I like the edge.

Supertanker! Where's the super tanker?
I demand a supertanker thread!
/////

sneaking up on the ocean?

Oh yah! Registration is open!

Looks like an absolutely gorgeous day in Palos Verdes.

Where'd you ride today, Charles?

re: #2 jcm

Supertanker! Where's the super tanker?
I demand a supertanker thread!
/////

There is something on the water, but it is too pixelated to make out when enlarged.

How pretty!

Greetings my reptilian friends. It is I, CantonJim, a new Hatchling emerged after 6 long years of yearning and lurkdom. I doff my hat to all of you and hope to contribute in a meaningful way to this site.

Anyone see the tanker?

re: #2 jcm

Supertanker! Where's the super tanker?
I demand a supertanker thread!
/////

re: #6 David IV of Georgia

There is something on the water, but it is too pixelated to make out when enlarged.

They are using the new invisibility paint that Q Division created

Much nicer than what I'm looking at, here at work.

/darn working Saturday

re: #3 Ms. Missive

What are you doing up so late!

re: #8 CantonJim

WELCOME!

re: #12 Big Steve

What are you doing up so late!

Steve! It's midnight now... apartment issues got my head racing. :( But what a great view Charles put up for us!

Oh, and a general greeting to all new lizards. I have no guarantee that I'll be here--or be coherent for that matter. Just trying to do too much. :)

But welcome! Make sure all the egg shells are cleanly picked up.

re: #8 CantonJim

Greetings my reptilian friends. It is I, CantonJim, a new Hatchling emerged after 6 long years of yearning and lurkdom. I doff my hat to all of you and hope to contribute in a meaningful way to this site.

Second new hatching comment in the last couple of minutes.....is there a double secret probation open window going on?

Burn Notice is on. Donovan is hot.

re: #16 Big Steve

Second new hatching comment in the last couple of minutes.....is there a double secret probation open window going on?

Ssh! You'll let the news get out!

/the door opens ever so slightly

re: #16 Big Steve

Second new hatching comment in the last couple of minutes.....is there a double secret probation open window going on?

See my #4.

re: #8 CantonJim

Nice to have you and welcome to the Lizard Kingdom.

re: #16 Big Steve

Second new hatching comment in the last couple of minutes.....is there a double secret probation open window going on?

Where's the first one?

is that yarrow?

re: #21 MandyManners

Where's the first one?

Previous thread.

Serious question: Is there by any chance a geologist in the house?

re: #8 CantonJim

Greetings my reptilian friends. It is I, CantonJim, a new Hatchling emerged after 6 long years of yearning and lurkdom. I doff my hat to all of you and hope to contribute in a meaningful way to this site.

Bet you stopped by just to admire the view! Welcome Jim. Are you in the hall of fame?

re: #24 UberInfidel67

Serious question: Is there by any chance a geologist in the house?

I can be a real bonehead at times. Does that qualify?

re: #24 UberInfidel67

We do have a few lizards in the oil business but I don't know if any are around now.

re: #21 MandyManners

Where's the first one?

#646 previous thread

re: #24 UberInfidel67

Serious question: Is there by any chance a geologist in the house?

If I played a geologist once in a skit, does that count?

re: #27 Killgore Trout

We do have a few lizards in the oil business but I don't know if any are around now.

Not a geologist but in the oil bidness

re: #29 David IV of Georgia

If I played a geologist once in a skit, does that count?

Would be better if you had stayed at a Holiday Inn while you were in that skit.

re: #26 FurryOldGuyJeans

I can be a real bonehead at times. Does that qualify?

I think that would make you a paleontologist.... or an I.D. supporter

re: #32 CynicalConservative

I think that would make you a paleontologist.... or an I.D. supporter

Neither to the former or the latter. Definitely NO in the latter. ;)

re: #23 FurryOldGuyJeans

Previous thread.

re: #28 Big Steve

#646 previous thread

Thanks!

*sigh* I love the coast. We'll retire to the water.

re: #14 Ms. Missive

Steve! It's midnight now... apartment issues got my head racing. :( But what a great view Charles put up for us!

That's ok, I spent the day scrubbing a sink in my woodshop and then unplugging the drain. I am pretty sure I found a dead big foot down there.

re: #34 MandyManners

Thanks!

Wow, we actually scooped the Mandy. I feel real special now.

re: #33 FurryOldGuyJeans

Neither to the former or the latter. Definitely NO in the latter. ;)

;-) Thought so...

re: #37 FurryOldGuyJeans

Thirty-seven to go.

re: #8 CantonJim

Greetings my reptilian friends. It is I, CantonJim, a new Hatchling emerged after 6 long years of yearning and lurkdom. I doff my hat to all of you and hope to contribute in a meaningful way to this site.

Welcome to the fray! We expect interesting things. Like this post.

re: #39 MandyManners

Thirty-seven to go.

Babe, you can do that with your eyes closed!

re: #22 willowone

is that yarrow?

Fennel.

re: #39 MandyManners

Thirty-seven to go.

ROFLMHWAO

Darned cold today in San Francisco. Had to go down to San Mateo to get a decent ride in. Sunny there. Welcome, new hatchlings.

re: #39 MandyManners

Thirty-seven to go.

I thought you meant 37,000 post to go to catch you

Here's something we really didn't need to know:

The Japanese population is believed to have peaked at about 127.5 million in 2005. Since then the figure has declined, with some estimates suggesting the population could shrink to 105 million by 2050. The drop is feared to have negative impacts on the nation's labor force and grave social and economic consequences. Recent reports seem to indicate that the sexual proclivities of Japanese men are contributing adversely to the situation.

More and more men, reports maintain, are turning to masturbation and sex toys rather than to their female counterparts. And further exacerbating an already declining birthrate of 1.29 children per women found in a 2004 survey by The Daily Yomiuri, is the fact that some men are increasingly turning their backs on sex.

"Sex is just way too much trouble," a 35-year-old Japanese man told Shukan Asahi this week, adding that ever since he used masturbation as a teenager, he's never desired a woman again. "As long as I have a sex toy available, I don't need women. I can't come when I have sex, and you've got to put a lot of emotion into dealing with women. Self-pleasure is a hell of a lot less demanding than trying to please somebody else."

On second thought, maybe we do need to know this. A lot of Japanese women are drop-dead gorgeous.... and it would seem that they're unattached and looking.

Hmmm. Maybe I should have studied Japanese when I had the chance.

re: #18 vxbush

Ssh! You'll let the news get out!

