Critic: defn, a person who makes a living by tearing apart some one elses work, usually has not created a work of their own.

Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war!

Or go to bed.
Nite boys and girls. Play nice.

Crap, I need sleep.

Good night Lizards!

Okay, enough with the "Hello, I must be going" schtick. Anyone else sticking around?

speaking of havoc, a new classic:
John Bird and John Fortune : credit crunch

re: #5 BlueCanuck

: : : caught : : :

re: #2 van helsing

Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war!

Or go to bed.
Nite boys and girls. Play nice.

"Cry 'CHEEBLE!' and let loose the lemmings of war..."

since the last thread was all guns and ID, can we turn this into a boob thread?

re: #7 LeePro

Good morning {LeePro}. How you doing this fine day?

*Climbs in through the window*

Hey, Lizards!

re: #9 redc1c4

Well you are here, so I think we have a good start on that.

/white smoke

re: #5 BlueCanuck

BC, Lee, I'll be up for a bit longer...

re: #9 redc1c4

since the last thread was all guns and ID, can we turn this into a boob thread?

I'm NOT talking about Jimmy Carter any more!

re: #11 SurferDoc

*Climbs in through the window*

Hey, Lizards!

Ummm, didn't you know that there's a door over there? ←

re: #15 BlueCanuck

Ummm, didn't you know that there's a door over there? ←

What fun is that?

While we are getting our bearings, allow me to post a request for the Governor of the great state of Illinois:

"Uhh, Blago. Dude. Lose the toup, OK? Spend a few hundred of those dirty dollars in your sock drawer on a decent crown cover. You are SO not going to be forgiven as long as you wear that opossum on your head."

re: #8 redc1c4

Lemmings...
You kids behave back there! Or I'll just drive right over the cliff!
-Gary Larson The Farside

Hope this whole Blagojevich-getting-arrested thingey won't interrupt all this hopey and changey good vibes we're supposed to start feeling next month.

/Maybe us lizards can play 'Count the Home Invasion Robbers' at the innauguration.

re: #11 SurferDoc

*Climbs in through the window*

Hey, Lizards!

I love you avatar. I have a little plush Marvin here, he is seated, with his legs out in front of him. I have him on top of my TV. He is looking down into his lap, and between his legs I have placed a nice meteorite from my collection.

It just says something to me, the martian and the rock.

re: #9 redc1c4

since the last thread was all guns and ID, can we turn this into a boob thread?

I'll vote for comedy: mortgage crisis (fall 07)

re: #20 Walter L. Newton

I love you avatar. I have a little plush Marvin here, he is seated, with his legs out in front of him. I have him on top of my TV. He is looking down into his lap, and between his legs I have placed a nice meteorite from my collection.

It just says something to me, the martian and the rock.

Thanks. I've always liked Marvin. I found a small chunk of a meteorite out near Ludlow a long time ago.

re: #10 BlueCanuck

Good morning {LeePro}. How you doing this fine day?

Maybe day will be fine by sun-up. So far wet, soggy, after 2-3 days solid rain.

Yeccchhh!

Would love to see actual winter precip!

re: #9 redc1c4

since the last thread was all guns and ID, can we turn this into a boob thread?

I vote for boobs...

Image: man-boobs.jpg

re: #22 SurferDoc

Thanks. I've always liked Marvin. I found a small chunk of a meteorite out near Ludlow a long time ago.

Ludlow where?

re: #23 LeePro

Well we had a bit of that white stuff over the weekend and today. Now it's raining of all things.

/hate this time of year, temps fluctuate to bloody much.

re: #24 Walter L. Newton

Thanks Walter. Thanks a lot.

Where ARE those electro-shock probes...

re: #23 LeePro

Hey, I feel for yah, Lee! We have another bright, sunny day here in Bangkok, but it was COOL this morning, maybe 42F, you know? And northern Thailand reported frost on the ground, again this year!

/snurkk! :D

re: #24 Walter L. Newton

I vote for boobs...

[Link: reactin.com.au...]

wew, nasty

re: #9 redc1c4

since the last thread was all guns and ID, can we turn this into a boob thread?

Did that already, Mandy and me. How could you (of all people!) miss that?!?

How 'bout a thread on male body parts?

re: #24 Walter L. Newton

Ackkk, pffft. Eye bleach please?

re: #24 Walter L. Newton

EYE BLEACH. How about a warning next time Walter. Morning Lizards.

re: #25 Walter L. Newton

Ludlow where?

Ludlow California, in the Mojave Desert.

re: #30 LeePro

LOL

re: #28 Karridine

How are things in the 'restive south' Karradine? Haven't heard much here lately.

Morning Erik. How's things near the Cape?

re: #33 SurferDoc

Ludlow California, in the Mojave Desert.

Ok, now please don't take this question as tacky, but it's an occupational habit of meteorite collectors.

How do you know it was a meteorite?

If I hear one more person respond in all sincerity to bad news on TV or a gloomy prediction of the future with a worshipful expression and the words, "Well, now that Barack Obama's been elected, that's going to change" ... I just hope I'm sitting on my hands so that I can't punch anyone in the nose.

re: #37 Walter L. Newton

Ok, now please don't take this question as tacky, but it's an occupational habit of meteorite collectors.

How do you know it was a meteorite?

I took it to a rock shop and they identified it for me.

re: #38 chicken kiev

If I hear one more person respond in all sincerity to bad news on TV or a gloomy prediction of the future with a worshipful expression and the words, "Well, now that Barack Obama's been elected, that's going to change" ... I just hope I'm sitting on my hands so that I can't punch anyone in the nose.

Now that Barak Obama has been elected, your tendency to want to punch people in the nose will change.

re: #36 BlueCanuck

Morning Erik. How's things near the Cape?

I'm in Durban on the East coast about 14 hours from the Cape(West coast). Weather should be good today mid 80's maybe rain later this afternoon. How cold are you today Blue?

re: #35 Van Helsing

How are things in the 'restive south' Karridine? Haven't heard much here lately.

