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1 Ringo the Gringo  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:36:19pm

Very funny.

2 pink freud  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:37:56pm

“soul crushing madness of bureaucracy”

Yep!

3 livefreeor die  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:38:02pm

Not as alienating as our society became under Bushitler!
/daily moonbat channeling

4 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:38:09pm

I love airports.

5 Honorary Yooper  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:38:33pm

When I saw the headline, I thought they were talking about O’Hare.

6 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:39:08pm

OT:

Official: Obama’s half-brother falls ill in Kenya


KISUMU, Kenya — A Kenyan health official says President Barack Obama’s older half-brother has been hospitalized with stomach pains and is being tested for cholera.

Local disease surveillance officer James Sande says that Malik Obama, a 51-year-old businessman, was taken to Siaya District Hospital in western Kenya on Tuesday evening. Sande says Obama’s condition is improving enough for him to be discharged Thursday or Friday. Results of his cholera test have not come back.

I’m sure Barry will be on the next flight to be by his side.

7 Ringo the Gringo  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:39:34pm

The William S. Borroughs Airport in Marrakesh is pretty awful too.

8 baier  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:39:37pm

I love Kafka…He got me through my teen years. This is so funny.

9 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:40:06pm

I am not at all surprised to see Hartsfield-Jackson at number 2.

10 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:40:09pm

re: #5 Honorary Yooper

When I saw the headline, I thought they were talking about O’Hare.

I won’t get to watch this until I’m home, but I’d think they were talking about Roswell.

11 livefreeor die  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:41:24pm

re: #10 Kosh’s Shadow

I won’t get to watch this until I’m home, but I’d think they were talking about Roswell.

Do you think Obama has demanded to be taken to Area 51 yet?

12 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:41:32pm

wrong door…I thought this was the root canal thread

13 Colonel Panik  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:41:41pm

The upside is, the beer in the airport lounge is excellent. May as well make the best of that 31 hour layover. LOL.

14 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:42:03pm

Wonder if the guy at the desk got his training from the TSA?

15 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:42:04pm

re: #11 livefreeor die

Do you think Obama has demanded to be taken to Area 51 yet?

I think he comes from Area 51.

16 livefreeor die  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:42:38pm

re: #15 doppelganglander

I think he comes from Area 51.

He might be able to find some cabinet nominees without tax problems there.

17 pink freud  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:42:42pm

From ‘Brooklyn” on the cartoon thread:

I wrote this email msg to the NY Times’ Public Editor:

I read a report that you published this cartoon:

Oliphant cartoon inserted here

All I can say is, this is a level of antisemitism that I expect to see in the Arab media, or in historical representations of Nazi propaganda. That you would publish something like this appalls me. This is beyond the pale.

If I subscribed to your paper, I’d be terminating my subscription right now. I occasionally look at articles on your web site. From now on, I’ll be doing it with AdBlock turned on.

I got back a quick reply:

Thank you for your email. I am sorry you were offended by the Oliphant cartoon, The Times received many similar comments. Please read the explanation from Craig Whitney, the Assistant Managing Editor at The Times:

Catherine - The offending cartoon by Oliphant will not be published in The New York Times. It did not appear on our Website yesterday, either. What does appear there, by contract with uclick.com, is an “Oliphant” button on the cartoons page that, yesterday, got those who clicked on it to that cartoon, which is now relegated to the Oliphant archive.

The contract dates back years and the Achilles heel in the arrangement is that we do not review the feed editorially. Nobody at The Times, therefore, made any decision yesterday to “publish” the cartoon. But, though the click gets you to a uclick.com page, the banner on the page says “The New York Times …..Cartoons.”

We will review our procedures and arrangements, and I don’t know what you want to say about this to all the queriers, but this is the arrangement. I haven’t had time to go back to see if I can find who negotiated it and what the chances of revising it are.
best
Craig

I hope this helps explain the Times’ role in your being exposed to the offending cartoon, and The Times’ position on its content.

Sincerely,
Scott Garapolo
Office of the Public Editor
The New York Times

Note: The public editor’s opinions are his own and do not represent those of The New York Times.

I went to the NY Times web site, and it seems that his description of how you would get to Oliphant’s antisemitic cartoon via the NY Times web site is correct.

It may have been more a case of inadvertent incompetence than anti-Jewish malice. But they still deserve to get hammered, and I hope everyone here sends them an email: public@nytimes.com is the address.

18 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:42:45pm

re: #11 livefreeor die

Do you think Obama has demanded to be taken to Area 51 yet?

Isn’t that where his nirth was?
/

19 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:43:18pm

Can’t play the video.

My favorite airport; Ronald Reagan National (which, conveniently, is the closest one to me).

My least favorite airport; Georgetown, Guyana.

20 sattv4u2  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:43:22pm

After all these years, Bobbie Battista still looks good !

21 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:43:49pm

re: #11 livefreeor die

Do you think Obama has demanded to be taken to Area 51 yet?

He has asked for a briefing first. He needs to know if he should ask the aliens to unclench their claws or their tentacles.

22 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:43:55pm

I love that!
*salute* to the Onion!

23 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:44:48pm

I think my luggage ended up at that airport for a while.

24 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:45:03pm

re: #19 Occasional Reader

Can’t play the video.

My favorite airport; Ronald Reagan National (which, conveniently, is the closest one to me).

My least favorite airport; Georgetown, Guyana.

Reagan is a good one.

Atlanta is the worst in the states, IMO.

25 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:45:06pm

my favorite is the Sun Port in Albuquerque…very nice place and easy…
worst BY FAR is O’Hare

26 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:45:21pm

re: #16 livefreeor die

He might be able to find some cabinet nominees without tax problems there.

Probably, but there could be some green card issues.

27 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:45:28pm

re: #19 Occasional Reader

Can’t play the video.

My favorite airport; Ronald Reagan National (which, conveniently, is the closest one to me).

My least favorite airport; Georgetown, Guyana.

My favorite airport is the one I’m trying to fly to.

28 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:45:32pm

re: #19 Occasional Reader

My favorite airport; Ronald Reagan National

But, however, irrespectively irregardless: They need to get some massage goin’ at National. Key thing for any airport. Also, airline VIP lounges with showers (though I have never been delayed long enough at National for it to be an issue).

