And you can't be more prepared than that.

/

have a great night every one

I am always ready for the unforeseen events that do not occur. It's the unforeseen ones that do occur that catch me off guard, being unforeseen and all.

Nite winston ;-)

It's time for a new car. I am torn between a sporty 2 seater or a motorcycle.

re: #5 rawmuse

It's time for a new car. I am torn between a sporty 2 seater or a motorcycle.

I assume it never snows where you are. 8)

re: #4 sngnsgt

Nite winston ;-)

you 2

re: #6 esch

I assume it never snows where you are. 8)

2 times in 30 years so far.

re: #5 rawmuse

Get the two-seater. At least you have a top if it rains.

re: #1 Sharmuta

And you can't be more prepared than that.

/

How does one prepare for the unforeseen? Wouldn't preparations for things yet to happen indicate some foresight (or "foreseeingness", as it were)?

Quayle: A man of many words, most of which are hilarious.

I forgive all harms against me, both real and imagined.

Dan Quayle will be remembered as among the best quote masters waver.
Fantastic.

re: #8 rawmuse

Go for it.

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Anyone frome the Northwest might like to see this tribute to JP Patches

When we foresee the unforeseen, we can prepare the unprepared.

Potatoes!

As you may know, there are many unknowns out there.

The Unknown As we know,

There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know There are known unknowns.
That is to say We know there are some things We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we don't know We don't know.

—Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing

Goodnight all, sweet dreams.

re: #17 ASU86PE

Potatoes!

As you know that is the correct spelling. The press is made up of morons. The singular lacks the e.

re: #17 ASU86PE

You say "potatoes", and I say "potatos" ...

Revenge is a dish best served with mayonnaise and those little cheesy things on sticks.
- Osric the Loopy

re: #18 2SoonOld2LateSmart

All that I know, the unknown knows.

re: #20 Temujin

...let's call the whole thing off! LOL

"I don't blame anyone."
Bucky The Cat

re: #22 Slumbering Behemoth

All that I know, the unknown knows.

“There are things man was not meant to know.” -- H. P. Lovecraft

re: #8 rawmuse

That's the sucky part about living here in Minnesota.

Want a motorcycle? Bad weather 5-6 months of year.
Want a PWC? Same deal.
Give up and buy a snowmobile? Ha-HA SUCKER! 2 out of the last 5 years we've had poor snowfall so they're mostly wasted.

I'm thinking of buying a hovercraft. Seriously.

re: #5 rawmuse

It's time for a new car. I am torn between a sporty 2 seater or a motorcycle.

I'd get the two-seater as long as your wife/husband has a "real" car to transport life-sized stuff.

Got two cars?

Its possible it has already been mentioned but I thought that it was worth noting that google has been displaying a custom homepage every day of the olympics and still wont recognise veterans day once a year.

They know which side their bread's buttered on..

re: #25 Temujin

“There are things man was not meant to know.” -- H. P. Lovecraft

The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
H. P. Lovecraft

re: #28 Indigo

Its possible it has already been mentioned but I thought that it was worth noting that google has been displaying a custom homepage every day of the olympics and still wont recognise veterans day once a year.

Now that you mentioned google, I thought I'd replace google with another search engine, perhaps dogpile. I've got a mac. On the bookmark page, the little box on the right upper corner automatically goes to google. Does anyone know how to change this?

re: #31 hermeneutics

I am such an internet dummy. I just have to "google" dogpile. That is just sad. There must be a way.

re: #15 gwillie

I commented!

/thanks for the link. GWillie!

re: #25 Temujin

H.P. must have been some kinda troofer, or maybe a muslim:

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age". H.P. Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulhu

"Dude! Stop calling me, I'm trying to get some sleep." S. Behemoth - Tired and Cranky

re: #31 hermeneutics

The easiest way is to buy a PC.

re: #35 saltmarsh

The easiest way is to buy a PC.

Zing!

re: #32 Pvt Bin Jammin

I am such an internet dummy. I just have to "google" dogpile. That is just sad. There must be a way.

Oh well. I'll continue to google dogpile.

re: #20 Temujin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf1F_JcccpI&fea ture=related Chips to you

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

Y'know, I'm not gonna mock Dan Quayle over this one. Because if we know that the possibility exists that an event may occur, then it isn't entirely unforeseen.

In his own idiotic way, Quayle was a genius.

re: #28 Indigo

Its possible it has already been mentioned but I thought that it was worth noting that google has been displaying a custom homepage every day of the olympics and still wont recognise veterans day once a year.

Actually, they finally got around to doing that last year. A bit half-hearted IMAO.

From Drudge:

Visitors urged to leave Florida Keys ahead of Fay

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Florida Keys officials closed schools, opened shelters and urged visitors to leave as Tropical Storm Fay threatened to strengthen into a hurricane Sunday, but residents and some tourists seemed in no hurry to evacuate.

Link

Polling update ...

OHIO:
PPP (a very Dem firm) has Ohio tied at 45- 45. Great news for McCain! It probably understates McCain's support because the poll had 56% female and 44% male respondents. Huh?

COLORADO:
POS has McCain up by three percentage points -- McCain 44%, Obama 41%

I think Google wishes it was in Russia. More control.

re: #34 Slumbering Behemoth

H.P. must have been some kinda troofer, or maybe a muslim:

Actually, he was something of an atheist, racist and a nihilist who believed societies better days had long passed by.

re: #31 hermeneutics

Now that you mentioned google, I thought I'd replace google with another search engine, perhaps dogpile. I've got a mac. On the bookmark page, the little box on the right upper corner automatically goes to google. Does anyone know how to change this?

On my Firefox, the search tool at top right also defaulted to Google. By clicking the down-arrow thing on it, one can choose Manage Search Engines. I added dogpile some time ago. It seems to remember the last-used search engine as the new default.

Actually, that sparked a memory in me: I once wrote something that was in my opinion one of the most brilliant things I ever wrote, that was on this exact subject: the recursive logic underlying the paradox of predicting something "unexpected." I had totally forgotten about it until now! Wow.

I can't describe it any further, for security reasons! I'm not even going to check if it ever cropped up on the Internet, because it's not worth taking the chance.

re: #43 pat

Absolutely. I get these weird messages from google that somebody else is trying to change my toolbar....it is my own internet provider that is trying to do it. What's up with that?

