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Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:27:18 pm PDT

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1 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:29:21pm

Earth Day!
/

2 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:29:38pm

No wonder my power is out.

3 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:30:08pm

re: #1 Bob in Breckenridge

Earth Day!
/

It's Earf day.
/Rush

4 friarstale  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:30:51pm

ugh!
that is so early 20th century

can't you put up a picture of a fiberoptic switch or something?

bet you can't find a tv antenna

/

5 Ma Sands  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:30:56pm

End of the line. What's down on the ground?

6 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:31:08pm

looks like the end of the line for a lot of those connections.

7 CapeCoddah  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:31:15pm

Good afternoon everyone, Hope all of you are well and happy on this beautiful day!

8 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:31:53pm

Oh, the wirony of it all!

9 Ward Cleaver  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:31:53pm

Wow, lots of copper to steal there.

10 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:32:04pm

Land lines! How antiquated....yet picturesque.

11 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:32:43pm

Lineman fer the county.

12 Ward Cleaver  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:32:45pm

Suddenly a bolt of lightning comes out of the sky...

13 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:32:50pm

Check out [Link: www.google.com's...] earth day logo. Too bad those America-hating LLL assholes can't get that excited about some IMPORTANT day, such as oh, I don't know...Christmas, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, or the 4th of July.

14 CapeCoddah  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:32:53pm

Someone stealing cable?

15 Ward Cleaver  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:33:07pm

re: #11 debutaunt

Lineman fer the county.

And I work the main road...

16 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:33:11pm

re: #3 jcm

It's Earf day.
/Rush

LOL, that's true. My bad!

17 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:33:22pm

That shit is destroying the planet!

18 maddogg  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:33:27pm

"Connections", the only series on PBS I ever thought was worth a fat rat's rump.

19 Bosch Fawstin  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:33:57pm

The link below is my response to how the enemy wants us to go by Mecca Time, according to Islamic 'scientists'. It's currently 1429 by the Islamic calendar, I think it's way past time to Time to Clean Their Clock, Pigman style.

20 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:34:04pm

re: #9 Ward Cleaver

Wow, lots of copper to steal there.

I'm watching you Ward!

/Don't think about it!

21 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:34:09pm
22 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:34:25pm

re: #15 Ward Cleaver

And I work the main road...

Glen Campbellin'.

23 ROPMA  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:34:31pm

current US energy policy.
The greens want us to be dependent on the ME.

24 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:34:40pm
25 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:34:42pm

re: #17 Ben Hur

That shit is destroying the planet!

What have you got against clouds?

26 iChef  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:34:43pm

Little did I know 14 yrs ago today, the day of my 14th anniversary, that it was the same day as Earth Day, now turn Earth Week according to NBC. It was purely unintentional just happen to be in Vegas and got hitched ( the day not the getting married part ... lol).

Anyway here's to my lovely bride for putting up with me for 14 seemingly short years.

27 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:35:04pm

Lotsa' GMTA this afternoon.

28 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:35:12pm

Galloway is knocked out


FIREBRAND MP George Galloway was knocked out cold today when he was hit on the head by a RUBBER ball while he was ranting.

The ex Celebrity Big Brother contestant - on the campaign trail for the London Assembly elections - was roaring through a loudspeaker on the top of an open-top bus when he was struck.

Eyewitnesses said the 53 year old ducked to avoid the ball and banged his head heavily on the side of the bus.


No comment.

29 Render  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:35:54pm

A little boys view of the US from the backseat of a '66 Volvo wagon packed up high with household stuff and dogs while driving from DC to Austin in 1973.

EVERYTHING
ELSE,
R

30 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:37:18pm

re: #13 Bob in Breckenridge

Check out [Link: www.google.com's...] earth day logo. Too bad those America-hating LLL assholes can't get that excited about some IMPORTANT day, such as oh, I don't know...Christmas, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, or the 4th of July.

Och - I dunno, they showed daffodils and leeks in their logo here at St.David's Day (March 1st, Day of Wales' Patron Saint).

Ye gotta write to them about effing well not dissing your NAtional days!

31 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:37:19pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Galloway is knocked out

No comment.

I thought dodge-ball was illegal in the UK?

32 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:37:22pm
33 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:37:41pm

Those are some damn big chemtrails in the background

34 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:37:46pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Galloway is knocked out

FIREBRAND MP George Galloway was knocked out cold today when he was hit on the head by a RUBBER ball while he was ranting.
The ex Celebrity Big Brother contestant - on the campaign trail for the London Assembly elections - was roaring through a loudspeaker on the top of an open-top bus when he was struck.


Eyewitnesses said the 53 year old ducked to avoid the ball and banged his head heavily on the side of the bus.

No comment.

Was the ball damaged?

35 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:37:52pm

re: #13 Bob in Breckenridge

Check out [Link: www.google.com's...] earth day logo. Too bad those America-hating LLL assholes can't get that excited about some IMPORTANT day, such as oh, I don't know...Christmas, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, or the 4th of July.

PIMF- [Link: www.google.com...]

36 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:38:24pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Galloway is knocked out

No comment.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHA

37 mj  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:38:26pm

Obama Must Reject Moore's Endorsement

Washington, D.C. (April 22, 2008) -- The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) today called on Sen. Barack Obama to reject the endorsement of filmmaker Michael Moore.

The Associated Press reported yesterday that Moore endorsed Sen. Obama in a 1,100-word posting on his Web site. Moore wrote, "Can you do me a favor? Will you please cast my vote - and yours - on Tuesday for Senator Barack Obama?"

"Michael Moore has consistently expressed views that are radically anti-American and anti-Israel. Michael Moore has placed a disproportionate blame on Israel for the Palestinian's use of terror and violence and calls Americans an 'ignorant people,' said RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks. "Senator Obama must reject Moore's endorsement. We call on Barack Obama to reject his endorsement to show Michael Moore that this kind of hateful rhetoric will not be tolerated."


Anti-American and Anti-Israel Statements by Michael Moore

"Hey, here's a way to stop suicide bombings - give the Palestinians a bunch of missile-firing Apache helicopters and let them and the Israelis go at each other head to head. Four billion dollars a year to Israel - four billion dollars a year to the Palestinians - they can just blow each other up and leave the rest of us the hell alone." -- Michael Moore

Moore dedicated his book, "Dude Where's My Country?" to Rachel Corrie, an International Solidarity Movement volunteer who was killed when she climbed in front of a Caterpillar bulldozer that was destroying tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists to illegally smuggle weapons from Egypt into Gaza.
In 1990, speaking before the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Moore announced that he would refuse to attend a screening of his movie, "Roger and Me," which was being held in Jerusalem. He was quoted as saying that he would not attend until Israel ceased to occupy the West Bank and Gaza. (Arab American News, 1990)

Moore tried to prevent Fahrenheit 9/11 from being shown in Israel. (New Yorker Magazine, February 16, 2004)

In an open letter to the German people in Die Zeit, Moore asked, "Should such an ignorant people [as the United States] lead the world? Don't go the American way when it comes to economics, jobs and services for the poor and immigrants. It is the wrong way." (David Brooks in the New York Times, June 30, 2004)

More statements here:
[Link: www.rjchq.org...]

38 EC Marm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:38:49pm

But the electricity had to be developed by an intelligent designer before the transmission system could evolve.

39 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:39:08pm

Those clouds have a dark underbelly- I sense fascist headwinds.

40 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:39:11pm

BEHEAD ELECTRICITY!

41 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:39:26pm

re: #34 jcm

Was the ball damaged?

What about the poor bus?

42 paxnhymn  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:39:43pm

re: #27 MandyManners

Lotsa' GMTA this afternoon.


I have been here for 4 years and still don't know the phrase GMTA...


/sheltered life

:-D

43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:39:50pm

Are they're any laws preventing the rubber ball from running for office?

44 CapeCoddah  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:39:57pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Couldn't happen to a better moonbat! Is this not the raving lunatic who loves Saddam? Too bad there is no video!

45 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:39:59pm

re: #38 EC Marm

But the electricity had to be developed by an intelligent designer before the transmission system could evolve.

... and provide power to the abortion clinic.

JUST A L'IL JOKE, CHARLES!

46 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:40:00pm
47 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:40:05pm

re: #38 EC Marm

But the electricity had to be developed by an intelligent designer before the transmission system could evolve.

*WHACK*

48 Ma Sands  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:40:16pm

re: #38 EC Marm

Don't push it EC; I'm weary......


/ :)

49 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:40:18pm

re: #44 CapeCoddah

Couldn't happen to a better moonbat! Is this not the raving lunatic who loves Saddam? Too bad there is no video!


Give it time.

I'm sure there is.

50 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:40:22pm

re: #42 paxnhymn

I have been here for 4 years and still don't know the phrase GMTA...


/sheltered life

:-D

Great Minds Think Alike.

51 ROPMA  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:40:28pm

re: #42 paxnhymn

great minds think alike

52 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:40:42pm

re: #41 MandyManners

What about the poor bus?

Why was Galloway ranting while getting on a bus?

53 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:40:50pm

re: #42 paxnhymn

I have been here for 4 years and still don't know the phrase GMTA...


/sheltered life

:-D

Garrulous Monkeys Throw Anything

54 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:40:51pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Galloway is knocked out

No comment.


Hilarious!
Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person ... give the man who did this a medal!

55 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:41:27pm

re: #42 paxnhymn

I have been here for 4 years and still don't know the phrase GMTA...


/sheltered life

:-D

Great Minds Think Alike.

56 Elydo  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:41:45pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

HAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAAHAHA

I needed a decent story coming out of Britain. After all the recent stuff, I'm sorry to say that far from simply knowing there's nothing left to be proud about being British about, I'm now ashamed of my nationality. The latest ruling about piracy, and the allegations about British conduct in Basra... It's just so damn shameful.

57 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:42:07pm

re: #38 EC Marm

But the electricity had to be developed by an intelligent designer before the transmission system could evolve.

Indeed- Edison was quite the scientist.

58 Nevergiveup  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:42:12pm

re: #43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Are they're any laws preventing the rubber ball from running for office?

Was it born in the UK?

59 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:42:17pm

re: #52 Bob in Breckenridge

Why was Galloway ranting while getting on a bus?

Can't asshole moonbats rant and walk at the same time?

60 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:42:17pm

re: #56 Elydo

Don't be ashamed.

61 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:42:26pm

re: #44 CapeCoddah

I just checked. no video and no pictures yet.

62 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:42:44pm

re: #55 debutaunt

Great Minds Think Alike.

...or more likely, Garrulous Monkeys Throw Anything.

63 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:17pm

re: #62 debutaunt

...or more likely, Garrulous Monkeys Throw Anything.

Definately the monkey one

64 paxnhymn  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:18pm

51 & 52

Thanks. As a "Dense brained narrow minded country f*ck" (That was the description of me by the infamous Asia in an email ambush last week) it takes me awhile to get things. It's either that or years of Army acronyms have got the acronym section of my brain full...

65 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:19pm

re: #56 Elydo

Red Ken is set to lose the London Mayoral race. That's good news.

66 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:21pm

General Motors, T*ts & A**

67 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:21pm

re: #53 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Garrulous Monkeys Throw Anything

Shit-slinging ape Hoopie.

68 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:24pm

re: #26 iChef

congrats

69 Nevergiveup  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:35pm

re: #60 Ben Hur

Don't be ashamed.

Right. I mean Jimmy Carter is an American. We all have our crosses to bear.

70 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:43pm

re: #59 MandyManners

Can't asshole moonbats rant and walk at the same time?

Yes. Maybe the asshole didn't have exact change and the driver wouldn't let him on.

71 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:43pm

re: #52 Bob in Breckenridge

Why was Galloway ranting while getting on a bus?

Election Campaing for Mayor of London on May 1st ... he must ahve ranted for his buddy, Ken Livingstone, the one who likes sheik Quaradawi ...

72 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:55pm

Let's not forget Time Mags Earf Day Illness.

73 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:43:59pm

re: #55 debutaunt

Great Minds Think Alike.

Green Minions Talk Alot.

74 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:44:08pm

re: #65 Killgore Trout

Red Ken is set to lose the London Mayoral race. That's good news.

Methinks a Zionist plot is afoot.

75 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:44:08pm

re: #65 Killgore Trout

Red Ken is set to lose the London Mayoral race. That's good news.

/To a muslim?

