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And Now: Fomalhaut B

Science | Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:28:04 pm PST

This week astronomers announced the first pictures of planets circling other stars, but if you saw the photos released by the wire services you might have wondered, “Where?”

Here’s a good illustration from APOD, showing the planet and its position within the giant ring of dust that surrounds Fomalhaut. They’ve given this planet the sexy name of “Fomalhaut B.” (I don’t know if they’re insisting on the lower case ‘b’.)

Photo by NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)

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1 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:28:44pm

It's the eye of Sauron

2 bosforus  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:28:53pm

That's a mighty big kitty cat staring at us.

3 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:29:23pm

Cool!

4 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:29:36pm

Is that name an Asimov reference? I swear it is.

5 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:30:05pm

Very cool!

/"Fomalhaut B" sounds like something out of the Hitchhiker's Guide books. LOL

6 DisturbedEma  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:30:24pm

re: #1 Shug

It's the eye of Sauron


GMTA!

7 HelloDare  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:30:59pm

Any relation to Fomalhaut A and Fomalhaut C ?

8 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:31:17pm

This definitely requires a Blake reference!

9 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:31:42pm

Any relation to Jabba?

10 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:31:59pm
11 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:32:32pm

OK, so the name is Arabic, "mouth of the whale" or "mouth of the fish".

But Asimov did use it in Pebble in the Sky.

12 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:32:42pm

The Galaxy Song

13 yah  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:32:49pm

It just looks like a really very bloodshot eye.

14 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:32:59pm

Isn't Fomalhaut that catalogue that you get in the mail that attempts to sell you stuff at extremely inflated prices for low monthly payments so that you end spending like $780 for an alarm clock?

15 6pat6  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:33:14pm

re: #2 bosforus

Wouldn't that be funny if that is what that is? Some guy at NASA says "Hey, Bon, look at Princesses' eyeball!" as he shows the pic to the colleague...he then says "Hmm, I wonder if...!"

16 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:33:25pm

I heard that Czar Vladimir has already claimed the mineral and oil rights to Fomalhaut b. He has told the rest of us Terrains to backoff!

17 DistantThunder  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:33:38pm
you might have wondered, “Where?”

I saw this picture two days ago - and that's exactly what I thought.

Charles=mind reader

18 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:34:11pm

That planet looks about 6000 years old

/ducks

19 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:34:22pm
20 6pat6  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:34:38pm

That name "Fomalhaut B" sounds like an insect extermination chemical.

21 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:34:43pm

At long last, the real thing, planets of other stars. We knew they were there, but it is something else to actually see them.
These images are a glorious triumph of science and the human spirit.

I've waited 50 years to see this.

22 yah  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:34:52pm

re: #10 taxfreekiller

And how many facelefts does ms tfk say ms huckabee has had?

23 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:34:55pm

re: #8 Dianna

This definitely requires a Blake reference!

You mean John Blake?

24 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:34:56pm

re: #14 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Isn't Fomalhaut that catalogue that you get in the mail that attempts to sell you stuff at extremely inflated prices for low monthly payments so that you end spending like $780 for an alarm clock?

My dad never could figure that out. But I think that's Fingerhut.

Sigh.

25 winston06  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:35:14pm

fascinating....

26 Basho  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:35:32pm

Here is a great explanation on the whole thing:

Youtube Video

Notice on the picture, that Hubble took a picture two separate years apart, and so you can see the planet's orbit. That is how it is distinguished from all the other dots.

27 6pat6  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:35:33pm

re: #14 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Funny!

28 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:35:46pm

re: #21 Shiplord Kirel

At long last, the real thing, planets of other stars. We knew they were there, but it is something else to actually see them.
These images are a glorious triumph of science and the human spirit.

I've waited 50 years to see this.

Thank a Muslim.
/

29 bosforus  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:35:47pm

re: #12 Shug

The Galaxy Song

What's that puppy jumping on its master at 1:50?

30 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:35:49pm

re: #19 taxfreekiller

down here in Texas that is known as the Sunday morning tequila red eye

Now I understand why I never touch tequila!

31 DistantThunder  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:35:57pm

Cats knocked over and broke two lamps last night. Must have been a wild time.

32 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:36:17pm

re: #10 taxfreekiller

To be fair, he lost a lot of weight, and probably had lots of saggy skin. My good friend had a similar experience, and got surgery done to take care of it, on her neck, arms, and stomach. Mainly because she didn't like looking like the Saggy Baggy Elephant. :)

33 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:36:23pm

re: #24 Dianna

My dad never could figure that out. But I think that's Fingerhut.

Sigh.

I was amazed and the number of Fingerhut boxes coming through the UPS sort center just before Christmas.

34 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:36:24pm
35 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:36:33pm

re: #23 Noam Sayin'

William

36 Bloodnok  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:37:12pm

You know a nicer camera could have taken that red right out...

/

37 6pat6  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:37:13pm

It would be cool if there were a Hubble flying around what we call Fomalhut B, taking like pics of our Sun, and their scientists saying "Look, there is a planet around that star, look!" and it's us!

38 Shay4l  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:37:13pm

I bet one of those Islamic countries will find the next one

39 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:37:17pm

re: #23 Noam Sayin'

You mean John Blake?

No, but it will do until something better comes along!

40 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:37:31pm
41 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:37:43pm

re: #12 Shug

The Galaxy Song

The way its supposed to be...

42 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:37:45pm

re: #36 Bloodnok

You know a nicer camera could have taken that red right out...

/

You know NASA always buying from the low bidder.

43 yah  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:37:57pm

I do not see a planet.

44 Basho  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:38:09pm

re: #37 6pat6

They would most likely see Jupiter first.
/Didn't mean to be a spoil-sport hahaha

45 Silhouette  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:38:15pm

Sounds like a cheap prom tux rental kiosk.

46 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:38:18pm

re: #30 Dianna

Now I understand why I never touch tequila!

In Obama's America, tequila touches you!

/

47 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:38:36pm

re: #43 yah

I do not see a planet.

It's behind the globular cluster.

48 6pat6  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:38:44pm

re: #44 Basho

Thanks, buddy. Earth shines over all!

49 Basho  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:38:53pm

re: #43 yah

I do not see a planet.

See my post and link at #26

50 bosforus  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:38:54pm

re: #12 Shug

The Galaxy Song

You know, those numbers don't seem too big after the last month. :)

51 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:39:05pm

re: #31 DistantThunder

Cats knocked over and broke two lamps last night. Must have been a wild time.

[Link: www.fingerhut.com...] to the rescue!

52 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:39:05pm

Do I get to go OT before anyone else?
Movie on PBS is Lilies of the Valley, good flick

53 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:39:33pm

re: #33 jcm

I was amazed and the number of Fingerhut boxes coming through the UPS sort center just before Christmas.

The good news is they're usually light, because they're full of plastic crap.

The bad news is that they sometimes bounce out of the bins.

I worked the sort line back in the 80's. They asked me to quit after I nearly got shipped to New York.

54 reine.de.tout  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:39:41pm

How were they able to pick out the planet within the dust ring?

That's amazing.

55 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:40:00pm

re: #40 taxfreekiller

he still needs a bit of an ass reduction

The Huckster is 100% complete ass.

56 john blake  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:40:04pm

This Hubble picture has a "corona graph". Now I'm thirsty!

57 DistantThunder  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:40:07pm

re: #51 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

[Link: www.fingerhut.com...] to the rescue!

That link gave me the main page - was there a particular item?

58 Perplexed  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:40:55pm

Amazing technology.

59 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:40:57pm

re: #52 lifeofthemind

Do I get to go OT before anyone else?
Movie on PBS is Lilies of the Valley, good flick

Sidney Poitier helps some nuns. Lovely book, too.

60 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:40:59pm

re: #53 Dianna

The good news is they're usually light, because they're full of plastic crap.

The bad news is that they sometimes bounce out of the bins.

I worked the sort line back in the 80's. They asked me to quit after I nearly got shipped to New York.

Early 90s for me, great college job, morning sort, go to classes, study, sleep......

61 reine.de.tout  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:41:10pm

re: #43 yah

I do not see a planet.

You can't see it in the larger picture. Look in the box at lower right, which is a magnification of the small box in the lower right of the bigger picture.

62 6pat6  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:41:25pm

re: #53 Dianna

They asked me to quit after I nearly got shipped to New York.

I've half-joking looked at shipping myself to a vacation destination via UPS or such. Might be cheaper. Accommodations would suck, but hey, I'm cheap.

63 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:41:33pm
64 Perplexed  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:41:53pm

'Night all.

65 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:42:25pm

re: #36 Bloodnok

You know a nicer camera could have taken that red right out...

/

They should have gotten the new Canon Hubble lens that has a "Red Sun Reduction" setting, eh?

66 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:42:25pm

re: #57 DistantThunder

That link gave me the main page - was there a particular item?

I'm kidding. Everything in there is overpriced and of dubious quality.

67 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:42:36pm

Spock!

Put together a landing party... me, you, Dr. McCoy, Sulu, Chekov, and Lt Mutumbo...

/guess who is going to be turned into a sugar cube.

68 Basho  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:42:37pm

Formalhaut will burn out in only one billion years, so enjoy the images while you still can.

69 Caboose  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:42:38pm

Fomalhaut B sounds like a faux-German shoppe where one goes to get irregular, black Lederhosen for weddings, graduations 'n stuff. (Ach, yew vant zer gut schtuff, zen go zu Fomalhaut A, schnell! Egg-spect tew pay more for ze gut vonz!)

70 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:42:57pm

re: #60 jcm

Early 90s for me, great college job, morning sort, go to classes, study, sleep......

After that, I moved to working at an answering service. I could study, and no one whanged me in the head with heavy objects.

71 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:43:20pm

re: #66 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I'm kidding. Everything in there is overpriced and of dubious quality.

That means a bailout is due shortly.......

72 lone_wolf_in_illinois  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:43:24pm

re: #11 OldLineTexan

OK, so the name is Arabic, "mouth of the whale" or "mouth of the fish".

But Asimov did use it in Pebble in the Sky.

Asimov was one of my favorite authors when I was a teen. Yup, I was (and still am according to my daughter) a nerd!

73 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:43:30pm

re: #68 Basho

Formalhaut will burn out in only one billion years, so enjoy the images while you still can.

Fingerhut, on the other hand, will last much longer than that

74 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:43:39pm

I think I see one of the Fomal-hotties waving.

75 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:43:56pm

re: #66 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I'm kidding. Everything in there is overpriced and of dubious quality.

"Dubious" doesn't cover it!

76 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:43:59pm

re: #66 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I'm kidding. Everything in there is overpriced and of dubious quality.

Speaking of dubious, anyone got any grass?
/

77 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:44:02pm

re: #35 Shug

William

I figured it was some classy and brainiac stuff like that, but after seeing a couple references to "eye" and reading "Blake," my first thought was an album I own, John Blake's "Twinkling of an Eye."

I'm a little punchy tonight.

78 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:44:16pm

re: #70 Dianna

After that, I moved to working at an answering service. I could study, and no one whanged me in the head with heavy objects.

