The Coffee House

[smoke665]

you'll have the kosher pickles that we can get in delis here in the Northeast (

It was alive and fermenting in the Midwest when I was a kid. Now not so much. My wife didn't care for them so it's not really worth it for just myself. Glad to see someone keeping the process alive.

 

[Gary A.]

Artichoke bloom.

 

[JonA_CT]

you'll have the kosher pickles that we can get in delis here in the Northeast (

It was alive and fermenting in the Midwest when I was a kid. Now not so much. My wife didn't care for them so it's not really worth it for just myself. Glad to see someone keeping the process alive.

I feel like a lot of these things are coming back. Hell, you can buy a sauerkraut crock at Walmart these days. That might be next, or maybe some kimchi. But I think my wife is close to limiting the number of things growing in the kitchen.

 

[Gary A.]

I cannot bear all the news these days, not because the world is in a bad state, but because many people look at the world at an angle that makes the world look bad.

Unfortunately bad news presents more opportunities to peal away the layers of the onion. The more they can do that the more circulation/ratings = more ad revenue. I get it, they want to make money. However despite the fact that the world is a pretty large place, you have a situation where nothing happens today. In the old days when the news was an hour long, it wasn't hard to fill that slot, there was more time for research, more time for investigation. When you're running 24/7 you can't have dead air space, and you don't have time for a reporter to work in depth on a story. So you either fill it with talking heads or hire more reporters, which is why the cable news is more like a Jerry Springer free for all then legitimate news.

An hour of Tv news is about equal to one page from a newspaper.

 

[Gary A.]

Dinner at Mexico 1900. Mary Lou and Gary were too beat-up from the treadmill to make dinner.

Carnitas Before:

Carnitas After:

 

[Frank F.]

Some wise man said that no news is important enough that it cannot wait until the morning paper arrives...

I know the quote but I can't place the source???? I've also heard it said that newspapers are dying because they cater to the old. Like you I enjoy sitting down, and reading an article at my own pace, maybe go back and read it again, but so much of the younger generation is of the immediate here and now.

I just read a super interesting piece on the North Korean rockets in the Sunday Paper. Scientists who build such rockets themselves and were in charge of controlling military disarming agreements analysed the video feeds. It seems these rockets are made from disassembled old Russian rockets. Disarming seems to mean disassemble not destroy. These parts were then probably sold through well established smuggling routes. The "North Korean Rocket Program" then reassemble the old Russian parts, sometimes in unconventional ways. Very interesting how much rocket experts can read from some short video footage!

 

[Gary A.]

Some wise man said that no news is important enough that it cannot wait until the morning paper arrives...

I know the quote but I can't place the source???? I've also heard it said that newspapers are dying because they cater to the old. Like you I enjoy sitting down, and reading an article at my own pace, maybe go back and read it again, but so much of the younger generation is of the immediate here and now.

I just read a super interesting piece on the North Korean rockets in the Sunday Paper. Scientists who build such rockets themselves and were in charge of controlling military disarming agreements analysed the video feeds. It seems these rockets are made from disassembled old Russian rockets. Disarming seems to mean disassemble not destroy. These parts were then probably sold through well established smuggling routes. The "North Korean Rocket Program" then reassemble the old Russian parts, sometimes in unconventional ways. Very interesting how much rocket experts can read from some short video footage!

Wow, that is very interesting. That is why their rocket program advanced so quickly. Gary wonders what a scrap rocket goes for on the black market. He could use one in his line of work.

 

[Frank F.]

Some wise man said that no news is important enough that it cannot wait until the morning paper arrives...

I know the quote but I can't place the source???? I've also heard it said that newspapers are dying because they cater to the old. Like you I enjoy sitting down, and reading an article at my own pace, maybe go back and read it again, but so much of the younger generation is of the immediate here and now.

I just read a super interesting piece on the North Korean rockets in the Sunday Paper. Scientists who build such rockets themselves and were in charge of controlling military disarming agreements analysed the video feeds. It seems these rockets are made from disassembled old Russian rockets. Disarming seems to mean disassemble not destroy. These parts were then probably sold through well established smuggling routes. The "North Korean Rocket Program" then reassemble the old Russian parts, sometimes in unconventional ways. Very interesting how much rocket experts can read from some short video footage!

