Recent content by Sparker

When people use credit cards for online shopping, ID is not required. Just the credit card is enough. But now governments around the world want age verification just to see some sites, while still ignoring ID for transactions.

Jerky, eggs, apples, and maybe some other fruits and fish. Youtube has vids of how to preserve eggs in ashes and other DIY stuff. I would dehydrate the apples. I have seen prepper food loaded with preservatives described as sitting in the guts like brick mortar.

Cats really do control the world. What we perceive as small feline bodies are physical manifestations of interdimensional beings. The being on my lap said they have chosen Lauren Boebert as the next Speaker, but with the condition that Lauren wears a Catwoman costume at work.

Paint It Black is better as an instrumental song, without Mick Jagger's singing. That might be true of all Stones songs. I don't know if they ever had a second hit song.

I don't see how I could support a nation. That's a mile above my pay grade.

Fetterman could be playing a long game of holding a position that more Democrats will find later. Seniority there could have value.

More airlines will probably shut down. Surviving airlines will probably reduce service. Bankruptcies will be final for most corporations as creditors and investors become more cautious. But people who want to live in airplane home conversions can probably get some deals now.

Adultery is a personal issue between spouses and affair partners. If he made a career of blathering about family values and fidelity, then he may have some to crow eat now. If he has committed sexual harassment, then I would see cause for removing him from office, but I would still want to see...

That happens at crowded airports with roads and buildings in the approach angle.

I watched complete games of rugby sevens when that was a new Olympic event. Watching a complete game of a longer form with more players would be a time commitment. That might be too much commitment for American TV networks. The longer games may still be less boring than American football, but...

On older full size vans the sliding doors break. They are less durable than hinge doors. On a minivan, that's a moot point if the whole minivan is a cheap POS that won't become old. FWD in a cargo vehicle is trouble I don't want. But now most of the SUVs are also FWD, and that's only the start...

Farmers have big families, where kids are farm workers. Urbanites and suburbanites see kids as expenses. Dual income families have childcare expenses. They may decide to never have kids because they don't expect to ever have careers that can support kids. That can be a smart individual decision...

China has enough of its own problems. It is losing the ability to pay for global influence.

Plus the gaming computer and maybe also some gaming furniture. How much did you spend on your rig?

It has momentum and funding. A civil rights struggle lasted decades. Charitable organizations were created for the struggle. Those don't just disappear when the struggle is done. They'll continue for a while until the money is gone.