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Open | Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:47:11 pm PST
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
— Douglas Adams
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Open | Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:47:11 pm PST
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
— Douglas Adams
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Mr. E. Train Sun, Dec 7, 2008 10:52:01pm |
Never underestimate the power of large groups of determined fools.
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Pvt Bin Jammin Sun, Dec 7, 2008 10:54:58pm |
re: #1 NY Nana
Love ya Nana. I am not long for the world either. Don't we live in a weird one?
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zombie Sun, Dec 7, 2008 10:56:11pm |
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.— Douglas Adams
This is a group therapy session, right? Complete honesty -- right?
OK. I confess.
I never liked Douglas Adams. At all. I found him, and his entire style of humor, utterly unfunny. Straight mouth. Not even a smile. Not once.
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 10:56:16pm |
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 10:58:09pm |
re: #4 zombie
This is a group therapy session, right? Complete honesty -- right?
OK. I confess.
I never liked Douglas Adams. At all. I found him, and his entire style of humor, utterly unfunny. Straight mouth. Not even a smile. Not once.
Yeah, plus Get Smart was OK, but . . .
...what's that? Oh Douglas Adams, not Don.
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 10:58:53pm |
"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
What do you think of Douglas Adams now?
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 7, 2008 10:59:30pm |
re: #4 zombie
Do you like Monty Python? Maybe you're missing your Anlgo funny bone. It's ok, not everybody has it.
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Racer X Sun, Dec 7, 2008 10:59:36pm |
re: #4 zombie
I never liked Douglas Adams. At all. I found him, and his entire style of humor, utterly unfunny. Straight mouth. Not even a smile. Not once.
I thought the same thing until found out his background. Then it hit me - ahhh...English humor. I loved Dr. Who.
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Catttt Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:00:42pm |
re: #4 zombie
This is a group therapy session, right? Complete honesty -- right?
OK. I confess.
I never liked Douglas Adams. At all. I found him, and his entire style of humor, utterly unfunny. Straight mouth. Not even a smile. Not once.
Me neither. I do like that quote, though.
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Racer X Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:01:34pm |
re: #7 zombie
Uh oh.
Heh. I thought Hitchhikers Guide was a wonderful book. I had never read anything quite like it.
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:03:33pm |
Here's a guide to understanding Douglas Adams' writing style. It's especially handy for the uninitiated.
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zombie Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:03:53pm |
re: #11 Killgore Trout
Do you like Monty Python? Maybe you're missing your Anlgo funny bone. It's ok, not everybody has it.
Love Monty Python. But that's a different kind of humor. In fact, I like much of British humor. Just not Mr. Adams. A personal quirk of mine, I suppose.
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traderjoe9 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:04:37pm |
re: #11 Killgore Trout
Do you like Monty Python? Maybe you're missing your Anlgo funny bone. It's ok, not everybody has it.
Life of Brian was great.
Biggus Dickus!
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NY Nana Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:04:51pm |
re: #3 Pvt Bin Jammin
I am not long for the world either. Don't we live in a weird one?
Very weird. I ♥ you, Private! ;)
This is as close to 2 AM as I have gone off line in eons. Too tired to think coherently, so help me, but that is nothing new.
Sweet dreams!
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Alberta Oil Peon Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:04:54pm |
I heard this one long before Douglas Adams' books became popular, "Every time you build something foolproof, Nature comes out with a better grade of fool." Sometimes with "idiot" replacing "fool."
Perhaps the quote, as written, is Adams' take on the idea, but the idea itself long predates him. I remember my father expressing it back in the mid '60s. It was one of his favorite sayings, in fact.
And I do like Douglas Adams' books. Never heard him speak, I don't believe.
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Catttt Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:04:56pm |
OK, I love Dr. Who and Monty Python, but didn't like Douglas Adams when I tried reading him. I suppose I might give him another go (note the British lingo) - it's been a while.
Conversely, at the movies in London once, there were two Americans - me - and some guy. I know this, because we were the only ones laughing at the purely American jokes.
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Joan Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:05:15pm |
re: #11 Killgore Trout
Do you like Monty Python? Maybe you're missing your Anlgo funny bone. It's ok, not everybody has it.
true. My brother in law just rollls his eyes and leaves the room when we turn on the Britcoms
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Catttt Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:05:33pm |
re: #15 gmsc
Here's a guide to understanding Douglas Adams' writing style. It's especially handy for the uninitiated.
Too much work at 2 a.m. I will heart it and look tomorrow - later today.
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:07:38pm |
re: #20 Alberta Oil Peon
I heard this one long before Douglas Adams' books became popular, "Every time you build something foolproof, Nature comes out with a better grade of fool." Sometimes with "idiot" replacing "fool."
Perhaps the quote, as written, is Adams' take on the idea, but the idea itself long predates him. I remember my father expressing it back in the mid '60s. It was one of his favorite sayings, in fact.
And I do like Douglas Adams' books. Never heard him speak, I don't believe.
One of my favorites speeches of his was called "Is There An Artificial God?". The link goes to the text of this speech, and there's also Speech Audio available at the link directly under his picture in the left column.
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:08:06pm |
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zombie Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:10:34pm |
re: #13 Catttt
Me neither.
I've given it 60 seconds of thought, and realized: What I don't like about it is the way the self-congratulatory smugness is built in to each sentence. Not only is he attempting to be funny, but he is simultaneously taking a victory lap for having been successful. I much much prefer the George Carlin/Stephen Wright style of pure deadpan.
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zombie Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:12:52pm |
Well, looks like I have successfully applied a wet blanket to the thread!
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Gozer the Carpathian Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:14:05pm |
*Chuckles*
I've enjoyed Douglas Adam's work for a while after seeing the old BBC TV version of the Hitchikers Guide. The books were even better though with even less plot. :)
Lots of great little bits of things in there. I love that the babel fish was the single greatest cause of death and destruction do to war and misunderstandings of any creature ever created. :)
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:14:06pm |
They did a remake of Hitchhiker's Guide a few years ago. I found it very fitting that Zaphod was cast as an American.....
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 2005 The Ultimate Question
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Gozer the Carpathian Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:15:02pm |
Nah Zombie you're perfectly allowed to dislike DA. We still love ya.
I mean come on, not everyone likes Ghostbusters either and I get along fine with them. :D
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:15:05pm |
Adams is kind ok, but I see him as a Tom Robbins/Kurt Vonnegut wannabe.
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zombie Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:15:11pm |
"Hello my baby, hello my darlin', hello my ragtime gal...!"
{Someone in the back of the audience coughs once. Silence.]
C'mon, let's get this party back on track!
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Racer X Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:15:48pm |
re: #27 zombie
I've given it 60 seconds of thought, and realized: What I don't like about it is the way the self-congratulatory smugness is built in to each sentence. Not only is he attempting to be funny, but he is simultaneously taking a victory lap for having been successful. I much much prefer the George Carlin/Stephen Wright style of pure deadpan.
Ahh but thats what makes it funny - to me. It is that English arrogance coming through. You don't quite know if he is truly being condescending or deadpan or serious.
my .02
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Gozer the Carpathian Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:16:00pm |
re: #33 zombie
"Hello my baby, hello my darlin', hello my ragtime gal...!"
{Someone in the back of the audience coughs once. Silence.]
C'mon, let's get this party back on track!
*Chuckles*
Is it just me or did anyone else think Spaceballs when you read that line?
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:16:16pm |
re: #28 zombie
Well, looks like I have successfully applied a wet blanket to the thread!
now you're really panicking. Breathe.............
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:16:28pm |
re: #30 Killgore Trout
They did a remake of Hitchhiker's Guide a few years ago. I found it very fitting that Zaphod was cast as an American.....
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 2005 The Ultimate Question
I still prefer the old BBC TV version. They did it as a sort of miniseries, so they could take more time, and explore the book deeper than the 2005 movie could.
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Joan Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:17:00pm |
Terry Pratchett.
....talk amongst yourselves, insomniacs. In the words of the immortal JarJar Binx, "myh givvvupp!"
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DistantThunder Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:17:38pm |
Zombie tell us how you really feel you thread killer you.
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:18:15pm |
Reese Whitherspoon killed the thread.
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Racer X Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:18:36pm |
re: #30 Killgore Trout
They did a remake of Hitchhiker's Guide a few years ago. I found it very fitting that Zaphod was cast as an American.....
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 2005 The Ultimate Question
I really liked that movie!
/deeply shallow
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:18:39pm |
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NY Nana Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:18:46pm |
re: #26 gmsc
You, too!
Last thing before I close down:
I adore Britcoms, and this is one of my favorites....the two Ronnies! Enjoy!
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DistantThunder Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:19:00pm |
My new favorite comic is brian reagan. Crowds have memorized some of his bits and chant along.
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Racer X Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:19:11pm |
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DistantThunder Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:19:42pm |
I saw Jonathan Winters in tahoe - we laughed until we cried.
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:19:55pm |
re: #43 gmsc
Someone had to take the heat for Zombie....O.J. is tied up at the moment...
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zombie Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:20:10pm |
re: #48 DistantThunder
I saw Jonathan Winters in tahoe - we laughed until we cried.
He was the greatest stand-up comedian of them all.
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Alberta Oil Peon Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:20:37pm |
re: #33 zombie
"Hello my baby, hello my darlin', hello my ragtime gal...!"
{Someone in the back of the audience coughs once. Silence.]
C'mon, let's get this party back on track!
Wasn't there a Warner Bros. animated cartoon that featured a singing frog that sang that song?
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zombie Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:20:59pm |
re: #52 Alberta Oil Peon
Wasn't there a Warner Bros. animated cartoon that featured a singing frog that sang that song?
That's what I was thinking of...
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SurferDoc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:21:13pm |
re: #52 Alberta Oil Peon
Wasn't there a Warner Bros. animated cartoon that featured a singing frog that sang that song?
Famous line from it: "Ribbit"
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:21:31pm |
re: #33 zombie
Now that I think of it Hitchhiker's Guide is a contemporary retelling of the Lord of the Rings. Brits/Hobbits hate to travel yet they do it as much as they can and they bring the comforts of home with them as much as they can and try to make due.
/enough deep thoughts for me. G'nite.
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zombie Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:21:41pm |
"...Send me a kiss by wire, Baby my heart's on fire!"
(Little known second line.)
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redc1c4 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:21:45pm |
re: #8 zombie
A perfect example of -- read the whole thread first!
nah.... he sucks.
(Doug, not Racer)
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DistantThunder Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:21:58pm |
I watched a few minutes of Chris Rock on HBO and was appalled and offended at his vile racism and misogyny. What a jerk.
