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[Veritate Duce Progredi]

My wife has the kids home on spring break this week, I sent her that vid and she said it feels a little like that.

 

[Irish#1]

Ouch!

 

[Irish#1]

You're never too old.

Missouri woman, 78, accused of bank robbery — for 3rd time

“Well, maybe she was desperate,” said Maggie Kornis, 89. “You know, sometimes we don’t save enough money.”

www.newsnationnow.com

 

[Bishop2b5]

Yesterday, I saw a Victorian chair on the side of the highway as though it had fallen off a truck. It reminded me of a funny, 100% true family story.



In the mid '70s, my mom bought a Victorian chair like the one above, and it sat in my parents' bedroom beneath a large window. She sat in it when dressing and my dad usually hung the jacket of his suit on the back of it. For some reason when the wind blew pretty hard during a storm and whipped around the corner of the house next to that window in my parents' room, it made a very loud, "WooooOOOOOoooOOOOO" sound exactly like a ghost on a TV show.

One night my younger brother, who was 4 or 5 at the time was walking down the hall past my parents' bedroom. Their door was open, the light was off, and there was a storm raging outside. Just as he got to their bedroom door, a gust of wind whipped around that corner and made that loud, eerie WoooOOO sound. His head whipped around towards it and at that moment there was a flash of lightning that backlit my dad's jacket hanging on the back of that chair. What my brother saw and heard was a headless man standing in my parents' room making ghost sounds at him. He screamed bloody murder and went flying to my mom in the kitchen all in a complete meltdown and yelling, "The chair went woo woo at me!" LOL

My mom took him back to the bedroom, turned the lights on, showed him that it was just my dad's jacket and explained about the wind, but he wasn't having it. For the next several years, he had a serious fear of that chair. You couldn't make him sit in it for any reason. If you tried to make him sit in it, he'd fight you like an angry badger. Ever since, we've called it the Woo Woo chair. My mom had it reupholstered several years ago and still has it in her bedroom. My brother jokes that he's still scared to sit in it.

 

[ulukinatme]

Yesterday, I saw a Victorian chair on the side of the highway as though it had fallen off a truck. It reminded me of a funny, 100% true family story.

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In the mid '70s, my mom bought a Victorian chair like the one above, and it sat in my parents' bedroom beneath a large window. She sat in it when dressing and my dad usually hung the jacket of his suit on the back of it. For some reason when the wind blew pretty hard during a storm and whipped around the corner of the house next to that window in my parents' room, it made a very loud, "WooooOOOOOoooOOOOO" sound exactly like a ghost on a TV show.

One night my younger brother, who was 4 or 5 at the time was walking down the hall past my parents' bedroom. Their door was open, the light was off, and there was a storm raging outside. Just as he got to their bedroom door, a gust of wind whipped around that corner and made that loud, eerie WoooOOO sound. His head whipped around towards it and at that moment there was a flash of lightning that backlit my dad's jacket hanging on the back of that chair. What my brother saw and heard was a headless man standing in my parents' room making ghost sounds at him. He screamed bloody murder and went flying to my mom in the kitchen all in a complete meltdown and yelling, "The chair went woo woo at me!" LOL

My mom took him back to the bedroom, turned the lights on, showed him that it was just my dad's jacket and explained about the wind, but he wasn't having it. For the next several years, he had a serious fear of that chair. You couldn't make him sit in it for any reason. If you tried to make him sit in it, he'd fight you like an angry badger. Ever since, we've called it the Woo Woo chair. My mom had it reupholstered several years ago and still has it in her bedroom. My brother jokes that he's still scared to sit in it.

It's the Zack Ryder chair, bah gawd!

Good story.

 

[INLaw]

Yesterday, I saw a Victorian chair on the side of the highway as though it had fallen off a truck. It reminded me of a funny, 100% true family story.

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In the mid '70s, my mom bought a Victorian chair like the one above, and it sat in my parents' bedroom beneath a large window. She sat in it when dressing and my dad usually hung the jacket of his suit on the back of it. For some reason when the wind blew pretty hard during a storm and whipped around the corner of the house next to that window in my parents' room, it made a very loud, "WooooOOOOOoooOOOOO" sound exactly like a ghost on a TV show.

