Just make borrowing against it “realise” it for tax purposes. You want to borrow against $100M in stock. The stock has now been realised and taxes are owed on it. It would close the massive loophole that big business and billionaires abuse to avoid paying their share.

“Why is sex on a cliff edge so much more enjoyable?”

“The sheep pushes back on you!”

–Told to me by a Welshman

Pretty much.

The English landlords were horrified, and wanted nothing to do with such acts. Meanwhile the Welsh would laugh at the stupid English for falling for it, while buying the local priest a pint or 2.

It originally comes from interactions between Welsh peasants and English landowners.

A lot of sheep were raised in Wales, on farms owned by the English. Stealing sheep was also a capital offence. Landlords would often just hang the thief from the nearest tree. Even if they didn’t, the judges were all English appointees.

There was a loophole however. Having “canal knowledge” with an animal was dealt with by the local priest. That priest was generally a local Welshman, and would deal with the sin FAR less harshly than theft. The English landlords were quite disgusted by the spate of incidents they were catching red handed.

The joke about Welshmen fucking sheep has lingered into modern times, and even been transferred to other groups who keep a lot of sheep.

I work in live TV. The podcast mike’s are tiny compared to the ones used in most TV work. A shotgun mic, with a windshield can be bigger than your forearm.

E.g. the Sannheiser MKE 600 is 20mm diameter and 256mm long (10"), without its windshield.

The lapel mics are both expensive as hell, and far lower quality. They are only used when a better mic can’t be.

The mics used by many podcasts are similar to those used by radio stations and music recording. They trade directionality for compactness, without dropping quality.

I don’t think we are to blame for the beans thing (we prefer our beans as baked beans).

As a rule of thumb though, we can be blamed for far too much stuff. You need to include the french too however. They got up to almost as much “shenanigans”.

They are a hybrid being. The symbiote, Dax, transfers to a new host, when the host dies. The new person is a hybrid of both minds, with the memories of the previous hosts.

The previous host, Curzon, could outfight and out drink Klingons. He earned the respect of several. He was also male.

Jadzia, the new host, has a different personality. She is also female.

Basically, she remembers being Curzon, and inherited some of his personality, tastes and mannerisms, but isn’t him anymore.

The Klingon initially thinks of Jadzia as Curzon in a new body. Her correction reminds him that she is a new person that just inherited a lot from Curzon, including their friendship.

I can see a use for adjusting temperatures, based on expected ambient. On colder days, run efficiently. On hot days, run them hard before the weather hears up, to stay ahead of it.

Other than that though, there is no reason to be able to run the fridge out of safe range remotely. Tweak and monitor only.

UK based here.

I was in scouts, and my little minion is now also in the lower levels.

I personally think it fills a critical need for a lot of kids. Schools are locked hard into the national curriculum, and don’t have time for the more character and skill building events. Scouts cover this nicely.

Regarding my local group. So far, my experience has been excellent. The kids adore it and they are doing a lot of fun learning. E.g. recently they did fire lighting. Learning to use matches, and basic fire safety around candles etc is an important skill. Learning as a group also means they learn from each other’s (minor) mistakes.

The group is also mixed gender. While it’s mostly boys, there are enough girls that it’s not intimidating for either gender. Its activities are “boy focused”, so most of the girls are of the tomboy mindset.

There are a few religious aspects attached to it. The pledge/promise mentions God. In practice it’s mostly non religious. What religious elements there are, are quite inoffensive. I’ve also noted that the older groups have a choice of pledge, including a non-religious/atheistic option.

Also, regarding some of the scandals, the UK government now has quite rigorous procedures in place to protect children. Enhanced DBS checks are required for adults in a supervisor roll. While not perfect, these checks stop someone jumping from area to area to avoid their past acts. Parents, teachers and other helpers are also a lot hotter on spotting minor discrepancies before they can escalate. It’s just done calmly and quietly, to avoid accidental witch hunts.