/the door opens ever so slightly

If the-cutest-savage shows up, call the boss.

re: #42 HelloDare

thank you

The Yellow Edge

The Brown Note

Coincidence?

Or something more Sinister?

Charles had the door open? Sheesh, go to the store and miss al kinds of stuff.

re: #44 rawmuse

Darned cold today in San Francisco. Had to go down to San Mateo to get a decent ride in. Sunny there. Welcome, new hatchlings.

That would be the only reason I would visit the bay area. 84ºF here in the South Sound (South of Seattle) area right now, with an expected high of 93ºF. This is HOT for here. UGH

re: #50 pingjockey

Charles had the door open? Sheesh, go to the store and miss al kinds of stuff.

Still open...

re: #24 UberInfidel67

Serious question: Is there by any chance a geologist in the house?

I may be able to point you toward a retired surveyor. What's the question?

re: #46 Steffan

Here's something we really didn't need to know:

On second thought, maybe we do need to know this. A lot of Japanese women are drop-dead gorgeous.... and it would seem that they're unattached and looking.

Hmmm. Maybe I should have studied Japanese when I had the chance.

You can bet that some of them are now studying English.

re: #26 FurryOldGuyJeans
Uh no. lol

re: #46 Steffan

"Sex is just way too much trouble,"

Does this guy know my wife....sounds a lot like her ;)

Charles -

Unfortunately, on my coast, seeing "Yellow" like that means Goldenrod and Ragweed - a/k/a Allergy Season.

-S-

re: #24 UberInfidel67

Serious question: Is there by any chance a geologist in the house?

I took Earth Sciences 101 in my Freshman year.

re: #46 Steffan

Here's something we really didn't need to know:

On second thought, maybe we do need to know this. A lot of Japanese women are drop-dead gorgeous.... and it would seem that they're unattached and looking.

Hmmm. Maybe I should have studied Japanese when I had the chance.

I have always found Japanese/Asian women to be very attractive. Now if only some (even one would be nice) would find a hairy American white guy even semi-attractive *sigh*

re: #52 coquimbojoe

Still open...

It shows as closed on my screen.

re: #54 The Other Les

You can bet that some of them are now studying English.

Studying Engrish?

re: #48 willowone

thank you

CA is crawling with it. That and castor plants, the source of ricin.

I probably won't reach it this afternoon. I've some Delmonico rib eyes to grill. Gotta' get the salad, taters and asparagus ready.

I reside in the Georgia (USA) Canton, not the Ohio hall of fame. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express one night. This being a POTUS election year makes the hatching even more warm & fuzzy.

re: #59 FurryOldGuyJeans

I have always found Japanese/Asian women to be very attractive. Now if only some (even one would be nice) would find a hairy American white guy even semi-attractive *sigh*

You already given up on Mandy?

"... you've got to put a lot of emotion into dealing with women."
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

#8 CantonJim

Greetings my reptilian friends. It is I, CantonJim, a new Hatchling emerged after 6 long years of yearning and lurkdom. I doff my hat to all of you and hope to contribute in a meaningful way to this site.

Welcome, Hatchling. You must be relieved after such an unusually long incubation period; we most definitely look forward to your contributions!

re: #60 CyanSnowHawk

It shows as closed on my screen.

Yuppers, Charles did slam the door shut again.

re: #54 The Other Les

You can bet that some of them are now studying English.

AFAIK, English is a required subject in Japanese schools. It's still polite to try to ask a girl out in her native language, though...

I see more than one edge. There is also the blue edge on the horizon. It's best to stay away from the blue edge unless you don't mind challenging flat earthers.

re: #65 Big Steve

You already given up on Mandy?

Surely you jest, NOPE!

re: #64 CantonJim

I reside in the Georgia (USA) Canton, not the Ohio hall of fame. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express one night. This being a POTUS election year makes the hatching even more warm & fuzzy.

A warm and fuzzy lizard? Cat / lizard cross breed? ;-)

re: #68 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yuppers, Charles did slam the door shut again.

We're probably all in trouble for having blabbed about it. Get ready for a time out!

re: #39 MandyManners

Thirty-seven to go.

Over 64 comments per day for 777 straight days. Almost 3 comments per hour, 24/7, for over two years.

/quite prodigious

re: #69 Steffan

AFAIK, English is a required subject in Japanese schools. It's still polite to try to ask a girl out in her native language, though...

My youngest sister is over there teaching English now.

re: #53 Steffan
My son found a really strange rock. It looks like it would crack your head open if thrown, but weighs less than a pound. It is full of strange holes too. It looks like something from the bottom of a river...like how there are pits and holes when the water is gone. He was shaking it and what looks like a piece of shell came out of it. The weird thing is....he found this rock atleast 4000 feet up a mountain in New Hampshire. It is just the strangest thing I ever seen and just want to know who I should take it to and have it examined.

Reminds me of the aspens in Colorado and Wyoming

re: #74 Killian Bundy

Over 64 comments per day for 777 straight days. Almost 3 comments per hour, 24/7, for over two years.

/quite prodigious

How many of those were "Whacks"?

re: #76 UberInfidel67

My son found a really strange rock. It looks like it would crack your head open if thrown, but weighs less than a pound. It is full of strange holes too. It looks like something from the bottom of a river...like how there are pits and holes when the water is gone. He was shaking it and what looks like a piece of shell came out of it. The weird thing is....he found this rock atleast 4000 feet up a mountain in New Hampshire. It is just the strangest thing I ever seen and just want to know who I should take it to and have it examined.

It doesn't have a dinosaur footprint on it does it!

re: #69 Steffan

AFAIK, English is a required subject in Japanese schools. It's still polite to try to ask a girl out in her native language, though...

With all my travels around the world, official military and personal, most people get VERY friendly if an American even tries to speak some of the native language, no matter how badly pronounced or mangled. Sure I got laughed at a number of times, but it was all part of the fun and most people deeply appreciated that I bothered to try.

Besides, it was fun trying to wrap my tongue, mouth and brain around some of the words. ;)

re: #76 UberInfidel67
Sounds like a piece of lava rock or pumice. How you get pumice or what sounds like pumice in NH is beyond me. If it was a holey like that and heavy I'd say the boy found a meteorite.

re: #76 UberInfidel67

You have found the sacred missing spore sac from the planet Urbonulak!
Return it immediately, to the nearest replicant, no questions asked.
Further delay will result in assimilation.

re: #76 UberInfidel67

My son found a really strange rock. It looks like it would crack your head open if thrown, but weighs less than a pound. It is full of strange holes too. It looks like something from the bottom of a river...like how there are pits and holes when the water is gone. He was shaking it and what looks like a piece of shell came out of it. The weird thing is....he found this rock atleast 4000 feet up a mountain in New Hampshire. It is just the strangest thing I ever seen and just want to know who I should take it to and have it examined.

