GeorgeParker
Senior Member

What you and others think you are hearing is totally in your own mind. I don't make any judgements about people, I just express my own opinion about...

I came back after more than ten years absence because lurking for a while made me think this forum had reached a point where it was now possible to...

Where in that post did I say anyone was stupid? Disagreeing with an opinion doesn't mean you think the other person is less intelligent than you....

I said Gardnr was "feigning naivety"' IIRC you use translation software which may have mistranslated that phrase. And before you criticize my...

But you DO have a silverware tray, which by ApatheticNoMore's logic is "redundant" because it's "a container within a container". Some items are...

I also use less detergent than the bottle says, but I do use the extra rinse cycle because I discovered that even using reduced detergent it doesn't...

Kondo is OCD for sure, but what she says is consistent enough with Japanese minimalism and Japanese (Shinto) spiritualism and other aspects of...

Office Depot and various other places sell various sizes of clear plastic boxes that let you see what is inside without pulling them out or opening...

I have an extremely apropos quote from Mark Twain, but I'm going to be nice about this and not use it.... ;)

You should have read the rest of my post, which explains for the benefit of people like you why that first sentence is true. MAIN POINT: What...

They're not "up in arms". They're just objecting to the feds suddenly deciding to dump migrants in nearby small towns instead of transporting them to...

That's not true. The real value of a thing is the price at which both a buyer and a seller would be willing to make the transaction. If a buyer...

I got my 2nd Pfizer shot yesterday afternoon. After the first shot I had noticeable but extremely mild side effects that peaked 12-15 hours after the...

The only place I've ever encountered the claim that Christmas and/or Easter is a pagan holiday is in propaganda spread by fundamentalist Christian...

The historical connection of hot cross buns to Easter is clear enough, but I still think it's ironic that people would eat sweet spicy bread...

We're talking about people who use FaceBook, or other equally bad social media. They are nuts as far as sharing all kinds of personal information...

Christmas and New Years Eve both exist because of the Winter Solstice, as I explained in post #8. And if you want to be historical about it, the...

What exactly are you disagreeing with? I said Christians didn't adopt the pagan holidays, and they clearly didn't. Christians began holding Christian...

Two Relevant MarketWatch Articles: ‘It’s not just about what’s on that card’: Don’t post your COVID-19 vaccination card on social media — here’s...

As an example of recent pickups being only a little taller than they used to be: The stock 2021 Ford F-150 pickup is 6 ft 6 inches tall. I'm guessing...

Some people in this thread are overlooking the fact that "big pickup" is not the same thing as "tall pickup". All of the real work trucks I've seen...

Wouldn't hot cross buns be a rather ironic and unfortunate choice, given the reason we observe Easter?

Not really. There are four significant solar events every year. The Summer Solstice (longest daylight hours, Sun reaches its farthest north...

It was a real ribbon, available in real life, but I don't know a current source. There have been a lot of times in my own life when having an...

A lot of people here, including IL, deserve more than just a Participation ribbon. Better? :)

If you're talking about making physical copies, not digital scans, go ahead and do it. Put the copied letters in an envelope, then put that envelope...

If I didn't think this thread was interesting, I wouldn't be reading it. But it is a very confusing soap opera. I know he is.

Hold on there! I'm confused and this thread is starting to sound like "Who's on First" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4PzWSLhqQ Who is keeping...

You know that cliche about "My way or the highway"? Just keep reminding him that if he hasn't done something with all his stuff by {time} on {date}...

Exactly. And I'm always nice about how I phrase it. Something like. "I'll drop by at {time} on the closing date to make sure you got moved out ok. If...

Are you sure you're not thinking about the time between signing the contract and the actual closing date? 30 days used to be standard for that so...

Closing is CLOSING! The money is transferred to the seller. The property title is transferred to the buyer. The seller's mortgage is paid off and the...

What is preventing you moving both accounts to the same local office, or combining them into a single account?

Who created this situation by not calling all the siblings together as soon as your mother moved out to decide how decisions regarding the house...

Why does no one seem to understand that IL is receiving Social Security benefits via direct deposit? It's been well publicized that Stim payments are...

Ok, so if I say something about car drivers or motorcyclists I should always put the word "licensed" in front of the term because otherwise people...

My answer is right there in your comment. Because I didn't specifically say I was talking about people who are against both legal and illegal...

Haven't you noticed Bae? Any time you say "immigration" you have to put the word LEGAL in front of it or people automatically think you mean ILLEGAL...

I do. Oh wow, I do! Remember I live in deep red Texas.

IMO the powers that be were dragged kicking and screaming into that conclusion by reality, and they came to that realization rather late. I agree,...

Interesting finding. On the other hand the ancient human who heard a noise in the bushes and ignored it because it probably wasn't a lion, got...

He said while mischaracterizing both what I said and my clear intention. Touche?

On the other hand, if you REALLY want to play that game: So you only want immigrants from European countries? No Arabs or Asians or Hispanics?...

“Anti-immigration people” means exactly what it says. If someone is in favor of allowing immigration, they are pro-immigration. If someone is against...

Perhaps the real question isn't how many people were born in another country, but rather how many people living in America had parents or...

Probably. Putting the walls at a very slight angle to each other would reduce that and so would having a rough surface on the walls. And covering...

But glass is made from sand, and the world is running out of sand. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191108-why-the-world-is-running-out-of-sand ...

I'm right. People who disagree with me are wrong. That settles it. ;) I have nothing more to say on this topic.

Cement walls have a high thermal mass. IOW they store a lot of heat. So a cement house would maintain a much steadier temperature inside during hot...

Unless you're willing to totally not use the product that comes in those aluminum cans, you're just avoiding the cans in favor of a different kind of...

Addiction isn't binary like a light switch. There is NOT a clear simple line between something being addictive vs non-addictive. Some things are very...

BTW: Why would you "pass on the infinite wisdom of our overlords" when you clearly hate them, instead of saying in plain words exactly what it is...

Because it would be a total waste of time. And if you knew me better, or even paid attention to what I've said in this thread, it would be mighty...

But for that criticism to be valid you'd have to compare those negatives to the environmental and human costs of mining raw aluminum ore,...

That sounds a lot like you're agreeing with me that the problem is the people who live there, not the design of the buildings. That's a start at...

One simple question: Would you be willing to live in that low rise public housing complex, with those neighbors, if you could afford to live in a...

The answer to your comment is right there in your other comments. And you're ignoring the the fact that I blamed the failure of those projects on the...

You're confusing "turning a profit" with "making money". Rest assured everyone associated with Reddit is making money, they're just making sure it...

But they weren't Frank Lloyd Wright. ;) As an aside, Google says "Architects' fees vary widely, depending on the project, the local economy, and...