Okay. Time for Joy!

I claim this thread for Kragaristan. Dirk, OR, get to work

I feel like I can take a deep breath, now!

Drink !
Now if I only had a few million I'd by everyone a round...

Ah, the thread that is open. I'm finally getting the Christmas spirit too. combine that with 5 days off and I'm feeling pretty mellow.

It’s a bail-out midday open thread... Geronimo!

Oh, right, blame the Native Americans. Nice, Charles.

re: #4 MAV

PIMF buy, Ok so I don't have a few million anyways...

re: #3 Dianna

I feel like I can take a deep breath, now!

The bubbles kind of tickle at first, but the warmth of the hot tub that is this thread is what lulls you into a state of total relaxation.

Geronimo

re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I claim this thread for Kragaristan. Dirk, OR, get to work

See my comment in the previous thread regarding Dirk's unfortunate ice-climbing accident in Mexico City.

good afternoon all

Good afternoon, {all y'all}. I am suffering from laryngitis today, so y'all are the only people I can talk to.

re: #8 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The bubbles kind of tickle at first, but the warmth of the hot tub that is this thread is what lulls you into a state of total relaxation.

Oh, that sounds sooo good. Unfortunately, I'm at the office.

re: #12 redstateredneck

Good afternoon, {all y'all}. I am suffering from laryngitis today, so y'all are the only people I can talk to.

What? Type louder can't you?

I was about to look for that scene from "The Jerk" where the guy who was flying his buddies to the Superbowl, was looking for a loan to put new leather interior on his private plane.

Was afraid Walter'd totally stroke out.

re: #12 redstateredneck

Good afternoon, {all y'all}. I am suffering from laryngitis today, so y'all are the only people I can talk to.

Can you speak up? I can hardly hear ya.

re: #14 lifeofthemind

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

re: #10 Occasional Reader

See my comment in the previous thread regarding Dirk's unfortunate ice-climbing accident in Mexico City.

My secret police are verifying your report.

In the meantime,

MST3K - Santa Claus

re: #12 redstateredneck

Good afternoon, {all y'all}. I am suffering from laryngitis today, so y'all are the only people I can talk to.

Told my wife I was suffering from Laryngitis once. She said, "Yeah, but everyone else is loving it!"

re: #16 DeafDog

Can you speak up? I can hardly hear ya.

Well, duh. You're deaf!
;-)

re: #17 redstateredneck

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

No need to shout - we're not deaf!

:-)

re: #17 redstateredneck

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

Now that I have cured you, expect my bill for professional services.

re: #19 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Told my wife I was suffering from Laryngitis once. She said, "Yeah, but everyone else is loving it!"

Haha! I was in Dallas for the weekend and when I boarded the plane yesterday for the flight back to New Orleans, I was getting a little croaky. By the time we landed, I couldn't speak at all. Dry airplane air?

re: #12 redstateredneck

Good afternoon, {all y'all}. I am suffering from laryngitis today, so y'all are the only people I can talk to.

Steam, no talking, LOTS AND LOTS of liquids, but you knew that.

If you absolutely must speak, DON'T whisper, it's actually harder on the voicebox than is the croaky-talk.

re: #1 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Okay. Time for Joy!

Agreed. Ode to Joy.

re: #12 redstateredneck

Good afternoon, {all y'all}. I am suffering from laryngitis today, so y'all are the only people I can talk to.

Well, I'm suffering from myopia so I still can't read ya...
:)

re: #23 redstateredneck

Haha! I was in Dallas for the weekend and when I boarded the plane yesterday for the flight back to New Orleans, I was getting a little croaky. By the time we landed, I couldn't speak at all. Dry airplane air?

Might have exacerbated it - but methinks you picked up one of the 200 viruses to which you're not immune yet ...

re: #22 lifeofthemind

Now that I have cured you, expect my bill for professional services.

Health Care is so expensive in this country.
///

re: #24 Occasional Reader

If you absolutely must speak, DON'T whisper, it's actually harder on the voicebox than is the croaky-talk.

Really? That I didn't know.
I'm planning on going home and having a hot toddy or four.

re: #4 MAV

Drink !
Now if I only had a few million I'd by everyone a round...

Just charge it and get congress to bail you out...

On vacation here until the 5th. The office is closed between Christmas Eve and then anyway. Unfortunately, I'm also fighting off a cold.

re: #20 redstateredneck

Well, duh. You're deaf!
;-)

Just because your sick, don't kick a dog while he's down

All packages wrapped and delivered. Now for a few days of peace and quiet. Happy Holidays everyone!

Yeaa...got my Christmas Bonus.

$6,577.03

re: #25 experiencedtraveller

Agreed. Ode to Joy.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

re: #35 Maximu§

Yeaa...got my Christmas Bonus.

$6,577.03

I got mine too $6577.03

re: #35 Maximu§

Yeaa...got my Christmas Bonus.

$6,577.03

Govt supported bail out?

re: #35 Maximu§

Yeaa...got my Christmas Bonus.

$6,577.03

We were told our Christmas bonus consisted of still being around after the layoffs.

Bartender, I'll have a Bailey's Bailout.

Bailey's Irish cream
Jolt cola
tequila to taste

re: #15 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I was about to look for that scene from "The Jerk" where the guy who was flying his buddies to the Superbowl, was looking for a loan to put new leather interior on his private plane.

Was afraid Walter'd totally stroke out.

And what the fuck do you want for Christmas?
/

re: #37 Desert Dog

I got mine too $6577.03

LOL

Its better to have a cold than to have the flu, thats for sure.

No, I haven't - but its a pretty big outbreak here, as usually happens when it gets warmer after a cold spell.

re: #33 DeafDog

Just because your sick, don't kick a dog while he's down

Hey Dog...I'll bet you don't have a name... because even if your master calls you, you won't come...cause you're deaf...
nyuk, nyuk

re: #34 Miss Molly

All packages wrapped and delivered. Now for a few days of peace and quiet. Happy Holidays everyone!

Since I knew I was going to be gone the last shopping weekend before Christmas, it forced me to get done early. I'm usually out there on Christmas Eve afternoon getting more "stuff".

re: #35 Maximu§

Yeaa...got my Christmas Bonus.

$6,577.03

Mine comes in quarterly payouts, so that nobody's tempted to bail after December with a big check. I don't get the next one until January.

