OT Things to ponder

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I just got an invite from Nextdoor.com to join my "neighborhood". I went ahead and bit as there seemed to be (and may well be) a connection to my neighborhood association. I went in and immediately encountered some racist crap posted by some of my "neighbors". I don't know if Nextdoor.com was started by some Putin trolls but it would be a perfect platform for him to exploit. They can practically peg people by precinct and ward and want more personal info than I'm going to give. Clearly most of the people on it are legit, which is perfect. They immediately feel a sense of trust for their "neighbors". To quote Chelsea Manning (who is despicable in my view), am I living in a dystopian novel?

Does anybody else here have experience with this?

I have heard of similar experiences in my neck of the woods. [8|]

[btd64]

I received one of those flyers. Looked into it and tore up the flyer....GP

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I just got an invite from Nextdoor.com to join my "neighborhood". I went ahead and bit as there seemed to be (and may well be) a connection to my neighborhood association. I went in and immediately encountered some racist crap posted by some of my "neighbors". I don't know if Nextdoor.com was started by some Putin trolls but it would be a perfect platform for him to exploit. They can practically peg people by precinct and ward and want more personal info than I'm going to give. Clearly most of the people on it are legit, which is perfect. They immediately feel a sense of trust for their "neighbors". To quote Chelsea Manning (who is despicable in my view), am I living in a dystopian novel?

Does anybody else here have experience with this?

We belong to a Nextdoor.com neighborhood here too. Like any public forum, beware how much personal information you provide. There's some blowhards on there, like Facebook friends and acquaintances and some poor behavior. The moderators seem to keep a pretty tight reign on those things though and delete those posts and / or the boor with the bad attitude.

We've found the site useful for getting rid of household goods that we no longer want (e.g., moving boxes) that are in high demand in a larger neighborhood such as ours. There's a lot of 'lost dog' posts on there and a neighborhood watch-sort of program with crime updates. It's useful.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

There's people posting pics of cute little lost puppies. If that doesn't get your guard down, what would?

I would think that would make you start drooling. Tender, juicy, succulent puppies just wandering about the neighborhood? For such a delicacy, I imagine that such sites would be a great place for you to pick up tips on where to find them.

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I just got an invite from Nextdoor.com to join my "neighborhood". I went ahead and bit as there seemed to be (and may well be) a connection to my neighborhood association. I went in and immediately encountered some racist crap posted by some of my "neighbors". I don't know if Nextdoor.com was started by some Putin trolls but it would be a perfect platform for him to exploit. They can practically peg people by precinct and ward and want more personal info than I'm going to give. Clearly most of the people on it are legit, which is perfect. They immediately feel a sense of trust for their "neighbors". To quote Chelsea Manning (who is despicable in my view), am I living in a dystopian novel?

Does anybody else here have experience with this?

Never, ever, click anything you don't know about [:-] Of course, Equifax made that moot, but still [:-]

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

There's people posting pics of cute little lost puppies. If that doesn't get your guard down, what would?

I would think that would make you start drooling. Tender, juicy, succulent puppies just wandering about the neighborhood? For such a delicacy, I imagine that such sites would be a great place for you to pick up tips on where to find them.

How'd you think they got "lost" in the first place? But when I see their pics later I feel like the Walrus and the Carpenter. [:D]

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I just got an invite from Nextdoor.com to join my "neighborhood". I went ahead and bit as there seemed to be (and may well be) a connection to my neighborhood association. I went in and immediately encountered some racist crap posted by some of my "neighbors". I don't know if Nextdoor.com was started by some Putin trolls but it would be a perfect platform for him to exploit. They can practically peg people by precinct and ward and want more personal info than I'm going to give. Clearly most of the people on it are legit, which is perfect. They immediately feel a sense of trust for their "neighbors". To quote Chelsea Manning (who is despicable in my view), am I living in a dystopian novel?

Does anybody else here have experience with this?

I've belonged to the local neighborhood group for about 2 years. 90% of it are lost pet ads, requests for recommendations on house maintenance people (deck repair needed etc.), and local news about local road closures and such. I think someone was complaining about too many political ad signs in his neighborhood during the election and there was someone a few weeks ago who was hair on fire about someone who hit his "Slow Children at Play" sign and drove off claiming it was a hit and run. It wasn't, state law prohibits putting up any kind of traffic sign, but the cops usually look the other way for those signs telling people to slow down because kids are playing.

I've never seen anything like what you saw. It might be more of a regional thing. People around here are pretty quick to denounce that sort of thing.

Bill

[geofflambert]

I want a job writing headlines!

[geofflambert]

What everyone forgets is that name should be pronounced with a long i, as in Einstein. Wiener on the other hand is pronounced with a long e. Wiener means 'someone from Vienna'. Weiner means 'someone who makes wine'.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

What everyone forgets is that name should be pronounced with a long i, as in Einstein. Wiener on the other hand is pronounced with a long e. Wiener means 'someone from Vienna'. Weiner means 'someone who makes wine'.

I don't think either of them is applicable here.[:D]

[Orm]

Seems that there are lots of things to ponder on since this thread now has almost 3500 posts and it keeps on going. I need to ponder on that.

[Orm]

And we desperately need a update on the bird and the bath.

[Lecivius]

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[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Orm

And we desperately need a update on the bird and the bath.

Birds have a hard time. When they're just trying to take a bath there are all these preverts watching. I will henceforth make a special effort to catch them in the act, but I'm just paparazzi.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

ORIGINAL: Orm

And we desperately need a update on the bird and the bath.

Birds have a hard time. When they're just trying to take a bath there are all these preverts watching. I will henceforth make a special effort to catch them in the act, but I'm just paparazzi.

Just hope they didn't watch Alfred Hitchcock.

[geofflambert]

Let me speak of some non-avians for a moment. My neighbor has a couple of now mighty oaks in his back yard and there is another a short way away. It takes two years for an oak to make an acorn and drop it. This is about the intelligence of squirrels. Obviously they cannot live on acorns alone, no matter how many they bury. What is amazing to me is that they prune the ends of the branches off in years that are not producing. If you have a green thumb, which I do like all gorns, but mine is not all that effective, pruning the end of branches off causes the plant (tree or otherwise) to make more branches. Thus the tree becomes bushier, creates more acorns, more acorns for the squirrels to eat. There is no accident here. The remarkable thing is they put effort into pruning oak branches in off years when it will be a year or two before they reap any profit. Does anyone still think humans invented agriculture?

[geofflambert]

Alfred Hitchcock invented a great many things, but not Major Bat Guano.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

ORIGINAL: Orm

And we desperately need a update on the bird and the bath.

Birds have a hard time. When they're just trying to take a bath there are all these preverts watching. I will henceforth make a special effort to catch them in the act, but I'm just paparazzi.

I suspect they fear your teeth more than your camera!

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Alfred Hitchcock invented a great many things, but not Major Bat Guano.

Keep it up, and you'll find yourself trapped in a phone booth by angry birds. Very angry birds. [:D]

[geofflambert]

Hey, Chickenboy, I just adopted a pet. Doesn't move around much. What species is this?




Don't see any mouthparts. Male?

Some kind of Culex I expect.