What's the topic?

So what's this I hear about a bith certificate?

It's a miracle...

This thread is neither made of thread nor is it used for stitching...talk amongst yourselves...

Compo and Sardeshmukh: Oceans a main driver of climate variability - it’s the heat AND the humidity.

Evidence is presented that the recent worldwide land warming has occurred largely in response to a worldwide warming of the oceans rather than as a direct response to increasing greenhouse gases (GHGs) over land. Atmospheric model simulations of the last half-century with prescribed observed ocean temperature changes, but without prescribed GHG changes, account for most of the land warming. The oceanic influence has occurred through hydrodynamic-radiative teleconnections, primarily by moistening and warming the air over land and increasing the downward longwave radiation at the surface. The oceans may themselves have warmed from a combination of natural and anthropogenic influences.

re: #1 Walter L. Newton

The topic is What's the topic?

Never mind, that could recurse and cause the hamsters to get all befuddled.

re: #2 Spare O'Lake

So what's this I hear about a bith certificate?

For pete's sake learn how to spell will you!

It's Nirth Certifikit!

/ ;-P

GM stock up 20%. Woohoo! :D

Koskidz scammed by berries...
BEWARE: Scam perpetrated on lefty blogs

On December 6, someone posted a diary titled, "Today, I found out we have nothing." It was a long sob story that elicited the usual sympathy and offers of help from kind-hearted Kossacks.

Someone in the comments smelled a scam and checked it out. That someone was correct.

But here's the deal: the company that the scam artist diarist was traced back to had a product being advertised on many of the lefty blogs including TalkingPointsMemo, fivethirtyeight, Atrios and the Huffington Post as a weight loss wonder drug. And it was much worse than just trading on the sympathy of generous individuals.
...
I may have made a leap, based on other comments, that linked Popvent to the acai berry scam. If so, I apologize. However, based on the googling skills of smarter Kossacks than me, Popvent appears to be a bit shady.

And the acai berry scam is real.

re: #8 boogberg

GM stock up 20%. Woohoo! :D

Did it go from $0.20 to $0.24?
///

re: #6 Shr_Nfr

The topic is What's the topic?

Never mind, that could recurse and cause the hamsters to get all befuddled.

Who's on first?

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Koskidz scammed by berries...

To be fair, berries are a bit smarter...

re: #10 eschew_obfuscation

Did it go from $0.20 to $0.24?
///

Shame on you, oh ye of little faith! :D

re: #8 boogberg

GM stock up 20%. Woohoo! :D

What is Ford doing?

re: #14 CapeCoddah

What is Ford doing?

Wishing Pintos were beans?

re: #11 Fat Jolly Penguin

Who's on first?

"Who's on First? is a comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello. The premise of the routine is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team to Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers to Costello's questions. In this context, the first baseman is named "Who"; thus, the utterance "Who's on first" is ambiguous between the question ("which person is the first baseman?") and the answer ("Who is the name of the first baseman.")."

It was more fun before Wiki explained it.

re: #11 Fat Jolly Penguin

But if the mudders eat all the fodder, there is not going to be any fodders left for fodders day. A&C Racehorse skit.

Probably. I had one of those, my second car. I do not miss it.

re: #13 boogberg

Shame on you, oh ye of little faith! :D

I have faith that if we somehow get union pay and benefits in line with what Toyota, Nissan, Honda, etc. are providing, the U.S. makers have a chance. But all this crap about 'green' technology that some in congress are pushing is just another sure way to sink industry for no good reason.

re: #14 CapeCoddah

What is Ford doing?

Ford up almost 25%.

re: #5 jcm

worldwide warming of the oceans

And you know why that is?

Because he rises.

The topic is: alternative energy sources to help economy, create jobs, and benefit the environment.

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

It was more fun before Wiki explained it.

Don't look up "copulation", then.

/preserve some of the mystery

There are an infinite number of alternate universes, with a mind-boggling number of them springing into existence every instant.

re: #5 jcm

Compo and Sardeshmukh: Oceans a main driver of climate variability - it’s the heat AND the humidity.

And, why are the oceans heating up? Could it be Al Gore's bigass heater constantly kicking on in his Mansion is causing El Nino, Le Nina and El Guapo? Or, could it have something to do with the big fireball in the sky we see rising in the east and setting in the west each day? Either way, we should tax the crap out of the USA for causing the sun to be so bright!

F/A-18 down, pilot ejected.

An F-18 fighter jet pilot ejected from his plane moments before it crashed into a San Diego neighborhood Monday, sparking at least one house fire.

The jet crashed shortly before noon as it prepared to land at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The crash occurred two miles from the base, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.

re: #22 NYCHardhat

The topic is: alternative energy sources to help economy, create jobs, and benefit the environment.

My solution.

Go ahead, Lou, back up.

re: #26 jcm

F/A-18 down, pilot ejected.

We seem to lose more fighters in the continental U.S. that in war...

re: #21 Occasional Reader

And you know why that is?

Because he rises.

[dammit]

... Because he rises.

re: #30 Occasional Reader

[dammit]

... Because he rises.

Let's leave Rosie outta this.

re: #27 OldLineTexan

My solution.

We should install a larger unit on top of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC as well

re: #20 boogberg

No wonder, with the promise of free money, or easy repayment options - which is the same thing.

re: #25 Desert Dog

And, why are the oceans heating up? Could it be Al Gore's bigass heater constantly kicking on in his Mansion is causing El Nino, Le Nina and El Guapo? Or, could it have something to do with the big fireball in the sky we see rising in the east and setting in the west each day? Either way, we should tax the crap out of the USA for causing the sun to be so bright!

It's merely coincidence all the planets warmed up as solar activity peaked, and now that activity is waning and temperatures dropping again is irrelevant.

Pay your carbon indulgences to the Gorelce and be saved!
//

re: #15 OldLineTexan

Actually fairly well since they probably won't need any of the bailout money if the economy comes back in a couple of years. The Focus gets better mileage than the Camery in either gasoline or hybrid. The are going for one car model one platform worldwide like Honda does with the Civic. They started the restructure before the economy put GM and Chrysler's back against the wall. The new F-150 is a hell of a nice truck too.

re: #20 boogberg

Ford up almost 25%.

Awesome, thanks.

re: #29 eschew_obfuscation

We seem to lose more fighters in the continental U.S. that in war...

But, but... even loosing one in war is too many.
/moonbat off

re: #22 NYCHardhat

The topic is: alternative energy sources to help economy, create jobs, and benefit the environment.

Done.

Next question?

re: #23 OldLineTexan

Don't look up "copulation", then.

/preserve some of the mystery

Beer all over my monitor again.

re: #33 picaro

With the dilution of the common with warrants that is part of this, its hardly free money.

re: #35 Shr_Nfr

Actually fairly well since they probably won't need any of the bailout money if the economy comes back in a couple of years. The Focus gets better mileage than the Camery in either gasoline or hybrid. The are going for one car model one platform worldwide like Honda does with the Civic. They started the restructure before the economy put GM and Chrysler's back against the wall. The new F-150 is a hell of a nice truck too.

I agree, but the Focus needs a lot of work. I had a rental, and it was uncomfortable and just cheap.

re: #27 OldLineTexan

My solution.

High five!
*Borat voice*

Now that the LA Times is bankrupt, can the bankruptcy court sell the video of the Palestinian dinner with Obama as an asset to creditors?

re: #23 OldLineTexan

Don't look up "copulation", then.

/preserve some of the mystery

So that's what it looks like when turtles are bopping.

This is first time since I hatched that there aren't hundreds of comments discouraging me from posting a thought. It would be nice if comments were listed with newest first. We're newly retired and distressed to watch our hard earned savings evaporate. Our country is going socialist with the bailouts.
Thirty four billion dollars divided by 3 million auto industry jobs comes to 11 million dollars per job. Someone please tell me why any of this makes sense.

re: #18 CapeCoddah

Probably. I had one of those, my second car. I do not miss it.

I had a girlfriend once who drove a Pacer. I would have rather died a fiery death in a Pinto than be seen riding in a Pacer.
/

re: #23 OldLineTexan

Don't look up "copulation", then.

Isn't that when two police cruisers pull up, driver side/driver side and chat over coffee and donuts?

re: #47 Gang of One

Isn't that when two police cruisers pull up, driver side/driver side and chat over coffee and donuts?

No...that's "Cop-elation"

re: #45 Noodniklel

Welcome. Have some karma.

re: #46 Soona'

I had a girlfriend once who drove a Pacer. I would have rather died a fiery death in a Pinto than be seen riding in a Pacer.
/

friend of mine had a Pacer...I dug it...lotsa room and all glass

re: #38 Occasional Reader

That was demented, so to speak.

re: #18 CapeCoddah

Probably. I had one of those, my second car. I do not miss it.

I was "assigned" a Pinto as a missionary many years ago. We drove out to Canoncito Navajo reservation. It was 110 degrees. As I was getting out of the car my partner said to roll up the window (I was a greenie). I didn't because it was so hot. We went into the hogan for an hour or so, came back out and there were 2 goats in the car and lots of "pebbles". He said: "I told you to roll up your window!" I said: "You didn't say why!"

The Pinto stunk forever. They all do.

re: #45 Noodniklel

This is first time since I hatched that there aren't hundreds of comments discouraging me from posting a thought. It would be nice if comments were listed with newest first. We're newly retired and distressed to watch our hard earned savings evaporate. Our country is going socialist with the bailouts.
Thirty four billion dollars divided by 3 million auto industry jobs comes to 11 million dollars per job. Someone please tell me why any of this makes sense.

Well, these are threads, and we like to follow the thoughts on thread in a orderly fashion.

Now maybe you like to watch movie from the end, or start a book at the last chapter, but us more normal folks like to read things in a first to last style.

Your second point doesn't make any sense.

re: #1 Walter L. Newton

What's the topic?

SNNOOOW!
I know what I'll be doing at 4 am tomm...

Michelle Wie is now a member of the LPGA.

re: #46 Soona'

I had a girlfriend once who drove a Pacer. I would have rather died a fiery death in a Pinto than be seen riding in a Pacer.
/

LOl, that would have been entirely possible,since they tended to blow up in collisions.

re: #45 Noodniklel

This is first time since I hatched that there aren't hundreds of comments discouraging me from posting a thought. It would be nice if comments were listed with newest first. We're newly retired and distressed to watch our hard earned savings evaporate. Our country is going socialist with the bailouts.
Thirty four billion dollars divided by 3 million auto industry jobs comes to 11 million dollars per job. Someone please tell me why any of this makes sense.

Lets cure your headache with a shotgun.

re: #54 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

SNNOOOW!
I know what I'll be doing at 4 am tomm...

WHAT! (I am so worked up waiting for your answer)... g-d, I'm going to have an orgasm.

(I wonder how geared up he would be if it was tornado season?)

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

read this and then become celibate

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Koskidz scammed by berries...
BEWARE: Scam perpetrated on lefty blogs

"elicited the usual sympathy and offers of help from kind-hearted Kossacks."

They shoulda known it was a scam right there. That species doesn't exist.

MPACUK lets the mask slip...
Understanding The Philosophy Of Muslim Violence

We know it will get us in trouble with the media; make us targets for the government elites who want to hide this from you. We are prepared to pay the price. Most Muslim groups in the UK are still silent, or worse apologising, so they can get the 'moderate' medal of dishonour from their masters. We prefer the truth - no matter what they call us.
...

We will no longer be part of the deliberate attempt to keep the public confused on the issue of terrorism. We will not be part of the apologetic Muslim leaders who blame their own community for terrorism. We will not condemn, nor allow ourselves to be condemned by governing elites who are more interested in a political stunt than saving lives. No more politics and propaganda when it comes terrorism - its the truth and nothing else.

That said, if you want to know why Muslims - or any human being - turns to violent ends, then watch this:

re: #54 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

SNNOOOW!
I know what I'll be doing at 4 am tomm...

Where at?

re: #45 Noodniklel

This is first time since I hatched that there aren't hundreds of comments discouraging me from posting a thought. It would be nice if comments were listed with newest first. We're newly retired and distressed to watch our hard earned savings evaporate. Our country is going socialist with the bailouts.
Thirty four billion dollars divided by 3 million auto industry jobs comes to 11 million dollars per job. Someone please tell me why any of this makes sense.

I knew it!
Damn, retirement WILL SUCK!

re: #45 Noodniklel

It only makes sense if Power is the name of the game.
And even then, it's getting very weirod.

re: #50 albusteve

friend of mine had a Pacer...I dug it...lotsa room and all glass

But it looked like a swollen testicle.
/

re: #65 Soona'

But it looked like a swollen testicle.
/

And drove like one!

re: #65 Soona'

But it looked like a swollen testicle.
/

A pregnant roller skate...

re: #45 Noodniklel

This is first time since I hatched that there aren't hundreds of comments discouraging me from posting a thought.

