact, but I also think that it isn't true. We women do things like try to strike up conversations, maybe point out common interests ("I love that book you've got there, it was so good I read it twice"). Communication is what's important, and you don't have to spend money to communicate with a woman! If one of us likes you, meeting up in a park and
chatting for a couple hours makes for a fantastic date.
I would argue that the ones having problems with communication are not usually the dudes.
When a dude wants something with a girl, and the girl is not interested, the guy rarely
gets
a straight answer. It is always an "I am busy" or "Maybe next week" or some other
cover-up.
Granted, most guys will pick this up, but this does not count as good communication. At
all.
MRO wrote to esc <=-
that being said, i've seen womans groups on facebook where these women are cut off from sex from their husbands and do man trashing. ---
"That woman's group on Facebook is just as bad" in no way makes incels less horrible than they are. Incels are a sad, pathetic, extremely frightening group of mysoginists whose anger is almost always close to the boiling point and who forever see women as "females" who are both less than human an unworthy of being anything but walking vaginas.
Arelor said to bex: <=-
Anyway, your reduction of human romantic relationships to "simple" financial transaction is so close to part of the incel world that difficult to see the difference.
I suspect you are trying to lump me in with a group I have no
affiliation with, so I will make it easy for you:
People sucks and uses other people as assets.
Women are people. Therefore they suck and use other people as assets.
Just as men do. Big surprise.
Dumas Walker said to Bex: <=-
Anyway, you're reduction of human romantic relationships to a"simple"
financial transaction is so close to part of the incel world that
I did not read it that way. I have not ever met any women who are impressed by someone who cannot afford to go out anywhere and do things
Arelor said to bex: <=-
By the way, I don't deal with enough people to make for a substantial statistical pool, but there was an study somewhere that claimed 92 or
94% of women prefered to be approached and that the rest was the
minority that would act on their own.
The ones that advance themselves seem to be the "Live Dangerously and
Die Young" variety, *IN MY EXPERIENCE.*
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
BTW, starting a conversation is not making a move. Far from it.
Getting close to a guy and telling him that you like that book he is reading is an attempt at getting him to make a move. When I want a girl
phoning the police because you want them to shoot a drug dealer is to shooting a drug dealer down.
usually the dudes. When a dude wants something with a girl, and the
girl is not interested, the guy rarely gets a straight answer. It is always an "I am busy" or "Maybe next week" or some other cover-up.
You are over-thinking this. What we want - what most anyone wants - is to spend time *together*. You're the one who thinks that means going out for dinner or movies or whatever else it is you are lumping into the phrase
"go out anywhere and do things". A walk in the park is great, and doesn't cost anything! Sitting on a bench next to a lake and feeding ducks is free (except for the bread) and fun. And it can be quite entertaining because ducks are funny. (: Do you have a dog? Walking a dog together is a great
way to get some one on one time together.
You are over-thinking this. What we want - what most anyone wants - is to spend time *together*. You're the one who thinks that means going out for dinner or movies or whatever else it is you are lumping into the phrase "go out anywhere and do things". A walk in the park is great, and doesn't cost anything! Sitting on a bench next to a lake and feeding ducks is free (except for the bread) and fun. And it can be quite entertaining because ducks are funny. (: Do you have a dog? Walking a dog together is a great way to get some one on one time together.
How do you get to the park, or the lake? Do you own a free teleportation device? I am not overthinking anything. I speak from experience. In the early days especially, doing things that don't cost money won't get you too far. Even women friends I have and am not dating want to go out to eat or to a movie, etc... they don't want to just hang out, in public or otherwise.
The reality might be quite different in a relationship that has been going on a long time, especially one that has been made legal and is (supposedly) more difficult to disolve.
* SLMR 2.1a * Beware Romulans baring GIFs.
By the way, I don't deal with enough people to make for a substantial statistical pool, but there was an study somewhere that claimed 92 or 94% of women prefered to be approached and that the rest was the minority that would act on their own.
What study was that? Link to it? That sounds more like a poll than a
study, and it sounds more like a poll from a magazine or on social media
I added even more emphasis to your most important sentence there, my
friend. You seem to both be admitting that you are only discussing what you've experienced while still trying to extrapolate how things work for every other person in the world from your experiences. Are you familiar
with the cave allegory?
