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Open | Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 3:32:42 pm PST
Just another open thread for the first Friday afternoon of the year, with the Dow index up 262 points...
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:33:34pm |
Warmed-up cornbread from yesterday, with butter and honey...yum!
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bryantms Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:33:52pm |
Good news for the Dow.
In other news, I'm writing a paper for one of my classes (International Relations) on Iran and U.S. policy. It is turning out to be very depressing when you get down to the history of Iran and the direction it's currently heading...
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:35:05pm |
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SWPaul Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:35:06pm |
One day there should be a closed midday thread. Where everyone just gets to stare at a blank screen.
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wrenchwench Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:35:15pm |
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Outrider Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:36:06pm |
re: #3 bryantms
Good news for the Dow.
In other news, I'm writing a paper for one of my classes (International Relations) on Iran and U.S. policy. It is turning out to be very depressing when you get down to the history of Iran and the direction it's currently heading...
How far back in their history are you researching?
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:36:13pm |
re: #4 Sharmuta
I assembled a vacuum!
1. That sucks.
2. How can you tell?
3. If it was a vacuum, you had to remove parts, not assemble.
LGF Sweetheart Contest!
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:37:05pm |
Looks like there may be one more to add to the Obama "I knew him, but didn't really know him" list of buds.
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:37:43pm |
The Dow is up because I have singlehandedly gotten the economy back on track today - bought all new kitchen cabinets, dishwasher and frig. Now making decision on counters and floors.
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:38:10pm |
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:38:51pm |
re: #3 bryantms
In other news, I'm writing a paper for one of my classes (International Relations) on Iran and U.S. policy. It is turning out to be very depressing when you get down to the history of Iran and the direction it's currently heading...
Is studying Iranian politics like assembling a vacuum?
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Captain Amercia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:39:11pm |
OPERATION VALKYRIE
First off I haven’t been paying any attention to the talk surrounding this movie. I’m a history buff not a big Tom Cruise fan. So when I decided to go check out Valkyrie today it was to be entertained. And entertained I was. Me and Fireboat John caught the latest from Cruise (Wyatt couldn’t get away) at a matinée. The theater was crowded so the buzz behind the film must be pretty good.
Cruise is compelling as Colonel Stauffenberg. The movie was riveting even though you know the outcome going in. I was on the edge of my seat a few times. I’m pretty sure the audience liked it. When it was over we were joking around and I made a crack about “everyone in this theater is now under arrest” it was met with laughter, but NERVOUS laughter.
Read the Rest: FIRST IN
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bryantms Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:39:26pm |
re: #8 Outrider
I went back all the way to the 625 BC when the Medes formed the first Persian kingdom.
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:39:43pm |
re: #12 ArmyWife
The Dow is up because I have singlehandedly gotten the economy back on track today - bought all new kitchen cabinets, dishwasher and frig. Now making decision on counters and floors.
We just finished a kitchen remodel. Didn't buy cabinets though, had mine refinished and distressed - Hubby was not happy that we paid someone to make it look old--- lol
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:40:17pm |
re: #12 ArmyWife
Granite is still popular for countertops. Ceramic tile for floors.
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:40:42pm |
re: #17 summergurl
We bought distressed ones. I have an 1850s farmhouse, I wanted it to look like furniture, not cabinets.
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bryantms Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:41:09pm |
re: #14 NelsFree
I suppose in a way it is. Of course, studying Iranian politics is also like watching a ticking time bomb.
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Shug Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:41:10pm |
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:41:34pm |
re: #16 bryantms
I went back all the way to the 625 BC when the Medes formed the first Persian kingdom...
...in the Wayback Machine.
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:42:23pm |
re: #19 ArmyWife
We bought distressed ones. I have an 1850s farmhouse, I wanted it to look like furniture, not cabinets.
What kind of appliances did you get?
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Outrider Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:42:39pm |
re: #16 bryantms
I went back all the way to the 625 BC when the Medes formed the first Persian kingdom.
Excellent! What I refer to as the good years of history. Good luck with the research, it should be a lot of fun. ;-)>
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:42:40pm |
re: #20 bryantms
I suppose in a way it is. Of course, studying Iranian politics is also like watching a ticking time bomb.
Have the Persians always been hegemonic?
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:42:57pm |
re: #18 NelsFree
Granite is still popular for countertops. Ceramic tile for floors.
I hate people that take their countertops for granite.....
:)
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Shug Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:43:10pm |
How ironic that I am reading The Picture of Dorian Grey today
halfway done.
it's Ok. not great
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:44:08pm |
re: #19 ArmyWife
We bought distressed ones. I have an 1850s farmhouse, I wanted it to look like furniture, not cabinets.
Your cabinets are distressed? Are they part of the Obama Cabinet?
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bryantms Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:44:38pm |
re: #26 NelsFree
It went back and forth. They were very early on, and then not until around 1501 did they regain some hegemony in the region. They were essentially monarchical from 1501 right up to the revolution in 1979. But given the region, they probably had the farthest reach at some crucial points in history.
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:44:55pm |
re: #27 LGoPs
I hate people that take their countertops for granite.....
:)
...and I'm tiled of your constant sniping!
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:45:18pm |
And I just read past the halfway point in War and Peace. Woohoo!
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:45:49pm |
re: #21 Shug
Now you can give a proper haircut
Nothing says love like giving your spouse an almost naked flowbee haircut...
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:46:05pm |
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Miss Trixie Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:46:48pm |
**yawwwwwwwwwwwwwn**
Good evening, lizards.
*blink*blink*
Just had to take a nap after all the chores I finished today and here I am.
Sharm assembled a vacuum? Good onya toots. I have to do something about my old Kenmore as everytime I use it the beater head falls off and I have to jam it back into the stick. Grrrrrrr.
Makes for frustrating vacuuming I tells ya and using it on three levels I just want to scream when it falls apart.
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:47:13pm |
re: #24 summergurl
This is phase one of the total kitchen makeover, so I got Kenmore (they were rated the best in consumer reports). I have a professional stove already, however, phase 2 of the project will be a 6 burner professional stove (mine is 4) with both a gas and electric oven along with a subzero fridge.
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:47:13pm |
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freetoken Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:47:22pm |
New topic....
Is anyone else having trouble with the internet today? Specifically, only certain websites?
For me, LGF is loading fine, as are about 3/4 of the other sites I'm visiting....
But there are some that I am getting > 80% packet loss. E.g., Flickr.
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David IV of Georgia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:47:24pm |
Has Charles been tinkering again? Couldn't post. To post I tried restarting Firefox to no avail and finally restarted my computer. I'm not used to that—I usually leave it running for weeks at a time with no problems.
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:47:31pm |
re: #14 NelsFree
In other news, I'm writing a paper for one of my classes (International Relations) on Iran and U.S. policy. It is turning out to be very depressing when you get down to the history of Iran and the direction it's currently heading...
Is studying Iranian politics like assembling a vacuum?
Probably not. To me it would be like being disassembled in a vacuum.
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:47:52pm |
re: #35 Outrider
Puns! Formicas sake!
One more Kitchen remodeling pun, and I'm sending for the Kitchenaid!
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Adrenalyn Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:47:56pm |
be funny if the market stayed up until and beyond Bush's last day in office so that 0bama can't claim that "HE" fixed the mess
that it was fixing itself before Bush left
of course, the media and democrats won't let that happen
but one can dream
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RaiderDan Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:48:02pm |
Headlines in 3,2,1....
"Stocks Rise as Investors Cheer Incoming Obama Administration..."
Sad, but the MSM really think like this.
They think of the story they want to write, and then call the dial-a-quote source to get the answer they want.
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:48:14pm |
re: #35 Outrider
I am trying to come up with one using grout, but its just not coming to me!
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:48:15pm |
re: #35 Outrider
Puns! Formicas sake!
Does a pun about a Mexican Hairless puppy qualify as a short shaggy dog story?
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bryantms Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:49:04pm |
re: #36 NelsFree
The Safavid Dynasty first spread Shi'a Islam in the early 16th Century.
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:49:18pm |
re: #38 ArmyWife
T ...with a subzero fridge.
Subzero has poor reliability. Frequent compressor replacement, for one issue.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:49:22pm |
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Mardukhai Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:49:27pm |
re: #26 NelsFree
Have the the Persians always been hegemonic?
That depends on the era. They conquered India from time to time, but were also invaded and conquered by the Mongols, Tamurlane, and the Seljuks. They fought the Ottoman Turks, mostly to a draw. But they still have a national chip on their shoulder over the Arab conquest.
What is going on now is really an effect of the mullah regime's internal ideology.
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:49:30pm |
re: #45 RaiderDan
You are right. They are going to be really sad, aren't they? Or they will just continue to write about how great it us while it crumbles around us (Clinton, anyone?)
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Dianna Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:49:51pm |
re: #17 summergurl
We just finished a kitchen remodel. Didn't buy cabinets though, had mine refinished and distressed - Hubby was not happy that we paid someone to make it look old--- lol
When I did mine at the old townhouse, my most shocking moment was when a friend came to visit, looked at my gorgeous hickory cabinets, and asked me if I was going to paint them.
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:50:34pm |
re: #50 LGoPs
Let's table this, right now.......
# A guy who is very fastidious takes his cat to the vet. He is sure the cat is ill, but the symptoms are very vague and uncertain. The vet has seen these cases before. He puts the cat on a table and examimes it from every angle. He lays the cat down and looks it over, again from every angle. Then he takes out a syringe and gives the cat an injection. He tells the man the cat will be fine now, and he can take it home.
At the front desk the clerk says "that will be $315."
"What? That must be SOME medicine!"
"Oh, no," says the clerk, "the medicine was only $15; the $300 was for the cat scan."
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LEGION Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:50:45pm |
re: #53 Dianna
When I did mine at the old townhouse, my most shocking moment was when a friend came to visit, looked at my gorgeous hickory cabinets, and asked me if I was going to paint them.
Get new friends.
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:51:06pm |
re: #46 ArmyWife
I am trying to come up with one using grout, but its just not coming to me!
You mean you're gr-out of ideas?
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:51:27pm |
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Lynn B. Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:51:35pm |
re: #49 NelsFree
Subzero has poor reliability. Frequent compressor replacement, for one issue.
We're going on 8 years without a single problem.
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LEGION Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:51:53pm |
re: #55 Dustyvet
# A guy who is very fastidious takes his cat to the vet. He is sure the cat is ill, but the symptoms are very vague and uncertain. The vet has seen these cases before. He puts the cat on a table and examimes it from every angle. He lays the cat down and looks it over, again from every angle. Then he takes out a syringe and gives the cat an injection. He tells the man the cat will be fine now, and he can take it home.
At the front desk the clerk says "that will be $315."
"What? That must be SOME medicine!"
"Oh, no," says the clerk, "the medicine was only $15; the $300 was for the cat scan."
That will cure his fastidious-ness.
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:51:54pm |
re: #38 ArmyWife
One thing led to another with us, granite, appliances, backsplash, lighting, painting, cabinet refinishing, the only thing we didn't replace is the flooring. Got a great Kohler black cast iron sink with a low-divide , and added a pot-filler behind the stove. We had a gas stove because that was a "got to have" when we bought the house - I like to cook and man, a gas stove is the best.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:52:05pm |
re: #55 Dustyvet
# A guy who is very fastidious takes his cat to the vet. He is sure the cat is ill, but the symptoms are very vague and uncertain. The vet has seen these cases before. He puts the cat on a table and examimes it from every angle. He lays the cat down and looks it over, again from every angle. Then he takes out a syringe and gives the cat an injection. He tells the man the cat will be fine now, and he can take it home.
At the front desk the clerk says "that will be $315."
"What? That must be SOME medicine!"
"Oh, no," says the clerk, "the medicine was only $15; the $300 was for the cat scan."
LOL....that was good. i didn't see it coming....
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:52:15pm |
re: #53 Dianna
Wow. Well, I painted 1920s pine tongue and groove paneling. When I did that, I was really into shabby chic so everything was white. Now I've gone back to primitive and regret the painting. Not enough to strip it, mind you!
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bryantms Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:52:21pm |
re: #54 LEGION
Good question!
And yes. Iran's strong belief in Twelver Shi'a Islam with Ahmadinejad thinking that he needs to bring about chaos in order to bring the Mahdi back scares me. Essentially, they believe that the Twelfth Imam will return when the world falls into chaos. Ahmadinejad believes that it will happen during his reign. He's built a grand avenue into Tehran to welcome this individual (Who was born in 869 mind you!). And there is a belief in Iran that man can hasten it through an increase in chaos.