You can always skip to the bottom and post your thought.

re: #65 Soona'

But it looked like a swollen testicle.
/

I had a relative who said it was the best car on the road, period. I think back to those times and I realize just how much of an idiot he was, and had no clue.

re: #1 Walter L. Newton

What's the topic?

Good day, eh?

re: #60 Bloodnok

The bleeding hearts at Dkos get scammed all the time. People post hard luck diaries and accept paypal donations there on a regular basis. They're quite gullible.

re: #65 Soona'

But it looked like a swollen testicle.
/

well maybe...all bubbly and roundish like that

re: #58 Walter L. Newton

Haha!
I'll be clearing walks and entries on five proprties! Yuck!
But It's all good!
Leaving for Palm Springs Wed... am! Wooo Hooo!

Once upon a time; to be conservative was the unspoken comportment of the day in popular American society. Nowadays, we find ourselves on the outside looking in. At one time, the hippie-liberals were the ones flinging poo (or worse) upon the walls of the Dean's or some ROTC office.

The liberals, their media, and the government are now The Establishment. Their Establishement is that of pro-goverment ignorance of the constitutional form of government. Gone are their ideals of; "leave me alone man!" The former hippies who now have all the power are coming after the rest of us with: "you can't be trusted with liberty".

Now conservative types are on the outside, with a simple premise: Constitutionally limited government. We have the radical "old" idea of freedom, liberty and self-sustinance. We are on the outside, not really so much wanting to "go-in" (except for maybe Bill Kristol). As wanting the liberals-leftists to come outside and observe how their house looks from the street.

re: #71 Killgore Trout

The bleeding hearts at Dkos get scammed all the time. People post hard luck diaries and accept paypal donations there on a regular basis. They're quite gullible.

That's a damn shame
/

re: #62 NYCHardhat

Central Utah.
It's snowing in the hills and blowing out of the north!
Chill F^&*ktor of 28dig

re: #66 Walter L. Newton

And drove like one!

re: #67 eschew_obfuscation

A pregnant roller skate...

Yeah!

re: #70 Spare O'Lake

Good day, eh?

What happened to that news show? I remember when it was on our local PBS station. I use to enjoy all the sports news. And there was a lot of insight on Australian politics.

re: #71 Killgore Trout

The bleeding hearts at Dkos get scammed all the time. People post hard luck diaries and accept paypal donations there on a regular basis. They're quite gullible.

That gives me an idea for a stimulus package, brb, hehehe.

re: #71 Killgore Trout

The bleeding hearts at Dkos get scammed all the time. People post hard luck diaries and accept paypal donations there on a regular basis. They're quite gullible.

Do you think I should approach them about scraping a few pennies together to keep the lights on at the Occasional Reader Center for Progressive Social Community Justice?

I had a girlfriend that drove a Pacer!
Her mothers...It was BRIGHT ORANGE and white!
Stuck out LIKE a swollen testicle!

re: #71 Killgore Trout

The bleeding hearts at Dkos get scammed all the time. People post hard luck diaries and accept paypal donations there on a regular basis. They're quite gullible.

Really? Sounds like a business opportunity to me.
/

Lunchtime Tuesday.

Unicorn sandwiches

re: #76 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

Central Utah.
It's snowing in the hills and blowing out of the north!
Chill F^&*ktor of 28dig

I was on a tech call with Comcast today, had someone in thier Utah call center, that wasn't you, was it. She told me it was snowing real good.

We're suppose to have 3-16 inches in the Metro area, depending on where you are, further south, more snow.

re: #61 Killgore Trout

Dude, there are 1 Billion Muslims.

Enough of this "oppressed minority" BS.

re: #75 Bloodnok

That's a damn shame
/

well more than likely it is mommy and daddy's gelt. how much money do you make in the basement anyway?

re: #81 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

I had a girlfriend that drove a Pacer!
Her mothers...It was BRIGHT ORANGE and white!
Stuck out LIKE a swollen testicle!

Clearly a match made in heaven.

I had better add /

re: #85 Ben Hur

Dude, there are 1 Billion Muslims.

Enough of this "oppressed minority" BS.

I meant the general "Dude" not YOU DUDE, specifically.

re: #83 A Kiwi Infidel
Love your intro on your Avie!

re: #85 Ben Hur

Dude, there are 1 Billion Muslims.

And that's just in the US.

