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Forum: Off Topic 01-29-2023, 03:58 PM
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Posted By Danth
Not a Taft fan, eh?

Not a Taft fan, eh?
Forum: Off Topic 01-24-2023, 03:15 PM
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Posted By Danth
Our democrats would be considered a centrist to...

Our democrats would be considered a centrist to conservative political party in much of the rest of the world.




Funny thing is, outside economic policy, communist nations tend to veer heavily...
Forum: Off Topic 12-26-2022, 03:51 PM
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Posted By Danth
If the democrats are confident of winning I...

If the democrats are confident of winning I should think them eager to see DeSantis resign & run for higher office. If he loses he is then out of the picture entirely and yesterday's news by the...
Forum: Off Topic 12-23-2022, 02:15 PM
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Posted By Danth
No, but Fox was by and large responsible for...

No, but Fox was by and large responsible for getting the "news as entertainment" ball rolling during the 90's and it fought tooth and nail to keep being able to push bald-faced lies as news. I will...
Forum: Off Topic 12-23-2022, 01:02 PM
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Posted By Danth
The internet has given that type of extremist...

The internet has given that type of extremist sentiment outsize influence. You or I can be reasonable--and boring--and it gets us ignored due to the sheer quantity of discussion out there nowdays. ...
Forum: Off Topic 12-22-2022, 01:32 PM
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Posted By Danth
The current government is no longer capable of...

The current government is no longer capable of effective self-regulation or oversight. It's too thoroughly corrupt. Saying it'd be nice to have amounts to a well-intentioned but ultimately empty...
Forum: Off Topic 12-19-2022, 12:23 PM
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Posted By Danth
Glad to be a teetotaler.

Glad to be a teetotaler.
Forum: Off Topic 12-17-2022, 02:06 PM
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Posted By Danth
Which brings us to problems on the other side of...

Which brings us to problems on the other side of it: A lot of smaller- and medium-size operations don't *want* to mechanize because the equipment manufacturers are increasingly hostile to deal with....
Forum: Off Topic 12-17-2022, 01:33 PM
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Posted By Danth
Given the republicans general contempt for the...

Given the republicans general contempt for the working class you know damnned well what would happen--nothing. They'd fill their own pockets while blaming the other side and the...
Forum: Off Topic 12-17-2022, 01:16 PM
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Posted By Danth
Realistically? Beyond a correction in the wage...

Realistically? Beyond a correction in the wage rates for agricultural labor you'd see some shift in the relative proportions of crops being grown. Some require a lot more manhours than others. ...
Forum: Off Topic 12-14-2022, 07:21 PM
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Posted By Danth
Me? Not me. You were the one who said "giant...

Me? Not me. You were the one who said "giant monsters" and brought up examples of huge creatures sizes' estimated from maybe a bone or two, which specifically references claims relating to a few...
Forum: Off Topic 12-14-2022, 06:47 PM
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Posted By Danth
Technically correct since fossils aren't bones,...

Technically correct since fossils aren't bones, strictly speaking, but that doesn't mean anything practical insofar as the discussion cares. It was a question of size because of your earlier comment...
Forum: Off Topic 12-14-2022, 06:04 PM
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Posted By Danth
So? That's not the question. How large an...

So? That's not the question. How large an animal can you accept? After all, plenty of ancient dinosaur species were medium or small even if the big ones generate the most public notice.
...
Forum: Off Topic 12-14-2022, 05:05 PM
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Posted By Danth
Out of curiousity, how big are you willing to...

Out of curiousity, how big are you willing to entertain? Keep in mind elephants can exceed seven tons or so and blue whales--truly monstrous creatures--readily exceed a hundred tons. Within...
Forum: Off Topic 12-14-2022, 04:28 PM
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Posted By Danth
Go back farther, to something like the Permian,...

Go back farther, to something like the Permian, and you get dragonfly-like insects that were feet across instead of inches. Whether you're talking about bugs or dinos, smaller species existed as...
Forum: Off Topic 11-02-2022, 01:27 PM
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Posted By Danth
For the most part, that is correct, and it's an...

For the most part, that is correct, and it's an ugly truth most americans don't want to face. Americans don't like bad news; usually they'd rather ignore it than face it. So they instead cling to...
Forum: Off Topic 10-21-2022, 08:16 PM
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Posted By Danth
There isn't going to be a convenient individual...

There isn't going to be a convenient individual figure and you know it. However, it's also well-understood that excessive concentration of wealth does very bad things to a nation's economy. The...
Forum: Off Topic 10-11-2022, 02:18 PM
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Posted By Danth
Hey Blake, good to catch you. I had been...

Hey Blake, good to catch you. I had been thinking about what we were talking about, particularly your comments about how you expect electrics will result in a loss of popular interest in autos. We...
Forum: Off Topic 10-10-2022, 06:30 PM
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Posted By Danth
Kind of a wash, I regard standards as having got...

Kind of a wash, I regard standards as having got "good enough" no later than 1997-1998. Since then it's been a lot of tail-chasing and diminishing returns, and the consequent destruction of interior...
Forum: Off Topic 10-10-2022, 05:06 PM
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Posted By Danth
I agree. You can make an electric sports car...

I agree. You can make an electric sports car easy enough. When all that matters is lap times electrics should do well, hence my comment earlier. Lot of modern sports cars already look and sound...
Forum: Off Topic 10-10-2022, 03:36 PM
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Posted By Danth
Was going to edit it out since I don't think...

Was going to edit it out since I don't think that's what the one in your video had--doesn't sound like I recall, at least, but now I think I'll just find a couple on Youtube and enjoy.

up 'till a...
Forum: Off Topic 10-10-2022, 03:33 PM
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Posted By Danth
The Peterbilt did, yeah. Think it was designed...

The Peterbilt did, yeah. Think it was designed to be driven by an octopus.
Forum: Off Topic 10-10-2022, 03:11 PM
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Posted By Danth
He doesn't even have luxury. The interior of...

He doesn't even have luxury. The interior of today's $100K Mercedes looks like it could've been ripped out of a mid 90's Honda Accord. It's a race to the bottom, the lowest common denominator of...
Forum: Off Topic 10-10-2022, 02:56 PM
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Posted By Danth
Drag is almost moot, NHRA already put a bullet...

Drag is almost moot, NHRA already put a bullet through its own head when it went to nancy 1000 foot distances and anti-blow-over protection bars. Likewise NASCAR is doing a great job of killing...
Forum: Off Topic 10-10-2022, 02:45 PM
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Posted By Danth
Driving a Ford F600 flatbed and some sort of old...

Driving a Ford F600 flatbed and some sort of old Peterbilt cured me of any desire to ever shift gears the old-fashioned way unless I have no choice. Hated every second of driving those heaps.

As...
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