Van, you ain't heard much because the Pukes Against Democracy stole the limelight by stealing secret documents during their 5-month illegal occupation of Government House, and because they walked in (WALKED IN) and commandeered Bangkok Intntl Airport and did massive damage to the Thai economy on their way to their 5th deposed, democratically-elected Prime Minister...

/filthy scum the PAD!

time to hit the rack here...

re: #39 SurferDoc

I took it to a rock shop and they identified it for me.

If you want, can you describe it?

re: #40 Walter L. Newton

Agreed- I feel like kicking most of these dipshits square in the groin after getting a running head start.

re: #19 Fenway_Nation

Hope this whole Blagojevich-getting-arrested thingey won't interrupt all this hopey and changey good vibes we're supposed to start feeling next month.

/Maybe us lizards can play 'Count the Home Invasion Robbers' at the innauguration.

G-G-Almighty!
That is so fuckin' SICK ! ! !

DAMN!

re: #11 SurferDoc

*Climbs in through the window*

Hey, Lizards!

pants check!

re: #12 BlueCanuck

Well you are here, so I think we have a good start on that.

/white smoke

tit's a mean thing to say...

re: #42 Karridine

Just imagine what 10 Mumbai Monsters could do to that airport?

/God help us!

re: #41 Erik The Red

Above freezing today. Like I said up thread. Raining right now. Low tonight should be -1.

re: #48 redc1c4

Well I do try to keep a-breast of the times.

...sniff,
again ignored, signing out crushed...

re: #52 2by2

Comes with the territory, 2by... CUL :D

re: #52 2by2

...sniff,
again ignored, signing out crushed...

Don't be sad, 2by2!
Redc1c4 ignored a really good boob joke... !

re: #31 BlueCanuck

Don't knock it. Its a picture of one of the 72 virgins that a shaheed is going to get.

re: #42 Karridine

Geez. Of course. THAT I've been reading about. I forget that there is Bad Stuff happening there that isn't necessarily bombs and beheadings. Sorry K, didn't mean to be an insensitive blind putz.

Are things moving toward normalcy now?

re: #54 LeePro

Don't be sad, 2by2!
Redc1c4 ignored a really good boob joke... !

sorry: i have a very décolleté sense of humor...

re: #52 2by2

...sniff,
again ignored, signing out crushed...

I'm sorry, did someone say something? ;)

re: #54 LeePro

Are you talking to me? feeling better already...

re: #51 BlueCanuck

Well I do try to keep a-breast of the times.

Lee's?

/white smoke

re: #44 Walter L. Newton

If you want, can you describe it?

Sure. Imagine something larger than a softball and with more than half of it missing. One side is rounded and the other side looks as if it is broken. It is black and the surface is similar to a volcanic rock on the broken side and smoother on the rounded side. It is heavier than a rock that size "should" be. That is from memory. I just went to look where I thought it was and it wasn't there. We have a lot of rocks around the house.

I’mma do the things that I wanna do, I ain’t got a thing to prove to you
I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans, Excuse my manners if I make a scene
I ain’t gonna wear the clothes that you like, I’m finally dandy with the me inside
One look in the mirror and I’m tickled pink, I don’t give a hoot about what you think

-Weezer

re: #30 LeePro

Did that already, Mandy and me. How could you (of all people!) miss that?!?

How 'bout a thread on male body parts?

saw that when it was posted... definitely snork worthy

re: #47 redc1c4

pants check!

The pants are on. Well, shorts. This is California.

re: #59 2by2

Are you talking to me? feeling better already...

;D
Don't let 'em run you off!

re: #1 BlueCanuck

Critic: defn, a person who makes a living by tearing apart some one elses work, usually has not created a work of their own.

In the SF world, the late Jack Chalker called them the "failed writer's school."

re: #56 Van Helsing

No scent of 'insensitive, blind putz' from your comments, Van...

Yes, the PAD vacated the airport last week, after crowing about another 'victory', but their karma is about to catch up with them, bigtime... they've turned too many people against them, ruined too much of the economy (500,000 tourist-related jobs MINIMUM expected to be lost next year?) and exposed too much of their cupidity and thuggishness to try this again, even with supporters in Parliament!

So drifting AWAY from ABNORMAL is a better assessment than 'moving toward normal...'

How you? LTNS!

re: #60 redc1c4

Lee's?

/white smoke

...said the blind man.

^{_{too bad you missed that joke. Heh.}}

re: #64 SurferDoc

The pants are on. Well, shorts. This is California.

tell me about it: i'm taking the ex to her w*rk xmas thing, and she siad it's "dressy... which for you means long pants."

so i'll wear Dockers and my surfing santa Hawaiian shirt/

re: #63 redc1c4

Ha!

re: #69 redc1c4

tell me about it: i'm taking the ex to her w*rk xmas thing, and she siad it's "dressy... which for you means long pants."

so i'll wear Dockers and my surfing santa Hawaiian shirt/

Yep. The joke around here is No Way in Hell Day. That's the day it gets so cold, usually in January that I say, "No way in Hell I can wear shorts today."

re: #65 LeePro

;D
Don't let 'em run you off!

the re: #65 LeePro

;D
Don't let 'em run you off!

i figured he's march off with the ants...
(right after the little one finishes tying his shoe. %-)

/white smoke

re: #65 LeePro
hey, thanks
just felt like howling into the woods, only hearing a faint echo of my typing

re: #73 2by2

Its only a problem when the woods howl back, 2by... :D

re: #71 SurferDoc

Yep. The joke around here is No Way in Hell Day. That's the day it gets so cold, usually in January that I say, "No way in Hell I can wear shorts today."

i even wear them then... got a pic of my bro that made the Denver paper when he was at SDSU, front top of the sunday sports page. blowing snow, and he's in a sweater and shorts. %-)

SFV here: and you?

re: #73 2by2

Well, my problem right now is that my job keeps distracting me.

/insensitive, don't they know I have important people to talk to?

re: #72 redc1c4

Can I get a heads-up about the white smoke?

re: #67 Karridine

Thanks for the news. I'm doing fine, enjoying the time of year in Phoenix that makes July and August just a dull memory of discomfort.