29 livefreeor die  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:45:35pm

re: #18 Soona’

Isn’t that where his nirth was?
/

The nirthers wouldn’t believe that-it’s US soil.

30 Eowyn2  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:45:50pm

re: #15 doppelganglander

I think he comes from Area 51.


that would explain the nirth problems

31 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:45:59pm

re: #24 loppyd

Atlanta is the worst in the states, IMO.

Worse than JFK or LaGuardia?

32 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:46:20pm

re: #28 Occasional Reader

But, however, irrespectively irregardless: They need to get some massage goin’ at National. Key thing for any airport. Also, airline VIP lounges with showers (though I have never been delayed long enough at National for it to be an issue).

happy ending?

33 Gus  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:46:35pm

Brilliant! Would make a great movie.

34 sattv4u2  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:47:00pm

re: #15 doppelganglander

I think he comes from Area 51.

re: #30 Eowyn2

that would explain the nirth problems

so does this guy!

35 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:47:14pm

re: #31 Occasional Reader

Worse than JFK or LaGuardia?

I have had limited exposure to both so I can’t say…

36 sattv4u2  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:47:15pm

re: #34 sattv4u2

oopps

Image: Henry_Waxman.jpg

37 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:47:15pm

re: #24 loppyd

Reagan is a good one.

Atlanta is the worst in the states, IMO.

Reagan is excellent. I’m so accustomed to the atrocity that is Atlanta, I don’t even think about how bad it is. I think it’s Number 1 in obese female TSA agents in too-tight pants and very long fake nails who are not taking any of your nonsense.

38 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:47:17pm

re: #31 Occasional Reader

Worse than JFK or LaGuardia?

I’ve never used JFK buy LaGuardia has never been a problem for me….jus sayin

39 Eowyn2  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:47:45pm

re: #25 albusteve

my favorite is the Sun Port in Albuquerque…very nice place and easy…
worst BY FAR is O’Hare

cmon, O’Hare isnt that bad.
Of course, it could be named O’Hara because by the time you deplane, get your luggage, get outside, get into your transportation mode, you are ready to kiss the ground and say “by God is my witness, I will always fly through Rockford”

40 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:48:02pm

re: #37 doppelganglander

Reagan is excellent. I’m so accustomed to the atrocity that is Atlanta, I don’t even think about how bad it is. I think it’s Number 1 in obese female TSA agents in too-tight pants and very long fake nails who are not taking any of your nonsense.

AAAAHHHH hahahaha

You nailed it.

41 Occasional Reader  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:48:14pm

re: #32 loppyd

happy ending?

Getchomindouttadagutta!

I’m off to the gym.

42 HoosierHoops  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:48:25pm

re: #24 loppyd

Reagan is a good one.

Atlanta is the worst in the states, IMO.

I like SFO, Dallas and the Airport in Amsterdam, Schiphol,

43 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:48:25pm

re: #39 Eowyn2

cmon, O’Hare isnt that bad.
Of course, it could be named O’Hara because by the time you deplane, get your luggage, get outside, get into your transportation mode, you are ready to kiss the ground and say “by God is my witness, I will always fly through Rockford”

SOUTH BEND for an extra 800$

44 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:48:30pm

re: #32 loppyd

happy ending?

It would certainly help me sleep on the redeyes.

45 Colonel Panik  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:48:31pm

re: #25 albusteve

my favorite is the Sun Port in Albuquerque…very nice place and easy…
worst BY FAR is O’Hare

Albuquerque Sun Port is the most stress free airport I have to travel through on a regular basis. And the margaritas at Garduno’s are excellent.

46 LGoPs  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:49:36pm

re: #21 Kosh’s Shadow

He has asked for a briefing first. He needs to know if he should ask the aliens to unclench their claws or their tentacles.

Either way, he’ll offer them free medical care.

47 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:49:55pm

re: #44 Soona’

It would certainly help me sleep on the redeyes.

;-)

48 sattv4u2  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:49:59pm

Denvers airport is good,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if you don;t mind an airport about 100 miles outside of the city it services!

49 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:50:00pm

re: #45 Colonel Panik

Albuquerque Sun Port is the most stress free airport I have to travel through on a regular basis. And the margaritas at Garduno’s are excellent.

it’s a sweetheart…and New Mexicans are the nicest people ever

50 livefreeor die  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:50:05pm

re: #46 LGoPs

Either way, he’ll offer them free medical care.

And voting privileges.

51 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:50:07pm

re: #39 Eowyn2

cmon, O’Hare isnt that bad.
Of course, it could be named O’Hara because by the time you deplane, get your luggage, get outside, get into your transportation mode, you are ready to kiss the ground and say “by God is my witness, I will always fly through Rockford”

LA is the worst for me. People there have bad attitudes all around.

52 Colonel Panik  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:50:08pm

Never been to any furrin airports other than Heathrow and Edinburgh. But I hear Frankfurt is a nightmare.

53 LGoPs  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:50:32pm

re: #25 albusteve

my favorite is the Sun Port in Albuquerque…very nice place and easy…
worst BY FAR is O’Hare

O’Hare’s not that bad. Whenever I get delayed there I just go to my mom’s house…….
:)

54 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:51:08pm

re: #14 Bubblehead II

Wonder if the guy at the desk got his training from the TSA?

No no, they brought him in as an instructor. He taught them well.

55 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:51:19pm

re: #52 Colonel Panik

Never been to any furrin airports other than Heathrow and Edinburgh. But I hear Frankfurt is a nightmare.

Gatwick is a CF.

56 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:51:22pm

re: #53 LGoPs

O’Hare’s not that bad. Whenever I get delayed there I just go to my mom’s house…….
:)

she lives at the airport?….how cool is that!….hi mom!

57 HoosierHoops  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:51:31pm

re: #48 sattv4u2

Denvers airport is good,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if you don;t mind an airport about 100 miles outside of the city it services!

Oh I forgot about Denver..I fly Frontier through there…

58 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:51:36pm

I don’t fly much, but I prefer to use Manchester, NH to Logan.
Most of my travel recently is to NYC, and Amtrak is much better than taking the plane. You actually have legroom, and can get something done.
The flight has about 10 minutes of time when you can take things out of your bags; the rest is climbing or descending, or taxiing.

