Random Thoughts.....

RatLabGuy said:
If all the US presidents were put into a ring for free-for-all battle royale, who would win?

Key: they are at age/condition as when starting Presidency.
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Andrew Jackson would just shoot them. And one president's (who I wont name) opponent would die by suicide before the match.
 
mbalbritton said:
pretty easy to narrow that down to two. Grant and Teddy Roosevelt. Out of those two?… hhhhmmmmmm.
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I dunno, you've got Jackson who took a bullet and kept on ticking, and is the kind of guy that wouldn't give two shits to just sneak a gun in.

Then ol Abe who was quite the wrestler and frontiersman.

Grant had the girth but would likely be slow.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Thomas Jefferson. Smartest mofo to ever be President, he'd figure out a way.
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Maybe. I think it depends on the parameters... how big is the ring, are there tools available.... He was a super smart dude but wasn't ever a hands-on fighter, more the officer at the back making plans. If its Hunger Games style giant arena w/ random tools, he's got a solid shot. Just a big ring... nah.

Ford was a pretty stout dude too, Football player and boxer, boxing coach.

Ol' Trump would just find some excuse to not show up.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Maybe. I think it depends on the parameters... how big is the ring, are there tools available.... He was a super smart dude but wasn't ever a hands-on fighter, more the officer at the back making plans. If its Hunger Games style giant arena w/ random tools, he's got a solid shot. Just a big ring... nah.

Ford was a pretty stout dude too, Football player and boxer, boxing coach.

Ol' Trump would just find some excuse to not show up.
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do we not think Trump almost got his brains blown out?

i think he has an 'out' now when it comes to fights and shooting
 
Washington gets at least an honorable mention. He was fresh off war and had to be in pretty good shape.

Gerald Ford was a D1 Offensive Lineman in the days where OL was brutal and few rules. He was a backup, but to an all american who played in the NFL and won 2 national titles in college. Then his senior year he started every game and was named team captain and MVP.
Eisenhower was also a college linebacker and running back - and a West Point grad...before his military career. Solid, solid chance here - he knows a thing or two and is physically fit.
T Roosevelt was a boxer and boxed into his Presidency...so he has a huge advantage in technical knowledge and capability.
 
My money's on Roosevelt.
 
skyhighZJ said:
Well we know JFK is out. Heard he can’t take a shot to the head…….







Too soon?
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I was going to say ….we know it won’t be FDR
 
Home inspections are enlightening and make me laugh at the same time.

I had a handful of issues to address as the seller. Nothing major as far as the work goes, but some things that really make you wonder about the inspection process.

3-4 J boxes in the attic didn’t have cover plates on them. This was from original construction in 1981!! Means my inspector didn’t catch it. He’ll one of them they joined the wires and then crammed everything into the box and didn’t close it. Because… how could you at that point! 😂

Then a couple things about the two water heaters not being drained properly. One in the garage had the wrong material pipe for the blow off valve. Then the one in the laundry used a copper flex tube that had a bend in it kinda like a P trap and that P trap was no bueno. Honestly don’t know how it could be run otherwise. It’s going to have to go down and then back up. Then the drain pan wasn’t routes outside. Add to that a 15 year old or older water heater can not be insured, so that combined is $1500 in concessions.

Then there’s no Cricket behind the chimney and the chimney was reroofed 10 years ago meaning the roofing company and the inspectors missed it.

The shit some people catch and not others. ALL OF THIS was the same way before I bought the house.

Anywhoooo
 
Stolen from some random post on FB, but it's good enough to share, and I think a lot of people in this forum can relate:
"
If you were a high schooler in the 1990s, you know we lived in a golden window of time: right between rotary phones and social media, landlines and iPhones, mix tapes and Spotify playlists. And man, was it fun.
We didn’t have smartphones glued to our hands. We had to memorize phone numbers, call our friends’ houses, and actually talk to their parents first before we could even think about making plans. Friday night plans? You made them at school or hoped your friend called your house before your dad picked up the phone and said, “Who is this?”
Music was everything. We had real variety- grunge, gangsta rap, pop, R&B slow jams, and skater punk all living together in perfect harmony. You recorded your favorite songs off the radio on a cassette tape and prayed the DJ wouldn’t talk over the intro. If you got a CD, it was a prized possession. If you had a Discman with skip protection, you were high-tech royalty.
Fashion? It was chaotic in the best way. Baggy jeans, flannel shirts, chokers, Starter jackets, and Airwalks. We dressed like we were either going to a Pearl Jam concert or about to skateboard through a Mountain Dew commercial. And those who dared wore JNCOs so wide you could smuggle an entire boombox in one pant leg.
We passed notes in class, folded like origami masterpieces, and absolutely no one texted. If someone liked you, they had to tell you. In person. Or they’d ask their friend to do it and circle “yes,” “no,” or “maybe.”
School dances were full of awkward slow dances to Boyz II Men and No Doubt, with sweaty palms and butterflies. There was no filming it for TikTok, just living it in the moment. Half the photos were blurry because your disposable camera only gave you 24 chances.
We watched TRL after school, recorded our favorite episodes of Friends or Fresh Prince on VHS, and stayed up late to watch Unsolved Mysteries even though it gave us nightmares. If you missed an episode, you just missed it. No streaming. No spoilers.
We drove around with no GPS, just vague directions like “Turn left after the old gas station,” and nobody ever knew exactly where they were going, but somehow we always found our way.
Being a teen in the ’90s meant real freedom. It meant making mistakes without everyone seeing it online. It meant being present, laughing until your stomach hurt, and making memories that weren’t for content, but for life.
We were the last generation to grow up just before the world changed forever. And honestly? We got the best of both worlds.
So here’s to the teens of the ’90s. We didn’t have it all, but somehow, we had everything."
 
