My inheritance resides in Las Vegas. Oh well,

Inheritance, religious principles, insufferable ego, hubris...

woot!

re: #2 PSGInfinity

Inheritance, religious principles, insufferable ego, hubris...

Atrocities....

Has anyone noticed the large amount of guilt being thrown around in the wake of this election..pertaining to social classes...

looks like we have to change gears...

Can't believe it is already August. The older you get the faster the hands on the clock spin.

Are you listening, Democrats?

Oh, by the way, Russia wiped California off the map! Whoo hoo!

re: #7 newsjunkie_ky

The older you get the faster the hands on the clock spin.

Truedat!

re: #4 Sharmuta

Atrocities....

Perversions?

The Dark Knight and Ron Paul

re: #6 slokat

Hey, you said Change!

Change even Ron Paul can believe in.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Edmund Burke.

re: #12 cookielady

Hey, you said Change!

...do I have to go sit in the corner?

Lie, Lie, Lie, til you cant lie no more.

re: #6 slokat

looks like we have to change gears...

pimf - it should have read: looks like we have to shift gears...

all by ourselves with no electronic assistance, either

Great quote.

re: #8 Wyatt Earp

Russia wiped California off the map!

I always heard it was going to someday tumble into the sea. But that was back in My Old School.

re: #15 slokat

...do I have to go sit in the corner?

No, but you'd better Hope I don't catch you again.

/ROFL

re: #12 cookielady

Hey, you said Change!

DRINK!

/be right back, time to refresh the glass.

re: #7 newsjunkie_ky

Can't believe it is already August. The older you get the faster the hands on the clock spin.

Time obviously still moves at the same speed, but the AMOUNT of time WE have here decreases each year, so as you get older you tend to notice it more, and the faster it seems to pass, i.e. I'm certain it seems to go even faster for our parents than it does for us.

re: #21 BlueCanuck

Blue, watch out for that Iron Fist rule, now!

I can't even join you with a glass of wine... I'm on my diet again.

re: #19 Mich-again

Steely Dan! Nice.

re: #23 cookielady

I'll behave.

/after all I am a nice guy. Just ask LeePro. ;)

From Jihad Watch:

"You Jews should be aware: You will never, but never have peace with Hamas. Islam, as the ideology that guides them, will not allow them to achieve a peace agreement with the Jews."

Yes, I know there was an entire thread on this earlier, but it bears repeating.

This guy is an insider -- he knows what they say and think in private. How many like him have to come forward and reiterate the same story before the skeptics will believe?

re: #22 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Time obviously still moves at the same speed, but the AMOUNT of time WE have here decreases each year, so as you get older you tend to notice it more, and the faster it seems to pass, i.e. I'm certain it seems to go even faster for our parents than it does for us.

Time does not move. We move through Time. Time is only perceived.

re: #8 Wyatt Earp

Are you listening, Democrats?

Oh, by the way, Russia wiped California off the map! Whoo hoo!

Old news, Wyatt...The muslims have been doing that on their maps to Israel for years.

re: #19 Mich-again
Hey Mich - all y'all done moved over and didn't tell me (is that a message, hmmm?)! Well anyway, here's my last post to y'all from the prior thread:

"NO Mich, it ain't the extra weight of your wrist watch, it's you driving with your arm out the open window to show it off that's driving down you're mpg!"

re: #28 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

"It was there a minute ago . . . "

Afghanistan fight boosts role for tanks in 21st century

A German-made Leopard-2 tank spits 120 mm shells from a distant hilltop at Taliban insurgents attacking a patrol of Canadian and Afghan government troops.

Watched from afar, the explosions are hard to distinguish from the overall barrage of artillery and aerial bombing that erupts in the Zhari district of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province.

But you can count on the shots being 'scarily accurate,' says Canadian Army Major Chris Adams, commander of 20 Leopards deployed here that the insurgents have dubbed 'the new evil' and 'the magic gun' - 'because it makes people disappear.'

/heh

I gotta crash. I perceive that Time has gotten away from me, and I must sleep.

Weet dreams, lizardoids and Great Lizard Master.

re: #27 cookielady

Time does not move. We move through Time. Time is only perceived.

I stand corrected- We all move through time at the same speed, but the inevitability of our demise makes us perceive that we move faster as we get older.

re: #22 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Time obviously still moves at the same speed, but the AMOUNT of time WE have here decreases each year, so as you get older you tend to notice it more, and the faster it seems to pass, i.e. I'm certain it seems to go even faster for our parents than it does for us.

Well now, there's a really pleasant post to read. Y'all got any pearls of wisdom tucked away that are a tad more optimistic for us old mature folks?

re: #32 cookielady

weet dreams lady. have your self a pleasant rest

Time does not move. We move through Time. Time is only perceived.

re: #29 realwest

I go back and forth Bro. But I am outahere, Wifey said so.

re: #32 cookielady
Good night {cookielady} sleep well and thanks for the kind words before!

re: #32 cookielady

weet dreams!

re: #25 BlueCanuck

I'll behave.

/after all I am a nice guy. Just ask LeePro. ;)

{ { {Blue} } } is such a sweetie!

;D

They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.

— Edmund Burke

Doctors get to bury their mistakes, sysadmins have to support theirs forever.

re: #38 realwest

God bless, real. Remember, we move through Time... and keep on moving into Timelessness!

morning/evening {LeePro}. Had a feeling you were lurking around here some where.

re: #42 cookielady
Um, I don't reckon you mean: [Link: www.imeem.com...]

re: #40 LeePro
Hey Lee! How are you doing/feeling today?

re: #36 slokat

Time does not move. We move through Time. Time is only perceived.

...Time is a confidence game perpetuated by the Swiss.
Chiun

Open thread........................
OLD BUTCH
John, the farmer, was in the egg business. He had several hundred
young layers (hens), also called "pullets," and ten roosters, whose job it was to keep the pullets fertilized and the eggs coming. The farmer kept records, and any rooster that didn't perform went into the soup pot and was replaced.

That took an awful lot of his time, so he bought a set of tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone so John could tell from a distance which rooster was performing.

Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report simply by listening to the bells.

The farmer's favorite rooster was old Butch, a very fine specimen. But on this particular morning, John n oticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all.

John went to investigate. The other roosters were chasing pullets all over the place with bells-a-ringing. The pullets, upon hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. But to Farmer John's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring.

He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.

John was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the Renfrew County Fair,
and he became an overnight sensation among the judges.

The result...The judges not only awarded old Butch the No Bell Piece Prize, but they awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well.

Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making: Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention.

re: #37 Mich-again
Goodnight Mich! Sleep well my friend.

re: #44 realwest

Um, I don't reckon you mean: [Link: www.imeem.com...]

Ha! No, I mean that we step out of the construct of Time into that place where Our Creator lives, home at last.

Going now, before I get caught up in another interesting conversation. {lizards}

re: #47 Inquisitive Now that there was funny, I don't care who ya are!
LOL!

Anyone want to hear some interesting - if not necessarily funny - historical trivia?

re: #49 cookielady

I was trying to mitigate the rather depressing explanation of time seeming to move faster as we get older... and now I will go to sleep thinking about Time as a construct, Time as perception, and probably, in the end, Captain Kirk's Dilemna.

(laughing at myself) Good night for sure!

re: #50 realwest

Now that there was funny, I don't care who ya are!
LOL!

So glad you enjoyed and hope it brightened your day some......read on last thread where it hadn't been to good.....
{realwest}

re: #51 realwest

Anyone want to hear some interesting - if not necessarily funny - historical trivia?

sure .....why not.....let's hear it.

re: #51 realwest

Please, spill.

/always looking for new bits of trivia.

re: #53 Inquisitive
It surely did put a big ole smile on my face - and a few chuckles in my mouth, too! Thanks.

re: #43 BlueCanuck

re: #45 realwest

Hi, y'all!
Lurking/snoozing what's the difference?
;)

Doing as well as can be expected, I suppose, with about half my natural choppers gone forever, and a temp bridge that feels like it's about the size of a semi- in my mouth.

Still eating mush — craving steak, pork chops, corn-on-the-cob, salad, etc.

^{_{/moan, bitch, whine, grouse}}

Intelligent Design cognitive dissonance thought:

Human toes. I was staring at my toes. They are useless. They are almost frighteningly useless. For walking the way we do, we obviously need articulation where our toes begin, but we don't need separated toes to walk. We'd just need a joint there ending in a bone for pivoting when we move, like a kind of hoof. That would work just as well, without apparent waste in creating individuated toes.

Stare at your smallest toe. That is particularly absurd-looking.

Toes are a vestige of our evolution. God works in mysterious ways, even through evolution. He made us by first making other creatures and reused themes. I think he created the spark and mechanism of evolution and then let what he knew would unfold unfold as He foresaw it. I don't think we are created in God's image or perfectly evolved. We are transitional. Like everything else. Everything changes.

Hi, folks! Ready for World War III?

Barack Obama says it's job number one to get Bin Laden. Well, guess what? It's become abundantly clear that not only will Pakistan not put out any effort to catch Bin Laden, but that large chunks of their security services are on his side.

From the New York Times: Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul, U.S. Officials Say.

WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.

Seems to me that Obama is pretty much committed to going toe-to-toe with Pakistan -- and his inexperience and his need to look tough could easily lead to an escalation that causes Pakistan's government to fall. All hell is set to break loose.

re: #3 lori lane

That reminds me . . .

I know about the origin of "weet dreams" -- can anyone enlighten me 'bout the origin(s) of, "woot"

and it's cousin, "w00t!"

Well all right then - try this one out (it is true, btw).

As most every American knows (or at least should) Benedict Arnold was a traitor of such magnitude that even today we'll call someone we perceive as a traitor as a "Benedict Arnold".
However, before he turned traitor he was one of our best generals. Truly he was.
But as a general he had one horrible flaw - he couldn't tell what was what by looking at a map - so every night just before his army laggered up (went to sleep) he'd ask for a volunteer to go scouting with him, to see the land which lie ahead for tomorrow's march. He asked for volunteers because there were Indians, fighting alongside the French, up ahead of his Army on it's way to Canada. It wasn't a "popular" thing to do.
But one night a very young soldier said "I'll go with ya general" and off they go.
And sure as hell they get jumped by a bunch of Indians and to get way, Arnold and the young soldier had to jump in a river and let the tide carry
'em back to Arnold's army. But Benedict Arnold - though he did jump into the water to avoid the Indians, told his young companion "I can't swim!"
and the young private put his arms around General Arnold and swam with him to safety.
After they were both ashore and safe, and had gotten their breath back, General Arnold asked the young private his name. "Aaron Burr" replied the Private.
Years later, Benedict Arnold became the first person tried for treason and found guilty in the new United States of America. Years later on, Aaron Burr was the second.

re: #60 least

woot or more commonly w00t!111! is from a phemnomena known as l33t speak. From all those kids getting on the net in the late 90's early naughts. There typing skills weren't the greatest. So numbers replaced letters and so forth the "0" is just above the "o" and so forth.

/dreadful young whippersnappers.

re: #57 LeePro "/moan, bitch, whine, grouse"
Hey, y'all get offa my corner! LOL!

Just a little laugh for everyone... Good night!

re: #61 realwest

Interesting. But isn't there some new historical information that Benedict Arnold may have been a double agent passing on false information to the British army?

/heard that several years ago.

Went thru with getting my first tattoo today. It was an...uh...interesting experience. A fair amount of pain was involved, but it was manageable. The worst part was that I bled like a stuck pig after having left the parlor. Dude did a real nice job on the tat, tho.

re: #61 realwest

interesting, very interesting!

re: #66 Cartman

Went thru with getting my first tattoo today. It was an...uh...interesting experience. A fair amount of pain was involved, but it was manageable. The worst part was that I bled like a stuck pig after having left the parlor. Dude did a real nice job on the tat, tho.

I don't know whether to say congratulatios or not...............tatto of what and tatto, where.....or do I want to know(LOL)

re: #57 LeePro

{{{{{{ Lee }}}}}}

You must really hurt to complain...not like you! Feel better.

OK Pat Condell, I'm sick of your Anti Islamic Atheist Bull Shit !
Heh.

re: #57 LeePro

{LePro} Nana's right, you never complain. Feel better quick.

re: #68 Inquisitive

I don't know whether to say congratulatios or not...............tatto of what and tatto, where.....or do I want to know(LOL)

Tat is on the right forearm and is kind of a typical biker-type print, Really beautiful spread eagle wings with "Ride Free" inked in the middle. It covers most of my arm, so that kinda enhanced the pain factor, as it took the artist well over 2 hours. I'm pretty happy with it.

Well, slowin' down pretty good in here, so weet dreams to y'all. G'nite.

re: #72 Cartman

Tat is on the right forearm and is kind of a typical biker-type print, Really beautiful spread eagle wings with "Ride Free" inked in the middle. It covers most of my arm, so that kinda enhanced the pain factor, as it took the artist well over 2 hours. I'm pretty happy with it.

