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You may have seen this story about Phillip and Tina Sherman, the couple in Bella Vista, Arkansas, who lost a cell phone that just happened to contain nude photos of the wife. They’re suing McDonald’s after a McDonald’s employee allegedly found the phone and uploaded the photos to the Internet, along with their personal information. They want $3 million for their trouble.
Since this is a high-quality professional blog that adheres to only the highest journalistic standards, I spent a good 2 hours running various image searches on Google, Yahoo, Flickr, Photobucket and assorted other photo sites to find said naked images to present to you, the Arkansas Project reader.
Then it occurred to me that that’s a pretty pathetic way to spend my time, and anyway, I don’t even know if this woman is hot enough to make it worth the effort. So I’m gonna give it another 2 or 3 hours, and if nothing shows up I’m hanging it up.
I'm thinking that if you carry nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, you might not want to leave your cell phone in a McDonalds.
What still bugs me about global warming is someone has the audacity to attack carbon monoxide as a contaminant and pollutant of the planet. I mean there is sulphur and mercury uranium and OIL based residue and we are worrying about a biodegradable totally atmospherically friendly substance like CARBON?
We are having our Thanksgiving dinner on Friday night instead of Thursday because it is so much more convenient. Joining us are my daughter from Israel, with her husband and 3 kids. It is also my grandson's 4th birthday. I have bought him a toy Caterpillar bulldozer for his birthday present.
I know I am a thead or to behind but man I am relieved for the verdict in the HLT. That case was a minefield. It sets the stage for many more prosecutions that are lining up behind it. Defense attorneys may start pleading their cases out as well. Of course the fly in the ointment is a man name Holder.
The main lesson from the HLF trial is that prosecutors have to streamline the cases. Don't throw every charge in the book at the defendants. Keep the charges to a minimum so that it reduces the chances of confusion and mistrials or hung juries, which is exactly what happened with the first HLF trial. When you focus on only some of the charges, it improves the odds for conviction.
Greta has an entire hour with Joran, where he spins this story about selling Natalee, and at the very end of the hour tells us - she got a phone call from Joran where he said he lied about all of it.
Greta has an entire hour with Joran, where he spins this story about selling Natalee, and at the very end of the hour tells us - she got a phone call from Joran where he said he lied about all of it.
WHAT A WASTE OF MY TIME.
Wasn't that like Geraldo and the unearthing he did back when?
The main lesson from the HLF trial is that prosecutors have to streamline the cases. Don't throw every charge in the book at the defendants. Keep the charges to a minimum so that it reduces the chances of confusion and mistrials or hung juries, which is exactly what happened with the first HLF trial. When you focus on only some of the charges, it improves the odds for conviction.
I agree entirely - having tried cases as a prosecutor and defense attorney, I have learned one thing that stands out: you have to break it down for the jury since they do not understand the case the way you do in all its complexities - you always need to tell them a story.
And as the English major said about market capitalization, the only thing I know about capitalization is when you see a period, the next letter should be capitalized.
Greta has an entire hour with Joran, where he spins this story about selling Natalee, and at the very end of the hour tells us - she got a phone call from Joran where he said he lied about all of it.
WHAT A WASTE OF MY TIME.
I know better than to watch Greta. She and her creepy husband are both lawyers and big-time scientologists.
When they don't have trash they need to have a drawer full of worthy filler to throw up on the screen, something like an in depth backgrounder on the mining industry in Papua New Guinea or deforestation in Madagascar.
And as the English major said about market capitalization, the only thing I know about capitalization is when you see a period, the next letter should be capitalized.
Was I supposed to put an inflection up at the end of capitalization? Is that a bailout statement?
When they don't have trash they need to have a drawer full of worthy filler to throw up on the screen, something like an in depth backgrounder on the mining industry in Papua New Guinea or deforestation in Madagascar.
I would actually have appreciated an indepth backgrounder on the mining industry in Papua New Guinea.
Actually, I wouldn't have watched and would have saved myself that hour.
I agree entirely - having tried cases as a prosecutor and defense attorney, I have learned one thing that stands out: you have to break it down for the jury since they do not understand the case the way you do in all its complexities - you always need to tell them a story.
I thought the theory was that if you overharge the jury will convict on something. Isn't that what they did to Scooter Libbey?
I thought the theory was that if you overharge the jury will convict on something. Isn't that what they did to Scooter Libbey?
That is the throw the pie at the wall theory - it can backfire though. I can usually get ridiculous charges dismissed on motion before the case goes to trial.