Any of you Chicago area lizards going to the game tonight? If so, will you be out there shirtless in an attempt to get on TV?

re: #37 Desert Dog

It could be worse--you could have gotten .02 cents

re: #37 Desert Dog

I got mine too $6577.03

That looks like mine.
:-(

re: #15 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I was about to look for that scene from "The Jerk" where the guy who was flying his buddies to the Superbowl, was looking for a loan to put new leather interior on his private plane.

Of course, nobody should contribute to something like that.

But... stamping out the evil that is Mexican Cat Juggling? Now there's a worthy cause.

re: #47 gregg

Any of you Chicago area lizards going to the game tonight? If so, will you be out there shirtless in an attempt to get on TV?

And sometimes, even the guys try it.

Gotta go - Madame Dog wants out ...

re: #38 FightingBack

Govt supported bail out?

Actually, $8800 was deducted because my company paid the federal/state taxes on the pool I had installed last year...and last year my company paid 1/2 of the installation cost.

New York Times published a fake letter:

NYT says Paris mayor letter a fake
Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:18pm EST Email %P% Print %P% Share %P% Reprints %P% Single Page %P%

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times has identified as fake a letter it published on Monday that denounced Caroline Kennedy's bid to become a U.S. senator and was attributed to the mayor of Paris...

...The letter signed by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said Kennedy's bid to fill Clinton's senate seat was "surprising and not very democratic, to say the least."...

..."This letter was a fake," the Times said in an editor's note on its Web site later on Monday. It said the letter had been e-mailed to the paper and that staff sent an e-mail back to the mayor to verify it, but did not hear back...

...The fake letter was the latest embarrassment for a paper that saw its reputation hammered in 2003 when national reporter Jayson Blair resigned after fabricating quotes, falsifying datelines and using material from other newspapers.
[Link: www.reuters.com...]

re: #36 Desert Dog

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

Joy to the world.

/courtesy of Three Dog Night.

re: #25 experiencedtraveller

Great music, but I was dismayed to see that sopranos wear microphones these days. Trying to look like Madonna?

Chicago lizards...How's the weather looking for tomorrow? The missus and I are flying in tomorrow from the West Coast and I'm a little concerned about O'Hare. Any blizzards coming between now and tomorrow...?

re: #49 redstateredneck

That looks like mine.
:-(

What is this "bonus" of which you speak?

re: #39 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

We were told our Christmas bonus consisted of still being around after the layoffs.

Ouch, good luck on that.

re: #44 LGoPs

That's, Mr. Dog, to you!

:-)

re: #44 LGoPs

Hey Dog...I'll bet you don't have a name... because even if your master calls you, you won't come...cause you're deaf...
nyuk, nyuk

My poor old 14 year old Sugarman has gone stone deaf. The funny part is, he doesn't know he's deaf. When I call the other dogs and they come running, he looks at them like, WTF? ? ?

re: #57 LGoPs

Chicago lizards...How's the weather looking for tomorrow? The missus and I are flying in tomorrow from the West Coast and I'm a little concerned about O'Hare. Any blizzards coming between now and tomorrow...?

Even if it's 70 and sunny, you should be worried about flight delays at O'Hare...

re: #35 Maximu§

Yeaa...got my Christmas Bonus.

$6,577.03

I got my Christmas Bonus, too: I don't have to live where you do!

re: #48 davinvalkri

It could be worse--you could have gotten .02 cents

Always look on the brightside, eh? I am still in business, I have not had to lay off any workers and there's money in the bank to pay the bills coming in...so, even though I did not earn enough to retire to the South of France this year, I did make enough to keep going into next year.

re: #54 MJ

You'd be suprised what the Fourth Estate falls for...

re: #35 Maximu§

What's a Christmas bonus?. ;)

re: #25 experiencedtraveller

Agreed. Ode to Joy.

Don't these guys ever try to find singers with fairly well matched vibratos?

re: #55 experiencedtraveller

/courtesy of Three Dog Night.

Who were real arrogant jerks when I was working back stage at one of their concerts. They didn't like the lemons, or there weren't lemons or something. I had to walk to the grocery store 1/4 mile away and get the right lemons for them.

Maybe it was a bad night for them.

re: #62 gregg

Even if it's 70 and sunny, you should be worried about flight delays at O'Hare...

I hear ya. I don't remember O'Hare being such a bottleneck when I was a kid growing up there. But lately it seems like no matter where there's a weather problem, it ends up impacting O'Hare...

re: #67 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Don't these guys ever try to find singers with fairly well matched vibratos?

I didn't know that they sold vibrators in pairs?

re: #63 snopercod

I got my Christmas Bonus, too: I don't have to live where you do!

I was'nt bragging or anything, I just felt happy and wanted to share it with my online friends.

re: #41 Walter L. Newton

And what the fuck do you want for Christmas?
/

HAHA LOL ROTFLMAO!

The inept idiots in Washington are trashing this once great country. Totally trashing it. and now- we can add Franken Joker to he heap of [bleeps]

re: #50 Occasional Reader

Of course, nobody should contribute to something like that.

But... stamping out the evil that is Mexican Cat Juggling? Now there's a worthy cause.

The Lost Filmstrips of Father Carlos.

re: #70 Walter L. Newton

I didn't know that they sold vibrators in pairs?

resisting smartass reponse...reeesisting...

Don't bail me out, bro, I just like having little holes in the bottom of my boat, it's like a lifestyle.

Detroit sports writer Rob Parker does something that I thought was impossible.
He made me feel sorry for Rod Marinelli

re: #61 redstateredneck

My poor old 14 year old Sugarman has gone stone deaf. The funny part is, he doesn't know he's deaf. When I call the other dogs and they come running, he looks at them like, WTF? ? ?

My sister's got an old dachsund that's gone deaf too. Mom says he doesn't realize it either...poor thing
:)

re: #71 Maximu§

I was'nt bragging or anything, I just felt happy and wanted to share it with my online friends.

No class envy here, sir.

Good on ya. I'm sure you added greater value than that to society in order to earn it.

Now, go spend it at my store. ;-)

re: #68 Silhouette

Who were real arrogant jerks when I was working back stage at one of their concerts. They didn't like the lemons, or there weren't lemons or something. I had to walk to the grocery store 1/4 mile away and get the right lemons for them.

Maybe it was a bad night for them.

