"Find this 'Gertrude Stein' person, bring her to me, and let's straighten her out!"
-Barack 0bama

I guess that's none of my business...

/white smoke...

Imagine being introduced to 400 people by name. Later on, you run into, oh, say 50 of those 400 people to whom you introduced earlier, and 10 of those 50 ask if you remember their names.

Do you think you could do as well as this 10 year old?

re: #1 gmsc

HAH! He can't do that. Let's see him try it on Nancy Pelosi!

There is a there, there, but it is just an OK "there".
Here is better.

While I have an open thread to discuss it, how many lizards have heard of this site. My sister told me about it sometime last year- and her being an overbearing vegan and full-fledged 0bama-ton, I was a little wary...

But upon poking around, I found out you can give money [a miniscule amount, granted] to all kinds of shelters, museums, high school bands and even the NRA's legal funds...I mostly forgot about it until just this week.

re: #3 gmsc

No way. I'm horrible with names!

re: #7 Floral Giraffe

No way. I'm horrible with names!

Me too, rosy zebra.

If the Obama administration presses this torture nonsense, the Landmark Legal Foundation is going to eat their lunch. They will depose everyone and make them own this bag of excrement that are trying to set on fire on our front porch.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

— Gertrude Stein

Been working hard at figuring this out for most of my life. I've been making progress.

This country's earliest "currency motto", Mind Your Business, should return IMO. The current one just doesn't describe the American Spirit at all.

re: #9 rawmuse

I almost wish they'd keep it up- it would make Micheal Steele's job alot easier.

All he'd have to do is run some ads 'Sen. {Insert name of Senator who had a bug up their ass about a bug in Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's cell} has made it clear he holds the well being of Al-Qaeda detainees over that of his constituents' in the contested districts...

re: #7 Floral Giraffe

No way. I'm horrible with names!

Really? Well, here's some basic help on remembering names from memory expert Harry Lorayne.

If you're willing to put in a little more work in order to remember faces, here's a complete free online book to help you learn how to remember names and faces!

re: #9 rawmuse

Yes, the lawyers are salivating to get into this.
It's like that Chinese curse
"May you live in interesting times"
We are living in them...

re: #13 Floral Giraffe

Pro-bono, I might add!

Your opinion of me is none of my business.

You know you're from California if:

1. Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.

2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.

3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.

4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.

5. You can't remember .. . is pot illegal?

6. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.

7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.

8. You can't remember .. . .. is pot illegal?

9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.

10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.

11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.

12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

13. You can't remember .. . .is pot illegal?

14. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH."

15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.

16. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.

17. HEY! Is pot illegal?

18. Both you AND your dog have therapists, psychics, personal trainers and cosmetic surgeons.

19. The Terminator is your governor.

20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one.

re: #15 IslandLibertarian

Judge me all you like, but you better keep the verdict to yourself!
:)

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

— Gertrude Stein

What makes that statement so ironic is that Gertrude herself liked butting into other people's business.

She says it's important to know what is and what is not your business, but offers no opinion on what you're supposed to do with that knowledge. Her modus operandi seemed to be: When you find out what is someone else's business, then you butt in.

More guys who are good with names –

Graham Best:

Ron White:

re: #16 Pietr

Our rescue dog had a psychic before he was placed with us. LOL I guess we were on the correct psychic plane or whatever because when the gal who rescued him told the psychic about us she said "she was getting good vibes".
I kid you not.

re: #18 zombie

What makes that statement so ironic is that Gertrude herself liked butting into other people's business.

She says it's important to know what is and what is not your business, but offers no opinion on what you're supposed to do with that knowledge. Her modus operandi seemed to be: When you find out what is someone else's business, then you butt in.

The strange woman was a piece of gossip that lived on gossip.

re: #16 Pietr

Brilliant. =)

"Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood."

Gertrude Stein

re: #16 Pietr

You know you're from California if:

Another funny posting by Erik the R . . . Wait . . . Pietr?!?

//

re: #12 gmsc

Really? Well, here's some basic help on remembering names from memory expert Harry Lorayne.

If you're willing to put in a little more work in order to remember faces, here's a complete free online book to help you learn how to remember names and faces!

Thank you! I'll be able to use this in my (hopefully) new job in sales memorizing the script they use!

re: #16 Pietr

Hey, uh, dude! Keep yer dam stereotypes to yourself you, uh, bigot!
/

...and government has no business in business.

re: #12 gmsc

That is a very important social skill. I try to excel at it. I can usually get the man's name right, and sometimes the wife's name as well, if I am on a roll, then the occupation, and place of residence.

re: #26 Slumbering Behemoth

Hey, uh, dude! Keep yer dam stereotypes to yourself you, uh, bigot!
/

Uh, sorry Dude, uh, you're so totally right: none of my business...

Just curious tho,
5. You can't remember .. . is pot illegal?

8. You can't remember .. . .. is pot illegal?

13. You can't remember .. . .is pot illegal?

17. HEY! Is pot illegal?

Well, is it?

G'night all.

re: #25 Cygnus

Thank you! I'll be able to use this in my (hopefully) new job in sales memorizing the script they use!

You're welcome.

Even if it doesn't help memorize the script, remembering people's names will become the most valuable sales tool you can ever have. Think about it: How much easier is it to sell when you return to a customer you haven't seen in 1 month/1 season/1 year or so, and you not only greet them by name again, but ask how their kids/parents/friends are, and ask about them by name?

