"Texas Country Reporter"

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NFL: Patriots at the Dolphins

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"Electric Lady"

"Ultraviolet"

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"Blade Runner 2049"

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SNF: Rams at the Bears

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"Electric Lady"

NCIS

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Marky

Remember the music is not in the guitar

Last night I watched a documentary on killer robots. It started off telling of a worker pinned and crushed in a major car plant by an AI robot, opposed to Asimov’s Law, and that was only a small part of the program. I just bought a printer and found that sophisticated large robotics is a huge part of their business. Pity. Too bad they and others can’t consistently get printers to function properly all the time regardless of brand. YMMV

Tonight, I’m getting updated with a CNN report about lab produced beef in a test tube that will soon come to a grocer or restaurant near you. First, they have to get the $20,000 price tag down to (which is said to be possible) something like 25 cents for the same amount of bull sh*t beef. All of this stem cell hocus pocus will begin to introduce changes at or around 3 years from now as it is expected to begin as a niche food.

Reportedly, green house gas with methane gas comes into the picture with one related animal putting gas pollution equivalent to 50 cars into the environment. The investors, food giants and co-founder of Google, will make your test tube delicacy happen so grab your steaks before the real beef leaves for overseas at a higher price, and before those real T-bones and ground beef left behind become like our seafood. Poorer choices and expensive even if it's at our backdoor.
FSB

Note: Elsewhere here in the Forum, I said once communication (social networks and media, and all), energy (think global warming players. I’m not taking sides except to say it’s one way to get from here to there), and food is under control (with fewer players) Big Brother has all the tools. I mentioned this years ago and, as recent as yesterday, with Mrs. FSB while we discussed robots being set up for our local Walmart and other local grocers. Permitted monopolies are helping to make this quick paced ramified migration so. if it’s no coincidence, it remains interesting to view who the players are, taking their less than stellar corresponding history and reputation into account. Always remember there’s something to he said about hands on with a guitar; although, I still have thousands of chords to conquer.

Truth is stranger than fiction . . .
Mark Twain

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Hello, big guitar. Meet my little fingers.

Thanks for the info, FSB. I agree with your views. Have a great day, my friend!

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Marky

Remember the music is not in the guitar

Hi Marky:

In this fast paced technological changing world each country has their own timeline going forward and a lot of things come into play.

Here in Winnipeg cars have been tested for extreme weather for example. Dang! We always get the cold weather projects while you get the hot weather ones. Honda had tested early models for rust (mine was one of them which I learned later), electrics have tested for the cold, electric buses are built in this town, and so on. I believe autonomous trucking is in the neighbourhood here in the prairies, (there are virtual trucking schools) as well as elsewhere. Not sure I’m going to like passing those on a trip west.

As for fast food, we have a testing ground here. In the city alone there are estimated to be 80 fussy ethnic groups to say yay or nay. I sampled the first McRibs at a McDonalds that had done such a tryout. I hope we don’t get to taste the first test tube meat. Although, rumour has it, Florida had the first high protein worm burger at the Golden Arches.
Canada, unlike the U.S., has a small population (36+ million) divided into ten large provinces and three northern territories. It is the second largest country in the world and yet the population is mostly concentrated rather than spread out like many others. Compare that with 50 states, the most of which are smaller, and a large population spread out in a smaller country with quite different geographical challenges, amongst other things. Our currency is not wide spread, our economy is solid compared to others, and it would not be as difficult to change everything to a cashless society to which is just around the corner. Imagine how that would change the value of one’s dollar? Governing has always been the case on this side of the border having less of a Wild West freedom in it’s history.

Canada, like the United States, has a vibrant history of scientific and historical advancements, so much so that it has been held back, shared, or exported so as not to mutually allow Canada to become a super power, and yet there are a few tools in the toolbox. In 1954, while racers hit the Utah Salt Flats in Bonneville, we hot rodded Canadair Sabre MK 6 jets to be the fastest, with Avro Orenda Iroquois engines, this being regarded as the best MiG dog fighter at the time, and, for the plane buffs out there, it flew with the first American woman to break the sound barrier because she was refused a jet in the States and engineers here made the offer. Canada was legislated not to mass produce the top fighter jet of the time (2 Mach was attainable), and it’s performance could more than compete with a lengthy future, even today in some circles. We designed, and built and, on the same day as Sputnik was announced October 4, 1957, the Avro Arrow was rolled out. We scrapped it. Well, we didn’t. They did. That argument is still a national debate. The same Avro designed a flying saucer with U.S. backing. It too was grounded for reasons of it’s own.

We have fewer independents in industry and fewer, but powerful, monopolies, and a lot of unwarranted protection involvement. There is a solid movement to support a fast national progression with technology to open up the north which has been difficult, neglected, and is full of resources that we don’t want to become up for grabs.

So, not only is this country as a whole ripe and moving quickly, it is thought to be an easy example to use for a test bed with players like Microsoft and Apple, Europeans, and Asians on board. That’s what we inherited from building a Canada Arm. Blame it on the Bossa Nova. Lalalala.

Some here will remember when you could leave the car door unlocked and you didn’t need a button on your key fob.

Of course, in those days a simple plug into your guitar tube amp was all that was required.
FSB

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Hello, big guitar. Meet my little fingers.

Thanks for your interesting reply, FSB. I wasn't aware of much of what you said. I have always loved Canada but I haven't been there since the late 70's. There were no checkpoints or passports required. The only difference while I was driving is that the pavement changed and the signs went to Kph. I think a passport is required now, right?

Things are changing so fast that I can't keep up anymore.

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Marky

Remember the music is not in the guitar

MNF: Vikings at the Seahawks

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Yes! Generally, with the border everything is pretty much mutually reciprocal. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative from 2004 to strengthen the U. S. Border came into effect in 2007 where we both changed to the use of passports. Exceptions exist, but that is the general requirement. Some states such as Arizona, and some provinces like Mantoba have acceptable enhanced driver’s licences. Things change rapidly so best to check locally before making a trek.

I used to show my military ID or licence in the past. That’s not good enough today unless, perhaps, it’s official business.

9/11, unfortunately, changed the world forever. We still play our Fenders, and we’re still in Kph, show off our potholes at the border, and we still drink cola unless it’s stronger Canadian beer where they sometimes throw in a free toque or ear muffs with the box. What’s next? A balaclava? Haha haha.
FSB

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Hello, big guitar. Meet my little fingers.

"Lidia Celebrates America"

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You are correct. Arizona has a driver license that meets the federal requirements for acceptable forms of ID for airports and federal buildings. It's a optional license now but will be mandatory here in 2020.

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Marky

Remember the music is not in the guitar

Kinda cool. It depends on whether you trust your profile and data to be managed with the Feds or the local authorities. In the end there will be no choice anyhow. IMHO. Industry and the corporate world probably has enough data on us to pass along as well as Google. Why golly gee. That Starbuck’s, McDonald’s, or other preferential cup can carry our DNA so we might as well just sit back and have a doughnut.
FSB

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Hello, big guitar. Meet my little fingers.