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Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:16:41 pm PDT

There’s language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; Nay, her foot speaks.

— William Shakespeare

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1 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:17:49pm

Wow, I was trying to tell Noam to wear a helmet.... and POOF....

here I is....

2 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:17:51pm

Mmmmm. A young, juicy new thread. I can't help but pounce...and feel soooo dirty.

3 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:18:55pm

I'll bet she was wearing a helmet.

Noam

4 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:19:27pm

hello Lizards!

5 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:20:15pm

Morning all! Who wants to attend a nerd wedding?

It's black tie, but blasters are optional.

6 ted  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:20:46pm

I love fetishes.

7 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:21:26pm

re: #4 lori lane

hello Lizards!

Awww is that a kittie avatar? (clicks on pick) AAAAUGH! There is no GOD!

8 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:09pm

re: #5 Wyatt Earp

Morning all! Who wants to attend a nerd wedding?

It's black tie, but blasters are optional.

Will they be serving Cheezy Poofs?

9 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:32pm

REPOST FROM previous thread:

Good Evening Lizards! It was ok in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland this day.

I didn't hear anything about anything today.

How are you-all and how are the little hatchlings? Did they clean-up their shells, show a rudimentary understanding of the sarc tag, and make fresh coffee?

10 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:34pm

If your nose runs, and your feet smell...
You are upside-down.

11 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:56pm

Noam, I looked back at the PBR induced haze that is NOW. I cannot for the life of me....WAIT. I remember.... My Dad, the (ancient, long since retired) pediatrician..... made me sell my bicycle at age 10 because of all of the head injuries he saw at Milwaukee Children's Hospital that were caused by bicycles.

Now mind you, this is WAY before helmets were anything (ie. 1960's).

Noam, you really have to wear a helmet man....

We care about you.

12 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:23:38pm

re: #8 DesertSage

Morning DS! I think they probably are, since they spent all of their money on their costumes.

13 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:23:40pm

re: #11 WindHorse

Noam, I looked back at the PBR induced haze that is NOW. I cannot for the life of me....WAIT. I remember.... My Dad, the (ancient, long since retired) pediatrician..... made me sell my bicycle at age 10 because of all of the head injuries he saw at Milwaukee Children's Hospital that were caused by bicycles.

Now mind you, this is WAY before helmets were anything (ie. 1960's).

Noam, you really have to wear a helmet man....

We care about you.

A head injury could render you........a liberal.

14 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:24:26pm

re: #11 WindHorse

Do I have to go back to the last thread to hear how he's doin? Noam Sayin'?

15 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:25:04pm

re: #7 Hard Right

Awww is that a kittie avatar?AAAAUGH! There

meowwwwwwww

16 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:25:40pm

re: #11 WindHorse

Noam, you really have to wear a helmet man....

We care about you.

I agree! If he refuses to wear his helmet, I'll go over there and forcefully put it on him.

17 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:25:41pm

re: #14 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey FBV --how's CV?

18 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:25:57pm

re: #15 lori lane

meowwwwwwww

More like meoooribitt. No more pics from Chernobyl please.

19 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:11pm

re: #17 ggt

Hey FBV --how's CV?

Effing worried about Noam.

20 daledog  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:15pm

I once complimented a woman by telling her that she had good looking elbows. Yup, smooth.

21 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:30pm

Wow, old William seems to have know some saucy chicks...

...foot fetish?

www. Shakespeares_instep.com?

22 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:38pm

re: #19 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What happened to Noam?

23 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:09pm

re: #18 Hard Right

I think she is cute! She's part lizard, you know.

24 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:09pm

re: #20 daledog

Did that work?

25 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:17pm

re: #22 ggt

What happened to Noam?

Nothing....yet.

26 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:36pm

Noam.... I realize you are back there somewheres (that's Minnesotan)
but here is a standing offer. You get yourself a helmet and send it to me, and I will get Cy or Rob (my buds) to airbrush up some cool rendering of Lucifer, or the Ex-winos... or whatever you want

(Ex-winos are Minneapolis, I think)

27 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:56pm

re: #25 Hard Right

What is going to happen?

28 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:28:13pm

re: #25 Hard Right

Does Noam have a wife? Kids? If so, he owes it to them to stay safe!

29 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:28:52pm

re: #27 ggt

What is going to happen?

With bad luck, a Gary Bussey type motorcycle accident.

30 daledog  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:28:55pm

re: #24 Wyatt Earp

She liked it. She giggled. I escaped without being called freak. I quickly changed the subject.

31 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:29:43pm

re: #30 daledog

Well played, sir!

32 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:29:59pm

re: #29 Hard Right

ah. Not a pretty thought.

Noam, dude, I'm not one to argue about helmets, but Gary Busey?

33 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:12pm

Ok, checked last thread. Noam is a brilliant LGF poster. But he rides a "scooter" (or something) without a helmet which makes him a future liberal. Brain Damage is certainly in his future.

Love ya Noam...wear a helmet!

34 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:14pm

Obama may really be in trouble.

I just heard a caller to the O'Reilly show suggest that the polls are wrong.

35 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:29pm

Okay. I'm wearing one of my helmets right now.

36 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:41pm

Time has come to pay your dues.

In the top ten of my theme song for my blog.

37 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:45pm

re: #20 daledog

I once complimented a woman by telling her that she had good looking elbows. Yup, smooth.

I hope she accepted it well.

There really are very few truly nice looking elbows.

/I've been complimented on my excellent blood pressure. Uh...thanks

38 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:54pm

Of course, now I can't hear a damn thing.

39 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:05pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

We need Mandy for that one.

40 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:11pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

Okay. I'm wearing one of my helmets right now.

We don't mean the latex ones....
/

41 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:21pm

re: #15 lori lane

Love your avatar!

42 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:45pm

WTH, "her foot speaks"?! I mean, c'mon Will - it's not like you were the John Madden of the day, selling the Tinactin of the day!
Geez, her foot speaks.

43 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:47pm

re: #41 MandyManners

Thank you! :)

44 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:47pm

And a ninja nearly sneaked up on me.

45 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:53pm

re: #38 Noam Sayin'

Of course, now I can't hear a damn thing.


WE'LL TYPE LOUDER

46 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:55pm

re: #41 MandyManners

Love your avatar!

I think it may be a sin against God myself.
;)

47 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:32:19pm

re: #39 ggt

We need Mandy for that one.

Hello?

48 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:32:20pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

"I bet she gives great helmet." Dark Helmet, Space Balls

49 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:32:42pm

re: #12 Wyatt Earp

Morning DS! I think they probably are, since they spent all of their money on their costumes.

Ok, I'll be there.

Hey you're a peace officer, you've probably seen some pretty gruesome traffic accidents in your day, right?
Can you help us out and kindly explain to Noam what happens to a persons skull when it hits asphalt at 40 MPH.

50 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:32:58pm

re: #47 MandyManners

Mandy! Glad you are here. What do you think about the Noam Helmet Issue?

51 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:00pm

re: #46 Hard Right

I think it may be a sin against God myself.
;)

Shaddup', Barry.

52 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:22pm

Noam....

oh wait....

NOAM! WE DON'T CARE IF YOU CAINT HEAR US....

NICE HELMETHIGDA/....

53 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:25pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

Prove it. Photobucket Time.

54 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:40pm

re: #50 ggt

Mandy! Glad you are here. What do you think about the Noam Helmet Issue?

Beats me.

55 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:58pm

re: #49 DesertSage

You die. And it's a mess. The coroner will clean you up with a shovel.

I've seen more than my share of cycle fatalities. They are never "clean." Always a mess.

56 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:12pm

re: #28 lori lane Hey - a belated welcome aboard LGF!
No, Noam doesn't have a wife or kids, but he's got US and he owes it to US to wear his damn helmet when he's riding his scooter!

57 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:14pm

re: #48 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"I bet she gives great helmet." Dark Helmet, Space Balls

"No, no, go away, I hate you! And yet... I find you strangely attractive."

58 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:22pm

For crying out loud. I highjacked two threads at one time.

Sorry, Charles.

59 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:24pm

brb that fucking feline

60 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:54pm

re: #51 MandyManners

Shaddup', Barry.

Him too.

61 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:01pm

re: #52 WindHorse

YOU LOOK JUST LIKE JACK NICHOLSON IN "EASY RIDER"....

(oh wait.... you are probably too young to understand...)

:)

62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:04pm

re: #57 Hard Right

"No, no, go away, I hate you! And yet... I find you strangely attractive."

"It repulses me; but I can't look away."

63 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:19pm

re: #56 realwest

Thanks for the welcome, realwest! You're right. Lizards have to look out for each other!

64 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:43pm

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"It repulses me; but I can't look away."

"Oh, oh, oh! Ohhhh, your helmet is so big!"

Noam, take note of that quote. Women like BIG helmets.

65 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:44pm

re: #58 Noam Sayin'

For crying out loud. I highjacked two threads at one time.

Sorry, Charles.

Yeah.....but you're still with us :')
Thanks to the helmet!

66 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:59pm

/…and the Child took wing out of Holy Ramadi. Aloft not on his own bloated bird, but upon a leaner and more agile rapier. The Child spirited to Amman aboard the noble Osprey whist his gleaming refurb 757 sat idled and alone at BIAP.

Upon lighting in the sacred lands of King Abdullah, the Child allowed himself to be photographed as he departed, regal and metro, totally ignoring saluting crewmen, continuing his journey of destiny.

PIC

LINK

67 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:36:30pm

re: #33 Fat Bastard Vegetarian Hey "Noam is a brilliant LGF poster." Listen, I love the guy - in a manly kind of way - but let's not get carried away here, shall we?!
;')

68 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:07pm

re: #67 realwest

Hey "Noam is a brilliant LGF poster." Listen, I love the guy - in a manly kind of way - but let's not get carried away here, shall we?!
;')

The same way Andersen Cooper loves Obama?
/

69 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:14pm

Ha! He's about 22 lbs. but, he's quick.

I'm quicker.

70 UncleSam  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:24pm

re: #4 lori lane

Your avatar is extra supercool.

71 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:39pm

re: #68 Hard Right

When Noam posts, I get a chill up my leg. It's either Noam or I have fleas.

72 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:42pm

Oh, saw "Stepbrothers" today.

I found it oddly hysterical! Don't know why, but I laughed my ass off all the way through it.

Some of you will find it amazingly stupid. So did I.

Laughed my ass all the way through it though. John C. Reilly (an absolutely great acting treasure) and Will Ferrell (a brave idiot) have a great chemistry.

73 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:38:18pm

re: #70 UncleSam

Your avatar is extra supercool.

Thx, Uncle Sam! SOME people like it. [cough cough]

74 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:38:27pm

I'm rarely ever traveling at 40 mph. If I'm on a ride that will likely take me to 40 and above, I'll put the helmet on. But if I'm just running down to the grocery store, to pick up more rum, I'll likely not wear a helmet. If I'm just out for a little cruise on Minnehaha Creek Parkway, I probably won't wear a helmet.

75 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:38:31pm

re: #71 Wyatt Earp

When Noam posts, I get a chill up my leg. It's either Noam or I have fleas.

It not my fleas. They're too well trained. They know better than to go jumping onto strangers.

76 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:38:53pm

KING HENRY V
O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. Dear
Kate, you and I cannot be confined within the weak
list of a country's fashion: we are the makers of
manners, Kate; and the liberty that follows our
places stops the mouth of all find-faults; as I will
do yours, for upholding the nice fashion of your
country in denying me a kiss: therefore, patiently
and yielding.
Kissing her

You have witchcraft in your lips, Kate: there is
more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the
tongues of the French council; and they should
sooner persuade Harry of England than a general
petition of monarchs. Here comes your father.

77 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:39:30pm

re: #75 Hard Right

Must be that flea circus training.

78 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:40:03pm

DesertSage

I rode most of the day. A few too many Patrons, but feeling good about the ride. Two days in a roll here, I love the open threads. The evenings in the past were always so easy going. I remember some of the old people, like Bubble Girl. A lot of others gone, not forgotten.

