Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?

[Commander Troi]

And school is starting in Arizona? What?

Yup. They start in August now. It's crazy.

 

[fireproof78]

Yup. They start in August now. It's crazy.

I mean, yes in late August here. I've started around the 26th way back in the day but August 1st?

 

[Tallguy]

And people are still allowed to listen to albums by Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson, etc.

One of those is true. I mean, no, the cops will not come to my house and stop me. But you can still hear Jackson on the radio. Often.

Fat Albert will still be one of my favourite cartoons despite Cosby

Hell COSBY despite Cosby. Some day I'll be in a rest home reciting all of the Cosby routines that I haven't been able to quote for however many decades it will turn out to be.

A tragedy on too many levels to count. Starting, of course, with Cosby's victims. (Thank you, Norm MacDonald.)

If you can only get one arcade cabinet, people tend to lean toward the At Games brand Legends Ultimate Arcade for the quantity of games.

How do you play Tron without a trigger?

 

[Commander Troi]

I mean, yes in late August here. I've started around the 26th way back in the day but August 1st?

It depends entirely on the district. Some are closer to year-round school, with a month-plus summer break, than others.

 

[fireproof78]

It depends entirely on the district. Some are closer to year-round school, with a month-plus summer break, than others.

I'm familiar with those as one of my staff works in one.

I guess I'm hitting an assumption around this being all schools.

 

[JD]

It seems unusually early to me too. I actually went to schools in that district for the first few years we lived in Arizona, and swore back then they didn't start until later into August. Same goes for schools in the district I went to after that. They also tend to take a lot more days off now during the year, so the early start could be to make up for that.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Definitely had one of my more interesting bike rides this morning, first I got stuck in absolutely insane traffic because I made the mistake of going past one of the high schools and it was the first day of school about 15 minues before it started. Then when I was leaving the park I almost got run over by an SUV while leaving the park parking lot. As I was starting to go past the SUV suddenly backed out his parking spot really fast, and I panicked and hit the brakes so hard I fell over. Then he kept coming straight at my head as I was fighting to get out from under my bike and back on my feet, the only reason he actually stopped before he ran me over is because another car pulled up behind me and hit their horn. He actually did try to apologize, but at that point I was really, really pissed and I will admit I was kinda rude to him. I feel kind of bad now that I wasn't nicer to him.

You know, I realized I was so surprised about the start of school thing, that I apparently didn't read the rest of the post, and didn't notice what it said until seeing some of the quoted replies. Obviously, the major takeaway here was not the start of the school year! That sounds like a terrifying experience! I'm glad you're OK, any my apologies if I came across as insensitive by only responding to the school part.

I don't know if it's strictly Emily Post, but I think that "nearly getting run over by someone not paying attention" entirely justifies a "kinda rude" response.

I mean, yes in late August here. I've started around the 26th way back in the day but August 1st?

TBH any time in August seems early to me. Around here we don't start until the day after Labour Day.

 

[JD]

Don't worry about it, I didn't find it insensitive.
This was the second scariest bike riding moment I've had so far. The first was back a few months ago and I was crossing one of the bigger intersections and almost got hit by a massive either delivery or dump truck. The damn thing came so close I could have almost grabbed the front grate, and for a second I thought I was going to have to. That's the first time I can ever remember really fearing for my life.

 

[Captain pl1ngpl0ng]

OMG..... i want to take a bite and eat it....

 

[Tallguy]

Is it cake?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Well it kinda looks like a cake but I don't think it's actually a cake

 

[Captain pl1ngpl0ng]

yea it's a crazy cruise ship....coming in 2024

 

[Birb-of-Prey]

When Odo changes size, where does all the mass go? Is Rat-Odo as massive as Humanoid-Odo?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Is it cake?

i totally heard that in Sir Laurence Olivier's voice.

When Odo changes size, where does all the mass go? Is Rat-Odo as massive as Humanoid-Odo?

It must go somewhere, else Odo couldn't masquerade as, say, a drinking glass like he did in one episode.

It's like a reverse Hammerspace.

 

[Captain pl1ngpl0ng]

and when turning into fog.......

 

[Commander Troi]

Is it cake?

Well it kinda looks like a cake but I don't think it's actually a cake

Cake or death?

 

[Avro Arrow]

It's like a reverse Hammerspace.

I admit I had never heard of that before, but I have heard of Hammertime, so I guess it's only logical that there is also Hammerspace.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

And you know who is the king of Hammerspace...

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[Tallguy]

Wow. We went from a Netflix reality show to Marathon Man to Eddie Izzard. I like this ship. It's exciting!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Fun fact about Marathon Man:

There was an urban legend that, in preparation to shoot a scene where his character stays up all night, Dustin Hoffman (a determined method actor) actually stayed up all night for real, to which Sir Laurence supposedly replied "Oh, Dusty, why don't you try ACTING? It's much easier."

The real reason Dustin stayed up all night was because he was going through a divorce and was very depressed so he stayed out partying all night. Sir Laurence suggested acting as a way to beat the stress of it.