WOOT!

An open field all the way to the Goal!

To a man whose only tool in a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

re: #1 JCM

WOOT!

An open field all the way to the Goal!

You gotta get by me first, and I'm one hell of a goalkeeper!

Howdy JCM. Gun thread?

can someone ID what we're drinking tonight, so we don't all look like boobs for a change?

Ford Motor Company said no thanks to Gov cash.

re: #4 tommygum

Howdy JCM. Gun thread?

Drinking thread.

what? me worry?

/Obama voter

re: #6 freedomplow

Ford Motor Company said no thanks to Gov cash.

Strength and Honor. That is what Ford showed. May they find their way through this crisis and emerge strengthened by it.

I just had a mental image of The One as Alfred E. Newman.

re: #9 Dark_Falcon

Strength and Honor. That is what Ford showed. May they find their way through this crisis and emerge strengthened by it.

Not that I care, but I wonder what the UAW thinks about it.

“Every billion dollars invested in wind farms creates some 3,350 jobs — nearly four times the 870 jobs created with a similar investment in coal-fired power plants,” said Earth Policy Institute President Lester Brown.

Weatherizing homes is “the most labor-intensive” of energy investments, creating 6,750 jobs per $1 billion, Brown said.

/that's a minimum of $148,000 per job created, your tax dollars on Obama

Nice work, if you can get it.

re: #7 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Drinking thread.

Being virtual we can have both!

Just opened a Trippel, my wife made holiday candy today. I cleaned up the kitchen.....

Gonna' take my Springfield to the range on Wednesday and dial in the new optics.

re: #7 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Drinking thread.

guns and alcohol don't mix: the powder residue, oil and solvents make the drink taste funny, and the drink screws up the finish and gums up the action.

one hand for each on the firing line please.

re: #11 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Not that I care, but I wonder what the UAW thinks about it.

that they still have cash to take during the next contract talks?

That they still have cash to support marxist candidates.

re: #16 redc1c4

that they still have cash to take during the next contract talks?

Hopefully, Ford will be wise and hold the line. The UAW needs an attitude adjustment.

re: #12 Killian Bundy

/that's a minimum of $148,000 per job created, your tax dollars on Obama

Obama's economic system seems to revolve around the brilliant concept of using a dollar bill to buy 35¢ in change.

re: #17 tommygum

That they still have cash to support marxist candidates.

And to use bail out money for bonuses!

Despite monumental losses, some Wall Street firms will still be giving out big bonuses this year -- even firms that were bailed out by the government.

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

Hopefully, Ford will be wise and hold the line. The UAW needs an attitude adjustment.

Needs a flush.

re: #19 zombie

Obama's economic system seems to revolve around the brilliant concept of using a dollar bill to buy 35¢ in change.

And then be thankful for 35¢ that's worth 18¢.

re: #19 zombie

Obama's economic system seems to revolve around the brilliant concept of using a dollar bill to buy 35¢ in change.

well, he *does* believe in change.....

/white smoke

Ford F-150 Wins Motor Trend Truck of the Year

re: #19 zombie

Obama's economic system seems to revolve around the brilliant concept of using a dollar bill to buy 35¢ in change.

Not a bad idea, actually. When hyper-inflation sets in, the paper money becomes truly worthless, but the coinage will always have at least some value as scrap. Copper, nickel, etc.

re: #24 freedomplow

Ford F-150 Wins Motor Trend Truck of the Year

Someone should edit that bailout poster now. If Ford isn't taking government money, their principled stand should be noted.

re: #10 tommygum

I just had a mental image of The One as Alfred E. Newman.

Just for you.....

'cause i'm a giver.

(promise you'll send me care packages when i'm in the camps? %-)

re: #27 redc1c4

Just for you.....

'cause i'm a giver.

(promise you'll send me care packages when i'm in the camps? %-)

[smiles] Thank you for that.

Insomnia calls for PB&J and NA beer, whilst mulling the gross incompetence and abject clownishness of our elected leaders.

re: #28 Dark_Falcon

[smiles] Thank you for that.

de nada.... it's all part of the free service!

here's another for your enjoyment shot for a sheep, shot for a flock.

or you can DIY here.

besides: you can't kill a man born to hang. %-)

re: #29 badbear

Insomnia calls for PB&J and NA beer, whilst mulling the gross incompetence and abject clownishness of our elected leaders.

benadryl will w*rk better, and *not* thinking about those items will help you relax enough to sleep.

re: #29 badbear

Insomnia calls for PB&J and NA beer, whilst mulling the gross incompetence and abject clownishness of our elected leaders.

Mulling the gross incompetence of our elected leaders requires strong, strong drink. Or a few hours and several hundred rounds at the range.

I have something shameful to admit. But it reveals a peek into how the Thought Police operate.

As part of a job/project/thing I worked on (vague enough for you?), I had to write something on the general topic of global warming, for a general audience to read. Well, I decided to emerge from "stealth mode" a little bit and write a very concise but pretty devastating debunking of the whole man-made global warming hysteria, hitting the high points of the various excellent debunkings that have already been published.

Well, a person in a different department (sales), who had reviewed the whole [thing], including my small anti-global warming rant (one of many contributions from me), said that they needed to get celebrity endorsements for [the thing], and one very prominent celebrity said they would give an endorsement -- but one little problem: they didn't like that global warming part. So I was asked if it would be OK if my global warming part was removed from the final product.

Now, even though I actually was higher up the status chain, and had a perfect right to stand my by principles and insist it be kept -- I instead caved in to pressure and allowed them to remove it. I could detect a general sense of relief, because, unbeknownst to me, my stepping out of the PC line had been bothering a lot of people, not just this one celebrity endorser.

And once again, group-think and peer pressure (and business acumen) trumps the truth.

A sad day in zoimbieland.

re: #32 JCM

Strong drink is out. I have already consumed my lifetime ration. Some .45cal time at the range would be good. Best not think about moving targets.

good nite folks

re: #34 badbear

Strong drink is out. I have already consumed my lifetime ration. Some .45cal time at the range would be good. Best not think about moving targets.

Range therapy I calls it. Going next week!

re: #32 JCM

Mulling the gross incompetence of our elected leaders requires strong, strong drink. Or a few hours and several hundred rounds at the range.

Or a couple of hours with a 105 MM Howitzer Towed and a duce and a half full of ammo...:)

re: #33 zombie

I have something shameful to admit. But it reveals a peek into how the Thought Police operate.