79 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:40:16pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

I'm rarely ever traveling at 40 mph. If I'm on a ride that will likely take me to 40 and above, I'll put the helmet on. But if I'm just running down to the grocery store, to pick up more rum, I'll likely not wear a helmet. If I'm just out for a little cruise on Minnehaha Creek Parkway, I probably won't wear a helmet.

Our future babies are crying!

80 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:40:42pm

re: #77 Wyatt Earp

Must be that flea circus training.

Nope. Hatched and raised them myself. You can call me the "Flea Whisperer".

81 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:40:44pm

Who is this Shakespeare fellow?

82 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:25pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'
"Minnehaha Creek Parkway"? WTH, you're going riding without a helmet on a highway? Or down to the local store to get MORE rum and you ain't gonna wear a helmet?
Have you seen photos of Gary Busey post accident?

83 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:26pm

re: #71 Wyatt Earp

When Noam posts, I get a chill up my leg. It's either Noam or I have fleas.

I'm gonna' stomp your ass pretty soon if you don't change your ways.

84 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:27pm

"Funny, she doesn't look Druish."

85 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:33pm

Gravel and motorcycles are so much fun.

Levis, t-shirts and skin just don't hold up against asphalt and gravel.

I can still see the jagged eges of the old rusty culvert that nearly impaled me.

Yes, it was messy, and it was under ten mph.

86 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:50pm

I heard realwest doesn't always floss!

/trying to take some heat off of Noam.

87 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:56pm

re: #83 MandyManners

I'm gonna' stomp your ass pretty soon if you don't change your ways.

That lucky b*stard!
/

88 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:05pm

re: #79 MandyManners

If I, or most others step out of line...whack!

Noam is reckless and he gets promised babies?

/ I'm doing it wrong...

89 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:13pm

re: #83 MandyManners

Please don't. I've had enough people stomping on me - or parts of me - today.

90 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:18pm

re: #81 Mich-again

Who is this Shakespeare fellow?

That is the question!

Bright fellow, might catch on.

91 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:43pm

re: #78 tommoon
Hey there tom! Wow, two nights in a row - thanks!
How are ya doing tonight? Bet you miss ole Gordon, doncha?!

92 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:43pm

re: #86 Silhouette

I heard realwest doesn't always floss!

/trying to take some heat off of Noam.

I have images of Quaide's character in King Pin flossing.

93 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:52pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

Please- wear a helmut. Even whipping out on a bicycle can cause head trauma.

94 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:58pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

Dude, I knew a guy who lived across the hall from me (in an apartment building) in Galveston (Texas, that is) who would ride, on his motorcycle, five blocks down to the Seawall every afternoon for a smoke. About a block and a half from my apartment building, there was a traffic light.

One day, my friend proceeded through the stoplight (it was green as the story goes) and was hit broadside by a car running the light.

I remember (clearly) the sounds of the sirens but not realizing it until about a day later that it was Brian.

I hate to sound like a real bitchy MF, but you really need to wear your helmet.

95 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:43:51pm

re: #93 Sharmuta

Just don't wear a Helmut Kohl. Heh.

96 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:44:05pm

re: #86 Silhouette What?
Who'd you hear that from? (also easing up on the heat on Noam).

97 SpartanWoman  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:44:21pm

Her foot speaks, WS is telling us to walk away from the liberal whackpacks

98 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:44:52pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

Oh hell Noam you ride the Autobahn like Minnehaha creek parkway it's a miracle you are still with us:)

99 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:45:11pm

re: #93 Sharmuta

Please- wear a helmut. Even whipping out on a bicycle can cause head trauma.

I had a nasty wipeout years ago on a 10 speed. The only thing that saved me was that my backpack flew up and my head hit that instead of the ground. It still gave me concussion. I wasn't doing even 15mph.

WEAR A HELMET AT ALL TIMES NOAM!

100 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:45:21pm

I wonder what the stats are on motorcycle riders who die in accidents while wearing a helmet. It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud.

The worst motorcycle death I saw was on what we call Spaghetti Junction in Minneaolis, a confluence of I94 and I35W. I didn't see it happen. I was out riding my bicycle near the Metrodome and happened upon a street whre a bunch of people were standing by a fence looking down on the freeway. There, down the the onramp, face-down and lifeless was a helmeted, former motorcycle driver roughly 30-40' from his burning crotch-rocket. I was thinking about buying a motorcycle that summer, and reconsidered just from the sight of that accident.

101 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:45:26pm

re: #15 lori lane

meowwwwwwww

Where do I get glasses like those?

102 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:45:48pm

alright.... I will cease and desist. Noam, we like you.

103 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:46:29pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'

It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud.

Brain bucket?

104 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:46:52pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'

I wonder what the stats are on motorcycle riders who die in accidents while wearing a helmet. It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud.

The worst motorcycle death I saw was on what we call Spaghetti Junction in Minneaolis, a confluence of I94 and I35W. I didn't see it happen. I was out riding my bicycle near the Metrodome and happened upon a street whre a bunch of people were standing by a fence looking down on the freeway. There, down the the onramp, face-down and lifeless was a helmeted, former motorcycle driver roughly 30-40' from his burning crotch-rocket. I was thinking about buying a motorcycle that summer, and reconsidered just from the sight of that accident.

Crotch rocket riders have a higher death rate than non CR riders. In fact, the more horsepower the bike, the higher the death rate. You can verify that one.

105 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:47:12pm

Realwest,

Had a few at the FRA, Fleet Reserve Association, mostly Navy guys. Still great guys. Hea Gordon. You suppose he found another name, adjusted and is still with us. He could be anyone?

106 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:47:36pm

re: #101 victor_yugo

*stares blankly* ?

107 neocon hippie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:47:42pm

re: #34 Syrah

Obama may really be in trouble.

I just heard a caller to the O'Reilly show suggest that the polls are wrong.

Oh G-d, we can only hope. What did this caller have to say?

108 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:47:51pm

"What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? CHICKEN?"

109 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:10pm

(Dude... I forgot.... Brian was NOT wearing a brain bucket....)

Mich, you reminded me... Thanks.

[I am done]

110 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:19pm

re: #95 Wyatt Earp

Ah- indeed. It is late, and my eyes and brain are tired.

111 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:23pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'
"It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud." This is true - riding a scooter or motorcycle is dangerous just cause of all the other motorists in cars who usually can't see you - to them, their car roofs and sides are roll cages.
But I ain't gonna bust your chops anymore about the fucking helmet - wear it, don't wear it, hell it's your life, live it the way you want to.

112 SpartanWoman  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:26pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'

I saw a motorcycle accident victim with a limb torn of once....quite a mess. No he didn't survive

113 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:46pm

re: #90 lifeofthemind

That is the question!

Bright fellow, might catch on.

Reminds me of Red Buttons...

St. Francis whose own father called him a sissy...Never got a dinner."

114 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:49pm

re: #82 realwest

Maximum speed on the parkway, and the Mississippi River roads too, for that matter, is 25 mph. I frequently have to give a car a beep to get them up to 25 so I can enjoy the ride. Some of these areas are so full of traffic that I'm only doing 15. I could jump off my scoot and run away from trouble at that speed.

115 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:49:07pm

re: #110 Sharmuta

Not a problem. I'm a cop, but I'm not the grammar police.

116 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:49:16pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'

We all had motorcycles as kids. Its out of my system. I've lost 4 friends in motorcycle accidents. No motorbike for me.

(In white knuckle SoCal)

117 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:49:23pm

re: #105 tommoon

He is Mandy!

118 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:05pm

re: #72 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Will Ferrell (a brave idiot)" pretty well sums him up.

119 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:27pm

re: #105 tommoon Gordon, adjusted ? Who are you and what have you done with my friend tommoon?!

120 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:37pm

re: #106 lori lane

*stares blankly* ?

The avatar, dear.

121 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:38pm

re: #118 victor_yugo

"Will Ferrell (a brave idiot)" pretty well sums him up.

Precisely why I said it.

122 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:44pm

re: #114 Noam Sayin'

Maximum speed on the parkway, and the Mississippi River roads too, for that matter, is 25 mph. I frequently have to give a car a beep to get them up to 25 so I can enjoy the ride. Some of these areas are so full of traffic that I'm only doing 15. I could jump off my scoot and run away from trouble at that speed.

Doen't take much to die from head trauma when not wearing a helmet. Hell, we've had two guys here in the valley die from being punched out. They struck their head when they fell and that all she wrote. Zero MPH.

123 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:01pm

re: #114 Noam Sayin'

HEY! Quit trying to justify this. My friend- you need to wear a helmet!

Or so help me and half the Lizard Army- if you crash and die of head trauma- we'll kill you.

124 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:03pm

I have heard that doctors call the crotch rockets "donor-cycles"

125 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:33pm

re: #120 victor_yugo

I know you were talking about the avatar. But I don't see the glasses. :-) and it's late. :-( *yawn*

126 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:57pm

re: #124 Tarkus289

I have heard that doctors call the crotch rockets "donor-cycles"

I posted something like that in another thread. EMTs I've talked to call guys that don't wear helmets organ donors.

127 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:59pm

re: #123 Sharmuta

HEY! Quit trying to justify this. My friend- you need to wear a helmet!

Or so help me and half the Lizard Army- if you crash and die of head trauma- we'll kill you.

Or at least give your password to a trusted friend so they can let us know that you have entered the coma/dirt nap.

128 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:23pm

I like driving ATV's but have never wanted a motorcycle. Not around here.

129 winston06  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:37pm

Have a great night every body

130 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:38pm

re: #127 fat bastard vegetarian

Gonna go out on a limb and suggest that the password is not "helmet."

131 The Shadow Do  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:39pm

Happened across a motorcycle accident scene recently. Four lane highway. First thing I saw in the median was a human leg, then an arm, then a torso, then a head. The helmet was still on the head. Glad it wasn't Noam.

132 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:46pm

The following is a true story.

My good friend has a nephew. He was wild - drinking, drugs, and all the bad boy lifestyle. He had so many brushes with death that his uncle, my friend, said that the only possible reason he could still be alive was because God had a plan for him.

Later that year, he had a motorcycle accident. He was wearing a helmet, that covered all around, but not the face. The rock hit him right in the face.

After many surgeries, he was still completely blind. But it gave him time to think. He returned to his faith, and eventually, told his family he was called to preach.

He told his uncle that he remembered what his uncle had said about God having a plan for him, and he'd known what it was then, but he was fighting it, which explained the wild youth.

His ministry is growing and now, baffling all the doctors, his eyesight is slowly returning.

133 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:49pm

re: #107 neocon hippie

Oh G-d, we can only hope. What did this caller have to say?

She was gushing about how great Obama was and said that something to the effect that polls showing Obama losing ground to McCain shouldn't be given any concern.

Thats is a bad sign in my book. But it is only one instance. One radio show caller is hardly representative. But it is not trivial either.

I think that it is Michael Smerconish guest hosting. He had just read a litany of polling results showing how Obama's overall numbers had declined during his trip 'urp.

134 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:53:04pm

re: #125 lori lane

The fritten has horizontal lines leading away from the eyes. It makes it look like it's wearing glasses.

135 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:53:09pm

fat bastard vegetarian

No way. I think Mandy is cute and dangerous.

136 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:53:15pm

re: #129 winston06

seeya round later.

137 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:53:51pm

re: #132 Silhouette

Amazing story. Thanks for sharing that, Silhouette.

138 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:08pm

re: #104 Hard Right

Crotch rocket riders have a higher death rate than non CR riders. In fact, the more horsepower the bike, the higher the death rate. You can verify that one.

My scooter, a Lance Vintage 150cc, has 9.4 hp. More points in my favor!

re: #112 SpartanWoman

I saw a motorcycle accident victim with a limb torn of once....quite a mess. No he didn't survive

Good thing he was wearing his helmet.

//

BRB

Gotta go back a thread and re-check Bingley's caipirinha recipe.

139 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:16pm

re: #135 tommoon

fat bastard vegetarian

No way. I think Mandy is cute and dangerous.