I worked at Ohio State back in the early 70's in the office of the director of the auditorium. I couldn't believe some of the demands for stuff that was in the contracts. Part of my job was to take a red pen and line through the things we wouldn't provide.
Bwahahaha!

re: #69 LGoPs

I hear ya. I don't remember O'Hare being such a bottleneck when I was a kid growing up there. But lately it seems like no matter where there's a weather problem, it ends up impacting O'Hare...

It's United Airlines. They look for reasons not to fly because they don't have enough flight crews.

re: #68 Silhouette

You should have told them no is the saddest experience that they'll ever know.

re: #57 LGoPs

Chicago lizards...How's the weather looking for tomorrow? The missus and I are flying in tomorrow from the West Coast and I'm a little concerned about O'Hare. Any blizzards coming between now and tomorrow...?

They're looking at another 3-6 inches in the area tomorrow. Be ready for more delays, especially if you are coming in via O'Hold O'Hare.

re: #78 LGoPs

Imagine the sheer bliss of no background noise...AHHH!

re: #80 redstateredneck

Part of my job was to take a red pen and line through the things we wouldn't provide.

Oooo, that sounds nice.

I wasn't even getting paid, but volunteering to A) help out my father, and B) meet famous people.

re: #69 LGoPs

I hear ya. I don't remember O'Hare being such a bottleneck when I was a kid growing up there. But lately it seems like no matter where there's a weather problem, it ends up impacting O'Hare...

Looks like Chicago is getting snow tomorrow.

Tuesday Day: Breezy and not as cold with snow, accumulating an additional 3-6 inches

Tuesday Night: Breezy with periods of snow accumulating up to 1"; sleet and freezing rain mixed in late

re: #77 Shug

That, I thought was evil.

re: #73 FrogMarch

The inept idiots in Washington are trashing this once great country. Totally trashing it. and now- we can add Franken Joker to he heap of [bleeps]

Don't tell me Franken got in...please...

I'm looking down my frozen street. 8 feet snow drifts from the plows and I'm wondering what will happen if we go into a little ice age

I'd almost like to see Al Gore proven right just so it will thaw out !

re: #85 Silhouette

Oooo, that sounds nice.

I wasn't even getting paid, but volunteering to A) help out my father, and B) meet famous people.

I was only 19 or 20 at the time, so it was a fun job. Got paid for going to concerts if I'd work the ticket booth prior to the show. I missed the opening act, but got to watch the headliner from the wings.

re: #80 redstateredneck

I worked at Ohio State back in the early 70's in the office of the director of the auditorium. I couldn't believe some of the demands for stuff that was in the contracts. Part of my job was to take a red pen and line through the things we wouldn't provide.
Bwahahaha!

Go to the smoking gun website. They have copies of concert riders. Some of them are hysterical - like the Van Halen 1981 (?) requirement that they have all of the brown m & M's removed from the bag.

Here's some very entertaining Christmas caroling.

Enjoy.

re: #69 LGoPs

I hear ya. I don't remember O'Hare being such a bottleneck when I was a kid growing up there. But lately it seems like no matter where there's a weather problem, it ends up impacting O'Hare...

It wouldn't be so damn bad if we'd had gone ahead and built the third airport in spite of Dictator Daley. O'Hare's too small for the amount of traffic they want to cram into it. I also fault the airlines as they balked at a third airport (and even pulled out of Midway for the most part) when they could've used said airport to cut back on the number of flights going into and out of O'Hare.

re: #88 LGoPs

Don't tell me Franken got in...please...

Soon. The Dems found 700+ votes for their guy. That's how it goes in corruptocrat land.

re: #86 gregg

Looks like Chicago is getting snow tomorrow.

Tuesday Day: Breezy and not as cold with snow, accumulating an additional 3-6 inches

Tuesday Night: Breezy with periods of snow accumulating up to 1"; sleet and freezing rain mixed in late

Thanks. Not sure we can do anything at this point but keep our fingers crossed...

re: #19 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Told my wife I was suffering from Laryngitis once. She said, "Yeah, but everyone else is loving it!"

I had laryngitis on my first date with my husband. I figure that's how I hooked him in-poor hubby, it wore off!

Be back in a while (everyone cheers). I just got a stupid questions from Kaiser about the program I maintain and I have to look into something.

Yea, that's my Christmas bonus. I got two, one, I don't have to put up with people demanding their Christmas spirit anymore, the show has closed, and two, two days before Christmas, Kaiser is asking NEW stupid questions about some programming I do for them.

re: #81 opnion

It's United Airlines. They look for reasons not to fly because they don't have enough flight crews.

Kind of like the Rankin-Bass version of Santa Claus, who's constantly looking for some flimsy pretext to cancel Christmas.

"Oh, looks like Rudolph might have conjunctivitis... I guess there won't be a Christmas this year..."

/shamlessly stolen from Lileks

re: #91 Creeping Eruption

Go to the smoking gun website. They have copies of concert riders. Some of them are hysterical - like the Van Halen 1981 (?) requirement that they have all of the brown m & M's removed from the bag.

I believe it! Crazy shit.

re: #74 Charles

The Lost Filmstrips of Father Carlos.

There's nothing funny about plant abuse.

re: #91 Creeping Eruption

Go to the smoking gun website. They have copies of concert riders. Some of them are hysterical - like the Van Halen 1981 (?) requirement that they have all of the brown m & M's removed from the bag.

Someone once told me they put that in there just to make sure people are reading the whole thing, and they didn't really care about that one too much.

Saw this story on a link from Drudge, [Link: biz.yahoo.com...] I though that we might see this same kind of report in the US come next year.

It might read like this

AP
Obama says mall to be expropriated in Atlanta
Sunday December 20, 2009 8:00 pm ET
By Ian James, Associated Press Writer
Obama orders halt to construction of Atlanta mall, says building to be expropriated

Atlanta, GA (AP) -- President Barrack Obama ordered construction halted on a major shopping mall in Atlanta on Sunday, saying the government will expropriate the unfinished building.

The US President, and Dear Leader, said it would be out of line with his government's socialist vision to allow the new Atlanta mall to take up precious urban real estate -- and that unbridled consumerism isn't his idea of progress either.

Obama said the mall, scheduled to open near the Buckhead district in downtown Atlanta next year, would severely clog an area that already is so crowded "not a soul fits."

The hulking concrete and brick structure takes up an entire city block and according to the a company Web site was to include 273 shops.

"We're going to expropriate that and turn it into a hospital -- I don't know -- a school, a university," Obama said to applause during his Sunday television and radio program, "Hello, Dear President."