Sounds nice.....as log as your happy..........

re: #69 NY Nana

{ Lee }

You must really hurt to complain...not like you! Feel better.

{ { {Nana} } }!
Yes, ma'am, I'm tryin'! It's not so much great pain as it is persistent low-key pain, and only when I try to do one of those pesky little things that keeps one alive... you know, like eating.

Actually, I usually don't complain, just feelin' kinda "short" tonight, I guess.

^{_{/"my" corner, indeed!}}

BTW, how'd you do multiple curly brackets? I know the code, but when I do that, the right-hand ones either skip or truncate. Don't know why.

re: #74 Inquisitive

log=long
PIMF PIMF PIMF

OK, judging by the overwhelming response to my #
61, here's another one.
In the late 1800's a very wealth land owner in England had a young son. The young fella loved to wander around his father's vast estate, trying to spot deer and what not.
His father's gamekeeper had warned the young lad against doing so, as there were quicksand bogs around and the boy could fall into one and die.
But, boys being boys, the young nobleman's son kept on wandering around the vast estate.
One evening, just about sundown, the gameskeeper could hear the young boy crying out for help! The gameskeeper ran to the sound of the voice and there was the Nobleman's son, sinking quickly into a quicksand bog - the Games keeper saved the boy but had to carry him to the Estate House, where he was greeted by the Nobleman himself. The Gameskeeper explained what happended and the Nobleman said "ask for all the money I have and it is yours, glady for saving my only son's life". The gameskeeper shook his head no, but said he would be pleased if the Nobleman could provide the Gameskeeper's youngest son with an education. Which the Nobleman gladly did.
The young son of the Nobleman was none other than Sir Winston Churchill who would have died long before the end of WWII from pneumonia, but for a scientist's discovery of penicillin. And the scientist's name was Sir Alexander Fleming - Sir Winston was the Nobleman's son who nearly died in that quicksand blog, and Sir Alexander Fleming was the son of the Gameskeeper who had rescued young Winston from that quicksand.
Now I know some of you may want to Wiki this happening, but I should tell you know that what Wiki says is incorrect. We know this through Sir Winstons' diaries of his life. It was indeed penicillin that saved his life.

re: #22 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Time obviously still moves at the same speed, but the AMOUNT of time WE have here decreases each year, so as you get older you tend to notice it more, and the faster it seems to pass, i.e. I'm certain it seems to go even faster for our parents than it does for us.

Not quite how it works....remember when you were 5 and Christmas or yor b/day seemed to take forever to roll around? when you were 5, 1 year was 1/5 of your life. I'm almost 54 and 1 year is 1/54 of my life experience, so it seems as if time passes faster.

BTW my grand mother is 101....and she sez time passes faster now,too.

re: #71 Pvt Bin Jammin

Boo!

re: #77 realwest

had heard/read this before.............think it was an email that was sent to me.

re: #79 NY Nana

I just have to say my usual thing: Nana are you still up?! LOL Good to see you.

re: #65 BlueCanuck There were some "revelations" to that effect about 15-20 years ago, but they were proven false. No, Arnold did in fact SELL the British the plans for and the ways to and from West Point. He was then taken to England by Great Britain where - instead of getting an Army to command, as he had expected, he was shunned by the British Military and Royalty and society.

re: #66 Cartman GACK!
Didn't I talk to you LAST NIGHT about doing that an didn't you pretty much ASSURE me that you wouldn't get a tat? HUH!
Sigh.
SO where'd ya get it and what's it supposed to look like anyway?

re: #77 realwest

And now you know the rest of the story. I'm loving these posts but, Paul Harvey is that you?

re: #71 Pvt Bin Jammin

{LePro} Nana's right, you never complain. Feel better quick.

:D ← really big tooth-ful smile!

Thanks! You're all so sweet!

re: #75 LeePro

{It's not so much great pain as it is persistent low-key pain, and only when I try to do one of those pesky little things that keeps one alive... you know, like eating.

Actually, I usually don't complain, just feelin' kinda "short" tonight, I guess.

^{_{/"my" corner, indeed!}}

BTW, how'd you do multiple curly brackets? I know the code, but when I do that, the right-hand ones either skip or truncate. Don't know why.

Darn I can only empathize...so far. Wish I lived a little closer..I would bring you some smooshed up food.

If I told you how to do the brackets, I would have to keel you! ;)

Check your email..hope it won't explode!

re: #78 BignJames

I heard that theory, even an attempt to incorporate it into financial planning. I think we just pay less attention as we get older. If we had our eyes open with the attention of a ten-year old, I think time would stretch out again.

re: #81 Pvt Bin Jammin

Nana are you still up?!

Good to see you! I am sleep typing!

re: #75 LeePro

For all the posts I've seen, I think I a little complaining is okay. I guess it will just take a little time for you to get used to the changed state of affairs. Soon enough you will be doing steaks, ribs, corn on the cob and whole apples. :)

re: #83 realwest

GACK!
Didn't I talk to you LAST NIGHT about doing that an didn't you pretty much ASSURE me that you wouldn't get a tat? HUH!
Sigh.
SO where'd ya get it and what's it supposed to look like anyway?
I asked the same ....his reply is # 72

re: #85 LeePro

Wish I was close by too. Did you ever have a "date shake"....yummy. They sell them out here in the palm desert area of southern Calif. Take care, {Lee}.

re: #85 LeePro

You're all so sweet!

So are you! That's why seeing that you are feeling yucky is all the harder. This, too, shall pass.

Did you, at any point, try to deck the dentist?

I am out of here too, Lizards. Take care, all.

Thank you, realwest!

re: #85 {LeePro} Hey {Lee} - ok, ok I'll share the corner with you!
LOL!
Seriously I am sorry for the pain you feel - how long til you WILL be able to eat steak and whatever else y'all want?

GUESS THE YEAR ? ?
IN THE NEWS:

U.S. conducts first aerial test of hydrogen bomb over Namu Islet, Bikini Atoll, releasing an explosion equivalent to 10 million tons of TNT
Egypt takes control of the Suez Canal
Israel retaliates against Egypt by attacking the Sinai Peninsula joined later by Britain and France in a march toward the Suez Canal
Under pressure by the United States and the United Nations, Britain, France, and Israel halt their attack on Egypt
Interstate Highway Act is passed
Christopher Cockerell invents the Hovercraft
The first computer hard drive is introduced
Trans-Atlantic cable telephone service begins
NY Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers to take the World Series (again!)
ON THE RADIO:

Science has finally discovered why bees hum;
they don't know the words.

re: #90 Inquisitive
Oh great, just effin' great.
Sigh.
Thanks for telling me, Inquisitive!

