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SOUND THE ALARM

China’s Smart Bathrooms Will Sound an Alarm When You Take Too Long

The Chinese government has built and installed around 150 “smart” public bathrooms around the city, according to Shanghai Observer via Shanghaiist.

They all come equipped with high-tech features such as monitoring and controlling the odor, tabulating the number of visitors and adjusting water levels.

If the visitor stays inside for longer than 15 minutes, an alarm will be sent to a worker who will then check on the person.

I know that everything the chinese government does is to control the people, but really?  I’ll just leave this right here for your perusal amusement.

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48 responses to “Wednesday Open Comments”

  1. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    First!

    Welcome back to sanity Texpat!!

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Hey, there is one of my favorites!
    Chilly 52 here this morning, I could see my breath when I went outside.
    Mornin’ Gang

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Our city council critter is trying to get a roundabout at the intersection of irvington and Patton. I foresee trouble

    So you have a two lane intersecting with a four lane and they want to put a roundabout there? Yeh, that sound like a good plan.

  4. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    From Hamous last night.

     

    Our city council critter is trying to get a roundabout at the intersection of irvington and Patton. I foresee trouble. Mexicans pay little attention to stoplights and even less attention to stop signs. A yield sign is like a green light.

    When the debil gits ahold of a civil engineer, a roundabout is conceived.

  5. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Heh, ol’ Dave and I are on the same wavelength this morning.

  6. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    It’s not even a four way intersection. Patton tees into Irvington.

    I think I’ll sow a seed. Roundabouts were invented in Britain. Britain was a colonial empire. Britain was wayciss. Therefore, roundabouts are WAYCISS!

    Someone notify Travis Morales. We need a new Moody Park Uprising!

  7. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    1951 GMC 101-22 1/2 ton Canopy Express

    After producing this model since the earliest days in the teens, just four more years of production would offer the Canopy Express before the last one rolled off the line in 1954. I shot this photo of the GMC Heritage Center’s Canopy Express 16 years ago. The Heritage Center used to attend ATHS National shows with a collection of 4-5 trucks but those no longer leave the Heritage Center I assume due to budget constraints. So if you want to see them now, you’ll have to pull together and get a group of at least 30 friends, all pay $10 each (no – its not open to the public) and travel to Sterling Heights Michigan. It’s worth it if you can pull it off!

  8. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Another 49 this morning, brisk and wonderful. Fall has decided to stay for another day.

    Sorry our Astros lost last night. Hope they can correct that in Game 2.

    Regarding traffic circles, there has to have been a reason for making those decades ago when automobile traffic was so much less than now, but with the huge number of vehicles on the roads now, umm traffic lights do a much better and safer job at intersections. Consider younger drivers who never encountered one. Or, as mentioned above, certain other cultures that lightly regard traffic rules…. I’ve never seen directions in how to use one posted at the entrances, has anyone?

    Dumb idea, and there’s obviously a good reason they were not used for decades as the number of vehicles greatly increased. However they have been occasionally appearing in recent road/street construction in some “progressive” cities we’ve been in, like Madison, WI. And there are some old ones dating from decades ago to be found here and there.

  9. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    New Berlin, Wisconsin has a plethora of roundabouts as well.

  10. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    As with most things Leftist, there exists a dichotomy. Britain is obviously a racist country so … we need to replicate their healthcare system, parliamentary form of government, and traffic control systems.

  11. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    And desperately searching for a queen…

  12. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Make that inserting a queen.

  13. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Every day I become a little more jaded.

    Proctor & Gamble brand Always will remove the feminine Venus symbol from its menstruation products in an effort to be more “inclusive” to transgender customers, according to reports.

    The move came after LGBTQ activists reminded the company on social media that not all of their customers are women, The Independent reported.

    If you are menstruating you are a woman. Period 😉

  14. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Adee, generally speaking the people already in the roundabout have right-of-way. When you enter it, you must yield to those already present… unless you are in Morocco and then it is literally a free-for-all and every man for himself!

  15. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    If you are menstruating you are a woman. Period

    What a knee slapper… oh wait, you are being serious.

  16. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    gto from yesterday

    My kayak is a Wilderness Systems A.T.A.K. 140. It’s virtually impossible to capsize even with the seat in the high position. I haven’t been able to successfully stand up on it yet. It tracks really well and is fairly easy to paddle due to its length (14’). The length & width make it pretty heavy, so it can take some effort to get off the trailer & into the water & back. I about killed myself trying to get it on the roof, hence the trailer.