As part of a job/project/thing I worked on (vague enough for you?), I had to write something on the general topic of global warming, for a general audience to read. Well, I decided to emerge from "stealth mode" a little bit and write a very concise but pretty devastating debunking of the whole man-made global warming hysteria, hitting the high points of the various excellent debunkings that have already been published.

Well, a person in a different department (sales), who had reviewed the whole [thing], including my small anti-global warming rant (one of many contributions from me), said that they needed to get celebrity endorsements for [the thing], and one very prominent celebrity said they would give an endorsement -- but one little problem: they didn't like that global warming part. So I was asked if it would be OK if my global warming part was removed from the final product.

Now, even though I actually was higher up the status chain, and had a perfect right to stand my by principles and insist it be kept -- I instead caved in to pressure and allowed them to remove it. I could detect a general sense of relief, because, unbeknownst to me, my stepping out of the PC line had been bothering a lot of people, not just this one celebrity endorser.

And once again, group-think and peer pressure (and business acumen) trumps the truth.

A sad day in zoimbieland.

What does it mean that people are happier thinking that the world is going to hell via global warming - than to think that everything is in equillibrium?

re: #33 zombie

The pervasiveness of political correctness and groupthink these days is really disheartening. But I WILL NOT SUBMIT.

re: #33 zombie

Don't take it too hard, Z. Every conservative I've known ( and most of the liberals, too) have watered down their view or passed over a subject in silence in the name of comity at least once. Sometimes its just part of being team player (though it is still to be avoided when possible).

re: #33 zombie

Did you get your reservations to Joy Camp yet?

That's funny / sad. It's going on every where with regards to GW.

re: #25 Alberta Oil Peon

Not a bad idea, actually. When hyper-inflation sets in, the paper money becomes truly worthless, but the coinage will always have at least some value as scrap. Copper, nickel, etc.

Sorry to burst your balloon, by the U.S. mint long ago removed almost all the copper from pennies, since it was starting to cost more then 1¢ to make each one. Now pennies are basically pot-metal with a thing copper coating. And nickels have a greatly diminished nickel content as well. (And as everybody knows, all silver was removed from US coinage in 1964 [except for half-dollars, which still had a little bit of silver until 1969].)

Nowadays, intrinsically, US coinage has no more actual worth than paper money.

re: #33 zombie

zoimbieland = zombieland

re: #37 Dustyvet

Or a couple of hours with a 105 MM Howitzer Towed and a duce and a half full of ammo...:)

Ohhhhh!
*faints at the very thought*

That's what I'm talkin' about!

re: #41 JCM

Hate to ask...what's joy camp?

re: #33 zombie

Sounds like simply part of the moral hazard of working in a moonbat-dominated industry, whatever that might be.

Perhaps you could keep tabs on the celebrity of the hour, and photograph him (or her, as the case may be) picking his/her nose, or driving a gas-guzzling Hummer instead of the mandatory Prius. Revenge could be sweet.

re: #45 badbear

Hate to ask...what's joy camp?

1984, re-education camps where called Joy Camp.

re: #38 DistantThunder

What does it mean that people are happier thinking that the world is going to hell via global warming - than to think that everything is in equillibrium?

what makes you believe they are 'thinking'?

roger that....been a while. reading training material about Mitch Rapp.

re: #37 Dustyvet

Or a couple of hours with a 105 MM Howitzer Towed and a duce and a half full of ammo...:)

can i get a 4 Deuce or one of them there new fangled 120mm's instead?

/really rather have a Bradley or an M-1, but i wanted to keep the fantasy *somewhat* possible. %-)

re: #49 badbear

roger that....been a while. reading training material about Mitch Rapp.

Good stuff, picked up a couple a few days ago. Just starting the Rapp series.

re: #46 Alberta Oil Peon

Sounds like simply part of the moral hazard of working in a moonbat-dominated industry, whatever that might be.

Perhaps you could keep tabs on the celebrity of the hour, and photograph him (or her, as the case may be) picking his/her nose, or driving a gas-guzzling Hummer instead of the mandatory Prius. Revenge could be sweet.

No, someone might use the resultant photos and the motivation for them and, by good analysis, figure out who Zombie is. Minor revenge isn't worth running risks like that.

re: #41 JCM

Did you get your reservations to Joy Camp yet?

That's funny / sad. It's going on every where with regards to GW.

as opposed to the "Joy Division"?

re: #38 DistantThunder

Some find the thought of apocalypse/armageddon comforting for some reason. Hate, maybe?

re: #42 zombie

Sorry to burst your balloon, by the U.S. mint long ago removed almost all the copper from pennies, since it was starting to cost more then 1¢ to make each one. Now pennies are basically pot-metal with a thing copper coating. And nickels have a greatly diminished nickel content as well. (And as everybody knows, all silver was removed from US coinage in 1964 [except for half-dollars, which still had a little bit of silver until 1969].)

Nowadays, intrinsically, US coinage has no more actual worth than paper money.

Even pot metal, mostly zinc, has some scrap value. I wouldn't be surprised to see plastic coins debut, eventually.

re: #50 redc1c4

can i get a 4 Deuce or one of them there new fangled 120mm's instead?

/really rather have a Bradley or an M-1, but i wanted to keep the fantasy *somewhat* possible. %-)

Did you catch this one from the last thread.

re: #51 JCM

Good stuff, picked up a couple a few days ago. Just starting the Rapp series.

read them in order...it's a continuing story. and really good.

re: #46 Alberta Oil Peon

Sounds like simply part of the moral hazard of working in a moonbat-dominated industry, whatever that might be.

Perhaps you could keep tabs on the celebrity of the hour, and photograph him (or her, as the case may be) picking his/her nose, or driving a gas-guzzling Hummer instead of the mandatory Prius. Revenge could be sweet.

what i find amusing about the whole hybrid thing is that, from what i've read, they actually make a bigger mess of the economy and environment than regular vehicles.

/black humor (or is that racist? %-)

re: #34 badbear

Strong drink is out. I have already consumed my lifetime ration. Some .45cal time at the range would be good. Best not think about moving targets.

Got to take aim at some pheasant the other day was supposed do the same today but they fly too low in the snow...not too sporting

re: #57 badbear

read them in order...it's a continuing story. and really good.

