The Totally Boring News Thread

[Nungali]

A pair of white cockatoos  flew down the valley this morning .

[Taomeow]

I lost my Swiss Army knife.  

[thelerner]

5 minutes ago, Nungali said:

A pair of white cockatoos  flew down the valley this morning .

that seems pretty exciting to me.

 

Today while driving I spat out the window,

but it was closed, and the loogie landed high up.

It slowly slid down,

but it was cold outside and

the slime trail started to freeze.

I wondered if the main ball

would freeze before 

it got to the bottom.

I checked it a few times

while I I drove.

Then I arrived at

the restaurant and

forgot about it.

 

now that's Boring.  

[Nungali]

9 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

I lost my Swiss Army knife.  

 

 

You need a man then .

 

 

 

Swiss Army Man .

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Taomeow]

14 hours ago, Nungali said:

 

 

You need a man then .

 

 

 

Swiss Army Man .

 

 

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Thank you.  Looks horrible. 

[Nungali]

3 hours ago, Taomeow said:

 

Thank you.  Looks horrible. 

 

 

Wiki describes it as   "  American surrealist comedy-drama film "

 

The part I liked the best is when they are lost in a wilderness/forest and set up a camp and  learn to survive there  .... if only they had gone for a little walk ..... into nearby suburbia   .

[Mark Foote]

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 do to us will be done by our fellow man.

(KIngston Trio; Songwriters: Sheldon M Harnick; The Merry Minuet lyrics © Alley Music Corp., Trio Music Co., Inc.)
 

[Nungali]

.... and that    ^  is why I hide out here ; 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mark Foote]

see that, and raise you some quackers in soup:

 

Edited January 19 by Mark Foote

[old3bob]

 

Chess is boring to non-chess playing on-lookers none the less there is beauty in chess.

 

[Nungali]

23 hours ago, Mark Foote said:

see that, and raise you some quackers in soup:

 

 

 

Duck soup ?

 

When I was in NZ a Maori  guy offered to show me the traditional  Maori way of catching a duck . Cool, I'll be in that !  Expecting to learn some new craft .... weaving a trap .... or some new revelation  , I eagerly agreed .

 

We sneaked into the rushes , keeping low and silent .   He had a  hessian bag and out of that he took a rat trap, baited it with bread and tied a string to it . He floated it out , duck pecked at it , snap !  Pulled the line in and stuffed the duck in the bag .

 

" Traditional "    

[Nungali]

12 hours ago, old3bob said:

 

Chess is boring to non-chess playing on-lookers none the less there is beauty in chess.

 

 

 

You left something out  ..... 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 20 by Nungali

[Mark Foote]

[doc benway]

I rarely listen to podcasts but recently discovered Poetry Unbound. I listened to a poem today on the way to work, The Seventh Circle of Earth by Ocean Vuong. It's not a very long drive but I cried most of the way. 

In other news, I generally don't drink much coffee but that has changed since discovering La Colombe's All Dark and finding my old Bodum french press. 

 

[Taomeow]

I found my lost Swiss Army knife.  It was in a small inner pocket of a small German backpack I use when I go hiking.  I checked that pocket at least a dozen times before, the knife wasn't there I swear, and now, out of the blue, it's there.  People who experience weird comings and goings of small objects in this manner call it a glitch in the Matrix or the Mandela effect.  I call it mindfuckery.       

[doc benway]

On 1/20/2025 at 4:29 AM, old3bob said:

 

Chess is boring to non-chess playing on-lookers none the less there is beauty in chess.

 

In addition to the beauty of the game and its players, I also find great beauty in chess pieces, ancient, classic, and modern.

A few years back, I purchased a set hand made by a Romanian chess master, IM Biró Sándor.

They are unique, rustic, and very sturdy for aggressive players.

The size differential between kings, queens, and "lesser" pieces is far less than traditional designs.

The knights are particularly interesting and the pawns are HUGE.

I think this is an homage to the often underestimated importance and power of pawns and "lesser" pieces.

 

You can see the set here - https://caissa.ro/ChessSet/

It's been copied by a few of the companies in India that manufacture the majority of chess sets worldwide, called the Romanian Hungarian set but giving no credit, or royalties, to Mr. Sándor.

The knight was used as a model for the World Championship competition set endorsed by the FIDE.

 

 

6 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

I found my lost Swiss Army knife.  It was in a small inner pocket of a small German backpack I use when I go hiking.  I checked that pocket at least a dozen times before, the knife wasn't there I swear, and now, out of the blue, it's there.  People who experience weird comings and goings of small objects in this manner call it a glitch in the Matrix or the Mandela effect.  I call it mindfuckery.       