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:22:48pm |
re: #42 zombie
My style is S.J. Perlman and Jamer Thurber.
Did you ever see Jack Lemmon in "The War Between Men and Women" (1972)? There's a James Thurber animation of his story "The Last Flower" right in the middle of the movie!
How do you feel about Shel Silverstein?
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Catttt Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:23:09pm |
re: #27 zombie
I've given it 60 seconds of thought, and realized: What I don't like about it is the way the self-congratulatory smugness is built in to each sentence. Not only is he attempting to be funny, but he is simultaneously taking a victory lap for having been successful. I much much prefer the George Carlin/Stephen Wright style of pure deadpan.
I'm with you there. Good analysis.
I have to mention - I liked Kingsley Amis and enjoyed P. G. Wodehouse.
I was going to mention I loved S. J Perelman, but he was an American.
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NY Nana Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:23:19pm |
A lizard posted this...can't remember who: The Monty Python Channel...it is great!
NY Grampa is prying my fingers off the keyboard...again!
G'nite for real.
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Alberta Oil Peon Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:23:36pm |
re: #42 zombie
My style is S.J. Perlman and Jamer Thurber.
The former was one of the writers of the big Marx Brothers hit shows, later made into movies, IIRC. Along with Moss Hart?
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redc1c4 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:23:41pm |
re: #28 zombie
Well, looks like I have successfully applied a wet blanket to the thread!
never saw that in your "alley" post: is that in the subscription only portion of the page?
/white smoke
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DistantThunder Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:23:42pm |
I saw Bill Cosby in 1985 in tahoe and remember crying at that one too.
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zombie Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:23:53pm |
re: #59 gmsc
Did you ever see Jack Lemmon in "The War Between Men and Women" (1972)? There's a James Thurber animation of his story "The Last Flower" right in the middle of the movie!
Never saw it!
How do you feel about Shel Silverstein?
Eh. Some good, some bad.
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BlueCanuck Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:23:54pm |
Evening all. Night shift checking in. At least we have moved on from the Nirth Certifikate to serious stuff. Zombie, just because you don't like Douglas Adams, or found him to be unfunny doesn't mean we will hate you. Disliking authours isn't like politics. We can move on until we find something we agree on. I see some one has already mentioned Terry Prattchet. Can we go there?
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redc1c4 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:24:42pm |
re: #61 NY Nana
A lizard posted this...can't remember who: The Monty Python Channel...it is great!
NY Grampa is prying my fingers off the keyboard...again!
G'nite for real.
wear him out!
/win, win!
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:24:49pm |
re: #52 Alberta Oil Peon
Wasn't there a Warner Bros. animated cartoon that featured a singing frog that sang that song?
Yep - That's Michigan J. Frog from One Froggy Evening!
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Catttt Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:25:39pm |
re: #62 Alberta Oil Peon
The former was one of the writers of the big Marx Brothers hit shows, later made into movies, IIRC. Along with Moss Hart?
I LOVE the Marx Brothers. When I was going to school in New Orleans, I used to take the bus cross-town, with one bus change, to go see Marx Brothers movies.
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redc1c4 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:26:31pm |
re: #35 Gozer the Carpathian
*Chuckles*
Is it just me or did anyone else think Spaceballs when you read that line?
just you.
never saw it, still have my frontal lobes.
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DistantThunder Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:28:44pm |
I caught a few moments of the Three Stooges today - while clicking right past - Meet the Depressed. I had to burst out laughing.
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:29:06pm |
re: #35 Gozer the Carpathian
*Chuckles*
Is it just me or did anyone else think Spaceballs when you read that line?
I didn't, but it's only because they're doing a quick parody of Michigan J. Frog.
It is cool that they got John Hurt, who did the original scene in Alien to do the parody scene, too!
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NY Nana Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:29:28pm |
re: #69 Catttt
Catt,
For you: Hello, I must be going!
G'nite for really real, honest! Sweet dreams, all!
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Silvergirl Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:29:34pm |
re: #46 DistantThunder
My new favorite comic is brian reagan. Crowds have memorized some of his bits and chant along.
He's been my favorite for several years. Well-loved by my family, and by any friends who check him out after I recommend him. When I'm feeling imperious (which isn't really too often, thankfully) I like to say, "Bring me the head of a pig" because of Regan's bit when he's talking about people flying First Class.
So when you do get on, the first class people are already sitting there; they're all sprawled out on their big thrones. "Bring me the head of a pig! And a goblet of something cool and refreshing! Anyone have a fiddle? Amuse me."
Take luck! ;-)
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redc1c4 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:29:47pm |
re: #71 NY Nana
I distracted him for a few minutes! ;)
that isn't what i had in mind.....
but maybe that was more than he could cope with. %-)
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redc1c4 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:30:54pm |
re: #69 Catttt
I LOVE the Marx Brothers. When I was going to school in New Orleans, I used to take the bus cross-town, with one bus change, to go see Marx Brothers movies.
they had buses back then? where they a nickle too?
/ducks, tosses white smoke
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Catttt Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:32:01pm |
re: #74 NY Nana
Catt,
For you: Hello, I must be going!
G'nite for really real, honest! Sweet dreams, all!
When I was a little girl, we always watched Groucho's You Bet Your Life. Loved him - love all their movies - love them. I even read Groucho's books and Harpo's autobiography - my mom got me a copy through a used book service. This was all pre-internet when such things took more work.
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Alberta Oil Peon Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:32:40pm |
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redc1c4 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:32:43pm |
re: #80 DistantThunder
Abbott and Costello were my favorites.
scotch and water are my favorites......
/old standbys are best
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:33:23pm |
re: #69 Catttt
I LOVE the Marx Brothers. When I was going to school in New Orleans, I used to take the bus cross-town, with one bus change, to go see Marx Brothers movies.
Here's a true challenge for the Marx fan: How many of Lydia's tattoos can you name in 9 minutes?
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Catttt Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:34:07pm |
re: #79 redc1c4
they had buses back then? where they a nickle too?
/ducks, tosses white smoke
I don't remember for sure, and I know you are teasing me - but it was cheap. Maybe a quarter, including transfers - possibly 50 cents. Phone calls were still a nickel - This was the 70s - things were cheaper there than elsewhere.
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Silvergirl Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:34:32pm |
re: #80 DistantThunder
Abbott and Costello were my favorites.
I love Laurel and Hardy. One that a lot of people haven't seen because it doesn't seem to be as easy to find as so many of their others, is Big Business. They're out selling Christmas trees door to door. It's great! Plus this is the time of year for it.
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chicken kiev Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:34:35pm |
84 gmsc
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz.
You can learn a lot from Lydia.
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Catttt Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:35:22pm |
re: #84 gmsc
Here's a true challenge for the Marx fan: How many of Lydia's tattoos can you name in 9 minutes?
I can sing the whole song, but I'm too tired to count.
She has eyes that men adore so
And her torso - even more so.
I HAVE to hit the hay now. YAWN. Night all.
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DistantThunder Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:35:29pm |
re: #86 Silvergirl
I love Laurel and Hardy. One that a lot of people haven't seen because it doesn't seem to be as easy to find as so many of their others, is Big Business. They're out selling Christmas trees door to door. It's great! Plus this is the time of year for it.
I love the one where Laurel and Hardy join the Foreign Legion.
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DistantThunder Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:37:32pm |
re: #87 chicken kiev
84 gmsc
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz.
You can learn a lot from Lydia.
That's the song that the little sister sings in Philadelphia Story.
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Catttt Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:37:39pm |
OK - one more post.
The General - with Buster Keaton - funny. He made the Civil War funny - genius funny.
Hello - I must be going. :D
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redc1c4 Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:38:52pm |
re: #85 Catttt
I don't remember for sure, and I know you are teasing me - but it was cheap. Maybe a quarter, including transfers - possibly 50 cents. Phone calls were still a nickel - This was the 70s - things were cheaper there than elsewhere.
no offense meant, glad none was taken, since i forgot the obligatory ' %-) '
things have always been different in the Crescent City, as my Coonass Army buddy is always quick to remind me. it isn't the heat, it's the stupidity.....
the Marz brothers are the only humorous part of the, unlike Karl.
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DistantThunder Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:40:12pm |
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Salamantis Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:41:25pm |
Douglas Adams? Okay, but more of a social than a literary phenomenon. My favorite Adams is Richard. Books such as Shardik and Watership Down are essential and transcendent reads.
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:43:16pm |
re: #89 Catttt
I can sing the whole song, but I'm too tired to count.
She has eyes that men adore so
And her torso - even more so.I HAVE to hit the hay now. YAWN. Night all.
Good night!
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Silvergirl Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:43:22pm |
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:44:17pm |
re: #95 SurferDoc
Carol Burnett's "Gone with the Wind" sketch
Remember that dress Carol Burnett wears? The one she "saw in the window"? It was designed and created by none other than Bob Mackie!
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pink freud Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:44:39pm |
re: #95 SurferDoc
Carol Burnett's "Gone with the Wind" sketch
With the dress made from the curtains ....and the rods!
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SurferDoc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:45:33pm |
re: #103 gmsc
Remember that dress Carol Burnett wears? The one she "saw in the window"? It was designed and created by none other than Bob Mackie!
I found it on youtube a couple of weeks ago. "I saw it in the window and I just had to have it."
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Dustyvet Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:47:57pm |
"Santa must be a Democrat.
He only works one night a year."
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Silvergirl Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:49:56pm |
re: #90 DistantThunder
I love the one where Laurel and Hardy join the Foreign Legion.
Flying Deuces.
And yes on Peter Sellers. have you ever seen that movie that's a bio on Sellers? Geoffrey Rush played Peter Sellers. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. It took me awhile to get over the man behind the character Inspector Clouseau after I watched that film on his life. It put a damper on his comedy for me, but I think I've moved on. :-)
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Alberta Oil Peon Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:51:02pm |
Cannot forget Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. And here's a very seasonal offering: Gospel Truth.
Enjoy!
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gmsc Sun, Dec 7, 2008 11:58:34pm |
re: #106 Dustyvet
"Santa must be a Democrat.
He only works one night a year."
No, he and his elves work all year. They only deliver one night a year!
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:04:35am |
Another great bit of comedy...
Christopher LLyod (aka Reverend Jim) asking "What does a yellow light mean?"
Taxi.
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Dainn Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:05:06am |
re: #4 zombie
This is a group therapy session, right? Complete honesty -- right?
OK. I confess.
I never liked Douglas Adams. At all. I found him, and his entire style of humor, utterly unfunny. Straight mouth. Not even a smile. Not once.