That's what I'm doing. The problem is once I start one, it's so hard to put it down.

re: #56 JCM

Did you catch this one from the last thread.

yes, but since i spent 20 years in the reserves, and even shot GPMG competition, it'd just be a tease.

the CO2 minigun, otoh...... %-)

/black humor (or is that racist? %-)re: #58 redc1c4

is there black humor? used to be before victim status took hold.

re: #46 Alberta Oil Peon

Sounds like simply part of the moral hazard of working in a moonbat-dominated industry, whatever that might be.

Perhaps you could keep tabs on the celebrity of the hour, and photograph him (or her, as the case may be) picking his/her nose, or driving a gas-guzzling Hummer instead of the mandatory Prius. Revenge could be sweet.

Hell, they're ALL hypocrites. Jaw-dropping hypocrisy surrounds me constantly in [work field]. You've never seen a carbon footprint until you seen the carbon footprints of these Moonbat Sasquatches. Despicable.

re: #61 redc1c4

yes, but since i spent 20 years in the reserves, and even shot GPMG competition, it'd just be a tease.

the CO2 minigun, otoh...... %-)

There is that, but .22 is way cheaper than .50.

I'm out gang, it's way late for me.

Big storm in Seattle tomorrow, snow and cold!

Later.

re: #63 zombie

Moonbat Sasquatches.

Ha. I like that one. ;-)>

re: #58 redc1c4

what i find amusing about the whole hybrid thing is that, from what i've read, they actually make a bigger mess of the economy and environment than regular vehicles.

/black humor (or is that racist? %-)

I don't know if hybrids are necessarily all that bad. The idea is sound; use a smaller IC engine than would otherwise be acceptable, and use a generator and batteries to time-shift some of the workload to periods when it would be idling. So you have a small engine running at an average 60% load factor, instead of a big one running from 5% to 90% sporadically. (just pulling numbers out of my a**, but you get the picture).

The battery in a hybrid needn't be very large, since it need only store a few minutes' worth of energy. And most batteries can be 100% recycled, where facilities exist.

What is ignorant is throwing away a perfectly sound conventional car just to have a trendy hybrid. Or owning a hybrid only to be seen in it for status reasons, and also keeping a 528 BMW for real driving.

Don't make the mice mad!

Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

Mice may be responsible for a blaze that killed nearly 100 cats at an animal shelter near the Canadian city of Toronto, officials say.

The fire at the humane society shelter in Oshawa also killed three dogs and some rats that were up for adoption.

An initial report from the fire marshal says mice or rats chewing through electrical wires in the ceiling are likely to have sparked the blaze.

Offers of help have been pouring in from animal lovers across Canada.

"It's unfortunate and ironic that mice caused the fire that killed the cats," Toronto Humane Society spokesman Ian McConachie told the BBC News website.

re: #66 Outrider

Ha. I like that one. ;-)>

saw a few of them critters leading physical training in various spas I frequented in my youth.

Since I'm in a going-out-on-a-limb mode, I might as well speak my mind on this issue too:

Does every thread on LGF have to become a gun-themed thread? It seems that gun-related comments have octupled over the last few months. What's going on? Us non-gun-user-lizards have got to do a lotta scrolling these days.

re: #68 gmsc

Don't make the mice mad!

Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

Well, my Claws' lifetime score card probably evens things up a little.

re: #70 zombie

Since I'm in a going-out-on-a-limb mode, I might as well speak my mind on this issue too:

Does every thread on LGF have to become a gun-themed thread? It seems that gun-related comments have octupled over the last few months. What's going on? Us non-gun-user-lizards have got to do a lotta scrolling these days.

you prefer a discussion of breasts? The two topics seem to flip flop when the thread gets slow. ;-)>

Guess other folks have got to say something.... bring up a topic...

re: #72 Outrider

you prefer a discussion of breasts? The two topics seem to flip flop when the thread gets slow. ;-)>

Guess other folks have got to say something.... bring up a topic...

I guess a matched pair of 38s would cover both angles, eh?

re: #73 Alberta Oil Peon

Always go for the 44's.

re: #73 Alberta Oil Peon

I guess a matched pair of 38s would cover both angles, eh?

like a glove. :-)> Or two.

re: #33 zombie

I have something shameful to admit. But it reveals a peek into how the Thought Police operate.

As part of a job/project/thing I worked on (vague enough for you?), I had to write something on the general topic of global warming, for a general audience to read. Well, I decided to emerge from "stealth mode" a little bit and write a very concise but pretty devastating debunking of the whole man-made global warming hysteria, hitting the high points of the various excellent debunkings that have already been published.

Well, a person in a different department (sales), who had reviewed the whole [thing], including my small anti-global warming rant (one of many contributions from me), said that they needed to get celebrity endorsements for [the thing], and one very prominent celebrity said they would give an endorsement -- but one little problem: they didn't like that global warming part. So I was asked if it would be OK if my global warming part was removed from the final product.

Now, even though I actually was higher up the status chain, and had a perfect right to stand my by principles and insist it be kept -- I instead caved in to pressure and allowed them to remove it. I could detect a general sense of relief, because, unbeknownst to me, my stepping out of the PC line had been bothering a lot of people, not just this one celebrity endorser.

And once again, group-think and peer pressure (and business acumen) trumps the truth.

A sad day in zoimbieland.

That couldn't have been an easy choice to make.

re: #73 Alberta Oil Peon

From Guns, to boobs, to puns-looks like that's where this is going. Good Evening/Morning/whatever, to one and all.

re: #77 Pietr

From Guns, to boobs, to puns-looks like that's where this is going. Good Evening/Morning/whatever, to one and all.

think not. you punned your load last night.

re: #70 zombie

Everyone's worried about gun-control legislation, I think. So they want to buy something now. So they start thinking about what they want. So they start discussing what's out there. Eek! :)

re: #77 Pietr

From Guns, to boobs, to puns-looks like that's where this is going. Good Evening/Morning/whatever, to one and all.

Well, I'm at work,so I can't partake of the drinking part of the FNDT, but I can be there in spirit. And a good morning to you, too.

re: #70 zombie

Since I'm in a going-out-on-a-limb mode, I might as well speak my mind on this issue too:

Does every thread on LGF have to become a gun-themed thread? It seems that gun-related comments have octupled over the last few months. What's going on? Us non-gun-user-lizards have got to do a lotta scrolling these days.

shoot..... you got me on that one.

Hey Red - Wind Tamer finally has her diesel back...

re: #78 badbear

I got more Ammo today, and I don't see a limit in the local hunting laws....LOL.

re: #75 Outrider

like a glove. :-)> Or two.