(Source: CAIR)

I don' see no unicorn :o/

re: #41 OldLineTexan

Couldn't say as I really know at that level. We are still trying to wear out my wife's 1997 Escort Wagon. Crap car only got 38 mpg going from Boston to Md at 80 mph with 4 adult passengers when we had to go down for my father-in-law's funeral and back in 2 days on short notice. One problem with it, the coil springs. They were made in Korea and are shit brittle steel. Otherwise it just keeps on going.

re: #84 Walter L. Newton

I was on a tech call with Comcast today, had someone in thier Utah call center, that wasn't you, was it. She told me it was snowing real good.

We're suppose to have 3-16 inches in the Metro area, depending on where you are, further south, more snow.

I think that's headed our way later, I'm glad the blower on my furnace got fixed, not so happy that it cost almost 600 bucks.

re: #85 Ben Hur

I'm shocked that they are no longer going to pretend to denounce terrorism. I suspect that post will be taken down soon.

re: #85 Ben Hur

Dude, there are 1 Billion Muslims.

Enough of this "oppressed minority" BS.

1.3 billion and climbing as rapidly.

re: #84 Walter L. Newton

I saw that on the news this am!
Drive/walk careful!

re: #89 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

Love your intro on your Avie!

Thanks, bro.

re: #34 jcm

It's merely coincidence all the planets warmed up as solar activity peaked, and now that activity is waning and temperatures dropping again is irrelevant.

Pay your carbon indulgences to the Gorelce and be saved!
//

Where is Gore, he has been missing for a while.

re: #93 Thanos

I think that's headed our way later, I'm glad the blower on my furnace got fixed, not so happy that it cost almost 600 bucks.

And your general location in the universe?

re: #84 Walter L. Newton

I was on a tech call with Comcast today, had someone in thier Utah call center, that wasn't you, was it. She told me it was snowing real good.

We're suppose to have 3-16 inches in the Metro area, depending on where you are, further south, more snow.

tis a good thing in the great southwest...Taos was open for skiing a week ago...nice

re: #91 Shay4l

I don' see no unicorn :o/

Its in my sandwich

re: #86 yochanan

well more than likely it is mommy and daddy's gelt. how much money do you make in the basement anyway?

No kidding. "Help me Kossacks, I need an urgent advance on my allowance...". They'll understand that one.

re: #88 Ben Hur

Dude

re: #85 Ben Hur

Dude, there are 1 Billion Muslims.

Enough of this "oppressed minority" BS.

Now, see! There you go again!
/:D

re: #45 Noodniklel

Thirty four billion dollars divided by 3 million auto industry jobs comes to 11 million dollars per job.

That doesn't sound right. Check your math.

BBL

re: #98 BBev

Where is Gore, he has been missing for a while.

Having his carbon footprint retreaded.

re: #99 Walter L. Newton

And your general location in the universe?

Would be KC area

re: #43 Blue Eyed Music Lover

Now that the LA Times is bankrupt, can the bankruptcy court sell the video of the Palestinian dinner with Obama as an asset to creditors?

Good point

re: #54 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

SNNOOOW!
I know what I'll be doing at 4 am tomm...

Quote attributed to Mae West:

"A snowstorm is like making love, you never know how long it's going to last or how many inches you're going to get."

re: #98 BBev

Where is Gore, he has been missing for a while.

To fat to get outa the lounge chair?

Oh wow, it's no birth certificate, but I found the fabled Michelle Obama "Whitey" rant. It's on Youtube.

re: #99 Walter L. Newton

Earth?

re: #78 Walter L. Newton

What happened to that news show? I remember when it was on our local PBS station. I use to enjoy all the sports news. And there was a lot of insight on Australian politics.

I wouldn't brag about having PBS, ya hoser. Only broads get that anyway, so take off, eh?

re: #53 Walter L. Newton

Math score = F. 34,000,000,000/3,000,000 = 11,333

re: #94 Killgore Trout

Really, Killgore...haven't you got the memo yet? They denounce terrorism -- that's the terrorism of the USofKKK all the time...

A white unicorn? Not a unicorn of color? Nor a rainbow unicorn?
Your mythical racism is showing.

re: #114 Spare O'Lake

I wouldn't brag about having PBS, ya hoser. Only broads get that anyway, so take off, eh?