I am currently driving several Obama supporters I know absolutely bananas with that article about the Major Democratic Contributor who is rejecting Obama.............
:-)

re: #98 cutestguy

1956

ding ding we have a winner..........

re: #101 StudSupreme
Uh, which article are y'all talking about?

re: #104 cutestguy

I love history

Me too...it is interesting.

re: #104 cutestguy
You love history, eh? SO did you ding up my #'s 61 and 77? Well?! LOL!
I'm glad to know that you love history, unlike most of the heathens on this thread!
;')

re: #62 BlueCanuck

woot or more commonly w00t!111! is from a phemnomena known as l33t speak. From all those kids getting on the net in the late 90's early naughts. There typing skills weren't the greatest. So numbers replaced letters and so forth the "0" is just above the "o" and so forth.

/dreadful young whippersnappers.

L337 5P34k!

re: #101 StudSupreme
YO! STUDSUPREME! WHAT ARTICLE or at least who was it that stiffed Obama?!

re: #91 Pvt Bin Jammin

Wish I was close by too. Did you ever have a "date shake"....yummy. They sell them out here in the palm desert area of southern Calif. Take care, {Lee}.

except they taste like dates.......

/blecch!

re: #89 BlueCanuck

For all the posts I've seen, I think I a little complaining is okay. I guess it will just take a little time for you to get used to the changed state of affairs. Soon enough you will be doing steaks, ribs, corn on the cob and whole apples. :)

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

You always make me feel better!

re: #92 cutestguy

Do you think India is gonna retaliate?

i hope India remembers that they are down wind of Pakistan, but i'm not too sure regarding the sanity of *any* native of that area, let alone their respective government.

re: #107 redc1c4

L337 5P34k!

Please forgive me for knowing how to use a keyboard properly. :)

/Thank god you're here. Now I don't have to channel you any more

re: #97 Inquisitive

GUESS THE YEAR ? ?
IN THE NEWS:

U.S. conducts first aerial test of hydrogen bomb over Namu Islet, Bikini Atoll, releasing an explosion equivalent to 10 million tons of TNT
Egypt takes control of the Suez Canal
Israel retaliates against Egypt by attacking the Sinai Peninsula joined later by Britain and France in a march toward the Suez Canal
Under pressure by the United States and the United Nations, Britain, France, and Israel halt their attack on Egypt
Interstate Highway Act is passed
Christopher Cockerell invents the Hovercraft
The first computer hard drive is introduced
Trans-Atlantic cable telephone service begins
NY Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers to take the World Series (again!)
ON THE RADIO:

1956

re: #112 redc1c4

i hope India remembers that they are down wind of Pakistan, but i'm not too sure regarding the sanity of *any* native of that area, let alone their respective government.

I have more hope(and faith) in India's government then I do Pakistan's.

/they aren't that effin crazy.

//still crazy but not over the top and out windows.

re: #113 BlueCanuck

Please forgive me for knowing how to use a keyboard properly. :)

/Thank god you're here. Now I don't have to channel you any more

so you're saying you're a red lite?

/stay off the porch, please. %-)

OK my son just came in and ask if I had seen the pics/reports of the monster that had washed up on a beach...........WT%
Montauk Monster
[Link: gawker.com...]

re: #117 BlueCanuck

I have more hope(and faith) in India's government then I do Pakistan's.

/they aren't that effin crazy.

//still crazy but not over the top and out windows.

faith is rarely supported by fact.

G'nite, all. Happy August!

Sweet dreams.

re: #19 Mich-again

I always heard it was going to someday tumble into the sea. But that was back in My Old School.

Funny you should mention that. I saw them tonight! In the rain. Ugh. (Saw them last night, too...I'm a big Steely Dan fan.)

Magical.

re: #91 Pvt Bin Jammin

Wish I was close by too. Did you ever have a "date shake"....yummy. They sell them out here in the palm desert area of southern Calif. Take care, {Lee}.

Now wouldn't that be a hoot! You and me and NY Nana and maybe littleoldlady and Mandy and Wolfie and a few others all together at some unsuspecting restaurant heretofore known as a nice quiet place to eat.

P.S. I am most centrally located, so, naturally we'd all have to meet up here! LOL!

re: #93 NY Nana

So are you! That's why seeing that you are feeling yucky is all the harder. This, too, shall pass.

Did you, at any point, try to deck the dentist?

Tried. Nurse/bodyguard too quick on her feet!
LOL

re: #96 realwest

Bunch more weeks, I'm told.

re: #119 Inquisitive

I sent that to some biologist pals of mine. So far, no response. Unless the actual specimen is available for real forensics, the only safe assumption is that the thing is a hoax.

re: #96 realwest

BTW:
  "eat steak and whatever else y'all want?"

"Y'all" is plural. Yankee transplants should be very careful when attempting southern talk!

;)

re: #125 rawmuse

I sent that to some biologist pals of mine. So far, no response. Unless the actual specimen is available for real forensics, the only safe assumption is that the thing is a hoax.

I was thinking it could be a hoax...

re: #124 LeePro
Ah shit {Lee} - I really feel for you kiddo. Please check your e-mail when you get a chance!
Best wishes and prayers still going up for you.

re: #126 LeePro

BTW:
  "eat steak and whatever else y'all want?"

"Y'all" is plural. Yankee transplants should be very careful when attempting southern talk!

;)

"All Y'all" is collective plural.

re: #118 redc1c4

Red lite? More like Blue Lite at the worst. :)

Well all y'all it's been grand as usual but I've GOT to at least try to get some sleep!
So I wish you all a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and hope I get the chance to see you down the road.

Goodnight, all.

Good night Realwest and I guess it is time for me to go and lay my head on a pillow for awhile...........prayers for all! !

re: #126 LeePro
and
re: #129 rawmuse

Well from one guy who was born in North Carolina and who's daddy was born in and partly raised in Georgia, "Y'all" is one or more; all y'all is always a group.
Now good night all y'all!

;')

re: #116 cutestguy

Things are getting very, very dangerous in South Asia. I wonder why the MSM isnt paying more attention...

it doesn't fit the meme, and there's currently no way to blame Bush.

re: #131 realwest

Night real, weet dreams y'all. ;)

/now I am going to get smacked down by LeePro.