Michael, is that you?

/white smoke

re: #78 badbear

think not. you punned your load last night.

tit's a nude day, and a new quota......

re: #85 redc1c4

tit's a nude day, and a new quota......

this could get flaky. oh wait....

re: #70 zombie

Does every thread on LGF have to become a gun-themed thread?

Take that back, or I'll plug ya!

re: #70 zombie

Since I'm in a going-out-on-a-limb mode, I might as well speak my mind on this issue too:

Does every thread on LGF have to become a gun-themed thread? It seems that gun-related comments have octupled over the last few months. What's going on? Us non-gun-user-lizards have got to do a lotta scrolling these days.

kinda like how us agnostic lizard feel when the religious (regular & atheist) lizards get going.....

ever been to a range for formal training and instruction in firearms from a trained professional in a structured environment? it might help with some issues, if that's what's holding you back from joining the dark side.

i happen to know that such places exist, even in the Bay Area....

re: #87 the phantom

Take that back, or I'll plug ya!

plug an player?

/hate the pun, not the punster

re: #88 redc1c4

kinda like how us agnostic lizard feel when the religious (regular & atheist) lizards get going.....

...or in my case, the extra-large lizards.
;)

re: #86 badbear

this could get flaky. oh wait....

Cheerio!

I'm listening to this guy right now. An older program I recorded; I'm behind a firewall here at work that blocks streaming content, or I'd be listening live to Blues with the Midnight Creeper, another very enjoyable program.

re: #84 redc1c4

Michael, is that you?

/white smoke

Michael?

Zombie:

I sometimes have to keep my mouth shut - my girlfriend's friends are idiot wacko libs and it is fun listening to them talk dumb on the environment!

Back to the truth at

[Link: epw.senate.gov...]

re: #88 redc1c4

delicately put. I'll glad I held off on stronger offering.

re: #86 badbear

Not as long as the proper lubricant is used, for whichever '*item' you have in hand......

*(it is guns/boobs/open, so feel free to fire at all targets-right?)

Took the Rem. 720B (30.06) out for a loud walk in the park tonight. MAN this beast turns heads on the range....Even the 308 boys look up!

Not getting the 2 inch groups yet, the gun smith has the doll for the next few weeks, Scope rings and a bore scope with my Flav of optics..

What be your o-pine on "Proper" scope lizards? Thought I'd throw that out just for the fun of .....scopes!

re: #89 redc1c4

Ever meet Fla, the brother of Nguyn Khao Ky?

re: #86 badbear

this could get flaky. oh wait....

regular or frosted? since this is a bran new thread, anything is likely to raisin it's head for a Totally new direction in 19 different directions..... it's special, K?

re: #96 Pietr

Not as long as the proper lubricant is used, for whichever '*item' you have in hand......

*(it is guns/boobs/open, so feel free to fire at all targets-right?)

that would be both hands.

re: #93 Outrider

Michael?

Jackson.... of white glove fame?

re: #93 Outrider

Hint:Billie Jean...white gloves (W/sequins?)......had a kiddie park on his estate....

re: #101 redc1c4

Jackson.... of white glove fame?

that thought kind of crossed my mind but wasn't sure. lol it's late.

heard of a guy with grape nuts.

re: #103 Outrider

You were maybe thinking Michael Meyers....

/white smoke..

re: #5 redc1c4

can someone ID what we're drinking tonight, so we don't all look like boobs for a change?

boob thread?

re: #95 badbear

delicately put. I'll glad I held off on stronger offering.

just guessing, but with Zom, it might be philosophical or religious, or jsut personal choice......

since i don't see he/r/it joining a campaign to take away my rights, i'm not about to insist on infringing in reverse. everyone swhould have the right to decide for themselves, one way or the other.

the folks that bother me are those that don't want guns around, until bad shit happens, then they want you to take all the risk, liability, and danger to protect them.

re: #104 badbear

Sounds painfull, and is raisin bran new questions.....

check. sheep and sheepdogs. the way of the world and not a bother as long as my doggyness is not infringed.re: #107 redc1c4

just guessing, but with Zom, it might be philosophical or religious, or jsut personal choice......

since i don't see he/r/it joining a campaign to take away my rights, i'm not about to insist on infringing in reverse. everyone swhould have the right to decide for themselves, one way or the other.

the folks that bother me are those that don't want guns around, until bad shit happens, then they want you to take all the risk, liability, and danger to protect them.

re: #108 Pietr

Sounds painfull, and is raisin bran new questions.....

he's totally screwed...

re: #108 Pietr

Sounds painfull, and is raisin bran new questions.....

it was Michael.

re: #109 badbear

check. sheep and sheepdogs. the way of the world and not a bother as long as my doggyness is not infringed.

well. Zom is one militant sheep, so i'd upgrade that to ram & sheepdogs...

re: #110 redc1c4

Gubmint needs to chex into this-like wheat on rice, as long as they chex.....

re: #111 badbear

it was Michael.

You mean Mikaeel?

re: #112 redc1c4

roger that.

re: #70 zombie

Does every thread on LGF have to become a gun-themed thread? .

No, not every thread.

/last night we discussed neti pots and abuse of same

re: #88 redc1c4

PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, so now they understand that the "SILENT" majority of this country is very "PISSED" and no longer silent.....and they want some kind of P C understanding of our no longer being silent?

There was a bridge in CONCORD way back when......

re: #114 Outrider

You mean Mikaeel?

The little man-boy turned in his white glove for a burka, remember ;-)>

CREAM: White Room

No reason. I just felt like it.

Goodnight.

re: #113 Pietr

Gubmint needs to chex into this-like wheat on rice, as long as they chex.....

naw, they're so corny that they'll puff up the one whole grain of thought and make the total story into a porridge that will be like honey for nuts and flakes to the point where you'll be lucky to charm any facts out of the results.

pushin' three in the Berkeley of the upper midwest....I'm checking it to you. bb out.

re: #119 Fierce Guppy

CREAM: White Room

No reason. I just felt like it.

Goodnight.

You felt like linking to a video that is unavailable in the U.S.?

re: #119 Fierce Guppy

CREAM: White Room

No reason. I just felt like it.

Goodnight.

Cream of Wheat?

re: #119 Fierce Guppy

CREAM: White Room

No reason. I just felt like it.

Goodnight.

Response

re: #119 Fierce Guppy

CREAM: White Room

No reason. I just felt like it.

Goodnight.