76 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:44:16pm

re: #56 Elydo

The latest ruling about piracy

Missed this story. I almost hate to ask... well, here goes; what was the latest ruling about piracy?

77 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:44:20pm

re: #63 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Definitely the monkey one

Fer sure.

78 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:44:28pm

re: #70 Bob in Breckenridge

Yes. Maybe the asshole didn't have exact change and the driver wouldn't let him on.

Lefty just wants a free ride.

79 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:45:06pm

re: #52 Bob in Breckenridge

Why was Galloway ranting while getting on a bus?

He was probably ranting AT the bus about its carbon footprint.

80 EC Marm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:45:12pm

re: #57 Sharmuta

Indeed- Edison was quite the scientist.


A bit of an anti-semite, too.

Edison wrote to a friend, explaining how troubling it was that Jews had a “natural talent” for becoming rich. [Link: www.wsws.org...]


Want to pick again?

81 lawhawk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:45:15pm

Big Power is Ripping Us Off

82 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:45:16pm

Ahh, blessed utilities.

83 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:45:18pm

re: #72 jcm

Let's not forget Time Mags Earf Day Illness.


Did you see my earlier post from Newsbusters?

The managing editor of Time mag never went to Journalism school.

84 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:45:20pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Galloway is knocked out

No comment.


Whoops. You really don't want your defensive moves to leave you defenseless. I wonder if this attack was in response to annoying campaign ads? I know I would like to throw something at the candidates after the typical campaign TV and Radio barrage.

85 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:45:25pm

and because I forgot to post it yesterday;

SCIENCE!

Surgeons give hope to blind with successful 'bionic eye' operations

The device — the first of its kind — incorporates a video camera and transmitter mounted on a pair of glasses. This is linked to an artificial retina, which transmits moving images along the optic nerve to the brain and enables the patient to discriminate rudimentary images of motion, light and dark.

The operations were conducted as part of an international clinical trial of the technology, known as the Argus II retinal implant, which has already proved successful in restoring rudimentary vision to patients who have become blind because of common conditions such as age-related macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa.

86 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:45:41pm

re: #75 Bob in Breckenridge

/To a muslim?

Nope - to Boris Johnson, Tory and generally a very clever man, who likes to give the impression that he's just a dumb shambling clown ...

87 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:46:06pm

re: #72 jcm

Let's not forget Time Mags Earf Day Illness.

Nice post, jcm. I saw that in the library. How despicable TIME is. But the good news is few saw since few read that rag these days.

88 Cygnus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:46:29pm

re: #50 MandyManners

Great Minds Think Alike.

I'd like to know what JAFLW means.

89 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:46:40pm

re: #83 Ben Hur

Did you see my earlier post from Newsbusters?

The managing editor of Time mag never went to Journalism school.

Well that explains the lack of journalism between the covers.

90 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:46:44pm

re: #80 EC Marm

Want to pick again?


Who do you think Ford got it from?

91 LeftJustAintRight[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:47:02pm
92 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:47:25pm

re: #88 Cygnus

I'd like to know what JAFLW means.

Just Another Four Letter Word.

93 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:47:31pm

re: #88 Cygnus

I'd like to know what JAFLW means.

Jawas always fall like wombats

94 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:47:42pm

re: #75 Bob in Breckenridge

To a conservative:

Boris Johnson defends stance on Islam in mayoral debate

Right now he's about 12 points ahead in the polls.

95 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:47:49pm

It was an effen racquette ball.

He definitely went into football (soccer) exaggeration mode.

96 paxnhymn  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:47:58pm

re: #72 jcm

Let's not forget Time Mags Earf Day Illness.


....there's a special place in hell for Richard Stengal...

97 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:47:58pm

re: #4 friarstale

ugh!
that is so early 20th century

can't you put up a picture of a fiberoptic switch or something?

bet you can't find a tv antenna

/

Look on top of my TV.

98 EC Marm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:48:04pm

re: #90 Ben Hur

Who do you think Ford got it from?


Now we're back to the 'chicken and egg' argument and Ma Sands warned me once. :~)

99 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:48:08pm

Dont forget TLA and ETLA

100 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:48:19pm

re: #85 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The device — the first of its kind — incorporates a video camera and transmitter mounted on a pair of glasses. This is linked to an artificial retina, which transmits moving images along the optic nerve to the brain and enables the patient to discriminate rudimentary images of motion, light and dark.

Does it look something like this?

101 storagemanager  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:48:44pm
CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) - An 18-year-old accused of planning to bomb his high school will be charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, which carries a possible life sentence, the top federal prosecutor in South Carolina said Tuesday.
Ryan Schallenberger also will face two lesser federal charges stemming from what authorities say was a scheme to detonate explosives in a suicide attack on his high school in the small town of Chesterfield. The straight-A student will be charged in federal court in Florence on Tuesday afternoon, said Kevin McDonald, the acting U.S. attorney for South Carolina.

McDonald said the federal charge comes into play mostly because Schallenberger ordered materials that can be used for bombs through the mail.

William Spencer, the teen's court-appointed attorney, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

102 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:48:44pm

re: #88 Cygnus

I'd like to know what JAFLW means.

Just Another Four-Letter Word.

103 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:48:52pm

re: #97 Squirrelguy

Look on top of my TV.

Rabbits ear too!

104 Nevergiveup  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:49:02pm

re: #89 jcm

Well that explains the lack of journalism between the covers.

Well since journalism schools are just the breeding grounds for lefty moon-bats, you would think he might actually be more professional. His lunacy must emanate from a genetic or familial defect?

105 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:49:04pm

re: #98 EC Marm

Now we're back to the 'chicken and egg' argument and Ma Sands warned me once. :~)

Clearly the egg came first.

106 Cygnus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:49:07pm

re: #92 debutaunt

Just Another Four Letter Word.

Thanks.

107 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:49:16pm

re: #9 Ward Cleaver

Wow, lots of copper to steal there.


Big Copper is ripping us off!

108 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:49:24pm

re: #88 Cygnus

I'd like to know what JAFLW means.

Jihadis Always Fight Like Women!

109 Elydo  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:50:01pm

re: #77 debutaunt

Times Online

The first link I can remember that has the story. I was incredulous and depressed when I heard this. Just a few days later I heard the allegation about why the British soldiers have been so inactive in Basra; deal-striking. I'd require more salt on that story were it not for the fact that such conduct has been proven to be the standard here IN Britain, so it being applied in other areas of our authority isn't much of a stretch.

I actually burned with anger at that moment.

110 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:50:08pm

re: #97 Squirrelguy

Look on top of my TV.

What's on the telly?

It looks like a penguin!

111 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:50:09pm

re: #95 Ben Hur

It was an effen racquette ball.

He definitely went into football (soccer) exaggeration mode.

Its called 'diving' in football (soccer) speak - a despicable thing to do and utterly loathed by any rugby player and rugby fan ...

112 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:50:23pm

re: #94 Killgore Trout

To a conservative:

Boris Johnson defends stance on Islam in mayoral debate

Right now he's about 12 points ahead in the polls.

The Conservatives candidate for London mayor, Mr Johnson, has been criticised for an article he wrote in the wake of the 7/7 London terror attacks in 2005 claiming "Islam is the problem".

He'd get my vote just for saying that....

113 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:50:25pm

re: #9 Ward Cleaver

Wow, lots of copper to steal there.

Isn't that what ITT said about Chile?

114 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:50:55pm

Reminds me of the other day when I let my vice grip, which was gripping one of the cable connectors of my car battery, pivot and fall, landing right on top of the other connector. Of course, the vice grips were locked so it took a bit of effort with a piece of plastic to swat the grips away. A few sparks, a small flame, and 1 melted connector later it was all over.

115 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:50:59pm

re: #98 EC Marm


I'm right.

116 Render  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:51:06pm

re: #88 Cygnus

Just Another Four Letter Word.

POINTS,
R

117 Elydo  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:51:09pm

re: #109 Elydo

Oops, that was meant to be a reply to #76 Occasional Reader

118 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:51:14pm

re: #57 Sharmuta

Indeed- Edison was quite the scientist.

Yes - but Edison tried to build DC based distribution, which lost out to AC because AC could carry loads farther from their point of generation. Otherwise, you would have a power plant every few blocks.

So what EC said is actually true - the Edison designed the lightbulb and the rival distribution system evolved in spite of his own efforts.

Adding a new wrinkle, Solar PV electric output is DC. You have to use inverters to have an AC output to go to your house or the grid. Those inverters are a major expense in Solar electricity generation. Those panels can actually facilitate a "power plant very few blocks" configuration for a grid, so Edison's DC vision may come to fruition yet!

119 maddogg  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:51:26pm

One of my favorite scientists was Hiram Maxim, whom Edison felt was such a threat to his business he paid him to leave the country for 10 years. So he went to Europe and invented a couple of things......

120 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:51:41pm

re: #112 Bob in Breckenridge

It's a very positive sign that Londoners feel the same way.

121 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:51:43pm

re: #104 Nevergiveup

Well since journalism schools are just the breeding grounds for lefty moon-bats, you would think he might actually be more professional. His lunacy must emanate from a genetic or familial defect?

It could be just run of the mill incompetence, as opposed to the willful incompetence that we are used to seeing.

122 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:52:05pm

re: #114 bosforus

Reminds me of the other day when I let my vice grip, which was gripping one of the cable connectors of my car battery, pivot and fall, landing right on top of the other connector. Of course, the vice grips were locked so it took a bit of effort with a piece of plastic to swat the grips away. A few sparks, a small flame, and 1 melted connector later it was all over.

You too can weld with 12 volts!

123 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:52:17pm

re: #103 jcm

Rabbits ear too!

/So because of you some deaf rabbit is hopping around. I hope you're happy.

124 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:52:55pm

re: #123 Bob in Breckenridge

/So because of you some deaf rabbit is hopping around. I hope you're happy.

Huh?

125 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:53:13pm

re: #118 karmic_inquisitor

Ah- but it evolved into HVDC.

126 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:53:35pm

re: #111 yma o hyd

Its called 'diving' in football (soccer) speak - a despicable thing to do and utterly loathed by any rugby player and rugby fan ...


And normally not practiced in England.

Can't watch Serie A or Brazilian football because of it.

Rugby and Football fans are two different species, my friend (as you probably know!).

127 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:53:52pm

re: #123 Bob in Breckenridge

/So because of you some deaf rabbit is hopping around. I hope you're happy.

Maybe the Joos did it.

128 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:53:56pm

US "Christian" moonbat delegation travels to Iran on a "peace mission"...

Q: So, after you return home, you are going to meet congressmen. Are you hopeful that you can influence their position toward Iran?

McNish: We particularly want to share the message that we offer over and over and over again, that it is against Islam to have or develop or use nuclear weapons.

We believe that many people in the United States are fearful, inflamed by the media, that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. We want to try not to be naive or anything like that. But we want to say... what we heard when we were in Iran. It was very strong. ...

Q: Could you tell us about the peace movement in the United States?

McNish: There is a new peace and justice movement, particularly for the Palestinians. There is enormous support among our churches. All of them are on record saying that there must be a just peace proper for the Palestinians.

Oh brother.

129 CapeCoddah  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:54:01pm

re: #37 mj
I went to read this on dumbasses (M.Mooreon) website, and ran across this:
[Link: www.infoshop.org...]
Mooooooonbats planning on shutting down the RNC convention in St. Paul. One of 3 links at the bottom of the story, is pretty disturbing, nornc.org, these nuts have ordered hundreds of tasers to arm protesters with, because the police are armed, and the story says the police will get violent. Are these nuts really considering tasering St. Paul police officers?

130 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:54:03pm

re: #118 karmic_inquisitor

Yes - but Edison tried to build DC based distribution, which lost out to AC because AC could carry loads farther from their point of generation. Otherwise, you would have a power plant every few blocks.

So what EC said is actually true - the Edison designed the lightbulb and the rival distribution system evolved in spite of his own efforts.

Adding a new wrinkle, Solar PV electric output is DC. You have to use inverters to have an AC output to go to your house or the grid. Those inverters are a major expense in Solar electricity generation. Those panels can actually facilitate a "power plant very few blocks" configuration for a grid, so Edison's DC vision may come to fruition yet!

Edison was Bi?!?

131 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:54:08pm

re: #124 Squirrelguy

Huh?

