Recent content by LVSteve

Agree 100% with what I have highlighted, but there is a bijou snag. Who pays for it? America is not financially or culturally prepared to pay for other people's healthcare, mental or otherwise. Recall the attitude of most US employers: getting sick is YOUR fault. The idea that being sick...

Looks more like Churchill about to make his "Fight them on the beaches..." speech.

Here it's been wildfire smoke from Upper Baha in Mexico.

From this and other threads from days gone by, it seems that the concept of an unarmed society does not get past the "does not compute" firewall with many on here. Haye to break it to some of you, but the UK is far from on its own in this respect. Oh, and then there are the UK rules on "bladed...

Seems like a case where they need less haste, more speed as my Dad used to say.

No follow up is no surprise. Let's be honest, "Strange aerial sighting is just a helicopter, story at 11" is not the sort of blip-vert advertising the average US TV station is after. After 25+ years here I still find the "ads" for the local news programs totally laughable. We know when the...

Metalman's Teddy worked for me today.

Dang, I thought I saw some "stuff" hanging out at a Strip resort this weekend, but the OP takes the cake. Why was I on the Strip? Because somebody else was paying.:D

I like Red Storm Rising.

I dabbled in management for about a year. None of the people involved were actually mine, but the money was under my control. I didn’t screw up, and I was glad to get back to hands on work.

There was a paperback I read years ago that was pretty apocalyptic, Down to a Sunless Sea. The twist at the end was nasty. Computer One is also worth a read. I think it might have been made into a movie.

Thanks for the heads up.

I have seen the odd home here with a transfer grille, but it’s more common not to bother or just take 1/2 inch off the bottom of the doors. I wish I was making this up.:(

I think you just described every home HVAC system I’ve ever seen in Vegas. I suspect you would cry if you saw the route taken by the ducts from the two return registers to the inputs of their respective HVAC units. Both require 180° turns. Moving the stat would be a major job as it sits on a...

...and if you had a spare trash can you would use it to measure the wind. :)