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Do you at least have some photos of nice old cars for our delectation?

Nice of you to give us a mention, thanks. I think we normally get overlooked, it's all about Mother's Day normally! My son is away at Cubs camp this weekend, but I know he's got me a card for when he comes back. Children's attempts to keep secrets can be so amusing.

Wordle 1,457 3/6 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Those little buggers again, they've been running around on another thread.

Sheila’s dishwasher stopped working so she called a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, “I’ll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I’ll mail you a cheque”. “Oh, by the way don’t worry about my bulldog Spike. He won’t bother you. But, whatever you do, do NOT, under ANY circumstances, talk to my parrot! I REPEAT, DO NOT TALK TO MY PARROT!” When the repairman arrived at Karen’s apartment the following day, he discovered the biggest, meanest looking bulldog he has ever seen. But, just as she had said, the dog just lay there on the carpet watching the repairman go about his work. The parrot, however, drove him nuts the whole time with his incessant yelling, cursing and name calling. Finally the repairman couldn’t contain himself any longer and yelled, “Shut up, you stupid, ugly bird!” To which the parrot replied, “Get him, Spike!”

Exactly, you've got the idea.

Do you know what pose means? In the context of a question.

Yes. If your dog was going for my child's throat then I'd do whatever I possibly could to stop it. Wouldn't you in the same situation? Nothing is black and white, everything is conditional.

Now now. You know you're not allowed to pose tricky questions!

Yes, I found the 30 plants thing surprisingly easy to achieve, even per day, if I put a little effort in. I'm convinced they're right about the benefits of doing it as well. It's all about the microbiome! They're aimed more at normal people rather than athletes, hence them not endorsing high protein intake. There's an awful lot of stuff on the shelves at the moment labelled as "high protein" in this country. Destined to be consumed by decidedly 'unathletic" people. It's ridiculous, just a fashion or marketing BS.

Guns versus bricks/rocks sounds like Gaza. I know Israel and the US are best buddies, but do they really want to go down that route?

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They look almost like giant Shaggy Ink Caps.

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You're right, she looks like one classy, classy bird!

BIngenious!

The Zoe podcasts are worth listening to if you've not tried already. Lots of good nutritional science.

Has anyone noticed if he has bladder problems as well?

Bullshit. Bullshit.

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Why? I fail to understand how anyone could find it amusing to keep asking the same futile question multiple times every day. You know he isn't going to answer. He doesn't have to. I don't believe you do actually find it amusing. That BS. You're in denial, there's clearly something else going on in your head. It needs to stop though Dave, it's just dragging the whole community down. If it's nothing exciting, no major spat, then even more reason to move on. Even you must be starting to realise that you're actually the butt of the joke here. If you set yourself up as the site lunatic, you got to expect some mockery. Let's just go back to talking POTUS.

Why?

On that last point. The future does indeed look bleak. This was on yesterday, a bit towards the end grabbed my attention. AI has recently entered a race between Chinese Open Source and Western, (largely US based) Closed Source versions. Whoever the analyst was, he predicted that the former would win, but neither was a positive outlook. Paraphrasing but it was something like: The China model reinforces the right of the state to be repressive and authoritarian, whilst the US model allows society to continue to be dominated by corporations in a race to the bottom, (and you can say what you like on generative AI, but the real world outside your screen is getting worse). BLEAK! From about 25 minutes in;- The Artificial Human - Is China getting AI right? - BBC Sounds WWW.BBC.CO.UK Aleks and Kevin ask whose AI development ideology will win: China or the US?