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
First off, lemme say that my experiences and reactions are my own, and
other women might have very different ones. I mentioned in a previous post that there's no such thing as a "typical woman" after all. (:
BTW, starting a conversation is not making a move. Far from it.
So.... to make a move, you are just going to come up to someone and say something like "Hi, you don't know me, but I wanted to see if you wanted to go on a date with me"? Because I've gotta tell you, that would generate an immediate "no thanks". Women want to spend some time talking, getting to know a person so they can see if there's shared interest there.
Getting close to a guy and telling him that you like that book he is reading is an attempt at getting him to make a move. When I want a girl
No, it's a way of saying "hi" and learning a little about the person. It's making a human connection. And it's a way to see if there's any hint of interest back my way.
phoning the police because you want them to shoot a drug dealer is to shooting a drug dealer down.
Your metaphor is so out there that I won't even acknowledge it, but this part made me want to ask: Isn't a person supposed to call the police and
say "I think that person is a drug dealer, because they are always doing <insert behavior>" instead of thinking "I think that person is a drug dealer" and murdering them?
You made me giggle, thank you!
usually the dudes. When a dude wants something with a girl, and the girl is not interested, the guy rarely gets a straight answer. It is always an "I am busy" or "Maybe next week" or some other cover-up.
I think there are two main reasons for this:
1) An innate feeling of not wanting to hurt someone's feelings.
2) The possibility of being verbally or physically assaulted after
rejecting someone. To see how common people lashing out after being
rejected is, spend a few minutes in r/niceguys, r/creepyPMs, etc
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Everyone is different, and people who like the outdoors and do not need to spend money to have fun exist. You can always ask. The worst thing they can say is no. Nearly every town or cuty I've been to has a park or multiple parks, ponds, walking trails, or nature preserves outside of town. One of my favorite places is a nature preserve with trails through a wetland. They have boardwalks and elevated platforms for bird watching, photography, or just
chilling in the middle of nowhere. Rarely are there crowds in wildlife preserves. You might see an occasional geo-cacher with a gps looking for caches.
Nightfox wrote to bex <=-
less horrible than they are. Incels are a sad, pathetic, extremely frightening group of mysoginists whose anger is almost always close to the boiling point and who forever see women as "females" who are both less than human an unworthy of being anything but walking vaginas.
It reminds me of what I've read of the Men Going Their Own Way movement and/or the Red Pill movement.
Everyone is different, and people who like the outdoors and do not need to spend money to have fun exist. You can always ask. The worst thing they say is no. Nearly every town or cuty I've been to has a park or multiple parks, ponds, walking trails, or nature preserves outside of town. One of favorite places is a nature preserve with trails through a wetland. They have boardwalks and elevated platforms for bird watching, photography, or
chilling in the middle of nowhere. Rarely are there crowds in wildlife preserves. You might see an occasional geo-cacher with a gps looking for caches.
Mine has enough of those, too, but you have to spend money to get there, which was my point.
* SLMR 2.1a * So many books; So little time.
chilling in the middle of nowhere. Rarely are there crowds in wildlife preserves. You might see an occasional geo-cacher with a gps looking for caches.
Mine has enough of those, too, but you have to spend money to get there, which was my point.
Re: Spending time vs money
By: Dumas Walker to MOONDOG on Sun Sep 25 2022 09:23 am
chilling in the middle of nowhere. Rarely are there crowds in wildlif preserves. You might see an occasional geo-cacher with a gps looking f caches.
Mine has enough of those, too, but you have to spend money to get there, which was my point.
remember when there was a serial killer out there in the parks? i wonder wha
Re: Spending time vs money
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Sun Sep 25 2022 07:48 pm
Re: Spending time vs money
By: Dumas Walker to MOONDOG on Sun Sep 25 2022 09:23 am
chilling in the middle of nowhere. Rarely are there crowds in wildlif preserves. You might see an occasional geo-cacher with a gps looking f caches.
Mine has enough of those, too, but you have to spend money to get there, which was my point.
remember when there was a serial killer out there in the parks? i wonder wha
Refuse to be a victim. Places known for criminal behavior should be avoided.
