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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 19 (2024)

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Wondering if stores that are open "24 hours a day" will close for an hour sometime on Sunday, so they don't accidentally stay open 25 hours . . .
 
Why don't people stay all the way until the end of movies anymore? It seems like once the credits start to roll, people bail. We've always stayed (and by always, I mean since I was barely out of diapers in the 1970's) until the very end and the lights come up, for two reasons:

1. I like to see who worked on the movie, since I have one- or two-step connections to a lot of people in the industry, plus there is often fun stuff post-credits, and:

2. I paid to see the whole movie, so I will stay and watch the whole movie. If you are in my party and don't want to watch everything, you are welcome to wait for me in the lobby--I won't be offended.

It just seems like since movies re-opened after the pandemic, my wife and I are the only two butts still in our seats when the lights come back one--everyone is out the door and long gone, not just from the auditiorium, but from the building itself.

Jim
 
I love how Marvel movies always have one final scene after the credits so you gotta stay as it's usually telling or poignant or something important to know
 
luckless pedestrian said:
I love how Marvel movies always have one final scene after the credits so you gotta stay as it's usually telling or poignant or something important to know
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Understand Captain America GIF
 
luckless pedestrian said:
I love how Marvel movies always have one final scene after the credits so you gotta stay as it's usually telling or poignant or something important to know
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Or, often, an unfinished plot line. People who don't stay may wonder, "Whatever happened with . . ." and won't know.

"Inside Out 2" goes on for several minutes after the last credit rolls . . . How many people left not knowing what Riley's big secret was?

Jim
 
WSU MUP Student said:
Temps were in the upper 60s but it was very windy last night. We ended with 22 trick-or-treaters, that was down from our record of 35 kids last year, when temps were in the low 30s. Looking at my stats going back to 2009, there has actually been a negative correlation between the temperature and the number of trick-or-treaters we get.
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We participated in the socialist redistribution of candy wealth and had in excess of 500. I didn't count this year but based on the candy given out, it had to be. Notable experiences were as follows:

  • We had one parent that was oblivious to the whereabouts of their kid to the point we had to go ask people if they were missing a kid.
  • A neighbor was handing out ramen noodles.
  • One kid decided that the assortment of candy that I had in my hand wasn't satisfactory and decided to squeeze pass me and help himself to my reserve candy supply and cherry pick what he wanted. I sent him away with nothing.
  • There was a number of un-costumed, childless adults trick-or-treating.
  • One teenage girl was dressed as an egg plant.
  • One of the best parent-child costumes was a girl dressed as Belle and her father was dressed as the Beast.
 
Big Owl said:
We participated in the socialist redistribution of candy wealth and had in excess of 500. I didn't count this year but based on the candy given out, it had to be. Notable experiences were as follows:

  • We had one parent that was oblivious to the whereabouts of their kid to the point we had to go ask people if they were missing a kid.
  • A neighbor was handing out ramen noodles.
  • One kid decided that the assortment of candy that I had in my hand wasn't satisfactory and decided to squeeze pass me and help himself to my reserve candy supply and cherry pick what he wanted. I sent him away with nothing.
  • There was a number of un-costumed, childless adults trick-or-treating.
  • One teenage girl was dressed as an egg plant.
  • One of the best parent-child costumes was a girl dressed as Belle and her father was dressed as the Beast.
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Squeezing past you to get into your house borders on burglary.


I don't mind if teenagers (or adults!) want to T-or-T, but at least make some sort of minimal effort.

Jim
 
You know what a good Idea would be for Halloween: Hand out 50 cents pieces. It probably isn't much more than a couple of "fun size" pieces of candy. I had about 40 kids come by so it would have cost $20 but at least the kids would have had something of value than just a couple of sugary snacks.

If you have a lot more than 40 kids then maybe you could just hand those coins out to the first 40 and then start handing out candy afterwards. But you would hate to say to that 41st trick or treater: "Tough luck kid, here's a Haribo"

The only problem is...where do you even get 50 cent pieces today?
 
So you are me. You are at a traffic light, singing a song very loudly and off-key with the window open. The car next to you notices and starts laughing. What do you do?

a. Stop singing, roll the window up, and slink bank in your seat, embarrassed, thinking the light can't change soon enough.
b. Stop singing and remain quiet
c. Keep singing, maintaining status quo
d. Sing even MORE loudly and more off key, adding some horrible "seat dance" moves while you are it

If you picked "d," you win.

Jim
 
I've been sick with the 'rona for the past few days and have been cut off from civilization in my den. I'm only allowed out to use the restroom and shower (about 15 steps away) or to go outside and go for a walk. I always go for a lot of walks but I've probably walked at least 15 miles every day since Friday.