They asked me back, but when I ask to opt out of the Teamsters.... uh... oh.....

79 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:44:36pm

re: #67 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Spock!

Put together a landing party... me, you, Dr. McCoy, Sulu, Chekov, and Lt Mutumbo...

/guess who is going to be turned into a sugar cube.

In the episode in question it was the buxom girl crewman.

80 Shay4l  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:45:02pm

Sadly, we could visit them...never.

81 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:45:15pm

re: #77 Noam Sayin'

And lo and behold, there's a lizard named john blake in the house tonight.

82 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:45:16pm

re: #76 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Speaking of dubious, anyone got any grass?
/

Got lots since it was lawn mowing day in the neighbourhood.

83 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:45:30pm

re: #73 Desert Dog

Fingerhut, on the other hand, will last much longer than that

Or at least your monthly payments to them will.

84 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:45:43pm

re: #77 Noam Sayin'

There are probably multiple references that fit.

The only one I know is by William Blake who said " The eye altering, alters all"

85 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:45:47pm

re: #67 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Spock!

Put together a landing party... me, you, Dr. McCoy, Sulu, Chekov, and Lt Mutumbo...

/guess who is going to be turned into a sugar cube.

Capt. Kirk will still get the Green Fomalhautian babe in the end.....

86 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:45:55pm

re: #76 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Speaking of dubious, anyone got any grass?
/

You need to be educated........

87 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:46:31pm

re: #77 Noam Sayin'

I figured it was some classy and brainiac stuff like that, but after seeing a couple references to "eye" and reading "Blake," my first thought was an album I own, John Blake's "Twinkling of an Eye."

I'm a little punchy tonight.

Go bowl-ing.

88 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:46:36pm

Loving all the pictures on this site. Check this one out:
[Link: antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov...]

89 The Sanity Inspector  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:46:48pm

re: #14 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Isn't Fomalhaut that catalogue that you get in the mail that attempts to sell you stuff at extremely inflated prices for low monthly payments so that you end spending like $780 for an alarm clock?

LOL

90 Shay4l  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:47:07pm

re: #85 Desert Dog

Capt. Kirk will still get the Green Fomalhautian babe in the end.....

I hope she liked it that way

91 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:47:27pm

re: #59 Dianna

Sidney Poitier helps some nuns. Lovely book, too.

How in sweet syncopated municipal bonds did Liberalism flow from the warm sentiments of this movie to the cramped collection of self pity and hostility that afflicts us today?

92 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:47:34pm

re: #90 Shay4l

I hope she liked it that way

Oh no you didn't!

93 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:47:36pm
94 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:47:41pm

re: #90 Shay4l

sulu did

95 Joan Not of Arc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:47:49pm

re: #1 Shug

Funny, that's what I was going to say.

96 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:48:01pm

re: #88 Pvt Bin Jammin

Loving all the pictures on this site. Check this one out:
[Link: antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov...]

Those nebulae are so incredible.....nice pictures in that site, thank you!

97 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:48:04pm

re: #85 Desert Dog

Capt. Kirk will still get the Green Fomalhautian babe in the end.....

Yeah, but he'll find out "she" is a "he" (OK, actually an energy being w/o physical form) when "he" tries to stick a knife in Kirk's ribs during an intimate moment.

Resulting in a fist fight to determine the future of the galaxy.

98 Caboose  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:48:06pm

re: #76 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Speaking of dubious, anyone got any grass?
/

Zoysa, creeping red fescue, Bermuda or St. Augstine? :-) (Haven't touched the other kind of weed since 1977, security clearances and all that, plus it just doesn't do anything for me that a good drink can't do the same.)

99 The Sanity Inspector  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:48:08pm

From wikipedia:

Fomalhaut is believed to be a young star, only 200 to 300 million years old, with a potential lifespan of only a billion years. The surface temperature of the star is around 8,500 K (14,840 °F/8,230 °C). Compared to the Sun, its mass is about 2.3, its luminosity is about 15, and its diameter is roughly 1.7.

So I'm guessing a #70 sunscreen is advised on that planet.

100 yah  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:48:09pm

re: #61 reine.de.tout
Now I see it - that is really amazing.

101 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:48:18pm

re: #82 FurryOldGuyJeans

Got lots since it was lawn mowing day in the neighbourhood.

Far out, man, but not that kind. You know, reefer? Maryjane?

102 Shay4l  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:48:39pm

re: #92 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh no you didn't!

Yes, and I was quite ashamed of myself for hitting post, for a second

103 Crux Australis  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:48:39pm

"Only" 25 light years away. I wonder what the taxi fare would be?

104 lone_wolf_in_illinois  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:48:54pm

Last thread "Faucet", this thread "Fomalhaut B". Is Charles "F"ing around?
/

105 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:49:12pm

re: #94 Shug

sulu did

He got the hot Green Fomalhaut Guy in the end......

Spock only gets horny once every 50 years, so they should just send him down there

106 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:49:39pm

re: #96 Desert Dog

Thank Charles, they're linked above.

107 lone_wolf_in_illinois  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:49:40pm

re: #103 Crux Australis

"Only" 25 light years away. I wonder what the taxi fare would be?

I am sure that it would be less than the fare from O'Hare to the loop.

108 6pat6  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:49:47pm

re: #67 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Maybe Kirk will get lucky and boink some green alien girl-thang on Fomalhaut-B

109 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:49:48pm

re: #52 lifeofthemind

One of my favorite movies.

110 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:49:55pm

re: #102 Shay4l

Yes, and I was quite ashamed of myself for hitting post, for a second

A whole second....wow ;)

111 VegasRick  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:50:20pm

re: #92 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh no you didn't!

I think she did (like it in the end that is)

112 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:50:24pm

re: #86 jcm

You need to be educated........

Are you sure that's not Obama's hotel suite after McCain conceded?

113 Shay4l  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:50:55pm

re: #97 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

They'd play that intense "Kirk fighting Spock for the conniving Vulcan chick" music

114 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:50:59pm

re: #54 reine.de.tout

How were they able to pick out the planet within the dust ring?

That's amazing.

What they used to do, pre-computer, was to take two different negatives of the same area of the sky, and get them perfectly registered with each other. Then an operator would view them, while rapidly switching from one slide to the other and back. Any object that had moved between the two exposures would appear to be moving, while the fixed stars, were, well, fixed.

I'm sure they have automated systems to do that now.

115 6pat6  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:51:17pm

re: #105 Desert Dog

Spock only gets horny once every 50 years, so they should just send him down there

And he can only do it one time, to boot!

116 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:52:04pm

Some find these formations inspiring but I consider their appeal somewhat nebulous at best.

117 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:52:08pm
118 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:52:11pm

re: #115 6pat6

And he can only do it one time, to boot!

That mind meld thing and the Vulcan knockout pinch would be cool....but getting laid once every 50 years is not what I would call a good deal.

119 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:52:15pm

re: #98 Caboose

Zoysa, creeping red fescue, Bermuda or St. Augstine? :-) (Haven't touched the other kind of weed since 1977, security clearances and all that, plus it just doesn't do anything for me that a good drink can't do the same.)

Is Acapulco Gold still available?

120 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:52:39pm

re: #117 taxfreekiller

oops
proctologist

Talking about President Elect Obama again, eh?

121 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:53:15pm

re: #120 FurryOldGuyJeans

Talking about President Elect Obama again, eh?

No, a proctologist is up your ass with your permission...

122 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:53:42pm

re: #113 Shay4l

They'd play that intense "Kirk fighting Spock for the conniving Vulcan chick" music

Like this?....

123 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:53:55pm

Excuse me, my guests are here.

Have fun!

Thanks, Charles - it's a great picture.

124 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:53:56pm

re: #104 lone_wolf_in_illinois

Last thread "Faucet", this thread "Fomalhaut B". Is Charles "F"ing around?
/

You're just being facetious, right?

125 Shay4l  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:54:13pm

re: #116 lifeofthemind

Some find these formations inspiring but I consider their appeal somewhat nebulous at best.

Oh no! it's starting! All the punsters will gravitate here from the faucet thread.

126 6pat6  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:54:16pm

re: #117 taxfreekiller

Never have figured out how a doctor-in-training wakes up one fine sunny morning and decides he wants to poke around in people's asses for a living! Right behind that is urology!

127 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:54:33pm

This pic rocks![Link: antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov...]

128 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:54:39pm

re: #124 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

You're just being facetious, right?

or faucetious...

129 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:54:55pm

re: #125 Shay4l

Ha Ha I feel the power!

130 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:54:56pm

re: #103 Crux Australis

"Only" 25 light years away. I wonder what the taxi fare would be?

Standard City Rate (Rate Code 1)

$2.50 upon entry
$0.40 for each additional unit
The unit fare is:

one-fifth of a mile, when the taxicab is traveling at 6 miles an hour or more; or
60 seconds when not in motion or traveling at less than 12 miles per hour.
The taximeter shall combine fractional measures of distance and time in accruing a unit of fare. Any combination of distance or time shall be computed by the taximeter in accordance with the National Bureau of Standards.
The fare shall include pre-assessment of the unit currently being accrued; the amount due may therefore include a full unit charge for a final, fractional unit.
Night surcharge of $.50 after 8:00 PM & before 6:00 AM
Peak hour Weekday Surcharge of $1.00 Monday - Friday after 4:00 PM & before 8:00 PM


25 light years = 1.46962495 × 1014 miles
7.35x 1014 units

or about $294,000,000,002.50.

131 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:54:58pm
132 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:54:58pm

Wow, like cosmic...

133 lone_wolf_in_illinois  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:55:26pm

I love science and I love G_d, but I don't like the two mixed together.

134 VegasRick  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:55:42pm

re: #113 Shay4l

They'd play that intense "Kirk fighting Spock for the conniving Vulcan chick" music

Mr. Zulu liked the green guy.

135 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:55:57pm

re: #130 jcm


or about $294,000,000,002.50.

The cabbie'll be pissed when you run out on him though.

He'll need a bail out.

136 Crux Australis  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:56:21pm

Interesting how almost all the star names are Arabic. At least Islam has made some positive contributions to the world.

137 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:56:42pm

re: #130 jcm


25 light years = 1.46962495 × 1014 miles
7.35x 1014 units

or about $294,000,000,002.50.

IOW, we could go three times for the eventual price of the "bailout".

138 lone_wolf_in_illinois  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:56:43pm

re: #130 jcm

#103 Crux Australis


25 light years = 1.46962495 × 1014 miles
7.35x 1014 units

or about $294,000,000,002.50.

Wouldn't the wheels stop spinning if they have no traction, thus the meter would stop running?

139 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:56:46pm

re: #120 FurryOldGuyJeans

Talking about President Elect Obama again, eh?

Don't be an ass.
/

140 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:57:30pm

re: #139 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Don't be an ass.
/

Why should I stop now?

141 bosforus  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:57:32pm

re: #5 gop_patriot

Very cool!

/"Fomalhaut B" sounds like something out of the Hitchhiker's Guide books. LOL

Sounds like a Vonnegut novel, too.