Everything in life is somewhere else. Does your date live in walking distance from you? Do you both have bicycles? Skates? A home cooked dinner sounds cool, but that means going to a store and spending money on food.
Mine has enough of those, too, but you have to spend money to get there, which was my point.
remember when there was a serial killer out there in the parks? i wonder what ppened with that.
Mine has enough of those, too, but you have to spend money to get there, which was my point.
remember when there was a serial killer out there in the parks? i wonder what ppened with that.
Which parks was that? The local ones all have homeless people, if you arrive at the wrong times (including some daylight hours).
Dumas Walker wrote to BEX <=-
How do you get to the park, or the lake? Do you own a free
teleportation device? I am not overthinking anything. I speak from
money won't get you too far. Even women friends I have and am not
dating want to go out to eat or to a movie, etc... they don't want to
just hang out, in public or otherwise.
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
What study was that? Link to it? That sounds more like a poll than a
study, and it sounds more like a poll from a magazine or on social media
I don't think it is available online. There was a presentation of it at the Western Psychological Associations meeting in 2011 I think.
For something more informal, you have this: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-how-and-why-sex-differences/ 201104/
why-dont-women-ask-men-out-first-dates
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
take any risk or communicate their intentions outright. They act like
one of my mares: she is afraid her barn companion will punish her if
she asks me for pats, so what she does instead is keeping her distance
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
take any risk or communicate their intentions outright. They act like one of my mares: she is afraid her barn companion will punish her if she asks me for pats, so what she does instead is keeping her distance
:O
You didn't really just write that, did you? Comparing - in any way, metaphorically, philosophically, trolling - women to mares?
Sir, I will *not* continue a conversation after that statement.
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Re: Spending time vs money
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon Sep 26 2022 04:45 pm
Mine has enough of those, too, but you have to spend money to get there, which was my point.
remember when there was a serial killer out there in the parks? i wonde what ppened with that.
Which parks was that? The local ones all have homeless people, if you arrive at the wrong times (including some daylight hours).
i posted a link. i think it's the natural forests.
How do you get to the park, or the lake? Do you own a free teleportation device? I am not overthinking anything. I speak from
I own *two* free transportation devices, I call them my legs.
Which parks was that? The local ones all have homeless people, if you arrive at the wrong times (including some daylight hours).
i posted a link. i think it's the natural forests.
If women were more like horses, they would be so much more interesting to hang around. Not to mention safer.
Not to mention more cute and cuddly.
Dumas Walker wrote to ARELOR <=-
If women were more like horses, they would be so much more interesting to hang around. Not to mention safer.
Not to mention more cute and cuddly.
Not real sure where the comparison to horses is offensive (at
least, in this case), either. Maybe that is because I live in
Kentucky where many people (male and female) regard their horses
much more highly than their fellow humans.
Which parks was that? The local ones all have homeless people, if you arrive at the wrong times (including some daylight hours).
i posted a link. i think it's the natural forests.
Thanks, I saw that today. Spooky!
I regard my dogs much more highly than most humans. ;-)
esc wrote to Gamgee <=-
I regard my dogs much more highly than most humans. ;-)
As do I! Well, in general, dogs are better than people IMO.
And I'm woke as a mfer.
Well, you are in Kalifornia, so that's to be expected. :-)
But... my comment before (which you snipped for some reason), regarding "woke" was how easily people like that are offended. It had nothing to do with the value of dogs vs humans.
there's also a conspiracy about a 'smiley face killer'
there's also a conspiracy about a 'smiley face killer'
There was a TV show several years ago... I think it was called "The Mentalist"... where the chief antagonist was a killer who left smiley
faces, usually painted in red, at the scenes of all of his murders.
Re: Spending time vs money
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Wed Sep 28 2022 04:45 pm
there's also a conspiracy about a 'smiley face killer'
There was a TV show several years ago... I think it was called "The Mentalist"... where the chief antagonist was a killer who left smiley faces, usually painted in red, at the scenes of all of his murders.
they probably picked it off of the headlines.
what i'm talking about is a real case and they thought the detective was nut because he mentioned the spray paintings.
i really think there is a pusher out there, or multiple ones.
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
If women were more like horses, they would be so much more interesting
to hang around. Not to mention safer.