The company building the mall, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It operates malls in cities across the United States, including another vast shopping center in Dallas.

"How are we going to create socialism turning over vital public spaces to a mall?" said Obama, who has nationalized Americas's largest phone company, electric utilities, auto makers, banks, little league teams, all TV/Radio Stations, Newspapers and oil fields.

The president also has urged Americans to shed their materialism and their taste for designer clothes, sport utility vehicles, Scotch whisky and plastic surgery.

Obama often urges Americans to rethink their values, and the timing of his announcement appeared to be no accident -- just as Christmas shoppers packed malls elsewhere in the United States.

He didn't preach against the buying frenzy in general, but did say at another point in his speech that "Christ was a socialist as well as a community organizer."

Consumerism has flourished in America in recent years, with the economy awash with bailout cash and windfall political payoff earnings rolling in. Malls are often packed, and new shopping centers have been sprouting up quickly.

The president did not say how much the government might pay the mall's owners in compensation, but probably would offer either a bullet or nothing.

re: #94 FrogMarch

Soon. The Dems found 700+ votes for their guy. That's how it goes in corruptocrat land.

FNC's website had a link to examples of the ballots that were interpreted as for Franken. No effin' way. Shameless!

re: #100 Occasional Reader

There's nothing funny about plant abuse.

And think of the cost of therapy for the survivors.

re: #77 Shug

Detroit sports writer Rob Parker does something that I thought was impossible.
He made me feel sorry for Rod Marinelli

Wasn't Rod the guy that said "football is all about getting low"
Well, you don't get much lower than 0-16.

re: #97 Walter L. Newton

Yea, that's my Christmas bonus. .

Mine is a bottle of Baileys Irish cream... Should I save you a shot? ;)

re: #91 Creeping Eruption

Go to the smoking gun website. They have copies of concert riders. Some of them are hysterical - like the Van Halen 1981 (?) requirement that they have all of the brown m & M's removed from the bag.

They should eat them all and let G_d sort them out.

re: #81 opnion

It's United Airlines. They look for reasons not to fly because they don't have enough flight crews.

I do remember that before 9-11 I hardly ever saw a completely full flight. it was nice cause you could spread out a little once the plane took off. Since 9-11 I don't think I've been on a plane that wasn't max capacity. Understand that has a lot to do with efficiency...empty seats are unpaid seats and all that, but a side effect is that when things do get messed up, there's no cushion to handle the overflow/backlog from cancelled flights...

re: #103 redstateredneck

FNC's website had a link to examples of the ballots that were interpreted as for Franken. No effin' way. Shameless!

During the great 2000 chad count, they found chads on the floor after every 'recount', and always more votes for Gore.

And they found some ballots with chads taped back into the hole for Bush, and an empty space for Gore.

re: #89 Shug

I'm looking down my frozen street. 8 feet snow drifts from the plows and I'm wondering what will happen if we go into a little ice age

I'd almost like to see Al Gore proven right just so it will thaw out !

As they say on Garage Logic, "If you want to worry about something you can't control, worry about global cooling, not global warming".

re: #98 Occasional Reader

Kind of like the Rankin-Bass version of Santa Claus, who's constantly looking for some flimsy pretext to cancel Christmas.

"Oh, looks like Rudolph might have conjunctivitis... I guess there won't be a Christmas this year..."

/shamlessly stolen from Lileks

You can always call Hanuka Harry.

re: #103 redstateredneck

FNC's website had a link to examples of the ballots that were interpreted as for Franken. No effin' way. Shameless!

I smell lawsuits...Frankenstein better not be picking out trendy Georgetown digs just yet...I really, really, really hate that guy.

re: #91 Creeping Eruption

Go to the smoking gun website. They have copies of concert riders. Some of them are hysterical - like the Van Halen 1981 (?) requirement that they have all of the brown m & M's removed from the bag.

That is what is known as a Compliance ruse. Here is my personal favorite example:
A music star (whom I shall refrain from naming) buried in his contract rider that he have in his dressing room, a brand new World Wide Wrestling Action Figure, in the box, on his counter.

So, if he walked in to the dressing room and did NOT see such an item, he knows that they did not even bother to read the rider, and were, therefore, in violation of the contract.

I personally think that is a brilliant strategy.

re: #105 VegasRick

Wasn't Rod the guy that said "football is all about getting low"
Well, you don't get much lower than 0-16.

When you look back on the Wayne Fontes era as "the good old days" you know times are tough.

re: #64 Desert Dog

Always look on--the briiight siiide of life! Doo doo...doo doo, doo doo, doo doo!
Always look on--the riiight siiide of life! Doo doo...doo doo, doo doo, doo doo!
If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing...
When you're feel down in the dumps--Don't be silly chumps!
Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing!

re: #106 doriangrey

Mine is a bottle of Baileys Irish cream... Should I save you a shot? ;)

Ooh, me ,me, me. I'm the one with the bad throat around here!

re: #94 FrogMarch

Soon. The Dems found 700+ votes for their guy. That's how it goes in corruptocrat land.

Damn...I need to go check my car trunk. There must be some missed votes in there for Colemen...sheesh
/ How the fuck do they get away with that...

re: #106 doriangrey

Mine is a bottle of Baileys Irish cream... Should I save you a shot? ;)

I don't drink anymore, and you shouldn't be drinking on the job.

re: #91 Creeping Eruption

Go to the smoking gun website. They have copies of concert riders. Some of them are hysterical - like the Van Halen 1981 (?) requirement that they have all of the brown m & M's removed from the bag.

Actually, smokinggun.com had an interesting theory about why that infamous request was made. They believe it might have been inserted deep into the document to make sure that the promoters had complied with the entire contract, to the letter. Brown m&ms in the candy bowl impiled that the promoters had just skimmed the document, and were probably deficient in some far more critical areas.

re: #109 Silhouette

During the great 2000 chad count, they found chads on the floor after every 'recount', and always more votes for Gore.

And they found some ballots with chads taped back into the hole for Bush, and an empty space for Gore.

Holy shit, these guys will do anything to win! That's out and out cheating, isn't it?!

re: #121 davinvalkri

Holy shit, these guys will do anything to win! That's out and out cheating, isn't it?!

Not when Democrats do it, you silly goose.

Speaking of Christmas bonus (and the fact I get none) I wouldnt mind this pleasant surprise.

re: #109 Silhouette

During the great 2000 chad count, they found chads on the floor after every 'recount', and always more votes for Gore.

