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Don Stockbauer
Nov 24, 2019, 5:11:18 PM11/24/19
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Here we go again.
Don Stockbauer
Nov 24, 2019, 5:11:58 PM11/24/19
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You do know that your conversational opponent has a win at any point by being lazy and doing nothing. It's the same as the game of Mornington Crescent; the first player to choose subway stop Mornington Crescent wins. So one may win on demand. All human interaction is a game or has the form of a game. So what's the best strategy? The only way to win is to not play.
Don Stockbauer
Nov 25, 2019, 10:40:17 AM11/25/19
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That should be "one may win at one's choice."
Don Stockbauer
Nov 26, 2019, 8:33:09 AM11/26/19
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Or maybe "one may win whenever they want to win ". Is that the case for most of life?
Don Stockbauer
Nov 27, 2019, 6:12:31 AM11/27/19
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Curiouser and curiouser......
Don Stockbauer
Nov 28, 2019, 9:43:01 AM11/28/19
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Remember this from some old song?
"Someone will set the spark off , and we will all be blown away."
"Someone will set the spark off , and we will all be blown away."
Don Stockbauer
Nov 28, 2019, 9:48:06 AM11/28/19
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The Merry Minuet
Song by The Kingston Trio
They're rioting in Africa
They're starving in Spain
There's hurricanes in Florida
And Texas needs rain
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls
The french hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles
Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch
And I don't like anybody very much!!
But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud
For man's been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud
And we know for certain that some lovely day
They're rioting in Africa
There's strife in Iran
What nature doesn't so to us
Will be done by our fellow man
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Sheldon Harnick / Sheldon M. Harnick
The Merry Minuet lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC
Song by The Kingston Trio
They're rioting in Africa
They're starving in Spain
There's hurricanes in Florida
And Texas needs rain
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls
The french hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles
Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch
And I don't like anybody very much!!
But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud
For man's been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud
And we know for certain that some lovely day
Someone will set the spark off
And we will all be blown away!!
They're rioting in Africa
There's strife in Iran
What nature doesn't so to us
Will be done by our fellow man
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Sheldon Harnick / Sheldon M. Harnick
The Merry Minuet lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC
Don Stockbauer
Nov 28, 2019, 9:17:19 PM11/28/19
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I remember my brothers playing that song.
so what do you do if you have no family in town and it's Thanksgiving?
Whataburger
so what do you do if you have no family in town and it's Thanksgiving?
Whataburger
Don Stockbauer
Nov 30, 2019, 12:23:28 AM11/30/19
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Actually your conversational opponent (or partner, if you will) doesn't have a win if they walk;
it's a lose-lose. Unless maybe if the relationship was abusive.
it's a lose-lose. Unless maybe if the relationship was abusive.
Don Stockbauer
Nov 30, 2019, 12:29:31 AM11/30/19
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Watching the movie "Untamed Heart"; very good:
Don Stockbauer
Nov 30, 2019, 8:47:14 AM11/30/19
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Donating platelets today.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 1, 2019, 12:57:16 AM12/1/19
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So tonight's movie is "great balls of fire , the Jerry Lee Lewis story" . I can only get four stations with my over the air antenna , one of them Hispanic. Have you ever had to listen to someone talk about their personal life and you think yourself "who cares?"
Don Stockbauer
Dec 1, 2019, 5:47:36 PM12/1/19
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So, science fiction has the concept of alternate reality . well , couldn't that just as well be called wishful thinking or daydreaming or an
LSD hallucinogenic induced state ? do you want to read stories where absolutely anything is possible? Where are you wake up in the morning and you have three heads?