Is this the song to which you were trying to link?

re: #5 redc1c4

Scotch......cigars....more Scotch....Johnny Walker Blue Label...just for this crew........firearms optional......but.....better carried.

time to blow this DZ.... night all

re: #127 Outrider

time to blow this DZ.... night all

G'Night outrider!

re: #123 redc1c4

HITLER

re: #128 gmsc

G'Night outrider!

think i'm gonna pull pitch too.....

got contractors *again* tomorrow.

/this farking kitchen better be done soon!

re: #129 Nightwatch

HITLER

sorry, but you gotta grits your teeth and bear it on a pun thread. %-)

/white smoke

re: #131 redc1c4

Noted....

purple smoke....:)

re: #130 redc1c4

think i'm gonna pull pitch too.....

got contractors *again* tomorrow.

/this farking kitchen better be done soon!

Take care, red!

well, it's been a bowl of laughs, and i've milked it for all it's worth, but it's time to go do secret things to the fruitcup and hit the rack.......

never forget that lizardsl are special, k?

hasta, y'all.....

L8r!

Evenin' lizards! Did I miss anything?

re: #135 Fenway_Nation

Evenin' lizards! Did I miss anything?

Michael Jackson, boobs, guns, and some mice that killed 100 cats.

Now you're caught up.

re: #135 Fenway_Nation

Reese what's-her-name came by and stabbed someone with gout. Or something.

re: #135 Fenway_Nation

Evenin' lizards! Did I miss anything?

Iron Fist won the "Line of the Day" award with this gem from #491 in the last thread:

"You really don't want to get shot with a flare the size of your fist. It'll fuck your happy place all the fuck up."

/and now i'm *really* off to bed.

re: #134 redc1c4

Damn, red-went for a smoke, and come back to find you've taken all my lines and headed back to HQ for debrief. GMTA....LOL.

re: #138 redc1c4

Define....Purple Smoke..../.....%=(

re: #135 Fenway_Nation

Ya had to been here (or go back and get a quick scan-it was punny). 'Evening Fenway-what's shaking?

Not a whole lot....trying to make a couple hundred $$$ last 'til New Year's Eve when I'm not done with my Christmas shopping and I have to travel in a few days. Last thing in the world I need to do is run up my credit card bill....

Some family members think I'm joking when I ask for gold or silver bullion for christmas.

re: #142 Fenway_Nation

Some family members think I'm joking when I ask for gold or silver bullion for christmas.

Now, why didn't I think of that?

Morning/Evening Lizards. Has anyone seen aussiemagpie or Crux on this thread. If you 2 are lurking the cricket match is turning into a classic.

Maybe it's time to.....
"Hell" almost 2 AM!....I still have merlot by the glass for now.

Good (early) morning, lizards!

Tying in to Charles' video link a few threads down, here's the 2002 cover of ''Don't Dream It's Over'' by Sixpence None the Richer -- in my opinion, one of the few examples of a cover that neither falls short of nor transcends the original version; I think they're both outstanding.

Sixpence was primarily known as a "Christian rock" group (the band's name comes from a C.S. Lewis passage) -- the brief appearance of an orphaned baby lamb in the video being a nod to their Christian background without getting pushy about it.

And many of the lyrics lend themselves to a religious interpretation without a single change in wording -- once you've seen the music video with the lamb, it becomes quite easy to imagine the lyrics (or at least some of them) being addressed by Jesus to his followers. Yet you'd never think this based on the radio version, which avoids "appropriating" the song.

re: #144 Erik The Red

Morning/Evening Lizards. Has anyone seen aussiemagpie or Crux on this thread. If you 2 are lurking the cricket match is turning into a classic.

It's me, Fenway, and just a few others. Slow tonight - more fruitcup for us!

re: #146 Throbert McGee

I've been asleep at the switch, but aren't there a number of Christian rock bands that have morphed into more mainstream groups over time?

re: #147 gmsc

It's me, Fenway, and just a few others. Slow tonight - more fruitcup for us!

have you 2 started the boobie thread yet?

re: #144 Erik The Red

I missed the early match of sparing posters, was busy hanging Christmas Decs around the home 20.

re: #149 Erik The Red

have you 2 started the boobie thread yet?

We sort of mixed a half-gun/half-boobie up-thread a ways.

re: #149 Erik The Red

*sigh*

If you insist...

/A departure from my usual vintage pin-up nostalgia.

re: #151 gmsc

Always a good combo.

re: #150 Nightwatch

Hope you were checking your 6 the whole time, Nightwatch. Erik, We had Guns/boobies/cereal puns running-and cereal-ly killed it. So we are into 'brave new world' territory, with anything goes.

Good news tonight,

Al Gore says "Global Warming is a total SHAM!"

Who Knew.......?

re: #152 Fenway_Nation

*sigh*

If you insist...

/A departure from my usual vintage pin-up nostalgia.

WOW. Running for a cold shower. What is her bust size btw?

Hey! I like the weekend captionfest picture over at Newsbusters!

re: #155 Nightwatch

Good news tonight,

Al Gore says "Global Warming is a total SHAM!"

Who Knew.......?

re: #157 gmsc

Hey! I like the weekend captionfest picture over at Newsbusters!

Great timing!

We received so much snow in Vegas this week, we were SURE Al Gore was speaking in town!

re: #154 Pietr

Spank thread......SPANK!

re: #155 Nightwatch

Hmmm...no sarc tag, so I gottsa axe-For Real? Link?

What do we want!?

FRUITCUP!

When do we want it?

SOME TIME SOON!

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

re: #162 littleoldlady

Thanks, dear lady!

re: #162 littleoldlady

Morning lol thanks.

re: #162 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Yummers!

(Do Sharmuta and LOL come into the thread together now?)

re: #159 Nightwatch

With eggshell still attached to my scales-can i ask if this qualifies as 'hatchling abuse'? And where do I report it.....

/white smoke....

re: #165 gmsc

Yummers!

(Do Sharmuta and LOL come into the thread together now?)

It's a Freemason conspiracy.

Morning, lol......i feel the urge to smash puny humans diminish with each little cut up strawberry or pineapple I chomp down on.

Sharmuta!

This may be your job here and there over the next couple of weeks....

/leaving on "vacation" (using the term loosely) tomorrow

Fenway! :-)

Erik! :-)

gmsc! :-)

Pietr! :-)

re: #169 littleoldlady

Oh, wow! Me?

re: #166 Pietr

Hey Pietr get yourself a icon.

re: #160 Pietr

Sorry, just being a wine swilling...hell...everyone knows...prankster...per usual....still love to post....purple smoke...////

re: #168 Fenway_Nation

Morning, lol......i feel the urge to smash puny humans diminish with each little cut up strawberry or pineapple I chomp down on.