Now that's a bit scary.
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Dianna Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:52:27pm |
re: #46 ArmyWife
I am trying to come up with one using grout, but its just not coming to me!
Quit your grouting!
/going for the obvious.
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:52:56pm |
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razorbacker Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:53:22pm |
In a nutshell, what Putin did to Georgia earlier this year was a test run for what he’s going to do to Ukraine very soon — because he knows Obama will not be able to stop him (as a part of Obama starts thinking of peaches, Jimmy Carter, NeNe, and the Marquette Lounge whenever he gets “Georgia” on his mind). Obama’s vascillation and tepid ultimate response to the Russian invasion of Georgia earlier this year is the greenlight Putin was waiting for. Dear Leader’s kumbaya call for both sides to calm down and talk about the feelings that led to the conflict amounted to basically asking Russia and Georgia to put down the guns and hug it out (”Now, let’s draw a picture of how you want this situation resolved, and let’s use only our happiest crayons”).
Bwahahahahahahahaha.
Sorry. What I meant to say was, of course, tsk tsk and a tut or two also.
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:53:36pm |
re: #64 Outrider
I really want slate floors, but I am afraid with the zoo around here it will crack.
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Dianna Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:53:59pm |
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:54:06pm |
re: #49 NelsFree
Subzero has poor reliability. Frequent compressor replacement, for one issue.
And 2 neighbors have Viking fridges and both of those have had door issues with it not sealing properly and had to have the door replaced.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:54:24pm |
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:54:36pm |
re: #72 summergurl
No viking stoves. Those have bad reliability ratings.
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DistantThunder Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:54:43pm |
I just found the Official Darwin Award Condoms: Keep Yourself Out of the Gene Pool
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Outrider Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:54:49pm |
re: #46 ArmyWife
I am trying to come up with one using grout, but its just not coming to me!
If this keeps up, I'm just going to grout here fast! ;-)>
jeez. Best I could do. lol
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:54:53pm |
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:54:55pm |
re: #12 ArmyWife
The Dow is up because I have singlehandedly gotten the economy back on track today - bought all new kitchen cabinets, dishwasher and frig. Now making decision on counters and floors.
Hey everyone! Army, check out this site, it specializes in antique flooring, perfect for an 1850's farmhouse! Good stuff. Great ideas, at least.
[Link: www.longleaflumber.com...]
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:55:08pm |
re: #59 Lynn B.
We're going on 8 years without a single problem.
You are lucky. A friend of my Wife is on her third compressor.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:55:14pm |
re: #61 summergurl
One thing led to another with us, granite, appliances, backsplash, lighting, painting, cabinet refinishing, the only thing we didn't replace is the flooring. Got a great Kohler black cast iron sink with a low-divide , and added a pot-filler behind the stove. We had a gas stove because that was a "got to have" when we bought the house - I like to cook and man, a gas stove is the best.
are you one of those millionairs?....whats a pot filler?
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:55:23pm |
re: #74 ArmyWife
No viking stoves. Those have bad reliability ratings.
And they aint to hot at pro football either...:)
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Dianna Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:55:46pm |
re: #63 ArmyWife
Wow. Well, I painted 1920s pine tongue and groove paneling. When I did that, I was really into shabby chic so everything was white. Now I've gone back to primitive and regret the painting. Not enough to strip it, mind you!
I really don't blame you. Stripping panelling falls into the realm of "even I'm not that OCD. Thanks."
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rawmuse Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:55:49pm |
Mac techies, trying to rehab an older computer for a friend down on his luck.
It is a G4 desktop running OS 10.3.5
I put an airport card in it, which seems to be working, I can connect on a rendezvous wireless with my own laptop.
However, it does not detect any wifi networks, which are all around us, and show up on my laptop.
Any suggestions?
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Miss Trixie Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:56:09pm |
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:56:15pm |
Evening, all.
I believe there are moderate Muslims. They are the ones who don't understand their faith, who don't read the Quran, who don't go to mosque, and who aren't actually trying to emulate Muhammad in any perceivable way.
-Taq
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:56:55pm |
re: #53 Dianna
When I did mine at the old townhouse, my most shocking moment was when a friend came to visit, looked at my gorgeous hickory cabinets, and asked me if I was going to paint them.
LOL - You don't paint over real wood - though I have seen it done - it's like carpeting hardwood, a shame
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Bobibutu Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:57:19pm |
re: #65 bryantms
Good question!
And yes. Iran's strong belief in Twelver Shi'a Islam with Ahmadinejad thinking that he needs to bring about chaos in order to bring the Mahdi back scares me. Essentially, they believe that the Twelfth Imam will return when the world falls into chaos. Ahmadinejad believes that it will happen during his reign. He's built a grand avenue into Tehran to welcome this individual (Who was born in 869 mind you!). And there is a belief in Iran that man can hasten it through an increase in chaos.
Now that's a bit scary.
That he can bring about chaos faster with nuclear weapons ... has had my attention for some time now.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:57:23pm |
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Outrider Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:57:25pm |
re: #67 Bloodnok
Good start. Let's talc it over.
OK. It will taste a lot better with some basalt and pepper though.
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DistantThunder Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:57:56pm |
re: #83 rawmuse
Mac techies, trying to rehab an older computer for a friend down on his luck.
It is a G4 desktop running OS 10.3.5
I put an airport card in it, which seems to be working, I can connect on a rendezvous wireless with my own laptop.
However, it does not detect any wifi networks, which are all around us, and show up on my laptop.
Any suggestions?
You ran the installation utility...and if so the card must not be installed properly or isn't working. Does the airport connect utility show up on the menu bar?
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:57:59pm |
re: #67 Bloodnok
Good start. Let's talc it over.
If you want mica two cents, Moh's (scale of rock hardness) the better!
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Outrider Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:58:05pm |
re: #70 ArmyWife
I really want slate floors, but I am afraid with the zoo around here it will crack.
I used ceramic tile and I have been incredibly pleased.
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itellu3times Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:58:15pm |
re: #3 bryantms
Good news for the Dow.
Well, it's remarkable. The McClellan Summation Index says that, as of Monday, the market will be pretty much neutral, with maybe a little upwards momentum. Just, remarkable. But one of these days, people are gonna wake up and see the $3,000,000,000,000 or so that has been dumped into the economy to keep it from "collapse", and that in itself should cause another panic. Though just which way it cuts, is another question, I can make an argument for it hitting the Dow up or down, by thousands of points, partially depending on what happens with interest rates. Crazy times, nor are we out of them.
And that doesn't even include what happens if they start poppin' caps majorly in, oh, the Straits of Hormuz, etc.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:58:38pm |
re: #58 NelsFree
These puns are flooring me!
They wouldn't if you were better grounded........
jeez looeez...that took me forever.......
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:58:47pm |
re: #78 CapeCoddah
Ohhhhh! I love the counter tops. Sending link downstairs to my husband RIGHT NOW.
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:58:50pm |
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FightingBack Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:58:52pm |
The Dow is up. It's a little early, but Obama can fix things retroactively, you know.
/
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:59:09pm |
re: #92 NelsFree
If you want mica two cents, Moh's (scale of rock hardness) the better!
Nice one. If I could I'd give you the chert off my back.
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:59:27pm |
re: #70 ArmyWife
I really want slate floors, but I am afraid with the zoo around here it will crack.
Verify the floor stiffness to 1/720 deflection of the span.
What!?
Um, ask a Structural Engineer.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:59:39pm |
re: #96 ArmyWife
Ohhhhh! I love the counter tops. Sending link downstairs to my husband RIGHT NOW.
Good stuff in there, we have bought flooring from them. Good company.
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:59:41pm |
re: #70 ArmyWife
I really want slate floors, but I am afraid with the zoo around here it will crack.
I wanted wood floors but figured that with hubby that would be stupid. He can not get up out of a kitchen chair, it is always pushed away from the table with him still in it. Can you see wood floors living thru that?
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:59:42pm |
re: #90 Outrider
OK. It will taste a lot better with some basalt and pepper though.
* The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:59:48pm |
re: #85 Miss Trixie
*grumblegrumblegrumble*
Hi Miss Trixie! happy new year and kind regards..did you go to a nye party?
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rawmuse Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:59:53pm |
re: #91 DistantThunder
You ran the installation utility...and if so the card must not be installed properly or isn't working. Does the airport connect utility show up on the menu bar?
Yes, but it is grayed out. I can turn it on and off. But the airport card is not original equipment with this machine. You think I may need an installation utility?
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razorbacker Fri, Jan 2, 2009 3:59:54pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:00:42pm |
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bryantms Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:00:49pm |
re: #106 LGoPs
Now that one was funny. I laughed out loud at it!
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:00:55pm |
re: #86 Taqiyyotomist
Evening, all.
I believe there are moderate Muslims. They are the ones who don't understand their faith, who don't read the Quran, who don't go to mosque, and who aren't actually trying to emulate Muhammad in any perceivable way.
-Taq
No, those are Apostates.
I KEEL THEM!
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David IV of Georgia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:01:26pm |
re: #83 rawmuse
Mac techies, trying to rehab an older computer for a friend down on his luck.
It is a G4 desktop running OS 10.3.5
I put an airport card in it, which seems to be working, I can connect on a rendezvous wireless with my own laptop.
However, it does not detect any wifi networks, which are all around us, and show up on my laptop.
Any suggestions?
~/Applications/Internet Connect did not do anything?
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Bubblehead II Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:01:58pm |
re: #83 rawmuse
Are they using encryption? They may also only allow "known" MAC address to connect.
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:02:06pm |
re: #80 albusteve
are you one of those millionairs?....whats a pot filler?
Hey, it's called s-a-v-i-n-g.
It's a long nosed faucet behind the stove designed to be used to fill large pots with water. Very handy dandy.
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:02:21pm |
re: #108 rawmuse
Try the Apple/Mac site to see if it needs drivers, or query Tech support on compatibilty...My Best Advice.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:02:27pm |
if I decide to buy a pot filler what size is good for me?...
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nyc redneck Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:02:58pm |
re: #69 razorbacker
Bwahahahahahahahaha.Sorry. What I meant to say was, of course, tsk tsk and a tut or two also.
putin is the kind of guy who can read a guy like the O,
and he's thrilled w/ the weak story line.
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DistantThunder Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:03:27pm |
re: #108 rawmuse
Yes, but it is grayed out. I can turn it on and off. But the airport card is not original equipment with this machine. You think I may need an installation utility?
It's possible. I did my installation with the Airport Extreme wifi unit - there may have been an installation utility on that I don't remember. Failing that, check the connection on the card. Try swapping cards between your two machines, as a last ditch - Mr. DT. Make sure to ground yourself so that you don't destroy the card with static electricity.
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rawmuse Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:03:40pm |
re: #113 David IV of Georgia
~/Applications/Internet Connect did not do anything?
No, it says "no network selected" and when I try to Create Network no joy there either.
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:04:13pm |
re: #100 Bloodnok
Nice one. If I could I'd give you the chert off my back.
By the way, how's your Sister, Peg...matite?
(Pegmatite- hardened igneous rock with 1/2? additional water present in the melt. Characterized by extremely large crystals.)
((Don't you hate it when the joke has to be explained?))
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:04:34pm |
re: #116 summergurl
Hey, it's called s-a-v-i-n-g.
It's a long nosed faucet behind the stove designed to be used to fill large pots with water. Very handy dandy.
thanks...I'm jesting...sounds...well...important!
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:04:56pm |
re: #81 Dustyvet
And they aint to hot at pro football either...:)
Well since we are cheeseheads, we might consider Viking commodes...
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:05:08pm |
re: #122 NelsFree
By the way, how's your Sister, Peg...matite?
(Pegmatite- hardened igneous rock with 1/2? additional water present in the melt. Characterized by extremely large crystals.)
((Don't you hate it when the joke has to be explained?))
Nah, just makes me feel erratic.
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bryantms Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:05:10pm |
I know Charles is a big Apple product fan, but I've never really tried Apple.
And then I got an iPhone. Let me just say that this is probably one of the greatest pieces of technology ever created. I'm addicted. If Apple does something, they do it really well. I need to try the OS now.