Ahh... Strange Brew!
That was a funny!

re: #108 Thanos

Would be KC area

Kuebec, Canada?

re: #115 Shr_Nfr

Math score = F. 34,000,000,000/3,000,000 = 11,333

Yes, but that's only how much the union worker gets. The rest of it goes to the union itself.
/new union math

re: #112 Athens Runaway

API is still pretending its going to air her Phone call. Oh well.

re: #95 A Kiwi Infidel

Damn, have them hold the camel's head still.

re: #121 Shr_Nfr

I insist it's true. See my halo?

re: #93 Thanos

I think that's headed our way later, I'm glad the blower on my furnace got fixed, not so happy that it cost almost 600 bucks.

Last year I had to replace a blower switch on my heating unit. When the repairman was finished, he gave me a written bill with large handwriting where the cost of services was entered: "blow-job -- $350.00".

re: #112 Athens Runaway

Oh wow, it's no birth certificate, but I found the fabled Michelle Obama "Whitey" rant. It's on Youtube.

You got me.

Dammit!@

re #115
I googled and it said a billion has twice as many zeros as a million.

re: #125 Ben Hur

BarackRoll'd!

My juvenile sense of humor has been sated for now.

certificate nirth
it shows there was virgin birth
the second on earth !

Okay, normally I'd be heading home or be at home by now, but this being The Evil Week™ I'm still stuck in the office. And LGF is just not up to standard right now! We need more postage!

re: #124 Soona'

Last year I had to replace a blower switch on my heating unit. When the repairman was finished, he gave me a written bill with large handwriting where the cost of services was entered: "blow-job -- $350.00".

Unless you are Hugh Grant..That's a little pricey isn't it?

re: #117 IslandLibertarian

A white unicorn? Not a unicorn of color? Nor a rainbow unicorn?
Your mythical racism is showing.

It's a rainbow unicorn with strawberry farts...

re: #130 HoosierHoops

Unless you are Hugh Grant..That's a little pricey isn't it?

Well, not if you were huge.

re: #129 vxbush

I'll try not to take that personally!

A moment please...
...
Oops...Didn't work!

re: #129 vxbush

Okay, normally I'd be heading home or be at home by now, but this being The Evil Week™ I'm still stuck in the office. And LGF is just not up to standard right now! We need more postage!

At least you have a full time job. In tech no less. You must be a young'un.

re: #126 Noodniklel

re #115
I googled and it said a billion has twice as many zeros as a million.

It does.

No link yet but KCAL9 reporting that two people on the ground were killed by the F-18 crash.

Tragic.

re: #130 HoosierHoops

Unless you are Hugh Grant..That's a little pricey isn't it?

I have an old unit.
/:D

re: #126 Noodniklel

re #115
I googled and it said a billion has twice as many zeros as a million.

yotta [Y] 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^24
zetta [Z] 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^21
exa [E] 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 = 10^18
peta [P] = 10^15
tera [T] 1 000 000 000 000 = 10^12
giga [G] 1 000 000 000 (a thousand millions = a billion)
mega [M] 1 000 000 (a million)
kilo [k] 1 000 (a thousand)
hecto [h] 100 (a hundred)
deca [da]10 (ten)

re: #134 Walter L. Newton

At least you have a full time job. In tech no less. You must be a young'un.

Is 43 considered young? Not where I come from...

re: #139 vxbush

Is 43 considered young? Not where I come from...

43?
You're a baby.

re: #124 Soona'

Sounds like somebodies getting %$^&* by the service company!
I'm really out of the loop on furnace work$$ I do all my own!

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

"Who's on First? is a comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello. The premise of the routine is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team to Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers to Costello's questions. In this context, the first baseman is named "Who"; thus, the utterance "Who's on first" is ambiguous between the question ("which person is the first baseman?") and the answer ("Who is the name of the first baseman.")."

It was more fun before Wiki explained it.

Naturally.

Yea, snowing in Golden, Colorado. Going down to 18 degrees tonight. Cuddle weather.

Thanos

Headed your way.

Oops, no it doesn't.

re: #112 Athens Runaway

Ugh, and not even a good rickroll. :p

/general principle down ding, nothing personal.

re: #142 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

Sounds like somebodies getting %$^&* by the service company!
I'm really out of the loop on furnace work$$ I do all my own!

Well la dee da!
/

re: #139 vxbush

Is 43 considered young? Not where I come from...