"Urge to kill . . . fading . . . fading . . ."
-Homer Simpson, The Shinning

/Don't you mean The Shining?
//Shhh . . . Do you want to get sued?

re: #162 littleoldlady

re: #165 gmsc

And Coffee is on the sideboard-tho I'm still drinking beer for now. Mornin' lol!

gmsc, i think Sharmuta lurks until the male pheromones/testostorone levels are at a livable level, for a person of female persuasion. But, she will reveal hersalf when needed-kinda like Wonder Woman.

But what about the Fruitcupitron 3000, littleoldlady? Or will I have to make like Chrysler and shut down production for awhile?

Sharmuta!

This may be your job here and there over the next couple of weeks....

/leaving on "vacation" (using the term loosely) tomorrow

Heh... enjoy your time off... just don't take a laptop with you lest you tempt yourself into remote fruit-cup service...

re: #168 Fenway_Nation

I musta put sumptin' in the fruitcup...

/who knew? ;-)

re: #170 littleoldlady

Grape-Fruit cup....?...=)!

How will I know if my services are required for fruitcup?

re: #176 Fenway_Nation

But what about the Fruitcupitron 3000, littleoldlady? Or will I have to make like Chrysler and shut down production for awhile?

You can be my second, my wing man.

re: #177 freetoken

freetohen! :-)

That's exactly what happens! (Now that the kid has a laptop - will travel.)

I'm usually up anyway, and not being home means I have nothing to do but go online. Tomorrow, however, we're hitting the road.

/I've never yet managed to get my people into the car before 6 am...but a girl can dream...

re: #180 Sharmuta

How will I know if my services are required for fruitcup?

I won't be here. ;-)

re: #175 Pietr

re: #165 gmsc

And Coffee is on the sideboard-tho I'm still drinking beer for now. Mornin' lol!

gmsc, i think Sharmuta lurks until the male pheromones/testostorone levels are at a livable level, for a person of female persuasion. But, she will reveal hersalf when needed-kinda like Wonder Woman.

Part Smurf and Part Wonder Woman? I can just picture that.

re: #183 littleoldlady

I won't be here. ;-)

In other words, she'll know if it's 2AM Pacific, 5 AM Eastern!

re: #172 Erik The Red

Tried to upload 1 a few times-i seem to have issues. I can fix a dang PC, but software is sometimes...Aargh.

Sharmuta,

I've seen you do it. You're VERY good at it.

/better 'n me, in fact.

Everyone's counting on you...

/don't get nervous or anything... ;-)

Not one, but two end of year rambling "state of my life" letters arrived this week.

Both letters started out oddly the same. "I can't tell you how proud I am of America. My faith is restored in this country again!"

Is the DNC providing talking points and content for holiday letters?

re: #187 littleoldlady

Sharmuta,

I've seen you do it. You're VERY good at it.

/better 'n me, in fact.

Everyone's counting on you...

/don't get nervous or anything... ;-)

Yah no pressure Sharmuta/

re: #188 bp sf

bp sf! :-)

Send them your tax bill in a couple of years.

/tell them how proud you are to allow them to pay it.

re: #189 Erik The Red

When the going gets tough-the Tough get going. True fact......

I should get some rest- need it for fruitcup duty tomorrow.

'Night, Sharmuta! :-)

/fist-bump!

Ooops. I didn't say Good Morning! And thanks for the fruitcup!

re: #192 Sharmuta

I should get some rest- need it for fruitcup duty tomorrow.

Before you go, I think you should know that the Islamists have officially gone too far!
;)

re: #192 Sharmuta

I should get some rest- need it for fruitcup duty tomorrow.

Good night!

re: #188 bp sf

Do you know why I'm glad there's so many Bowl games on around Christmastime? No.....it's not because I'm a huge fan of the storied tradition and pageantry that is the Motor City Bowl or Central Michigan football.

It's because I'm pretty sure I'm going to be outnumbered by vapid 0bama worshippers, and mediocre football shall prove to be a welcome diversion and a chance for me to gracefully bow out of this abrupt and rather convenient patriotism displayed by some of his supporters who happen to be blood relatives...

Schools were closed in NJ yesterday for snow.

On Thursday! 12 hours before the 1st flake.

What a bunch of weenies we're raising.

re: #197 Fenway_Nation

Then enjoy the football, and the food...you have my condolences.

Football is traditionally a safety valve for politically divided families!

I just can't take the starry eyed look when the annointed one's holy name is mentioned.

re: #198 bp sf

Schools were closed in NJ yesterday for snow.

On Thursday! 12 hours before the 1st flake.

What a bunch of weenies we're raising.

On Thursday, here in Vegas, we had a snow day - after 99% of the snow had melted!

It was so cold in Vegas we had North Pole dancers!

In Vegas, there's a standard stripper move where they suggestively lick a metal pole. That caused a few problems on Wednesday . . .

There's also the matter of the Celtics giving the Lakers the beating they so richly deserve on Christmas Day. Seems kind of contrary to the Christmas spirit to humiliate the Lakers in front of their spoiled, know-nothing, vain, show-up-late/leave-early fans on the day we're supposed to celebrate Jesus' birth, but I'm not the one who made up the schedule.

/and this is coming from a guy who hardly follows the NBA

re: #201 gmsc

On Thursday, here in Vegas, we had a snow day - after 99% of the snow had melted!

It was so cold in Vegas we had North Pole dancers!

In Vegas, there's a standard stripper move where they suggestively lick a metal pole. That caused a few problems on Wednesday . . .

LMAO

re: #201 gmsc

On Thursday, here in Vegas, we had a snow day - after 99% of the snow had melted!

It was so cold in Vegas we had North Pole dancers!

In Vegas, there's a standard stripper move where they suggestively lick a metal pole. That caused a few problems on Wednesday . . .

Nobody has seen this much snow in a warm climate since 0bama left Hawaii!

re: #172 Erik The Red

How can I post this-the board doesn't let me, from phtobucket, or my PC? Pi**ing me off-it is a jpg, and under the limit in size......Sheesh.

