The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Hey, I met @Docseverin first (I think)! I dragged him to a museum with me and my 2 kids. He and Noah got to be buddies that day and was treated to the delicacy of Bagel Bites. Hahaha! Also, my neighbor was just about frothing at the mouth because Aussie was deployed and I had this handsome, young, tattooed Army guy at my house. God she was a nosy bitch.
I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse that @Squidleybits has been shielded from the vast amount of stupid that this world has to offer.
Yowza!I've met him too. While nothing even RESEMBLING as studly as him, I'm taller by about an inch. So I've got that going for me, which is nice.
Even as a straight male I gotta admit... It moved a littleI've met him too. While nothing even RESEMBLING as studly as him, I'm taller by about an inch. So I've got that going for me, which is nice.
The Hand is getting close to the substance!
Nope. All the Z's were home and not one of us felt a thing. Last time in 2011? I think? It felt like a large truck was driving by the house (which is why I didn't know it was an earthquake until later in the day).
So, @CeltZ, did you notice anything?
I was about to comment that exact thing
GasBandit
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I remember once when I was in college, living out in the boonies in a not-so-mobile home, apparently somebody found some buried unexploded WW2 ordinance in the area and the cops decided to do a controlled detonation in situ... my first clue any of this was going on was when my house tipped over 20 degrees then rocked back and forth a couple times. I didn't even hear the explosion, it just felt like an elephant or something rubbed up on the side, and all my stuff fell off the shelves.
Earthquakes feel so weird. When we lived in CA it was a regular event to have 3's and 4's. The one big one I experienced was recorded as a 7.2 (probably a bit lower on the scale for us). We were outside when it hit. The cars on the street were rocking back & forth like someone was shoving them. The ground felt like we were standing on waves. We had a few small things fall over in our house, but luckily no major damage.
We can have @fade chime in, but it felt that way because that’s actually what it is.
I’ve only felt 2 in MI. One felt like someone pushing my desk (as though they had their foot against it and were bouncing their knee), the other was while driving and felt as though a gust of wind had hit the car and pushed it sideways a bit, except there was no wind at the time.
—Patrick
I felt the 2011 one pretty clearly, in the basement of the Teddy Roosevelt building.
This one, didn't feel anything (though I do work about 40 minutes further west from DC now)[DOUBLEPOST=1512522158,1512522074][/DOUBLEPOST]
I thought about making a tinfoil helmet once, for shits and giggles.
But then I got nervous. What if I put the thing on, and I started thinking differently?
I searched for something Usher-related one night and I must have worded it weirdly because I got a message about my safe search filter blocking my most relevant results. I thought @HCGLNS was going to wet himself/have a coronary he was laughing so hard.
It wasn't a new phone either
And for the record, when I turned the filter off, none of those dudes were Usher.
It's just that most people who have never been in an earthquake tend to think it's all violent shaking because of how it looks on surveillance camera footage from destructive quakes or how earthquakes are portrayed in tv/movies. It isn't always that way, especially with smaller magnitudes.
Now this popped into my head.
Ah, you didn't get the memo. I'm sorry, but we don't celebrate birthdays anymore; we now count when you get to a new milliDave. You're still only at 0.2 mD, youngster!
I'm excited for the Jurassic World Trailer dropping tomorrow and I'm guilty for that. One the one hand, Jurassic Park is one of my favorite films and I can ackowledge that the ones that followed haven't been the greatest but are still fun (except for 3...that was hard).
On the other hand? I've literally fallen for the advertising for the trailer. Like, the snippets. They have made trailers for trailers and I'm not sure how I feel. You cant even call them 'teasers' because they are barely six seconds long.
I dunno man. Complex feelings? I guess?
On the other hand? I've literally fallen for the advertising for the trailer. Like, the snippets. They have made trailers for trailers and I'm not sure how I feel. You cant even call them 'teasers' because they are barely six seconds long.
I dunno man. Complex feelings? I guess?
I admit, I'm a sucker for the dinosaur movies, too. And all these "trailers for trailers" nonsense has got to go. Along with the "Trailer #23A" crap. Give us one or two trailers, let us wait to see the damn movie! (Looking at you, Star Wars.)
Seriously. They are meant to build anticipation and keep us guessing about the sequence of events!
Dave
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I am still in Colorado taking care of my father in law. Today I went to get my hair cut and right in the middle of the cut she asked me if I was friends with my lord & savior, Jesus Christ. Damn it. I let her know I was not a religious guy and it was ON. The rest of the haircut was nothing more than a christianity sales pitch. She was surprised I was an atheist because I was here doing a good thing for a family member and I'd been so polite and nice. When I asked she admitted she didn't actually KNOW any atheists, but without Jesus in their life, she figured, how could they be good people?
Longest. Haircut. Ever.
Longest. Haircut. Ever.
This is how you can tell what part of Colorado Dave is in.
GasBandit
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I hope you said "if you can't bring yourself to be a good person without Jesus forcing you to be, are you really, in fact, a good person? Is a dog on a choke chain well behaved if you dare not let him off the leash?"[DOUBLEPOST=1512585268,1512585141][/DOUBLEPOST]
WELCOME TO COLORFUL COLORADO