If you're supposed to remember the sales script as a series of concepts, I suggest working your way through How to Develop a Super-power Memory by Harry Lorayne.

If it's a script you have to remember verbatim, here's some great tips and a great tool (one I've used to help memorize poetry, where it has to be word-for-word!) for doing just that.

G'night, Rosy Zebra...

re: #29 Pietr

Uh, sorry Dude, uh, you're so totally right: none of my business...

Just curious tho,
5. You can't remember .. . is pot illegal?

8. You can't remember .. . .. is pot illegal?

13. You can't remember .. . .is pot illegal?

17. HEY! Is pot illegal?

Well, is it?

[Link: www.hollywoodriot.com...]

Private business is NOT the government's business

Today in History, April 24th:

Highlights of this day in history: An aborted mission to free American hostages in Iran ends in disaster; Ireland's 'Easter Rising' begins; Armenians face mass deportation during World War I; Singer Barbra Streisand born.

re: #30 Floral Giraffe

'Nite. I'm not far behind you.

re: #30 Floral Giraffe

G'night all.

Good night, FG!

OK...so shortly after losing his job, Ted Rall discovers the joys of autoerotic asphyxiation. However he gets carried away one night and sure enough, he winds up dead and in hell. He doesn't realize this until an imposing figure that is none other than satan himself flings open the gates of hell.

"Mr. Rall- we've been expecting you!" the prince of darkness said.
"What is this place?" He asked.
"Don't act so surprised...this is hell. Come on, let me show you around" satan offered in a rather cordial manner.
"Okay..." Rall said, not sure what to make of all this.
They had gone no more than a few paces when Rall looked around to see that he was standing on what looked like a cart path, surrounded by lush, rolling greens.
"Do you like golf, Ted?"
"Sure! I never got to play much..."
"Well, you'll love Thursdays! The course here in hell combines what I think are the most challenging aspects of Pebble Beach, Gleneagle, Bethpaige Black, Augusta and Torrey Pines among others. It's alot of fun..."
"Wow...I had no idea."
From there, the two headed to an immense dining hall where all sorts of sumptuous meals were lined up on long tables stretching down the hallways.
"Do you like gourmet food, Ted?"
"Yeah...why do you ask?" a surprised Rall queried.
"Well then, you'll live Fridays! This week, we're featuring caviar, filet mignon, lobster bisque, coquille St. Jaques along with the finest of wines from all over the world..."
As they were leaving the massive banquet hall, Satan turned to Rall.
"Say Ted...do you like getting strapped down over a log and being sodomized by a couple hundred fat, hairy guys who smell like rancid salami?"
"What!? NO!" Rall exclaimed...
"Oh...well, you're not going to like Saturdays and Sundays"

re: #28 rawmuse

That is a very important social skill. I try to excel at it. I can usually get the man's name right, and sometimes the wife's name as well, if I am on a roll, then the occupation, and place of residence.

It's sometimes funny the reactions you get when you remember people's names and a few details about their lives.

True, it does make you seem more interested and a better listener (which you pretty much have to be), but people are also astounded that one person can recall so much.

I've had customers at some sales jobs think that I'm especially assigned to them, as I seemed to know so much about them each time we met!

re: #29 Pietr

DUDE! Mind your business!
/

re: #15 IslandLibertarian

Your opinion of me is none of my business.

in all matters of opinion, my enemies are insane.

re: #39 gmsc

People enjoy it when you seem interested in them and can remember details about the last time you met, etc. Most people only have the ability to talk about themselves. I have a favorite quote along these lines

"But, enough talk about me. What do you think of my tie?"

This fellow was very proud of the way he could remember names by association, until he met Mrs. Hummock. Mrs. Hummock was quite heavy, and had a large stomach, so he decided to use "stomach" as his association.

Three weeks later, he met the same lady, glanced at her stomach, and, feeling very pleased with himself, said, "Good day, Mrs. Kelly!"

---

Two elderly gentlemen are playing cards on Saturday evening just as they have done for the past 50 years.

Gus, the elder, had been having problems remembering what cards were what, and usually needed help from his wife. At the end of the card game Red said to Gus, “You did very good tonight. You didn’t need any help at all. Why is that?”

Gus replied, “Why, ever since my wife sent me to that memory school, I haven’t had any problems at all.”

“Memory school? What memory school?”

Gus thought for a moment, “Oh, what’s that flower that’s red with thorns? A really pretty flower . . . ”

“A rose?” asked Red.

“Yeah, that’s it!” Gus turned to his wife and mumbled, “Hey, Rose! What’s the name of that memory school you sent me to?”

re: #31 gmsc

and avoid head injuries...

re: #39 gmsc

It's sometimes funny the reactions you get when you remember people's names and a few details about their lives.

True, it does make you seem more interested and a better listener (which you pretty much have to be), but people are also astounded that one person can recall so much.

I've had customers at some sales jobs think that I'm especially assigned to them, as I seemed to know so much about them each time we met!

I've dabbled with memory techniques including visualizing and associating names and faces with object. That does work. Now I really don't bother. If I forget someone's name I just ask: I'm sorry, but I forgot your name.

Into a Belfast pub comes Paddy Murphy, looking like he'd just been run over by a train. His arm is in a sling, his nose is broken, his face is cut, and bruised, and he's walking with a limp.
'What happened to you?' asks Sean, the bartender.

