What happened today that neither pissed you off nor made you happy but is nevertheless noteworthy?

[Thruth]

What's wrong with that?

no, it is not about Merry Christmas. The old guy is horning in on Fwiffo's pursuit of jailbait.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Special report: Drunken driving in Wisconsin, by the numbers

More than 777,000 Wisconsin drivers have at least one OWI conviction.

madison.com

The Wisconsin State Journal took a look at the persistent problem of drunken driving and what's standing in the way of solving it. Here are five takeaways.

777,223​

Number of currently licensed drivers in Wisconsin who have been convicted of operating while intoxicated at least once as of Dec. 31, 2021, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The number of drivers convicted of one OWI was 515,337, while 261,886 have been convicted two or more times.

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[fxh]

Special report: Drunken driving in Wisconsin, by the numbers

More than 777,000 Wisconsin drivers have at least one OWI conviction.

madison.com

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Without comparison data and bit of background its hard to know what to make of the figure.

What's the rate of Random Breathe testing, what's the BAC limit? etc etc

 

[Grand Potentate]

Without comparison data and bit of background its hard to know what to make of the figure.

What's the rate of Random Breathe testing, what's the BAC limit? etc etc

Wisconsin Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)

first google link says there are almost 6,000,000 people in wisconsin. that means roughly 1 in 8 people in the state have been caught drunk driving. imagine the sheer amount of those that haven't!

 

[fxh]

I wasn't having a go at you - but the article - I knew Wisconsin was about 5m+ but without other stuff its bit hard to understand.

 

[fxh]

https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/safety/education/drunk-drv/ddlaw.aspx#:~:text=%E2%80%8BIt%20is%20illegal%20in,his%20or%20her%20blood%3B%20or

 

[fxh]

https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/safety/education/drunk-drv/08law.pdf

 

[Grand Potentate]

I wasn't having a go at you - but the article - I knew Wisconsin was about 5m+ but without other stuff its bit hard to understand.

I didn’t think you were. I was just posting it for the statistical enormity of the drunk driving situation.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Germany's Continental confronts Nazi past – DW – 08/27/2020

A new report reveals the key role Continental played in "Hitler's war machine." Besides making parts, the company ordered shoe sole tests at concentration camps where prisoners were forced to march or face execution.

www.dw.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Dropbear]

Witches and women masturbating: five stars, would caste spells here again.

 

[ter1413]

Wood!

 

[ter1413]

Watching porn now requires age verification in La. because of new law

A new law that was passed in Louisiana requires age verification for any website that contains 33.3% or more pornographic material.

www.wafb.com

 

[fxh]

Watching porn now requires age verification in La. because of new law

A new law that was passed in Louisiana requires age verification for any website that contains 33.3% or more pornographic material.

www.wafb.com

What if its only 32.5% porn - all ok?

 

[Dropbear]

What if its only 32.5% porn - all ok?

Then it’s not porn, just ‘sparkling sexuality’

 

[Fwiffo]

I touched alcohol after 5 days of sobriety.

 

[Dropbear]

Vinyl outsells CD for first time in 35 years

Vinyl has outsold CD for first time in 35 years, according to figures released by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA).

www.nme.com

 

[Fwiffo]

I was a row away from someone at work taking a support/service call. He asked pretty loudly, "Are you Punjabi or Gujarati?"

Do you get better service if you identify with one or the other?

 

[ter1413]

I was a row away from someone at work taking a support/service call. He asked pretty loudly, "Are you Punjabi or Gujarati?"

Do you get better service if you identify with one or the other?

Maybe they are married/involved with/live near/are best friends with someone who is from one of those states and somewhat recognizes the accent. Or maybe not.

 

[Fwiffo]

Maybe they are married/involved with/live near/are best friends with someone who is from one of those states and somewhat recognizes the accent. Or maybe not.

He wore a turban so high chance as a Sikh he is Punjabi but again,....he is taking a call to help someone - does it matter?

There are lots of stereotypes between both of them.

 

[ter1413]

He wore a turban so high chance as a Sikh he is Punjabi but again,....he is taking a call to help someone - does it matter?

There are lots of stereotypes between both of them.

He was taking a service call....as in phone call? Maybe he was just making conversation.

About a year ago, I called a client to get some feedback on a sales rep who had dealt with them. I immediately heard an accent that I knew...one from the country that I was born. I don't have that accent as I came to the US when I was 3..but know many family/friends that do.

We spoke for a while and then I politely asked her where/if(I forget) she was from XYZ. She said yes and we had an additional 5-10 min pleasant convo about that fact.

 

[Fwiffo]

He was taking a service call....as in phone call? Maybe he was just making conversation.

This department serves internal customers - as in other people in the company. You could say "colleague" or "co-worker".

We spoke for a while and then I politely asked her where/if(I forget) she was from XYZ. She said yes and we had an additional 5-10 min pleasant convo about that fact.

One of my work mates in Virginia is from across the pond and we were on a call with a customer and based on accents (no video) they were down figuring out which county.

 

[Fwiffo]

The man who often takes my deli orders at the local market has a tone of voice and diction very close to Ryan Gosling's sedate on screen characters (Blade Runner, La la land). He has the facial hair too but is a dark burnette. Not sure about hair because he always wears a hair net.