BAM! Dinged ya there!

140 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:22pm

Like I said Noam, I wiped out on a 10 speed and I wasn't doing 15 or even 10 mph. My backpack got caught between my head and the ground. Yet I still got a concussion and was out of it for the next 30 minutes.
I know where you're coming from, but it can happen to you.

141 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:30pm

re: #104 Hard Right

Crotch rocket riders have a higher death rate than non CR riders. In fact, the more horsepower the bike, the higher the death rate. You can verify that one.

Seems like one of those rare times when common sense matches reality.


Btw, I think modern liberals value symbolism over substance. You have to look good, and sound good, and look presidential, but when it comes to real ideas and actions, pffffff, side issue.

Imagine hiring an engineer to build a bridge based on how he looks and sounds, not on how good he is at being an engineer! Sam looks good, and sounds good, let's get him to design the bridge! I think that's exactly equivalent to how modern liberals are (liberals in the distant past were more cerebral.)

142 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:43pm

re: #135 tommoon

fat bastard vegetarian

No way. I think Mandy is cute and dangerous.

Fixed.

143 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:44pm

re: #114 Noam Sayin'

As kids we would ride our bicycles along the parkway paths. Most of the time going faster than those on the road. That and cruising around Harriet and Calhoun slow but fine summer scenery.

144 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:49pm

re: #133 Syrah

She was gushing about how great Obama was and said that something to the effect that polls showing Obama losing ground to McCain shouldn't be given any concern.

Diebold!

145 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:06pm

re: #134 victor_yugo

HA! I SEE that now. :)
meow.

146 SpartanWoman  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:40pm

re: #138 Noam Sayin'

Nope, Pennsylvania...no helmet.

147 little boomer  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:41pm

re: #76 lifeofthemind

KING HENRY V
O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. Dear
Kate, you and I cannot be confined within the weak
list of a country's fashion: we are the makers of
manners, Kate; and the liberty that follows our
places stops the mouth of all find-faults; as I will
do yours, for upholding the nice fashion of your
country in denying me a kiss: therefore, patiently
and yielding.
Kissing her

You have witchcraft in your lips, Kate: there is
more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the
tongues of the French council; and they should
sooner persuade Harry of England than a general
petition of monarchs. Here comes your father.

Just Netflixed this gem. We'll see if wifey can stay awake thru it this time- So far: wife-sleeping 4-Shakespeare 0.

148 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:43pm

re: #133 Syrah

Turn the radio off!

Smerconish is based out of Philly - my hometown. Don't let his guest hosting fool you: this guy has gone from semi-conservative to uber-liberal in the last few years. He wants to be accepted by the MSM, so he tells everyone what they want to hear on any specific occasion.

He is constantly gushing over Obama on his Philly morning show. Ask anyone else from Philly: they'll verify it. Other than being Mumia abu Jamal's biggest nemesis, he's a liberal. trust me.

149 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:44pm

re: #144 Silhouette

Diebold!

In Washington state, the dead vote. Diebold is unnecessary.

150 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:56:03pm

NOAM! That's two threads in a row! You got a lot of 'splaining to do my friend (hell just lie and say you'll wear it).

Say, what's your take on the Vikings chances this year?

151 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:56:32pm

re: #148 Wyatt Earp

No Crap?

152 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:57:07pm

re: #145 lori lane

And that ability to communicate in writing is why I was the one in charge of the user guides at my last job.

153 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:57:24pm

re: #114 Noam Sayin'

Maximum speed on the parkway, and the Mississippi River roads too, for that matter, is 25 mph. I frequently have to give a car a beep to get them up to 25 so I can enjoy the ride. Some of these areas are so full of traffic that I'm only doing 15. I could jump off my scoot and run away from trouble at that speed.

Noam, I think you trust me when it comes to motorcycles, right? I've been riding motorcycles since I was 10, and I'm now.....well, that doesn't matter.
The point is, riding on the street is dangerous because you're not in control of what the other person is doing. One drunk idiot can ruin your life. I save my craziness for the dirt....you don't have that luxury. Wear the helmet.

154 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:57:30pm

re: #151 fat bastard vegetarian

He thinks McCain doesn't have a "plan" to get bin Laden, but believes Obama does.

That enough for you, or would you like some more?

155 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:57:37pm

re: #148 Wyatt Earp

It was getting very dull anyway.

I will crank up the Tom Waits.

156 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:58:06pm

Wait! Red Buttons was Jewish?

157 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:58:13pm

re: #131 The Shadow Do

Happened across a motorcycle accident scene recently. Four lane highway. First thing I saw in the median was a human leg, then an arm, then a torso, then a head. The helmet was still on the head. Glad it wasn't Noam.

That dude was flying then. We had a guy hit a car that had made a left in front of him. He had his crotch rocket up to 100mph at the time. Turned his entire skeleton to pulp. No helmet, but at that speed it would not have helped.

Noam, see some of the scooter accident pics on the web.

158 UncleSam  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:58:22pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

I'm rarely ever traveling at 40 mph. If I'm on a ride that will likely take me to 40 and above, I'll put the helmet on. But if I'm just running down to the grocery store, to pick up more rum, I'll likely not wear a helmet. If I'm just out for a little cruise on Minnehaha Creek Parkway, I probably won't wear a helmet.


There's so much wrong with that whole post that my brain has locked up.

159 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:58:44pm

re: #154 Wyatt Earp

poop

160 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:59:32pm

re: #143 Metal Man

As kids we would ride our bicycles along the parkway paths. Most of the time going faster than those on the road. That and cruising around Harriet and Calhoun slow but fine summer scenery.

And like you said on the last thread. If it's just a little cruise on the parkway, a little risk is worth the breeze.

I'm paraphrasing, of course.

Hey, Bingley. Do you leave that muddled mess of lime pulp in the glass? Seems like that stuff would soak up an awful lot of rum.

161 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:59:34pm

re: #141 Archimedes

Imagine hiring an engineer to build a bridge based on how he looks and sounds, not on how good he is at being an engineer!

That is exactly what affirmative action does. I never want a job because of what bathroom I use.

162 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:59:42pm

re: #159 fat bastard vegetarian

He was screaming that we needed an exit strategy out of Iraq in 2005 because we couldn't win there.

163 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:59:53pm

Its the weekend of the Telegraph Road Cruise Downriver and I had to traverse that mess twice tonight. Amazing really how many people around here have these kickass old cars that they bring out and show off by cruising up and down the same street and f*ing up traffic. . Lots of racing on Telegraph Road in Taylor tonight which is dicey, speeding ticket wise. I saw a pair of El Camino's race a Mustang 5.0 from a redlight and that was pretty nice. And a couple kids on Crotch Rockets flying down Telegraph doing wheelies.

164 UncleSam  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:00:02pm

re: #158 UncleSam

And I say that as someone with about 50,000 miles on motorcycles.

165 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:00:35pm

Have a great night all!

166 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:00:43pm

the first thing we look for is a completed organ donor card when arriving at accidents involving motorist without helmets . . . .

167 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:00:57pm

I Love the World

168 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:01:15pm

re: #153 DesertSage
Hey Sage - please, give it up out here (y'all can e-mail him to death if you want to) - I know he's your friend and he's my friend too, but all of us getting and staying on Noam's case is gonna wind up doing more harm than good and you KNOW that's true.
Please, let it go for now, hey?

169 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:01:35pm

re: #166 outsidephilly

the first thing we look for is a completed organ donor card when arriving at accidents involving motorist without helmets . . . .

Motorists are supposed to wear helmets? Jeesh.

170 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:01:36pm

Noam - ride on dude!
The biggest risk in life is getting out of bed in the morning!

Most fun I've ever had has been on a bike (dirt or street take your pick).

I ride wearing helmet, boots and leathers 'cause I'm fast... and plan on beating the odds.

Most times I've been in trouble is a bluehair nerfing me into the gutter.

171 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:01:42pm

re: #158 UncleSam

There's so much wrong with that whole post that my brain has locked up.

Reminds me of the cop who only carried his .38 special to the mini-mart. After all he was only going a short distance? What could possibly happen?
Long story short, two armed robbers hit the place. Despite center punching one of the dirtbags they escaped after shooting at him. He too thought nothing would happen to him. Denial isn't a river in Egypt.

172 Salamantis  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:02:03pm

Oh, well...different strokes for different folks, and different styles for different reptiles...;~)

173 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:02:07pm

Hello. I must be going. G'night all. Thanks Wyatt! Stay safe Noam! Mandy? Well, you just keep it calm and Obama!

174 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:03:14pm

re: #173 fat bastard vegetarian

Hello. I must be going. G'night all. Thanks Wyatt! Stay safe Noam! Mandy? Well, you just keep it calm and Obama!

DON'T SAY THE O WORD!

175 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:03:38pm

re: #157 Hard Right

Two buddies of mine ended up the same way in a 1970 Nova. Both had closed caskets. A helmet is important most of the time but being aware and scared is just as important. Life is dangerous and always fatal.

176 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:03:48pm

re: #173 fat bastard vegetarian

You're welcome. Good night!

177 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:04:07pm

re: #172 Salamantis

Oh, well...different strokes for different folks, and different styles for different reptiles...;~)

Different choices for different voices. Different sides for different prides..

178 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:04:07pm

re: #111 realwest

"It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud." This is true - riding a scooter or motorcycle is dangerous just cause of all the other motorists in cars who usually can't see you - to them, their car roofs and sides are roll cages.
But I ain't gonna bust your chops anymore about the fucking helmet - wear it, don't wear it, hell it's your life, live it the way you want to.

THe Navy docs told me they listed some cases as Suzukicide.

179 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:04:41pm

re: #175 Metal Man

Two buddies of mine ended up the same way in a 1970 Nova. Both had closed caskets. A helmet is important most of the time but being aware and scared is just as important. Life is dangerous and always fatal.

No one here gets out alive.

180 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:05:00pm

re: #174 Hard Right

If I say it three times, will it work the opposite of "BeetleJuice"?

181 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:05:10pm

re: #175 Metal Man

Life is dangerous and always fatal.

Iron fist rule!

182 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:05:11pm

Then there was the night me and Killian Bundy got into a big argument about what Bubble Girls new name was. I accused him of outting her. She had changed her name twice before and three times since. But, I still love her. Bubble Girl are you still there?

183 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:06:07pm

re: #179 Hard Right
"No one here gets out alive." Truth! All you get to do is decide what you're gonna do while you're alive, and that's all that really matters.

184 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:06:13pm

re: #182 tommoon

Last seen in the lounge.

185 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:06:44pm

re: #113 fat bastard vegetarian

Reminds me of Red Buttons...

St. Francis whose own father called him a sissy...Never got a dinner."

We have a million of them folks and we'll be here all week. Be kind to your server.

186 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:06:46pm

re: #178 lifeofthemind

THe Navy docs told me they listed some cases as Suzukicide.

I remember when the Ninja came out. Saw a number of guys riding them meet an early death.
Thing is, it only takes one idiot in a car, truck, or SUV to make a mistake and create a dead cyclist.
How good or careful you are means little.

187 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:07:22pm

re: #180 fat bastard vegetarian

If I say it three times, will it work the opposite of "BeetleJuice"?

Please try it!

188 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:08:22pm

re: #183 realwest

"No one here gets out alive." Truth! All you get to do is decide what you're gonna do while you're alive, and that's all that really matters.

Yet some choose to place lightbulbs and wet concrete into their rectums. Gack!

189 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:08:27pm

Well all y'all it's been grand, albeit somewhat depressing on this thread, but I gotta go to sleep, NOW.
I hope you all have a GREAT NIGHT/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you down the road.


Goodnight, all.

190 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:08:48pm

re: #182 tommoon

Then there was the night me and Killian Bundy got into a big argument about what Bubble Girls new name was. I accused him of outting her. She had changed her name twice before and three times since. But, I still love her. Bubble Girl are you still there?

Tom, she still stops by here once in a while. She goes by another name now.