'Jamie O'Conner and me had a fight,' says Paddy.
'That little O'Conner,' says Sean, 'He couldn't do that to you, he must have had something in his hand.'
'That he did,' says Paddy, 'a shovel is what he had, and a terrible lickin' he gave me with it.'
'Well,' says Sean, 'you should have defended yourself. Didn't you have something in your hand?'
That I did,' said Paddy, 'Mrs. O'Conner's breast, and a thing of beauty it was; but useless in a fight.'

re: #41 redc1c4

in all matters of opinion, my enemies are insane.

How's everything going in that class you're taking?

re: #45 Gus 802

I've dabbled with memory techniques including visualizing and associating names and faces with object. That does work. Now I really don't bother. If I forget someone's name I just ask: I'm sorry, but I forgot your name.

i tell people that's why i liked the Army: everyone's name was right there.

/that and all the k3wl shit for making noises and breaking things. %-)

re: #47 Pvt Bin Jammin

How's everything going in that class you're taking?

/grumble...

re: #43 gmsc

Mrs. Hummock would be a hammock. Draped under a large stomach.

re: #44 redc1c4

and avoid head injuries...

Strangely enough, that's not always a good memory tip. A head injury is exactly how Orlando Serrell obtained his great memory (hyperthymesia, much like Jill Price or Marilu Henner):

re: #47 Pvt Bin Jammin

How's everything going in that class you're taking?

we've got a test due NLT 1130 local tomorrow, except Professor Fuckwit has yet to load it to the web page...

the natives are getting seriously restless. %-)

re: #48 redc1c4

i tell people that's why i liked the Army: everyone's name was right there.

/that and all the k3wl shit for making noises and breaking things. %-)

There you go. I'm all in favor of more name tags. I know people get all weird about forgetting names. Like if someone forgot my name I'd get offended or something. In this day and age? Not likely.

#3, #9, and #14 on that CA list are incredibly true.

re: #50 Gus 802

Mrs. Hummock would be a hammock. Draped under a large stomach.

Yeah, but then the joke doesn't work as well . . .
;)

re: #51 gmsc

Strangely enough, that's not always a good memory tip. A head injury is exactly how Orlando Serrell obtained his great memory (hyperthymesia, much like Jill Price or Marilu Henner):

[Video]

those are odds i'll pass up on. more likely you'll get a subdural hematoma and die.

re: #55 gmsc

Yeah, but then the joke doesn't work as well . . .
;)

There's always that. ;)

re: #43 gmsc

Since a Hummock is a hill, he used the wrong visual aid, obviously...

/white smoke...

re: #50 Gus 802

Mrs. Hummock would be a hammock. Draped under a large stomach.

maybe ham hock?

re: #52 redc1c4

I'd be getting restless too. What a screwed up prof.

re: #51 gmsc

Strangely enough, that's not always a good memory tip. A head injury is exactly how Orlando Serrell obtained his great memory (hyperthymesia, much like Jill Price or Marilu Henner):

[Video]

Can she visualize murder suspects?

Let's pay her 2000 dollars an hour!

//

re: #61 Gus 802

Can she visualize murder suspects?

Let's pay her 2000 dollars an hour!

//

Quick note – Hyperthymesia only means that you have a perfect memory of what happened to you personally on every day of your life. Unless she actually saw a murder suspect herself, her hyperthymesia wouldn't be of any help.

re: #56 redc1c4

those are odds i'll pass up on. more likely you'll get a subdural hematoma and die.

True.

Marilu Henner was born with hyperthymesia, which is probably a safer way to get it. She mentioned it to Bob Costas once on her talk show, so he tested her.

He picked the date of the moon landing, and asked if she remembered what she was doing on July 20, 1969. She replied, "That's the night I lost my virginity." As you might expect, there was a huge audience laugh!

All Bob Costas could do is wait until the laughter died down, and said, "Well, we can be sure that Neil Armstrong wasn't the culprit."

re: #60 Pvt Bin Jammin

I'd be getting restless too. What a screwed up prof.

adding it to the list of issues to bring to the dean, along with him calling me a "dick"... and his incomplete grasp of basic English skills.

re: #59 redc1c4

maybe ham hock?

I'm e-mailing you a little graphic my hubby came up with. Instead of the American Eagle, it's the new symbol...the "ham hawk".

re: #64 Pvt Bin Jammin

I'm e-mailing you a little graphic my hubby came up with. Instead of the American Eagle, it's the new symbol...the "ham hawk".

How appropriate – it's made all out of pork!

re: #62 gmsc

I know. I was just being sarcastic about the popular fascination for these things. She can remember her daily activities to the minute and write a book yet she doesn't have the ability to create anything. It reminds me of Mensa members that have super high IQs yet never produce anything of note.

Pat and Mike are trying to make their fortune out west, but they're not having any luck. One day, they're in a saloon when in walks a big burly fella. The big guys walks up to the bar and throws some scalps down. The barkeep gives him a few dollars for each scalp and the he walks out.
"Did ya see that, Pat?" asked Mike.
"Aye, Michael. I certainly did. Are you thinking what I am thinking?"
"That Injun scalps are a lot easier to get than buffalo hide?" says Mike.
"And theys pays a lot for 'em, too," said Pat. "That fella got near twenty dollars for a few scrawny scalps."
"Aye," said Michael. "We can do better than that."

So the two of them get their gear and head out of town. The go for a day or so, looking for Indians to scalp when they finally see a squaw catching fish by a stream. Both Pat and Mike jump her and start furiously trying to scalp the poor woman. They're at it for a few minutes when Pat stops and looks up at a high ridge.
"Michael," he says. "You'd better have look at this."
Michael stops sawing at the scalp, looks up and sees hundreds of mounted Indians lining the ridge, in full war paint in bonnets, glaring down at them.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking," asks Mike.
"By God, I am, Michael," replied Pat. "Sweet Jesus! We're millionaires!"

