good morning america how are you 2

re: #1 yochanan

I am alive, and not dangerous at all.

/unless you have weakend immune system.

Intended to drop back into the previous thread, out of which I dropped, then THIS popped up...

Ta-dah! I'm back.

/waddaya mean, Who Cares?

re: #1 yochanan

Sleepy as all hell, and it's only 6 in the evening. (x

re: #1 yochanan

Say, dontcha know me, I'm yr favorite son...

re: #4 laZardo

it is 5.18 am here were are you that it is 6 pm?

re: #1 yochanan

I was about to reply to the meeting of the past and present Mrs. Yochanans on the last thread. That's too hilarious, I can't imagine what they said to each other!

re: #6 yochanan

I will hazard a guess and say in the far east.

/same timezone as beijieng.

The people Obama would talk to cry "Death to America"

Iran warns it won't cooperate with IAEA
(like they ever really did, except in pulling the wool over the West's eyes)

Iran's new parliament speaker Ali Larijani warned Wednesday that Teheran could impose new limits on its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog after a critical report from the agency.
"We recommend them not to clandestinely keep passing Iran's nuclear dossier between the IAEA and 5-plus-1 group. This parliament won't allow such deception," Larijani told an open session of parliament broadcast live on state-run radio.
His comments drew chants of "God is great" and "Death to America" from the chamber.

So they're upset the IAEA isn't cooperating in hiding info about Iran's nuclear program, and they chant "Death to America".

Guess who must be #2 on their list of targets.
And Obama wants to talk to them.

re: #7 gop_patriot

when the clark asked about two women having the same last name they both turned around at the same time and pointed at me and said HIM!

re: #7 gop_patriot

My just seperated with and an ex-girlfriend met one time. Had me worried as heck.

/from an earlier, more wilder time.

re: #6 yochanan

re: #8 BlueCanuck

I'm in glorious, steamy Manila. (:

re: #9 Kosh's Shadow

Obama is insanely naive, a suitface, empty of character's graven lines or wisdom's hard-earned sheen...

Just a power-hungry puppet, dancing the puppeteers' tune...

re: #9 Kosh's Shadow

In other words, they're threatening to act even more suspiciously.

/Oy.

re: #2 BlueCanuck

I am alive, and not dangerous at all.

/unless you have weakend immune system.

{BlueCanuck}

Are you ok?

re: #15 goddessoftheclassroom

Just a bug that caught up with me. Should be okay in a day or two.

/don't stay bitten for long.

WHEN WE WERE KIDS JUST GETTING A PHONE CALL FROM NEW YORK CITY. was a big thing, now you can talk and see some one from almost anywere in the world and it isn't a big deal.

i am feeling old now.

re: #17 yochanan

When I was a kid the computers didn't even have color, let alone super-high-speed broadband internet.

/kinda sorta feels your pain.

re: #11 BlueCanuck

My just seperated with and an ex-girlfriend met one time. Had me worried as heck.

/from an earlier, more wilder time.

A variation on a theme:

I have a former student who is now at the college where my EH teaches. Although there has NEVER been any romantic relationship between us, we have become friends, and my EH was acquainted with him, too,

Every time my friend sees my EH now on campus, he makes sure he established eye contact, then laughs a loudly as he can. The EH just scurries away.

and getting a telegram was a big deal.

Morning all.
{goddesss}
Manly handshake to Blue canuck (Pass the Purell.)
Cool, 50ish, windy here in the DC burbs. The flower vase of peonies on the front porch blew over.

re: #18 laZardo

my first computer was a apple I the only color was green.

re: #17 yochanan

Don't worry, it happens to everyone eventually. I too still remember the nightmare of calling family long distance during the holidays.

/all the available circuits are busy, please try again later.

re: #17 yochanan

FLASHBACK: My father asking me to "dial New York" for him.

/fat fingers

We never got a telegram as far as I remember.

re: #18 laZardo

um, kinda sorta not even in the ballpark. If you can't remember pre-computer, it's just a different ballgame.

Are we flashing back? I found a picture the other day of my little brother playing Pong on our black and white TV. :)

anyone in here ever have a 'party line'?

re: #24 littleoldlady

FLASHBACK: My father asking me to "dial New York" for him.

/fat fingers

We never got a telegram as far as I remember.

I still say "dial"! I wonder if today's teens even understand why.

I did get one telegram in my life--to announce that I won a Westinghouse Family Scholarship. That was such a great thrill.

When I was a kid we didn't have customized cursors that you could download from the net. You took whatever was in the box, and they only came in black.

re: #25 frodolives

Umm, I don't think anyone here is that old. :)

/Eniac, nuff said.
//remember dad telling me how punch cards that we got in the mail worked.

re: #29 Jim in Virginia

WHIPPERSNAPPER!

i remember asking my wife about any 'old records' she used to like and my kid asked 'what is a record'

re: #13 Karridine

Obama is insanely naive, a suitface, empty of character's graven lines or wisdom's hard-earned sheen...

Just a power-hungry puppet, dancing the puppeteers' tune...

Even if you grant Obama good intentions & I actually don't, there are issues.
He appears as naive as a Shakespearean maiden. His lack of history is appalling. He also seems taken with delusional grandeur

re: #27 yochanan

I was nine (1953) and Grandma showed me how to turn the crank on the wall-mounted square thing with the talk-cup sticking out the front, hold the ear-thingy to my left ear, and ask the "Operator" for Who-We-Calling...

Yes, it WAS a party line in rural south-western Washington state...

{littleldlady}
I got a telegram once, that a letter I wrote to Time was being published. As I recall, the telegram was delivered with the mail.

or a 3 cent stamp to mail a letter and you got two mail deliveries a day

re: #29 Jim in Virginia

Remember when the mice had balls?

