A precursor to Backgammon, which is a game I love to play:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bronze-age-game-found-chiseled-stone-azerbaijan

Even better games:
http://www.ancientpages.com/2017/07/17/ancient-roman-women-wore-bikini-1400-b-c/

 

Maybe I am predisposed but the few office rooms (mostly in USA) built in containers I met, had too strong air conditioners but you could feel the heat coming from the ceiling. I am not the best one to judge.

Besides that, not sure about final costs.

With temperature rising every year, I think it would only get worse.

 

A precursor to Backgammon, which is a game I love to play:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bronze-age-game-found-chiseled-stone-azerbaijan

How many different types of backgammon games do you have over there? Here we have majorly 3, including the well-known game played in every online site. We don't use the "double-up" feature, though.

 

How many different types of backgammon games do you have over there? Here we have majorly 3, including the well-known game played in every online site. We don't use the "double-up" feature, though.

Where have you been?

 

Where have you been?

Learning to play the so many, I guess.

 

Where have you been?

Learning to play the so many, I guess.

Heh... nice one.

I guess I've been growing up. I became a PhD student, got a girlfriend, got more miscellaneous responsibilities... you know, life happened.
Plus my interests shifted a bit from electronics to robotics.

I've been visiting about once a year to see how are the fellow mods doing, but it's always a hit and run.

This time I promised to stay around for a week or so... feels nice. We'll see how much I'll last.

 

Heh... nice one.

I guess I've been growing up. I became a PhD student, got a girlfriend, got more miscellaneous responsibilities... you know, life happened.
Plus my interests shifted a bit from electronics to robotics.

I've been visiting about once a year to see how are the fellow mods doing, but it's always a hit and run.

This time I promised to stay around for a week or so... feels nice. We'll see how much I'll last.

Yopu will have to change your name then to Dr. Georacer.

 

How many different types of backgammon games do you have over there? Here we have majorly 3, including the well-known game played in every online site. We don't use the "double-up" feature, though.

Just one type. I discovered there was a second type while visiting Paris about 25 years ago, in which there were pegs around the perimeter of the board, but I never learned how it was played.

Glad to hear you're doing well ... especially about the girlfriend part ... seriously now, it's good to see you're back.

 

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-myth-of-authenticity-is-killing-tex-mex-2103613153

She said that the recipes, which aren’t quite “real Mexican food,” originated from her grandmother, who is from El Carmen, a small town outside of Monterrey in Neuvo León. Maybe it’s not, but it’s ranch food, cooked by the people of this region on both sides of the border.

 

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-myth-of-authenticity-is-killing-tex-mex-2103613153

Tex-Mex is definitely not Mexican food, I can vouch for that.

That being said, I'm not of the opinion that it's bad either. Some of it is quite good, actually. It's just that it's an entirely different cuisine on its own.

 

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-myth-of-authenticity-is-killing-tex-mex-2103613153

A state legislature dominated by a Republican party at war with itself, .... is not likely to enshrine the taco as the state’s official food. But doing so would both capture the 21st century zeitgest of the state, and fulfill one of Texas’s most cherished obsessions: pissing off California.

Lol!

 

Yopu will have to change your name then to Dr. Georacer.

I think I'll go with Dr. Z, from my last name's initial. More catchy

Just one type. I discovered there was a second type while visiting Paris about 25 years ago, in which there were pegs around the perimeter of the board, but I never learned how it was played.

Glad to hear you're doing well ... especially about the girlfriend part ... seriously now, it's good to see you're back.

Thanks man! Feels nice, familiar avatars all around.

 

Tex-Mex is definitely not Mexican food, I can vouch for that.

That being said, I'm not of the opinion that it's bad either. Some of it is quite good, actually. It's just that it's an entirely different cuisine on its own.

Dinner @cmartinez house so he can show us the real Mexican food. What date and time @cmartinez?

 

Dinner @cmartinez house so he can show us the real Mexican food. What date and time @cmartinez?

Tell you what, before we cross that bridge I'll hand you a couple of coupons for Taco Bell first, so you can taste what really bad Tex-Mex junk food's like.

 

Tell you what, before we cross that bridge I'll hand you a couple of coupons for Taco Bell first, so you can taste what really bad Tex-Mex junk food's like.

Don't worry I know what it tastes like. Why I don't eat there.

Actually Dell Taco (not sure if they still exist) is not awful.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/shotgun-carjacking-saskatoon-passenger-1.4911235

Picture this: The guy who used a sawed-off shotgun to commandeer a half-ton truck is now driving 140 km/h north on Highway 16 with the truck's owner in the passenger seat. Then the driver drops the shotgun.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/shotgun-carjacking-saskatoon-passenger-1.4911235

Picture this: The guy who used a sawed-off shotgun to commandeer a half-ton truck is now driving 140 km/h north on Highway 16 with the truck's owner in the passenger seat. Then the driver drops the shotgun.

You probably should have posted this in the good news thread.

 

so you can taste what really bad Tex-Mex junk food's like.

We thought we would patronize a new local Mexican restaurant that opened close by recently, Los Vamos Taco's.
Food was not too bad but Nothing like what I would call 'Mexican' , one clue maybe because the owner is Chinese!
Max.

 

We thought we would patronize a new local Mexican restaurant that opened close by recently, Los Vamos Taco's.
Food was not too bad but Nothing like what I would call 'Mexican' , one clue maybe because the owner is Chinese!
Max.

LOL! ... and the Chef is probably Italian!

 

Finally! A store in the mall for men that doesn't sell suits: