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  1. HudsonHawk

    How would you earn a living?

    Eh...what about flying? Should someone understand aerodynamic lift before being allowed to purchase a ticket? That's the beauty of technology, one need not know *how* it works to enjoy the benefits of it. Lots of people don't understand the mechanics of an elevator, or how a light bulb or a...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Zupcic is older than I am. He's ancient.
  3. HudsonHawk

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    There are only three active players from the 1990s...Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, and Bartolo Colon.
  4. HudsonHawk

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    We had a little black and white on a wire stand that sometimes worked. We got a console TV when I was in the 7th grade, and it was color. Awesome. We only got four channels, but it was awesome. And *I* was the remote. But the first remotes I remember from friends and relatives was wired to...
  5. HudsonHawk

    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    One shouldn't underestimate his/her need for cupcakes.
  7. HudsonHawk

    The wonderful foods of the Golden Era

    It depended on the size and location of the town. Some small towns had all of those things, but ones I remembered did not. What they did have was a catalogue store, where you could go and order just about anything. It'd arrive in a couple of days or weeks, depending. I saw these all the up until...
  8. HudsonHawk

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Roulette is another game that falls into that category. There is no skill or strategy, though the game relies on peoples' false belief that there is. But that's also why it's my favorite game in a casino. You can sit there a long time and bleed 25 cents for every dollar you bet, meanwhile...
  9. HudsonHawk

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Yes n Tampa, the game was "bolita", a game based on drawing numbered balls. And yes, it was popular around the barber shops in the Cuban/Latin community. But what I remembered best from the barber shop was the old guys drinking coffee, playing dominos and arguing about baseball. In Spanish, of...
  10. HudsonHawk

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    My barber shop is still like that. In fact, apparently the young hipsters have discovered this phenomenon and there are "upscale" barber shops or "men's salons" popping up all over the place, where you can not only get that detailed haircut and razor trim, but served a glass of scotch and wait...
  11. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Chrysotile is what's classified as "serpentine" asbestos. It was used in about 95% of the applications around the world. And it's not that it's not hazardous, it's that some studies suggest it takes a longer exposure period. Other studies contradict that and say that chrysotile can be just as...
  13. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    If you can get a licensed engineering/environmental consulting firm to do anything for less than $1,000, you're getting a bargain. I'm guessing they specialize in that sort of thing and have a set fee for this type of residential inspection where they can make a few bucks in volume. But for...
  14. HudsonHawk

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Longtime baseball man Dallas Green died yesterday at age 82. Green was a true baseball "lifer", spending 62 years in the game as a player, manager and front office executive. He managed the 1980 Phillies to the World Series title, and was the driving force behind getting lights installed at...
  15. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    In general, higher pH reduces the solubility of lead, but higher pH can also accelerate the leaching of lead from brass and lead-tin solder. So depending on what type of lead you have in your pipe, having high alkalinity may or may not exacerbate lead problems. In this case, having an actual...
  16. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Absolutely. Exposure to highway lead has historically been much more of an environmental and human health issue, one we've discussed around here on previous occasions.
  17. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Hey...wait a minute now... And I'm not suggesting that lead paint is some sort of pariah. But it does come with certain risk. I see no reason to not try to reasonably mitigate that risk.
  19. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    No. That's my point. I think that falls squarely into the common sense category. For me that's a reasonably easy distinction to make.
  20. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I'm not suggesting that Model T drivers are any worse. They are probably far better and more attentive drivers than most. But that doesn't change the fact that driving in modern traffic is inherently dangerous and passengers in any vehicle can be affected, irrespective of fault. As my father...
  21. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The slippery slope is another argument that cuts no ice with me on things like seat belts or food sanitation regulation. I firmly believe in common sense and that it's really not that difficult to apply it in most cases.
  22. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    If one cannot properly restrain their children, one finds an alternative mode of transportation. Much like the "well I survived lead paint just fine" argument, the "well my grandpappy did such and such back in the day" is also common. I realize that some peoples' grandfather quit school at...
  23. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    If the kids are not properly restrained, they should be. Driving an old car is not an excuse to willfully endanger a child's life.

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