/none of this optical-wireless hootenanny...

re: #33 opnion

Even if you grant Obama good intentions & I actually don't, there are issues.
He appears as naive as a Shakespearean maiden. His lack of history is appalling. He also seems taken with delusional grandeur

Oh, YES! You fleshed out Lord O'bama, Opnion...

/upding and greenheart :D

Great post at Fausta's blog. A realtime video of a car trip across the narrow part of Israel..

[Link: faustasblog.com...]

I haven't watch the whole thing yet, but I trust it is entertaining.

Who the heck dings down an open thread in the middle of the night?

re: #28 goddessoftheclassroom

I still say "dial"! I wonder if today's teens even understand why.

I did get one telegram in my life--to announce that I won a Westinghouse Family Scholarship. That was such a great thrill.

UH HUH, why do we still cc somebody? They will not get a carbon copy.

re: #37 laZardo

LOL!

re: #28 goddessoftheclassroom

Scholarship? Temple U was about $1000/semester, and I had all 4 years in the bank when I started college after working since I was 12.

re: #43 littleoldlady

Scholarship? Temple U was about $1000/semester, and I had all 4 years in the bank when I started college after working since I was 12.

Very impressive!

re: #38 Karridine

Oh, YES! You fleshed out Lord O'bama, Opnion...

/upding and greenheart :D

Much grass

re: #33 opnion
Ronald Reagan was the master of the anecdote. I always wondered how many of the stories he included in his speeches were true. But few if any of them were about himself.
Self aggrandizing is the best tag I've seen for Obama.

re: #30 BlueCanuck

um, I'll bet there are!

never had a party line nor telegram, but dialing, yes.

the big technology controversy when I was in school was whether students with calculators could use them, unfair advantage to those who didn't have one.

re: #41 opnion

Much less BCC someone...

re: #37 laZardo

Um...I'm still using a mouse with a ball.

/dinosaur... :-(

re: #40 gop_patriot

Who? Where?

re: #43 littleoldlady

Scholarship? Temple U was about $1000/semester.

Given the exchange rate in this country, one term (actually trimester for some reason, but you get the idea) of college here costs about as much. XD

Which means I'd better find some way to save up money so I can even begin to apply for a masters' course Stateside...especially since the aid well dries up once you have a bachelor's...

In high school chemistry our teacher spent a week instructing us in using a slide rule. In algebra we spent two weeks on logarithms.
Lost arts now, both.

re: #46 Jim in Virginia

Ronald Reagan was the master of the anecdote. I always wondered how many of the stories he included in his speeches were true. But few if any of them were about himself.
Self aggrandizing is the best tag I've seen for Obama.

Yeah and Regan started the personal anecdotal stories,
"Or like Bob Connor of Scranton, who now works two jobs said..."

re: #49 littleoldlady

Oddly enough, so am I (at work anyway). With the PS/2 port, nonetheless. O_o

re: #41 opnion

good one.

re: #48 laZardo

Much less BCC someone...

How about the ink well in the school desk?

re: #40 gop_patriot

roflmao you sort of asked for it lol

re: #50 littleoldlady

Up top, a -1 from someone for the open thread. Looks like Karridine has neutralized it though. LOL

/just kind of a weird thing to down-ding, but whatever :)

have a good one lizardia back later

re: #57 yochanan

roflmao you sort of asked for it lol

HA! Cruelty, thy name is yochanan. I'm crushed... ;)

re: #52 Jim in Virginia

I was thinking of a slide rule, but probably don't remember how to use one. pretty neat to have all that in one compact place.

re: #60 gop_patriot

Fixed ;-)

On Fox:

Israeli Defense Minister Calls On Prime Minister Olmert to Resign Over Corruption Probe

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
Hmmm.

Good night all.

re: #56 opnion

Here we had those little trench-thingys near the front where you could put pencils. The side facing the seat was also open like a shelf rather than having to open the table surface.

re: #58 gop_patriot

XWarzone again. I remember him from yesterday's (or was that Monday's?) thread. Hmm...

re: #62 littleoldlady

Bless you. ;)

re: #64 x-ray

Goodnight, x-ray!

re: #52 Jim in Virginia

interesting rant by theodore gray

re: #63 goddessoftheclassroom

He probably thinks he can get Olmert's job.

re: #30 BlueCanuck

Umm, I don't think anyone here is that old. :)

/Eniac, nuff said.
//remember dad telling me how punch cards that we got in the mail worked.

Eniac was shut down only a few months after I was born, if I remember correctly.

Ok, I've got to pry the Lizard-in-Training and the Baby Lizard from their beds if we're going to get to school on time. Have a great day!

/does anyone have a crowbar?

re: #69 littleoldlady

He probably thinks he can get Olmert's job.

I don't know who the accuser is, but I wish someone strong would get Olmert's job.

The most profound engine of civilization is the inability of a larger and larger fraction of the population to do the basic things needed to survive.

Technology's greatest contribution is to permit people to be incompetent at a larger and larger range of things. Only by embracing such incompetence is the human race able to progress.

re: #69 littleoldlady

LittleoldLoverly for PM! Least the Cabinet would get a good fruitcup every morning and a big glow to start the day off right.

re: #56 opnion

How about the ink well in the school desk?

My school had those - ink stained - in the wooden desks with the iron legs bolted to the floor.
They were replacing them by 6th grade, but that's what you get with schools built in the 1920's.
And it was such a Jewish neighborhood that the there were too few students to teach on the Jewish holidays.
Meanwhile, I remember Blue Hill Ave in Boston, miles of Jews on Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur.