What still bugs me about global warming is someone has the audacity to attack carbon monoxide as a contaminant and pollutant of the planet. I mean there is sulphur and mercury uranium and OIL based residue and we are worrying about a biodegradable totally atmospherically friendly substance like CARBON?
Sheeeooot.
I'll see your unit of carbon...and raise you 270 units of water vapor!
re: #173 jcm
Okay. There were two jokes on the thread this mprning. Entertaining for a while. I see da youts on your side of the hill are ramping up for a bang up shopping season at South Center.
OK class here is a problem for you. The year is 3525 and an archeologist brings you this object. You are from the dominant existing sentient life form. You are a Cultural Anthropologist, explain what it means.
There are posts that will never be forgotten, no matter the apologists.
620 Computerdude
11/24/2008 8:10:57 am PST
re: #611 quickjustice
Hindsight is 20/20, isnt it?
I think that McCain did well considering who he was running against and the economic climate. Also, the man did not know what Sarah Palin was retarded. He had thought (as anyone would have) that a sitting Governor (even if its Alaska) must have a brain. After the Couric interviews his candidacy was over. I dont blame Sarah, I blame McCain for not vetting her enough, but still people, McCain did the best he could and deserves respect and credit. In this climate the Democrats had the advantage.
OK class here is a problem for you. The year is 3525 and an archeologist brings you this object. You are from the dominant existing sentient life form. You are a Cultural Anthropologist, explain what it means.
OK class here is a problem for you. The year is 3525 and an archeologist brings you this object. You are from the dominant existing sentient life form. You are a Cultural Anthropologist, explain what it means.
OK class here is a problem for you. The year is 3525 and an archeologist brings you this object. You are from the dominant existing sentient life form. You are a Cultural Anthropologist, explain what it means.
OK class here is a problem for you. The year is 3525 and an archeologist brings you this object. You are from the dominant existing sentient life form. You are a Cultural Anthropologist, explain what it means.
It's very obvious that this is a religious totem, having to do with some ceremony.
spork is a hybrid form of cutlery taking the form of a spoon-like shallow scoop with the addition of the tines of a fork (usually three or four). Spork-like utensils have been manufactured since at least the late 1800s; patents for spork-like designs date back to at least 1874 and the word "spork" was registered as a trademark both in the U.S. and the UK decades later. Sporks are offered in both re-usable and disposable form and are quite versatile. They are commonly used by fast food restaurants, schools, prisons, and backpackers.
It's more documented than JC and Siddartha combined.
And I thought the "Question Game was something. My beautiful and talented girlfriend's evil twin just got home. And she's in a frisky mood.
Should be interesting...
Okay. There were two jokes on the thread this mprning. Entertaining for a while. I see da youts on your side of the hill are ramping up for a bang up shopping season at South Center.
11 people got shot over the weekend. The one at Southcenter appears to be retaliation for a shooting the night before. Media reports, it "might" be gang related.
And people wonder why I carry when I go into Seattle...
Sure thing .. i used to grow sporks for KFC to stick in their coleslaw packs. Used to raise them in one area of the farm .. next to the coleslaw bushes and the mayonaise lakes ... and then send the pigs out to sniff out some wild buns.
Then we had to wait for the gravy train to roll in ...
LOTS of sandbags!
Usually I welcome rain in this most arid region of the Golden State, but looking out my kitchen window, please let this front blow east into the higher elevations in the form of snow! All I see is completely denuded hillsides in areas that haven't burned in 60+ years. A "gully washer" will surely overwhelm the extensive series of control washes and debris basins that were built after the killer floods in 1938. A major "Pineapple Express" (similar to El 'Nino, only alot more sub-tropical moisture) could send houses down the channel like 1972 and 1981. So
Does my breath smell nice and minty now that I brushed my teeth? Will I have a question credit waiting for me next game? Isn't it obvious I need to log off now? Will the spork be gone by then? Why are we here? Did I just get booted by that long buzzing sound?
I think that McCain did well considering who he was running against and the economic climate. Also, the man did not know what Sarah Palin was retarded. He had thought (as anyone would have) that a sitting Governor (even if its Alaska) must have a brain. After the Couric interviews his candidacy was over. I dont blame Sarah, I blame McCain for not vetting her enough, but still people, McCain did the best he could and deserves respect and credit. In this climate the Democrats had the advantage.
I found one of Charles' hamsters, and he also seems to be looking for the muffin man who lives on Druy Lane, and now I can't get the damned song out of my head!
Mayor Nickelbags? Brain dead fart, and the City Clowncil. Even Nickelbags admits cops couldn't do shit. If they think someone is carry concealed in a park, they can ask them to leave but have zero authority to do squat.