Basically, my minion loves scouts, and I am completely comfortable with them attending.

Not infinite. Eventually they begin to overlap and are no longer distinct rainbows.

It’s related to the number of total internal reflections inside a raindrop. The 2nd rainbow is actually inverted, colour wise. The 3rd inverts again, and so is normal. Each reflection loses more light however, so it gets dimmer. 3 is the practical limit in the sky, with our eyes. In the lab version, at least 18 rainbows can be detected, even by undergraduate level students!

I remember when the smoking ban came in. A lot of local pubs had to do emergency renovations. It turns out, without the cigarette smoke, people could smell how bad the carpet etc were!

I watched a documentary on it a while back. Basically, baby talk actually follows a lot of rules religiously, that often gets blurred in normal speech. This lets babies lock on to the rules faster. The sounds are also emphasised. This makes mouth movements more obvious, and gives a better reference for practice. It also includes a lot of repetition, which also helps with practicing hearing words, rather than just sounds. The sing song nature also acts as an indicator. This talking is for you to learn from.

Once they start speaking however, you want to transition to full sentences. The sing song nature can hang around, along with slightly simplified language. Think of it like training wheels. Great for early learning, but a detriment if left in use too long.

Mine was reliably responding to commands at around 3 months. About 6 months for first words. They were talking in full sentences happily about 18 months (I think. We didn’t get full night sleeping till gone 24 months. The period is slightly blurry.)

Baby talk has its place. It’s structured to help with learning to talk. It also acts as an indicator “pay attention to this”. The mistake most parents make is continuing it too long. Once they start talking, shift out of it to full sentences etc.

That said, if they only hear you talking baby talk, you’re doing them a disservice. They need both.

In the OP, the baby likely just wanted more attention. Non-baby talk = less attention, in their mind.

It’s not for everyone. The continuous grind is exhausting. However, having a little bit of your soul outside your body, and vulnerable, has an incredible effect on your motivation. I find myself happy to push through exhaustion to set something up for my little minion. For them it’s a fun activity for an hour. For me, it’s several hours of work to give them a fun experience.

A relative was caught out recently. They pretended to be the bank. I missed the beginning, but what I heard sounded extremely professional, and exactly like a bank employee. It was only when they seemed confused I paid more attention. I jumped in rapidly when they gave them a code they got via text. By that point they had practically forgotten that the scammer called them, not them calling the bank.

I immediately put a stop to it. Even when ending the call, they were calm and professional. I told them that we needed to call them back on a confirmed number. And got a bunch of details in case it was real. I still wasn’t sure at that point if it was actually a scam or just our bank having a REALLY bad procedure.

Long story short, it was a scam, and the bank confirmed it. I don’t know if they managed to cancel the gift cards in time. However it was a credit card, so that was between the bank and the supermarket who sold them.

I personally wouldn’t have fallen for that one. I’ve got a bunch of mental “hell no” filters. Outside of those however, it was more professional than the conversation with the bank’s actual fraud department.

The element can cool the air below zero. They have to play games if it gets to the due point of the outside air to keep from frosting up however.

Also, there is an efficiency hit, as the temperature differential gets larger. This is why ground sourced, or even water sourced are more efficient in colder climates.

Off the top of my head.

• Adjusting from the sofa, or bed.

• Auto off when you leave the house.

• Auto off when the room is unused for a while (great with kids).

• Colour temperature and brightness adjustment to match sunlight (great for conditioning children to go to bed easily).

• Party Mode

• Auto dim turn on at night(avoids waking you up to much on bathroom runs).

I’ve been trying to find a IoT thermometer that can survive oven temperatures long term (or at least its probe can). No luck so far. I currently don’t really trust its own settings.

A bit of both. It’s a mindset that keeps me from doing anything too stupid, and a good one to pass on to others. I can play around, so long as I don’t make her life harder.

It mostly stops me putting brittle, or janky setups into use. I need to actually streamline and ruggedise them. I benefit from that too, in the long run.