From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Wed, 17 Apr 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > On 2024-04-17, D  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> 63.   
   >>   
   >> Wow... younger than I thought! I'm only 2 decades behind   
   >> you. ;)   
   >   
   > Hey, if 20 years is good enough for my dad and the most   
   > annoying woman my siblings and I have ever met, it's good   
   > enough for a couple vim-addicted script-aholics!   
      
   Thank you for your trust and your vote! ;)   
      
   >> Which is funny to me in that 36 had special meaning to   
   >> myself and those in my high school posse. Long story   
   >> short, one of the guy's mom's worked a cash register in a   
   >> "department store", and the most popular girl in our class   
   >> bought a bra from her one day, and that mom let us in on   
   >> the fact that the girl wore a 36" bra.   
   >   
   >> 36?!?! And here I've made a fuss about 23 and 42 all my   
   >> life! ;)   
   >   
   > Is there a metric system funny in there? I divided 2.54   
   > into each of those numbers, and still felt unenlightened.   
      
   Oh, I'm hesitating if you'll be able to take the truth without falling   
   down the rabbit hole or not, but here you go:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Gu   
   de_to_the_Galaxy#The_Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life,_th   
   _Universe,_and_Everything_is_42   
      
   and   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma .   
      
   >>> A couple of us actually preferred another girl in our   
   >>> class, though, whom we sacrilegiously dubbed "37". But it   
   >>> was a contentious topic, let me tell ya....   
   >>   
   >> 37??? That's death defying and close to impossible, isn't   
   >> it? ;)   
   >   
   > Well, not for us. 36 was a dimension that became a   
   > nickname, but 37 was purely "she's overall more desirable   
   > than 36" nickname.   
   >   
   >>> Were I to venture a guess, I'd go with... hmmm, maybe I   
   >>> need to give the more thought. Because I'm kind of roping   
   >>> simpletons in, and that truly isn't fair, because I can   
   >>> respect simpletons with good hearts.   
   >>   
   >> True. The meek shall inherit the earth! Isn't that what   
   >> the book says?   
   >   
   > Huh, I'd forgotten about that one. Of course, according   
   > to some it's not going to be much of an inheritance by   
   > the time we're done with it.   
      
   Well, hope springs eternal, doesn't it? ;)   
      
   >> My feeling about canada is that it is basically a big   
   >> sweden, or that sweden is a small canada. I always had a   
   >> good time when ever I met canadians through work and if   
   >> possible, we'd go to a bar together and watch ice hockey.   
   >   
   > I've not met enough Swedes to say.   
      
   There's still time!   
      
   >> That reminds me... once I met a canadian named Thomas,   
   >> and he was a really nice guy and his goal in life was to   
   >> be able to make a living talking. I often wonder if he   
   >> realized his dream by becoming a sales man or a teacher.   
   >   
   > Let's not forget assh... I mean politician! :-)   
      
   True! =)   
      
   >> _That_ reminds me of the last time I travelled to Riga,   
   >> latvia... in the morning I shared the elevator with a   
   >> nice guy in his 60s or 70s and he started talking in a   
   >> very cheerful way... of course he was... canadian!  ;)   
   >   
   > It's not utterly true, but I'm cheerful from the time I   
   > awaken until the first time in the day I have to interact   
   > with another human being in person. And that's even if I   
   > like/love them. It's just so damned much work in person,   
   > never mind that these days there are lot more landmine   
   > topics than there used to be. I find it very difficult to   
   > not be able to even joke about some things anymore without   
   > someone going bat shit crazy.   
      
   You bet! Some times as a consultant, I just get sick and tired of it   
   all. After 3 years at a very woke place, that decided to tear down 3   
   years of work for nothing, I couldn't contain myself any longer.   
      
   They decided that the most important factor in who to hire was gender,   
   and that that was more important than skill.   
      
   So I faked an outburst and said "what about the moslems and the homos?!   
   Either we're diverse, all the way, or we can just as well skip it. Only   
   horny old men (the founders of the company and CEO/COO) only speak about   
   hiring women and nothing else.".   
      
   Then there was total silence, then the woke-officer said "well he does   
   have a point" and in the end the matter was dropped.   
      
   During one meeting the CEO decided that all employees should become   
   vegan to send a message to the market. I knew that the other founder was   
   a hunter, so was able to say that we might risk alienating meat-eating   
   customers and hunters, and this created an argument between the two   
   founders, so it never came to pass.   
      
   But when they tore down my work after 3 years, I had enough and said   
   good bye. =) And that gave me immense peace of mind since I did not have   
   to save them from themselves any longer. ;)   
      
   > That happened about a month ago. One of my wife's cousins   
   > were visiting with her husband. And we mostly had a great   
   > time. And her husband is a lot like me: likes to explore   
   > topics, find mine them for as much humor as we can, shrug   
   > and go "oh well" when hard-disagreeing.   
      
   Sounds like a good start, but something tells me there's more...   
      
   > But after some semi-serious drinking for people our age   
   > (I think they're at least half a decade older, actually)   
   > the cousin completely fell apart on the Trump/Biden topic,   
   > basically screaming at me for a while. It was the most   
   > convincing argument for the existence of "Trump Derangement   
   > Syndrome" I've ever experienced in person.   
      
   Well, as you surely know, the only solution is to scream twice as much   
   and twice as loud. That's the only way to settle things peacefully and   
   rationally. ;)   
      
   > We were fine the next day. But "" that dear   
   > Jennifer's reality is barely precariously balanced on   
   > everything the left-leaning media has spoon fed her,   
   > and literally falls apart when confronted with thoughts   
   > contrary to any of that.   
      
   If it were not for the fact that she is your wifes cousin I would   
   imagine that it would be delightful to tease the person to see how often   
   and how quickly you can take her from silent mode to screaming! ;)   
      
   > I mean, to me the current political cesspool in the United   
   > States is quite simple:   
   >   
   > 1) Trump is an asshole, but so are most others - and me   
   >   too from time to time - so.... SO?   
      
   Noooo.... Trump is the immortal leader of the white race!   
      
   Jokes aside, I think most billionaires and people who play in that   
   arena, regardless of ideology are assholes. You don't reach those levels   
   and arenas by being a saint. It might happen, but not very often I   
   suspect.   
      
   > 2) Biden is senile, which to me implies incapable of doing   
   >   not only The Job, but quite possibly *any* job - at least   
   >   not in a way that doesn't scare me.   
      
   True.   
      
   > 3) The fundamentalists of both the left and right are some   
   >   dangerous mix of not very bright, and automaton-ically   
   >   mentally ill.   
      
   Except for the good old boys, happy campers and cowboys. Those are all   
   right! ;)   
      
      
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