He's setting up Seattle for a lawsuit. AG McKenna already has ruled against the city. If Seattle tries to enforce it, the city will be in violation of state law, with the knowledge they are.
"As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual."
Winning entry in the 2005Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest, in which entrants were invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels". Named in honor of Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of "It was a dark and stormy night..."
Hey hi y'all - sorry I'm late to the party, but I was putting together a floor lamp made in -where else -China.
You'd think with over a billion people that the Chinese would know how to screw something together wouldn't ya?
Crap.
Well I am out because I just recalled the word I love so much: dream - that is where I am going...of course that is assuming that this is not the dream and that is...?
Been loose in the South End for a few weeks, no parasites, been on the expensive prescription low residue for years, small improvement with antibiotics but not sufficient, got a shot today and a new diet, may be a pancreatic condition manifesting, that can happen with shepherds after 10 years. Also the fact that he will eat dirt.
"Gerald began — but was interrupted by a piercing whistle which cost him ten percent of his hearing permanently, as it did everyone else in a ten-mile radius of the eruption, not that it mattered much because for them "permanently" meant the next ten minutes or so until buried by searing lava or suffocated by choking ash — to pee."
Mayor Richard M. Daley (CEO), Chicago
Mayor Ray Nagin, New Orleans
Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Co-Chair), New York
Mayor Greg Nickels, Seattle
Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco
There will be people and there will be things and the people will take some of the things and put them on other things but some of the things they shall not and those will be known as the things not placed but the other things shall be known as the things placed, except for those that were neither placed but were placed upon but they shall not be known as the things placed upon but rather as the things not moved and any who do not acknowledge the truth of this when it is revealed unto them, they shall die.
I like the property tax on that one. About a hundredth of what I pay.
Is that a typo?
Nope. Good land is ridiculously cheap in Missouri.
Still too expensive for me right now, though.
Having said that, this place is waaay out in the sticks (which is why I want it) so yeah, taxes are very cheap.
/Jack's Fork River is so pretty
//Hey, Obama, it's got a composting toilet and everything. It's really green. Give me the money, and I'll take back all those bad things I said about you. ;)
There will be people and there will be things and the people will take some of the things and put them on other things but some of the things they shall not and those will be known as the things not placed but the other things shall be known as the things placed, except for those that were neither placed but were placed upon but they shall not be known as the things placed upon but rather as the things not moved and any who do not acknowledge the truth of this when it is revealed unto them, they shall die.
Sound familiar?
But, the only applies to certain things. And then, not even all of them. Unless they are placed under the ones that were set aside.
re: #363 jcm
I'd bet Bloomberg in NYC would love guns if a) they didn't smoke after being fired and b) if could find a way to tax the crap outta them more than he already does.
Maybe someone should tell him to make handguns and CCP's more readily available and then slap an additonal 10% tax on 'em in addition to NY sales tax!
How are you doing tonight?
Not so secret...
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition
Mayor Richard M. Daley (CEO), Chicago
Mayor Ray Nagin, New Orleans
Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Co-Chair), New York
Mayor Greg Nickels, Seattle
Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco
The "il" in illegal is only temporary cover.
And we've seen how effective gun control is in the peaceful, non-violent gardens of serenity like Chicago, New York, New Orleans...
I've been here the whole time and I'm not sure what's going on...
Someone of Ft Stewart is firing tonight. Sounds like a mini war at times with the artillery, 50 cals and I'm not sure what the other one is. Sounds like a .50 but deeper. Almost like a chain gun on testosterone.
Doing alright, buddy. Though I'm growing damn tired of "the question game" that's been going on since the beginning of this frickin' thread.
Killian and GOP Patriot apparently don't like RUSH.
I can't wait until they tour again.
At the risk of contributing to the question game, why are you putting together a lamp at this hour?
Heard Alex and Geddy on the Radio today. They are releasing a Snakes and Arrows dvd. I saw it last year in Phoenix. They sound great...getting better with age.
re: #407 Noam Sayin'
Augh! I hate question games cause I know so few answers!
Anyway, glad you're doing ok, and the lamp I put together earlier this evening - getting tired of not being able to see the keyboard when typing!
And we've seen how effective gun control is in the peaceful, non-violent gardens of serenity like Chicago, New York, New Orleans...