[IMG][Link: i42.photobucket.com...]

re: #205 Pietr

You can upload directly from your PC. Just make sure it's not too big.

re: #205 Pietr

How can I post this-the board doesn't let me, from phtobucket, or my PC? Pi**ing me off-it is a jpg, and under the limit in size......Sheesh.

[IMG][Link: i42.photobucket.com...]

You can't post images (except avatars by your name) on this board. Just put the image URL in your post, and LGF will make it clickable!

re: #205 Pietr

How can I post this-the board doesn't let me, from phtobucket, or my PC? Pi**ing me off-it is a jpg, and under the limit in size......Sheesh.

[IMG][Link: i42.photobucket.com...]

Asking to wrong person brother. My 11 and 9 year olds know more about the puter than their old man.

re: #205 Pietr

You're trying to get an avatar, right?

/I'm confused...

re: #207 gmsc

We are talking avatar, gmsc. Board won't let me....

re: #209 littleoldlady

Then you are right next to me, lol. I can't seem to get the board to post my avatar from my pc or photobucket....but i'm aggravated on top of confused....:>(

No, I'm not. :-)

Pietr,

Go up to "My account" (upper left side of this page) and log in. First thing you see will be "Icon". You can browse your computer for an image.

re: #210 Pietr

We are talking avatar, gmsc. Board won't let me....

They way I did mine iirc is just save the image to your photo folder than link from there for your avatar.

re: #212 littleoldlady

And I follow the steps, M'am-but the image doesn't load. I think there is 1 hamster with a grudge blocking me-but with so many, how does 1 find the culprit?

re: #214 Pietr

And this is why we shouldn't have let the hamsters unionize.

Later all. Stay wet and scaly. Good luck Pietr

re: #215 Fenway_Nation

Awww Hell-ya mean I'm fighting the United Hamsters Union....I am so totally screwed.....

re: #214 Pietr

The image has to be in your My Pictures or My Documents file. Is it? Perhaps it's too big? Use whatever image software you have (i.e. Paint) to make it smaller.

Does "Preview" look different today, or have I not been paying attention?

Bye, Erik! :-)

/wet?

re: #219 littleoldlady

Bye, Erik! :-)

/wet?

Enjoy your holiday lol. I am just a tad envious. I have not had a break in over a year. The sins of owning a business that operates 24/7

On that happy note, I'm off as well.

Weet dreams, everyone!

/barley hanging in there.

Good night, all!

I'm out of here, but I'll try and make for Sharmuta's opening-night fruitcup appearance!

re: #220 Erik The Red

Thanks! It's not really much of a break for me. A lot of driving, trucking my mom and aunt around, fixing stuff in my mom's apartment, and generally listening to talloldman and meannastytwentysomething whine and grouse.

I do get to see a lot of relatives, though, most of whom I like...

re: #207 gmsc

You can't post images (except avatars by your name) on this board. Just put the image URL in your post, and LGF will make it clickable!

Better yet:

1) In the LGF comment window, type in a descriptive name for the image, such as:

Here is a picture of a rat playing a tiny violin.

2) Go to the page that is displaying the web address of the image, such as:

http: // i16.photobucket.com / albums/b42/Throbert/rugby%20the%20rat/rugby_tinyvi olin_2.jpg

...and highlight/copy this address.

3) In the LGF comment window, use your mouse to highlight the descriptive name you previously typed in (rat playing a tiny violin), and while the name is still highlighted, click on the "chain links" icon at the top right of the comment window.

4) Clicking on the chain icon will activate a small pop-up window into which you can paste the image address you copied in step (2). Click "okay" after pasting the address -- this turns the entire phrase "rat playing a tiny violin" into a clickable blue link to the image:

Here is a picture of a rat playing a tiny violin.

This is the better way to do it because images found on the web often have non-meaningful or misleading filenames -- such as a machine-generated filename like "gh675435.jpg" (or in this case "rugby_tinyviolin_2.jpg," which sounds as though it might have something to do with Australian-rules football). And if you simply let the LGF hamsters auto-link the image address, other lizards will only see the not-very-helpful "gh675435.jpg" instead of something more descriptive like "Obama caught picking his nose."

So, again: make up a name for the image, highlight that name, click on the chain-link icon, and paste the image address into the pop-up window. Cinchy!

re: #224 Throbert McGee

Throbert! :-)

I think Pietr's off somewhere hamster wrasslin'.

Cute rat!

/and oh, so talented, too!

re: #218 littleoldlady

The image has to be in your My Pictures or My Documents file.

No, it doesn't, so far as LGF is concerned.

Perhaps it's too big?

If we're talking about an avatar-icon, then this is most likely the problem. But note that "too big" in this case does not refer to the physical dimensions of the PICTURE (such as 640 x 480 pixels, or 10 x 20 centimeters, or whatever) -- rather, it refers to the memory size of the IMAGE-FILE expressed in kilobytes (Kb). Specifically, you can't upload an avatar icon that is "larger" than 32 Kb.

Use whatever image software you have (i.e. Paint) to make it smaller.

"Make it smaller" meaning, in this context, "reduce the file size to 32 Kb or less." With a .jpg or .png image file, you can decrease the file size without reducing the image dimensions by using a higher degree of file compression. But with a .gif file, you actually have to reduce the image dimensions (say, from 640 x 480 pixels to 320 x 240 pixels), since the .gif format doesn't let you change the amount of file compression.

re: #225 littleoldlady

Close guess, lol-Stepped out to smoke and feed my feral Kitties. I have 3 nine week olds in the the back, and an 8 week old, that comes with mom, out front. Front kid is very spooky, tho I can catch and put him at the food. The back 3 are lapspoiled-and take advantage. Mom got sick and went away, after moving them here at age 3 wks-something she never did b4. So I grabbed the kids up and got them eating canned food and goats milk. Mom returned when well, and we've been sharing the babies since. Kitties and I have an affinity-we are all purrsons, and I feed there needs....LOL.

re: #225 littleoldlady

Cute rat!

/and oh, so talented, too!

Heh -- the reality is that I had to snatch the violin away from him immediately after snapping the photo, or else he would've chewed it into splinters! (So a better name for the picture would've been "rat about to eat violin.")

(And although Rugby the Rat has been gone for several years, I still have the violin -- and it's now a Christmas-tree ornament, with the help of some wire and a little hot glue.)

re: #226 Throbert McGee

Hmmm..I didn't consider a pixel issue. The file is just over 23 kb, so that isn't a problem, and it is a JPEG/JPG-and it is in my picture folder, plus on photobucket.. What is the pixel limit? Could that be my issue?

re: #224 Throbert McGee

Exactly!