59 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:51:44pm

Ok, Now I am outa here. It’s Beer Thirty.

L8R

60 sattv4u2  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:52:23pm

re: #57 HoosierHoops

Oh I forgot about Denver..I fly Frontier through there…

Takes longer for me to drive to Denver from the airport than it does for me to fly from Atlanta TO the airport there

61 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:52:43pm

re: #58 Kosh’s Shadow

I don’t fly much, but I prefer to use Manchester, NH to Logan.
Most of my travel recently is to NYC, and Amtrak is much better than taking the plane. You actually have legroom, and can get something done.
The flight has about 10 minutes of time when you can take things out of your bags; the rest is climbing or descending, or taxiing.

Manchester is way cheaper to park, too.

I like to drive….big fan of the road trip. And I pack a mean cooler.

62 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:53:01pm

re: #57 HoosierHoops

Oh I forgot about Denver..I fly Frontier through there…

Denver is a great place to crash land….lots of open space

63 brookly red  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:53:26pm

re: #58 Kosh’s Shadow

I don’t fly much, but I prefer to use Manchester, NH to Logan.
Most of my travel recently is to NYC, and Amtrak is much better than taking the plane. You actually have legroom, and can get something done.
The flight has about 10 minutes of time when you can take things out of your bags; the rest is climbing or descending, or taxiing.

and the quite car is quiet.

64 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:54:01pm

re: #51 Soona’

LA is the worst for me. People there have bad attitudes all around.

And there’s also Ft Lauderdale. That’s where the airlines send all their about-to-be-broke airplanes.

65 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:54:12pm

re: #60 sattv4u2

Takes longer for me to drive to Denver from the airport than it does for me to fly from Atlanta TO the airport there

it’s only an inch or two from the air…

66 Diamond Bullet  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:54:33pm

I trust we all saw the article about the former CNN anchor who now does the Onion’s newscasts. Just reinforces the fact that there’s no real difference between the Onion’s fake news and CNN’s fake news (‘cept the Onion is actually more likely to make fun of liberals and assorted hippies).

67 Colonel Panik  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:54:42pm

re: #48 sattv4u2

Denvers airport is good,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if you don;t mind an airport about 100 miles outside of the city it services!

I always wear my tinfoil hat at Denver airport.

68 BlueCanuck  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:54:44pm

I don’t know about airports, having only been to four of them. But Air Canada really is one of the worst airlines I have ever had the misfortune to fly on.

/planes are decent, but that’s about it.

69 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:55:01pm

re: #63 brookly red

and the quite car is quiet.

And the food on Amtrak, bad and overpriced as it is, is way better than airline “food”. And they have kosher hot dogs.

70 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:56:04pm

I’m trying to think of an airport that doesn’t suck.

71 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:56:16pm

re: #48 sattv4u2

Denvers airport is good,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if you don;t mind an airport about 100 miles outside of the city it services!

DFW was the same way, when it was built.

There are already housing developments near DIA, BTW. I guess the developers figure if they build a new airport way out of town, it’s their duty to bring the town closer to it.

72 sattv4u2  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:56:23pm

re: #66 Diamond Bullet

I trust we all saw the article about the former CNN anchor who now does the Onion’s newscasts. Just reinforces the fact that there’s no real difference between the Onion’s fake news and CNN’s fake news (‘cept the Onion is actually more likely to make fun of liberals and assorted hippies).

explain

73 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:56:28pm

re: #69 Kosh’s Shadow

And the food on Amtrak, bad and overpriced as it is, is way better than airline “food”. And they have kosher hot dogs.

took my sister four days to get from Yuma to Kalamazoo!….FOUR days!…hahahaha

74 BlueCanuck  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:57:05pm

re: #68 BlueCanuck

Ooops, my bad. Make that 7. But a couple flights were military transport, so I guess they don’t really count.

/mmmmm Lahr Germany…….

75 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:57:09pm

re: #51 Soona’

LA is the worst for me. People there have bad attitudes all around.

The one time I was at LA, I cracked up over the “White zone is for loading and unloading” announcements, used by both Airplane and Frank Zappa.
(That was a fun trip; I won a Star Trek: Deep Space 9 contest, and go to have lunch with (along with winners from other cities) Armin Shimmerman and Rene Aberjonois (sp?)
And saw Terry Farrell; she touched my tour badge.

76 Gus  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:57:11pm

re: #73 albusteve

took my sister four days to get from Yuma to Kalamazoo!….FOUR days!…hahahaha

30 mph?

77 sattv4u2  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:57:14pm

re: #73 albusteve

took my sister four days to get from Yuma to Kalamazoo!….FOUR days!…hahahaha

wow ,,, slow plane! What did it do, taxi all the way there ?!?!?!

//

78 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:57:17pm

Where is Mandy? Our boy Jake was on the job again today.

Today’s Qs for O’s WH - 3/26/2009



TAPPER: There were a couple questions that were on your website that were not asked (at the virtual town hall meeting) that I thought were interesting, that — I wanted to just get an answer from you here, since they weren’t the top vote-getters. One was from Jason in Detroit. He said, “Will we ever see any CEOs go to jail for destroying the economy?” I think that’s a question probably a lot of voters wonder about. And then I have one more after that.

GIBBS: Right. I do believe — I’d have to look up exactly who, but I think there are executives that were part of accounting scandals that are currently serving time in jail, and I know that —

TAPPER: You’re talking about Arthur Andersen? Or you’re —

GIBBS: I think — I don’t know if Ken Lay ever went to jail or died before he got there. But I know that executives have been convicted of fraud in the past. And the president and the Justice Department are concerned about financial fraud and have invested resources to ensure that fraud is rooted out, caught — and that people that conduct it are put in jail.

TAPPER: Okay. And just one more, if you’ll indulge me. This is —

GIBBS: Mm-hmm. Sure.

TAPPER — from Peter in Oregon. He said, “I appreciate the efforts of the administration to fix the economy quickly. However, why aren’t you giving the American public the chance to review these bills? In your campaign, you promised we would have at least five days.”

