hello world

Sweet Susie sells sea-shells down at the sea-shore.

re: #1 sadhu

hello world

There's a song that we're singing, c'mon be happy!

hello! how u doing?

After 20 January 2009 will that be "Open your Minds", or "Open your Wallets"?

I am still shell-shocked by the election.

Give me land lots of land where don't see fences

How did I get here?

There's always been a nagging saddness in me about an OPEN THREAD, and now I know aht it is!

It has no feel, no spark, no direction. It wanders aimlessly through topics. It's somewhat schizophrenic!

(no ,, wait ,,, thats not OPEN THREAD ,,, thats ME ,,, nevermind!)

Don't fence me in.

re: #8 Gang of One

How did I get here?

By leaving there. (points)

re: #8 Gang of One

How did I get here?

Ya' see, first we have the mommy bee and the daddy bee.

re: #2 MandyManners

Sweet Susie sells sea-shells down at the sea-shore.

Sweet Susie was a beach slut, from what I hear

re: #8 Gang of One

How did I get here?

Once in a Lifetime.

same as it ever was

re: #8 Gang of One

How did I get here?

My friend, and you are my friend, for low low monthly payments we may ecplore that question together.

re: #3 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

There's a song that we're singing, c'mon be happy!

Great, now that song is going to be going through my head the rest of the day!

I'll add to the fun-
"I think I love you but what am I so afraid of.
I'm afraid I'm not so sure of...something...something..."

re: #12 MandyManners

Ya' see, first we have the mommy bee and the daddy bee.

And here I thought it was the earth cooled and was formed......

re: #11 FurryOldGuyJeans

By leaving there. (points)

But now I'm on two different threads. Doesn't that violate some kind of physical law?

re: #2 MandyManners

Sweet Susie sells sea-shells down at the sea-shore.

Any clams with legs? ;)

re: #19 Gang of One

But now I'm on two different threads. Doesn't that violate some kind of physical law?

Don;t cross the beams!

re: #10 Smilla

Don't fence me in.

You like antelope?

A lot of people enjoyed this (reported for those who missed it earlier)....
Blu's Muto

re: #21 lifeofthemind

Don;t cross the beams!

I never make anyone angry.

re: #2 MandyManners

Sweet Susie sells sea-shells down at the sea-shore.

re: #17 livefreeor die

Great, now that song is going to be going through my head the rest of the day!

I'll add to the fun-
"I think I love you but what am I so afraid of.
I'm afraid I'm not so sure of...something...something..."

"A love there is no cure for"

re: #13 sattv4u2

*whack*

Fox News seems to be getting back to normal. They have a front page story on some of the problems with Barry's cabinet nominees. Not that he'll have any trouble getting them approved by a Democrat laden Congress.

Looks like we got new tires on the car just in time! Shortly after we got home yesterday, it started to snow, and it's been cold enough it actually stuck till this morning. Well, just to the grass so far, but it's only a matter of (probably short) time.

Finding tires was a bit of a problem, this time. We have a '79 Custom Cruiser station wagon, and the size tires it takes are pretty much only made for trucks any more. Those will work, of course, and probably last longer, but the ride isn't as good, so we want to stick with car tires as long as we can.

And I got the heating oil tank filled today, so at the moment we're doing pretty well.

Working on Ratatouille's Split Decision. bbiab

re: #25 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

"A love there is no cure for"

I KNOW my Partridge Family lyrics!

re: #12 MandyManners

Ya' see, first we have the mommy bee and the daddy bee.

Bees? I thought we descended from monkeys?
/

re: #26 MandyManners

*whack*

**WHACK**

He needed to be hit harder, Mands.

re: #25 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

"A love there is no cure for"

There you go!
Those albums were standard issue for every girl when I was in second grade.

I bet this [d]evolves into the SNDT. What should we drink to?

"The time has come", the Walrus said,
"To speak of many things:
Of shoes and ships and sealing wax,
Of cabbages and kings,
And why the sea is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings."

re: #12 MandyManners

Ya' see, first we have the mommy bee and the daddy bee.

"Two tiny amoeba ...the sea of life!"
--Bugs Bunny

I have instituted a zero tolerance policy towards intolerance

re: #26 MandyManners

*whack*

re: #32 Gang of One

**WHACK**

He needed to be hit harder, Mands.

okay ,, so maybe "beach slut" was a little harsh

Sand Whore !?!?!?!

re: #33 livefreeor die

There you go!
Those albums were standard issue for every girl when I was in second grade.

Hey I had it also. Susan Dey was hot! Not Marcia Brady smokin' hot, but hot.

re: #34 Gang of One

I bet this [d]evolves into the SNDT. What should we drink to?

I can't drink for another month but how about still being able to afford drinks?

re: #38 sattv4u2

Susie's selling shells, silly.

CHKDSK complete it is rebooting, and?

It's alive I tell you ALIVE!