191 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:08:55pm

re: #189 realwest

Night, realwest. Sweet dreams :)

192 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:09:21pm

re: #161 Silhouette

That is exactly what affirmative action does. I never want a job because of what bathroom I use.

True. Affirmative action treats people like objects, not human beings. We need one black one, one white one and one Asian one. But, what about the individual? The what? [Blank stare]

193 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:09:22pm

Wet concrete?

194 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:09:58pm

re: #175 Metal Man

Two buddies of mine ended up the same way in a 1970 Nova. Both had closed caskets. A helmet is important most of the time but being aware and scared is just as important. Life is dangerous and always fatal.


That reminds me of something my stepfather said. He is a high voltage electrician. "I always tell the young guys that they way to become an old electrician is to never forget to be afraid."

195 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:10:15pm

re: #193 Tarkus289

Wet concrete?

Yup. Newspaper article I saw years ago. Think the "incident" took place in San Francisco.

196 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:10:37pm

re: #147 little boomer

Just Netflixed this gem. We'll see if wifey can stay awake thru it this time- So far: wife-sleeping 4-Shakespeare 0.

Prefered teaching the Branagh version. Easier and the kids liked the happy homocidal maniac battle scenes. Don't deny yourself the 1944 version by Olivier and please just read it, good bits get left out.

197 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:10:45pm

re: #195 Hard Right

Why am I not surprised.

198 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:10:55pm

re: #194 Syrah

That reminds me of something my stepfather said. He is a high voltage electrician. "I always tell the young guys that they way to become an old electrician is to never forget to be afraid."

Heh. My friend's brother quit that job because he was too afraid.

199 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:11:54pm

re: #197 Tarkus289

Why am I not surprised.

What's funny is that everyone I showed the article too said that very thing.

200 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:12:06pm

re: #198 Hard Right

Heh. My friend's brother quit that job because he was too afraid.

He probably made the right choice.

201 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:12:06pm

I have been very afraid since the "ceiling fan incident"

202 Cognito  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:12:18pm

Ha. Nothing quite like the misfired up-ding to make you resent your own chronically uncoordinated fingers.

203 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:13:51pm

re: #200 Sarah

He probably made the right choice.

That's what I was thinking. Being afraid and being terrified are two different things.

re: #201 Tarkus289

I have been very afraid since the "ceiling fan incident"

You never know when there is a ceiling fan out there with your name on it. :)

204 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:14:31pm

I hope this is a trend.
Wis. Democrats oust delegate over McCain support

205 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:14:56pm

re: #204 DesertSage

I hope this is a trend.
Wis. Democrats oust delegate over McCain support

Dem cannibals.

206 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:01pm

re: #194 Syrah

That reminds me of something my stepfather said. He is a high voltage electrician. "I always tell the young guys that they way to become an old electrician is to never forget to be afraid."


yep, words to remember when driving on the Schuylkill Expressway (philly highway)

207 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:07pm

I show up on the Dead Thread and people are already talking about thing up San Francisco rectums.

208 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:24pm

thing = things

209 little boomer  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:43pm

re: #196 lifeofthemind

Love the Branagh version with the Patrick Doyle music.

210 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:47pm

re: #207 zombie

I show up on the Dead Thread and people are already talking about thing up San Francisco rectums.

Foreign objects in rectums seems to be the norm there.

211 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:16:12pm

You know it's actually possible to put your car in drive (accidentally) and turn your head to back out of the garage, but instead drive into the front wall and have the air bag decapitate you.

So do you get in your car and back out of the garage tomorrow... or live in fear?

212 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:16:19pm

DesertSage,

She was one of the old ones. True and loyal. I started our first conversation buy calling her " shallow".

213 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:16:43pm

Could never live there. I'd need a roomate due to the cost of living and I wouldn't want to come home and wonder where my table lamp disappeared to.

214 rightwinger3  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:16:48pm

re: #207 zombie

I show up on the Dead Thread and people are already talking about thing up San Francisco rectums.

That's just not the San Francisco I knew.

215 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:00pm

re: #210 Hard Right

Foreign objects in rectums seems to be the norm there.

Some people need rectum helmets.

216 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:23pm

re: #213 Hard Right

Or a ceiling fan.

217 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:37pm

re: #211 slokat

You know it's actually possible to put your car in drive (accidentally) and turn your head to back out of the garage, but instead drive into the front wall and have the air bag decapitate you.

So do you get in your car and back out of the garage tomorrow... or live in fear?

You do both.

218 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:43pm

re: #211 slokat

You know it's actually possible to put your car in drive (accidentally) and turn your head to back out of the garage, but instead drive into the front wall and have the air bag decapitate you.

So do you get in your car and back out of the garage tomorrow... or live in fear?

Not the same thing. There is a difference between normal risk and being careless/living in denial.

219 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:47pm

The worst thing of all to have up there is a lightbulb, because if it breaks (which it can do VERY easily) you can die -- internal bleeding. There was a case here in SF of a lightbulb that had to be removed with major abdominal surgery because simply trying to squeeze it out was too dangerous.

220 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:18:35pm

re: #216 Tarkus289

Or a ceiling fan.

Or my guinea pig.

221 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:19:46pm

re: #194 Syrah

Oh crap went to hit reply and hit the down ding sorry.

The reply is that was the same kinda thing my Grandfather told me about power tools. He happened to be missing 2 fingers and said "when you stop fearing the danger is when it will hurt you"

222 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:19:47pm

I just checked with my insurance provider, a rectum helmet is not commonly a factor in assessing ceiling fan accidents.

223 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:19:58pm

re: #219 zombie

The worst thing of all to have up there is a lightbulb, because if it breaks (which it can do VERY easily) you can die -- internal bleeding. There was a case here in SF of a lightbulb that had to be removed with major abdominal surgery because simply trying to squeeze it out was too dangerous.

And if if was a fluorescent light bulb, they'd have to call in a hazmat team.

224 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:20:04pm

re: #219 zombie

The worst thing of all to have up there is a lightbulb, because if it breaks (which it can do VERY easily) you can die -- internal bleeding. There was a case here in SF of a lightbulb that had to be removed with major abdominal surgery because simply trying to squeeze it out was too dangerous.

It didn't involve concrete too did it? Back in 97-98 there was a newspaper article about how a pound of dry (by that time) cement and a lightbulb was removed from a man's rear.

225 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:20:43pm

Based on what Zombie just said, I'd take the lamp and the guinea pig.
Actually, Not.

227 little boomer  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:21:03pm

re: #219 zombie

Great day in the morn'-a light bulb!

228 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:21:20pm

re: #206 outsidephilly

yep, words to remember when driving on the Schuylkill Expressway (philly highway)

Sounds like sure-kill?

The name alone should be warning enough.

229 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:21:25pm

Indian Monkey God statue sent to Obama:

A group of Indians have sent a small statue of the revered Indian monkey god to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a good luck charm ahead of the November polls.
The group decided to despatch the idol after reading reports that Obama carried a good luck “monkey king charm with him all the time in his pocket,” said Brij Mohan Bhama, an Indian fan of Obama.

The two-foot, 15-kilogramme (33-pound) brass idol “has been gifted to Obama because I believe he will be good for India if he becomes the next president,” Bhama told AFP Friday.

The monkey god, Hanuman, is revered by Hindus who also regard monkeys as descendants of the deity.

Symbolism (wiki)

The monkey symbolism of Lord Hanuman is related to the notion that a human being's mind is ever active and never restful, hence the depiction of a human being with the face of a monkey. Furthermore, Lord Hanuman symbolically stands for pure devotion, complete surrender and absence of ego or the lower self. .

WHO said Obama was a comedic void?

230 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:21:29pm

re: #223 DesertSage

And if if was a fluorescent light bulb, they'd have to call in a hazmat team.

And they could argue over which precisely was the hazard they were most concerned with.

231 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:22:18pm

re: #209 little boomer

Love the Branagh version with the Patrick Doyle music.

So do I. Just pointing out that the pleasures in the older version are worth a moments discomfort to get used to. For one thing Olivier was making an explicitly English patriotic movie during the war. That is something you do not see many directors falling over themselves to do now. One way he did that was by showing how Shakespearean theater fitted in with the native English culture. He showed how the theater actually looked and he showed the different social classes that Shakespeare played to. He included the funny bits for the groundlings to laugh at.

232 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:22:21pm

re: #225 Tarkus289

Based on what Zombie just said, I'd take the lamp and the guinea pig.
Actually, Not.

Is there a Rodents Anonymous?

"I started with the light stuff, you know, small mice. Then one day I was holding a guinea pig coated in vaseline when it hit me. I had a problem."

233 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:22:30pm

re: #224 Hard Right

It didn't involve concrete too did it? Back in 97-98 there was a newspaper article about how a pound of dry (by that time) cement and a lightbulb was removed from a man's rear.

Couldn't tell ya.

Concrete has lime in it, would would dissolve your ciliae and burn a hole in your intestine before setting. Sounds either unbelievably painful, or an urban legend.

234 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:22:33pm

Folks, your outpouring of concern is indeed touching and very much appreciated. You must realize that much of the time I have a lid on my head. I know the importance of wearing a helmet. I also know that, even though I might be wearing a helmet, some asshole might decide to -- and this is a true story, here -- go around traffic he feels is not leaving the green light soon enough - in the oncoming lane - and blow by everyone.

I was signaling for my right turn at that intersection, and having a red light, all I needed to do was check traffic and if clear, proceed to make my turn. If I had been in my Jeep that day, that maneuver might have been little more than a brief stop and go. I would have seen no traffic coming from my left as I sit up much higher in my 3,000 lb. Jeep and can see better. I would have made that turn right into asshole gangbanger in his piece of shit hoopdee traveling at 40 mph in the oncoming lane and been killed - regardless of airbag and seatbelt. A lot of other people would have been hurt, too. Because I was on my 225 lb. scooter, I took the extra care to nudge ever so slightly forward until I could see better, and remained out of harm's way. And there's nothing the helmet would have done for me had I proceeded into that intersection with the safety I feel in my Jeep. I would have been spattered all over the intersection.

235 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:23:05pm

I read something published by the mainstream media today.... and, I thought....hmmmm.... how quaint and amusing!

236 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:23:31pm

Maybe that's why they invented the compact fluorescent bulb, it just twists in and out, I will never post on this topic again.

237 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:05pm

re: #218 Hard Right

Not the same thing. There is a difference between normal risk and being careless/living in denial.

Actually there isn't.

You can die for no reason tomorrow, just because you are at the time alive..
How is that different than the same happening while you are doing something that you enjoy?

In both cases you are dead.

(please exclude purposefully dying, that is a different matter)

238 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:17pm

Biking can be dangerous ...

but there are payoffs.
Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo Motorcycle

Youtube Video

Or this one:

Youtube Video

239 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:39pm

re: #220 Hard Right

Or my guinea pig.

Or a ceiling cat.

240 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:40pm

Nice touch on the caip, Bingley. A lot of extra work to get to the drinking part, though.

Oh, and that line about running to the store to get more rum was just me busting all y'all's balls. I never imbibe anything when I'm riding.

241 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:56pm

re: #233 zombie

Couldn't tell ya.

Concrete has lime in it, would would dissolve your ciliae and burn a hole in your intestine before setting. Sounds either unbelievably painful, or an urban legend.

Saw the article myself. Don't know if it was regular concrete or maybe plaster that they meant. They certainly said it was concrete though. Either way, ick!

242 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:25:18pm

re: #219 zombie

The worst thing of all to have up there is a lightbulb, because if it breaks (which it can do VERY easily) you can die -- internal bleeding. There was a case here in SF of a lightbulb that had to be removed with major abdominal surgery because simply trying to squeeze it out was too dangerous.

Ahem, when the troops do some things the officers get to see the x-rays.
As for what gets where it ought not? All stories are true.

243 Sylvester_T_Cat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:26:15pm

re: #175 Metal Man

Two buddies of mine ended up the same way in a 1970 Nova. Both had closed caskets. A helmet is important most of the time but being aware and scared is just as important. Life is dangerous and always fatal.