GIBBS: I believe, except for the stimulus bill — I’ll double-check on this —

TAPPER: Don’t — I don’t think you’ve been doing it. I might be wrong, but I don’t —

GIBBS: I’ll check. I think a number of the bills have been up for five days. I’ll get exactly — I think, in fact, a — on at least a couple of occasions, we’ve not signed bills when we would normally plan to, so that some of them could be reviewed.

TAPPER: So that is a commitment the president intends to uphold —

GIBBS: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. (Affirmative.)

MMMMMM HMMMMMMM?

That’s an answer from the WH Press Secretary?

79 Egregious Philbin  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:57:25pm

I spent a lot of time at the real Prague airport Ruyze’. Great place, coke machines with beer in them.

God love the Czechs, from their frosty pivo to their microskirted young women.

80 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:58:00pm

re: #77 sattv4u2

wow ,,, slow plane! What did it do, taxi all the way there ?!?!?!

//

Amtrak

81 HoosierHoops  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:58:12pm

re: #69 Kosh’s Shadow

And the food on Amtrak, bad and overpriced as it is, is way better than airline “food”. And they have kosher hot dogs.

kosher Hot dogs? What’s in em? I wouldn’t eat a hot dog on my death bed..
/Picky eater doesn’t come close to describing me..

82 brookly red  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:58:22pm

re: #69 Kosh’s Shadow

And the food on Amtrak, bad and overpriced as it is, is way better than airline “food”. And they have kosher hot dogs.

Well you can bring on anything you want (to eat or drink)… but being able to step out on the platform & smoke with the crew, priceless.

83 BlueCanuck  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:58:58pm

re: #75 Kosh’s Shadow

Pffft, light weight. I had lunch with Robert O’Reilly (Gowron), and Mark Lenard once.

/used to be a trekkie back in the day.

84 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:59:05pm

re: #73 albusteve

took my sister four days to get from Yuma to Kalamazoo!….FOUR days!…hahahaha

But you got to see America, throwing back cocktails in Amtrak’s luxury coach lounges.
/or so the advertisement goes

85 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:59:10pm

re: #70 Alouette

I’m trying to think of an airport that doesn’t suck.

Colorado Springs is pretty good.

Much like Albuquerque, size-wise. You can park a two minute walk from the counter.

El Paso’s like that, too. Of course, the downside is that it’s in El Paso…

86 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:59:20pm

re: #81 HoosierHoops

kosher Hot dogs? What’s in em? I wouldn’t eat a hot dog on my death bed..
/Picky eater doesn’t come close to describing me..

I love hot dogs. Grilled with tons of mustard.

87 pink freud  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:59:29pm

OT:

Thrice-wed Gingrich converting to Catholicism this weekend.

1.
2.

88 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:59:30pm

So ..with all the bird strikes at major airports…has anyone else but me noticed that most airports need open space!
What better use for all that open space than…..MIGRATORY BIRD
SANCTUARIES!
Gads I amaze myself!
Goodnight!

89 Egregious Philbin  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:59:43pm

re: #52 Colonel Panik

Never been to any furrin airports other than Heathrow and Edinburgh. But I hear Frankfurt is a nightmare.

Frankfurt is awful, I have free flying bennies and spent some rough times trying to find my way around that gulag of an airport. On the positive side, they do have 2 sex shops at FRA, those wacky Germans.

90 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:00:32pm

re: #76 Gus 802

30 mph?

the train goes to Houston then sits for hours….then it goes to KC and sits for hours…then it goes to St Louis and it sits for hours

91 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:00:39pm

re: #70 Alouette

I’m trying to think of an airport that doesn’t suck.

Kansas City is probably the best. The airport is configured into pods, rather tha one large terminal.
When you walk down the jetway , you walk right out the door to the rental car shuttles.

92 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:00:49pm

re: #80 albusteve

Greydog would have been faster…No?

93 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:00:52pm

I spent about 12 hours at the airport in Marbella, Spain when I was an ungrateful teenager. My poor mother.

94 Gus  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:01:34pm

re: #90 albusteve

the train goes to Houston then sits for hours….then it goes to KC and sits for hours…then it goes to St Louis and it sits for hours

Yikes, that sounds awful. Reminds me of a local bus around here that sits for 15 minutes.

95 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:01:37pm

re: #83 BlueCanuck

Pffft, light weight. I had lunch with Robert O’Reilly (Gowron), and Mark Lenard once.

/used to be a trekkie back in the day.

Well, they paid for it, and we got carted around in limos.

96 Emerald  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:01:42pm

The best part was the Dostoevsky Hotel.

I love the Onion. They’re not afraid to run with intelligent stuff.

97 Windhorse  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:02:13pm

paraphrasing….

“Put complaints down on paper, place them in an envelope, and send them to the hospital in which you were born…”

that made me laugh!

98 quickjustice  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:02:29pm

This morning, I woke up, and walked over to the mirror. During the night, I had turned into a gigantic cockroach! My exterminator was delighted! ;-)

99 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:02:29pm

re: #92 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

Greydog would have been faster…No?

she’s a millionaire trying to be ‘prudent’….what a ditz!

100 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:02:51pm

re: #86 loppyd

I love hot dogs. Grilled with tons of mustard.

Until I moved to the South, I would have thought this is gross, but a hot dog with chili and cole slaw is absolutely amazing.

101 Windhorse  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:03:16pm

re: #98 quickjustice

I wasn’t going to say anything, but is that a bread crumb on your lower lip?

102 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:03:39pm

re: #100 doppelganglander

Until I moved to the South, I would have thought this is gross, but a hot dog with chili and cole slaw is absolutely amazing.

I could get into that.

103 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:03:48pm

re: #100 doppelganglander

Until I moved to the South, I would have thought this is gross, but a hot dog with chili and cole slaw is absolutely amazing.

world class hotdogs are boiled…jus sayin

104 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:04:41pm

re: #103 albusteve

world class hotdogs are boiled…jus sayin

Did you ever pan fry them? um um good!

105 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:04:46pm

BBIAB

106 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:04:51pm

re: #102 loppyd

I could get into that.

Not sweet cole slaw, though. It has to be the tangier kind, with more of a vinegar taste. Mmm.

/Hey, it actually is dinner time!

107 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:05:26pm

re: #104 opnion

Did you ever pan fry them? um um good!

My Nana used to do that. In a cast iron skillet. In buttah.