At the time I thought everything was going to be better as an adult. Bummer, I was so wrong about so many things.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
At the time I thought everything was going to be better as an adult. Bummer, I was so wrong about so many things.
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I see this very differently.

IMHO This is the best time in history to be an adult.

Have you noticed that many adults are having a blast and kids are now miserable?

Every kid under 25 seems to have massive anxiety. Identity crisis issues, and are political as HELL

When we were kids, every ADULT was pissed off...."Get off my lawn!!!" and "Kids these days don't know NUTHIN about our suffering" and as kids, WE didn't give two fawks about politics.....we were happy and WANTING to be grown, so we could stay out as late as we wanted too and eat cake for breakfast.

Now...all the KIDS are on anxiety meds, are overly consumed with what everyone ELSE is putting in their body, and have a overwhelming sense of self value concerning their opinions and needing to make sure WE ALL hear them, but feel the whole world is doomed because they can't see a future where they can buy a 5000 sqft house in a gated community on their part time starbucks salary claiming "living wage" bullshit.

We never had video evidence of our past mistakes, so as adults, we only have to answer to ourselves, or those who eye witnessed it. Kids these days have every second of their life recorded and scrutinized daily.
 
CasterTroy said:
I see this very differently.

IMHO This is the best time in history to be an adult.

Have you noticed that many adults are having a blast and kids are now miserable?

Every kid under 25 seems to have massive anxiety. Identity crisis issues, and are political as HELL

When we were kids, every ADULT was pissed off...."Get off my lawn!!!" and "Kids these days don't know NUTHIN about our suffering" and as kids, WE didn't give two fawks about politics.....we were happy and WANTING to be grown, so we could stay out as late as we wanted too and eat cake for breakfast.

Now...all the KIDS are on anxiety meds, are overly consumed with what everyone ELSE is putting in their body, and have a overwhelming sense of self value concerning their opinions and needing to make sure WE ALL hear them, but feel the whole world is doomed because they can't see a future where they can buy a 5000 sqft house in a gated community on their part time starbucks salary claiming "living wage" bullshit.

We never had video evidence of our past mistakes, so as adults, we only have to answer to ourselves, or those who eye witnessed it. Kids these days have every second of their life recorded and scrutinized daily.
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Man, I think you are out of touch with the ~25-45 year old population, because your description of "kid under 25" seems to describe many of the 30-45 year olds I know.
 
Agree with 1 minor clarification

CasterTroy said:
I see this very differently.

IMHO This is the best time in history to be an adult.

Have you noticed that many adults are having a blast and kids are now miserable?

Every kid under 25 seems to have massive anxiety. Identity crisis issues, and are political as HELL

When we were kids, every ADULT was pissed off...."Get off my lawn!!!" and "Kids these days don't know NUTHIN about our suffering" and as kids, WE didn't give two fawks about politics.....we were happy and WANTING to be grown, so we could stay out as late as we wanted too and eat cake for breakfast.

Now...all the KIDS are on anxiety meds, are overly consumed with what everyone ELSE is putting in their body, and have a overwhelming sense of self value concerning their opinions and needing to make sure WE ALL hear them, but feel the whole world is doomed because they can't see a future where they can buy a 5000 sqft house in a gated community on their part time starbucks salary claiming "living wage" bullshit.

We never had video evidence of our past mistakes, so as adults, we only have to answer to ourselves, or those who eye witnessed it. Kids these days choose to have every second of their life recorded and scrutinized daily.
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Current raging debate in my lab today.

One of these is called a Pig in a Blanket
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But what's the proper term for multiple?
There's only 1 pig per blanket.
 
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