Nice watch.

Now THAT'S a watch.

}:)     [Drooling ... ]

Charles, I enjoy the titles of your photographs almost as much as the images.

The hands should be set at 10:10 or thereabouts. There seems to be some sort of unwritten advertising industry rule to that effect. Or maybe it's written.

Oh good grief, Obama is turning out to be quite the cult leader:

Obama Supports Adopt "Hussein" In Show of Solidarity

re: #4 Occasional Reader

They used to be set to the time of day when Lincoln was shot.

Does it keep Lizard Time?

Charles:
I just tried to use the contact form. I allow cookies and Javascript. It took me less than 30 seconds to punch in the link, my e-mail addy, and a short message. I got a "Too much time elapsed" message.
Anyway, I'm sure you've seen this by now.

Grrrrr, here is the link:

[Link: elections.foxnews.com...]

Is this a hint that we ought to be doing something besides hanging out on LFG on Sunday morning while drinking our coffee?

re: #4 Occasional Reader

The hands should be set at 10:10 or thereabouts. There seems to be some sort of unwritten advertising industry rule to that effect. Or maybe it's written.

I think it is pretty timely.

I have to time to comment, the open road awaits me.

Noam....you are loved more than you realize.

Nice watch! I'll have to print out a pic and hit the bazaar. Maybe I can find a knockoff!

Does anybody really know what time it is?

It's about time.

re: #8 EC Marm

Charles:
I just tried to use the contact form. I allow cookies and Javascript. It took me less than 30 seconds to punch in the link, my e-mail addy, and a short message. I got a "Too much time elapsed" message.
Anyway, I'm sure you've seen this by now.

The time elapsed starts when you load the page -- not when you display the form. But hmm. That gives me an idea to improve it.

re: #15 BigJohn

It's about time.

The time is right.

Time is on my side. Yes it is.

A recent conversation:
Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing!
Cheney: That's the second hand, George!

~Dennis Miller

re: #17 VegasRick

The time is right.

Time is of the essence.

re: #14 mich-again

Does anybody really...........

If I could save time in a bottle...

re: #14 mich-again

Does anybody really care?

Time won't let me.

Time keeps on slipping into the future.

re: #24 Dianna

Wait that long.

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

Ticking away, the moments that make up a dull day.....

~Pink Floyd

re: #27 christheprofessor

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

-380

OK, before anyone posts this story:

"Iran ready to strike at Israel’s nuclear heart"

[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]

Remember, it's by Uzi Mahnaimi.

And who is Mahnaimi?
He's a lying scumbag who is responsible for one the worst blood libels in recent memory:
The Ethnic Bomb (“genetic bomb” designed to kill Arabs but not Jews )
which is so loved by Jeremiah Wright and other assorted antisemites.

re: #29 VegasRick

-380

Huh?

re: #27 christheprofessor

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

The date says '29', so wouldn't that be a 1 in 11 chance?

Islamic watches timers count backwards.

re: #10 Dianna

Is this a hint that we ought to be doing something besides hanging out on LFG on Sunday morning while drinking our coffee?

Do you think we're frittering and wasting our hours, in an offhand way?

Let's...do...the...Time Warp Again....

re: #31 christheprofessor

Huh?

odds that it is today.

Time has come today.

It appears to have more radium than a Mickey Mouse watch I had once, so I guess you may have problems going thru airport security.

Time after time....

re: #32 sillyquiet

The date says '29', so wouldn't that be a 1 in 11 chance?

Well judging by the name of the .jpg file, I'd say its close to 100% chance it was taken today.

"Festina"... isn't that when we have the Airing of Grievances, followed by Feats of Strength?

re: #32 sillyquiet

The date says '29', so wouldn't that be a 1 in 11 chance?

Well, it's a leap year, so there are 12 29^th

A bluewood table in California.

It's about time,
It's about space,
About strange people in the strangest place.
It's about time,
It's about flight,
Travelin' faster than the speed of light.

About space people and a brave crew,
As through the barrier of time they flew.
Pass the Roman Senators,
Pass an armored knight,
Pass the firing Minutemen,
To this modern site.

It's about time for you and me
To meet these people of amazing feats.
It's about two astronauts and how they educate
A pre-historic woman and her pre-historic mate.

It's about time
It's about space
About strange people in the strangest place
They will be here
With all of us
Dodging a taxi, a car, a bus.

Where will they go
What will they do
In this strange place where everything is new.
Will they manage to survive
Watch each week and see.
Will they get accustomed to the Twentieth Century.

It's about time
For our good byes
To all our pre-historic gals and guys.

And now,
It's About Time
It's About Time
It's About Time
It's About Time!

re: #42 christheprofessor

Well, it's a leap year, so there are 12 29^th

yep, true.

re: #40 mich-again

Well judging by the name of the .jpg file, I'd say its close to 100% chance it was taken today.

Don't mess up our rampant speculation with hard facts? What are ya, some kinda climate change denialist or something?

Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way.

re: #42 christheprofessor

Well, it's a leap year, so there are 12 29^th

Doh! Let's try that again -- this year there are 12 29ths, out of 366 days, being a leap year.

Five analog gaugey thingies to remind you to live in the moment.

Thank you Charles for your tremendous effort and achievement in bringing out the extremist issues while providing a civilized playground for the lizard collection.

The truth will set us free. But first it will make us miserable.