And they found some ballots with chads taped back into the hole for Bush, and an empty space for Gore.

I have always maintained that if you are too stupid to correctly cast your ballot, you're too stupid to vote.

re: #101 Silhouette

Heard the same thing. Funny nonetheless.

re: #121 davinvalkri

Holy shit, these guys will do anything to win! That's out and out cheating, isn't it?!

yet, they are the ones that scream like spoiled children that the Republicans "steal" elections

re: #117 redstateredneck

Ooh, me ,me, me. I'm the one with the bad throat around here!

Ok... It's is so very soothing to ones throat after all...

re: #120 mikalm

See my #113,
BTW, hello and Merry Christmas!

re: #71 Maximu§

Didn't mean to sound snotty. I'm happy for you!

re: #113 rawmuse

Didn't know that it was a common practice, and had a name. Thanks for an insider's perspective, RM.

re: #119 Walter L. Newton

I don't drink anymore, and you shouldn't be drinking on the job.

ROTFLMAO... How many times do I have to tell you... I am at home on vacation... ;p

re: #128 rawmuse

See my #113,
BTW, hello and Merry Christmas!

And a very merry Christmas to you and yours, Raw, from Kiwi

re: #108 LGoPs

I do remember that before 9-11 I hardly ever saw a completely full flight. it was nice cause you could spread out a little once the plane took off. Since 9-11 I don't think I've been on a plane that wasn't max capacity. Understand that has a lot to do with efficiency...empty seats are unpaid seats and all that, but a side effect is that when things do get messed up, there's no cushion to handle the overflow/backlog from cancelled flights...

Not only that, they overbook flights. So even if you are a ticketed passenger you might not make it. That is why United will not always let you select a seat on their web site. Maybe your on, maybe your not.

re: #128 rawmuse

See my #113,
BTW, hello and Merry Christmas!

Back at'cha, RM!

Hope I'm well enough tomorrow to hit the road to L.A. for the holiday. :-(

re: #105 VegasRick

Wasn't Rod the guy that said "football is all about getting low"
Well, you don't get much lower than 0-16.

per season...so far...

re: #114 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

When you look back on the Wayne Fontes era as "the good old days" you know times are tough.

Detroit fans didn't realize how good they had it back then.

re: #68 Silhouette

Who were real arrogant jerks when I was working back stage at one of their concerts.

Ha! Where you a groupie, roadie or something in between?

Here's my speculation on the Coleman-Franken thing. If I were Coleman, and I knew the fix was in for Franken to win, that the board was determined to find those votes regardless, I would start letting silly ones go by. Just ridiculous, like the two votes marked and they counted it for Franken. This would give me future ammunition, and weaken Franken for future elections.

Just my speculation, and of course I don't know that the CB was crooked, I'm just saying.

re: #124 redstateredneck

I have always maintained that if you are too stupid to correctly cast your ballot, you're too stupid to vote you're a member in good standing of the Democratic Party.

There, I fixed it...

I can remember flying out of Detroit one time when there was freezing rain. By the time the de-icing truck would get the to the end of the plane, the front would already be iced up again. They put us at the end of the runway and had two trucks de-ice us and then the pilot hit the gas. I've flown hundreds of thousands miles and that was the only time I was really worried...

re: #140 LGoPs

There, I fixed it...

Sad, but true.

re: #134 opnion

Not only that, they overbook flights. So even if you are a ticketed passenger you might not make it. That is why United will not always let you select a seat on their web site. Maybe your on, maybe your not.

Absolutely. And if you are traveling on frequent flyer miles you're at the top of the list to get bumped. learned that the hard way and since then I don't give a rat's ass about mileage programs...

If Franken get's in, who is the most serious nuckin fut in the Congress, Franken or kucinich?

re: #142 gregg

I can remember flying out of Detroit one time when there was freezing rain. By the time the de-icing truck would get the to the end of the plane, the front would already be iced up again. They put us at the end of the runway and had two trucks de-ice us and then the pilot hit the gas. I've flown hundreds of thousands miles and that was the only time I was really worried...

I've only been de-iced once. That stuff smells really bad.

re: #140 LGoPs

There, I fixed it...

Why would you vote if you're stupid and don't know why you're voting, anyway?

re: #123 A Kiwi Infidel

Speaking of Christmas bonus (and the fact I get none) I wouldnt mind this pleasant surprise.

Definitely a great Christmas/Hanukah gift! And I personally wouldn't mind this kind of cake presentation on my birthday, although I'd probably choose a different presenter! (Link not work- friendly)

re: #147 davinvalkri

Why would you vote if you're stupid and don't know why you're voting, anyway?

Cigs and beer.

re: #145 opnion

If Franken get's in, who is the most serious nuckin fut in the Congress, Franken or kucinich?

Frank

re: #146 redstateredneck

I've only been de-iced once. That stuff smells really bad.

I don't mind the smell, it's the waiting to get de-iced that annoys me...

re: #150 DeafDog

Frank

I have heard people on the radio that know him say that he is a flat out psycho.

So I was driving home today and was listening to my local radio station that plays Democracy Now, and I found it is actually funnier to listen to those idiots than it is listening to like Pryor or Carlin.

My favorite clip was them saying how the election of Barack Obama was proof that the Republicans tried to steal the election! They said an additional 7 million votes should be added to his column. 7 million. That was about the time I spit coffee all over my windshield.

re: #153 opnion

I have heard people on the radio that know him say that he is a flat out psycho.

Hell, he wasn't even a good comedian.

re: #149 VegasRick

Cigs and beer.

They still give cigarettes and beer for voters? Isn't that illegal?

re: #156 davinvalkri

They still give cigarettes and beer for voters? Isn't that illegal?

Yes.

re: #148 mikalm

Definitely a great Christmas/Hanukah gift! And I personally wouldn't mind this kind of cake presentation on my birthday, although I'd probably choose a different presenter! (Link not work- friendly)

Hmmm, something about to go "pop" there, if she gets too close to that candle.

And I suspect she is not an environmentalist, as evidenced by the clear felling policy of the Brazilian rainforest.

re: #147 davinvalkri

Why would you vote if you're stupid and don't know why you're voting, anyway?

Cause the precinct captain offers you something...cigarettes, money...who knows

re: #156 davinvalkri

They still give cigarettes and beer for voters? Isn't that illegal?

