Morning Glory

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1 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:07:59pm
2 zombie  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:08:08pm

Nice color!

3 vxbush  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:08:42pm

Ooooh...pretty! Charles, you seem to be having some fun with that new camera.

4 Randall Gross  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:09:38pm

It was a glorious morning. Usually server changes take much longer.

5 wrenchwench  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:09:41pm

It's radiant.

6 gclaghorn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:10:24pm

Beautiful!

7 lawhawk  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:10:39pm

That's okay, the bloom isn't yet off the server.. /

8 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:11:33pm
9 Kragar  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:12:33pm

Looks photoshopped

10 zombie  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:12:46pm

re: #8 buzzsawmonkey

It's like a tabletop Victrola.

Evolution says that's no accident.

11 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:13:00pm

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Looks photoshopped

It's the lack of globular clusters...

12 experiencedtraveller  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:13:03pm

Fast new hamsters happy on their wheel.

But what about the poor, fat, slow, lazy hamsters? Don't they have rights?

13 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:13:11pm

Hi y'all.
I tried planting those from seed a few summers ago, but I guess it's too harsh here in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

14 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:13:47pm
15 MAV  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:14:32pm
Evening Grace


As Dennis Preger would say

16 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:14:36pm

Damn, this thread opened FAST!
Whee!

17 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:14:41pm

Thank you for the pretty photograph, Charles!

18 Kragar  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:14:42pm

re: #11 jcm

It's the lack of globular clusters...

yup, definately no globular clusters

19 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:15:11pm

re: #14 buzzsawmonkey

Yep.
There's some bars in Anchorage with some cool names. One is the Polar Bar and one is The Call of the Wild. And of course The Great Alaska Bush Company.

20 Silvergirl  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:15:15pm

Morning Glory Muffins

Make them, eat them, thank me later.

21 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:15:17pm

re: #14 buzzsawmonkey

"The Midnight Sun" would be a great name for an Alaskan newspaper.

UIUC Library Newspaper Database
Back to Search Results ¦ New Search

Title: Midnight Sun
City: Igloolik, Country: Canada
Language: English
Subject/Audience: Native American

22 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:15:54pm

re: #18 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

yup, definately no globular clusters

That settles it...
Photoshopped!
/

23 Nevergiveup  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:16:04pm

No Third World Guns

[Link: www.anatreptic.com...]

Very Interesting. Seems to lay the Mumbai massacre right at Pakistan's doorstep ( as if we didn't already know?)

24 gclaghorn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:16:13pm

You really have a way with a camera, Charles! Thanks for the wonderful picture.

25 nyc redneck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:16:14pm

i love morning glories.
they actually do well in the city in window boxes, facing south.
they are so lovely growing up fire escapes in the summer.
i love the deep dark purple ones.

26 vxbush  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:16:25pm

re: #20 Silvergirl

Morning Glory Muffins

Make them, eat them, thank me later.

Favorited, but I'm a banana chocolate-chip muffin kind of gal.

27 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:16:46pm

JEWS (what is UP with this photo exactly?)

28 mean Gene  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:17:09pm

Looks like Pakistan is going to NOT hand over the suspects in the Bombay bombings/terror attacks.
[Link: www.smh.com.au...]
And India is refusing to rule out a military response.
[Link: www.cnsnews.com...]
Oh, goody.
Another war.

29 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:17:26pm

re: #25 nyc redneck

i love morning glories.
they actually do well in the city in window boxes, facing south.
they are so lovely growing up fire escapes in the summer.
i love the deep dark purple ones.

African daisies are nice too, they're a beautiful purple color. I had some last summer.

30 Bubblehead II  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:17:28pm

re: #4 Thanos

Actually for those of us who were here for the bug stomping portion of the change over, it seemed like it was taking forever.

/spoiled

31 bulwrk  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:17:29pm

re: #15 MAV

Hugh Hewitt

32 Kragar  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:17:36pm

We're allowed to strangle a certain amount of customers each year, right?

33 vxbush  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:17:36pm

re: #27 WrathofG-d

JEWS (what is UP with this photo exactly?)

I'm guessing they only photographed part of a larger sign. Of course, they framed it to make it more inflammatory.

34 Silvergirl  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:17:47pm

re: #17 MandyManners

Thank you for the pretty photograph, Charles!

So you are mannerly. :-) I've been thinking of you as the FU girl. Meaning Felix Unger, of course.

35 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:17:48pm

re: #23 Nevergiveup

No Third World Guns

[Link: www.anatreptic.com...]

Very Interesting. Seems to lay the Mumbai massacre right at Pakistan's doorstep ( as if we didn't already know?)

Oh, wow. Heckler & Koch MP5s? Some of OBL's money still floating around?

37 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:18:13pm

re: #34 Silvergirl

So you are mannerly. :-) I've been thinking of you as the FU girl. Meaning Felix Unger, of course.

LOL!

38 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:18:26pm

re: #13 Alaska Kim

Hi y'all.
I tried planting those from seed a few summers ago, but I guess it's too harsh here in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

I wonder why. Everything else seems to grow bigger than an elephant's head there.

39 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:18:51pm

re: #33 vxbush

I'm guessing they only photographed part of a larger sign. Of course, they framed it to make it more inflammatory.

Yes I believe the sign says "Stop Discrimination Against Jews". It was the framing that upset me. I wanted to make sure I wasn't just being over sensitive.

40 zombie  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:18:57pm

re: #14 buzzsawmonkey

"The Midnight Sun" would be a great name for an Alaskan newspaper.

I can't decide which version of Midight Sun I like better: the Lionel Hampton instrumental version or the Ella Fitzgerald vocal version (which doesn't seem to be on YouTube).

41 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:19:19pm
42 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:19:40pm

re: #36 WrathofG-d

Reuters: Ethnic Cleansing Of Jews = Arab Girls Are The Victims

Oh, those poor children! I'd like to bring them all over here and give them decent lives.

43 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:19:52pm

re: #38 Soona'

I wonder why. Everything else seems to grow bigger than an elephant's head there.

Well the vegetables do, they grow hundred pound cabbages up in the Matsu Valley where Palin lives.
I grow dahlias every summer, the dinnerplate sized ones. those do good.

44 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:19:53pm

re: #23 Nevergiveup

No Third World Guns

[Link: www.anatreptic.com...]

Very Interesting. Seems to lay the Mumbai massacre right at Pakistan's doorstep ( as if we didn't already know?)

This isn't a black market gun. While people living in caves in Afghanistan can and do manufacture Kalashnikovs by hand, the MP5 is a sophisticated weapon requiring high tech metallurgy and other technologies for their production.

Hate disappoint Mick Stockinger, MP5s can be had as can anything up to a T-72 tank on the black market. It's a matter of connections and money.

Also provenance on the photo? All the pics of the bad guys they had AK's, is that a photo of Indian security force MP5s during a break?

45 DeafDog  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:19:59pm

re: #28 mean Gene

Is it out of the realm of possibilities to have India deploy troops in Eastern Afghanastan? They can kill lots of terrorists there.

46 Caboose  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:20:27pm

Evening Grace!

47 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:20:27pm
48 turn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:20:37pm

You might think that flower is pretty, to me it's frightening. Ever get morning glory in your garden? The shit is almost impossible to get rid of.

49 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:20:53pm

re: #40 zombie

I can't decide which version of Midight Sun I like better: the Lionel Hampton instrumental version or the Ella Fitzgerald vocal version (which doesn't seem to be on YouTube).

ooo!

50 turn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:21:23pm

re: #13 Alaska Kim

Hi y'all.
I tried planting those from seed a few summers ago, but I guess it's too harsh here in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Take my advice, don't plant them.

51 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:21:37pm

re: #42 MandyManners

Oh, those poor children! I'd like to bring them all over here and give them decent lives.

You joking, or did you just completely miss the point? Noone denies that life in Judea/Samaria is tough...but why show arab girls scared when it is Jews who are getting beat up and ethnically cleansed by the police?

52 nyc redneck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:21:42pm

re: #29 Alaska Kim

African daisies are nice too, they're a beautiful purple color. I had some last summer.

i love them. i planted purple ones and white ones last summer.
i've got to quit thinking abt. my garden. it's too early for spring fever.
lol
(tho the seed catalogues are arriving)

53 itellu3times  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:21:55pm

trying out the flash, are we?

54 reine.de.tout  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:22:11pm

re: #48 turn

You might think that flower is pretty, to me it's frightening. Ever get morning glory in your garden? The shit is almost impossible to get rid of.

Yes, we actually planted some. They took over the fence. Wasn't even our fence.

55 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:22:16pm

re: #48 turn

You might think that flower is pretty, to me it's frightening. Ever
get morning glory in your garden? The shit is almost impossible to get
rid of.

Kinda like democrats?

56 Silvergirl  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:22:23pm

re: #40 zombie

I can't decide which version of Midight Sun I like better: the Lionel Hampton instrumental version or the Ella Fitzgerald vocal version (which doesn't seem to be on YouTube).

There is a house . . . in Anchorage
They Call the Midnight Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy . . .

Oh wait. Never mind.

57 Ben Hur  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:22:30pm

Normally, something else altogether.

Right, Dirk?

58 Ben Hur  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:22:51pm

and with that!

BBL

59 itellu3times  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:23:09pm

i gotta get me some quad-core fingers to keep up with things now

60 turn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:23:31pm

re: #20 Silvergirl

Morning Glory Muffins

Make them, eat them, thank me later.

I see the recipe doesn't call for actually using Morning Glory, I think the seeds are poisonous IIRC.

61 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:23:34pm

re: #43 Alaska Kim

Well the vegetables do, they grow hundred pound cabbages up in the Matsu Valley where Palin lives.
I grow dahlias every summer, the dinnerplate sized ones. those do good.

I've seen dandelion blooms as wide as a dinner plate. (in Fairbanks)

62 so.cal.swede  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:23:41pm

re: #29 Alaska Kim

African daisies are nice too, they're a beautiful purple color. I had some last summer.

I heard they are much more danerous than our american daisies.