Believe it or not:

I do not own a watch, nor any other portable time-keeping device, and once out in the real world I never have any idea what time it is.

None of this is by design. I once had a watch, but it broke, and I never got around to replacing it. Yes, there is some inconvenience to not knowing what time it is, but there is also a strange freedom -- the freedom of the primitive human, who functions according to an internal body clock and by the position of the sun in the sky.

Just be, man.

Now that's some old rusty Philips screw on the bottom right there...

/off topicness

re: #40 mich-again

Well judging by the name of the .jpg file, I'd say its close to 100% chance it was taken today.

Yes, I'd have to agre with that...

Hit Me...Baby One More Time

_{Now I'm really out of here..before I get my butt kicked
:')}

re: #27 christheprofessor

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

I'm almost positive it was taken today. I think it was a test: Charles took a picture and tested himself to see how fast he could get it online. I see it took him five minutes -- not bad!

I've done the same test -- my fastest time was four minutes.

re: #48 christheprofessor
Hmm. Could it be someone trying to taunt the islamists? In the muslim calender, which is probably lunar based, is there a 29th day of the month?

re: #9 American Jewess In Jerusalem

It sounds like we are having a middle school-level candidate running for the President. Remember all the cliques? Ah, but we were fickle, and ran with the crowd, and could change at the turn of a dime.

So it seems with the cult of Hussein...and when they find that the Emperor has no clothes?

Charles, I so hope that is not a lizard band...lizard on your wrist--that's disgusting!

re: #54 zombie

Yes, you are, as usual, correct -- I didn't think to look at the pic properties.

Pretty fast posting time, I'd say...

re: #34 Occasional Reader

I'm stuck. I know there's a line about "in an offhand way" but I can't remember it.

re: #54 zombie

I'm almost positive it was taken today. I think it was a test: Charles took a picture and tested himself to see how fast he could get it online. I see it took him five minutes -- not bad!

I've done the same test -- my fastest time was four minutes.

Interesting....

re: #56 NY Nana

It sounds like we are having a middle school-level candidate running for the President. Remember all the cliques? Ah, but we were fickle, and ran with the crowd, and could change at the turn of a dime.

So it seems with the cult of Hussein...and when they find that the Emperor has no clothes?

Under the bus with nakedness!

re: #5 american jewess in jerusalem

Oh good grief, Obama is turning out to be quite the cult leader:

Dang! I just changed my middle name to Kim-Jong-Il-Dearest-Leader-Lodestar-to-the -Masses. Oh well, back to the county office I go.

Poor Charles has an off brand watch. Let's all chip in and get him a Timex.

re: #34 Occasional Reader

More accurately, I can't remember the title of the song, so I can't look up the next line.

Sigh.

re: #55 EC Marm

Hmm. Could it be someone trying to taunt the islamists? In the muslim calender, which is probably lunar based, is there a 29th day of the month?

Why have a calendar when any day one can kill an infidel is a good day?

re: #50 zombie

Believe it or not:

I do not own a watch, nor any other portable time-keeping device, and once out in the real world I never have any idea what time it is.

None of this is by design. I once had a watch, but it broke, and I never got around to replacing it. Yes, there is some inconvenience to not knowing what time it is, but there is also a strange freedom -- the freedom of the primitive human, who functions according to an internal body clock and by the position of the sun in the sky.

Just be, man.

I don't know why, but that reminds me of my favorite lines from Futurama:

Prof. Farnsworth: (shouting) Hey! Unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off my property!
Hippie.: You can't own property, man!
Prof. Farnsworth: I can, but that's because I'm not a penniless hippie.

re: #34 Occasional Reader

Do you think we're frittering and wasting our hours, in an offhand way?

Pink Floyd, Us and Them

re: #41 Occasional Reader

Festina lente - make haste slowly, a favorite aphorism of Augustus.

re: #59 Dianna

I'm stuck. I know there's a line about "in an offhand way" but I can't remember it.

Fritter and waste the hour(s) in an offhand way...

(I think)

re: #32 sillyquiet

The date says '29', so wouldn't that be a 1 in 11 chance?

It also depends what year the pic was taken and when the watch was manufactured times the month between now and then

re: #61 VegasRick

Think of the damage to the road!

re: #64 Dianna

More accurately, I can't remember the title of the song, so I can't look up the next line.

Sigh.

Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown...

(The title is right in front of you!)

re: #44 ShyGuy

It's about time,
It's about space,
It's about time to smack your face!

snicker

re: #50 zombie

My only watch is my cell phone. I don't like wearing a watch and I hardly ever care much what time it is.

re: #67 coquimbojoe

Pink Floyd, Us and Them

Close, but no cigar.

re: #44 ShyGuy

It's about time,
It's about space,
About strange people in the strangest place.
It's about time,
It's about flight,
Travelin' faster than the speed of light.

I used to love that show! Watched in reruns as a kid. I've been trying to remember the lyrics for years.

Thanks!

re: #67 coquimbojoe

Pink Floyd, Us and Them

SORRY, Pink Floyd, TIME

Time
(Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour) 7:06

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.

re: #60 Thanos

Interesting....

Took me four minutes as well Z...
[Link: noblesseoblige.org...]

re: #71 NY Nana

Think of the damage to the road!