//a REAL northerner trying to act all southern and such. :D

re: #134 redc1c4

Besides it's the wrong south asia.

/figure they have already bin dare dun dat.

Leopard tanks are tough. Tougher than anything the ChiComs or Ruskies have. The Ruskies have better in theory , but not practice.

re: #122 capitalist piglet

Funny you should mention that. I saw them tonight! In the rain. Ugh. (Saw them last night, too...I'm a big Steely Dan fan.)

Magical.

saw them last wednesday night in LA, *inside* at the Nokia. saw Los Lobos & Los Lonley Boys last fryday at the Greek Theater.

gonna go see George Thorogood, Buddy Guy, & Elvin Bishop @ the geek tomorrow. w 00 T !111!

re: #128 realwest

Ah shit {Lee} - I really feel for you kiddo. Please check your e-mail when you get a chance!
Best wishes and prayers still going up for you.

Got the email. Would rather chit-chat here, if you don't mind. ;)

Eleven in all, mostly uppers. That's it, at least for a while.

Prayers very much appreciated.

re: #125 rawmuse

I sent that to some biologist pals of mine. So far, no response. Unless the actual specimen is available for real forensics, the only safe assumption is that the thing is a hoax.

right up there with a certain footprint. %-)

re: #129 rawmuse

"All Y'all" is collective plural.

Correct, but terribly improper. Probably coined by some f'rner who didn't know any better!

;D

re: #130 BlueCanuck

Red lite? More like Blue Lite at the worst. :)

as in House of Blue Light?

different color, same idea..... %-)

re: #126 LeePro

BTW:
  "eat steak and whatever else y'all want?"

"Y'all" is plural. Yankee transplants should be very careful when attempting southern talk!

;)

i'm gonna have to chew on this definition for awhile.....

/whote smoke

Rasta Man Chant
/Namaste, Y'all

And so the Jason Bay era begins in the Fenway Nation. Wonder how the pride of Trail, B.C. will fit into his new surroundings. Let's face it, Pittsurgh loves its Ben Roethlisberger, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin but they forgot they had a baseball team somewhere along the way.

/I hear the Dodgers got some guy named Ramierez. Is he any good?

re: #133 realwest

and
re: #129 rawmuse

Well from one guy who was born in North Carolina and who's daddy was born in and partly raised in Georgia, "Y'all" is one or more; all y'all is always a group.
Now good night all y'all!

;')

Sorry, but "born" in North Carolina doesn't count when you grew up in NYC.

"Y'all" is a contraction of "you all" which is plural......... you know, "all"........... plural.

I was born in Kansas City, MO, but raised in Tennessee — all 66 years of me! I do not speak with midwestern twang.

Sheesh!

re: #135 BlueCanuck

Night real, weet dreams y'all. ;)

/now I am going to get smacked down by LeePro.

//a REAL northerner trying to act all southern and such. :D

I would never smack you down, Blue! Gently teach, yes. But others............? Heh.

re: #143 redc1c4

I can roger that... being one of those deep south types, ya'll* is just our way of saying ' you all'... and it means more than one of you, from two to a trillion.
*tm

re: #146 LeePro

Sorry, but "born" in North Carolina doesn't count when you grew up in NYC.

"Y'all" is a contraction of "you all" which is plural......... you know, "all"........... plural.

I was born in Kansas City, MO, but raised in Tennessee — all 66 years of me! I do not speak with midwestern twang.

Sheesh!

but you type with one......

/very strange

re: #148 tradewind

I can roger that... being one of those deep south types, ya'll* is just our way of saying ' you all'... and it means more than one of you, from two to a trillion.
*tm

what if they are a *large* person? %-)

/white smoke

re: #148 tradewind

I can roger that... being one of those deep south types, ya'll* is just our way of saying ' you all'... and it means more than one of you, from two to a trillion.
*tm

I know I've prolly asked you this before, but where are you?

re: #149 redc1c4

LOL!

re: #152 LeePro

LOL!

made you smile...... :-=

/white smoke

re: #135 BlueCanuck

And down here, we never smack ...
We just whomp you upside of the head, whip the stuffin' out of you, jerk a knot in your tail, or open up a can of whup-ass, depending on your age and the severity of your transgression...
:)

re: #154 tradewind

And down here, we never smack ...
We just whomp you upside of the head, whip the stuffin' out of you, jerk a knot in your tail, or open up a can of whup-ass, depending on your age and the severity of your transgression...
:)

and undoubtedly #153 is gonna get me all y'all of them right there........

%-)

Obama is really stupid. (watching tv)

re: #150 redc1c4

Nope. No such thang as a singular 'ya'll'. Here's a quick reference guide in case you get lost south of Missouri some day......
[Link: www.gagirl.com...]

re: #153 redc1c4

made you smile...... :-=

/white smoke

I smile laugh a lot when you show up.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

/snort

re: #151 LeePro

I'm in TN.

re: #155 redc1c4

Hey, you are neighbor hood crank. That's a given.

/but you were in the army you should be used to abuse.

'The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.' -Thomas Jefferson

re: #154 tradewind

And down here, we never smack ...
We just whomp you upside of the head, whip the stuffin' out of you, jerk a knot in your tail, or open up a can of whup-ass, depending on your age and the severity of your transgression...
:)

hee-heeeeeeeeeeeeee

...and then some! ! !

re: #159 tradewind

I'm in TN.

Pleeeeeeeeeze tell me you're near enough to Memphis to make our next Lizard meet-up!

Breaking news!: Scientist suspected in 2001 Anthrax attacks commits suicide.....[Link: www.latimes.com...]

re: #155 redc1c4

and undoubtedly #153 is gonna get me all y'all of them right there........

%-)

OMG! ! !
Remedial whup-ass alarm!

You're treading on dangerous ground, sonny boy!

re: #158 LeePro

I smile laugh a lot when you show up.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

/snort

glad we got that straight..... %-)

Hello, late-night commenters.

There's been an energy breakthrough. It's not often that you hear MIT use phrases like "revolutionary leap," but they're doing it now: Major discovery at MIT will revolutionize solar energy.

Every time we take another step forward like this, I think, "Take that, OPEC."

Other quotes attributed to Burke:

His most famous (?):

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Also notable in this election year:

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

He also said:

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

... and with that I think I'll head downstairs to see if there is anything interesting happening on the today's ID thread...

re: #164 LeePro

OMG! ! !
Remedial whup-ass alarm!

You're treading on dangerous ground, sonny boy!

so much for #165.... %-)

i live in LA: it's *all* dangerous ground, and to make it worse, Brittney Spears lives near by.

