Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nincompoopery Round Up

Concierge vs. Valet
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Our building has a “Concierge” Desk.  When the building was built, 10 years ago, they were all the rage.  But now, not so much.  Now, if you want tickets to an event – you go on-line. If you want a Black Car, you contact Uber.  If you really want a Concierge, then you Platinum Credit Card and use their service.  Our “concierge” mainly coordinates dry cleaning, house cleaning, dog walking  and package delivery.
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So yesterday, in my Condo Board meeting, they proposed changing the name to Valet.  To which I think, why?  We just bought the “Concierge” letters and redid the room.  Why screw with the sign for no return and that will probably annoy people. They may not have used it, but they liked the possibility of using it.
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Instead of raising this, perfectly reasonable, reasoning and discussing it for hours, I simply fell into being an annoying LA President and shut down the talk with the comment, “If they don’t park cars, they aren’t a Valet.  Next.”
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Sanctity of Marriage
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Charles Manson, 70 year old serial killer in jail for life, is getting married to a 25 year old woman.  This is legal in every state, however my and Ed’s marriage is sinful and illegal in about 20 states.  Nincompoopery.
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Charles and the intended Mrs. Manson

Unintended Consequences
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It is cold as can be in the states.  This was unexpected in Climate change.  You see we don’t understand all unintended consequences.  We know that Europe could get colder.  The idea is that as Greenland’s icebergs melt quicker, more very cold water will mix with the warm Gulf Stream that keeps Northern Europe habitable (London, Paris, Berlin and Prague are all further north than Winnipeg Canada! – Venice is farther north than Minneapolis.)  So with the Gulf Stream being not so warm, Europe will start to shiver in the winter.

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We did not know that Arctic Sea Ice kept the low pressure system over the North Pole.  Once the very cold water of the Arctic Sea  turns from Ice to Water, the land of Canada is suddenly colder, the low moves south and voila, freezing cold in North America in the winter (and hotter in the  summer).
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Exodus (the Movie)
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Looks like a Computer Graphics disaster with Christina Bale as over emoting Moses on steroids.   Only Ridley Scott can make Charlton Heston look like a paragon of subtle nuance.