Sounds like volcanic pumice. Do you know if there are any extinct/dormant/active volcanoes in the area?

re: #79 Big Steve

The rock is probably a sedimentary and the holes are where the fossils weathered out. THat you produced a fossil is proof of this theory.

In the past, New Hampshire was not the place it is now, yet it is very close to the sea. THe mountain, or hill you were on may once have been in the seabed.

Just a guess

Was registration really open during this thread? It said closed on my screen.

re: #83 FurryOldGuyJeans
I don't think there are any active volcanos east of Yellowstone. Dormant/extinct maybe. IIRC, the eastern half of North America is geologically old.

re: #85 snowcrash

Was registration really open during this thread? It said closed on my screen.

It was but now closed

re: #85 snowcrash

Was registration really open during this thread? It said closed on my screen.

Yes, registration really was open. Guess Charles needed some new hatchlings to replace ones who got blocked in some of the previous threads.

re: #76 UberInfidel67

My son found a really strange rock. It looks like it would crack your head open if thrown, but weighs less than a pound. It is full of strange holes too. It looks like something from the bottom of a river...like how there are pits and holes when the water is gone. He was shaking it and what looks like a piece of shell came out of it. The weird thing is....he found this rock atleast 4000 feet up a mountain in New Hampshire. It is just the strangest thing I ever seen and just want to know who I should take it to and have it examined.

Alvis Delk?

re: #79 Big Steve

It doesn't have a dinosaur footprint on it does it!

Just great! He shook it and the fossil proof fell out! Oh brother.

re: #89 HelloDare

That almost made me spew coffee.

Pigeon O'Brien...

[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]

re: #8 CantonJim

Greetings my reptilian friends. It is I, CantonJim, a new Hatchling emerged after 6 long years of yearning and lurkdom. I doff my hat to all of you and hope to contribute in a meaningful way to this site.

But I thought Charles didn't institute registration until June of 2004.

Just sayin...

re: #91 Sharmuta

Happy to be of service.

Appalachians are some of the oldest rock on the surface of the earth.

re: #86 pingjockey

I don't think there are any active volcanos east of Yellowstone. Dormant/extinct maybe. IIRC, the eastern half of North America is geologically old.

IF it really is pumice stone it could have been blasted quite some distance. I still have a coffee-can full of ash from Mount St. Helens when it blew back in 1980. Also have a few pieces, smallish, of pumice stone from the eruptions.

I saw a link on Drudge this morning that Snow Miser, er, John F*ing Kerry, might be BHO's running mate. They can't possibly be that stupid. This has to be media speculation again, but just think of the fun to be had poking fun at the "liberal Senator from Massachusetts" again.

If I were guessing a date on your fossil, I would guess 150 million years old as that was a good year for snails.

It would not have been igneiou or volcanic rock. Volcanic rock has holes and can often have fossils, but I would think fossil snails more likely in a place with lots of sediment.

I am more interrested in the shape of the snail. Long and pointy or roundy shape.

re: #88 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yes, registration really was open. Guess Charles needed some new hatchlings to replace ones who got blocked in some of the previous threads.

Did we have a Saturday Morning massacre?

re: #79 Big SteveThere is one rounded out groove that my finger fits in...longways!

re: #65 Big Steve

You already given up on Mandy?

I thought Mandy and Noam were an item. Or am I not keeping up?

re: #97 CyanSnowHawk

If they do that McCain should just wipe a tear from his eye as he laughs.

re: #97 CyanSnowHawk

I saw a link on Drudge this morning that Snow Miser, er, John F*ing Kerry, might be BHO's running mate. They can't possibly be that stupid. This has to be media speculation again, but just think of the fun to be had poking fun at the "liberal Senator from Massachusetts" again.

Stupid....Obama....Kerry. You want to rethink your "They can't possibly that stupid" comment? Look who is supporting the Obamanation.

re: #83 FurryOldGuyJeans
I have been hiking those mountains in New Hampshire for 25+ years. I have never seen any volcanig rock at all. Granite, lots of granite.

Where are the hatchlings? I get a bad feeling when they don't give a friendly greeting.

re: #99 CyanSnowHawk

Did we have a Saturday Morning massacre?

I think it was more a slow attrition of boneheads trying to tell Charles what he couldn't post, if you catch my meaning. ;)

Who here wants to see a picture of it and further theorize?

re: #99 CyanSnowHawk
Nope, but the ID/DI threads have had stinky busy with the stick the last few weeks. Thinning the herd so to speak.

re: #101 Opilio

I thought Mandy and Noam were an item. Or am I not keeping up?

FurryOldGuyJeans was sucking up to Mandy by chortling that he had scooped her on the double secret probation open registration going on.

re: #107 UberInfidel67

Why not?! It is 104 outside here in Eastern WA. and I'm not going out until there's some shade in the backyard!

Looks like the Adirondacks may be even older, though.

re: #107 UberInfidel67

Who here wants to see a picture of it and further theorize?

me me

re: #104 CapeCoddah

I have been hiking those mountains in New Hampshire for 25+ years. I have never seen any volcanig rock at all. Granite, lots of granite.

You have lots more experience about the area than I do. Never did a lot of hiking when I was physically able, and never spent a lot of time east of the Rockies except on official military business. And never said I was a geologist either, so I could be quite wrong on thinking volcanic pumice to boot. ;)

re: #104 CapeCoddah

THe granite plates that got shoved up would have stuff on top that could quite possibly have been seabed. You would not likely find 'new' fossils on top, rather they would be the really old ones like fossil snails clams worms and earlier. The esceptions might be in places where the drainage is just right to have covered up stuff from the last few million years.

In my opinion

re: #97 CyanSnowHawk

I saw a link on Drudge this morning that Snow Miser, er, John F*ing Kerry, might be BHO's running mate. They can't possibly be that stupid. This has to be media speculation again, but just think of the fun to be had poking fun at the "liberal Senator from Massachusetts" again.

Oh please God, do it. Let the Swiftboating begin. (The Swifties told the truth)

Egypt: Iran Should Not Test West Over Nuclear Question

"Iran owes the international community transparency and flexibility," he said. "The Gulf is extremely worried and the Middle East is watching the standoff."

re: #109 Big Steve

FurryOldGuyJeans was sucking up to Mandy by chortling that he had scooped her on the double secret probation open registration going on.