RABBIT EARS! :)

/ If I have to explain the joke...

132 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:54:16pm

re: #122 Squirrelguy

You too can weld with 12 volts!

And I heard welding was difficult. Heck, I can weld a nut to a bolt without even trying!

133 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:54:25pm

re: #109 Elydo

"You can't capture pirates, because they might be granted asylum"... wow. This is beyond parody.

134 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:54:31pm

re: #80 EC Marm

So- you only have candles in your house for lighting?

135 IslandLibertarian  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:54:48pm

Nice pic.
It's a perfect graphic argument for underground utilities.

Happy Earth Day!
Enslave the Whales!

136 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:54:48pm

re: #123 Bob in Breckenridge

/So because of you some deaf rabbit is hopping around. I hope you're happy.

How can they be hopping around when we've also taken their feet as good luck charms?

137 EC Marm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:55:15pm

re: #118 karmic_inquisitor

Adding a new wrinkle, Solar PV electric output is DC. You have to use inverters to have an AC output to go to your house or the grid. Those inverters are a major expense in Solar electricity generation. Those panels can actually facilitate a "power plant very few blocks" configuration for a grid, so Edison's DC vision may come to fruition yet!


Major users of DC power, which would be companies or universities with lot's and lot's of computing equipment, are extensively equipping their facilities with these solar panels. Google, I think, just recently covered their roof with them.

138 CapeCoddah  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:55:24pm

re: #61 Killgore Trout

Dammit, let me know if one surfaces, I would PAY for it!

139 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:55:38pm

re: #133 Occasional Reader

"You can't capture pirates, because they might be granted asylum"... wow. This is beyond parody.

Check the earlier threads. The Onion proved nothing is beyond parody.

140 paxnhymn  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:55:40pm

re: #128 Kenneth


menonites=sheeple.

141 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:55:57pm

re: #125 Sharmuta

Ah yes - transformers...

142 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:55:57pm

re: #132 bosforus

And I heard welding was difficult. Heck, I can weld a nut to a bolt without even trying!

That's unpossible! Fire can't melt steel. Just ask Rosie O'.

143 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:55:57pm

re: #104 Nevergiveup

Well since journalism schools are just the breeding grounds for lefty moon-bats, you would think he might actually be more professional. His lunacy must emanate from a genetic or familial defect?

The Board of Directors got what they wanted. An echo chamber, not a news magazine.

144 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:56:10pm

re: #131 Bob in Breckenridge

RABBIT EARS! :)

/ If I have to explain the joke...

/So because of you some deaf rabbit is hopping around. I hope you're happy.

Huh as in "can't hear you".

145 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:56:12pm

re: #126 Ben Hur

And normally not practiced in England.

Can't watch Serie A or Brazilian football because of it.

Rugby and Football fans are two different species, my friend (as you probably know!).

I do know indeed!
Unfortunately all the Brazilian and other imports playing in the English Premier League have transmitted their techniques to our lads.

Nope - no soccer for me, I stick with rugby.

146 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:56:20pm

re: #136 CyanSnowHawk

How can they be hopping around when we've also taken their feet as good luck charms?

Geez, it's bad enough he's deaf, but now he's also handicapped. Poor rabbit...

147 Elydo  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:56:23pm

re: #126 Ben Hur

I love that Snickers advert.

Mr T. And a tank.

148 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:56:26pm

re: #141 karmic_inquisitor

Ah yes - transformers...

Robots in disguise!

/sorry

149 storagemanager  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:56:41pm
Within seconds, two Kassam rockets launched by Palestinian Authority terrorists in northern Gaza slammed into the city.

One of the missiles scored a direct hit on a home, sending a group of residents into severe emotional shock and causing heavy damage to the structure. The second exploded in an area on the outskirts of the city.

Israeli Air Force pilots immediately took to the skies to retaliate. PA sources said IAF pilots fired missiles at a car carrying terrorists in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. According to the report, a number of passersby were injured in the air strike but the report has not been confirmed. It is not clear whether the gunmen were hit

[Link: www.israelnationalnews.com...]

150 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:57:50pm

re: #57 Sharmuta

Indeed- Edison was quite the scientist.

No, those lines are from the mind of Nikola Tesla, who also was quite the scientist and engineer.

151 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:57:52pm

A bit of a crosspost, but perhaps more relevant here:

Oh, the horrors of Global Warming!

the moneyquote from the article:

Eco-Air representative Eric Gormley couldn't convince local kids lobbying city council for an anti-idling bylaw to brave the cold yesterday, but happily stepped up on their behalf, offering stickers and information about greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.

"We're here to raise awareness of the problem, even though on a day like today you don't necessarily think of global warming," he said.


Heh... seems like when you're having a blizzard in late April, you might WANT some greenhouse gas emissions...

152 Nevergiveup  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:57:53pm

re: #128 Kenneth

US "Christian" moonbat delegation travels to Iran on a "peace mission"...

Oh brother.

Are these the same types that went to Iraq pre Gulf War 1 to act as human protectors for Saddam's facilities?

153 lawhawk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:57:55pm

re: #118 karmic_inquisitor

The National Park Service just recently completed a restoration of Edison's workshops and facilities in West Orange, NJ

154 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:57:58pm

re: #146 Bob in Breckenridge

Geez, it's bad enough he's deaf, but now he's also handicapped. Poor rabbit...

And they never let him have any Trix either.

155 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:58:07pm

re: #135 IslandLibertarian

Nice pic.
It's a perfect graphic argument for underground utilities.

Happy Earth Day!
Enslave the Whales!

Whales are people, too, I'll have ye know!

156 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:58:11pm

re: #145 yma o hyd

I do know indeed!
Unfortunately all the Brazilian and other imports playing in the English Premier League have transmitted their techniques to our lads.

Nope - no soccer for me, I stick with rugby.


Well, I guess I'll watch Man U all by myself tomorrow.

My closest friend from high school (and still today) is a Brit and former rugby player that turned to American football.

We started a rugby club in high school.

It lasted a week.

OUCH!

157 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:58:16pm

re: #142 Occasional Reader

That's unpossible! Fire can't melt steel. Just ask Rosie O'.

Heh. Well, in all honesty, my connector, which wasn't steel but was some kind of soft metal, melted the nut to the bolt.

158 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:58:47pm

re: #142 Occasional Reader

Er, melted and hardened between the nut and the bolt.

159 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:58:51pm

Well, the outright sickness and hate at HuufPo is still there for all to see. On the Tony Snow thread you get this:

AnnArky
Hasn't this motherfuckin', GOP'er, meat puppet died yet?

Reply Posted 10:58 AM on 04/22/2008

Followed immediately with:

AnnArky
The day Tony Snow chose to be a part of the Bush Regime he forfeited any claim he had to human rights. Tony Snow Chose to be a lying mouthpiece for men and women who have been the direct cause of so much suffering in the world. Tony Snow, regardless of whether or not he has a family, is guilty of being complicit in murder. Do you have such great sympathy for those on death row? The world can do without Tony Snow, although, as we've seen, there will always be another motherfuckin', GOP'er, meat puppet to take his place.

Reply Posted 03:04 PM on 04/22/2008

and a bit later on you find:

CoulterIsASuccubus
He's dying. He's had a recurrence and colon cancer is only curable if it is surgically resected EARLY. He's done. Frankly, he deserves it. He's a liar and deserves due justice and will get it.

Reply Posted 05:36 AM on 04/22/2008

You can just feel the hate on that site. So much for your "tolerant" liberals.

160 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:59:13pm

re: #154 Sharmuta

lol :)

161 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:59:19pm

re: #128 Kenneth

US "Christian" moonbat delegation travels to Iran on a "peace mission"...

Oh brother.

American Friends Service Committee, Quaker. Pacifists.

Which wouldn't bother me, except they have a history of playing footsie with our enemies.

162 Izzy Dunne  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:59:21pm

re: #9 Ward Cleaver

Wow, lots of copper to steal there.

The Copper Clapper Caper

163 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 12:59:24pm

re: #156 Ben Hur

Who is Man U playing?

164 medaura18586  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:00:12pm

Charles, I've got to say, I've noticed you have quite a good eye for photography. Is that something you're noted for or do you just snap random pictures?

I like them...

165 Elydo  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:00:30pm

re: #150 Honorary Yooper

Tesla's Broadcast Energy ideas could have led into an entirely different approach to technology. There aren't many ideas that profound in history.

166 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:00:55pm

re: #163 bosforus

Who is Man U playing?


Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals.

I planted the seed with the boss today about catching the 2nd half.

167 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:01:03pm

re: #162 Izzy Dunne

The Copper Clapper Caper


Priceless.

168 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:01:03pm

re: #137 EC Marm

I have a 7.5 KW pv system. Converted the house to all electric. Runs the house, the computers, the pumps - eeverything. Grid tied, so I pay a small charge to the electric company for them to provide me wattage at night while I provide them wattage during the day. Nets out to zero.

It has worked out great.

169 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:01:53pm
Israeli Air Force pilots immediately took to the skies to retaliate. PA sources said IAF pilots fired missiles at a car carrying terrorists in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. According to the report, a number of passersby were injured in the air strike by Hamas personnel and distributed about the scene for a photo opportunity, but the report has not been confirmed. It is not clear whether the gunmen were hit

fixed that for you.

170 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:02:17pm

re: #166 Ben Hur

Who's showing it? ESPN? FSN?

171 Shug  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:02:32pm

I see that power line is heading towards toe right in the direction of the Windmills off Martha's vinyard

/

172 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:02:38pm

re: #159 3 wood

What caused the losers at huffpo to start attacking Tony Snow?

I will not go there or to dkos. They can all FOAD as far as I'm concerned.

173 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:02:50pm

re: #152 Nevergiveup

The article doesn't identify the group, but I as they mentioned supporting the Palis, "stopping Bush" and buiding bridges of understanding, I have to assume these are X-tian Peacemaker types. Not actual Christians, but moral narcissists.

174 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:03:04pm

re: #150 Honorary Yooper

In honor of Tesla's genius : I want one.

175 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:03:08pm

re: #153 lawhawk

The National Park Service just recently completed a restoration of Edison's workshops and facilities in West Orange, NJ

However, if you want to get a feel for how the Menlo Park lab was, and looked like, then you need to go a lot further west than New Jersey.

176 EC Marm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:03:11pm

re: #134 Sharmuta

So- you only have candles in your house for lighting?


No, but I can play the "my electric usage is lower than yours" game with just about anyone. In the years I've been here the utility has 'pulled' my meter and replaced it four times because they think it's malfunctioning. Last month's usage was around 400 KWHs.

177 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:03:46pm

re: #170 bosforus

Who's showing it? ESPN? FSN?

Must check.

Probably in Spanish fer G-d's sake.

178 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:04:13pm

re: #176 EC Marm

I started using alot less electricity once I got rid of my waterbed.

I do miss it though.... especially on cold mornings.

179 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:04:22pm

re: #156 Ben Hur

Well, I guess I'll watch Man U all by myself tomorrow.

My closest friend from high school (and still today) is a Brit and former rugby player that turned to American football.

We started a rugby club in high school.

It lasted a week.

OUCH!

Ha!
Now going from rugby to play American Football is easy: lots of body armour, only playing for short stretches of time ...
Rugby players play for 80 minutes, plus stoppage time - and only some light shoulder padding and skull caps are allowed.
Ahhh - the joys of rugby, played in the harsh welsh winter, on a sodden pitch full of sheep droppings ...
No - its not a sport for high school kids, ya gotta be born to it, like the Celtic Nations, and start doing it as soon as you can walk.

180 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:04:23pm

re: #174 karmic_inquisitor

In honor of Tesla's genius : I want one.

Whoa! Sweet stats.

181 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:04:45pm

re: #161 jcm

Have these pacifists stop to consider their actions may in fact increase the risk of war by facilitating the diplomacy of the brutal Iranian regime? No, I didn't think so.

182 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:04:50pm

re: #153 lawhawk

Cool. I'll have to take my kids there.

183 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:04:59pm

re: #150 Honorary Yooper

I do remember watching a program on the electric distribution battles, and Edison had won out only for a short while, but based on the body of his work in which we still rely/use- I picked him for the evolutionist bomb to throw in this thread.

/Maybe sleeping dogs should have been left sleeping, though.

184 Bosch Fawstin[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:05:52pm
185 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:06:00pm

re: #162 Izzy Dunne

The Copper Clapper Caper

Hillarious!