"To hell with the damage! GET UNDER THAT BUS RIGHT NOW!"
(channeling Fat Bastard)

re: #50 zombie

All my watches die horrible, hideous, suffering deaths. The one that lasted longest was one I got from KMart for $5, where the works were encased in a block of lucite.

re: #75 Occasional Reader

Close, but no cigar.

Corrto insecto. I did the 'My Bad' above.

re: #53 DesertSage

Sage?

Go to your room, young man! And no TV, no computer and keep away from the mini fridge.

And don't even think of using your mobile phone. You are grounded. Harrumph.

re: #59 Dianna

I'm stuck. I know there's a line about "in an offhand way" but I can't remember it.

Fritter and waste the day in an offhand way.

Hours!

re: #76 zombie

If you travel faster than the speed of light, you really won't need a watch.

/I am not a physicist; though I wish I were...

re: #75 Occasional Reader

Close, but no cigar.

That's what Monica told Hillary after she conceded...

As time goes by....

Tick...tick...tick...

Hey fella's, what time is it?

re: #65 christheprofessor

Why have a calendar when any day one can kill an infidel is a good day?

Hehehe. I just looked up in Wiki the "Islamic Calendar". How progressive:

But, the lunar crescent becomes really visible only some 15-18 hours after the conjunction, and only subject to the existence of a number of favourable conditions relative to weather, time, geographic location, as well as various astronomical parameters. [7] As a result, the beginning of each month differs from one Muslim country to another, and the information provided by the calendar does not extend beyond the current month.

If the Islamic calendar were prepared using astronomical calculations, Muslims throughout the Muslim world could use it to meet all their needs, the way they use the Gregorian calendar today. But, there are divergent views on whether it is licit to do so. [8]

A majority of theologians oppose the use of calculations on the grounds that this would not conform with the Messenger’s recommendation to observe the new moon of Ramadan and Shawal in order to determine the beginning of these months. [9]

But, since there is no prohibition to use astronomical calculations in the Qor’an, some jurists see no contradiction between the Messenger’s teachings and the use of calculations to determine the beginnings of lunar months. [10] They consider that the Messenger’s recommendation was merely adapted to the culture of the times, and should not be confused with the acts of worship. [11] [12] [13]

Thus, jurists Ahmad Muhammad Shakir and Yusuf al-Qaradawi both endorsed the use of calculations to determine the beginning of months. [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #50 zombie

the freedom of the primitive human, who functions according to an internal body clock and by the position of the sun in the sky.

Primitive man must have missed a lot of flights.

re: #50 zombie

Believe it or not:

I do not own a watch, nor any other portable time-keeping device, and once out in the real world I never have any idea what time it is.

None of this is by design. I once had a watch, but it broke, and I never got around to replacing it. Yes, there is some inconvenience to not knowing what time it is, but there is also a strange freedom -- the freedom of the primitive human, who functions according to an internal body clock and by the position of the sun in the sky.

Just be, man.

Zombie is:
A vegetarian
Non-cell phone User
Non-watch wearer
Non-McDonald's Eater
Non-Creationist
An intrepid photographer
Chronicler of arboreal nudity

How am I doing? So far so good?

re: #54 zombie

I'm almost positive it was taken today. I think it was a test: Charles took a picture and tested himself to see how fast he could get it online. I see it took him five minutes -- not bad!

I've done the same test -- my fastest time was four minutes.

Whoops, I take that last comment back, the minute ticked over while I snapped the photo, beat you by 58 seconds

re: #90 EC Marm

It's no wonder they are so confused.

re: #78 Thanos

Took me four minutes as well Z...
[Link: noblesseoblige.org...]

Looks like three minutes to me -- .20.02 on the comment depicted, .23 on your posting. Not bad at all!

But you revealed that you use Safari on a Mac and live in the Mountain time zone.

re: #30 MJ

Great catch. *Sigh* Is The Times joining the lynch mob mentality?

re: #95 zombie

Looks like three minutes to me -- .20.02 on the comment depicted, .23 on your posting. Not bad at all!

But you revealed that you use Safari on a Mac and live in the Mountain time zone.

Wrong, Wrong, wrong. :)

It's the time of the season for loving

re: #79 VegasRick

ROTFL!

Now is the TIME for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
(a typists practice piece). Probably not PC in today's world. . . ACLU would want 'men' changed to: persons or humans.

re: #100 wee fury

Now is the TIME for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
(a typists practice piece). Probably not PC in today's world. . . ACLU would want 'men' changed to: persons or humans.

And great apes.

Just because we're Floyding: On the Turning Away

re: #102 Dianna

Just because we're Floyding: On the Turning Away

Great, great, song.

re: #100 wee fury

Now is the TIME for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
(a typists practice piece). Probably not PC in today's world. . . ACLU would want 'men' changed to: persons or humans.

And "typists" to "keyboardists" give that students take keyboarding instead of typing today...

re: #103 coquimbojoe

I think it's my favorite from their later period.

Muslim Azan Clock --Islamic Prayer Timings--250 Cities !

Now with SNOOZE feature.
Never miss another bow whistle.
Callous optional.

re: #80 Dianna

All my watches die horrible, hideous, suffering deaths. The one that lasted longest was one I got from KMart for $5, where the works were encased in a block of lucite.

I usually used to acquire discarded junky watches with broken straps -- PowerPuff Girls watches made of pink plastic, or similar junk for little kids. I couldn't be bothered to actually buy a watch. Just whatever I find.