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razorbacker Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:05:29pm |
Barn Find of the Decade: 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante
Estimated values for the car are all over the map, with values as high as £6 million (about $8.8M USD) being discussed.
What'd I find in my barn? The usual. Moldy hay, petrified horse poop, and what may or may not be a long expired 'possum.
Be hard to get $8.8 million for the whole lot.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:05:30pm |
re: #122 NelsFree
By the way, how's your Sister, Peg...matite?
(Pegmatite- hardened igneous rock with 1/2? additional water present in the melt. Characterized by extremely large crystals.)
((Don't you hate it when the joke has to be explained?))
I heard Peg was out visiting with the Dover twins, Ben and Eileen........
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rawmuse Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:06:13pm |
re: #115 Bubblehead II
Are they using encryption? They may also only allow "known" MAC address to connect.
I think this is the most likely problem, but one on the wifi networks is my own, and that should be available. The computer is for my neighbor, who is just on the other side of my wall. I have a new Airport Express base station, and this is an older Airport card. May be some compatibility problems.
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itellu3times Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:06:42pm |
re: #122 NelsFree
By the way, how's your Sister, Peg...matite?
(Pegmatite- hardened igneous rock with 1/2? additional water present in the melt. Characterized by extremely large crystals.)
((Don't you hate it when the joke has to be explained?))
I'm just learning quartz from reading this.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:06:56pm |
re: #122 NelsFree
By the way, how's your Sister, Peg...matite?
(Pegmatite- hardened igneous rock with 1/2? additional water present in the melt. Characterized by extremely large crystals.)
((Don't you hate it when the joke has to be explained?))
Only if I'm stoned.......
:)
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:07:10pm |
re: #104 summergurl
I wanted wood floors but figured that with hubby that would be stupid. He can not get up out of a kitchen chair, it is always pushed away from the table with him still in it. Can you see wood floors living thru that?
LOL, my husband is fanatical about putting those felt sticky things on the bottom of every piece of furniture. They are great for chairs on hardwood.
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:07:41pm |
re: #131 itellu3times
I'm just learning quartz from reading this.
Yep. Much better than watching us feldspar with each other all night.
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David IV of Georgia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:07:49pm |
re: #120 DistantThunder
Make sure to ground yourself*
*Touch the G4's outer metal frame before touching the card or anything else inside the computer. That way your body should have the same electrical charge as the computer. Some of those microscopic transistors cannot handle a 0.000001 volt discharge, much less a 10,000 volt static spark from walking across new carpet.
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DistantThunder Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:07:54pm |
re: #130 rawmuse
I think this is the most likely problem, but one on the wifi networks is my own, and that should be available. The computer is for my neighbor, who is just on the other side of my wall. I have a new Airport Express base station, and this is an older Airport card. May be some compatibility problems.
Shouldn't be compatability problems.
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:07:55pm |
re: #133 CapeCoddah
We have wood just about everywhere. I would love heartpine through the whole house, but again - 3 dogs, 1 cat, 2 kids...
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:07:57pm |
re: #120 DistantThunder
It's possible. I did my installation with the Airport Extreme wifi unit - there may have been an installation utility on that I don't remember. Failing that, check the connection on the card. Try swapping cards between your two machines, as a last ditch - Mr. DT. Make sure to ground yourself so that you don't destroy the card with static electricity.
Meaning have it powered down and wear a ground clip before swapping. Modern electronics are extremely low voltage, and a static surge can weaken/destroy components-even if you don't feel the surge/shock. A ground clip has a 1 megohm resistor in it, so you bleed the charge off-but hopefully can't get electrocuted.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:08:00pm |
re: #115 Bubblehead II
Are they using encryption? They may also only allow "known" MAC address to connect.
Well..Really advertising can be hidden on Wifi and is done in some cases but I can't image public Wifi hidding.. And as far as MAC ID.. That is always done on the switch with 802.1x security protocols.
My first impression would be to look at the radio in the laptop...Something must be disabled or requires a setting change.. Then I would look outward at the Network.
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itellu3times Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:08:29pm |
re: #134 Bloodnok
Yep. Much better than watching us feldspar with each other all night.
The meek shale inherit the Earth.
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rawmuse Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:08:39pm |
re: #136 DistantThunder
Shouldn't be compatability problems.
Yeah, weirod. Thanks to all who replied to me!
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:09:03pm |
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:09:06pm |
re: #133 CapeCoddah
LOL, my husband is fanatical about putting those felt sticky things on the bottom of every piece of furniture. They are great for chairs on hardwood.
Or get one of those really cheap "original persian" throw-rugs.
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Miss Trixie Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:09:27pm |
re: #107 HoosierHoops
Hi Miss Trixie! happy new year and kind regards..did you go to a nye party?
Hi Hoosier luv and Happy New Year to you! No parties for me but I did have a leisurely, relaxing evening after a good meal, a coupla flix and an early bed. :D
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USCMSNE Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:09:37pm |
re: #5 Bloodnok
Oh, that sucks...
;-p
Reminds me of an old joke:
What's the only thing that GE made that didn't suck?
/Although there is some truth to it...
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:09:56pm |
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:10:31pm |
re: #126 Bloodnok
Nah, just makes me feel erratic.
My pun production has slowed to a glacial pace. My Sister has some glacier puns, I'll have to esker.
(Esker- stream sediments built up inside or underneath a glacier, left behind as a sinuous ridge after glacial retreat)
((There I go again))
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:10:35pm |
re: #147 USCMSNE
Reminds me of an old joke:
What's the only thing that GE made that didn't suck?
/Although there is some truth to it...
Hmmmm. I dunno, what?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:11:12pm |
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:11:17pm |
re: #141 itellu3times
The meek shale inherit the Earth.
shale metamorphoses into slate. Hey, we're back to Kitchen remodeling!
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:11:27pm |
re: #149 NelsFree
My pun production has slowed to a glacial pace. My Sister has some glacier puns, I'll have to esker.
(Esker- stream sediments built up inside or underneath a glacier, left behind as a sinuous ridge after glacial retreat)
((There I go again))
Go ask her, I'll wait till then
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:12:11pm |
re: #149 NelsFree
My pun production has slowed to a glacial pace. My Sister has some glacier puns, I'll have to esker.
(Esker- stream sediments built up inside or underneath a glacier, left behind as a sinuous ridge after glacial retreat)
((There I go again))
Despite your pace you seem to go with the floe.....
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:12:18pm |
re: #139 HoosierHoops
Well..Really advertising can be hidden on Wifi and is done in some cases but I can't image public Wifi hidding.. And as far as MAC ID.. That is always done on the switch with 802.1x security protocols.
My first impression would be to look at the radio in the laptop...Something must be disabled or requires a setting change.. Then I would look outward at the Network.
And reading above it is probably an installation issue..Rawmuse..you didn't run the utility yet?
I would
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:12:36pm |
re: #137 ArmyWife
We have wood just about everywhere. I would love heartpine through the whole house, but again - 3 dogs, 1 cat, 2 kids...
LOL, I did it with LOTS of Butchers bowling alley wax. I just made everyone wear socks and helmets in the house. As for the dogs, just gotta keep the nails clipped!
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:12:43pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:13:18pm |
re: #156 CapeCoddah
LOL, I did it with LOTS of Butchers bowling alley wax. I just made everyone wear socks and helmets in the house. As for the dogs, just gotta keep the nails clipped!
Can't you put those little sticky felt pads on the paws of the animals?
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rawmuse Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:13:25pm |
Airport Admin Utility
I found it. I'm in.
Thanks!
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:13:39pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:14:09pm |
re: #159 Walter L. Newton
Can't you put those little sticky felt pads on the paws of the animals?
PETA's checking that out right now
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:14:14pm |
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:14:16pm |
re: #157 NelsFree
You...you GEOLOGIST!
Sounds like someones' between a rock and a hard place......Hmmm.
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Dianna Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:14:17pm |
re: #159 Walter L. Newton
Can't you put those little sticky felt pads on the paws of the animals?
Don't tempt me!
Two dogs, one cat. My hardwood!
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:14:40pm |
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:15:16pm |
re: #145 Soona'
Or get one of those really cheap "original persian" throw-rugs.
Too much dog hair for rugs. Plus, we love hardwood. We have the staircase carpeted with a runner, and just that is a nightmare of fur daily.
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:15:56pm |
re: #154 LGoPs
Despite your pace you seem to go with the floe.....
Wait wait, another glacial joke just kame to me...no, lost it. Down the kettlehole
(Kame or Kettlehole - depressions left behind by a retreating glacier, filled with ice chunks which melted away, leaving...aw, NUTS! MUST STOP AND WATCH FOX NEWS!)
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:16:38pm |
re: #159 Walter L. Newton
Can't you put those little sticky felt pads on the paws of the animals?
My Cat, Slider, has those.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:17:08pm |
re: #158 ArmyWife
helmets! Too funny.
Hey, that stuff is slippery as all get out. You can play hockey on a floor waxed with Butchers. LOL.
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:17:17pm |
re: #167 CapeCoddah
Too much dog hair for rugs. Plus, we love hardwood. We have the staircase carpeted with a runner, and just that is a nightmare of fur daily.
If you have that much fur, you must have a totally out-of-control dust bunny birth rate.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:17:20pm |
re: #168 NelsFree
Wait wait, another glacial joke just kame to me...no, lost it. Down the kettlehole
(Kame or Kettlehole - depressions left behind by a retreating glacier, filled with ice chunks which melted away, leaving...aw, NUTS! MUST STOP AND WATCH FOX NEWS!)
they dont count if you need to explain them...NoPun Fu
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:17:23pm |
re: #165 Dianna
Don't tempt me!
Two dogs, one cat. My hardwood!
Sounds like you're not considering getting a woodpecker as a third pet......
:)
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:17:40pm |
re: #166 Bloodnok
That could result in a volcanic reaction here.....
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:17:44pm |
re: #159 Walter L. Newton
Can't you put those little sticky felt pads on the paws of the animals?
Hmmm, never thought of that...
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USCMSNE Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:17:47pm |
re: #150 Bloodnok
Hmmmm. I dunno, what?
Seriously?
The only thing GE ever made that didn't suck was a vacuum.
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razorbacker Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:17:54pm |
From a link over to Glenn Reynolds joint.
2008 Military Times poll: Wary about Obama
When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey.
Simple solution, really. Get all these present volunteers out of the service and replace them with hopeychangey Obamanations.
I don't see what could possibly go wrong.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:18:03pm |
re: #173 LGoPs
Sounds like you're not considering getting a woodpecker as a third pet......
:)
Heh, heh, "woodpecker."
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:18:10pm |
When the fuck is it going to stop?
U.S. governors seek $1 trillion federal assistance
"The Obama team has been very receptive in listening to us," said Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin. He said "quite a number" of other governors back the initiative."
[Link: www.reuters.com...]
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Bubblehead II Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:18:29pm |
re: #130 rawmuse
Are you both using the same protocol, I:E 11.2g, ect. Is your network set to allow only known MAC addresses to connect. Last but not least, are using encryption (WEP/WAP)?
I ask the last because I had a "client" computer using a Linksys Wireless-G (model # WMP54G) connecting to my system through a Linksys (Model # WAP54G) Access Point. When encryption was enabled, the system wouldn't connect even though the password/pass phrase was correct. Once I disabled encryption and went to a MAC address allow/disallow setup, everything worked. Weird.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:18:51pm |
re: #146 Miss Trixie
Hi Hoosier luv and Happy New Year to you! No parties for me but I did have a leisurely, relaxing evening after a good meal, a coupla flix and an early bed. :D
We had a blast! I did lose alot of video golf and drank a few too many beers..
I remember at 3am all the girls dancing to music in the living room..
We called our 16 yr to pick us up at 7am and the wife fell asleep ( passed out)
so the hot sex on new year eve was out of the question.
I logged on at 8am here and wore the lampshade and entertained the lizards for a few hours..Then it was thud!
LOL
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:19:19pm |
re: #173 LGoPs
Hmmm... we're doing puns, and here is a mention of Hard Wood...should I really go there?
/White Smoke.....
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:19:20pm |
re: #180 Walter L. Newton
When the fuck is it going to stop?
U.S. governors seek $1 trillion federal assistance
"The Obama team has been very receptive in listening to us," said Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin. He said "quite a number" of other governors back the initiative."