Wow, that is very interesting. That is why their rocket program advanced so quickly. Gary wonders what a scrap rocket goes for on the black market. He could use one in his line of work.

They do not have a rocket program. They buy parts on the black market and pay some old Russian Engineers to create fireworks. We cannot say if this is really dangerous or if it is only fireworks to please the ego of Kim Yong Un with no consequence for anyone

 

[Gary A.]

But all those rockets are getting 'long-in-the-tooth' and must require massive overhauling and reconditioning. You gotta be right about the Ruskie involvement ... minimal risk and investment by Putin for a massive monetary response by the US. And, the Russia and N. Korea actually share a border, about 17km worth of land border and about 21km of maritime border. Very interesting. If it is all true, we've been seriously out-played by Putin.

 

[tirediron]

...They do not have a rocket program. They buy parts on the black market and pay some old Russian Engineers to create fireworks. We cannot say if this is really dangerous or if it is only fireworks to please the ego of Kim Yong Un with no consequence for anyone

I think you need to go back and do a little more research Frank. They most definitely DO have a rocket program. Yes a great deal of it is based on olderSoveit-era technology, some of it going back as far as the SS-15, however a lot of it is much more modern (relatively speaking) SS-25 and newer. In the past they did have Soviet "mentors", however now the program is almost wholly indigenous, there may still one or two ex-Soviet missile experts on the payroll, the Kims are very untrusting of any outsiders and once they have figured out the basics, I suspect they got rid of everyone who wasn't a loyal NK citizen.

As for the "black market" - not really. This stuff trades openly, albeit quietly every day. Countries are like consenting adults; they can do pretty much whatever they want between themselves. It was shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union (1993-4 IIRC) that Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's Aircraft (as well as possibly others) carried full-page ads where one could, through a broker, buy their very own airworthy MiG 29, or FAC(M). That said, very little, if anything at all in the weapons department has moved from either FSU or China into the DPRK in a long time.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary pick a boatload of Basil.

Maybe Pesto ... maybe something else.

 

[snowbear118 49]

Back Home.

At Logan, I ran into an oddity: a TSA person with a sense of humor! Somehow I got TSA Pre-check status so this may be part of it, since they apear to deal with hundreds of travelers per day instead of thousands.

 

[tirediron]

Back Home.

At Logan, I ran into an oddity: a TSA person with a sense of humor! Somehow I got TSA Pre-check status so this may be part of it, since they apear to deal with hundreds of travelers per day instead of thousands.

Probably already been fired.

 

[Frank F.]

...They do not have a rocket program. They buy parts on the black market and pay some old Russian Engineers to create fireworks. We cannot say if this is really dangerous or if it is only fireworks to please the ego of Kim Yong Un with no consequence for anyone

I think you need to go back and do a little more research Frank. They most definitely DO have a rocket program. Yes a great deal of it is based on olderSoveit-era technology, some of it going back as far as the SS-15, however a lot of it is much more modern (relatively speaking) SS-25 and newer. In the past they did have Soviet "mentors", however now the program is almost wholly indigenous, there may still one or two ex-Soviet missile experts on the payroll, the Kims are very untrusting of any outsiders and once they have figured out the basics, I suspect they got rid of everyone who wasn't a loyal NK citizen.

As for the "black market" - not really. This stuff trades openly, albeit quietly every day. Countries are like consenting adults; they can do pretty much whatever they want between themselves. It was shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union (1993-4 IIRC) that Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's Aircraft (as well as possibly others) carried full-page ads where one could, through a broker, buy their very own airworthy MiG 29, or FAC(M). That said, very little, if anything at all in the weapons department has moved from either FSU or China into the DPRK in a long time.

The analysis of the latest rocket lauches diagnosed engines from the SS7 and SS9 aera even. I did not do research. I just summarized what the FAZ on Sunday printed this morning. And they got the Article online (in German): Technik aus Russland?: Nordkoreas fleißiger Helfer

It was all about reading real paper papers in the morning, as dinosaurs like Gary & me & OLWs do it and love it.

 

[smoke665]

At Logan, I ran into an oddity: a TSA person with a sense of humor!

Should have gotten a picture and sent it to Ripley's. They pay for things like that