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Ecmaster76

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I saw a couple of CF-18s doing a flyover the city (season opener for the CFL). Was in transit during the first circuit but at my parents house for the second one, and they flew almost directly over their house at about 1,000ft.

Cool.
Neat, I saw a pair of A-10s fly over early this year. Similar altitude. I wonder which plane actually retires first
 

SuperDave

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Neat, I saw a pair of A-10s fly over early this year. Similar altitude. I wonder which plane actually retires first
My money is on the A-10 retiring first, because "loitering munitions" is already a drone-controlled airspace and it will take Big Pants Money to offer a better and more versatile carrier-capable platform than the -18's already offer. I expect them (all) to be replaced by unmanned aircraft, too, although it'll take a few years longer.
 

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My money is on the A-10 retiring first, because "loitering munitions" is already a drone-controlled airspace and it will take Big Pants Money to offer a better and more versatile carrier-capable platform than the -18's already offer. I expect them (all) to be replaced by unmanned aircraft, too, although it'll take a few years longer.
That and I'd bet the A-10 will run out of parts to keep it in the air before the CF-18. They're already pretty darn short on parts as it is from what I understand.
 

Tom Foolery

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I worked on installing organizational stuff (for those interested) in the shop and showing my kid how to install cabinets in our garage. I also moved all of the clutter from one side of the garage into the shop, all hanging on nice, neat hooks.

Combine that with spending at least an hour in the pool each day, and I am feeling well rested. I did not sit at my computer this weekend until last night, right before bed. A truly great weekend.
 

Tom Foolery

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Every April or May I spend a lot of time window-shopping and planning out cabinets for my garage and then don't follow up. So it only takes about a weekend, eh?
I tore the (crappy, ancient, poorly crafted) shelving and cabinetry out of my laundry room last spring and put in pre-made cabinetry from Lowe's. One day for demolition/patching/painting, one day to install 5 "pantry" cabinets and three "wall" cabinets. All you need is a cordless drill, some drill bits, a level, and some shims. The "pantry" cabinets are usually 7' tall and rest on the floor, and the "wall" cabinets are the ones that mount over your countertops of appliances (like your fridge) I have a couple of freezers and a spare fridge because I buy meat a whole, butchered animal at a time.

Last weekend, I did shop org and moved most of the stuff from my overcrowded (tiny) garage into my newly completed shop. I also mounted three pantry cabinets, which my wife promptly filled. Took about 4 hours, but I was flying solo that day. Yesterday, I had my son assisting, and it took about an hour to add two more cabinets on that wall, for my wife's and daughter's arts and crafts supplies. They make soaps, bath bombs, and candles, which they then give to relatives as presents for birthdays, christmas, and other special occasions. I am told their bath bombs are fantastic.

Here is a picture of the new cabinets in the garage:
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GodFather

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I worked on installing organizational stuff (for those interested) in the shop and showing my kid how to install cabinets in our garage. I also moved all of the clutter from one side of the garage into the shop, all hanging on nice, neat hooks.

Combine that with spending at least an hour in the pool each day, and I am feeling well rested. I did not sit at my computer this weekend until last night, right before bed. A truly great weekend.
As I get older I find that I enjoy my time outside and moving far more than my time in front of a computer. I was the same, I sat at my desk for like 15 minutes each morning to do my word games and then was on the move, in the pool, or something else outside all weekend. Last night I sat down to watch some tv, got bored, turn the tv off and did some lego instead.
 
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I worked on installing organizational stuff (for those interested) in the shop and showing my kid how to install cabinets in our garage. I also moved all of the clutter from one side of the garage into the shop, all hanging on nice, neat hooks.

Combine that with spending at least an hour in the pool each day, and I am feeling well rested. I did not sit at my computer this weekend until last night, right before bed. A truly great weekend.
In a similar vein.

Organized outdoor tools in my wife's garage using Milwaukee Packet mounting gear.

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Also got my workshop mostly cleaned up and organized - including labeling all the drawers/bins.

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Next - woodshop.
 

bjn

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A very good friend who lives in the USA who haven’t seen in four years stayed last night with his wife who I’d never met before. Really great to catch up after all that time and finally meet her. He’s one of those friends, that not matter how long ago you last met, every time you catch up it’s like time has never passed and you are as close as before.

Also, for the first time, my difficult elder daughter came along to the historical martial arts class I run. She was a bit awkward and shy but seemed to like it.
 