No one can learn to think without having something to think about. If you try to teach someone how to think in the abstract, you are not going to get anywhere. If you try to make education "easy", by removing the content, you are cheating your students out of the most important thing you have to offer: the chance to do something hard. Only by mastering a difficult body of knowledge can a child develop into a confident, thinking adult. The point is, it doesn't necessarily have to be the same difficult body of knowledge that the child's parents learned.

re: #77 godfrey

BRAVO!

re: #75 Widow'smight

Howdy! :-)

I certainly could do a better job than "Mr 8% approval rating"!

re: #78 goddessoftheclassroom

That's from my link, above. It's a really bracing read.

re: #77 godfrey

I was reading how they want to make science education easier and more interesting - again. This is to reverse the decline in students who know science. How do they teach science in places where students learn it? I think they use the old methods.
They change the teaching methods, get worse results, change again, it gets worse, repeat until we end up with people who actually believe TV ads are telling the truth.

Gotta head home from internship work, will try to catch up later on.

In the meantime...

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.

re: #81 Kosh's Shadow

Who is "they"? The authors of that rant?

re: #79 littleoldlady

Free Hostas for everyone!

BTW, the ones you sent are really nice, even the MRS and mini-mom made a comment. I don't what those other things are yet, but they're growing.

Wasn't there a Sherlock Holmes story for Ohlmert, the 8% solution?

re: #79 littleoldlady

I'd vote for you!

...Talk to y'all later, have a great morning, lizards. I'm outta here. :)

Morning all. Quick visit before running off.

How's everyone this morning?

re: #1 yochanan

good morning america how are you

Well don't you know me, I'm your native son...

re: #86 Lucius Septimius

Hi Lucius, anecdotal evidence from Godfrey Corner indicates everything A-OK.

'Night, gop! :-)

re: #84 Widow'smight

Those "other things" (I thought it was some kind of scabiosa, but now I'm not sure) have really taken off in my garden. Your lilies are growing great, too! Dahlias just went in - can't wait for those to bloom. :-)

re: #37 laZardo

Remember when the mice had balls?

/none of this optical-wireless hootenanny...

Remember when the GOP had balls?

/heh. rhetorical question.

re: #40 gop_patriot

Who the heck dings down an open thread in the middle of the night?

The same nobody who was downdinging open threads the other day, apparently.

re: #91 JamesTKirk

The same nobody who was downdinging open threads the other day, apparently.

Some folks obviously have WAY too much time on their hands.

re: #81 Kosh's Shadow

I was reading how they want to make science education easier and more interesting - again. This is to reverse the decline in students who know science. How do they teach science in places where students learn it? I think they use the old methods.
They change the teaching methods, get worse results, change again, it gets worse, repeat until we end up with people who actually believe TV ads are telling the truth.

Anything old is bad! Change is always good! That's progress!

re: #88 godfrey

I tend to value the anecdotes over the statistics.

As bad as Olmert is, will whoever replaces him be any better?
I'm reminded of the Jimmy Carter quote: In a democracy, people get the kind of government they deserve.

re: #92 Lucius Septimius

Some folks obviously have WAY too much time on their hands.

Then let them go back and get the damned whales.

re: #89 littleoldlady

Mystery Plants! Maybe they're Hopium, and Oblamo might get some extra votes from us bible-tumpin, gun-totin Klingons.

Did he tell us how his Great...Grand Uncle was with George Washington at Yorktown when the Bismarck shelled Yorktown.

re: #97 Widow'smight

NOTHING would surprise me at this point!

re: #95 Jim in Virginia

As bad as Olmert is, will whoever replaces him be any better?

Doesn't Israel try to alternate between leaders who value security and leaders who want to commit national suicide?

re: #81 Kosh's Shadow

I was reading how they want to make science education easier and more interesting - again. This is to reverse the decline in students who know science. How do they teach science in places where students learn it? I think they use the old methods.
.

And when they get to college they face the old methods anyway. Now amount of "gendering" and "social constructivism" will make your reactions work or balance your equations.

My science curriculum is pretty much based on observation and classification, biology and some chemistry now, turning to geology/cosmology once we get through the vertebrates (finishing up invertebrates now). Old school. And he has to take notes and tests.

re: #96 JamesTKirk

Then let them go back and get the damned whales.

heh.

OK, so I have some nimrod who missed the final exam because she was "sick," schedules a make-up, doesn't show up or contact me, sends me an email two weeks later to ask if she can take the exam today. Oh, and she can't come up with a doctor's excuse to explain why she missed the final. her latest is "can I just give the grade without the exam." Sure, and that'll knock 20% off the average, which given the fact that her average is hovering around C to begin with would pretty much result in a big fat juicy F.

Mo-ron.

Feeling pretty good this morning. Anyone want to knock me off my thimble?

re: #99 JamesTKirk
Where are this decade's Winston Churchill, Golda Meir, Ronald Reagan, and Maggie Thatcher?
Did they all decide to blow off the public sector and go work for Microsoft?

re: #98 littleoldlady

It's like someone took a big chalkboard, drew a pair of Giant Ears on it, and every American/Jewish hating person in the world wrote something into his head.

Glad there's still real men in this country, ya know the ones that say "Yes Dear" and "I love you" to their beautiful brides. Kinda like T.O.M. Men comfortable in their own skins.

re: #103 littleO

Feeling pretty good this morning. Anyone want to knock me off my thimble?

Nope. This is the day the Lord has made.

re: #105 Widow'smight

It's like someone took a big chalkboard, drew a pair of Giant Ears on it, and every American/Jewish hating person in the world wrote something into his head.

His head is big enough and empty enough that there would be room for all.

Glad there's still real men in this country, ya know the ones that say "Yes Dear" and "I love you" to their beautiful brides. Kinda like T.O.M. Men comfortable in their own skins.