I am shamelessly reposting this pic link that I put in the off topic thread as it died... Golden Gate Bridge sort of, it was a bit foggy there thursday morning

re: #31 hermeneutics

what are you using as a browser?

re: #39 zombie

It is a good idea to try to be prepared for eventualities we can't even imagine.

This would mean things like keeping spare capacity, having fall-back positions, damage control that's independent of what caused the damage, etc...

/Being an irresponsible idiot, I don't do any of that...

#39 Zombie

In his own idiotic way, Quayle was a genius.

Yes, he was. And in his own way he knew we didn't have 58 states.

re: #48 slokat

That is a great picture. I miss the beautiful side of San Francisco. Haven't been there for about four years.

re: #5 rawmuse

It's time for a new car. I am torn between a sporty 2 seater or a motorcycle.

re: #9 Pvt Bin Jammin

Get the two-seater. At least you have a top if it rains.

I agree with PBJ. And you also have body armor.

re: #53 LeePro

Hey, Lee, what's up?

re: #49 slokat

what are you using as a browser?

Hi Slo,

I'm using Safari. Hey, nice foggy picture of the bridge.

Late to the thread, Lizards. Bear with me for the next ½-hour or so while I play catch-up.

oh, and just in case anyone with the initials p h is here: toothless brainless piece-o-shit reporting for duty!

/salutes

re: #44 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Actually, he was something of an atheist, racist and a nihilist who believed societies better days had long passed by.

I don't doubt you're right, it's just what I quoted above intimated that scientific progress is a danger to humanity (a bit troofer-istic), and that a new dark age would be preferable (sounds a bit islamist).

Just goofing on some old fiction.

re: #23 Pvt Bin Jammin

...let's call the whole thing off! LOL

LOL!
Perfect!

re: #27 hermeneutics

I'd get the two-seater as long as your wife/husband has a "real" car to transport life-sized stuff.

Got two cars?

Oh, yeah, this would make number 4.

re: #48 slokat

I am shamelessly reposting this pic link that I put in the off topic thread as it died... Golden Gate Bridge sort of, it was a bit foggy there thursday morning

I drove it this morning about 7 am. Visibility was about 20 feet.

re: #56 LeePro

No worries, we're just playing old Dan Quayle malaprops and trying to figure out what Semper Paratus means.

re: #58 LeePro

It was a good song.

Don't know if I can make it another 1/2 hour...we partied early with out of town friends....I'll try. LOL

re: #28 Indigo

Its possible it has already been mentioned but I thought that it was worth noting that google has been displaying a custom homepage every day of the olympics and still wont recognise veterans day once a year.

Another thing I noticed a few days ago. If you click on the Google Olympic logo on that homepage, you get the current Olympic medal count courtesy of results.beijing2008.cn:
                G   S   B    T
1. China         35   13   13     61
2. United States   19   21   25     65
3. Great Britain     11   7   8     26

That's the Google we've come to know.

re: #46 zombie

Perhaps you enjoy Luciano Floridi?

Good show on BBCA right now on big boobs. Not that I mind.

McCain protests NBC's coverage.
The link is about McCain's protest. The real story is that NBC, Adrea Mitchell and the Obama team know that their guy had his clock cleaned.

re: #61 Mel Lono

Isn't that the Coast Guard motto? Can't remember what it means, though.

Serious question:

Why did obambi tilt his head to his right continually during his q and a with the reverend?

re: #31 hermeneutics

Now that you mentioned google, I thought I'd replace google with another search engine, perhaps dogpile. I've got a mac. On the bookmark page, the little box on the right upper corner automatically goes to google. Does anyone know how to change this?

It's not the mac, it's the browser...

Anyway, click on the tiny little arrow next to the "G" and it should show a list of search engines. Pick one.

;D

/mac here, too.

re: #69 LeePro

Does that work on window and firefox? I am so disgusted with Google.

re: #18 2SoonOld2LateSmart

As you may know, there are many unknowns out there.

The Poetry of Sec Rumsfeld.

re: #51 ladycatnip

#39 Zombie

Yes, he was. And in his own way he knew we didn't have 58 states.

Obama also knows we don't have 58 states. He thinks we have 57.

Google is a Chinese kiss ass of the first order. In fact I firmly believe that if Google could, it would target American cities for China or Russia. They are that hateful of Americans. Rich leftists that think they will have a special place in a totalitarian state.

It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Well, that's something to know, then isn't it?

re: #70 Pvt Bin Jammin

Does that work on window and firefox? I am so disgusted with Google.

Works on firefox. You can add whatever search engines you prefer.

I don't have the "G" but a little icon shaped like a circle with a line coming from the bottom right ... maybe it is a magnifying glass?

I HATE ICONS.

re: #57 Slumbering Behemoth

I don't doubt you're right, it's just what I quoted above intimated that scientific progress is a danger to humanity (a bit troofer-istic), and that a new dark age would be preferable (sounds a bit islamist).

Just goofing on some old fiction.

He didn't think a dark age was preferable, just a possible consequence of meddling with things we should have left alone. His theoretical dark age wasn't based on imposition of another cultures values, but by society turning its back on knowledge it would rather not have to deal with.

re: #68 Typicalwhitey

Serious question:

Why did obambi tilt his head to his right continually during his q and a with the reverend?

I think it may have been a "pantomime".

re: #13 saltmarsh

I remember actually owning one of those!

re: #68 Typicalwhitey

Serious question:

Why did obambi tilt his head to his right continually during his q and a with the reverend?

It's some kind of debate thing that he's learned. Have you noticed that when he's standing at the podium how he looks up to the left and right, kind of showing off his profile? He really likes to look up and to the left though. He probably thinks that's his good side.

[Link: www.informationclearinghouse.info...]

Remember this one? I had forgotten all the talking-points the narrator laid down, mostly directed at the Left, before he popped off his famous response to Bush's "Bring it on" invitation.

What are the chances of this dead-ender still being alive, and able to issue an updated communique which acknowledges the way in which the insurgents, Al Qaeda In Iraq, and the other assorted riff-raff have been routed?

re: #78 Slumbering Behemoth

I think it may have been a "pantomime".

Shit, sorry, NSFW language there. Sorry.

re: #48 slokat

I am shamelessly reposting this pic link that I put in the off topic thread as it died... Golden Gate Bridge sort of, it was a bit foggy there thursday morning

Awesome shot, slokat!