MMMMMM

now really BBIAB

108 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:05:58pm

re: #103 albusteve

Ya don’t boil hotdogs!
Ya bring the water to a boil turn it off and drop the hot dogs in !Sheeesh! Ya cretin!
HA

109 Colonel Panik  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:06:05pm

re: #70 Alouette

I’m trying to think of an airport that doesn’t suck.

Albuquerque comes about the closest to that of any I’ve every been in. Easy to get in and out of. Security moves quickly. Good New Mexican food and margaritas at the Garduno’s in the terminal. Plenty of room, too, at the restaurants, you’re not crammed in elbow to elbow like you are in every other terminal I’ve been in. Great model airplane display of aviation history of Albuquerque and Holloman AFB.

No weird New World Order art on the walls and constant enviro propaganda on screens like in Denver. That place gives me the creeps.

110 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:06:07pm

re: #104 opnion

Did you ever pan fry them? um um good!

of course…and I like them that way, charred….but you will never find a grilled dog in Chicago, the Hot Dog Capital of the World

111 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:06:46pm

re: #104 opnion

Did you ever pan fry them? um um good!

I got one of those miniature roller-type hot dog cookers for the snack bar in our home theater room. Works surprisingly well.

112 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:07:05pm

re: #108 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY

Ya don’t boil hotdogs!
Ya bring the water to a boil turn it off and drop the hot dogs in !Sheeesh! Ya cretin!
HA

what do I know…I roast em on a stick

113 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:07:11pm

re: #100 doppelganglander

Until I moved to the South, I would have thought this is gross, but a hot dog with chili and cole slaw is absolutely amazing.

Mmmmmmmm.

114 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:07:25pm

re: #103 albusteve

world class hotdogs are boiled…jus sayin

How about sticking two nails into a hot dog, and connecting each nail to a wire of a power cord?
I’ve seen that done, but on TV.
I usually just microwave hot dogs.

115 RELOADINGISNOTAHOBBY  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:08:10pm

re: #112 albusteve

Even better!
open fire,cold beer,….
Heh!I gotta go!

116 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:08:17pm

re: #109 Colonel Panik

Albuquerque comes about the closest to that of any I’ve every been in. Easy to get in and out of. Security moves quickly. Good New Mexican food and margaritas at the Garduno’s in the terminal. Plenty of room, too, at the restaurants, you’re not crammed in elbow to elbow like you are in every other terminal I’ve been in. Great model airplane display of aviation history of Albuquerque and Holloman AFB.

No weird New World Order art on the walls and constant enviro propaganda on screens like in Denver. That place gives me the creeps.

model planes are just unbelievable eh?…me diggeth

117 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:08:29pm

re: #111 lobo91

I got one of those miniature roller-type hot dog cookers for the snack bar in our home theater room. Works surprisingly well.

You’ve got a home theater room? May I come live with you?
/

118 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:08:36pm

re: #114 Kosh’s Shadow

How about sticking two nails into a hot dog, and connecting each nail to a wire of a power cord?
I’ve seen that done, but on TV.
I usually just microwave hot dogs.

Ack!

My wife does that, too.

Bleh

119 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:08:48pm

In reply to the very funny video, I hereby submit the following…

I do hope that no Lizard will take umbrage nor admit (at least publicly) that they in any form resemble the individuals being described.

/In the meantime, I’ll be running away and blowing white smoke as I retreat.

120 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:08:49pm

re: #110 albusteve

of course…and I like them that way, charred….but you will never find a grilled dog in Chicago, the Hot Dog Capital of the World

No but you can get em grilled. Some iof the beat are at Comiskey park (US Cellular). Really good ballpark dogs, but a little pricy.

121 HoosierHoops  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:09:10pm

re: #86 loppyd

I love hot dogs. Grilled with tons of mustard.

Oh Loppyd! What is the word limit on a post? I don’t think I could list the things I won’t eat in one post.. LOL
Growing up we weren’t allowed sugar, salt or unhealthy food..It carried over to my adult life..I eat salads, lean meat, fish and lots of veggies and fruit.
never a hot dog or burger.. I know..I know..I suck…
But on the bright side..I weigh the same as I did in College.
Hope today finds you well Loppyd

122 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:09:16pm

re: #114 Kosh’s Shadow

How about sticking two nails into a hot dog, and connecting each nail to a wire of a power cord?
I’ve seen that done, but on TV.
I usually just microwave hot dogs.

sounds like Myth Busters

123 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:09:41pm

re: #117 Soona’

You’ve got a home theater room? May I come live with you?
/

My wife might object.

124 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:09:48pm

re: #120 opnion

No but you can get em grilled. Some iof the beat are at Comiskey park (US Cellular). Really good ballpark dogs, but a little pricy.

US Comiskular has far better food than Wrigley Field! Better washrooms too!

125 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:09:52pm

re: #111 lobo91

I got one of those miniature roller-type hot dog cookers for the snack bar in our home theater room. Works surprisingly well.

Do you steam the hot dog buns? Makes a huge difference.

126 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:11:07pm

re: #120 opnion

No but you can get em grilled. Some iof the beat are at Comiskey park (US Cellular). Really good ballpark dogs, but a little pricy.

many’s the time I’ve eaten their dogs…mustard only

127 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:11:20pm

re: #125 opnion

Do you steam the hot dog buns? Makes a huge difference.

I usually just stick them in the microwave for a few seconds. Haven’t tried steaming them.

128 Kosh's Shadow  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:11:45pm

re: #122 albusteve

sounds like Myth Busters

I saw hot dogs cooked this way on some shows. There was one on “Extreme Jobs” or something, where they used this to show the dangers of high voltage, blowing the hot dogs up with much less power than would be on the power lines they were going to work on.

129 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:11:59pm

re: #124 Conservative in Liberal Hands

US Comiskular has far better food than Wrigley Field! Better washrooms too!

it’s like 200 years newer…

130 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:11:59pm

re: #110 albusteve

of course…and I like them that way, charred….but you will never find a grilled dog in Chicago, the Hot Dog Capital of the World

I don’t know about that. In Atlanta we’ve got the Varsity, which in addition to great hot dogs has the best Vidalia onion rings in the world. I’ve also been to Pink’s in L.A., which has every topping you can think of. Next I want to try a place in Avondale Estates, east of Atlanta, that comes highly recommended. Can’t find the name of it right now.