I do all that stuff, and it ain't doing me a helluva lotta good these days.

re: #102 Lucius Septimius

At the end of one semester, my teacher was going over his records and discovered that I hadn't handed in one of the assignments. He wrote in an A-minus, because he said that he knew I could do it. (The reason I only got an A-minus is because he figured he should dock me some points for, you know, not actually doing it.)

[Link: db.rambleschmack.net...]

re: #105 Widow'smight

Heh, heh, or tell them how beautiful they look first thing in the morning?

/always a winner. :D

re: #102 Lucius Septimius

OK, so I have some nimrod who missed the final exam because she was "sick," schedules a make-up, doesn't show up or contact me, sends me an email two weeks later to ask if she can take the exam today. Oh, and she can't come up with a doctor's excuse to explain why she missed the final. her latest is "can I just give the grade without the exam." Sure, and that'll knock 20% off the average, which given the fact that her average is hovering around C to begin with would pretty much result in a big fat juicy F.

Mo-ron.

We hired her brother. Scheduled a start date. It came and went, he didn't show. We called, he said he had to wrap some stuff up at the old job but he'd be there the next Monday. Next week- still a no show.

re: #107 Lucius Septimius

That's weird -- the formatting ended up all funky.

Blockquote, comment
Blockquote, comment

re: #104 Jim in Virginia

Where are this decade's Winston Churchill, Golda Meir, Ronald Reagan, and Maggie Thatcher?

They know better than to go into politics and watch their family and friends get destroyed.

/That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it.

re: #105 Widow'smight

It doesn't bother me that he's running. It doesn't even bother me that he's a liar/lightweight/Marxist, etc. What bothers me (TO NO END) is that my fellow Americans are buying into his nonsense!

/ugh. blood pressure spike! :-(

re: #110 Jim in Virginia

We hired her brother. Scheduled a start date. It came and went, he didn't show. We called, he said he had to wrap some stuff up at the old job but he'd be there the next Monday. Next week- still a no show.

You wonder what these people are thinking.

re: #114 Lucius Septimius

You wonder what IF these people are thinking.

Fixed that for you.

re: #113 littleoldlady

Here, have some chocolate. :)

/garunteeed to make you feel better and more mellow.

re: #113 littleoldlady
Deep breaths.
I envy you your garden. We have too much shade and two dogs. The yard is a wreck.

re: #113 littleoldlady

It doesn't bother me that he's running. It doesn't even bother me that he's a liar/lightweight/Marxist, etc. What bothers me (TO NO END) is that my fellow Americans are buying into his nonsense!

/ugh. blood pressure spike! :-(

They want to believe in magic, and he appears to them as a magician who on the basis of his charisma, with a word can fix all the ills of the world.

(keep in mind, these are the sorts of people who thought Fleetwood Mac offered potent political philosophy)

Thaumaturgic sovereignty -- it's not just for the sixteenth century any more.

re: #118 Lucius Septimius

Thaumaturgic sovereignty .

What a great phrase. Would you define it please?

re: #114 Lucius Septimius

You wonder what these people are thinking.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!" (The question that my daughter's teacher asked her when she showed up for a final on Friday that was given the previous Wednesday.)

Obviously, thinking never came into play.

/Reason #27 - Why I'm losing my hair...

I'm hoping (HOPIUM! HOPIUM!) it was a lesson learned forever.

re: #107 Lucius Septimius

Patience Grasshopper. You might think the same thing with your own kids, but they will take on you and your loverly bride's best traits as they grow up. Enjoy them know so when they grow up and leave you can take comfort that you did your best.

You might be trying to put Mercedes parts in a Yugo with your students.

re: #117 Jim in Virginia

I have practically all shade, too. (The dog is tied up - it's the deer that do real damage). You should have told me! LOTS of hostas to give away...

re: #116 BlueCanuck

{BlueCanuck!}

re: #113 littleoldlady

It doesn't bother me that he's running. It doesn't even bother me that he's a liar/lightweight/Marxist, etc. What bothers me (TO NO END) is that my fellow Americans are buying into his nonsense!

/ugh. blood pressure spike! :-(

To the true believers nothing can change them. If Barry sacraficed puppies, live on prime time television, his acolytes would claim that it was all out of context and besides Bush lied.

re: #109 BlueCanuck

Telling your sweetheart she's beautiful works anytime (unless she's mad at you). But remember, wimmin folk got that sweet thang gig all over us guys. I don't know how many times I've thought to myself "How'd she talk me into that?".
A wonderful woman is the best thing a man could ever have.

Good morning lizards, 72 degrees in NW Florida at 6:30 am... it's summer already.

Ok, so I am thinking about Sunday which is the Israel celebration on the Mall. Now I can pass by the Pali genocide and holocaust signs(with a frown, the word "moron", or something similar- the finger, the F U was what we gave Answer and Dawn at some event). However, I saw a photo Zombie(I think) took of a poster a creep had at some Pali thing that used the word "kike". If I see that, I plan to ask the person to take something(like the menu from my local Chinese restaurant) - as if it was a flyer -and I am going to take the sign and rip it up. What will the police do to me? Unlike any of the sign holders(I am sure), I am a full time more than decently employed person of impeccable reputation with no criminal record- my last ticket was 7 years ago for going through a stop sign(I contend I stopped- the officer said I rolled through- I did not argue). Don't you think a police officer would agree that I shouldn't have to see a sign with that word? I am an older woman so I am easily shocked and upset(ok,I'm not but the officer won't know)

re: #122 littleoldlady
Seriously? I'll be driving a daughter up to Easton PA (she is going to psychology camp for three weeks) in late July. Philly is on the way.

re: #113 littleoldlady

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Some guy named after me wrote that.

re: #27 yochanan

Me! As a kid!

re: #128 Jim in Virginia

"Psychology camp"?

re: #116 BlueCanuck

A chocolate hedgehog! I love it- I want it.

re: #119 Jim in Virginia

A "thaumaturge" is a worker of magic, and in the late Renaissance (ca. 1550-1650) the idea developed of the king having essentially magical powers; his power extended beyond merely making laws etc., but provided a means for balancing forces on a cosmic level. The theory of thaumaturgic sovereignty was that the ruler's authority derived from his semi-divine qualities, his ability to work white magic to counter the black-magic of the Devil and his allies, his ability to maintain through his charisma the balance of natural forces and ensure tranquility and abundance for his people. It's all a perversion of Kaballah with a melange of neo-Platonism and Hermeticism thrown in there. Dumb idea, but one that has stuck with us.