142 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:57:35pm

Saw a funny license plate frame today on a Saturn car. It said, "My Saturn can whip uranus." ;)

143 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:57:54pm

re: #128 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

or faucetious...

You're sinking to a new low with that.

144 Shay4l  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:58:14pm

re: #122 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Like this?....

THAT'S IT! That's the background music to the transgendered fist fight for the fate of the Star Trek galaxy!

Um. Post 97.

Yeah, that's it.

145 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:58:26pm

re: #142 poopeedoo

Saw a funny license plate frame today on a Saturn car. It said, "My Saturn can whip uranus." ;)

I saw one that said "Don't be a Uranus, buy a Saturn"

146 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:58:28pm

re: #103 Crux Australis

"Only" 25 light years away. I wonder what the taxi fare would be?

Using the standard NYC taxi cab fare of $2.50 for entry, plus $2.00/mile for 146,962,495,000,000 miles, that comes to $293,924,990,000,002.50 (That's almost 294 trillion dollars!).

You have to keep in mind, though, that there would be extra expenses, such as NASA launch fees, charges to cover room, board and food for yourself and the cab driver. Oh, and this is only a one way cost. They'd probably tack on extra fees for the return trip.

147 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:59:19pm

re: #138 lone_wolf_in_illinois

Wouldn't the wheels stop spinning if they have no traction, thus the meter would stop running?

You every ridden with a NYC cabbie?

148 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:59:26pm

re: #140 FurryOldGuyJeans

Why should I stop now?

By all means, continue! ; )

149 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:59:36pm

re: #130 jcm

So, in other words, it'd be cheaper over-all to hire a cab?

150 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:59:44pm

Do any of you Lizards know if Obama is supportive of NASA? For some reason I'm thinking he's not.

151 stuiec  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 6:59:46pm

That is one weird planet - very big and very far from the star it's orbiting. I wonder how many Earth years it takes to complete one revolution around Fomalhaut?

152 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:00:00pm

re: #146 gmsc

Using the standard NYC taxi cab fare of $2.50 for entry, plus $2.00/mile for 146,962,495,000,000 miles, that comes to $293,924,990,000,002.50 (That's almost 294 trillion dollars!).

You have to keep in mind, though, that there would be extra expenses, such as NASA launch fees, charges to cover room, board and food for yourself and the cab driver. Oh, and this is only a one way cost. They'd probably tack on extra fees for the return trip.

Not to mention the unnecessary few circles around the nebula and the binary star that the cabbie will undoubtedly call "a short-cut, no problem, it is good"

153 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:00:06pm

re: #146 gmsc

I rounded up!

154 stuiec  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:00:32pm

re: #145 Desert Dog

I saw one that said "Don't be a Uranus, buy a Saturn"

I would rewrite that one:

"Be smarter than Uranus, buy a Saturn"

155 notutopia  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:01:05pm

Is there any significance to the dust ring not being completed and enclosed in the circle around the planet in the northernmost center quadrant ?
This is so amazing to view!

156 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:01:15pm

re: #145 Desert Dog

I saw one that said "Don't be a Uranus, buy a Saturn"

That joke is why they are re-naming Uranus. Going to be called "Urectum".

(Futurama joke)

157 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:01:19pm

re: #142 poopeedoo

Saw a funny license plate frame today on a Saturn car. It said, "My Saturn can whip uranus." ;)

More proctologist jokes, wise ass? : )

158 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:01:38pm

re: #105 Desert Dog

He got the hot Green Fomalhaut Guy in the end......

Spock only gets horny once every 50 years, so they should just send him down there

Isn't it every 7 years? At least, that's what it is, according to this song from Voyager.

159 stuiec  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:02:07pm

re: #113 Shay4l

They'd play that intense "Kirk fighting Spock for the conniving Vulcan chick" music

"Hrelka! The An-Woon!"

160 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:02:22pm

re: #154 stuiec

I would rewrite that one:

"Be smarter than Uranus, buy a Saturn"

Saturn makes a nice-looking car, but when it needs a ring job, you have to take it to an astronomer.

/rimshot

161 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:02:37pm

re: #157 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

More proctologist jokes, wise ass? : )

Quit being so anal retentive! ;)

162 MandyManners  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:02:56pm

re: #150 Pvt Bin Jammin

Do any of you Lizards know if Obama is supportive of NASA? For some reason I'm thinking he's not.

I've read here that he's gonna' gut it.

163 VegasRick  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:03:21pm

re: #157 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

More proctologist jokes, wise ass? : )

Difference between a stagecoach driver and a proctologist?

164 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:03:33pm

re: #156 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That joke is why they are re-naming Uranus. Going to be called "Urectum".

(Futurama joke)

I remember that! It's all the funnier, as they're testing out the smell-a-scope in that scene.

/Futurama geek

165 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:04:01pm

25 light years away.
That means that tonight the astrnomer on Fomalhaut b is looking at us in the year 1983.

and he sees that shining city on a Hill in his telescope

166 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:04:02pm

re: #150 Pvt Bin Jammin

Do any of you Lizards know if Obama is supportive of NASA? For some reason I'm thinking he's not.

All the shooting shit into space and stuff is unproven.......

167 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:04:03pm

re: #150 Pvt Bin Jammin

Do any of you Lizards know if Obama is supportive of NASA? For some reason I'm thinking he's not.

Maybe they can put 17" gold rims on the shuttle's land gear and paint it purple.

///

168 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:04:12pm

re: #163 VegasRick

Difference between a stagecoach driver and a proctologist?

A proctologist works with more seats over his career?

169 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:04:28pm

For no apparent reason...

170 Shay4l  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:04:43pm

re: #136 Crux Australis

Interesting how almost all the star names are Arabic. At least Islam has made some positive contributions to the world.

Your text to link...

A few very old star names originated among people who lived in the Arabian Peninsula more than a thousand years ago, before the rise of Islam. However, many Arabic language star names sprang up later in history, as translations of ancient Greek language descriptions. The astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived almost two thousand years ago in Alexandria, Egypt, collected ancient descriptions of 1,025 stars in a book called The Great System of Astronomy, published around the year 150 A.D. Ptolemy's book was translated into Arabic in the 8th and 9th centuries and became famous under its shortened Arabic title, the Almagest. Many of the Arabic-language star descriptions in the Almagest came to be used widely as names for stars.

171 moe katz  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:04:54pm

An Epigram of Martial: On Chloe's Beauty (VIII.54)

Chloe, your beauty makes me ache, yet you constantly refuse me;
I wish you were less beautiful -- or less choosy.

172 VegasRick  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:05:03pm

re: #168 gmsc

A proctologist works with more seats over his career?

Stagecoach driver only has to look at one asshole all day!

173 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:05:14pm

omg is this a butt thread?

174 CharlieBravo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:05:14pm

Shining at 1st magnitude in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, Fomalhaut, usually pronounced "fo-ma-low", is the 18th brightest star in the night sky.

How the heck did I get by b4 copy/paste?

175 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:05:24pm

re: #162 MandyManners

I thought so. Da*n.

176 victor_yugo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:05:26pm

Earlier today, someone posted an image of the Korean Peninsula at night.

Here's a full-Earth view. And the Korean Peninsula isn't difficult to pick out.

177 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:05:45pm

Big far away planets happen.

Jupiter is I believe classified by some as not so much a planet as a failed proto-star. That should be good for sub-threads on Orson Welles and Star Quest.

178 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:06:10pm

re: #173 gop_patriot

omg is this a butt thread?

The girly men will be all a'twitter if it is.

179 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:06:14pm

re: #161 FurryOldGuyJeans

Quit being so anal retentive! ;)

Butt I'm trying not to be!

180 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:06:24pm

since it started with a comment about an eye and it ended with a comment about a proctologist, I present

181 MandyManners  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:07:38pm

re: #173 gop_patriot

omg is this a butt thread?

The next will be a T&A thread.

182 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:07:53pm

re: #173 gop_patriot

omg is this a butt thread?

I'd ass-ume it is if I were you.

183 VegasRick  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:08:00pm

re: #181 MandyManners

The next will be a T&A thread.

That's my line!

184 MandyManners  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:08:23pm

re: #180 Shug

*whack*

185 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:08:40pm

re: #172 VegasRick

Stagecoach driver only has to look at one asshole all day!

What if the coach is being pulled by two horses?

186 Kulhwch  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:09:11pm

re: #4 OldLineTexan

Is that name an Asimov reference? I swear it is.

Yup.  Pebble In The Sky.

}:)     [Bet the master would be proud.]

187 VegasRick  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:09:27pm

See ya all later!

188 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:09:29pm

re: #173 gop_patriot

omg is this a butt thread?

Butt...butt...Clinton!

/3 butts in a row, Tic-Tac-Toe!

189 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:09:32pm

re: #181 MandyManners

The next will be a T&A thread.

Hey, Barbie, wanna go for a ride?

190 Crux Australis  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:09:57pm

If you want to know the story behind my username. My interest and love of Astronomy is the reason.

191 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:10:01pm

re: #185 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

What if the coach is being pulled by two horses?

Most commercial stages used 4 horses, not one or two. (No, no linkie because that is school trivia from the 1960's)

192 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:10:39pm

re: #181 MandyManners

The next will be a T&A thread.

*grimace*

193 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:10:54pm

re: #136 Crux Australis

Interesting how almost all the star names are Arabic. At least Islam has made some positive contributions to the world.

But they didn't name the constellation Crux Australis or its constitutent stars, possibly because they were too afraid of falling off the edge of the world to sail that far south.

194 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:11:00pm

re: #189 gmsc

I'm thinking. Just can't seem to come up with a song that is worse than that one.

195 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:11:34pm

re: #192 gop_patriot

*grimace*

Wasn't that a McDonald Land character?

196 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:12:01pm

re: #194 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm thinking. Just can't seem to come up with a song that is worse than that one.

How about the Ugly Girl version of it?

197 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:12:15pm

re: #191 FurryOldGuyJeans

Most commercial stages used 4 horses, not one or two. (No, no linkie because that is school trivia from the 1960's)

Maybe the 4 horse ones were the equivalent of flying first class. I wonder if Wells Fargo gave complimentary drinks?

198 Rancher  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:12:26pm

re: #173 gop_patriot

omg is this a butt thread?

I need TP for my bunghole!

199 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:12:34pm

re: #191 FurryOldGuyJeans

Most commercial stages used 4 horses, not one or two. (No, no linkie because that is school trivia from the 1960's)

But what about the movies with teams of 6 or 8 horses?

More horsepower?

Rigged for her enjoyment? (oh boy...!)

200 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:12:36pm

re: #195 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Wasn't that a McDonald Land character?

Yep, he had several arms to carry the shakes he loved so much!

201 wolfie  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:12:44pm

South America looks like Charles DeGaulle in profile.

202 notutopia  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:13:14pm

re: #190 Crux Australis

Can you explain my question in post #155 please?
Thank you.

203 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:13:23pm

re: #198 Rancher

I need TP for my bunghole!

"My people, They were poor! When I was growing up, we had no bungholes!"

204 Crusty  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:13:39pm

Let's see, a single white dot overwhelmed by black and outnumbered by reds.

