This made my damn day. 

Actually, I can’t seem to help myself. Statistics are means of measurement and comparison. No different than any other system of measuring. They measure a quality of an object, or event, or occurrence(s), or system etc.

Here’s the thing - you do not seem to have a grasp about what you are discussing, and are digressing between a variety of your own personal opinions. When you switched the subject to an attack of statistics as a concept, your train of through derailed into nonsensical. I’ll address that in a moment, because ultimately…

How does it compare to the Rave apple?

Good to know, I’ve been put off by the claim they taste like honey-crisp (aka a generally boring and so-so texture).

Who is the author there? (The Mayo staff, linked at the end of the article and found here: https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-this-site/welcome)

Please don’t vaguely appeal to authority to prove your claim implied via your sarcasm that any conclusion that MSG causes migraines is anecdotal. Publish? Like in medical journal? Or publish, like to a web page? There is a difference, and a direct cite would resolve your appeal.

Unfortunately, the sole fact (I say sole because your statement is about you) that you have migraines, or sometimes have them, after eating MSG is the very definition of anecdotal. There’s no control, there’s no blindness (double or otherwise), and there is no reproducibility (in an experimental setting). We have a…

The headache thing is, at best, anecdotal. 

I can neither hear nor read the words “cop car” without hearing Kevin Bacon shouting it:

I can’t believe I stopped coming here long enough to miss this until today. 

I read this, and the first thought I had is that you are being too hard on yourself.

Oh man the real deal! Sucks about the deer, but it makes for a hell of a story!

Oh man the real deal! Sucks about the deer, but it makes for a hell of a story!

Re the vacuums: true, perhaps in terms of tank like accessories, but I’ve been rocking very basic Miele for over a decade. Sure the bags are more expensive, but it does a hell of a lot better job than what I had as a kid. The unit and hose durability has been - the accessories are so-so. It hasn’t worn as well as the…

Re the vacuums: true, perhaps in terms of tank like accessories, but I’ve been rocking very basic Miele for over a…

Growing up - in a large city no less - we always got a real tree. Some years we were vigilant about watering, and other years we were not so vigilant. We usually placed a sheet or something around the tree, but even so I recall some years where the needles accumulated so heavily they formed an interlocking layer. Each…

Growing up - in a large city no less - we always got a real tree. Some years we were vigilant about watering, and…

When the average age is boomer, everything younger is a millennial aka a child. 

Yeah, I think I got taken off of everything again. 

Did they hire Film Crit Hulk to update the A E S T H E T I C ?

Yeah, there is definitely this weird space at 2/3 where they are able to mostly use the older kids’ equipment, but run a high risk of injury - this goes double if your child has little fear. Going to the playground, especially when crowded, is a real test of what little remains of my youth.