Hey! I just noticed I've finally joined the 5-digit LGF club!

Just 64 messages ago, I hit 10,000 messages!
:)

re: #50 Gus 802

Mrs. Hummock would be a hammock. Draped under a large stomach.

Mrs. Staples?
Mrs. Tuck?
Mrs. Gastroenteritis?
Mrs. Laparotmy?

re: #66 Gus 802

I know. I was just being sarcastic about the popular fascination for these things. She can remember her daily activities to the minute and write a book yet she doesn't have the ability to create anything. It reminds me of Mensa members that have super high IQs yet never produce anything of note.

sounds like a certain chief executive...

/white smoke

re: #65 gmsc

How appropriate – it's made all out of pork!

You got it. LOL

re: #68 gmsc

I can only dream of that day. A dream dreamt by all little lizards.

re: #70 redc1c4

sounds like a certain chief executive...

/white smoke

Dreams of my Father

/Puke

Oprah

re: #68 gmsc

Hey! I just noticed I've finally joined the 5-digit LGF club!

Just 64 messages ago, I hit 10,000 messages!
:)

took you long enough... but you likely have a higher signal to noise ratio than certain unnamed co-conspirators...

/white smoke

re: #72 calcajun

I can only dream of that day. A dream dreamt by all little lizards.

You're halfway there!

/jump-the-gun: Rick Monday

re: #68 gmsc

Elitist.

/ q;

re: #77 laZardo

Sorry for the rapid post-button-clicking. @_@

re: #74 redc1c4

took you long enough... but you likely have a higher signal to noise ratio than certain unnamed co-conspirators...

/white smoke

1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 5

You're great.

;)

good news:

Dear MoveOn member,

If the jobs of the future are in wind and solar, where will those jobs be located? Unless we act quickly, this picture shows the answer:
Massive wind farm in China

By the end of the year, China will be the world's leading manufacturer of wind turbines.1 The U.S. government's investment in wind is tiny compared to China's, and that means American workers are missing out on millions of new jobs.

All that could change: In two weeks, there's a vote on President Obama's plan for a new energy economy. But key Democrats are wavering in the face of a flurry of Big Oil ads claiming America can't afford clean energy.

We're ready to counter with a new TV ad about all the great manufacturing jobs we could create by building clean energy tech. That's the message that'll convince Congress, but we need to raise $100,000 to put it on the air this week—can you chip in $25 to help out?

link deleted

If we don't pass this bill, we'll lose our chance to create millions of good, green jobs for laid-off workers. We'll lose our chance to give our kids a vibrant economy. And we'll lose our chance to pay down our national debt.

U.S. investment in wind power lags far behind, but when it comes to solar power, the story is even more infuriating: In the 1990s, the U.S. actually led the world in solar cell manufacturing. But in the Bush-Cheney years, China, Japan, and Europe all zoomed ahead of us in solar production.

We can catch up, but only if we start quickly.

Obama's plan would aggressively scale up American wind and solar production—creating millions of new jobs and tackling climate change in one fell swoop.

But the latest ads from dirty-energy companies are scaring away key Democrats in Congress. We've got to ramp up our grassroots campaign, starting with a new national TV ad to frame clean energy as one of the best ways to create good, new jobs.

Can you pitch in $25 to help win the upcoming vote on Obama's clean energy jobs plan?

link deleted

Thanks for all you do.

–Adam, Noah, Anna, Wes and the rest of the team

Source:
1. "We Must Seize the Energy Opportunity or Slip Further Behind," Center for American Progress, April 20, 2009

of course, this just means that the PRC will go broke that much sooner.

re: #79 gmsc

1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 5

You're great.

;)

don't know about that, but my karma # amazes me... WTF did they all come from?

/not that i'm complaining... %-)

re: #68 gmsc

I just went over 2000 last week. I discovered it at at about 2008, and I thought, "only 4 were even worth posting!"

re: #72 calcajun

I can only dream of that day. A dream dreamt by all little lizards.

"Post Forrest, post!"

re: #81 redc1c4

don't know about that, but my karma # amazes me... WTF did they all come from?

/not that i'm complaining... %-)

I've been sneaking a few under your door mat.

re: #82 BatGuano

I just went over 2000 last week. I discovered it at at about 2008, and I thought, "only 4 were even worth posting!"

and yet, here you are...

/white smoke

re: #80 redc1c4

of course, this just means that the PRC will go broke that much sooner.

Disagree. China is energy starved (compared to the west) and is actively pursuing just about any route that increase their energy use.

re: #84 gmsc

I've been sneaking a few under your door mat.

hopig i'll trip and break by neck after one too many fruitcups, undoubtedly. %-)

re: #83 redc1c4

"Post Forrest, post!"

re: #86 freetoken

Disagree. China is energy starved (compared to the west) and is actively pursuing just about any route that increase their energy use.

but wind energy is cost intensive and inefficient... are you sure the capital outlay, resource and infrastructure investment give a ROI worth the effort?

re: #85 redc1c4

I can't help it. It's a sickness.

re: #24 gmsc

Another funny posting by Erik the R . . . Wait . . . Pietr?!?