 

I once lost my wedding band. I'd been at kendo practice that morning. Looked everywhere, went back and checked the locker.

Scoured the car, house, everywhere I'd been that day. 

When changing clothes that evening, found it in the cuff of my jeans, it had accompanied me all day at my ankle, snickering.

 

Another time I lost a pen that was very special, given me by my father.

Could not find it for a year.

One day it showed up on my front porch... just a little worse for wear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[old3bob]

53 minutes ago, doc benway said:

 

In addition to the beauty of the game and its players, I also find great beauty in chess pieces, ancient, classic, and modern.

A few years back, I purchased a set hand made by a Romanian chess master, IM Biró Sándor.

They are unique, rustic, and very sturdy for aggressive players.

The size differential between kings, queens, and "lesser" pieces is far less than traditional designs.

The knights are particularly interesting and the pawns are HUGE.

I think this is an homage to the often underestimated importance and power of pawns and "lesser" pieces.

 

You can see the set here - https://caissa.ro/ChessSet/

It's been copied by a few of the companies in India that manufacture the majority of chess sets worldwide, called the Romanian Hungarian set but giving no credit, or royalties, to Mr. Sándor.

The knight was used as a model for the World Championship competition set endorsed by the FIDE.

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Chess is interesting because of many factors,  the puzzle solving aspect is something I like but when playing against someone else it comes down to being a war game... It is amazing how well some very young players in the world are doing at chess and it not so easy on the ego if or when losing to a young kid!   I have a decent collection of books on chess thinking that this or that one would be great to study up on but such is largely dry reading which I may or may not get around to.   With age the old brain doesn't process chess moves as fast as it once did but now and then I can still find an acorn or pull off a good comeback which makes for fun.   I also appreciate playing games without being dependent on "book" moves which requires lots of memorization and investment in theory and time,  better to me is just playing decent by the seat of my the pants so to speak since a big investments in memorization, theory and time is an expensive use of energy.  Getting "in the zone" is a big aspect of playing well and getting out of the zone is a big revealer of how bad a game can go!!   I once played in some tournaments with long time controls but now I go for games in a 15-30 minute time period for each player.  Get in, get out and move on which is a lot different than racking your brain in long,  time consuming games. 

 

On misplacing things,  its kind of funny how something will turn up right where you left it but forgot it was there.

I've misplaced tools I've  needed to use right away and can't find them and sometimes end up buying another and then the original shows up and I have two of the same, lol.  One can also give the finding task over to the subconscious which may work well with a little time to simmer...until it pops up with an answer.

 

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I once lost my wedding band. I'd been at kendo practice that morning. Looked everywhere, went back and checked the locker.

Scoured the car, house, everywhere I'd been that day. 

When changing clothes that evening, found it in the cuff of my jeans, it had accompanied me all day at my ankle, snickering.

 

Another time I lost a pen that was very special, given me by my father.

Could not find it for a year.

One day it showed up on my front porch... just a little worse for wear.

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by old3bob

[Taomeow]

54 minutes ago, doc benway said:

 

In addition to the beauty of the game and its players, I also find great beauty in chess pieces, ancient, classic, and modern.

A few years back, I purchased a set hand made by a Romanian chess master, IM Biró Sándor.

They are unique, rustic, and very sturdy for aggressive players.

The size differential between kings, queens, and "lesser" pieces is far less than traditional designs.

The knights are particularly interesting and the pawns are HUGE.

I think this is an homage to the often underestimated importance and power of pawns and "lesser" pieces.

 

You can see the set here - https://caissa.ro/ChessSet/

It's been copied by a few of the companies in India that manufacture the majority of chess sets worldwide, called the Romanian Hungarian set but giving no credit, or royalties, to Mr. Sándor.

The knight was used as a model for the World Championship competition set endorsed by the FIDE.

 

 

 

Brutalist style!  

I remember an even more streamlined set from my 7th grade...   

 

Around that time several of my classmates got into chess.  Most played in their spare time, but the not-too-diligent me and my deskmate (we had shared desks for 2) started playing during classes.  We were trying to be discreet of course, using mini sets and then smaller pocket sets as teachers kept confiscating them one after the other, two of his, two of mine.  So finally we made a pencil drawing of the board on the plastic top of the desk and cut a bunch of little squares of paper on which we drew the pieces.  Once caught again, the teacher would then make us wash the board off the desk and get rid of that "set" -- we did, only to replicate it by next class. 