63 nyc redneck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:23:41pm

re: #13 Alaska Kim

Hi y'all.
I tried planting those from seed a few summers ago, but I guess it's too harsh here in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

morning glory seeds must be pricked w/ a knife and soaked over night to germinate. try that. they should come up.

64 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:23:46pm
65 so.cal.swede  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:24:04pm

re: #62 so.cal.swede

I heard they are much more danerous than our american daisies.


+g

66 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:24:16pm

re: #50 turn

Take my advice, don't plant them.

if they're a perennial I wouldn't have to worry too much. It wouldn't come back the following year anyway. The only thing that comes back here every year is the wild stuff, like Fireweed.

67 vxbush  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:24:22pm

re: #54 reine.de.tout

Yes, we actually planted some. They took over the fence. Wasn't even our fence.

Hey, saw the message about the Scrabble game. I'll have to play when I get home...

/counting down the minutes

68 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:25:18pm

re: #51 WrathofG-d

You joking, or did you just completely miss the point? Noone denies that life in Judea/Samaria is tough...but why show arab girls scared when it is Jews who are getting beat up and ethnically cleansed by the police?

I am not joking! I feel bad for those children. I have no idea what you're talking about re: the police rounding up Jews.

69 turn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:25:23pm

re: #54 reine.de.tout

Yes, we actually planted some. They took over the fence. Wasn't even our fence.

The stuff will literally strangle out your vegetables, especially bad in the pole bean patch where they are hard to distinguish until it's too late to weed them out.

70 reine.de.tout  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:25:38pm

re: #67 vxbush

Hey, saw the message about the Scrabble game. I'll have to play when I get home...

/counting down the minutes

Ok, glad you're getting the messages!
RedState was first, then me, then you.
I just played, so you should have a "it's your turn" message.

71 mean Gene  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:25:44pm

As per yesterday's drug-infested thread...who else knows the recipe for turning morning glory seeds into hallucinogen?
I was shown how to do this back in the 1960's.

72 turn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:25:59pm

re: #55 Alaska Kim

Kinda like democrats?

haha, yes. Is it getting really cold there?

73 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:26:30pm

re: #63 nyc redneck

morning glory seeds must be pricked w/ a knife and soaked over night to germinate. try that. they should come up.

maybe I'll try that next year.

74 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:26:47pm

re: #55 Alaska Kim

Kinda like democrats?

I think they mean Islamists

75 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:26:57pm

re: #64 buzzsawmonkey

Good one.

As long as we're on the "Midnight" theme, here's the classic "Celery Stalks at Midnight."

Only you could come up with a ... classic ... like that.
(-:

76 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:27:09pm

re: #71 mean Gene

As per yesterday's drug-infested thread...who else knows the recipe for turning morning glory seeds into hallucinogen?
I was shown how to do this back in the 1960's.

Here, knock yourself out...

[Link: www.erowid.org...]

77 mean Gene  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:27:19pm

re: #60 turn

I see the recipe doesn't call for actually using Morning Glory, I think the seeds are poisonous IIRC.

Correct.

78 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:27:37pm

"You're no daisy. You're no daisy 't'all."

79 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:27:52pm

re: #66 Alaska Kim

if they're a perennial I wouldn't have to worry too much. It wouldn't come back the following year anyway. The only thing that comes back here every year is the wild stuff, like Fireweed.

And mosquitoes.

80 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:28:15pm

re: #72 turn

haha, yes. Is it getting really cold there?

It was about 20 degrees this morning, couldn't get my truck door open. Supposed to get about 6 inches of snow tomorrow.

81 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:28:20pm

re: #68 MandyManners

Yes, I can see now from that post alone why there would be confusion. Sorry about that.

The "action" nearby is in association with this.

82 turn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:28:44pm

re: #66 Alaska Kim

if they're a perennial I wouldn't have to worry too much. It wouldn't come back the following year anyway. The only thing that comes back here every year is the wild stuff, like Fireweed.

No they are not perennials, and the friggin seeds are impossible to stop the next season.

83 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:28:46pm

Morning Glories are of course planted in the garden in Glory Holes.

/what?

84 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:29:19pm

re: #79 Soona'

And mosquitoes.

Yeah, mosquitos. The Alaska state bird.

85 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:29:23pm

re: #80 Alaska Kim

It was about 20 degrees this morning, couldn't get my truck door open. Supposed to get about 6 inches of snow tomorrow.

I think I've identified the problem:

You live in frickkin' Alaska.

86 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:29:25pm

re: #83 Occasional Reader

Morning Glories are of course planted in the garden in Glory Holes.

/what?

bad OR, bad!

87 zato  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:29:48pm

Anybody seen this Barry Obama holiday story?! And if they indeed voted for "the second monday in November", these clowns must not be aware of Veterans Day (which could coincide with their proposed Barry Day). Thats just wrong.

88 turn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:29:54pm

re: #71 mean Gene

As per yesterday's drug-infested thread...who else knows the recipe for turning morning glory seeds into hallucinogen?
I was shown how to do this back in the 1960's.

I always thought that was some urband legend.

89 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:30:18pm

re: #83 Occasional Reader

Morning Glories are of course planted in the garden in Glory Holes.

/what?

Our soup kitchen here in town is called the Glory Hole.

90 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:30:18pm

re: #69 turn

The stuff will literally strangle out your vegetables, especially bad in the pole bean patch where they are hard to distinguish until it's too late to weed them out.

My planted bedevilment is Wisteria. The plant is evil.

92 Silhouette  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:30:43pm

re: #90 Soona'

My planted bedevilment is Wisteria. The plant is evil.

Mint

93 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:30:55pm

re: #85 Occasional Reader

I think I've identified the problem:

You live in frickkin' Alaska.

Yep, and wouldn't have it any other way!

94 faraway  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:31:07pm

Is this a Prop 8 thread?

95 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:31:21pm

re: #40 zombie

The good memory deserves a response.
Krupa -- Big Noise From Winnetka

96 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:31:44pm

re: #89 Alaska Kim

Our soup kitchen here in town is called the Glory Hole.

You. Are. Sh***in' me.

97 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:31:49pm

.

98 turn  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:31:51pm

re: #80 Alaska Kim

It was about 20 degrees this morning, couldn't get my truck door open. Supposed to get about 6 inches of snow tomorrow.

It's been unusually warm in central CA, I really don't like the cold. G'nite all, time to go walk the black lab along the American.

99 experiencedtraveller  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:32:04pm

re: #94 faraway

Is this a Prop 8 thread?

Cats and dogs living together?

100 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:32:33pm

re: #90 Soona'

My planted bedevilment is Wisteria. The plant is evil.

It was a summer of Wisteria...

Absalom! Absalom!

101 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:32:36pm

re: #81 WrathofG-d

Yes, I can see now from that post alone why there would be confusion. Sorry about that.

The "action" nearby is in association with this.

A difference is that the woman in the second photograph chose to put herself there against the law. That said, it's a stupid law.

102 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:32:38pm

re: #96 Occasional Reader

You. Are. Sh***in' me.

I wouldn't sh** you, you're my favorite turd!...kidding!

103 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:32:42pm

re: #96 Occasional Reader

You. Are. Sh***in' me.

I wonder how many people are getting a good laugh at other people's expense on that one..

104 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:32:44pm

re: #97 Hengineer

.

I see your point.

105 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:32:53pm

re: #96 Occasional Reader

You. Are. Sh***in' me.

Really, it's true.

106 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:32:58pm

re: #95 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The good memory deserves a response.
Krupa -- Big Noise From Winnetka

And he holds his drumstick correctly...

107 Kragar  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:33:22pm

re: #87 zato

Anybody seen this Barry Obama holiday story?! And if they indeed voted for "the second monday in November", these clowns must not be aware of Veterans Day (which could coincide with their proposed Barry Day). Thats just wrong.

Oh come on. What have Veterans ever done for us really? This is the One we're talking about here!

108 mean Gene  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:33:23pm

Bedevilment plant?
Ours was buckwheat.
We planted four of them but they each got gianourmous!
Now we're keeping them trimmed down to their places.
I just wish I knew where the bees were making honey out of those buckwheat blossoms...it is the best honey on earth!

109 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:33:38pm
110 MAV  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:33:42pm

re: #31 bulwrk

Doh, I'd down ding myself if I could, I didn't spell Dennis' last name correct either.
slinks away

111 chicken kiev  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:33:58pm

This email just arrived from a friend who got it from CAIR (don't ask) -- so did any of you lizards see this "anti-homophobia" Simpsons episode last Sunday? I gave up on the Simpsons after its egregious election episode. I'm glad the show jumped the shark a long time ago and attracts far few viewers than in its heyday.

THANK FOX FOR 'SIMPSONS' EPISODE CHALLENGING ISLAMOPHOBIA

(LOS ANGELES, CA, 12/3/08) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to thank the Fox television network and the creator of "The Simpsons" for a recent episode that used comedy to challenge Islamophobia.

The episode, which aired Sunday evening and is titled "Mypods and Boomsticks," highlights anti-Muslim sentiment by featuring a young Muslim character named Bashir and his family who face prejudice after moving to Springfield. In the program, Homer Simpson wrongly suspects that Bashir's family is involved in a terror plot. Bart Simpson befriends Bashir and defends him from bullies.

CAIR's Greater Los Angeles Area office (CAIR-LA) sent a letter today to the show's creator Matt Groening thanking him for challenging anti-Muslim prejudice.

The letter said Sunday's episode "brought to light how Americans can work toward mutual respect and inclusion by getting to know their neighbors." It went on to state: "The episode also builds on the values that have made America the great nation it is a nation in which citizenship is about finding common ground and building a better society. American Muslims have been doing just that by making daily contributions to our society that often go unrecognized."

"Because of its acceptance in popular culture, comedy is often one of the best vehicles for challenging stereotypes and intolerance," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad. "Fox and Matt Groening are to be congratulated for tackling the disturbing phenomenon of Islamophobia."

ACTION REQUESTED:

Send a message expressing appreciation for highlighting both anti-Muslim attitudes and the need for mutual respect and inclusion in our society.

Link to watch whole episode:

http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=simpsons

112 zombie  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:34:00pm

re: #64 buzzsawmonkey

Good one.