Lotsa' videos of hot babes at the end.

186 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:06:07pm

re: #176 EC Marm

You're never going to piss off al-Goracle that way.

187 Empire1  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:06:12pm

Hi, gang!

We finally had some warm enough weather, although rather windy, that I could start taking care of one of my major non-pleasant outdoor chores -- cleaning the ponds. Taking care of the little one doesn't involve wading, and it gives me a place to put the fish from the big one until I get rid of the excess, so that was what got done. As I type, it's filling back up, about ready to get its first dose of yet another attempt at algae control.

I'm going to get rid of all the goldfish this spring, and start adding koi, if this new algae control works. If it doesn't, I'll be going to fishless water features -- I'm really, really tired of a couple of days of clear water, then green the rest of the time! I do know part of that is (hopefully was!) due to too many fish. That, however, was totally due to the fish! I put 7 goldfish in when I started the big pond. A year and a half later, I gave away close to two hundred, keeping about 20. The ones I gave away have multiplied into (at a guess) a couple of thousand in a half-acre pond, and I'm back to probably a couple of hundred myself.

Weather permitting, as the forecast claims it will, I'll clean the big pond tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to the process, but I am to the results!

-- Ann

188 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:06:12pm

re: #179 yma o hyd

Rugby: Bar Fight.

American Football: Car Accident.

189 Shug  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:06:42pm

Speaking of cut power lines

Clinton and Obama each question each other's qualifications

and for once, they're both right

190 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:06:47pm

re: #177 Ben Hur

Must check.

Probably in Spanish fer G-d's sake.

Just turn the sound down and play a soundtrack from an action movie. And, by the way, am I the only one that finds the "CHAMPIONS!" song at every possible break more annoying than anything?

191 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:06:49pm

re: #176 EC Marm

Mine was -250. Neener neener neener.

/ I know - I consumed a hell of a lot, but produced more, so it doesn't count

192 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:06:54pm

re: #180 Squirrelguy

Whoa! Sweet stats.

over 98k.

richperson's toy.

193 ethanxxx  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:07:40pm

re: #129 CapeCoddah

That was interesting... Thank You. I'm sure the Police are taking the threat seriously. Should be some good video of these worthless children being overpowered by superior force.

194 EC Marm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:07:42pm

re: #168 karmic_inquisitor

I have a 7.5 KW pv system. Converted the house to all electric. Runs the house, the computers, the pumps - eeverything. Grid tied, so I pay a small charge to the electric company for them to provide me wattage at night while I provide them wattage during the day. Nets out to zero.

It has worked out great.


I'm green with envy. I'm very solar favorably situated and would love to tell the utility to shove it. The initial upfront cost is the deal breaker.

195 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:08:00pm

re: #188 Ben Hur

Rugby: Bar Fight.

American Football: Car Accident.

Too true ...!

196 coquimbojoe  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:08:04pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Galloway is knocked out

No comment.

Schadenfruede pretty much sums it up for me.

197 mj  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:08:11pm

re: #129 CapeCoddah

I went to read this on dumbasses (M.Mooreon) website, and ran across this:
[Link: www.infoshop.org...]
Mooooooonbats planning on shutting down the RNC convention in St. Paul. One of 3 links at the bottom of the story, is pretty disturbing, nornc.org, these nuts have ordered hundreds of tasers to arm protesters with, because the police are armed, and the story says the police will get violent. Are these nuts really considering tasering St. Paul police officers?


Interesting news. Who's buying those tasers? Soros?
Sounds like a bluff but I don't put anything pass the Left.

198 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:08:20pm

re: #162 Izzy Dunne

The Copper Clapper Caper

*gasp*
ROFLMAO
*gasp*

199 beachkatie  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:08:57pm

Between the Marxists and the Muslims they will scened us back to the stone age!

200 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:08:58pm

re: #194 EC Marm

I'm green with envy. I'm very solar favorably situated and would love to tell the utility to shove it. The initial upfront cost is the deal breaker.

You'd think with all the money that the government throws as ethanol, they'd have some subsidy for people wanting to become 'energy neutral'

201 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:09:01pm

re: #190 bosforus

Just turn the sound down and play a soundtrack from an action movie. And, by the way, am I the only one that finds the "CHAMPIONS!" song at every possible break more annoying than anything?


AHAHAHHAHA!

Am I the only one that doesn't understand how NEssun Dorma was England's theme song 2 World Cups ago?

OR how Swing Low Sweet Chariot inspires football players?

202 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:09:21pm

re: #187 Empire1

One way of keeping the algae under control may be to stick some pond snails in with the fish.
Worked fine for us - pity was, they didn't eat the pondweed ...

203 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:09:37pm

re: #192 LanceKates

over 98k.

richperson's toy.

Aimed at precicely the ones that can afford $4.00/gallon gas.
It figures.

204 Shug  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:09:54pm

re: #202 yma o hyd

One way of keeping the algae under control may be to stick some pond snails in with the fish.
Worked fine for us - pity was, they didn't eat the pondweed ...

and what keeps the pond snails under control ?

205 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:09:58pm

re: #183 Sharmuta

Heh. Don't worry, I've launched more than my fair share of rocket propelled gernades that way.

LOL!

206 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:10:06pm

re: #172 Bob in Breckenridge

What caused the losers at huffpo to start attacking Tony Snow?

I will not go there or to dkos. They can all FOAD as far as I'm concerned.

They had a thread on his taking a job with CNN.

Now they say CNN is a right wing PR tool, and you also get the typical rooting for Tony's death from cancer. This was just from about 2 pages of comments out of about 14.

Shows you how the left wing mindset is.

207 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:10:28pm

re: #194 EC Marm

I'm green with envy. I'm very solar favorably situated and would love to tell the utility to shove it. The initial upfront cost is the deal breaker.

Amen. Here in Texas in the summer, I could have the meter spinning like a top in reverse.

208 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:10:34pm

re: #174 karmic_inquisitor

In honor of Tesla's genius : I want one.

Nice car. Wish I had $98,000 for one.

/sigh

209 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:10:45pm

re: #177 Ben Hur

Probably in Spanish fer G-d's sake.

Face it, Spanish is a superior language for shouting GOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

210 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:10:50pm

re: #178 LanceKates

One thing I will change on my place is the water heaters. We have 2 50 gallon units and they are electric. They suck down a load when my teenage boys take those damned long, hot showers.

Heating water with electricity takes a lot of KWH. I figure if I put a solar batch heater in line, I can save 12 KWH a day - enough to fuel one one these.

211 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:10:52pm

re: #204 Shug

and what keeps the pond snails under control ?


The fwench?

212 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:11:05pm

OT

Has anyone seen Juno?

213 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:11:11pm

re: #203 Squirrelguy

Aimed at precicely the ones that can afford $4.00/gallon gas.
It figures.

there's a new electric car from india, i believe, that is only a few grand.

But, by the time that they are made to meet our "Street Legal" requirements, they'll be useless.

Pity too.

214 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:11:36pm

re: #209 Occasional Reader

Face it, Spanish is a superior language for shouting GOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

That got really old, really really fast.

215 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:11:44pm

re: #201 Ben Hur

AHAHAHHAHA!

Am I the only one that doesn't understand how NEssun Dorma was England's theme song 2 World Cups ago?

OR how Swing Low Sweet Chariot inspires football players?

The power of spirituals.

216 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:11:47pm

re: #200 LanceKates

You'd think with all the money that the government throws as ethanol, they'd have some subsidy for people wanting to become 'energy neutral'

No Starvation for Fuel!

/from one of the spinoffs posted this morning.

217 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:11:56pm

re: #204 Shug

and what keeps the pond snails under control ?

HYPNOTOAD!

218 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:12:07pm

Shalom lizardim from scenic Gilo in Jerusalem. Chag sameach to the Joooish lizards.

219 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:12:13pm

re: #211 Squirrelguy

The fwench?

LOL!

220 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:12:15pm

I find that CHLORINE works wonders on algae.

221 Pyrocles  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:12:29pm

Holy crap. Now I hate Michael Moore "moore" than ever...

Communism and Jew-hatred are two ideologies that just KEEP COMING BACK!

re: #37 mj

222 Iron Mike  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:12:31pm

re: #9 Ward Cleaver

Wow, lots of copper to steal there.

Step #1----TURN OFF POWER!
Step#2----Steal copper wire.
Step #3----Profit!

223 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:13:08pm

Cleanup on aisle 184.

224 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:13:11pm

re: #218 WriterMom

Shalom lizardim from scenic Gilo in Jerusalem. Chag sameach to the Joooish lizards.

Chopa!

Gilo?

Come friends, come see who came to visit!

IMPERIALIST COLONIST SWINE!

225 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:13:29pm

re: #201 Ben Hur

AHAHAHHAHA!

Am I the only one that doesn't understand how NEssun Dorma was England's theme song 2 World Cups ago?

OR how Swing Low Sweet Chariot inspires football players?

Aww - that the rugby song at Twickenham!
We like it, because it gives rise to endless jokes about wheels falling off chariots and chariots being parked in the museum and stuff like that when we beat them at rugby.
The enmity between Wales and England, and in fact all Celtic Nations and England, is of very long standing and lived out fully every year!

226 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:13:35pm

re: #206 3 wood

They had a thread on his taking a job with CNN.

Now they say CNN is a right wing PR tool, and you also get the typical rooting for Tony's death from cancer. This was just from about 2 pages of comments out of about 14.

Shows you how the left wing mindset is.

but we're mean when we state that we're not fans of islamic terrorism.

heh.

How's IL?

my friend up there lost her job. Is the local economy and job market that sucky that she'd have a problem finding a decent office job as she has a retail background?

227 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:13:45pm

re: #218 WriterMom

Shalom Momma! How's it goin' eh?

228 EC Marm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:13:49pm

re: #200 LanceKates

You'd think with all the money that the government throws as ethanol, they'd have some subsidy for people wanting to become 'energy neutral'


They had a few incentives/credits back in the 70s if I recall correctly. A bunch of people started using them to heat swimming pools and the 'class envy' thing kicked in and they got abandoned. At the time I bought attic insulation and weatherstripping and really saved money at a fraction of the cost.

229 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:14:04pm

re: #222 Iron Mike

Step #1----TURN OFF POWER!
Step#2----Steal copper wire.
Step #3----Profit!

Step #1 --- Don't turn off power.
Step #2 --- Fry.
Step #3 --- Have family & friends seethe.

230 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:14:24pm

re: #206 3 wood

They had a thread on his taking a job with CNN.

Now they say CNN is a right wing PR tool, and you also get the typical rooting for Tony's death from cancer. This was just from about 2 pages of comments out of about 14.

Shows you how the left wing mindset is.

Really. Thanks.

231 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:14:28pm

re: #225 yma o hyd


I have the live on with Ladysmith Black Mambazo (one of my favorite groups).

232 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:14:32pm

re: #188 Ben Hur

American Football: Car Accident.

Unless my Bears are playing. They just sort of stand there and watch you run into the endzone holding the football while they try to get out of your way.

233 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:14:38pm

re: #217 LanceKates

HYPNOTOAD!

KILL THE QUEEN... I MUST KILL THE QUEEN...

-Reggie Jackson, The Naked Gun

234 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:14:47pm

re: #204 Shug

and what keeps the pond snails under control ?

They aren't fast breeders, and if they seem to get too numerous, they are much more easily picked off than algae (or pondweed, yuck!)

235 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:14:57pm

re: #212 debutaunt

OT

Has anyone seen Juno?

Just over the weekend....

236 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:14:59pm

re: #222 Iron Mike

Step #1----TURN OFF POWER!
Step#2----Steal copper wire.
Step #3----Profit!

Step 1 is important. A few weeks ago, the cops found a dead body burned up on the freeway with a broken ladder and tools scattered around. Turns out someone had been cracking open light poles to steal the copper wiring out of them. The thefts stopped after they found the body.

237 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:15:07pm

re: #224 Ben Hur

Ben Hur, KAPARAH...ma hamatzav.

I was further, deeper in Palestine today...observing Israelis in their natural habitat on festivals. MANGAL MANGAL MANGAL.

238 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:15:14pm

re: #210 karmic_inquisitor

One thing I will change on my place is the water heaters. We have 2 50 gallon units and they are electric. They suck down a load when my teenage boys take those damned long, hot showers.