//

I need to talk with Erik about this. If I'm gonna be working as his stand in, I want a salary...:>))

re: #89 redc1c4

plus those giant spinning blades are sure to whack a few endangered birdies...

re: #88 gmsc

never have seen that movie...

i know: i don;t get out much. %-)

re: #91 Pietr

I need to talk with Erik about this. If I'm gonna be working as his stand in, I want a salary...:>))

you get all the celery you earn. it's all in how you crunch the numbers.

Speaking of high achievers, I just caught a late-night re-run of yesterday's Oprah show. I normally don't watch any kind of daytime TV but this one featured interviews with the notorious Tonya Harding (now 38 and looking 50) and the equally notorious though perhaps more respected Lorena Bobbitt (who now uses her maiden name of Gallo). Some men are incensed that Bobbitt/Gallo is something of a hero to various feminists but her "victim," John Wayne Bobbitt, was such a thoroughgoing cretin and all-round asshole that I really cannot fault her for cutting him down to size. JWB has been arrested a number of times since his divorce from Lorena, including several times for domestic violence against later girlfriends. Talk about a slow learner.
Lorena has not re-married, though she does have a long term relationship, (and a two year old baby) with a courageous though perhaps imprudent chap named Dave Bellinger.

re: #90 BatGuano

I can't help it. It's a sickness.

have you tried more cowbell?

re: #93 redc1c4

never have seen that movie...

i know: i don;t get out much. %-)

It's basically about a simple man that goes where the wind takes him. There's never really a plot, but it's enjoyable anyway.

re: #86 freetoken

I would concur, if only because these technologies should become cheaper over time as more investment is put into it.

On the other hand, there is always the little paradox that everything is "Made In China," but you can't trust the ones with specifically Chinese branding.

/also, i got reminded of this interesting picture from zombie's site...

re: #97 gmsc

It's basically about a simple man that goes where the wind takes him. There's never really a plot, but it's enjoyable anyway.

they made a movie about Ear Leader and had a white guy as the lead actor?

RACIST!

/

re: #99 redc1c4

they made a movie about Ear Leader and had a white guy as the lead actor?

RACIST!

/

You're not that far off.

re: #98 laZardo

/also, i got reminded of this interesting picture from zombie's site...

Um, if it comes from Israel, isn't it still foreign oil?

(Haven't noticed any extra stars on the flag.)

re: #101 gmsc

Actually, it's a poster for an Israeli organization promoting solar and other renewable power.

re: #96 redc1c4

The only prescription is more cowbell.

re: #98 laZardo

I would concur, if only because these technologies should become cheaper over time as more investment is put into it.

On the other hand, there is always the little paradox that everything is "Made In China," but you can't trust the ones with specifically Chinese branding.

/also, i got reminded of this interesting picture from zombie's site...

obviously it's a Zionazi plot to impoverish the po' Arabs...

re: #101 gmsc

Um, if it comes from Israel, isn't it still foreign oil?

(Haven't noticed any extra stars on the flag.)

not a whole lot of oil used in solar power...

re: #104 redc1c4

And further enslave the Palestinians to provide cheap labor!

/

re: #89 redc1c4

Remember to not apply local costs (e.g., US) to a foreign nation. In other words, if the Chinese can generate electricity from wind cheaper than the US can generate electricity from coal (where coal is less expensive than wind, assuming you don't want to price long term environmental costs), in a trade relationship they are still increasing their capability for less cost than the US could if we wanted to compete with them.

Remember too, that "lowest price" is not only criterion for choosing to perform an action. If that were true, none of us would have electricity (unless we lived by a stream) and we would be using candles! There are plenty of Chinese who still have minimal access to electricity, and if they desire to change that perhaps they are running into limits on their coal-mining capability. Wind can be sited in locations with no local coal source and where further investment in rail may not be reasonable.

re: #103 BatGuano

The only prescription is more cowbell.

so it's not w*rking?

The U.N.'s Durban II Debacle

Excerpt:

Reality, that's what. The despot-heavy U.N. General Assembly designed this Durban Review conference from the start as a vehicle for anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism and an array of other U.N. campaigns targeting free societies--such as a global gag on free speech about Islam.

[...snip...]

So, despite a long list of speakers still waiting for the podium, plus more than 200 U.N.-accredited nongovernmental organizations on hand hoping for "dialogue," a U.N. body known as the conference's "Main Committee" abruptly moved up production of the outcome document--which embodies the official results of the conference. By late afternoon on Tuesday, the second day of the five day gathering, High Commissioner Pillay stepped forth to announce that the outcome document had been approved.

Indeed, according to U.N. spokespersons, the outcome document was approved by a "consensus" of member states. That's an intriguing interpretation of a decision in which some members of the U.N.--the U.S. for instance-- were, with good reason, dissenting so strongly as to boycott the entire gathering.

So, next time someone says there's a "consensus" about human-caused global warming, you can remind them there's a "consensus" about a free-speech ban when discussing Islam, as well.

re: #107 freetoken

Remember to not apply local costs (e.g., US) to a foreign nation. In other words, if the Chinese can generate electricity from wind cheaper than the US can generate electricity from coal (where coal is less expensive than wind, assuming you don't want to price long term environmental costs), in a trade relationship they are still increasing their capability for less cost than the US could if we wanted to compete with them.

Remember too, that "lowest price" is not only criterion for choosing to perform an action. If that were true, none of us would have electricity (unless we lived by a stream) and we would be using candles! There are plenty of Chinese who still have minimal access to electricity, and if they desire to change that perhaps they are running into limits on their coal-mining capability. Wind can be sited in locations with no local coal source and where further investment in rail may not be reasonable.

tru dat, but the cot of materials is set on the open market, and wind doesn't always blow where or when you need it. transmitting the power elswhere also takes massive investment, and the PRC is not famous for brilliant economic planning.