Need info on a SMART reader to check disk health

re: #38 sattv4u2

Sand Whore !?!?!?!

DRINK!

re: #40 livefreeor die

I can't drink for another month but how about still being able to afford drinks?

So, how are you? How's the baby?

re: #41 MandyManners

Susie's selling shells, silly.

oh clam up

re: #41 MandyManners

Susie's selling shells, silly.

.45, .38. or .22? ;)

re: #40 livefreeor die

I can't drink for another month but how about still being able to afford drinks?

I will drink to that.

re: #41 MandyManners

Susie's selling shells, silly.

It's only a front for her REAL ,,,, ummm,,, profession !

re: #28 Empire1

'79 Custom Cruiser? Does it have the windows in the roof?

re: #44 outsidephilly

So, how are you? How's the baby?

We're fine. I'm getting really tired but he's not! He's been practicing his kick turns-middle of the night seems to be his favorite time for that!

After 10 hours

and the women come and go
talking of Michelangelo.

I hated T.S. Eliot in high school.

I liked the story Groucho Marx told about Eliot. Marx liked Eliot's work and wanted to meet him. When he finally did, all Eliot wanted to talk about was The Marx Bros.. "Well," said Groucho, "what do expect from a guy from St. Louis?"

re: #50 livefreeor die

We're fine. I'm getting really tired but he's not! He's been practicing his kick turns-middle of the night seems to be his favorite time for that!

Their utero behaviors are such joy, though . . . . .

re: #53 outsidephilly

Their utero behaviors are such joy, though . . . . .

Wait until they get out. Much more fun.

re: #49 VMA211Dan

'79 Custom Cruiser? Does it have the windows in the roof?

No, afraid not -- just the ordinary solid roof. But we love it -- it's great for transporting our R/C models out to the flying field!

re: #45 Shug

oh clam up

Trying to mussel you way around?

re: #54 calcajun

Wait until they get out. Much more fun.

aaahhhh yes, ya got that right!

re: #53 outsidephilly

Their utero behaviors are such joy, though . . . . .

Definitely! I love the little feet bump on one side-I picture him reclining and feeling happy.

re: #50 livefreeor die

We're fine. I'm getting really tired but he's not! He's been practicing his kick turns-middle of the night seems to be his favorite time for that!

Wide awake and ready to play at 4:00 AM. Life is good!

re: #39 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Hey I had it also. Susan Dey was hot! Not Marcia Brady smokin' hot, but hot.

I still say Maureen McCormick would've made a hell of a Cylon, wouldn't you agree!

re: #45 Shug

oh clam up

Crabby aren't we?

re: #58 livefreeor die

Definitely! I love the little feet bump on one side-I picture him reclining and feeling happy.

And after the child is born you look at them and think, "I can't believe that fit in my belly . . . .!"

re: #54 calcajun

Wait until they get out. Much more fun.

Yes, although I thought my babyproofing days were long gone. I'll be back into doing my leg stretches by stepping over baby gates.

re: #56 debutaunt

Trying to mussel you way around?

Just shellfish.

Must run

I have a little extra cash. Does anyone wanna sell some of there surplus up-dings?

re: #60 Macker

I still say Maureen McCormick would've made a hell of a Cylon, wouldn't you agree!

What's a cylon?

T. S. Eliot sounded depressed when he wrote that - but always he seemed depressed -I never liked reading him. Must be why the left loves him so much.

re: #62 outsidephilly

And after the child is born you look at them and think, "I can't believe that fit in my belly . . . .!"

I'm looking at my two older sons right now (one of whom is a teenager) and thinking "Were they ever really that small?"

re: #56 debutaunt

Trying to mussel you way around?

Keep on punning and you will make anemones galore.

re: #66 Gang of One

I have a little extra cash. Does anyone wanna sell some of there surplus up-dings?

I gave you one gratis for that!

re: #66 Gang of One

I have a little extra cash. Does anyone wanna sell some of there surplus up-dings?

There's my ding-ie for ya!

re: #56 debutaunt

Trying to mussel you way around?

He wishes, but he's such a shrimp.

re: #66 Gang of One

I have a little extra cash. Does anyone wanna sell some of there surplus up-dings?

Here you go-you can have one for free! I'm practicing spreading the wealth.

re: #67 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

What's a cylon?

What Maureen McCormick could have been.

re: #68 yah

T. S. Eliot sounded depressed when he wrote that - but always he seemed depressed -I never liked reading him. Must be why the left loves him so much.

And yet, an infinite number of lizards at an infinite number of keyboards, ummmm.

re: #69 livefreeor die

I'm looking at my two older sons right now (one of whom is a teenager) and thinking "Were they ever really that small?"

Are the boys excited or what?

I'm trying to think of something clever to say, but I seem to be floundering

re: #62 outsidephilly

And after the child is born you look at them and think, "I can't believe that fit in my belly . . . .!"

Belly?

