Comments on: World Backup Day

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 02:35:14 +0000

At least you can now deal with them and have a chance of catching up. If you had been down much longer you would have better off archiving them.

He did clubs, and then got noticed by Johnny Carson, which led to Las Vegas gigs, and hooking up with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack. He had a long career – the original insult comedian.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:55:44 +0000

All true! 😀

I’m trying to get through 2 weeks of emails! Gonna take ages. *shrug*

Just saw that Don Rickles died too. But at least he was 90. 😀 Not a bad run! From a WW2 Navy vet to a great comedian & actor.

He was in almost all my fave shows from the 50’s to 60’s! 😀 The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Munsters, Addams Family, The Mothers-in-Law, Gilligan’s Island, Get Smart, The Andy Griffith Show, I Dream of Jeannie… Oh, and The Twilight Zone! 😀

I think he got his start in a Night club in Florida if memory serves. 🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 01:56:20 +0000

True entrepreneurs who saw a market and met the demand. Having lived under a dictator they had the experience to generate professional-level propaganda. They saw how easy it was to fool the Americans and went for the gold. This was the type of story that made Horatio Alger wealthy in the 19th century…

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:17:32 +0000

I know. 😀 I saw a good Documentary that interviewed Romanian kid’s doing that some months ago. Very enterprising I thought! There was a need, and they filled it rapidly and made some very good money! Capitalists would have been in awe! LOL

And highlighted that you can indeed make money from the insanely stupid Amerikans! More than drug running! LMAO

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 01:21:10 +0000

Kryten, teens in Romania are making good money pushing fake news, and conspiracy theories could get you a job in the White House or big bucks Brietbart Media.

Molly was a required read. You not only found out who was doing what to whom, you had a hell of a lot of fun on the trip.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:52:52 +0000

I still miss Molly Ivins. She didn’t manage to keep Bush from being elected despite detailing exactly what kind of man he was in her book “Shrub”, but she would have had uproarious things to say about “Turnip”.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:59:01 +0000

Make that Bulgarians or Belgians. 😉 Russians prefer nuclear tea! LOL Amerikans prefer snipers. 😀

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:45:03 +0000

If Clarke was American or Russian, given he was pretty fit & healthy, & he had a massive coronary… I’d be looking at Bulgarians with pointy umbrella’s! 😉

Maybe they should do a thorough autopsy. it’s that kind of World. And like the GOP, I’d put nothing past the LNP. Given C&D were the biggest thorns they had.

*shrug* I could make a fortune selling foil hat’s! & Umbrella proof armor. LOL

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 03:04:26 +0000

At this point it isn’t much of an accomplishment to be saner than the US.

I noted John Clarke’s passing. It is a real shame as the current era was grist for his mill. Over here Saturday Night Live is enjoying great success with Drumpf in the White House.

Poor Faux News, it must be tought when your audenience was formed by opposing the government and now they are the government … and they don’t know how to govern.

Hopefully you are back for a while.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 22:45:16 +0000

I'm back online. See how long it lasts! Tech. just left. There was a faulty DSLAM & the old phone line in these unit's was partly corroded. Good thing the DSLAM was faulty, otherwise I would have to have paid $199 to get the line repaired! Even though I'm renting & the fault was nothing to do with me! What a con game. I d/l a few GB & ran a speedtest. It's pretty good. Ping=10ms, DN=24.48 UP=4.79 Mbps. Pretty close to max for the Tier 2 service. Seems the ISP realised the mistake of my getting 28/6.4 mbps before i lost service & reset it to 25/5. *shrug* Doubt I'll notice any difference. :) In some sad news... John Clarke (of Clarke & Dawe) died on Sun. :'( John Clarke, satirist and comedian, dies aged 68 Bryan Dawe breaks his silence on the death of his friend John Clarke Very sad. I watched his great satirical wit on several shows over 3 decades. And he's sorely needed now! The LNP must be dancing with joy! :( Such is life. *shrug* In some good news for USA, it seems FOX ratings are dropping & Maddow's is the best it's ever been! LOL Rachel Maddow's Brilliant Reporting on Trump and Russia Has Upset the Snowflakes at Fox News Well, I have a LOT of emails & other stuff to catch up on! Going to be a very busty week. Oh, Romania has very good internet in terms of performance & price (in the top 3). Apparently, Transylvania is planning to be #1. They are madly building infrastructure. :) I get news now & then because I registered interest in moving there. Given my primary hoster is in Romania & Italy, it makes sense. Plus, they seem a lot saner than AU/US/UK!