The deification of Man in the Renaissance laid the foundation for a modern political theory that views government, and in particular the ruler, as having powers greater than those of ordinary mortals, granting them the ability to change things over which they have no control. But people still want to believe in the magical power of the state to "fix" nature and perfect mankind.

re: #122 littleoldlady

All your sun belongs to me. Tater plants are 2 foot high.

Space station crew to NASA: Send plumber soon

(AP) -- The international space station's lone toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go. So NASA may order an in-orbit plumbing service call when space shuttle Discovery visits next week.

Until then, the three-man crew will have to make do with a jury-rigged system when they need to urinate.
[...]

"Like any home anywhere the importance of having a working bathroom is obvious," NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said.

Plumbing... the foundation of civilization - don't leave home without it.

re: #135 freetoken

Space station crew to NASA: Send plumber soon

Plumbing... the foundation of civilization - don't leave home without it.

Can't they just step outside to pee?

/or beam it away?

re: #128 Jim in Virginia

Sure, seriously! I'm just a few miles off I-95. In fact, if you're taking I-476 from 95 to the turnpike you'll pass right by me.

/now, can I keep this stuff alive in pots until late July...? ;-)

re: #121 Widow'smight

You might be trying to put Mercedes parts in a Yugo with your students.

With this one, it's more like putting Mercedes parts in a decayed Trabant up on blocks with goats nesting in it.

re: #136 JamesTKirk
or open the window?

re: #27 yochanan

anyone in here ever have a 'party line'?

"Yo -

Lots of us do - it's now called a "CONFERENCE CALL!"
'Nuff said.

-S-

re: #138 Lucius Septimius

Do goats nest?

re: #127 madisonsfriend

I'm an "older woman", too. And short. And blonde. It's the blonde part that let's me get away with stuff. Or...it used to. :-(

Me, I would deck the guy.

re: #136 JamesTKirk

Can't they just step outside to pee?

/or beam it away?

Just for you, Cap'n.

re: #140 Dr. Shalit

"Yo -

Lots of us do - it's now called a "CONFERENCE CALL!"
'Nuff said.

-S-

Go to Meeting!

re: #141 madisonsfriend

Do goats nest?

After a fashion -- they will move in.

re: #134 Widow'smight

Stop rubbing it in, will you?

I either have to move the garden or cut down my fruit trees. As it is, I may have tomatoes by September...

re: #133 Lucius Septimius

Most people are afeerd of changing themselves. That too is why they look up to the government and state to take care of them. So much for the old days of rugged individualists.

re: #131 JamesTKirk

"Psychology camp"?

Johns Hopkins enrichment program. They offer around 20 math, science, humanities courses. She picked psych. The real appeal is being away from home for three weeks.

re: #148 Jim in Virginia

CTY is a good program. Plus your kid is away for 3 weeks.

re: #138 Lucius Septimius

We have lots of those cars up here in PA too. Do they have a brand new Satellite dish on their rundown trailer too?

re: #143 Lucius Septimius

Cool! Remember this. My sister had the album.

re: #141 madisonsfriend
In short - Yes

re: #147 BlueCanuck

Most people are afeerd of changing themselves. That too is why they look up to the government and state to take care of them. So much for the old days of rugged individualists.

Genuine individualists have always been in short supply. If my ancestors who crossed the Appalachians back when there was naught but pissed-off injuns on the other side were individualists, it's because there was no one friendly-like closer than a two days ride to be corporativist with.

Well time for me to crawl off folks. it's been a slice. See you all next time.

re: #148 Jim in Virginia

Johns Hopkins enrichment program. They offer around 20 math, science, humanities courses. She picked psych. The real appeal is being away from home for three weeks.

My oldest is going to football camp, then basketball camp, then baseball camp.

re: #102 Lucius Septimius

I teach online and I get the same stuff. Someone wonders how to get his grade up, when he has receive weekly grade reports pointing out missing assignments, and never brought up any reasons earlier.
The school does not allow assignments to be turned in after the last day of class without a contract for an incomplete. So he failed.
Whereas people who contact me earlier, with valid reasons, get extensions.
I had one person who loads C-17s, and he had to take a flight periodically. He told me in advance, so he got the extension.

re: #118 Lucius Septimius

They want to believe in magic, and he appears to them as a magician who on the basis of his charisma, with a word can fix all the ills of the world.

Those that annoy me more than than the magic believers are those who think that voting for his race is monumentally more important than his social or political positions.

re: #149 madisonsfriend

CTY is a good program. Plus your kid is away for 3 weeks.

Both my girls qualified. One was ready to pack her bags in March, the other has no interest in going.

re: #157 tappin52

Those that annoy me more than than the magic believers are those who think that voting for his race is monumentally more important than his social or political positions.

Racists! (If they're white, that is.)

re: #146 littleoldlady

Shade is good for the lawn, unless it rains alot. My yard takes quite a beating some summers.