LSD hallucinogenic induced state ? do you want to read stories where absolutely anything is possible? Where are you wake up in the morning and you have three heads?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 2, 2019, 9:43:16 AM12/2/19
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The weird thing about the global brain is that as it forms no one realizes it since we're all at a much lower level than it is
Don Stockbauer
Dec 3, 2019, 10:08:26 AM12/3/19
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It's easy to say crap, isn't it?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 3, 2019, 10:20:14 AM12/3/19
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There are a lot of mathematical trap door functions . it's easy to generate two large prime numbers and multiply them to obtain a composite but it's hard to take that result and factor it back into the two large prime numbers . But the thing is life is full of such examples . It's very hard to create a human relationship but it's very easy to destroy it. It's a lot easier to create plutonium and spread it throughout the environment than to clean it up.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 3, 2019, 11:06:31 AM12/3/19
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Life is an immensely complex game which we're all forced to play if we want to stay alive.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 3, 2019, 4:21:40 PM12/3/19
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I used to think that if the earth were flat you could travel to the edge and that would prove it because you would see all these fantastic edge affects inconsistent with a spherical earth . but then someone pointed out there's a simple way out of that ,assume the earth's surface is a flat plane extending to infinity . that doesn't help much with the fact that the earth's surface is curved as evidenced by ships sailing around the curve and spacecraft in orbit but it does get around the earth having an edge.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 4, 2019, 3:33:37 PM12/4/19
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effects
Don Stockbauer
Dec 5, 2019, 9:37:59 AM12/5/19
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You can't say it with words, you can't say it without words.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 5, 2019, 5:03:43 PM12/5/19
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Now that my divorce is final kinda been shopping around for a nice lady to go out with . had success with one last night , we drove out to the beach and I was trying to think of some song lyrics to sing her , to put her at ease and everything so I thought of these lyrics from the song "We've got to get out of this place " by the Animals:
"Now my girl, you're so young and pretty.
And one thing I know is true.
You'll be dead before your time is due, I know"
Don Stockbauer
Dec 6, 2019, 10:06:11 AM12/6/19
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With so many possible statements able to be printed here how can any one of them make any difference?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 7, 2019, 12:33:17 AM12/7/19
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It's discouraging when you lose an observation due to not being able to find necessary equipment.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 7, 2019, 8:47:08 AM12/7/19
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Is talking to yourself a sign of old age?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 8, 2019, 12:35:25 AM12/8/19
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Will the Internet eventually be nothing but one huge scam?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 8, 2019, 10:09:07 AM12/8/19
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When I was in school I was told that humans are basically good with a tendency toward evil. What I've found is that people are game players.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 8, 2019, 10:10:06 AM12/8/19
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The games may be deadly serious, but they're still games.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 8, 2019, 11:38:15 PM12/8/19
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And then I called up the captain,
I said "Please bring me my wine."
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
What happened in 1969? Was it some kind of landing?
I said "Please bring me my wine."
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
What happened in 1969? Was it some kind of landing?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 9, 2019, 11:36:03 PM12/9/19
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A very merry Christmas,
and a happy New Year.
Let's hope it's a good one,
without any fear.
and a happy New Year.
Let's hope it's a good one,
without any fear.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 10, 2019, 8:48:29 AM12/10/19
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If someone determinedly decides to throw you away forever there is nothing you can do on the face of the Earth
to get them back. You could have a rare blood type and only you could save their life and they will still reject you.
to get them back. You could have a rare blood type and only you could save their life and they will still reject you.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 11, 2019, 10:48:00 PM12/11/19
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Maybe "determinedly" can be deleted . is that even a word?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 12, 2019, 8:15:57 AM12/12/19
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Relationships proceed from being friendly to arguing to one or other of the persons never speaking to the other again.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 12, 2019, 10:04:50 PM12/12/19
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If at first you don't succeed, give up. Don't make a durn fool out of yourself.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 13, 2019, 9:25:58 AM12/13/19
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Your life is a lot easier if you get into the habit of not answering people rather than answering them.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 14, 2019, 10:13:03 AM12/14/19
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Aren't there a lot of things we could do, but we don't?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 14, 2019, 2:57:37 PM12/14/19
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Aren't there a lot of statements that are self-evident? Like this one?(self-reference).