As Uncle Jed useta' say, "Sometime I gotta' have a talk with that boy."

re: #70 FurryOldGuyJeans

Keep on punning and you will make anemones galore.

hahahah - made me laugh.

re: #67 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

What's a cylon?

What's a Maureen McCormick ?

re: #78 Shug

I'm trying to think of something clever to say, but I seem to be floundering

Maybe you need some sole food.

re: #77 outsidephilly

Are the boys excited or what?

Very much so, especially the younger one who actually asked Santa for a baby brother last year. Apparently, there is a Santa and he's got some super powers!

re: #81 Shug

What's a Maureen McCormick ?

Cylon wannabe

re: #79 MandyManners

Belly?

As Uncle Jed useta' say, "Sometime I gotta' have a talk with that boy."

What else did Uncle Jed say to ya?

salty bunch we have here this afternoon...
any crackberry addicts here to opine on the curve 8330 vs th 8110 ?either one I get free as an upgrade with a new contract and I'm not all that up on them.

And speaking of snow. Britain is getting a Blizzard with most places experiancing temperatures lower then in Moscow.

The UK was plunged into a freezing snap as an Arctic weather front swept in, blanketing parts of Scotland and northern England in snow, and leaving some areas colder than Moscow.

Forecasters said the east was set to be worst hit.

re: #83 livefreeor die

Very much so, especially the younger one who actually asked Santa for a baby brother last year. Apparently, there is a Santa and he's got some super powers!

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa!

re: #85 outsidephilly

What else did Uncle Jed say to ya?

It was an aside.

re: #82 MandyManners

Maybe you need some sole food.

Quit being such a bass! ;)

re: #12 MandyManners

Remember...the AP said that Papa Johnson bee and Mama Johnson Bee are near extinct. He had to get here some other way.
: )

re: #83 livefreeor die

Very much so, especially the younger one who actually asked Santa for a baby brother last year. Apparently, there is a Santa and he's got some super powers!

Which department store? I wanna ask Santa for girlfriend this year.

Broiled 2 lb. male
Clam chowder to start
Sauvignon blanc

re: #93 Spare O'Lake

Broiled 2 lb. male
Clam chowder to start
Sauvignon blanc

Verne Troyer?

re: #78 Shug

I'm trying to think of something clever to say, but I seem to be floundering

Quit your carping.

re: #93 Spare O'Lake

Broiled 2 lb. male
Clam chowder to start
Sauvignon blanc

Ewwww, why ruin good booze with food? ;)

re: #95 Sharmuta

Quit your carping.

carpe diem

re: #82 MandyManners

Maybe you need some sole food.

re: #90 FurryOldGuyJeans

Quit being such a bass! ;)

That's so terrible you'll walk the plankton for it!

re: #66 Gang of One

I have a little extra cash. Does anyone wanna sell some of there surplus up-dings?

Here, have a freebie. :)

re: #81 Shug

What's a Maureen McCormick ?

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. She was my ideal girl when I was 8 years old. According to excerpts from her recent book, she was like my psycho nutbag ex-wife. Guess sometimes you get what you wish for.

I HATE PSP. If Remy is 1/10th of a second late jumping from one moving thingy, he misses the entire sequence and has to swim back to the dock.

re: #92 Gang of One

Which department store? I wanna ask Santa for girlfriend this year.

Sorry, he said it while writing his letter. We told him no more baby brother requests but ask for the Redskins to win the Super Bowl this year.

re: #96 FurryOldGuyJeans

Ewwww, why ruin good booze with food? ;)

It was completely out of sequence too!

re: #94 Shug

Verne Troyer?

Pour some more, por favor.

re: #1 sadhu

hello world

I want to live in your avatar. Do you know where that is?

re: #53 outsidephilly

Their utero behaviors are such joy, though . . . . .

Yeah, your bladder as the soccer ball...

re: #87 Quilly Mammoth

Al Gore's not in the U.K., is he?

re: #56 debutaunt

Ignore them and keep pumping out pearls of wisdom. Either that, or press mollusk-tation charges.

re: #107 Dar ul Harb

Al Gore's not in the U.K., is he?

Excelsior!

re: #106 Dianna

Yeah, your bladder as the soccer ball...

Chinese water torture hiccups.

re: #103 debutaunt

It was completely out of sequence too!

Everyone's a critic...*burrrrp!*

I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.

— T. S. Eliot

Death By Water

re: #97 Shug

carpe diem

Why? Just for the halibut?

re: #68 yah

T. S. Eliot sounded depressed when he wrote that - but always he seemed depressed -I never liked reading him. Must be why the left loves him so much.

I love him, but he isn't exactly a bundle of cheer.

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not believe that they will sing to me.

That always struck me as one of the saddest lines in poetry.

re: #113 Sharmuta

Why? Just for the halibut?

Wasn't VP Cheney a CEO there, or something?

re: #108 calcajun

Ignore them and keep pumping out pearls of wisdom. Either that, or press mollusk-tation charges.

