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What the Fark???

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I think I need to share 2 things I've overheard during my lunch at 2 different local restaurants the last 2 days:

Yesterday, I went to a local Fridley (<-First problem) sports bar to get a burger. I was craving a burger, and this place delivered on a tasty burger. Anyway, I was sitting there, by myself, messing around on my phone, waiting for my burger, and I overhear a conversation:

Old Guy: Does so and so have a baby yet?
Younger Guy (appeared to be old guy's son): No....why would you think they'd have a baby?
Old Guy: Well, they're not siblings, so I figure there's no reason to not make a baby.

Well, with logic like that....


Then, today, at a different restaurant I hear a guy say this to the people he was eating with:

Weird guy with pony tail: I just want to forget about my dead wife. The last time I saw her was when I embalmed her. Yeah, I used to own my own mortuary service, so I figured I'd do it myself. I don't remember much of it, I was pretty drunk when I did it. :eek:
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I think I need to share 2 things I've overheard during my lunch at 2 different local restaurants the last 2 days:

Yesterday, I went to a local Fridley (<-First problem) sports bar to get a burger. I was craving a burger, and this place delivered on a tasty burger. Anyway, I was sitting there, by myself, messing around on my phone, waiting for my burger, and I overhear a conversation:

Old Guy: Does so and so have a baby yet?
Younger Guy (appeared to be old guy's son): No....why would you think they'd have a baby?
Old Guy: Well, they're not siblings, so I figure there's no reason to not make a baby.

Well, with logic like that....


Then, today, at a different restaurant I hear a guy say this to the people he was eating with:

Weird guy with pony tail: I just want to forget about my dead wife. The last time I saw her was when I embalmed her. Yeah, I used to own my own mortuary service, so I figured I'd do it myself. I don't remember much of it, I was pretty drunk when I did it. :eek:
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I tried my best to come up with some sort of reply to either of those, but I got nothin'. Wow.
 
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Kepler said:
Environmental story where the Big Chemical Plant is the... hero?
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Not sure I can find the link; I read a story in print about how oil well derricks are providing better habitats for marine life than artificial reefs.

ah, here it is.

A new study led by researchers at Occidental College and the University of California at Santa Barbara has found that the oil platforms dotting the California coast are fantastic for sea life.

In a 15-year study, researchers found that the ecosystems that build up around artificial rigs host 1,000 percent more fish and other sea life than natural habitats such as reefs and estuaries.

The California rigs outstripped even famously rich ecosystems such as the coral reefs of French Polynesia.
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though maybe this story properly belongs in a different thread....
 
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FreshFish said:
Not sure I can find the link; I read a story in print about how oil well derricks are providing better habitats for marine life than artificial reefs.
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I think I read somewhere about how they were using abandoned industrial equipment to shore up reefs -- maybe in the South China Sea? It was one of those stories where Bad Polluter Inc. dumps all their excess crap, then a decade later when people decide they ought to go clean it up it turns out the sea life has incorporated it into the ecosystem to such an extent that tearing it up would be a net loss.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Yeah, that is why I included the location, I figured it would help explain why I was hearing this, at least to the Twin City locals. Fridley is a hell hole.
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My first born arrived in a top-notch facility in Friendly Fridley and they have the only Zantigo in town dammit!
 
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Kepler said:
Ah. Thanks.

In related news (since to us MN, WI and ND are the same place), do not drive in ND.
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Using raw insurance company claims data can be tricky because you'd have to separate out comprehensive from collision and then how do you control for uninsured drivers or for people who only carry liability coverage?


I'm not sure that her metric of "crashes per billion miles driven" is necessarily a good one, because in some states, you have to drive a lot farther to get anywhere than in others. "Crashes per trip" would have been a far better metric, but data is probably not available for that measure.

Some of the western states only have a few stores every hundred miles and so to get re-supplied you'd need to drive a lot farther than in eastern states for example. You could easily have fewer crashes per trip yet more crashes per billion miles driven as a result.

Also she may not have corrected sufficiently for the weather. When we lived in WY there were times when they had to completely shut down I-80 because of high winds and slippery conditions. There were times when you could be completely at a standstill yet have the wind blow your car along the icy road while you had no control over it whatsoever. I've seen 4' x 8' sheets of 3/4" plywood blown about as if they were leaves, and that is NOT from a tornado, just from a front moving through. :eek:


Based purely on anecdotal experience,
-- Salt Lake City UT had the "worst" drivers
-- metropolitan Boston area had the "craziest" drivers
-- NY City has the "rudest" drivers
-- New England has the most "passive aggressive" drivers
-- WY had the "most considerate" drivers by far.
 
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FreshFish said:
Based purely on anecdotal experience,
-- Salt Lake City UT had the "worst" drivers
-- metropolitan Boston area had the "craziest" drivers
-- NY City has the "rudest" drivers
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Jesus, I agree with all of these 100%. People look at me like I have 2 heads when I say SLC has the worst drivers. I witnessed more witless driving maneuvers there in one week than in 6 years in Boston. Presumably they're all confident of going to heaven, or their own planet, or whatever Mormons think, so they don't mind hastening the day.

Boston, I think, has simply driven its drivers insane what with the one way streets that lead into each other, and the dueling donuts of death -- a brace of adjoining rotaries with something like 7 or 8 intersecting highways.

I'd also add:

Portland, OR has the most polite drivers (the "Portland wave" really throws you when you move there)

DC Metro has the most aggressive drivers (if you want to change lanes don't signal, because the guy next to you will speed up to deny you the spot for no reason other than sheer spite)
 
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I am reminded of a bumper sticker I saw a few days after we moved from a highly LDS area of WY to the northeast:

"Eat, Drink, and be Merry:
for tomorrow you may be in Utah."

:)


from time to time I am not sure if I believe in omens or not.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I think I need to share 2 things I've overheard during my lunch at 2 different local restaurants the last 2 days:

Yesterday, I went to a local Fridley (<-First problem) sports bar to get a burger. I was craving a burger, and this place delivered on a tasty burger. Anyway, I was sitting there, by myself, messing around on my phone, waiting for my burger, and I overhear a conversation:

Old Guy: Does so and so have a baby yet?
Younger Guy (appeared to be old guy's son): No....why would you think they'd have a baby?
Old Guy: Well, they're not siblings, so I figure there's no reason to not make a baby.

Well, with logic like that....


Then, today, at a different restaurant I hear a guy say this to the people he was eating with:

Weird guy with pony tail: I just want to forget about my dead wife. The last time I saw her was when I embalmed her. Yeah, I used to own my own mortuary service, so I figured I'd do it myself. I don't remember much of it, I was pretty drunk when I did it. :eek:
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Oh, Anoka County...don't ever change.

Kepler said:
Ah. Thanks.

In related news (since to us MN, WI and ND are the same place), do not drive in ND.
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I could have told you that.
 
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