I haven't played in a long time, but I do own a nice set for when civilization collapses...  and even if I didn't, I could always revert to my 7th grade solution.    

[Lairg]

5 hours ago, Taomeow said:

I checked that pocket at least a dozen times before, the knife wasn't there I swear

 

I had that with my keys that were sitting on the empty kitchen bench when I was the only one living there. 

 

The keys were gone and then reappeared a few hours later.   I was alone in the house the  whole time.

 

I tested for poltergeists  but could not find any.

 

Eventually I tested for timelines.  The keys were always there.  I had moved and then returned

 

 I also had that once with a  jar that was the only item on that shelf of the fridge.    It was back an hour later - with no other person in the house

 

 

[Taomeow]

27 minutes ago, Lairg said:

 

I had that with my keys that were sitting on the empty kitchen bench when I was the only one living there. 

 

The keys were gone and then reappeared a few hours later.   I was alone in the house the  whole time.

 

I tested for poltergeists  but could not find any.

 

Eventually I tested for timelines.  The keys were always there.  I had moved and then returned

 

 I also had that once with a  jar that was the only item on that shelf of the fridge.    It was back an hour later - with no other person in the house

 

 

 

How do you test for timelines?

 

I know so many stories like this, on top of it occasionally happening to me.  My sister-in-law, e.g., when living in an apartment, discovered one day that one of her earrings was missing.  A diamond earring, expensive, a present for some anniversary.  She turned the apartment upside down, then went over every step of the staircase outside the apartment, enlisted her husband and her daughter and her mother to look, they did it the next day too, just in case they missed a nook or a cranny, they used flashlights and what not, maybe not a microscope but other than that, literally everything in their power.  And then she gave up.  A week passed.  She stepped out the door and there it was, that earring, in the middle of the top stair, shining brightly. 

 

Spoiler

I was hoping for the same outcome when I lost one of my earrings that was, alas, from my most expensive pair ever.  I knew where and how -- I was trying on some jacket in a store and before doing that I took a cross body bag off my shoulder, perhaps too carelessly -- I replicated that move experimentally and realized I must have brushed my ear with the strap and yanked the earring out.  Went back to the store some fifteen minutes later.  The sales woman with shifty eyes started screaming when I told her I lost an earring and asked, very humbly, if someone maybe found it and turned it in?  "We are not here to watch over your items!  No one found anything!  You misplace your stuff and then you come here accusing us?"  I wasn't even remotely accusing her or anyone, but her reaction told me she fucking found it.  

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Taomeow

[Nungali]

5 hours ago, Taomeow said:

I found my lost Swiss Army knife.  It was in a small inner pocket of a small German backpack I use when I go hiking.  I checked that pocket at least a dozen times before, the knife wasn't there I swear, and now, out of the blue, it's there.  People who experience weird comings and goings of small objects in this manner call it a glitch in the Matrix or the Mandela effect.  I call it mindfuckery.       

 

Pixies . 

 

They are very annoying at times .

[Taomeow]

3 minutes ago, Nungali said:

 

Pixies . 

 

They are very annoying at times .

 

Mine is probably a domovoy.  

[Lairg]

2 hours ago, Taomeow said:

 

How do you test for timelines?

 

I know so many stories like this,....  A week passed.  She stepped out the door and there it was, that earring, in the middle of the top stair, shining brightly. 

 

I am not sure how I discovered how to do it, but the basic technique I use is visualizing this (only?) 3D timeline stretching out straight in front of me and straight behind.  Then I look for other nearby timelines: to the right and left, above and below.

 

There are lots of useful  applications.

 

Timelines seem to exist in clusters - rather like optic fibers in a cable - so there is some cross-talk and some interchange of experiences.  Not all cross-talk is good, and the exopolitics site at one stage reported that some Earth humans had been trained to repair local timelines.

 

The interaction between the Montauk work and the Philadelphia Experiment may be an example of improper cross-talk

 

When I have dreams about people I know well but look differently in the dream, I often find them on parallel timelines.  Such dreams are used to share experiences and hopefully accelerate progress on related timelines

 

Soft disclosure about parallel timelines is occurring through the parallel universe concept.  Universes can only be parallel if they have on-going interconnections.  The early Doctor Who shows are also soft disclosure.

 

Perhaps it is better not to know

 

 

 

 

[Nungali]

9 hours ago, Taomeow said:

 

Mine is probably a domovoy.  

 

 

Cheeky buggers ! 

 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Nungali