Take care.

re: #77 2by2

Can I get a heads-up about the white smoke?

White smoke indicates his insulation is burning from over-thinking... :P

re: #75 redc1c4

i even wear them then... got a pic of my bro that made the Denver paper when he was at SDSU, front top of the sunday sports page. blowing snow, and he's in a sweater and shorts. %-)

SFV here: and you?

High Desert, in the Sierra foothills, near China Lake.

Any "geeks" (or wannabe geeks) out there?

50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have :D

re: #74 Karridine

re: #80 SurferDoc

High Desert, in the Sierra foothills, near China Lake.

gets a bit colder up there than here, plus more wind... even i might have to agree to the occasional no shorts day. %-)

re: #77 2by2

Can I get a heads-up about the white smoke?

Smoke and Pyro

White Smoke---Covering/Screening only
Yellow Smoke---Designated target (Fire at will)
Purple Smoke---All after is sarcastic
Green Smoke---Kook Identifed
White Star Cluster---All Clear
Yellow Star Cluster---Cease-fire
Red Star Cluster---Danger

Some Examples:

Red says something smart and instead of "ducking," pops white smoke and disengages.

Anyone needing assistance might designate a post (or a thread in the subject line) with yellow smoke.

Prior to typing a sarcastic remark, "pop purple smoke." When removing tounge from cheek, send up a White Star Cluster.

Green star clusters would probaly be most effective for the person on SGT Casey's duty roster with an addition to a subject line.

Yellow star clusters used to designate a friendly under fire or to initiate compromise under a misunderstanding.

Red star custer, any kind of warning.

re: #81 boogberg

You must be very lonely.

re: #61 SurferDoc

Sure. Imagine something larger than a softball and with more than half of it missing. One side is rounded and the other side looks as if it is broken. It is black and the surface is similar to a volcanic rock on the broken side and smoother on the rounded side. It is heavier than a rock that size "should" be. That is from memory. I just went to look where I thought it was and it wasn't there. We have a lot of rocks around the house.

Doesn't sound like a meteorite. Believe it or not, most rock shops don't know what a real meteorite looks like.

First off, there is no known fall in the Ludlow area. Second, the size of the piece. For it to be larger than a softball, the size of the original boloid would have been massive to have broken up into pieces that size. That boloid would have probably left some impact crater somewhere in that area.

Second, meteorites don't look like volcanic. Volcanic rocks have gas pockets, gas veins etc. Meteorites don't. Except for some shock veins, they are quite solid.

Third, it would not be black inside (well, 99 percent of the time). Stoney chondrites is basically a chocolate brown color, with flecks of iron scattered inside.

Take a magnet to it. If it's not magnetic, it's not a meteorite, unless it's a ferrous based meteor-wrong.

re: #79 Karridine

White smoke indicates his insulation is burning from over-thinking... :P

ah, yes I know that noise of sizzling wires in my brain.
hey, I'm not a psychopath, just felt like, uhm,... being ignored, now I know better.

re: #83 redc1c4

gets a bit colder up there than here, plus more wind... even i might have to agree to the occasional no shorts day. %-)

It is the cold, windy days that do it. Otherwise, shorts.

re: #20 Walter L. Newton

I love you avatar. I have a little plush Marvin here, he is seated, with his legs out in front of him. I have him on top of my TV. He is looking down into his lap, and between his legs I have placed a nice meteorite from my collection.

It just says something to me, the martian and the rock.

You have a meteorite collection? Cool! How many do you have?

re: #85 LeePro

You must be very lonely.

Why do you say that?

more good news from the Middle East!

what do y'all think the lightweight will do about *this*?

(besides prevaricate, of course? %-)

re: #81 boogberg

Any "geeks" (or wannabe geeks) out there?

50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have :D

I got most of the first page. Usually I drop out pretty fast if the skill level is progressively higher. I'm mostly a hardware geek (wannabe), so the coding questions and similar and beyond me.

re: #84 redc1c4

that's a lot of code here, thanks, I'll copy that (literally) ...

re: #86 Walter L. Newton

One added point on the color. The chocolate brown color I mentioned above is the inside. A fresh meteorite has a jet black 1-2cm fusion crust on the outside, although that will eventually weather away over the centuries, leaving the outside color the same as the inside. Depending on how long the rock has been sitting on the face of our planet, the fusion crust will be fresh looking, slightly worn looking or totally worn away.

got folks in the AM again...

gonna go fix up the real fruitcup and the decoy.

hasta y'all...

L8r!

54°F tonight.
Last night it was 10°F at this time.

re: #93 2by2

that's a lot of code here, thanks, I'll copy that (literally) ...

it's from Usenet a few years back: alt.folklore.military and us.military.army

re: #84 redc1c4

Smoke and Pyro

White Smoke---Covering/Screening only
Yellow Smoke---Designated target (Fire at will)
Purple Smoke---All after is sarcastic
Green Smoke---Kook Identifed
White Star Cluster---All Clear
Yellow Star Cluster---Cease-fire
Red Star Cluster---Danger

Some Examples:

Red says something smart and instead of "ducking," pops white smoke and disengages.

Anyone needing assistance might designate a post (or a thread in the subject line) with yellow smoke.

Prior to typing a sarcastic remark, "pop purple smoke." When removing tounge from cheek, send up a White Star Cluster.

Green star clusters would probaly be most effective for the person on SGT Casey's duty roster with an addition to a subject line.

Yellow star clusters used to designate a friendly under fire or to initiate compromise under a misunderstanding.

Red star custer, any kind of warning.

White smoke is useful when correcting another lizard's spelling booboos...
tounge tongue
probaly probably

^{_{/Oh-oh. SHIT! How do you turn OFF this damn smoke thingie!}}

re: #64 SurferDoc

The pants are on. Well, shorts. This is California.

Speedos if you're in Southern California.

re: #89 Cygnus

You have a meteorite collection? Cool! How many do you have?

About 50 stoney pieces from different verified falls. Most in the 10-15 gram range.

Irons, I have only 7 specimens, I'm not that impressed with iron meteorites.