Dumas Walker wrote to BEX <=-
How do you get to the park, or the lake? Do you own a free teleportation device? I am not overthinking anything. I speak from
I own *two* free transportation devices, I call them my legs.
There was a TV show several years ago... I think it was called "The Mentalist"... where the chief antagonist was a killer who left smiley faces, usually painted in red, at the scenes of all of his murders.
they probably picked it off of the headlines.
what i'm talking about is a real case and they thought the detective was nuts because he mentioned the spray paintings.
they probably picked it off of the headlines.
what i'm talking about is a real case and they thought the detective was nuts because he mentioned the spray paintings.
Or someone who saw the show is immitating the paintings at their own crime scenes. People are sick so I don't doubt there could be a link between the crime scene paintings and the same killer(s).
esc wrote to Gamgee <=-
Ha! Yeah, it's funny, we are on a road trip and as soon as you get away from the populated areas, California has a completely different feel. I think people forget how big this state is and how diverse of a
population that can make.
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
If women were more like horses, they would be so much more interesting to hang around. Not to mention safer.
Damn, my twit list is filling up today...
Dumas Walker wrote to BEX <=-
How do you get to the park, or the lake? Do you own a free teleportation device? I am not overthinking anything. I speak from
I own *two* free transportation devices, I call them my legs.
Hey now, we're talking about your situation here, not mine. But since you asked, in my youth I would've walked a half-hour each way and called that a gentle strolle. Now that I'm old, 15 minutes each way is a hell of a hike. :O
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Arelor wrote to bex <=-
Arelor wrote to bex <=-
If women were more like horses, they would be so much more interesting to hang around. Not to mention safer.
Damn, my twit list is filling up today...
No horse has ever added somebody to a BBS Twit filter because
that person said something the horse didn't want to hear.
Point for the horses.
I've seen swastikas on front doors,
people in trucks acting like
idiots towards Prius drivers.
How do you get to the park, or the lake? Do you own a free teleportation device? I am not overthinking anything. I speak from
I own *two* free transportation devices, I call them my legs.
Hey now, we're talking about your situation here, not mine. But since you asked, in my youth I would've walked a half-hour each way and called that a gentle strolle. Now that I'm old, 15 minutes each way is a hell of a hike.
:O
they probably picked it off of the headlines.
what i'm talking about is a real case and they thought the detective was nuts because he mentioned the spray paintings.
Or someone who saw the show is immitating the paintings at their own crime scenes. People are sick so I don't doubt there could be a link between the
crime scene paintings and the same killer(s).
no, that was out of sequence time wise.
the actual thing happened first.
Jack Webbs three TV series he produced, Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency all so
urced their story lines from real police departments. IIRC Dragnet and Adam-12's stories were all LAPD, and Emergency sourced theirs from all over th
e US. Several of the extra firefighters on Emergency were real LA County firefighters, and the dispatcher was voiced by the real county dispatcher.
I've seen swastikas on front doors, confederate flags, TRUMP 2024 banners, people protesting vaccines on overpasses, people in trucks acting like
idiots towards Prius drivers. and trucks blocking Tesla charging stations.
You're right, you don't have to go far.
Damn, my twit list is filling up today...
No horse has ever added somebody to a BBS Twit filter because that person said
something the horse didn't want to hear.
Point for the horses.
the actual thing happened first.
So this smiley face drunk-drowner thing happened before 2008? I thought it was more recent than that but if it was before 2008 you are correct.
"They" tell us that this kind of things only happens in "the South" but I have never seen any of those things aside from Confederate flags (which I have not seen lately) and Trump banners. I have not seen anything else
like the rest of those things.
So maybe when they say "the South" they are confused and mean California?
Damn, my twit list is filling up today...
No horse has ever added somebody to a BBS Twit filter because that person said
something the horse didn't want to hear.
Point for the horses.
Jack Webbs three TV series he produced, Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency all so urced their story lines from real police departments. IIRC Dragnet and Adam-12's stories were all LAPD, and Emergency sourced theirs from all over th e US. Several of the extra firefighters on Emergency were real LA County firefighters, and the dispatcher was voiced by the real county dispatcher. The county fire chief was the actual county fire chief.