I love your photography! ! !

re: #75 Wendya

Great!

I am such an internet dummy. Thanks

Anyone ever drive one of these?

re: #55 hermeneutics

google is coded into safari... can't be undone easily.

you could just save the link to dogpile?

re: #54 Pvt Bin Jammin

Hey, Lee, what's up?

Nuttin' much. Just glad to be here with all my friends!

;D

re: #80 BigJohn

Nah it's just equal-opportunity snobbery. Everyone should be looked down on equally.

re: #85 rawmuse

Anyone ever drive one of these?

Looks like fun.

Looks like my bank account would hate it.

re: #85 rawmuse

Anyone ever drive one of these?

No, but I saw one on Friday, kind of revving up the motor next to my old Mustang convertible.....I liked the look!

re: #33 Karridine

I commented!

/thanks for the link. GWillie!

Thanks, nice comment, and your welcome, it was all fun.

re: #80 BigJohn

It's some kind of debate thing that he's learned. Have you noticed that when he's standing at the podium how he looks up to the left and right, kind of showing off his profile? He really likes to look up and to the left though. He probably thinks that's his good side.

I believe (but am not sure) that tilting of the head indicates that one is trying to figure out a person's motivation or feelings. Thus, Obama was trying to understand his questioner's motive.

re: #77 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Again, just goofing on some old fiction. I really need to start using the sarc tag more often.

re: #61 Mel Lono

No worries, we're just playing old Dan Quayle malaprops and trying to figure out what Semper Paratus means.

Hmmmmm.....

According to this translator, it means "Always prepared."

:D

Morning all, checking in finally. Hi {LeePro}, great shot SloKat. Was a bad boy today an went to the beach with GF and puppy. Took a lot of great shots IMNSHO unfortunately I didn't leave myself enough time to download then upload them before I had to get to bed for work tonight.

/coffee is my friend, coffee is my friend.
//repeat as necessary.

re: #5 rawmuse

It's time for a new car. I am torn between a sporty 2 seater or a motorcycle.

I just bought a Harley (2008 Dyna Street Bob).
Had I known that owning a Harley would be so fun, I would have bought one when I was 7.

re: #86 slokat

google is coded into safari... can't be undone easily.

you could just save the link to dogpile?

Thanks ... I'll save the link and avoid that convenient little corner of Safari.

All well?

re: #85 rawmuse

1. yes, I also had a V-rroom
2. no, haven't driven a Solstice

re: #96 skree

Nice!

Well, you takes yer friends where ya finds 'em, I reckon...

Republican rock stars.

“Michael Graves of the Misfits

Ted Nugent

Bob Seger (Buchananite, anti-U.N., as noted in articles and ostensibly hinted in songs like “Lock and Load”)

Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens

Alice Cooper

Danny Elfman

Neil Peart of Rush

Kid Rock

C.C. Deville (of Poison)

James Hetfield (of Metallica)

Dave Mustaine (formerly of Metallica, now Megadeth)

Gene Simmons

Britney Spears (note: insane)

Jessica Simpson

Chaka Khan

Frankie Avalon

Jeff “Skunk” Baxter

and Meat Loaf.

And more country singers, of course, than you can shake a stick at.”

I take some small satisfaction in noting that I haven't the foggiest idea who at least 4 of those folks are. I'll leave it to you to figure out which ones.

re: #68 Typicalwhitey

Serious question:

Why did obambi tilt his head to his right continually during his q and a with the reverend?

I've heard that that's a classic sign (body language) of lying, or of no confidence/personal belief in what you are saying. Look also for blinking (especially loooonnnnnnnng blinking) and avoiding eye contact altogether.

Heh.

re: #92 hermeneutics

I believe (but am not sure) that tilting of the head indicates that one is trying to figure out a person's motivation or feelings. Thus, Obama was trying to understand his questioner's motive.

I was talking more about when he's on stage giving one of his scripted hope and change talks. Like esch said, it's a real look down your nose pose.

re: #98 slokat

V-room owners! (old as dirt, oh, yeah)

re: #70 Pvt Bin Jammin

Does that work on window and firefox? I am so disgusted with Google.

Not 100% sure (maybe 98?), but it should. I think it relates more to browser than to system.

re: #104 LeePro

Thanks. I'll check it out. I am sick to death of google.

re: #76 hermeneutics

I don't have the "G" but a little icon shaped like a circle with a line coming from the bottom right ... maybe it is a magnifying glass?

I HATE ICONS.

That's on the right. Look on the left side of the search box.

re: #101 LeePro

I've heard that that's a classic sign (body language) of lying, or of no confidence/personal belief in what you are saying. Look also for blinking (especially loooonnnnnnnng blinking) and avoiding eye contact altogether.

Heh.

He completely avoided eye contact.
And was it just me or did the rev seem to get a little frustrated with obambi?

"above his paygrade" will haunt him.

re: #94 LeePro

pre-PARATUS means pre-PARED

sempre means ALWAYS, EVER

Sempre Paratus = Ever Prepared

Sempre Vigilante = Ever Vigilant

/the latter was our's in the Army...
I'm a long-time roots-and-prefixes-and-suffixes freak, Lee! :D

re: #102 BigJohn

I was talking more about when he's on stage giving one of his scripted hope and change talks. Like esch said, it's a real look down your nose pose.

I think I know what you're talking about -- Obama's head tilted upward, school-marmish and smirking pose?

LeePro has it right, in my wee opinion. Obama is arrogant.

re: #101 LeePro

and avoiding eye contact altogether.

That's also common with Autism Spectrum though, so shouldn't be taken as proof in and of itself.

heh heh, managed to get a couple up on to flicker. SloKat, here's a bridge for a bridge. :)

It was a beautiful day up here in Toronto so I enjoyed myself in the sun. Not as warm as it should be, but nice for being down by the lake.

Dems are getting nervous about this whole "hope" thing:

Allies Ask Obama to Make ‘Hope’ Specific

party leaders — while enthusiastic about Mr. Obama and his state-by-state campaign operations — say he must do more to convince the many undecided Democrats and independents that he would address their financial anxieties rather than run, by and large, as an agent of change — given that change, they note, is not an issue.

