The Isolated Blurt Thread XVII : Squish Me Like You Mean It!

[Luk]

Bums should carry point of sale terminals.

Your mom should gift them hers since she gives it up for free now.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Many states ban fireworks.

Here in Texas the law is schizophrenic.
Fireworks are legal exactly two weeks of the year:

• December 24th through December 31st
• June 27th through July 4th

Currently listening to a veritable artillery barrage each night.

Note to Que: "veritable" is defined as "being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary —often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor a veritable mountain of references."

 

[adrina]

I survived the work day. One more to go. Then the weekend. Hopefully a long one. We'll see.

 

[pointless]

i didn't intend to waste my day watching the living shit out of travel man, but i did it. thanks, hulu. it's nice to see the fuckers in order and not mixed with random clips and/or other random british tv shows of varying quality on youtube.

anyway, back to jon hamm being all charming and shit in hong kong.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Aliens came to the city tonight and I missed 'em cuz I was underground in the subway when it happened!

https://i.ibb.co/YQRC0p5/IMG-0091.jpg

actually a power station in Queens went tits up and this occurred. Woulda been sweet to see live. Everyone living in glass hi-rises along the East River got the best view.

 

[pointless]

*sigh* city folk. it's like you've never seen a transformer explode before.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

*sigh* city folk. it's like you've never seen a transformer explode before.

Oh, we've had shit pop before, but that one was a beauty.

 

[silver gurl]

Here in Texas the law is schizophrenic.
Fireworks are legal exactly two weeks of the year:

• December 24th through December 31st
• June 27th through July 4th

Currently listening to a veritable artillery barrage each night.

Note to Que: "veritable" is defined as "being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary —often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor a veritable mountain of references."

I am originally from NH. The "Live Free or Die State" Best state ever :/

 

[Saint Peter]

Somewhere there is an IBEW member on vacation making bank.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

This was not the simple pop of a transformer

An explosion and fire at a power station in Astoria transformed the night sky over New York City into a strange turquoise light show on Thursday night.

A spokesperson for FDNY tells Gothamist that the explosion was first reported at 9:13 p.m in the vicinity of the Con Ed station on 20th Avenue. Since then, the fire department has received "several different reports of a flash of fire lighting up the sky, some sparks and crackles, a lot of things," the spokesperson said.

"The ominous plume could be seen in all five boroughs across the city, and is reportedly causing scattered power outages in Queens. LaGuardia airport was temporarily shut down, though power appears to have been turned back on at Terminals C and D

"According to the MTA, there are "extensive delays" on the 7 train as a result of the explosion."

http://gothamist.com/2018/12/27/queens_astoria_con_ed_light.php

 

[pointless]

so like a big transformer explosion.

first time i ever saw one it scared the living shit out of me. i believed in aliens for about half a second. what made it worse is i was the only fucker who saw it in a car full of four people who were too busy talking to notice a blue sun come into existence for a brief moment just behind them.

so, yeah, i thought i was going mad. it was great fun.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

There's a lot of posted videos over it on Twitter. Some of 'em are really amazing to watch. Nothing but pure blue in the beginning, then it goes white-red like the Eye of Sauron.

Ghostbusters, Independence Day and Thor: Ragnarok gifs are having a resurgence.

 

[IG_88]

Had one blow right across the street from me. It was on a pole in front of the neighbors house. Just a big boom out of nowhere and a light show unlike anything else and then no power. They fix 'em pretty quick tho so that's nice.
There's a substation just a couple blocks away and part of that blew one night. Holy fuck, it was like the world was ending. Shook the house and everything. That was fun for a second.

 

[IG_88]

My New Years resolutions are lame. I need something good like climb Everest or fuck Anna Kendrick in the ass or become president of the NRA. But no I got lose 20 pounds and get a new car.

 

[Aglaopheme]

We still don’t have snow. A dusting.

Thank goodnesss that wasn’t snow coming down until the very end of the storm. We got a dusting and a bunch of ice. I hope the streets are clear by the time I leave for the shop.

 

[Aglaopheme]

There's a lot of posted videos over it on Twitter. Some of 'em are really amazing to watch. Nothing but pure blue in the beginning, then it goes white-red like the Eye of Sauron.

Ghostbusters, Independence Day and Thor: Ragnarok gifs are having a resurgence.

The videos are amazing. What a sight to see.

 

[Spins]

Living in South Texas is weird.

 

[von_Bismarck]

Thank goodnesss that wasn’t snow coming down until the very end of the storm. We got a dusting and a bunch of ice. I hope the streets are clear by the time I leave for the shop.

Driving into that mess on Saturday.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Here in Texas the law is schizophrenic.
Fireworks are legal exactly two weeks of the year:

• December 24th through December 31st
• June 27th through July 4th

Currently listening to a veritable artillery barrage each night.

Note to Que: "veritable" is defined as "being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary —often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor a veritable mountain of references."

That does seem schizo, but makes some sense in a warmer climate. Also, why not extend the dates a day? I suppose there are noise restriction laws that would be enforced after midnight.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Driving into that mess on Saturday.

You should be okay by then just cold.

 

[raindancer]

So sick of days of rain, weekly. Ugh.

 

[von_Bismarck]

You should be okay by then just cold.

Great, thanks. Was watching the forecast earlier this week, when there was the possibility of six inches. Almost this situation.

http://i.imgur.com/GtUhXuq.jpg

 

[HarryHill]

I am happy it is warmer than expected. This would have been an even worse mess had all of this rain been snow. Hopefully the rain will not stop people from venturing out this evening.

We still don’t have snow. A dusting.

..
Global warming, bah!

 

[neci]

Here in Texas the law is schizophrenic.
Fireworks are legal exactly two weeks of the year:

• December 24th through December 31st
• June 27th through July 4th

Currently listening to a veritable artillery barrage each night.

Note to Que: "veritable" is defined as "being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary —often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor a veritable mountain of references."

Those are the dates for the sale of fireworks. Posession and usage depend on the county/city and burn ban status. Theoretically, if you live in the country and it there is no burn ban, you can set them off whenever your heart desires.

 

[raindancer]

I'm out of coffee?!?!