How do you get to the park, or the lake? Do you own a free teleportation device? I am not overthinking anything. I speak fr
I own *two* free transportation devices, I call them my legs.
Hey now, we're talking about your situation here, not mine. But since you asked, in my youth I would've walked a half-hour each way and called that gentle strolle. Now that I'm old, 15 minutes each way is a hell of a hike. :O
We really were not talking about my situation, either. Originally, I was on pointing out that someone else was correct when they said that it takes mone to date someone and keep them interested.
Reason I asked you is because (1) I think you are slightly younger than I
am (and therefore younger than women my age), and (2) I was pretty certain that I live farther away from all these wonderful, walkable free things than the distance you'd be willing to walk.
There is one park that I might be able to get to from here in 15 minutes walking, if I am able to catch the traffic at a major highway intersection just right. That is also the park where the junkies hang out, which does not tick you "safety" box. Plus, if I had someone with me, it'd take
longer than 15 minutes.
Any of this other wonderful free stuff is not within "free travel" distance for anyone who might be walking with me (although some of it would be in walking distance for me... 30 minutes one way is nothing unless it is Summer).
* SLMR 2.1a * Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? (Yep/Nope)
Jack Webbs three TV series he produced, Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency al urced their story lines from real police departments. IIRC Dragnet and Adam-12's stories were all LAPD, and Emergency sourced theirs from all ove e US. Several of the extra firefighters on Emergency were real LA County firefighters, and the dispatcher was voiced by the real county dispatcher.
IIRC, the dispatcher on Adam-12 was also a real one.
* SLMR 2.1a * Hell is full. The damned are now in Tech Support.
I've seen swastikas on front doors, confederate flags, TRUMP 2024 banners, people protesting vaccines on overpasses, people in trucks acting like idiots towards Prius drivers. and trucks blocking Tesla charging stations.
You're right, you don't have to go far.
"They" tell us that this kind of things only happens in "the South" but I have never seen any of those things aside from Confederate flags (which I have not seen lately) and Trump banners. I have not seen anything else
like the rest of those things.
So maybe when they say "the South" they are confused and mean California?
* SLMR 2.1a * I before E except after C, huh? Weird.....
the smiley face thing just might be something the detective though was related
ut wasnt. i think there are certainly people pushing people into cold water ea
y in the morning for the rush.
Damn, my twit list is filling up today...
No horse has ever added somebody to a BBS Twit filter because that person
said
something the horse didn't want to hear.
Point for the horses.
i hope whoever it was added me to the twit filter.
It was interesting that the three Jack Webb series were all spinoffs, and took place in the same TV universe. There was an episode of Adam-12 where they had to spend a day or two doing airport security, and that story felt like a possible spinoff. There was also talk of one of the paramedics leaving LA and becoming a park ranger. that would've been the springboard for another series.
I have one nitpick about Adam 12. Their radio ID was 1 Adam 12. The number 1 designates precinct or patrol area, Adam is the police phonetic for a 2 man patrol car, and 12 tells them apart from the other patrol cars. Precinct 1 was downtown LA, and Precinct 2 was west of downtown, also known as Rampart.
Adam 12 operated out of the Rampart station on the series (show was filmed in west LA county) so technically their radio callsign should be 2 Adam 12
You can find those behaviors anywhere in varying degrees. In some places you don't have to look as hard.
Damn, my twit list is filling up today...
No horse has ever added somebody to a BBS Twit filter because that person
said
something the horse didn't want to hear.
Point for the horses.
i hope whoever it was added me to the twit filter.
Their puny twit filter will be no match for the mighty MRO bot-net! :D
It was interesting that the three Jack Webb series were all spinoffs, and took place in the same TV universe. There was an episode of Adam-12 where they had to spend a day or two doing airport security, and that story felt like a possible spinoff. There was also talk of one of the paramedics leaving LA and becoming a park ranger. that would've been the springboard for another series.
If they were all spinoffs, what series did the first one spinoff from? I think I vaguely remember hearing about a possible plan regarding one
leaving to become a ranger.