“I particularly hope he strengthens his economic message — even Senator Obama can speak more clearly and specifically about the kitchen-table, bread-and-butter issues like high energy costs,” said Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio. “It’s fine to tell people about hope and change, but you have to have plenty of concrete, pragmatic ideas that bring hope and change to life.”

Or, in the blunter words of Gov. Phil Bredesen, Democrat of Tennessee: “Instead of giving big speeches at big stadiums, he needs to give straight-up 10-word answers to people at Wal-Mart about how he would improve their lives.”

Obama's real hope; that he could have avoided this a bit longer.

re: #95 BlueCanuck

Morning all, checking in finally. Hi {LeePro}, great shot SloKat. Was a bad boy today an went to the beach with GF and puppy. Took a lot of great shots IMNSHO unfortunately I didn't leave myself enough time to download then upload them before I had to get to bed for work tonight.

/coffee is my friend, coffee is my friend.
//repeat as necessary.

Hey { { {BLUE} } }!

Man, I needed that hug tonight! Thanks!

re: #110 esch

That's also common with Autism Spectrum though, so shouldn't be taken as proof in and of itself.

Really? I know a brilliant man who is borderline autistic (a professor) who either stares at me when I speak or doesn't look at all at me. The 'normal' way we look at someone who is speaking must be less intense than his stare and more intense than merely looking away.

Quite odd.

re: #97 hermeneutics

All Well?

hmmm, everything is changing at the moment.

Last weekend moved all my son's tools & stuff back to SLO from LA for three weeks, until I move it all to SB. He finished Mercedes school and starts with the SB dealership on the first.

Put my daughter on the plane late last wednesday eve at SFO. She is in Germany for the next year.

Stayed in Tahoe thursday till a couple of hours ago, with a bunch of drinking & sports buddies, at a cabin on Kings Beach.

I'm too busy to know how I'm doing. ;)

My family crest is "Sempre Cornu"

Oh, great. Just great. Now someone's broken the code. Obama's election is assured at last...Will Obama play in Arkansas?

Ms. Burrow, a lifelong Democrat, was discomfited to learn from a recent article in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that she is distantly related to Mr. Obama, whose maternal ancestors helped settle the Ozarks. “I don’t claim him,” she said, as she played dominoes and talked politics with a group of friends.

Ms. Burrow said she would not vote for Mr. Obama because she believed he is either a Muslim or would, if elected, rejoin Trinity United Church of Christ, the Chicago congregation that he left after a controversy over the former minister’s racial views.

Ms. Burrow’s son, Dennis, tried to convince her that Mr. Obama was not a Muslim.

“He’d have to come to my home and eat some of my purple-hull peas before I’d believe him,” Ms. Burrow said. “And my fried okra. Anyone that breaks bread with me, I’d have more confidence in him.”

So to summarize, if Barack Obama eats peas and okra with every aging Democrat in the state between now and November, he stands a strong chance at walking away with Arkansas’ six electoral votes.

He just has to tell everything that he knows, he does.

re: #112 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Wow, from the NY Times no less.

re: #110 esch

Roger your 'autism, too' and add that several (ever-diminishing in number) cultures in our world teach their young to be courteous and avoid eye-contact.

Just a snapshot of RCP polling:

Colorado ..45.3 .....45.8 .....McCain +0.5
Virginia ...45.7 .......46.3.... McCain +0.6
Missouri.. 45.0 ......47.3 .....McCain +2.3
Michigan.. 46.0 .....42.8 .....Obama +3.2
Ohio .....45.3 ..........46.8... McCain +1.5
Florida... 45.4 .......47.2..... McCain +1.8

re: #86 slokat

google is coded into safari... can't be undone easily.

you could just save the link to dogpile?

In Safari, can you change that in your Prefs?

re: #114 hermeneutics

Really? I know a brilliant man who is borderline autistic (a professor) who either stares at me when I speak or doesn't look at all at me. The 'normal' way we look at someone who is speaking must be less intense than his stare and more intense than merely looking away.

Quite odd.

Yeah you'll notice it a lot with people with Asperger's (like myself). It's not meant to be rude. It's part of an internal, often visual synthesis of the topic and formulation of the reply. Basically, it's hard to concentrate fully when looking someone in the eye. I know it's weird.

re: #115 slokat

Sounds wonderful, to be honest. You and your wife have an empty house (sadly quiet?) and two kids on their way to independence and success. Congrats!

(And business is far preferable to waiting ... waiting ... waiting. So enjoy!)

Well, Lizards, I have had a long day. Always nice to see everyone but I am a sleepyhead.

Take care, all.

Later PBJ, have yourself a nice rest and weet dreams.

oh nooosssss

I am all alone.

re: #122 esch

Yeah you'll notice it a lot with people with Asperger's (like myself). It's not meant to be rude. It's part of an internal, often visual synthesis of the topic and formulation of the reply. Basically, it's hard to concentrate fully when looking someone in the eye. I know it's weird.

Of all the friends I've had, I found this man to be the easiest to talk to, in spite of his odd eye-contact. The content of his speech completely synched with my own POV and approach. Sadly, he moved away to take tenure in another state. Now I pine for those wonderful conversations.

re: #125 BlueCanuck

Thanks. Good to see you. I thought you wouldn't be able to post at night.

Later.

re: #111 BlueCanuck

ah, I see you managed to get the clouds to hang off in the distance and look poetic.

They only formed a bridge bhurqa for me... ;)

re: #126 Typicalwhitey

oh nooosssss

I am all alone.

No you aren't. Silly. You're here with other reptiles.

re: #110 esch

That's also common with Autism Spectrum though, so shouldn't be taken as proof in and of itself.

But knowing he's NOT autistic clarifies that, doesn't it!
;)

re: #48 slokat

I am shamelessly reposting this pic link that I put in the off topic thread as it died... Golden Gate Bridge sort of, it was a bit foggy there thursday morning

What are you doing up in my neck of the woods?

Al Cooper is so cool in real life.

Just spent around two hrs reading all the comments on the Saddleback "debate" . I was sick and in bed all day Sat. but did get up and watched the debate. I think I was still running a bit of a fever and kind of out of it because I kept asking hubby if all the mens ears looked big to him.(LOL), but I did think that McCain did a much better job than NoObama and was glad to read that the Lizards here thought so too.

re: #132 zombie

What are you doing up in my neck of the woods?