[Link: www.reuters.com...]
there goes the Constitution...
tax revolt
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:19:29pm |
re: #176 Dustyvet
Chicago: Molotov cocktail thrown at synagogue
And so it begins. People warned everyone to not retaliate against Muslims after 9-11 - which was a good idea - but apparently, it's okay to threaten Jews.
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:19:46pm |
re: #177 USCMSNE
Seriously?
The only thing GE ever made that didn't suck was a vacuum.
Gah. I thought you were going someplace else with that. (blushes)
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:19:47pm |
re: #171 Soona'
If you have that much fur, you must have a totally out-of-control dust bunny birth rate.
I have herds giant dust bunnies. I buy vacuum cleaner bags by the case.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:20:22pm |
re: #187 CapeCoddah
I have herds giant dust bunnies. I buy vacuum cleaner bags by the case.
And Jimmy Carter won't go near Cape's home.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:20:56pm |
re: #184 albusteve
there goes the Constitution... tax revolt
And I get so much guff about my opinion that "there will be a civil war with in 20 years."
Bet on it.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:20:59pm |
re: #180 Walter L. Newton
When the fuck is it going to stop?
U.S. governors seek $1 trillion federal assistance
"The Obama team has been very receptive in listening to us," said Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin. He said "quite a number" of other governors back the initiative."
[Link: www.reuters.com...]
It's called a run on the treasury. The irony seems to be that in the '29 crash people made a run on the banks. Apparently politicians have figured out a way to cut out the middlemen and just go straight for the goodies.......bastards.
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:21:27pm |
re: #151 albusteve
well in this case it might...how big's the pot?
ewwww (somehow I stumbled into a sticky mess- trying to disengage from it) --
Maybe we should talk about dishes? lol
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:21:37pm |
re: #180 Walter L. Newton
Good gravy. Does anyone in government understand that money comes from somewhere and isn't just printed up in the basement?
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:21:43pm |
re: #185 Wyatt Earp
And so it begins. People warned everyone to not retaliate against Muslims after 9-11 - which was a good idea - but apparently, it's okay to threaten Jews.
Damned Amish!
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jwb7605 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:21:57pm |
This shows promise for wind turbine technology.
(Video is entertaining and somewhat informative)
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bosforus Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:22:11pm |
Tech question about the iPhone and gis/gps:
So I'm considering getting an iPhone but I have yet to resolve a concern. Have any applications been developed for it that allow for gis functionality such that ESRI shape files can be created while using the iPhone. Since the iPhone has gps, seems that integrating that into a gis application would be a great next step. I've found the application Quantum GIS at the iPhone app store but I think that only allows a user to display and edit gis data and not create maps. Anyone know?
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:22:31pm |
re: #189 Walter L. Newton
And I get so much guff about my opinion that "there will be a civil war with in 20 years."
Bet on it.
No Taxation, without Representation....seems I remember that started this little Republic on it's way, Walter!
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Miss Trixie Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:22:34pm |
re: #182 HoosierHoops
We had a blast! I did lose alot of video golf and drank a few too many beers..
I remember at 3am all the girls dancing to music in the living room..
We called our 16 yr to pick us up at 7am and the wife fell asleep ( passed out)
so the hot sex on new year eve was out of the question.
I logged on at 8am here and wore the lampshade and entertained the lizards for a few hours..Then it was thud!
LOL
LOLOL! Happy New Year you rascal you! :D
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Wishing Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:22:41pm |
re: #191 summergurl
ewwww (somehow I stumbled into a sticky mess- trying to disengage from it) --
Maybe we should talk about dishes? lol
Speaking of which: I live in TN but just bought my first peice of Blue Ridge pottery, double bad on me because I live in the town where it was made!
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:22:48pm |
re: #188 Wyatt Earp
And Jimmy Carter won't go near Cape's home.
He better not. My mastiff dislikes liberals. He always barks at the dem ex Lt. Gov. next door. That and the giant dust bunny herds. (and maybe the coyote bat beside the door...)
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:22:55pm |
re: #189 Walter L. Newton
And I get so much guff about my opinion that "there will be a civil war with in 20 years."
Bet on it.
these are the same ideological nit wits that criticized Bush for his war spending...what a bunch of morons...there is no trillion dollars...it doesnt exist
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:23:18pm |
re: #191 summergurl
(somehow I stumbled into a sticky mess- trying to disengage from it) --
What is "Things Monica Lewinsky would say?"
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Wishing Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:23:21pm |
re: #192 ArmyWife
Good gravy. Does anyone in government understand that money comes from somewhere and isn't just printed up in the basement?
Wait...but I thought...oh, never mind.
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:23:48pm |
re: #192 ArmyWife
Good gravy. Does anyone in government understand that money comes from somewhere and isn't just printed up in the basement?
Be the first on your block to get one!
[Link: www.ppiblog.com...]
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:24:07pm |
re: #189 Walter L. Newton
And I get so much guff about my opinion that "there will be a civil war with in 20 years."
Bet on it.
We're long over-due.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:24:29pm |
re: #191 summergurl
ewwww (somehow I stumbled into a sticky mess- trying to disengage from it) --
Maybe we should talk about dishes? lol
I use paper plates to hold up my Beef-O-Roni...I'm not much fun
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jwb7605 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:25:02pm |
re: #200 albusteve
these are the same ideological nit wits that criticized Bush for his war spending...what a bunch of morons...there is no trillion dollars...it doesnt exist
Sure it does, or it will after they print it.
It will only be worth 200 billion, though, in today's value.
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:25:09pm |
re: #174 Pietr
That could result in a volcanic reaction here.....
Only if you have a high silica content in the lava, like Vesuvius. Hawaiian "Shield" volcanoes have low silica lava, and so have peaceful, oozing eruptions.
(I'm not going to explain this one, at all.)
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Neo Con since 9-11 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:25:09pm |
re: #180 Walter L. Newton
When the fuck is it going to stop?
U.S. governors seek $1 trillion federal assistance
"The Obama team has been very receptive in listening to us," said Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin. He said "quite a number" of other governors back the initiative."
[Link: www.reuters.com...]
The Democrat's solution to the illegal immigration problem-make the Dollar worth less than the Peso and end all job creation in the USA so that every one is illegally sneaking back into Mexico looking for work. Americans soon to be doing the jobs Mexicans won't
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:25:37pm |
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:25:51pm |
re: #199 CapeCoddah
He better not. My mastiff dislikes liberals. He always barks at the dem ex Lt. Gov. next door. That and the giant dust bunny herds. (and maybe the coyote bat beside the door...)
Coyote bat?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:26:36pm |
re: #196 Pietr
No Taxation, without Representation....seems I remember that started this little Republic on it's way, Walter!
I'm not looking to see anyone in the streets with weapons, killing or hurting anyone, but, I hear it out here. And I do not hang around a bunch of hicks, I hear it from everyday business men and women.
And I don't just hear it from conservatives. There are liberals starting to get the message. You know why? Because they see so much of this money going to BIG BUSINESS and the evil money cult (TM TFK).
They are getting pissed because it's not going to them and their little programs.
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:26:51pm |
re: #198 Wishing
All my cupboards are full, if I bring one more thing in there the shelves will revolt.
Though I NEEDED the quesadilla maker, they go so well with margaritas.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:27:33pm |
re: #213 Walter L. Newton
I'm not looking to see anyone in the streets with weapons, killing or hurting anyone, but, I hear it out here. And I do not hang around a bunch of hicks, I hear it from everyday business men and women.
And I don't just hear it from conservatives. There are liberals starting to get the message. You know why? Because they see so much of this money going to BIG BUSINESS and the evil money cult (TM TFK).
They are getting pissed because it's not going to them and their little programs.
Let's start by throwing Mr. T into Boston Harbor!
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:27:35pm |
re: #208 summergurl
No
Reminds me of that Lay's Potato chip commercial where they said go ahead and eat some..We'll make more..
Go ahead and spend the money..We'll make more
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razorbacker Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:27:38pm |
re: #212 Soona'
Coyote bat?
Like a baseball bat, only without the baseball.
*sheesh. And I don't even live on the Cape.*
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jwb7605 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:27:42pm |
re: #210 Neo Con since 9-11
The Democrat's solution to the illegal immigration problem-make the Dollar worth less than the Peso and end all job creation in the USA so that every one is illegally sneaking back into Mexico looking for work. Americans soon to be doing the jobs Mexicans won't
Shooting drug runners?
I'm up for it.
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:27:55pm |
re: #212 Soona'
Coyote bat?
Cowboys moving huge herds of Dust bunnies up the trail to Dodge City from Texas.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:28:16pm |
re: #210 Neo Con since 9-11
The Democrat's solution to the illegal immigration problem-make the Dollar worth less than the Peso and end all job creation in the USA so that every one is illegally sneaking back into Mexico looking for work. Americans soon to be doing the jobs Mexicans won't
Get off it, this is not just the democrats. Maybe you missed the tons of money that the current administration has been pissing out of DC like it was water?
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:28:32pm |
re: #219 Dustyvet
Cowboys moving huge herds of Dust bunnies up the trail to Dodge City from Texas.
Did someone say Dodge City?
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:29:00pm |
re: #209 NelsFree
Only if you have a high silica content in the lava, like Vesuvius. Hawaiian "Shield" volcanoes have low silica lava, and so have peaceful, oozing eruptions.
(I'm not going to explain this one, at all.)
re: #201 Wyatt Earp
What is "Things Monica Lewinsky would say?"
Do I even have to make a comment to connect your "slow oozing" to Wyatts' post.....:>) :>) :>)
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:29:00pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:29:22pm |
re: #213 Walter L. Newton
I'm not looking to see anyone in the streets with weapons, killing or hurting anyone, but, I hear it out here. And I do not hang around a bunch of hicks, I hear it from everyday business men and women.
And I don't just hear it from conservatives. There are liberals starting to get the message. You know why? Because they see so much of this money going to BIG BUSINESS and the evil money cult (TM TFK).
They are getting pissed because it's not going to them and their little programs.
hustle down I-25 before they close it....we'll make a stand out on the mesas...dont forget that damned bird either...we'll be safe down here and that's the truth Walter...can you cook cactus?
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:29:31pm |
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Dianna Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:29:46pm |
re: #167 CapeCoddah
Too much dog hair for rugs. Plus, we love hardwood. We have the staircase carpeted with a runner, and just that is a nightmare of fur daily.
I've found that the hardwood works very well, and I just have to vacuum pretty much every other day to keep the area rugs less than furry.
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solomonpanting Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:29:52pm |
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:30:07pm |
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:30:08pm |
re: #216 HoosierHoops
Reminds me of that Lay's Potato chip commercial where they said go ahead and eat some..We'll make more..
Go ahead and spend the money..We'll make more
That is what is worrisome - we start bailing out anybody and everybody and that's the mentality we create.
Oh wait.
Too late.
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:30:14pm |
re: #220 Walter L. Newton
Get off it, this is not just the democrats. Maybe you missed the tons of money that the current administration has been pissing out of DC like it was water?
It's our current government. We are a one party system masquerading as a two party system. Washington is completely broken as are most state governments. If you need anymore proof, just try saying Senator Al Franken.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:30:29pm |
re: #221 Wyatt Earp
Did someone say Dodge City?
Hey Wyatt.. I'm one of those few rare people that got robbed in your fair city..
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Wishing Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:30:48pm |
re: #214 summergurl
All my cupboards are full, if I bring one more thing in there the shelves will revolt.
Though I NEEDED the quesadilla maker, they go so well with margaritas.
I unclutter regularly, but still there is NO room in my pantry!
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razorbacker Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:30:58pm |
re: #220 Walter L. Newton
Get off it, this is not just the democrats. Maybe you missed the tons of money that the current administration has been pissing out of DC like it was water?
How do you expect anyone to realize the worth of something when they've never sweated or bleed to aquire it? It's just numbers, it doesn't represent anyone's time or effort, much less sacrifice.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:31:16pm |
re: #231 HoosierHoops
Hey Wyatt.. I'm one of those few rare people that got robbed in your fair city..
I was off that day!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:31:24pm |
re: #227 solomonpanting
Something that allows one to fill a pot.
those are actually pretty cool...I wish I had a need for one but I dont
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Silvergirl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:31:32pm |
Although this is an open thread, this is something I'm pretty much closed to.