Goodnight, lizards. I'm tired.

Just had to e-mail my regrets on the San Diego meet. I so wanted to go but I don't think my hubby is up to it. He's back to work and kind of overdoing it.

Take care everybody.

re: #105 redc1c4

not a whole lot of oil used in solar power...

Actually . . .

The third type of generator is a peak generator. THIS is where solar, wind and other hippie-brand, spotted-owl dicing power generation comes into play. See, solar and wind generators are never constant, because their output, or the amount of load they can accept, varies greatly with environmental conditions. Cloudy day? Solar plants are screwed. Wind dropping off? Wind plants are screwed. It is because of this dramatic fluctuation in load handling that every wind and/or solar station on the grid, has a fossil generator running right next to it to manage load. These peakers can produce energy at specific times, and when they can, that energy can be put on the grid (via a load balancing generator). However, as soon as their generation rate drops below a certain level, the load balancing fossil generator can no longer keep up, and the load demand needs to be transfered away from the peak plant and put on to either a ramp or base plant.

So, feel free to point out, the next time so tofu-munching sprout fairy goes on about how clean and pretty wind and solar plants are, that there's a big horkin' turbine right next to every single one, burning natural gas or oil.

Read the whole thing.

re: #111 Pvt Bin Jammin

Goodnight, lizards. I'm tired.

Just had to e-mail my regrets on the San Diego meet. I so wanted to go but I don't think my hubby is up to it. He's back to work and kind of overdoing it.

Take care everybody.

Good night, PBJ!

re: #109 gmsc

The U.N.'s Durban II Debacle

Excerpt:

So, next time someone says there's a "consensus" about human-caused global warming, you can remind them there's a "consensus" about a free-speech ban when discussing Islam, as well.

i'd b happy to give a free speech regarding this issue to the UN...

"I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel: You lousy corksuckers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens, like me, could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves."

re: #111 Pvt Bin Jammin

G'night, PBJ...and tell your male to unlax more...

re: #89 redc1c4

Just to give a concrete example. The other night Calcajun was talking about Buck Knives, and their move from El Cajon California, to making their knives in China.

Industry consumes electricity, and smelting metal does this (if one is using induction to heat, and not combustion.) If China increases electricity production enough, using wind, to be able to host Buck Knives production, at an overall cost that is still cheaper than somewhere in the US that relied on coal, then Buck Knives still moves to China.

re: #112 gmsc

Read the whole thing.

i meant in the solar part of it, but that's an interesting read. i knew most of it, but not as eloquently as they put it.

re: #116 freetoken

I thought Buck Knives moved to Idaho. Must've been an intermediate stop on the way to China...

re: #116 freetoken

Just to give a concrete example. The other night Calcajun was talking about Buck Knives, and their move from El Cajon California, to making their knives in China.

Industry consumes electricity, and smelting metal does this (if one is using induction to heat, and not combustion.) If China increases electricity production enough, using wind, to be able to host Buck Knives production, at an overall cost that is still cheaper than somewhere in the US that relied on coal, then Buck Knives still moves to China.

but is the company carrying the cos, or is the government, and what happens when the government runs out of money?

re: #115 Pietr

Thanks. It sucks to be self employed. It would be so great to cruise down to San Diego & meet the lizards.

It's 1:00 am--and I am still in my office. Major court filing in the AM and trudging to the finish line.

Must---have---Scotch---

re: #121 calcajun

It's 1:00 am--and I am still in my office. Major court filing in the AM and trudging to the finish line.

Must---have---Scotch---

If nothing else, the Scotch will make the briefs more interesting.
;)

Court quotations

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?'
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
___

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
___

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there..
___

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his
sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
___

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: He's twenty, much like your IQ.
___

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shitting me?
___

re: #118 Fenway_Nation

Picked up one at Scout camp last year--made in China stamped on it. (best recollection)

re: #122 gmsc

If nothing else, the Scotch will make the briefs more interesting.
;)

And make my writing better, too!

re: #123 Pietr

Court quotations

My favorite court quotations, courtesy of Airplane! 2.

LOL, look at the link my best friend has posted on his Facebook page for the last day...

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

re: #124 calcajun

Picked up one at Scout camp last year--made in China stamped on it. (best recollection)

Of course, the SEAKIEST sales gimmick ever was done by Japan (a long time ago). They moved all there finish lines to Usa, Japan-so they could stamp all finished product Made in USA...

re: #124 calcajun

Picked up one at Scout camp last year--made in China stamped on it. (best recollection)

Buck Factory Tour

maybe they outsource some, or you got a knock off.

(not that the PRC would ever condone such a thing %-)

re: #119 redc1c4

Strongly suspect the Chinese worry more about running out of coal and water than they do money.

Remember with > 1.3 billion people resource consumption has to be considered. The Chinese have had significant dealings with resource giantRio Tinto, for example, because they have to do so. There has been considerable talk about the Chinese funding massive coal-to-liquids (CTL) projects in Australia, because the Chinese are hitting a resource problem even with their supposedly large coal reserves.

So, I think it makes a heck of a lot of sense for the Chinese to explore every possible avenue for energy production. Same for the US, but in our case our immediate problem is oil (and that is long term problem for the Chinese too.)

re: #127 TheMatrix31

LOL, look at the link my best friend has posted on his Facebook page for the last day...