I'm in favor of keeping guns away from thugs and crooks but such effort will never be more than partially successful. Mayors of larger cities need to abandon visions of a disarmed peace and instead find ways to allow the law-abiding citizens to arm themselves. The solution to a gang of thugs is to overmatch them in firepower and will.
man, that was short...gotta put the little Desert puppy to sleep and then join Mrs. Desert Dog for some serious hot and heavy...sleeping. See ya all later
You know... As much as I like live music by great bands *ahem* I've never had the patience to sit through a concert video. I saw a Peter Gabriel vid some time back, but was really tired of it after about 15 minutes.
Then again. Maybe I should try one of the RUSH videos. I've only seen them about 8 times.
I'm in favor of keeping guns away from thugs and crooks but such effort will never be more than partially successful. Mayors of larger cities need to abandon visions of a disarmed peace and instead find ways to allow the law-abiding citizens to arm themselves. The solution to a gang of thugs is to overmatch them in firepower and will.
That and be draconian in the measures taken when a gun is used in the commission of a felony. Especially if it is found to be a stolen gun.
naw, it is so much easier to use the simple definitions. If they have a gun, and don't have a badge, they are a bad guy and you can shoot them. Good guys with guns with no badges would make it hard for the cops to know who they can shoot.
Someone of Ft Stewart is firing tonight. Sounds like a mini war at times with the artillery, 50 cals and I'm not sure what the other one is. Sounds like a .50 but deeper. Almost like a chain gun on testosterone.
Mini-gun is a ripping sound, Ma Duce has that sharp bark, do units still have the 105 recoiless?
Yeah, me too. I never thought it would be possible, but I love her more today than I did the day we got married and when we are apart I just pine away.
sounded too deep, if that makes sense. I'm familiar with those. They probably got sh*t I've never seen since retirement. Sounded cool though. Sounded like something you really didn't want to be on the receiving end of.
Mini-gun is a ripping sound, Ma Duce has that sharp bark, do units still have the 105 recoiless?
not sure. But unless they got a 105 that sounds like a freaking chain gun that ain't it. I got a neighbor that works for range control. I'll just ask him tomorrow probably.
naw, it is so much easier to use the simple definitions. If they have a gun, and don't have a badge, they are a bad guy and you can shoot them. Good guys with guns with no badges would make it hard for the cops to know who they can shoot.
see the logic?
No, I don't see it (though I know you're kidding). The better prepared the honest citizenry is to defend itself, the easier a time the police will have.
Greetings fellow lizards from Monument Valley. Took advantage of the cheap gas prices and forced the kids into a car trip as we attempt to stimulate the economy in the south west.
Anyone have any tips on what route to take from here to Santa Fe, NM? I am thinking about Durango.
Someone of Ft Stewart is firing tonight. Sounds like a mini war at times with the artillery, 50 cals and I'm not sure what the other one is. Sounds like a .50 but deeper. Almost like a chain gun on testosterone.
The one at this house is fancy, and inside.* I actually don't know how they work, but they are useful in environmentally delicate areas with no sewer where you can't put a septic system leach field. They're also wicked expensive, like $1500.
*Yep, it's an indoor outhouse, to quote the Beverly Hillbillies
re: #432 Noam Sayin'
I know what ya mean about concert video's - they all seem to be about the camera guys, not the band or the fans.
But I will say that in, iirc, 1994 there was a concert tribute to Bob Dylan at Radio City or Madison Square Garden, that was close to 3 hours long of GREAT music by some of the then top names in Rock - and the camera guys did nothing much more than focus on the guy(s) singing and playing!
In fact, here's a bit of it: [Link: www.imeem.com...]
No, I don't see it (though I know you're kidding). The better prepared the honest citizenry is to defend itself, the easier a time the police will have.
police officers just can not be everywhere. And many felons take great pains to ensure there is a distinct absence of police officers around when they do the voodoo the do. You are just helping them out really. ;-)>
re: #441 Carridine
I DO do touch typing - just not very well and besides it's hard to touch type when your fingers start off on the wrong keys CARRIDINE!
Just came from Flagstaff and Petrified Forest and Canyon de Chelly (HIGHLY recommended - take the Twin Trails tour). So I'd rather not go back down to the 40 for now.
re: #443 rawmuse
" I love her more today than I did the day we got married" that's really sweet.
Our dear friend Obi-wan, (RIP) told me at least a dozen times that he was the luckiest man on earth cause he'd met Mrs. Obi-wan some 45 years before.
(for all you newbies, Obi-wan was one of the most respected and well liked LGFer's there has ever been and a good friend of mine, and passed away in March of 2007).