If one were paranoid, I'd say Zombie hunting.

/queue dramatic music

re: #121 LeePro

I queried a mac os coder's site, and they said it can't be permanently changed from google, without changing some coding.

re: #118 Pvt Bin Jammin

Of course, IF OBAMA DOES become "more specific", he lays himself open to reasoned analysis, criticism, rebuttal, rationality and defeat.

and thats from the Democrats, dont get me started on the Republicans!

(every time I typed an apostophe, I jumped to the top of the page... wierd!

re: #67 Pvt Bin Jammin

Isn't that the Coast Guard motto? Can't remember what it means, though.

Give the man a cigar

re: #127 hermeneutics

I hadn't met many others until my current assignment. The place is chock full of ASD engineers. It's very strange and I've found in comparison I'm actually a rather mild case.

Hopefully you'll find other eccentric geniuses about.

re: #129 slokat

I have some good cloud shots on the same account. I will be putting a whole bunch more up later today. Have these two shots that the GF called "Highway to Heaven" shots. It's what I get by always looking up.

re: #131 LeePro

Heh no doubt.

re: #124 Pvt Bin Jammin

Well, Lizards, I have had a long day. Always nice to see everyone but I am a sleepyhead.

Take care, all.

'Nite, PBJ.
Love ya, girl!

re: #122 esch

Yeah you'll notice it a lot with people with Asperger's (like myself). It's not meant to be rude. It's part of an internal, often visual synthesis of the topic and formulation of the reply. Basically, it's hard to concentrate fully when looking someone in the eye. I know it's weird.

Yeah, a lot of times we Aspergers people come across as rude or strange, when really we may well have no idea what we're doing "wrong"... Just trying to cope, is all.

I've seen some funny behavior from Obambimessiah, he may be a bit socially stunted and is trying to over-compensate with his "community organizer" identity, but I don't see him having a full-on syndrome of any sort. My roommate's aunt works with autistic kids here in TX and she has pointed out that everybody has an autistic trait or two, which is not the same as a diagnosible condition.

re: #132 zombie

What are you doing up in my neck of the woods?

I was up there wednesday eve dropping my daughter at SFO and thursday morning, walking around china town, 'till we got hungry and ate lunch.

I took a picture of everyone I saw, just in case it was you...

/

Heres a PDF on Arab Culture, with some interesting specifics on Eye Contact.

re: #80 BigJohn

It's some kind of debate thing that he's learned. Have you noticed that when he's standing at the podium how he looks up to the left and right, kind of showing off his profile? He really likes to look up and to the left though. He probably thinks that's his good side.

It's a right brain - left brain thing. Wish i could remember which was which/

re: #126 Typicalwhitey

oh nooosssss

I am all alone.

No you're not, Whitey!
I'm here. You'll be all right! Here, take my hand. . . . . .

re: #64 hermeneutics

Perhaps you enjoy Luciano Floridi?

Never heard of him until your comment, but a quick Google search makes him seem like a interesting thinker! Thanks.

Personally, I'm more interested in demolishing the current structure of game theory, which I think is horribly, fundamentally flawed.

NBC should do a NASCAR-like graphic depicting the race staus of the Olympic track races.

Y'know - like an arrow-bubble with the car person/name/country.

re: #145 Karridine

Heres a PDF on Arab Culture, with some interesting specifics on Eye Contact.

I like this little gem on page 3:

�� To be an Arab, like an American, is a cultural trait
rather than racial.

Hmmmm, so much for that racism clause.

re: #143 Pawn of the Oppressor

Yeah, a lot of times we Aspergers people come across as rude or strange, when really we may well have no idea what we're doing "wrong"... Just trying to cope, is all.

I sure wish someone could have explained all this to me at about 12. Thank G I can save my son from most of the excruciating learning process.

re: #146 Mel Lono

It's a right brain - left brain thing. Wish i could remember which was which/

You know, there are all kinds of theories and maxims on that sort of thing ("a person is lying when they look up and to the left", etc.) but those kinds of things should be taken as loose guidelines at best... Billy Jeff Clinton never showed anything in his eyes, but the left corner of his mouth elevated a touch when he was bullshitting, and we know that that was most of the time; he managed to pass it off as affable charm.

You have to just watch and learn each individual's quirks as a kind of language. Some people are obvious phonies (like that Pfleger guy at BHO's church), others are slick as goose crap, but everybody is different.

re: #145 Karridine

Heres a PDF on Arab Culture, with some interesting specifics on Eye Contact.

Is this the equivalent page for white people culture?

re: #136 slokat

I queried a mac os coder's site, and they said it can't be permanently changed from google, without changing some coding.

Well, damn Algore anyway! That sucks.

Why I use Firefox!
;D

From Karradine's above link:

Statistics show a dramatic increase in the number of persons less
than 15 years of age in the Arab world.

• Rates in the developed world are around 20%.
• Rates in the developing world are around 35%.
• Rates in the Arab world are 42%.

re: #152 Pawn of the Oppressor

Billy Jeff Clinton never showed anything in his eyes, but the left corner of his mouth elevated a touch when he was bullshitting, and we know that that was most of the time; he managed to pass it off as affable charm.

I always figured he couldn't repress the smirk because he was always thinking 'I can't BELIEVE they're buying this!'

re: #148 zombie

Personally, I'm more interested in demolishing the current structure of game theory, which I think is horribly, fundamentally flawed.

/lots of room to roam in the definition of game theory

re: #94 LeePro

Hmmmmm.....

According to this translator, it means "Always prepared."

:D

Always Ready.

According to this unofficial site

Oh and been there, done that.

re: #100 razorbacker

nice find!

Woohoo. Tylenol PM's kicking in...gotta hit the sack.

Nite all

re: #155 hermeneutics

From Karradine's above link:

Statistics show a dramatic increase in the number of persons less
than 15 years of age in the Arab world.

• Rates in the developed world are around 20%.
• Rates in the developing world are around 35%.
• Rates in the Arab world are 42%.

/check their life expectancy

re: #144 slokat

I was up there wednesday eve dropping my daughter at SFO and thursday morning, walking around china town, 'till we got hungry and ate lunch.

I took a picture of everyone I saw, just in case it was you...

/

Damn, Obama was in town and we both missed him.