But I haven't found one in quite a while, for some reason.

When the Cosmic Watchmaker wants me to find an intelligently designed watch, it will happen. But not until then.

Is it water resistant to 3 atmospheres?

The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

Cuckoo.

I don't wear jewelry of any sort except a single wedding band. It bugs me.

re: #27 christheprofessor

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

It could be the 29th of any month, dating back to the advent of color photography.

/assuming the date is even accurate

re: #99 NY Nana

ROTFL!

Timing is everthing.

Clock of the heart

re: #40 mich-again

Well judging by the name of the .jpg file, I'd say its close to 100% chance it was taken today.

/apparently you've never heard of "save as"

re: #95 zombie

Looks like three minutes to me -- .20.02 on the comment depicted, .23 on your posting. Not bad at all!

But you revealed that you use Safari on a Mac and live in the Mountain time zone.

Zombie, the time in Thanos' pic would imply MST (Arizona only right now) or PDT.

Or an intentionally mal-adjusted timezone setting...

Hot time summer in the city.

re: #107 zombie

But I haven't found one in quite a while, for some reason.

I heard on the radio recently that only about 30-something percent (AIR) of people wear a watch nowadays -- no need for one when there is a clock in everybody's cellphone...

re: #105 Dianna

I think my favorite Floyd tune is Wish You Were Here.

re: #111 Killian Bundy

It could be the 29th of any month, dating back to the advent of color photography.

/assuming the date is even accurate

Spoil sport. Besides, the .jpg properties indicate it was created today...

re: #117 christheprofessor

I heard on the radio recently that only about 30-something percent (AIR) of people wear a watch nowadays -- no need for one when there is a clock in everybody's cellphone...

I can't stand wrist watches -- I used to carry a pocket watch, but my old bulova needs to be fixed and I don't have the dough at the moment.

My phone has become my watch, though I do make a habit of borrowing students' watches in class.

re: #111 Killian Bundy

It could be the 29th of any month, dating back to the advent of color photography.

/or the introduction of the watch model, whichever came last

re: #92 coquimbojoe

Zombie is:
A vegetarian
Non-cell phone User
Non-watch wearer
Non-McDonald's Eater
Non-Creationist
An intrepid photographer
Chronicler of arboreal nudity

How am I doing? So far so good?

Not bad! All correct. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

I can't even say the more noteworthy identifying features and lifestyles. Too much of a giveaway!

re: #118 Sharmuta

Also a wonderful song!

re: #96 NY Nana

Great catch. *Sigh* Is The Times joining the lynch mob mentality?

Mahnaimi has zero credibility. Don't know why the Times continues to publish him since they loose credibility whenever they do. Sort of similar to the NYT publishing the antisemitic Chris Hedges.

By the way, this story is part of a larger effort being made today to drum up a newspaper-inspired pogrom against British Jews.
Meryl Yourish has great summation of what going on in the Guardian today as well:

[Link: www.yourish.com...]

re: #122 zombie

Not bad! All correct. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

I can't even say the more noteworthy identifying features and lifestyles. Too much of a giveaway!

You're not Carmen Electra are you?

re: #114 Killian Bundy

/apparently you've never heard of "save as"

No, I'm just going with Occam's razor. The simplest explanation is probably the right one.

The watch was intelligently designed.
/ducks!

Time is on my side. . .according to the Stones.

re: #120 Lucius Septimius

I can't stand wrist watches -- I used to carry a pocket watch, but my old bulova needs to be fixed and I don't have the dough at the moment.

My phone has become my watch, though I do make a habit of borrowing students' watches in class.

I always felt nekkid without a watch and rarely left home without one. I've rarely worn one in the past two or three years, though, since the battery in the watch I normally wear died. Interestingly enough, over the past few weeks I've been thinking of getting a battery put in it and starting to wear it again.

re: #127 Tigger2005

The watch was intelligently designed.
/ducks!

Next year it will have evolved into a hammock.

re: #118 Sharmuta

I think my favorite Floyd tune is Wish You Were Here.

Mine is See Emily Play.

re: #123 Dianna

Of course- I also like Money. How can't you love the bass line?

Time Stand Still

re: #117 christheprofessor

I heard on the radio recently that only about 30-something percent (AIR) of people wear a watch nowadays -- no need for one when there is a clock in everybody's cellphone...

I'm starting to head that way, too.

re: #112 VegasRick

Timing is everthing.

Groan! ;)

re: #130 VegasRick

Next year it will have evolved into a hammock.

Next year it will be a grandfather clock...

The fundamental things apply...

re: #125 VegasRick

You're not Carmen Electra are you?

No -- it's the big floppy hat.

re: #125 VegasRick

You're not Carmen Electra are you?

No. But Gemma Ward is my uglier younger sister.

re: #134 Occasional Reader

I'm starting to head that way, too.

Actually, as I mentioned in #129, I'm thinking of bucking the trend...