You can OPEN carry in the Golden State! Wild West holsters with all the bangles just for show! Just have the mag or the speed loader in another pocket. Drives the local constables nuts, but perfectly legal! Be ready for multiple stops if you are walking and freaking the locals and most of the locals in LA-LA land are freaks. This movement is growing, just check out the web-site @ open-carry.com
Been loose in the South End for a few weeks, no parasites, been on the expensive prescription low residue for years, small improvement with antibiotics but not sufficient, got a shot today and a new diet, may be a pancreatic condition manifesting, that can happen with shepherds after 10 years. Also the fact that he will eat dirt.
Sorry, stepped away for a moment. I didn't know about the pancreatic thing with Shepherds. I assume you mean German Shepherds, right? Maybe there is something in the dirt like pesticides that is making him sick. :/ In any case, I hope the new treatment works!
BTW - plenty of slow moving new Priuses with California tags and Obama bumper stickers moving around Arizona's tourist roads the last couple of days. They like to move slowly so as to get optimal mileage.
I figure they are on spontaneous smug tours - serving up as much humble pie to those in McCain's home state as they can muster (which seems like an inexhaustible supply).
I think you are correct, but it is possible to go sideways of the local ordinances. And don't forget that you are not allowed to go within a certain number of yards of a school or post office.
In general, you may as well walk around with "please come arrest me now" sign on your back. Even if you get no charges, I promise you that the headache will not be worth it.
I have open carried in what California calls "wilderness areas" only.
I'm in favor of keeping guns away from thugs and crooks but such effort will never be more than partially successful. Mayors of larger cities need to abandon visions of a disarmed peace and instead find ways to allow the law-abiding citizens to arm themselves. The solution to a gang of thugs is to overmatch them in firepower and will.
One way not to do that is use my tax money to buy $30-$50 junk guns from ghetto people for $100 apiece in absurd gun buyback programs.
re: #460 rawmuse
Huh, I wouldn't know - a Mrs. Realwest never lasted more than 16 years.
Life with realwest is not a stroll in the park.
But I envy you and am happy for you!
BTW - plenty of slow moving new Priuses with California tags and Obama bumper stickers moving around Arizona's tourist roads the last couple of days. They like to move slowly so as to get optimal mileage.
I figure they are on spontaneous smug tours - serving up as much humble pie to those in McCain's home state as they can muster (which seems like an inexhaustible supply).
Is there an anti-France that I can move to?
It doesn't take a election to see Prius drivers running around with a smug look on their face.
One way not to do that is use my tax money to buy $30-$50 junk guns from ghetto people for $100 apiece in absurd gun buyback programs.
Agreed. Those kind of buybacks are nothing more than throwing our money down a rathole. Instead, lets spend the money on more cops, which might make a difference, also on better tactics.
I was moving and had a Ford F-350 towing a trailer. The brakes burnt up. I took one of those runaway truck ramps. Totaled the truck. I walked away.
When I was a kid, we'd take vacations down south. Around Chattanooga you see those runaway truck ramps. I remember being about 7 and asking dad how those worked, and he said it was to take the trucks out of your sight so you wouldn't see the horrible fiery wreck.
Dad has a bit of a dark sense of humor.
Did I mntion that I'm gullible and believed that for many, many years? ;)
It doesn't take a election to see Prius drivers running around with a smug look on their face.
I like to zoom past Prius' in my huge van, and watch as the drivers have to hang on with all their might to the steering wheel to keep from being blown off the road.
re: #498 rawmuse
Didja know that Arizona is (or used to be about 10 years ago) an open carry state? All except for one tiny town called Tombstone.
Yup, no private firearms, concealed or public carry allowed in the home of the Gunfight at the OK Corral!
re: #521 DesertSage
Yes it was! As a matter of fact the Earps and Doc Holliday went down to disarm members of the Cowboys gang (but it wasn't at the OK Coral, it was at a little alleyway off of what's now known as Allen Street) but it was illegal in many parts of the entire territory/State too.
Did I ever tell you my Dad graduated from Tombstone High School?!
Didja know that Arizona is (or used to be about 10 years ago) an open carry state? All except for one tiny town called Tombstone.
Yup, no private firearms, concealed or public carry allowed in the home of the Gunfight at the OK Corral!
WA is technically open carry, but they passed a "Black Panther" law in the '60's to ban "intimidation" by carrying a gun.
Some are pushing back on that.
I since WA is a shall issue state, unlike CA where you to show cause, I contend concealed keeps the bag guys guessing. 1 in 25 in WA have a CPP.
My friend, the purpose of this drill is to "alert" the local authorities that
"We CAN!" The more Americans that do this in the Golden State, the better the message that is sent.
Ah, you mean literally cracked up. Sounds like a rather harrowing experience. I'm glad you lived to be with us this evening.