I was so NOT chortling. I was in AWE that me, lowly little me, had scooped The Mandy. ;)

re: #8 CantonJim

Greetings my reptilian friends. It is I, CantonJim, a new Hatchling emerged after 6 long years of yearning and lurkdom. I doff my hat to all of you and hope to contribute in a meaningful way to this site.

Welcome! What are you bringing? You're not coming empty-handed, are you?

re: #117 FurryOldGuyJeans

I was so NOT chortling. I was in AWE that me, lowly little me, had scooped The Mandy. ;)

There you go again!

re: #110 pingjockey

Why not?! It is 104 outside here in Eastern WA. and I'm not going out until there's some shade in the backyard!

Ewwwwww! And I thought 84ºF here south of Tacoma was bad. BLEH!

re: #118 Bob in Breckenridge

Welcome! What are you bringing? You're not coming empty-handed, are you?

I came empty headed, does that count ?

re: #115 opnion

Oh please God, do it. Let the Swiftboating begin. (The Swifties told the truth)

Careful now, you are probably talking about our next Sec Def

re: #22 willowone

is that yarrow?

Looks like yarrow to me. Wild dill and fennel have similar flowers but their leaves are much different. I have a lot of yarrow and it's in bloom now, as well. Dill and fennel in the wild tend to bloom in the spring on the Calif coast. Of course, I can't snip off a bit of plant from the photo and take a sniff to be sure!

re: #103 FurryOldGuyJeans

Stupid....Obama....Kerry. You want to rethink your "They can't possibly that stupid" comment? Look who is supporting the Obamanation.

Obama and Kerry! What's their slogan. Vote for us. You know you hate America as much as we do....

re: #107 UberInfidel67

Who here wants to see a picture of it and further theorize?

A picture would be nice so I could prove my ignorance for all and sundry to marvel over.

re: #122 The Shadow Do

Careful now, you are probably talking about our next Sec Def

Gawd no. I wouldn't want him reporting for JURY Duty, let alone something in the cabinet

Fashion Designers Hope to Stitch Up an Obama Win

Now it is enthusiastically and abundantly about style. The Barack Obama campaign, which has been actively courting the fashion industry, has coordinated some 20 or so designers who are creating official merchandise for the candidate's Web site. It is the first time, as far as Seventh Avenue long-timers can recall, that a quorum of the fashion industry has organized its financial resources and creative energy around a single presidential candidate.

The mix, available online next month, ranges from T-shirts to tote bags and will lend a bit of runway panache to the Obama brand. The list of participating designers, which includes Derek Lam, Isaac Mizrahi, Tracy Reese, Charles Nolan and Diane von Furstenberg, covers the full spectrum of the market, from high-end to inexpensive. Other names have been bandied about but not confirmed: Beyoncé, Russell Simmons, Michael Bastian, Vera Wang

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/this isn't France, is this France?

re: #120 FurryOldGuyJeans
Yep, supposed to break the record today or tomorrow. Got one fire I can see the smoke from over towards Lake Wenatchee.

re: #120 FurryOldGuyJeans

Ewwwwww! And I thought 84ºF here south of Tacoma was bad. BLEH!

Ugh, 104ish here outside Portland, OR too - thought I left this crap in Phoenix years ago...

re: #103 FurryOldGuyJeans

Stupid....Obama....Kerry. You want to rethink your "They can't possibly that stupid" comment? Look who is supporting the Obamanation.

I really don't think they are that stupid, but I have been wrong before. This has to be a distraction, a feint. Not sure what purpose it serves.

re: #127 Killian Bundy

Fashion Designers Hope to Stitch Up an Obama Win

.

/this isn't France, is this France?

No Maria Pinto? She's WAB's favorite!

bbl

re: #106 FurryOldGuyJeans

I think it was more a slow attrition of boneheads trying to tell Charles what he couldn't post, if you catch my meaning. ;)

Oh, that again. Free blogs available on Blogspot. I have one of my own that studiously neglect.

re: #114 silversmith
Anything is certainly possible, i'm sure. Just sayin' that in all my hikes (almost eight hundred days of hiking) through the White Mountains, I have never seen anything like was described. I have seen pitted stones and pitted granite slabs, but nothing lightweight.

re: #129 CynicalConservative

Ugh, 104ish here outside Portland, OR too - thought I left this crap in Phoenix years ago...

BLEH, BLEH, and Hypercubed BLEH!

re: #131 ploome hineni

verrrrrrrrrrrrry hot

I had to turn up the ac.

bbl

re: #35 Shay4l

*sigh* I love the coast. We'll retire to the water.

I had to choose between the mountains or the water.

The mountains won.

re: #130 CyanSnowHawk

I really don't think they are that stupid, but I have been wrong before. This has to be a distraction, a feint. Not sure what purpose it serves.

so they can say that the current negative books about Obama are akin to the Unfit for Cammand book (remember, the moonbats think ONeill is a liar) and then they can say ' See ,, we can't let the far right liars and smear machine do to Obama what it did to Kerry"

re: #133 CyanSnowHawk

Oh, that again. Free blogs available on Blogspot. I have one of my own that studiously neglect.

Same thing for me. It sounded like a good idea at the time, and then I started reading what I was commenting on and realized that I was a bonehead to think I would be a good blogger.

re: #76 UberInfidel67

My son found a really strange rock. It looks like it would crack your head open if thrown, but weighs less than a pound. It is full of strange holes too. It looks like something from the bottom of a river...like how there are pits and holes when the water is gone. He was shaking it and what looks like a piece of shell came out of it. The weird thing is....he found this rock atleast 4000 feet up a mountain in New Hampshire. It is just the strangest thing I ever seen and just want to know who I should take it to and have it examined.

Put it in a metal thing and build a big black box-shaped building, and then start a new religion around it. Can't be worse than some we have now.

re: #135 FurryOldGuyJeans

BLEH, BLEH, and Hypercubed BLEH!

AC + cold beer... nuff said...

Later folks. Time to get WET!

re: #76 UberInfidel67

My son found a really strange rock. It looks like it would crack your head open if thrown, but weighs less than a pound. It is full of strange holes too. It looks like something from the bottom of a river...like how there are pits and holes when the water is gone. He was shaking it and what looks like a piece of shell came out of it. The weird thing is....he found this rock atleast 4000 feet up a mountain in New Hampshire. It is just the strangest thing I ever seen and just want to know who I should take it to and have it examined.