One night my younger brother, who was 4 or 5 at the time was walking down the hall past my parents' bedroom. Their door was open, the light was off, and there was a storm raging outside. Just as he got to their bedroom door, a gust of wind whipped around that corner and made that loud, eerie WoooOOO sound. His head whipped around towards it and at that moment there was a flash of lightning that backlit my dad's jacket hanging on the back of that chair. What my brother saw and heard was a headless man standing in my parents' room making ghost sounds at him. He screamed bloody murder and went flying to my mom in the kitchen all in a complete meltdown and yelling, "The chair went woo woo at me!" LOL

My mom took him back to the bedroom, turned the lights on, showed him that it was just my dad's jacket and explained about the wind, but he wasn't having it. For the next several years, he had a serious fear of that chair. You couldn't make him sit in it for any reason. If you tried to make him sit in it, he'd fight you like an angry badger. Ever since, we've called it the Woo Woo chair. My mom had it reupholstered several years ago and still has it in her bedroom. My brother jokes that he's still scared to sit in it.

I shit you not… I have that chair sitting in my garage with a broken leg because…it flew out the truck driving it to my wifes former office and smashed on the way to Laporte. I keep planning to fix it and then remember I don’t need another chair. So long story short free broken chair looks 100% like the above picture. Has three legs

 

[INLaw]

I shit you not… I have that chair sitting in my garage with a broken leg because…it flew out the truck driving it to my wifes former office and smashed on the way to Laporte. I keep planning to fix it and then remember I don’t need another chair. So long story short free broken chair looks 100% like the above picture. Has three legs

If your ever in the Bend and want it just let me know. Open invitation lol.

 

[Black Irish]

I shit you not… I have that chair sitting in my garage with a broken leg because…it flew out the truck driving it to my wifes former office and smashed on the way to Laporte. I keep planning to fix it and then remember I don’t need another chair. So long story short free broken chair looks 100% like the above picture. Has three legs

Yeah, but is it haunted?

 

[INLaw]

Yeah, but is it haunted?

It gives no emf readings. Also where I keep it is free of hex bags and no sulfur.

 

[Irish#1]

Robert DiNero just welcomed his 7th kid at age 79. His oldest is 51. Lol

 

[Irish#1]

Billy Beane was the keynote speaker at the conference I’m attending. Excellent speaker and detailed how he utilized the data. He says his best trait is finding the right people who understand data and can dissect it accordingly.

 

[WilliamWallace]

With there being so many intelligent and opinionated people in here😉 I thought I’d ask a serious question about something I’m contemplating.

Have any of you ever bought, or have experience purchasing/running a business? I had one come across my plate a few days ago that I have legitimate interest in and I do not have experience with such a purchase.

Now, I have reached out to the broker, a mentor through SCORE.org, the local SBDC, and a preferred lender of SBA loans for guidance. It just seems to be a tall task just coming up with the capital for the down payment. Any ideas or suggestions? I will be seeking an SBA loan for the majority of the agreed upon sale price, if it gets that far. The biggest hurdle (at least initially) seems to be the down payment of whatever the SBA deems necessary. Somewhere between 5-15%. I guess my thought was if the business valuation comes back that the sale price is good, and ok a loan. Why wouldn’t a lender assume the entire asking price? Seems like I’d be on the hook for the 5-15% that I’d be held liable for if I defaulted on the loan.

Would the business not be considered collateral if the valuation is good?

 

[Irish#1]

Glad that guy isn't my doctor.

Woman who was declared dead bangs on coffin during her own wake

“It gave us all a fright,” said the woman's son.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Bishop2b5]

Glad that guy isn't my doctor.

Woman who was declared dead bangs on coffin during her own wake

“It gave us all a fright,” said the woman's son.

www.nbcnews.com

You know that traditionally, the Jews bury their dead before sunset the day they die in most cases. An elderly Jewish woman died after 48 years of marriage. That afternoon as they were carrying her casket down the steps of the synagogue, one of the pallbearers stumbled and went down, tripping the others who also stumbled. They dropped the casket and it burst open. Upon doing so, the supposedly deceased woman sat up, alive. She and her husband spent several more years together as husband and wife. Eventually, after 6 more years, she died. As they were carrying her casket down the steps, her husband said to the pallbearers, "Watch your step! Be careful! Watch your step!"

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week.

 

[ulukinatme]

You know that traditionally, the Jews bury their dead before sunset the day they die in most cases. An elderly Jewish woman died after 48 years of marriage. That afternoon as they were carrying her casket down the steps of the synagogue, one of the pallbearers stumbled and went down, tripping the others who also stumbled. They dropped the casket and it burst open. Upon doing so, the supposedly deceased woman sat up, alive. She and her husband spent several more years together as husband and wife. Eventually, after 6 more years, she died. As they were carrying her casket down the steps, her husband said to the pallbearers, "Watch your step! Be careful! Watch your step!"

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week.

"You fuckers better not trip this time!"

 

[Irish#1]

This has to be scary for those on board. Mini sub giving tour of the Titanic has not returned. Search underway.