I had been picturing something more like the following, which was written about Brownsville, Texas, rather than Durango. Before you read further, take a long, deep, lonely sigh, and try to imagine yourself sitting at the ancient Napoleon House bar on a sweltering hot day in New Orleans, as paint peels on two-hundred-year-old walls, and beads of condensation trickle down the side of your empty glass.
I’ve been trying to get to Brownsville, Texas, for weeks. Right now it’s a hundred degrees in New Orleans and the gays are running down Chartres Street with no shirts on, trying to stay young. I’m not running anymore. When I get to Brownsville I’m going to sit down in the middle of the street, and that will be the end of the line.
Ten in the morning and they’re playing a Schubert piano trio on the tape and the breeze is blowing in from the street and I’m sobbing into a napkin. “L.G.,” she used to say, “you think I’m a mess? You’re a mess, too, L.G.” That was consolation to her.
The walls in this café have been stained by patches of seeping water that will never dry, and the plaster has fallen away in swatches that look like silhouettes of countries nobody’s ever heard of. Pictures of Napoleon are all over the place: Napoleon blowing it at Waterloo, Napoleon holding his dick on St. Helena, Napoleon sitting in some subtropical café thinking about the past, getting drunk, plotting revenge.
I picture Brownsville as a place under a merciless sun, where one-eyed dogs stand in the middle of dusty, empty streets staring at you and hot breeze blows inside your shirt and there’s nowhere to go. It’s always noon, and there are no explanations required. I’m going to Brownsville exactly because I’ve got no reason to go there. Anybody asks me why Brownsville—there’s no fucking answer. That’s why I’m going there.
Last night I slept with a woman who had hair down to her ankles and a shotgun in her bathtub and all the mirrors in her room rattled when she laughed. She was good to me; I’ll never say a bad word about her. There’s always a history, though; her daughter was sleeping on a blanket in the dining room. It would have been perfect except for that.
Is there a universally acknowledged implement for use in self induced vomiting?
Because if there is, I am going to package it a case with a glass front and a small hammer with the words "in case of emergency, break glass" painted on the front.
Is there a universally acknowledged implement for use in self induced vomiting?
Because if there is, I am going to package it a case with a glass front and a small hammer with the words "in case of emergency, break glass" painted on the front.
Over the next 4 years I will make millions.
I have insomnia due to restless leg syndrome, and over the weekend I was awake at 4 am trying to sleep. I heard that commerical in the background on tv and thought it was a Tyler-Durden-esque insomnia hallucination. Saturday Night Live couldn't have come up with funnier copy for that commercial.
If a secret Santa doesn't get me one of those commemorative plates, I'll be very disappointed. :)
I'm also thinking of using "His confident smile and kind eyes are an inspiration to us all" in my everyday speech.
I have already found at least 3 inaccuracies on that site as regards California.
Mainly as regards carrying in your auto, and carrying in a place that serves alcohol. There are new laws in the State (new as in, about 10 years old).
re: #537 Palandine
How long have you had restless leg syndrome? All I know about it is the ad for something that supposedly takes it away when you try to sleep at night.
What causes it?
Is there a universally acknowledged implement for use in self induced vomiting?
Because if there is, I am going to package it a case with a glass front and a small hammer with the words "in case of emergency, break glass" painted on the front.
Over the next 4 years I will make millions.
I would love to use those as clays, assuming they would withstand the throw.
How long have you had restless leg syndrome? All I know about it is the ad for something that supposedly takes it away when you try to sleep at night.
What causes it?
It came on very suddenly about 5 years ago. I take Requip for it. It's slowly getting a little better. It runs in families, and it's tied a little to hormones (I'm a girl) and iron levels (perhaps). It's a special kind of hell--you're on the point of falling asleep, and then your legs jerk and hurt. The more you resist, the more it hurts. Requip works for me, but I do hate to have to take a pill to sleep.
Ron Howard on Leno talking about his feelings and why he likes The One.
Upon reading that comment, I spontaneously screamed an obscene phrase loud enough that it may have awakened the neighbors. Normally I'm a very restrained guy, but that was just more than I could take.
If there isn't already, there should be a law in California that you can't carry a firearm into the audience of a taping of Leno when Ron Howard is on, talking about why he likes The One. There's just too much danger of people losing control.
Maybe... but I seriously wonder what would happen to America if the Electoral College does its job and demands proof of citizenship (long-form birth certificate) AND proof of eligibility (ALL passports), seeing as how people who become citizens of Indonesia ARE eligible to become naturalized citizens, but are NOT eligible to serve as America's president?