 

[ter1413]

The man who often takes my deli orders at the local market has a tone of voice and diction very close to Ryan Gosling's sedate on screen characters (Blade Runner, La la land). He has the facial hair too but is a dark burnette. Not sure about hair because he always wears a hair net.

That's noteworthy?

 

[Fwiffo]

That's noteworthy?

Pour moi... Absolument.

 

[Fwiffo]

My mother told me her younger brother passed away. That's child 8th of 8. My mother is 6th of 8 and 7th died as a baby. 1st of 8 passed away when I was a kid. 3rd of 8 passed away in the late 2000s. Only 4 remaining. We never see him as he lived in another province and is married to a woman whose family came from Milan.

At the same time she told me her cousin, father of one of my second cousins who held a wedding across the street from where I live but never bothered to invite me, also passed away. He got divorced and remarried after his three kids headed to uni. Hope the will is clear cut.

 

[Dropbear]

Finally got around to listing a bunch of stuff for sale on various forums. Hoping to make some closer space for recent officewear/normy purchases.

There are some jackets and other stuff, but a lot of what I’ve listed is boots and pants. And now that’s stuck in my head! 🤣

 

[Fwiffo]

There was an 89 year old woman who got pushed to the pavement on Friday and later died by some random man. Reckon he was homeless.

But anyway. I was walking by the intersection on Monday and some man stops mid way and turns towards me to tell me that a lady got pushed and died there. He looked like a fat version of the Brent Spiner scientist character from Independence Day. I grudgingly said "Yeah, yeah..." and try to keep moving.

Then he pointed in the direction of the incident and said even louder, "She died!"

Am I the chief of city police? Am I the mayor? Am I city councillor? Am I Bruce Wayne/Batman? Am I a trauma counsellor?

 

[Dropbear]

Just another day in Houston, taking the boat to pick up the kids from school yesterday …

 

[Grand Potentate]

Dad's warning after girl, 14, dies from inhaling deodorant

Giorgia Green's parents want clearer product labelling to warn of the potential dangers.

www.bbc.com

Was tempted to post this in the doubt your commitment to humanity thread but i figured it might get more eyes here. Never knew aerosol deodorant could be fatal to kids.

 

[Fwiffo]

Well. I'm on garden leave. Day one.

 

[Fwiffo]

There is usually a woman here who commutes 80km to the city to this co-working space and drops off her son at some school here. Mid afternoon she picks up her son and he sits there watching videos or plays video games. Today it looks like she has her son, an elderly man who was moping around and is now dozed off in a chair plus a dog which doesn't look like a guide dog.

 

[Fwiffo]

There's a prix fixe promotion that runs throughout this city twice a year - once in the winter and once in the summer to try to drum up business for restaurants in the city. Mostly it's for people who eat at home all the time or live in the suburbs to get an excuse to go out. I chose some culinary school 'restaurant' at a local polytechnic and invited my parents just for fun. It's lunch so what can go wrong.

Recent reviews on Google of people dining during the promotion period haven't been flattering. Coq au vin is either burnt or bland. Cutlery not set in the right way. No ambience. No flowers or decor. Fluorescent lighting that reminds you of canteen in a jail, and quality of food that is below that.

Well at least the wine is cheap. $8 for a glass of house Riesling. I hope the poor waitperson pours straight to the top.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Dropbear

 

[Dropbear]

Dropbear

Not the first time.

also, this happened today:

Dallas County health department building on lockdown after reports of possible shooting

There are no reports of any injuries.

www.wfaa.com

 

[Dropbear]

I have a new office. It’s nicer than my old one, but instead of a view of downtown I see dumpsters and industrial railway lines. I don’t have time to gaze out the window, so no big loss there.

 

[Grand Potentate]

I have a new office. It’s nicer than my old one, but instead of a view of downtown I see dumpsters and industrial railway lines. I don’t have time to gaze out the window, so no big loss there.

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That’s depressing

 

[Dropbear]

That’s depressing

It’s an old converted factory once owned by Howard Hugh’s Senior to make oil drill bits. The interior is pretty nice for a government building and it’s in EADO, a rapidly gentrifying Hispanic neighborhood. Fairly convenient and not downtown with all the suits and traffic, which is a plus.

The view is pretty sad, but typical Houston. So many trains pulling toxic shot from the port to wherever. Nobody is ever on time for meetings because they are always getting stuck at a train crossing.

 

[ter1413]

It’s an old converted factory once owned by Howard Hugh’s Senior to make oil drill bits. The interior is pretty nice for a government building and it’s in EADO, a rapidly gentrifying Hispanic neighborhood. Fairly convenient and not downtown with all the suits and traffic, which is a plus.

The view is pretty sad, but typical Houston. So many trains pulling toxic shot from the port to wherever. Nobody is ever on time for meetings because they are always getting stuck at a train crossing.

Yeah...but where's the nearest lunch spot?

 

[Dropbear]

Yeah...but where's the nearest lunch spot?

There are some decent blue collar taquerias in the neighbourhood and a five minute drive to the new hipster gentrified eateries where it is all over-priced BBQ, poke and gourmet burgers. Sadly all the good pho and banh mi is on the other side of town.