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I liked this article, well worth a read

Abstract​

Anecdotal evidence indicates that people believe that morality is declining1,2. In a series of studies using both archival and original data (n = 12,492,983), we show that people in at least 60 nations around the world believe that morality is declining, that they have believed this for at least 70 years and that they attribute this decline both to the decreasing morality of individuals as they age and to the decreasing morality of successive generations. Next, we show that people’s reports of the morality of their contemporaries have not declined over time, suggesting that the perception of moral decline is an illusion. Finally, we show how a simple mechanism based on two well-established psychological phenomena (biased exposure to information and biased memory for information) can produce an illusion of moral decline, and we report studies that confirm two of its predictions about the circumstances under which the perception of moral decline is attenuated, eliminated or reversed (that is, when respondents are asked about the morality of people they know well or people who lived before the respondent was born). Together, our studies show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced. This illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources3, the underuse of social support4 and social influence5.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06137-x
 

bjn

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I liked this article, well worth a read

Abstract​

Anecdotal evidence indicates that people believe that morality is declining1,2. In a series of studies using both archival and original data (n = 12,492,983), we show that people in at least 60 nations around the world believe that morality is declining, that they have believed this for at least 70 years and that they attribute this decline both to the decreasing morality of individuals as they age and to the decreasing morality of successive generations. Next, we show that people’s reports of the morality of their contemporaries have not declined over time, suggesting that the perception of moral decline is an illusion. Finally, we show how a simple mechanism based on two well-established psychological phenomena (biased exposure to information and biased memory for information) can produce an illusion of moral decline, and we report studies that confirm two of its predictions about the circumstances under which the perception of moral decline is attenuated, eliminated or reversed (that is, when respondents are asked about the morality of people they know well or people who lived before the respondent was born). Together, our studies show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced. This illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources3, the underuse of social support4 and social influence5.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06137-x
Today I learned a new word, ‘perdurable’.
 
Today I learned a new word, ‘perdurable’.
Science may seems like a perdurable publication, but the quality keeps going down every decade. With the way the younger generation is running it, my grandchildren probably won't be able to tell the difference between Science and a tabloid that not even a New York news stand would hawk.

/s (hopefully obvious)
 

Bardon

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A very good friend who lives in the USA who haven’t seen in four years stayed last night with his wife who I’d never met before. Really great to catch up after all that time and finally meet her. He’s one of those friends, that not matter how long ago you last met, every time you catch up it’s like time has never passed and you are as close as before.

Also, for the first time, my difficult elder daughter came along to the historical martial arts class I run. She was a bit awkward and shy but seemed to like it.
Those are two great wins!
 
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Carhole

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UPS came by while I was peacefully drooling on the pillow. That was a Correct Nap! —Insert panic flail— I whipped out the nearest device as the braincell fired up to see whether UPS would delay another day but while sleeping the status went from “Delayed, Your Delivery is being Processed” to “Delivered” —gnashing more screen— proof of delivery “Left at front gate” NOooooooooo, I find clothes, sprint out the front door and notice that the lawn which I had just mowed earlier today was soaking wet after drought all summer, visualized several customer service conversations arguing over either a stolen, damaged, or soggy parcel but lo and behold, it was there.

Klipsch was smart enough to bag the subwoofer inside of the corner-braced and foam enshrouded soggy, punctured cardboard. I has sub. Let the beats drop.

…And the entire fora population twerked in perfect time…
 

Semi On

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The other week we had our back porch (which had a roof) screened in. I wish we'd done this years ago. It's soooooo good.

This would be entirely mandatory for me were I to live in Bug Country. We didn't have much in the way of flying pests in the desert and we don't have it now in the Bay so I have ZERO tolerance for that shit.
 

krimhorn

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...proof of delivery “Left at front gate”...
My only real issue with UPS (specifically in the apartment complex where I live) is that text is not a "proof of delivery". Give me a picture showing me where you left it or you haven't delivered it if it's missing (which in this apartment when they put it inside the building door, or at my door, isn't really an issue but it can be if they leave it outside the building).
 
That was basketball, not hockey. The sportsball they play with is completely different.
It would simplify things if they took the physical properties (geometry, mass, elasticity, etc…) and came out with a mean sportsball that every sport could use. Then they could also do the same for accessories (like whacking/catching/throwing sticks). Standardize the events and make it easier for the casual observer to understand while still allowing for monetization of the various sub-cultures by retaining the pre-standardization sportsball names.