The nothing to do with politics, feel good, wholesome fun, distraction from insanity thread

[nonobaddog]

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Awesome! She looks like she is pretty sure she hasn't decided if this is fun or not.

 

[MrSmitty]

Awesome! She looks like she is pretty sure she hasn't decided if this is fun or not.

That is one of my beautiful grand kids, I caught this pose in the spur of the moment...It really captures her spirit, and attitude...her daddy is a retired Marine, so there's that....

 

[DadSmith]

80-year-old school custodian had to come out of retirement when his rent was raised, then students did something incredible | Blaze Media

Students at a high school in Callisburg, Texas, were upset when they heard that an 80-year-old custodian was forced to come out of retirement in order to afford his rent, so they jumped into action. The Callisburg High School janitor known as Mr. James to the students had his rent raised by $400...

www.theblaze.com

 

[actaeon277]

80-year-old school custodian had to come out of retirement when his rent was raised, then students did something incredible | Blaze Media

Students at a high school in Callisburg, Texas, were upset when they heard that an 80-year-old custodian was forced to come out of retirement in order to afford his rent, so they jumped into action. The Callisburg High School janitor known as Mr. James to the students had his rent raised by $400...

www.theblaze.com

Good to hear these stories

 

[SheepDog4Life]

80-year-old school custodian had to come out of retirement when his rent was raised, then students did something incredible | Blaze Media

Students at a high school in Callisburg, Texas, were upset when they heard that an 80-year-old custodian was forced to come out of retirement in order to afford his rent, so they jumped into action. The Callisburg High School janitor known as Mr. James to the students had his rent raised by $400...

www.theblaze.com

Good to hear these stories

Just now checked... the GoFundMe, originally with a goal of $10k is now right at $250k.

Made my day!

 

[nonobaddog]

Just now checked... the GoFundMe, originally with a goal of $10k is now right at $250k.

Made my day!

Wow! I'm going to go back to work - tell some kids.

 

[jamil]

80-year-old school custodian had to come out of retirement when his rent was raised, then students did something incredible | Blaze Media

Students at a high school in Callisburg, Texas, were upset when they heard that an 80-year-old custodian was forced to come out of retirement in order to afford his rent, so they jumped into action. The Callisburg High School janitor known as Mr. James to the students had his rent raised by $400...

www.theblaze.com

Good to hear these stories

Just now checked... the GoFundMe, originally with a goal of $10k is now right at $250k.

Made my day!

Okay. Don't call me heartless. I feel sorry for the guy too. But.

People hear a good tear jerker and they'll keep donatating. Not that this guy didn't deserve the $10K goal. That would likely have made up the difference in rent the rest of his life. I mean he's 80. But people don't think about it practically. I'm not gonna donate to that one because he's probably good to go.

 

[nonobaddog]

Okay. Don't call me heartless. I feel sorry for the guy too. But.

People hear a good tear jerker and they'll keep donatating. Not that this guy didn't deserve the $10K goal. That would likely have made up the difference in rent the rest of his life. I mean he's 80. But people don't think about it practically. I'm not gonna donate to that one because he's probably good to go.

Well, if there were no further rent increases at all, that $10K wold make up the $400 difference for just over 2 years (actually 25 months). Is that the rest of his life? Who knows, maybe, maybe not.
With the current level of funding he is good for many, many years, much more than a reasonable life expectancy. He would probably run into more health problems than high rent. But he is as good to go as most people now.

 

[actaeon277]

Okay. Don't call me heartless. I feel sorry for the guy too. But.

People hear a good tear jerker and they'll keep donatating. Not that this guy didn't deserve the $10K goal. That would likely have made up the difference in rent the rest of his life. I mean he's 80. But people don't think about it practically. I'm not gonna donate to that one because he's probably good to go.

Somewhere between the 10k and 30k I would have found somebody else that needed it.
But, I'm glad these kids found a problem, and then did something, instead of crying about it.

 

[Mgderf]

I don't know why, but lately I've been enjoying videos of dance routines in old movies and TV shows set and synced to more modern music.

Well, they say the first step in solving a problem is admitting that it exists.
Good luck with your recovery...

 

[d.kaufman]

This belongs here!

BigTanker Collection AAR

Hello All - Just a quick AAR for the BigTanker donations that ended Sunday. All funds have been collected and a cashiers check is being sent this afternoon. Thank you so much to everyone that donated and made a difference in this. Your generosity is amazing and INGO should be proud. Also...

www.indianagunowners.com

 

[smokingman]

Working at this place would be fun.

 

[rhamersley]

Well, they say the first step in solving a problem is admitting that it exists.
Good luck with your recovery...

 

[nonobaddog]

Working at this place would be fun.

That was a fantastic video - thank you!

It took me a while to finish it but it was worth it.

 

[smokingman]

That was a fantastic video - thank you!

It took me a while to finish it but it was worth it.

The design itself is what I would consider brilliant simplicity. Breaking down old ideas of how something should work and building a simpler system based on how it actually functions taking advantage of every part of that system to increase efficiency. It is superior to all designs before it. I have no doubt they will succeed unless politics or money interests(which they have plenty of as well) interfere.

You will like this one as well I think. It is an actual walk through of the facility doing this. It is also another out of the box type design.

 

[nonobaddog]

The design itself is what I would consider brilliant simplicity. Breaking down old ideas of how something should work and building a simpler system based on how it actually functions taking advantage of every part of that system to increase efficiency. It is superior to all designs before it. I have no doubt they will succeed unless politics or money interests(which they have plenty of as well) interfere.

You will like this one as well I think. It is an actual walk through of the facility doing this. It is also another out of the box type design.

Kinda shows what can be done when government isn't involved. Or what NASA should have been.

 

[nonobaddog]

The design itself is what I would consider brilliant simplicity. Breaking down old ideas of how something should work and building a simpler system based on how it actually functions taking advantage of every part of that system to increase efficiency. It is superior to all designs before it. I have no doubt they will succeed unless politics or money interests(which they have plenty of as well) interfere.

You will like this one as well I think. It is an actual walk through of the facility doing this. It is also another out of the box type design.

I don't see how their 300 km/sec turns into a million mph or millions of km/hr. Simple math says it ain't so.

 

[Lpherr]

I don't see how their 300 km/sec turns into a million mph or millions of km/hr. Simple math says it ain't so.

Actually... it works out to 1,080,000 km/hr.

 

[nonobaddog]

Actually... it works out to 1,080,000 km/hr.

Right.
The video says over a million miles per hour in one place
and millions of kilometers per hour in another. (the millions is plural)

300 kilometers per second equals 671,081 miles per hour
or 1,080,000 kilometers per hour.
so neither statement above is true.

 

[smokingman]

I don't see how their 300 km/sec turns into a million mph or millions of km/hr. Simple math says it ain't so.

compression.

They have fired it hundreds of times already. The main reason was balancing the sides and impact point. I slight delay and it is off center,but it has worked to actually generate electricity. If they were able to fire it rapidly repeatedly we could call the problem solved. Things have been going sideways when they try. They are still working on it though.