I'm 56 on Dec. 24, I haven't been able to get full time programming work in 5 years. That's why I work at a live theatre (for 1/4 as much money as I use to make).

Two dead, two more reported missing:

[Link: cbs2.com...]

re: #135 boogberg

It does.

Yep, that is so obvious.
A million has 5 and a billion has 10.

re: #147 Soona'

Sorry!

re: #146 BlueCanuck

Understood :). With all these conspiracies a-floating around, it's good to remember one thing: Rick will never let you down. And that's the truth.

re: #149 Pvt Bin Jammin

Linky no worky!

re: #148 Walter L. Newton

I'm 56 on Dec. 24, I haven't been able to get full time programming work in 5 years. That's why I work at a live theatre (for 1/4 as much money as I use to make).

I'm sorry to hear that. But I've done more than just computer work: technical writing, technical support (of which I do a lot now), open source software, lab administration/maintenance, and a tiny bit of programming on the side. It's a good fit for where I am now.

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

It was more fun before Wiki explained it.

“We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.”

Mark Twain

A STORY FROM IRAQ

I received an email from a friend and co-worker who is stationed at one of the smaller outlying FOB's (Forward Operating Base)in the North about something that happened out there that is, in my opinion, newsworthy.

Some local Iraqi's shot a boar in town. Now normally when a boar is shot the carcass is just discarded as rubbish due to religious belief about pork products. Sometimes these carcasses end up the hiding spot for IED's. Neither of these things happened this time. Instead, the Iraqi's gave the boar to the soldiers at this FOB for them to roast. This is a huge gesture in part by the Iraq's to the US Military. The Iraq's did not have to do this at all, but wanted to as they heard that our troops at this outlying FOB do not have the greatest of food available to them. They do not have a contracted chow hall like the bigger bases in Iraq do, so they don't have nearly the selection or the preparation facilities that you see at the larger basses (baked beans are a staple out there from what I am told). Another thing that this story shows is the spirit of giving. The local Iraqi's had no reason to give this boar to these soldiers, but saw that they could use it and gave it to them as a kind gesture and to say thank you for staying and giving them (the Iraq's) a chance for a future.

Now if that is not an inspiring Christmas Story I don't know what is.

TrueSoldier has an LGF nic, but I don't recall what it is he might not have posted since his deployment.

re: #130 HoosierHoops

Unless you are Hugh Grant..That's a little pricey isn't it?

Inflation

re: #154 vxbush

I'm sorry to hear that. But I've done more than just computer work: technical writing, technical support (of which I do a lot now), open source software, lab administration/maintenance, and a tiny bit of programming on the side. It's a good fit for where I am now.

Oh, and I forgot editing, both in the computer and mathematics fields...

re: #153 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

Trying again:
[Link: cbs2.com...]

re: #157 JumpLandPackRepeat

Inflation

Hmmm, no blue pills no inflation...
Maybe a new economic policy...

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Yea, snowing in Golden, Colorado. Going down to 18 degrees tonight. Cuddle weather.

Thanos

Headed your way.

Cuddles or the weather Walter ? :)

re: #141 reine.de.tout

43?
You're a baby.

Then I'm a zygote.

re: #150 Spare O'Lake

Yep, that is so obvious.
A million has 5 and a billion has 10.

No, I screwed up. A million has 6 and a billion has 9.

A TRILLION has twice as many zeros as a million. A trillion has 12 zeros.

re: #161 Thanos

Cuddles or the weather Walter ? :)

Well, if you are a male, a hearty hug. If you are a woman, a full out, pull ya into me, hold you tight cuddle.

And by the way, the storm is head your way.

re: #159 Pvt Bin Jammin

Thanks!

re #115 and #135
The one who gave me an F in math had only 9 zeros instead of 12, making my 11 million not so wrong.
Also thanks to the kind welcomes.
And I don't know how to respond to the one that mentioned I needed a shotgun cure for my headache. I didn't even claim to have a headache, but if I did, that shotgun comment seemed hostile.

re: #165 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

You're very welcome.

re: #166 Noodniklel
I thought so too!
And Welcome ...leave the gun right there...!

re: #164 Walter L. Newton

Well, if you are a male, a hearty hug. If you are a woman, a full out, pull ya into me, hold you tight cuddle.

And by the way, the storm is head your way.