Perhaps you are missing the proper gene to appreciate it. :) He's one of my favorites. I've read everything published by him, and the Hitchhikers series multiple times.
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Dainn Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:06:28am |
Nite lizards. I go back to lurking quietly in the background and sunning myself on a rock.
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Killian Bundy Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:06:43am |
/lesbian, not that there's anything wrong with that
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:06:59am |
re: #113 Dustyvet
Another great bit of comedy...
Christopher LLyod (aka Reverend Jim) asking "What does a yellow light mean?"
Taxi.
Jim's Driving Test..What does a yellow light mean?
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Abu Al-Poopypants Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:07:33am |
re: #27 zombie
I much much prefer the George Carlin/Stephen Wright style of pure deadpan.
Speaking of comedy from guys named "Wright", Øbie's Reverend crawled out from under the bus Sunday to remind us that it was 67 years ago to the day that America killed thousands of innocent civilians by dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Really?
That's funny, I thought something altogether different happened between the Japanese and us on this date.
Hmm.
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slokat Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:10:00am |
Drive by photo - sun rise yesterday @ Los Olivos (actually it's the reverse sky, the sun was behind me)
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:10:10am |
re: #118 Abu Al-Poopypants
Speaking of comedy from guys named "Wright", Øbie's Reverend crawled out from under the bus Sunday to remind us that it was 67 years ago to the day that America killed thousands of innocent civilians by dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Really?
That's funny, I thought something altogether different happened between the Japanese and us on this date.
Hmm.
Out from under the bus?, More like crawled out from under a rock...
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Abu Al-Poopypants Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:12:04am |
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Abu Al-Poopypants Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:13:00am |
re: #120 Dustyvet
Out from under the bus?, More like crawled out from under a rock...
I think we're both right.
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:15:38am |
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Abu Al-Poopypants Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:16:30am |
re: #113 Dustyvet
Another great bit of comedy...
Christopher LLyod (aka Reverend Jim) asking "What does a yellow light mean?"
Taxi.
"Slow down".
Jim: "Whaaaaaaat...... doooooeeees..... aaaaaaa...."...
Classic.
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Smilla Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:17:27am |
re: #4 zombie
My feelings exactly. Douglas Adams and his ilk are so naff. Since the thread has progessed further into British humour... Peter Cook - seriously the funniest man to ever draw breath, Monty Python - for classics such as Dead Parrot and Spanish Inquisition, Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley in Absolutely Fabulous - wicked, Dylan Moran in Black Books - Irish comic genius.
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:19:57am |
re: #119 slokat
Drive by photo - sun rise yesterday @ Los Olivos (actually it's the reverse sky, the sun was behind me)
did you eat at Twin Oaks?
best meal in town, even if they don't do breakfast
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:22:26am |
re: #119 slokat
Drive by photo - sun rise yesterday @ Los Olivos (actually it's the reverse sky, the sun was behind me)
classic central coast...... tip o' the Zin to you!
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gmsc Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:25:56am |
re: #124 Abu Al-Poopypants
"Slow down".
Jim: "Whaaaaaaat...... doooooeeees..... aaaaaaa...."...
Classic.
Aaaaah ... Taxi. There's a good ensemble show like you rarely see today.
I'm a big fan of Numb3rs, and I remember watching an episode where, at the end, the two Eppes boys go out on their dates, leaving the dad, played by Judd Hirsch, alone at home. He turns on the TV and, while you can't see it, you hear the Taxi theme song playing!
I guess I'm just a sponge for useless trivia. For example, Marilu Henner lost her virginity on July 20, 1969 - the same night Neil Armstrong landed on the moon!
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Athos Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:36:57am |
re: #48 DistantThunder
I saw Jonathan Winters in tahoe - we laughed until we cried.
I would have loved to have seen him - but I have to say, George Carlin and Robin Williams (who was a huge fan of Jonathan Winters) were the one's that nearly caused my collapse from lack of breathing as I was laughing so hard. I found Steve Martin live to be underwhelming compared to his SNL appearances, Eddie Murphy a poor substitute for Richard Pryor, and Bill Cosby the funniest clean comic I've seen.
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Silvergirl Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:41:34am |
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Abu Al-Poopypants Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:42:07am |
re: #129 Athos
John Pinette is a very funny clean comic these days.
Tim Allen was a very good stand-up comedian before he got into sit-coms and movies.
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Athos Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:43:56am |
re: #80 DistantThunder
Abbott and Costello were my favorites.
Last summer, while in Boston on vacation, we went to the Science Museum while waiting on the Duck tour start time. They had an exhibit from Cooperstown on Baseball. One of the multimedia items were Abbott and Costello doing 'Who's on First'......my daughter nearly peed herself she was laughing so hard. I think it was the first time she seen Abbott and Costello. (I have to be careful with the old comics, my wife was perturbed when I introduced my daughter to Three Stooges short films.)
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 12:45:24am |
Good morning, my scaly brethern! I was mostly away from the computer this weekend- did I miss anything noteworthy?
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gmsc Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:01:52am |
re: #134 Fenway_Nation
Good morning, my scaly brethern! I was mostly away from the computer this weekend- did I miss anything noteworthy?
Well, there was the 67th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. Or, if you listen to 0bama, the 78th anniversary.
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:04:27am |
re: #132 Abu Al-Poopypants
John Pinette is a very funny clean comic these days.
Tim Allen was a very good stand-up comedian before he got into sit-coms and movies.
John is funny, and *relatively* clean, but he's no angel, cherub like demeanor or not.
/funny as shit, regardless
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:05:39am |
re: #135 gmsc
Well, there was the 67th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. Or, if you listen to 0bama, the 78th anniversary of unwarrented American agression against the innocent Japanese.
fixed that for ya!
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:05:56am |
re: #133 Athos
Had to upding that because I caught the same exhibit- and I think that was the first time I ever saw the Abbot & Costello bit in its entirety.....
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gmsc Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:14:45am |
re: #137 redc1c4
fixed that for ya!
Not bad . . . but you forgot the part there only being one bomb involved in the Pearl Harbor attack!
;)
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gmsc Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:15:17am |
Well, I've got to go. I'm getting sleepy.
Good night all!
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IslandLibertarian Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:16:26am |
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:21:10am |
My name is Ozymandis Fenway Nation, King of Kings Destroyer of Late Night Threads
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:26:32am |
I can't decide whether to lead with Bring out Yer Dead! or don't forget your towel.
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:29:48am |
re: #139 gmsc
Not bad . . . but you forgot the part there only being one bomb involved in the Pearl Harbor attack!
;)
didn't know that the Germans only had one bomb..... but i should have guessed that, efficient bastards that they are.
/white smoke
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:31:32am |
re: #142 Fenway_Nation
My name is
OzymandisFenway Nation,King of KingsDestroyer of Late Night ThreadsLook on my works, ye mighty, and
despairyawn.
fixed that for ya!
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:32:44am |
re: #141 IslandLibertarian
Japanese School Girl Gogo
I may be permanently banned for this but WTF, it's late/
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:32:57am |
re: #143 Mel Lono
I can't decide whether to lead with Bring out Yer Dead! or don't forget your towel.
how about 3 fingers of single malt, neat, in a nice wide short glass, and the same amount of spring water on the side?
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:33:54am |
re: #146 redc1c4
If I single-handedly kill the thread, I'm working under the assumption that there's nobody left around to yawn....
'cept maybe some disinterested lurkers
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:37:22am |
re: #149 Fenway_Nation
If I single-handedly kill the thread, I'm working under the assumption that there's nobody left around to yawn....
'cept maybe some disinterested lurkers
i was *not* disinterested: i was busy fucking off somewhere else.
(you're not *that* impotent...... %-)
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:37:57am |
re: #149 Fenway_Nation
If I single-handedly kill the thread, I'm working under the assumption that there's nobody left around to yawn....
'cept maybe some disinterested lurkers
Morning Lizards lurking not much to say and getting some work done. Waiting for fruitcup.
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:37:57am |
re: #148 redc1c4
how about 3 fingers of single malt, neat, in a nice wide short glass, and the same amount of spring water on the side?
Laphroig, then sir, from the island of Islay. A bit of peat.
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:39:27am |
re: #148 redc1c4
how about 3 fingers of single malt, neat, in a nice wide short glass, and the same amount of spring water on the side?
I will take you up on that when I get home from work. Thanks and cheers.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:39:58am |
Just lurking this fine evening. If I could call it that. Very cold out here, and it's starting to snow again. Just one of those nights when I have nothing worthwile to say.
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stonemason Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:42:52am |
re: #149 Fenway_Nation
If I single-handedly kill the thread, I'm working under the assumption that there's nobody left around to yawn....
'cept maybe some disinterested lurkers
Actually if we were truly
disinterested
we wouldn't be lurking...
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:43:06am |
re: #156 BlueCanuck
Just lurking this fine evening. If I could call it that. Very cold out here, and it's starting to snow again. Just one of those nights when I have nothing worthwile to say.
cold here too: in the 50's F.......
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:44:16am |
re: #153 Mel Lono
Laphroig, then sir, from the island of Islay. A bit of peat.
since HRH is out of town, i may go peruse the closet of dreams and treat myself.
if i post a list, can i get an opinion?
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:45:28am |
re: #56 zombie
If you refuse me honey you'll lose me. Then you'll be left alone oh baby come on and tell me I'm your own.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:45:36am |
re: #159 redc1c4
cold here too: in the 50's F.......
*WHACK*
Just for rubbing it in. -11° C here right now.
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:47:33am |
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stonemason Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:48:08am |
re: #163 BlueCanuck
*WHACK*
Just for rubbing it in. -11° C here right now.
19 degrees F in West Chester PA, with the wind...10 degrees F.
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:48:36am |
re: #160 redc1c4
since HRH is out of town, i may go peruse the closet of dreams and treat myself.
if i post a list, can i get an opinion?
Given.. I have an uncle-in-law with a scotch cellar and an opinion. After the split, I haven't spoke to him in awhile so it would make a great conversation starter.
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:49:02am |
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stonemason Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:49:53am |
re: #165 stonemason
19 degrees F in West Chester PA, with the wind...10 degrees F.
which is -7 and -12 degrees C respectively for those in the other parts of the world
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stonemason Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:51:28am |
re: #168 stonemason
or 266 and 216 degrees k because I was bored
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:51:33am |
re: #168 stonemason
which is -7 and -12 degrees C respectively for those in the other parts of the world
Can I have that formula for C-F again? I'm always forgeting that one. 32 = 0 and then...