C'est la guerre.

re: #147 LeePro

No you're not, Whitey!
I'm here. You'll be all right! Here, take my hand. . . . . .

Thank you.
I am afraid of the dark lol

Wowo the obambi raised 7.8 mil at a fundraising in CA.

Here is a quote from him:

I will win. Don’t worry about that,” he said to the crowd of about 1,300.

re: #162 zombie

and we both missed him.

Boy I totally read that the WRONG way. Definitely need to hit the sack, hehe.

re: #161 Killian Bundy

A lot of good info in that PDF, and not all of it is PC either. One part even states that Islam means submission, not peace. Good to see that the Army has a better grasp of the way things are over there then your state department.

For the Olympics, has anyone here ever 'adopted' some athelete (or even the whole team) from some underdog developing nation to root for- provided they weren't competing directly against team USA?

I thought about doing that off and on since 2000 and in light of events over the past ten days, I thought I'd 'adopt' Georgia. Of course, before I even decided on that, I belatedly found out that Georgia has already won two gold medals (Judo & Greco-Roman wrestling) and a bronze (shooting or archery...I forget which).

/Pretty good for a tiny Caucaus mountain republic that sent only 35 atheletes.

Pop goes Obama

/I don't think I'll ever get tired of it

re: #151 esch

I sure wish someone could have explained all this to me at about 12. Thank G I can save my son from most of the excruciating learning process.

Amen to that. I didn't find out for sure until I was 26/27 (about two years ago). I've had to basically re-tool my mental model of humanity from the ground up. In some respects it's much easier to problem-solve as an adult, and in other ways, as you said, "I wish I had been told this when I was a preteen" because life would have been so much less confusing, unfocused, and painful.

On a technical note, I've found that a lot of my problems increase in severity depending on diet. My current theory is that sugary stuff is just plain bad fuel for my brain. If you've got a kid with Aspergers, do try to keep him the hell away from junk food - there has been research that indicates carb-heavy eating is bad for Autistic symptoms and my experiences match those findings.

Obama Very Pissy After Saddleback Performance

“They say this other guy is unpatriotic, or this guy likes French people. That’s what they said about Kerry. They try to make it out like Democrats aren’t tough enough, aren’t macho enough. It’s the same strategy.”

re: #146 Mel Lono

It's a right brain - left brain thing. Wish i could remember which was which/

Right brain creative.
Left brain analytical.

TEST

re: #165 esch

heh heh, yes you did. The only shooting that zombie does is with a camera. Zombie has stated it's opinion on personal firearm ownership a number of times.

More from Karradine's link on Arab culture (just fascinating, btw):

1. Eye contact during
discussions--often long and direct--is important. Staring
is not necessarily rude (except gazing at women).

2. Maintain eye to eye contact with
your counterpart even if talking through a translator.
Do not wear sun glasses even if the meeting is
occurring in bright sun light.

So, one maintains eye contact with Arabs and avoids it with Asians. Interesting!

re: #170 RTLM

“They say this other guy is unpatriotic, or this guy likes French people. That’s what they said about Kerry. They try to make it out like Democrats aren’t tough enough, aren’t macho enough. It’s the same strategy.”

Wow....first correct thing he's said in.....um.....uh.....

Hmmm......

............ever?

re: #157 Killian Bundy

/lots of room to roam in the definition of game theory

The part of it that has to do with human decision-making, iterations, and so-called optimal strategies. They've been getting it wrong since 1944 and no one seems to realize it. Well, not "wrong" so much as focusing on one special-case scenario. (Just as Newton unwittingly did in physics: he wasn't "wrong", just merely describing a single optimal state.)

There are just too many unacknowledged assumptions built into how human-centric game theory is analyzed, assumptions which ignore reality. Game theory has traditionally focused on decisions, but that to me is the "trivial" aspect; much more important are motivations, which are rarely discussed.

re: #173 hermeneutics

Unless you're Arafish (pre-mortem). He was known for wearing sunglasses in odd circumstances, like indoors. It hid any odd darting or flitting of his eyes when he was lying through his teeth.

I try not to rely on my entertainers for political advice. That said...

I think that I'd really like to talk to Mike Rowe at a party. He seems like a nice guy who isn't afraid to get his hands dirty.

I'd like to talk cars with Jay Leno, and see if I could manage to steal the keys to his garage.

That Niles Crane character that the little blond guy played just cracks me up. So rare to see a fop played in today's world.

I've been generally amused by Owen Wilson. He doesn't seem to take himself too seriously. If you know different, please don't tell me.

And I guess that's about it. I just don't watch enough TV or movies to have much of an opinion. But I did hear that Jessica Simpson worked with a personal trainer for a solid year to get the legs to play Daisy Duke. Time well spent, if I may say so.

Other than that, I guess my star-struckness is pretty lame.

re: #175 zombie
Who are the big names in game theory, Zombie? What direction is it heading?

re: #171 LeePro

TEST

Ok I absolutely could not pass this up.

Left 51/49 Right

Not bad for an Asperger's geek. Now I'd better....ZZZZZZZ

re: #176 victor_yugo

Unless you're Arafish (pre-mortem). He was known for wearing sunglasses in odd circumstances, like indoors. It hid any odd darting or flitting of his eyes when he was lying through his teeth.

Where I live most of the women have facelifts around age 40. They hide their recent surgeries behind big glasses. The joke here is that the women wearing glasses indoors are those who just had their eyes done.

Sick, but true.

re: #175 zombie

The part of it that has to do with human decision-making, iterations, and so-called optimal strategies. They've been getting it wrong since 1944 and no one seems to realize it. Well, not "wrong" so much as focusing on one special-case scenario. (Just as Newton unwittingly did in physics: he wasn't "wrong", just merely describing a single optimal state.)

There are just too many unacknowledged assumptions built into how human-centric game theory is analyzed, assumptions which ignore reality. Game theory has traditionally focused on decisions, but that to me is the "trivial" aspect; much more important are motivations, which are rarely discussed.

/re: #175 zombie

The part of it that has to do with human decision-making, iterations, and so-called optimal strategies. They've been getting it wrong since 1944 and no one seems to realize it. Well, not "wrong" so much as focusing on one special-case scenario. (Just as Newton unwittingly did in physics: he wasn't "wrong", just merely describing a single optimal state.)

