116th Congress

[Ibanez]

https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%2 ... 2116%22%7D

There is some interesting legislation being introduced this year.

A few of my favorites:
H.R.1111 - To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, and for other purposes.

H.R.1127 - To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his contributions to the Nation by the promotion of nonviolence. What a waste of time.

*CLITZ TRIGGER WARNING* H.R.1096 - To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for open internet requirements for providers of broadband internet access service.

H.R.1083 - To require the Secretary of the Treasury to redesign $20 Federal reserve notes so as to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman, and for other purposes.

[Gil Dobie]

I would support. H.R.1083

[TheDancinMonarch]

https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%2 ... 2116%22%7D

There is some interesting legislation being introduced this year.

A few of my favorites:
H.R.1111 - To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, and for other purposes.

H.R.1127 - To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his contributions to the Nation by the promotion of nonviolence. What a waste of time.

*CLITZ TRIGGER WARNING* H.R.1096 - To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for open internet requirements for providers of broadband internet access service.

H.R.1083 - To require the Secretary of the Treasury to redesign $20 Federal reserve notes so as to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman, and for other purposes.

However good or bad the piece of legislation might be, it is the "and for other purposes" part that really gets us into trouble.

[Pwns]

https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%2 ... 2116%22%7D

There is some interesting legislation being introduced this year.

A few of my favorites:
H.R.1111 - To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, and for other purposes.

This is a great idea. I just don't understand why we don't have a department that handles relations between foreign countries. I bet if such a department had been around in Obama's days Hillary Clinton would've made a great director and it would've been a great spring-board into defeating Donald Trump in the general election. And guys like Cid that don't mind traveling abroad a lot for work could work for this agency.

[GannonFan]

I would support. H.R.1083

I agree, I like the choice of Tubman. You normally just think Underground Railroad with her but she was tremendously more than that. Jackson has been there long enough.

[BDKJMU]

Screw that, don’t fuck with Old Hickory. Put Tubman on the $5 or $50..

[Ibanez]

Screw that, don’t fuck with Old Hickory. Put Tubman on the $5 or $50..

Why leave Jackson but get rid of Lincoln or Grant?

Oh...Civil War bullshit?

[BDKJMU]

Screw that, don’t **** with Old Hickory. Put Tubman on the $5 or $50..

Why leave Jackson but get rid of Lincoln or Grant?

Oh...Civil War bullshit?

Why get rid of Jacskon but leave Lincoln and Grant?

Put Tubman on the $10 then..non POTUS to replace a non POTUS.

[Ibanez]

Why leave Jackson but get rid of Lincoln or Grant?

Oh...Civil War bullshit?

Why get rid of Jacskon but leave Lincoln and Grant?

Put Tubman on the $10 then..non POTUS to replace a non POTUS.

I asked you first. Answer my question then I'll gladly answer yours.

[93henfan]

I have a better idea for currency. Look north to Canada for inspiration:

1. Get rid of the penny.
2. Replace the paper dollar with a coin only.
3. Introduce a $2 coin.

It may sound a little odd until you actually see those three things in use, which I've done three times in the past two years. I generally use a credit card or an app for most payments, but when I did have to use cash in Canada, I saw that making change is a lot faster with a $1 and $2 coin and no pennies. Seeing it was believing it.

Also, Canada has gone to plastic bills instead of paper. I'm not sure of the feasibility or cost effectiveness of that here, but plastic bills look really cool.

[Ibanez]

I have a better idea for currency. Look north to Canada for inspiration:

1. Get rid of the penny.
2. Replace the paper dollar with a coin only.
3. Introduce a $2 coin.

It may sound a little odd until you actually see those three things in use, which I've done three times in the past two years. I generally use a credit card or an app for most payments, but when I did have to use cash in Canada, I saw that making change is a lot faster with a $1 and $2 coin and no pennies. Seeing it was believing it.

Wrong. BDK tells me that Canada and all of Europe don't have any good ideas. 'merica for the win!

[CAA Flagship]

I have a better idea for currency. Look north to Canada for inspiration:

1. Get rid of the penny.
2. Replace the paper dollar with a coin only.
3. Introduce a $2 coin.

It may sound a little odd until you actually see those three things in use, which I've done three times in the past two years. I generally use a credit card or an app for most payments, but when I did have to use cash in Canada, I saw that making change is a lot faster with a $1 and $2 coin and no pennies. Seeing it was believing it.

NO

[BDKJMU]

I have a better idea for currency. Look north to Canada for inspiration:

1. Get rid of the penny.
2. Replace the paper dollar with a coin only.
3. Introduce a $2 coin.

It may sound a little odd until you actually see those three things in use, which I've done three times in the past two years. I generally use a credit card or an app for most payments, but when I did have to use cash in Canada, I saw that making change is a lot faster with a $1 and $2 coin and no pennies. Seeing it was believing it.

I agree on all 3. And that's similar to what they have with the euro & pound, too- Have the penny, but also a 2 cent piece, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent. 1 and 2 euro/pound coins. Paper doesn't start until the $5 euro/pound bills.
We already have the $1 coin. Just start cranking out more of them and slowly phase out $1 bills. Also immediately introduce a $2 coin and get rid of the rarely used queer bill.

[CAA Flagship]

I have a better idea for currency. Look north to Canada for inspiration:

1. Get rid of the penny.
2. Replace the paper dollar with a coin only.
3. Introduce a $2 coin.

It may sound a little odd until you actually see those three things in use, which I've done three times in the past two years. I generally use a credit card or an app for most payments, but when I did have to use cash in Canada, I saw that making change is a lot faster with a $1 and $2 coin and no pennies. Seeing it was believing it.