Lava rock?

re: #140 Kosh's Shadow

Put it in a metal thing and build a big black box-shaped building, and then start a new religion around it. Can't be worse than some we have now.

Ill sign up for that one for sure, where do I send my $$$?

I saw today that Obama is changing his position on social security. His original position is what intially turned me off of him. He wanted to eliminate the cut-off on paying social security which is currently at around $97k per year. I suppose I could live with that however he did NOT want to change the benefit payout formula. Today if you go over the cut-off you stop paying social security but your benefits are capped. He wanted you to continue to pay but get NO return for those payments you made over the cut-off. Now he is changing and saying it is ok for you to stop paying once over the 97K but if you make more than 250k per year you don't have a cutoff. This is the so called doughnut hole plan. But this is really stupid because there is only two ways you can do this. First would be that after 97K you stop paying and then above 250K you resume. The other would be that when you hit 250k you had to backpay for the 150K in between. The former generates just about NO income because the number of people above 250k per year is very very small. The second is stupid as well. Consider that the dollar you made after you had made 249,999 is going to cost you something like 9 grand.

re: #134 CapeCoddah

When I was a boy my family would seek out desolate places where the rock hunting was good. We never hunted the east as there is relatively little out there past Indiana and Pennsyvania. We hunted the West mostly for gem material and the Midwest for fossils. I have some thousands of pounds of fossils.

There are lots of ways for holes to form in rock.

re: #116 jorline

Egypt: Iran Should Not Test West Over Nuclear Question

I think Egypt doesn't want to see Israel take out Iran.
Of course, if they don't get Ol'merde out soon, it will be a retaliatory nuclear attack, which will be even worse.

re: #139 FurryOldGuyJeans

Same thing for me. It sounded like a good idea at the time, and then I started reading what I was commenting on and realized that I was a bonehead to think I would be a good blogger.

I have no time to do much with it, but if I find a topic a like, and have some time, I'll through something up. But I understand you, I have delusions of Boneheadedness myself from time to time.

re: #140 Kosh's Shadow

Put it in a metal thing and build a big black box-shaped building, and then start a new religion around it. Can't be worse than some we have now.

You forgot that you have to house it in a vagina looking thing. Kaaba

re: #146 silversmith
There sure are.

Kerry as VP? Love to see it. Those Christmas in Cambodia stories would surface again. He has no defense for that. Except maybe that he's Santa Claus.

re: #137 Wendya

I had to choose between the mountains or the water.

The mountains won.

At least you will still be above water when all the icecaps melt from the global warming that the Goracle says will happen no matter what we do now.

I was at the library earlier and saw a book on the "Books To Go" shelf titled "The Assault on Reason." Actually picked up the book so I could see who the author was and started laughing out loud when I saw it was the Goracle. A more appropriate title I could not have chosen. The irony was too rich.

re: #121 sattv4u2

I came empty headed, does that count ?

Yeah, but you sneaked in without anyone noticing! Consider yourself lucky!

Spent the day sightseeing in DC.

Took the Metro to Union Station. Walked past a bevy of homeless folks to get to the Memorial to Victims of Communism. There was a homeless person sleeping next to it.

Walked from there to the Capitol, and then walked the length of the Mall to the Washington Monument and the White House.

No protestors out today, at either the Capitol or the White House. There WAS a big evangelical Christian gathering going on at the Mall. It was called The Call, and there were at least 10,000 folks there.

Had a strange moment coming back to the hotel.

Got on the Metro at Metro Center. A man also got on, wearing one of those Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta masks (completely obscuring his face). White man with crewcut blond hair, 5 feet 9 inches, stocky, white shirt, red tie, black pants. He appeared to be alone. People looked at him, but none of the men on the car told him to lose the mask (I'm a woman). He was fiddling with something in his pocket.

When the subway got to the next stop, I got out. I'm not riding the subway in terrorist target #1 with a guy in a mask celebrating a guy who blew up Parliament. ("We are here today to mourn the extremely stupid passing of Palandine, who really should have known better.") There was no cop at that platform, so I got on the next train heading to my destination, and when I got there I told a cop, who seemed underwhelmed but said he would report it. Probably, almost certainly, some idiot leftist seeing how far he could get, but still. Idiot.

I've got a little extra time tomorrow before work, so I'm going to see the Museum of the American Indian then.

re: #151 HelloDare

Except maybe that he's Santa Claus.

knowing him ,, more like INsanity clause

Here is the "rock". Keep in mind that it is very light weight and about 2 12 inches long:

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

I've seen those sedimentary rocks with eroded pits in them, with shells. Don't recall if I've ever seen them lying around high in the White Mountains, though.

Maybe Bigfoot dropped it there on his way back from a vacation at the shore.

re: #141 CynicalConservative

AC + cold beer... nuff said...

I will just go take a dip in the unheated cement pond outside the back door if I need to. Beer and AC just too much for me.

re: #145 Big Steve

I disagree with you on benefit caps. I live near a very wealthy retirement community with a lot of millionairs who collect social security.

Meanwhile, DISABLED people on social security have their income capped at roughly $10,000 a year. If they earn more, they lose their benefits.

Rich old people vs. the working disabled. Hmmmm....

re: #156 UberInfidel67

Here is the "rock". Keep in mind that it is very light weight and about 2 12 inches long:

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

thats not a rock ,,,, it's a communal crack pipe !

re: #148 CyanSnowHawk

but if I find a topic a like,

Wow, when did I get a Southern accent?

re: #156 UberInfidel67

Here is the "rock". Keep in mind that it is very light weight and about 2 12 inches long:

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

Well, it certainly AIN'T pumice stone. ;)

re: #150 CapeCoddah

Just down the road from here there is a rock quarry full of limestone Trilobites that are dated at 250 million years old. The lime in the limestone is just the remains of the lime in the billions and billions of sea creatures that lived and died in the ocean here in Illinios. No one knows why the trilobites died out. At one time they were a very common creature.

re: #158 FurryOldGuyJeans

I will just go take a dip in the unheated cement pond outside the back door if I need to. Beer and AC just too much for me.

I wish... maybe I should add a cooling unit to the spa...

re: #140 Kosh's Shadow
ROFLMAO****************** Bow down to ME! lol

re: #76 UberInfidel67

My son found a really strange rock. It looks like it would crack your head open if thrown, but weighs less than a pound. It is full of strange holes too. It looks like something from the bottom of a river...like how there are pits and holes when the water is gone. He was shaking it and what looks like a piece of shell came out of it. The weird thing is....he found this rock atleast 4000 feet up a mountain in New Hampshire. It is just the strangest thing I ever seen and just want to know who I should take it to and have it examined.

