The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Main > The Internet

The Internet Web sites, web development, email, chat, bandwidth, the net and society

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-03-2020, 05:04 PM   #2776
Griff
still says videotape
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
Yep.

It would appear that Trump's and our luck has run out.
__________________
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Griff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2020, 11:21 PM   #2777
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Keep in mind it's Presidential scholars, not voters.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-05-2020, 02:57 PM   #2778
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DC
Posts: 13,575
Seems to me that 18 may be generous for Lincoln's luck. Hard to think of a way he was lucky.

Perhaps from the perspective of historians, his dramatic tenure and violent death made him "lucky" enough to leave a much larger mark on history than if he had just had to muddle through an uneventful Presidency.
__________________
_________________
|...............| We live in the nick of times.
| Len 17, Wid 3 |
|_______________| [pics]
Happy Monkey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-05-2020, 04:45 PM   #2779
Griff
still says videotape
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
Yeah, that was a miserable Presidency. Thanks Buchanan.
__________________
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Griff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-05-2020, 11:16 PM   #2780
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
For a hick from the sticks it took luck to get to Washington.
While the war was escalating he was lucky not to lose the capital and capitol.
From what I've read about Mary he was lucky to get shot.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-06-2020, 03:32 PM   #2781
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Gas tax
Attached Images
 
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-2020, 12:31 AM   #2782
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
This chart says as of 10 years ago 29.2 miles a year for each inhabitant of the US. I know a shitload of people who ride zero so somebody is out there riding a awful lot of miles.
Attached Images
 
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-2020, 06:35 AM   #2783
Griff
still says videotape
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
Road riding in the US is suicidal. It's too bad because places like the Finger Lakes are amazing to ride and sight see.
__________________
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Griff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-2020, 11:16 AM   #2784
BigV
Goon Squad Leader
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
Posts: 27,063
another thing to think about xoB is that once you're astride the bike, it's not that hard to ride a mile. and once you've gone a mile (or more) you're probably gonna want to get back, so there's two right there, eh? of course you know how to ride a bike, how could you forget, right? I'm just sayin, like here, in my area, I don't have easy access to the trails like our resident gearhead above. I *have to* ride on the road if I want to travel on the bike at all unless I go to the hassle of installing the bike rack, loading them up, and traveling to a trail. Even then, I prefer pavement because of the limits of my equipment.
__________________
Be Just and Fear Not.
BigV is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-12-2020, 01:07 PM   #2785
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
What do you take me for a slut, I'm not pedaling my ass around town.
Jeeves, bring the Snit around, I'm off.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-13-2020, 02:29 PM   #2786
Diaphone Jim
Junior Master Dwellar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northern California
Posts: 2,122
Part miles, part km.
No China.
Take a lot of math to make it understandable.
Diaphone Jim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-14-2020, 12:16 AM   #2787
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
No, the chart is all in kilometres, I added a conversion (in another color) for the US distance because that's what we use. It doesn't change the chart, I was addressing the distance (which I find hard to believe) purported to represent every inhabitant.

Why do we need China? First of all it would be impossible to get reasonably accurate numbers. Secondly, they don't have the motor vehicle traffic or roads that reflect the west. It would be apples and oranges.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-19-2020, 09:27 AM   #2788
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DC
Posts: 13,575
Steady decline of coronavirus cases in Georgia!


Wait; look at the dates.
Attached Images
 
__________________
_________________
|...............| We live in the nick of times.
| Len 17, Wid 3 |
|_______________| [pics]
Happy Monkey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-19-2020, 09:30 AM   #2789
tw
Read? I only know how to write.
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 11,933
Hitler also used similar misinformation techniques. Just saying. (Leaving extremists to maybe learn from history.)
tw is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-14-2020, 04:29 AM   #2790
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
First time I've seen the breakdown by age, in this cae PA, of not deaths or hospitalized, just positive cases. Of course lack of testing makes this and every tabulation questionable.
Attached Images
 
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 4 (0 members and 4 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:15 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.