Heating water with electricity takes a lot of KWH. I figure if I put a solar batch heater in line, I can save 12 KWH a day - enough to fuel one one these.

Have you looked into tankless water heaters? Glenn Beck and Rush pimp one... I forget the name of it though.

239 beachkatie  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:15:33pm

GAS Is OVER A 119 A BARREL!

240 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:15:38pm

re: #181 Kenneth

Have these pacifists stop to consider their actions may in fact increase the risk of war by facilitating the diplomacy of the brutal Iranian regime? No, I didn't think so.

No, they don't pay attention to the very book the profess to follow. That evil exists and men can chose, and be overtaken by evil.

They've bought the humanist mythology that all people are essentially good, and the good in them can be appealed to and negotiated with.

241 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:15:39pm

re: #235 eschew_obfuscation

Just over the weekend....

I couldn't stop laughing.

242 Creeping Eruption  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:15:41pm

re: #218 WriterMom

Shalom lizardim from scenic Gilo in Jerusalem. Chag sameach to the Joooish lizards.

Chag Sameach. I'm jealous.

243 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:15:43pm

Where's Stinky when you need him? Clean up on aisle #184, please.

244 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:16:04pm

re: #227 Kenneth

It goes..I was at the most spectacular place today-Gan Hashiloach...I'll tell you all about it at home...we must lunch!

245 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:16:15pm

re: #228 EC Marm

They had a few incentives/credits back in the 70s if I recall correctly. A bunch of people started using them to heat swimming pools and the 'class envy' thing kicked in and they got abandoned. At the time I bought attic insulation and weatherstripping and really saved money at a fraction of the cost.

insulating your attic is the number 1 thing someone can to do cut energy costs.

insulate your attic but leave all your lights on 24/7 and I think you'd STILL save money.. lol.

246 Iron Mike  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:16:28pm

re: #229 Squirrelguy

Step #1 --- Don't turn off power.
Step #2 --- Fry.
Step #3 --- Have family & friends seethe.


That's quite a statement for somebody named squirrelguy!

247 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:16:36pm

re: #225 yma o hyd


And another thing about rugby fans.

It was through rugby that I learned that it's the Brits, and NOT THE FRENCH, that are hated the most in Europe.

I saw England vs France in a pub in the Village (NYC). Mainly British fans, but any New Zealander, Welsh, Irish, Scot, etc etc were foaming at the effen mouth for England to lose.

248 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:16:52pm
teenage boys take those damned long, hot showers

For a minute I thought I had logged on to Andrew Sullivan's blog by mistake.

249 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:16:55pm

re: #233 Occasional Reader

KILL THE QUEEN... I MUST KILL THE QUEEN...

-Reggie Jackson, The Naked Gun

"Hey! He took out Reggie! Get him!"

250 beachkatie  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:17:07pm

re: #239 beachkatie

GAS Is OVER A 119 A BARREL!


I mean oil!I so excited !

251 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:17:08pm

re: #242 Creeping Eruption

Awww...I'll be back in North America soon...

252 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:17:14pm

re: #239 beachkatie

GAS Is OVER A 119 A BARREL!

Oil... gas is refined from oil. (point of order)

253 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:17:22pm

re: #194 EC Marm

I'm green with envy. I'm very solar favorably situated and would love to tell the utility to shove it. The initial upfront cost is the deal breaker.

Yeah : it is steep. But consider a few things.

1: price of power is going to be going up for a while. Once you buy your system, you are "locked in" so to speak.

2 : The system has a residual value. Even when the panels are "gone" after 25 years, they still produce electricity. Just not at the same rate they did. If power prices continue to climb at an average of 7% a year, after 25 years, the worth of the residual system (assuming it produces 50% of what it did initially) is still more than double what you paid for it.

3 : rebates, tax breaks and incentives lower the cost.

4 : used equipment is available and is a bargain with typically 4 year payback. You don't get tax breaks and you have to do it yourself, but it is an option.

254 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:17:31pm

re: #244 WriterMom

I am intrigued! Glad to hear you're having fun.

255 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:17:44pm

If Mama Winger is around, congrats, the Cubs have gotten of to a real nice start this year.

Too bad they won't be able to play the Pirates all year long, though.

256 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:17:56pm

My clan is watching some stupid British soccer game live.

257 scaramouche  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:18:03pm

Hamas "culture": The Hamas "Culture Minister" (yes, there is such a creature) appears on Hamas TV and reads excerpts from that riveting libel, Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

Betcha didn't know that the Jews were trying to restore the caliphate and ensure that sharia was calling the shots around the world.

Oh, wait...

258 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:18:15pm

re: #241 debutaunt

I couldn't stop laughing.

Yeah, there were some good spots, for sure.....I was worried that it'd be a liberal lecture on (the 'a' word).......but it wasn't.

259 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:18:21pm

re: #254 Kenneth

I have pictures, too. Spectacular.

260 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:18:35pm

re: #237 WriterMom

Ben Hur, KAPARAH...ma hamatzav.

I was further, deeper in Palestine today...observing Israelis in their natural habitat on festivals. MANGAL MANGAL MANGAL.

Will you be there for the Mamuna?

LOL!

Were there Mangals set up on freeway medians?

261 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:18:37pm

re: #246 Iron Mike

That's quite a statement for somebody named squirrelguy!

Seen too many of the critters sail thru the air a smoking furball from peeing on a transformer. :-(

(nic comes from being a wildlife rehabber)

262 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:18:45pm

re: #257 scaramouche

SCARAMOUCHE! Chag sameach.

263 sitting  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:18:58pm

OT: Former US Army Engineer Accused of Spying for Israel

Anyone reminded of Pollard? I'm wondering if this guy will get a life sentence (if convicted, of course) or if he'll get a lighter sentence than Pollard. Should there be leniency because Israel is an ally, or similar treatment as someone spying for a non-friendly nation?

264 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:19:12pm

re: #231 Ben Hur

I have the live on with Ladysmith Black Mambazo (one of my favorite groups).

Didn't they open for Josh Groban's concerts on the Awake tour? I know they were on the album. Some great gal opened for Josh's show here in Houston. I thought she was fab.

265 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:19:49pm

re: #255 3 wood

If Mama Winger is around, congrats, the Cubs have gotten of to a real nice start this year.

Too bad they won't be able to play the Pirates all year long, though.

They beat the Mets 7-1 last night and are beating them 3-1 in the top of the 7th as we type.

266 Pyrocles  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:19:51pm

That's their goal. Everyone knows that Stone Age (and Islamic) culture is pure, egalitarian, and eco-friendly...

re: #199 beachkatie

Between the Marxists and the Muslims they will scened us back to the stone age!

267 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:20:00pm

re: #208 Honorary Yooper

Notice my use of the word "want".

;)

268 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:20:13pm

re: #260 Ben Hur

My Moroccan married ins would kill me but I think Mufletta is the most EFFING over rated crap. It's like melowach with sugar. PUKE. I don't think there is any meat left in this country. Ben-do you know how to 'lenafneff' like a native? LOLOLOL

269 Shug  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:20:18pm

re: #212 debutaunt

OT

Has anyone seen Juno?


yes

two thumbs way up

270 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:20:19pm

re: #258 eschew_obfuscation

Yeah, there were some good spots, for sure.....I was worried that it'd be a liberal lecture on (the 'a' word).......but it wasn't.

Someone here gave it a good recommendation, so I rented it. It was unexpectedly funny.

271 dewie  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:20:22pm

Is that a Pennsylvania exit pole ?

272 EC Marm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:20:47pm

re: #255 3 wood

If Mama Winger is around, congrats, the Cubs have gotten of to a real nice start this year.


I think Mama went into self imposed exile. If you have her e-mail you might want to encourage her to come out.

273 Shug  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:20:56pm

re: #211 Squirrelguy

The fwench?


no, the snails will torch cars

274 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:20:59pm

re: #264 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Didn't they open for Josh Groban's concerts on the Awake tour? I know they were on the album. Some great gal opened for Josh's show here in Houston. I thought she was fab.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African group (all men) that were featured on Paul Simon's Graceland.

275 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:21:10pm

re: #249 LanceKates

"Hey! He took out Reggie! Get him!"


Am I the only one that doesn't understand how NEssun Dorma was England's theme song 2 World Cups ago?

OR how Swing Low Sweet Chariot inspires football players?


"Look! It's Enrico Palazzo!"

276 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:21:18pm

Someone say hi to BabbaZee for me if I don't see her.

277 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:21:34pm

re: #263 sitting

OT: Former US Army Engineer Accused of Spying for Israel

Anyone reminded of Pollard? I'm wondering if this guy will get a life sentence (if convicted, of course) or if he'll get a lighter sentence than Pollard. Should there be leniency because Israel is an ally, or similar treatment as someone spying for a non-friendly nation?

Hammer him. Spying is spying. He could have shown the data to his own mother and he would still be wrong. The sensitive nature of the data is what makes his act criminal, not who he showed it too.

278 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:21:37pm

re: #263 sitting

OT: Former US Army Engineer Accused of Spying for Israel

Should there be leniency because Israel is an ally, or similar treatment as someone spying for a non-friendly nation?

Should be shot.

279 Son of the Black Dog  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:21:51pm

re: #263 sitting

OT: Former US Army Engineer Accused of Spying for Israel

Anyone reminded of Pollard? I'm wondering if this guy will get a life sentence (if convicted, of course) or if he'll get a lighter sentence than Pollard. Should there be leniency because Israel is an ally, or similar treatment as someone spying for a non-friendly nation?

I hope we've got a program to obtain Israeli military technology, either openly or covertly (if necessary). I suspect they're ahead of us in many areas.

280 infidel4ever  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:21:54pm

Another glimpse into that mythical place: the wonderful world of "Islamic Science":

Egyptian Researcher Dr. Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyed Explains the "Science" behind His Demand to Abolish Greenwich Mean Time and Replace It with Mecca Time

Following are excerpts from an interview with Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid, of the Egyptian National Research Center. The interview was aired on Mihwar TV on December 26, 2006.

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: When British colonialism or the British kingdom were in control, and it was "an empire on which the sun never sets," it imposed Greenwich Mean Time. This creates two problems for the world. The first problem is that in Greenwich, the magnetic field of Earth is 8.5 degrees, whereas in Mecca the magnetic field is zero.

[...]

Interviewer: Before the break, we talked to Dr. Abd Al-Baset about the centrality of Mecca, and about the importance of measuring time according to the latitude of Mecca, and not according to the latitude of Greenwich... Why is it?

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: It has been proven that there is a certain discrepancy if we calculate it according to Greenwich. This discrepancy has been estimated as 8.5 minutes between the northern and southern hemispheres.

Interviewer: How much?

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: 8.5 minutes. Air traffice cannot be organized this way. They are aware of this, and so they try to change it.

Interviewer: Really?

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: Yes. If they calculated time according to Mecca, it would be the same in the northern and southern hemispheres.

Interviewer: Surely they know this...

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: Yes, but we have to work on these things. We must declare this, and we must convene a large conference with them, and tell them that time must be calculated according to Mecca.

Interviewer: What other benefits are there to calculating time according to Mecca?

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: If you calculate time according to Mecca, those 8.5 minutes... The magnetic field of Earth, for example... What I say is that there are people at the North Pole and the South Pole who cannot come here in multitudes.

Interviewer: Really?

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: This is because the magnetic force is concentrated there, which affects people's blood and the biological movement of life. It has been proven that if magnetism, anywhere, exceeds 1,000 gauss, which equals one tenth of a tesla, it affects the ability of the hemoglobin in the blood to carry oxygen to the body's tissues, the ability of the blood to carry oxygen to the tissues.

Interviewer: In other words, the ability to live...

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: Yes, to live... This means is that when you are in Mecca, the ability of the blood to carry oxygen to the tissues is greater than anywhere else in the world.

Interviewer: That's why, when people travel to Mecca, they return full of energy.

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: In Mecca, you don't exert any effort. That's why you may see an old man, who cannot walk, or who walks with crutches, and even though it gets very crowded around the Ka'ba, he is filled with great strength, and he circles the Ka'ba. You do not exert any effort, and you are filled with energy, because you are in a place in which there is no magnetic force.

[...]