Don Stockbauer
Dec 14, 2019, 3:00:17 PM12/14/19
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Maybe that should be "Like that one"?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 14, 2019, 4:13:40 PM12/14/19
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I was thinking of a plan,
to dye my whiskers green.
then always use so large a fan,
that they might not be seen.
applies to the ether , right?
to dye my whiskers green.
then always use so large a fan,
that they might not be seen.
applies to the ether , right?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 14, 2019, 11:15:07 PM12/14/19
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aether??????
Don Stockbauer
Dec 14, 2019, 11:18:39 PM12/14/19
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Couldn't NASA have found a better word than "abort" for discontinuing a process. I mean , God , there are women out there that are reminded of a very bad experience from that word . Why not "cancel" or "discontinue"?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 15, 2019, 8:18:07 PM12/15/19
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Ramanujan was known for his intuition theorems ; basically they came to him by intuition , they were usually right but sometimes not. So you wonder are there people out there that have intuitions about the rest of the universe besides mathematics and that they're mostly right but occasionally wrong . would you want to trust what such a person says?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 15, 2019, 11:59:45 PM12/15/19
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Gus Richter used to tell me that once a person gets a television set they don't get any useful work done anymore. I think that can be extended to the present. Once a person gets connected to the Internet they don't get any useful work done.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 16, 2019, 12:13:32 AM12/16/19
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Dreamer.
You're nothing but a dreamer.
But can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
You're nothing but a dreamer.
But can you put your hands in your head, oh no!
Don Stockbauer
Dec 16, 2019, 4:40:55 AM12/16/19
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You can't leave me ; we're friends forever.
If you're going to be like that , I'm leaving right now.
If you're going to be like that , I'm leaving right now.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 16, 2019, 4:54:18 AM12/16/19
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When there's no one left to leave you
even you don't quite believe you
that's when nothing can deceive you
well that may be true but you can conjure up a lot of deception in your head without the help of external factors.
even you don't quite believe you
that's when nothing can deceive you
well that may be true but you can conjure up a lot of deception in your head without the help of external factors.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 16, 2019, 9:36:07 AM12/16/19
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Gus Richter also once said "I'm an old man. I'm glad I'm going to die soon because
the government is just getting out of hand."
the government is just getting out of hand."
Don Stockbauer
Dec 16, 2019, 9:50:51 AM12/16/19
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Reagan used to rant and rail against the government. So he was ranting and railing against himself. that's healthy. it's nice to see some self-disparagement every now and then. it's good for you. it's good for other people's perception of you.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 16, 2019, 6:47:55 PM12/16/19
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Oh my . I didn't want the word self-disparagement. I wanted self-deprecation. people are gonna think I'm not edjumacated. well there's never any feedback here so I have to catch my own mistakes.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 17, 2019, 8:36:41 AM12/17/19
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Friendship
arguing
dissociation
arguing
dissociation
Don Stockbauer
Dec 17, 2019, 2:01:28 PM12/17/19
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Human relationships are like those between molecules of a gas. If two molecules join they will remain together until forces break them apart and then the two will return to the general population. The chance of the two humans joining back up who have separated is about the same as those two separated molecules coming back together ,which is negligibly small.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 17, 2019, 2:05:04 PM12/17/19
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Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colors from our sight.
Red is gray and yellow white ,
Yet we decide which is right,
And which is an illusion.
Didn't write "allusion" this time,
heuristics are kicking in.
Removes the colors from our sight.
Red is gray and yellow white ,
Yet we decide which is right,
And which is an illusion.
Didn't write "allusion" this time,
heuristics are kicking in.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 19, 2019, 8:08:11 PM12/19/19
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Is the majority whip into S&M?????
Don Stockbauer
Dec 19, 2019, 8:11:29 PM12/19/19
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Seems like the Democrats and Republicans cancel each other out and nothing gets achieved.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 20, 2019, 3:00:24 AM12/20/19
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If the Christ and the antichrist meet and shake hands , will it be a big explosion?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 20, 2019, 3:03:09 AM12/20/19
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Douglas once stated that sometimes it is more intelligent for a system to Joots rather than keep on trying in vain to succeed . can that be said about civilization itself?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 20, 2019, 9:59:25 PM12/20/19
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There's a Starman waiting in the sky.