It reminds me of the novel Song of Solomon. The mother breastfed a kid that was tall enough that his feet touched the floor when he was in position across his mother's lap to breast feed. I don't remember his age, but a guy looked in the window and saw him, so he got the nickname of Milkman, and it stayed with him his whole life.
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Sunlight Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:31:54pm |
I'm thinking Stinky needs some new *WHACK* tools...
- a food fight could result in a thread closing for 15 minutes (or whatever time seems appropriate to the food being flung by the preschoolers) just to break up the fisticuffs
- a grumpy person could be put in timeout for 15 minutes (or whatever (I'm missing some folks not here))
- more?
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:31:59pm |
re: #219 Dustyvet
Cowboys moving huge herds of Dust bunnies up the trail to Dodge City from Texas.
Oh.
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Wishing Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:32:48pm |
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:33:02pm |
re: #212 Soona'
Coyote bat?
The coyote bat is a 20oz or so aluminum T-Ball bat that we keep by the door when the dogs are outside at night. We have cranberry bogs behind the house that are home to all kinds of creatures, including coyotes, who love to snack on pets and will attack small children at times. The coyote bat is is a handy weapon to keep by the door for all manners of issues. Besides, this is Massachusetts, we cannot shoot the coyotes.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:33:07pm |
re: #15 Captain Amercia
OPERATION VALKYRIE
First off I haven’t been paying any attention to the talk surrounding this movie. I’m a history buff not a big Tom Cruise fan. So when I decided to go check out Valkyrie today it was to be entertained. And entertained I was. Me and Fireboat John caught the latest from Cruise (Wyatt couldn’t get away) at a matinée. The theater was crowded so the buzz behind the film must be pretty good.
Cruise is compelling as Colonel Stauffenberg. The movie was riveting even though you know the outcome going in. I was on the edge of my seat a few times. I’m pretty sure the audience liked it. When it was over we were joking around and I made a crack about “everyone in this theater is now under arrest” it was met with laughter, but NERVOUS laughter.
Read the Rest: FIRST IN
Great review. My cousin and I have both thought about the question you posed. Truth to tell, neither of us could see how we would have done what Stauffenberg did. Given my own knowledge of my personality, had I been lived in Germany at that time, I would have almost certainly been a committed Nazi. I don't say that to offend, but rather to note how I would have reacted given the circumstances and what i would have known at the time.
There but for the grace of God...
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:33:43pm |
re: #217 razorbacker
Like a baseball bat, only without the baseball.
*sheesh. And I don't even live on the Cape.*
LOL, Ding!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:33:46pm |
re: #240 CapeCoddah
The coyote bat is a 20oz or so aluminum T-Ball bat that we keep by the door when the dogs are outside at night. We have cranberry bogs behind the house that are home to all kinds of creatures, including coyotes, who love to snack on pets and will attack small children at times. The coyote bat is is a handy weapon to keep by the door for all manners of issues. Besides, this is Massachusetts, we cannot shoot the coyotes.
whats it's muzzle velocity?...
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:33:59pm |
re: #234 Wyatt Earp
I was off that day!
I'll have to tell you the story..Part of it is side splitting funny...Only could happen to me
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:34:13pm |
re: #224 albusteve
hustle down I-25 before they close it....we'll make a stand out on the mesas...dont forget that damned bird either...we'll be safe down here and that's the truth Walter...can you cook cactus?
Every one that knows me know what I will do next. And it's similar to your suggestion. I will take the last 3-4 thousand in my bank account (that's all I own to my name at any given time) and I will buy a one way ticket to Europe and get lost there for a while.
If I manage to come up with some work, fine. If they catch up with me, it's their nickel, ship me home.
Otherwise, all I need is a few memory sticks, and I got my whole career (writing and/or programming) in my pocket.
I'm very much of a loner when I need to be. The last 30 years, I've had a lot of domestication, but I can become a "Dean Moriarity" in a moments notice.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:34:22pm |
re: #230 Jetpilot1101
It's our current government. We are a one party system masquerading as a two party system. Washington is completely broken as are most state governments. If you need anymore proof, just try saying Senator Al Franken.
oh shit.....I've been out of the net for a week or so. Don't tell me Franken won........
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bosforus Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:34:52pm |
re: #195 bosforus
Tech question about the iPhone and gis/gps:
So I'm considering getting an iPhone but I have yet to resolve a concern. Have any applications been developed for it that allow for gis functionality such that ESRI shape files can be created while using the iPhone. Since the iPhone has gps, seems that integrating that into a gis application would be a great next step. I've found the application Quantum GIS at the iPhone app store but I think that only allows a user to display and edit gis data and not create maps. Anyone know?
Never mind, dug a little deeper into Quantum GIS and found that it does exactly what I was looking for. Coolness.
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:35:10pm |
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:35:21pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:35:58pm |
re: #230 Jetpilot1101
It's our current government. We are a one party system masquerading as a two party system. Washington is completely broken as are most state governments. If you need anymore proof, just try saying Senator Al Franken.
Truer words were never spoken. We have a plutocracy at the top running things and the politicians themselves are running a kleptocracy.
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:36:09pm |
re: #236 Silvergirl
Although this is an open thread, this is something I'm pretty much closed to.
It reminds me of the novel Song of Solomon. The mother breastfed a kid that was tall enough that his feet touched the floor when he was in position across his mother's lap to breast feed. I don't remember his age, but a guy looked in the window and saw him, so he got the nickname of Milkman, and it stayed with him his whole life.
That's the same story my first wife told me. :D
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Miss Trixie Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:36:14pm |
Chicken Parmesan, zucchini fried with garlic and Angelhair pasta lightly tossed with zippy tomato sauce for dinner.
BBL.
*tummy grumble*
:D
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:36:21pm |
re: #247 LGoPs
oh shit.....I've been out of the net for a week or so. Don't tell me Franken won........
He's up by 49 votes but Coleman is challenging the results in court. Sen Cornyn says he will block any attempt to seat Franken before the court case is settled. Just my opinion, but that election was stolen. I can't imagine the people of a state are that stupid. I mean come on, Jesse Ventura and now Al Franken, you got to be F---ing kidding me.
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:36:58pm |
re: #240 CapeCoddah
The coyote bat is a 20oz or so aluminum T-Ball bat that we keep by the door when the dogs are outside at night. We have cranberry bogs behind the house that are home to all kinds of creatures, including coyotes, who love to snack on pets and will attack small children at times. The coyote bat is is a handy weapon to keep by the door for all manners of issues. Besides, this is Massachusetts, we cannot shoot the coyotes.
Mini-14's are better.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:37:20pm |
re: #226 Dianna
I've found that the hardwood works very well, and I just have to vacuum pretty much every other day to keep the area rugs less than furry.
I have to vacuum every day, or the perimeters of every room look like they are furry, if I miss a day, it looks like I have not vacuumed in months.
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:37:24pm |
re: #256 realwest
Hey y'all - how is everyone doing tonight?
Hi Realwest, we lost our friend Dorian today...
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:37:56pm |
re: #256 realwest
Not all that great, RW...doriangrey got the stick today. No more Baileys......:>(
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:38:19pm |
re: #253 Walter L. Newton
Truer words were never spoken. We have a plutocracy at the top running things and the politicians themselves are running a kleptocracy.
Yup and when Obama gets in, the enlightened ones will run our lives from their ivory towers while we slave away and pay for their houses on the black sea long island. We truly are slipping towards communism.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:38:35pm |
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AmeriDan Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:38:49pm |
Dustyvet,
I'm a fairly long time lurker and sometimes commenter here. I read earlier this week that you had been to the VA for treatment of your problem.
I hope that you are getting better and would like to know about the service that you are receiving in your part of the world from the VA.
I work for a VA Medical Center in the Mid South area. We are very proud of the service that we give to our Veterans.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:38:52pm |
re: #244 albusteve
whats it's muzzle velocity?...
Not sure about that, but I do know it will knock you into next week.
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realwest Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:38:52pm |
re: #260 Dustyvet
Whaddya mean Dusty? What happened to dorian?!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:38:54pm |
re: #246 Walter L. Newton
Every one that knows me know what I will do next. And it's similar to your suggestion. I will take the last 3-4 thousand in my bank account (that's all I own to my name at any given time) and I will buy a one way ticket to Europe and get lost there for a while.
If I manage to come up with some work, fine. If they catch up with me, it's their nickel, ship me home.
Otherwise, all I need is a few memory sticks, and I got my whole career (writing and/or programming) in my pocket.
I'm very much of a loner when I need to be. The last 30 years, I've had a lot of domestication, but I can become a "Dean Moriarity" in a moments notice.
well I'd hate to see you flee...we'll need all the voices of reason we can muster...but it's a good plan...if it ever gets close tho grab your money before you need it...jus sayin...and we'll be here when you get back
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:38:59pm |
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spirochete Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:39:23pm |
re: #262 Pietr
Not all that great, RW...doriangrey got the stick today. No more Baileys......:>(
doriangrey is gone?
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Neo Con since 9-11 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:39:37pm |
re: #220 Walter L. Newton
Get off it, this is not just the democrats. Maybe you missed the tons of money that the current administration has been pissing out of DC like it was water?
Do I think the Democrats are the only problem? No, of course not. Enough "Compassionate Conservatives" in Congress and one in the White House approved of the last bailout to pass it. And I'm sure enough will approve of bailing out the states to get this trillion dollar package through. But from the article you quoted-
The governors of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin -- all Democrats -- said the initiative for the two-year aid package was backed by other governors and follows a meeting in December
That to me makes it sound like the Dems are the ones pushing for this idiotic program.
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solomonpanting Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:39:38pm |
re: #235 albusteve
those are actually pretty cool...I wish I had a need for one but I dont
They are very handy and can save a lot of steps and toting of heavy pots.
The owner added one at the end wall of this counter. The main sink was nine feet from this peninsula.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:39:52pm |
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:40:06pm |
re: #262 Pietr
Not all that great, RW...doriangrey got the stick today. No more Baileys......:>(
Did Charles ban her?
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:40:14pm |
re: #257 Jetpilot1101
He's up by 49 votes but Coleman is challenging the results in court. Sen Cornyn says he will block any attempt to seat Franken before the court case is settled. Just my opinion, but that election was stolen. I can't imagine the people of a state are that stupid. I mean come on, Jesse Ventura and now Al Franken, you got to be F---ing kidding me.
No shit. I need to look in my trunk or under my seats. There's gotta be some votes down there.....do french fries count?........
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realwest Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:40:57pm |
re: #269 Walter L. Newton
Well I was doing ok until I heard about doriangrey getting the stick today! Well that plus the cops didn't find the armed bank robber who hid out or ran through (on foot) our garden apartment complex, but I'm really upset about dorian!
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Bubblehead II Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:41:09pm |
re: #242 Dustyvet
Hmmm............. Can you find one where they are herding Lizard?
Cats are good. Lizard would be better.
Charles, The Trail Master of Lizard Herding.
FU. SN.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:41:25pm |
re: #273 solomonpanting
They are very handy and can save a lot of steps and toting of heavy pots.
The owner added one at the end wall of this counter. The main sink was nine feet from this peninsula.
some big ass dovetailed drawers!
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:41:38pm |
re: #276 LGoPs
No shit. I need to look in my trunk or under my seats. There's gotta be some votes down there.....do french fries count?........
Unless the voices of reason do something, we aren't going to recognize this country in 20 years.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:41:43pm |
re: #272 Neo Con since 9-11
That to me makes it sound like the Dems are the ones pushing for this idiotic program.
Correct, in reference to this "idea." I was just generally venting. Every time I turn around, it's someone up in DC just taking money, taxpayers money. I'm getting sick of it.
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:41:50pm |
re: #265 AmeriDan
Dustyvet,
I'm a fairly long time lurker and sometimes commenter here. I read earlier this week that you had been to the VA for treatment of your problem.
I hope that you are getting better and would like to know about the service that you are receiving in your part of the world from the VA.
I work for a VA Medical Center in the Mid South area. We are very proud of the service that we give to our Veterans.
The North Chicago VA has joined forces with Great Lakes Naval Training Center, so we are getting great care and services. Having said that, if this kidney stone stays another week, I'm going to start charging it rent.
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CapeCoddah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:41:55pm |
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gclaghorn Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:41:55pm |
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gop_patriot Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:42:29pm |
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gclaghorn Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:42:46pm |
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:43:02pm |
re: #285 gclaghorn
The "Flying While Muslim" one.