Friday evening I had a pretty good fever and was coughing a bit but I've felt pretty good since then. I'm not really complaining about being isolated from my family as it means my wife just takes a food order from me and leaves some food on a tray by the door. I haven't had to cook a meal for anybody, get any kids ready for school or bed, etc. I'm sort of on vacation. On one of my walks yesterday I went up to Trader Joe's (with my mask on and the CDC says I don't need to isolate anymore) and stocked up on snacks for myself to enjoy while watching the Lions game uninterrupted for the first time all season!
 
jumbach said:
Why don't people stay all the way until the end of movies anymore? It seems like once the credits start to roll, people bail. We've always stayed (and by always, I mean since I was barely out of diapers in the 1970's) until the very end and the lights come up, for two reasons:

1. I like to see who worked on the movie, since I have one- or two-step connections to a lot of people in the industry, plus there is often fun stuff post-credits, and:

2. I paid to see the whole movie, so I will stay and watch the whole movie. If you are in my party and don't want to watch everything, you are welcome to wait for me in the lobby--I won't be offended.

It just seems like since movies re-opened after the pandemic, my wife and I are the only two butts still in our seats when the lights come back one--everyone is out the door and long gone, not just from the auditiorium, but from the building itself.

Jim
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@jumbach's theme song when he goes to the movies:

 
I am learning more from binging the Henry Bittaker AICP webinars than I did in all the other reading and videos I did over the last several months.

I'm not going to bother with the paid Planetizen course at this point . . . I think Henry is nailing it, and I like how he actually stresses what is most likely/unlikely to be on the exam.

November 23 is my date!

Jim
 
Super Amputee Cat said:
You know what a good Idea would be for Halloween: Hand out 50 cents pieces. It probably isn't much more than a couple of "fun size" pieces of candy. I had about 40 kids come by so it would have cost $20 but at least the kids would have had something of value than just a couple of sugary snacks.

If you have a lot more than 40 kids then maybe you could just hand those coins out to the first 40 and then start handing out candy afterwards. But you would hate to say to that 41st trick or treater: "Tough luck kid, here's a Haribo"

The only problem is...where do you even get 50 cent pieces today?
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Our local transit agency TVM's give them out as change. You can probably also order them from a bank branch.

Jim
 
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of clocks that he changed to the correct time overnight will have a wife who will look at the ONE clock he forgot to change and will freak out thinking she's late . . . only to be reassured she's not.

Jim
 
My goal? Well, it's to implement paradigm leveraging forward-thinking solutions on an organizational level to proactively anticipate citizen-based needs, of course. Where do I see myself in five years? Why, kicking back and living the good life in retirement as far away from this rat race as possible, naturally. Oh, and can I take two weeks off after I start next week? There's a concert then that I've been planning to go to for months.
 
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Wannaplan? said:
Going forward, please know this is a low hanging fruit kind of issue for me, so let's take it offline so we can intersectionally utilize our unique synergy.
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Well that's some blue sky thinking you got going there, I just lack the bandwith for the deep dive it needs - let's not boil the ocean, amiright - full stop heh heh
 
bureaucrat#3 said:
My daughter and a friend found a lizard skeleton in a potted plant yesterday. They decided to have a mini-funeral for it. At the very end, they felt the need to sing the Star Spangled Banner.
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While he isn't a lizard nor does he have lizard like qualities, my father wants the Star Spangled Banner played Jimi Hendrix style at his funeral.
 
Big Owl said:
While he isn't a lizard nor does he have lizard like qualities, my father wants the Star Spangled Banner played Jimi Hendrix style at his funeral.
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I'm more of a New Orleans jazz funeral type myself. I don't even care if you play jazz, I prefer rock. I just want something where everyone is having fun marching down the street blocking traffic.
 
DVD said:
I'm more of a New Orleans jazz funeral type myself. I don't even care if you play jazz, I prefer rock. I just want something where everyone is having fun marching down the street blocking traffic.
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I've told my wife that when I die I want my funeral to start with a service at the Episcopal church downtown and then a Second Line-style celebration from there to the cemetery a mile away. It must be done at like 2:00 p.m. on a Tuesday... the absolute busiest time of day in town.
 
Was privileged to experience my first toothache this weekend. Dentist was able to get me in today to start the root canal procedure. I go back in a few weeks to finish. Damn that hurt until the dentist worked his magic. Disappointed I did not get to look like this.

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Was privileged to experience my first toothache this weekend. Dentist was able to get me in today to start the root canal procedure. I go back in a few weeks to finish. Damn that hurt until the dentist worked his magic. Disappointed I did not get to look like this.

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General Family Dentist or Endodontist (root canal specialist) ?
 
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jumbach said:
Why don't people stay all the way until the end of movies anymore? It seems like once the credits start to roll, people bail. We've always stayed (and by always, I mean since I was barely out of diapers in the 1970's) until the very end and the lights come up, for two reasons:

1. I like to see who worked on the movie, since I have one- or two-step connections to a lot of people in the industry, plus there is often fun stuff post-credits, and:

2. I paid to see the whole movie, so I will stay and watch the whole movie. If you are in my party and don't want to watch everything, you are welcome to wait for me in the lobby--I won't be offended.

It just seems like since movies re-opened after the pandemic, my wife and I are the only two butts still in our seats when the lights come back one--everyone is out the door and long gone, not just from the auditiorium, but from the building itself.

Jim
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Plus lots of movies have Easter eggs (blooper reels, humorous alternate scenes, etc.) after the credits roll. Don't want to miss that.
 
News article about vandalism at a house and the articles state the incident was "videotaped". Really? They used one of these? I guess "kleenex" and "xerox" are still hanging on but with the later, is more generationally appropriate.

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