He'll have to go to the crustacean to file charges.

re: #107 Dar ul Harb

Al Gore's not in the U.K., is he?

No, the aerial and satellite images of the former VP show that he has not expanded that far and that he is still limited only to the continental US - though he is expected to grow in the coming year-by how much remains uncertain.

re: #69 livefreeor die

I'm looking at my two older sons right now (one of whom is a teenager) and thinking "Were they ever really that small?"

My grandson is now 14. He was so small as a child it is hard to believe but I have pictures. And yes some pictures for torture when he hit his 20's

OK. Whats the name of a girl on the beach with no arms and no legs?

re: #101 MandyManners

I HATE PSP. If Remy is 1/10th of a second late jumping from one moving thingy, he misses the entire sequence and has to swim back to the dock.

PSP? Pennsylvania State Police?

re: #116 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

He'll have to go to the crustacean to file charges.

Assaulting a bi-valve can be a hate crime.

re: #117 calcajun

No, the aerial and satellite images of the former VP show that he has not expanded that far and that he is still limited only to the continental US - though he is expected to grow in the coming year-by how much remains uncertain.

I'm surprised his Royal Pompousness hasn't finagled a cabinet position. Maybe he isn't interested.

re: #119 VMA211Dan

OK. Whats the name of a girl on the beach with no arms and no legs?

Dunno....but her brother's name is Matt.

re: #89 MandyManners

It was an aside.

Speaking of an aside . . . . , our LGF reine.de.tout is gonna donate the monies from the LGF cookbook to this group. She said this, which is posted on the previous thread:
"This is the group that 1/2 cookbook proceeds will be donated to Soldiers Angels home page"

Project Valour-IT and Soldiers Angels are WONDERFUL! They gave me a laptop with voice recognition software when I was still a patient on Ward 57. They always (and still so, almost two years later) kept in touch with my wife to see if there was anything that we needed help with. One of them even tracked down a nurse in Germany who had taken photos of me in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. If you are looking to donate, they are a great group to send your money to.

re: #119 VMA211Dan

OK. Whats the name of a girl on the beach with no arms and no legs?

Blanche?
(See "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane")

Sandy

re: #119 VMA211Dan

OK. Whats the name of a girl on the beach with no arms and no legs?

Sandy?

re: #122 livefreeor die

I'm surprised his Royal Pompousness hasn't finagled a cabinet position. Maybe he isn't interested.

AlBore is too nutty even for the O to find acceptable.

re: #119 VMA211Dan

OK. Whats the name of a girl on the beach with no arms and no legs?

Sandy

re: #120 brickthruplateglasswindow

PSP? Pennsylvania State Police?

Play-Station Portable.

re: #117 calcajun

Where is the next projected landfall?

re: #129 Griffon

Sandy

Sandy Cheeks.

re: #119 VMA211Dan

OK. Whats the name of a girl on the beach with no arms and no legs?

rodan

re: #112 pat

Death By Water

Some Canadian death by water music?

re: #131 Dar ul Harb

Where is the next projected landfall?

Somewhere in the DC area--near 1600 Penn. Avenue

re: #23 Killgore Trout

That was one of the wierdest things I've ever seen. Amazing work, though.

re: #133 Shug

rodan

No--that was Mothara.

re: #130 MandyManners

Play-Station Portable.

Oh. I think my nephew's got one of them. It's got the little cartridge thingys to swap out games?

re: #113 Sharmuta

Why? Just for the halibut?

humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpua'a

re: #138 brickthruplateglasswindow

Oh. I think my nephew's got one of them. It's got the little cartridge thingys to swap out games?

Yeah.

Well, I better go make dinner and put on a sweater. It is so cold here for this time of year.
Curse you, Algore!

re: #124 outsidephilly

Link please

Whats the name of a man with no arms and legs swimming in the ocean?

Karolina Kurkova: Sexiest Woman Alive. She has my vote.

re: #142 Cathypop

Link please

please be patient with me as I try to do this link thing . . . .

re: #144 Wyatt Earp

Karolina Kurkova: Sexiest Woman Alive. She has my vote.

Fake boobs.

re: #143 VMA211Dan

Whats the name of a man with no arms and legs swimming in the ocean?

Sinker or Shark Bait.

re: #145 outsidephilly

please be patient with me as I try to do this link thing . . . .

I did not mjean to rush you.

Bob

re: #146 MandyManners

Fake boobs.

You have? My, I would never have guessed. ;)

re: #114 Dianna

Dianna - 323 last thread (I always get to threads too late because I spend too long reading them!).

re: #146 MandyManners

Fake boobs.

Your point being? :)

re: #146 MandyManners

Fake boobs.

Mandy, guys don't care if they are fake. Boobs or person.