Air search for missing Titanic submarine to resume Tuesday

It is unclear whether the tour had gotten lost or if there was an issue on board.

www.newsnationnow.com

 

[Irish#1]

Still looking. Less than two days of oxygen left.

June 20, 2023 Missing Titanic sub search news

Banging sounds were heard Tuesday during the search for the missing Titan submersible, according to an internal US government memo. Follow for live news updates.

www.cnn.com

 

[irishff1014]

Only 40 hours of air left. This is a needle in the haystack.

 

[ndfanatic78]

Who knows anything about underwater submersibles. Shouldn’t there be some type of radio contact?

 

[NDBoiler]

Only 40 hours of air left. This is a needle in the haystack.

It seems like the issue is the depth this thing potentially could be at if it is down on the sea floor. I read a couple articles that said the Titanic is at a depth of about 12,000’ or so, and one expert said that there’s basically no viable way to get to them if they are down that deep. The search also seems to be focused on the surface in the chance that they were able to come back up. They’re probably screwed unfortunately.

 

[NDBoiler]

Who knows anything about underwater submersibles. Shouldn’t there be some type of radio contact?

They said that the way they normally communicate with this thing is by text message from the launch boat and an emergency signal only.

 

[WilliamWallace]

You’d think there would be some type of emergency device that would take them straight to the surface. No way I’d be going down that deep without it. Of course there’s probably issues with the water pressure I guess, rising too quickly.

 

[ACamp1900]

I mean they know where they were headed…. It’s not like they could have drifted to Iceland. It’s strange to think they just go down dark and ‘see y’all in 30 hours!!’

 

[NDohio]

I would imagine that if they lost power and couldn't communicate or navigate then they could be lost in the current of the ocean. Finding them would be a miracle. Sadly.

 

[Bishop2b5]

No radio unless they're tethered to a surface vessel, which they aren't. I hate to say it, but they are very likely dead due to a hull failure, or a power failure that makes it impossible to return to the surface.

A hull failure is, BY FAR, the better option. A power failure leaves you cold and slowly running out of air, knowing you're gonna die. A hull failure is essentially instant death. Due to the high pressures at that depth, a hull failure results in an instantaneous compression of the sub's air down to a few cubic inches, heating it to about 2000 degrees. That completely liquifies and vaporizes anyone in the sub in less than 1/100th of a second. They never even know anything has gone wrong and there's no suffering.

 

[Rockin’Irish]

You’d think there would be some type of emergency device that would take them straight to the surface. No way I’d be going down that deep without it. Of course there’s probably issues with the water pressure I guess, rising too quickly.

There is such a device on the sub but it has been theorized they could be entangled in debris. In reality, it could be that the emergency floatation failed or the sub imploded, at this point it’s going to be like finding a needle in a haystack. I’m surprised we haven’t heard more about the sub being equipped with an emergency beacon.

 

[irishff1014]

You’d think there would be some type of emergency device that would take them straight to the surface. No way I’d be going down that deep without it. Of course there’s probably issues with the water pressure I guess, rising too quickly.

I would think the would have a cable on it. This way the could winch it up. Yes I understand that’s a lot of cable but you would think it would be a safety measure.

 

[irishff1014]

They also said that lid can only be unlocked from the outside. So if they do surface they won’t be able to open it.

 

[TheRealLynch51]

Didn't really know where to post this, but figure here would be an alright spot. Have yall seen the T-Mobile internet commercials with John Travolta and the dudes from Scrubs doing that song from Grease? I stopped into T-Mobile today for something unrelated. Grabbed their interest service on a two week free trial. Took it home and it actually rips. My previous Spectrum was 100 MBPS and would download about 90 MBPS. This T-Mobile internet has been averaging about 260 MBPS for the same price as Spectrum. Going to continue testing it for a bit, but looks like I can finally get our from under the Spectrum umbrella for good.

 

[Armyirish47]

Didn't really know where to post this, but figure here would be an alright spot. Have yall seen the T-Mobile internet commercials with John Travolta and the dudes from Scrubs doing that song from Grease? I stopped into T-Mobile today for something unrelated. Grabbed their interest service on a two week free trial. Took it home and it actually rips. My previous Spectrum was 100 MBPS and would download about 90 MBPS. This T-Mobile internet has been averaging about 260 MBPS for the same price as Spectrum. Going to continue testing it for a bit, but looks like I can finally get our from under the Spectrum umbrella for good.

I can second this, we live in the middle of nowhere and the best we could get was maybe 2MBPS on a variety of expensive options. We got the T-Mobile home and even though it is spotty at times it will go anywhere from 16 MPBS (like right now when we have every device in the durn south on it) to over 100MBPS. Absolute game changer. And for the price? It's a better deal than Irishdrunks' Grammarly subscription.