Perhaps the watch can be incorporated into the Muslim Prayer Rug:

Amman - A Jordanian inventor has contrived a special prayer rug fitted with an electronic device intended to keep the Muslim faithful alert during prayers, the state-run Jordanian news agency Petra reported on Monday. Like many Muslims, Fawaz Abu Ragheb used to miss the number of times he had to kneel and touch his forehead to the rug during the five daily prayers that all devout Muslims must perform, the agency said. So he came up with the idea of fitting a sheet of metal equipped with an electronic device on the prayer rug on the spot where the forehead touches the carpet. Abu Ragheb said the device cost him 65 000 dinars to make but that he intends to commercialize it a price that would be “affordable” to all, according to Petra.He told the agency he was granted a special fatwa, religious decree, from several Muslim organisations including the Islamic research center of Al-Azhar, the Cairo-based authority on Sunni Islam, to ensure his device did not violate Islamic
principles.

An oldie but goodie from the archives of LGF:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #135 NY Nana

Groan! ;)

solly.

re: #117 christheprofessor

I heard on the radio recently that only about 30-something percent (AIR) of people wear a watch nowadays -- no need for one when there is a clock in everybody's cellphone...

"C-T-P" -

Exactly, my timepiece is in my MotoQ. Last watch I wore regularly was a Timex IronMan Triathlon LCD - same watch, interestingly enough, worn by former Pres. Clinton and Osama bin Laden.

-S-

Midnight

re: #119 christheprofessor

Spoil sport. Besides, the .jpg properties indicate it was created today...

You can't rely on the properties display of a picture you see on a web page. For example, I guarantee this photo was not created today, but the copy of it being rendered on your computer was.

re: #139 zombie

"Gemma," that's a pretty name. It was the name of my baker, who was four feet tall and triceps like a Marine.

Mama Wingeeer! Yoooo hoooo! Helloooo!
I just want to talk a little baseball

re: #139 zombie

No. But Gemma Ward is my uglier younger sister.

Damn! I need to meet you.

re: #143 Dr. Shalit

Dude, that ain't good company you're keepin'!

Of course- my favorite bass line ever might be an acquired taste for most of you.

re: #132 Sharmuta

Very much so!

I don't care for the song itself that much, though.

re: #107 zombie

I usually used to acquire discarded junky watches with broken straps -- PowerPuff Girls watches made of pink plastic, or similar junk for little kids. I couldn't be bothered to actually buy a watch. Just whatever I find.

But I haven't found one in quite a while, for some reason.

When the Cosmic Watchmaker wants me to find an intelligently designed watch, it will happen. But not until then.

I wore a plastic watch my daughter bought me at McDonalds for ten years - my favorite watch ever (better than the Rolex).

re: #131 zombie

For both you and Sharmuta, I really like Dark Side of the Moon itself.

re: #145 Opilio

Good point. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if Charles weighs in to tell us...

re: #92 coquimbojoe

Zombie is:
A vegetarian
Non-cell phone User
Non-watch wearer
Non-McDonald's Eater
Non-Creationist
An intrepid photographer
Chronicler of arboreal nudity

How am I doing? So far so good?

Just want to second that. Yesterday I tried McD's for the first time in probably ten years, their new Angus burger. Tasted ... OK.

Two hours later I had the food allergy attack I get from yeasty foods, generally indicating something wrong in the kitchen.

Generally I do OK with Carl's "six dollar burgers", though one of the ten or so of those I've had in the last five years, also did me in.

So, I'm off McD's until after Obama's second term, I guess.

re: #147 opnion

I thought she's on vacation.

re: #149 christheprofessor

Dude, that ain't good company you're keepin'!

"CTP" -

At the time I bought it in the Mid/Late '90's - WHO KNEW?

-S-

re: #152 jamgarr

I wore a plastic watch my daughter bought me at McDonalds for ten years - my favorite watch ever (better than the Rolex).

LOL, I have a Spiderman watch my son gave for Fathers Day 2 years ago. I keep it on my golf bag. It's my favorite.

re: #150 Sharmuta

As soon as Dark Side finishes, I'll click your link.

I just use my cell phone now to tell time. Tired of watch straps breaking and crap. Plus I have fairly thin wrists and the straps are always too long, whether metal or leather. Never liked bulky watches, I always went for sleek ones (light up faces a must!)

It's about time.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Glad that I threw a cheap watch into my luggage while on our cruise. Cell phones don't keep the right time at sea.

How are all of the lizards today?

re: #159 Dianna

Hope you like grunge.

re: #119 christheprofessor

Spoil sport. Besides, the .jpg properties indicate it was created today...

Doesn't mean the picture was shot today, just for the record. Although it was.

I run photos through a utility that scales and crops before uploading, so the actual metadata from my camera never gets into the uploaded files.

re: #157 Dr. Shalit

"CTP" -

At the time I bought it in the Mid/Late '90's - WHO KNEW?

-S-

True, true... But, as Obama might say, it's never too late to throw it under the bus...

Sorta like I told the Dell rep when they tried to get out of sending somebody to my house to fix this PoS (as covered by my warranty). When they said that the on-site warranty only covered hardware and that my problem is software, I told them, "Fine. I'll take the f***** thing out to my driveway and back over it, then it'll be a hardware problems."

Dude should be here tomorrow or Tuesday with a new motherboard and CPU.

Will Rogers:
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."

re: #161 VegasRick

It's about time.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

"Vegas" -

Bet NONE of the Quds Crew make it to GITMO. Their bus more likely stops in Amman or Cairo.

-S-

re: #164 Charles

Doesn't mean the picture was shot today, just for the record. Although it was.

I run photos through a utility that scales and crops before uploading, so the actual metadata from my camera never gets into the uploaded files.