Only for republicans and conservatives... ;p

re: #153 opnion

I have heard people on the radio that know him say that he is a flat out psycho.

A (liberal) relative of mine once saw him at a Twelve-Step meeting in SoCal. Said the guy acted just like his Stuart Smalley character when he "shared," except he was even a bigger sniveler and weenie.

re: #132 doriangrey

ROTFLMAO... How many times do I have to tell you... I am at home on vacation... ;p

So is your job safety critical?
Not that one should drink on the job but you sure have gotten a lot of flak for supposedly thinking about it.

lots of grumpy looking people in line at the post office this afternoon.
there were several empty stations. i guess the workers were on break.
i just weighed a couple of things, put the stamps on them and got the hell out of there.
no one in the post office moves fast. and that is the best run business the gov't runs.

Mmm . . . gunny goodness!

re: #158 A Kiwi Infidel

As I said -- not my first choice for a presenter. Her pneumatic enhancements are just one of many reasons why.

I suppose if I was World Dictator, I'd have Reese Witherspoon bring me the cake!

I'm looking forward to Fred's radio show, just hope it is not on the same time as Rush.

re: #162 buzzsawmonkey

You think we'll see any "Free soup kitchens: Donated by the Obama Administration" coming up anytime soon? Especially on election night 2012?

re: #154 SWPaul

So I was driving home today and was listening to my local radio station that plays Democracy Now, and I found it is actually funnier to listen to those idiots than it is listening to like Pryor or Carlin.

My favorite clip was them saying how the election of Barack Obama was proof that the Republicans tried to steal the election! They said an additional 7 million votes should be added to his column. 7 million. That was about the time I spit coffee all over my windshield.

There is this woman out of Chicago, Nancy Skinner that FNC has on as a commentator once in a while.
Several years ago she was one half of a Saturday radio talk show, "Ski & Skinner. " Serious moonbats, both of them.
Anyway one afternoon they were trying to predict House & Senate elections and in their world no question, all reps & Senators run every two years. They got paid for that!

re: #167 newsjunkie_ky

I'm looking forward to Fred's radio show, just hope it is not on the same time as Rush.

i'm going to try the chocolate covered puppy chow but i am worried it become a problem.

Update on Obama's new dog from the People's Cube

re: #163 Nylecoj

So is your job safety critical?
Not that one should drink on the job but you sure have gotten a lot of flak for supposedly thinking about it.

Yes it is, I'm a production supervisor. I never ever drink at work. Way to many machines that could cause very serious bodily damage to anyone not paying very careful attention to what they are doing. Mill's and lathe's and centerless sanders and such. but as I have said repeatedly, I have this week off, I am at home dang it. ;p

re: #160 doriangrey

Only for republicans and conservatives... ;p

Don't you have anything better to do while on vacation than hang out here?

/who ME?! ... er ... uh ... well, I'm ... oh, never mind

re: #56 snopercod and FBV:

Agree with you both.

A better Ode to Joy

re: #164 nyc redneck

lots of grumpy looking people in line at the post office this afternoon.
there were several empty stations. i guess the workers were on break.
i just weighed a couple of things, put the stamps on them and got the hell out of there.
no one in the post office moves fast. and that is the best run business the gov't runs.

And we just voted to get more of it...sheesh.
I used to use the DMV and Post Office as examples of the way gov't does stuff and then ask people if they wanted more of it...rhetorically of course.

That hot toddy is really callin' my name.

I am outta here.

re: #176 redstateredneck

That hot toddy is really callin' my name.

I am outta here.

Take care of that thoat and have a blessed Christmas

Snowzilla is no more.

re: #177 A Kiwi Infidel

Take care of that throat and have a blessed Christmas

Throat PIMF!

re: #177 A Kiwi Infidel

Take care of that thoat and have a blessed Christmas

Thanks kiwi!

re: #178 rawmuse

Snowzilla is no more.

Spoilsports!

re: #164 nyc redneck

lots of grumpy looking people in line at the post office this afternoon.
there were several empty stations. i guess the workers were on break.
i just weighed a couple of things, put the stamps on them and got the hell out of there.
no one in the post office moves fast. and that is the best run business the gov't runs.

That's why I love the new automated postal machine in the post office here. You go up to it, it asks you only want you want, and it delivers service quickly. No grief, no frowns, just all mechanical and electronic professionalism. I never use the windows anymore, just the machine. I get better service from the machine most of the time.

re: #173 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Don't you have anything better to do while on vacation than hang out here?

/who ME?! ... er ... uh ... well, I'm ... oh, never mind

Heck no... I don't have a life outside my work... Well, besides the bar one block from my house... But that doesnt count. I mean come on give me a break... Retired Nearly Practically Almost Famous Rock Star here... Remember? Never Married... no kid's... What the heck else am I going to do when I'm drinking? Drive my vette? No... not going to happen... so yer stuck with me... ;p

re: #172 doriangrey

Yes it is, I'm a production supervisor. I never ever drink at work. Way to many machines that could cause very serious bodily damage to anyone not paying very careful attention to what they are doing. Mill's and lathe's and centerless sanders and such. but as I have said repeatedly, I have this week off, I am at home dang it. ;p

I knew from one of the previous threads you were off work, I was just very curious about your job considering all of the warnings.

re: #181 buzzsawmonkey

We're already in the soup.

We're in a soup sandwich. Ever have one?...it's all f**ked up.

re: #176 redstateredneck

That hot toddy is really callin' my name.

Just make sure Sarah Palin doesn't find out what you're up to with Toddy.

re: #181 buzzsawmonkey

We're already in the soup.

Well don't just stew about it. Let's hash something out.

re: #175 LGoPs

And we just voted to get more of it...sheesh.
I used to use the DMV and Post Office as examples of the way gov't does stuff and then ask people if they wanted more of it...rhetorically of course.

i ask my friends if they want health care run like the DMV or the post office.
i can tell they have a sober moment but somehow go back to hollering for free health care. i have a friend who actually thinks the gov't will send him a monthly check so he can get his blue cross blue shield full coverage back.

re: #186 LGoPs

We're in a soup sandwich. Ever have one?...it's all f**ked up.

Mmmm...soup and sandwiches...