I have one nitpick about Adam 12. Their radio ID was 1 Adam 12. The numb 1 designates precinct or patrol area, Adam is the police phonetic for a 2 patrol car, and 12 tells them apart from the other patrol cars. Precinct was downtown LA, and Precinct 2 was west of downtown, also known as Rampar
Adam 12 operated out of the Rampart station on the series (show was filmed west LA county) so technically their radio callsign should be 2 Adam 12
Wow, you really know your stuff! :) I didn't know that but now that I do it will bother me also! :D
* SLMR 2.1a * Do not look in laser with remaining eye.
i think only nelgin and poindexter have me in their twitlist.
I don't have anyone in my twitlist, but I'm sure I am in a few ;)
On a side note, I noticed once I gave up alcohol, I seemingly gave up getting in heated online debates. Maybe these are connected.
Moondog wrote to bex <=-
center. Last month I went to the county fair, and which covers 160
acres comprised o f buildings rides, and exhibits. About half of that
is parking, but it is still quite a haul walking through building after building, up and down the fairway, and through the food vendors and
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to esc <=-
I've seen swastikas on front doors, confederate flags, TRUMP 2024
banners, people protesting vaccines on overpasses, people in trucks
acting like idiots towards Prius drivers. and trucks blocking Tesla charging stations.
You're right, you don't have to go far.
I worded that wrong. Dragnet was first, an Adam 12 and Emergency were spinoff
Brokenmind wrote to Moondog <=-
Emergency was my favorite tv show growing up and I actually was a firefighter for 12 years before I was unable to countiune to serve due
to injury. I did not know the dispatchers voice was the real actual
voice and that the county fire chief was real but i was aware that a
few of the firefighters were actually firefighters in real life.
Dumas Walker wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-
"They" tell us that this kind of things only happens in "the South" but
I have never seen any of those things aside from Confederate flags
(which I have not seen lately) and Trump banners. I have not seen anything else like the rest of those things.
So maybe when they say "the South" they are confused and mean
California?
Moondog wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
and that story felt like a possible spinoff. There was also talk of
one of the paramedics leaving LA and becoming a park ranger. that would've been the springboard for another series.
Moondog wrote to bex <=-
center. Last month I went to the county fair, and which covers 160 acres comprised o f buildings rides, and exhibits. About half of that
Y'know, I haven't been to a county fair since... wow, I can't even really remember! Not since my kiddos were all in single-digit ages (they are now 18, 16 and 14). I know what I want to do now!
is parking, but it is still quite a haul walking through building after building, up and down the fairway, and through the food vendors and
I am once again envious of you! Did you have a good time, aside from all
the walking?
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I worded that wrong. Dragnet was first, an Adam 12 and Emergency were spi
Before my work schedule got messed up again (post-COVID), I would usually
be sitting down to breakfast while Dragnet was on. If it looked like it
was going to be one about hippies, I knew it was going to be a good one and would hit REC. :)
* SLMR 2.1a * Football players do it after they are blitzed.
election results map filtered down to county could tell you that it's not a state/state, it's urban/rural.
Overlay a presidential election map on top of a satellite photo of the US at night some time. Where there's light, they vote Democrat.
So maybe when they say "the South" they are confused and mean California?
Not sure who "they" are, but anyone who can interpret a presidential election results map filtered down to county could tell you that it's not a state/state, it's urban/rural.
Overlay a presidential election map on top of a satellite photo of the US at night some time. Where there's light, they vote Democrat.
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Brokenmind wrote to Moondog <=-
Emergency was my favorite tv show growing up and I actually was a firefighter for 12 years before I was unable to countiune to serve due to injury. I did not know the dispatchers voice was the real actual voice and that the county fire chief was real but i was aware that a few of the firefighters were actually firefighters in real life.
Ask anyone who grew up in the 70s what the beep pattern for Squad 51, and they'll probably be able to mimic it.
What I didn't know was that there was some PR element to the show. LA was part of a pilot program for fire departments to have EMTs driving alongside the traditional fire crews, and the tele-health units that transmitted vital signs to the hospital was new tech. The show was intended to show both off.
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Moondog wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
and that story felt like a possible spinoff. There was also talk of one of the paramedics leaving LA and becoming a park ranger. that would've been the springboard for another series.
If only a young David Hasselhoff made an appearance as an impressionable kid, they could have tied Baywatch the same 'verse.