There are just too many unacknowledged assumptions built into how human-centric game theory is analyzed, assumptions which ignore reality. Game theory has traditionally focused on decisions, but that to me is the "trivial" aspect; much more important are motivations, which are rarely discussed.

pop goes the weasel 'cause the weasel goes pop

re: #178 hermeneutics

Who are the big names in game theory, Zombie? What direction is it heading?

Sorry, I was just logging off -- no time to answer such an open-ended question!

In short: it's going down the tubes, as it always has been.

re: #170 RTLM

Obama Very Pissy After Saddleback Performance

The Illinois senator also criticized McCain's advisers as "the same old folks that brought you George W. Bush.

I wonder if Obama really, really wants us to start looking at the candidate advisors?

re: #171 LeePro

Thank you for taking the Creativity Test. The results show your brain dominance as being:

Left Brain Right Brain
54% 46%

You are more left-brained than right-brained. Your left brain controls the right side of your body. In addition to being known as left-brained, you are also known as a critical thinker who uses logic and sense to collect information. You are able to retain this information through the use of numbers, words, and symbols. You usually only see parts of the "whole" picture, but this is what guides you step-by-step in a logical manner to your conclusion. Concise words, numerical and written formulas and technological systems are often forms of expression for you. Some occupations usually held by a left-brained person include a lab scientist, banker, judge, lawyer, mathematician, librarian, and skating judge.

i am so screwed...

re: #171 LeePro

45% left brain and 55% Right brain. Hmmmm, don't know exactly what that means. . . . . .

I'm going to bed. Bye.

I am a right brainer 47/53.

So I guess I AM in my right mind LOL

Tom Cruise sucks. MI1 was okay. MI2 was embarrassing. MI3 absolutely rocks.

/and Tom Cruise sucks

re: #187 Typicalwhitey

It's a little early in the day for punning around. Buzzsawmonkey might like it though.

/some of those threads can be brutally painful

58% left brain.

And now I sleep. Good night, Lizards.

re: #185 BlueCanuck

I got the same results...

Heres a PDF on Arab Culture, with some interesting specifics on Eye Contact.re: #153 rawmuse

Is this the equivalent page for white people culture?

Raw, I don't think so, even though I was ROFLMAO! :D

"Within a matter of months, MySpace had gone from a virtual utopia to Digital Detroit, where only minorities and indie bands remain."

re: #145 Karridine

Heres a PDF on Arab Culture, with some interesting specifics on Eye Contact.

Some of the parts about body language also hold in Spain. I remember the tongue-clicking (meaning "no" or, more particularly, "you're wrong") and how to shake hands when being introduced to another male.

Everybody...

Mine was Left 50 - Right 51

Does that mean I'm screwed or that I can't go wrong because one side of my brain is going to continually rescue me from the other side?

ho ho hee hee ha ha

re: #194 LeePro

That means you are better then normal. You my lady are better then a hundred percent. ;)

re: #158 Mel Lono

USCGC EAGLE

This one was mine. She was in LA today and heading to San Diego now.

Current location

58% Right Brained

Your Left Brain Percentages

37% Linear (Your most dominant characteristic)
27% Sequential
27% Reality-based
21% Logical
17% Symbolic
0% Verbal (Your least dominant characteristic)

Your Right Brain Percentages

40% Fantasy-oriented (Your most dominant characteristic)
39% Intuitive
37% Concrete
24% Holistic
23% Random
13% Nonverbal (Your least dominant characteristic)

re: #194 LeePro

Everybody...

Mine was Left 50 - Right 51

Does that mean I'm screwed or that I can't go wrong because one side of my brain is going to continually rescue me from the other side?

ho ho hee hee ha ha

do you want me to answer your question, or just pop smoke and head down range to my next drink?

/white smoke

I've come to the inevitable conclusion that Iran will acquire an atomic weapon. You should too.

/however, like North Korea, that sucked at it, they'll have to test it, wait for it

re: #198 redc1c4

do you want me to answer your question, or just pop smoke and head down range to my next drink?

/white smoke

Ha ha.
Just go to the link. Made me think of you!

;D

re: #200 LeePro

Some days I think he's the sanest one here. Or even worse. . . . . a voice of reason.

/white smoke

re: #196 Mel Lono

USCGC EAGLE

This one was mine. She was in LA today and heading to San Diego now.

Current location

dude! you were supposed to remind me, so we would come down and see the boat.......

/and fatten up your tip jar.

re: #194 LeePro

I got 47/53. >_>

re: #202 redc1c4

dude! you were supposed to remind me, so we would come down and see the boat.......

/and fatten up your tip jar.

I know, I screwed up. mea culpa

re: #203 laZardo

I got 47/53. >_>

Me too!

Another discovery from Karradine's PDF:

"During the Hajj, pilgrims must be in a state of ihram (consecration or blessing). Men typically wear two pieces of white unstitched cloth – covering the waist and legs, the other around the shoulders covering the upper body."

Compare with this:

"Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout."--John 19:23

I wonder what significance that has in ME culture?

re: #204 Mel Lono

I know, I screwed up. mea culpa

In my defense, well there is none, but my roommate's ex-roommate got married this weekend and well, you know.....

Past my bedtime...

  ¦O ^{_{ya-a-a-w-w-w-n-n-n}}

G'nite {Beloved Lizards}!

re: #201 BlueCanuck

Some days I think he's the sanest one here. Or even worse. . . . . a voice of reason.

/white smoke

thank you.

/that's a rare compliment.

re: #204 Mel Lono

I know, I screwed up. mea culpa

well, as they say, "Next year in Wilmington...." %-)

Night {LeePro} rest well.

re: #209 redc1c4

thank you.

/that's a rare compliment.

The scary part is... he may be right!

;D

G'nite again {*smooch*}, red!

Red the decon is over there ← ←

re: #207 Mel Lono

In my defense, well there is none, but my roommate's ex-roommate got married this weekend and well, you know.....

you didn't invite us to that either.......

/all i got was free tacos & beer @ FOB Maximus in honor of his son's birthday and enlisting as a 19D.

W00T!

re: #213 BlueCanuck

Red the decon is over there ← ←

now you tell me.....

/default programing has me headed over this -----------> way.

(but i haven't spilled my drink! %-)

re: #213 BlueCanuck

Red the decon is over there ← ←

Not nice, Blue. I thought you were my friend!