On a lighter note, the new police chief of my home town gave us high school kids something to watch for. He decreed that all city police officers had to wear safety helmets on duty. Motorcycle helmets.

Even the dimmest kids figured out pretty fast that they needed to obey speed limits like never before, if the plain unmarked car behind them had a driver who was wearing a white helmet.

Probably defeated the purpose of the whole unmarked-car thing, but kids were certainly paying attention to other cars for awhile there ;-).

244 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:26:25pm

re: #240 Noam Sayin'

we knew that helmet boy.... ;)

245 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:27:19pm

re: #237 slokat

Actually there isn't.

You can die for no reason tomorrow, just because you are at the time alive..
How is that different than the same happening while you are doing something that you enjoy?

In both cases you are dead.

(please exclude purposefully dying, that is a different matter)

You can take the stance that there is no point in taking precautions. To me that's just an excuse and/or part of the denial I was talking about.
We'll have to agree to disagree.

246 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:27:44pm

He was a nice boy, he used to cut the grass.

247 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:27:53pm

quaint AND amusing.... :)

248 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:28:59pm

Hussein Ibish is on TV, I thought we were through with this ass.

249 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:30:08pm

re: #248 Tarkus289

Hussein Ibish is on TV, I thought we were through with this ass.

Hopefully we're through with anyone named Hussein.
Hopefully.

250 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:30:28pm

re: #240 Noam Sayin'

But almost everything you ride takes some alcohol here in Minnesota:) At least 10% ethanol

251 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:30:36pm

re: #249 DesertSage

Hopefully we're through with anyone named Hussein.
Hopefully.

The mostly come at night. Mostly.

252 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:30:55pm

re: #234 Noam Sayin'

I also know that, even though I might be wearing a helmet, some asshole might decide to -- and this is a true story, here -- go around traffic he feels is not leaving the green light soon enough - in the oncoming lane - and blow by everyone.

yeah, ya got that right, Norm . . . ,

253 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:31:52pm

Norm.... buddy! ;)

254 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:04pm

Hey, I just passed 18,000 and I didn't even notice.

Time for bed, 'nite all.

255 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:07pm

re: #249 DesertSage

Well one down, one in decline, and Ibish is just fat.

256 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:28pm

re: #252 outsidephilly

No one said it was magic shield. It will increase your chances of survival though.
I don't rip out the airbags and seat belts from my car for the same reason. I'm trying to improve my chances of surviving.

257 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:48pm

re: #254 DesertSage

congrats Desert! Goodnight dude....

258 Wendya  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:51pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

I'm rarely ever traveling at 40 mph. If I'm on a ride that will likely take me to 40 and above, I'll put the helmet on. But if I'm just running down to the grocery store, to pick up more rum, I'll likely not wear a helmet. If I'm just out for a little cruise on Minnehaha Creek Parkway, I probably won't wear a helmet.

Don't want to mess up the hair?

259 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:03pm

ahhhh, I meant, NOAM

260 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:33pm

re: #258 Wendya

Don't want to mess up the hair?

Smashing one's head open upon the ground tends to mess up the hair.

261 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:36pm

re: #235 WindHorse

I read something published by the mainstream media today

You're kidding, right? I haven't looked at the MSM in five years.

262 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:37pm

re: #238 Archimedes

Biking can be dangerous ...

but there are payoffs.
Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo Motorcycle
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Or this one:
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

I was reminded of the line in Blade Runner where Tyrel tells Roy Batty "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long...
...and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy."

263 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:50pm

Anyhow - for the living

or
for the living

264 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:34:28pm

re: #243 Sylvester_T_Cat

F***ing did another down ding can someone upding it please.

Don"t they all drive Crown Vics anyways I could spot one of those from a mile as a teenager.

265 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:34:33pm

re: #238 Archimedes

Biking can be dangerous ...

but there are payoffs.
Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo Motorcycle
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Or this one:
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Beautiful bike. Saw one here a few months ago. The rider was trying hard to do a kamikaze imitation.

266 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:35:04pm

re: #262 Syrah

I was reminded of the line in Blade Runner where Tyrel tells Roy Batty "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long...
...and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy."

It's a shame she won't live...

267 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:35:05pm

re: #261 zombie

yes... you are correct.... I was just egging on Congito.... I admit it - I haven't read any of that tripe in years.

(head down and giggling)

268 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:37:35pm

re: #266 Hard Right

It's a shame she won't live...

That was Gaf at the end of the movie, at least in some versions of it.

I thought that both the book and the movie, both completely different, were both very good.

269 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:38:48pm

NEA Teachers Have Become Re-Educators

The nation's largest teachers union, the National Education Association, attracted 9,000 delegates to its annual convention in Washington, D.C., over the July Fourth weekend. Delegates sported buttons with provocative slogans such as "Gay marriage causes global warming only because we are so hot," "Hate is not a family value," "The Christian right is neither" and "Gay rights are civil rights."

The delegates passed dozens of hard-hitting resolutions that now become the NEA's official policy. The resolutions authorize NEA members and employees to lobby for those goals in the halls of Congress and state capitols.

NEA resolutions cover the waterfront of all sorts of political issues that have nothing to do with improving education for schoolchildren, such as supporting statehood for the District of Columbia, a "single-payer health care plan" (i.e., government run), gun control, ratification of the International Criminal Court Treaty and taking steps "to change activities that contribute to global climate change."

The NEA fiercely opposes any competition for public schools, such as vouchers, tuition tax credits, parental option plans or public support of any kind to nonpublic schools. The NEA strongly opposes designating English as our official language even though such a designation is supported by more than 80% of Americans.

The NEA opposes home schooling unless children are taught by state-licensed teachers using a state-approved curriculum. The NEA wants to bar home-schooled students from participating in any extracurricular activities in public schools even though their parents pay school taxes, too.

The NEA wants additional (job-creating) services and programs — such as early childhood education — provided by public schools. NEA resolutions call for "programs in the public schools for children from birth through age 8" and for "mandatory kindergarten with compulsory attendance."

NEA resolutions include all the major feminist goals such as "the right to reproductive freedom" (i.e., abortion on demand), "comparable worth" (i.e., government control of wages according to feminist ideology), full funding for the feminist boondoggle called the Women's Educational Equity Act and censoring all masculine words such as husband and father.

. . .

Unlike ID/Creationism, this collection of travesties has already thoroughly infiltrated and become entrenched in U.S. public schools.

/our children's future is [expletive deleted]

270 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:05pm

re: #262 Syrah

re: #262 Syrah

I was reminded of the line in Blade Runner where Tyrel tells Roy Batty "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long...
...and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy."

There is a lot of truth to that statement and very poetic, but Roy doesn't take the news well, IIRC.

271 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:10pm

Sark Alert:
So the French prez sez that his people would be 'delighted' to see the dalai bama elected.
New bumper sticker: ' Ennuyer les Francaises: Vote McCain'
**p**s off the French

272 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:12pm

re: #268 Syrah

That was Gaf at the end of the movie, at least in some versions of it.

I thought that both the book and the movie, both completely different, were both very good.

Heads up, skip the "director's cut" of it. Total waste of time.
Shame that was Rutger Hauers only good performance.

273 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:44pm

well, time to make like a banana, and split . . . , was I the only 'new kid on the block', tonight?

274 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:48pm

re: #269 Killian Bundy

A: Home schooling.

275 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:40:06pm

re: #245 Hard Right

Ok, yet - Cocoons are really more denial than precaution...

Is living in precaution, or living in fear of what might happen, the ultimate goal to surviving?

I don't agree, so I guess I disagree.

276 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:40:32pm

re: #270 Archimedes

re: #262 Syrah


There is a lot of truth to that statement and very poetic, but Roy doesn't take the news well, IIRC.

Oooooo, that's right. My eyes hurt the first time I saw that.

277 Alberta Oil Peon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:41:06pm

re: #207 zombie

I show up on the Dead Thread and people are already talking about thing up San Francisco rectums.

I didn't know The Thing was gay.

I must have led a sheltered life.

278 Wendya  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:41:19pm

re: #260 Hard Right

Smashing one's head open upon the ground tends to mess up the hair.

Did that on my mountain bike last summer. I saved the helmet.... which has a large pointy rock embedded into it. It's my reminder when I don't feel like putting on the helmet just to ride down the street to the store.

279 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:41:31pm

re: #269 Killian Bundy

C. Work Ethic

280 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:42:22pm

re: #274 Syrah

A: Home schooling.

For how long?

The NEA opposes home schooling unless children are taught by state-licensed teachers using a state-approved curriculum. The NEA wants to bar home-schooled students from participating in any extracurricular activities in public schools even though their parents pay school taxes, too.

/Obama is their friend

281 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:42:45pm

re: #258 Wendya

Don't want to mess up the hair?

It's really good hair.

282 pat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:43:26pm

Saturday is always ugly from a workout point of view.

283 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:43:44pm

re: #259 outsidephilly

ahhhh, I meant, NOAM

You're not the first.

Dustoff, I'm looking in your direction.

284 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:44:42pm

re: #276 Hard Right

It makes an impression on your mind. :)

285 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:45:32pm

re: #282 pat

(remember aerobic vs. anaerobic.....) ;)

286 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:45:35pm

re: #269 Killian Bundy

NEA Teachers Have Become Re-Educators

Unlike ID/Creationism, this collection of travesties has already thoroughly infiltrated and become entrenched in U.S. public schools.

/our children's future is [expletive deleted]

The teachers unions have been taken over by Marxists long ago. They are the spearhead of the entire Gramscian agenda. Our children are being literally brainwashed every single day, and 95% of parents have absolutely no clue.

Yes, the communist teachers' unions are much more powerful than and entrenched than the creationist lobby, but that doesn't make the creationists benign by default. It just means that there are two different noxious influences battling for control of the schools. Both need to be put down. But what I fear is that there will be a compromise and the kids will get the worst of both worlds, with leftist pseudo-science AND relgious pseudo-science being taught side-by-side.

287 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:45:58pm

Sorry.....my Blade Runner-dar went off and I thought I'd just jump into this thread right here.

288 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:46:34pm

re: #270 Archimedes

re: #262 Syrah

There is a lot of truth to that statement and very poetic, but Roy doesn't take the news well, IIRC.

And the imagery was excellent. There was Roy, Sebastian and Tyrel. A man, a child, and an effiminant fop.

289 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:47:13pm

re: #280 Killian Bundy

/Obama is their friend

And civil disobedience is ours.

290 pat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:47:53pm

re: #285 WindHorse

(remember aerobic vs. anaerobic.....) ;)

Today was weights, tomorrow the aerobic.

291 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:48:18pm

re: #288 Syrah

And the imagery was excellent. There was Roy, Sebastian and Tyrel. A man, a child, and an effiminant fop. Larry, Darryl and his other brother, Darryl.

292 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:48:22pm

re: #287 Fenway_Nation

Sorry.....my Blade Runner-dar went off and I thought I'd just jump into this thread right here.

You must mean your Gay Blade-Runner-dar.

293 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:48:45pm

re: #286 zombie

....and the bottom line? As I said above..... WORK ETHIC.

No one remembers what that is anymore.

...a lot of young people today (amd some who aren't so young) do not even know what this means.

I contend we are about two generations into the "let's party, who owes me" mode of thinking.

294 LeePro  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:49:18pm

re: #273 outsidephilly

well, time to make like a banana, and split . . . , was I the only 'new kid on the block', tonight?

OMG!
No one noticed (including me!)?

Welcome, new hatchling!

And goodnight!
;D

295 solomonpanting  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:49:45pm

Does anyone yet have a line of tee shirts featuring The 2008 Obama It's Notta Campaign "I Am the World" Tour depicting dates and countries of his performances? They gotta be selling like hotcakes.

296 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:49:51pm

re: #262 Syrah

They actually spoke in that movie? I was just about 20 when it came out and all I remember is Pris. Still one of my favorite movies.

297 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:50:37pm

re: #291 Fenway_Nation

I liked the film. I liked the book.

