Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 52 minutes ago, avatar! said: Can you spot the error?? It apparently took the state "only" 15 months to produce this... "Wrong Way" Corrigan was obviously at the controls. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sheridan Boulevard is a major thoroughfare that goes north and south in the Denver metro area and crosses several jurisdictions. Several years ago they all agreed to put in matching neon looking street signs. They looked really sharp except that it wasn't till they were all up that someone noticed that the name had been spelled as Sheridian. By the time you figure in the collective cost of the signs and the labor to install (and then uninstall) them must have added up to a tidy sum. Edited January 5, 2022 by Tabonga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,043 Social Team · Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 50 minutes ago, avatar! said: Can you spot the error?? It apparently took the state "only" 15 months to produce this... As someone who lives in Cincinnati (close to Dayton) I know exactly what the issue is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 "Unusually harsh"??? Seems ludicrously lenient considering how much chaos this jerk has wrought. https://news.yahoo.com/young-car-thief-accused-multiple-221400656.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,811 Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tabonga said: "Unusually harsh"??? Seems ludicrously lenient considering how much chaos this jerk has wrought. https://news.yahoo.com/young-car-thief-accused-multiple-221400656.html I have no idea what is harsh about that statement - this thief is 22 years old, not 12!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, avatar! said: I have no idea what is harsh about that statement - this thief is 22 years old, not 12!! Makes you wonder how much damage caused and how many people injured/killed would have made 4 years seem appropriate doesn't it? Edited January 5, 2022 by Tabonga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,811 Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 What's the saying - like a bull at a Chinese restaurant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kguillemette | 1,544 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Looks like you'll need to buy your jars of farts elsewhere now. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/woman-who-earned-200000-selling-fart-jars-hospitalized-by-her-work/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,811 Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 17 hours ago, Kguillemette said: Looks like you'll need to buy your jars of farts elsewhere now. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/woman-who-earned-200000-selling-fart-jars-hospitalized-by-her-work/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,811 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 She was an Ivy League student with an inspiring story. Then her university started investigating. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-dredging One Monday morning in the fall of 2020, Mackenzie Fierceton received an email asking her to meet with Beth Winkelstein, deputy provost of the University of Pennsylvania...“There are questions that now need to be answered,”..The questions kept coming. At one point, Fierceton took a sip of water and began to cry. Throughout the conversation — Fierceton would later refer to it as an interrogation — the 23-year-old graduate student struggled to maintain her composure...Fierceton was a low-income, first-generation college student who had passed through the foster-care system and had written her capstone thesis on how foster kids often end up in prison. And now she was off to Oxford. But after The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article about Fierceton’s scholarship, university officials received an anonymous email raising doubts about her biography. In reality, the email said, Fierceton had grown up in an affluent suburb of St. Louis with her mother, a radiologist, and had attended private schools. A similar email, sent to the Rhodes Trust, accused her of being “blatantly dishonest in the representation of her childhood” and included photos from her high-school yearbook of Fierceton skydiving, riding a horse, and whitewater rafting. While admissions officers at highly selective institutions will insist that it’s not necessary to highlight the darkest aspects of your upbringing, the need to set yourself apart is real. In addition, those elite colleges, sensitive to the charge that they cater to the wealthy and well-connected, are eager to show that they’re transforming society rather than laundering its inequalities. They are always on the lookout for remarkable kids from less-fortunate circumstances. The evidence the committee collected showed that Fierceton had, according to the report,"created and repeatedly shared false narratives about herself” and that her “misrepresentations also served her interests as an applicant for competitive programs.” The report recommended rescinding her scholarship. Fierceton withdrew from the program instead....Asked what Penn should have done when it received an anonymous email accusing her of fabricating her life story, Fierceton has a ready answer: “Believed me.” Sadly, the reality is that very driven people (and studies show this) have NO problem lying, cheating, and getting away with things AND ultimately convincing themselves they are in the right and everyone else is in the wrong. This student, lied and refuses to accept that she purposely altered and fabricated her experience in order to get into an elite institution. AT THE SAME TIME, sadly, often this is what many elite institutions are looking for - a poor to riches story. I think she is to blame, but to an extent so is the institution of higher education in this country. That said, she deserves the vast majority of the blame and clearly she refuses to accept any fault. Why Certain People Will Never Admit They Were Wrong https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/201811/why-certain-people-will-never-admit-they-were-wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,265 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/6/2022 at 6:43 PM, avatar! said: What's the saying - like a bull at a Chinese restaurant I think that beef is a little too fresh! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 “Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.” https://news.yahoo.com/definitely-eat-sushi-again-california-181953886.