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:51:50am |
re: #168 stonemason
I'm sure that Eggles win yesterday afternooon might keep you warm.
/Cost me dearly in the football pool, but it's almost worth it to see both NY teams crash and burn today,
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BignJames Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:54:32am |
re: #153 Mel Lono
Laphroig, then sir, from the island of Islay. A bit of peat.
Not real big on scotch (bourbon) but that is my fave.
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:55:29am |
re: #165 stonemason
19 degrees F in West Chester PA, with the wind...10 degrees F.
NO WONDER I'M FREEZING! :-(
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:56:20am |
re: #173 littleoldlady
Never mind that- how are the components for the fruitcup faring?
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:57:14am |
re: #174 Fenway_Nation
Giving new meaning to "chilled"...
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:58:28am |
re: #176 littleoldlady
I'm sure Red could reccomend a good anti-freeze.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:58:35am |
re: #176 littleoldlady
At least the fruit is easier to cut. ;)
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:58:44am |
re: #174 Fenway_Nation
Never mind that- how are the components for the fruitcup faring?
Got the Everclear ready red?
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:58:45am |
re: #170 Mel Lono
(Deg Farenheit - 32)5/9 for f-c
(deg Cel)9/5 plus 32 for c-f
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 1:59:16am |
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:00:04am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
VERY COLD Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------------>
Help yourselves!
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:00:28am |
re: #179 BlueCanuck
At least the fruit is easier to cut. ;)
BlueCanuck! :-)
If only I had a chainsaw...
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:00:58am |
re: #183 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
VERY COLD Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------------>
Help yourselves!
Morning Maam.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:00:58am |
re: #183 littleoldlady
Thanks for the fruitcup littleoldlady. I will just pour some hot chocolate over it to warm it up first.
/yummmmm
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:02:09am |
Fenway! :-)
red! :-)
Rancher! :-) (rancher?)
BignJames! :-)
Mel! :-)
Erik! :-)
Stonemason! :-)
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:03:26am |
Hot chocolate!
/sob!
//just pour it over my frozen fingers...
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:05:03am |
re: #183 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
VERY COLD Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------------>
Help yourselves!
Thanks lol.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:05:18am |
For conversion to kelvin its Deg C plus 273.15 just in case your curious. Kelvin scale starts at absolute 0.
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:05:25am |
re: #189 littleoldlady
Hot chocolate!
/sob!
//just pour it over my frozen fingers...
Passing over the hot fudge kettle...:)
and a hand warmer for later...
plus a pair of electric socks...:)
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stonemason Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:05:46am |
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:06:44am |
re: #193 stonemason Lol you cheated and still got the kelvins wrong on 2nd temp : P.
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:07:24am |
Dustyvet! :-)
Drowning myself in chocolate...
No wait. I do that EVERY day! ;-)
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:07:35am |
re: #163 BlueCanuck
*WHACK*
Just for rubbing it in. -11° C here right now.
sucks to be you......
%-)
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:07:52am |
re: #195 Rancher
Lol you cheated and still got the kelvins wrong on 2nd temp : P.
Well even the Kelvins like to stay warm...:)
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stonemason Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:07:56am |
re: #171 Fenway_Nation
I'm sure that Eggles win yesterday afternooon might keep you warm.
/Cost me dearly in the football pool, but it's almost worth it to see both NY teams crash and burn today,
To me, any win this year is just another nail in our coffin that is made up of Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid. Neither one of them will win a big game, I think theya re still trying to figure out what to do with those time-outs they saved from that Super Bowl.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:08:34am |
re: #196 littleoldlady
Well there's your problem. You're supposed to eat it, not try to breath it. ;)
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stonemason Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:09:19am |
re: #195 Rancher
Lol you cheated and still got the kelvins wrong on 2nd temp : P.
Yup dyslexic typer I am 261 k
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:10:43am |
re: #166 Mel Lono
Given.. I have an uncle-in-law with a scotch cellar and an opinion. After the split, I haven't spoke to him in awhile so it would make a great conversation starter.
i would have stayed in touch with him, regardless.....
Rebel Yell & water, a Trader Joe's choice.
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:11:17am |
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:15:26am |
I need a bowl pool. Does Charles have an connections?
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gregg Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:18:33am |
I guess I don't follow College Football close enough to understand the following:
Final BCS rankings:
1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Alabama
I would think you would see bowl games with Oklahoma vs Florida and Texas vs Alabama. Those would be a couple of great games. But no, instead they have the following:
Oklahoma vs Florida
Texas vs Ohio State (#10)
Alabama vs Utah (#6)
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:19:49am |
re: #205 littleoldlady
Had to upding that one.
/as much as I hated to...
re: #209 gregg
I guess I don't follow College Football close enough to understand the following:
Final BCS rankings:
1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. AlabamaI would think you would see bowl games with Oklahoma vs Florida and Texas vs Alabama. Those would be a couple of great games. But no, instead they have the following:
Oklahoma vs Florida
Texas vs Ohio State (#10)
Alabama vs Utah (#6)
Lions 6-Christians 0...
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:19:50am |
Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?
Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime; so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now.
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Bob Slydell: I beg your pardon?
Peter Gibbons: Eight bosses.
Bob Slydell: Eight?
Peter Gibbons: Eight, Bob. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled; that, and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.
One of the best scenes in it.
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:19:57am |
re: #207 Rancher
Woot Office Space is on now. I love this movie.
Watching Live and Let Die. "By the powers vested in me by this parish, I am hereby commandeering this vehicle and all those persons in it. And that means you, smart ass!"
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:21:07am |
re: #209 gregg
I guess I don't follow College Football close enough to understand the following:
Final BCS rankings:
1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. AlabamaI would think you would see bowl games with Oklahoma vs Florida and Texas vs Alabama. Those would be a couple of great games. But no, instead they have the following:
Oklahoma vs Florida
Texas vs Ohio State (#10)
Alabama vs Utah (#6)
and USC, with the #1 defense anywhere in the NCAA, nowhere to be seen.
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:22:52am |
Good Morning LGF.
-21C (-6F) here in the Great White North.
Colder than the milk from a witch's tit.
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:23:18am |
re: #209 gregg
I guess I don't follow College Football close enough to understand the following:
Final BCS rankings:
1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. AlabamaI would think you would see bowl games with Oklahoma vs Florida and Texas vs Alabama. Those would be a couple of great games. But no, instead they have the following:
I like the Utah v. Bama matchup. They deserve to play at least the used-to-be unbeaten. I'm not an oddsman, but I give Utah 10 points.
Oklahoma vs Florida
Texas vs Ohio State (#10)
Alabama vs Utah (#6)
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:25:17am |
re: #215 Spare O'Lake
Good Morning LGF.
-21C (-6F) here in the Great White North.
Colder than the milk from a witch's tit.
[Link: www.tvacres.com...]
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gregg Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:26:06am |
re: #214 redc1c4
and USC, with the #1 defense anywhere in the NCAA, nowhere to be seen.
When the BCS was established, I believe the Rose Bowl received a guarantee that the PAC 10 and Big 11 winners would play in the Rose Bowl - the only exception is if one, or both, were in the national championship game.
But I do agree that USC playing any of the top four would be a great game.
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Mel Lono Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:27:38am |
re: #218 gregg
When the BCS was established, I believe the Rose Bowl received a guarantee that the PAC 10 and Big 11 winners would play in the Rose Bowl - the only exception is if one, or both, were in the national championship game.
But I do agree that USC playing any of the top four would be a great game.
Money plays..
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:29:50am |
re: #215 Spare O'Lake
Man, and I thought we had it bad down here in the T dot.
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:31:45am |
re: #215 Spare O'Lake
Good Morning LGF.
-21C (-6F) here in the Great White North.
Colder than the milk from a witch's tit.
sucks to be you: it's 0230 local, and i'm headed outside for another beer.
barefoot: temp report to follow.
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:34:47am |
re: #221 redc1c4
sucks to be you: it's 0230 local, and i'm headed outside for another beer.
barefoot: temp report to follow.
There's a man with a death wish.
/reaching through my monitor to strangle...
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:37:52am |
re: #220 BlueCanuck
Man, and I thought we had it bad down here in the T dot.
And 2 feet of snow on the ground.
Isn't autumn wonderful?
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:39:45am |
re: #222 littleoldlady
There's a man with a death wish.
/reaching through my monitor to strangle...
yup: winter is *definitely* here.....
it';s only 53* out there! a person could get cold!
/the horror
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:40:45am |
re: #224 redc1c4
yup: winter is *definitely* here.....
it';s only 53* out there! a person could get cold!
/the horror
I KEEL you!
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:40:56am |
re: #223 Spare O'Lake
Technically it is. After the first of December, or the snow is permanent, it's winter in my books.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:41:30am |
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:41:50am |
re: #222 littleoldlady
There's a man with a death wish.
/reaching through my monitor to strangle...
Not going to say hi eh? Pouting on the coffee table...:)
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:44:13am |
re: #212 Rancher
Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?
Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime; so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now.-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Bob Slydell: I beg your pardon?
Peter Gibbons: Eight bosses.
Bob Slydell: Eight?
Peter Gibbons: Eight, Bob. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled; that, and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.
One of the best scenes in it.
That is a great scene- and when you think about it, it really speaks to the ills of bureaucracy.
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gregg Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:47:35am |
re: #223 Spare O'Lake
And 2 feet of snow on the ground.
Isn't autumn wonderful?
Via Watts up with that? Early snowfalls in Europe hit Historic Levels:
www.Skiinfo.com is following still more heavy snowfalls across Europe over the past 48 hours, with much more snow in other parts of Europe and many areas of North America too.
The snowfall has been so great that it has closed roads, brought down power lines and even led to the cancellation of some Swiss rail services this week.
One of the greatest beneficiaries are the Italian Dolomites where 150cm (five feet) has fallen at Cortina in a 48 hour period up to Monday, with snow still falling.
Alessandro Fregni of Skiinfo.com’s Italian office commented, “In three days ski areas have seen almost as much snowfall as for the whole winter last year.”
Five feet of snow in 48 hours - that's something I'd like to experience.
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:49:31am |
re: #228 Dustyvet
Not going to say hi eh? Pouting on the coffee table...:)
You know that stuff you get in your eye...?
© Roseanne Rosannadanna
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:51:07am |
re: #232 gregg
Ummmm, no you woudn't. Most I have experienced in one wall is three feet. Shoveled the driveway three times before I gave up. If I was working at the time I would've called in sick. Luckily I was in school and classes were cancelled for the day.
