What do you have against Columbus? 
I wonder if it’s because I’m searching for a smaller town than Columbus. I’ve never had this issue before today: it’s been privileging the local for many years, but never before excluding the non-local. Anyway, more direct searches of local news sources have turned up nothing yet; could be too soon.
That’s where my mom is from and I have a lot of relatives there.
What I was actually searching for is Knox County OH. There doesn’t appear to be any coverage despite what I must have been quite a dramatic public accident (90-year-old driver ploughs into crowd at fireworks show on Sat night).
That appears to be the case. I did a wider search for statewide news that might fit what you’re looking for and didn’t find anything. I don’t think this is Google’s fault though (for once!) because I also searched news web sites directly for it. I also see nothing on this Facebook page which is pretty active and covers news in Knox County.
I’m sure you meant to type live, but the typo love amused me.
I missed that.
Hmm… Probably still true though…
Went to my gf’s dad’s family picnic Saturday, as I’ve done for 19 consecutive years. My gf’s dad was one of 12 kids, most of whom had many kids, so there were a ton of drunken revelers.
I was talking with my gf, drinking a beer, when a woman in her 20s who I did not recognize came over and starting chatting. She did not know us, in fact she was tagging along with a friend who is a friend of one of the nephews. So basically she was a nobody. And she was a quiet talker.
There was loud music and revelry, so I was not wearing my hearing aid. Everyone knows that they need to speak loudly for me to hear them, and I quickly pointed this out to the quiet talker. She had heard what I do for a living, and basically wanted to ask me a bunch of questions without having to pay. I do this for friends, but the idea of a total stranger taking advantage of me kind of pisses me off. In fact, I’m pretty sure nobody here (SDMB) knows the specifics of my profession for just this reason.
But it’s a party, so I smiled and listened to her questions, which was difficult because she was whispering. Who knows, maybe she has vocal cord polyps or something. But I asked her to repeat herself several times, as well as asking her to talk louder, but she persisted with the quiet talker shtick.
After struggling with this for 5 minutes I stopped her and said, “that’s it, I’m done, go whisper to someone else” and I walked away to get some sangria.
When I came back I dreaded getting yelled at by my gf, but she was totally cool with my behavior. She had trouble hearing the woman and was not mad!
I get this all the time but I don’t mind answering questions or giving advice and I don’t charge for that. Hence why I’m not shy about what I do here either.
As long as people don’t ask me to come personally fix their computer. I don’t do that. I don’t even care if you’re paying me, I fix them all day during the week and I don’t want to do it on my off hours. Unless it’s a relative or close friend in which case I actually like to help out, I consider that a perk of being my friend. 
And no, then I don’t charge.
Same here. With friends/relatives I actually like helping them out, knowing that one day I’ll be bugging them about their field. Plus, they usually buy me a beer the next time we run into each other.
I pit people who talk on their earbuds while working out. You’re not giving the full attention to either of of tasks you’re doing, and you’re annoying the people exercising around you.
I have always been curious about that. You have indeed kept it a black hole. You’ve said you own the place, but what that place does is an absolute mystery. Maybe it makes rocketships, maybe it makes recreational illicit pharmaceuticals, and maybe it’s a window washing service. No clue.
I admire your discipline in that and no, this is not a wheedle hoping to get you to spill the beans. Rather an admiration of your quality OpSec.
Yeah, it is what I do, but not who I am. It’s nice to be able to leave that behind.
ETA: my gf, when tipsy/drunk, will sometimes let the cat out of the bag and mention my occupation. She knows it’s a sore point with me and you can see her face fall even as she finishes her sentence.
I just imagine you fight crime using your hi-tech kayak named KICK (Knight Industries Cyber-Kayak).
So it’s definitely not good when your girlfriend mentions that you are the Knight Kayaker.
Knight Rider!
Having spent a career in a field that invites endless questions and tiresome SSDD stories I can certainly relate. And yes, like you, I viewed that as my income stream, not my identity.
I just never quite found a good non-answer answer when asked that didn’t seem offensive in return. You seem both less concerned about such matters and better at delivering your message disarmingly (enough).
Now, how 'bout those Pirates?!
Hah! My gf’s nephew did their social media for years (he approached them and suggested they needed a social media guy and they hired him). Early internet social media was an exciting idea.
Then the Steelers made him a great offer and he’s there now.
He is the Pirates current first baseman’s twin, though chubbier.
One of my younger brothers is also an airline pilot. As was Dad. Honest work is hard to come by in our family.
Anyhow, one of my bro’s fellow pilots years ago at a small entry-level airline was the comedian Dave Chappelle’s brother.
Chubbier and not funny at all. I guess chubbier and no talent for fame is kinda the lot in life for the sibs of famous greatness.
Charlie Murphy (Eddie’s brother) wasn’t chubby and he was briefly a star in his own right thanks in large part to (ironically enough) Dave Chappelle. Charlie passed away 7 years ago though.
Then there is Chris Penn, who was a movie star and… Oh, hmm, less talented and chubbier. Touche.
I’d argue that John Belushi was more talented than Jim, though, despite being chubbier.
F…The Atlantic.
I’ve read them for years and enjoyed their in-depth reporting in many instances, but over the last several years they have gotten exponentially more pretentious and more alarmist (“We Ruined Rain!” “California is Overdue for the Big One!” “One Satellite Crash and We Are All Screwed!” “You Are All Stupid Because You Are Not Panicking Enough!”…OK, I made that last one up, but you get the idea). They tend to be, or at least they had a reputation as, fairly liberal. But since the debate a couple of weeks ago, they have run non-stop “Joe Biden Needs To Resign Because He Could Be Getting Senile!” stories:
Biden Doesn’t Understand Everything Has Changed
Biden Isn’t Listening
Biden Needs to Drop Out
Biden Can Still Preserve His Dignity [by dropping out]
Biden’s Cognitive Fluctuations
There Are Sharp Octogenarians but Biden Isn’t One of Them
Ad nauseaum. They have run stories about Trump’s mental decline, but never have they published an onslaught against him like this.
Listen, Atlantic, whether you like it or not, the choice is Biden or Trump. That’s it. Much as you may wish it was otherwise, you get to pick one or the other. Do you want Trump to win? No? Then fucking stop it. Stop trying to scare readers away from Biden. Unless you have evidence that Jesus Himself is going to step in at the last minute and run as a Democrat, AND that conservatives would vote for him (not a given IMO) then stop the fuck with these “Biden is a Disaster!” stories unless you really think it’s a good idea to have a second Trump term.
Or did you get bought by Fox News when I wasn’t looking? In that case, cancel my subscription.