Is that the one where he canned "all else fails"? I was on that one, dorian wasn't being too rude unless it got ugly when I signed out.
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:43:39pm |
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:43:46pm |
re: #274 albusteve
ha!
15 minutes alone with Hanoi John Kerry and a coyote bat...Oh, what great fun!
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realwest Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:43:51pm |
re: #283 Dustyvet
Hey Dusty (and Peitr) I ask again - where and why did dorian get the stick?
I know he was disagreeing with Occasional Reader and, iirc, mandy manners, but didn't see him say anything ban worthy (IMO) before I left that thread (the one before the prior thread to this one - about the Flying Immans)!
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notutopia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:44:39pm |
re: #198 Wishing
Speaking of which: I live in TN but just bought my first peice of Blue Ridge pottery, double bad on me because I live in the town where it was made!
What did you get? I luv blue ridge pottery. In fact I luv
pottery...period. I am a potter hobbiest.
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Desert Dog Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:44:50pm |
So, what's up in the open thread today? Boobs? Puns? Witty reposes? meltdowns?
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debutaunt Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:45:25pm |
re: #180 Walter L. Newton
When the fuck is it going to stop?
U.S. governors seek $1 trillion federal assistance
"The Obama team has been very receptive in listening to us," said Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin. He said "quite a number" of other governors back the initiative."
[Link: www.reuters.com...]
It's the Presidential bankrupt-the-country-speed-challenge.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:45:30pm |
re: #257 Jetpilot1101
He's up by 49 votes but Coleman is challenging the results in court. Sen Cornyn says he will block any attempt to seat Franken before the court case is settled. Just my opinion, but that election was stolen. I can't imagine the people of a state are that stupid. I mean come on, Jesse Ventura and now Al Franken, you got to be F---ing kidding me.
I really do think that the democrats have just given up any pretense of maintaining integrity in elections. Dead people voting in Chicago was a joke when I was a kid. Look at Motor Voter, look at fighting against voter ID, look at ACORN........the list is endless and it is exclusivley on the Democrat side. Throw in the blatant bias of the media who will never blow the whistle and I think that stealing elections has now become the Democratic tool of choice...........bastards.
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realwest Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:45:39pm |
re: #285 gclaghorn
Hey, that's the thread I saw him disagreeing with O.R. on, but by the time I left the thread, I thought their disagreement was over!
Do you know what comment # it was?
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:45:44pm |
re: #293 Desert Dog
So, what's up in the open thread today? Boobs? Puns? Witty reposes? meltdowns?
The ban stick.
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solomonpanting Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:45:46pm |
re: #280 albusteve
some big ass dovetailed drawers!
They were meant for storage of pots.
(Sometimes, size does matter.)
The glass drawers on either side of the stove top have a partition a couple inches back for pastas or colored macaronis or whatever, and then storage behind.
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:45:47pm |
re: #291 realwest
Hey Dusty (and Peitr) I ask again - where and why did dorian get the stick?
I know he was disagreeing with Occasional Reader and, iirc, mandy manners, but didn't see him say anything ban worthy (IMO) before I left that thread (the one before the prior thread to this one - about the Flying Immans)!
He went off on Banning Muslim's from the US or something like that.
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gclaghorn Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:46:19pm |
re: #288 Jetpilot1101
Is that the one where he canned "all else fails"? I was on that one, dorian wasn't being too rude unless it got ugly when I signed out.
He started advocating a ban on the practice of Islam in the US, and it went downhill from there.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:46:27pm |
re: #289 Pietr
It happened in the "Flying Muslim" thread...Probably should let you research-form your own opinion-but I blame OR, in part.....
Then you could blame me in part, since I totally did not agree with him, and neither did sat2u24 (what ever his nic is).
But I don't feel anyone was baiting him and of course Charles made the final decision.
If you read the thread, Dorian was very emphatic about his opinion and Charles thought that it was over the limit.
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:46:30pm |
re: #291 realwest
That one-OR kept him arguing-and his final argument got him the stick....
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:46:31pm |
re: #282 Walter L. Newton
Correct, in reference to this "idea." I was just generally venting. Every time I turn around, it's someone up in DC just taking money, taxpayers money. I'm getting sick of it.
I question the legality...Federalism is a keystone to our govt...fucking Oboy will cave that slimy panderer
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realwest Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:46:34pm |
re: #293 Desert Dog
Hey Desert Dog - I just logged in to find out that doriangrey got the stick today!
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gclaghorn Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:46:51pm |
re: #296 realwest
Hey, that's the thread I saw him disagreeing with O.R. on, but by the time I left the thread, I thought their disagreement was over!
Do you know what comment # it was?
Charles gives him the stick here:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:47:11pm |
re: #300 gclaghorn
He started advocating a ban on the practice of Islam in the US, and it went downhill from there.
Ouch. Not good.
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:47:14pm |
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:47:33pm |
re: #295 LGoPs
I really do think that the democrats have just given up any pretense of maintaining integrity in elections. Dead people voting in Chicago was a joke when I was a kid. Look at Motor Voter, look at fighting against voter ID, look at ACORN........the list is endless and it is exclusivley on the Democrat side. Throw in the blatant bias of the media who will never blow the whistle and I think that stealing elections has now become the Democratic tool of choice...........bastards.
Unfortunately, I think you are spot on. It's a travesty when even our electoral process is compromised. I always found it odd that when Republicans won, there were fraud allegations. When dems win big, everything is kosher. Blows me away but there will come a breaking point and when it comes, the dems will lose power so fast they won't even feel the door hitting them in the ass on the way out.
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:47:55pm |
re: #293 Desert Dog
So, what's up in the open thread today? Boobs? Puns? Witty reposes? meltdowns?
Not much. Just us.
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:47:57pm |
re: #300 gclaghorn
He started advocating a ban on the practice of Islam in the US, and it went downhill from there.
That will do it.
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gclaghorn Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:48:14pm |
re: #306 Wyatt Earp
Ouch. Not good.
Charles had warned him in another thread a while back not to explode the way he did. Dorian exploded again, and he was shown the door.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:48:21pm |
re: #298 solomonpanting
They were meant for storage of pots.
(Sometimes, size does matter.)The glass drawers on either side of the stove top have a partition a couple inches back for pastas or colored macaronis or whatever, and then storage behind.
it's very nice...did you build it?...I have nothing like that in my old bunkhouse...
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:48:52pm |
re: #307 Bloodnok
How does the room look? Did you vacuum it yet?
My vacuum is functioning within the specified parameters.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:49:03pm |
re: #311 gclaghorn
Charles had warned him in another thread a while back not to explode the way he did. Dorian exploded again, and he was shown the door.
I read Charles' comment. Entirely reasonable, in my opinion. Dorian went over the line.
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:49:03pm |
re: #281 Jetpilot1101
Unless the voices of reason do something, we aren't going to recognize this country in 20 years.
Look at my 295. If there's anything worth a revolution it's the outright stealing of elections..........
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Desert Dog Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:49:05pm |
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gclaghorn Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:49:24pm |
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Desert Dog Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:49:44pm |
re: #304 realwest
Hey Desert Dog - I just logged in to find out that doriangrey got the stick today!
ahhhh man, I really like Dorian
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notutopia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:49:52pm |
re: #313 Sharmuta
My vacuum is functioning within the specified parameters.
Did you purchase it from JC Penney?
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AmeriDan Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:50:26pm |
re: #283 Dustyvet
The North Chicago VA has joined forces with Great Lakes Naval Training Center, so we are getting great care and services. Having said that, if this kidney stone stays another week, I'm going to start charging it rent.
I've done my time at Great Lakes.
It's good to hear that they are treating you right. We only get negative press, so it's good to hear from someone that is actually going through the VA system in other places.
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Empire1 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:50:31pm |
Just got back from my first visit to my new doctor, after getting kicked off base and onto Medicare on turning 65. (Mr. Empire's been going to him as a civilian for 4 years now, after being a patient of his on base while Dr. T was in the military.) From the little it's possible to tell in a short visit, I like him, and I'm glad he was accepting new patients when I had to start looking.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:50:33pm |
re: #288 Jetpilot1101
Is that the one where he canned "all else fails"? I was on that one, dorian wasn't being too rude unless it got ugly when I signed out.
Here is Charles' post bidding adieu to Dorian.
Here is Charles' post from December, specifically on the topic of mass deportation, and generally on the topic of advocating extreme positions that discredit the commenter and by extension, LGF.
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:50:44pm |
re: #280 albusteve
some big ass dovetailed drawers!
Photo bucket seems cool - you can add your pics and link to each one huh? No one can see the others?
Nice drawers
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:50:56pm |
re: #312 albusteve
Steve, I don't think I ever asked you, but in general, what do you do for a living. I only ask because something in the back of my brain clicked, and I may know you (yes/no)
Click on my name if you want to answer privately.
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:51:02pm |
re: #319 notutopia
Did you purchase it from JC Penney?
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No- I have placed myself in the dog house to atone for my transgression.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:51:12pm |
The day after the November election, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman had won his re-election to the U.S. Senate, beating challenger Al Franken by 725 votes.Then one heavily Democratic town miraculously discovered 100 missing ballots. And, in another marvel, they were all for Al Franken! It was like a completely evil version of a Christmas miracle.
As strange as it was that all 100 post-election, "discovered" ballots would be for one candidate, it was even stranger that the official time stamp for the miracle ballots printed out by the voting machine on the miracle ballots showed that the votes had been cast on Nov. 2 -- two days before the election.
Democratic election officials in the miracle-ballot county simply announced that their voting machine must have been broken. Don't worry about it -- they were sure those 100 votes for Franken were legit.
Then another 400-odd statistically improbable "corrections" were made in other Democratic strongholds until -- by the end of election week -- Coleman's lead had been whittled down to a mere 215 votes.
Since then, highly irregular counting methods have added to Franken's total bit by bit, to the point that Coleman is now ahead by only 188 votes.
...
Consider a few other chilling examples of Democrats thieving their way to victory over the years.In 1974, Republican Louis Wyman won his race for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, beating Democrat John Durkin by 355 votes. Durkin demanded a recount -- which went back and forth by a handful of votes until the state's Ballot Law Commission concluded that Wyman had indeed won by (at least) two votes.
Wyman was certified the winner by the New Hampshire secretary of state and was on his way to Washington when ... the overwhelmingly Democratic U.S. Senate refused to seat Wyman.
Despite New Hampshire's certification of Wyman as the winner of the election, this was the post-Watergate Senate, when Democrats could get away with anything -- up to and including a prank known as "President Jimmy Carter."
The U.S. Senate spent months examining disputed ballots from the New Hampshire election. Unable to come up with a method to declare the Democrat the winner that didn't require a guillotine, the Senate forced New Hampshire to hold another election.
It was a breathtaking abuse of power. New Hampshire had certified a winner of its Senate election, but it was a Republican, so the Democratic Senate simply ordered a new election.
Demoralized Republicans stayed away from the race and, this time, the Democrat won the re-vote.
Even more egregious was the Indiana House race in 1984. On election night, the incumbent Democrat Frank McCloskey appeared to have won a narrow victory of 72 votes. But after a correction was made in one county, it turned out his Republican opponent, Richard McIntyre, had won by 34 votes.
McIntyre was certified the winner -- which is when the trouble usually starts for a Republican.
Again, a majority Democrat House refused to seat the certified winner in a close election. I'm sure it was just a coincidence that the winner was a Republican.
Consequently, Indiana performed yet another recount of the entire district, which again showed that Republican McIntyre was the winner -- this time by 418 votes. Now he was really asking for it. The nerve of this guy! Hey, buddy, do you mind? We're trying to throw an election over here!
As The Washington Post reported at the time: There were "no allegations of fraud" in the recount and 90 percent of ballot disqualifications had been agreed to "by election commissions dominated by Democrats."
So naturally the House refused to seat the Republican even though he had received the most votes (hereinafter referred to as "the winner"). The House proceeded to conduct its own recount. (If you haven't detected a pattern by this point, please ask your doctor if Prilosec is right for you.)
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:51:20pm |
re: #315 LGoPs
Look at my 295. If there's anything worth a revolution it's the outright stealing of elections..........
Something is going to give and I think it will be the oppressive government that is coming soon. I am an optimist and I do hope that after two years of completely inept economic policy, the American people will say enough and show Pelosi, Reid and the rest of that band of jacktards the door.