Besides, you know where to get lots of fresh stuff, and I bet you'd even get dinner too.

re: #152 Panhandler

Thanks-I love the photo. We live in suburbia but at one point , goats were hired(well, I guess their owner) to eat plants/grass in our park. the park people would put up temporary fences each day and the goats would be put into that area to "mow".

jim

CTY?

I loved it.

re: #137 littleoldlady

Sure, seriously! I'm just a few miles off I-95. In fact, if you're taking I-476 from 95 to the turnpike you'll pass right by me.

/now, can I keep this stuff alive in pots until late July...? ;-)

We'll be on 476. Throw them off the overpass as we drive by. I think we come up July 20.

re: #157 tappin52

Those that annoy me more than than the magic believers are those who think that voting for his race is monumentally more important than his social or political positions.

Though it's connected -- his social and political positions are by definition superior because of his race. His race alone is the source of his magical powers.

(Interesting how the power of race trumped the power of gender in this one).

Liminal people -- people on the fringes of society, or on the borders between groups -- are always magically potent in the shamanistic tradition.

re: #160 Widow'smight

Back sentence construction there. Should be a period after lawn and a comma after alot.

re: #142 littleoldlady

I'm an "older woman", too. And short. And blonde. It's the blonde part that let's me get away with stuff. Or...it used to. :-(

Me, I would deck the guy.

well, I am hoping not to get arrested - hitting constitutes assault- tearing up his sign- maybe not even destruction of property. I'll give him a buck for the poster board.

obamarama talking out his ass again. Talking about being a collectivst. Why doesn't he just come out and say he is for government confiscation of private wealth? Oh, wait the USSR tried that, its called COMMUNISM.

re: #162 godfrey

jim

CTY?

I loved it.

What was the best part?

See ya, BlueCanuck! :-)

re: #160 Widow'smight

If I could afford the gas I'd be up there this weekend with that kind of offer! :-)

/zoysia all over the place.
//ugly in winter; the envy of my neighbors in August...

re: #167 pingjockey

Oh, wait the USSR tried that, its called COMMUNISM.

Yes, but they're convinced that it can still work here. It's just a coincidence that it's failed each and every other place it's been tried.

re: #165 Widow'smight

Back sentence construction there. Should be a period after lawn and a comma after alot.

And alot is not a word! hee hee!

Off to face the day. Have a great day, all.

re: #171 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

And alot is not a word! hee hee!

It's a piece of real estate.

re: #168 Jim in Virginia

well, my daughter learned she didn't like dissection as much as she thought. It gave her an opportunity to get more involved in an area of science than she could in school(at the age/grade she was)

re: #173 Lucius Septimius

Good day to ye!

re: #164 Lucius Septimius
But, aren't his magical powers diminished by his mother's genes?

re: #163 Jim in Virginia

It's a date! :-)

/maybe I'll get some of widow's tomatoes and make a salad ... ;-)

re: #176 tappin52

But, aren't his magical powers diminished by his mother's genes?

The opposite -- being mixed race increases his liminality -- he is neither one or another but stands perpetually on the border between categories.

OK, I'm really out of here. Ciao, babe.

Good morning lizards.
It's another crisp sunny morning in the Great White North - far too nice to be at my desk pretending to work.
So I'm not even gonna pretend.

I thought obamarama got his majikal powers from the lsm?

Ok, back to wage earning. If anyone is coming to the Sunday event. look for me- although I guess there will be a lot of older short, darkish haired Jewish women. I will be the one tearing up the moonbat signs.

re: #182 madisonsfriend

TAKE PICTURES! :-)

re: #182 madisonsfriend
How close to DC are you? Want to meet on the mall?

re: #182 madisonsfriend
Late to thread, early here in PDT zone, what event? Are you having a moonbat coven meeting in your area?

I've been here about 2 hours longer than allowed :-( but I got to 'see' a lot of people I usually miss. :-)

/silver lining

Good day, ALL!™

re: #143 Lucius Septimius

Something tells me Charles will never feature that song in one of his music threads...

Oh no, cross dressing in Saudi Arabia? Heh.
Tough stance on those who mimic opposite sex

*snip*

"The police could not explain why cross-dressing was growing in popularity, although Lt Gen Tamim believes that co-education and a lack of parental guidance could be factors.

Cross-dressers, or “the third sex” as they are often called, cause confusion for teachers, parents and pupils. The practice of dressing as a member of the opposite sex is particularly evident in all-male schools, but in girls’ high schools “boyat” – an Arabic slang term – is becoming increasingly commonplace.

Dressed to appear masculine, with short, boyish haircuts and an attitude to match, the female boyat befriends and flirts with other girls. However, innocent flirtation can lead to physical relations and even sexual assault.

Young men, dressed in flamboyant feminine clothes with matching make-up, have become an increasingly common image.

Lt Gen Tamim called on the MSA to look into the possibility that co-education was to blame. “Some studies conducted in the West indicate that mixing girls and boys can encourage this behaviour.”

The police chief suggested the introduction five years ago of mixed-sex education for children between first and sixth grade could be one reason for the sudden growth in cross-dressing.

“This phenomenon was not apparent until mixed education was introduced,” he said. “A boy brought up around girls, and a girl brought up around boys, will be affected by the behaviour of the opposite sex, which could cause confusion.”

re: #169 littleoldlady

Had that stuff at my other house, one summer it didn't rain for two months. First good rain and that zoysia was perfect, while the other grass was brown.

Don't you and TallOLDMan have a Vespa yet? I heard they get like 90 mpg. Course, don't know where you'd put the maters.

I'm off to ravage the environment. Take care lizards.

re: #190 Jim in Virginia
Ravage well!