And then I have about 30 pounds of North West Africa unclassified pieces, from small 40-50 gram pieces to ones weighing up to a couple of pounds.

I also collect "impacta," which is earth material from craters that have been effected by a meteorite hitting.

re: #99 Cygnus

Speedos if you're in Southern California.

What if you're calling in 'gay'?

re: #92 SurferDoc

I got most of the first page. Usually I drop out pretty fast if the skill level is progressively higher. I'm mostly a hardware geek (wannabe), so the coding questions and similar and beyond me.

Yeah, on a scale of 1 to 10, I'm probably around a 3. :D

Fascinating stuff though.

NYC Finest

re: #85 LeePro

You must be very lonely.

Well? I'm waiting.

re: #90 boogberg

No offense intended.

re: #86 Walter L. Newton

Doesn't sound like a meteorite. Believe it or not, most rock shops don't know what a real meteorite looks like.

First off, there is no known fall in the Ludlow area. Second, the size of the piece. For it to be larger than a softball, the size of the original boloid would have been massive to have broken up into pieces that size. That boloid would have probably left some impact crater somewhere in that area.

Second, meteorites don't look like volcanic. Volcanic rocks have gas pockets, gas veins etc. Meteorites don't. Except for some shock veins, they are quite solid.

Third, it would not be black inside (well, 99 percent of the time). Stoney chondrites is basically a chocolate brown color, with flecks of iron scattered inside.

Take a magnet to it. If it's not magnetic, it's not a meteorite, unless it's a ferrous based meteor-wrong.

I'm sure you are correct. It is magnetic, though. I found it in a field of volcanic material. This piece was different, which is why I picked it up. We were rockhounding in those days and we brought home many, many rocks, so this really didn't have any great significance as we became more interested in the stone tools we were finding. Then we moved on to archeology.

re: #105 LeePro

No worries.

re: #98 LeePro

thanks, saved
is that a picture of you in your avatar, if I may ask?

What the h-e double -toothpicks is WHITE SMOKE?

Don't answer yet. I have to get more scotch...

re: #99 Cygnus

Speedos if you're in Southern California.

Knee-length baggy sweats, here.

re: #109 Nightwatch

What the h-e double -toothpicks is WHITE SMOKE?

Don't answer yet. I have to get more scotch...

aah, another one of the uninitiated, like myself..(pouring a stiff dry Martini)

re: #106 SurferDoc

I'm sure you are correct. It is magnetic, though. I found it in a field of volcanic material. This piece was different, which is why I picked it up. We were rockhounding in those days and we brought home many, many rocks, so this really didn't have any great significance as we became more interested in the stone tools we were finding. Then we moved on to archeology.

This is the BEST website for identifying meteor-wrongs. [Link: meteorites.wustl.edu...]

I have a few pre-columbian items left in my collection. At one time I had thousand of dollars worth of artifacts. It became a sort of obsession.

re: #89 Cygnus

You have a meteorite collection? Cool! How many do you have?

Forgot...

I also have a .020 gram piece of a lunar meteorite and a .030 gram piece of a martian meteorite.

re: #112 Walter L. Newton

This is the BEST website for identifying meteor-wrongs. [Link: meteorites.wustl.edu...]

I have a few pre-columbian items left in my collection. At one time I had thousand of dollars worth of artifacts. It became a sort of obsession.

OK. Numbers 38 and 47 are roughly the same appearance as what I have.

I think we had/have "serial obsessions". We went from rockhounding to archeology to ghost towns to old mines. We're looking for "lost" mines now.

re: #104 boogberg

Well? I'm waiting.

Geez!
A whole 7 minutes, 10 seconds! ! ! !

Chill, sonny.

re: #111 2by2

Sorry. Been here for...what can I say years? Just don't know the white smoke..."Charles, Can I get a ruling on this?

question for y'all late night lizards:

been to the mall lately? was it crowded?

I was at the mall Sunday - empty.

I was at the mall tonight - empty.

That's here in west Los Angeles.

re: #116 Nightwatch

You've got a cool nic and an even cooler avatar, love it.
R van Rijn rules

re: #108 2by2

thanks, saved
is that a picture of you in your avatar, if I may ask?

You're welcome!
You may, and yes it is! All 66 years of me!

Well, ok. I lied. That's only my face.
>;->

re: #115 LeePro

Geez!
A whole 7 minutes, 10 seconds! ! ! !

Chill, sonny.

"Sonny"? Lol!

So tell me. Why do you think I must be lonely?

re: #114 SurferDoc

OK. Numbers 38 and 47 are roughly the same appearance as what I have.

I think we had/have "serial obsessions". We went from rockhounding to archeology to ghost towns to old mines. We're looking for "lost" mines now.

Ain't no lost mines or ghost towns around here... just move on partner, nothing to see. LOL.

Well, then if you are ever in the Denver area, stop by in Golden for a day and I'll show you around, you would drool at the amount of these kind of sites with in 20 minutes of me.

Hell, you can go sit in a park in downtown Golden and pan real gold out of Clear Creek (that's where Coors gets that mountain spring water).

re: #116 Nightwatch

Sorry. Been here for...what can I say years? Just don't know the white smoke..."Charles, Can I get a ruling on this?

look up on the thread # 84 by redc14c gave a very detailed explanation (military origin)

re: #118 2by2

Think it's a refrence to this.

The opening quote about critics reminded me of the German film director Uwe Boll, who challenged his critics to take him on in the boxing ring. The unfortunate nerds who took him up on it all got KO'd in short order. It's the funniest scene in the Jamie Kennedy documentary "Heckler," which is really more about critics in general than hecklers in comedy clubs. In case anyone's interested, because Kennedy's humor is not specifically of the funny variety. But the doc was pretty interesting, with lots of familiar faces whining, joking or waxing philosophical or psychological about critics.

