Quote from: TDoS on Jan 01, 2026, 07:52 AMI can get some economists rolling in the aisles with old peak oil stories.

Economists aren't noted for having much of a sense of humor either.  When I imagine you and and economist rolling on the floor laughing about a peak oiler joke it's like imagining Epstein and Trump laughing about a joke about teaching jailbait to suck cock.  I'm sure with their sense of humor and circumstances they find it hilarious.  That doesn't mean it's really funny.  At least here so far in all the years you have beeen posting, I can honestly say I have never found a single comment I could qualify as funny.  So if you're trying to be jocular, you're not succeeding with anyone here other than yourself.


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Quote from: RE on Jan 01, 2026, 10:46 AM

Quote from: TDoS on Jan 01, 2026, 07:52 AMI can get some economists rolling in the aisles with old peak oil stories.

Economists aren't noted for having much of a sense of humor either.

Depends on the economist I suppose. Some of them are wonderfully creative and jocular and a blast. Others are much more straight laced, more like mathematicians. Can be terribly boring. Of course, I've also cavorted with mathematicians that loved economics and could fight with wild enthusiasm and vigor across the spectrum of their expertise. Both educating and a riot to watch.

I am not speaking on what they "noted" for, but rather some 30 years of having to deal with them.

Quote from: REWhen I imagine you and and economist rolling on the floor laughing about a peak oiler joke it's like imagining Epstein and Trump laughing about a joke about teaching jailbait to suck cock.

Mike Lynch was the only one you could really get that size of yuck-it-up fest going with. He was a riot. And it wasn't as you've catagorized it at all, just a couple of professionals with similar interests spitting out our personal golden oldies when dealing with the peakers and their interesting.....misunderstandings....of anything oil related. Or economics. Or the geosciences. Or drilling wells, producing oil, selling it, the oil and gas markets and stuff like that.

Quote from: REI'm sure with their sense of humor and circumstances they find it hilarious.  That doesn't mean it's really funny.

Depends on their familiarty with the topic mostly.

Quote from: REAt least here so far in all the years you have beeen posting, I can honestly say I have never found a single comment I could qualify as funny.

Of course you wouldn't. Almost no one who has fallen for a con job laughs about it after the fact.

Quote from: TDoS on Jan 01, 2026, 03:54 PMMike Lynch was the only one you could really get that size of yuck-it-up fest going with. He was a riot. And it wasn't as you've catagorized it at all, just a couple of professionals with similar interests spitting out our personal golden oldies when dealing with the peakers and their interesting.....misunderstandings....of anything oil related. Or economics. Or the geosciences. Or drilling wells, producing oil, selling it, the oil and gas markets and stuff like that.

Sounds hilarious. 😒🙄  Lemme know when he gets booked at the Anchorage Improv.  I'll be sure to miss it.

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Quote from: RE on Jan 01, 2026, 07:26 PM

Quote from: TDoS on Jan 01, 2026, 03:54 PMMike Lynch was the only one you could really get that size of yuck-it-up fest going with. He was a riot. And it wasn't as you've catagorized it at all, just a couple of professionals with similar interests spitting out our personal golden oldies when dealing with the peakers and their interesting.....misunderstandings....of anything oil related. Or economics. Or the geosciences. Or drilling wells, producing oil, selling it, the oil and gas markets and stuff like that.

Sounds hilarious. 😒🙄

Well, you do have to be well grounded in peak oil from all sides, not just the supporter positions. Then you can pick out the most egregious examples of pro and con and once a couple of talkative guys get rolling, folks like Mason Inman can then decide what might be of use for their book. You just need to be at the conferences where all these folks bump into each other, and then throw in someone looking for a source of info. Mason was looking for serious stuff of course, and background information, but it was great fun. And if you can get Mason to giggle along with you...well....you must have SOME decent material for the right audience.

Quote from: RELemme know when he gets booked at the Anchorage Improv.  I'll be sure to miss it.
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Well sure you might miss it, the budget for hauling the inmates to random events can't be that large I imagine. Unless it is close by and you can EV yourself to it in reasonable weather? Last time I was in Anchorage I had a rental Jeep to run around in, makes it easier to get to Seward and other cool places. Beautiful state. The wife probably won't let me drive there from here again....she has requested I fly most distances now and then get a rental and run around instead of doing LRPs in my Lincoln.

Quote from: TDoS on Jan 01, 2026, 07:53 PMWell sure you might miss it, the budget for hauling the inmates to random events can't be that large I imagine.

Anchorage has a very good Public Transportation system for cripples and graybeards, Anchor Rides.  For $3.50 they pick you up at your door and drop you off at your destination in a wheelchair lift or ramp equipped Cripple Van.  You just have to call and schedule the ride 1-2 days beforehand.  It's one of the main reasons I moved down here from the valley when the spot in my current Geriatric Frathouse opened up when they kicked me out of the hospital after my last health crash.  Vastly superior to Assisted Living Gulags.  Just really pricy, $200K/year to reside here.  Fortunately, I meet the fairly stiff criteria for long term care in this level of facility.

Besides that, in good weather I have my outdoor super cripple scooter which has sufficient range on a charge to get me anywhere in town.  In either case I'd find it more entertaining to hang out here and play balloon volleyball against the Alzheimer residents than listen to a Peak Oil comedy rant. 😒

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Quote from: RE on Jan 02, 2026, 06:12 AMIn either case I'd find it more entertaining to hang out here and play balloon volleyball against the Alzheimer residents than listen to a Peak Oil comedy rant. 😒

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Your entertainment post peak oil these 8 years now sounds all so very....interesting.....