Thanks for the info, though I've already been set straight on the futility of examining the "created on" field in the .jpg properties (geez, as long as I've been on LGF, you'd think I'd know better!)...

I stopped wearing a watch about 10 years ago when I found that I just didn't want or need to know what time it was all that often. Things take as long as they take, and I'll get there when I get there. For those occasions when punctuality is required, there are clocks.

re: #134 Occasional Reader

I heard on the radio recently that only about 30-something percent (AIR) of people wear a watch nowadays -- no need for one when there is a clock in everybody's cellphone...

I'm starting to head that way, too.

I feel nekkid without a watch. Then again, I do not feel nekkid without my cell phone.

I like to watch. Er, to wear a watch. Now that the electronic innards mean even the cheapest keep great time, I have a big, clunky Timex I just love. I'd like to get one of the gimmicky Citizen or Seikos that generate power from light or movement, sometime I'm in the mood to burn a few hundred bucks.

Looks like most watches today are sold as cheap bling, mostly for women.

Sharmuta, I would not have guessed you for a Nirvana fan. You're right - that's a very good bass line.

I just changed the contact form code so that the elapsed time starts every time you show the form by clicking the 'Contact' flippy triangle. This should help avoid the 'too much time has elapsed' error message.

re: #163 Sharmuta

Have you ever listened to the Smithereens, Sick of Seattle?

re: #164 Charles

Doesn't mean the picture was shot today, just for the record. Although it was.

I run photos through a utility that scales and crops before uploading, so the actual metadata from my camera never gets into the uploaded files.

Metadata? Sounds like a good name for a rock band.

. . . see 'em agin' 'till the 4th of July!

re: #164 Charles

I run photos through a utility that scales and crops before uploading

Cropped circles?

re: #164 Charles

Doesn't mean the picture was shot today, just for the record. Although it was.

I run photos through a utility that scales and crops before uploading, so the actual metadata from my camera never gets into the uploaded files.

I use GraphicConverter to strip the EXIF properties and the "created on..." date and all other metadata. Very important! I once forgot to check the "remove all embadded data" option to my great dismay -- it allowed viewers to see what kind of camera I used, since that info can be in the EXIF data.

Because of that one boo-boo, I actually had to buy a new camera, and retire the old one. (Luckily, I was due for a new camera at that time anyway.)

My favorite pocket watch story; my dad gave me his grand-dad's gold pocket watch back when I was 17 or 18. It hadn't worked for years, but was beautiful. Years later, while living in NYC, I thought to see if I could get it running again. I took it to one big watch retailer/jeweler; they barely looked at it, and said "yeah, sure, for $200.". Took it to another; same thing, "$300". So I took it to one of the Hasidic jewelers on 47th Street. The jeweler was right out of Central Casting, right down to the magnifier monocle attached to his glasses. He opened it up, studied it closely, shaking his head, "oh, this needs a lot of work. A lot of work. Needs a new mainspring, new crystal... this is a lot of work." I'm grimacing inside, bracing for the price quote. "This is gonna cost... maybe $37."

He did the work, it's run great ever since.

re: #156 Lucius Septimius

I thought she's on vacation.

Hmmm, must be. She would be logged on otherwise, with the Sox/ Cubs Series going on.

re: #167 Dr. Shalit

"Vegas" -

Bet NONE of the Quds Crew make it to GITMO. Their bus more likely stops in Amman or Cairo.

-S-

Yep.

re: #169 Opilio

I stopped wearing a watch about 10 years ago when I found that I just didn't want or need to know what time it was all that often. Things take as long as they take, and I'll get there when I get there. For those occasions when punctuality is required, there are clocks.

I agree 100%

re: #171 Dianna

Sharmuta, I would not have guessed you for a Nirvana fan. You're right - that's a very good bass line.

And I would not have guessed you'd enjoy it! lol

re: #177 zombie

I use GraphicConverter to strip the EXIF properties and the "created on..." date and all other metadata. Very important! I once forgot to check the "remove all embadded data" option to my great dismay -- it allowed viewers to see what kind of camera I used, since that info can be in the EXIF data.

Is that anything like embiggened data? :-)

Every Time I Hear That Mellow Saxophone

re: #178 Occasional Reader

Cool story.

My cell phone is my pocket watch. Keeps great time. Even adjusted itself when I was in New Orleans last week (recognizing I was in a different time zone).

re: #173 Dianna

I've heard some Smithereens.

Obama is now supporting the right to have a gun, as well as the D.C gun ban.
He says that it is because of "two traditions."
You & I might see that as a contradicton, but that is us.
Obama is a lightworker, a celestial being operating on a higher level.

So many women,

So little time. . .

/sigh

In marketing photos, watches are typically set in at 10:10 or thereabouts because it allows the logo to be seen and the arms appear happy -- like a smile -- and inspirational.

More interesting still is the road cyclist's choice of Festina. Is there a subtle little green footballs message here?

re: #165 christheprofessor

True, true... But, as Obama might say, it's never too late to throw it under the bus...

Sorta like I told the Dell rep when they tried to get out of sending somebody to my house to fix this PoS (as covered by my warranty). When they said that the on-site warranty only covered hardware and that my problem is software, I told them, "Fine. I'll take the f***** thing out to my driveway and back over it, then it'll be a hardware problems."

