Oh, d’oh! How did I miss that?? Thanks!

Oh, d’oh! How did I miss that?? Thanks!

Hey Shep, the KMASHI portable charger is on sale for $30.99, which is $19 off, not actually for sale for $19. Still a decent deal.

Hey Shep, the KMASHI portable charger is on sale for $30.99, which is $19 off, not actually for sale for $19. Still…

Well, both the U.S. and Russia have a variety of second-strike nuclear weapons that aren’t susceptible to a more accurate fuse, super or otherwise, so it doesn’t seem (to me) to change the fundamental calculus of deterrence. Both nations have SLBMs, which are virtually impossible to wipe out, and a single sub carries…

Yeah, I’m not sure. It was, as you said, a typical install, ~30 minutes total. Maybe “screwless” is a reference to the fact that the hot and neutral coper wires just slip into the holes on the rear (but then you tighten the screws to lock them in.. so... ). I never even noticed the “screwless” in the name. Anyway, it…

Yeah, I’m not sure. It was, as you said, a typical install, ~30 minutes total. Maybe “screwless” is a reference to…

I much prefer the USB outlet combo that you guys had on here a month or two ago:

I much prefer the USB outlet combo that you guys had on here a month or two ago:

Having spent a month hiking in Nepal, and also having lived in Thailand for almost 9 years (with many, many trips to Phuket), I can say with confidence that it’s much more expensive to live nicely in Phuket. Staying at a decent resort is going to be > $90 per night, with the really nice ones going for a lot more (I…

On behalf of the many, many bigoted and mean-spirited white Americans who voted for the orange orangutan, I apologize. It boggles my mind how gullible my fellow fair-complected fellow citizens are, to fall for such a pathetic con. And now a huge number of lower class workers of every color are going to see their…

I would rather NO work get done than solely ultra-conservative, Trump-agenda work. It is the attitude of, “well, somebody’s got to be reasonable” that led to Merrick Garland being blocked for 11 months, never to get a vote, while Democrats seem poised to give a fair consideration to Trump’s nominee. Being…

Yes! That was it, thank you! We earned feathers for the headdress, and I remember songs around a campfire. And we did an overnight canoe trip. I’ll have to read up on what Adventure Guides is like now. Were you a Y-Indian Princess?

Oops, responding on my phone, not sure what happened. I just meant that the LDS’s prominent role in funding the boy scouts explains why the BSA’s official policy is to not allow atheists or agnostics as scouts or leaders. Which is sad, although I’m glad they’re no longer prohibiting LGBT children.

Thanks! A quick search on “coed scouting programs” turned up Adventure Scouts, Camp Fire (formerly Camp Fire Girls, but now coed), Navigators, Spiral Scouts, and some other smaller groups. One of my sisters was a Camp Fire girl back in the 1970s, the others I hadn’t heard of.

What’s the Explorers? A quick search found Explorer Scouts in the UK, and some Explorers Club of NY (at explorers.org) which focuses on science. Are you talking about one of those?

I find this fascinating. I was in the cub scouts, Webelos, and then boy scouts in rural Maryland growing up, and never knew a Mormon till I joined the Army. I didn’t like my scout troop, though, so I quit not long before I had doubts about my then-religion (mainline Protestant). And the boy scouts officially don’t…

They overwhelmingly voted for Trump, who won Utah by a huge margin.

Funded by Mormons? Wow, that explains the ban on atheists and agnostics the .

While this is a big step forward, The Boy Scouts of America’s official position is that atheists and agnostics cannot participate as Scouts or adult Scout Leaders. Which means that my two young sons will be joining other organizations. Luckily, here in the Pacific Northwest, lots of options that don’t discriminate…

As if many capitalists, myself included, aren’t disgusted and alarmed at the actions of Trump. We are. And if you were a true capitalist, you’d be aghast at the idea of a 20% tariff on imports from one of our largest trading partners (which would be paid by American consumers, not Mexico), disgusted by throwing away…

Oops, wrong person, sorry!

I think the highlight was when one guy said they were filming in the snowy mountains and two of his coworkers got lost, and almost didn’t make and almost didn’t make it out! what a great corporate culture! What a great corporate culture! Haha ;-)

It’s like the front half of a car I like welded to the back 2/3rds of a Mazda CX-9 or something. Is it just me, or do the windows not all line up?