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:51:42pm |
re: #301 Walter L. Newton
I read it all, Walter...And I felt that OR kept pushing, IMHO....Hopefully I am allowed that. I had no problem with Sattv24 or you, but OR was pushing dorians' buttons, as I saw it....but anyone can go review that 'oh so painfully long argument'......And yes, Charles made the decision, so it's final.
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notutopia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:51:43pm |
re: #323 Empire1
Just got back from my first visit to my new doctor, after getting kicked off base and onto Medicare on turning 65. (Mr. Empire's been going to him as a civilian for 4 years now, after being a patient of his on base while Dr. T was in the military.) From the little it's possible to tell in a short visit, I like him, and I'm glad he was accepting new patients when I had to start looking.
Everything check out okay Empire1?
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:52:00pm |
re: #236 Silvergirl
Breastfeeding a six-year-old
It reminds me of the novel Song of Solomon. The mother breastfed a kid that was tall enough that his feet touched the floor when he was in position across his mother's lap to breast feed. I don't remember his age, but a guy looked in the window and saw him, so he got the nickname of Milkman, and it stayed with him his whole life.
I'm reminded of an Islamic Hadith about breastfeeding adult males for a certain reason. Can't recall it all.
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Bubblehead II Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:52:07pm |
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Desert Dog Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:52:27pm |
re: #324 reine.de.tout
What is it about pushing it? Ego? Habit? There are ways to extricate yourself without losing face. Well, this is Charles Blob and you must abide by his rules.....still it's too bad, I liked Dorian.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:52:32pm |
re: #318 Desert Dog
ahhhh man, I really like Dorian
I did too...alot in fact...I feel bad myself....I was there and maybe should have asked him to slow down...but that's not really my nature to judge...I dont have any cred in that regard anyway...I've read his posts for years...too bad...he went over board and thats all I'll say
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:52:33pm |
re: #321 AmeriDan
I've done my time at Great Lakes.
It's good to hear that they are treating you right. We only get negative press, so it's good to hear from someone that is actually going through the VA system in other places.
If I was not receiving my heart medication, and other stuff from the VA, I would not be here.
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notutopia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:52:49pm |
re: #327 Sharmuta
No- I have placed myself in the dog house to atone for my transgression.
LOL! I had to ask!I think it's wonderful that you bought your own vacuum cleaner.
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:52:58pm |
re: #324 reine.de.tout
Thanks for that. I agree 100% with Charles on this one. Maybe dorian will serve his sentence and Charles will let him back in.
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solomonpanting Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:53:07pm |
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J.D. Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:53:45pm |
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gclaghorn Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:53:53pm |
re: #334 Bubblehead II
I didn't have to watch more than three seconds of that to figure out what it was. ;)
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:53:57pm |
re: #298 solomonpanting
They were meant for storage of pots.
(Sometimes, size does matter.)The glass drawers on either side of the stove top have a partition a couple inches back for pastas or colored macaronis or whatever, and then storage behind.
Saw someone put candy in there -- candy hearts for Valentines, candy corn for Halloween's. peppermint Christmas etc....
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LGoPs Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:54:12pm |
re: #308 Jetpilot1101
Unfortunately, I think you are spot on. It's a travesty when even our electoral process is compromised. I always found it odd that when Republicans won, there were fraud allegations. When dems win big, everything is kosher. Blows me away but there will come a breaking point and when it comes, the dems will lose power so fast they won't even feel the door hitting them in the ass on the way out.
I'm afraid that breaking point won't come unless we see a fundamental change in the media. They have the power to sway and change opinion and if they were true watchdogs the democrats wouldn't get away with this shit. As it stands they are a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party. And for that they need to be brought down with a wrecking ball.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:54:22pm |
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Sharmuta Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:54:31pm |
re: #338 notutopia
I assembled it myself, which was great because it gave me a chance to screw
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some pieces together.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:54:50pm |
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:54:54pm |
re: #347 Sharmuta
I assembled it myself, which was great because it gave me a chance to screw
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some pieces together.
Sorry, I passed out after reading "screw."
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summergurl Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:55:01pm |
re: #299 Dustyvet
He went off on Banning Muslim's from the US or something like that.
It was an extreme "solution" -- over the edge
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solomonpanting Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:55:04pm |
re: #344 summergurl
Saw someone put candy in there -- candy hearts for Valentines, candy corn for Halloween's. peppermint Christmas etc....
Now that's a great idea!
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:55:06pm |
re: #293 Desert Dog
So, what's up in the open thread today? Boobs? Puns? Witty
reposesrepostes? meltdowns?
PIMF
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:55:17pm |
re: #347 Sharmuta
I assembled it myself, which was great because it gave me a chance to screw
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some pieces together.
(doubletake)
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:55:17pm |
re: #331 Pietr
I read it all, Walter...And I felt that OR kept pushing, IMHO....Hopefully I am allowed that. I had no problem with Sattv24 or you, but OR was pushing dorians' buttons, as I saw it....but anyone can go review that 'oh so painfully long argument'......And yes, Charles made the decision, so it's final.
I just didn't see it that way, but I understand what you are saying. I felt bad because I liked him, and I thought we were holding our own in the debate. But, it is Charles' place and blatant simple statements like Dorians' can only be taken one way, and that's not Charles' way.
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notutopia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:55:35pm |
re: #347 Sharmuta
I assembled it myself, which was great because it gave me a chance to screw
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some pieces together.
Bwaaaha!
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SueG Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:55:41pm |
Relations between Hamas and Egypt were already not flourishing, but now,.. read this - wherein a Hamas representative is speaking out against his own Hamas propaganda in order to hurt Egypt:
Osama Hamdan, Hamas' representative in Lebanon, responded heatedly. "This is very surprising," he said. "We expected sister Egypt to act responsibly towards the occurrences in Palestine, and especially Gaza."
He added, "It's surprising because international law states that the crossings must be open during war and we are at war. Thus all the talk about us being occupied is irrelevant."
Hamdan said Israel had no connection to the crossing whatsoever, as an agreement it had signed with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had expired three years ago. "After that it was to become a Palestinian-Egyptian crossing," he said.
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David IV of Georgia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:55:48pm |
This is one of the reasons you don't bail every little (or too big to fail) business out and then just print more money: [Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]
The American Revolution was started due to money.
The Civil war was started due to money.
The next war will likely have the same root cause.
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Desert Dog Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:56:03pm |
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jwb7605 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:56:05pm |
re: #315 LGoPs
Look at my 295. If there's anything worth a revolution it's the outright stealing of elections..........
The wascally wepublican GMcChimpyBushitler won the electoral vote in 2004.
I was opposed to (and remain opposed) to changing the rules to "popular vote".
Then the Democrats identified several Republican ethical scandals, (correctly) and began making significant gains on "reform".
Now, the Democrats are being exposed as being at least as corrupt, and it's becoming apparent to the nation that it's been like that for a long time.
From my perspective, it's third party time, but not civil war time.
Replacing the power base from one existing party to the other doesn't seem to have worked, but I don't see "war" as a logical solution, either.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:56:07pm |
Here's the post where Charles gave doriangrey the gate:
#757 Charles
re: #739 doriangrey
I'm not suggesting we deport Muslims, I'm suggesting that the practice of Islam be made illegal in the United States. It is at it's heart a violent political movement designed to force itself on every person alive.I've been trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, but I won't tolerate this kind of crap at LGF any more. I've explained my reasons enough; you know what they are and you know how I feel about this, but you insist on continuing with this stupid line of argument.
With that, I bid you adieu.
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spirochete Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:56:21pm |
Does anyone know what band Dorian played in in the 80's?
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:56:35pm |
re: #345 LGoPs
I'm afraid that breaking point won't come unless we see a fundamental change in the media. They have the power to sway and change opinion and if they were true watchdogs the democrats wouldn't get away with this shit. As it stands they are a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party. And for that they need to be brought down with a wrecking ball.
Well they are starting to crumble. Take a good look at a yearlong chart of the NYT share price and you'll see what I mean. Eventually, it's going to catch up to them and I wouldn't be surprised if we see a bunch of newspapers and one or two networks go the way of the dodo bird.
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:56:45pm |
re: #335 Desert Dog
What is it about pushing it? Ego? Habit? There are ways to extricate yourself without losing face. Well, this is Charles Blob ...
BLob?
LOOK OUT, IT'S SWALLOWING ME U-
/Peacefully oozing by
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:57:00pm |
re: #345 LGoPs
They are imploding, at just the right time however. Those Dems they've been propping up all these many years can now save their sorry behinds with a bailout. Sigh. In the real world they would have to change their tactics. Rainbow Unicorn Hopechangville requires no such thing.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:57:00pm |
re: #339 Jetpilot1101
Thanks for that. I agree 100% with Charles on this one. Maybe dorian will serve his sentence and Charles will let him back in.
I liked Dorian, but this is Charles' blog and he takes the heat for anything any of us here write. And I'm afraid Dorian's position on this was indeed extreme and over the top, un-American.
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notutopia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:57:25pm |
re: #363 spirochete
Does anyone know what band Dorian played in in the 80's?
Ask Real, he has his info, I'm pretty sure.
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:57:38pm |
re: #308 Jetpilot1101
Unfortunately, I think you are spot on. It's a travesty when even our electoral process is compromised. I always found it odd that when Republicans won, there were fraud allegations. When dems win big, everything is kosher. Blows me away but there will come a breaking point and when it comes, the dems will lose power so fast they won't even feel the door hitting them in the ass on the way out.
Unfortunately, I can see the day when the democrats will be so "concerned" about the potential republican fraud in elections, that some elections will be postponed, so to speak. They,ACORN, and the MSM have already laid the groundwork for most elections to be fixed long before they're held.
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:57:44pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:58:16pm |
re: #326 Walter L. Newton
Steve, I don't think I ever asked you, but in general, what do you do for a living. I only ask because something in the back of my brain clicked, and I may know you (yes/no)
Click on my name if you want to answer privately.
I am a carpenter by trade...made a bunch of money up in Michigan in the remodel racket...had a nice business once...build and remodel houses
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:58:23pm |
re: #347 Sharmuta
I assembled it myself, which was great because it gave me a chance to screw
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some pieces together.
Are you sure you didn't leave out a piece that needed to be screwed...down tight?
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Desert Dog Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:58:28pm |
re: #365 NelsFree
BLob?
LOOK OUT, IT'S SWALLOWING ME U-/Peacefully oozing by
Here's my new Blob Blog:
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:58:41pm |
re: #313 Sharmuta
My vacuum is functioning within the specified parameters.
That sounds very nominal.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:58:59pm |
re: #373 NelsFree
Are you sure you didn't leave out a piece that needed to be screwed...down tight?
And hard?
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:59:00pm |
re: #358 David IV of Georgia
This is one of the reasons you don't bail every little (or too big to fail) business out and then just print more money: [Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]
The American Revolution was started due to money.
The Civil war was started due to money.
The next war will likely have the same root cause.
Coming soon to the US. Don't let the DOW fool you folks, we are headed for a greater depression unless we quit printing money and start enacting some sound fiscal policy.
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spirochete Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:59:34pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:59:45pm |
re: #372 albusteve
I am a carpenter by trade...made a bunch of money up in Michigan in the remodel racket...had a nice business once...build and remodel houses
Ok, that answered my question, I don't know you. It was a slim chance, but I had to ask.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:00:10pm |
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realwest Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:00:26pm |
re: #305 gclaghorn Well, as we all know, Charles has the final word in any argument here.
But I'm gonna miss dorian (though not for the comments and positions he took on that thread, whether he was baited or not) and, having checked the "=" and "-" on that thread, I reckon I know who to avoid conversing with here.
I don't even have his e-mail addy with which to stay in touch.
Crap.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:00:35pm |
It's time for a funny story..The time i got robbed in Philly.
I just got into Philly to help close the shipyard and stayed about 3-4 months.
I was staying at the round travel lodge in South Philly..you know the one Wyatt. So anyhow i get to my room and take off for the day to shop and sight see .. I had left 3 grand in my suitcase and my room got robbed.
So about 3 weeks later..(oh the gov't cut me a check..they bailed me out)
My buddies had told me they wanted to go out after work but i said no.