Really leaving now... g'nite again!

re: #214 redc1c4

God speed Son of Maximus

re: #217 Mel Lono

God speed Son of Maximus

hard to believe we were that young once, but if he's any indication, we're in good hands.

Scouts Out!

re: #216 LeePro

^_sssssssh I know his habits, trying to lure him away from the buffet.

re: #218 redc1c4

hard to believe we were that young once, but if he's any indication, we're in good hands.

Scouts Out!

Roger and out.

re: #216 LeePro

Not nice, Blue. I thought you were my friend!

Really leaving now... g'nite again!

it's not his fault you have cooties, or that i'm allergic..... what we need here is a Federal program to ameliorate the online cootie issue and provide assistance to those who suffe on both sides r from this insidious problem. %-)

re: #218 redc1c4

hard to believe we were that young once, but if he's any indication, we're in good hands.

Scouts Out!

Stuff like that gives one hope (not in a Nobama way either) of our future.

/to you from failing hands we throw the torch. . . . . .

re: #219 BlueCanuck

^_sssssssh I know his habits, trying to lure him away from the buffet.

you mean where i was prior to actually posting tonight?

I suppose most of you know, and it was likely discussed, that the Ukraine's denial of radar service to the Russians is a serious thing. And that the Ukraine could go nuclear in about 3 months. with fully deliverable systems. We are not talking Georgia here.

re: #222 BlueCanuck

Stuff like that gives one hope (not in a Nobama way either) of our future.

/to you from failing hands we throw the torch. . . . . .

more like, from this prepared position, with registered FP's detailed recon, designated support, and on call fire missions, by fire and maneuver you will seek out and destroy enemy positions as designated in your AO.

/i wasn't aware our hands were failing.

Guns Up!

re: #225 redc1c4

Turn of phrase, nothing ment by that. Line from "Flanders Fields" actually.

re: #224 pat

Backlash....good for them, but I have to wonder about a couple of things. Is this something Putin could've anticipated? And B) how secure is the current regime?

re: #224 pat

I suppose most of you know, and it was likely discussed, that the Ukraine's denial of radar service to the Russians is a serious thing. And that the Ukraine could go nuclear in about 3 months. with fully deliverable systems. We are not talking Georgia here.

i still say the simple solution to the "Georgia Problem" is to cut the roads from russia to Georgia........ do it at night, and where there aren't any russian convoys, and presto, they're FUBAR. the Georgian equivalent of a DOT will know where the landslide issues are. bomb there......and let mother nature take care of the rest.

re: #228 redc1c4

The Russians are most likely aware of this, and I think in order to seal off the border by triggering landslides at strategic locations, you'd need to send some men and materiel well behind Russian lines at this point.

re: #228 redc1c4

Are you-
Ah say, ARE YOU, Suh, suggesting Taking Courageous Action coupled with Deniable Plausability Plausible Deniability, Red?

re: #228 redc1c4

Just make sure you're in a better position to "give them hell" once you've cut off their escape route.

Backing a vicious animal into a corner is never a good idea.

Has an unforeseen event occurred?

I should have expected that.

re: #229 Fenway_Nation

The Russians are most likely aware of this, and I think in order to seal off the border by triggering landslides at strategic locations, you'd need to send some men and materiel well behind Russian lines at this point.

that's why Gawd gave us the B-2 and J-DAMS........

Boom Boom, out go the lights!

re: #232 thelongblogger

No, you should have foreseen it, expected it and PLANNED for it!

/lazy, that's all. Hmmph!

re: #229 Fenway_Nation

The Russians are most likely aware of this, and I think in order to seal off the border by triggering landslides at strategic locations, you'd need to send some men and materiel well behind Russian lines at this point.

"Russian Lines" and "Georgian Territory" are two different things.

the russians would be well served to remember that.

re: #231 victor_yugo

Just make sure you're in a better position to "give them hell" once you've cut off their escape route.

Backing a vicious animal into a corner is never a good idea.

hence my plan to floood the AO with ATGM, MANPADS, etc....

re: #234 Karridine

No, you should have foreseen it, expected it and PLANNED for it!

/lazy, that's all. Hmmph!

Guilty as charged...

Breaking:

Musharraf has resigned

Would the Georgians be capable of cutting off any sea approach for reinforcements?

re: #238 thelongblogger

Notice the charge: Gross misconduct

I've done that, and no one has ever impeached me.

re: #239 Fenway_Nation

Would the Georgians be capable of cutting off any sea approach for reinforcements?

that's called target practice.

/no problema

re: #239 Fenway_Nation

Would the Georgians be capable of cutting off any sea approach for reinforcements?

No. But Ukraine can.

re: #171 LeePro

Right brain creative.
Left brain analytical.

TEST

Test says I'm 55% left-brained.

re: #238 thelongblogger

WHOA.

/I cannot wait until Obama is president (for real)
//all these pesky little world problems will be solved...

How close was the Ukraine to falling into the Kremlin's sphere of influence during the Orange Revolution?

All I remember about the Orange revolution was that the protestors put all the hotties front and center....

re: #244 littleoldlady

Nice to see you're here.

I'm only waiting for the fruitcup.

(getting to be a habit.)

re: #246 thelongblogger

I know what you mean. LOL!

thelongblogger! :-)

re: #244 littleoldlady

Good morning littleoldlady. How's things in TWP country today?

/doing my best to keep ahead of red's contanimations and it looks like it's going to be a close one.

I'm actually eating real live fruitcup. (Well, it's canned, but you know what I mean.)

Good morning, LOL.

BlueCanuck! :-)

I think Obama lost a point here in PA. (We're powder blue now.)

/it's painful...

Alberta Oil Peon! :-)

Canned?! Travesty! ;-)

re: #251 littleoldlady

Alberta Oil Peon! :-)

Canned?! Travesty! ;-)

And if they're in the juice form?

re: #239 Fenway_Nation

That's an INTERESTING question, Fen!

What is Georgia's limited shoreline/coast like?

re: #252 Fenway_Nation

Fenway! :-)

Juiced fruitcup is called...juice. ;-)

Have you boys won the war yet?

re: #253 Karridine

Not sure- the western portion of Georgia abuts the Black Sea, but I think the Russians have already secured its only seaport.