As long as we're on the "Midnight" theme, here's the classic "Celery Stalks at Midnight."

Wow, I haven't heard that in years. A total classic. Brings back memories of a fascinating era I never experienced! (U.S. in the early '40s before Pearl Harbor -- a very brief dream era.)

113 wrenchwench  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:34:15pm

Yoo hoo! Mr. Beaumont:

I think I found a bug. When I click on a Top Ten Comment, it opens the No Space on the Internet! page. It's a nice page, though...

114 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:34:24pm

re: #80 Alaska Kim

It was about 20 degrees this morning, couldn't get my truck door open. Supposed to get about 6 inches of snow tomorrow.

Down to the teens tonight here and 1-3 inches of snow. High of 23 tomorrow, more snow.

115 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:34:27pm

re: #101 MandyManners

I wasn't comparing the females.

I was only pointing out that Reuters was spending their time taking "Arab victim" photos, when the real issue is the actual Jewish victims around the corner.

116 Nevergiveup  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:34:32pm

re: #87 zato

Anybody seen this Barry Obama holiday story?! And if they indeed voted for "the second monday in November", these clowns must not be aware of Veterans Day (which could coincide with their proposed Barry Day). Thats just wrong.

And also:
D.C. toasts Obama with 5 a.m. last call
Bars hail inaugural festivities[Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]

Hope the cops are ready for that?

117 chicken kiev  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:34:39pm

PIMF, I meant "anti-Islamophobia."

118 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:34:49pm

re: #104 Occasional Reader

I see your point.

You do? Good wouldn't want to have to make it again.

119 zombie  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:35:00pm

re: #95 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The good memory deserves a response.
Krupa -- Big Noise From Winnetka

I rewrote that during the election to be "Big Noise from Wasilla" (yes, the Alaskan connection again), but it never caught on.

120 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:35:20pm

re: #92 Silhouette

Mint

Yeah, but it smells really good when the lawnmower chews that shit up.

121 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:35:31pm

re: #89 Alaska Kim

Our soup kitchen here in town is called the Glory Hole.

Went downtown Seattle day after Thanksgiving, took the kids to the carousel. Past a soup kitchen on the way downtown. Line was down the block and around the corner. Not one person in line looked like the missed a meal recently if you know what I mean.

122 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:35:32pm

re: #114 Walter L. Newton

I've been watching for the Northern Lights but haven't seen any yet.

123 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:35:39pm

re: #115 WrathofG-d

I wasn't comparing the females.

I was only pointing out that Reuters was spending their time taking "Arab victim" photos, when the real issue is the actual Jewish victims around the corner.

You expect better from Reuters?!

124 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:35:41pm

re: #108 mean Gene

Bedevilment plant?
Ours was buckwheat.

Before he was tragically gunned down?

125 nyc redneck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:36:00pm

kudzu.

126 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:36:11pm

re: #117 chicken kiev

yes thinking that Muslims might have something to do with Islamic Terrorism is nothing but Islamophobia.

duh!

127 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:36:46pm

re: #123 MandyManners

You expect better from Reuters?!

Yes, everyday I wake up expecting better. I've yet to be granted my expectation.

128 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:36:47pm

re: #125 nyc redneck

kudzu.

Bless you.

129 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:36:48pm

re: #122 Alaska Kim

I've been watching for the Northern Lights but haven't seen any yet.

I've seen spectacular Northern Lights in New York State.

130 Ojoe  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:36:49pm

Re 48 turn

Farmers call them "field bind weed."

Their roots will grow right through a potato.

If you chop the roots up, the fragments make new plants.

Keep that plant far away from a farm.

131 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:37:13pm

re: #121 jcm

Went
downtown Seattle day after Thanksgiving, took the kids to the carousel.
Past a soup kitchen on the way downtown. Line was down the block and
around the corner. Not one person in line looked like the missed a meal
recently if you know what I mean.

yeah, I know what you mean. It's sad that people who don't need the help take advantage of it anyway. We have an area here in town where the homeless actually have tents set up in the woods. In the winter time too. Brrr.

132 nyc redneck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:37:31pm

re: #128 Walter L. Newton

Bless you.

LOL.
thanks ;)

133 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:37:49pm

re: #130 Ojoe

Re 48 turn Farmers call them "field bind weed."
Their roots will grow right through a potato. If you chop the roots up, the fragments make new plants. Keep that plant far away from a farm.

Triffid's are even worse.

134 bosforus  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:38:00pm

And the flower puns? Did I miss them or are they just late bloomers this time around?

135 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:38:24pm

re: #127 WrathofG-d

Yes, everyday I wake up expecting better. I've yet to be granted my expectation.

When it comes to the MFM, you mght wanna' lower those expectations.

136 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:38:32pm

re: #129 Occasional Reader

I've seen spectacular Northern Lights in New York State.

Usually they're shades of green, but one year about 7 years ago they were a magenta color and dancing all over the sky. It was awesome.

137 chicken kiev  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:38:52pm

# 134 bosforus

Everyone's just keeping mum as far as the flower puns go.

138 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:38:56pm

re: #116 Nevergiveup

And also:
D.C. toasts Obama with 5 a.m. last call
Bars hail inaugural festivities[Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]

Hope the cops are ready for that?

Drunken revelers staggering around in the wee hours? Sure they are, they've been dealing with the Kennedys for years.

139 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:39:16pm

re: #133 Walter L. Newton

Triffid's are even worse.

I BRAKE FOR TRIFFIDS

140 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:39:24pm

re: #136 Alaska Kim

Usually they're shades of green, but one year about 7 years ago they were a magenta color and dancing all over the sky. It was awesome.

What made the colors change?

141 Kragar  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:39:25pm

re: #134 bosforus

And the flower puns? Did I miss them or are they just late bloomers this time around?

I think we nipped them in the bud

142 zombie  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:39:29pm

re: #111 chicken kiev

This email just arrived from a friend who got it from CAIR (don't ask) -- so did any of you lizards see this "anti-homophobia" Simpsons episode last Sunday? I gave up on the Simpsons after its egregious election episode. I'm glad the show jumped the shark a long time ago and attracts far few viewers than in its heyday.

Link to watch whole episode:

http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=simpsons

I now not only boycott watching the Simpsons, but I've gone out of my way to excise all Simpsons references from my lingo. Hence, no "HA-ha!", no "D'oh!", none of that. It's been a struggle, but after the moonbat writers took over the show, it has lost all credibility.

143 SurferDoc  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:39:30pm

re: #1 buzzsawmonkey

What's the story, morning glory?
What's the tale, nightingale?

Have you heard about Hugo and Kim?

144 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:39:44pm

re: #137 chicken kiev

# 134 bosforus

Everyone's just keeping mum as far as the flower puns go.

My tulips won't utter a word.

145 Kragar  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:40:01pm

re: #140 MandyManners

What made the colors change?

Chemtrails

146 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:40:18pm

re: #141 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I think we nipped them in the bud

They rose up again.

147 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:40:29pm

re: #139 Occasional Reader

I BRAKE FOR TRIFFIDS

Triffids were a bioengineered hybrid species; created using material from several other plants, by Soviet biologist Trofim Lysenko. Triffids were a form of extraterrestrial plant life whose seeds were spread across the globe during a meteor shower.

148 reine.de.tout  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:40:31pm

re: #125 nyc redneck

kudzu.

The absolute king of plant bedevilment, right there.

149 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:40:41pm

re: #145 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Chemtrails

Need to get them some tin-foil covers.

150 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:40:41pm

re: #136 Alaska Kim

they were a magenta color

Hey, I'm a real man, I don't know nothin' about no "magenta".

(tearing open beer can with teeth)

151 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:40:49pm

re: #140 MandyManners

What made the colors change?

I have no idea how that works. But I was out for a walk and I stopped in my tracks to watch them. I bet I stood there for 45 minutes.

152 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:40:58pm

re: #148 reine.de.tout

The absolute king of plant bedevilment, right there.

I've heard it's good fried.

153 bosforus  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:41:05pm

re: #144 MandyManners

My tulips won't utter a word.

Thistle be my last one.

154 golly_wog  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:41:08pm

re: #122 Alaska Kim

I've been watching for the Northern Lights but haven't seen any yet.

If you go to spaceweather.com you will find ways of predicting when they will be there. It's a matter of solar wind and other solar outbursts. They also have a call up service you can sign onto that will call you when it's happening.

155 Silhouette  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:41:28pm

re: #129 Occasional Reader

I've seen spectacular Northern Lights in New York State.

I thought the LSD thread was last night

156 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:41:32pm

re: #151 Alaska Kim

I have no idea how that works. But I was out for a walk and I stopped in my tracks to watch them. I bet I stood there for 45 minutes.

Wasn't it cold?

157 Kragar  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:41:44pm

re: #146 MandyManners

They rose up again.

Best to hedge your bets in that department

158 nyc redneck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:41:47pm

re: #148 reine.de.tout

The absolute king of plant bedevilment, right there.

that lovely strangler can grow 12 ft. in a day.

159 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:41:53pm

re: #111 chicken kiev

so did any of you lizards see this "anti-homophobia" Simpsons episode last Sunday?

You mean the "anti-islamophobia" episode. Yes, I did. Subtle as a chainsaw, it was.

160 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:41:55pm

re: #153 bosforus

Thistle be my last one.

Don't be such a prick!

161 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:42:03pm

re: #150 Occasional Reader

Hey, I'm a real man, I don't know nothin' about no "magenta".

(tearing open beer can with teeth)

Ok, uhhh, PURPLE!

162 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:42:06pm

re: #151 Alaska Kim

I have no idea how that works. But I was out for a walk and I stopped in my tracks to watch them. I bet I stood there for 45 minutes.

heh...good thing a train didn't come along ;-)

163 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:42:11pm

The Next Issue LGF will Fight Over.

164 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:42:30pm

What's better than roses on your piano?

[waiting]

165 hermit  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:42:38pm

re: #1 buzzsawmonkey

What's the story, morning glory?
What's the tale, nightingale?