They should have named it John McCain.

205 Wishing  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:13:45pm

re: #201 wolfie

South America looks like Charles DeGaulle in profile.

hahahah so it does!

206 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:13:55pm

ha ha ha .

Freezing heat in October

al gores chief clientology stooge gets his data all wrong. claims hottest october ever...since he used the data from August for the last 3 months!

207 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:14:09pm

re: #197 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Maybe the 4 horse ones were the equivalent of flying first class. I wonder if Wells Fargo gave complimentary drinks?

They probably passed a crock of red-eye around the cabin of the coach and everyone took a swig. Prevents snakebite, don't you know?

208 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:14:09pm

re: #189 gmsc

Hey, Barbie, wanna go for a ride?

Dang, I had happily forgotten that song existed.

/Rene, Soren, and Claus, ROTFLOL

209 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:14:15pm

re: #201 wolfie

South America looks like Charles DeGaulle in profile.

To me, Africa looks like a neanderthal skull.

210 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:14:35pm

re: #190 Crux Australis

If you want to know the story behind my username. My interest and love of Astronomy is the reason.

When you see the Southern Cross
For the first time
You understand now
Why you came this way
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from
Is so small.
But it's as big as the promise
The promise of a comin' day.
So I'm sailing for tomorrow
My dreams are a dyin'.
And my love is an anchor tied to you
Tied with a silver chain.
I have my ship
And all her flags are a flyin'
She is all that I have left
And music is her name.

211 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:14:44pm

re: #199 SteveC

But what about the movies with teams of 6 or 8 horses?

More horsepower?

Rigged for her enjoyment? (oh boy...!)

That started after the horses unionized.

212 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:15:07pm

re: #198 Rancher

I need TP for my bunghole!

I am so not clicking that link. lol

213 Wishing  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:15:17pm

And Africa looks a bit cro-magnan, looking at Australia.

214 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:15:23pm

re: #211 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

That started after the horses unionized.

the shuttle engines last night had 35 million horsepower

215 Wishing  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:16:19pm

re: #209 Dianna

To me, Africa looks like a neanderthal skull.

GMTA #213

216 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:16:34pm

re: #214 Shug

the shuttle engines last night had 35 million horsepower

How did they get the horses to fly? Was it Pegasus power?

217 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:16:45pm

Lots and lots and lots of ammo expended.........

218 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:17:20pm

re: #211 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

That started after the horses unionized.

If the horses are unionized, did how did that scene in The Godfather happen? Did someone forget to look for the union label?

219 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:18:20pm

re: #212 gop_patriot

I am so not clicking that link. lol

Even better - the origin of Cornholio!

220 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:18:25pm

re: #214 Shug

the shuttle engines last night had 35 million horsepower

NASCAR pit crew?

221 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:18:29pm

re: #218 SteveC

If the horses are unionized, did how did that scene in The Godfather happen? Did someone forget to look for the union label?

That was undoubtedly a "scab" horse that crossed the picket lines!

222 wolfie  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:18:34pm

re: #209 Dianna

re: #213 Wishing

Why, yes! I see what you mean!
First Charles DeGaulle and then a caveman of some kind......both facing east.

223 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:18:39pm

re: #214 Shug

the shuttle engines last night had 35 million horsepower

Union thugs!

225 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:19:03pm

re: #195 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Wasn't that a McDonald Land character?

Yes! hahaha

226 Silhouette  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:19:23pm

re: #220 SteveC

NASCAR pit crew?

They should use a pit crew when servicing a satellite in space.

3.8 seconds, and then heading for home!

227 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:19:27pm

re: #217 jcm

That looks fun and frustrating at the same time.

Marriage?

228 Dianna  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:20:04pm

re: #222 wolfie

re: #213 Wishing

Why, yes! I see what you mean!
First Charles DeGaulle and then a caveman of some kind......both facing east.

Look to the east and see where the fat stock hide...

229 Rancher  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:20:22pm

Why was the width of the Shuttle's solid rocket boosters determined by two horse's asses?

230 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:20:22pm

re: #210 OldLineTexan

I have seen the Southern Cross from the Signal Bridge of a Cruiser after the Midwatch off the coast of Australia. It is hard to imagine an athiest at sea.

231 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:20:48pm

re: #226 Silhouette

They should use a pit crew when servicing a satellite in space.

3.8 seconds, and then heading for home!


The shuttle is like a nascar car

It's loud
It's fast
Goes around in circles.
Then they say stop.
It ends up right where it took off.

232 Macker  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:21:00pm

re: #216 Desert Dog

How did they get the horses to fly? Was it Pegasus power?

No, THIS is Pegasus Power!

233 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:21:24pm

re: #219 gmsc

Even better - the origin of Cornholio!

Ah yes, but when I hover over that link, I see the url in the lower bar on my browser window. The words Beavis, and Butthead are there, so I don't click.

X)

234 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:21:42pm

re: #216 Desert Dog

How did they get the horses to fly? Was it Pegasus power?

My four year old nephew asked a few months ago what was in a package in the meat department, and I said pigs feet. He asked me how the pigs could walk without their feet.

235 Silhouette  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:21:43pm

I'm sorry, I can't post. I'm crying too hard.

Michael Vick lives in a prison in Kansas, making 12 cents an hour while plotting his return to the NFL. His houses and farms will soon be gone, the two yachts are history, and he’s down to his last couple of Range Rovers.

A race horse he bought for $60,000 died of colic, the Atlanta Falcons are still trying to hit him up for millions they paid him, and the IRS and the state of Georgia want nearly $1 million in back taxes.

Anyone need to borrow a tissue?

236 ggt  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:21:53pm

Hello Evening Lizards! It was cold and gray in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland today.

I haven't been on consistently lately. Have there been any discussions on the historoy of or latitude the POTUS has in giving Executive Orders. I haven't read this entire page, but it has sparked my interest.

How are you-all and what are we talking about.

237 itellu3times  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:22:03pm

Yeah but try today's APOD, ARP 273 - colliding galaxies.

Have doubts about evolution? Get a cosmic perspective on the time and space in which the real universe happens. Stuff happens in nature that takes millions and billions of years. If you can't handle it, tough tachyons.

238 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:22:25pm

re: #202 notutopia

Can you explain my question in post #155 please?
Thank you.

The Hubble uses an occulting bar, a small piece of metal wire, to block the brightest part of the image (which has also been digitally subtracted). The gap in the ring is probably where the occulting bar crosses the image.

239 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:22:34pm

re: #229 Rancher

Why was the width of the Shuttle's solid rocket boosters determined by two horse's asses?

Short answer: It didn't.

240 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:22:44pm

re: #219 gmsc

Even better - the origin of Cornholio!

My God...is that Bill Ayers teaching in that video?

241 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:22:54pm

re: #226 Silhouette

They should use a pit crew when servicing a satellite in space.

3.8 seconds, and then heading for home!

"Well the NASA Home Depot Eastmont Chevrolet Shuttle was really doing well, but we got caught up in that big pile up in turn four. Anderson got loose right in front of us and there was nowhere to go. Crying shame, we were running so good, I thought we'd have a chance at the end."

242 Crux Australis  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:23:01pm

re: #202 notutopia

Can you explain my question in post #155 please?
Thank you.

It's probably a photographic "relic" in the camera or the person who artificially "eclipsed" the star didn't do a proper job. Notice that the star has a "coronagraph mask".

I wouldn't be too concerned.

243 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:23:04pm

re: #218 SteveC

If the horses are unionized, did how did that scene in The Godfather happen? Did someone forget to look for the union label?

Steve- "The Godfather" was A MOVIE!
/

244 Bloodnok  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:23:20pm

re: #225 gop_patriot

Yes! hahaha

Grimace was once evil? Was my whole childhood a lie? I'm so confused.

245 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:24:13pm

re: #234 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

My four year old nephew asked a few months ago what was in a package in the meat department, and I said pigs feet. He asked me how the pigs could walk without their feet.

Prosthetics

246 Basho  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:24:14pm

Fun fact: It takes Formalhaut b 872 years to complete an orbit around Formalhaut.

247 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:24:27pm

re: #215 Wishing

GMTA #213


Hmmm.... to me Africa resembles a person (in profile) with a big butt standing up, but the portion of the picture above the waist has been removed.

248 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:25:27pm

re: #244 Bloodnok

Grimace was once evil? Was my whole childhood a lie? I'm so confused.

You must be younger than me - I could never get used to Grimace being a good guy!

249 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:25:31pm

re: #235 Silhouette

After all this time in prison, he can probably try out for wide receiver.

250 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:25:59pm

re: #243 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Steve- "The Godfather" was A MOVIE!
/

NOW they tell me! ;)

251 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:26:14pm

re: #240 OldLineTexan

My God...is that Bill Ayers teaching in that video?

The resemblance is even spookier if you listen to what the teacher is saying!

252 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:26:21pm

re: #244 Bloodnok

Grimace was once evil? Was my whole childhood a lie? I'm so confused.

Naa, it's the Hamburglar that you have to watch out for...

253 wolfie  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:26:28pm

re: #235 Silhouette

I think not.


Yet what a shame that so great a talent should be wasted on so small a man.

254 Bloodnok  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:26:45pm

re: #246 Basho

Fun fact: It takes Formalhaut b 872 years to complete an orbit around Formalhaut.

So if you live to .09 you've lived a pretty long life on Formalhaut b,

255 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:27:02pm

re: #249 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

After all this time in prison, he can probably try out for wide receiver.

Look after he completes his term in prison he will have paid his due to society. He did something bad, he is paying for it... time to move on.

256 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:27:23pm

re: #246 Basho

Fun fact: It takes Formalhaut b 872 years to complete an orbit around Formalhaut.

Interesting. That's about how long it will take us to recover from four years of BOzo running the show in DC.

257 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:27:43pm

re: #254 Bloodnok

So if you live to .09 you've lived a pretty long life on Formalhaut b,

I think if you live at all for any length of time on that lovely Planet, you are doing pretty good.

258 solomonpanting  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:27:47pm

Tech Puts JFK Conspiracy Theories to Rest

I question the timing and smell a conspiracy.
~/

259 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:27:53pm

re: #254 Bloodnok

So if you live to .09 you've lived a pretty long life on Formalhaut b,

Trivia: No Formalhautian has ever written or sang the song "Happy Birthday."

260 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:28:24pm

re: #181 MandyManners

The next will be a T&A thread.

Hope not.

261 wolfie  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:28:24pm

re: #236 ggt

Good evening to you, ggt!
We are talking about astronomy, Barbie & Ken, DeGaulle's caveman fixation, and a tissue surplus.

262 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:28:26pm

re: #241 SteveC

"Well the NASA Home Depot Eastmont Chevrolet Shuttle was really doing well, but we got caught up in that big pile up in turn four. Anderson got loose right in front of us and there was nowhere to go. Crying shame, we were running so good, I thought we'd have a chance at the end."

LOL

263 CharlieBravo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:28:32pm

Creation ~ Evolution ---- oyyyy, headache. Lets just compromise and say evolution is a form of creation... or the other way around. Whichever floats the proverbial boat.