Oh, and Carrot Top's in it. I hadn't seen the guy for a few years, but he's hilarious-looking now. I doubt if his act is any better, but you should see what he's done to his face, with plastic surgery. I think he's using Michael Jackson's doctor. Plus, he's all pumped-up from lifting weights. Creepy-looking to the max, but he comes off in the doc as one of the more well-adjusted people, able to deal with whatever criticism he receives, and it doesn't seem to bother him. Good for him! :)

re: #121 Walter L. Newton

Ain't no lost mines or ghost towns around here... just move on partner, nothing to see. LOL.

Well, then if you are ever in the Denver area, stop by in Golden for a day and I'll show you around, you would drool at the amount of these kind of sites with in 20 minutes of me.

Hell, you can go sit in a park in downtown Golden and pan real gold out of Clear Creek (that's where Coors gets that mountain spring water).

OK, looking at the page you posted more carefully, #93 is most likely what I have.

We have panned for gold in the Eastern Sierras and we dry-panned in our own desert here. However, back in the days when everyone had assault rifles, I took more money out of the desert in brass than most amateur miners ever got in gold. ;)

Thanks for the invite. If you ever come to the Mojave I will be happy to take you to some places we have found.

re: #124 garycooper

Yep, Carrot Top has jumped the shark... (caution, not safe for humans)...

Image: carrottop3ir.jpg

re: #113 Walter L. Newton

Just for the thread, Did ya see the space station tonight?
Traversed the North-Western sky after dusk tracking to the South like a bright star but MOVING not like any aircraft in the sky, just very different from anything else? Heads-up from my friends at JPL allowed me to walk out of the ambulance bay at the E.R I was working at just in time to see it's passing. It is very bright when you catch it.

My blog got deleted. It had been a long time since I updated, at some point I must have decided not to blog independently, but hang around here. It is very lively here (heh-heh didn't I roll my eyes and call it a fistfight just the other day).

It is so difficult to run even a simple forum, imagine the work put in by real Fourth Estate folks, like Charles.

Through some fluke, I salvaged one or two posts. So starting over. Had to come up with another domain name. What the heck. Wish me luck, there is one film review I'm actually fond of, hope I can find it. It's more interesting here, but now and then the Muse seizes me. Fortunately, I'm harmless.

re: #125 SurferDoc

OK, looking at the page you posted more carefully, #93 is most likely what I have.

We have panned for gold in the Eastern Sierras and we dry-panned in our own desert here. However, back in the days when everyone had assault rifles, I took more money out of the desert in brass than most amateur miners ever got in gold. ;)

Thanks for the invite. If you ever come to the Mojave I will be happy to take you to some places we have found.

The gas pockets will give it away every time. The only time you will find evidence of molten material in an meteorite is in a pallasite, which is a piece of an planetoid from the area between the molten iron core and the stoney mantle.

I'll take you up on the desert visit some time. A lot of cool things for the taking out there.

re: #119 LeePro

ok, I don't want to sound awkward, or weird, but there's something which touches my heart in that picture. I don't know what it is, can't put my finger on it, but it conveys a state of being which moves me.
Well I'm all visual, I'm a painter, so I might over react on it, but it seems to represent you in a very true moment.

no shoppers online 2nite?

maybe I'll check the thread again in the AM.

night, all.

re: #129 Walter L. Newton

The gas pockets will give it away every time. The only time you will find evidence of molten material in an meteorite is in a pallasite, which is a piece of an planetoid from the area between the molten iron core and the stoney mantle.

I'll take you up on the desert visit some time. A lot of cool things for the taking out there.

I've got some pics of stone tools on this page. I'm going to be putting up some petroglyph pictures soon.

[Link: abouttime.yuku.com...]

re: #123 BlueCanuck

Think it's a refrence to this.

hope not, thought it might be a reference to this

re: #127 Nightwatch

Just for the thread, Did ya see the space station tonight?
Traversed the North-Western sky after dusk tracking to the South like a bright star but MOVING not like any aircraft in the sky, just very different from anything else? Heads-up from my friends at JPL allowed me to walk out of the ambulance bay at the E.R I was working at just in time to see it's passing. It is very bright when you catch it.

You can find information about ISS transits on [Link: www.spaceweather.com...]

re: #84 redc1c4

Come on, purple is for MED-E-VAC is it not?

re: #130 2by2

I'd buy her a drink. :D

re: #136 boogberg

I'd buy her a drink. :D

will do that too...

I just peeked at my avatar. What is the 'Karma' for?

re: #138 Cygnus

Updings - downdings. Shows how good and liked by other lizards you are.

re: #135 Nightwatch

what is it this or this?

re: #132 SurferDoc

I've got some pics of stone tools on this page. I'm going to be putting up some petroglyph pictures soon.

[Link: abouttime.yuku.com...]

Ok, you got me hooked. I've been hanging around the mountains for so long, I forget that the desert is just as amazing.

The only pictures I was confused about is the red and then a silver jeep. Which one was yours/you?

Did you find the lost caverns?

re: #138 Cygnus

I just peeked at my avatar. What is the 'Karma' for?

I'll tell you, but you have to gimme some of yours first! :D

Random link for late night surfers...

Buddy Rich Live at the Muppets Show

re: #132 SurferDoc

And if you are ever in my territory, remember, we have the School of Mines right here in Golden, a lot of nice stuff there open to the public. Golden was the jumping off point for all the mining activity of the late 1850's onward.

You can't walk ten feet around here without running into mining history.

re: #130 2by2

ok, I don't want to sound awkward, or weird, but there's something which touches my heart in that picture. I don't know what it is, can't put my finger on it, but it conveys a state of being which moves me.
Well I'm all visual, I'm a painter, so I might over react on it, but it seems to represent you in a very true moment.

That is just about the sweetest sentiment anyone has ever given me. You have just lifted my spirits immeasurably!

That pic was taken at a particularly warm moment in my life. I was with an old friend of more that a half-century. We are still friends today.

Interesting, you being a painter, that you should say these things about that pic. Just recently another very old friend (also an artist) asked my permission to do a charcoal drawing of it as a gift to me.

Another coincidence... I, too, am an artist. Don't do much painting, but have done some charcoal, and love pen-and-ink. Lean more toward mechanical art --- commercial/graphic design --- retired now.

re: #138 Cygnus

O K? what the is this KARMA?