131 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:13:07pm

re: #130 doppelganglander

I don’t know about that. In Atlanta we’ve got the Varsity, which in addition to great hot dogs has the best Vidalia onion rings in the world. I’ve also been to Pink’s in L.A., which has every topping you can think of. Next I want to try a place in Avondale Estates, east of Atlanta, that comes highly recommended. Can’t find the name of it right now.

so…have you been to Chicago?

132 mfarmer1  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:13:19pm

Best one ever. Where oh where do they get the money for these? I love the lines the anchors always toss in right before the end. Bobby Batista could have just stopped before she gave the punchline and stared into the camera for several seconds for a really Kafka-esque finish.

133 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:13:38pm

re: #128 Kosh’s Shadow

I saw hot dogs cooked this way on some shows. There was one on “Extreme Jobs” or something, where they used this to show the dangers of high voltage, blowing the hot dogs up with much less power than would be on the power lines they were going to work on.

that HD could have been YOU!

134 Egregious Philbin  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:14:00pm

Best US Airports

SNA, Orange County, CA, like being in an empty shopping mall
CLD, Carlsbad, CA (free parking, and itty bitty small)
PHX, Phoenix (for the size, its nice)
MKE, Milwaukee (cheap beer, close parking, easy women)


Worst US Airports
JFK, NY pure hell
LAX, Los Angeles, customs officials are bastards
PHL, Like walking through someone’s colon
SFO, San Fran (morning flight? fraid’ not, fogged in)

Best Foreign

AMS, Amsterdam, efficient, clean
KEF, Keflavik Iceland, only place where you can get cheap liquor
MLA, Malta (its Malta, how tough can it be?)
HKT, Phuket runway about 50 feet from beach, fun to sunbathe

Worst Foreign

CAI Cairo, just awful so awful
DAD, Danang Vietnam, its our former air base, crumbling and full of French
IST, Istanbul, I watched Midnight Express a few too many times
LED St. Petersburg, warned on landing not to photograph airport, don’t want to steal any of that 1962 Soviet technology

135 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:15:07pm

re: #131 albusteve

so…have you been to Chicago?

Twice, although once I was in the suburbs at a branch office the whole time. I don’t think I had a hot dog while I was there, although I did enjoy some deep dish pizza. I know their hot dogs are legendary, I was just presenting some alternatives.

BTW, the name of the place in Avondale Estates is Skip’s.

136 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:15:15pm

re: #133 albusteve

that HD could have been YOU!

Or…That wiener could have been yours.

137 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:15:26pm

re: #134 Egregious Philbin

I think both Las Vegas and Orlando could be considered as ‘the best’ imo

138 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:16:17pm

re: #135 doppelganglander

Twice, although once I was in the suburbs at a branch office the whole time. I don’t think I had a hot dog while I was there, although I did enjoy some deep dish pizza. I know their hot dogs are legendary, I was just presenting some alternatives.

BTW, the name of the place in Avondale Estates is Skip’s.

then let me be polite….GET THE FUCK OUTS HERE!

139 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:16:42pm

re: #126 albusteve

many’s the time I’ve eaten their dogs…mustard only

Great Polish too. I really like the food at Comiskey, but the best ballpark sandwich I ever had was from a street vendor outside Fenway.

140 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:17:24pm

re: #139 opnion

Great Polish too. I really like the food at Comiskey, but the best ballpark sandwich I ever had was from a street vendor outside Fenway.

those guys are famous…who are they?

141 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:18:08pm

re: #137 albusteve

I think both Las Vegas and Orlando could be considered as ‘the best’ imo

Vegas is nice. Don’t like having to ride four miles to rent a car, though.

142 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:19:14pm

re: #138 albusteve

then let me be polite….GET THE FUCK OUTS HERE!

Geez, Steve, it’s just a hot dog.

143 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:19:34pm

re: #141 Soona’

Vegas is nice. Don’t like having to ride four miles to rent a car, though.

Yeah, I’m not all that impressed with their new offsite rental car monstrosity.

144 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:19:39pm

re: #140 albusteve

those guys are famous…who are they?

They’re just small business people with venor licenses At least I think so.
Eternal question is Chicago pizza Deep Dish or Thin Crust?

145 Colonel Panik  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:19:39pm

re: #116 albusteve

model planes are just unbelievable eh?…me diggeth

It’s a great display. Kind of like having a mini-air museum right in the terminal.

146 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:21:08pm

re: #142 doppelganglander

Geez, Steve, it’s just a hot dog.

that’s what they say in Chicago…:)

147 Egregious Philbin  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:21:32pm

re: #137 albusteve

I think both Las Vegas and Orlando could be considered as ‘the best’ imo

Vegas…I was there once when an Elvis convention was in town, a full plane of Newark Elvi…very scary. I hate LAS airport, used to have to connect there many times, late at night. Everyone smokes, and the machines go non stop.

Orlando, nice airport, no complaints.

I left off some other terrible airports. Lima Peru, in the middle of a terrible slum, run down, broken down hole of an airport.

All Mexican airports (CUN, CZM, MEX, GYM, SJD, MZT, HMO, PVR, GDL), they all have that same utilitarian look, same crappy lack of shopping and lack of air circulation.

148 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:21:34pm

re: #121 HoosierHoops

Oh Loppyd! What is the word limit on a post? I don’t think I could list the things I won’t eat in one post.. LOL
Growing up we weren’t allowed sugar, salt or unhealthy food..It carried over to my adult life..I eat salads, lean meat, fish and lots of veggies and fruit.
never a hot dog or burger.. I know..I know..I suck…
But on the bright side..I weigh the same as I did in College.
Hope today finds you well Loppyd

Hooooooosier!

I also eat a very healthy diet. Sure, I love a good dog or burger now and then, but I truly enjoy my fruits and veggies too.

Everything in moderation.

This day finds me fighting off a sore throat and another ear ache, unfortunately. I am really sick of feeling sick. Other than that, things are ducky!

How’s by you?

149 Soona'  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:22:10pm

Are there any new threads beyond the next one right now?

150 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:23:13pm

re: #142 doppelganglander

Not to change the topic from the the wonder of hot dogs, but I think I asked you once before about your nic…it’sa BTVS reference right?