Anybody who studies human chemistry knows that all circulation in the human body is to the right. All the components are called "dextro-rotatary," which means circulating to the right. They call it dextro-rotatory, which means circulating to the right. When I'm circulating [the Ka'ba] from right to left, anti-clockwise, I increase my body's circulation, and consequently I am filled with energy.

Interviewer: I get filled with energy too?

Abd Al-Baset Al-Sayyid: Yes, because the right-to-left circulation in my body increases.

[Link: www.memritv.org...]

281 Nene1  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:21:54pm

re: #256 WriterMom

My clan is watching some stupid British soccer game live.

Mine too

282 Creeping Eruption  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:21:59pm

Just wanted to share my daily dose of Hendrix: Jimi Plays Monterey, Like a Rolling Stone

283 scaramouche  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:21:59pm

#262 Writer Mom

Right back at ya. How goes it in Ha'aretz (the land, not the newspaper)? You're missing out on all the HRC fun back in Canuckistan.

284 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:22:22pm

re: #275 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

"Look! It's Enrico Palazzo!"

Enrico Palazzo! Enrico Palazzo! Enrico Palazzo!

285 paxnhymn  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:22:22pm

re: #188 Ben Hur

Rugby: Bar Fight.

American Football: Car Accidentsemi / train accident.

.

there. fixed that for ya..

286 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:22:23pm

re: #276 WriterMom

Someone say hi to BabbaZee for me if I don't see her.

You can see her when she's here? Wow!
/ :)

287 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:22:33pm

re: #268 WriterMom

My Moroccan married ins would kill me but I think Mufletta is the most EFFING over rated crap. It's like melowach with sugar. PUKE. I don't think there is any meat left in this country. Ben-do you know how to 'lenafneff' like a native? LOLOLOL

I went totally native.

I am also an adopted Moraccan.

Even had a Hena - and the wife and I are both Ashkenazi.

Holy shit.

Anybody else ever notice the nazi in Ashkenazi?

288 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:22:39pm

BY THE way...Israel TV aired an interview with Jimmy Carter and he repeated three or four times that 'what is happening in Palestine is WORSE than apartheid...and not that many Israelis know about it'.

Fucking asshole.

289 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:22:40pm

re: #269 Shug

yes

two thumbs way up

There were so many throwaway jokes, we actually watched it a second time.

290 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:22:57pm

re: #277 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

agreed. Just because it was an ally doesn't make it right.

291 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:23:21pm

re: #280 infidel4ever

Islamic Science is an oxymoron.

292 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:23:37pm

re: #283 scaramouche

CRUD...you'll have to update me when I come back.

293 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:23:41pm

re: #275 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

"Nice beaver!"

"Why thank you, I just had it stuffed."

294 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:24:07pm

re: #286 Bob in Breckenridge

Yes. Now put your damned clothes on!

295 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:24:20pm

re: #288 WriterMom

BY THE way...Israel TV aired an interview with Jimmy Carter and he repeated three or four times that 'what is happening in Palestine is WORSE than apartheid...and not that many Israelis know about it'.

Fucking asshole.

Jimmy obvously doesn't know about all the South Africans living in Ranaana and Netanya.

296 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:24:22pm

re: #284 LanceKates

Enrico Palazzo! Enrico Palazzo! Enrico Palazzo!

Best line ever:

"Hey Ed, I hear your wife's pregnant."

"Yeah, and if I catch the bastard..."

297 TrollBot PrtoType Six  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:24:24pm

re: #38 EC Marm

But the electricity had to be developed by an intelligent designer before the transmission system could evolve.

Then that begs the question:
"Why did the electron cross the road?"

298 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:24:33pm

re: #231 Ben Hur

I have the live on with Ladysmith Black Mambazo (one of my favorite groups).

Well - I can only offer our favourite rugby song, and its not sung by a group but by 70.000 joyous Welsh fans:

(Better turn the sound down ...)

299 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:24:36pm

re: #226 LanceKates

How's IL?

my friend up there lost her job. Is the local economy and job market that sucky that she'd have a problem finding a decent office job as she has a retail background?


The wather is finally warming up. Still getting pretty good frosts in the morning.

Gov Blagojevich has done his best to train wreck the economy, but she should still find something worthwhile.

I got the early retirement offer last week. I have a year to make up my mind. Probably will stick around though, if only cause most of the rest of the senior management will take it and nobody will be left who knows how to run the place.

That, and I'd drive Mrs 3 wood crazy.

How's by you? Your Dad okay?

300 Bob in Breckenridge  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:24:58pm

re: #294 WriterMom

Yes. Now put your damned clothes on!

ROFLMAO!

/Damn this underwear is tight.

301 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:25:08pm

re: #287 Ben Hur

You WENT NATIVE. ROFL. I had a henna too. ROFL. You should hear me speak Farsi. LOLOLOL.

302 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:25:41pm

re: #296 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Best line ever:

"Hey Ed, I hear your wife's pregnant."

"Yeah, and if I catch the bastard..."

"ED, this guy's got a picture of your wife!"

"ETHEL!"

*punches stranger out*

303 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:25:43pm

re: #298 yma o hyd

Well - I can only offer our favourite rugby song, and its not sung by a group but by 70.000 joyous Welsh fans:
[Link: uk.youtube.com...]

(Better turn the sound down ...)

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The Welsh just can't catch a break! LOL!

304 paxnhymn  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:25:46pm

re: #291 Bob in Breckenridge

Islamic Science is an oxymoron.


agreed. Persian, Ottoman, or Arab science would be the correct usage.

305 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:25:50pm

re: #301 WriterMom

You WENT NATIVE. ROFL. I had a henna too. ROFL. You should hear me speak Farsi. LOLOLOL.

STOP LAUGHING.

306 yochanan  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:25:52pm

T. W. P. A. B. B.(REDACTED)O.

307 joncelli  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:25:53pm

re: #271 dewie

No, I'm just happy to see you.

/Try the veal.

308 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:25:58pm

re: #288 WriterMom

Oh but Jhimmi's working on Habitat for Hamas, don't you know...

309 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:26:15pm

re: #301 WriterMom

You WENT NATIVE. ROFL. I had a henna too. ROFL. You should hear me speak Farsi. LOLOLOL.

Dont you mean ulululululu?

310 cookielady  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:26:16pm

re: #108 eschew_obfuscation

Jihadis Always Fight Like Women!

Hey! This woman would be glad to fight a jihadi; I'm armed and ready!

Make it Fight Like Wussies, and I'm with you.

311 infidel4ever  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:26:17pm

re: #291 Bob in Breckenridge

You have to admit it does have a much higher amusement factor than our dull Western science. :)

312 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:26:19pm

re: #295 Ben Hur

It was PATHETIC. Just pathetic. Then he started spewing how Hamas was ELECTED by the Palestinians.

Oh-that makes everything peachy.

/VOMIT

313 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:26:50pm

re: #305 Occasional Reader

NO way. Having too much fun. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA.

314 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:27:03pm

re: #301 WriterMom

You WENT NATIVE. ROFL. I had a henna too. ROFL. You should hear me speak Farsi. LOLOLOL.

If not my wife, I woud've married a 19 Moroccan.

At 99 she would have the same body.

They're like the Polish of the Sephardic world.

FOOD! Effendi! Olive skin!

Be right back!

315 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:27:08pm

re: #239 beachkatie

GAS Is OVER A 119 A BARREL!

I think it will go up to about $130 - $140 a barrel this summer.

316 sparrowlake  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:27:22pm

re: #278 Squirrelguy

Should be shot.

Off with his head!
(unless he was a double agent)

317 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:27:42pm

re: #299 3 wood

The wather is finally warming up. Still getting pretty good frosts in the morning.

Gov Blagojevich has done his best to train wreck the economy, but she should still find something worthwhile.

I got the early retirement offer last week. I have a year to make up my mind. Probably will stick around though, if only cause most of the rest of the senior management will take it and nobody will be left who knows how to run the place.

That, and I'd drive Mrs 3 wood crazy.

How's by you? Your Dad okay?


He's doing alot better, thanks. still out of it, but he's starting to feel the positive affects of the surgery, so that's a plus.

I hit your website from time to time and have sent off the occasional link or two to friend who like the type of music y'all play.

318 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:27:52pm

re: #247 Ben Hur

And another thing about rugby fans.

It was through rugby that I learned that it's the Brits, and NOT THE FRENCH, that are hated the most in Europe.

I saw England vs France in a pub in the Village (NYC). Mainly British fans, but any New Zealander, Welsh, Irish, Scot, etc etc were foaming at the effen mouth for England to lose.

'Tis true.
Beating the Auld Enemy is what rugby is all about.
FFS, the English play in white! That alone deserves utter contempt.
We're even supporting the Italians against England in rugby - thats how low we are ...

319 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:28:04pm

re: #315 3 wood

I think it will go up to about $130 - $140 a barrel this summer.

And I take it we're still puting oil in the strategic reserve?

/Drill ANWR now!

320 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:28:09pm

re: #291 Bob in Breckenridge

Islamic Science is an oxymoron.

Wait, he might have a point......
Things might revolve around Islam.

We need to a scientifically to measure the centrifugal acceleration of Koran's being flushed in toilets in 1000's of scientifically points around the world to be sure.

321 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:28:13pm

re: #308 Kenneth

If I wrote what I wished upon him, I'd get banned.

322 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:28:31pm

re: #316 sparrowlake

Off with his head!
(unless he was a double agent)

Then we'll glue it back on.

323 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:28:45pm

re: #315 3 wood

I think it will go up to about $130 - $140 a barrel this summer.

Wow. What will oil be a barrel?

324 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:29:08pm

re: #320 jcm

Wait, he might have a point......
Things might revolve around Islam.

We need to a scientifically to measure the centrifugal acceleration of Koran's being flushed in toilets in 1000's of scientifically points around the world to be sure.

Would these toilets be pointing toward Mecca, or perpendicular to Mecca?

325 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:29:08pm

re: #314 Ben Hur

I could not have married Moroccan...hot heads and the honour/shame stuff reminds me of the OTHER sons of Abraham....

326 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:29:15pm

re: #238 LanceKates

Have you looked into tankless water heaters? Glenn Beck and Rush pimp one... I forget the name of it though.

Yes.

So here is the deal on tankless.

Works great for gas. The heat is instant and sustained. My brother in law has one and swears by it. He even bought an extra gun cabinet to go where the tank used to be.

Doesn't work so great for electric. Electric is newer technology and doesn't have the bugs worked out. So the heat isn't so instant and isn't always sustained. And sometimes the units just stop working and are hard to service (with the loads involved, you need / want an electrician to service the thing). That should be fixed in the years to come. One caveat - older homes won't have the amperage in their service panel to carry the load. So turn on your hot water and you brown out your house and the two next to you.

My pool is solar heated and my boys one day decided to set it to 98 degrees and it got there in a couple of days. Direct solar heating of water is vastly more efficient than going solar to electric to water. Problem is I have to replumb part of the house to get a setup that will hide the ugliness from my wife's eyes - she rules on all.

327 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:29:16pm

re: #265 Bob in Breckenridge

They beat the Mets 7-1 last night and are beating them 3-1 in the top of the 7th as we type.

Yeah, but they are still the Cubs.

They will collapse.

328 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:29:22pm

re: #310 cookielady

Hey! This woman would be glad to fight a jihadi; I'm armed and ready!

Make it Fight Like Wussies, and I'm with you.

Jihadis Always Fight Like Wussies!

(my most sincere apologies, dear lady)

.....now can I have a cookie? (Oatmeal Raisin?)

329 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:29:22pm

re: #312 WriterMom

Elected in an election where the opposing candidates were beaten, bribed or shot. And still got the Jhimmi Housekeeping Seal of Approval.

330 RickZ  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:29:25pm

I was bemused to find out, reading around today, that the first Earth Day, in 1970, was on the 100th birthday of good ol' Lenin (b. April 22, 1870). Nope, no watermelons to be found on 'Earth' Day.

331 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:29:41pm

And yes I meant 19 Moroccans.

332 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:29:57pm

re: #329 Kenneth

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

333 scaramouche  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:30:08pm
334 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:30:25pm

re: #331 Ben Hur

And yes I meant 19 Moroccans.

No Nivea, no Vaseline, nothing!

335 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:31:13pm

re: #303 Ben Hur

Views: 358

The Welsh just can't catch a break! LOL!

Heh.
We were there - we don't need no youtube to remind us what we sound like.