Morning Lizards

re: #178 Lucius Septimius

The opposite -- being mixed race increases his liminality -- he is neither one or another but stands perpetually on the border between categories.

Like Spock. Hybrid vigor.

re: #184 Jim in Virginia

How close to DC are you? Want to meet on the mall?

You still owe me lunch.

re: #171 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

And my Momma is a retired English teacher. Please don't tell her.

Mornin' RS.

re: #196 pingjockey
morning ping, your transducer is Lima Charlie

re: #197 rightside
Hah! My SiL Bro in law and his son flew to Pearl yesterday to do the Tiger cruise on the Nimitz. My Sil brother is a Senior Chief AT. So the little guy will have a ball. He's nine IIRC.

re: #197 rightside

I liked Optimus Prime.

re: #198 pingjockey

Excellent, he should have a great time, and still won't be able to see everything on there. It's like a damn city on those things.

re: #192 rightside
Hi right. I see where your last command is planning a reunion. You going?

re: #199 Widow'smight

What's that?

re: #195 Widow'smight

Tis OK, I had four years of Grammar I.

re: #201 taxfreekiller

Of some note:

Saw a blurb last night on local TV, about a minor league base ball club who did a promotion and used a "bobble FOOT" doll of Larry Craig,

it was just a thing that looked like a airport restroom stall, there were these two feet showing and if you flipped one of the feet it would
do a vibrate little shake...

they said through a spokesperson,,"we were just doing a shoe promotion, it was not meant to make light of gays"""

Ya, some still live in freedom yet

Got a link? I know people who'd love that.

re: #200 rightside
Had to go over to the Nimitz in the PG twice, once to get the the Chancellorsville and once for an intel brief. Hated it both times. You couldn't have paid me enough to be stationed on a carrier.

re: #205 JamesTKirk

Never mind, found it.

re: #203 rightside
She confused transducer and Transformer!

re: #203 rightside

Just goofin on Transducer, Optimus Prime is a Transformer.

re: #202 Panhandler

Hi right. I see where your last command is planning a reunion. You going?

Hell yes! that's back when the ships were wooden, and the men were made of iron!

re: #207 JamesTKirk
Okay it was much ado about nothing, it is in poor taste, but I think it is funny.

re: #209 Widow'smight

step-down transformer?

re: #208 pingjockey

She confused transducer and Transformer!

"The transducer
Will seduce ya
It's something you'll get used ta"
-Dr. Frank N. Furter

re: #208 pingjockey

I'd be the ugliest she you ever saw. Nic's a play on a biblical character.

Must get Mini-mom on the bus, will be beautiful here, hope all of you get the same weather.

re: #210 rightside
Heck, this thread is turning into a minature Fleet Week. If redc1c4 shows up we'll teach him what white smoke is all about.

re: #211 pingjockey

Okay it was much ado about nothing, it is in poor taste, but I think it is funny.

I think it's worth a snicker. Of course, that's what I think of most things.

I also have an occasional nervous twitch in my leg; I have to make sure I keep it under control when I'm in public restrooms now...

re: #214 Widow'smight
Take care.

re: #211 pingjockey

I can hear Senator Craig now..."Why are the gays upset, I AM NOT GAY!"

I personally only have a problem with closeted gays. Have a gay friend with this bumper sticker, "I don't mind straight people, as long as they act gay in public".

re: #205 JamesTKirk

Larry Craig bobblefoot

re: #216 JamesTKirk
Mwahahaha! The better half has RLS and about twice a week I get kicked. Then again maybe she's fibbing and just kicking me!

re: #215 Panhandler

You can take the sailor out of the Navy, but you can't take the Navy out of the sailor!

re: #221 rightside
Nope. I still on occasion call floors decks, rope is now and forever line. It sticks with you. The boys were going through my cruise books and found the pics of crossing the line ceremony. I thought they were gonna pee themselves, they were laughing so hard.

re: #221 rightside

I retired in Pensacola. Worked on the base for another 15 years. Used to have to apologize on the phone about the noise of the Blue Angles doing their Tue/Wed practice. Our building was one of their reference points. Loved it!

re: #223 Panhandler
Now that is cool. We only get free airshows when we have a forest fire!

re: #222 pingjockey

It's a LADDER you stupid squid. LADDER - don't forget it!

re: #222 pingjockey

Fortunately, I was able to go through that ceremony back before it became wussified*

(*official rightside lexicon)

I'm a loyal and trusted Shellback!

Not sure if it's been posted yet but Charles, you got a hat tip from Malkin.

Rachael Ray, Dunkin' Donuts and the Keffiyeh Kerfuffle

Dunkin' Donuts won't identify where Ray's scarf was purchased, but issued this statement after blogger Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs (littlegreenfootballs.com) and I, along with many other bloggers and consumers, called attention to it:

"Thank you for expressing your concern about the Dunkin' Donuts advertisement with Rachael Ray. In the ad that you reference, Rachael is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design that was purchased at a U.S. retail store. It was selected by the stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we will no longer use the commercial."

re: #224 pingjockey

Now that is cool. We only get free airshows when we have a forest fire!

I get a free air show when I drive past Andrews AFB on the DC Beltway.

re: #225 Panhandler

OOPS - mayhap "squid" was not the term I was looking for.

re: #225 Panhandler
Hahaha! Yeppers. Was giving the local recruiter grief during the Apple Blossom Festival. The Corps has a tricked out Hummvee, the AF has a tricked out suburban. The Nav didn't have shit!

re: #223 Panhandler

They still fire the 16" guns here for testing. Rattles windows for miles.