I have link deficit disorder so I copied, the entry from her comment from Bloggers Celebrating Victory in Iraq Day

198 reine.de.tout 11/22/08 11:41:30 am reply quote

re: #197 Pvt Bin Jammin

I'm a soldiers' angel and personally acquainted with the founder. I'll be sure to share your comments with her.

This is the group that 1/2 cookbook proceeds will be donated to.

re: #153 Cathypop

Mandy, guys don't care if they are fake. Boobs or person.

I'm sorry, what did you say? I was thinking about boobs. Heh.

re: #153 Cathypop

Mandy, guys don't care if they are fake. Boobs or person.

I care...not that it seems to matter, really.

re: #156 FurryOldGuyJeans

I care...not that it seems to matter, really.

I do, too, actually. She is probably a self-obsessed airhead who can barely put a sentence together. Looks fade.

re: #155 Wyatt Earp

I'm sorry, what did you say? I was thinking about boobs. Heh.

You have boobs on the brain and what, your 4th child due soon?
Your wife deserves a major award or major vacation

re: #141 livefreeor die

Well, I better go make dinner and put on a sweater. It is so cold here for this time of year.
Curse you, Algore!

Maybe we can slice him open and huddle inside for warmth? Oh, that only worked in Star Wars. Never mind.

re: #157 Wyatt Earp

I do, too, actually. She is probably a self-obsessed airhead who can barely put a sentence together. Looks fade.

I have always found natural to be enticing. Fake it up and I get disinterested.

re: #159 ploome hineni

she is right mandy

they don;t care

/some prefer the fakes

you can get then at walgreens

You can? How about CVS?

re: #158 Cathypop

You have boobs on the brain and what, your 4th child due soon?
Your wife deserves a major award or major vacation

She deserves both. And 'll get my comeuppance: our 4th (and final) child is a girl.

Naturally, I will shoot any guy who looks at her.

re: #161 FurryOldGuyJeans

I have always found natural to be enticing. Fake it up and I get disinterested.

Something screams liar.

re: #159 ploome hineni

she is right mandy

they don;t care

/some prefer the fakes

you can get then at walgreens

Then I guess I ain't a guy since I find fake to be one major turnoff.

152 Wyatt Earp
11/22/08 2:41:41 pm reply quote 0

re: #146 MandyManners

Fake boobs.

Your point being? :)

50% of men surveyed said they cannot tell the difference between real or fake boobs. And the other 50% said they didn't care. - Jay Leno

re: #143 VMA211Dan

Whats the name of a man with no arms and legs swimming in the ocean?

Bob.

re: #124 outsidephilly

A question for you... I read that remote UAV piloting training is being done at Creech AFB in NV and Holloman AFB in NM. I have this feeling that returning vets who are ok to run a computer may be great candidates for the kind of remote piloting they do from the U.S. to UAVs worldwide. You guys would know what's happening on the ground and how to help the most with the UAVs. Also, NV and NM are excellent places to raise families... I'm thinking of talking to the Holloman group about it... any feedback?

re: #164 Cathypop

Something screams liar.

No, truth whether you want to accept it or not.

re: #162 Cathypop

You can? How about CVS?

You can there, too, but you can't credit your CVS card with the purchase.

re: #163 Wyatt Earp

She deserves both. And 'll get my comeuppance: our 4th (and final) child is a girl.

Naturally, I will shoot any guy who looks at her.

She is going to rule your boys. Trust me. My brothers would do anything for their little sister and I could do no wrong.

re: #172 Cathypop

She is going to rule your boys. Trust me. My brothers would do anything for their little sister and I could do no wrong.

And I will probably dote on her. Pray for me.

re: #168 Sunlight

A question for you... I read that remote UAV piloting training is being done at Creech AFB in NV and Holloman AFB in NM. I have this feeling that returning vets who are ok to run a computer may be great candidates for the kind of remote piloting they do from the U.S. to UAVs worldwide. You guys would know what's happening on the ground and how to help the most with the UAVs. Also, NV and NM are excellent places to raise families... I'm thinking of talking to the Holloman group about it... any feedback?

Actually, logboy did the original post regarding that . . . . , give me a minute and I'll get back to ya with a logboy connection option.

re: #173 ploome hineni

how many fakes have you encountered?

More than I cared to.

re: #174 Wyatt Earp

Watch her closely. I been there!

re: #170 ploome hineni

stick these in a bra

You could put a can of soda between 'em to keep cold and drink later. What a wonderful invention.

re: #164 Cathypop

Something screams liar.

Nope, I believe him.
The Roi is the same way. I'm a lucky woman for many reasons.

Great. I just walked in and it's a boob thread already.

Sheesh!

re: #178 VMA211Dan

I beg your pardon....
//

re: #180 Miss Trixie

Great. I just walked in and it's a boob thread already.

Sheesh!

And Ploome is right in the middle of it LOL
I think she really likes these boob threads.

re: #180 Miss Trixie

Great. I just walked in and it's a boob thread already.

Sheesh!