Don't mind me, I just like to simplify stuff. Either that or ignore it completely.

264 Bloodnok  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:28:33pm

re: #248 gmsc

You must be younger than me - I could never get used to Grimace being a good guy!

He lost the extra arms too. Evolution in action!

265 Crux Australis  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:29:16pm

re: #193 Shiplord Kirel

But they didn't name the constellation Crux Australis or its constitutent stars, possibly because they were too afraid of falling off the edge of the world to sail that far south.

I'm so far south that it seems like it is the edge of the world. Only about 60 million of the 6.7 billion people on the planet live south of where I live in Sydney.

266 Basho  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:29:19pm

re: #259 SteveC

Trivia: No Formalhautian has ever written or sang the song "Happy Birthday."

For copyright reasons, of course...

267 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:29:32pm

re: #255 shanec99

Well, I guess you're right. Just seems to me that what he was doing was more evil than illegal. Just don't know how you pay for being evil.

268 ggt  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:29:32pm

re: #261 wolfie

Hey wolfie!

Tissue Surplus --well, My Advice is to NOT TURN 40.

Tissue Surplus comes with age.

269 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:29:33pm

re: #264 Bloodnok

He lost the extra arms too. Evolution in action!

Nah - he was designed that way!
;)

270 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:30:08pm

re: #253 wolfie

I think not.


Yet what a shame that so great a talent should be wasted on so small a man.

God can use all of us, even the most terrible sinner. God grants us forgiveness and when we were children we were taught to pray the Lords Prayer... a part of it says forgive us as we forgive those who trespass against us.
The guy has paid his dues... its time to forgive and move on.

271 notutopia  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:30:09pm

re: #238 Shiplord Kirel
Most grateful! : )
Fomalhaut at a distance of about 18 billion km (11 billion miles). That’s four times the distance of Neptune from the Sun.
It takes 872 years to make one complete orbit.
The mass is not easy to determine, and is estimated using its effect on the ring; it’s likely to be about the same size and mass as Jupiter.

272 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:30:43pm

re: #261 wolfie

Good evening to you, ggt!
We are talking about astronomy, Barbie & Ken, DeGaulle's caveman fixation, and a tissue surplus.

If we're talking about a tissue surplus, how come Cornholio still needs TP for his bunghole?

273 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:30:45pm

re: #252 Desert Dog

Naa, it's the Hamburglar that you have to watch out for...

Didn't Mayor McCheese do time in the joint for taking bribes?

274 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:31:15pm

re: #258 solomonpanting

Tech Puts JFK Conspiracy Theories to Rest

I question the timing and smell a conspiracy.
~/

I was having a discussion with a vendor, he asked me who I thought killed JKF, because I think Oswald did and operated alone, he said I need to get the big picture of what's really going on.

He voted Obama.

275 Geepers  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:31:36pm

Shug (#214),

the shuttle engines last night had 35 million horsepower

Econobox compared to the 190 million the Saturn V put out.

276 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:31:42pm

re: #267 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Well, I guess you're right. Just seems to me that what he was doing was more evil than illegal. Just don't know how you pay for being evil.

If you are unwilling to forgive, then do you or the people you love deserve forgiveness?

277 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:31:59pm

re: #273 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Didn't Mayor McCheese do time in the joint for taking bribes?

No, it was smokin' crack with a Ho in the hotel......oops, no, sorry, that was Marion Berry....

278 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:32:21pm

re: #273 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Didn't Mayor McCheese do time in the joint for taking bribes?

All this talk of McDonaldland reminds me of those Krofft shows like Lidsville!

279 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:32:44pm

re: #234 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

My four year old nephew asked a few months ago what was in a package in the meat department, and I said pigs feet. He asked me how the pigs could walk without their feet.

Did he look at a cow's tongue and ask if the cow could still moo?

280 Fat Jolly Penguin  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:32:47pm

re: #28 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Thank a Muslim.
/

Fomalhaut b is the 147,298,429,771st holiest place in Islam.

/

281 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:33:02pm

re: #252 Desert Dog

Naa, it's the Hamburglar that you have to watch out for...

He's harmless since he keeps getting sauced.

282 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:33:14pm

re: #275 Geepers

Shug (#214),

Econobox compared to the 190 million the Saturn V put out.

No CAFE standards back then...

283 Bloodnok  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:33:16pm

re: #273 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Didn't Mayor McCheese do time in the joint for taking bribes?

No. It was a damn shame what the press did to him during his failed vice presidential bid on the Birdie the Early Bird ticket. "Just a small town mayor" my ass...

284 Basho  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:33:23pm

re: #258 solomonpanting

Tech Puts JFK Conspiracy Theories to Rest

I question the timing and smell a conspiracy.
~/

Great find!

285 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:33:26pm

re: #258 solomonpanting

Tech Puts JFK Conspiracy Theories to Rest

I question the timing and smell a conspiracy.
~/

Going the other direction totally from my Michael Vick opinions...

How awful must it be to be a Kennedy when those films are shown. And dissected, and shown again, and blown up, and shown in slo-mo.

Must be an awful experience.

286 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:33:42pm

re: #280 Fat Jolly Penguin

Fomalhaut b is the 147,298,429,771st holiest place in Islam.

/

Good Lord... that is terrible.

287 CharlieBravo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:33:52pm

re: #214 Shug

the shuttle engines last night had 35 million horsepower

Talk about a lota horse butts...

288 wolfie  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:34:32pm

re: #270 shanec99

True.

289 Bobblehead  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:34:43pm

You can spend hours browsing through the Hubble site picture gallery. This one is particularly beautiful: Sombrero Galaxy in infrared light

290 solomonpanting  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:35:12pm

re: #274 jcm

I was having a discussion with a vendor, he asked me who I thought killed JKF, because I think Oswald did and operated alone, he said I need to get the big picture of what's really going on.

He voted Obama.

Of course he did. You should have told him Obama is a conspiracy, point him to Obama's background and tell him to understand the big picture.

291 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:35:24pm

And next on the Goverment Bailout is, (drum roll please)The Technology Industry

292 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:35:50pm

re: #270 shanec99

God can use all of us, even the most terrible sinner. God grants us forgiveness and when we were children we were taught to pray the Lords Prayer... a part of it says forgive us as we forgive those who trespass against us.
The guy has paid his dues... its time to forgive and move on.

He has scarcely begun to pay his dues; only a few months in prison so far, IIRC. And until such time as he admits to wrongdoing and demonstrates sincere repentance, his dues will remain unpaid.

293 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:35:56pm

re: #278 gmsc

All this talk of McDonaldland reminds me of those Krofft shows like Lidsville!

or HR Puffinstuff

294 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:36:18pm

re: #268 ggt

Hey wolfie!

Tissue Surplus --well, My Advice is to NOT TURN 40.

Tissue Surplus comes with age.

When you get really old, you begin to tuck a tissue in your sweater cuff each morning ~ like my nana did. :)

295 pat  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:36:18pm

Righteous

296 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:36:33pm

re: #293 SteveC

or HR Puffinstuff

Witchey-Poo!

297 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:36:38pm

re: #280 Fat Jolly Penguin

Fomalhaut b is the 147,298,429,771st holiest place in Islam.

/

Muslim: All other religions that worship idols are wrong.
Hume: In what way?
M: They bow down to lumps of rock. Can't you see that's wrong?
H: And when *you* pray, what do *you* pray to?
M: We pray to Allah!
H: So since Allah is everywhere, it doesn't matter which way you face?
M: We must face Mecca.
H: And if you're *in* Mecca, which way do you face?
M: We face the Ka'abah
H: And what *is* the Ka'abah?
M: It's this huge rock...

298 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:36:39pm

re: #293 SteveC

or HR Puffinstuff

Goodness gracious...we talked about this exact subject the other day...

299 Fat Jolly Penguin  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:37:02pm

re: #289 Bobblehead

You can spend hours browsing through the Hubble site picture gallery. This one is particularly beautiful: Sombrero Galaxy in infrared light

That's the globular clusters galaxy.

300 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:37:16pm

re: #279 poopeedoo

Did he look at a cow's tongue and ask if the cow could still moo?

LOL, he didn't see those I guess.

301 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:37:54pm

re: #278 gmsc

All this talk of McDonaldland reminds me of those Krofft shows like Lidsville!

It's the koo koo kookiest!

302 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:38:02pm

re: #296 Desert Dog

Witchey-Poo!

Did you know that Billie Hayes, the woman that played Witchie-Poo, is still alive? She even runs her own website!

303 Basho  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:38:51pm

OT:
Kevin Trudeau has been banned from making infomercials for three years! I no longer have to see that con-artist on my TV 15 times a minute as I flip through the channels.
[Link: www.randi.org...]

304 Silhouette  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:39:09pm

re: #270 shanec99

I appreciate the sentiment and I try to be forgiving, but he is paying his debt now for dog fighting.

But his bigger crime is taking all that God-given talent, all the training he received from others who worked hard, and all the advantages of life and throwing it away. That's what I'm angry at him about.

305 legalpad  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:39:16pm

re: #263 CharlieBravo

Creation ~ Evolution ---- oyyyy, headache. Lets just compromise and say evolution is a form of creation... or the other way around. Whichever floats the proverbial boat.

Don't mind me, I just like to simplify stuff. Either that or ignore it completely.

To simplify is often to reveal the truth of something. To me, the conflict revolves around presumptions about the chronology implied by ancient writings. Why Bishop Wilberforce's view, an 18th -19th century theologian should have the slightest relevance in the debate today, even among Christians, I can't imagine. If one uses ones "whole mind", what do we do with thing we learn about the creastion?

306 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:39:24pm

re: #302 gmsc

I loved that show....that, and the Banana Splits......and an old cheesy Japanese show called "Ultraman".....so bad, they are good

307 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:39:54pm

re: #303 Basho

OT:
Kevin Trudeau has been banned from making infomercials for three years! I no longer have to see that con-artist on my TV 15 times a minute as I flip through the channels.
[Link: www.randi.org...]

99? Is it okay if I wish the same fate on Billy Mays?

308 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:40:11pm

re: #288 wolfie

True.

All of us sometimes need to be reminded that charity and forgiveness are among the qualities that Christ commanded us to demonstrate in our daily interactions with other. We forget that Christ asked us to do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
If we could forgive, then our world would be a much kinder place.
Unfortunately many of us are more likely to adhere to the principle of an eye for an eye.
The only problem with that principle is that eventually the whole world will be blind.

309 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:40:24pm

re: #285 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Going the other direction totally from my Michael Vick opinions...

How awful must it be to be a Kennedy when those films are shown. And dissected, and shown again, and blown up, and shown in slo-mo.

Must be an awful experience.

F*** the Kennedys, all of them. They all knew about Obama's years long friendship with Ayers and Ayers' dedicating his book to RFK's killer Sirhan Sirhan, and it didn't bother them a bit.

310 astronmr20  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:41:02pm

At first glance, this looks like an extremely wide orbit.

311 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:41:03pm

re: #309 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Dude...