/isn't that what I said?
//_{^{I don't have a clue...}} ;-)

I remember Rugby....

Pietr, let me know if you're still having trouble with the icon. But based on the symptoms you described, I'm pretty sure the problem is that your image file is larger than 32 kilobytes.

(Unfortunately, the LGF hamsters don't give you any sort of helpful message if this is the case -- they simply refuse to upload the file, which is a bit annoying.)

re: #227 Pietr

I like cats. I've always had cats. Right now we have Valerie.

/let's see if her picture shows up as my avatar

Feral cats are another matter...

Yup. That's Valerie! :-)

/making Pietr jealous...

re: #232 littleoldlady

I used to raise and show cats-Birmans and Havana Browns. Now, I'm down to 2 indoor totoiseshell cats, and feed about 1 dozen ferals from the neighborhood. Some probably have owners, and others have been abandoned; I only insist that they all let others come and eat, peacefully. I'm pretty good at getting them to do that....and I'm no Dr Doolittle...:>)

re: #229 Pietr

Hmmm..I didn't consider a pixel issue. The file is just over 23 kb, so that isn't a problem, and it is a JPEG/JPG-and it is in my picture folder, plus on photobucket.. What is the pixel limit? Could that be my issue?

As far as I know, there's no pixel limit at all -- the only restrictions are that (a) the format of the source image must be JPG/JPEG, GIF, or PNG, and (b) the maximum file size is 32 Kb.

Did you double check to make sure that the actual extension on the JPEG file is either .jpg or .jpeg? Some image programs will recognize and open a JPEG even if it has an "invalid" dot-extension, but hamsters are pretty simple-minded.

If none of this helps, you might have to try a little later.

Good morning, LGF.

Pietr: I just successfully changed my "rainbow elephant" icon to my "holiday cooking" icon (coincidentally, the source file is a 23 Kb JPEG, like yours). So I don't what the problem is.

(Oh, wait -- after choosing the file location on your computer, are you clicking on the "Upload Now" button, or on the "Save Changes" button at the bottom of the screen? If you forget to click the Upload Now button, the Save Changes button will not automatically upload the image. Conversely, once you've clicked Upload Now, there's no need to click the Save Changes button.)

re: #229 Pietr

Um...did you refresh the page, Pietr?

/I always forget to do the stupid stuff...

re: #235 Throbert McGee

As far as I know, there's no pixel limit at all -- the only restrictions are that (a) the format of the source image must be JPG/JPEG, GIF, or PNG, and (b) the maximum file size is 32 Kb.

Did you double check to make sure that the actual extension on the JPEG file is either .jpg or .jpeg? Some image programs will recognize and open a JPEG even if it has an "invalid" dot-extension, but hamsters are pretty simple-minded.

If none of this helps, you might have to try a little later.

I am actually better than average on software-and used to repair computers. I may have to ask Charles for help-unless there is a tech question area I missed? The file should load-unless my being a vista user is the problem. Hadn't considered that......

morning folks.

re: #237 Throbert McGee

Conversely, once you've clicked Upload Now, there's no need to click the Save Changes button.)

Also, if the icon-upload works properly, the green football avatar in the Icon subsection of the "User Account" page should immediately change to your new icon. In other words, there's no need to exit the User Account page and go to a regular LGF thread page in order to verify that the upload "took." If you're still seeing the default green football, the icon-upload has failed for some reason.

Spare O'Lake! :-)

YankeeBoy ! :-)

I have to get things done.

/extricates butt from chair...

Good day, ALL!™

Testing to see if I've learned Throbert's linking lesson.

This poor little guy looks cold.

Preview looks like it works...thank you, Throbert! I always wondered how to do the link in descriptive highlighting!

And good morning, Everyone!

re: #241 Throbert McGee

And those damn United Hamster Union International peeps won't say anything-won't give a clue-unions suck..................AAAaaaarrrrggghhhh.

re: #238 littleoldlady

Um...did you refresh the page, Pietr?

That couldn't be the issue in this case, because once other LGFers refreshed the page on THEIR OWN computers, they'd start seeing Pietr's new icon -- even if HE were still seeing the green football on his un-refreshed page. But I've refreshed the page at my end a couple times already, and Pietr still shows up with a green football for me.

re: #243 scottishbuzzsaw

mornin' scottishbuzzsaw!

#242 Little Old Lady

You are very kind...hope some day to qualify for the fruit cup.

re: #243 scottishbuzzsaw

Testing to see if I've learned Throbert's linking lesson.

This poor little guy looks cold.

Works perfectly, scottishbuzzsaw!

(What that poor little fox needs to warm up is a big plate of delicious live rodents to nosh on...)

re: #244 Pietr

And those damn United Hamster Union International peeps won't say anything-won't give a clue-unions suck..................AAAaaaarrrrggghhhh.

If you haven't already, why not try loading a different image as a test?

Morning all. It's time to Shake, Rattle and Roll.

No reports of damage or injuries.

and I hope there are none

re: #246 Spare O'Lake

mornin' scottishbuzzsaw!

Nice song to go with the first cuppa...good morning, Spare...how are you today?

re: #248 Throbert McGee

Works perfectly, scottishbuzzsaw!

(What that poor little fox needs to warm up is a big plate of delicious live rodents to nosh on...)

I think he would agree!

Here's another kind of wake-up song.

(This is fun, Throbert!)

Uh oh...is there a penalty for posting three...oops, four, comments in a row?

re: #249 Spare O'Lake

On a new pc-and 99.9% of my photo files are on the laptop. Plus I purged photobucket a while back while in a mood-so only have a few pics there. I guess I'll stay a lil green football-avatarwise-until a tech can explain....IT'S NOT LIFE AND DEATH, LOL. This all started with Erik the Red telling me to put up an avatar.....and I'll relax now, and see where the thread goes.

re: #255 Pietr

Only if it seems you are talking to yourself....LOL. Open threads can run very Slllloooooowww-or extremely fast.

This is interesting. But why did it take a complaint from Fox news in order for them to take it down?

Jihadist Group Trying to 'Invade' Facebook Gets Shut Down

A quickly growing jihadist group that used Facebook to spread its radical message has been shut down by the popular Web networking site after FOXNews.com alerted the company to the group's activities.

re: #250 Bubblehead II

G'Morning, Mr silent service. Prepare the torpdoes, forward and aft-it could be a busy day.