# Random Musings (and associated non sequiturs) v. 3.0
**URL:** https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478
**Category:** general
**Created:** [October 10, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478 "2013-10-10T00:21:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@DocDubious](https://cog.discourse.group/u/DocDubious)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4692 "2021-11-22T14:34:44Z")
Human cruise missiles, damned near. Sure glad they never got those working.
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### Author:  [@RRabbit42](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RRabbit42)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4693 "2021-11-25T16:10:44Z")
Got the notice that today was my anniversary for being here and guess what dredged itself back out of the depths of my memory? The [“Anniversary song”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf8ZAMRO1DU) from _The Flintstones_.
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### Author:  [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4694 "2021-12-07T17:16:58Z")
The NASA Astronaut Candidate Class of 2021 has 10 members, including [US Navy Lt. Deniz Burnham](https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/deniz-burnham/biography)
> At time of her selection as a NASA astronaut candidate, Burnham had spent more than a decade in the energy industry where she **managed drilling optimization projects** and emission reduction strategies for drilling rigs. She began her career as a field engineer on a remote oil rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and as a lead field engineer, she was responsible for all aspects of the measurement and logging while drilling operations at drilling rig sites throughout the Arctic. In 2011, Burnham was selected for a 15-month intensive training and evaluation program in preparation for an **on-site leadership position as a drilling well site leader** where she trained in various locations throughout Wyoming and Texas. She went on to **lead onsite operations for about nine years on drilling rigs** in Canada, Ohio, and Texas.
Folks, I’m pretty sure there’s an asteroid headed our way and neither NASA nor the government has told us yet.
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### Author:  [@e4tmyl33t](https://cog.discourse.group/u/e4tmyl33t)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4695 "2021-12-07T17:23:21Z")
We’re fine until they tap Bruce Willis.
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### Author:  [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4696 "2021-12-07T17:37:32Z")
Naaah, not gonna worry… but as soon as Bruce Willis get called up, I’ll start to panic…
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### Author:  [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4697 "2021-12-07T17:38:55Z")
In all seriousness, I think NASA want to go prospecting for oil (or resources which may be buried deep) on Mars.
So they need somebody with drilling rig experience in order to get a project put together.
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### Author:  [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4698 "2021-12-07T19:53:07Z")
> [@dakboy](#):
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> Folks, I’m pretty sure there’s an asteroid headed our way and neither NASA nor the government has told us yet.
There is one for sure. However, I doubt NASA knows about it yet.
However, with all the interest in water on the moon and asteroid mining it only makes sense. But at this point NASA looks more like it’s on track to become a regulatory body than the space explorers of the future.
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### Author:  [@Rizak](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Rizak)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4699 "2021-12-17T17:07:38Z")
Our work chat has been renamed to “hatching, matching, dispatching, and patching”.
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### Author:  [@RRabbit42](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RRabbit42)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4700 "2021-12-18T19:23:10Z")
There’s a lot of jokes about the quality of Taco Bell’s food. I’ve had no complaints about it until I got a burrito and began to wonder if I needed a spoon to eat it like soup and whether the cheap frozen burritos I had back at home have more substance to them.
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### Author:  [@Viking](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Viking)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4701 "2021-12-19T02:45:16Z")
I call that place ‘Taco Bilious’.
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### Author:  [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4702 "2021-12-20T15:20:07Z")
Outside of the house is the most decorated it’s been in ages. Inside the house the trees are up and the random crap is spread around. But…
We have one ornament hung on one tree, the other three are totally bare except lights. And I think I am mostly OK with that. The annual ornaments will go up today on the pencil tree. (We get one ornament a year from a mall kiosk with family names on it and the year.) But that’s likely it. It’s been busy and they are still pretty as hell, so why hassle with it?
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### Author:  [@Rizak](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Rizak)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4703 "2021-12-20T22:15:02Z")
> [@Woodman](#):
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> the other three are totally bare except lights
Remove the lights on one and tie on a single bullet on a decorate piece of ribbon.
Then you’ll have a cartridge in a bare tree.