Dude should be here tomorrow or Tuesday with a new motherboard and CPU.

"C-T-P" -

Got what might be an even better DELL story. Bosses' daughter had a fried hard drive. When it came back from DELL, it wouldn't boot. New hard drive, it turned out was "installed" but not plugged in. When I opened the case and found this didn't know whether to run amok or laugh. I chose laughing and having a cold one after I fixed it.

-S-

re: #183 Opilio

Is that anything like embiggened data? :-)

"Embadded" data is when your camera disobeys you and takes pictures of things it shouldn't.

"Bad boy!"

re: #182 Sharmuta

I liked it fine until the screaming at the end. I've never much cared for that sort of thing.

re: #87 Sharmuta

As time goes by....

A kiss is still a kiss...

re: #188 2SoonOld2LateSmart

So many women,

So little time. . .

/sigh

That's actually a great Robert Cray song...

re: #187 opnion

Obama is now supporting the right to have a gun, as well as the D.C gun ban.
He says that it is because of "two traditions."
You & I might see that as a contradicton, but that is us.
Obama is a lightworker, a celestial being operating on a higher level.

If Obama comes off as anti-gun, he can kiss this State goodbye. And yes, his long time record is crystal clear, he IS anti-gun. But the media has no interest in actually talking about what his record has been on the subject. They just want to know what he is saying here and now. Digging up inconsistencies in what a candidate says now versus their record has been is special treatment reserved for GOP candidates.

re: #8 EC Marm

From the comment section of your link.

does the US and Israel think that Iran is equivalent to iraq, whereby its people hate the government (it is not true). Iran has 70 million people and if they strike against iran's facilities and destroy some of it, can they destroy its people? infact iranian people will destroy the us army!

Daniel, edmonton, canada

Danny boy is dangerous.

re: #124 MJ

Al-Guardian has been like this for years...but every so often the publish a token decent article or opinion.

And al-Independent? The home of the Jew hating, American bashing Robert Fisk. To see what he is like, if you are not familiar with him, do a Search on al-Independent's search function..I did,
but it does not keep the articles when I post it...as you will see. I put in Robert Fisk Israel, in the search function, and there are so many articles.

Londonistan, Eurabia is here now.

As the granddaughter of an Anglo-Jewish Grandfather, for whom I was named, but who had siblings in my native Boston, I have been to London a number of times, and never had a problem, but now, after watching the creeping islamization of the UK? I despair.

Jew hate keeps ratcheting up, in an almost direct proportion to the flood of immigration by the cult of islam. The East End? Almost no trace of a once vibrant Jewish community....but it seems to be re-grouping!

re: #192 Dianna

Kurt wasn't exactly knowing for his singing ability.

re: #195 Mich-again

If Obama comes off as anti-gun, he can kiss this State goodbye. And yes, his long time record is crystal clear, he IS anti-gun. But the media has no interest in actually talking about what his record has been on the subject. They just want to know what he is saying here and now. Digging up inconsistencies in what a candidate says now versus their record has been is special treatment reserved for GOP candidates.

Exactly right. He is now trying to have it both ways & the MSM is going to help him, all the way through.

Festina? What kind of watch is that? Is it even made in America?!
Anyone ever hear of that brand before (besides Charles, I mean!)?

re: #137 godfrey

The fundamental things apply...

That lyric has such a lovely flow.

re: #190 Dr. Shalit

"C-T-P" -

Got what might be an even better DELL story. Bosses' daughter had a fried hard drive. When it came back from DELL, it wouldn't boot. New hard drive, it turned out was "installed" but not plugged in. When I opened the case and found this didn't know whether to run amok or laugh. I chose laughing and having a cold one after I fixed it.

-S-

Wow, that's pretty bad. When my hard-drive failed, they sent a technician to install it. I dealt with techies in both Canada and the US in getting it diagnosed (how difficult is it for them to realize the HD is dead?) I may be remembering it backwards but as I recall, the techie in Canada indicated that if they shipped it from there, they could only send it with all the software I had on the original machine ree-installed on it, but if they shipped it from the US, it would arrive blank and I'd have to reinstall everything myself. Naturally, I got the blank one. The techie started the Windows installation and left, leaving me to do the rest of it...

re: #200 realwest

Festina? What kind of watch is that? Is it even made in America?!
Anyone ever hear of that brand before (besides Charles, I mean!)?

Like Rosie says: Google it, people!

re: #196 Syrah Danny boy is delusional!

re: #178 Occasional Reader

... "oh, this needs a lot of work. A lot of work. Needs a new mainspring, new crystal... this is a lot of work." I'm grimacing inside, bracing for the price quote. "This is gonna cost... maybe $37."

He did the work, it's run great ever since.

A new mainspring AND a crystal?

Guess you should just be glad it's working again for so little cost.

Hey, I got the time tick, tick, ticking in my head. And it's got a cool bass line as well!

re: #142 VegasRick

Ah, so!

/Or were you referring to my imaginary great uncle Solly?

re: #196 Syrah

From the comment section of your link.

Danny boy is dangerous.

Good grief...from what I understand, Iranians hate the Mullahs MORE than Iraqis hated Hussein. Most of them would like to join the modern world, inasmuch as a Muslim country can...

re: #205 abolitionist

My bad. Crystal might not mean oscillator element. It may mean the clear thingy over the face of the watch.

re: #203 Occasional Reader Humph. Made in Switerzland! I suspected as much. And a cyclist's watch, I shoulda known!