I thought it was interesting how Mercerism was so central in the book, and not even mentioned or referenced in the movie.

298 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:51:38pm

re: #275 slokat

Ok, yet - Cocoons are really more denial than precaution...

Is living in precaution, or living in fear of what might happen, the ultimate goal to surviving?

I don't agree, so I guess I disagree.

Taking precautions isn't living in fear, just trying to be safer. Does it guarantee survival? No. But it doesn't hurt, and may help.
Your point would be like saying I shouldn't carry a gun because I can still get murdered anyway.
Just because I can take all the precautions in the world and still get killed doesn't mean I should never have taken them. Do you have a fire extinguisher in your home? If so why? If I am getting your POV, there's no point in having it. That is where we disagree (I think).
Anyway, thanks for the intelligent conversation.
I have to go pass out now, for in the morning I get to hear the soothing sound of supersonic bullets cracking overhead.

G'night all. Don't stuff yourself full of crickets. They're high in cholesterol. Have some moths instead. ;)

299 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:52:17pm

let's party - who owes me.

300 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:52:20pm

re: #266 Hard Right

It's a shametoo bad she won't live...

301 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:52:49pm

re: #293 WindHorse

Things have already spun out of control; the center did not hold.

40% of students in Oakland public schools do not even graduate from high school.

Think about that. 40%. Mind-boggling. And I think in many large cities like Los Angeles 25% do not graduate. And many of those who do are functionally illiterate anyway.

Public schooling in California has basically ceased functioning. (Due to Leftist policies, of course.) The dream of universal public schooling is now over. We are facing a messy transition to a new system. What it will look like, I couldn't say.

302 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:53:22pm

re: #284 Archimedes

It makes an impression on your mind. :)

Ack. Now my head hurts.

303 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:53:31pm

re: #292 zombie

You must mean your Gay Blade-Runner-dar.

Nah...that's in the shop....

304 RememberSekhmet?  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:53:42pm

Noam, if you die on us I will hunt you down and kick your butt.

305 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:53:57pm

re: #300 Occasional Reader

You are correct. My bad.
Goodnight.

306 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:54:58pm

re: #296 Metal Man

They actually spoke in that movie?

/you must be thinking of Quest for Fire

307 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:56:03pm

re: #301 zombie

let's party.... who owes me.

let's party.... who owes me.

308 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:56:14pm

re: #228 Syrah

Sounds like sure-kill?

The name alone should be warning enough.

Its actually pronounced, SKU-kill . . . , same difference

309 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:56:44pm

re: #301 zombie

It means that soon we will be facing a first world economy with what is essentially a third world workforce.

We can see what a charismatic Obama can accomplish now. What could a charismatic leader achieve in twenty years time?

There will be no limit.

310 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:56:49pm

it all just pisses me off Zombie.

311 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:57:17pm

So, I just saw The Dark Knight.

Have LLL heads started exploding over this movie yet?

312 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:57:23pm

re: #301 zombie

As hard as this is to say, at the rate the public education system is deteriorating, dropping out can be potentially better than staying in and becoming totally indoctrinated.

313 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:58:05pm

re: #283 Noam Sayin'

You're not the first.

Dustoff, I'm looking in your direction.


appreciate you giving me a 'heads-up' g'night

314 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:58:29pm

re: #306 Killian Bundy
You might be right all painted up and half naked Rae Dawn and Daryal look similar:)

315 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:58:44pm

I was graduated from high school in 1975. I knew (then) of a handful of friends who could not read. My brother and I would discuss this and wonder.

It has been going on a long time.

And it is wrong.

316 Racer X  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:58:47pm

re: #301 zombie

wat r u talkin about? skool is good lernin. plus kids hav invented ther own txt language.

317 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:59:40pm

re: #296 Metal Man

I took a trip to Vancouver BC a few years ago. My understanding is that the Chinese population in the area went up considerably following the British handover of Hong Kong back to mainland China- I heard some Canucks refer to it as Hong-Kouver. Anyway, one afternon I'm having lunch outdoors with all these skyscapers (including what I swear was a pyramid-shaped one) under construction and these overlapping conversations in what I had to assume was Mandarin and I realized Holy Shit! I'm on the set of Blade Runner!

318 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:00:16pm

re: #295 solomonpanting
This page is chock full of obaminable images that would make nifty T shirts...

[Link: my.barackobama.com...]

319 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:00:26pm

re: #311 Occasional Reader

So, I just saw The Dark Knight.

Have LLL heads started exploding over this movie yet?

I haven't seen the movie yet. But I'd like to know why you ask. that.

320 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:01:28pm

I taught my sons the whole thing about being "GRADUATED" instead of someone graduating from high school.

My oldest son who will be a Senior in high school wrote this same thing in a paper last year and was marked down for it.

As I'd said, we are a couple of generations into stupid.

321 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:03:04pm

re: #319 RTLM

I haven't seen the movie yet. But I'd like to know why you ask. that.

Without giving too much away here; there is a very strong message of "good people must do ruthless things in order to stop very bad people from doing very bad things". And there are, IMHO, some very pointed metaphors of things we've all been debating from the WoT in that vein.

322 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:03:14pm

My fire extinguisher lessens the damage done to my immediate environment. My weapons lessen the damage done to my immediate person, you are mixing examples, and are not establishing a good argument in that regard... anyhow.

We see things differently, yet you probably take more risks than you assume.

I accept the risks I know of, in pursuit of the accomplishments that I am attempting.

The rest is fate, (kismet, karma, providence, random chance) which neither of us can know or control.

good night - weet dreams

323 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:03:19pm

Re #318...
(I hate it when that happens)
[Link: my.barackobama.com...]

324 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:04:48pm

re: #317 Fenway_Nation
LOL nice image.
I'll assume it was drizzling and gray out. Seems most movie types think that when civilization collapses it is gonna rain all the time.

325 least  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:05:43pm

At Hot Air there's an article about today's Conyers and Kucinich led Impeachment hearings -- full of many moonbatish quotes totally dissing the President. But at the very end of this story is a wonderous quote , especially 'cause it's cited in and AP story.
Here 'tis:

"I am really astonished at the mood in this room," commented one witness, George Mason University School of Law professor Jeremy Rabkin.

"The tone of these deliberations is slightly demented," Rabkin said. "You should all remind yourselves that the rest of the country is not necessarily in this same bubble in which people think it is reasonable to describe the president as if he were Caligula."


I apologize if all y'all have covered this -- I've been out and about this evening -- but I love this quote.

326 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:06:16pm

re: #321 Occasional Reader

Without giving too much away here; there is a very strong message of "good people must do ruthless things in order to stop very bad people from doing very bad things". And there are, IMHO, some very pointed metaphors of things we've all been debating from the WoT in that vein.

I heard a Frank Miller interview about the time that 300 came out.

It would make sense. He does not have a problem with good conquering evil.

327 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:06:33pm

I loved the Rachel character, what a beautiful woman replicant:

Youtube Video


re: #309 Syrah

It means that soon we will be facing a first world economy with what is essentially a third world workforce.

We can see what a charismatic Obama can accomplish now. What could a charismatic leader achieve in twenty years time?

There will be no limit.

So long as we are free, men with brains will come here and innovate and build and the economy will be strong. That's the essential ingredient. Sadly, Obama doesn't realize that, and even more sadly, I don't think McCain does either.

328 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:06:44pm

re: #322 slokat

pimf - thought I replied that was to #298 Hard Right

329 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:07:12pm

re: #297 Syrah

I liked the film. I liked the book.

I thought it was interesting how Mercerism was so central in the book, and not even mentioned or referenced in the movie.

Most of the Voight-Kampff test was focused on Mercerism. Check the questions Deckard asks Rachael. They're all about compassion to other living organisms. Same way with Holden interrogating Leon:

"You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down. You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that, Leon?"

330 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:08:27pm

Americans are too busy playing World of Warcraft to worry about making steel, or building cars.... or building ships....

Say- whose in your guild?

331 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:09:06pm

Nancy Pelosi.

332 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:09:17pm

CRIMINY ENOUGH WITH THE DEFEATISM ALREADY

333 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:09:22pm

re: #327 Archimedes

yes, rachel had class and was held up as unattainable - and the blade runner was also a replicant in the end.

334 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:09:28pm

...and whose that idiot from Nevada?

335 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:10:18pm

...or "who's" (thanks to the guys in Milwaukee and me)

336 pat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:10:23pm

I think Conyers may be retarded (sorry NYNana, I am serious), and Kucinich mentally ill. He surely is delusional.

337 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:10:29pm

Question for zombie:

What year did you first notice the divisions that "racial pride" was causing?

I ask because one of my colleagues can tell you exactly the year that race relations fell apart in his school district. I'm wondering if the time frame matches the Gramscian discord you observed.

338 Racer X  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:10:31pm

I know several kids currently in the L.A. Unified school district that are doing just fine - really smart kids.

I remember when I graduated there were several really stupid kids who could barely read - yet they graduated. Oh well.

339 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:11:09pm

re: #329 victor_yugo

Most of the Voight-Kampff test was focused on Mercerism. Check the questions Deckard asks Rachael. They're all about compassion to other living organisms. Same way with Holden interrogating Leon:

"You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down. You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that, Leon?"

Dang and blast.

I am going to have to read that book again.

340 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:13:06pm

re: #324 Metal Man


Actually no, it was a sunny spring afternoon, no clouds, smog or haze....so there's a little bit of disconnect there.

Seven was big on the raining, too...

341 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:13:18pm

re: #319 RTLM

I've seen the movie but this op ed will be why LLL heads will explode. Since they would not have seen the layer that OR saw until it is pointed out.

342 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:13:58pm

re: #339 Syrah

After searching for over a decade, I found the book on display in the used bookstore on Castro Street in Mountain View, CA. I grabbed it up immediately, and read the whole thing that night.

It did put some sense into things I didn't understand in the movie, but the book also left a lot more to the imagination.

343 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:14:23pm

re: #337 victor_yugo

Question for zombie:

What year did you first notice the divisions that "racial pride" was causing?

I ask because one of my colleagues can tell you exactly the year that race relations fell apart in his school district. I'm wondering if the time frame matches the Gramscian discord you observed.

I'd love to answer that, but I don't want to give clues to my age-range. Sorry! But I know the EXACT year.

344 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:15:20pm

in my school district? One of the best in this BLUE state.... standing for the Pledge of Allegiance..... nope..... reciting the Pledge of Allegiance...... nope.... penalties for any of the above....... nope.

Three cheers for the teachers' union and the feel good vibe they have brought us....

345 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:15:43pm

Bingley, your method for creating a caipirinha is off-base; too much work and too messy.

Try this:

Get yourself a citrus juicer. Not the electric kind because they suck. Get one made of glass or some earthenware, with nice edges. Cut the lime in half, juice it, and slice off a hunk for deco. The rest of the recipe works the same, except I've cleaned it up a bit by using a simple syrup instead of muddling granulated sugar. If you want to muddle, use powdered sugar. The process goes much quicker.

346 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:16:20pm

re: #343 zombie

I saw it first hand in 1974.

Axe me.

347 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:16:42pm

re: #343 zombie

zombie, what is your name and social security number? I'm just, you know, curious.

348 Kulhwch  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:17:12pm

I'm sorry if this is old news for some, but I don't recall hearing much about this when it happened:

IHEU "ambushed" at Human Rights Council

The 1st paragraph summarizes it well enough:

In a follow-up to IHEU’s written statement to the UN Human Rights Council describing Islamic efforts to undermine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Roy Brown, IHEU’s main representative at the UN in Geneva prepared an oral statement (below) for Council debate on 13 March 2008 but was prevented from giving it in full because of repeated objections from two Islamic delegations.

... however, further reading finds so many delicious tidbits that I couldn't help but post the link.  For example:

On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007, the permanent representative of Pakistan, addressing the Human Rights Council on behalf of the OIC, ... spoke glowingly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, noting the contribution made to its creation and to the two international covenants by many Muslim countries. He went on to state that the 1990 Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam is "not an alternative, competing worldview on human rights. It complements the Universal Declaration as it addresses religious and cultural specificity of the Muslim countries". He also stated that the OIC is considering the creation of an Islamic Charter on Human Rights in accordance with the provisions of the Cairo Declaration.

