StreetCowboy
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On 10/28/2025 at 10:45 PM, Mahks said: We do not normally play risk.
Examples of boardgames we play :
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1662/napoleon-the-waterloo-campaign-1815https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/91080/andean-abyss
You might want to broaden your scope, to draw in newcomers.
Back in the day, we found ourselves on an accidental short-term holiday in the backwoods, and we went to a games shop to find something to while the time away. We were offered a choice between Risk and Diplomacy, and the lady in the shop said "If there's only 3 or 4 of you, I'd recommend Risk", and I'd not have enjoyed Diplomacy years later, if she'd not said that,
If you want to lure victims into your group, you need to make it easy and attractive to fall in, and interesting to explore further -
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11 minutes ago, Crossy said: Have a look atthis thread, it should help.
This post had the answer. It's not intuitively obvious, and as mentioned, it is such a state of affairs, and needs more than fresh air to set it right.
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We’re a long way beyond the summer sun now, but I pushed myself out the apartment today to make sure I got at least one ride in for January
It seems I can’t upload photos, which makes a bit of a mockery of this thread.
If you can imagine a clear road with a large pile of swept snow beside it, a view of a dock partially frozen over, and a clear bike lane with a few cm of snow lying either side.
I may come back to see if the software has been updated to allow photo uploads again.
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10 hours ago, atpeace said:
Interesting stats:
* About 150 people die annually from coconuts. Much much more risky than lightning and sharks combined.
Lightning and sharks combined is less of an issue than either on their own, in terms of time at risk, and the sort of person who swims in shark-infested waters during a lightning storm probably has other high-risk behaviour such as unskimmed milk
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9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:
Correct.
Also, since they are not permitted to lift weights, or engage in swimming competitions, this is really the only form of exercise available to them.
The act of rhythmic sweeping is the best exercise for both body and mind, except for one that I would like to mention:
I think curling is my favorite sweeping exercise to watch on TV.
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Also, I think girls make the best sweepers.
Curling is one of the best TV sports, and Eurosport does a great job showing international curling around the globe, and up and down the globe.
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15 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:
but if everyone wears slippers or shoes it's not an urgent job that needs to be done daily, of course if people are bare feet then you have to sweep constantly otherwise dirt gets on the sofa, bed etc
I’d not want to condemn people to wearing shoes because I was too lazy to sweep. It’s a joy to doff your shoes when you get home, and makes it a lot easier to get your trousers off.
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On 11/14/2025 at 9:00 PM, johng said:
I follow the green cross code.
I'm with Darth Vader; cross the road if its safe to do so, and don't imagine that colored lights or magical amulets are going to protect you if its not
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30 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:
"You don’t need to choose between Coat of Many Colours and Guns of Brixton. One speaks to hardship, the other to resistance. Both have a place. The problem is when only one mood gets promoted"
That's the sort of equivocating <deleted>e that marks out AI slop. Have you been AI in all the years that we have known each other?He got back to me,and responded
"I AM NOT AI. EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"so I'll just leave it there - ignore my last comment
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8 minutes ago, CharlieH said:
You’re right that some writing patterns look automated, but people lean on shortcuts and templates too, so it’s not always a clean tell. The em dash point gets thrown around a lot, but plenty of writers use it out of habit or because they copy text from apps that insert it automatically.
The bigger issue is the tone you mention. Some content does feel soft and comforting in a way that steers you away from criticism or anger. That’s not about punctuation. That’s about intent and who benefits from shaping conversations in that direction.
You don’t need to choose between Coat of Many Colours and Guns of Brixton. One speaks to hardship, the other to resistance. Both have a place. The problem is when only one mood gets promoted.
"You don’t need to choose between Coat of Many Colours and Guns of Brixton. One speaks to hardship, the other to resistance. Both have a place. The problem is when only one mood gets promoted"
That's the sort of equivocating <deleted>e that marks out AI slop. Have you been AI in all the years that we have known each other?-
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I was walking down Sukhumvit Road, and I saw a "Scottish" pub, on the even side, and I walked in.
True enough, it had unfriendly bright lighting and linoleum flooring."Pintahevvy"
"Can I get you a drink?"
"Beer.."OK< so it could be more....