I'ts probably lava rock. There are several ancient volcanoes in NH.

I have 100 acres where I'm planning to retire...right in the middle of a volcanic field. The place is littered with lava rock.

re: #160 sattv4u2
Damn! You are friggin' BRILLIANT!

re: #163 silversmith

Just down the road from here there is a rock quarry full of limestone Trilobites that are dated at 250 million years old. The lime in the limestone is just the remains of the lime in the billions and billions of sea creatures that lived and died in the ocean here in Illinios. No one knows why the trilobites died out. At one time they were a very common creature.

This was settled by Captain James T Kirk, in the 'trouble with tribolites"

[Link: www.startrek.com...]

re: #156 UberInfidel67

Here is the "rock". Keep in mind that it is very light weight and about 2 12 inches long:

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

That's no rock, that a bowling ball prototype!

From the pics I'd say water erosion from a mountain stream.

re: #156 UberInfidel67

Here is the "rock". Keep in mind that it is very light weight and about 2 12 inches long:

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

Does look sedimentary to this untrained eye, and the holes look biologic in nature. Now I really do want to know what it is if you ever do get an expert opinion. :)

FYI: The rock was found in the same area known as the Old Man of The Mountain.

re: #156 UberInfidel67

Here is the "rock". Keep in mind that it is very light weight and about 2 12 inches long:

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

[Link: i275.photobucket.com...]

Now that's pretty cool. I recall seeing rocks like that when I lived in Oregon.

re: #95 Shay4l

Appalachians are some of the oldest rock on the surface of the earth.

Yep, almost 6000 years.

Ow! Hey, I kid, I kid. Stop throwing things!

:)

re: #174 Palandine

Yep, almost 6000 years.

Ow! Hey, I kid, I kid. Stop throwing things!

:)

Up-Ding!

re: #159 Mardukhai

I disagree with you on benefit caps. I live near a very wealthy retirement community with a lot of millionairs who collect social security.

Meanwhile, DISABLED people on social security have their income capped at roughly $10,000 a year. If they earn more, they lose their benefits.

Rich old people vs. the working disabled. Hmmmm....

Then call it what it is.....a tax. At present, SS has the pretense of being related to how much you put in. I don't know about you but once a year I actually get a statement from the government.

re: #172 UberInfidel67

FYI: The rock was found in the same area known as the Old Man of The Mountain.

Maybe a part that fell off. The old man once had a coclea.

re: #172 UberInfidel67

FYI: The rock was found in the same area known as the Old Man of The Mountain.

may he rest in peace

family calling me to take them to dinner....bbl

re: #179 Big Steve

family calling me to take them to dinner....bbl

will you take me also ?

re: #181 ploome hineni

me too

C'Mon everyone ,, DINNER TIME ,,, Steves buying !

re: #156 UberInfidel67

If I were guessing and at this level of detail in the holes, I am thinking very very old mud with some form of encapsulated bubble (either fossil or just a bubble of a softer material) The softer items erode out after a long long time.

Geodes are an example of where the bubble is harder than the surrounding matrix.

Thundereggs are another.

There is a stone called a Thompsonite that is found in a very similar type rock in Michigan?, not sure. We hunted them and there were all kinds of small holes in this really hard rock. The Thompsonites were these red and white nodules inside the hole.

I have seen worm fossils that leave a similar type hole.

All guesses, but it would be worth visiting the site again to see what else you can find. Follow ditches and areas of running water and examine the gravel. You may find the gravel full of whatever was inside the holes.

re: #76 UberInfidel67

My son found a really strange rock. It looks like it would crack your head open if thrown, but weighs less than a pound. It is full of strange holes too. It looks like something from the bottom of a river...like how there are pits and holes when the water is gone. He was shaking it and what looks like a piece of shell came out of it. The weird thing is....he found this rock atleast 4000 feet up a mountain in New Hampshire. It is just the strangest thing I ever seen and just want to know who I should take it to and have it examined.

I'd suggest you get some pictures of the area he found it and take it and the pictures to your local college, depending on where in NH you live. If you live fairly close to UNH, take it there.

You're right, it's weird. It's not for nothin' they call NH the Granite State. What color is the rock? Sounds like it might be limestone or shale, if it's got water erosion on it.

I'm sure it's already been mentioned, but just on the off chance that it hasn't -

The Saddleback event will be live streamed (5:00 - 7:00 Pacific) at -

www.SaddlebackCivilForum.com

re: #185 SummerSong

Like the logo, ever worked there?

re: #29 David IV of Georgia

If I played a geologist once in a skit, does that count?

No, however if you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night ...

Thing is, we don't live in NH. He was up there staying with relatives for a while : / There is also some debris in one of the holes. I don't want to pull it out until we get his microscope here though.

[Link: www.paleoportal.org...]

Ignious or metamorphic rock

Either holes in mud or rock and fire probably formed your rock

Just a guess

re: #186 CynicalConservative

No, never worked there.

I just like the sentiment of the logo. I like your football. It's nice to see what icons all the posters have chosen for themselves, but I still like seeing that green football.

re: #156 UberInfidel67

[Link: www.paleoportal.org...]

should have done that first

re: #190 SummerSong

Unfortunately, I can't take credit for my beautiful green football logo, it's the default that Charles gives those of us who aren't creative enough to find our own... ;-)

re: #193 CynicalConservative

/snark

re: #105 snowcrash

Where are the hatchlings? I get a bad feeling when they don't give a friendly greeting.

Hatchling checking in - lucked into this afternoon's opening and then the dog insisted on a walk... so here's a belated Howdy!

Empty handed? Not on your life. Here in North Georgia the Bigfoots (Bigfeets?) have been trampling the flower beds and my weekend has pretty much been just a Yeti clean up. BF scares the cats but at least the the kids get along well with them. I'll shoot some fauxteau's over if I get a minute.

why am i so not excited about the obamessiah and mccain tonight?

re: #196 CantonJim

Empty handed? Not on your life. Here in North Georgia the Bigfoots (Bigfeets?) have been trampling the flower beds and my weekend has pretty much been just a Yeti clean up. BF scares the cats but at least the the kids get along well with them. I'll shoot some fauxteau's over if I get a minute.

Rabun county?

(cough)

re: #193 CynicalConservative

Unfortunately, I can't take credit for my beautiful green football logo, it's the default that Charles gives those of us who aren't creative enough to find our own... ;-)

I know, I was trying to be nice. LOL

re: #198 Wendya

Rabun county?