/earthquakes, anyone?

re: #168 redc1c4

so much for #165.... %-)

i live in LA: it's *all* dangerous ground, and to make it worse, Brittney Spears lives near by.

/earthquakes, anyone?

OMG²
Now you need remedial geography!

LA = Louisiana
L.A. = Los Angeles

No wonder you're confused!

LOL, been going through a web comic archive and found this gem.

/damn you The other Les.

re: #170 BlueCanuck

LOL, been going through a web comic archive and found this gem.

/damn you The other Les.

HAHAHA!

One of my pet peeves. Kids today can't return a dime in change without a calculator!

re: #11 Racer X

At 1:38 in, I believe that was Lou Ferrigno.

re: #169 LeePro

OMG²
Now you need remedial geography!

LA = Louisiana
L.A. = Los Angeles

No wonder you're confused!

what's really funny is that all y'all in TN are at least a whole degree north of me here in LA........

/more Southern than you %-P

re: #170 BlueCanuck

LOL, been going through a web comic archive and found this gem.

/damn you The other Les.

pretty sure i'm gonna wind up reading all of those......
you're right: damn him.

do you Megatokyo?

re: #172 Archimedes

I do believe you are right sir. I liked the shirt with Obama imitating Superman.

/NOT.!

re: #173 redc1c4

what's really funny is that all y'all in TN are at least a whole degree north of me here in LA........

/more Southern than you %-P

Farther south than me. NOT more southern!

L.A. is really just northern Mexico, isn't it?

re: #174 redc1c4

Not yet, I am just wasting my free time with S*P as it is. :p

/but I will check it out later.
//You may like choochoobear the cat. nuff said.

Bedtime!

  ¦O ^{_{ya-a-a-w-w-w-n-n-n}}

G'nite, {Beloved Lizards}!

Night {LeePro}, sleep well and weet dreams.

/dreams of steak, and buttery corn on the cob. ;)

re: #176 LeePro

Farther south than me. NOT more southern!

L.A. is really just northern Mexico, isn't it?

nope: unlike the rest of the south, *we* won our war of secession.......

re: #166 Cognito

Hello, late-night commenters.

There's been an energy breakthrough. It's not often that you hear MIT use phrases like "revolutionary leap," but they're doing it now: Major discovery at MIT will revolutionize solar energy.

Every time we take another step forward like this, I think, "Take that, OPEC."

couple this story with this one and we may be on to something. realtively cheap panels and efficient/cheap storage?

bite me achmed!

re: #166 Cognito

Sorry, scrolled by this before. I didn't want to be disappointed. I actually read about this in New Scientist about a year ago. Well the principle not the "break through". Sounds nice, but I will believe it when I see it.

/still waiting for my air car they promised me in the 70's.

re: #182 BlueCanuck

Sorry, scrolled by this before. I didn't want to be disappointed. I actually read about this in New Scientist about a year ago. Well the principle not the "break through". Sounds nice, but I will believe it when I see it.

/still waiting for my air car they promised me in the 70's.

Well, it's MIT, and their top energy guys. So I think it's solid.

It'll be a few years, they say -- maybe 10 -- before the technology hits the consumer market, but that's a blink of the proverbial eye.

re: #183 Cognito

Yeah, I know. Still waiting for fusion power that they keep saying is twenty years away.

/back in the 60's, 70's, 80's. . . . . . . . .

re: #183 Cognito

Ten years!? If we can't do anything about improving the situation in the next 5 minutes, then it isn't worth discussing!

/hey- if it works for Congress and Obama re: domestic oil exploration......

Let's see; hacking cough, 101 fever... No, I don't think I'll be going to work today.

re: #183 Cognito

Well, it's MIT, and their top energy guys. So I think it's solid.

It'll be a few years, they say -- maybe 10 -- before the technology hits the consumer market, but that's a blink of the proverbial eye.

The question isn't whether it is "solid" (research?) or not, the question is if such a discover is that important.

The problem with storing energy by breaking up water into gases is that upon recombination (of oxygen and hydrogen) one loses a significant amount of energy to random heating. Fuel cells improve upon this... but there have been for years better ways to store energy from intermittent sources (solar, wind.) Two easy ways are gravitational (e.g., pump water uphill) or chemically (e.g., making ammonia, which can be burned.)

The problem with solar PV is the cost is still more than competing energy sources (fossil fuel, or wind.) Solar thermal is currently a better deal... but wind is more cost effective yet (and will give coal a run for the money if coal prices keep going up... which they probably will.)

re: #186 occasional reader

Not only that, but you're LOWER CASE!

re: #186 occasional reader

Take care.

re: #188 littleoldlady

Not only that, but you're LOWER CASE!

LOL... Yes, I should get that looked at.

re: #186 occasional reader

Let's see; hacking cough, 101 fever... No, I don't think I'll be going to work today.

have some scotch and water....

fluids and an antiseptic %-)

re: #190 Occasional Reader

LOL... Yes, I should get that looked at.

I'm healed! It's a miracle!

Thank you, Obama.

good thing i already w*rked up the fruitcup, eh LoL?

re: #191 redc1c4

Bah, rum and gingerale.

/for the stomach you know.
//scotch should be straight up with a good cigar.

re: #186 occasional reader

Let's see; hacking cough, 101 fever... No, I don't think I'll be going to work today.

Sorry to hear that OC. I had been fighting with that since Monday night. Except mine started in my head and has now moved to the cough. That's why I'm awake at 3:14 CDT. I've been in bed for 3 days trying to kick the temperature. It's gone now. Just the cough left.

re: #187 freetoken

The question isn't whether it is "solid" (research?) or not, the question is if such a discover is that important.

The problem with storing energy by breaking up water into gases is that upon recombination (of oxygen and hydrogen) one loses a significant amount of energy to random heating. Fuel cells improve upon this... but there have been for years better ways to store energy from intermittent sources (solar, wind.) Two easy ways are gravitational (e.g., pump water uphill) or chemically (e.g., making ammonia, which can be burned.)

The problem with solar PV is the cost is still more than competing energy sources (fossil fuel, or wind.) Solar thermal is currently a better deal... but wind is more cost effective yet (and will give coal a run for the money if coal prices keep going up... which they probably will.)

did you see my solar cell link? cost is way down, supposedly.

re: #195 BigJohn

Sorry to hear that OC. I had been fighting with that since Monday night. Except mine started in my head and has now moved to the cough. That's why I'm awake at 3:14 CDT. I've been in bed for 3 days trying to kick the temperature. It's gone now. Just the cough left.

