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  1. tango

    Do you eat at buffets? Which kinds?

    I don't know that I'd say they were always terrible in quality but the simple economic reality is that if the people who weigh 400lb+ and more are allowed to eat as much as they can for $12.99 you know there are going to be corners cut somewhere. It reminds me of the story (allegedly true, but...
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    Most technically advanced object at home?

    My time travel chamber. It dates from the late 2300s.
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    Do you eat at buffets? Which kinds?

    I haven't eaten at a buffet for a long time. There was one near me that I liked but it closed down, allegedly over health violations but it always seemed clean when I was there. There's a Chinese place near me that does a buffet but there's only so much appeal to the same dishes again and...
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    Your political views

    Certainly some anarchists want no government at all but realistically speaking having no government at all simply leads to the tyranny of whoever has the biggest stick who effectively becomes the government because they can. At absolute government there's tyranny, at at zero government there's...
  5. tango

    When do you send out Christmas cards?

    Some time before Christmas, it depends where they are going and how many of them there are. Anything hand delivered, or delivered to mailboxes at church, goes out a couple of weeks beforehand. Add a week for anything going by domestic mail and add another 1-3 weeks for anything going in...
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    Your political views

    In my younger years I was much further to the right. The most recent assessment I took labelled me a "libertarian anarchist". It was very clear that an anarchist isn't someone who necessarily seeks to bring down governments, just someone who wants less government. A key measure of both aspects...
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    Is now obsolete

    Speaking of obsolete, I managed to get my old PlayStation 2 working. I wasn't sure if I had all the parts but I did, and it comes with a handy RCA output that can connect to my TV. I never had a huge selection of games for it and it's been so long since I last played it that all the souped-up...
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    What's the best car you've ever rented?

    Never really splurged on anything truly silly. I did get an upgrade from a "regular SUV" class and ended up with a Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer edition for two weeks. That was nice, it was like driving a sofa and seemed to have a huge amount of power. I have sometimes considered renting something...
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    Is now obsolete

    VCRs, TVs that were as deep as they were wide. As Strav said a few things are obsolete in the sense that very few people use them but are still out there, even if considered "retro". I had a Sony Walkman that played cassettes, then later on had another Sony that played digitised music from a...
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    Which denomination best resembles the Church of the 1st Century?

    Honestly, if you saw that in my post I think it says more about you than about me.
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    Racism

    Accusations of racism often appear to be little more than a convenient way to shut down discussion, as if nothing else they tend to shift people onto the defensive trying to show they aren't actually racist. It does remind me of a demonstration in (I think) Virginia in support of the 2nd...
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    Racism

    I remember in my pre-teen years the area I lived was overwhelmingly white. In my school of around 700 kids there were two kids who were not white. One was mixed race but visibly black, the other was ethnically from the Indian subcontinent. The black kid got called a golliwog because he had...
  13. tango

    At what distance

    So many variables it's impossible to answer. If it's stupidly hot or cold I'll drive much shorter distances. A lot also depends on whether I'm carrying anything, what walking conditions are like, whether I have time constraints and the like. I walk/run/hike a lot for pleasure and exercise but...
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    Question about scientists

    This also reminds me of the way some information can be presented in a way that looks sensational but actually isn't when you take the time to read the underlying figures. If you see a report that says eating bacon doubles your risk of dying of heart disease it sounds bad. When you see that the...
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    Question about scientists

    I guess if you're not the one running the research you've got less pressure. You'd just hope that the people who are qualified to do the research could spend as much time as possible on researching their subject matter and as little time as possible chasing funding. Of course there might be...
  16. tango

    What are the pros and cons

    Doesn't the same apply to tiles? Personally I like the wood floors in my house. The bedroom I renovated had nasty faded gray wood but when I ran a sander over it I uncovered a beautiful golden colored wood. Adding flooring lacquer to it resulted in a very rich golden color that I really like...
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    Question about scientists

    I know a couple of people who are research scientists and the pressure they have to constantly come up with grant money is remarkable. You'd have thought people doing cutting edge scientific research would have at least some job security and could spend their time doing what they do best but...
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    Disappeared after the pandemic

    Of course. Republicans and their reckless economic policies cause recessions. Democrats and their well-considered economic policies cause a period of economic retraction that is most definitely not a recession. Words mean things to Democrats. Just not the things you might expect them to mean.
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    Disappeared after the pandemic

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    Disappeared after the pandemic

    Not all the economists say that. Some of them are paid by the White House....
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