Ok a manhug! Yeah, we were going to wait till Wednesday for the blower until we saw the weather coming in.

re: #155 DEZes

“We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.”
Mark Twain

Mark Twain probably didn't believe that the rainbow was the sign of the circumcision covenant between God and Abraham. Because that feeling would, I suspect, be far more "reverent" than whatever feeling a savage might have had.
/

re: #71 Killgore Trout

The bleeding hearts at Dkos get scammed all the time. People post hard luck diaries and accept paypal donations there on a regular basis. They're quite gullible.

That comes from spending years culturing "non-judgmentalism"... eventually your instincts atrophy, shrinking into a mental version of the appendix -- vestigial and useless.

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Koskidz scammed by berries...
BEWARE: Scam perpetrated on lefty blogs

Another scam, fake websites claiming to collect funds for the Mumbai victims.

This is the official Mumbai Chabad donation site.

If you get an email for Indiachabad.com it is a FAKE site.

re: #164 Walter L. Newton

Well, if you are a male, a hearty hug. If you are a woman, a full out, pull ya into me, hold you tight cuddle.

And by the way, the storm is head your way.

***Vapors***

re: #170 Spare O'Lake

Mark Twain probably didn't believe that the rainbow was the sign of the circumcision covenant between God and Abraham. Because that feeling would, I suspect, be far more "reverent" than whatever feeling a savage might have had.
/

The rainbow is not the sign of the covenant between G-D and Abraham, it is the sign of the covenant between G-D and Noah.

To continue from the previous thread:

Sweet Talking Woman

DAMN! Always a day late and a dollar short, stuck on a dead thread once again.

#168
Thank you for your kind welcome.

re: #172 buzzsawmonkey

Sorry to bust your bubble, but the rainbow has nothing to do with the covenant of circucision. It is to indicate that G-d will not again destroy the earth by flood; as the spiritual says, "God gave Noah the rainbow sign; won't be the water, be the fire next time."

Circumcision is its own sign.

Boy did I screw that one up! Thanks for correcting.

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

Has this already been posted? If not, for your edification-there is no way I mention one(st)...(as in change one to 1)...been downdinged enough today. Cheers.

re: #175 Alouette

The rainbow is not the sign of the covenant between G-D and Abraham, it is the sign of the covenant between G-D and Noah.

Yup, I screwed it up royally! Thanks for correcting.

science damn you!

re: #179 Spare O'Lake

You know you had me wondering, WTF?

re: #159 Pvt Bin Jammin

Trying again:
[Link: cbs2.com...]

Damn!

re: #183 DEZes

You know you had me wondering, WTF?

I think the cantor subbed for the regular teacher that day - need I say more?

Is this open thread about Neil Patrick Harris?

This link, which is sadly not a rickroll or any such hilarity, is on an Earnest Subject. I would title it: Why I am voting for my county Sheriff again in the next election. We actually got this in the mail. Nice to know he understand the phrase "servant of the people."

[Link: www.co.washington.or.us...]

I knew this country was finished when I learned about this government coupon program for the set top boxes needed after the digital changeover. It just screams "LOSERS!" on so many levels...

re: #189 WoodstockDave

I knew this country was finished when I learned about this government coupon program for the set top boxes needed after the digital changeover. It just screams "LOSERS!" on so many levels...

My 76 year old MIL doesn't want to pay for cable. She's on fixed income on a tight edge. My wife and I offered strenuously to provide her cable TV and she refused. If you knew her, you'd understand why we finally gave up.

Hey, what do you know? I remembered a lot from high school and college!

re: #189 WoodstockDave

The reason that the switch is happening is not because of any desire for the gub'mint for the masses to have clearer reception or anything...the FCC is taking the frequency spectrum that currently is your analog TV audio and video and they will auction portions of this frequency spectrum to cell phone companies for voice and data transmission. The gub'mint will make several billion dollars from this.

US Frequency Spectrum chart

I don't know where to post this, but I am very upset about bailing out the WORST run companies on the planet. I WILL NEVER BUY AN AMERICAN CAR EVER EVER.

Go ahead and BAIL out these LOSERS! Let the companies go broke. I don't want people to suffer, but bailing out these people, giving idle union workers 95% of their salaries to DO NOTHING all day seems STUPID.

Just had to get that off of may chest.

good afternoon to every one

Another sign that we're finished as a country:

Saw Nancy Pelosi on TV this evening saying that the bailout was going to make car companies "accountable to the taxpayer". Remember when companies were accountable to shareholders?