... Reward for a job well done: More work
Ah, hippies and misunderstood teenage revolution. Occasionally a clip from Dragnet appears on Facebook, when Friday chews out some teen becuase he wants to rebel since society is stacked against him. Funny part is you dind't know it was a clip from a show 55 years ago, you would think he's talking about millenials and their push button, on demand, want it now society.
I though Emergency was the coolest. The portable EKG machine that could send telemetry back to the hospital was pretty slick. Portable defibulators were cool too.
I was reading your posts, and it reminded me of my Grandpa Mike.
He told me "You can make more money, you can't make more time."
That's my opinion too.
Time is finite.
-Hylian
Ah, hippies and misunderstood teenage revolution. Occasionally a clip fro Dragnet appears on Facebook, when Friday chews out some teen becuase he wa to rebel since society is stacked against him. Funny part is you dind't k it was a clip from a show 55 years ago, you would think he's talking about millenials and their push button, on demand, want it now society.
LOL, yes a lot of what he says has become relevant again (if it ever wasn't).
I though Emergency was the coolest. The portable EKG machine that could s telemetry back to the hospital was pretty slick. Portable defibulators we cool too.
When I was young and it was on afternoon TV, I did, too. I even had a couple of their "official" plastic toy fireman hats.
* SLMR 2.1a * A man without a gun will soon not be free.
I was reading your posts, and it reminded me of my Grandpa Mike.
He told me "You can make more money, you can't make more time."
That's my opinion too.
Time is finite.
-Hylian
I was reading your posts, and it reminded me of my Grandpa Mike.
He told me "You can make more money, you can't make more time."
I got a small black Plano fishing tacklebox. My father thought I was weird for keping band aids and bactine spray in it instead of fishing lures. My mother was an RN before becoming a full time mom. She knew the Emergency reference.
Dumas Walker wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Trump-supporting counties are doing better recovering jobs than those
that voted for Biden
Source: CBS NEWS
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/job-growth-in-trump-voting-counties-in- the-bid en-economy/?fbclid=IwAR0pXdoOomWuW9xBHCG32HjviKTLsE-nw8o7YJNpINGINqvfJ2I bgC91RP
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They go on to draw the conclusion that this is because blue areas have higher populations and therefore lost more jobs which, of course,
ignores that they are comparing percentages of lost jobs recovered and
not total populations.
I am guessing it is more likely state and local policies in these red voting areas that are helping in their faster recovery.
They made a pretty good case for population density and a slower recovery, not local policies. On a state level, many red states receive more from the federal government than they pay out, so there could be an argument that those states benefit more than the blue states, which could skews recovery numbers.
Not sure who "they" are, but anyone who can interpret a presidential election results map filtered down to county could tell you that it's not a state/state, it's urban/rural.
Overlay a presidential election map on top of a satellite photo of the US at night some time. Where there's light, they vote Democrat.
Not sure who "they" are, but anyone who can interpret a presidential election results map filtered down to county could tell you that it's not a state/state, it's urban/rural.
Overlay a presidential election map on top of a satellite photo of the US at night some time. Where there's light, they vote Democrat.
It would not surprise me. Big population centers tend to dilute
Moondog wrote to bex <=-
One of my favorite hobbies is people watching. You get all types,
shapes and sizes at big events. What amazes me is city kids that do
not realize vegetables have to planted and harvested, and animals are
the source of meat in stores.
Goths at a fair interest me. It is 100 degrees F outside, and these
kids are layered in black clothing. They all look like they're having
fun underneath their depressing surface.
Moondog wrote to bex <=-
One of my favorite hobbies is people watching. You get all types, shapes and sizes at big events. What amazes me is city kids that do not realize vegetables have to planted and harvested, and animals are the source of meat in stores.
Hmm... they definitely go to different schools than my kiddos did. Their schools had field trips to farms and ranches around the area, lessons in science about foods we eat and where they come from and more.
Goths at a fair interest me. It is 100 degrees F outside, and these kids are layered in black clothing. They all look like they're having fun underneath their depressing surface.
My youngest daughter is very much goth, she dies her hair black, she has naturally pale skin that she highlights. (Side note: I am Hispanic but my youngest got none of the melatonin genes. My son is naturally tan. You can tell that they are siblings in their facial shape and features, but they look like night and day versions of each other.)
