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2024-04-21, 01:58 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterI'm guessing you are talking about some entity from a game, and not National Cash Register. I suppose a better search would turn it up, but then...357 replies | 19080 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 05:48 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterI did come across that once in a shady business in the Pigalle, in Paris, but they fairly obviously preyed on the tourist trade.1298 replies | 53072 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 05:42 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterOne advantage of the needlessly complicated state seal on a blue field as a flag is that it guarantees that only a bona fide state agency would fly...357 replies | 19080 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 07:53 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterI was not previously aware of the French settlement in Texas. It appears to have been about as significant as the portion of the New Sweden colony...357 replies | 19080 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 03:15 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly Banter<begin New Jersey in-joke> Alas, they got bought out by Six Flags long ago. <end New Jersey in-joke> Great Adventure was an amusement park in...357 replies | 19080 view(s)
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2024-04-12, 08:55 AMAlthough reptiles have more complicated jaw and skull articulations than mammals do, with variations between crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and...384 replies | 36912 view(s)
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2024-04-12, 05:53 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Questionable Content XIX: Give Jeph Just A *Little* Credit, Here in WebcomicsWas anybody keeping track of proposed titles? I still like Tentacular Depravity, but the 2-dimensional data one is good, too. I don't see any...1508 replies | 150597 view(s)
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2024-04-11, 11:08 PMThe Chosen One. But wait, that's not her. A bit of a fake-out.1351 replies | 119045 view(s)
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2024-04-10, 02:50 PMOnly when it was dramatic. Or funny.384 replies | 36912 view(s)
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2024-04-09, 08:58 AMThe recent Types of Eclipse Photo panel fits with my past experience, except that I never had the fancy lens, nor opportunities to photograph from...14 replies | 1117 view(s)
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2024-04-08, 12:28 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Eclipse tomorrow 4.8.24 will be the last over the US for 20 years in Friendly BanterThere was a total eclipse in 2017, visible from a path stretching from Oregon to South Carolina. Before that, the latest visible from the US I see...11 replies | 563 view(s)
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2024-04-08, 08:19 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Eclipse tomorrow 4.8.24 will be the last over the US for 20 years in Friendly BanterIf we are going to cite authority, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory agrees with me, concluding "Best to specify the meaning on first use of...11 replies | 563 view(s)
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2024-04-07, 10:29 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Eclipse tomorrow 4.8.24 will be the last over the US for 20 years in Friendly BanterI think "contiguous US" is more accurate here than "continental US", since for the March 30, 2033 eclipse, totality would be visible from parts of...11 replies | 563 view(s)
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2024-04-07, 04:11 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterThe 2011 Virginia earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, more powerful than the recent earthquake in New Jersey, but also much further away from...1298 replies | 53072 view(s)
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2024-04-06, 01:14 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly Banter2011 must be the August 23 Virginia earthquake that could be felt pretty far away. What earthquake were you thinking of from 2023?1298 replies | 53072 view(s)
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2024-04-05, 05:01 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterAftershock just now, maybe 8% of the first one.1298 replies | 53072 view(s)
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2024-04-05, 11:25 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Domino Quartz's Delightfully Quaint Random Banter Thread #248 in Friendly BanterAnybody else in range of this morning's northeast US earthquake?1298 replies | 53072 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 08:41 PMI guess that explains why Brightline, the company that operates passenger trains in Florida between Orlando and Miami, is starting construction on a...521 replies | 43398 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 04:22 PMI've seen five total solar eclipses, including flying out to Nebraska to see the 2017 one, so I'm not so sad that I have to miss this one. A deep...14 replies | 1117 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 02:10 PM"had"? Are you talking about Wall Drug? And are those signs no longer there? Free ice water a thing of the past? ------- ------- -------...521 replies | 43398 view(s)
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2024-04-01, 05:50 AMBut you have to read the fine print. The payout period is a trillion years. The lump sum payout is considerably reduced.5 replies | 400 view(s)
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2024-03-31, 09:58 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Darths & Droids VI: Thread title will appear here when received in WebcomicsThe peasant railgun rears its head in the author comments. Ignoring the conflicts between real-world physics and D&D rules, I'd think each peasant...716 replies | 95710 view(s)
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2024-03-29, 07:56 AMDavidSh replied to a thread Would Bloodfeast shrink again on leaving the anti-magic field? in The Order of the StickNow that the post about chocolate has been removed, I suppose you could read my post that way. I think some topics can actually support lengthy...38 replies | 5704 view(s)
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2024-03-28, 03:15 PMDavidSh replied to a thread Would Bloodfeast shrink again on leaving the anti-magic field? in The Order of the StickWould it be appropriate to lock a thread that speculates about something that has since come to pass? Otherwise, we might get non-sequiturs about...38 replies | 5704 view(s)
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