Small ripple?
Could he prove himself?
Would America erupt?
re: #547 Palandine
Sorry to hear that, truly, but ya know it's better to take a pill (assuming here that Requip is non-narcotic) and sleep than hassle with that all night long - sounds really awful.
I speak of the law in the basic construct only. \Chief Bratton may want to play field Fairies as is his right, but unless his gets the mayor to sign off on this he MUST keep the blue line "IN LINE" with the law!
Sorry to hear that, truly, but ya know it's better to take a pill (assuming here that Requip is non-narcotic) and sleep than hassle with that all night long - sounds really awful.
True that, and I just realized that with your struggles it must sound like small potatoes, which it truly is. Modern medicine is an extraordinary thing.
re: #550 DesertSage
Uh, actually I think that's a little bit weirod! Although I have seen manufactured signs that say "Screw the Dog, Beware of the Owner" that struck me as amusing!
Besides, he didn't use your first name and suppose a robber named Dusty Sage saw that sign, what would poor old Dusty do?!
Well, I been looking at that site for 20 minutes.
It is seriously out of date. There is no way those things are legal in CA.
The open carry in an auto was completely false. Here is from the State A.G.
California Penal Code section 12025 does not prevent a citizen of the United States over 18 years of age who is not lawfully prohibited from firearm possession, and who resides or is temporarily in California, from transporting by motor vehicle any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person provided the firearm is unloaded and stored in a locked container.
The term "locked container" means a secure container which is fully enclosed and locked by a padlock, key lock, combination lock, or similar locking device. This includes the trunk of a motor vehicle, but does not include the utility or glove compartment. For more information, refer to California Penal Code Section 12026.1.
Is there a universally acknowledged implement for use in self induced vomiting?
Because if there is, I am going to package it a case with a glass front and a small hammer with the words "in case of emergency, break glass" painted on the front.
re: #553 Palandine
Ah well my struggles are what they are. Shit I take a sleeping pill every night (Ambien 12.5 CR) too - helps me turn off my brain and keep it turned off for like 6 hours or so.
re: #557 rawmuse The point is about "open carry" while walking down a street. An automobile is a completely different set of rules. A ruse to distract from the basic freedom that they fail to mention on your search...:)
re: #568 Nightwatch
Thanks but I'm a recovering alcoholic and don't drink anything with alcohol in it.
But I appreciate the thought! (though I always preffered either a Pomeral or a Cabernet Sauvignon).
A very fine Pomeral is worth it's weight in gold!
Good for you - and they say alcohol isn't so great for insomnia anyway. It makes you fall asleep and then wake up again a few hours later. At least that's what they say.
I occasionally enjoy a glass of Pomerol myself. As it turns out, most Pomerol wines are made almost entirely of Merlot. But I agree that they do a better job of it in Pomerol than in, say, California.
re: #576 Last Mohican
Well, back in the day, I only drank wine - and only red wine - with meals. I drank very cheap Vodka when I wanted to "sleep" (pass out, really). But yeah, Pomeral is the ONE wine I genuinely know something about - where it's grown, what the climate is for great grapes and all.
Well all y'all I'm going to sleep now - Gotta get more rest than I have been and I could stay out here and chat all night if I wasn't careful. Just love all the interesting LGFer's - from literally all walks of life and with such varied experiences - this is a great place!
Anyway, I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.
Yeah, say what you want about the French (and many of us do... frequently!) but they do know their way around a bottle of wine.
I congratulate you for fighting the good fight and staying away from the stuff now. We all have our crosses to bear, but that ain't always the easiest one.
An entire documentary? How long a film was it? Seems like one could cover the essentials of the man's demise in about five to ten minutes, maximum.
There's a lot of "why" background, which a square like me really needed. And a lot of interviews with his friends and associates. Apparently there were a group of guys who went to a farm for this...
Then he wasn't pitching, he was catching, I surmise...
Catching, yes. I'm NOT turning it back on, but if I recall correctly, the guys were supposed to have a partner there to restrain the horse somewhat. I think he went into the barn alone. He probably could have been saved, but was too embarrassed to be taken to the hospital until it was too late. He was a military contractor...with a clearance.
Just a drive by post here as I am ready to crash. That is a great photo, Charles. I used to rush out to take pics like that when I was a kid and all I used to have is black and white film. LOL I am old. Now that I have color film, I am experimenting again with black and white.
The only drawback is: I can't tell you what this is for. You'll have to solve it without knowing why.
Ready?
The mystery is: What are the brands of beer depicted in this photo? Especially the one on the left, which is the most visible.