Good morning Lizards...

re: #226 rightside
We had a "underground" initiation down in the bilges and CS berthing. I'm sure the powers that be knew but looked the other way!

re: #232 doriangrey
Hey DG! How's things down in insane diego?

re: #231 rightside

Aberdeen?

re: #200 rightside
I was on one for almost four years and still didn't see everything.

re: #236 kcladderman

Now that's a truck. Hobby or avocation?

re: #236 kcladderman
My bro was on the Nimitz with his air wing and said libery call really sucked. Especially if they had to anchor out. Went by rank to get on the liberty boats.

re: #227 Neo Con since 9-11

Not sure if it's been posted yet but Charles, you got a hat tip from Malkin.

Rachael Ray, Dunkin' Donuts and the Keffiyeh Kerfuffle

The Boston Globe even mentioned this, but only Michelle Malkin, not LGF.
Read it here

re: #239 Kosh's Shadow
No misperception my ass. That isn't a paisley scarf. It is one of those damn arafish headscarves!

re: #234 pingjockey

Hey DG! How's things down in insane diego?

Morning ping, unusually cloudy and cool. Night time temps in the high 40's day time temperatures in the high 60's. Other than that, pretty much the same Insanity as usual. The Mayor is still a liar, the city council corrupt and the city is still bankrupt and doing everything it can to shake down the inmates who live here. In other words, pretty much business us usual...

re: #237 Panhandler

20 years Kansas City Fire Department

re: #235 Panhandler

Dahlgren, Va.

re: #239 Kosh's Shadow

The Boston Globe even mentioned this, but only Michelle Malkin, not LGF.
Read it here

What is their phobia about LGF?

re: #240 pingjockey

No misperception my ass. That isn't a paisley scarf. It is one of those damn arafish headscarves!

What did you expect from the Boston Globe?

Good morning, Lizards!

My dear husband and I were contemplating the return of the stocks for some of the hoodlum kids in our area. School's out and kids rove in packs like wild animals.

re: #241 doriangrey
Sounds like business as usual. I don't remember the city being broke when I left in '97. But that doesn't mean shit.

re: #241 doriangrey

But you got a Zoo and can buy oranges at any on ramp, how many people in Dearbornistan can say that?

re: #238 pingjockey

You stand in line for everything, and by line I mean long lines.
Just to pick something up from the ships store might take you and hour of line standing for five minutes of shopping.

re: #245 JamesTKirk
Not much. Isn't the globe owned by the Slimes?

re: #216 JamesTKirk

I think it's worth a snicker. Of course, that's what I think of most things.

I also have an occasional nervous twitch in my leg; I have to make sure I keep it under control when I'm in public restrooms now...

A wide stance can kill ya.

re: #243 rightside

My next guess (Yeah sure)

re: #240 pingjockey

No misperception my ass. That isn't a paisley scarf. It is one of those damn arafish headscarves!

Is that a latte she's carrying or a bomb? What's really in her bag?
/sarc

re: #249 kcladderman
No thanks. The wife got a shock last year. A big envelope from the Navy Dept. showed up. It was my final discharge cert, but I told her it was recall orders! I'm a baaad man.

re: #244 MandyManners

What is their phobia about LGF?

They'd find out how f*cked up the Globe's coverage is. If their readers knew the truth, the Globe's circulation would go down.
(Actually, as bad as it is, for a NY Slimes-owned paper, it isn't too bad. And Jeff Jacoby is good, although I think they stop him from writing too many pro-Israel editorials.)

re: #253 Kosh's Shadow
Rumor has it she carries a cocked and load meat tenderizer in that bag.

Guv of Fla. on Fox now. Begining to wonder if he is going to be the veep nominee.He has been on the tube a lot.

re: #254 pingjockey

No thanks. The wife got a shock last year. A big envelope from the Navy Dept. showed up. It was my final discharge cert, but I told her it was recall orders! I'm a baaad man.

So tell us, how is sleeping in the garage and eating Beefaroni out of the can working out for you?

re: #247 pingjockey

Sounds like business as usual. I don't remember the city being broke when I left in '97. But that doesn't mean shit.

It was, seems the city couldn't manage its money, and topped it off with a fraudulent pension scam. Now they are trying to dig their way out with excessive fines and other police involved legal mumbo jumbo... Anyone caught driving with so much as a .01 BAC is being given a DUI (wet reckless) but its still a DUI and still cost $1800.00+ Speeding tickets are being given out like candy at the fair at 50 buck per mile per hour over the limit and pretty much everyone is getting a parking ticket regardless of whether they own a car or not.

re: #258 Panhandler
After the shock was over and she got done chasing me around with a frying pan she was ok.

re: #260 pingjockey

After the shock was over and she got done chasing me around with a frying pan she was ok.

And the doctors say that you'll be back on solid food again in no time.

re: #258 Panhandler

So tell us, how is sleeping in the garage and eating Beefaroni out of the can working out for you?

ROTFLMAO... Yup, he is a baaaddd maaannn...

re: #259 doriangrey
Fraudulent pension scam? What, did they hire Joe Pesci to help out with da books?

re: #248 Panhandler

But you got a Zoo and can buy oranges at any on ramp, how many people in Dearbornistan can say that?

Don't forget the second highest gas prices in America...Who can afford to go to the Zoo or buy oranges when gas cost $4.50 a gallon?

re: #261 JamesTKirk

re: #262 doriangrey

You guys crack me up! She was very leery when I went to the recruiters to get an offical letter documenting my electrical experience for the state Labor and Industries board so I can get my electrical apprenticeship documented to take a journeymans test. Told her the canoe club didn't need 49 yr old sonar techs. We aren't at war with NATO, yet.

re: #264 doriangrey

Don't forget the second highest gas prices in America... Who can afford to go to the Zoo or buy oranges when gas cost $4.50 a gallon?

Looks like your argument for getting that Glide is progressing nicely.