Got papers to grade, or a motorcycle to ride. Either way, I've got to go. You all have a wonderful day!

Yeah I got papers to grade or a motorcyle to ride or.......LUNCH! LOL!
Sorry all y'all but I gotta go now.
I hope I get the chance to see you down the road, but they are predicting horrible Thunder and Lightning storms, much rain and hail the size of golf balls (again, fourth day in a row) and I may have to shut down the computer for the rest of the day (now, now, try to control yourselves, I'll be back later or tomorrow, honest!).
I do hope you all have a great day and that I DO get the chance to see you again down the road.

re: #165 christheprofessor

Do you also have a hate-hate relationship wth HDell?

Your Dawg would run from the room if he heard me uh 'commenting' to my computer.

2 of our sons swear by Dell...I swear at it.

re: #202 christheprofessor

"C-T-P" -

My recollection was that after I plugged in the Hard Drive, and booted the computer, all original programs were there - USA Repair.

-S-

From another thread:

So Wes Clark proves once again that he's a dirt bag:

Clark said that McCain lacked the executive experience necessary to be president, calling him “untested and untried” on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” And in saying so, he took a few swipes at McCain’s military service.

“He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee. And he has traveled all over the world. But he hasn't held executive responsibility. That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded — that wasn't a wartime squadron,” Clark said.

“I don’t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president.”

No Wes. But being a "community organizer" is just kind of experience one needs.
No wonder you were/are hated by your peers.

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

re: #198 Sharmuta

I thought he did well on the Unplugged album.

re: #216 Dianna

He did. That album is quite moving for me in that I think taking a bit of the punk attitude out of the music you can make out his more poetic nature in his lyrics. Saddly- a very troubled soul. May he rest in peace.

re: #213 NY Nana

Do you also have a hate-hate relationship wth HDell?

Your Dawg would run from the room if he heard me uh 'commenting' to my computer.

2 of our sons swear by Dell...I swear at it.

"Nana" -

To tell the truth, my personal and company experience with DELL products is generally good. Boss/Daughter Machine was bought based on prior good experience with them. She is, however, notoriously HARD on electronic and camera equipment. That I never bought a Dell for personal use has to do with price/performance/service/application considerations -
AND - they came real close when I bought my first laptop - that GATEWAY had real bricks & mortar stores with service departments at the time - just like a Car Dealer - made up my mind to go "Big G" on that purchase. Only Apple provides that level of customer service today, a good reason to go with Apple if applications require/budget allows/and an Apple Store is near.

-S-

How Soon Is Now?

re: #218 Dr. Shalit

I am a computer illiterate, but this Dell is a bitch. My husband and a computer geek son are knowledgeable, though, especially the physicist turned computer programmer, and they feel it is the computer.

Our first one was a Gateway, bought in the good old days of yore that you mentioned, and it is still in use, albeit acting it's age right now.

And our son in law swears by a Mac, and he and daughter have Mac laptops.Daughter is now a big fan.

Re Dell tech support? Al-NYT has a great article..honest!

re: #179 opnion
Sox and Flubbies? Ha, Spain and germany and the Germans are down, 1-0.

Is anyone fact checking Sy Hersh?

re: #222 FrogMarch

Is anyone fact checking Sy Hersh?

Did he EVER catch any flak for his piece early on in the Afghan campaign, in which he claimed that our Special Operators were being beaten down and humiliated into whimpering, crying sissiegirls by the invincible Taliban warriors?

Check out this hog leg

[Link: robertsteely.blogtownhall.com...]

re: #215 MJ

That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded — that wasn't a wartime squadron,” Clark said.

As opposed to... wait a minute, now which squadron did Rear Admiral Obama command again?

re: #224 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Check out this hog leg

[Link: robertsteely.blogtownhall.com...]

Other than as a pure novelty item, what the heck is that thing FOR?

Kudos to Amy Winehouse for wearing a huge Star of David at the Mandela concert.

US faces Chinese resistance on UN penalties against Zimbabwe over widely discredited election, so, let China resolve the Zimbabwe issue. The US, Europe, and the rest should now turn to China and announce in a unified voice, "It is your problem now."

Very few watch wears nowadays- everyone just looks at their cellphone for the time. Or their computer, or phone, or radio on car clock- you get it- watches not needed anymore.

Interesting thing about analog watches with Roman numerals.
The 4 is not IV, but IIII.
Can't ever remember seeing a "classic" watch that wasn't that configuration.

Charles, if you start putting watches up as pictures, you're going to have a lot of Lizards drooling for 'em.

re: #220 NY Nana

I am a computer illiterate, but this Dell is a bitch. My husband and a computer geek son are knowledgeable, though, especially the physicist turned computer programmer, and they feel it is the computer.

Our first one was a Gateway, bought in the good old days of yore that you mentioned, and it is still in use, albeit acting it's age right now.

And our son in law swears by a Mac, and he and daughter have Mac laptops.Daughter is now a big fan.

Re Dell tech support? Al-NYT has a great article..honest!

"Nana" -

I had one advantage working with "DOPE's" - I have worked for Indian Americans and totally understand Her Britannic Majesty's language as spoken in MUMBAI.

-S-

I find this... oddly... to be a timely post.