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:54:13am |
re: #231 redc1c4
keep pouring the drinks: you'll get me sooner or later.
Now hold still, ya varmint!
*click*
Damn, frozen pin! LOL.
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:54:17am |
re: #236 BlueCanuck
I experienced that while visiting my grandpa in upstate NY a few years back. It was actually kind of fun since we were reasonably well-prepared, had plenty of food, drink and firewood on hand and didn't really have anywhere pressing to go (it was a few days before Christmas).
If it was during the regular work-week, that's another story altogether....
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gregg Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:54:23am |
re: #236 BlueCanuck
Ummmm, no you woudn't. Most I have experienced in one wall is three feet. Shoveled the driveway three times before I gave up. If I was working at the time I would've called in sick. Luckily I was in school and classes were cancelled for the day.
I guess I was picturing myself at a ski resort next to the fireplace watching the snow come down - someone else was doing the shoveling!
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:55:06am |
re: #232 gregg
Five feet of snow in 48 hours - that's something I'd like to experience.
Just for you gregg
Diary of a snow shoveler
Dear Diary...
December 8 - 6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9 - We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the Whole World? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.
December 12 - The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry, we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. l don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.
December 14 - Snow lovely snow! 8" last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish l wouldn't huff and puff so.
December 15 - 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.
December 16 - Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, Which I think was very cruel.
December 17 - Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.
December 20 - Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. Goddamn snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow
blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.
cont...
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:55:17am |
December 22 - Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white sh#t fell today, and it's so cold it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to pee. By the time I got undressed, peed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter; but he says he's too busy. I think the bugger is lying.
December 23 - Only 2" of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she nuts! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think she's lying.
December 24 - 6". Snow packed so hard by snowplow, l broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the s.o.b who drives that snow plow I'll drag him through the snow by his ankles and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish
shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the damn snowplow.
December 25 - Merry frigging Christmas! 20 more inches of the damn slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's a fricking idiot. If I have to watch "It's A Wondeful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave.
December 26 - Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.
December 27 - Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze, plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me 1,400 to replace all my pipes.
December 28 - Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. THE BITCH is driving me crazy!
December 29 - 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?
December 30 - Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver and he is now suing me for a million dollars not only the beating I gave him but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his ass. The wife went home to her mother. 9" predicted.
December 31 - I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.
January 8 - Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:55:55am |
re: #239 littleoldlady
Awww- I missed you guys too!
But I've been a little under the weather, so I was getting some much needed sleep.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:56:04am |
re: #238 redc1c4
4.9 feet actually. Close enough for government work.
/still a lot of too much of the white stuff.
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:57:46am |
re: #233 Fenway_Nation
Damn global warming!
Ha! Mrs. O'Lake told me yesterday that it IS global warming - just not here...or there...or anywhere...right now.
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gregg Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:58:35am |
re: #241 Fenway_Nation
I experienced that while visiting my grandpa in upstate NY a few years back. It was actually kind of fun since we were reasonably well-prepared, had plenty of food, drink and firewood on hand and didn't really have anywhere pressing to go (it was a few days before Christmas).
If it was during the regular work-week, that's another story altogether....
I actually like snow with the exception of having to drive on snow covered highways/freeways. Nothing brings out my road rage more than some dork a few feet off my back bumper in hazardous conditions.
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redc1c4 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 2:59:11am |
re: #240 Spare O'Lake
Now hold still, ya varmint!
*click*
Damn, frozen pin! LOL.
graphite is your friend, up there near Rice Lake.
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:00:18am |
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:03:03am |
re: #232 gregg
Five feet of snow in 48 hours - that's something I'd like to experience.
Ummm.... Blizzards are not fun.
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:04:49am |
TEN teams from the ACC qualified for a Bowl Game!?
Looks like they knew what they were doing when Boston College joined up w/the conference a few years back.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:05:18am |
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:05:27am |
re: #249 redc1c4
graphite is your friend, up there near Rice Lake.
Rice Lake was my first time fishing as a young kid.
My cousin made me a rod out of a cut branch with a tied-on piece of line and a bobber over a hook baited with a little piece of worm.
Caught a shit-load of sunfish and perch.
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:06:21am |
re: #250 littleoldlady
I was thinking Zicam, but if you tell me to, then I have to try it. Thanks, lol!
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:11:51am |
re: #254 Spare O'Lake
We used to rent the house boats from there and go up the Trent-Severn canal system every spring. Fond memories of that. Did the same as well with the fishing.
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:11:53am |
Hope I don't get the whack for this one.
Won't See This List on Ltterman:
Our troops in Afghanistan prove they've retained their sense of humor with the following 'YOU MAY BE A TALIBAN IF...'
1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer.
2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.
3. You have more wives than teeth.
4. You wipe your butt with your bare left hand, but consider bacon 'unclean.'
5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
6. You can't think of anyone you HAVEN'T declared Jihad against.
7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.
8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.
9. You've often uttered the phrase, 'I love what you've done with your cave.'
10. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least one.
11. You bathe at least monthly whether necessary or not.
12. You have a crush on your neighbor's goat.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:14:33am |
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:16:40am |
re: #255 Sharmuta
Zicam is best used at the beginning of a head cold - those first couple of days where you need to be functioning, but you're not. After that it really does shorten the duration. BUT, you need to drink a lot of fluids, especially if you're a smoker, or you'll end up with a longer chest cold.
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:20:32am |
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:22:13am |
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:22:42am |
On a serious note, in the story, the farmer featured complained about how such a tax would hurt him financially. While that may be true, it should be irrelevant. If there is truly an externality here and it can be effectively measured and properly implemented, then there should be a tax on cows in the amount that is equivalent to the negative harm done per cow. That's all that matters. It all hinges on the extent to which cows cause global warming and the extent to which global warming harms society. I'm not in a position to answer that question, but just because it may harm a farmer doesn't mean it's bad policy.
So wtf is the author gonna say when a cheapo burger costs 3-4 times what it used to because noone can afford to raise beef anymore. American beef gonna be priced like Japanese Kobe beef.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:23:26am |
re: #268 Rancher
First paragraph shoulda been quoted sorry its from the first linked article with the video.
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:24:04am |
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:24:12am |
re: #260 Rancher
Oh great, the farmer is now an evil man because they raise live stock. I can't wait until the glaciers start moving to end all this lunacy on global warming.
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:26:12am |
Saw this last week and could not believe it. How can congress look at themselves in the mirror?
Earmarks vs protecting our soldiers?
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:26:30am |
Hi, goddess. I thought of you earlier as I was singing "put yourself in mortal peril..."
;)
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:28:37am |
Saudi mufti says credit crunch due to ignoring God's rules
Saudi Arabia's grand cleric on Sunday told Muslims on the hajj pilgrimage that the global financial crisis stems from ignoring God's rules and allowing "riba" or usury, prohibited in Islam.
"Today we watch as this financial crisis enfolds and some companies and banks go bankrupt," grand mufti Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said at the Namera mosque, where prophet Mohammed prayed while making the pilgrimage.
"This is the result of ignoring God's rules. Muslims must abide by God's rules, and build their economies accordingly," Sheikh told the faithful before midday prayers.
So, basically it's the infidels' fault because their not muslims.
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goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:29:09am |
Y'all make me feel so warm and cozy!
I've had a week of Friday the 13ths, but I'm thankful the setbacks weren't more serious (including a car accident on ice in which angels kept me from going through a guard raid head first into a creek). So regardless of the expenses, frustrations, and inconveniences, I am blessed in so many ways, not the least of which are my Lizard friends.
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right_on_target Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:29:14am |
re: #85 Catttt
I don't remember for sure, and I know you are teasing me - but it was cheap. Maybe a quarter, including transfers - possibly 50 cents. Phone calls were still a nickel - This was the 70s - things were cheaper there than elsewhere.
_________________________
New Orleans area was last to have the nickel phone call, until the 1980s. One could hardly find a phone BOOTH, but there were plenty of phone STALLS.
Streetcar and buses were seven cents until the early 60s when it went to ten cents [free transfer]. If you knew how to do it right you could almost get back to your originating point with the transfers.
Streetcar and bus fare is over a dollar now and the transfers are extra. Best buy for a native is the monthly pass for unlimited travel. When I lived in the city I didn't need a car. The only problem now is that the transit schedules are so screwed up where in the past the buses and streetcars would follow each other almost five minutes apart!
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:29:40am |
re: #272 BlueCanuck
Oh great, the farmer is now an evil man because they raise live stock. I can't wait until the glaciers start moving to end all this lunacy on global warming.
The only thing I have a problem with are the huge mega-farms.
If you've ever been downwind of one of those vast pig operations you would know what I mean.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:32:14am |
re: #278 Spare O'Lake
It's usually the feed lots and slaughter houses you smell.
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:33:07am |
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:34:00am |
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:34:17am |
re: #280 Rancher
It's usually the feed lots and slaughter houses you smell.
Don't get downwind from a rendering plant.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:34:48am |
re: #282 opnion
A spokesman for PETA says that we can lower our carbon footprint by becoming Vegetarians.
Thye'll have to take my steak from my cold dead hands !
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:35:58am |
re: #282 opnion
Was about to bring that point up too. In fact I wonder who sponsered this idea in the first place. All this talk about AGW and lowering our carbon footprint seems to resemble a form of ludditism. "Get back to nature", "consume less", "Technology is wrong". Think about that for a bit and see if I am wrong.
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:36:14am |
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:37:37am |
re: #288 opnion
Nothing wrong with tofu at all. But I am not going to use it for my source of protein.
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littleoldlady Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:37:49am |
opnion! :-)
I [verybigsigh] have to get to workie [evenbiggerverybigsigh] :-/
Good day, ALL!™
Dustyvet - have a great day!
b/f AND italic so's you don't miss it! ;-)
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karmic_inquisitor Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:37:50am |
Well I am sitting in the Atlanta airport reading that Douglas Adams isn't all that funny.
Not even the Vogons? Come on - what person with libertarian leanings can't see the Vogons as quintessential bureaucrats? The whole idea that a planet can get blown up to make way for a highway, and that a hearing had been announced an held in another star system so - sorry Humans - our hands are tied!
How better for Earthlings to be introduced to alien life? They are just like us.
And the lab mice running the massive experiment called Earth?
Adams also took the sometimes pompous genre of SciFi and altered it in a mind bending way.
JMO.
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goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:38:40am |
re: #286 littleoldlady
OY! {goddess!}
{littleoldlady}
I need all the hugs and prayers I can get at the moment! I'm taking the care to a repair shop today for an estimate, and I'm prepared for the worst. I don't want to file an insurance claim--it will hike my rates or get me dropped. No other car was involved. so I'm going to steel myself to deal with this.