Oh wait, a soup sandwich? As in you put the soup on the bread? That's bizzare.

re: #184 doriangrey

Heck no... I don't have a life outside my work... Well, besides the bar one block from my house... But that doesnt count. I mean come on give me a break... Retired Nearly Practically Almost Famous Rock Star here... Remember? Never Married... no kid's... What the heck else am I going to do when I'm drinking? Drive my vette? No... not going to happen... so yer stuck with me... ;p

My wife wants your car.

re: #187 Occasional Reader

Just make sure Sarah Palin doesn't find out what you're up to with Toddy.

What a twisted mind you have...funny, but twisted...I love it.
:)

re: #184 doriangrey

... so yer stuck with me... ;p

AUUUGGGHHH!

Obama team primed to push climate change agenda

President-elect Barack Obama's new "green dream team" is committed to battling climate change and ready to push for big policy reforms, in stark contrast with the Bush administration, environmental advocates said on Monday.

"If this team can't advance strong national policy on global warming, then no one can," said Kevin Knobloch, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, referring to Obama's picks for the top energy and environment jobs in his administration, which takes office on Jan. 20.

"This caliber of scientists in any administration would be a major headline," Knobloch said by telephone on Monday. "But in contrast to the eight years of the Bush administration, where political appointees ran roughshod over science at a terrible cost to the truth, they stand out even more."

Children's Book Depicts Santa Fighting Global Warming

"You see, it's like this Santa," the book reads. "I've adopted a polar bear named Leopold. He is in danger of losing his home. I'm sure you being in the North Pole you know about the melting glaciers. All I want this year Santa, is to save Leopold and his home."

Santa Claus visits the boy, takes him to see the polar bear and then in a moment of eco-awakening, he makes his operations at the North Pole green.

"They arrived back at the North Pole and Santa had a grand idea," the book reads. "He leaned in toward Swift [the head elf] and told him his new plan. ‘We will collect all of the old toys, Swift, and make them new again. We will reuse last year's wrapping paper. And we will harness the great North Pole wind to help power up the toy shop.'"

Start the propaganda early and often in every possible medium.

/beware the forthcoming generation of fanatical Obama children

re: #188 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Well don't just stew about it. Let's hash something out.

I wouldn't put much stock in anything buzzsaw says.

re: #190 davinvalkri

Mmmm...soup and sandwiches...

Oh wait, a soup sandwich? As in you put the soup on the bread? That's bizzare.

Old army saying we used to describe something that was totally goat roped...
:)

re: #178 rawmuse

Snowzilla is no more.

Raw? How could they have possibly put an article in the paper without a picture?

re: #183 Honorary Yooper

That's why I love the new automated postal machine in the post office here. You go up to it, it asks you only want you want, and it delivers service quickly. No grief, no frowns, just all mechanical and electronic professionalism. I never use the windows anymore, just the machine. I get better service from the machine most of the time.

Its a sad state of affairs when the new automated postal machine can out perform a living breathing postal worker.

Aw well, at least that machine will never go "postal" at the workplace and start blasting away with a shotgun.

re: #197 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Snow porn. We want snow porn.

Santa Claus visits the boy, takes him to see the polar bear and then in a moment of eco-awakening, he makes his operations at the North Pole green

By melting all the snow and ice? Nice one, Santa!

re: #199 rawmuse

Wanna see some snow balls?

re: #198 Maximu§

Aw well, at least that machine will never go "postal" at the workplace and start blasting away with a shotgun.

Don't be so sure.

re: #185 Nylecoj

I knew from one of the previous threads you were off work, I was just very curious about your job considering all of the warnings.

ROTFLMAO... No worries... There are some very fine Lizards out there with some great advice. But in this particular instance I think they are just messing with me because they know that I am a company man. I leave for work at 6am in the morning and don't get home till 5pm in the evening.

Since in a past life I used to be a professional musician with a drug problem I honestly find this rather amusing. These days I am all talk and very little action. ;)

re: #195 Occasional Reader

I wouldn't put much stock in anything buzzsaw says.

Yeah. Haven't seen much meat in his posts lately. It's like he's gone vegetable on us. Barley alive, even.

re: #198 Maximu§

Its a sad state of affairs when the new automated postal machine can out perform a living breathing postal worker.

Yes, it is. It's really sad when you get better service from the machine than the living breathing postal worker.

Aw well, at least that machine will never go "postal" at the workplace and start blasting away with a shotgun.

Don't be quick on that. It may blow a few circuit breakers.

re: #201 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Wanna see some snow balls?

Or a "snowblower"?

re: #198 Maximu§

Its a sad state of affairs when the new automated postal machine can out perform a living breathing postal worker.

Aw well, at least that machine will never go "postal" at the workplace and start blasting away with a shotgun.

John Henry was a mail sorting man.

re: #199 rawmuse

Snow porn. We want snow porn.

Done, well, almost, the cold kinda ruined the moment

re: #206 Occasional Reader

Or a "snowblower"?

Which is the resaon the snowman was smiling...he heard it was coming...

Just got our tree up. It's a little bare yet since my soon-to-be ex absconded with all the ornaments, but it's putting up a brave show with lights and tinsel and my daughter approves.

The smell of fresh pine fills the air, I am off 'til Friday and with wee bit more Evan I may start to lose my Scrooge.

re: #194 Killian Bundy

i hate how they are terrorizing children w/ this crap.
it is so wrong to put this political propaganda on kids.
8 yr. olds don't need to be harangued w/ end of the earth scenarios.

re: #206 Occasional Reader

Or a "snowblower"?

Frank-ly? No.

re: #191 A Kiwi Infidel

My wife wants your car.

Think you could afford to keep gasoline in it? lol...lol...lol...

re: #199 rawmuse

Snow porn. We want snow porn.

Did you say Snow Pr0n?

/Yes, it's safe for work.

Excellent examples of the shear madness.

Ballot Madness: Tipping the Scales in Minnesota's Senate Recount

What a friggin joke...hello Senator Franken.
*barf*

We still have a lot of room for our Minnesota lizards here on Texas.

re: #202 Occasional Reader

Remote robo-tanks for the win! And yes, I do mean win!

re: #208 A Kiwi Infidel

Done, well, almost, the cold kinda ruined the moment

ROTFLMAO... That's just sooo wrong... ;p

re: #213 doriangrey

Think you could afford to keep gasoline in it? lol...lol...lol...

Somehow, I suspect those "lol...lol...lol" 's, lack mirth.

re: #204 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Yeah. Haven't seen much meat in his posts lately. It's like he's gone vegetable on us. Barley alive, even.