151 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:23:33pm

re: #149 Soona’

Are there any new threads beyond the next one right now?

I keep waiting for a Rolling Stones thread but in 5 years I’ve never seen one

152 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:24:05pm

re: #146 albusteve

that’s what they say in Chicago…:)

I promise you, the next time I visit Chicago (which I think is a great city, despite its politicians), I will eat at least one hot dog. But I get to pick the toppings.

153 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:25:11pm

Rush gets the last laugh

RUSH’S RATINGS BONANZA

Will the White House ever learn its lesson?

A combination of several powerful forces has resulted in explosive talk radio ratings growth, with indications of much more to come in the months ahead.

Primary factor driving the upward move? You guessed it: Rush Limbaugh. That’s in contrast to declining support for Rush’s arch-rival Obama.

With Limbaugh at the top of his game, including a more deeply loyal audience than ever, the numbers were expected to be strong. The beginning of the Obamist era, combined with a direct White House campaign targeting the talk titan, however, provided rocket fuel for El Rushbo’s ratings. Even to seasoned industry veterans, this data should prove stunning.

154 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:25:18pm

re: #152 doppelganglander

I promise you, the next time I visit Chicago (which I think is a great city, despite its politicians), I will eat at least one hot dog. But I get to pick the toppings.

you won’t be disappointed…aside from politics Chicago is a wonderful world class city

155 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:25:19pm

re: #150 lobo91

Not to change the topic from the the wonder of hot dogs, but I think I asked you once before about your nic…it’sa BTVS reference right?

Yes, sir. [Link: www.imdb.com…]

156 HoosierHoops  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:25:23pm

re: #148 loppyd

Hooooooosier!

I also eat a very healthy diet. Sure, I love a good dog or burger now and then, but I truly enjoy my fruits and veggies too.

Everything in moderation.

This day finds me fighting off a sore throat and another ear ache, unfortunately. I am really sick of feeling sick. Other than that, things are ducky!

How’s by you?

I’m doing great Loppyd..Hope you feel better..March maddess starts within an hour..I am so jacked up…Purdue is up first against UConn..
I’ve got UConn in my Bracket.. Purdue doesn’t have the length, speed or a shooter to take them down…

157 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:26:20pm

re: #152 doppelganglander

I promise you, the next time I visit Chicago (which I think is a great city, despite its politicians), I will eat at least one hot dog. But I get to pick the toppings.

Try an Italian Beef. Fantastic!

158 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:26:44pm

re: #156 HoosierHoops

I’m doing great Loppyd..Hope you feel better..March maddess starts within an hour..I am so jacked up…Purdue is up first against UConn..
I’ve got UConn in my Bracket.. Purdue doesn’t have the length, speed or a shooter to take them down…

I got hosed early. F-ing Clemson!

The BF has UCONN winning it all.

159 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:27:00pm

re: #154 albusteve

you won’t be disappointed…aside from politics Chicago is a wonderful world class city

The best, but I am very biased.

160 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:27:06pm

re: #155 doppelganglander

Thought so.

Have you been watching Joss Whedon’s new show, Dollhouse?

161 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:27:54pm

re: #157 opnion

Try an Italian Beef. Fantastic!

oh man…I’d forgotten those

162 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:28:07pm

re: #154 albusteve

you won’t be disappointed…aside from politics Chicago is a wonderful world class city

I’ve never been, but it’s on the list. My dream would be to see the Red Sox play at Wrigley.

163 Lee Coller  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:29:12pm

re: #134 Egregious Philbin

How could you leave DIA (Dulles) off the list of worst US airports?

164 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:29:13pm

re: #154 albusteve

you won’t be disappointed…aside from politics Chicago is a wonderful world class city

I don’t know…I’d say Chicago has world-class corrupt politicians, too.

Don’t sell them short.

165 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:29:55pm

re: #160 lobo91

Thought so.

Have you been watching Joss Whedon’s new show, Dollhouse?

No. I suppose I should give it a chance, but my TV dance card is full at the moment. Plus, I’m really freaked out by whatever Eliza Dushku did to her face. It’s getting terrible buzz. What do you think of it?

166 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:30:06pm

re: #161 albusteve

oh man…I’d forgotten those

I was in the Poconos & went into an Italian Restaurant to get Italian Beefs to go.
The woman had no idea what i was talking about. A guy sitting at a table said, “You have to go back to Chicago to get those.”

167 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:30:41pm

re: #162 loppyd

I’ve never been, but it’s on the list. My dream would be to see the Red Sox play at Wrigley.

the only city that even comes close is NYC and that’s only in size and TV entertainment…Chicago will boggle your mind….it is extremely beautiful for a city that size

168 Egregious Philbin  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:30:53pm

re: #163 Lee Coller

How could you leave DIA (Dulles) off the list of worst US airports?

I have yet to have the thrill of Dulles (IAD), I usually go through National or BWI.

But, I’ve heard its a nasty place.

169 Lee Coller  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:32:20pm

re: #168 Egregious Philbin

I have yet to have the thrill of Dulles (IAD), I usually go through National or BWI.

But, I’ve heard its a nasty place.

Yeah, its like they funnel all departing passengers through a single security checkpoint. I suppose I should also look up the airport codes before going from memory, at least I got the individual letters right :-)

170 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:32:22pm

re: #166 opnion

I was in the Poconos & went into an Italian Restaurant to get Italian Beefs to go.
The woman had no idea what i was talking about. A guy sitting at a table said, “You have to go back to Chicago to get those.”

ha… I love the Poconos…Philly is just a town compared with Chicago

171 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:32:48pm

re: #167 albusteve

the only city that even comes close is NYC and that’s only in size and TV entertainment…Chicago will boggle your mind….it is extremely beautiful for a city that size

I like NYC, but always feel swallowed up.

My step-father fell in love with Chicago - he’s a foodie.

172 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:33:06pm

re: #165 doppelganglander

No. I suppose I should give it a chance, but my TV dance card is full at the moment. Plus, I’m really freaked out by whatever Eliza Dushku did to her face. It’s getting terrible buzz. What do you think of it?

You know, I’ve seen every episode so far, and I’m still not sure. That’s why I was hoping you’d been watching it.