... and:

... Articles 24 and 25 of the Cairo Declaration explicitly state that:
...
"All the rights and freedoms stipulated in this Declaration are subject to the Islamic Shari'ah", and: "The Islamic Shari'ah is the only source of reference for the explanation or clarification to any of the articles of this Declaration."

But under Shari'ah law, Muslim women and non-Muslims are not accorded equal treatment with Muslim men. The Shari'ah, therefore, fails to honour the right to equality guaranteed under the UDHR and the international covenants, and denies the full enjoyment of their human rights to those living in States which follow Shari'ah law. ...

... and my personal favorite:

But within seconds Brown was interrupted yet again, this time by both the Egyptian and Pakistani delegates. The Pakistani said "we are not discussing here the Islamic Sharia". It is a controversial subject - the balance between freedom of expression and freedom of religion. We are still discussing it in informal session. "It is insulting for our faith to discuss Shari'ah here in this forum". The Egyptian representative then stated that "Sharia is not under discussion here and I do not believe it is a document that should be discussed in the Human Rights Council." The president expressed himself to be fully aware of the informal consultations that were going on, but took the point of the Egyptian representative regarding the Sharia law and asked that the NGO should refrain from making judgements or evaluations on this particular "court of legislation" and to "revert to statements made in this room on other issues".

You can't get much more clear than that.

}:)     ["Sharia is not ... a document that should be discussed in the Human Rights Council."]

349 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:17:31pm

re: #342 victor_yugo

It has been nearly twenty years since I read it. I hope I don't have as much trouble finding a copy locally.

350 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:17:46pm

re: #343 zombie

I'd love to answer that, but I don't want to give clues to my age-range. Sorry! But I know the EXACT year.

You can name the year, and I won't know if you're talking about second grade or the twelfth grade.

How about at least a year-range using multiples of 5? Like, say, between 1955 and 1960. I'm not really looking for an exact year, just something to compare/contrast with my colleague's experience.

351 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:20:01pm

re: #347 Occasional Reader

zombie, what is your name and social security number? I'm just, you know, curious.

My name is Pat Smith. My Social Secuity Number is 000 0000 001.

Yep, I was first in line.

352 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:20:23pm

re: #351 zombie

bitchin'.....

353 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:21:24pm

re: #351 zombie

My name is Pat Smith. My Social Secuity Number is 000 0000 001.

Yep, I was first in line.

Wow, that's even better than a low user number on Slashdot!

354 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:21:25pm

re: #351 zombie

My name is Pat Smith. My Social Secuity Number is 000 0000 001.

Yep, I was first in line.

Dang, you sure do get around for a lady/gentleman of your age!

355 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:22:02pm

re: #350 victor_yugo

You can name the year, and I won't know if you're talking about second grade or the twelfth grade.

How about at least a year-range using multiples of 5? Like, say, between 1955 and 1960. I'm not really looking for an exact year, just something to compare/contrast with my colleague's experience.

Sorry, just can't do it. What if I said 1954? Then you'd know I was at least X years old. And what if I said 1998? Then obviously to have not noticed it until then means I must be Y years old approximately.

Nay, 'tis something that I shan't reveal!

356 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:22:38pm

re: #354 Occasional Reader

Dang, you sure do get around for a lady/gentleman of your age!

Don't forget intersex and nullo!

357 Kulhwch  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:22:42pm

re: #348 Kulhwch

Note, lots more about this here, as well as a video of the ambush here ...

}:)     [What, you'd rather be discussing ID?]

358 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:24:34pm

re: #351 zombie

Well then now we know you are Pat Smith born Austin, Texas, on October 14, 1936. Now your cover is blown:)

359 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:26:27pm

re: #356 victor_yugo

Don't forget intersex and nullo!

I actually encountered a whole new series of gender spectrum descriptors to be added to the acronym list:

Heteroflexible, pansensual, ambisexual, fluid, bent

360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:26:51pm

So whats everyone up to?

Watching Excalibur as I paint some Orks.

361 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:28:31pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Not drinking, unfortunately

/'scuce me while I go and remedy that

362 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:29:18pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So whats everyone up to?

Watching Excalibur as I paint some Orks.

Isn't it Orcs with a "C"?

If you're painting them, you ought to know.

363 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:29:19pm

re: #345 Noam Sayin'

Or do it the easy way:

Youtube Video

364 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:30:14pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Watching Stargate SG1 while sipping a drink.

365 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:31:14pm

re: #355 zombie

Sorry, just can't do it. What if I said 1954? Then you'd know I was at least X years old. And what if I said 1998? Then obviously to have not noticed it until then means I must be Y years old approximately.

Nay, 'tis something that I shan't reveal!

Pfah! You couldn't have first noticed it in 1998; you were already subconsciously disillusioned with the L3's by then.

I'm pretty sure you're older than myself, as the Gramscian collapse was already well underway when I entered school. Of course, that means you could be anywhere between my age and "dead"!

/oh, wait...

366 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:31:23pm

re: #362 zombie

Unless maybe he's not talking Tolkien...

367 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:33:35pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

'300' on cable

368 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:34:37pm

re: #367 RTLM

'300' on cable

Patriotic porn.

/sez me

369 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:34:58pm

re: #362 zombie

Isn't it Orcs with a "C"?

If you're painting them, you ought to know.

Orcs - Fantasy, swords and magic

Orks - Scifi, Savage alien warriors

370 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:36:31pm

re: #369 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Orcs - Fantasy, swords and magic

Orks - Scifi, Savage alien warriors

Orcks - Sci-fi/fantasy conventions, carry plastic "swords"

371 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:37:15pm

And because I'm feeling especially geeky, Orks versus Marines: the video

372 SummerSong  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:37:56pm

Orecks = vacuum cleaners

373 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:40:30pm

re: #372 SummerSong

I wondered how long...

374 SummerSong  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:41:24pm

*shrugs*

375 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:41:37pm

Has everyone seen the Times online Obama mockery?

He ventured forth to bring light to the world

And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

I hadn't seen it here previously -

376 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:43:15pm

re: #371 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Probably geekey also Marine Mouse.

377 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:45:05pm

re: #369 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Orcs - Fantasy, swords and magic

Orks - Scifi, Savage alien warriors

Ah, I see.

You'd think they'd be able to come up with a more original name!

I especially like this line from the wikipedia article about them:

In the rare occasion that the Orks ever do unite, they are capable of destroying whole civilisations in a massive migration-invasion known as a Waaagh!
378 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:46:04pm

re: #376 Metal Man

Probably geekey also Marine Mouse.

LOL.

How do you know when you're dealing with Marines?

You can put 30 of them in a room with a ballbearing for an hour and when you come back, the ball bearing is broken and no one knows what happened to it.

Was in 1993-2002

379 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:46:25pm

re: #363 tradewind

I was just thinking about that tune earlier today.

I actually thought you were posting this video. Bingley, you watching?

380 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:47:48pm

re: #364 Metal Man

And Claudia Black in leather pants is so easy on the eyes

381 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:47:48pm

re: #377 zombie

They based it off the original game system they designed 25 years ago. Originally, the scifi version was nothing more than the fantasy setting with guns but its grown since then

382 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:48:08pm

re: #378 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Thanks for your service you friking steel ball breaker LOL.

383 Kulhwch  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:48:49pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So whats everyone up to?

Watching Excalibur as I paint some Orks.

Watching last half of Tod Browning's Freaks while I limp around the internet.

}:)     [Not finding it eerie, finding it overdramatic ... ]

384 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:49:20pm

re: #364 Metal Man

Of course, you could be watching Ice Cream Truckers on History Channel.

385 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:49:27pm

re: #380 calcajun

And Claudia Black in leather pants is so easy on the eyes

It's customary to link to such things.

386 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:50:16pm

re: #380 calcajun

And Claudia Black in leather pants is so easy on the eyes

Spent the last week watching the entire run of Farscape. Such a hottie.

387 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:51:20pm

re: #380 calcajun

Sam in camo aint bad either.

388 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:51:29pm

re: #385 Noam Sayin'

Holy Moly

389 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:51:42pm

re: #383 Kulhwch

Speaking of Tod Browning, have you heard, they may have found a surviving print of "London After Midnight"? Check it out here:

[Link: www.aintitcool.com...]

390 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:52:17pm

re: #385 Noam Sayin'

I'm so ...ashamed.

391 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:53:38pm

re: #387 Metal Man

I kinda like the biker chick look. Sam is the "girl next door".

392 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:54:48pm

re: #390 calcajun

I'm so ...ashamed.

As well you should be, considering your tenure. I'm going to let it slide this time. But if I see another infraction, I'll have to bring it up at the next decorum tribunal.

393 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:55:22pm

snip: Obama in Paris

Thence he travelled west to Mount Sarkozy. Even the beauteous Princess Carla of the tribe of the Bruni was struck by awe and she was great in love with the Child, but he was tempted not...

394 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:56:01pm

re: #392 Noam Sayin'

You are too kind. Thank you for your mercy.

395 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:56:12pm

re: #387 Metal Man

Do I have to report you as well, Metal Man. Who is this "Sam" in camo, of which you speak?

396 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:56:16pm

re: #393 RTLM

snip: Obama in Paris

Cue the Gershwin music.

397 Bosch Fawstin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:57:52pm

On Batman's 'one rule', that he will not kill.
It necessarily makes him an accomplice to mass murder, as he not only doesn't kill the mass murderers, he goes out of his way to save them, and they do it again and again. But, in Batman's mind, as he's written by fools, that amidst the carnage, Batman can maintain his purity. It's a pathetic 'rule' to have, because sometimes killing mass murderers is the perfectly moral thing to do.
Pigman even proudly, clearly and unapologetically says,
'Killing Terrorists Saves Lives'.

398 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:57:59pm

Alright. I'm going to turn in. Can I take my helmet off, now?

399 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:57:59pm

re: #393 RTLM

Oh, for the love of sweet bleeding Jesus. Please stop before any more capillaries in my brain rupture.

400 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:59:37pm

/great -

401 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:00:32am

re: #399 calcajun

Oh, for the love of sweet bleeding Jesus. Please stop before any more capillaries in my brain rupture.

That was actually a very funny and scathing OpEd. Someone posted it earlier, and I noticed H&C featured some kind of voice-over of it tonight.

Later, lizards.

402 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:01:09am

re: #399 calcajun

On the Seventh Day he walked across the Channel of the Angles to the ancient land of the hooligans. There he was welcomed with open arms by the once great prophet Blair and his successor, Gordon the Leper and his successor, David the Golden One.

And suddenly, with the men appeared the archangel Gabriel and the whole host of the heavenly choir, ranks of cherubim and seraphim, all praising God and singing: “Yes, We Can.”

403 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:02:18am

re: #395 Noam Sayin'

Sam

Calcajun has a point when you put them side by side. Claudia Black dresses better and has an alluring evil to her. Ouch:)

404 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:03:31am

re: #398 Noam Sayin'

Only if you have side rails on your bed.

405 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:04:44am

re: #401 Noam Sayin'

Oh, I know. But I am SO tired of Barry O's Tragical History Tour. Silly bugger hasn't even gotten a decent bounce out of it.

Ah, but it's only late July. So many thing can happen between now and November.

And...FOOTBALL Season is just around the corner. It's the most wonderful time of the year...

406 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:05:19am

re: #403 Metal Man

Sam

Calcajun has a point when you put them side by side. Claudia Black dresses better and has an alluring evil to her. Ouch:)

Yeah, I like dark-haired women over blondes any day. I grew up in northern MN. Brunettes were exotic to me.

Is that Amanda Tapping? She has a nice rack.

407 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:05:41am

re: #389 calcajun

Speaking of Tod Browning, have you heard, they may have found a surviving print of "London After Midnight"? Check it out here:

[Link: www.aintitcool.com...]