It almost seems like an outright act of re-bouillon against LGF.

re: #82 bulwrk

You should have told them no is the saddest experience that they'll ever know.

LOL! and upding!

re: #219 Occasional Reader

It almost seems like an outright act of re-bouillon against LGF.

up-ding!

*salute* x *salute* x *salute*

/think math

re: #215 jorline

Excellent examples of the shear madness.

Ballot Madness: Tipping the Scales in Minnesota's Senate Recount

What a friggin joke...hello Senator Franken.
*barf*

We still have a lot of room for our Minnesota lizards here on Texas.

What do you expect from the people who elected that 9-11 troofer Jesse "The Body" Ventura?

bbl

Snowzilla

re: #210 USBeast

Just got our tree up. It's a little bare yet since my soon-to-be ex absconded with all the ornaments, but it's putting up a brave show with lights and tinsel and my daughter approves.

The smell of fresh pine fills the air, I am off 'til Friday and with wee bit more Evan I may start to lose my Scrooge.

We got our tree at Home Depot...its a Charlie Brown special for sure, but lights, decorations and a little Love (and some water) brought it back.

re: #221 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*salute* ^ 3 = *salute* cubed, as in boullion cubes?

re: #203 doriangrey

ROTFLMAO... No worries... There are some very fine Lizards out there with some great advice. But in this particular instance I think they are just messing with me because they know that I am a company man. I leave for work at 6am in the morning and don't get home till 5pm in the evening.

Since in a past life I used to be a professional musician with a drug problem I honestly find this rather amusing. These days I am all talk and very little action. ;)

I should have known that there were too many warnings for you not to be being hazed. I personally have never been able to make a bit of music, well okay..., notes come out of the instruments I have been torturing in the name of attempting to learn, but I do apparently have similar work and computer habits.

re: #226 davinvalkri

*salute* ^ 3 = *salute* cubed, as in boullion cubes?

Up-ding!

re: #219 Occasional Reader

It almost seems like an outright act of re-bouillon against LGF.

If so, it should be squash-ed...

re: #218 A Kiwi Infidel

Somehow, I suspect those "lol...lol...lol" 's, lack mirth.

She has a custom built speed shop 355 HP 350 in her... The motor is worth more than the entire rest of the car. She get's somewhere around 12 MPG... 0 - 60 in 5 seconds... 0 - 120 in 7 seconds... Very very fun to drive... But a pain in the wallet that compares to five toothaches at the same time... ;) It's without a shadow of a doubt a single man's toy... ;p

re: #225 Maximu§

Charlie Brown special! Ha ha!

re: #178 rawmuse

Does the town ban holiday cheer? Smiling? I bet they ban dancing. I'll send Kevin Bacon up there and get this worked out.

re: #230 LGoPs

If so, it should be squash-ed...

And this sauce descend into CENSORSHIP!
GAAAH!

re: #229 buzzsawmonkey

LOL Did you just write that? Very impressive.

re: #207 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #229 buzzsawmonkey

Yeah. What he said.

Nice Buzz. Quick too!

I'd really love to have one of Nikon's new $8,000 cameras. What do I have to do to get a bailout?

re: #230 LGoPs

If so, it should be squash-ed...

No need to squash it... just give it proper hydration and it's soup time for everyone... ;)

Some good news. according to Redstate the Dems are backing off the union card check bill for now. I never liked that idea.

Card check.

re: #239 doriangrey

No need to squash it... just give it proper hydration and it's soup time for everyone... ;)

Pho sure.

re: #236 buzzsawmonkey

Yep, just now.

It earned a double ding!

re: #231 doriangrey

0 - 60 in 5 seconds... 0 - 120 in 7 seconds

You could rent it out to NASA, for the training/conditioning program.

Gotta go, Lizards. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to y'all!

re: #238 EdgeMan

I'd really love to have one of Nikon's new $8,000 cameras. What do I have to do to get a bailout?

Have they outsourced their production yet? Because you know what the Vulcans say: Only Nikon could go to China.

re: #238 EdgeMan

I'd really love to have one of Nikon's new $8,000 cameras. What do I have to do to get a bailout?

Quick, get chartered as a bank. Then you'll get a bailout, no questions asked.

re: #229 buzzsawmonkey

Damn, that's good! How do you do it?

re: #232 davinvalkri

Charlie Brown special! Ha ha!

Remember that cartoon? It was on the other week.

re: #229 buzzsawmonkey

Son of a gun. You wrote that in 6 minutes! Holy cow!

re: #244 pre-Boomer Marine brat

You could rent it out to NASA, for the training/conditioning program.

ROTFLMAO... How do you think I keep gas in her now? ;p ;)

re: #249 Maximu§

Remember that cartoon? It was on the other week.

I know the show. They should play it more often--it's much better than the other stuff on television.

re: #242 buzzsawmonkey

Hey, good on you for #207!, he said as he kicked the sand in the face of the 98lb weakling...

re: #230 LGoPs

re: #234 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I see you two have failed to notice that broth-er buzz is back to his consomme'ed brilliance in #229. So stop being so vichysoisse!

re: #250 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Son of a gun. You wrote that in 6 minutes! Holy cow!

Yea, buzz is really Weird Al... ;p

re: #240 avanti

Some good news. according to Redstate the Dems are backing off the union card check bill for now. I never liked that idea.

Card check.

If that were to pass, you can bet they would be down south in a heartbeat trying to unionize those plants

re: #249 Maximu§

Remember that cartoon? It was on the other week.

Wauuh wauuh wauuh-wauuh wauuh

/Charlie Brown's teacher

re: #225 Maximu§

We got our tree at Home Depot...its a Charlie Brown special for sure, but lights, decorations and a little Love (and some water) brought it back.

Mine is fresh cut. There's a Christmas tree farm about fifteen miles from here with acres of trees of all sizes. I borrowed a battery powered reciprocating saw from work which saved my right shoulder from demanding pain-killers. They shake the tree to remove dead needles, send it through a binder that ties it up and load it on your vehicle all for about 20 bucks.

re: #226 davinvalkri

*salute* ^ 3 = *salute* cubed, as in boullion cubes?

No, no, no...

One bouillon cubes is way more than salute ³

re: #229 buzzsawmonkey

That is great!

re: #239 doriangrey

No need to squash it... just give it proper hydration and it's soup time for everyone... ;)

You butternut or I'm telling! It's much better baked...