OMGosh! Does anybody remember Bye, Bye, Birdie anymore? LOL Buzz, that's funny!

166 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:42:41pm

re: #157 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Best to hedge your bets in that department

I'll prune my verbiage.

167 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:42:51pm

re: #153 bosforus

Thistle be my last one.

Its like a thread DAISY-chain.

168 bosforus  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:43:12pm

re: #158 nyc redneck

that lovely strangler can grow 12 ft. in a day.

Take a look at this!
Houses covered in kudzu.
I had no idea.

169 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:43:13pm

re: #164 Occasional Reader

What's better than roses on your piano?

[waiting]

A prick in a casket?

170 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:43:29pm

re: #166 MandyManners

I'll prune my verbiage.

Just weed out the extras

171 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:43:33pm

This is one nasty plant...

The base of a triffid is a large muscle-like root mass comprising many thick tentacles. When dormant/docile, these tentacles are rooted into the ground and are used to draw nutrients, as with a normal plant. When active, triffids use these tentacles to propel themselves along at a moderate walking pace. They are capable of moving faster over open ground. Triffids' roots/tentacles are sufficiently articulate to allow them to climb stairs, and strong enough to allow them to push through fencing. They are not, however, prehensile enough to allow them to use tools.

The trunk of a triffid is several inches thick and resembles a sprouting leek. It is thickest close to the head and the base, and tapers off in the middle. A triffid's neck can range from a few feet in height to around two metres. It has leaf-like foliage where it meets the base of the triffid.

The upper part of a triffid can be referred to as the head, although it does not contain the usual sensory organs associated with an animal's head. It consists of a brightly colored, hollow, flower like aperture that resembles the top of a Heliamphora or Darlingtonia californica. The head houses a triffid's sting. The flower also contains a mucilage type liquid which is seen ensnaring insects, although other purposes are unknown.

A triffid's sting is a flat paddle-like appendage on a flexible stalk that protrudes from the head of a triffid like a stamen or tongue. When attacking, a triffid will lash out at its target using its sting, primarily aiming for its prey's face or head, and with considerable speed and force. The sting leaves behind a distinctive rectangular welt with linear cuts running along it. Often traces of dark green triffid venom are visible in the wound.

Triffid venom is fast-acting and can fell a victim almost instantly.

172 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:43:35pm

re: #156 MandyManners

Wasn't it cold?

Yes, very. But I walk two miles a day anyway. It's only cold for the first few minutes. Really!

173 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:43:37pm

re: #131 Alaska Kim

yeah, I know what you mean. It's sad that people who don't need the help take advantage of it anyway. We have an area here in town where the homeless actually have tents set up in the woods. In the winter time too. Brrr.

There was a story out of San Fran (IIRC) about how many homeless in SF actually had a home they could go to. On the FD we used to go out on cold nights and try t get them to go to a shelter, more turned us down than accepted. My dad ran a relief fund which would take care of the problem, but not hand out cash. 9 out of 10 would turn down the help when they found out it wasn't in the form of cash.

In Seattle we have a "homelessness industry complex" a bunch of groups who advocate for the homeless but take grants and have nice salaries. And tell me I don't care.

174 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:43:50pm

re: #169 MandyManners

A prick in a casket?

Yassir!

175 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:06pm
176 hermit  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:07pm

re: #150 Occasional Reader

Hey, I'm a real man, I don't know nothin' about no "magenta".

(tearing open beer can with teeth)

Magenta Ain't a Color!?!

177 reine.de.tout  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:07pm

re: #151 Alaska Kim

I have no idea how that works. But I was out for a walk and I stopped in my tracks to watch them. I bet I stood there for 45 minutes.

From wiki:

Aurorae are produced by the collision of charged particles from Earth's magnetosphere, mostly electrons but also protons and heavier particles, with atoms and molecules of Earth's upper atmosphere (at altitudes above 80 km (50 miles)).
. . .
The collisions in the atmosphere electronically excite atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere. The excitation energy can be lost by light emission or collisions. Most aurorae are green and red emissions from atomic oxygen. Molecular nitrogen and nitrogen ions produce some low level red and very high blue/violet aurorae. The light blue and green colors are produced by ionic nitrogen and the neutral nitrogen gives off the red and purple color with the rippled edges. Different gases interacting with the upper atmosphere will produce different colors, caused by the different compounds of oxygen and nitrogen. The level of solar wind activity from the Sun can also influence the color of the aurorae.

178 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:20pm

re: #173 jcm

There was a story out of San Fran (IIRC) about how many homeless in SF actually had a home they could go to. On the FD we used to go out on cold nights and try t get them to go to a shelter, more turned us down than accepted. My dad ran a relief fund which would take care of the problem, but not hand out cash. 9 out of 10 would turn down the help when they found out it wasn't in the form of cash.

In Seattle we have a "homelessness industry complex" a bunch of groups who advocate for the homeless but take grants and have nice salaries. And tell me I don't care.

Tell me again how useful the United Way actually is?

179 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:31pm

re: #169 MandyManners

re: #164 Occasional Reader

What's better than roses on your piano?

[waiting]

A prick in a casket?

Nope. Tulips on your organ!

[rimshot]


[i said, rim SHOT, not rim... oh, you know]

181 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:36pm

re: #162 eschew_obfuscation

heh...good thing a train didn't come along ;-)

no trains in SE Alaska! But a bear could do about the same amount of damage.

182 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:37pm

re: #119 zombie

I rewrote that during the election to be "Big Noise from Wasilla" (yes, the Alaskan connection again), but it never caught on.

You had to drum it in more, in order to snare an audie*WHACK*

/whew! was getting carried away there

183 notutopia  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:42pm

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
Walt Whitman, poet (1819-1892)

184 golly_wog  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:55pm

re: #158 nyc redneck

that lovely strangler can grow 12 ft. in a day.

Five leaf Akebia, sold innocently as "chocolate" vine is the most invasive plant I have ever seen. 60 feet in all directions in a heartbeat.

185 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:44:55pm

re: #154 golly_wog

If you go to spaceweather.com you will find ways of predicting when they will be there. It's a matter of solar wind and other solar outbursts. They also have a call up service you can sign onto that will call you when it's happening.

We're entering a Maunder Minimum, low solar activity. Northern lights will be scarce for awhile.

186 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:45:05pm

re: #109 buzzsawmonkey

Wisterious Mysterious Mose.

That was a good one.

187 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:45:08pm

re: #164 Occasional Reader

What's better than roses on your piano?

[waiting]

I was waiting for someone to say that!

188 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:45:09pm

re: #179 Occasional Reader

Nope. Tulips on your organ!

[rimshot]


[i said, rim SHOT, not rim... oh, you know]

But which tulips?

189 reine.de.tout  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:45:21pm

re: #168 bosforus

Take a look at this!
Houses covered in kudzu.
I had no idea.

There are places in Mississippi that you can drive through and see nothing but kudzu for miles and miles and miles and miles.

190 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:45:58pm

re: #179 Occasional Reader

Nope. Tulips on your organ!

[rimshot]


[i said, rim SHOT, not rim... oh, you know]

Believe it or not, I heard that joke from a Saudi Arabian woman.

191 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:46:00pm

re: #1 buzzsawmonkey

What's the story, morning glory?
What's the tale, nightingale?

Morning Glory
Gordon Lightfoot

192 mean Gene  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:46:34pm

re: #163 WrathofG-d

The Next Issue LGF will Fight Over.

I don't know.
He looks just like the other flying reptiles we've all known about for years.

193 bosforus  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:46:34pm

re: #189 reine.de.tout

There are places in Mississippi that you can drive through and see nothing but kudzu for miles and miles and miles and miles.

This is the first I've ever heard of kudzu, this stuff is unreal.

194 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:46:53pm

re: #178 Hengineer

Tell me again how useful the United Way actually is?

Heh! My wife and I have twice had young mothers who's husbands ran off live with us till they got on there feet.

As to United Way, I'll give direct, forgo the corporate matching and still get more money to the charity.

195 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:46:57pm

re: #180 Alouette

Yes, and this poor police officer was assaulted by a Jewish teenage girl.

& when have we ever seen an Israeli hold an Arab woman like that? From the dress of that woman (tights and lose clothing) I assume that she is Frum (modest/religious). You will notice that the MAN is not only fully touching the woman, but also holding her around the breast area.

They would never do that to Arabs because of the religious connotations, and "humiliation", that they would be accused of.

To their own however...

196 Throbert McGee  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:46:57pm

re: #1 buzzsawmonkey

What's the story, morning glory?
What's the tale, nightingale?

Pretty cool SIMS 2 version of ''The Telephone Hour'' from Bye Bye, Birdie. (The audio must be from the original Broadway cast soundtrack, or a revival thereof, but not the Ann-Margret movie version -- you can tell because there were some minor changes in the names used. Broadway's two-syllable "Helen" becomes the ill-fitting three-syllable "Ursula" for no logical reason.)

The cordless telephones and Nautilus weight machines are pretty funny, since whoever created this otherwise did a commendable job finding period costumes and furnishings from the available SIMS graphics.

197 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:47:16pm
198 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:47:16pm

re: #177 reine.de.tout

Yeah, that!

199 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:47:21pm

re: #192 mean Gene

I don't know.
He looks just like the other flying reptiles we've all known about for years.

Except he's Brazilian.

Which reminds me... Adriana will be on my t.v. tonight... ahhh.

200 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:47:32pm

re: #181 Alaska Kim

no trains in SE Alaska! But a bear could do about the same amount of damage.

(psst...that was a goofy reference to the "tracks" you were standing in... ;~)

201 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:47:39pm

re: #170 Hengineer

Just weed out the extras

Shear lunacy not to.

202 Bubblehead II  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:47:55pm

re: #164 Occasional Reader

A rose in your bed?

/ya know I had to do it.

203 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:48:10pm

re: #194 jcm

Heh! My wife and I have twice had young mothers who's husbands ran off live with us till they got on there feet.

As to United Way, I'll give direct, forgo the corporate matching and still get more money to the charity.

I was just saying a few years back wasn't there a story about how their corporate offices were pretty damn plush?

