In other news (apolitical thread)...

[utee94]

You two non believing heathens this is proof of GOD's existence - who loves us and wants us to be happy - it's scriptural

Yup, pretty sure that was Luke 5:16.

Or maybe Aristotle.

[betarhoalphadelta]

I thought it was Mark Twain. 

[utee94]

Didn't he say the coldest winter he ever spent, was summer in Norman, Oklahoma?

[betarhoalphadelta]

Didn't he say the coldest winter he ever spent, was summer in Norman, Oklahoma?

I doubt it. Why would anyone, ever, go to Norman, OK?

[MikeDeTiger]

On Friday I achieved maybe my greatest working/professional accomplishment ever. 

....and I can't ever put it on my resume or tell anybody about it. 

Sounds shady, doesn't it?  

[847badgerfan]

Yes.

[Gigem]

On Friday I achieved maybe my greatest working/professional accomplishment ever. 

....and I can't ever put it on my resume or tell anybody about it. 

Sounds shady, doesn't it? 

The ole cliffhanger huh ? 

[FearlessF]

in other news............

pulled the toy out of storage yesterday afternoon and drove to my favorite steakhouse

[MrNubbz]

Damn for a poor old dirt farmer you seem to be navigating the tricky waters of retirement alright

[utee94]

In other news... there was a huge explosion at a house in NW Austin yesterday morning, between 11 and 12.  They're still investigating the cause but the speculation is, some kind of propane leak (no natural gas in that neighborhood but the house had its own propane supply).  The house had been recently sold, but the new owners hadn't yet moved in.  They think there were some workers in the house.

6 injured, nobody dead, but the house was completely leveled.  What used to be a 2-story house, nothing but splinters.  The explosion damaged over 20 houses surrounding it.

I bring it up, because one of my very close friends, lives 4 doors down from it.  He and his family were in their house when it happened (no injuries thank goodness) and the shockwave blew in every single external door, just tore them off their doorframes.  It also blew out almost all of the windows and the garage door.  And it shattered a bunch of glass picture frames and stuff inside the house.

I live about 8 miles away and I heard it clearly from inside my house, it sounded like a loud clap of thunder.  I can't even imagine how loud it had to have been at ground zero.  Some people as far away as Georgetown, 20 miles away, heard it.

https://www.statesman.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/04/13/home-explosion-rattles-northwest-austin-see-photos-from-the-scene/83073681007/

[MikeDeTiger]

That's amazing if there were workers in the house and nobody died. 

[Cincydawg]

That is equivalent to an FAE bomb in effect, a fuel air explosive.  If the ratios are near ideal it really generates a huge amount of energy quickly.

[847badgerfan]

Jeez.

[GopherRock]

https://youtu.be/Lr15rPHEmeQ?si=VBoSSZb8hvzQHuzD