336 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:31:15pm

re: #326 karmic_inquisitor

Interesting to know, thanks.

We have a pool, but it isn't heated. Just the power of sunlight ... heh.

And with a clear plastic pool cover, there are times that the pool water gets over 100 degrees F.

I need to get our pump serviced... then plug it back in and let it circulate for a few days....

Still too cold to swim in, need to get it up in the upper 80's before I like to go for a swim.

337 Shug  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:31:42pm

re: #315 3 wood

I think it will go up to about $130 - $140 a barrel this summer.

cool.

for 119$, I'll buy a barrel of gas.

how many gallons are in a barrel?

338 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:32:47pm

re: #333 scaramouche

Wanna go?

339 bulwrk  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:32:59pm

re: #337 Shug

55

340 scaramouche  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:32:59pm

One of Earth Day's founders was Ira Einhorn, a real scumbag who was convicted of murdering his girl friend.

341 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:33:13pm

re: #334 Occasional Reader

I thought he meant a 19 year old Moroccan.

342 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:33:13pm

re: #336 LanceKates

I need to get our pump serviced

The former Governor of New York might be able to hook you up.
Pricey, though.

343 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:33:36pm

re: #341 WriterMom

I thought he meant a 19 year old Moroccan.

That'll work.

344 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:33:37pm

re: #342 Occasional Reader

The former Governor of New York might be able to hook you up.
Pricey, though.

I'd rather let the pump rot.

345 paxnhymn  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:33:46pm

re: #337 Shug

cool.

for 119$, I'll buy a barrel of gas.

how many gallons are in a barrel?

cute. I bet someone starts looking at alternative infrastructure when oil hits 200 bucks a barrel..

346 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:33:46pm

re: #340 scaramouche

How suprising. Not.

347 WriterMom  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:34:01pm

Gotta go. Shalom, y'all.

348 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:34:04pm

re: #332 WriterMom

Just in case you're homesick... the French youts rioted last night and torched police cars... in Montreal! This because the Habs won... how sweet.

349 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:34:08pm

re: #342 Occasional Reader

The former Governor of New York might be able to hook you up.
Pricey, though.

Oh man. Tough crowd.

350 scaramouche  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:35:19pm

re: #338 Writer Mom

Wanna go?

Love to. Wouldn't you know that I just lent out my copy of America Alone? Guess I'll have to get it back.

351 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:35:38pm

re: #348 Kenneth

Just in case you're homesick... the French youts rioted last night and torched police cars... in Montreal! This because the Habs won... how sweet.

Finally, I thought something didn't feel right. Now everything makes sense again.

352 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:35:44pm

re: #317 LanceKates

I hit your website from time to time and have sent off the occasional link or two to friend who like the type of music y'all play.


Thanks. Got a new CD coming out shortly and I'll send you a copy. We hired a guy to produce it and he has been taking his sweet time getting it out. He's had the master since January.

Working on the 3rd CD as we speak. I got creative in the last week and wrote two complete new tunes for it. Also wrote the title tune. That motivated Mrs. 3 wood and she buckled down and wrote one the other night. I'm waiting for her to polish it and then will record it.

I'm also working on a version of Jerusalem Ridge.

If I can come up with a version of it I'm happy with and get permission, I'll record it.

353 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:35:47pm

re: #284 LanceKates

Enrico Palazzo! Enrico Palazzo! Enrico Palazzo!


That was one of my favorite parts of the movie, him singing the anthem. rofl.

Move along! Nothing to see here!

354 MandyManners  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:35:47pm

re: #336 LanceKates

I need to get our pump serviced...

Is that what the youngsters are calling it nowadays?

355 Silhouette  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:36:08pm

re: #326 karmic_inquisitor

He even bought an extra gun cabinet to go where the tank used to be.

The best selling point.

356 CapeCoddah  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:36:10pm

re: #326 karmic_inquisitor
Tankless not so good for OIL either, if you try to fill a bathtub of do a hot laundry load, it does not sustain temp. end up with tepid water.

357 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:36:30pm

re: #337 Shug

cool.

for 119$, I'll buy a barrel of gas.

how many gallons are in a barrel?

You'll never believe this, but the answer is 42.

/42 gallons (US) to the barrel (US, petroleum)

358 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:36:58pm

re: #324 Honorary Yooper

Would these toilets be pointing toward Mecca, or perpendicular to Mecca?

We'll have to do tests in increments of 5 degrees at each location. We'll have to account for tidal variations, so tests every 5 minutes.

That works out to 10,368 tests for each location. If we do a test every degree of long and lat that's 129,600 locations. We'll need 1,343,692,800 korans for a complete examination of the issue.

359 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:37:28pm

re: #345 paxnhymn

cute. I bet someone starts looking at alternative infrastructure when oil hits 200 bucks a barrel..

nuclear power? Nope. enviro-weenies call it evil.

Drill in ANWR? HA!

Hydrogen power? Accidents leave craters not wrecked cars. Not to mention it takes more energy to make the hydrogen than you get FROM the hydrogen.

natural gas? Possible. Heck, here in oklahoma,as with other states, we burn it just to get rid of it. Developing that technology widescale is too far out though.

Electric cars? Doable in the south, but even then unless you have nuclear power, it isn't viable....

My solution? Kick the enviro-weenies in the butt, drill in Anwr, build nuclear power plants all over and develop electric cars for the south and build more refineries in the north.

360 scaramouche  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:37:51pm

re: #348 Kenneth

Behead those who "insult" hockey?

361 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:37:59pm

re: #319 Honorary Yooper

Drill ANWR now!

The tree huggers won't let that happen.

362 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:38:12pm

re: #352 3 wood

Thanks. Got a new CD coming out shortly and I'll send you a copy. We hired a guy to produce it and he has been taking his sweet time getting it out. He's had the master since January.

Working on the 3rd CD as we speak. I got creative in the last week and wrote two complete new tunes for it. Also wrote the title tune. That motivated Mrs. 3 wood and she buckled down and wrote one the other night. I'm waiting for her to polish it and then will record it.

I'm also working on a version of Jerusalem Ridge.

If I can come up with a version of it I'm happy with and get permission, I'll record it.

Excellent! You have my email, when it gets close to time, I"ll see about getting an order together for you.

363 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:38:18pm

re: #288 WriterMom

BY THE way...Israel TV aired an interview with Jimmy Carter and he repeated three or four times that 'what is happening in Palestine is WORSE than apartheid...and not that many Israelis know about it'.

Fucking asshole.

Typical leftist.

Lecturing a people on their own culture.

Speaking over their heads as if the ISraelis don't live in Israel.

And forgetting that next to the Aussie's and the Germans, Israelis are probably the most travelled people on earth (they're friggin everywhere-which can drive everyone up a wall), Joos in most countries and a shit load of South Africans in Israel.

What a moron

364 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:38:19pm

Here's an uninformed question. When oil is said to be "by the barrel" does all of that oil in "the barrel" go toward fuel? Plastics are petroleum based and I'm wondering if that's where some of that oil goes too.

365 Dianna  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:38:40pm

Gah! What a morning I've had!

Why do new computers hide worksheets?

366 m  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:38:40pm

{Writermom}! No fair!

367 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:39:15pm

re: #323 debutaunt

Wow. What will oil be a barrel?

sorry, typing too fast.

I meant going up to 130 to 140 a barrel.

368 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:39:28pm

re: #364 bosforus

Here's an uninformed question. When oil is said to be "by the barrel" does all of that oil in "the barrel" go toward fuel? Plastics are petroleum based and I'm wondering if that's where some of that oil goes too.

I don't have exact numbers, but ALOT of oil goes to non-fuel things.

Some things are both, as gas was originally a byproduct of other things.

369 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:39:35pm

re: #341 WriterMom

I thought he meant a 19 year old Moroccan.

I did.

That's what makes the 19 Morrocan comment funny.

I really need to teach comedy.

370 X-ray  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:39:44pm

re: #364 bosforus

Here's an uninformed question. When oil is said to be "by the barrel" does all of that oil in "the barrel" go toward fuel? Plastics are petroleum based and I'm wondering if that's where some of that oil goes too.

barrel.

371 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:39:47pm
372 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:40:04pm

re: #362 LanceKates

Excellent! You have my email, when it gets close to time, I"ll see about getting an order together for you.

Your's is complimentary.

373 Silhouette  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:40:05pm

re: #368 LanceKates

as gas was originally a byproduct of other things.

Will. Not. Touch. That. Quote.

374 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:40:19pm

re: #340 scaramouche

So the founder of Earth Day is a murderer, & the founder of Kwanza was convicted of kidnapping and torture... what's going on? Next you're going to tell me the dude who started Ramadan was some kind of a thieving, murderous paedophile!

Oh wait,... he was.

375 Ben Hur  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:40:23pm

re: #340 scaramouche

One of Earth Day's founders was Ira Einhorn, a real scumbag who was convicted of murdering his girl friend.


Geez, another Joo success story.

BBL

376 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:40:46pm
377 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:40:58pm

re: #365 Dianna

Gah! What a morning I've had!

Why do new computers hide worksheets?

I hear it has something to do with one of the hamsters named 'Vista'....

378 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:41:23pm

re: #337 Shug

I was referring to crude oil

379 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:41:23pm

re: #370 X-ray

barrel.

The perfect answer. Thank you.

380 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:41:24pm

re: #336 LanceKates

Interesting to know, thanks.

We have a pool, but it isn't heated. Just the power of sunlight ... heh.

And with a clear plastic pool cover, there are times that the pool water gets over 100 degrees F.

I need to get our pump serviced... then plug it back in and let it circulate for a few days....

Still too cold to swim in, need to get it up in the upper 80's before I like to go for a swim.

Solar heating a pool can be done cheap. If you are handy and don't mind glue fumes, you can make reliable collectors and then simply put them in line with your pump when you get it fixed. The prefab collectors are pretty cheap too. Don't know the size of your pool or configuration, but parts for the collectors valves and piping can come in at about $1500

381 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:41:30pm

re: #360 scaramouche

"The Gates to Paradise are found in the shade of hockey sticks"

382 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:42:28pm

re: #372 3 wood

Your's is complimentary.

I greatly appreciate it, but I can still pay for copies at least for others!

heh. I like supporting fellow Lizards, especially ones I hold in esteem.

383 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:42:51pm

re: #373 Silhouette

:D But after the production and use of gas, there is always a national sigh of relief!

384 Silhouette  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:43:02pm

re: #381 Kenneth

"The Gates to Paradise are found in the shade of hockey sticks"

So what is that place spelled h-e-double-hockey-sticks?

385 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:43:40pm
386 Empire1  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:43:58pm

re: #202 yma o hyd

One way of keeping the algae under control may be to stick some pond snails in with the fish.
Worked fine for us - pity was, they didn't eat the pondweed ...

Got snails, got catfish. I've tried UV clarifiers with filters, bio-filters, barley, you name it -- my landlady and I, between the two of us, have tried everything we can think of! We've got three ponds in full or near-full sun, the fourth (her small one) gets only a bit of afternoon sun and is usually quite clear. The only time mine was really nice for clarity was the year I had cancer surgery and couldn't clear out the excess plant growth -- it looked like a jungle, and I still couldn't see the fish!

This year we're trying Pond Care's Algaefix (her) and Algae Destroyer (me), plus cutting 'way back on the number of fish.

Wish us luck!

-- Ann

387 coquimbojoe  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:44:01pm

re: #340 scaramouche

One of Earth Day's founders was Ira Einhorn, a real scumbag who was convicted of murdering his girl friend.

Just for context, after she was found stuffed in a footlocker of Ira's, he was defended by none other than Arlen Spectre. Then he escaped to Sweden with the help or rich liberal friends.

388 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:44:14pm

re: #385 taxfreekiller

works.

389 bosforus  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:44:30pm

re: #383 LanceKates

:D But after the production and use of gas, there is always a national sigh of relief!

Oh boy.

390 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:44:48pm

Misc. Sports thoughts.

1. I predict that the NY Yankees will be sittting home making tee times come playoff time this year.

2. And now that Danica Patrick finally won a race, maybe she can stop posing for cheesecake photos with her top unzipped and then complain about being treated like a sex object.