I agree on all 3. And that's similar to what they have with the euro & pound, too- Have the penny, but also a 2 cent piece, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent. 1 and 2 euro/pound coins. Paper doesn't start until the $5 euro/pound bills.
We already have the $1 coin. Just start cranking out more of them and slowly phase out $1 bills. Also immediately introduce a $2 coin and get rid of the rarely used queer bill.

If the $1 bill goes away, I'm investing in strippers.

[93henfan]

Supposedly the plastic bills in Canada are much harder to counterfeit as well.

Also, while we're at it, we should finally suck it up and adopt the fucking metric system like the rest of the world. It's not a communist anti-American thing. The US military has been using it to kick the world's ass for over a hundred years (10 klicks, 7.62mm, etc). It's a base 10 system that would be easier for everyone after the three days it would take them to acclimatize to it. I never thought I'd like the metric system until I started owning German cars and watching F1 racing. Everything is in metric, of course, and it takes about five minutes to learn.

[CAA Flagship]

Supposedly the plastic bills in Canada are much harder to counterfeit as well.

Also, while we're at it, we should finally suck it up and adopt the fucking metric system like the rest of the world. It's not a communist anti-American thing. The US military has been using it to kick the world's ass for over a hundred years (10 klicks, 7.62mm, etc). It's a base 10 system that would be easier for everyone after the three days it would take them to acclimatize to it. I never thought I'd like the metric system until I started owning German cars and watching F1 racing. Everything is in metric, of course, and it takes about five minutes to learn.

"It's 1st and goal from the 6 meter line."

[GannonFan]

Supposedly the plastic bills in Canada are much harder to counterfeit as well.

Also, while we're at it, we should finally suck it up and adopt the **** metric system like the rest of the world. It's not a communist anti-American thing. The US military has been using it to kick the world's ass for over a hundred years (10 klicks, 7.62mm, etc). It's a base 10 system that would be easier for everyone after the three days it would take them to acclimatize to it. I never thought I'd like the metric system until I started owning German cars and watching F1 racing. Everything is in metric, of course, and it takes about five minutes to learn.

I don't like Celsius - never have, never will. No worries converting for everything else. Don't really care what recipes are in, just measure to whatever they ask you to measure to. Car speed matters little, same thing, speed limit is a number, go ten above that number. Doesn't matter if it's mph or kph. But I'm not moving to Celsius.

[GannonFan]

Supposedly the plastic bills in Canada are much harder to counterfeit as well.

Also, while we're at it, we should finally suck it up and adopt the **** metric system like the rest of the world. It's not a communist anti-American thing. The US military has been using it to kick the world's ass for over a hundred years (10 klicks, 7.62mm, etc). It's a base 10 system that would be easier for everyone after the three days it would take them to acclimatize to it. I never thought I'd like the metric system until I started owning German cars and watching F1 racing. Everything is in metric, of course, and it takes about five minutes to learn.

"It's 1st and goal from the 6 meter line."

Yeah, that's true, can't change football either.

[93henfan]

And this is why the US lags the civilized world in mathematics.

I just bought a milrad scope (instead of MOA) last year, because I find the metric calculations easier to do in my head. Base ten ftw.

Sweet hijack, btw. I wish Bandle and Andy were involved with me on this one. Ah, the good old days.

[GannonFan]

And this is why the US lags the civilized world in mathematics.

I just bought a milrad scope (instead of MOA) last year, because I find the metric calculations easier to do in my head. Base ten ftw.

Sweet hijack, btw. I wish Bandle and Andy were involved with me on this one. Ah, the good old days.

So what's your suggestion on how to make football metric then? 100 yards is 91.44 meters. Are you going to make the field shorter? Or do we abandon football altogether because you think it is tied to our performance in math?

Oh, and I'm still against Celsius.

[93henfan]

"It's 1st and goal from the 6 meter line."

Yeah, that's true, can't change football either.

No need to change football. Does anyone really care how long a yard is, any more than the distance between bases in baseball, or the distance from the pitcher's rubber to the plate? Keep everything the same. Still call it yards. It'll make football seem old and quaint like baseball already is.

Europeans have no trouble making 10' high baskets or putting pucks in a 4'x6 net.' Call the measurements anything you want.

So what's your suggestion on how to make football metric then? 100 yards is 91.44 meters. Are you going to make the field shorter? Or do we abandon football altogether because you think it is tied to our performance in math?

I never took you as a drama queen before.

[CAA Flagship]

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/the- ... of-the-nbl

The average NBL player is 198cm tall, weighs in at 98 kgs

[93henfan]

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/the- ... of-the-nbl

The average NBL player is 198cm tall, weighs in at 98 kgs

6ft6in, 216lbs. Oh my, that was exhausting. Americans could never figure out this new math.

[Ibanez]

I'll admit - I'm godawful at math. It might take me longer BUT I support it.



On the money thing..China has some incredibly beautiful money that's difficult to counterfeit. My wife brought some home after a work trip 2 years ago.

[GannonFan]

Yeah, that's true, can't change football either.

No need to change football. Does anyone really care how long a yard is, any more than the distance between bases in baseball, or the distance from the pitcher's rubber to the plate? Keep everything the same. Still call it yards. It'll make football seem old and quaint like baseball already is.

Europeans have no trouble making 10' high baskets or putting pucks in a 4'x6 net.' Call the measurements anything you want.

So what's your suggestion on how to make football metric then? 100 yards is 91.44 meters. Are you going to make the field shorter? Or do we abandon football altogether because you think it is tied to our performance in math?

I never took you as a drama queen before.

So just keep everything in standard units then for sports? What are we talking about changing then? Most of the stuff in industry is already metric anyway. What has to go metric that's really not metric now?