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

wow... they interviewed a whole 1000 people.

/

Fenway's Nightly Precious Metals Update:

Gold- $910.70 an ounce (up 0.75%)
Silver- $12.86 an ounce (up 0.31%)
Platinum- $1179 an ounce (unchanged)
Palladium- $232 an ounce (up 0.43%)
Rhodium- $1412.50 an ounce (unchanged)

Gold's up over $900 an ounce...'scuse me while I cry like a little girl.

re: #128 Pietr

Of course, the SEAKIEST sales gimmick ever was done by Japan (a long time ago). They moved all there finish lines to Usa, Japan-so they could stamp all finished product Made in USA...

Quick correction: The town of Usa is in Mexico, not Japan.

It was shortly after that when Congress passed a law requiring that the country of origin's name must be on imported products. Made in USA MEXICO made much less sense.

re: #131 redc1c4

wow... they interviewed a whole 1000 people.

/

No no no, you're just being a hater!

I would sure like to post "If everyone thinks this country is back on track, then how come the #1 book in the country over the last month has been Liberty & Tyranny, a CONSERVATIVE book?"

re: #128 Pietr

I see whut they did thar.

re: #130 freetoken

seems to me the most critical issue the PRC has is the male/female population disparity that's just staring to hit...

re: #80 redc1c4

good news:

Dear MoveOn member,

So...

1. Real, existent defense jobs - BAD
2. A handful of POSSIBLE jobs making windmills - GOOD
3. Green jobs will save our economy.
4. Deficits are bad.

This from the people who support a guy who just rolled a +5 on our national deficit.

And we're supposed to be worried about Chinese windmills? What, will that windmill gap cripple our economy? HelLOOO... The Chinese economic boom is driven by COAL. COAL, COAL, and MORE COAL, hence the "Asian Brown Cloud" and entire districts of China being covered in sludgy tan dust from their power plants... Which would lead a rational person to conclude that the best "green job" initiative we could come up with in the short term is to invest heavily in helping the Chinese clean up their shitpile powerplants, tech which we could use here at home, too...

But hey, fuck the facts, we have to give money to Democrats so they can do good things... Or something...

I know only one person who is a real, genuine member of moveon.org, and she's not exactly a stable, sensible citizen. Flighty. Irrational. Emotionally driven. I guess these kinds of e-mails work on people like her... She's borderline family but, ayiyi, politically not so smart.

re: #128 Pietr

Wouldn't work...the 'MADE IN...' thing would apply to the country of origin, not city of origin.

re: #133 gmsc

Quick correction: The town of Usa is in Mexico, not Japan.

It was shortly after that when Congress passed a law requiring that the country of origin's name must be on imported products. Made in USA MEXICO made much less sense.

re: #133 gmsc

Quick correction: The town of Usa is in Mexico, not Japan.

It was shortly after that when Congress passed a law requiring that the country of origin's name must be on imported products. Made in USA MEXICO made much less sense.

re: #135 laZardo

I see whut they did thar.

Hmmm . . . Mexico tried that trick, too. I guess there's an Usa in both Japan and Mexico.

re: #134 TheMatrix31

No no no, you're just being a hater!

I would sure like to post "If everyone thinks this country is back on track, then how come the #1 book in the country over the last month has been Liberty & Tyranny, a CONSERVATIVE book?"

point of honor order:

i'm an obnoxious asshole, not a hater.

/white smoke

re: #137 Pawn of the Oppressor

So...

1. Real, existent defense jobs - BAD
2. A handful of POSSIBLE jobs making windmills - GOOD
3. Green jobs will save our economy.
4. Deficits are bad.

This from the people who support a guy who just rolled a +5 on our national deficit.

And we're supposed to be worried about Chinese windmills? What, will that windmill gap cripple our economy? HelLOOO... The Chinese economic boom is driven by COAL. COAL, COAL, and MORE COAL, hence the "Asian Brown Cloud" and entire districts of China being covered in sludgy tan dust from their power plants... Which would lead a rational person to conclude that the best "green job" initiative we could come up with in the short term is to invest heavily in helping the Chinese clean up their shitpile powerplants, tech which we could use here at home, too...

But hey, fuck the facts, we have to give money to Democrats so they can do good things... Or something...

I know only one person who is a real, genuine member of moveon.org, and she's not exactly a stable, sensible citizen. Flighty. Irrational. Emotionally driven. I guess these kinds of e-mails work on people like her... She's borderline family but, ayiyi, politically not so smart.

there you go again with those annoying fact thingies... can you puhleeze get with the program?

re: #137 Pawn of the Oppressor

btw: you may only know one, but there are many in my AO: i get numeri invites to various coven events...

speaking of being an alpha hotel, i believe it's time for a rat check... BRB!

re: #127 TheMatrix31

LOL, look at the link my best friend has posted on his Facebook page for the last day...

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

Headline: AP Poll: After Obama's 100 days, US on right track

I have no doubt that, after 0bama's first 100 days, America will be on the right track again. It will be a looong time after 0bama's first 100 days (and a long time after his first 1,460 days, too), but we will get back on the right track eventually.

Here on the 94th day (before the 100th day), we're still screwed, though.

Just a quick google pops up all sorts of news blurbs:

China's Yudean buys 7.5 pct of Australia coal mine

China Shenhua secures new Australia coal prospect

And so forth. Besides wind, China has reported significantly increased interest in solar (esp. solar thermal), and so on.