I just paid the car off last month, too!
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:38:50am |
Beef and pork Prices from today. Prices shown are per 100 pounds if I recall right and nothing has changed in last 10 years since I had to worry about it.
Rustler
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:38:54am |
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:39:01am |
re: #287 BlueCanuck
Was about to bring that point up too. In fact I wonder who sponsered this idea in the first place. All this talk about AGW and lowering our carbon footprint seems to resemble a form of ludditism. "Get back to nature", "consume less", "Technology is wrong". Think about that for a bit and see if I am wrong.
I think that it plays in to the notion that humanity is the problem.
If we were'nt here the critters would live in harmony,you know , they wouldn't hunt each other down or anything.
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Erik The Red Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:39:06am |
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:40:08am |
re: #292 goddessoftheclassroom
Ouch GL with the repairman. And hope your ok.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:40:59am |
Bye littleoldlady. Take care of yourself today, and stay warm.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:41:24am |
re: #292 goddessoftheclassroom
{littleoldlady}
I need all the hugs and prayers I can get at the moment! I'm taking the care to a repair shop today for an estimate, and I'm prepared for the worst. I don't want to file an insurance claim--it will hike my rates or get me dropped. No other car was involved. so I'm going to steel myself to deal with this.
I just paid the car off last month, too!
If it's drivable, why even bother? Nothing wrong with a cosmetically unappealing ride! Heaven knows in my lifetime I've driven somme Fugly cars !
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:41:32am |
re: #292 goddessoftheclassroom
See if you can get a second estimate as well. How bad was the damage?
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right_wing2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:42:05am |
re: #275 Sharmuta
And while carefully ignoring the fact that the per capita income under Islamic countries tends to be in the cr-pper.
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:42:14am |
Obama was asked yesterday by Brokaw if he has quit smoking.
He said yes, but sometimes falls off of the wagon. Sooo, he is saying, I don't except when I do.
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Buster Bunny Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:42:28am |
re: #295 opnion
I think that it plays in to the notion that humanity is the problem.
If we were'nt here the critters would live in harmony,you know , they wouldn't hunt each other down or anything.
Thats socialism for you. Its a continual interpretation that people are the problem for going out and doing things to advance humanity. If only we'd gone and tended the stables. Its first incarnation was during the Industrial Revolution as a 'return to nature' antic. And yes, even at that stage it came with fears about changing the climate and pollution killing the world.
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karmic_inquisitor Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:42:30am |
re: #292 goddessoftheclassroom
I just paid the car off last month, too!
Ouch. Hope things improve for you.
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karmic_inquisitor Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:43:09am |
re: #302 opnion
Obama was asked yesterday by Brokaw if he has quit smoking.
He said yes, but sometimes falls off of the wagon. Sooo, he is saying, I don't except when I do.
Watch me quit posting at LGF.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:43:39am |
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:43:40am |
re: #302 opnion
But we can trust him and take his word on important issues. During hte campaign it was all about I have quit smoking. Now it's I sometimes fall off the wagon but the white house will remain smoke free because there are plenty of balconies.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:43:49am |
re: #305 karmic_inquisitor
Watch me quit posting at LGF.
You can't can you?
/Hi my name is Blue, and I have a problem. ;)
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:45:07am |
re: #311 karmic_inquisitor
Keep that up and we will turn you in for flashing.
/or go even faster and become a strobe.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:46:02am |
Actually Obama doesn't smoke the Cigarette does all the smoking Obama just occasionally inhales the smoke to enable him to relax.
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:46:22am |
So we have another tobacco user in the oval office. At least this one isn't..... sharing his tobacco product with the interns.
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:46:40am |
re: #301 right_wing2
And while carefully ignoring the fact that the per capita income under Islamic countries tends to be in the cr-pper.
Yeah OK, they don't live as well economically as Satanic Infidels, but they do get some Bennie's. They can participate in stonings & attend camel beauty contests.
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karmic_inquisitor Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:46:47am |
Can you tell that I am drinking coffee right now? Huh? Huh? Can you?
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:47:29am |
re: #316 karmic_inquisitor
Can you tell that I am drinking coffee right now? Huh? Huh? Can you?
I thought you quit!
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:47:49am |
re: #301 right_wing2
And while carefully ignoring the fact that the per capita income under Islamic countries tends to be in the cr-pper.
Well, to be fair- he's a cleric, not an economist.
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:47:55am |
re: #309 Rancher
But we can trust him and take his word on important issues. During hte campaign it was all about I have quit smoking. Now it's I sometimes fall off the wagon but the white house will remain smoke free because there are plenty of balconies.
It's a small thing, but why the charade? Just say , yes I smoke.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:48:02am |
re: #314 Sharmuta
I feel for the intern if he does I mean Michelle doesn't appear to have the Political motivation for forgiveness that Hillary was forced to adopt for her ambitions. Might be the first time Secret Service has to rescue the Pres from the frst lady.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:48:12am |
re: #313 Rancher
Or as I say to my non-smoking friends. I am not a smoker, I am just the sucker at the other end.
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right_wing2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:48:26am |
re: #315 opnion
Marry goats, enjoy the company of 9 year olds...
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:48:50am |
re: #320 Rancher
Wrong intern, thing back about three terms.
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goddessoftheclassroom Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:48:51am |
I drove the car home, but the front headlight is dangling, and the front bumper and grill are gone. I don't think it's "street worthy."
It's scary how much of it was just plastic and styrofoam. On a good note, the airbag didn't deploy, so I don't have that expense!
Got to run, dear Lizards. Thanks for the good wishes!
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:48:53am |
re: #280 Rancher
It's usually the feed lots and slaughter houses you smell.
I'm no expert, but I've read that a farm of 3,000 pigs can produce as much waste as a town of 10,000 people.
Apparently a farm of 3,000 sows can produce 65,000 pigs per year.
Really, really, nasty waste problems.
Needless to say, these operations bear no resemblance to the 100 acre family farms that we all knew and loved in the past (up here in Ontario, anyways).
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Buster Bunny Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:49:19am |
re: #322 right_wing2
Marry goats, enjoy the company of 9 year olds...
If you marry a goat .. does that allow for kids later on?
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:49:26am |
re: #320 Rancher
The 0bamas seem happy. I don't think we'll see that problem arise.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:49:48am |
re: #319 opnion
It's a small thing, but why the charade? Just say , yes I smoke.
Image, op,,,, Image. His whole entire campaign for Pres was about one thing ,, IMAGE !
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:52:05am |
Hmmmm. What did I say yesterday? On the Africa Nucular Thread?
Every time they make something idiot proof, they go and invent better idiots.
This was planted in Charles' mind yesterday, then he went and found a better source than I. Wonder how many other famous people I plagiarized from yesterday?
Think I'll go "internettin'"
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:52:31am |
re: #330 Rancher
Okay, eyes must be getting tired then. Miss read your post. Sorry about that.
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:53:27am |
re: #329 sattv4u2
Image, op,,,, Image. His whole entire campaign for Pres was about one thing ,, IMAGE !
True, it his supporters that don't even like people smoking outside of the building, freezing. They want them in the street.
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Fenway_Nation Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:53:52am |
re: #303 Buster Bunny
Isn't that the basic premise of the new The Day The Earth Stood Still movie?
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karmic_inquisitor Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:53:59am |
re: #331 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Hmmmm. What did I say yesterday? On the Africa Nucular Thread?
Every time they make something idiot proof, they go and invent better idiots.
This was planted in Charles' mind yesterday, then he went and found a better source than I. Wonder how many other famous people I plagiarized from yesterday?
Think I'll go "internettin'"
A variant that a client of mine once said -
"A system that is idiot proof will only be used by idiots."
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:54:32am |
re: #331 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Engineers Maxim I think is the term. "It's the engineer's duty to make the product as idiot proof as possible." It's the universes duty to try to come up with a worse(better?) idiot. So far the universe is winning.
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NYCHardhat Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:55:32am |
What ever happened to survival of the fittest?
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karmic_inquisitor Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:56:44am |
re: #338 NYCHardhat
What ever happened to survival of the fittest?
The fit built a world of prosperity, health and casualty insurance.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:57:05am |
re: #338 NYCHardhat
What ever happened to survival of the fittest?
Too many parents feeding too many kids too many Big Macs!
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:57:35am |
re: #333 Sharmuta
Never touch the stuff while I am working. I think I over extended myself on Saturday, and only got a few hours sleep yesterday.
/that's my story and I am sticking to it.
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Buster Bunny Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:57:57am |
re: #338 NYCHardhat
What ever happened to survival of the fittest?
The fittest wont eat at McDonalds. Since in a lot of places the only eateries left after this 'recession' will be a couple of Starbucks and McDonalds .. the fittest are screwed. They will have no place to eat. And coffee aint nutritious.
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:58:05am |
There is a guy on FNC right now. He is a 'Christian" with an organization that helps the less fortunate. OK so far, but they are doing this by providing trips to Obama's Inauguration.
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NYCHardhat Mon, Dec 8, 2008 3:59:01am |
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:00:48am |
re: #338 NYCHardhat
Narrator: As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.
Great opening Narration from Idiocracy.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:00:51am |
re: #344 opnion
There is a guy on FNC right now. He is a 'Christian" with an organization that helps the less fortunate. OK so far, but they are doing this by providing trips to Obama's Inauguration.
I actually have no problem with that. If they (the Christian Org) is using their own money and/ or resources (transportation, housing, etc) to allow someone to witness a Presidential Inauguration
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:01:07am |
re: #338 NYCHardhat
What ever happened to survival of the fittest?
Someone tried to slip in an "intelligently" designed replacement?
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NYCHardhat Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:02:12am |
re: #346 Rancher
Narrator: As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.
Great opening Narration from Idiocracy.
I f*cking love that movie. Justin Long as the doctor is a classic.
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NYCHardhat Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:03:17am |
re: #348 Sharmuta
Someone tried to slip in an "intelligently" designed replacement?
I knew that one was coming. And a good morning to you dear.
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Buster Bunny Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:03:46am |
re: #335 Fenway_Nation
Isn't that the basic premise of the new The Day The Earth Stood Still movie?
Its a continual reinforcement usually by affluent people who have never worked a day in their life .. or by unemployed ... again who have never worked a day in their life. That all this striving and achieving is bad for mankind and can be solved of course, by ELIMINATING the bad people. You know the ones who work and earn and pay the bills so that you can come up with dickhead theories.