204 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:48:17pm

re: #172 Alaska Kim

Yes, very. But I walk two miles a day anyway. It's only cold for the first few minutes. Really!

Silk longjohns?

205 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:48:40pm

re: #174 Hengineer

Yassir!

It was the only thing I could think of.

206 mean Gene  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:48:44pm

re: #199 Occasional Reader

Except he's Brazilian.

Which reminds me... Adriana will be on my t.v. tonight... ahhh.

Oh.
Remind me...how many is a Brazilian?

207 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:48:55pm

re: #175 ploome hineni

air pollution

No shit?

208 notutopia  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:49:20pm

[Link: www.dropbears.com...]
MORNING GLORY CLOUDS

209 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:49:22pm

re: #206 mean Gene

Oh.
Remind me...how many is a Brazilian?

More than OR can handle...
;-)

210 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:49:25pm

re: #206 mean Gene

Oh.
Remind me...how many is a Brazilian?

the wax job? ;)

211 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:49:29pm

re: #179 Occasional Reader

Nope. Tulips on your organ!

[rimshot]


[i said, rim SHOT, not rim... oh, you know]

No, I don't. Could you please explain?

212 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:49:35pm

A Brazilian pterosaur, from the Sambazoic Period.

213 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:49:42pm

re: #204 MandyManners

Silk longjohns?

Naw, just sweats. Silk is cold!

214 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:49:58pm

re: #210 Hengineer

the wax job? ;)

Mandy's in charge of the whacks jobs here, ask her.

215 nyc redneck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:49:59pm

re: #168 bosforus

Take a look at this!
Houses covered in kudzu.
I had no idea.

OMG, it's alive.
i've heard that even a tiny piece of leave dropped on the side of the road can sprout roots and grow. it is amazing to look at the topiary like sculpture kudzu creates but it is a killer.

216 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:50:13pm

re: #197 ploome hineni

... ...a dick in a BOX

w00t!

217 Nevergiveup  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:50:26pm

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

218 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:50:50pm

re: #213 Alaska Kim

Naw, just sweats. Silk is cold!

Silk retains heat better than cloth.

219 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:50:54pm

re: #213 Alaska Kim

Naw, just sweats. Silk is cold!

I love the stuff under clothes.

220 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:50:57pm

re: #216 MandyManners

w00t!

1f j00 c4n 234d 7h15 j00 n33d 2 g37 l41d

221 golly_wog  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:51:07pm

Kim,
I just went to spaceweather.com and we are entering the solar wind. Tonight is good bet, but it will be around the arctic circle. Look north. You never know what is going to happen. The best time is usually about local midnight.

222 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:51:21pm

re: #214 Occasional Reader

Mandy's in charge of the whacks jobs here, ask her.

Why, I oughta'...never mind.

223 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:51:25pm

re: #220 Hengineer

1f j00 c4n 234d 7h15 j00 n33d 2 g37 l41d

Says the person who typed it!

224 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:51:28pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?


It's the thought that counts!

225 Silhouette  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:51:35pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

Does the card read:

And Unto You, a Child Isn't Born.

226 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:51:44pm

re: #223 WrathofG-d

Says the person who typed it!

;-)

227 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:51:50pm

re: #220 Hengineer

1f j00 c4n 234d 7h15 j00 n33d 2 g37 l41d

Well, yes, I know that.

228 Racer X  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:51:56pm

Getting cold.

/frozen daisies

This one is good too

229 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:52:03pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

Any reply I had would be deleted and possibly result in banning.
*bites tongue*
*hard*

230 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:52:03pm

re: #218 Walter L. Newton

Silk retains heat better than cloth.

Could be, but I'll stick with my flannel sheets!

231 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:52:15pm

re: #122 Alaska Kim

I've been watching for the Northern Lights but haven't seen any yet.

During the winters in Fairbanks, I saw too much of the northern lights. Every time I see a picture of them I start shivering, remembering how cold and dark it was.

232 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:52:28pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

That's just so socon of you...you're ruining the Republican party you know...

///

233 hermit  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:52:36pm

re: #220 Hengineer

1f j00 c4n 234d 7h15 j00 n33d 2 g37 l41d

tell me about it! l33t 5ux - LolCat r teh w00t!

234 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:52:37pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

Oh. My. God.

235 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:52:50pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

Oh, dear me.

236 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:53:07pm

re: #233 hermit

tell me about it! l33t 5ux - LolCat r teh w00t!

ub3r pr0pz

237 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:53:11pm

re: #221 golly_wog

Kim,
I just went to spaceweather.com and we are entering the
solar wind. Tonight is good bet, but it will be around the arctic
circle. Look north. You never know what is going to happen. The best
time is usually about local midnight.

It was clear and blistering cold this morning, but the clouds have moved in from the west. Supposed to get snow tonite/tomorrow. Too much cloud cover.

238 Outrider  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:53:12pm

re: #219 MandyManners

I love the stuff under clothes.

skin?

239 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:53:18pm

re: #230 Alaska Kim

Could be, but I'll stick with my flannel sheets!

And for outdoors, Primaloft, baby. Courtesy of the US military.

240 reine.de.tout  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:53:23pm

re: #198 Alaska Kim

Yeah, that!

heh.
More information than anyone really wanted to know, methinks.

241 Throbert McGee  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:53:25pm

re: #89 Alaska Kim

Our soup kitchen here in town is called the Glory Hole.

Is it next door to The White Swallow?

242 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:53:41pm

re: #238 Outrider

skin?

Silk long-johns.

243 Outrider  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:53:53pm

re: #220 Hengineer

1f j00 c4n 234d 7h15 j00 n33d 2 g37 l41d

I'll work on it after dinner ;-)>

244 reine.de.tout  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:54:50pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

They're calling it "the gift of health".
right.

245 Winslow  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:54:56pm

Roland was a warrior
From the Land of the Midnight Sun.

246 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:54:59pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

Laura Ingraham had a spokesperson from Planned Parenthood on her show the other day defending this.

247 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:55:03pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

I've been told that there is a charity (in Israel I believe) that you can donate to women who don't want to get abortions, but feel that their financial situation require them to. (the thought obviously is that you donate money to them so they don't have to get an abortion).

This sounds like a much better Jesus Day gift. (you know with Xmas being about a birth and all)

248 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:55:06pm

re: #241 Throbert McGee

Is it next door to The White Swallow?

Thought that was the Skin Flute Supplier

249 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:55:19pm

re: #231 Soona'

During
the winters in Fairbanks, I saw too much of the northern lights. Every
time I see a picture of them I start shivering, remembering how cold
and dark it was.

I'm sure. Fairbanks is brutal in the wintertime. Have you ever read that book "Two old Ladies" or "Two old Women"? I think that was the name. It's about a native tribe that leaves the women behind when they have to move on to find food. It's a great read.

250 SFGoth  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:55:35pm

Is it hallucinogenic?

251 Silvergirl  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:56:57pm

re: #183 notutopia

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
Walt Whitman, poet (1819-1892)

"If, of thy mortal goods, thou art bereft,
And from thy slender store two loaves
alone to thee are left,
Sell one & from the dole,
Buy Hyacinths to feed the soul"

--Thirteenth Century Persian Poet

252 IslandLibertarian  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:56:58pm

re: #219 MandyManners

If she's wearing a silk camisole and tap pants, she gets a foot rub for sure.

/mmm...silk...

253 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:57:12pm

The Northern Lights have seen strange sights...

(but not a Brazilian pterosaur)

254 golly_wog  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:57:14pm

re: #249 Alaska Kim

I'm sure. Fairbanks is brutal in the wintertime. Have you ever read that book "Two old Ladies" or "Two old Women"? I think that was the name. It's about a native tribe that leaves the women behind when they have to move on to find food. It's a great read.

People in Delta Junction go to Fairbanks to warm up.

Ex Ft. Greely

255 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:57:17pm

re: #239 Occasional Reader

And for outdoors, Primaloft, baby. Courtesy of the US military.

good stuff!

256 hermit  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:57:34pm

re: #236 Hengineer

ub3r pr0pz

Thank You!

257 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:57:36pm

re: #252 IslandLibertarian

If she's wearing a silk camisole and tap pants, she gets a foot rub for sure.

/mmm...silk...

Thanks for the image...

258 Eowyn2  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:57:40pm

Yellowstone Park

Image: Image:Morning_Glory_Pool.jpg

259 bosforus  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:57:56pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

I don't know if that's such a bad idea. Can they be sent back in time to Bill Ayers' parents?

260 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:58:08pm

re: #251 Silvergirl

"If, of thy mortal goods, thou art bereft,
And from thy slender store two loaves
alone to thee are left,
Sell one & from the dole,
Buy Hyacinths to feed the soul"

--Thirteenth Century Persian Poet

Amazing how 13th century Persian rhymes exactly like English!

/

261 Nevergiveup  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:58:09pm

Simpson was found guilty on Oct. 3 in the armed robbery of a pair of memorabilia collectors at the Palace Station hotel and casino in Las Vegas. "Simpson has never previously been convicted of a crime. Thus, he now stands before the court as a first-time offender," defense attorney Gabriel Grasso told the judge in court papers filed in advance of Friday's sentencing hearing. (Reuters)

First Time Offender? Ah what's alittle murder now and then?

262 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:58:09pm

re: #256 hermit

Thank You!

[Link: www.somethingawful.com...]

I'm assuming the webpage is still up, too lazy to check.

263 Throbert McGee  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:58:32pm

re: #248 Hengineer

Thought that was the Skin Flute Supplier

No, you're thinking of "The Magic Flute."

"The White Swallow" is a meat market.

264 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:58:38pm

re: #241 Throbert McGee

Is it next door to The White Swallow?

No, it's next door to the Great Alaska Bush Company.

265 Randall Gross  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:58:54pm

Yay! Done with the outside lights, tree is up, now just hanging the ornaments.

266 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:58:55pm

re: #261 Nevergiveup

Simpson was found guilty on Oct. 3 in the armed robbery of a pair of memorabilia collectors at the Palace Station hotel and casino in Las Vegas. "Simpson has never previously been convicted of a crime. Thus, he now stands before the court as a first-time offender," defense attorney Gabriel Grasso told the judge in court papers filed in advance of Friday's sentencing hearing. (Reuters)

First Time Offender? Ah what's alittle murder now and then?