Be advised, if you reveal this to the nightwatch you may be banned.
I have not figured out this little add-on from Sir Charles yet.

Oh noes- Is iz registrd @ lolcats!

re: #141 Walter L. Newton

Ok, you got me hooked. I've been hanging around the mountains for so long, I forget that the desert is just as amazing.

The only pictures I was confused about is the red and then a silver jeep. Which one was yours/you?

Did you find the lost caverns?

The silver Rubicon is mine. The red one belongs to a guy at the Rubicon owners' forum. I just reposted the pics of the red one for my friends. They are pretty spectacular shots.

We haven't been able to get up into the area where the mine is supposed to be yet. We went out over Thanksgiving and the rain had flooded the approach to the canyon and I didn't feel like washing mud out from under the Jeep for days afterward so now we are waiting a few weeks for the road to dry out. We are going to a rough area in the South Panamint range
via Coyote Canyon.

re: #147 Sharmuta

Oh noes- Is iz registrd @ lolcats!

Ok, I was going to bed and I see your post. I'm not into the cats thing, but I won't be able to sleep unless you tell me what the heck you said there.

re: #133 2by2

hope not, thought it might be a reference to this

I believe you've got it!

Background characters, second from left.

re: #149 Walter L. Newton

I broke down and registered at lolcat so I could make funny pictures like this.

/Not a Sharmuta creation linked above

re: #148 SurferDoc

The silver Rubicon is mine. The red one belongs to a guy at the Rubicon owners' forum. I just reposted the pics of the red one for my friends. They are pretty spectacular shots.

We haven't been able to get up into the area where the mine is supposed to be yet. We went out over Thanksgiving and the rain had flooded the approach to the canyon and I didn't feel like washing mud out from under the Jeep for days afterward so now we are waiting a few weeks for the road to dry out. We are going to a rough area in the South Panamint range
via Coyote Canyon.

Gosh, I miss being able to get out to the outdoors like that. So many things have changed in my life, I can't afford to spend the money to do things like that anymore.

But I still live in a good area, close enough to see and touch a little natural history. Just can't do the big trips anymore.

re: #136 boogberg

I'd buy her a drink. :D

re: #137 2by2

will do that too...

Oh, my! Oh, my!

This is a helluva time to celebrate 20-years-sober (next May!).

What's a girl to do?

re: #151 Sharmuta

I broke down and registered at lolcat so I could make funny pictures like this.

/Not a Sharmuta creation linked above

Ok, now I understand. Well, on that note, to bed.

Night all.

Here it is, my very first lolcat.

re: #146 Nightwatch

O K? what the is this KARMA?

Be advised, if you reveal this to the nightwatch you may be banned.
I have not figured out this little add-on from Sir Charles yet.

re: #138 Cygnus

I just peeked at my avatar. What is the 'Karma' for?

It is the sum total of your up-dings minus down-dings.

;)

re: #148 SurferDoc

Oh, by the way, if you click on my name, go to my website and if you want to email me your address, I will send you a package, free of charge, or some real meteorite pieces, with informational material included.

A number of Lizards have received these "gifts" over the years, I extend my offer to you.

re: #145 LeePro

Lee, glad to hear that, was already worried that I overstepped the boundaries here, just had that feeling when I pulled up the picture, noticed it before, but when I looked at it tonight clearly felt the vibe coming out of it.
Mostly doing figure paintings, but portraits have been a constant for me for the past 30 years, always in the same format, always frontal and I'm trying to be as true to what I'm seeing as possible, sometimes seeing more.

re: #155 Sharmuta

Here it is, my very first lolcat.

ROTFLMAO!

re: #155 Sharmuta

Here it is, my very first lolcat.

Now you got me confused. I was going to bed, satisfied that I understood all this and then you link to that picture.

Where the fuck is the cat? Or should I say where is the fucking cat? And I didn't know you were pro-creation?

I'm so confused.

re: #152 Walter L. Newton

Gosh, I miss being able to get out to the outdoors like that. So many things have changed in my life, I can't afford to spend the money to do things like that anymore.

But I still live in a good area, close enough to see and touch a little natural history. Just can't do the big trips anymore.

I consider myself fortunate that I can still get out there. I love being able to see and touch history, also. Getting that Rubicon was a step toward eliminating any excuses I had to not go out there. THe previuos Jeep I had didn't have enough guts for the rough trails out there.
It's only a forty mile trip to the Panamints and who knows, maybe the caverns are more than just an old legend. I plan to keep going out there until I can't anymore. With luck that ought to be more than a few years.

re: #153 LeePro

Oh, my! Oh, my!

This is a helluva time to celebrate 20-years-sober (next May!).

What's a girl to do?

love that pic, you got it.
thanks for being here, you made my day/night as well.

re: #157 Walter L. Newton

Oh, by the way, if you click on my name, go to my website and if you want to email me your address, I will send you a package, free of charge, or some real meteorite pieces, with informational material included.

A number of Lizards have received these "gifts" over the years, I extend my offer to you.

Thank you. I will do that.

re: #160 Walter L. Newton

Walter- icanhazcheeseburger (lolcats) also has pics of other animals, even celebrities.

re: #153 LeePro

Oh, my! Oh, my!

This is a helluva time to celebrate 20-years-sober (next May!).

What's a girl to do?

I swear, I was just thinking 'what if LeePro doesn't drink?'

I kid you not. But then I realized she would have made it clear when I said "would you care for a cocktail before dinner?"

re: #164 Sharmuta

Walter- icanhazcheeseburger (lolcats) also has pics of other animals, even celebrities.

Holy shit, that kitten with the sprig of broccoli was scary. I think something strange is happening with our pets, right under our noses and we don't know it.

We see it as "cute," I see it as a fifth column.

re: #158 2by2

Wow! Great textures.
I like the (charcoal? pencil? pen/ink? combo?) drawings best.

Did you know your link "on 9/11 5th anniversary" isn't working?