So i'm laying in bed naked under a sheet when somebody starts banging on the door.. I'm thinking I told you guys i was going to bed..So i ignored the repeated knocks.. then I hear a key and running in the room was this great big dude and we both just freak out screaming shit..He runs out the room And I start chasing him yelling stop that man.. All i had was a sheet around me and he goes down the stairwell and I was like 10 floors up and i start chasing him yelling how i was going to kick his ass and he's running downstairs as fast as he can yelling you ain't catching me mofo..He runs out the 1st floor..through the lobby and i'm naked in a sheet screaming stop that man!
I ended up in the street with people staring at me..thinking i was insane..
I did the police report downstairs in a sheet...
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Karridine Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:01:08pm |
re: #308 Jetpilot1101
Unfortunately, I think you are spot on. It's a travesty when even our electoral process is compromised. I always found it odd that when Republicans won, there were fraud allegations. When dems win big, everything is kosher. Blows me away but there will come a breaking point and when it comes, the dems will lose power so fast they won't even feel the door hitting them in the ass on the way out.
Travesty? TRAVESTY, Jetpilot?
Travesty doesn't begin to describe the corruption and gaming of the governmental system in America!
Obama (through his team) gamed the first caucuses, then cheated in Texas, then lied and spun his way to the top, as if being in the White House were some sort of Reality Show that could be acquired by any means!
The depth and extent of the DYSFUNCTION is illustrated, in stark black-and-white, in the Franken Debacle ("Hey, I found some MORE absentee ballots!")
Until Americans find the courage to hammer out a NEW SYSTEM, we deserve the corruption we have...
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AmeriDan Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:01:34pm |
re: #337 Dustyvet
If I was not receiving my heart medication, and other stuff from the VA, I would not be here.
Keeping you around is our job.
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:01:43pm |
re: #370 Soona'
Unfortunately, I can see the day when the democrats will be so "concerned" about the potential republican fraud in elections, that some elections will be postponed, so to speak. They,ACORN, and the MSM have already laid the groundwork for most elections to be fixed long before they're held.
I can only hope that the cover up becomes too much and someone with a conscience starts spilling the beans. At some point in time, some lackey isn't going to get his kickback and he'll sing like a canary.
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bosforus Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:01:50pm |
re: #378 spirochete
That's just a minor detail.
Not about to get wrapped up in music puns. Too much time away from the Mrs. could get me in a lot of treble. Gotta run!
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:02:54pm |
re: #384 AmeriDan
Keeping you around is our job.
And I thank you...:) ((((((((((((((For VA Staff))))))))))))
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Desert Dog Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:02:59pm |
re: #377 Jetpilot1101
Coming soon to the US. Don't let the DOW fool you folks, we are headed for a greater depression unless we quit printing money and start enacting some sound fiscal policy.
Our currency is only worth something because we say it's worth something and as a whole, we believe it. I think we'll get over this mess, even with Obama and the Dem. Congress at the helm. It's a matter of confidence and trust. Right now, business has no confidence and the consumers has no trust. I have a lot of faith in our system. Capitalism is the purest form of existence.....it is natural and encoded in our genes since the caveman days. As long as freedom and rule of law applies, we will be fine.
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spirochete Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:03:02pm |
re: #386 bosforus
Not about to get wrapped up in music puns. Too much time away from the Mrs. could get me in a lot of treble. Gotta run!
Glad you have the presence of mind for that.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:03:06pm |
re: #382 HoosierHoops
It's time for a funny story..The time i got robbed in Philly.
I just got into Philly to help close the shipyard and stayed about 3-4 months.
I was staying at the round travel lodge in South Philly..you know the one Wyatt. So anyhow i get to my room and take off for the day to shop and sight see .. I had left 3 grand in my suitcase and my room got robbed.
So about 3 weeks later..(oh the gov't cut me a check..they bailed me out)
My buddies had told me they wanted to go out after work but i said no.
So i'm laying in bed naked under a sheet when somebody starts banging on the door.. I'm thinking I told you guys i was going to bed..So i ignored the repeated knocks.. then I hear a key and running in the room was this great big dude and we both just freak out screaming shit..He runs out the room And I start chasing him yelling stop that man.. All i had was a sheet around me and he goes down the stairwell and I was like 10 floors up and i start chasing him yelling how i was going to kick his ass and he's running downstairs as fast as he can yelling you ain't catching me mofo..He runs out the 1st floor..through the lobby and i'm naked in a sheet screaming stop that man!
I ended up in the street with people staring at me..thinking i was insane..
I did the police report downstairs in a sheet...
Friggin. Hysterical! I'd give you 5 updings for that if I could!
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:03:08pm |
re: #339 Jetpilot1101
Thanks for that. I agree 100% with Charles on this one. Maybe dorian will serve his sentence and Charles will let him back in.
Charles is a very fair man
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gop_patriot Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:03:29pm |
Just practicing embedding a video...
Selected just because I like it, one of my favorite Loreena McKinnett songs, with some very cool photos/video.
/hope this works
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:03:38pm |
re: #383 Karridine
I agree. We get what we "elect" but eventually, the corruption will catch up with us and the system will collapse.
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J.D. Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:03:53pm |
re: #371 Dustyvet
Jeebus.
How lucky was I to not have seen this until now?
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realwest Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:03:56pm |
re: #382 HoosierHoops
Hey, Hoops - congrats to Peyton Manning for getting the MVP award.
Just hope his younger brother gets the SuperBowl MVP award again this year!
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rawmuse Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:04:26pm |
re: #181 Bubblehead II
Ah. Still no joy. I opened up the box again and checked the antenna connection. There are 2 holes, one is too small, and the other fits, but does not click or lock it in. Sort of wobbles around. Not good. Even I, a lowly musician, understand that much. The encryption ideas you sent were good, and I reset my Airport Express to the slowest "compatible" mode.
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Pietr Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:04:51pm |
re: #383 Karridine
I think BO was guided and sheltered....let your mind go blank, and concentrate....does the name Soros keep flashing up?
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ArmyWife Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:04:52pm |
re: #382 HoosierHoops
I have a few rules. One is don't sleep naked. My husband says "why are you like this?" I say "Because I do NOT want to be talking to any firemen whilst I am wearing NO CLOTHES!". Now I have this story to use as ammunition, too.
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:05:37pm |
re: #388 Desert Dog
As long as freedom and rule of law applies, we will be fine.
That's what I'm worried about. The dems are stealing our freedoms and playing fast and loose with the law.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:05:44pm |
re: #379 Walter L. Newton
Ok, that answered my question, I don't know you. It was a slim chance, but I had to ask.
nobody knows me anymore...I've scrubbed my hard drive...I'm just a cyber account and if anybody wants me that bad they can hunt me down...I have a severe hatred for govt bordering on mania...and my last best hope to be left alone is Jamaica...
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gop_patriot Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:06:30pm |
re: #392 gop_patriot
Well would you lookee there. Very cool feature, thanks Charles!
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:06:47pm |
Goody.
Open thread, so I can post this from JammieWearingFool, which is funny as hell, esp. given HH's story just now of being robbed:
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mikeymom Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:06:57pm |
just heard that john travoltas teenage son was found dead in bathroom in the bahamas while on a family vacation-had history of seizures--sooo sad
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albusteve Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:07:01pm |
re: #388 Desert Dog
Our currency is only worth something because we say it's worth something and as a whole, we believe it. I think we'll get over this mess, even with Obama and the Dem. Congress at the helm. It's a matter of confidence and trust. Right now, business has no confidence and the consumers has no trust. I have a lot of faith in our system. Capitalism is the purest form of existence.....it is natural and encoded in our genes since the caveman days. As long as freedom and rule of law applies, we will be fine.
I want to agree...the last that you say is true
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spirochete Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:07:06pm |
re: #400 albusteve
nobody knows me anymore...I've scrubbed my hard drive...I'm just a cyber account and if anybody wants me that bad they can hunt me down...I have a severe hatred for govt bordering on mania...and my last best hope to be left alone is Jamaica...
I'm getting more like that every year.
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Desert Dog Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:07:22pm |
re: #399 Jetpilot1101
That's what I'm worried about. The dems are stealing our freedoms and playing fast and loose with the law.
They can try to meld their fantasy to my reality, but in the end, the fantasy will give in to reality....it always does. (I hope I'm right)
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:07:23pm |
re: #403 mikeymom
just heard that john travoltas teenage son was found dead in bathroom in the bahamas while on a family vacation-had history of seizures--sooo sad
I heard this a little earlier too,.
Yes, very sad.
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Jimmah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:07:32pm |
Little known fact - this video by Jesse Rae was the inspiration for 'chaiyya chaiyya'.
http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw91zI9OScY&feat ure=related
Unfortunately instead of a beautiful asian woman you get a sweaty scotsman in medieval armour, but apart from that it's the same idea.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:07:52pm |
re: #403 mikeymom
just heard that john travoltas teenage son was found dead in bathroom in the bahamas while on a family vacation-had history of seizures--sooo sad
I saw that. Absolutely terrible story.
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Dustyvet Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:08:06pm |
I just got called up by my old unit...The 318th Underwater Mess Kit Repair team, handle platoon...:)
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Soona' Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:08:15pm |
re: #386 bosforus
Not about to get wrapped up in music puns. Too much time away from the Mrs. could get me in a lot of treble. Gotta run!
It also will keep you from making a lot of falsetto statements.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:08:28pm |
re: #395 realwest
Hey, Hoops - congrats to Peyton Manning for getting the MVP award.
Just hope his younger brother gets the SuperBowl MVP award again this year!
Sat night we begin the march to the SuperBowl..Wish us luck Rw.. I'm rooting for the Giants also..Manning vs. Manning!
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Jetpilot1101 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:08:33pm |
re: #406 Desert Dog
They can try to meld their fantasy to my reality, but in the end, the fantasy will give in to reality....it always does. (I hope I'm right)
Now that is a statement I can agree with.
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Wyatt Earp Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:08:45pm |
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Bloodnok Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:09:08pm |
re: #412 realwest
Sigh. PIMF the "+" and "-", not the =.
Shoot. I thought = might be a new feature if you were indifferent about the comment!
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AmeriDan Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:09:21pm |
re: #403 mikeymom
just heard that john travoltas teenage son was found dead in bathroom in the bahamas while on a family vacation-had history of seizures--sooo sad
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NelsFree Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:09:46pm |
re: #383 Karridine
Travesty? TRAVESTY, Jetpilot?
Until Americans find the courage to hammer out a NEW SYSTEM, we deserve the corruption we have...
I updinged you. We don't need a new system, we need an informed electorate willing to speak out and declare, in no uncertain terms, that the principles of the Founding Fathers need to be reinculcated.
Wasn't if Winston Churchill who said,"Democracy is a bad system of government, the only thing worse is all the other methods?"
Help me out, here.
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Empire1 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:09:55pm |
re: #332 notutopia
Everything check out okay Empire1?
Just fine, and thanks for asking! The cancer hasn't shown any signs of coming back, and I seem to be recovered from the stroke as much as I'm going to, so the only real current problem is my bleepin' blood pressure. I was in mostly to get prescription refills, and have a chance to meet him.
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Jimmah Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:09:57pm |
re: #408 Jimmah
Little known fact - this video by Jesse Rae was the inspiration for 'chaiyya chaiyya'.
Unfortunately instead of a beautiful asian woman you get a sweaty scotsman in medieval armour, but apart from that it's the same idea.
fixed the link
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notutopia Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:10:58pm |
re: #402 reine.de.tout
Goody.
Open thread, so I can post this from JammieWearingFool, which is funny as hell, esp. given HH's story just now of being robbed:
Hilarious! A cast off from DKos !
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Bobibutu Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:10:58pm |
re: #398 ArmyWife
I have a few rules. One is don't sleep naked. My husband says "why are you like this?" I say "Because I do NOT want to be talking to any firemen whilst I am wearing NO CLOTHES!". Now I have this story to use as ammunition, too.
At new years party (seniors) - one shared how she slipped out of the shower - just could push the phone off it's perch and she called 911 - only a towel ... The firemen arrived and calmly said to her "don't worry - we've seen everything" - picked her up - loaded her on the gurney, covered her up and away they went.
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jwb7605 Fri, Jan 2, 2009 5:11:12pm |
re: #399 Jetpilot1101
That's what I'm worried about. The dems are stealing our freedoms and playing fast and loose with the law.
The MSM is the group playing fast and loose.
They just happen to favor the dems -- which is why the dems are getting away with stealing stuff.
And the MSM is on the crisp edge