Can't wait to see that.  It'll probably take them a couple of years to clean it up, digitize it, and then enhance it, depending on how good the print is they found.  Love all the original Lon Chaney stuff (of course Hunchback of Notre Dame is my favorite, but who can forget his Phantom of the Opera).  Wish I could remember that biopic that Cagney made in which he told Chaney's life story ... will have to look it up.

}:)     [That old nitrate film was pretty volatile ... surprized they found a copy.]

408 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:05:55am

One more thing on the Batman's 'one rule'. His current writer, Grant 'heroin lovin' Morrison, said this today:
"If Batman kills anyone he's just another soldier. There's a million soldiers. We don't need another soldier, we need Batman."

I hear foolish things like this said, that the difference between Batman and the Joker is that Batman doesn't kill. What a cheap way to make a distinction, as if that's the only important difference between them. code. And the suggestion above is that soldiers, the one's who give this louse Morrison the freedom to write his crack-addled stories in peace are a dime a dozen. But that Batman, Batman, ahh, he's special.
I love Batman stories like 'The Dark Knight Returns' and Batman Year One, but what the Morrison fool does is praise a fictional character at the expense of living, breathing heroes, who, 'god forbid', kill the bad guys. This punk really pissed me off today, had to vent.

409 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:07:26am

re: #408 Bosch Fawstin

One more thing on the Batman's 'one rule'. His current writer, Grant 'heroin lovin' Morrison, said this today:
"If Batman kills anyone he's just another soldier. There's a million soldiers. We don't need another soldier, we need Batman."

I hear foolish things like this said, that the difference between Batman and the Joker is that Batman doesn't kill. What a cheap way to make a distinction, as if that's the only important difference between them. code. And the suggestion above is that soldiers, the one's who give this louse Morrison the freedom to write his crack-addled stories in peace are a dime a dozen. But that Batman, Batman, ahh, he's special.
I love Batman stories like 'The Dark Knight Returns' and Batman Year One, but what the Morrison fool does is praise a fictional character at the expense of living, breathing heroes, who, 'god forbid', kill the bad guys. This punk really pissed me off today, had to vent.

Then go fucking kill them all, dipshit.

410 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:07:32am

re: #402 RTLM

Okay. That's good. Barry O visits Brixton...and gets the shit kicked out of him. It's a bit like going down to da' Nint' Ward wearin' dat fancy suit and deem big ears an' prerendin' he's smarter den da rest o' us.

It's late and my yat accent is comin' back.

411 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:09:01am

re: #405 calcajun

He won't win. Middle America is already growing tired of him and we haven't even come to the convention, yet. After he spouted his mouth off in Germany about how imperfect America is, I suspect his popularity to diminish precipitously.

McCain hammered him good in Colo., yesterday. I posted a link to it in the spinoffs one thread down.

And with that, I'm really going to bed now.

*unbuckle*

412 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:09:42am

re: #406 Noam Sayin'

Yes it is Amanda Tapping. And being a MN boy I get the like of the dark haired girls but the blondes are so much easier to find:) was gonna say something worse but figured I might get whacked.

Good Night Norm.

413 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:09:58am

re: #409 RTLM

Then go fucking kill them all, dipshit.

You idiot, of course you don't get my point.

414 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:10:00am

re: #405 calcajun

Oh, I know. But I am SO tired of Barry O's Tragical History Tour. Silly bugger hasn't even gotten a decent bounce out of it.

Ah, but it's only late July. So many thing can happen between now and November.

And...FOOTBALL Season is just around the corner. It's the most wonderful time of the year...

These are not the Chicago Bears I knew

/BHO come football season

415 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:10:52am

re: #407 Kulhwch

A lot of apocryphal evidence, but if it's true they had better hurry. That old film stock can "melt" in the can. I'd love to see it. The only fear is that there's so much hype surrounding this "lost" film that it might turn out to be not that great.

But, the see Lon Chaney in that beaver hat and his vampire rig would be worth it.

416 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:11:46am

re: #407 Kulhwch

..also, it was called "Man of a Thousand Faces" with Cagney.

417 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:12:38am

re: #413 Bosch Fawstin

No, Bosch Fawstin, I very definitely "get you".

418 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:13:41am

re: #411 Noam Sayin'

As much as I'd like to agree, no one will remember any of this come the first Tuesday in November. I agree, he's peaking way too early. But, there's a long road ahead.

419 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:14:50am

re: #414 Fenway_Nation

Will if be the "Good Rex" or "Bad Rex" this season. I no longer have much love for the Bears after my Saints lost to them.

420 bosforus  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:15:46am

Here's an omellete recipe I want you all to try in the morning...
Chef Cooks 'Dream Omelet' From Recipe That Came To Him In A Dream
[Link: www.theonion.com...]
Happy eatin!

421 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:16:30am

snip:

Then the Child ventured forth from Israel and Palestine and stepped onto the shores of the Old Continent. In the land of Queen Angela of Merkel, vast multitudes gathered to hear his voice, and he preached to them at length.

422 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:16:59am

re: #415 calcajun

Or worse than melting, go BOOM in the can ...

Has to be better than that restoration they made from publicity stills a few years back, commissioned by Ted Turner.  I haven't seen it, but a 45 minute version of still photographs surely can't live up to the original.

}:)     [Sure wish whoever has it would get off thier duff ... ]

423 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:17:03am

re: #417 RTLM

No, Bosch Fawstin, I very definitely "get you".

And I you, as you're a self-described:
'Knuckle dragging, beer drinking, right wing troglodyte (with a heart).'

No brain in sight. Of course.

424 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:18:41am

re: #418 calcajun

McCain should counter with campaign stops in Berlin, NY, Berlin, MI, Berlin, NH, Berlin WV or New Berlin, NC.

My opponent seems to think votes and opinions of those in the capital of Germany should be given higher priority than this Berlin.....

425 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:19:40am

re: #405 calcajun

More importantly will he stalk some deer on his belly like Kerry did? You want the vote of the union blue collar folks, fake hunting can screw up a run for pres. You can lie to them about allot of things but lies about hunting prowess is something they've seen before and hate.

426 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:20:37am

snip:

As word spread throughout the land about the Child's wondrous works, peoples from all over flocked to hear him; Hittites and Abbasids; Obamacons and McCainiacs; Cameroonians and Blairites.

And they told of strange and wondrous things that greeted the news of the Child's journey. Around the world, global temperatures began to decline, and the ocean levels fell and the great warming was over.

The Great Prophet Algore of Nobel and Oscar, who many had believed was the anointed one, smiled and told his followers that the Child was the one generations had been waiting for.

427 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:21:00am

re: #422 Kulhwch

I agree. I saw that--and it was only because of the historical value that I sat through it. I think that it has not been released is because some studio archivist id not know it was release in the UK under the title "The Hypnotist". Someone will have egg on their face.

Remember--there's always room for Soylent Green.

428 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:22:02am

re: #425 Metal Man

You assume he knows even how to use a sporting arm.

429 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:23:01am

re: #423 Bosch Fawstin

And I you, as you're a self-described:
'Knuckle dragging, beer drinking, right wing troglodyte (with a heart).'

No brain in sight. Of course.

Its hidden behind my skull and eyes.

430 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:24:22am

re: #419 calcajun

Dosen't make any difference to me. Every sorry, lame ass 3-13 team that lost to the Patriots under Belichick now has their comfy, built-in retroactive excuse to fall back on.

The Detroit Lions, the NY Jets, the Arizona Cardinals, the Houston Texans didn't lose because New England was the better team. Nosirree....they lost because Belichick's a cheater!111

431 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:25:46am

re: #416 calcajun

..also, it was called "Man of a Thousand Faces" with Cagney.

Just reading about it in IMDB.  Saw it when I was younger.  Man, Cagney could do it all, couldn't he?  Sing, dance, act ...

}:)     [We don't seem to have actors like that anymore.]

432 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:25:59am

re: #430 Fenway_Nation

Ah, my Chargers will prevail this season--in the AFC! My heart still lies with the Saints.

433 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:27:14am

re: #431 Kulhwch

White Heat. Yankee Doodle Dandy. One Two Three. Ragtime.

We won't see his like again.

434 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:28:46am

re: #428 calcajun

I actually assume he doesn't know the butt from the muzzle of a gun. But fall will come and he will have to pose for the hunter vote and will look like a moron.

435 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:29:42am

re: #427 calcajun

Remember--there's always room for Soylent Green.

Please, I had trouble enough gagging my soylent green down when all it was was people.  Once they added Edgar G. Robinson to the mix ...

}:)     [Okay, where's a bucket when I need it?]

436 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:30:06am

re: #429 RTLM

Its hidden behind my skull and eyes.

What a bore, if you're gonna insult someone for no reason, at least make it worthwhile.

437 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:30:33am

re: #423 Bosch Fawstin

And I you, as you're a self-described:
'Knuckle dragging, beer drinking, right wing troglodyte (with a heart).'

No brain in sight. Of course.

...and I do care

438 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:31:11am

re: #432 calcajun

Ah, my Chargers will prevail this season--in the AFC! My heart still lies with the Saints.

Not if my Pats have anything to say about it. Great team on paper, the Chargers, but I gotta wonder about that coach of theirs...

Still, I'd rather New England goes 10-6 and barely win a weak, tepid AFC East and then make a run in the postseason than have a 16-0 regular season run and have it all come undone in the final 120 seconds of the Superbowl.

439 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:31:34am

re: #435 Kulhwch

Didn't adding Eddie make it kosher?
(I am a very bad man)

440 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:32:16am

re: #438 Fenway_Nation

Norv shuts up and stays out of the way of Rivers and LT

441 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:32:30am

snip

And the Persians, who saw all this and were greatly fearful, longed to speak with the Child and saw that the Child was the bringer of peace. At the mention of his name they quickly laid aside their intrigues and beat their uranium swords into civil nuclear energy ploughshares.

From there the Child went up to the city of Jerusalem, and entered through the gate seated on an ass. The crowds of network anchors who had followed him from afar cheered “Hosanna” and waved great palm fronds and strewed them at his feet.

442 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:32:31am

w-wha?!...oh, fell asleep, damn you're boring. I'm out.

443 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:33:56am

re: #440 calcajun

It's probably for the best. Rivers- to his credit- showed alot of moxie (not neccecarily the kind endorsed by Ted Williams) in that playoff game against Indy. Billy Volek upped his value as a free agent that day as well.

444 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:34:06am

Ok. The wife is giving me that come hither look. Nite' folks.

445 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:35:57am

re: #433 calcajun

Yeah, he was something.  We had a whole generation of actors that were like that: Spencer Tracy, David Niven, Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, etc.  I find it hard to be enthused about many of the current ones.  I think we basically have Robert Duvall left and that's about it.  Saw him again the other night in To Kill A Mockingbird, when he was still pretty young in his career, and everyone else in the movie long dead and gone, including Gregory Peck.  Ah, I wax nostalgic ...

}:)     [Ah, well, shutting computer off to finish movie before bed.  G'night!]

446 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:36:47am

re: #443 Fenway_Nation

Last post;

I knew we lost that game in the first half when we couldn't score in the Red Zone. The game a week earlier against Indy was a bloody fantastic gae, especially Volek's drive. That was ugly, but wonderful to behold.

Again, nite folks.

447 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:39:48am

re: #443 Fenway_Nation
My Dad has a double barrel shotgun endorsed/signed by Ted Williams from Sears. It is one of the best guns I've ever shot. Ted knew his shotguns:)

448 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:40:48am

re: #442 Bosch Fawstin

w-wha?!...oh, fell asleep, damn you're boring. I'm out.

You should try engaging people instead of the incessant self-promotion.
We don't need an education here.

(fit in)

449 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:42:38am

re: #446 calcajun

If you reply again the wife's come hither look will turn as sour as 3 week old milk.

450 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:42:48am

re: #447 Metal Man

A Ted-Williams autographed shotgun? Or was this his signature appearing on it like a facsimilie of A-Rod's or Manny Ramierez's on a Louisville slugger?

451 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:43:14am