No no, he said an offhand comment about Muslims and somebody got offended.

267 reine.de.tout  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:59:01pm

re: #215 nyc redneck

OMG, it's alive.
i've heard that even a tiny piece of leave dropped on the side of the road can sprout roots and grow. it is amazing to look at the topiary like sculpture kudzu creates but it is a killer.

It is edible; and herbicides have little effect. One herbicide has been found to make it grow faster according to this

268 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:59:14pm

re: #263 Throbert McGee

No, you're thinking of "The Magic Flute."

"The White Swallow" is a meat market.

No, it's where Butters' dad takes wrestling lessons.

269 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:59:34pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

That's why I don't give to the United Way.

270 hermit  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:59:56pm

re: #262 Hengineer

[Link: www.somethingawful.com...]

I'm assuming the webpage is still up, too lazy to check.

WhoTF? Huh?

271 HoosierHoops  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:00:13pm

re: #163 WrathofG-d

The Next Issue LGF will Fight Over.

What's to fight over?
Bigfoot has one of those as a pet in my basement..
Kind of a messy bird and makes a racket but he is family and keeps the squirrel population down.

272 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:00:20pm

re: #268 Occasional Reader

No, it's where Butters' dad takes wrestling lessons.

Everyone knows its Butters!
(that's me!)

273 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:00:20pm

re: #252 IslandLibertarian

If she's wearing a silk camisole and tap pants, she gets a foot rub for sure.

/mmm...silk...

Long-johns, ferpetesake. It's WINTER!

274 BlueCanuck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:00:42pm

Hmmm, choices, choices. Do I go to the rally to support the current government? Or do I document the people who wish to support the new Coalition government proposed?

/Both happening at same time.

275 Bubblehead II  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:01:10pm

Indianapolis, IN (LifeNews.com) -- In what could easily become the most offensive Christmas offer ever a Planned Parenthood affiliate is offering Christmas gift certificates.

No sh*t

276 hermit  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:01:13pm

re: #273 MandyManners

Long-johns, ferpetesake. It's WINTER!

Used to wear silk under my BDUs all the time...very warm as under clothing...

277 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:01:19pm

re: #273 MandyManners

Long-johns, ferpetesake. It's WINTER!

Their minds wander, don't they? heh

278 bulwrk  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:01:36pm

re: #249 Alaska Kim

I was stationed on Adak and although not bitterly cold the combination of winds, fog, rain and snow made my year there generally miserable.

279 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:01:48pm

Even the moonbats at Haahvahd are feeling the sting of the economy...

Aske me if I care, though.

Harvard's endowment plunges $8 billion

Harvard University's endowment lost more than $8 billion in four months, a 22 percent plunge that is the steepest decline at the school in modern history.

The loss brings the endowment from $36.9 billion on June 30 to roughly $28.7 billion by the end of October. As first reported by Harvard Magazine and the Harvard Crimson, President Drew Faust and Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst outlined the impact of the loss in a letter late Tuesday to the university's deans.

280 Unboldened  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:01:57pm

re: #44 jcm

My thoughts too. The photos I remember appeared to be AKs or similar. One looked like it might have been some sort of submachine gun variant.

Also, those weapons don't look like they went through a multi-day skirmish... on the losing side anyway.

281 Learned Mother of Zion  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:02:24pm

re: #247 WrathofG-d

I've been told that there is a charity (in Israel I believe) that you can donate to women who don't want to get abortions, but feel that their financial situation require them to. (the thought obviously is that you donate money to them so they don't have to get an abortion).

This sounds like a much better Jesus Day gift. (you know with Xmas being about a birth and all)

[Link: www.efrat.org.il...]

282 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:02:26pm

re: #278 bulwrk

I
was stationed on Adak and although not bitterly cold the combination of
winds, fog, rain and snow made my year there generally miserable.

Adak is miserable for sure.

283 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:02:44pm

re: #277 Alaska Kim

Their minds wander, don't they? heh

You realize where our minds wander is ONE way to keep warm!

284 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:03:00pm

re: #279 loppyd

Even the moonbats at Haahvahd are feeling the sting of the economy...

Aske me if I care, though.

Harvard's endowment plunges $8 billion

BAILOUT!

285 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:03:07pm

re: #276 hermit

Used to wear silk under my BDUs all the time...very warm as under clothing...

I learned the art of layering when I moved to Seattle. Even in the summer.

286 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:03:18pm

re: #277 Alaska Kim

Their minds wander, don't they? heh

Like trying to herd cats.

287 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:03:30pm

re: #283 Hengineer

You realize where our minds wander is ONE way to keep warm!

you're good!

288 golly_wog  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:04:05pm

re: #278 bulwrk

I was stationed on Adak and although not bitterly cold the combination of winds, fog, rain and snow made my year there generally miserable.

The coldest I ever saw at Greely was -72 ambient.

/Throwing down the gaunlet

289 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:04:12pm

re: #287 Alaska Kim

you're good!

That's what my girlfriend keeps telling me!

290 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:04:26pm

re: #285 MandyManners

I learned the art of layering when I moved to Seattle. Even in the summer.

You thought Seattle in the summer was chilly?

291 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:04:28pm

re: #249 Alaska Kim

I'm sure. Fairbanks is brutal in the wintertime. Have you ever read that book "Two old Ladies" or "Two old Women"? I think that was the name. It's about a native tribe that leaves the women behind when they have to move on to find food. It's a great read.

I think I ended up with them one Saturday night after way too many drinks.

292 Nevergiveup  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:04:35pm

re: #279 loppyd

Even the moonbats at Haahvahd are feeling the sting of the economy...

Aske me if I care, though.

Harvard's endowment plunges $8 billion

I wonder how that is gonna effect their football program?

293 hermit  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:04:49pm

re: #285 MandyManners

I learned the art of layering when I moved to Seattle. Even in the summer.

You still out this way? "ish?"

294 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:05:10pm

re: #285 MandyManners

I learned the art of layering when I moved to Seattle. Even in the summer.

Well, Barry is an alumn after all...

295 SFGoth  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:05:24pm

re: #273 MandyManners

Long-johns, ferpetesake. It's WINTER!

That's what indoor heating is for. BTW, 58 degrees in S.F.

296 BlueCanuck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:05:31pm

re: #253 Occasional Reader

The Northern Lights have seen strange sights...

(but not a Brazilian pterosaur)

297 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:05:35pm

re: #294 loppyd

Well, Barry is an alumn after all...

Wrong post.

So solly.

298 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:05:47pm

re: #276 hermit

Used to wear silk under my BDUs all the time

"Kinky."

/Hedley Lamarr voice

299 IslandLibertarian  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:05:52pm

re: #273 MandyManners

Silk long johns for outside in the snow...
the rest for apre ski...
...a good wood stove helps...

300 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:06:05pm

re: #284 Hengineer

BAILOUT!

Meant to make the Barry comment here. LOL

301 jcm  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:06:07pm

re: #280 Unboldened

My thoughts too. The photos I remember appeared to be AKs or similar. One looked like it might have been some sort of submachine gun variant.

Also, those weapons don't look like they went through a multi-day skirmish... on the losing side anyway.

The bad guys had to hump all there ammo in. Would they hump in ammo for two different weapon systems? AK and MP5? I don't think so. Keep it simple, one ammo type, we already know they had AKs for sure, that means they packed in 7.62x39.

Unless there was a cache somewhere near or in the targets. In that case India's got a bigger problem internally than Pakistan externally.

303 bulwrk  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:06:10pm

re: #282 Alaska Kim

They did fly us out on garbage flights to Anchorage once a month,that was fun.

304 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:06:17pm

re: #289 Hengineer

That's what my girlfriend keeps telling me!

she'll keep saying that as long as you give foot rubs!

305 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:06:44pm

re: #281 Alouette

[Link: www.efrat.org.il...]

YES, that is it! Perfect. Thank you!

Ok, peoples, donate to EFRAT instead of Planned Parenthood, and have a great Dec. 24th Celebration.

306 CapeCoddah  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:06:44pm

Good afternoon/evening everyone, hope everyone is well...

307 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:06:50pm

re: #296 BlueCanuck

I was wondering if anyone would know that.

308 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:07:15pm

re: #253 Occasional Reader

The Northern Lights have seen strange sights...

(but not a Brazilian pterosaur)

There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
I cremated Sam McGee.

309 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:07:35pm

re: #304 Alaska Kim

she'll keep saying that as long as you give foot rubs!

And backrubs and neck rubs.
She likes my hands (and more...)

310 Kragar  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:07:36pm

re: #241 Throbert McGee

Is it next door to The White Swallow?

I thought it was next door to the candy factory, the one thats packing the fudge

311 WrathofG-d  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:07:37pm

re: #302 Alouette

I was perturbed by the tone of that article too. They ultimately claim that the behavior is a benefit...but it seems a bit sarcastic.

312 yah  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:07:51pm

I have planted morning glories everywhere I have lived because I just love them. They have never come up.

A friend who sent me a lot of those chain emails - the ones if you don't email this to 20 people an angel will cry type of stuff. I just deleted most of them.

Anyway one morning she sent one that said I would receive something I had always wanted within the next five minutes.

Finished with my am emails, I went into my back yard to say my morning thanks and prayers.
There on my fence was one lone fabulous morning glory in full bloom.
I have never seen another since that day.

313 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:08:02pm

re: #292 Nevergiveup

I wonder how that is gonna effect their football program?

I've been to a Harvard Yale game. Never again. Evah!

314 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:08:29pm

re: #309 Hengineer

And backrubs and neck rubs.
She likes my hands (and more...)

she ain't married you yet?

315 quickjustice  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:08:59pm

re: #313 loppyd

Yale had a very bad game last year. ;-)

316 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:09:17pm

Hey all y'all - just have some time before supper and thought I'd drop by!
What are we talking about?

317 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:09:17pm

re: #314 Alaska Kim

she ain't married you yet?

