vxbush 7/28/2022 6:12:33 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 7/28/2022 7:05:41 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

How can you possibly have a cold, when the news is besetting us on all sides with dire tales of catastrophic global warming?

JCM 7/28/2022 7:25:26 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

TYPHOID MARY!

*runs screaming*

At least that what I think the media and CDC wants....

vxbush 7/28/2022 7:47:44 AM

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In #3 JCM said: TYPHOID MARY! *runs screaming* At least that what I think the media and CDC wants....

Oh, yes, that's exactly what they want. 

vxbush 7/28/2022 7:48:30 AM

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In #2 buzzsawmonkey said: How can you possibly have a cold, when the news is besetting us on all sides with dire tales of catastrophic global warming?

What can I say? I'm multi-talented. 

buzzsawmonkey 7/28/2022 8:01:14 AM

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In #5 vxbush said: I'm multi-talented. 

Oh, I/we all knew that.

Meanwhile, the amount that the loons at NPR are ramping up the "global warming/climate change" lunacy to an unbelievable degree.  They were going on about rising sea levels again, and talking about how both the poor folks on one side of the East River and the not-so-poor folks on the other side of the East River are facing imminent inundation in a mere fifty years, and seawalls will be of no avail.

How can people believe this layer-cake of nonsense?

Occasional Reader 7/28/2022 8:01:49 AM

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In #1 vxbush said: Ah, summer colds,  how they suck. 

Are you sure it's just a cold?

Have you participated in any (male) gay orgies recently? 

Occasional Reader 7/28/2022 8:05:28 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 6:

So UN HQ will be washed out to sea.

But there's a downside, too, I assume? 

Occasional Reader 7/28/2022 8:07:04 AM

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   Oceania has never been at war with two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. 

buzzsawmonkey 7/28/2022 8:19:02 AM

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In #8 Occasional Reader said: So UN HQ will be washed out to sea. But there's a downside, too, I assume? 

Heh.  It was a weird feature, contrasting the bucolic beauties of some highly-cultivated grounds surrounding a housing project (in Harlem, I think), with the fast-growing crop of waterfront highrises on the Brooklyn side of the river.  To hear them tell it, all this stuff is going to be "flooded out," but they're pretty vague (surprise!) as to what that actually means.  But, to show that this was not all made up, they interviewed a restaurateur on the Brooklyn side who struck water when he was digging in the cellar of his waterfront or near-waterfront restaurant.

lucius septimius 7/28/2022 8:25:47 AM

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Had an arborist come in.  They won't cut the tree but said it's dying.

I've written the city arborist asking for them to get the fuck out of the way.

Depending on how that goes I need to get the neighbor to sign off, which will be tough.  He said he wanted to buy the property, blocked the first sale, then came back and said he didn't have the money. 

If that fails I don't know what I can do.  No one will buy the house because of the tree issue.  I have a piece of property that, in real terms, is worth exactly $0.

JCM 7/28/2022 8:27:40 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 6:

Meanwhile up here in the Northwet were having a HEAT WAVE... mid 90's for crying out loud.

Media is talking about "cooling inequity" how poor people can't afford air conditioning.

So to combat "cooling inequity" we have to use tax money to buy AC...

But AC is causing gorebul warming.....

I wish somebody would make up my mind!

vxbush 7/28/2022 8:30:33 AM

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In #7 Occasional Reader said: Have you participated in any (male) gay orgies recently? 

(looks left..... looks right)

I'm lucky right now if I can have a chocolate orgy. 

vxbush 7/28/2022 8:31:41 AM

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In #8 Occasional Reader said: So UN HQ will be washed out to sea. But there's a downside, too, I assume? 

Housing costs will go up, because that's all they do there. 

doppelganglander 7/28/2022 8:35:49 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 11:

How fast is the tree dying? 

If the city gives permission, I think the neighbor might go along for a price. If the city doesn't agree, the neighbor might be willing to work with you against them for a price. The last resort would be a lawsuit against the city for depriving you of your property rights, but that's an expensive hassle. 

lucius septimius 7/28/2022 8:39:01 AM

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In #15 doppelganglander said: The last resort would be a lawsuit

Which I couldn't afford.

In #15 doppelganglander said: the neighbor might be willing to work with you against them for a price.

So far he hasn't. 

doppelganglander 7/28/2022 8:51:27 AM

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In #16 lucius septimius said: So far he hasn't.

He seems to be the kind of asshole who would rather screw over everyone, including himself, than cooperate to your mutual benefit. 

Occasional Reader 7/28/2022 11:02:39 AM

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In #11 lucius septimius said: Had an arborist come in. 

I thought the Supreme Court just outlawed arborists, or something?

vxbush 7/28/2022 11:38:37 AM

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In #18 Occasional Reader said: I thought the Supreme Court just outlawed arborists, or something?

Ah. That might explain all the overgrown treehuggers. 

/meh

lucius septimius 7/28/2022 12:02:09 PM

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buzzsawmonkey 7/28/2022 12:42:55 PM

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Just tried to start my car, and it wouldn't turn over---instead, though the lights on the dash lit up, all I got was a sort of "brrrrrrrrrrrrrp!" kind of like the sound a playing card makes in the spokes of a bike wheel.

Thing seemed to work fine Monday, when I moved it for alternate-side parking.  Could the heat possibly have affected the battery. or is there some other explanation?

JCM 7/28/2022 1:04:38 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 21:

Low battery, get a jump

Cars with computers will not crank if the Voltage and Amperage don't meet specifications.

Yes, heat can affect a battery.

buzzsawmonkey 7/28/2022 1:40:30 PM

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In #22 JCM said: Cars with computers will not crank if the Voltage and Amperage don't meet specifications.

Thanks!  This is an old car---a '99 Nissan Maxima---so it's not loaded with computer stuff; the odometer is about the only thing.  The gas gauge is still a real gauge, as is the heat gauge and speedometer.  It used to have a remote for unlocking the car, but that's been dead for so long I can't remember.  

However, I drive it very little; got out of the habit when recovering from the foot surgery (nothing like a boot on your right foot to get you out of the habit of driving), and it's such a pain in the ass to find a parking space in NYC where you're going, and to get one when you get back from where you were,  that the most exercise it's gotten lately is my moving the machine for alternate-side parking.   So it's not like the battery's had occasion to get charged.

lucius septimius 7/28/2022 3:40:58 PM

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In #23 buzzsawmonkey said: a '99 Nissan Maxima

Did you name it Maxim?  Or just Max?

Kosh's Shadow 7/28/2022 3:57:26 PM

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In #24 lucius septimius said: Did you name it Maxim?  Or just Max?

Since he's mad at it now, it must be Mad Max

buzzsawmonkey 7/28/2022 4:42:05 PM

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In #24 lucius septimius said: Did you name it Maxim?  Or just Max?

I've occasionally referred to it as a "Nissan Eczema," simply because of the rust which ruins a few bits of its complexion.  I haven't actually named a car since I referred to the Volvo 122 I had in school as "The Iron Lung," in honor of its having a little bit of a problem with the exhaust system I could not afford to fix.  I was driving from Chicago to Miami my second year when the fumes from the exhaust knocked me out just as I was nearing Atlanta; I came to driving down the highway median at about 50 mph.  I was, fortunately, able to make it into Atlanta for an overnight stopover.