    I always wear my pfd, even in shallow water – you never know where a hole may be. The sandals are waterproof fishing ones. Between them an my Birkenstock’s I have some very interesting tan lines on my feet.

    Trip to the bay in a few days will be on a large skiff, but I am planning to take my kayak out at some point. Just wanted to get really comfortable with it first.

  17. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    It seems the Europeans have smuggling problems, too.

    Local Tory MP Jackie Doyle-Price suggested people smugglers may be to blame for the tragedy – although police have refused to confirm this.

    She tweeted: “People trafficking is a vile and dangerous business. This is a big investigation for @EssexPoliceUK

    “Lets hope they bring these murderers to justice”.

    She later said in the Commons “putting 39 people into a locked metal container shows a contempt for human life that is evil”.

    No duh.

    Check out our southern border. While we have our truck incidents, we have populations of desert skeletons, marking out where those who wissed off their coyotes or were too weak were just left behind for the buzzards.

    I agree. Evil. Vile. Either way you spell it.

  18. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Today is Lovely Daughter’s birthday. She’s already been gifted. “I opened the gifts from the girls so they wouldn’t have ants in their pants all day.”

    So they could focus on school. I can understand that.

  19. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    This has been all over the news here; Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney’s body is found in a dumpster after the three-year-old was abducted from an Alabama park 10 days ago and police prepare to charge a man, 39, and his girlfriend, 29, with her murder.

    Two suspects have been charged with murder after the body of three-year-old Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney was found in a landfill over a week after she went missing, Alabama police say.

    Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith announced at a news conference Tuesday night that Kamille’s remains were discovered in a trash bin taken to a landfill in Birmingham.

    Smith said police are obtaining murder warrants against two people previously identified as persons of interest in the case, 39-year-old Patrick Devone Stallworth and his 29-year-old girlfriend, Derick Irisha Brown.

    Yes, there is evil in this world.

  20. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I posted, over yonder, about the Foxes and Southern Tragedy replied with this; I need a faux fox shawl for my coat but a real one is mo betta. Hint hint… 😀

  21. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Morning gang.  The attack my bronchial system suffered this week seems to be on the wane, but I’m still coughing my head off.  As predicted, the Gnats are proving to be a handful for the Stros.  Tomorrow is a travel day, the Friday is another travel day to go see doc in Marble Falls.  I’m suspecting that all this bronchial is due to a weakening of my lungs from the blood clot that is residing in the saddle in there.

    As for kayaking, the entire area from April Fool Point back down to Seabrook flats is great.  It’s protected from the prevailing SE wind, and Seabrook Flats has lots of bottom structure from subsidence which the trout and reds love.  Only problem is the infestation of kayakers from time to time – just kidding, there’s plenty of room for everyone as not a lot of people are on to this area for fishing.  Even Clear Lake is full of trout, but I’ve never caught anything in Taylor Lake.

    OK, you all have a great day, and more later.

  22. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Morning, y’all. I’m sure everyone in Houston is enjoying the cool weather we are having this week.

  23. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    My thoughts keep straying to my cousin. I’m hoping there’s hope after all her tests are done at St. Luke’s.

    Tomorrow is the one-day showing of The Reliant. Just a reminder.

  24. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd-DelEcTo Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd-DelEcTo

    The Deep State Joined @the-Hip-Parties have lynched the border, free speech, due process and sanity.

    Vote rƎgrƎssivƎnist 2020: Keep Amerika Stalinist Still.

  25. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd-DelEcTo Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd-DelEcTo

    Meanwhile AmeriKa’s first usurping Kenyan president headlines a fundraiser  with a communist.

    Remember when impeachment was off the table when the Kenyan was president?

    Mulatto skin privilege allowed him to commit any crime as “president.”

  26. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Make that inserting a queen.

    Err….I suppose Buttigieg qualifies for the…err….position?

  27. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Make that inserting a queen.

    Err….I suppose Buttigieg qualifies for the…err….position?

    inserting in a queen?

  28. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    In the name of not being judgmental and the vision that one lifestyle or set of values is just as good as another, traditional moral absolutes have been abandoned as guiding principles. We no longer hold people accountable for their behavior and we accept excuses.

    – Walt Williams

  29. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    I think I’ll check out the movie, Oil In The Blood, on Amazon this weekend.  It is all about motorcycle customization.

     

    Monday marked the release of ‘Oil in the Blood’, a feature length documentary about custom motorcycle culture. In producing the film, the creators Gareth Maxwell Roberts and Lucy Selwood interviewed nearly three hundred bike builders, riders, journalists, artists and racers from around the world at locations like The Bike Shed, The Malle Mile and The Distinguished Gentlemans Ride.