(cough)

BillyBobBubba County

re: #195 TnTx13

Hatchling checking in - lucked into this afternoon's opening and then the dog insisted on a walk... so here's a belated Howdy!

Your planet, welcome!

re: #199 SummerSong

s'all good, just uploaded one though (shame was too much....)

re: #196 CantonJim

Ack! Please keep the BF down in Georgia - we don't want those BFs up here in TN... and welcome, fellow hatchling!

re: #195 TnTx13

Hatchling checking in - lucked into this afternoon's opening and then the dog insisted on a walk... so here's a belated Howdy!

I blame the dog! ;)

re: #156 UberInfidel67

It might be some kind of soapstone. As for the unusual markings, we see that a lot in the tidal pools and sometimes in rivers.

re: #202 CynicalConservative

LOL, I know the feeling. Good luck with it!

re: #204 FurryOldGuyJeans

I blame the dog! ;)

Me too - he just doesn't have his priorities straight, even though his name is Dubya...

re: #205 Killgore Trout

It might be some kind of soapstone. As for the unusual markings, we see that a lot in the tidal pools and sometimes in rivers.

Ivory (is that racist?)

re: #206 SummerSong

Went with the 4 legged kids

re: #154 Palandine

Spent the day sightseeing in DC.

I've got a little extra time tomorrow before work, so I'm going to see the Museum of the American Indian then.

Are you new to DC? I lived in Arlington and worked at the Museum of Natural History in the late '60's.

My information is undoubtedly out of date since I moved away in '71 and have only been back for brief visits, but I really enjoyed the exhibits at Natural History and the Reflecting Pool is a fascinating place to watch the seasons progress, if you're there that long. You can see the trees turn and lose their leaves, enjoy the bleak fall and winter and then see the trees bud out in the spring. Of course the cherry blossoms around the Mall and the Jefferson Memorial are always worth viewing!

re: #207 TnTx13

Me too - he just doesn't have his priorities straight, even though his name is Dubya...

Kinda hard to screw up two priorities:

Feed ME!

Walk ME!

Neither in any particular order since one follows the other, ad infinitum. ;)

re: #192 silversmith

[Link: www.nhgeology.org...]

On the internet, there is always a geoligist in the house

re: #213 silversmith

[Link: www.nhgeology.org...]

On the internet, there is always a geoligist in the house

Now try getting a maid who does windows.

re: #212 FurryOldGuyJeans

Neither in any particular order since one follows the other, ad infinitum. ;)

And don't forget the unspoken one.

"Clean up after me!"

re: #215 CyanSnowHawk

And don't forget the unspoken one.

"Clean up after me!"

That is kinda part of "Walk ME!"

re: #212 FurryOldGuyJeans

Kinda hard to screw up two priorities:

Feed ME!
Walk ME!

Neither in any particular order since one follows the other, ad infinitum. ;)

Only one of those is a priority for a dog. The other is just a strong suggestion.

Just ran across this movie review on Netflix:

Boooooring as HELL. Pure torture. I know I am "supposed" to like it, It got a lot of accolades and awards, but DEAR GOD it is dull! Physicians could perscribe this to insomniacs. It would be less painful to take an ice auger to your own skull than to watch this thing. There is one scene that it takes her like 20 minutes to pick up a freaking pencil to write a letter for god sakes! Oh by the way, this is not a very interesting film to watch.

re: #218 debutaunt

Just ran across this movie review on Netflix:

Boooooring as HELL. Pure torture. I know I am "supposed" to like it, It got a lot of accolades and awards, but DEAR GOD it is dull! Physicians could perscribe this to insomniacs. It would be less painful to take an ice auger to your own skull than to watch this thing. There is one scene that it takes her like 20 minutes to pick up a freaking pencil to write a letter for god sakes! Oh by the way, this is not a very interesting film to watch.

Link? PLEASE! ;)

re: #156 UberInfidel67

Looks like something you'd find on the beach.

I'm not an expert, nor do I play one on the idiot tube, but my money would be on pumice or sepiolite (does it float?). My suggestion that you take it to the nearest professor of geology stands.

I just love it when other people quote me or republish my comments:

[Link: dissectleft.blogspot.com...]

re: #219 FurryOldGuyJeans

Link? PLEASE! ;)

Not sure how to link it, but it was written about a movie called Ruby in Paradise.

re: #221 The Other Les

I just love it when other people quote me or republish my comments:

[Link: dissectleft.blogspot.com...]

They did give you a Source credit.

re: #222 debutaunt

Not sure how to link it, but it was written about a movie called Ruby in Paradise.

You mean this one?

[Link: www.netflix.com...]

re: #224 FurryOldGuyJeans

You mean this one?

[Link: www.netflix.com...]

It struck me funny!

re: #224 FurryOldGuyJeans

You mean this one?

[Link: www.netflix.com...]

Just saw Ashley Judd and stopped reading.

re: #225 debutaunt

It struck me funny!

I can totally agree with the review you pasted. The rest are typical Leftoid criTICK blatherings. ;)

re: #221 The Other Les

I just love it when other people quote me or republish my comments:

[Link: dissectleft.blogspot.com...]

TOL, I find it strange that they leeched you nearly word for word and chose in the post title to accuse the LEFT of being parasites. Oh, the irony. ;)

I didn't know these things were deployed yet.......
Insurgent Rocket And Mortar Attack Stopped By C-RAM(Counter-Rocket,Artillery,Mortar)

Best video ive seen yet of the C-RAM in action....
3,000 - 4,500 rounds per minute

Fiction flick starting on IFC at 4pm pst (Bowling for Columbine)....

(trying to control nausea...)

re: #59 FurryOldGuyJeans

I have always found Japanese/Asian women to be very attractive. Now if only some (even one would be nice) would find a hairy American white guy even semi-attractive *sigh*

Don't kid yourself, of course they are attracted to white guys.

re: #231 Archimedes

Don't kid yourself, of course they are attracted to white guys.

Sure can't prove that by me.

re: #229 Killgore Trout

I didn't know these things were deployed yet.......
Insurgent Rocket And Mortar Attack Stopped By C-RAM(Counter-Rocket,Artillery,Mortar)

When can I get one for home defense? That rocked!

re: #230 CynicalConservative

Fiction flick starting on IFC at 4pm pst (Bowling for Columbine)....

(trying to control nausea...)

When I would walk by those in the stores, I would casually turn them around or put other movies in front of them. I tend to do that with any of Fatboy's flicks.