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,265 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 15 hours ago, Tabonga said: “Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.” https://news.yahoo.com/definitely-eat-sushi-again-california-181953886.html Thankfully Hitler did not learn from history by trying to invade the USSR after what happened when Napoleon tried it (in both cases I think they were at the peak of their conquest powers and if they had just quit while they were ahead...). But I guess toothbrush mustache guy swore that this time would be different! He now had it all figured out! He wouldn't make the same mistakes! He knew what it was all about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguy | 772 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) @Estil Well see, Napoleon had soldiers being supplied by horses drawn carriages that couldn't efficiently traverse the terrain. But Hitler was smart, see he had soldiers being supplied by horse drawn carr... Ohhhh. Edited January 19, 2022 by Aguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 52 minutes ago, Estil said: Thankfully Hitler did not learn from history by trying to invade the USSR after what happened when Napoleon tried it (in both cases I think they were at the peak of their conquest powers and if they had just quit while they were ahead...). But I guess toothbrush mustache guy swore that this time would be different! He now had it all figured out! He wouldn't make the same mistakes! He knew what it was all about... Actually IMHO the Germans could have defeated Russia if Hitler had not made so many really stupid decisions. He got lucky early in the war and thought he was a far better strategist than he was. (He made some really poor decisions prior to Operation Barbarossa which also likely lost the war for Germany.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,265 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 40 minutes ago, Tabonga said: Actually IMHO the Germans could have defeated Russia if Hitler had not made so many really stupid decisions. He got lucky early in the war and thought he was a far better strategist than he was. (He made some really poor decisions prior to Operation Barbarossa which also likely lost the war for Germany.) Not likely, Russia did exactly the same thing they did for Napoleon...destroy the towns/supplies (I think this is called "scorched Earth") so invaders would have nothing to eat or live in or what not...and you know how in that Oregon Trail game how important it is to get to the end before winter? Well imagine both Napoleon and Hitler and their pals being forced to retreat freezing cold and half starving in that harsh Russian winter. Yeah, not fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Estil said: Not likely, Russia did exactly the same thing they did for Napoleon...destroy the towns/supplies (I think this is called "scorched Earth") so invaders would have nothing to eat or live in or what not...and you know how in that Oregon Trail game how important it is to get to the end before winter? Well imagine both Napoleon and Hitler and their pals being forced to retreat freezing cold and half starving in that harsh Russian winter. Yeah, not fun. The original plan of Barbarossa was to have Moscow as one of three primary targets (the others were Kiev and Leningrad) - Moscow was the center of Russia's rudimentary travel and communications networks - and as it turned out Stalin was determined to meet his fate in Moscow -which would have destroyed the political structure of Russia, Guderian's panzers were about 200 miles from Moscow when Hitler diverted them to complete half of a pincers movement behind Kiev. Once that was done the panzers were sent back towards Moscow where they came close to Moscow (forward units could actually see the spires of the Kremlin) but between improved Soviet defenses (built during the respite while the panzers were to the south), winter equipped Russan reinforcements brought in from the Far East (which included a bunch of T-34 tanks) and eventually the weather dashed any hope of taking Moscow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 18 hours ago, Tabonga said: “Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.” https://news.yahoo.com/definitely-eat-sushi-again-california-181953886.html I ate at that restaurant about a week ago! Lol. Didnt do the all you can eat though, unless you have a huge appetite its not worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Must have been a really good hamburger.... https://news.yahoo.com/half-eaten-hamburger-leads-high-204017239.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,811 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 29 minutes ago, Tabonga said: Must have been a really good hamburger.... https://news.yahoo.com/half-eaten-hamburger-leads-high-204017239.html According to the police report, the vehicle reached up to 60 mph in 25 mph speed limit zones and drove through six stop signs without coming to complete stops. According to documents from the Ouachita County Parish Sheriff’s Office and Correctional Center, Seaberry has been charged with three misdemeanors and one felony following the incident, including use of multiple beam road lighting equipment, lack of motor vehicle insurance, driving unlicensed and fleeing from an officer, which was labeled as aggravated flight. The Ouachita Correctional Center records Seabury’s total bond amount as $1,050. No insurance, fleeing, reckless driving, could have killed someone... and gets a whopping $1000 bond. BULLSHITE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 44 minutes ago, avatar! said: No insurance, fleeing, reckless driving, could have killed someone... and gets a whopping $1000 bond. BULLSHITE Welcome to the modern world of criminal justice! The victims (or potential victims) seem to be given zero consideration in these matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor | 851 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 12:13 PM, avatar! said: Can you spot the error?? It apparently took the state "only" 15 months to produce this... no, what is the error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, twiztor said: no, what is the error? The plane (the original Wright Flyer) is depicted flying backwards - if it was flying forwards it would be pushing the banner rather than towing it. Edited January 20, 2022 by Tabonga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,811 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 Nina Strohminger is a professor of legal studies and business ethics... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,318 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, avatar! said: Nina Strohminger is a professor of legal studies and business ethics... What - you guys here don't make $800k a year? Edited January 20, 2022 by Tabonga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,811 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 28 minutes ago, Tabonga said: What - you guys here don't make $800k a year? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now