Oh, no! All the workers are straight men!

Or: Piss off, Miss Molly 

Oberlin College student gets all nicker wadded

From Valor Guardians

I was angry, scared, and confused. Why didn’t the College complete the installation over the summer, when the building was empty? Why couldn’t they tell us precisely when the workers would be there? Why were they only notifying us the day before the installation was due to begin?

I considered reaching out to Matos, but what would I say? The College was unlikely to address any of my concerns the day before the scheduled installation, and if they did, it would more than likely be in a passive we-are-truly-sorry-for-the-inconvenience sort of way, punctuated by an insistence that I would not be excessively bothered and that the installation was necessary, whether I liked it or not.

The next day, I waited apprehensively. The workers began installing in common spaces, and I could see immediately that they were all men. It was clear that the College had not made a special request that male workers not be allowed onto the upper floors of Baldwin. Predicting when they would reach my room was pure guesswork. I was trying to anticipate whether I would be in class when they arrived, or if I’d have to welcome strangers into my room only to be ejected to allow them space to work.

When the insistent knock eventually came, I scrambled to get my mask on and repeatedly shouted, “Coming!” through the door. Four or five construction workers stood outside, accompanied by someone who I could only assume — by his neat polo and clipboard — to be an emissary of the College. We stared at each other for a moment before I moved aside to allow the workers to enter. The emissary began issuing platitudes that the work wouldn’t take long and encouraged me to prop open my door. I asked meekly if I could actually not have a radiator installed in my dorm. I knew the answer was no before I had even said it, but hey — worth a shot.

I left for class, and by the time I had come back, they appeared to be done, though Polo Man warned me that they would return later in the week to check the insulation. Sure enough, they were back the next day. I felt mildly violated and a little peeved.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=118675

 

 

 

 

She is a teacher?

First, we will identify the writer, Linda Sheffield Miller, who says: “Grew up at Beale Air Force Base, California. I am a Habubrat. Graduated from North Dakota State University. Former Public School Substitute Teacher, (all subjects all grades). Member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). I am interested in History, especially the history of the SR-71. …”

(Four incomplete sentences.)

Now, the offensive writing, from The Aviation Geek Club:

“David Peters is a (sic) SR 71 pilot who was excepted (sic) to the program in 1976 (sic) he (sic) flew until 1986 when he retired. He is originally from Tacoma, Washington. When he first saw the SR (sic) 71 it was 1967, (sic) he was flying the F-4’s (sic) had a fuel problem and had to land at Navy Fallon in Nevada. It was there that he saw something he had never seen before. (sic) An (sic) SR 71, (sic) it just so happened that John Storie and George Bull (both SR 71 pilots) where (sic) flying the” (sic) B “(sic) model and also had a fuel problem and had to land. Dave said to his backseater, ‘Someday I’m going to fly that plane.’”

Each “sic” is a grammatical or punctuation error. Errors could have been – should have been – eliminated by any editor who could read. The quoted paragraph is possibly the worst piece of published writing I have ever read. Apparently, editors at the Aviation Geek Club have no interest in accurate writing.

The most egregious error is that "excepted to the program." Excepted.

The world’s oldest ghost

Well, the oldest known drawing of a ghost, at any rate, although who can say whether he haunts the tablet to this day. The fine line drawing incised on the back of a 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet depicts a male ghost bound at the wrists and being led by a woman to the afterlife. It is an illustration of the cuneiform text on the obverse which explains how to get rid of a ghost who has attached himself to someone and won’t let go because he’s desperate for love.

The tablet was acquired by the British Museum in the 19th century. Half of it is missing and the cuneiform was originally mistranslated, so it was deemed comparatively unremarkable and has never been exhibited. Nobody even noticed the figures on the back because they are so faint they can only be seen under bright light when viewed from directly above it.

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62496

 

Makes one wonder

From Discourse Gun Free Zone

The airplane trundled down the taxiway. Ground radios “Hold short runway 4L”. A few minutes later ground radios “Cleared for takeoff”.

The plane moves to the end of the runway and lines up. They start down the runway picking up speed. They reach speed and rotate. “Climb to 3000, contact departure at 124.18, heading 270”.

The plane is on its way to the destination.

The wheels are back on the ground. They came off a while ago. The crew and passengers won’t know about it for a while. They won’t know until they attempt to land with no wheels.

https://discourse.gunfreezone.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-the-wheels-to-come-off/818

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Kalashnikov died in 2013, at age 94. 

It is said he was buried and after a week, the Russian army dug him up, washed him off and put him back to work.

From Borepatch.

Real Mexican food, huh

From Knuckledraggin 

I once asked a Mexican friend what a gordita was and he laughed and said "It's a fat girl, homeboy".

"No, I mean what kind of food?" I'd never heard of it before and was curious as to how real Mexicans made it.

"Oh," he says. "You know, Taco Bell shit."

https://ogdaa.blogspot.com/2021/10/oh-joy.html

 

 

 

From Confederate nurse Augusta Jane Evans

"O! I longed for a Secession flag to shake defiantly in their teeth at every fire! And my fingers fairly itched to touch off a red-hot-ball in answer to their chivalric civilities." – Confederate nurse Augusta Jane Evans, after being fired upon by Union soldiers from Fort Monroe, Va. 

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b3d0a51c3c16a31624ce3f9/t/5b6dce84575d1f807e32f6f9/1533922949904/Confederate+Nurses.pdf