Re #153 - LeePro

Early congrats on 20 years. Keep comin' back.

re: #140 2by2

Come now, it is that obvious to you is it not? He painted the "NIGHTWATCH" to show the commitment of the locals to protect their city. I thought it an appropo avatar since my neighbors in MY community already know me to be the man with the modern day "pike" standing watch on their street. Even LAPD Air Units know my profile. So the avatar.

re: #167 LeePro

Wow! Great textures.
I like the (charcoal? pencil? pen/ink? combo?) drawings best.

Did you know your link "on 9/11 5th anniversary" isn't working?

thanks,
yeah, I need to overhaul the whole site, have not updated it for quite some time, too much real world things to do.

re: #159 LeePro

ROTFLMAO!

a buff blow up doll?

re: #166 Walter L. Newton

I once had a cat that liked raw broccoli.

re: #165 boogberg

I swear, I was just thinking 'what if LeePro doesn't drink?'

I kid you not. But then I realized she would have made it clear when I said "would you care for a cocktail before dinner?"

I'd probably just innocently order my "usual"... ginger & tonic with lime wedge. Looks like a cocktail, nobody bugs me!

Heh.

re: #168 Sloppy

Re #153 - LeePro

Early congrats on 20 years. Keep comin' back.

Heh. Thanks! It's gonna be a BIG one [wondering how to celebrate...?]

Forgot your count... remind me?

Keep comin' back... LOVE the universality! It's the same ALL OVER THE WORLD ! ! !

re: #169 Nightwatch

Come now, it is that obvious to you is it not? He painted the "NIGHTWATCH" to show the commitment of the locals to protect their city. I thought it an appropo avatar since my neighbors in MY community already know me to be the man with the modern day "pike" standing watch on their street. Even LAPD Air Units know my profile. So the avatar.

cool, I really appreciate this.
I'll take it that you're a cop; I don't believe that many of your colleagues would refer to the Nightwatch as their sign of the trade.
Hey, only on LGF!

re: #173 LeePro

re: #156 LeePro

Please give a poor boy a break...

Got to catch some shut eye,
great conversation, thanks all and G'nite Lizards.

re: #169 Nightwatch

Come now, it is that obvious to you is it not? He painted the "NIGHTWATCH" to show the commitment of the locals to protect their city. I thought it an appropo avatar since my neighbors in MY community already know me to be the man with the modern day "pike" standing watch on their street. Even LAPD Air Units know my profile. So the avatar.

So, was I right?

re: #171 yochanan

a buff blow up doll?

Hunh?

Nite, All!

That Rembrandt painting is cool.

well the buffalo is trying to mount a scupture of a buffalo a buff blow up doll made of bronze.

re: #176 Nightwatch

re: #173 LeePro

re: #156 LeePro

Please give a poor boy a break...

what.

re: #175 2by2

No, I have no Badge, I am only a citizen, with a very proficent use of arms (military) I just have bigger stones than the rest of my neighbors, and they love me for it...:) MY wife...she wishes I would keep my stones in the bedroom!...;].

re: #177 2by2

Got to catch some shut eye,
great conversation, thanks all and G'nite Lizards.

'Nite, 2by2!
Thanks again for the upswing!

re: #169 Nightwatch

Sorry to intrude, but is it this one painting that you rightfully admire or do you (as I do) have an affinity for the Dutch masters in general? And increasingly, we need more citizens to carry the "pike".

re: #184 Nightwatch

No, I have no Badge, I am only a citizen, with a very proficent use of arms (military) I just have bigger stones than the rest of my neighbors, and they love me for it...:) MY wife...she wishes I would keep my stones in the bedroom!...;].

I knew it! See?
I KNEW we could turn this into a male-body-parts thread if we really tried!

In my case, boulders. :D

Bedtime...

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'Nite, {Lizards}!

Night {LeePro}, weet dreams.

re: #3 psyop

Crap, I need sleep.

I can hold out another 90 minutes, close enough to official morning, then I'll catch a few zzz

/do I want an alarm system? yes
//do I want a firearm? shotgun: yes handgun: yes, but my other half would freak out totally and foam at the mouth if I got either one

OT rant: I would like to toss all 3 of my supervisors and their manager out the door. I bid on a different position in a different department(more money) and they refuse to let me go because "I am to valuable."

"Okay", says I, then make it worth my while to stay.

They replied, we can let you go at any time.

"Then I must not be as valuable as you say so how about letting be go to the other department."

Cannot do that, says they. And then they walk off.

C**p company.

re: #191 Joan

I can hold out another 90 minutes, close enough to official morning, then I'll catch a few zzz

/do I want an alarm system? yes
//do I want a firearm? shotgun: yes handgun: yes, but my other half would freak out totally and foam at the mouth if I got either one

Take your other half out shooting and see what happens.

re: #192 steve

Dude. Now is not the time to fuck with your employers. It's not an employee's market.

re: #194 Boogberg

Your right, but some companies are like that. I myself made a few requests of transfer, but they seem to fall on deaf ears. Think most managers are lazy and don't want to deal with some issues.

Fruitcup should be here soon!

re: #196 rightside

Morning rightside. You're in early today.

re: #193 steve

good idea.

Speaking of cats, here's a cat doing escape and evasion exercises:

Dog chasing Cat

Mwahahahaha! :D

re: #197 BlueCanuck

Morning BC, actually, I have been here all night, just rarely posting. Working midnights this and next week.

re: #195 BlueCanuck

Your right, but some companies are like that. I myself made a few requests of transfer, but they seem to fall on deaf ears. Think most managers are lazy and don't want to deal with some issues.

I understand that. But you have to be realistic here. I work for a small company. We had 50 employees three months ago. now we have 24. It's really not the time to show your ass. Pick up a newspaper, if you don't believe me.

re: #201 Boogberg

Oh, I believe you. But my requests were made starting almost a year ago, and before the economy fell in the crapper.

re: #202 BlueCanuck

Aren't you thankful to have a job now though? My fucking supervisor got laid off for crying out loud! My advice: Be as productive as you can and keep your mouth shut.

kitty doesn't want solider to leave

[Link: icanhascheezburger.com...]