Hm, sounds familiar. You and I didn't kiss earlier this week, did we?

Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

^{Claude Pepper}

re: #197 Occasional Reader

I'm sure I'd remember.

re: #194 BlueCanuck

Bah, rum and gingerale.

/for the stomach you know.
//scotch should be straight up with a good cigar.

why drink good scotch if you're going to smoke & screw up your taste buds?

good scotch should be drunk with a *little* water, volume dependent on the strength and the proof of what's being poured. i've attended several tasting with HRH, and have tried various single malts and some single barrels straight and lightly watered, and the breadth of taste is noticeably better in the watered ones. water & scotch should both be "room temp" and the water should be spring or the ilk, with no chlorine or weird tastes to it.

re: #187 freetoken

I should have said "natural gas" not coal... though in time it will be true of coal too...

re: #193 redc1c4

You put chicken soup in the fruitcup?!

/yuck

Give 'im zum chicken zoup!

Lady, it's too late for chicken soup.

Give 'im zum chicken zoup!

Lady, he's already dead! Chicken soup won't help!

Vell...it vouldn't hurt.

re: #195 BigJohn

If you don't kick the cough by, say, Monday, see a doc about maybe antibiotics. No need to have to live with a cough.

Okay, fever's down a half degree. Time for more sleep if possible.

re: #204 Occasional Reader

Good night. Take your Ibuprofen.

re: #202 littleoldlady

Ah, jewish penicillin. A gift that keeps on giving. :)

re: #196 redc1c4

did you see my solar cell link? cost is way down, supposedly.

Maybe... I forget (I check so many news sites I lose track...)

PV has improved in price... but still cannot compete with fossil fuel (or wind.) PV is nice for environmental reasons, but the best location for application is in the lower Colorado desert and surrounding areas... but the greatest need is on the other side of the country (the east coast, where heating oil is still used in homes) where insolation isn't so good.

Feel better, OR! :-)

/next to chicken zoup, sleep is the best medicine...

Did I hear Jackie Mason?

re: #207 freetoken

Maybe... I forget (I check so many news sites I lose track...)

PV has improved in price... but still cannot compete with fossil fuel (or wind.) PV is nice for environmental reasons, but the best location for application is in the lower Colorado desert and surrounding areas... but the greatest need is on the other side of the country (the east coast, where heating oil is still used in homes) where insolation isn't so good.

this one: [Link: www.celsias.com...]

re: #208 littleoldlady

Feel better, OR! :-)

/next to chicken zoup, sleep is the best medicine...

you misspelled alcohol

re: #211 redc1c4

you misspelled alcohol

both times..... %-)

BignJames! :-)

Many (many, many) years ago I babysat for my cousins and my aunt had an album I used to listen to.

I think I found it!

/woo-woo! Plotnick diamond here I come!

re: #211 redc1c4

I'm wondering if I throw some Sambuca into my coffee every morning my days would turn out better...

Hallelujah!
With the weird but effective Paris-Britney ad, the McCain campaign signals that it is running directly against the media, with Obama as a mere prop and front man for the real contest.

re: #214 littleoldlady

Well at least they would get off to a good start.

/sambuca in coffee is just sweetener

re: #214 littleoldlady

I'm wondering if I throw some Sambuca into my coffee every morning my days would turn out better...

not as well as if you poured a little coffe in your large cup of Sambuca.

%-)

re: #216 BlueCanuck

BlueCanuck! :-)

Good point! ;-)

re: #217 redc1c4

Only to be used on really bad weeks. And I do believe that would be good.

/mmmm flaming sambuca and coffee beans.

re: #215 Shiplord Kirel

Shiplord! :-)

I heard Krauthammer say he thought that ad was a mistake. "When your opponent is committing suicide, get out of the way!"

How're you feeling?

re: #220 littleoldlady

Shiplord! :-)

I heard Krauthammer say he thought that ad was a mistake. "When your opponent is committing suicide, get out of the way!"

How're you feeling?

Pretty good, Lol, thanks for asking. I am back at work though I will not be making any field trips to the back-of-beyond anytime soon.

L8r...... gotta rest up for the concert!

re: #221 Shiplord Kirel

Pretty good, Lol, thanks for asking. I am back at work though I will not be making any field trips to the back-of-beyond anytime soon.

As well you shouldn't! I'm glad you are better. :-)

re: #210 redc1c4

this one: [Link: www.celsias.com...]

Thanks for the link... Nanosolar has been putting out press releases for quite a while (years it seems), and when they finally shipped product it made quite a few headlines.

Theirs is an innovative product that has attracted lots of attention. I wish them well.

One thing to remember though, and it is not made clear in that article, is that while they are claiming "90 cents/watt" your "watts" are not always available! First off the efficiency isn't quite as good as theory (as your article does mention), but then one must also take into account your insolation. If you have two identical size houses (equally equipped with electrical gadgets) and one is located in Phoenix and the other in NYC, you will need many more panels for your house in NYC than PHX (to meet the same operation of the identical electrical equipment)!

Also, Nanosolar right now cannot meet demand. One article I read said the entire first year of production was accounted for almost immediately (yeah, high oil prices does wonders...)

Please don't misconstrue my muted reaction... Nanosolar is certainly pointed in the right direction... we just need more faster cheaper...

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ---------------->
Help yourselves!

Whoopsie!

/almost fell asleep...

re: #222 redc1c4

Night red, see you later.

re: #225 littleoldlady

Didn't see a thing. ;)

/mmmm fruitcup and rum. yum yum.

//my own addition. :D

re: #224 freetoken

Insolation or Insulation?

/damn you english language

re: #229 BlueCanuck

insolation |ˌinsōˈlā sh ən|
noun technical

exposure to the sun's rays.
• the amount of solar radiation reaching a given area.

re: #225 littleoldlady

This should help my blood sugar... Oh look! You've included Rainier cherries today! (Must have won the Lotto?)

re: #231 freetoken

Meh. You're lucky you get fruit! ;-)

freetoken! :-)

/Powerball Prayer: Come on ALREADY!

re: #230 freetoken

Figured it would be something like that. So many homophones it's crazy some times.

re: #233 BlueCanuck

It's not quite a homophone... but it is close.

Hey, if you don't like homophones don't study Japanese!

re: #233 BlueCanuck

I can't believe everyone's being so homophone-bic!

re: #234 freetoken

Thanks for the tip. Do they do puns as well?

re: #235 Fenway_Nation

Boooo.....Hiissssssss.