"Wahir'ryoufi'"
asked the man next to me
"Well, originally Scotland, but I'm now living in Hong Kong"
"Hong Kong? Ah wiz twentey-two year wi Swire Pacifci;d'ye ken Swire Pacific?"
"Yes - the coca cola franchise and Cathay Pacific. Are you retired here now?"
"Aye - afore this Ah wiz tenty-two year wi Swire Paific - d'ye ken Swire Pacific?"
I'm never going back.Ye cannae go back, ye can jist go again
He's right, and I've been to Scotland and to Hong Kong since, but it was going again. And Bangkok. -
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Do you wrrite in the style of AI?
Do you get a bit fed up reading AI Slop out there?
Do you noitice the difference?I read elsewhere (probably on AI Slop) that there are clear markers - the one which I remember was the em-dash, which is not directly keyboard-accessible, suggesting it was written by someone without fingers; but there is plenty of AI feel-good slop which is aimed at making people more compliant and accomodating to injustice, rather than fighting it - Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colours, rather than the Guns of Brixton.
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23 hours ago, biervoormij said:
After watching the video of the sandwich terrorist and the chase for some reason the keystone cops popped into my head.
Thanks for the video.
In these tempestous times, it would be easy to lose sight of the great police efforts to maintain law and order in the face of Federal interference. -
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On 11/6/2025 at 10:01 PM, Patong2021 said:No.
The employment agreement will most likely have a good behaviour condition. Most everyone who has an employment agreement will have the conditions. Although throwing a sandwich at someone may not have been considered a criminal offence, it will most likely meet the the threshold for good conduct. It can be considered workplace misconduct if done in the workplace, but this event occurred outside of a latin bodago night club and Mr. Dunn was not at work. (Hopefully not in that pink outfit. He looked like he was trying to impersonate Jimmy Somerville of Bronski Beat.)
Federal pension vests after 5 years, so he would have had to have been there 5 years and a full time employee, not a contract worker. Even if an employee for 10 years, his pension wouldn't be that much so it is doubtful he would be inflicting pain on anyone.
And no, I am not excusing this criminal charge. Of course it was doomed to failure. I think this was meant more to intimidate people and to show support for the immigration agents. A sensible prosecutor would have declined to file criminal charges and just handled this with a disorderly conduct or a littering ticket and a requirement to pay the cleaning bills. The agent was not harmed, nor was he too upset as it was treated a bit of a farce.
In the initial court proceedings, the victim, Agent Lairmore, testified that he could feel the sandwich impact through his ballistic vest. “It kind of exploded all over,” the agent told the jury. “You could smell the onions and the mustard.” Lairmore also found onions strewn on his police radio, and his shirt was stained yellow from mustard, he claimed.
The incident became a joke with Lairmore and his co-workers, who gifted him a “felony footlong” patch and a plush sandwich, which the agent displayed “on top of my shelf in the office,” he told jurors.
Back in the day, standig up for justice against fascists would not have been seen as a sackable offence in the Department of Justice. Back in the day, smelling onions was not considered sufficient to be a victim of assault.
Any American who is neither embarassed nor appalled by this pantomime need to LOOK BEHIND YOU!-
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23 hours ago, Hanaguma said:
Nope.
Using the alleged poor behavior of one group to excuse the poor behavior of another group is childish. "They did it first!" mentality.
If ICE is not operating correctly, the cases will surface in the court system.In the meantime, thousands of serious criminals have been caught, and something like 2 million illegals are gone. Good results.
Making up numbers which are big doesn't make them true.
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On 11/6/2025 at 9:45 PM, Cameroni said:I'm glad you clarified that, I was wondering how you don't get convicted for assault by throwing a hard object at someone.
Surely that intent flows from the act, anyone hit with a large and hard object would suffer bodily harm. How there could not have been intent to cause bodily harm is hard to fathom.
Disgraceful miscarriage of justice.
Maybe it was a fresh sandwich.
In Oklahoma, you might not be used to soft fresh bread, but its common in some of the more affluent cities-
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The ‘Great Scare of 45’ and Bonnie Prince Charlie?
in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I think It would be a common Norse word. I think the relationship between Geordie and Scots is cousinal, from a common parent.