    You can watch the trailer here.

  30. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #29 – Looks very cool!!!

    I don’t ‘do’ Amazon Prime’ but I bet I can find the flick elsewhere (eventually)

  31. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Here’s a good point I found over yonder…

     

  32. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    OK folks, I know that you all have had a busy day, but now it about time to sit back, relax, and start putting on your game face for tonight.  That’s all for now.  More later.

  33. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Iwant to thank everybody for the information on how to get to Kingsbury yesterday.

    Now that I know you know how to get there, I expect to see you there—-

  34. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    #33 Sarge will you be bringing Queen Buttigieg?

  35. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Y’all could go skinny dipping in Lake McQueeney.

  36. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    #16, that is a very nice kayak. Hope you post where you launch. Another safe place to kayak is West Bay via Surfside/Follett’s Island. Cross the bridge and head east. There are few launch launch points on the bay side. There are too many reefs and shallow points for outboards to even think of going there. Though if there during duck season you will have company. Another bonus, if you have been wade fishing, you can head back to Surfside soaking wet and the bars are in full swing in the AM and will serve burgers and booze.  Not sure about wine, never asked, but they may have standards about that.

  37. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    So Hulu was almost unwatchable on last night’s game, it was a problem everywhere evidently. OTA is not an option for me at this time. Seems the fix is to download the FoxNow app, I just did, so far so good.

    Not happy with Hulu at this time.

  38. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Not happy with Hulu at this time.

    Last night was the first time I had issues. I imagine all the cord cutters overloaded their system.

    How come Shannon can get fox 26 OTA but you can’t?

  39. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    No antenna.

  40. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #14 TexMo
    Some of the ones we’ve seen/been on have 3 lanes, the outside one for entering and exiting, inside ones for traveling on to the desired exit where one gets in the outside lane to leave. Or in case one has lost track of the desired exit and it pops up suddenly, one makes a dash for the exit while being mostly oblivious to anybody else around. If one is lucky only exchanges of words and gestures ensues….

    On the positive side of these circles, there is ample room in the middle for artwork or statuary surrounded by plantings and flowers on a mound that can partially or totally obscure view of the opposite side of the circle no matter where you are in it. But the stuff in the middle is not for the viewing pleasure of drivers who are in the circle but rather by outlanders and nearby residents at their leisure. 😉

  41. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Gnats apparently came to play.  Maybe Stros did too.  Shaping up as another good game so far.

    You Tube is also carrying the WS game. It’s on the subscription side, but they offer a free trial period.

  42. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

     TexMo says:
    OCTOBER 23, 2019 AT 5:58 PM

    #33 Sarge will you be bringing Queen Buttigieg?

    We ask, we tell. Nobody wears their boxers backwards.

    There will be rascals, skamps, ne’re-do-wells, miscreants, and a few skallywags.

    There will be skulduggery, but no buggery.

  43. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    😀

  44. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    My folks in Georgetown can’t get Fox OTA out of Austin. If they were allowed to have an outside antenna, I’m sure it wouldn’t be a problem. In any case, they signed up for a free 5 day trial of YouTube. Last night they went to a restaurant to watch the game, but it closed at 9pm. My dad wasn’t too happy.

  45. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Cinderella story … outta nowhere

  46. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    They can’t be denied an outdoor TV antenna.  FCC rule.  If they want to go to war with the HOA or whoever. – https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/many-hoas-illegally-try-to-block-ota-antennas/

    The amplified rabbit ears work very well in receiving a signal that is otherwise unreadable.  I’ve used them with success in the past.

    Gnats are rolling.  They look hungry and want to win, sort of like the Astros used to.

  47. pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd-DelEcTo Avatar
    pErpeTuAlLy OfFeNdEd-DelEcTo

    totl

  48. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Spouse and I just saw a Tom Hanks movie The Circle (2017). Quite a departure from his other work and very well done. It’s a futuristic, prophetic tale of what too much electronic connectivity can lead to: everybody connected to a virtually universal grid, reachable by just about everybody, including the state that sees all and knows all.

    When he ordered it from Netflix it was not described as such a prophetic piece, much more like bland wonderful connectivity. Guess folks who pay attention like Hamsters do to what’s going on in reality rather than mere fluff headlines would find it interesting and plausible for China, the former Soviet Union, or any dictatorship. For folks who aren’t paying attention, it’s likely fantasy.

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