She's already told me point blank that she's ready, she claims to already want to bear my children. I'm just not quite ready yet.

318 BlueCanuck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:09:22pm

re: #307 Occasional Reader

Mom used to read me that poem a lot when I was a kid. :)

/it's near and dear to me.

319 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:09:23pm
320 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:09:54pm

re: #310 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I thought it was next door to the candy factory, the one thats packing the fudge

Ok guys, I am NOT kidding... The Alaskan Fudge Company is right down the street from the Glory Hole. Google it!

321 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:09:59pm

I just KNEW the minute I put up a post, Charles would put up a thread!
Rats!

322 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:10:06pm

re: #290 Alaska Kim

You thought Seattle in the summer was chilly?

I moved there from the South.

323 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:10:06pm
324 HoosierHoops  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:10:24pm

re: #316 realwest

Hey all y'all - just have some time before supper and thought I'd drop by!
What are we talking about?

The Hoopster waves to Realwest!

325 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:10:31pm

re: #293 hermit

You still out this way? "ish?"

Nope.

326 nyc redneck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:10:50pm

re: #312 yah

you have to prick the seeds w/ a knife and soak them over night before you plant them.

327 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:10:57pm

re: #294 loppyd

Well, Barry is an alumn after all...

Who? Wha'? Huh?

328 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:11:03pm

re: #322 MandyManners
You live in Seattle?!

329 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:11:19pm

re: #295 SFGoth

That's what indoor heating is for. BTW, 58 degrees in S.F.

Can't drag my unit around with me.

330 Soona'  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:11:24pm

re: #288 golly_wog

The coldest I ever saw at Greely was -72 ambient.

/Throwing down the gaunlet

When I was stationed at Ft. Wainwright (Fairbanks) it may not have gotten down that far, but during my first winter there, from about the third week in January to the middle of Febuary it didn't get above -50 degrees F.

331 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:11:25pm

re: #323 ploome hineni

not ready for what?

committment?

No, just not ready for the marriage thing, I still work onboard MSC ships and she's still in the Navy, we're committed to each other for sure, its just a hassle thing.

332 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:11:39pm

re: #324 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops! How are you?

333 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:11:50pm

re: #297 loppyd

Wrong post.

So solly.

*whew*

I was straining my brain to make sense of it.

334 quickjustice  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:12:03pm

re: #308 Spare O'Lake

You should credit Robert Service:

"Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows
Why he left his home in the South to roam round the Pole, God only knows
He was always cold, but that land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell
Though he'd often say in his homely way that he'd sooner live in hell."

335 notutopia  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:12:04pm

re: #269 Soona'

I won't either Soona'. They have taken on too many left fringe community programs and projects with their funding in my area. They raise a million here taken as payroll direct deductions from the local hospital, clinics, and industry employees.
The funds are paying for 6 fulltime office staff, that are served by a huge volunteer sorkforce group to actually conduct and canvass for the fund drives. They all make above standard salaries with benefits, and they sit at their desks all day and write and assist in the writing of grants which are submitted to the state and fed. gov. for additional fundings.
The money that is returned to actual programs or projects is negligible to the enhance of the community.

336 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:12:05pm

re: #308 Spare O'Lake

There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;

They trade circumcisions for gold?

337 MandyManners  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:12:18pm

Chowder's done. bbl

338 razorbacker  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:12:56pm

re: #279 loppyd

Even the moonbats at Haahvahd are feeling the sting of the economy...

Aske me if I care, though.

Harvard's endowment plunges $8 billion

A $28.7 billion endowment, eh? Well, now, that's just too big. Obviously, strictly in the interests of fairness, you unnerstand, it must be broken up and distributed to less fortunate schools.

I know of a nice little community college in Arkansas2 that could use a few bucks. They turn out people who do things that people need. You know, welders, farmers, mechanics, plumbers.

339 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:12:57pm

re: #336 Occasional Reader
No silly, they cut for gold.
Sheesh!

340 bulwrk  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:13:26pm

re: #288 golly_wog

-72 is cold,but try walking down an icy road in 100mph winds.

341 HoosierHoops  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:13:48pm

re: #332 realwest

Hey Hoops! How are you?

It's friday night for me Realwest..The rest of the year I'm only working 3 days a week..WooHoo! So I'm doing GREAT!
/Tony the Tiger

342 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:13:59pm

re: #340 bulwrk

-72 is cold,but try walking down an icy road in 100mph winds.

Luxury!

What we wouldn't have given for a nice "road" when I was a kid...

[etc.]

343 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:14:26pm
344 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:14:30pm

re: #341 HoosierHoops
That's great! How come only 3 a week? Unused vacation time?

345 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:15:17pm

re: #315 quickjustice

Yale had a very bad game last year. ;-)

It's like watching high school ball - with the occasional exception of someone like Brown's Zach DeOssie who is playing for the Giants.

346 HoosierHoops  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:15:27pm

re: #344 realwest

That's great! How come only 3 a week? Unused vacation time?

Yes Sir! When do you get your new computer?

347 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:15:33pm

re: #343 ploome hineni

how long are you dating?

Been about 7 months now

348 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:16:02pm

re: #345 {loppyd}
Hey hi there goodlooking! How are you?

349 gop_patriot  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:16:15pm

re: #302 Alouette

Those pushy, aggressive Jews, forcing shoppers to buy stuff at the mall.

Wow.
This woman wasn't accosted, she was given a sales pitch. All she had to do was say "No thanks" and walk away. What a whiny brat. "Waaah! They made me buy stuff!" I used to sell cosmetics in a department store; that's just how it works. If someone's not interested, they'll walk away.

/In my mall, they're secular (!) Muslims from Turkey, and they own nearly all the kiosks. I think they're all related. Mostly nice. Can be pushy.

350 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:16:31pm

re: #338 razorbacker

A $28.7 billion endowment, eh? Well, now, that's just too big. Obviously, strictly in the interests of fairness, you unnerstand, it must be broken up and distributed to less fortunate schools.

I know of a nice little community college in Arkansas2 that could use a few bucks. They turn out people who do things that people need. You know, welders, farmers, mechanics, plumbers.

Pu-leeze. LOL

351 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:16:37pm
352 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:17:02pm

re: #346 HoosierHoops
Don't know yet - maybe this Saturday or Sunday - should find out tomorrow - gotta schedule stuff with docs and all for year end type check ups and all that.

353 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:17:08pm

re: #348 realwest

Hey hi there goodlooking! How are you?

{realwest}!

I'm hanging in there, handsome.

How's by you?

354 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:17:44pm

re: #351 buzzsawmonkey
Wasn't there a TV show called Nortern Lights?

355 razorbacker  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:17:53pm

re: #340 bulwrk

-72 is cold,but try walking down an icy road in 100mph winds.

You had ice? We had to bring our own ice! Winter and summer! And the roads were uphill both ways! And they didn't let us walk, we had to crawl!

And we were gratefull to have that!

356 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:18:10pm
357 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:18:18pm
358 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:18:41pm

re: #336 Occasional Reader

They trade circumcisions for gold?

LOL. They always have. ;D

359 IslandLibertarian  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:18:48pm

re: #286 MandyManners

Like trying to herd cats.

mmmrrrooowww...

360 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:18:55pm

re: #357 ploome hineni

oh.not that long

Naw, but she keeps insisting that she's getting old (She's 25 and I'm 27)

361 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:19:05pm
362 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:19:17pm

re: #353 loppyd
Ah, about the same -screwed up my med timing so I didn't get my usual 2 hour nap - I'll probably be asleep by 10 - which is not good as I have meds to take between 11 and then again at 12:30 :(
Otherwise I'm doing ok, thanks!

363 HoosierHoops  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:19:36pm

re: #357 ploome hineni

oh.not that long

I agree.. My Opinion is that you should date at least a year before making a lifelong commitment..
Let's do a poll...

364 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:20:03pm

re: #361 buzzsawmonkey
Ah, yeah that was it! You must be really old to remember that!
/ducks

365 IslandLibertarian  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:20:21pm

re: #288 golly_wog

The coldest I ever saw at Greely was -72 ambient.

/Throwing down the gaunlet

If I never see snow again, SO WHAT!

366 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:20:47pm

More change you can believe in:

Possible Obama pick linked to drug dealer granted clemency by Clinton

WASHINGTON -The California congressman in discussions with President-elect Barack Obama to become U.S. trade representative played a role in President Bill Clinton’s commuting the prison sentence of a cocaine dealer.

The cocaine dealer’s family had made $15,000 in political donations to the congressman and hired Clinton’s brother-in-law for $200,000 to help free Carlos Vignali.

The case involving Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., marks the second time the 7-year-old controversy over Clinton’s final actions has surfaced as Obama organizes his new administration. Republicans earlier resurrected the role of Eric Holder, Obama’s pick for attorney general, in the pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, who won a pardon on Clinton’s last day in office.

367 Occasional Reader  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:20:53pm

Later.

368 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:21:14pm
369 SFGoth  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:21:27pm

re: #329 MandyManners

Can't drag my unit around with me.

My unit's portable, LOL

370 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:21:29pm

re: #356 buzzsawmonkey

Harvard's endowment may have shrunk, but there are still some pretty big dicks associated with the place.

LOL. This is true!

371 razorbacker  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:21:30pm

re: #363 HoosierHoops

I agree.. My Opinion is that you should date at least a year before making a lifelong commitment..
Let's do a poll...

After the commitment, dating will be problematic. Not impossible, but problematic.

372 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:21:42pm

re: #368 ploome hineni

mmm

what, something taste good? lol

373 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:21:49pm

re: #367 Occasional Reader

Later.

Ciao OR

374 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:21:52pm
375 nyc redneck  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:22:04pm

re: #217 Nevergiveup

Planned Parenthood Issues Christmas Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Abortion

[Link: www.lifenews.com...]

Charming?

they have no idea what christmas means.
it's abt. celebrating the BIRTH and LIFE of jesus.
how inappropriate of these assholes.

376 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:22:16pm

re: #366 loppyd
Well at least he's familiar with foreign trade!