All this talk about how crappy the economy is has me hankering for a fruitcup stimulus plan...

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

Good morning littleoldlady. Thanks for the fruitcup.

Fenway! :-)

BlueCanuck! :-)

Jeez, LoL...can you imagine the Dems having the CEOs of Chiquita Brands, Dole and Tropicana grovelling for a lifeline like they did with the big 3 automakers?

Yay! Fruitcup!

sleep calls

Any strawberries in fruit cup this morning? I love strawberries.

re: #209 Fenway_Nation

Jeez, LoL...can you imagine the Dems having the CEOs of Chiquita Brands, Dole and Tropicana grovelling for a lifeline like they did with the big 3 automakers?

Are they still American companies?

/I better hush up or I'll be giving those furrin' companies ideas...

Kitten Break!

[Link: www.dailykitten.com...]

re: #206 littleoldlady

Dear lady, do I still get fruit cup despite my Karma?

rightside! :-)

Boogberg! :-)

Sure, strawberries. Why not? Blueberries, too. Hey, let's go for broke (literally) and throw in some rasperries and blackberries...

;-)

re: #206 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

Morning lol thanks for fruitcup.

re: #215 fiat_lux

Dear lady, do I still get fruit cup despite my Karma?

Holy cannoli! What did you do?!

re: #213 littleoldlady

Actually, I think Tropicana or MinuteMaid are wholly owned subsidiaries of Coke. Alot of the large-scale pineapple cultivation has moved from Hawaii to the Philippines. Not to mention I think they had Chiquita in mind when they coined the term 'Banana Republic'...

Erik! :-)

re: #215 fiat_lux

You have to ding the fruitcup.

re: #218 littleoldlady

Holy cannoli! What did you do?!

Fiat likes to have fun on the ID threads with Salimantis and Sham.

re: #218 littleoldlady

Holy cannoli! What did you do?!

Take a wild guess...

re: #216 littleoldlady

{lol}

re: #222 Erik The Red

Fiat likes to have fun on the ID threads with Salimantis and ShamSharmuta.

re: #215 fiat_lux

Last time I saw a karma that low the poster was banned. 0_o

re: #214 Jewels (AKA Julian)

The Daily Kitten runs on WordPress and sunshine and lollipops.

That's cute.

re: #218 littleoldlady

Sorry I'm late.. morning maam. Wait... how can I be late?.. it's early.

Hiya Mel! :-)

There is no "late". There's just dark:30...

re: #220 littleoldlady

Erik! :-)

(((Lady))) Ta for the fruit cup...:)

Dustyvet! :-)

re: #230 Dustyvet

Dusty morning

re: #232 Erik The Red

Dusty morning

Morning Red

Dear Lady, I have offended many senior lizards. Due to my inarticulateness and my temper ,I have become a pariah. I do not waver on my beliefs I just wish I were able to express them more artciulately.

re: #229 littleoldlady

Hiya Mel! :-)

There is no "late". There's just dark:30...

Used to call that 0'dark 30 lol.

A Grand Good Morning from the most corrupt state in the Union...ILLINOIS!

Thanks for the fruitcup, lol.

You may have missed it, but I created my first ever lolcat, though, it's not a cat.

*Do not click link with food or liquid in mouth as spewing may result.*

re: #235 Mel Lono

Used to call that 0'dark 30 lol.

O'dark 30? We used to call it O'dark hundred.

/no sleeping in for us.

re: #234 fiat_lux

Dear Lady, I have offended many senior lizards. Due to my inarticulateness and my temper ,I have become a pariah. I do not waver on my beliefs I just wish I were able to express them more artciulately.

articularily. Fixed that for ya...
Bushmills neat, please.

re: #238 BlueCanuck

O'dark 30? We used to call it O'dark hundred.

/no sleeping in for us.

you are correct, sir. midwatch had to be up a 1/2 hr early or the 'rats would be gone.

re: #236 Dustyvet

In your face, Louisiana!

re: #228 Mel Lono

Sorry I'm late.. morning maam. Wait... how can I be late?.. it's early.

If you like fruitcup, don't be late. :D

re: #234 fiat_lux

You can have fruitcup if you promise to behave.

/I'm afraid you'll starve otherwise! ;-)

Hissy fits on the Dead Thread are particularly annoying.
Bring up creationism here and I'll be borrowing Mandy's 2x4 to use on you...

re: #235 Mel Lono

I'm non-military. ;-)

re: #239 Mel Lono

Thank you, I was goong to for speed. Old Bushmills is still my favorite.

re: #241 Fenway_Nation

In your face, Louisiana!

But I live in Illinois...:) And just what the hell am I grinning about?

re: #236 Dustyvet

A Grand Good Morning from the most corrupt state in the Union...ILLINOIS!

re: #241 Fenway_Nation

In your face, Louisiana!

In both your faces. You can't get much worse than Africa. You guys are still using training wheels.

re: #237 Sharmuta

Bwahahaha!

Thanks for the warning. ;-)

re: #244 littleoldlady

I'm non-military. ;-)

Okay we will now teach lady close order drill...right shoulder fruit cup!

re: #247 Erik The Red

In both your faces. You can't get much worse than Africa. You guys are still using training wheels.

I like training wheels...:)

re: #245 fiat_lux

Thank you, I was goong to for speed. Old Bushmills is still my favorite.

At the risk of crossing the line, have you tried Black Bush?

re: #251 Mel Lono

At the risk of crossing the line, have you tried Black Bush?

SOCIALIST!

re: #247 Erik The Red

Can I make up a country?

re: #253 Fenway_Nation

Can I make up a country?

Grand Fenwick!

re: #253 Fenway_Nation

Can I make up a country?

Hell I'm not the rule master. Knock yourself out.

re: #225 Erik The Red

I do. Until I have to apologize to both when my frustration surfaces. I am not proud of that.

re: #254 Dustyvet

Grand Fenwick!

Grand Duchess Gloriana: How did the war go?
Tulley Bascombe: Well, this is a bit of a surprise. A pleasant one, I hope. I think we've won.