312 astronmr20  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:41:32pm

re: #309 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

F*** the Kennedys, all of them. They all knew about Obama's years long friendship with Ayers and Ayers' dedicating his book to RFK's killer Sirhan Sirhan, and it didn't bother them a bit.

Indeed.

313 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:42:22pm

re: #306 Desert Dog

Haven't thought about the Banana Splits in um, um, um... "years". ;)

314 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:42:33pm

re: #290 solomonpanting

Of course he did. You should have told him Obama is a conspiracy, point him to Obama's background and tell him to understand the big picture.

I asked him if he knew who Frank Marshall Davis, Saul Alinksy and Raul Odinga were..... never heard of them.

I asked if he knew the orgins of "spread the wealth around" no clue.

But in his world I'm clueless because I think Oswald acted alone (based on the evidence and materials available).

Strange world we live in

315 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:42:39pm

re: #303 Basho

OT:
Kevin Trudeau has been banned from making infomercials for three years! I no longer have to see that con-artist on my TV 15 times a minute as I flip through the channels.
[Link: www.randi.org...]

My ex bought all his books. She's such a chump.

316 Macker  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:43:13pm

re: #280 Fat Jolly Penguin

Fomalhaut b is the 147,298,429,771st holiest place in Islam.

/

Let's see 'em try to pray toward Mecca from that planet!

317 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:43:22pm

re: #292 Alberta Oil Peon

He has scarcely begun to pay his dues; only a few months in prison so far, IIRC. And until such time as he admits to wrongdoing and demonstrates sincere repentance, his dues will remain unpaid.

OK Alberta keep up the hate and the anger... under the guidelines of our system once he has served his time he will have paid his dues to society. You have a choice as far as I see it, to condemn a man because you have a standard that you believe he has not met, or you can forgive him and pray that he will make better decisions in future.

It's your choice.
Where I come from, the Bible tells me that even when Christ was on the cross he forgave a sinner.

318 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:44:03pm

Hong Kong Phooey!

319 Rancher  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:44:06pm

re: #239 gmsc

From your link:
"True, but for trivial and unremarkable reasons."

Longer answer.

320 Shug  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:44:32pm

re: #303 Basho

OT:
Kevin Trudeau has been banned from making infomercials for three years! I no longer have to see that con-artist on my TV 15 times a minute as I flip through the channels.
[Link: www.randi.org...]


I just saw him this morning with his new book.
Big Credit card is ripping people off. His secret : pay it off earlier. You save on interest.

My Blood pressure goes sky high when I see this fraud.

321 LeePro  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:44:45pm

re: #310 astronmr20

At first glance, this looks like an extremely wide orbit.

At first glance...

...looks to me like someone's in dire need of Preparation H.

/

322 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:44:52pm

re: #318 SteveC

Hong Kong Phooey!

Didn't he have a side kick?

323 Rancher  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:45:12pm

I've seen cons get less time for murder than Vic got for dog fighting.

324 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:45:34pm

re: #313 poopeedoo

Haven't thought about the Banana Splits in um, um, um... "years". ;)

I saw some of those but not enough to figure out what was going out with the shipwrecked people in one of their segments.
It came on as I was outgrowing cartoons, and was spending times doing other things than watching Saturday morning shows.
But I never outgrew Looney Tunes or Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Anyone else from the Boston area remember Rex Trailer, Major Mudd, or Big Brother (Bob Emery)?

325 Killian Bundy  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:46:07pm

re: #306 Desert Dog

I loved that show....that, and the Banana Splits

/you're going to hell for that you know

326 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:46:24pm

re: #311 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dude...

They're liberals. They put politics above everything else. I have no mercy for them. When one of the Kennedys comes out and denounces Obama's association with Ayers they'll get my respect. Until then, no way.

327 solomonpanting  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:46:47pm

re: #314 jcm

Strange world we live in

Yep, and as someone once said

"You ain't seen nuttin' yet."

328 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:47:01pm

re: #306 Desert Dog

I loved that show....that, and the Banana Splits......and an old cheesy Japanese show called "Ultraman".....so bad, they are good

I loved Ultraman - a station in Maryland (TV 20, if I recall) used to have a great afterschool line-up: Batman, Ultraman, Speed Racer, and Kimba The White Lion!

I never cared for the Banana Splits show as a whole, but I always watched in case they had my favorite segment on - The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (That's "Lurch" - Ted Cassidy - as Injun Joe!). I thought it was so cool because it mixed live-action and animation.

Cool - There's even full episodes of it on the web (Son of the Sun: Part 1, Part 2)

329 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:47:03pm

re: #304 Silhouette

I appreciate the sentiment and I try to be forgiving, but he is paying his debt now for dog fighting.

But his bigger crime is taking all that God-given talent, all the training he received from others who worked hard, and all the advantages of life and throwing it away. That's what I'm angry at him about.

Well you know... you can be as angry as you want to be... he is an athlete and entertainer. A very talented person... I believe that if God can use a woman "with many husbands" or a man who was responsible for stoning Christians then he can use others as talented as Vic in ways you or I don't understand.
Please be a bit more charitable and forgiving. If you can't well... God be with you.

330 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:47:46pm

Overture, curtain, lights,
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing our parts
We know every part by heart
Overture, curtain, lights
This is it, we'll hit the heights
And oh what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it

Tonight what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it.

331 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:48:18pm

re: #320 Shug

I just saw him this morning with his new book.
Big Credit card is ripping people off. His secret : pay it off earlier. You save on interest.

My Blood pressure goes sky high when I see this fraud.

Give him credit for that since it's true. And so damn obvious that if you need to buy a book to learn that you should stick to paying with cash.

332 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:48:27pm

re: #318 SteveC

Hong Kong Phooey!

Scatman Crothers will always be greatly missed!

333 sadhu  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:48:39pm

SoCal fires -- ABC7 raw video feed for best helicopter coverage/commentary
[Link: ping.fm...]

334 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:48:47pm

re: #317 shanec99

OK Alberta keep up the hate and the anger... under the guidelines of our system once he has served his time he will have paid his dues to society. You have a choice as far as I see it, to condemn a man because you have a standard that you believe he has not met, or you can forgive him and pray that he will make better decisions in future.

It's your choice.
Where I come from, the Bible tells me that even when Christ was on the cross he forgave a sinner.

I'm not ruling out forgiveness, but sincere repentance is indeed a prerequisite. I make no claim to be a Christian, so I don't have to try to hold myself to a standard that's impossible for all but Him.

335 Fat Jolly Penguin  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:48:53pm

re: #310 astronmr20

At first glance, this looks like an extremely wide orbit.

This NASA article tells a lot about it.

336 Moe Katz  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:48:54pm

re: #323 Rancher

I've seen cons get less time for murder than Vic got for dog fighting.

Criminal sentencing in the US has become extremely punitive in recent decades. Not sure what all the reasons are for that, but I suspect having most criminal justice at the state level - as opposed to our Canadian system, where it's a federal matter - plays a big role.

337 Macker  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:49:03pm

re: #326 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Since Ted's the current patriarch of that clan, he needs to share his vision....

338 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:49:13pm

re: #328 gmsc

I loved Ultraman - a station in Maryland (TV 20, if I recall) used to have a great afterschool line-up: Batman, Ultraman, Speed Racer, and Kimba The White Lion!

I never cared for the Banana Splits show as a whole, but I always watched in case they had my favorite segment on - The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (That's "Lurch" - Ted Cassidy - as Injun Joe!). I thought it was so cool because it mixed live-action and animation.

Cool - There's even full episodes of it on the web (Son of the Sun: Part 1, Part 2)

My older boys loved the original Power Rangers when they started out in the 90's. I was always telling them about Ultraman.....It would be good to be 7 again.

339 Macker  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:50:14pm

re: #338 Desert Dog

Those Mighty Barfin' Power Rangers....

340 Killian Bundy  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:50:44pm

re: #332 gmsc

Scatman Crothers will always be greatly missed!

What a shame.

/and yet Jack Nicholson never spent a day in prison for his murder

341 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:50:46pm

re: #316 Macker

Let's see 'em try to pray toward Mecca from that planet!

Aren't those the Whirling Deverishes?

342 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:51:13pm

re: #338 Desert Dog

...It would be good to be 7 again.

It would be good to be seven again... and not have to worry about this big steamin' shit sandwich we made for ourselves. :(

343 itellu3times  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:51:43pm

re: #333 sadhu

SoCal fires -- ABC7 raw video feed for best helicopter coverage/commentary
[Link: ping.fm...]

Bad news in Yorba Linda.

344 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:51:51pm

re: #323 Rancher

I've seen cons get less time for murder than Vic got for dog fighting.

Even so, what he did something terrible, and he paid his price. Time to forgive and move on.

Its funny how some among us will scream forever about Vic who killed dogs, but not bat an eye at people who defraud old people of thier life savings and leave them penniless, these people end up eating dog food and making choices about paying for heat in the winter. Some of them freeze to death.
The same people who want Vic put under the jail don't have one word of condemnation for the white collar criminal who cause much more human misery.

345 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:51:59pm

re: #337 Macker

Since Ted's the current patriarch of that clan, he needs to share his vision....

Rather than saying "no comments have been submitted yet" they should have said "Mary Jo was unavailable to comment".

346 Basho  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:52:05pm

re: #320 Shug

I just saw him this morning with his new book.
Big Credit card is ripping people off. His secret : pay it off earlier. You save on interest.

Shhhhh.... THEY don't want you to know about it.

347 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:52:06pm

re: #330 SteveC

Oh, we're the boys of the chorus / We hope you like our show / We know you're rooting for us / But now we have to go!

348 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:52:16pm

re: #339 Macker

We waited in a line at some Karate place in Chandler for 5 hours to meet The Red Ranger and the Pink Ranger. It was the most important event in my kids life up to that point....That is all they talked about for months. They still have the pictures of them posing with the Rangers and they are both nearing 20 years old now.

349 Macker  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:52:29pm

re: #341 jcm

Aren't those the Whirling Deverishes?

Damfino.

350 MandyManners  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:53:28pm

re: #340 Killian Bundy

What a shame.

/and yet Jack Nicholson never spent a day in prison for his murder

Huh?

351 Kenneth  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:53:53pm

Geek Thread!

Copernicus gave his reply
To those who had pledged to deny.
"All your addictions
To ancient convictions
Won't bring back your place in the sky."

352 Macker  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:54:07pm

re: #348 Desert Dog

We waited in a line at some Karate place in Chandler for 5 hours to meet The Red Ranger and the Pink Ranger. It was the most important event in my kids life up to that point....That is all they talked about for months. They still have the pictures of them posing with the Rangers and they are both nearing 20 years old now.

Please tell me they didn't pose with this guy....

353 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:54:11pm

re: #334 Alberta Oil Peon

I'm not ruling out forgiveness, but sincere repentance is indeed a prerequisite. I make no claim to be a Christian, so I don't have to try to hold myself to a standard that's impossible for all but Him.

How do you know the man has not repented... have you looked into his heart? Good lord.

354 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:54:12pm

How about the Bugaloos... Talk about corny!