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### Author:  [@Rizak](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Rizak)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4704 "2021-12-21T13:12:48Z")
I love cheese. I normally buy wedges of Parmesan from the local Italian fine foods market and freeze them until needed. Then, I’ll grate a whole wedge to keep in a plastic container in the fridge which keeps us going for a while.
I recently tried a grocery store wedge of 3yo Parmesan and it has changed my life. It’s about the same cost as the stuff I used to think was so special and has SO much more flavour. I think the minimum to make Parmesan is 18 months, which is probably what I’d been buying all this time.
Just because you have/know/do something awesome doesn’t mean it can’t be better.
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### Author:  [@MikeP](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MikeP)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 5:44am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4705 "2022-01-12T05:44:48Z")
Making up a photo book is a very humbling experience (for me anyway).
I have purchased a voucher for a photo book with 60 pages. So that’s 60 photos I need to find. Considering that I have had a DSLR for 10 years and have around 30,000 photos in my library, that should be easy - right?
Not so much.
I don’t want to put _good_ photos in there, I want really good or great. That’s hard. (It’s also quite subjective because a couple of the photos I really like, my wife doesn’t like at all).
I currently have 50 photos, and one of those isn’t a really good photo, it’s just a fun photo of a dog with a stick. I included it because it sums up summer pretty well to me.
The other 10 photos are proving difficult. I’m not stressed about it at the moment because I have 6 months to use the voucher and I have a good opportunity to take some more photos coming up. But it shows how much I’ve learned about taking photos, and _really_ shows how much I still have to learn.
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### Author:  [@TechnoMistress](https://cog.discourse.group/u/TechnoMistress)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4706 "2022-01-12T15:18:27Z")
I’ve been thinking of doing this for my dad - maybe a photobook of all the places we’ve gone together.
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### Author:  [@RRabbit42](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RRabbit42)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4707 "2022-01-12T15:42:34Z")
My sister went through the family photos not long ago. She found dad had certain themes he repeated, such as multiple pictures of the same flower from far away, close up and at different angles. I think everything was in slide format instead of printed photos, so it took longer to go through the photos that way.
Dang. Another “You know you’re old when…” moment. Slide projectors and being able to buy professional photos in slide format.
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### Author:  [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4708 "2022-01-12T17:13:08Z")
My father has boxes upon boxes of slides, prints and negatives. He started trying to digitize them years ago and I think probably gave up after a while.
It’s the kind of task I’d throw money at, pack everything up, ship it out to a service to digitize it all, and then sift through what they send back. And I suspect I’ll do precisely that at some point in the future.
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### Author:  [@MikeP](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MikeP)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4709 "2022-01-13T05:06:30Z")
> [@RRabbit42](#):
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> She found dad had certain themes he repeated, such as multiple pictures of the same flower from far away, close up and at different angles
Yeah, I’ve done that a bit too. Some of the time both shots are good, but most of the time there is one shot that stands out above the others.
The beauty of digital photography is that it’s cost free to take multiple shots. Back in the film days you really wanted to make your shots count and only take 1, and I think my photography suffered as a result.
> [@dakboy](#):
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> It’s the kind of task I’d throw money at
That would be a _lot_ of money. It’s very expensive to get someone else to do that job as it’s very labour intensive.
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### Author:  [@TechnoMistress](https://cog.discourse.group/u/TechnoMistress)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4710 "2022-01-13T16:28:38Z")
> [@MikeP](#):
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> it’s very labour intensive.
Yup. I spent two days scanning photos at my dad’s place and got through maybe 1/10th of his collection. And I was using an actual photo scanner like the one below (_exactly_ like it) not a printer scanner.
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### Author:  [@CaffeinatedNoms](https://cog.discourse.group/u/CaffeinatedNoms)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/4711 "2022-01-16T00:30:13Z")
Heh, just got a 30-day ban from FaceRot for joking that a badly printed roadsign should be burned down.
Apparently, joking that a badly painted roadsign should be burned down is _incitement to violence against persons of a protected category_… I mean… I mean sure they’re government property but that sounds like FaceBook gives higher reverence to roadsigns than Australia does to aboriginal folks 🤔
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