We're not asking people to show them, Trixie! :)

re: #180 Miss Trixie

Great. I just walked in and it's a boob thread already.

Sheesh!

Boob threads are good laughs. Dick threads are small

fake boobs are OK with me.

but I refuse to eat fake crab meat

re: #184 Cathypop

Boob threads are good laughs. Dick threads are small

I resemble that remark!

re: #23 Killgore Trout

Ouch!

/Don't cry for me, Argentina!

re: #180 Miss Trixie

Great. I just walked in and it's a boob thread already.

Sheesh!

Would your have preferred a beefcake thread instead? ;)

re: #168 Sunlight

A question for you... I read that remote UAV piloting training is being done at Creech AFB in NV and Holloman AFB in NM. I have this feeling that returning vets who are ok to run a computer may be great candidates for the kind of remote piloting they do from the U.S. to UAVs worldwide. You guys would know what's happening on the ground and how to help the most with the UAVs. Also, NV and NM are excellent places to raise families... I'm thinking of talking to the Holloman group about it... any feedback?

Hopefully, this will help you logboy 11/22/08 11:22:39 am

re: #167 Gang of One

Bob.

*snort*

What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs on the forest floor?

*grin*

re: #146 MandyManners

Fake boobs.

I was kinda wondering if her navel is real.

re: #187 Wyatt Earp

I resemble that remark!

re: #190 FurryOldGuyJeans

Would your have preferred a beefcake thread instead? ;)

I like cowboy beefcakes.

re: #193 Spare O'Lake

I was kinda wondering if her navel is real.

Either way, it's kind of creepy.

re: #192 Miss Trixie

*snort*

What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs on the forest floor?

*grin*

Leif?

re: #179 reine.de.tout

Nope, I believe him.
The Roi is the same way. I'm a lucky woman for many reasons.

Give me a compatible personality and a warm heart, and the rest pales into insignificance.

re: #194 Cathypop

I like cowboy beefcakes.

Well, can't even say I am an urban cowboy

re: #175 outsidephilly

Actually, logboy did the original post regarding that . . . . , give me a minute and I'll get back to ya with a logboy connection option.

I read about it in our local paper because the Holloman set-up is new. But if the returning vet idea is a crummy one (based on the opinion of someone such as yourself!) then I wouldn't bring it up. I also talked to some blue star mothers (and I think fathers) about having a "mentorship" set up for kids going in so that if they come back injured, someone like an aerospace engineering facility (or whatever) works with them to get their tickets and to get working in whatever type of assignment works best for them. They wanted me to go talk to one of their meetings about it, but I don't feel qualified. I've worked a lot with science and technology (and aerospace and manufacturing) type companies, and I think it would work well, but I'm not trained in the occupational therapy field.

re: #192 Miss Trixie

*snort*

What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs on the forest floor?

*grin*

I don't know but he's probably a real drag.

re: #146 MandyManners

Mandy, could you help me help Sunlight get to logboy, please? Logboy is a lizard here, yet, I'm not computer savy enough to line this up - hope this makes sense.

#168 Sunlight

A question for you... I read that remote UAV piloting training is being done at Creech AFB in NV and Holloman AFB in NM. I have this feeling that returning vets who are ok to run a computer may be great candidates for the kind of remote piloting they do from the U.S. to UAVs worldwide. You guys would know what's happening on the ground and how to help the most with the UAVs. Also, NV and NM are excellent places to raise families... I'm thinking of talking to the Holloman group about it... any feedback?

Actually, logboy did the original post regarding that . . . . , give me a minute and I'll get back to ya with a logboy connection option.

re: #198 FurryOldGuyJeans

Well, can't even say I am an urban cowboy

And I look terrible in ass-less chaps. Um, I've said too much.

Ok, I can quote something more profound than that with one hand
behind my back.

As Irish philosopher Edmund Burke once said,
"Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and
appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within,
the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal
constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be
free. Their passions forge their fetters."

re: #134 Spare O'Lake

Great song. Watched the History Channel special on the Edmund Fitzgerald

re: #202 Wyatt Earp

And I look terrible in ass-less chaps. Um, I've said too much.

At least you don't shed like I do. ;)

re: #194 Cathypop

I like cowboy beefcakes.

Me too - especially the Texas kind.

*vapors*

*thump*

re: #203 whitehatguy
What are my fetters?
/

re: #205 FurryOldGuyJeans

At least you don't shed like I do. ;)

Good thing, too. Those Oreck vacuum cleaners are really expensive!

re: #207 VMA211Dan

What are my fetters?
/

Locked up.

Wrong.

Rustle.

/runs awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

:D

re: #197 FurryOldGuyJeans

Give me a compatible personality and a warm heart, and the rest pales into insignificance.

Because you are grown and mature man, not a boy in old man's clothes.
Lotsa men never seem to grow up.

re: #202 Wyatt Earp

And I look terrible in ass-less chaps. Um, I've said too much.