Youtube Video

355 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:54:27pm

re: #350 MandyManners

The Shining.....Jack took an axe to Scat......

356 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:55:19pm

re: #336 Moe Katz

Criminal sentencing in the US has become extremely punitive in recent decades. Not sure what all the reasons are for that, but I suspect having most criminal justice at the state level - as opposed to our Canadian system, where it's a federal matter - plays a big role.

Moe- That's because they finally figured out that 80% of the crimes were being committed by the same 10% of our population, which is why so many states passed three strikes (felonies) and you're out (life sentence with the possibility of parole) laws.

357 Thanos  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:55:41pm

Moties?

358 Killgore Trout  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:55:51pm

re: #351 Kenneth

Nice!

359 Killian Bundy  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:55:56pm

re: #350 MandyManners

Huh?

/in the hotel with the axe

360 alien_mind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:56:11pm

my avatar is an homage to a favorite old cartoon of mine.
anyone old enough to know which one it was?

361 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:56:17pm

re: #341 jcm

Aren't those the Whirling Deverishes?

"The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish" - the second best song about Turkey!

This is the first!

362 Kenneth  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:56:18pm
There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was far faster than light.
She went out one day,
In a relative way,
And returned the previous night!
363 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:56:19pm

re: #328 gmsc

I thought John Kerry was Lurch.

364 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:56:38pm

re: #344 shanec99

Even so, what he did something terrible, and he paid his price. Time to forgive and move on.

Its funny how some among us will scream forever about Vic who killed dogs, but not bat an eye at people who defraud old people of thier life savings and leave them penniless, these people end up eating dog food and making choices about paying for heat in the winter. Some of them freeze to death.
The same people who want Vic put under the jail don't have one word of condemnation for the white collar criminal who cause much more human misery.

You are painting with a pretty broad brush there, fellow. As far as I'm concerned, Michael Vick is an exceptional case: a criminal who actually got what he deserved. IMHO, the crooked bankers and corrupt politicians who are behind the sub-prime mortgage scam would look mighty fine decorating all the lamp-posts on Wall Street.

365 Steve  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:56:43pm

I just love some of the astro photos coming out these days and showing planets orbiting other stars but...
common sense tells me that we cannot have the only star with a planet around it.

366 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:56:48pm

re: #360 alien_mind

my avatar is an homage to a favorite old cartoon of mine.
anyone old enough to know which one it was?

Simon Bar Sinister.

367 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:57:02pm

re: #363 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I thought John Kerry was Lurch.

Are you suggesting that he isn't?

368 MandyManners  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:57:07pm

re: #355 Desert Dog

The Shining.....Jack took an axe to Scat......

re: #359 Killian Bundy

/in the hotel with the axe

That movie scares the snot out of me.

369 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:57:20pm

re: #354 poopeedoo

How about the Bugaloos... Talk about corny!
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

That was corny, but I loved it....

But, the corniest of them all was: Land of the Lost

370 Moe Katz  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:57:29pm

re: #356 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Moe- That's because they finally figured out that 80% of the crimes were being committed by the same 10% of our population, which is why so many states passed three strikes (felonies) and you're out (life sentence with the possibility of parole) laws.

It makes sense. It's not really just sentencing, but it takes a lot of bad guys out of circulation, which is a practical way of reducing violent crime. Applied to nonviolent criminals, it seems questionable, though....

371 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:57:40pm

re: #363 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I thought John Kerry was Lurch.

He was more like Lurch Junior.

372 sadhu  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:58:16pm

re: #343 itellu3times

Bad news in Yorba Linda.

the length of that fire line is just huge -- looks like that big water treatment plant is about to get it

373 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:58:36pm

re: #360 alien_mind

my avatar is an homage to a favorite old cartoon of mine.
anyone old enough to know which one it was?

The theme song was...

374 neocon hippie  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:59:10pm

re: #324 Kosh's Shadow

I was on the Rex Trailer show once.

375 Kenneth  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:59:19pm

re: #371 gmsc

Kerry is Lurch ... without the charisma.

376 little boomer  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:59:34pm

re: #360 alien_mind

my avatar is an homage to a favorite old cartoon of mine.
anyone old enough to know which one it was?

Simon Bar Sinister!

377 SteveC  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:59:52pm

re: #363 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I thought John Kerry was Lurch.

Youuuuu rannnnng?

378 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:01:00pm

re: #360 alien_mind

my avatar is an homage to a favorite old cartoon of mine.
anyone old enough to know which one it was?

Hmmm - I used to work with someone who had scenes from this cartoon on his desktop. And he'd fit as a lizard.
You don't work for MII, do you?

379 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:01:08pm

re: #360 alien_mind

my avatar is an homage to a favorite old cartoon of mine.
anyone old enough to know which one it was?

That's Simon Bar Sinister - I even remember the full name of his assistant. It was Cad Lackey!

I always enjoyed Tennessee Tuxedo - I learned so much from Mr. Whoopee and his 3DBB (Three dimensional blackboard)!

380 Macker  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:01:21pm

re: #375 Kenneth

Here's Lurch Kicking Ass! Watch him take out the two Kreegs!

381 alien_mind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:01:24pm

re: #366 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Simon Bar Sinister.

yep, I loved his diabolical laugh and silly plans to takeover the world.

382 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:01:28pm

re: #375 Kenneth

Kerry is Lurch ... without the charisma.

He cannot play the harpsichord like Lurch either

383 Timbre  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:01:39pm

I think the next large star that is discovered should be named Obama B.

384 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:01:51pm

re: #353 shanec99

How do you know the man has not repented... have you looked into his heart? Good lord.

No offense, but you haven't either. You have no idea if he is repentant or even feels that he's done anything wrong.

Forgive a person, sure- but be realistic; don't expect a changed man who comes out of prison and dedicates his life to helping the widows and the orphans, just because he's "served his time". Could it happen? Sure. But a callous, cruel, criminal leopard like Michael Vick is unlikely to change his spots just because he's spent some time in jail. Look at the recidivism rate of paroled and released prisoners. It surely is sad, but the truth sometimes is.

385 Rancher  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:02:06pm

re: #336 Moe Katz

Criminal sentencing in the US has become extremely punitive in recent decades. Not sure what all the reasons are for that, but I suspect having most criminal justice at the state level - as opposed to our Canadian system, where it's a federal matter - plays a big role.

Ron White

I’m from Texas. In Texas we have the death penalty. And we USE it.

That’s right, if you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back. That’s our policy.

They’re trying to pass a bill right now through the Texas Legislature that will speed up the process of execution in heinous crimes where there’s more than three credible eye witnesses. If more than three people saw you do what you did, you don’t sit on death row for 15 years, Jack, you go straight to the front of the line.

Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty … my state’s puttin’ in an express lane.

386 Steve  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:02:28pm

re: #355 Desert Dog

The Shining.....Jack took an axe to Scat......

re: #359 Killian Bundy

/in the hotel with the axe

that movie scares the snot out of me

I used to play in the snow around the hotel they used in the shining.

Timberline Lodge

and Your text to link...

387 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:02:52pm

Now PBS is showing The Guys

388 gop_patriot  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:03:13pm

re: #385 Rancher

LOL! I love Ron White.

389 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:03:20pm

re: #361 gmsc

"The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish" - the second best song about Turkey!

This is the first!

ROFL!

390 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:03:37pm

re: #370 Moe Katz

It makes sense. It's not really just sentencing, but it takes a lot of bad guys out of circulation, which is a practical way of reducing violent crime. Applied to nonviolent criminals, it seems questionable, though....

That's true. There was a case a few years back where a guy with two strikes stole a $100 bicycle, but since it was in a garage, he was charged with felony burglary, rather than simple petty theft of the bike.

391 alien_mind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:03:58pm

re: #379 gmsc

That's Simon Bar Sinister - I even remember the full name of his assistant. It was Cad Lackey!

I always enjoyed Tennessee Tuxedo - I learned so much from Mr. Whoopee and his 3DBB (Three dimensional blackboard)!

i swear, those are my favorites. "gee Mr.Whoopee, you're the greatest!"

was Commander McBragg part of that series also?

392 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:04:04pm

re: #375 Kenneth

Kerry is Lurch ... without the charisma.

LOL

393 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:04:25pm

re: #374 neocon hippie

I was on the Rex Trailer show once.

I never was on Rex Trailer, but I was on Big Brother. What did you do on the show? I would get up early and turn it on soft so I wouldn't wake up my parents.
We waited 2 hours at a shopping center for Rex to show up, but the crowd was too much and they canceled.
However, I was in the audience of a Big Brother show, showing a fire truck I got as a birthday or Chanukah present, and said how much I liked this stuff you'd mix with water and would make a carbonated drink. It was his biggest sponsor, and my mother was suspicious of the stuff. (I'd be now.) I got month's worth of the stuff for saying that on the air.

394 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:05:04pm

re: #380 Macker

Here's Lurch Kicking Ass! Watch him take out the two Kreegs!

Hmmm . . . wasn't that a much younger Dr. Pulaski (Diana Muldaur) in that clip?

BTW, best example of kicking ass? Roddy Rowdy Piper in "They Live":

"I'm here to chew bubblegum and kick ass . . ."

/...and I'm all out of ass.

395 alien_mind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:05:49pm

re: #378 Kosh's Shadow

Hmmm - I used to work with someone who had scenes from this cartoon on his desktop. And he'd fit as a lizard.
You don't work for MII, do you?

nope, wrong guy.

396 Bloodnok  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:06:34pm

re: #375 Kenneth

Kerry is Lurch ... without the charisma.

Kerry always reminds me of every Scooby-doo phantom.

397 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:07:52pm

re: #353 shanec99

How do you know the man has not repented... have you looked into his heart? Good lord.

I'll turn that back on you: How do know he has repented...have you looked in his heart? The sports story in the link that Silhouette posted didn't say one way or the other. They did say he expects to go back into NFL football after his term is up on July 20. That certainly sounds like he still has a smidgen of the old arrogance left, in that he seems to expect that some team will be so foolish as to hire him.

I'd say evidence of repentance might consist of a public apology for the bad deeds he has done, followed by a period of time doing some sort of non-glamorous job, coupled with community service. Maybe he could coach a football club for inner-city kids. If he did something like that, I'd be proud to shake his hand. If he expects to pick up his life where he left off, then i take that as a mighty strong sign that the only thing he's sorry for is getting caught.

398 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:07:54pm

re: #383 Timbre

I think the next large star that is discovered should be named Obama B.

The next falling start maybe. Because that's the way he'll be going as soon as all these morons that voted for him wake up and realize what the hell they did to our country by electing this clown. I mean BOzo.

399 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:08:02pm

re: #364 Alberta Oil Peon

You are painting with a pretty broad brush there, fellow. As far as I'm concerned, Michael Vick is an exceptional case: a criminal who actually got what he deserved. IMHO, the crooked bankers and corrupt politicians who are behind the sub-prime mortgage scam would look mighty fine decorating all the lamp-posts on Wall Street.

Painting with a broad brush... no, I am not. I am quite simply making an observation... I said people who are unwilling to fogive Vic for dog fighting will not say a word about people who defraud old people and cause much more human suffering.

