Random Randomness.

[casimir]

How about some Thanksgiving Eve surfing on Lake Erie, dudes?

[Deleterious]

When my partner and I opened our first restaurant my girlfriend was talking to some employees and a few mentioned they didn't have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving. She invited them over for dinner and I think 7 people ended up coming.

That morphed into an annual dinner hosted by my girlfriend and my partners wife. We're expecting over 200 people tomorrow.

[oblong]

Pushed out by new landlords bringing in something else. I hope whoever is behind the  “concept” didn’t sign any papers because community resentment will run high with this situation and I don’t predict success  Plymouth has plenty of options to dine    

[Deleterious]

December 9th

 

[Deleterious]

 

[CMRivdogs]

 

[chasfh]

On 12/9/2025 at 1:00 PM, CMRivdogs said:

 

Voyager I launched on September 5, 1977 at 7:56 AM CDT. The story says it has traveled 15,800,000,000 miles since then. So, I wanted to calculate how many miles per hours Voyager has averaged since then.

Here's how Google Gemini breaks it down after a search:

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Me:

how many hours has it been since September 5, 1977 at 7:56 AM CDT

Gemini:

As of December 12, 2025, at 7:56 AM CDT, it has been approximately 418,013 hours since September 5, 1977, at 7:56 AM CDT, which is exactly 48 years, 3 months, and 7 days (or about 17,417 days) of continuous time. 

Here's the breakdown:

1. Years: 2025 - 1977 = 48 years.
2. Days in 48 Years (including leap years): 48 years * 365 days/year + 12 leap days (1980, '84, '88, '92, '96, 2000, '04, '08, '12, '16, '20, '24) = 17520 + 12 = 17,532 days.
3. Days from Sept 5 to Dec 12: September (25 days left) + October (31) + November (30) + December (12) = 98 days.
4. Total Days: 17,532 + 98 = 17,630 days.
5. Total Hours: 17,630 days * 24 hours/day = 423,120 hours. 

Note: This calculation accounts for all full years and days, and since the start and end times are the same (7:56 AM), the calculation is straightforward. Using a precise date calculator confirms this duration

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So, it's been approximately 418,013 hours, which is exactly 17,417 days, or, in other words, precisely 423,120 hours, which calculates out to 17,630 days. Something like that.

So the average speed since then is 37,342 miles per hour. Or 37,798 miles per hour. Something like that.

Although, according to Gemini:

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Me:

how many miles is one light day, use commas and not exponents

Gemini: 

One light-day is approximately 16,094,455,343 miles. This is often rounded to about 16.1 billion miles. 

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Approximately. Or 15,800,000,000 miles.

Something like that.

[oblong]

True.... once it escaped Earth's gravitation pull and into solar orbit it went faster, then as it went by Jupiter and Saturn it got a boost from them.  

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

They take their high school football serious in Texas.  I read 10 arrested, but I imagine that number will go up as they go through the videos.  

NSFW lanague 

 

[Deleterious]

Happy Festivus.  Let us never forget how this holiday started.

 

[Deleterious]

Most popular is the standard plate.  2nd is the Water-Winter Wonderland, followed by the Mackinac Bridge plate.

We have 1 plate in the state issued to a Medal of Honor winner.  There is also 1 plate issued to a Pearl Harbor survivor.  

What’s on your plate? Michigan Department of State releases top license plates on the road in 2025

[Tigeraholic1]

 

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

 

And why not? They basically have the day off anyway since the whole rest of the first world does, so, might as well make something special happen on a local basis.

[Tigeraholic1]

 

[oblong]

Bridget Bardot died. That’s for another thread.  But courtesy of Simon Shows you Maps…

Only Chubby Checker, Dylan, and Bernie Goetz (which in high school I thought was Burning Jets)  are still alive  

 

 

[chasfh]

On 12/28/2025 at 1:25 PM, Tigeraholic1 said:

 

I have always assumed “butt load” is a misnomer for “boatload”. 

[oblong]

I thought MTV was getting rid of their music channels? I have their Live and Classic channels marked as favorites and they are still showing stuff. 

[Biff Mayhem]

On 1/1/2026 at 8:57 AM, chasfh said:

I have always assumed “butt load” is a misnomer for “boatload”. 

I associated it with the likes of “big ass” as a unit of measurement. No parameters but you know what they’re talking about with a big ass car or a big ass tree.

[oblong]

Either way. I’m in favor.