Great. Aussie Shiraz alllllllllllllllllllllllllllll over my monitor!

re: #151 Sunlight

Dianna - 323 last thread (I always get to threads too late because I spend too long reading them!).

Do you mean I should go look? Just a minute!

Russel! Good one.
What are the names of two guys with no arms and no legs over a window?

re: #213 Miss Trixie

Great. Aussie Shiraz alllllllllllllllllllllllllllll over my monitor!

Sorry! Send me the cleaning bill.

re: #212 reine.de.tout

Because you are grown and mature man, not a boy in old man's clothes.
Lotsa men never seem to grow up.

I wish I could find someone that would appreciate that. *sigh*

re: #207 VMA211Dan

What are my fetters?
/

It's for me to know and you to find out.

re: #217 FurryOldGuyJeans

I wish I could find someone that would appreciate that. *sigh*

Let me rephrase that....Wish I could find someone SINGLE that would appreciate that. ;)

re: #219 FurryOldGuyJeans

Let me rephrase that....Wish I could find someone SINGLE that would appreciate that. ;)

They're out there, you just gotta look for 'em.

re: #220 Wyatt Earp

They're out there, you just gotta look for 'em.

Couldn't you just FedEx one to me, please? ;)

Curt and Rod

re: #221 FurryOldGuyJeans

Couldn't you just FedEx one to me, please? ;)

I wonder what the shipping and handling would amount to for that package?

re: #217 FurryOldGuyJeans

I wish I could find someone that would appreciate that. *sigh*

Oh.
They're out there.
Volunteering at the food bank.
At churches, if you're of a mind.
At the gym! Yoga class.
I'll keep a lookout and steer you in the right direction.
Or FedEx 'em to you LOL.

re: #215 VMA211Dan

Russel! Good one.
What are the names of two guys with no arms and no legs over a window?

Uncle! Do tell ...

re: #108 calcajun

Ignore them and keep pumping out pearls of wisdom. Either that, or press mollusk-tation charges.

Abalone! All the sea creature puns are making me eel. But better to jump the shark on these than the au natural or augmented argument.

re: #204 pat

It was written and sung by the great Gordon Lightfoot...

Co-founder/owner of the Slinky company died Thursday. :(

Slinky is proof that all you need in America is an idea...and a bit of creative marketing.

re: #212 reine.de.tout

Because you are grown and mature man, not a boy in old man's clothes.
Lotsa men never seem to grow up.

But he's a monkey!

re: #228 brickthruplateglasswindow

Co-founder/owner of the Slinky company died Thursday. :(

Slinky is proof that all you need in America is an idea...and a bit of creative marketing.

Terrible news. Man was a marketing genius.

re: #184 Cathypop

Boob threads are good laughs. Dick threads are small

And they end too soon.

re: #230 Wyatt Earp

Terrible news. Man was a marketing genius.

What goes down stairs
Alone or in pairs...

What will the coffin look like?

re: #228 brickthruplateglasswindow

Co-founder/owner of the Slinky company died Thursday. :(

Slinky is proof that all you need in America is an idea...and a bit of creative marketing.

Some people are like slinkies: they serve no purpose but it brings a smile to your face when you shove them down the stairs.

re: #233 MandyManners

Some people are like slinkies: they serve no purpose but it brings a smile to your face when you shove them down the stairs.

LOL!

Believe it or not...that exact quote was running through my head when I was posting it. :)

Back to work.

re: #232 calcajun

What goes down stairs
Alone or in pairs...

What will the coffin look like?

They'll probably push it down a stairwell so it tumbles end upon end into the grave.

Yeah, I'm going to Hell.

re: #114 Dianna

That always struck me as one of the saddest lines in poetry.

Without a doubt. And where do they get this he was loved by the left stuff?

Eliot, like any and all great poets, was beyond classification in terms of left and right. The guy was documenting the collapse and disintegration of the West, noting its with profound, beautiful sadness; I don't think the left were much in favor of that sort of output, then or now.

Went through about a three-year Eliot binge, followed up with Pound and then sort of lost interest in poetry and moved over into the novels.

Freakin' geniuses the both of 'em; Pound was a bastard, though.

File this under the enemy within....

The V-22 Osprey plant outside Philly is shut down UH-GAIN because a disgruntled worker sabotaged a fuel line on one of the planes being assembled. Second time in less than a year. Last time production was halted, some clown cut a bunch of wires on a helicopter being built.

full story here.

Something stinks of poop: Maine Store's Alleged Obama Assassination Pool Sparks National Outcry

The owner of a Maine store has sparked intense local and national outcry over a sign that invited customers to bet on a date when President-elect Barack Obama would be assassinated, but authorities say no charges are planned{ed: For good reason}.

After the post-election incident in Standish, Maine, town officials were bombarded with angry e-mails from around the country. And on Friday, hundreds gathered at a "Rally Against Hate" in Portland to denounce the racially charged sign and to appeal for unity, the Portland Press Herald reported.

Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion said Friday that Steve Collins, owner of Oak Hill General Store, denied any knowledge of the "Osama Obama Shotgun Pool" sign. The sheriff added that the sign was nowhere to be found when a deputy visited the store to investigate a report of it on Nov. 7.
[...]
The handwritten sign on an eraser board inviting the $1 bets ended with, "Let's hope someone wins," ACCORDING TO TWO journalists FOR The ASSOCIATED PRESS who saw it while checking out a tip of its existence.

A description of the sign was included in an ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL ROUNDUP of post-election incidents, many of them racially charged, decrying the election of the nation's first black president. That story appeared Nov. 16....

Today's the 22nd.. So where's a picture from the AP's sleuth's?

Now come on.

re: #222 VMA211Dan

Curt and Rod

Neil and Bob

re: #66 Gang of One

I know this will probably create a cascade effect of "down-dings", but I'm not a big fan of the "Dings".
I'm not sure how seriously people actually take them (I'm a relative newbie) but I have certainly discerned a pattern among the people who post that they have "dinged" someone up or down. It strikes me (often, not always) that people do the ding-a-ling thing when they want to buttress their own position as stated by someone else. Maybe that's the purpose of the whole exercise, I don't know.
If the guy who runs this site (Charles, right?) is using it for his own purposes then it makes sense. If it's a tool for the "popular kids" to get even more acclaim than they get for whatever made them popular then it's just a lamer (who thought THAT was possible?) version of "American Idol".
Down ding, away.

vote Yisrael Beiteinu to keep Liqud honest
LIBERMAN(not that joe) FOR PRIME MINISTER

re: #203 whitehatguy

Is that like Biden's ....Gird your loins?
; )

re: #230 Wyatt Earp

Terrible news. Man was a marketing genius.

He was a woman.

re: #248 ploome hineni

yay

Hubby James was a louse. Betty James was the genius marketeer.

It's raining here and gas is still over $3.30 a gal. Business is slowww. Played Wii with my family last night instead of watching TV. It was wonderful. Got a new hot air popcorn popper so gonna do a movie tonite. Life is good.

re: #251 ploome hineni

FUrry, have you lost karma today?

Why are you asking me? Lost or gained, I am supremely indifferent to this karma stuff. I see it as nothing more than some clique-ish popularity contest, and I know I am too independent and too much of a sarcastic wise-ass to be popular.

Sorry I came in late for that fishy humor going through the thread. Decide I better put my scents worth:
The famous Pacific Quartet: They've got a First Tuna, Second Tuna, Barracuda, and Bass. Sometimes they used to sing on Porpoise, but now they just sing for the Halibut.

re: #242 ploome hineni

Whether there's a real basis for them or not, some folks hold on to grudges or perceived slights and feed and grow them.

Remember junior high? Sometimes commenting is like that.

Other times, you find yourself wondering where all these amazing people came from.

Good with the bad. The clicking mouse having clicked, moves on.

re: #254 ploome hineni

Angry I am not, just perplexed as to your obsession with my hairy legs is all. ;)

re: #244 Lincolntf

I know this will probably create a cascade effect of "down-dings", but I'm not a big fan of the "Dings".
I'm not sure how seriously people actually take them (I'm a relative newbie) but I have certainly discerned a pattern among the people who post that they have "dinged" someone up or down. It strikes me (often, not always) that people do the ding-a-ling thing when they want to buttress their own position as stated by someone else. Maybe that's the purpose of the whole exercise, I don't know.
If the guy who runs this site (Charles, right?) is using it for his own purposes then it makes sense. If it's a tool for the "popular kids" to get even more acclaim than they get for whatever made them popular then it's just a lamer (who thought THAT was possible?) version of "American Idol".
Down ding, away.

I hadn't paid any attention to dings until I happened to notice on my profile that I had over 60. I plan on investing them and if I play my cards right, in 7 years at 10% I'll have over 120!

re: #255 Haverwilde

Sorry I came in late for that fishy humor going through the thread. Decide I better put my scents worth:
The famous Pacific Quartet: They've got a First Tuna, Second Tuna, Barracuda, and Bass. Sometimes they used to sing on Porpoise, but now they just sing for the Halibut.

Well chum, with a pun like that, you need to be careful you aren't mistaken for shark bait and get gigged for your middle sea school humor.

My personal favorite Eliot quote comes from "East Coker":

There is, it seems to us,
At best, only a limited value
In the knowledge derived from experience.
The knowledge imposes a pattern, and falsifies,
For the pattern is new in every moment
And every moment is a new and shocking
Valuation of all we have been.

Sort of sums up the times.

re: #252 ploome hineni

Look, based on our past presidents, they can have any bed they like, just so long as only Michelle and Barack sleep there, and only there.

That is one hope I have for this president, although it may be the only hope I have for him.