Again and again in history it comes around. Sometimes its peasants, sometimes its a counterstrike against an existing regime .. but its almost always the same. And if a comparison is used against other socialist ideas .. the answer is almost always the same.
THIS TIME ITS DIFFERENT.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:04:08am |
Heck! I'd love to see a Presidential Inauguration. But only if I could be coptered in and coptered out. I believe there'll be over a couple of million people there.
I am happy for the ones who are willing to sacrifice to go see this history.
I'm sure they will have an idiot proof way to move people in and out of town.
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:04:09am |
re: #347 sattv4u2
I actually have no problem with that. If they (the Christian Org) is using their own money and/ or resources (transportation, housing, etc) to allow someone to witness a Presidential Inauguration
Yeah, they are doing it with donations, not taxpayer funds.
It included transportation, three nights hotel,inaugural tickets, a Martin Luther King prayer breakfast & more. I'm just thinking that they could use the cash.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:04:22am |
re: #349 NYCHardhat
Was just answering your What happened to survival of the fittest. But I love that movie speaking of which I'm off to starbucks for a "Latte".
Rustler
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:04:24am |
re: #347 sattv4u2
That strikes me as a poor example of Christian charity. That money would be better off helping people in need. Especially this time of year.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:05:48am |
re: #340 sattv4u2
If this Per unit tax on cows and pigs goes thru kiss your bacon and burgers bye bye.
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NYCHardhat Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:05:51am |
re: #354 Rancher
Was just answering your What happened to survival of the fittest. But I love that movie speaking of which I'm off to starbucks for a "Latte".
Rustler
It's a great answer to a stupid question.
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Buster Bunny Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:06:18am |
re: #355 Sharmuta
That strikes me as a poor example of Christian charity. That money would be better off helping people in need. Especially this time of year.
I have got to the stage where i literally nearly puke every time i see someone with a cheque going to the UN 'children' charities. That money is funnelled into further war efforts in Palestine etc etc. I gag every time i see one of those cheques to the 'cause'.
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NYCHardhat Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:06:43am |
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:07:03am |
re: #355 Sharmuta
They seem to be asking Hospitals and the Local VA for names of people who might qualify as not being able to go on their own, but are interested in seeing history happen.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:08:08am |
re: #355 Sharmuta
That strikes me as a poor example of Christian charity. That money would be better off helping people in need. Especially this time of year.
I'd be willing to bet that org has given and continues too give far more to more traditional charitable causes (food banks, homeless shelters, secret Santas, etc). Like Obama or not, it is a historical event
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:08:53am |
re: #359 Buster Bunny
Hypocrites abound, and it truly is disgusting to see people use children in such a manner.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:10:18am |
re: #357 Rancher
If this Per unit tax on cows and pigs goes thru kiss your bacon and burgers bye bye.
Why? I can afford to pay more for my bacon and burgers! Either that, or I have options
A) don't eat bacon and burgers as oftern
B) buy/ eat bacon and burgers at less expensive places (I haven't been to a McDonalds/Burger King/ Wendys in years)
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:12:24am |
So the gnomes have returned from another unsuccessful raid into Sharmuta's dresser : ( Still stuck on phase 1.
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Buster Bunny Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:12:32am |
re: #364 Sharmuta
Hypocrites abound, and it truly is disgusting to see people use children in such a manner.
What gets me .. and continually irks me is a group of morons who literally believe that the UN can do no wrong ! Despite the times we've been to them to have THEM get things right and they continually screw that up, there is a crowd that thinks the UN should run the world. And that would be the end of the world as we know it. Decadent Despotism Doesnt Deliver Dick(anything).
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:12:43am |
re: #362 sattv4u2
That's all fine and good that they are (possibly) an legit organization. I wouldn't know if they are or not, since I don't know their name.
But I have to question if this is rendering to God or Caesar. I could really give a shit about the history- there are people in real need. What do you think Jesus would be more concerned about?
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:13:55am |
re: #368 Sharmuta
True the 1 million dollars being spent could be better spent elsewhere.
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MandyManners Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:16:43am |
Fox just ran a brief story about a factory that will not pay its employees back wages due to Bank of America's doing something or other. CBBHO chimed in.
One of the protestors at the factory was sporting a sign that had COREteachers.com on it. I found this:
A group of dedicated teachers, Retirees, PSRPs and other champions of public education. We hope to democratize the Chicago Teacher's Union and turn it into an organization that fights on behalf of its members and the students we teach.
We have seen an 18 percent drop in Chicago Teachers Union membership in recent years and charter schools now control close to 10 percent of the system. What is our union leadership doing?
What is a teachers' union doing at a factory protest?
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:17:57am |
re: #368 Sharmuta
That's all fine and good that they are (possibly) an legit organization. I wouldn't know if they are or not, since I don't know their name.
But I have to question if this is rendering to God or Caesar. I could really give a shit about the history- there are people in real need. What do you think Jesus would be more concerned about?
It's not like they're taking their money and giving it to Obama (Caesar) And it is, after all, THEIR money. Again, I have no problem with that! See Ranchers #361. They are seeking names of people in VA facilities that would LOVE to go.
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3 wood Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:18:02am |
Good morning.
Look for the market to open up this morning as the DOW Future is up 2.3%, the S&P up 2.7% and the NASDAQ up 2.2%.
The Nikkei is up 4.2% and the Hang Seng is up 8.6% (or 1198 points).
Expect the MSM to give credit to Obama.
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MandyManners Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:18:49am |
re: #370 MandyManners
The Peace and Justice caucus in the American Federation of Teachers held a roundtable discussion on "Fighting Back in the Schools" during the July 2008 AFT Convention in Chicago. Labor Beat edited excerpts from those presentations, including dramatic footage of student protests, in the face of police repression, against the privatization of the public schools in Detroit and St. Louis. The message is clear: public education, a long-fought-for gain of the working class over the last century and a half, is targeted for annihilation by corporate America...
Do I smell an Ayers?
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:19:54am |
re: #370 MandyManners
They're unions. It's their obligation to show up at any protest in support of the left side of politics. Just like here on Saturday. MSM reports said that 3,000 people showed up for the Pro rally (left), while 500 showed up for the anti rally (right). The pro rally was packed with union members.
/have the picture and video to prove it.
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:21:31am |
re: #371 sattv4u2
It's not like they're taking their money and giving it to Obama (Caesar) And it is, after all, THEIR money. Again, I have no problem with that! See Ranchers #361. They are seeking names of people in VA facilities that would LOVE to go.
Indeed- they are free to do what they want with their money.
And I'm free to think they're shitty Christians for putting 0bama ahead of real people in need.
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MandyManners Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:22:53am |
re: #370 MandyManners
A partner site, SubstanceNews.
[Link: www.substancenews.net...]
What have we here? Under the Resistance News section are two diatribes against No Child Left Behind.
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jim in virginia Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:23:04am |
Good morning lizards!
It's colder than a sorceress's mammary here today!
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Pietr Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:23:40am |
The Greenies latest 'sneak attacks', Re Carbon footprint, is to eliminate CO2 emission...so basically we are supposed to all stop breathing! Their satirical ads, Re 'Clean Coal', have been running heavily here, even tho the USA has the toughest standards for stack emissions in the world. We also developed the best 'stack scrubbers'-they make 'em just down the road from me, here in San Antonio. These scrubbers clean the emissions to mostly oxygen and CO2-and this isn't good enough for greenies. Maybe we should point out to them that the vegetation REQUIRES CO2, to produce oxygen-not really. They know it full well, and count on ignorance to help them push their agenda. Penn and Teller got TONS of greenies to sign petitions against WATER-by describing it, but not saying it was water.
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Dustyvet Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:23:44am |
re: #282 opnion
A spokesman for PETA says that we can lower our carbon footprint by becoming Vegetarians.
What's invisible and smells like carrots...Bunny farts...
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MandyManners Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:26:16am |
They don't like CBBHO much.
Prepared for The Peace and Justice Caucus of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Chicago, July 13, 2008, and delivered in part during the session sponsored by the Peace and Justice Caucus.
Barack Obama’s Education Platform ADVOCATES: More accountability; Higher standards; More money for NCLB; Merit pay (“teachers…who consistently excel in the classroom”).
Barack Obama's Education Platform ASSERTS: The single most important factor in determining a child’s achievement is. . . “You teachers”. . . NOT parent income (July 13, 2008, address via satellite to AFT Convention).
This agenda should qualify Barack Obama for a seat at the Business Roundtable. This agenda certainly raises a few questions about the AFT:
Why did the attendees give these remarks applause? Why did many people even stand up and while they applauded? Why didn’t AFT hold Obama’s feet to the fire and try to leverage a better position on these issues—instead of, like NEA, issuing a knee-jerk, blanket endorsement?
The unions are in ‘business as usual’ mode with their corporate-politico bedfellows.
SNIP
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jim in virginia Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:26:42am |
re: #377 MandyManners
From one of the posts there:
As a former Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica 76-78, where they have no military, and therefore no wars...
Sigh. These people are teaching employed by the public schools
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:27:02am |
re: #376 Sharmuta
Indeed- they are free to do what they want with their money.
And I'm free to think they're shitty Christians for putting 0bama ahead of real people in need.
Will you feel as adamant if in 2012 for Palin inauguration a Christian Group pays for people that can't afford it to see the 1st woman in our history sworn in?
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:27:27am |
re: #379 Pietr
The greens have another problem on their hands- melting ice might be good!
Melting ice may slow global warming
Collapsing antarctic ice sheets, which have become potent symbols of global warming, may actually turn out to help in the battle against climate change and soaring carbon emissions.
Science is cool.
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:29:54am |
re: #383 sattv4u2
Will you feel as adamant if in 2012 for Palin inauguration a Christian Group pays for people that can't afford it to see the 1st woman in our history sworn in?
Yes.
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Buster Bunny Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:30:59am |
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jim in virginia Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:31:07am |
re: #382 jim in virginia
From one of the posts there:
Sigh. These people are
teachingemployed by the public schools
I need more coffee
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MandyManners Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:32:27am |
At the heart of their beefs about curriculum is a hatred of corporate America, and they don't want:
• Outcome-based education
• Strong & complex assessments
• Rewards & penalties for schools
• Emphasis on staff development
• Establishment of Pre-K programs
• High expectations for all children
• Greater use of technology
• Provision of social health services
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Pietr Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:33:10am |
re: #387 jim in virginia
It should be in the Pot on the counter-right by the fruitcups. Let me know if it's low, I'll make a fresh pot.