391 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:45:18pm

re: #380 karmic_inquisitor

Solar heating a pool can be done cheap. If you are handy and don't mind glue fumes, you can make reliable collectors and then simply put them in line with your pump when you get it fixed. The prefab collectors are pretty cheap too. Don't know the size of your pool or configuration, but parts for the collectors valves and piping can come in at about $1500

Well, this is an above ground pool made of the same material that they make military rafts out of. (Basically, plastic)

16" across, about 42 inches high.

more for floating than swimming. heh.

What we have works well, I just wish it didn't get as gross over the winter. Use chemicals in the winter, but it doesn't seem to work well... and we have to pull the filter in the winter so it doesn't freeze.

392 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:46:12pm

re: #390 3 wood

2. And now that Danica Patrick finally won a race, maybe she can stop posing for cheesecake photos with her top unzipped and then complain about being treated like a sex object.

one is what they do.

393 Abu Al-Poopypants  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:46:33pm

"Hey Peter, I can see your house from here!"

394 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:46:34pm

re: #364 bosforus

Here's an uninformed question. When oil is said to be "by the barrel" does all of that oil in "the barrel" go toward fuel? Plastics are petroleum based and I'm wondering if that's where some of that oil goes too.

No, some of that barrel goes toward heating oil. Some toward gasoline. Some becomes kerosene. Some becomes diesel/fuel oils #1 and #2. Some becomes propane and butane. Some becomes tar and asphalt. Some becomes heavy fuel oil and bunker oil. And yet still more is used in motor oil and plastics.

395 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:46:39pm

re: #384 Silhouette

So what is that place spelled h-e-double-hockey-sticks?

That's right, the place where Stan plays shinny every day.

(Not Mikita, the other Stan.

396 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:46:46pm

re: #110 Occasional Reader

What's on the telly?

It looks like a penguin!

You bellowed?

397 Dianna  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:47:00pm

re: #377 eschew_obfuscation

We rejected Vista (thank goodness) and stuck with XP. However, we added a NAS, and further networking. Things sometimes end up in different places then I thought they went.

As was the case with three weeks' work. It took me 15 minutes (all told, between interruptions) to find said file.

398 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:47:15pm

re: #387 coquimbojoe

sounds like a peach of a fellow. One more reason to hate earth day?

399 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:47:16pm
400 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:47:51pm

re: #390 3 wood

You know, we prefer if you include a link. For the context, you understand.

401 Empire1  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:47:59pm

re: #220 Ben Hur

I find that CHLORINE works wonders on algae.

True. But it also kills everything else, and rots the pond liner and pump gaskets in addition. No, thanks!

-- Ann

402 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:48:04pm

re: #386 Empire1

Gawd - sounds like a full-time occupation to me!

Here they stick some sort of barley straw pads in - thats supposed to clear the algae as well.
I do wish you all the best of luck!

403 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:48:14pm

re: #383 LanceKates

:D But after the production and use of gas, there is always a national sigh of relief!

Better strategy; blame Canada. Whoever denied it supplied it.

404 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:48:30pm

re: #365 Dianna

Gah! What a morning I've had!

Why do new computers hide worksheets?

You have to establish dominance over the new computer. When the computer is convinced you will not tolerate any BS it will cooperate.
;-P

405 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:49:16pm

re: #403 Occasional Reader

Better strategy; blame Canada. Whoever denied it supplied it.

"BLAME Canada!" - South Park

406 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:49:21pm

re: #397 Dianna

We rejected Vista (thank goodness) and stuck with XP. However, we added a NAS, and further networking. Things sometimes end up in different places then I thought they went.

As was the case with three weeks' work. It took me 15 minutes (all told, between interruptions) to find said file.

Yeah, that's a problem in a network......keeping things organized enough that you can find your stuff.

I try to keep everything in a few directories that get backed up regularly and use naming conventions to make finding it easier.

407 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:50:01pm
408 cookielady  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:50:18pm

re: #328 eschew_obfuscation

Jihadis Always Fight Like Wussies!

(my most sincere apologies, dear lady)

.....now can I have a cookie? (Oatmeal Raisin?)

Absolutely! Here it is: big, chock full o' raisins, and still warm...

409 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:50:45pm

So, one thing I saw on my business trip, this on a flight from Asuncion to Sao Paulo; a guy wearing a jacket with the word "Jesus" on the back, but with the "J" ending in a Nike "swoosh", with another Nike swoosh just above it.

Was there some sort of merger or key celebrity endorsement I didn't hear about?

410 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:50:56pm

re: #404 jcm

You have to establish dominance over the new computer. When the computer is convinced you will not tolerate any BS it will cooperate.
;-P

Shouting at it and threatening to throw it out the window also helps (sometimes ...)

411 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:51:27pm

With all this Gorebal Warming.......I'm starting to get hungry.

Hmmmm.......I wonder what TFK tastes like with barbeque sauce?

412 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:52:08pm

re: #391 LanceKates

I am lucky to live in So Cal where we don't battle winter freezes.

413 coquimbojoe  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:52:19pm

re: #396 Fat Jolly Penguin

re: #110 Occasional Reader

What's on the telly?

It looks like a penguin!

You bellowed?

Reporting for duty! (Intercourse the penguin!).

414 code red 21  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:52:30pm

Every time I see a picture of a power pole it reminds me of squirrels. Yes it reminds me of how two weeks in a row some damn squirrels committed suicide on my power pole and knocked out my power. The bang from their little squirrel bodies coming in contact with high voltage sounded like the transformer blew up and their little squirrel bodies lay at the foot of the pole, the bastards. After the second time the power company put a shield or something on the line to keep them from killing themselves and inconveniencing me.

415 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:52:49pm

re: #408 cookielady

Absolutely! Here it is: big, chock full o' raisins, and still warm...

MMMMMMMMMMMM........and exactly 72 raisins! Perfect.

416 debutaunt  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:52:57pm

re: #385 taxfreekiller

keep it simple

large sheets of bubble wrap

ya, so good it over heats the pool

You can go from cool to algae pretty quickly.

417 cookielady  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:54:37pm

re: #361 3 wood

The tree huggers won't let that happen.

And there aren't even any trees up there.

418 indythinker  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:54:37pm

OT: How to beat Obama

We need to get a nickname for him. I suggest Barack "Waffles" Obama. The reason is his comment "Can I just finish my waffles?" when asked whether he supported Jimmy Carter meeting Hamas. The larger point is that there are two sides to Sen. Obama, and whatever his position is today, it's bound to be different tomorrow.

Waffles Obama this. Waffles Obama that. Catch the wave.

419 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:54:42pm

re: #400 Kenneth

You know, we prefer if you include a link. For the context, you understand.

How's this work for you?


And then she has the nerve to complain about not being taken seriously as a driver.

420 Squirrelguy  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:55:53pm

re: #368 LanceKates

Some things are both, as gas was originally a byproduct of other things.

Cabbage.

421 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:56:25pm

re: #418 indythinker

How about "WhineO". Plays up the whole "O" thing.

422 cookielady  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:56:32pm

re: #374 Kenneth

So the founder of Earth Day is a murderer, & the founder of Kwanza was convicted of kidnapping and torture... what's going on? Next you're going to tell me the dude who started Ramadan was some kind of a thieving, murderous paedophile!

Oh wait,... he was.

OMG! Classic! Thank you!

423 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:56:51pm

re: #419 3 wood

I'd drive that.

424 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:57:31pm

re: #419 3 wood

Sorry - insufficient pixel density. We are really trying to see your point.

425 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:57:31pm

re: #423 Kenneth

I'd drive that.

I'd drive that with YOUR... um, stick shift.

426 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:57:36pm

re: #414 code red 21

The bang from their little squirrel bodies coming in contact with high voltage sounded like the transformer blew up and their little squirrel bodies lay at the foot of the pole, the bastards. After the second time the power company put a shield or something on the line to keep them from killing themselves and inconveniencing me.

I always say that this undercuts Darwins survival of the fittest theory.

By now we should have squirrels with PhD's in electronics.

427 Abu Al-Poopypants  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:57:49pm

Here is the Simplified Form 1040 for Individual Income Tax Return that the Obama Administration plans to put in place.

428 jcm  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:59:19pm

re: #414 code red 21

Every time I see a picture of a power pole it reminds me of squirrels. Yes it reminds me of how two weeks in a row some damn squirrels committed suicide on my power pole and knocked out my power. The bang from their little squirrel bodies coming in contact with high voltage sounded like the transformer blew up and their little squirrel bodies lay at the foot of the pole, the bastards. After the second time the power company put a shield or something on the line to keep them from killing themselves and inconveniencing me.

Jihad squirrels going splodydope.

429 Dianna  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:59:20pm

re: #427 Abu Al-Poopypants

That's about right!

430 3 wood  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:59:34pm

re: #424 karmic_inquisitor

Sorry - insufficient pixel density. We are really trying to see your point.


Tyr this little number then. Her husband should be real proud of that one.

431 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:59:43pm

re: #426 3 wood

I always say that this undercuts Darwins survival of the fittest theory.

By now we should have squirrels with PhD's in electronics.

Squirrels are something of an evolutionary paradox. On the one hand, they're quite well-adapted to hunters with guns; if in a tree, they try to keep the tree between them and you. On the other hand, when startled by a car or bicycle, they have a strong habit of first darting toward safety, THEN turning around and running almost directly under the wheels.

432 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 1:59:44pm

re: #426 3 wood

I always say that this undercuts Darwins survival of the fittest theory.

By now we should have squirrels with PhD's in electronics.

Thank God we don't!
Its abd enough them eating all my bulbs - them ahving a go at my PC as well would be insufferable.
(And we're not allowed to own guns in the U.K. ...)

433 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:00:02pm

re: #428 jcm

Jihad squirrels going splodydope.

New rotating header nomination!

434 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:00:15pm

re: #426 3 wood

I always say that this undercuts Darwins survival of the fittest theory.

By now we should have squirrels with PhD's in electronics.

Well, the smart squirrels, those who did not commit suicide, now can breed smarter squirrels.

/Just wait till they start planning raids on nut factories.

435 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:00:17pm

re: #426 3 wood

I always say that this undercuts Darwins survival of the fittest theory.

By now we should have squirrels with PhD's in electronics.

Hmmmm......Hey Lance!.....maybe we already do?

436 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:01:15pm

re: #401 Empire1

Have you considered a filter?

437 cookielady  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:01:20pm

re: #415 eschew_obfuscation

MMMMMMMMMMMM........and exactly 72 raisins! Perfect.

I was soooo waiting for that! :-D

438 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:01:35pm

re: #412 karmic_inquisitor

I am lucky to live in So Cal where we don't battle winter freezes.

We get one good freeze in the winter, but in oklahoma, winter is short.

We had a bad ice storm this year, though... Fema promised a bunch of help, but we got the short end of the stick.

No public outcry like in New Orleans, of course....

but we're not the right color.

439 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:01:47pm

re: #433 Fat Jolly Penguin

re: #428 jcm

Jihad squirrels going splodydope.

New rotating header nomination!

Seconded!

440 Dianna  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:01:47pm

re: #431 Occasional Reader

Cats do the exact same thing. I darn near broke my neck trying not to run over a feral cat with a kitten in her mouth on my bike!

441 LanceKates  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:02:06pm

re: #420 Squirrelguy

Cabbage.

jelly beans and puppy dog licks.

442 yma o hyd  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:02:21pm

re: #434 Honorary Yooper

Well, the smart squirrels, those who did not commit suicide, now can breed smarter squirrels.

/Just wait till they start planning raids on nut factories.

They're certainly smart enough already to raid 'squirrel-proof' bird feeders, they get all the nuts they want, birdies get nuthin.

443 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:02:22pm
444 Empire1  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:02:48pm

re: #402 yma o hyd

Gawd - sounds like a full-time occupation to me!

Here they stick some sort of barley straw pads in - thats supposed to clear the algae as well.
I do wish you all the best of luck!

Nah, just a couple of times a year -- generally before planting and after harvest, so not too bad, just annoying. I tried the barley, without much result -- maybe a tiny bit of improvement, but not enough to justify the cost. Now if I could get barley straw straight from the fields, maybe ...

Thank you very much!

-- Ann

445 cookielady  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:03:12pm

re: #418 indythinker

Waffles Obama this. Waffles Obama that. Catch the wave.

Excellent! Good thinking, indythinker. If I move to indy will it improve my thought processes?

446 Kenneth  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:03:12pm

re: #443 buzzsawmonkey

Dang! You beat me to it!

447 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:03:25pm