espo Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 After the big S.F. earth quake in the early 1900's a lot of the debris was dumped into the Bay since that was the easiest way to get rid of it at that time. I can't understand how or who allowed this building to be built in this fashion on nothing but landfill. Buildings of this size built anywhere are required to be on a firm footing for obvious reasons. The condo owners need to look at how the developer got an ok from S.F. to build in this fashion in this way here or any other location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Landfill and soil liquefaction are major concerns. Check out the Liquefaction Hazard Maps. What about those swell cliffside homes? The ones that turn into houseboats when they slide into the Pacific after an earthquake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 45 minutes ago, SfanGoch said: What about those swell cliffside homes? The ones that turn into houseboats when they slide into the Pacific after an earthquake. After the big 1994 quake, I saw one of those in Santa Monica that didn't quite make it into the Pacific. But close. Parts of the house were scattered down the cliffside and some pieces were lying on Pacific Coast Highway, right beside the ocean. I lived about 2 miles from the epicenter of that quake. Often walked to the Northridge Fashion Center, the big mall where the parking garages collapsed. Across the street from the mall, a Tower Records building split right down the middle and collapsed in on itself like something in a cartoon. Our small townhouse bldg. was only about 3 yrs. old, wood-frame construction and had little damage. The biggest danger was the heavy Spanish terra-cotta tiles sliding off the roof. The quake took out electrical power instantly, so some of us got flashlights and went into everybody's garage to check the gas water heaters that morning. (The quake hit about 4:30 AM.) By law the heaters had to be mounted on a concrete pedestal off the floor, and have earthquake straps. Our contractor cheaped out and installed flimsy straps. A couple of water heaters had fallen over. As soon as possible, I replaced mine with a great big honking steel strap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) More pseudo-science-based feel-good voodoo snake-oil too-good-to-be-true baloney... Edited November 6, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 And another scam aimed at those who want to believe, but don't know enough science to be skeptical of unlikely marketing hype... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) SciManDan is always a hoot. Here he pokes holes in the unbelievably stupid drivel put forward by a guy named Jason. How do these people zip their pants without putting themselves in the hospital? Ain't technology grand, providing a world-wide platform for morons, imbeciles, and the willfully ignorant to make total fools of themselves? Gotta love how our education system is turning out idiots who don't understand anything, and who think they've found some boogieman conspiracy hiding in plain sight because they're totally incapable of drawing correct inferences from available data. Edited January 7, 2019 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Sitting in a fast food joint a couple weeks ago and overheard a late teen-age boy tell his friends "he was acoustic, his mother had the doctors test him." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Basher Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I don't care what they say, the Earth cannot possibly be flat. If it was, cats would have knocked everything off of it by now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 For the flat earthers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Flat Earth is an old news - here is the newest theory. https://twentytwowords.com/flat-earthers-now-think-the-earth-is-shaped-like-a-doughnut/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 My oldest sister's boyfriend is one of these flat Earth idiots. He's always thought he was more intelligent than everyone else even though he flunked out of high school and can't even hold down the most menial of jobs. He's really just a schizophrenic loser with delusions of grandeur who'd rather smoke bath salts than take his meds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 There are at least dozens of videos like this on the web now...probably more like hundreds. This one is the first cleaner-than- PG-13 I've seen so far. Really some incredible folks out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I see stuff like this occasiuonally on the local Facebook Classified Page for my town. "I need X stuff really badly. But I'm a single mom/ disabled/ unemployed/ sick so it would have to be free." "I need a job. But I don't have a car. Can someone help me out with rides? Cuz I'm a single mom/ disabled/ unemployed/ sick so it would have to be free." "I need a new place, cuz my ex is abusive. Does anyone have a room? But I'm a single mom/ disabled/ unemployed/ sick so it would have to be free until I can get a job, but I don't have a car, so I'll need help with rides." ETC. ETC. WHO IS RAISING THESE MORONIC, ENTITLED, USELESS PEOPLE? My sons are 22 and 25 and they come to me with crazy stories of their peers. I weep for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Not only did humans never visit the moon (fake NASA everything) but the moon itself is fake...or flat...or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Nothing is real. Everything is fake. We are fake too! The conspiracy is real! I'm just a projection! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Another Tuesday installment of "I'm totally ignorant of accepted and proven science, so therefore, when I see two things that look kinda alike, I immediately jump to the conclusion that I'm smarter than everyone else, connect dots that cannot possibly be connected by any rational process whatsoever, and tell all the world (via the internet...which I don't understand, but which provides a global platform for morons to make fools of themselves) that they've been being lied to for millennia...or at least a few days." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) In scotland today this car was stopped driving on one of the main roads Edited January 29, 2019 by stitchdup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THarrison351 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 12:59 AM, peteski said: Flat Earth is an old news - here is the newest theory. https://twentytwowords.com/flat-earthers-now-think-the-earth-is-shaped-like-a-doughnut/ That. Explains. So. Much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Here's another episode of Flat Earth Friday, this time debunking a YouToober who has OVER 200,000 SUBSCRIBERS. I love the smug, self-satisfied-with-self-delusion tone in the voice of this just-another-Dunning-Kruger-effected-moron incapable of drawing correct inferences from available data, who really thinks he's smarter than everybody else and sees through the grandest conspiracy of them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I hope this link works https://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-steals-credit-cards-buys-092329425.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 2 hours ago, stitchdup said: I hope this link works https://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-steals-credit-cards-buys-092329425.html When I clicked the link, this message popped up: Yahoo is part of Oath. Oath and our partners need your consent to access your device and use your data (including location) to understand your interests, and provide and measure personalised ads. Oath will also provide you with personalised ads on partner products. Learn more. Select 'OK' to continue and allow Oath and our partners to use your data, or select 'Manage options' to view your choices. No. Nope. Uh-uh. Ain't having it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Snake45 said: Ah well , it was a newsreport about a woman that bought lotto tickets with a stolen credit card, then got arrested when she tried to claim the the 50k, and the person driving her got her car impounded for driving with a suspended licence. I think it was in canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Snake45 said: When I clicked the link, this message popped up: Yahoo is part of Oath. Oath and our partners need your consent to access your device and use your data (including location) to understand your interests, and provide and measure personalised ads. Oath will also provide you with personalised ads on partner products. Learn more. Select 'OK' to continue and allow Oath and our partners to use your data, or select 'Manage options' to view your choices. No. Nope. Uh-uh. Ain't having it. Typical UK/EU website...lots of warnings about their use of cookies, data gathering, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 6:44 PM, stitchdup said: In scotland today this car was stopped driving on one of the main roads Saw an SUV out driving here last weekend that only the top 1/3 of the windshield cleared.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Car stuck in the driveway because of the snow? Here's one way to pass the time while you wait for the thaw! Texas artist Scott Wade does this amazing Grime Art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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