&#9834 &#9836 Good evening, {lizards!} &#9836 &#9834

Welcome new hatchlings. :)

re: #157 Shay4l

I've seen those sedimentary rocks with eroded pits in them, with shells. Don't recall if I've ever seen them lying around high in the White Mountains, though.

Maybe Bigfoot dropped it there on his way back from a vacation at the shore.

Maybe the receeding glaciers brought it there.

re: #234 CyanSnowHawk

When I would walk by those in the stores, I would casually turn them around or put other movies in front of them. I tend to do that with any of Fatboy's flicks.

Keep up the good fight. If I frequented video stores, or other locations that sold such tripe I would do the same thing. Ding!

re: #229 Killgore Trout

I didn't know these things were deployed yet.......
Insurgent Rocket And Mortar Attack Stopped By C-RAM(Counter-Rocket,Artillery,Mortar)

Send a bunch of these to Sderot, FAST!

re: #234 CyanSnowHawk

When I would walk by those in the stores, I would casually turn them around or put other movies in front of them. I tend to do that with any of Fatboy's flicks.

Either that or get some hot orange stickers to deploy that state "This is a work of Fiction", but then again, guess that could be considered vandalism. Sigh, being responsible.. sigh....

re: #237 CynicalConservative

Keep up the good fight. If I frequented video stores, or other locations that sold such tripe I would do the same thing. Ding!

I tend to not do that sort of thing, but the way he treated C. Heston was beyond the pale in that film, so he has a special place in my heart, and not in the good part.

re: #232 FurryOldGuyJeans

Sure can't prove that by me.

I have no answer, Furry ..., just going by what I've observed. :D

re: #233 CynicalConservative

When can I get one for home defense? That rocked!

You could always get the NNS* system (as seen on the Michael Nesmith "Elephant Parts" video).

*Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority. "Not an import, not an over-the-counter toy or an unreliable terrorist imitation."

re: #238 Kosh's Shadow

I think the Israelis are working on something similar.

re: #240 CyanSnowHawk

I tend to not do that sort of thing, but the way he treated C. Heston was beyond the pale in that film, so he has a special place in my heart, and not in the good part.

Almost criminal treatment. Loved Heston in his acting career, NRA President, very sad when he passed. (Lifetime Member)

re: #234 CyanSnowHawk

When I would walk by those in the stores, I would casually turn them around or put other movies in front of them. I tend to do that with any of Fatboy's flicks.

I thought I was the only one who did that. I also turn raunchy mags around and away from the view of little kids. Ticks off the vendor but that's too bad - consenting adults will buy them if they want but the little ones don't need to be constantly bombarded by that trash.

re: #242 FurryOldGuyJeans

You could always get the NNS* system (as seen on the Michael Nesmith "Elephant Parts" video).

*Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority. "Not an import, not an over-the-counter toy or an unreliable terrorist imitation."

Hmmmm....

re: #239 CynicalConservative

Either that or get some hot orange stickers to deploy that state "This is a work of Fiction", but then again, guess that could be considered vandalism. Sigh, being responsible.. sigh....

You're right, that would be vandalism. Mine was just a sort of harmless protest that removes that smiling pukes face from view. The little Wal*Mart ferries in their little blue vests fixed it every night I am sure.

re: #245 Miss Trixie

I thought I was the only one who did that. I also turn raunchy mags around and away from the view of little kids. Ticks off the vendor but that's too bad - consenting adults will buy them if they want but the little ones don't need to be constantly bombarded by that trash.

Your definition of raunch is likely at a much lower threshold than mine. Parenting is much different than when we grew up, isn't it? Our problem seems to be not so much, How do we keep it away from them, but How do we teach them to deal with it.

Where's all da white women at?

Er, that is, I thought we had the McCain/Obama faith-fest going on now, is CNN tape-delaying it for an hour? Any stream? Any thread? Any rags, any bottles, any bones?

re: #248 CyanSnowHawk

Your definition of raunch is likely at a much lower threshold than mine. Parenting is much different than when we grew up, isn't it? Our problem seems to be not so much, How do we keep it away from them, but How do we teach them to deal with it.

Well said! I agree on many levels.

re: #228 FurryOldGuyJeans

TOL, I find it strange that they leeched you nearly word for word and chose in the post title to accuse the LEFT of being parasites. Oh, the irony. ;)

Dr. Ray did provide the source link to the original post. I usually send the link to postings that I believe he may be interested in. Usually he just quotes a short passage with the link.

re: #249 itellu3times

5 PM Pacific Time, right?

re: #242 FurryOldGuyJeans

You could always get the NNS* system (as seen on the Michael Nesmith "Elephant Parts" video).

*Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority. "Not an import, not an over-the-counter toy or an unreliable terrorist imitation."

I want to see the full length version of HAVE A NICE DAY.

re: #253 neocon hippie

5 PM Pacific Time, right?

Yes, 5pm pst, got the auto-tune set for that....

re: #238 Kosh's Shadow

Send a bunch of these to Sderot, FAST!

Mystery why they haven't had them for ten years already.

I suspect laser systems are less than five years away. Maybe five months. Maybe already in place.

re: #249 itellu3times

Where's all da white women at?

Er, that is, I thought we had the McCain/Obama faith-fest going on now, is CNN tape-delaying it for an hour? Any stream? Any thread? Any rags, any bottles, any bones?

I'm watching a live shot from out front of the place now. Nobody with baggy pants hanging off their asses,,, No 12 year old girls dressed like pole dancers. Famileis strolling about, holding hands. What a terrible place !

re: #255 CynicalConservative

Yes, 5pm pst, got the auto-tune set for that....

Original announcement was for 7:00PM EDT, still says that at the head of the previous thread.

Local radio is previewing it now, I didn't catch the time, but apparently it's later, 5:00 PDT I guess.

re: #256 itellu3times

Mystery why they haven't had them for ten years already.

I suspect laser systems are less than five years away. Maybe five months. Maybe already in place.

Not likely in five or even 15 years. Lasers powerful enough to knock out artillery shells are very big, very expensive, not terribly mobile, and tend to use chemicals that are very unfriendly to the environment and lots of them. The energy problems with lasers alone will keep them off the battlefield for the foreseeable future. The absolute cutting edge on this front is the big one they are putting in the 747 for strategic missile defense, and that thing is a monster.

Was just watching a few minutes of Hardball (blech, Mitchell) and the talking head actually asked if the McCain/Obama show would be over before the latest Phelps olympics spot would run. Um... Priorities anyone....

The picture up top looks like it comes from a commercial from an antihistamine.