Socrates Johnson (Paul)

@socratesjohnson.bsky.social

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Journeyman Atlanta-area attorney, prior homicide detective, and former EDSBSer. Follower of the Orioles, Habs, Eagles, NUFC, and Williams F1. Decatur, GA. He/Him. Resident old man at heart. Most posts about guitars, auto racing, or food.

Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 01:50 UTC

Getting close to the All Star break, it would be awesome to see a cleveland/Baltimore ALCS and a Baltimore/Philly World Series. The baseball is fun to watch again.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:34 UTC

We're in agreement then. If you tell me up front there's some weird definition, I'll accept if we look it up, but you can't be falling into stuff on accident.

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poop @dude3000.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:11 UTC

Vote for the good party every time. Even if you don't agree with them on everything. Vote for them and then try to change them.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:17 UTC

(NASCAR driver who attempted a few races but never did much on the track but was infamous for good parties. Quoted as saying, "I've never won a race, but I've never lost a party.")

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:16 UTC

Spoken like a real Delma Cowart.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:13 UTC

Not trying to pressure, but that would still run a base sim on medium or so graphics. Wouldn't be as immersion, but may scratch some itch.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:57 UTC

Oh, yeah that's fair. I did play FS2004 and FSX for a LONG time on a laptop starting around 2006 fwiw.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:53 UTC

You can really just get back in with a base sim and Logitech Extreme3D Pro joystick for just at or even a little under a hundred bucks.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:52 UTC

Was not British brown sauce.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:47 UTC

So now I have a lot of add-ons that will either work with or are a quick update to XP12 if I make the jump.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:47 UTC

Yeah, I was on FSX until 2020 and only because FS9 wouldn't work with my windows update. Finally updated to something somewhat modern, and at the time, MSFS 2020 was still really system taxing and didn't have as many airliner add-ons.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:43 UTC

Unfortunately, Google being useless gives me gravy or some way to do fingernail polish. This would have been localized in northern Jersey if it's a regional thing.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:38 UTC

Nice. I'm kind of pot committed to XP now just on the fence to see if I should update to XP12 or wait a little longer.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:37 UTC

It was also surprisingly good. I'm sire it was some kind of gravy mix, but it just struck me for being as plain as it was and weird to just say we were having brown dip.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:36 UTC

Law school girlfriend had a "secret family recipe" that was literally sour cream and/or cream cheese with a package of powder that just called itself "brown." Not gravy, not soup, no description I remember besides "brown." I haven't seen this anywhere before or since except eating with her folks.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:33 UTC

Which sim are you on (XP11 here for me)?

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:30 UTC

Downsizing to the Nash Rambler.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:30 UTC

Fuuuuuuck that's tempting. (I cannot actually send a serious offer on this unfortunately)

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:28 UTC

Based on your response to Jeffrey below: Outback, Corolla Cross, or Rav4. Plenty of space, options for hybrids on them if you're looking that area, but not so huge they handle too differently from a regular car.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:24 UTC

Oh nice.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:39 UTC

LuLa Rae is still around?

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:33 UTC

The hurtdog locker

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:24 UTC

Hell, even reading transcripts when you were taking or defending the deposition are not kind to your self-esteem.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:15 UTC

High up on the accomplishment is making me ask who the fuck is Mark Warner when people say Mark Warner is trying to pressure Biden into not running.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:11 UTC

And, it's a lot easier to put monetary value on professional malpractice over something like this.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:10 UTC

(I'm not endorsing this, by the way. I find it absolutely disgusting that something like this is deemed necessary for certain businesses to function).

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andy™ @andylevy.net
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:32 UTC

trying to be fewer obnoxious about correcting people's grammar

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:08 UTC

The only policy standpoint is saying we know this is an inherent problem, we're going to throw our hands up I'm the air, and we hope people who are wronged get some money back instead of being abused and broke because the church went bankrupt.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:06 UTC

It's a lot more common than a lot of folks realize.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:04 UTC

Oh, I think it's awful that it exists, but it does.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:00 UTC

Ow, if I or a family member is a victim, I'd want to see the organization run I to the ground over getting a suit paid, but yeah. It's a much .ore common thing than people realize.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:59 UTC

Muggs can correct me from his side if the insurance industry, but one argument is that if no insurance policies, a lot if smaller orgs don't have the capital to pay out a suit and wouldn't be able to get claims paid to victims.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:58 UTC

Yup. See also schools, bus companies, etc. And of course there are attorneys who specialize in those types of cases, both plaintiff side and ID side.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:54 UTC

Yeah, I feel like we used to get the later evening rain that actually cooled stuff off more often when it became actually nice to sit on the deck in the evening a lot more often.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:45 UTC

Rain overnight or an actual cold front blowing through would be nice.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:44 UTC

I went to go pick up lunch a bit after one and hit a pop up storm and in the 5 minute drive, the car thermometer went from 92 to 80. But it was a swampy dewpoint has to be 79.999999 kind of 80 degrees

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:38 UTC

Redundancy in that sentence there.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:35 UTC

Though I turned off the COT race because it looked like it was going to hell quickly there.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:32 UTC

Travis was letting some light drivers in to fill the field last night, but I didn't get in, and all the first race Lights people sneaked in for the encode because Travis was too drunk to notice and reset. Thought I'd have a chance to try it then.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:30 UTC

Also, get this - It's wireless and charged as of this morning!

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:29 UTC

Have a headset now, so maybe people can understand me on chat now.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:48 UTC

(They also think that auctioning property in Monoply isn't a thing and that trading/buying properties between players is cheating)

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:44 UTC

Why's he got a tea cozie on his head?

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:42 UTC

No thank you, Turkish. I'm sweet enough.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:37 UTC

Me, whenever I see some schmuck failing at parallel parking in Atlanta: "You could land a Jumbo fuckin' jet in there!"

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:37 UTC

You said two minutes five minutes ago.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:36 UTC

I also won't play with my family because my mom insists that asking to use a dictionary is cheating/sore loser behavior.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:33 UTC

Yeah, that's a lot looser than I typically played. I often just tossed pairs below 5 if we had a lot of people still in unless I was in a blind. Whole lot of face plus junk now it looks like too.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:30 UTC

Oh, my second part is that they didn't abide by it when they were saved with bullshit. Not some weird triple score that made it worth a ton of points too.

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Socrates Johnson (Paul) @socratesjohnson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:29 UTC

Then found an obscure definition online that it could also mean a diagonal lone in heraldry, so she insisted with it technically being a word that wasn't an abbreviation that she could keep it. Bullshit.

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