377 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:22:28pm

re: #362 realwest

Do you need a new alarm clock? :~)

378 bulwrk  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:23:01pm

re: #342 Occasional Reader

lol,they only let us on the roads when the weather was bad the tundra was full of sink holes.

379 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:23:26pm

re: #375 nyc redneck

they have no idea what christmas means.
it's abt. celebrating the BIRTH and LIFE of jesus.
how inappropriate of these assholes.

Surprised I haven't seen Islamist-apologizing abortion supporters walking around with signs saying "JESUS SHOULD'VE BEEN ABORTED"

380 quickjustice  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:23:30pm

re: #376 realwest

Strictly import/export.

381 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:23:52pm

re: #363 HoosierHoops

I agree.. My Opinion is that you should date at least a year before making a lifelong commitment..
Let's do a poll...

Agreed.

I found out I hated my EX BF in the second year. LOL

382 HoosierHoops  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:24:25pm

re: #374 ploome hineni

without pressure

Yes, the old 'my biological clock' is ticking is pressure and a ticket for disaster

383 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:24:38pm

re: #361 buzzsawmonkey

Maybe you're thinking of "Northern Exposure?"

I don't know, but my wife would - Alaska and get back to you.

384 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:24:59pm
385 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:25:00pm

re: #351 buzzsawmonkey

I'm surprised there is no Alaskan light beer called "Northern Lite."

There's an Alaskan Winter Ale that is brewed here in Juneau by the Alaska Brewing Co. The bottles are cool looking, and the beer is good.

386 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:25:02pm

re: #376 realwest

Well at least he's familiar with foreign trade!

I don't know how Barry can continue to say with a straight face that his administration is about change.

387 SFGoth  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:25:21pm

re: #351 buzzsawmonkey

I'm surprised there is no Alaskan light beer called "Northern Lite."

There's a strain of ganja called that. Read it in High Times.

388 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:26:00pm
389 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:26:17pm

re: #382 HoosierHoops

Yes, the old 'my biological clock' is ticking is pressure and a ticket for disaster

I never pulled that...and my biological clock is THUNDERING. :)

390 razorbacker  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:26:37pm

razorbacker, out.

391 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:26:44pm

re: #377 loppyd
Nah, just a new brain! LOL! Actually Mom usually reminds me and I remind her and we both fell asleep watching a dumb tv show!

392 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:27:25pm

re: #388 ploome hineni

and they have ben dating a short while and she is 25

has he met her family? he school friends?

Not her family yet but I've met some of her Navy friends

393 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:27:55pm
394 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:27:56pm

re: #380 quickjustice
Yup, but hey, that experience, right?! More than Obama has to be POTUS!

395 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:28:06pm
396 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:28:49pm

re: #383 Spare O'Lake
Oh, that was COLD! LOL! Don't mention age whatever you do!

397 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:29:13pm

re: #391 realwest

Nah, just a new brain! LOL! Actually Mom usually reminds me and I remind her and we both fell asleep watching a dumb tv show!


Oprah?

398 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:29:19pm

re: #395 ploome hineni

meet the family

lol

Yea she wanted me to this Christmas but the timing of vacation of the other 3rd Assistant Engineers on the ship doesn't allow it. She's already met my dad and likes him, though.

399 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:29:29pm

re: #389 loppyd

I never pulled that...and my biological clock is THUNDERING. :)

LOL. Ticking clocks make me think of Peter Pan and biological clocks make me think of Marissa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.

400 Learned Mother of Zion  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:29:43pm

re: #349 gop_patriot

Wow.
This woman wasn't accosted, she was given a sales pitch. All she had to do was say "No thanks" and walk away. What a whiny brat. "Waaah! They made me buy stuff!" I used to sell cosmetics in a department store; that's just how it works. If someone's not interested, they'll walk away.

/In my mall, they're secular (!) Muslims from Turkey, and they own nearly all the kiosks. I think they're all related. Mostly nice. Can be pushy.

When I was in Alabama for my son's wedding, I went to the upscale mall that was attached to the hotel we were staying at. There were some kiosks run by Israelis. We started chatting, I ended up buying some products from them and they came to my son's wedding.

What people don't understand about these kiosks is that you don't have to pay the price they quote you. That's their highball opening bid. I sell deadsea products on my website so I know what this stuff is supposed to cost. If I can buy it cheaper at these kiosks, that's win-win.

401 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:30:01pm

re: #386 loppyd
Maybe he's hoping we'll forget about that part of his campaign slogan! Well, actually his whole campaign!

402 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:30:02pm
403 Alaska Kim  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:30:06pm

re: #393 buzzsawmonkey

I'm
sure it is; I'm just saying there are all sorts of cool Alaska-centric
names that have not, to my admittedly incomplete knowledge, been used.

I
would think "Polar Beer," with a guess-what on the label, would be big
with cry-over-the-baby-polar-bears crowd. "Caribooze" springs to mind.
"Northern Lite" could be made with real glacier water, and a pic of the Aurora Borealis on the label.

Oh, the possibilities.

Caribooze is good!
We had fun when they were asking folks to come up with drawings that they thought should go on the Alaska state quarter. The grizzly bear with the salmon in its mouth ended up winning.

404 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:30:14pm

re: #399 Spare O'Lake

LOL. Ticking clocks make me think of Peter Pan and biological clocks make me think of Marissa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.

Always!

405 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:30:42pm

re: #390 razorbacker
Roger, copy that.

406 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:31:11pm

re: #401 realwest

Maybe he's hoping we'll forget about that part of his campaign slogan! Well, actually his whole campaign!

I'd like to forget about his whole presidency and it hasn't even begun.

407 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:32:18pm

re: #397 loppyd
GOOD LORD, NO! Never watch that trash. This was some trash on H&G TV (Home and Garden, House and Garden, whatever)!

408 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:32:30pm

re: #399 Spare O'Lake

LOL. Ticking clocks make me think of Peter Pan and biological clocks make me think of Marissa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.

You've never heard of grits?

409 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:32:35pm

Gotta run.
Is it safe to turn this thing off or do we have to let it cool down for a while?

410 HoosierHoops  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:32:43pm

re: #399 Spare O'Lake

LOL. Ticking clocks make me think of Peter Pan and biological clocks make me think of Marissa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.

That's what I was thinking of also..Marissa is a beautiful and funny actress.

411 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:33:12pm

re: #399 Spare O'Lake
My Cousin Vinny was a really funny movie!

412 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:33:34pm

re: #402 ploome hineni

does he like her?

He didn't really say but I don't think he DISLIKES her. I think he's just happy that I'm happy with her.

413 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:34:13pm

re: #408 Hengineer

You've never heard of grits?

Regular, medium or al dente?
Bye now.

414 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:34:43pm

re: #407 realwest

HGTV is acceptable. I'll allow it. LOL

Food Network junkie here.

415 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:35:09pm

re: #406 loppyd
Well with the exception of foreign policy, I'm almost glad a Republican didn't win - this economy is going to hell in a basket!

416 Hengineer  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:35:17pm

Mk, time for me to shove off to my room and relax before I head to bed. Night all

417 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:35:51pm

re: #416 Hengineer

Sweet Dreams...

418 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:36:06pm

re: #410 HoosierHoops
Yeah, that's true, but Joe Pesci just MADE that movie - he was FABULOUS!

419 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:36:37pm

re: #416 Hengineer
Good night - sleep well!

420 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:37:14pm

re: #413 Spare O'Lake
Bye!

421 Outrider  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:37:35pm

re: #302 Alouette

Those pushy, aggressive Jews, forcing shoppers to buy stuff at the mall.

Huh. They haven't met the right Americans yet.

Wholesalers say cart operators have tried hiring Americans to staff carts, but they lacked the art of the hustle -- too polite to move the merchandise, especially for 12 hours straight.

Aggressive sales are what it takes if you want to sell stuff in a non-traditional setting like kiosks, flea-markets, or cold sales door to door. I've done all three and made money at it. Meek people with no gift of gab need not apply. lol

422 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:38:00pm

re: #414 loppyd
Yeah, my mom likes the Food Channel too - and something called Clean House on - I think - the Style channel!

423 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:39:23pm

re: #422 realwest

Yeah, my mom likes the Food Channel too - and something called Clean House on - I think - the Style channel!

I don't get the Style channel. I feel so deprived. LOL

424 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:40:35pm
425 loppyd  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:40:58pm

Speaking of food...I need to rustle up some vittles.

BBL

426 realwest  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:43:11pm

re: #425 loppyd
See ya later if I can stay awake! LOL!

427 Eowyn2  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:48:41pm

re: #302 Alouette

Those pushy, aggressive Jews, forcing shoppers to buy stuff at the mall.

Yes, well, if it weren't for a certain Jew, there would be NO CHRISTMAS!

428 Throbert McGee  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 3:57:24pm

re: #264 Alaska Kim

No, it's next door to the Great Alaska Bush Company.

"Bush" and "Glory Hole"? I think we're talking about very different target markets, here.

(Although, to follow that tangent a little, one of the funnier sight gags in John Waters' Desperate Living* involves a "lesbian glory hole" in a women's restroom stall -- a triangular hole at waist level and two circular openings at chest level.)

* Which is definitely part of Waters' "early" Pink Flamingos era, not his "later" era that began with 1988's Hairspray -- and thus recommendable only if you more or less enjoyed Pink Flamingos.

429 gegenkritik  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 4:02:40pm

Btw, some guys invented a cool (and free) software, which makes an easy 3D-Scanner for everybody. All you basically need is a (web)-cam and a cheap hand-held line laser:

[Link: www.david-laserscanner.com...]

Youtube Video
430 debutaunt  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 4:11:42pm

re: #63 nyc redneck

morning glory seeds must be pricked w/ a knife and soaked over night to germinate. try that. they should come up.

It's all about the danger with you.

431 [deleted]  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 5:00:19pm
432 redc1c4  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 5:13:46pm

sorry, but i hate Morning Glorys... nasty plant: we call it blue kudzu for it's propensity to cover everything over, killing and burying the other vines & trees in the yard.

433 poopeedoo  Wed, Dec 3, 2008 5:37:27pm

re: #432 redc1c4

Evening grace. :)


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