If you suggest that is a broad brush... please demonstrate how it is inaccurate.
I would suggest that I can find people today who have not made a decision on whether the people involved in the economic debacle that wiped out many people's savings and may be the proximate cause of some suicides and undoubtable is the cause of tremendous grief and human misery in many communities should go to jail.
But in that same group you will find many who are outraged at the death of dogs.
There is a matter of what we value and the role celebrity plays in our society.
We should be willing to forgive a person after they have paid thier dues, we cannot punish people into perpetuity.

400 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:09:08pm

re: #391 alien_mind

i swear, those are my favorites. "gee Mr.Whoopee, you're the greatest!"

was Commander McBragg part of that series also?

Yep! Commander McBragg was a segment of Underdog, too! "There! Chicago, Illinois! Have I ever told you how I cleaned out the Chicago racketeers?"

Don't forget "Go-Go Gophers"!

/You didn't get rid of them all, Commander

401 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:09:23pm

re: #360 alien_mind

my avatar is an homage to a favorite old cartoon of mine.
anyone old enough to know which one it was?

Underdog

402 Macker  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:09:35pm

re: #394 gmsc

Yes, that IS Diana Muldaur!

403 Killian Bundy  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:09:39pm

Secret Squirrel

/with Morocco Mole

404 calcajun  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:10:51pm

re: #396 Bloodnok

Kerry always reminds me of every Scooby-doo phantom.

And he could have been President too, if it hadn't been for those pesky kids!

405 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:11:04pm

re: #395 alien_mind

nope, wrong guy.

Just curious. I had told him about LGF. One of the few non-moonbats there.
Now, where I work, they have both 0bama signs and McCain signs, as well as "0bama/Marx 2008" and similar.

406 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:11:32pm

re: #398 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

The next falling start maybe. Because that's the way he'll be going as soon as all these morons that voted for him wake up and realize what the hell they did to our country by electing this clown. I mean BOzo.

PIMF- falling star.

407 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:11:34pm

re: #368 MandyManners

That movie scares the snot out of me.

It scared Cathi Jo right into my lap.

/Best.Movie.Ever

408 Moe Katz  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:11:46pm

re: #385 Rancher

re: #385 Rancher

Can't tell if you're quoting that with disapproval or traditional Texan belligerent defiance.

409 calcajun  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:12:06pm

re: #403 Killian Bundy

What about Inch-High, Private Eye? Talk about someone with feelings of inadequacy.

410 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:12:43pm

re: #403 Killian Bundy

Secret Squirrel

/with Morocco Mole

I remember that one.
Also, when I was in the Explorers, and we had a tour of Otis AFB, they had signs reminding people to look for badges. Someone had written on one of the posters, the name "Secret Squirrel"

411 calcajun  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:12:56pm

re: #407 OldLineTexan

Would you like some Red Rum?

412 Lively  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:13:20pm

re: #381 alien_mind

yep, I loved his diabolical laugh and silly plans to takeover the world.

I loved that show. I watched the entired Youtube, lol.

413 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:13:31pm

re: #384 gop_patriot

No offense, but you haven't either. You have no idea if he is repentant or even feels that he's done anything wrong.

Forgive a person, sure- but be realistic; don't expect a changed man who comes out of prison and dedicates his life to helping the widows and the orphans, just because he's "served his time". Could it happen? Sure. But a callous, cruel, criminal leopard like Michael Vick is unlikely to change his spots just because he's spent some time in jail. Look at the recidivism rate of paroled and released prisoners. It surely is sad, but the truth sometimes is.

I don't know whether of not he has repented, but I must not judge him. The Bible commands me to judge not.
After he has paid for his crimes, then it is time to give him an opportunity to start over. If he doesn't have an opportunity to start over then and become law abiding all he has left is to return to criminal activity and become a career criminal.
The criminal justice system is faced with a difficult task... rehabillitaing criminals... and it frequently fails.
We make the criminal justice system's job even harder when we are unwilling to give a convict a chance to become law abiding by denying him or her the opportunity to start over.

414 poopeedoo  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:13:43pm

re: #409 calcajun

Didn't he have a little man's complex?

415 Bloodnok  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:13:45pm

re: #403 Killian Bundy

Secret Squirrel

/with Morocco Mole

Roger Ramjet (with Noodles Romanoff)

416 Moe Katz  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:13:57pm

re: #390 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

That's true. There was a case a few years back where a guy with two strikes stole a $100 bicycle, but since it was in a garage, he was charged with felony burglary, rather than simple petty theft of the bike.

Well I've been victimized several times, and when it comes to bicycle thieves I want the death penalty.

417 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:14:35pm

re: #391 alien_mind

i swear, those are my favorites. "gee Mr.Whoopee, you're the greatest!"

was Commander McBragg part of that series also?

BTW, Commander McBragg's voice was done by Kenny Delmar, who was best known for his Senator Claghorn character (originally developed for Fred Allen's radio show).

The Senator Claghorn character was the inspiration for Warner Brothers' Foghorn Leghorn.

418 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:14:37pm

re: #411 calcajun

Would you like some Red Rum?

What did it was the nude woman standing in the tub that turned into a rotting corpse. She squealed and leaped.

419 Macker  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:15:13pm

re: #413 shanec99

Well, what about the sex offenders?

420 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:15:54pm

How about George of the Jungle, with the other two cartoons, Super Chicken and Tom Slick. Jay Ward cartoons, so there was some intelligence behind the simplicity.
How many people now would get Super Chicken's real name, Henry Cabot Henhouse III? (It took me a long time to realize the jokes behind the "secret sauce" he took to turn into Super Chicken")
George wasn't exactly politically correct. And he fought such great villains as Doctor Chicago, or Gerry Mander.

421 reine.de.tout  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:15:57pm

re: #114 Alberta Oil Peon

What they used to do, pre-computer, was to take two different negatives of the same area of the sky, and get them perfectly registered with each other. Then an operator would view them, while rapidly switching from one slide to the other and back. Any object that had moved between the two exposures would appear to be moving, while the fixed stars, were, well, fixed.

I'm sure they have automated systems to do that now.

little late getting back to you but thanks!

422 Catttt  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:16:31pm

OK. I just set a static IP address thingy and set a port thingy on my router.

:D All by my yelp. And it worked. :D

423 OldLineTexan  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:17:17pm

re: #419 Macker

Well, what about the sex offenders?

I go all Biblical in that case..."If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."

/

424 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:17:39pm

re: #419 Macker

Well, what about the sex offenders?

They keep my wife working. She does sex offender cases as a public defender.
And the doctors say there is no way to tell if they'll re-offend. Most can't control themselves.

425 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:17:45pm

Can anyone tell me which actual famous person inspired both Commander McBragg and a psychiatric disorder?

426 Moe Katz  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:18:32pm

re: #425 gmsc

Can anyone tell me which actual famous person inspired both Commander McBragg and a psychiatric disorder?

Munchhausen?

427 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:18:33pm

re: #425 gmsc

Can anyone tell me which actual famous person inspired both Commander McBragg and a psychiatric disorder?

Al Gore?

428 Killian Bundy  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:18:52pm

Happy Tree Friends

/if Ren & Stimpy had evil twins

429 shiplord kirel  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:18:56pm

re: #415 Bloodnok

Roger Ramjet (with Noodles Romanoff)

I'll never forget Roger's arch-enemies, the evil solenoid robots, or the iconic villains who created them: A band of "mad scientists bent on destroying the world for their own gain." It was a perfect summary of the post-modern luddite mindset and I have used it many times over the years.

430 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:19:22pm

re: #427 lifeofthemind

Al Gore?

Close, but the timeline if off.
;)

re: #426 Moe Katz

Munchhausen?

Correct!

431 MandyManners  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:20:10pm

A-HA! I've figured out how to get to the next level on my PSP's Ratatouille game!

432 Bloodnok  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:20:22pm

re: #422 Catttt

OK. I just set a static IP address thingy and set a port thingy on my router.

:D All by my yelp. And it worked. :D

The Kinks - Phenomenal Catttt

433 Moe Katz  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:20:36pm

re: #430 gmsc

Correct!

And we go to our graves with all these trivia wired into our neurons....

434 Catttt  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:20:44pm

re: #425 gmsc

Can anyone tell me which actual famous person inspired both Commander McBragg and a psychiatric disorder?

I could have said it, but I looked it up on wiki first, so it would have been cheating.

435 shanec99  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:21:48pm

re: #416 Moe Katz

Well I've been victimized several times, and when it comes to bicycle thieves I want the death penalty.

Your sarcasm provided a welcome injection of humor.

Let me state though, that I believe that some crimes give good justification for the reinstatement of public lashings.
A few strokes with the cane on a criminal's bare behind in the public square by the person who was victimized in some cases... would perhaps be a wonderful deterrent; and it would probably be a lot cheaper and more effective than warehousing them and exposing them to hardened career criminals.

436 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:22:14pm

Wow, I haven't seen that in years! Simon Bar Sinister looks a lot like my neighbor whom I don't like.
/I'll alert the neighborhood watch patrol to keep an eye on him.

437 lifeofthemind  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:22:16pm

re: #430 gmsc

Gore is a little off and is either from another space-time or even more frighteningly a perfect example of the time we are in.

438 Desert Dog  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:23:15pm

Peabody and Sherman

439 wolfie  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:23:21pm

re: #420 Kosh's Shadow

Yes! And Tom Slick's nemesis was Baron Otto Matic !

440 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:23:27pm

re: #431 MandyManners

A-HA! I've figured out how to get to the next level on my PSP's Ratatouille game!

Score more points?

441 shiplord kirel  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:23:29pm

For those who missed it earlier this week:

His mediatarian highness Robert Kennedy Jr, under consideration for Obama's EPA director, is an anti-vaccination luddite and conspiraloon of the highest order.

442 Dirk Diggler  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:23:46pm

astronmr20,

At first glance, this looks like an extremely wide orbit.

There's a Larry Craig joke in there somewhere.

443 gmsc  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:23:48pm

re: #436 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Wow, I haven't seen that in years! Simon Bar Sinister looks a lot like my neighbor whom I don't like.
/I'll alert the neighborhood watch patrol to keep an eye on him.

If he tries to rob any place, and starts by saying, "Simon says...", you should definitely be suspicious.

444 jcm  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:24:08pm

re: #431 MandyManners

A-HA! I've figured out how to get to the next level on my PSP's Ratatouille game!

The oregano or the basil?

445 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:24:18pm

re: #433 Moe Katz

And we go to our graves with all these trivia wired into our neurons....

Yep, and that and $5 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

446 Moe Katz  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:24:34pm

re: #435 shanec99

Your sarcasm provided a welcome injection of humor.

Let me state though, that I believe that some crimes give good justification for the reinstatement of public lashings.
A few strokes with the cane on a criminal's bare behind in the public square by the person who was victimized in some cases... would perhaps be a wonderful deterrent; and it would probably be a lot cheaper and more effective than warehousing them and exposing them to hardened career criminals.

Singapore style, huh?

447 Catttt  Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:24:43pm