The only clue I have is that this photo was likely taken in Europe -- most probably England or Eastern Europe. So the brands are likely to be from that region, though not necessarily.
Just a drive by post here as I am ready to crash. That is a great photo, Charles. I used to rush out to take pics like that when I was a kid and all I used to have is black and white film. LOL I am old. Now that I have color film, I am experimenting again with black and white.
Great photo.
I have two degrees in Photography and have never fallin out of love with B&W. It can say so much more then color ever will. IMHO
By the way Charles, I really love your photos. You have a good eye for composition.
the guys were supposed to have a partner there to restrain the horse somewhat. I think he went into the barn alone.
Can you imagine trying to start that conversation with a friend? "Uh, Mark, I was wondering if you could do me a little, um, favor and help me out with something I'm planning to do over in the barn."
I'm not surprised that the guy ended up having to go in solo. I mean, I'll drive a friend to the airport, or help him move to a new apartment, but the thing with horse is just too much.
I actually saw the original video on which the movie was based. It was floating around on various "shock blogs" a few years ago.
The video itself is only a minute or two long. At the end when the horse finally was, uh, successful, you can hear the guy emit a horrifying kind of noise, which I suppose was his death groan, eventually. It wasn't exactly a snuff film, because the guy dies much later I think, but you saw the injury that eventually killed him.
And, having seen the video, I will say that yes, you have to be certifiably insane to have anal sex with a horse.
I guess that's the best quality picture you have? Any other clues as to region then what you have given?
Unfortunately, that's the highest quality I have. And no, I have no other clues as to where. If I had a better quality image, or knew the region, I wouldn't be needing to ask the question! The whole goal is, we need to know where this photo was taken. (As you might surmise, this is a small section of a much larger photo.)
Story: Taliban fighters decided they were going to ambush 30 US Marines. They could only get 250 Taliban fighters together, so it didn't provide much of a challenge for the US Marines.
Result: 50+ Taliban dead, roughly 200 flee, and not a single serious injury was suffered by any of the US Marines.
The only drawback is: I can't tell you what this is for. You'll have to solve it without knowing why.
Ready?
The mystery is: What are the brands of beer depicted in this photo? Especially the one on the left, which is the most visible.
The only clue I have is that this photo was likely taken in Europe -- most probably England or Eastern Europe. So the brands are likely to be from that region, though not necessarily.
Charles does have a good eye for composition. That's the only thing that I have going on, in my photos, too. At least Charles knows all about the F stops and all of that.
I don't know much about beer. But here is a site that has a hell of a lot of pictures of beer cans. You gotta click on them to see them, though, so this doesn't work so well for rapid searching. Still, if this still isn't figured out by tomorrow, maybe about a hundred lizards could divide and conquer. It's the least we can all do for zombie.
The Ballantine can is more yellow, and the oval is thinner, I think. Do they make a style with a red can?
No they do not. They make a bottle but that is not in considerration.
I took a second look at the Ballantines and noticed the same thing you did. I am assuming that this is American beer and not ferin beer.
There's gold trim around the logo area of the ABC Cambodian beer, that's not on the can in your photo. But in 4 years, the logo might have changed. It's a stout, almost black, and Europeans love their dark beers, so maybe. lol
There's gold trim around the logo area of the ABC Cambodian beer, that's not on the can in your photo. But in 4 years, the logo might have changed. It's a stout, almost black, and Europeans love their dark beers, so maybe. lol
The ABC logo depicted in this photo is more similar to the mystery photo. I think the logo did change.
I don't know much about beer. But here is a site that has a hell of a lot of pictures of beer cans. You gotta click on them to see them, though, so this doesn't work so well for rapid searching. Still, if this still isn't figured out by tomorrow, maybe about a hundred lizards could divide and conquer. It's the least we can all do for zombie.
Hmmm, hard to find the photos for most of the Euro ones there.
difficult really. I have been doing a couple of image searches. Tried cans first, that's what got the first image I found. Now doing logos, so far now luck. Am continuing to see how deep this rabbit hole goes.
Here's a program that may help you with your sleuthing: go to [Link: www.download.com,...] and download "sitesucker". You can use it to automatically crawl through any website and download, say, all of the .jpg's, .gif's, and .tif's. I just used it to rapidly look at hundreds of cans from that "Collectibles by James" site.
I live up up in the San Brenardino Mountains and I an not looking forward to the upcoming rain. We will get anywhere from 1.5 inches to 3.00 inches of rain in a 24 hour period.
If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest or some guy on TV telling you how to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT. -- From the Real Frank Zappa book.
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