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Sharmuta Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:33:14am |
re: #383 sattv4u2
Look- they have the right to do this with their money- I just don't think it's being spent on something worthy of being called "Christian charity".
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:35:17am |
re: #385 Sharmuta
Yes.
I guess I better tell the Mens Club at my church not to pay for and take the group of low income kids to the play "Scrooge" and pixxa after it because that money should go to helping people in need
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:35:48am |
re: #388 MandyManners
The great dumbing down of Americas schools.
/and I include Canada in that as well.
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MandyManners Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:35:52am |
SubstanceNews.net's logo is an apple with a raised fist inside.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:36:12am |
re: #379 Pietr Ahh the old Dihydrogen monoxide gag I still love it to this day.
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Happy Fun Ball Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:36:40am |
How's this name for the birth certificate kooks:
nerfherders
As in, "low-down, stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerfherder".
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96RoadKing Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:36:59am |
re: #384 Sharmuta
Damn. Every time my hopes rise that Global Warming will have an effect north of the Mason Dixon Line, something comes up to crush my hopes and dreams.
Oh, well. Time to go out and fire up the snowblower.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:37:16am |
re: #391 sattv4u2
The thing is a lot of those kids need the break from there lives noone really needs to see Obama inaugurated live.
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3 wood Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:37:31am |
re: #370 MandyManners
Fox just ran a brief story about a factory that will not pay its employees back wages due to Bank of America's doing something or other.
The Company closed down and B of A will not let them borrow more money (which will probably never be repaid) to meet the payroll.
The owners owe the payroll, they just can't borrow more to pay it.
The laid off workers should just go to court and get their money a they will have a primary claim on the assets.
Why the teachers union is there I have no idea.
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BlueCanuck Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:38:02am |
Well, my relief is here and it's time for me to go. Stay scaly everyone, and today especially stay warm.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:38:17am |
I won't have my TV's on on January 21st at all unless i find something good on HBO or put in a movie.
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MandyManners Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:38:37am |
re: #400 3 wood
The Company closed down and B of A will not let them borrow more money (which will probably never be repaid) to meet the payroll.
The owners owe the payroll, they just can't borrow more to pay it.
The laid off workers should just go to court and get their money a they will have a primary claim on the assets.
Why the teachers union is there I have no idea.
My subsequent posts might explain why.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:39:29am |
re: #397 Rancher
The thing is a lot of those kids need the break from there lives noone really needs to see Obama inaugurated live.
You're the one that stated they're soliciting people that are in Hospitals or VA residences! you don't think THEY need a break from there/ And if those people expressed a desire to go !?!
Sort of reminds me of The Childrens Wish Foundation!
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Jimmah Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:43:37am |
re: #4 zombie
This is a group therapy session, right? Complete honesty -- right?
OK. I confess.
I never liked Douglas Adams. At all. I found him, and his entire style of humor, utterly unfunny. Straight mouth. Not even a smile. Not once.
You're undead to me.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:43:54am |
re: #406 sattv4u2
Yes I said that but none of those people really need to go watch Bambi inaugurated I think its great they are doing the VA and Hospital thing but that Million dollars is better spent elsewhere. Just because there is some good in it doesn't mean it isn't a total waste of those donated dollars. And as far as I know the million was for the transport and venue costs they are seeking help from DoD, the VA and other organizations to house the attendees.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:46:06am |
re: #409 Rancher
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I just don't see anything insidious about it
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:48:20am |
There is nothing insidious about it I just feel and I think Sharm feels the same way that there is more good to be had in applying the money in other places.
///Like combatting the widespread use of DHMO.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:49:58am |
re: #412 Rancher
There is nothing insidious about it I just feel and I think Sharm feels the same way that there is more good to be had in applying the money in other places.
///Like combating the widespread use of DHMO.
Damn ,, I'm sure the Pizza my mens club will be buying those kids after the play will be loaded with DHMO.
I'M AN ENABLER !
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Pietr Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:50:51am |
re: #407 Rancher
What-no youtube link to the 'Penn and Teller'? JK, good catch, amigo. Everything said there is TRUE, and the gullible will bite, and sign to ban DMHO every time. Ding!
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:52:06am |
re: #412 Rancher
There is nothing insidious about it I just feel and I think Sharm feels the same way that there is more good to be had in applying the money in other places.
///Like combatting the widespread use of DHMO.
AND ,, on a serious note, you could say that about ANY money spent. There will always be a "more worthy" use for monies than the one it's being used for!
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:52:37am |
re: #413 sattv4u2
My best DHMO prank was at NMSU I screwed around handed an infomation check list out on Thursday since I didn't have Friday classes. By the next week there were about 5 or 6 kooks trying to preach against it to other students. One of whom was a Biology minor with a journalism major planning on working for Nat Geo or something.
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Jimmah Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:53:21am |
Douglas Adams with Richard Dawkins - from the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 1991
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:54:39am |
re: #414 Pietr
The joke is older than Penn and Teller I do believe. Maybe not older than their actual ages but older than their act. I've actually never seen hte Penn and Teller version.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:54:56am |
re: #416 Rancher
My best DHMO prank was at NMSU I screwed around handed an infomation check list out on Thursday since I didn't have Friday classes. By the next week there were about 5 or 6 kooks trying to preach against it to other students. One of whom was a Biology minor with a journalism major planning on working for Nat Geo or something.
They're probably sitting at home waiting to hear if the gov't will give them that grant they applied for to fight the scourge of DHMO
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:55:46am |
re: #419 sattv4u2
Been like 4 or 5 years and I doubt any of them know how to apply for a govt grant.
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Pietr Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:55:56am |
Maybe the greenies should tell the Pakistani's anout how they're aiding global warming, adding to the carbon footprint: [Link: edition.cnn.com...]
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eon Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:56:38am |
re: #395 Happy Fun Ball
How's this name for the birth certificate kooks:
nerfherders
As in, "low-down, stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerfherder".
Good morning, Lizards.
(Good morning, Sharmuta.)
Why insult nerfherders?
There's a much better and more accurate name for these clowns already- Troofers. After all, there's an astounding amount of overlap between the "Dubya did 9/11" and the "Obama isn't an American" crowd- with the Paulbots being just one example of same.
It's about time we all faced up to a simple fact. There is nothing anyone can do to please this bunch. No matter who gets elected, or what they do or do not do, they will find fault with it. Because, if they are honest, it isn't what this country does they object to- it's the fact that they aren't running it.
I'd almost be tempted to let them try, but I'm not sure the world would survive the experience. To visualize their decision-making processes in crisis situations, read Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
/Find a scapegoat- stone the scapegoat. Wash, rinse, and repeat as necessary.
It's probably cathartic as all get-out for them, but not really very useful in the practical sense.
Troofers live to be outraged... at how stupid they think the rest of us are. In this respect, they remind me of nothing so much as UFO "True Believers", who think that the government knows all about abductions, etc., but won't tell us for its own nefarious reasons. There's an overlap, there, too, most obviously a guy named Jim Marrs, who manages to be a JFK assassination conspiracist/ UFO abduction "advocate"/ 9/11 Truther all at the same time. (For any Lizards who are gamers, Marrs' "worldview" makes GURPS Illuminati look simplistic by comparison.)
And if you tell them they're mistaken, or wrong, surprise! You're now considered part of the conspiracy.
Being a Troofer- of any kind- means never having to admit that you don't know what you're talking about.
/My guess is, we're going to be stuck with a lot more of this for the next four years. As for me, I'm stocking up on popcorn.
cheers
eon
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sattv4u2 Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:56:55am |
re: #420 Rancher
Been like 4 or 5 years and I doubt any of them know how to apply for a govt grant.
I'm sure their professors would walk them through the red tape, being as familiar with it as some of them (the prof's) are
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 4:58:10am |
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Dihydrogen Monoxide Facts
Dihydrogen monoxide:
is also known as hydric acid, and is the major component of acid rain.
contributes to the Greenhouse Effect.
may cause severe burns.
contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.
Dihydrogen Monoxide Alerts
Contamination is reaching epidemic proportions!
Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. In the midwest alone DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage.
Dihydrogen Monoxide Uses
Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
as an industrial solvent and coolant.
in nuclear power plants.
in the production of styrofoam.
as a fire retardant.
in many forms of cruel animal research.
in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
as an additive in certain junk-foods and other food products.
Stop the horror - Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide
Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!
THE HORROR MUST BE STOPPED!
The American government has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its importance to the economic health of this nation. In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
Act NOW to prevent further contamination. Find out more about this dangerous chemical. What you don't know CAN hurt you and others throughout the world.
I think this is the Handout I used at the time.
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Rancher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 5:02:00am |
I'd love to find out about a phone a question session with Obama to ask him what he intends to do about DHMO.
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Pietr Mon, Dec 8, 2008 5:05:36am |
Since he did drugs-he might actually be interested in acquiring some...LOL.
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eon Mon, Dec 8, 2008 5:08:53am |
re: #426 Rancher
I'd love to find out about a phone a question session with Obama to ask him what he intends to do about DHMO.
My guess is, all calls to The Exalted One will be carefully screened- to eliminate any calls that might result in another "Joe the Plumber" moment coming to the public's attention.
Besides, he's already promised to make us perfect by a massive program of building Wind and Sun power everything to replace all that evil coal and oil, and eliminate the need for that even more evil nuclear power.
And while he's at it, he'll repeal Ohm's Law and all three of the Laws of Thermodynamics to make sure it actually works.
/He's The One- he can do that.
/Can't he?
/sarc
cheers
eon
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MandyManners Mon, Dec 8, 2008 5:09:08am |
I hope Laura scrubbed his lips with Comet before she let him kiss her again.
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CIA Reject Mon, Dec 8, 2008 5:10:23am |
re: #426 Rancher
I'd love to find out about a phone a question session with Obama to ask him what he intends to do about DHMO.
I wonder if his foreign policy newbies will get the traditional phone call from the WAPO asking about their opinion on the situation in Fredonia...
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Dasher Mon, Dec 8, 2008 5:10:38am |
re: #384 Sharmuta
The greens have another problem on their hands- melting ice might be good!
Melting ice may slow global warming
Science is cool.
It has been my theory that Antarctic ice sheets breakaway because of natural forces when these ice sheets get very large. They don't break because they are melting, they break because they are so large, and heavy. However once they are broken away they will drift with ocean currents, and if they drift to warmer water they will melt.
It takes a lot of heat to melt ice, so that its self could reduce global warming or at minimum cause local cooling. Like ice in a glass of water.
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opnion Mon, Dec 8, 2008 5:10:53am |