She has periods where she's depressed, but for the most part she just likes the goth style.
-+- Brightening your day. -Bex <3
... We all live in a yellow subroutine.
Ask anyone who grew up in the 70s what the beep pattern for Squad 51, and they'll probably be able to mimic it.
What I didn't know was that there was some PR element to the show. LA was part of a pilot program for fire departments to have EMTs driving alongside the traditional fire crews, and the tele-health units that transmitted vital signs to the hospital was new tech. The show was intended to show both off.
Quoting Brokenmind to Poindexter Fortran <=-
Re: Re: DRAGNET, ADAM-12 , EMERGENCY
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Brokenmind on Tue Oct 04 2022 07:04 am
Ask anyone who grew up in the 70s what the beep pattern for Squad 51, and they'll probably be able to mimic it.
I found out about that later in History and I know a lot of
firefighters and others today that actually have there beep pattern
set for there text alert and even volunters for there pagers. thanks
for the heads up about that though
BrokenMind
Quoting Brokenmind to Poindexter Fortran <=-
Re: Re: DRAGNET, ADAM-12 , EMERGENCY
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Brokenmind on Tue Oct 04 2022 07:04 am
Ask anyone who grew up in the 70s what the beep pattern for Squad 51, a they'll probably be able to mimic it.
I found out about that later in History and I know a lot of firefighters and others today that actually have there beep pattern
set for there text alert and even volunters for there pagers. thanks for the heads up about that though
BrokenMind
Sad to say, but I still watch Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency...
I know, I'm hopeless.
Cougar
... This door is baroque; please call Bach later.
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
I found out about that later in History and I know a lot of
firefighters and others today that actually have there beep pattern
set for there text alert and even volunters for there pagers. thanks
for the heads up about that though
BrokenMind
Sad to say, but I still watch Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency...
I know, I'm hopeless.
Cougar428 wrote to BROKENMIND <=-
Sad to say, but I still watch Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency...
Cougar428 wrote to BROKENMIND <=-
Sad to say, but I still watch Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency...
I think it's Pluto TV that's got Emergency, I've watched a couple of episodes. The doctors look like they smoke in their offices and the
nurse's outfit looks like something from the 1800s. kooky...
... Frightfully nice.
Quoting Poindexter Fortran to Cougar428 <=-
Sad to say, but I still watch Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency...
I think it's Pluto TV that's got Emergency, I've watched a couple of episodes. The doctors look like they smoke in their offices and the nurse's outfit looks like something from the 1800s. kooky...
Sad to say, but I still watch Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency...
I think it's Pluto TV that's got Emergency, I've watched a couple of episodes. The doctors look like they smoke in their offices and the
nurse's outfit looks like something from the 1800s. kooky...
Moondog wrote to Cougar428 <=-
I used to like Emergency as a kid. My father bought me a black Plano tackle box because I thought it was cooler than a fire truck
Quoting Moondog to Poindexter Fortran <=-
Re: Re: DRAGNET, ADAM-12 , EM
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Cougar428 on Tue Feb 07 2023 06:26 am
Cougar428 wrote to BROKENMIND <=-
Sad to say, but I still watch Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency...
I think it's Pluto TV that's got Emergency, I've watched a couple of episodes. The doctors look like they smoke in their offices and the
nurse's outfit looks like something from the 1800s. kooky...
... Frightfully nice.
Emergency was on 50 years ago. The chief nurse wore pants suits and
that was sa point when nurses uniforms were evolving from those old
style dresses. The portable ekg machine with RF data link to the
hospital was fairly modern. By the later episodes the ekg machine had
a defibrulator built in.
Funny thing is the chief nurse was married in real life to the gray
haired doctor, and was written in to be the love interest of the other main doctor. The dispatch operator who would speak over the talk box
was the real LA county dispacter. Several of the firefighters were
real firefighters. The fire chief who would appear at the fire scenes
was the actuall county fire chi ef. I get the impression the show producers got access to the new stuff, and handed it over to the ifre department when the series was over.
Moondog wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I get the impression the show
producers got access to the new stuff, and handed it over to the ifre department when the series was over.
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