It’s definitely different…

And what did Eliza Dushku do to her face? I must not have noticed. Or d you mean Amy Ackerman, whose character has several scars on her face?

173 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:34:33pm

re: #171 loppyd

I like NYC, but always feel swallowed up.

My step-father fell in love with Chicago - he’s a foodie.

NYC is way cool for me…I love going up there

174 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:35:16pm

re: #171 loppyd

I like NYC, but always feel swallowed up.

My step-father fell in love with Chicago - he’s a foodie.

Greek Town! The Parthenon is the best, it is actually the place that did the first flaming Saganaki. Opah!

175 opnion  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:36:29pm

re: #170 albusteve

ha… I love the Poconos…Philly is just a town compared with Chicago

I agree with all of that & I have lived in both cities.

176 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:36:50pm

re: #174 opnion

Greek Town! The Parthenon is the best, it is actually the place that did the first flaming Saganaki. Opah!

Do they smash plates too?

177 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:37:54pm

re: #172 lobo91

You know, I’ve seen every episode so far, and I’m still not sure. That’s why I was hoping you’d been watching it.

It’s definitely different…

And what did Eliza Dushku do to her face? I must not have noticed. Or d you mean Amy Ackerman, whose character has several scars on her face?

No, Eliza Dushku had some sort of plastic surgery a few years ago. Possibly cheek implants. Her nose looks slightly off-center, too.

[Link: www.awfulplasticsurgery.com…]

I will try to watch “Dollhouse” tomorrow night and let you know what I think.

178 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:38:25pm

Okay, late to the thread, but I had to say this…

Have you been to the Jane Austen railroad terminal? It’s lovely, with flower gardens and tea shops but they can’t get the women to leave.

179 albusteve  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:40:32pm

re: #175 opnion

I agree with all of that & I have lived in both cities.

when I stand on the bridge at Wabash and look around at night…I just wonder WTF?…where did all this come from?….amazing

180 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:42:09pm

re: #177 doppelganglander

No, Eliza Dushku had some sort of plastic surgery a few years ago. Possibly cheek implants. Her nose looks slightly off-center, too.

[Link: www.awfulplasticsurgery.com…]

I will try to watch “Dollhouse” tomorrow night and let you know what I think.

Oh. Hmm…I actually hadn’t noticed.

Anyway…I wouldn’t recommend watching tomorrow night without seeing the previous episodes first. You’ll be lost.

They actually have all the episodes on the Fox website, where you can watch them on demand.

181 loppyd  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:43:00pm

How did I miss this?

Back in Boston, Obama’s aunt fighting deportation


President Barack Obama’s aunt, a Kenyan immigrant who ignited controversy last year for living in the United States illegally, has returned to her quiet apartment in a Boston public housing project to prepare for an April 1 deportation hearing that will be closed to the public.

More transparency.

(Sorry if it’s a repeat)

182 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:45:06pm

re: #180 lobo91

Oh. Hmm…I actually hadn’t noticed.

Anyway…I wouldn’t recommend watching tomorrow night without seeing the previous episodes first. You’ll be lost.

They actually have all the episodes on the Fox website, where you can watch them on demand.

Thanks. I’ll try an early episode. I do know the premise, at least.

183 Lee Coller  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:48:02pm

re: #181 loppyd

How did I miss this?

Back in Boston, Obama’s aunt fighting deportation

More transparency.

(Sorry if it’s a repeat)

Hmm, according to this deportation hearings can only be closed for national security reasons. Wonder what the national security reason is here?

184 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:51:31pm

re: #182 doppelganglander

Thanks. I’ll try an early episode. I do know the premise, at least.

One thing that I found annoying was the fact that in each of the first four episodes, something goes wrong with the “implant” used on Echo for that particular episode’s mission, yet they keep sending her out.

I kept thinking, “Wow…these clients sure do spend a lot of money on some fairly crappy service…”

Sort of reminded me of a thought I had while watching Star Trek:TNG the other night, which was that I would have resigned from Starfleet a long time ago if I came that close to dying every single week.

185 Parker in us  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:51:55pm

OT I know just thought you might want to let BHO what you think of the job he has done so far:

Rate his performance A - Z be Honest

186 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:53:44pm

re: #183 Lee Coller

Hmm, according to this deportation hearings can only be closed for national security reasons. Wonder what the national security reason is here?

The fact that it would be embarassing for the public to see an immigration judge basically told to shut up and sign the papers allowing Obama’s aun to stay here indefinitely?

187 doppelganglander  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:53:49pm

re: #184 lobo91

LOL. Sounds like over-reliance on a particular plot device. I love “House,” but I get sooo tired of two of the team, usually two that are having romantic tension and/or conflict, being sent to the patient’s house to search for toxins.

188 lobo91  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:56:52pm

re: #187 doppelganglander

LOL. Sounds like over-reliance on a particular plot device. I love “House,” but I get sooo tired of two of the team, usually two that are having romantic tension and/or conflict, being sent to the patient’s house to search for toxins.

Someone may have pointed it out to them, because now they’re having other “actives” have problems, instead.

189 Wasta  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:46:27pm

I flew through Prague twice.

The first time was the day before 9/11:
I was a little concerned going to Eastern Europe without language skills and was pleasantly surprised. Hassle free, one guard at customs smoking a cigarette glanced at my passport and partially lifted his head and then let us be on our way.

Flying back (about 10 days later)was completely different story:
Armed Guards everywhere, people yelling at you in a threatening manor, all luggage dumped out and throughly inspected, everything short of a cavity search. What a difference those terrorists made.

Jerks! (Terrorists that is).

Czech Republic has the Best Beer on the Planet! IMHO

190 stevieray  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:07:52pm

Best hot dogs?

Sauerkraut, long thin slice of dill pickle, and spicy mustard… from Hot Dog Johnny’s at the Delaware Watergap in NW New Jersey.

… with a cool glass of buttermilk! Mmmmm!

… or better yet, an ice cold rootbeer, made on site, served from a wooden keg!

191 stevieray  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:13:49pm
192 Jim C.  Thu, Mar 26, 2009 9:24:40pm

I love the terminal map at 0:52. :)

193 ProfShade  Fri, Mar 27, 2009 9:25:02am

“…Gregor Samsa could not be reached for comment…”


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