/buzzsawmonkey would have done better. ;)

Good morning/afternoon/night, Lizards - how're things?

An excellent article by Krauthammer about the idiocy of the Democrats' anti-drilling stance:
[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]

re: #66 Cartman

Went thru with getting my first tattoo today. It was an...uh...interesting experience. A fair amount of pain was involved, but it was manageable. The worst part was that I bled like a stuck pig after having left the parlor. Dude did a real nice job on the tat, tho.

I'll be getting my second one soon lol. I'm still looking for a design I like though. If anyone knows any sites with tattoo designs, let me know!

re: #239 Aylios

Best bet is to come up with something of your own. Take something out of your past achievements, or something that means a lot to you. For myself tattoos tell stories for you and other people.

re: #236 BlueCanuck

Thanks for the tip. Do they do puns as well?

Humor is the hardest thing to learn in other languages! The Japanese love to make up words... usually by overly abbreviating long phrases. This is done especially so when euphemisms are called for.

FROM THE TALULA DOES THE HULA FROM HAWAII DECISION:

Quite frequently judges in the Family Court are dismayed by the eccentricity of names which some litigants have given their children. For example, one family of children have been named after six cylinder Ford motor cars. Other parents have named their twins after a brand of cigarettes, Bensen and Hedges. Another example (identified in published newspaper reports from the Waikato) relates to a child named Passionate Love. Within this region, children have been saddled with names such as Midnight Chardonnay, Number 16 Bus Shelter and, tragically, Violence.

Recently, for the first time in my experience as a Family Court Judge, the name of a child described in text language has emerged. In that case, the child was named O.crnia. Fortunately, the applicant mother was prepared to accede to a condition of a parenting order so that her child's name be changed to a more orthodox spelling, Oceania.

In this case, however, the youngest daughter of the family of these litigants has been described by the name "Talula does the Hula from Hawaii." ... However, notwithstanding the child is almost nine years of age, her birth has not been registered. I have not heard any explanation about that as yet.
[...]

re: #166 Cognito

Hello, late-night commenters.

There's been an energy breakthrough. It's not often that you hear MIT use phrases like "revolutionary leap," but they're doing it now: Major discovery at MIT will revolutionize solar energy.

Every time we take another step forward like this, I think, "Take that, OPEC."

That's awesome man, this is the Holy Grail of solar.

Man are those Oil-Sheiks gonna look stupid when no-one wants to a. Dig out their oil for them, because b. no-one needs to buy their oil anymore. Say bye-bye to all those nice shiny weapons that the west was gonna sell you, Saudi-arabia. Say bye-bye to your grotesque pleasure resorts in the desert Dubai.

Then they can go back to their goats and tents, where they belong.

re: #240 BlueCanuck

That's a good idea Canuck, I'll do that!

Anthrax scientist commits suicide as FBI closes in

By LARA JAKES JORDAN and DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press Writers 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - A top U.S. biodefense researcher apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him in the anthrax mailings that traumatized the nation in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a published report.
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The scientist, Bruce E. Ivins, 62, who worked for the past 18 years at the government's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick, Md., had been told about the impending prosecution, the Los Angeles Times reported for Friday editions. The laboratory has been at the center of the FBI's investigation of the anthrax attacks, which killed five people.

Ivins died Tuesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Maryland. The Times, quoting an unidentified colleague, said the scientist had taken a massive dose of a prescription Tylenol mixed with codeine.

Tom Ivins, a brother of the scientist, told The Associated Press that another of his brothers, Charles, told him Bruce had committed suicide.

A woman who answered the phone at Charles Ivins' home in Etowah, N.C., refused to wake him and declined to comment on his death. "This is a grieving time," she said.

A woman who answered the phone at Bruce Ivins' home in Frederick declined to comment.

Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr and FBI Assistant Director John Miller declined to comment on the report.

Henry S. Heine, a scientist who had worked with Ivins on inhalation anthrax research at Fort Detrick, said he and others on their team have testified before a federal grand jury in Washington that has been investigating the anthrax mailings for more than a year.

re: #245 Salem

The conspiracy theories won't be far behind....

re: #244 Aylios

I have one I drew myself. It is rather strange looking, but I know what it means. Also a great conversation starter with strangers in the summer.

/hmmmm, might have to take a picture of it and post it for posterity.

re: #245 Salem

The big break. They probably missed him in the early going because they were fixated on Hatfill.

re: #246 freetoken

The conspiracy theories won't be far behind....

And outright propaganda. I wouldn't be too surprised.

re: #248 Shiplord Kirel

Kind like Richard Jewel and the '96 Olympic bombing in Atlanta?

re: #246 freetoken

Oh, because he committed suicide. Yeah, I could see that, too...

re: #248 Shiplord Kirel

The big break. They probably missed him in the early going because they were fixated on Hatfill.

I'm guessing a specific motive may be a long time coming.

re: #251 Salem

Are you sure he really killed himself?

re: #250 Fenway_Nation

Kind like Richard Jewel and the '96 Olympic bombing in Atlanta?

Yes, exactly like that. Hatfill and Jewel came from different walks of life but they had some characteristics in common that made them stand out to the FBI.
Both were zealous and a little eccentric, and Hatfill at least was prone to pad an already impressive resume.

re: #247 BlueCanuckThat'd be cool, I'd love to see it.

re: #253 freetoken

Are you sure he really killed himself?

He died of a massive overdose of prescription Tylenol with codeine. A second pharmacist on the Grassy Knoll?

re: #254 Shiplord Kirel

Wiki says that Richard Jewel died at age 44 last year. If that's true, Fuck You very much, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta Urinal-Constipation.

/Had yet to pay Jewel a single penny from a defamation suit

re: #253 freetoken

Are you sure he really killed himself?

Anythings possible. But the assassin would have to have done it right under the FBI's nose. Unless...

Well, naturally Boosh will be blamed.

re: #257 Fenway_Nation

Wiki says that Richard Jewel died at age 44 last year. If that's true, Fuck You very much, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta Urinal-Constipation.

/Had yet to pay Jewel a single penny from a defamation suit

It's true. Richard died a young man, after saving so many others at the bomb scene. What I would like to say about that dirty rag in Atlanta would probably get me banned.

Yep, the conspiracy theories are flying hot and heavy at Free Republic. Somehow, these kooks have convinced themselves that the FBI is covering for Al Qaeda.

Huffpos, Kossacks, and DUpers no doubt will say the FBI is covering for a top secret military experiment on American citizens and Ivins was killed to keep him from talking to the media.