The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Ryujin]

wrong snark?

Wanting to be a pirate is a legitimate explanation

Remember, some Snarks are Boojums.

 

[Ryujin]

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

Wanting to be a pirate is a legitimate explanation

I know too much about nautical history and modern-day piracy to ever want to actually be one.

Thankfully I haven't lost any appendages yet so as long as I don't acquire a parrot I shouldn't be mistaken for the scum of the sea here in upstate New York.

Oh no! Wofano, you need to get two ravens immediately!

Also, very best wishes from here for endurances, good care, and all the mending that can come your way.

The real trick will be finding the eight-legged horse, although I suppose I could go high concept and hire four pallbearers to lug me around on a coffin whenever I go out on errands. Not sure if my insurance will cover that, though.

This development is less dire than it sounds and not entirely unexpected, but thanks for the wishes anyway.

 

[Ryujin]

I know too much about nautical history and modern-day piracy to ever want to actually be one.

Thankfully I haven't lost any appendages yet so as long as I don't acquire a parrot I shouldn't be mistaken for the scum of the sea here in upstate New York.

But who wouldn't want to sail the mighty Lake Champlain, out of Port Kent, and have a hideaway in Ausable Chasm?

The real trick will be finding the eight-legged horse, although I suppose I could go high concept and hire four pallbearers to lug me around on a coffin whenever I go out on errands. Not sure if my insurance will cover that, though.

This development is less dire than it sounds and not entirely unexpected, but thanks for the wishes anyway.

These days Odin rides the subway.

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[overgeeked]

These days Odin rides the subway.

 

[overgeeked]

These days Odin rides the subway.

 

[Thomas Shey]

It's interesting listening to the old time radio shows from WWII and right after for the rationing (during the war) and then the push to take in returning troops as boarders and get more houses built (right after).

I wonder what the prevalence of boarding houses was back then vs today? (I know in my grandma's diary she and several others had rooms in a house - I don't remember if it was owned by an older couple or a widow).

Its not that uncommon locally to find someone renting out a room, but I'd bet there are some zoning issues that have long since killed old fashioned boarding houses.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I spotted a thread in which one page had only 2 of its 20 posts visible to me because I was ignoring so many posters. Time to unfollow that thread.

Sometimes it can just be a single poster who is spamming heck out of the thread. I've got one (though I'm not sure why I'm any longer participating in it) that's like that.

 

[Ryujin]

Its not that uncommon locally to find someone renting out a room, but I'd bet there are some zoning issues that have long since killed old fashioned boarding houses.

Anything that might be used as a boarding house, today, has likely been turned into either a B&B, or rented out on AirB&B.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I always wonder about the legality of the latter in some cases.