He'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds.
He'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 20, 2019, 10:01:54 PM12/20/19
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Did you ever think that humanity would transcend itself by merely inventing a few electronic devices enabling global person to person communication.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 21, 2019, 9:32:57 AM12/21/19
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So we've gone from SETI to CETI. From search to actual communication with ET.
I wonder if we'll start comparing equipment. Will we get messages like "You have that pathetic radio telescope in China? Let us describe what we have!"
I wonder if we'll start comparing equipment. Will we get messages like "You have that pathetic radio telescope in China? Let us describe what we have!"
Don Stockbauer
Dec 21, 2019, 9:34:04 AM12/21/19
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And how would civilization joots?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 21, 2019, 12:37:22 PM12/21/19
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What if we establish communication with extra terrestrial beings and it turns out they're chronic liars.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 22, 2019, 8:40:37 AM12/22/19
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Have you ever worried that you posted a lot of stuff during your lifetime , it will be there till all the computer stuff is destroyed or disintegrates or is otherwise ruined and that you are embarrassed by most of what you posted and you feel like it didn't' do anybody any good, it's only done harm; isn't that a great feeling?
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Don Stockbauer
Dec 23, 2019, 12:55:12 PM12/23/19
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Have you ever seen those CHOKING AHOGO signs in restaurants?
I always thought they were describing some kind of dance.
I always thought they were describing some kind of dance.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 23, 2019, 1:49:55 PM12/23/19
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If you have a bunch of small stupid items that combine into one big system, that system has to be stupid, doesn't it? Well, maybe not. Your body is composed of a bunch of small cells, when they combine they form you, a genius. Welcome to the world of emergence, transcendence and the metasystem transition.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 23, 2019, 2:07:08 PM12/23/19
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A woman out in a forest is very shy but she needs to urinate very badly, so what does she do?
Coy Ann she squats, see?
Coy Ann she squats, see?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 24, 2019, 6:54:15 AM12/24/19
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Since as we use the Internet we're really never sure who we're talking to or where they are could it possibly be that the Internet is the biggest force for chaos ever invented?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 24, 2019, 9:18:02 PM12/24/19
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It's nice spending Christmas Eve alone , I guess it just proves what a true social butterfly I am. The nice thing about being a butterfly though is if you flap your wings you'll create a hurricane at your antipodal point. Maybe not an entire hurricane , probably more like a centillionth of a hurricane. The antipodes are very unusual. No matter how you travel they never get any closer. Who did I steal that from? Check the user group's name. Did you know that the Earth has a north pole and a south pole, so therefor the entire Earth is bipolar?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 25, 2019, 8:22:19 AM12/25/19
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Since as we use the Internet we're really never sure who we're talking to or where they are could it possibly be that the Internet is the biggest force for chaos ever invented?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 26, 2019, 8:02:25 AM12/26/19
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I'm bad about not straightening up. How are you in that respect?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 26, 2019, 10:17:07 AM12/26/19
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Why do people hate socialism so? I can see where they hate it when an individual government goes socialist, but global socialism is a different matter. It will change the world. It ushers in the global brain.
Don Stockbauer
Dec 26, 2019, 7:39:36 PM12/26/19
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Are humans the most social of all animals?
Don Stockbauer
Dec 26, 2019, 10:02:48 PM12/26/19
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Why should every hacker go out into a forest and chop a big log in two with an ax?
It teaches persistence.
It teaches getting the job done a little at a time.
And it teaches that no matter how crude and ugly the result is (a chainsaw would make a cut which
is much smoother) the result is still serviceable.
It teaches persistence.
It teaches getting the job done a little at a time.
And it teaches that no matter how crude and ugly the result is (a chainsaw would make a cut which
is much smoother) the result is still serviceable.
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