Last month, I bookmarked a YouTube video of Britain's Got Talent audition for a South African singer Belinda Davids and going through videos tonight, gave it another listen.
This MILF belted out a Whitney Houston song and hit the high notes actually cleaner than Whitney herself.
There are lots of Whitney covers but this talent show opened up a career for Belinda.
Technology moves forward. Maybe you remember when FM radio was broadcast entirely on an analog signal. Then stations added a digital band of information was simulcast along with the digital signal. The FCC changed all that and stations are fully digital sending streams of digitally encoded signals. The same thing happened with TV. If you were receiving broadcasts from an antenna on an old TV set, you had to add a digital receiver to convert the new digital signals.
The purpose for that was to send more data over the same bandwidth. Effectively adding more stations on the same channel.
Cell phone services are all switching to 5G, but the majority of customers are still using 4G. Surprising there is a small percentage of devices that can only work on a 3G signal.
If you are using an old style flip-phone, chances are it's on 3G. Lots of communication devices like tablets require 3G service.
Depending on your carrier, some of the major companies will be phasing out 3G. That change affects many old-style life-alert systems and discount carrier cellphones used only for 911. Unless they upgrade, they will be totally useless.
I'm reading the phase-out could happen as early as the first quarter 2022.
Okay, raise your hand if you know what the term warp & weft relates to!
Don't know? It's the way they rate woven fabric. Warp threads run up and down (lengthwise) and weft threads run side to side (widthwise) and measured by the square inch. By definition, thread can be described as a fine cord of a fibrous material, such as cotton or flax, usually made of two or more filaments twisted together and used in needlework and woven into cloth.
Cloth making has been going on for thousands of years and with the exception of a few rock stars, it took us out of the era of wearing animal hide for covering. I was almost going to say clothing, but that involves cloth... a woven fabric product. That came after the days of wearing hides.
Cloth is usually rated in thread count... the number of threads per inch. Bed sheets, typically have a high thread count of thinner threads versus burlap that is less threads per inch of a thicker thread. Satin sheets from silk typically have a very high thread count greater than 400 where common cotton sheets would be in the range of 200 to 300 and Egyptian cotton 300 to 360 threads per inch.
My first wife liked satin sheets. I found them annoying. They were tight fitting and it felt like I was on a trampoline. I'm currently using a memory foam mattress with memory foam topper and conventional bed sheets. although cotton is my favorite, it leaves the fitted sheet with wrinkles. Yesterday, I was shopping for bath towels that are 100% cotton and came across sheets made of Jersey that is a cotton blend. The difference in Jersey is it's a knitted material (and not woven) making it stretchy which is softer than bed sheets. Jersey will probably be in my next purchase to try out.
Basically, it's a term to describe a gun assembled from parts (usually bought online) and has no manufacturers serial number. By purchasing a kit or individual parts, someone can build a gun that cannot be traced back to a manufacturer or gun sale allowing the owner/purchaser to get around the legality of registering the firearm.
That's a new twist on the phrase "If guns were outlawed, only outlaws would have guns."
It's been a few weeks since the story broke about Alec Baldwin firing a movie prop revolver used in the filming of the movie RUST that is believed to have actually carried a live round, killing Halyna Hutchins, director of photography.
It's obvious Trump has a personal vendetta with Baldwin.
While officials are still doing investigations, they have collected about 600 items via search warrants. The FBI lab is continuing to do tests... however that didn't stop ex-president Donald Trump from publicly announcing his baseless claim that Alec Baldwin might have purposefully shot crew members on the set.
Bravo Donald. Were you there doing forensics?
Maybe he was born in Africa. We need to see Baldwin's birth certificate to be sure as I heard his grandmother swore he was born in Kenya.
Set your clocks if you want to catch the longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years.
Called a Frost Moon, NASA states this eclipse will last 3 hours and 28 minutes, they also state the East coast USA it's expected to be visible this Friday, after 2am to 4am and 11pm to 1am on the West coast.
(So... what happened to the 3 hours?)
Story link here:
Live streaming of the event here:
In the last few days more than 40 new profiles of women came online who are 5'-7" Caucasian with blond hair and green eyes.
What a coincidence, except the photos don't match the descriptions.
This is from one who arrived today.
Just before her, a woman who claims to be from Toledo, California came online as a new member. I haven't checked, but I would wager there isn't a city named Toledo in the state of California. She's also 5'-7" Caucasian with blond hair and green eyes.
I read a blog yesterday mentioning a guy who was duped by a scammer that despite knowing she was telling lies, he continued to be lured into her trap.
With such a high percentage of fakes, moderating a dating site must be a nightmare of a job.
Oh, Kim Kardashian ??
Yeah Kim Kardashian.
Oh, say it ain't so.
Okay, it ain't so.
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You don't really think Kim Kardashian would join CS, do you?
Today I read an article that described an anti-vaccination movement that started early in the 19th century where people were skeptical of the smallpox vaccine. They stated the side effects they dreaded were far more terrifying.
For example: blindness, deafness, ulcers, a gruesome skin condition called "cowpox mange" - even sprouting hoofs and horns.
Publications with artist sketches were passed out to (mis) inform the public.
We are into bigger lies such as 'Bill Gates put microchips in the vaccine and when you are near a 5G tower, it will turn you into a zombie.
Pretty amazing if you ask me.
My question is: "How do they get one microchip into a tiny needle from a vile of vaccine?"
I am told 'the microchip is already in the needle'
It may be time for Steve Bannon to pay the piper.
Indicted by a federal grand jury Friday. He is charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions from the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Two contempt counts:
One for refusing to appear for a deposition and another for declining to produce documents requested by the committee.
If convicted, Bannon could face up to a year behind bars and a fine of up to $100,000.
You go boy !!
I live in a 55 and older community that started out predominately Jewish. There are 2 synagogues and New York bagel style restaurant within the village. The grocery store across the street has a large ethnic section of foods typical of the Jewish religion/culture.
The bakery there often has seasonal items like Mondel bread that is baked as a loaf and cut with the appearance of Biscotti. The main difference is the Mondel bread texture is softer, similar to a chocolate chip cookie.
Last week something new (to me) appears in the bakery section... Babka.
The description is a sweet bread that has folded layers. I've seen two flavors. Chocolate and Cinnamon.
$6 for a loaf is pricey in my book, but I was curious.
Finishing the last slice tonight, it's doubtful I would try it again.
Maybe cinnamon rolls would be a less expensive choice.
Jay Leno breaks the Bugatti Chiron speed record of 9.4 seconds doing a 1/4 mile in 9.247 seconds with the Tesla Model S Plaid. His record was short lived as later in the day, a Tesla driver does 9.234 breaking Leno's record for the title of the fastest production car.
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