And, as mentioned above, the pollution problem can no longer be ignored in China.

Coal is not a renewable resource. The Chinese are thinking ahead. Good for them. We should do likewise.

/ok, I'll get off my soapbox...

Fenway's Marginally Less Depressing Overseas Market Update:

Shanghai Composite- down 0.62%

Singapore's Straits Times- down 0.45%

Mumbai's SENSEX- up 1.39%

New Zealand's NZSE50- down 0.09%

Nikkei- down 1.57%

Johannesburg JSE Limited- up 0.44%

KOSPI Seoul Composite- down 1.07%

Australia's All Ordinaries- down 0.75%

Hang Seng- up 0.29%

Tel Aviv's TA100- up 2.26%

Taiwan Weighted- up 0.09%

re: #139 gmsc

Snopes on that issue:

[Link: www.snopes.com...]

re: #144 gmsc

US on right track

Yeah. We're on the right track. We're tied to it--thanks to President Snidely Whiplash. And the trains' a' comin.

Here's some silliness I found while looking for that Airplane 2 footage I posted upthread.

Does anyone else remember Count Duckula?

re: #144 gmsc

It got me back on track, to be sure. I finally got around to enrolling in the National Service Training Program over here at the start of my 4th year in college. It's something I should have done in my 2nd year.

/btw, it's mandatory.

re: #144 gmsc

Headline: AP Poll: After Obama's 100 days, US on right track

I have no doubt that, after 0bama's first 100 days, America will be on the right track again. It will be a looong time after 0bama's first 100 days (and a long time after his first 1,460 days, too), but we will get back on the right track eventually.

Here on the 94th day (before the 100th day), we're still screwed, though.

nawww... we're definitely on the right track, at least as far as Ear Leader is concerned... but at least i'm enjoying the ride...

re: #145 freetoken

They inked a pretty big deal with PetroBras last month, too.

re: #133 gmsc

Quick correction: The town of Usa is in Mexico, not Japan.

It was shortly after that when Congress passed a law requiring that the country of origin's name must be on imported products. Made in USA MEXICO made much less sense.

I stand corrected-maybe there was still some anti-Japanese feelings when I was told that in my youth...it just stuck in my head. That was long before the internet, and fact checking involved the library, and lots of research, even in the micro fiche newspaper files. I shoulda added my IIRC to that...:>((

"Mommy, what was it like living during Jimmy Carter's presidency?"

"Just watch while 0bama is president, son, and you'll get the idea."

re: #145 freetoken

Just a quick google pops up all sorts of news blurbs:

China's Yudean buys 7.5 pct of Australia coal mine

China Shenhua secures new Australia coal prospect

And so forth. Besides wind, China has reported significantly increased interest in solar (esp. solar thermal), and so on.

And, as mentioned above, the pollution problem can no longer be ignored in China.

Coal is not a renewable resource. The Chinese are thinking ahead. Good for them. We should do likewise.
/ok, I'll get off my soapbox...

investing in additional Mk-48's would give us more bang for our buck, and render their coal investments useless...

re: #153 Pietr

I stand corrected

That explains the orthopedic shoes!
;)

(Hey, if you're going to try and fill Erik's shoes . . .)

re: #154 gmsc

"Oh look...Jimmy Carter's back in the White House and we're fresh out of Panama Canals to give away"

re: #148 calcajun

Yeah. We're on the right track. We're tied to it--thanks to President Snidely Whiplash. And the trains' a' comin.

tons of steel

re: #153 Pietr

I heard, and believed it, in the seventies. I couldn't check it for the reasons you mentioned.

re: #157 Fenway_Nation

"Oh look...Jimmy Carter's back in the White House and we're fresh out of Panama Canals to give away"

That's OK, we still have an economy to hand out to anyone who asks.

re: #157 Fenway_Nation

"Oh look...Jimmy Carter's back in the White House and we're fresh out of Panama Canals to give away"

so instead he's going to give us a national root canal?

/and colonoscopy

re: #152 Fenway_Nation

They inked a pretty big deal with PetroBras last month, too.

what are they going to do with a bunch of oily tits, open up a beer bar?

/white smoke

Limited activity on the markets in the Islamic world...partly because it's the markets in Jordan are closed, partly because the bourses in Malaysia and Egypt have been too damn lazy to update their English websites more than once a week and I'm too lazy to check...

Dubai's ADX- down 0.81%

Jakarta's JKSE- down 1.33%

re: #156 gmsc

That explains the orthopedic shoes!
;)

(Hey, if you're going to try and fill Erik's shoes . . .)

no sense filling his shoes: Fat Freddie's cat already did.

re: #164 redc1c4

no sense filling his shoes: Fat Freddie's cat already did.

"We went lookin' for the good life, but we shoulda stayed in bed . . ."

(Continued on page 2)

I don't get how we're on the right track when the guy's done like, three good things in office? Two of which I forget at the moment, I may add.

re: #166 TheMatrix31

I don't get how we're on the right track when the guy's done like, three good things in office? Two of which I forget at the moment, I may add.

I have a great memory, and I forget 4 of the 3 good things he's done!

re: #166 TheMatrix31

I don't get how we're on the right track when the guy's done like, three good things in office? Two of which I forget at the moment, I may add.

and the thrid one is?

drawing a blank on anything Ear Leader has done right.

re: #166 TheMatrix31

I don't get how we're on the right track when the guy's done like, three good things in office? Two of which I forget at the moment, I may add.

Don't worry- he'll probably flip flop on them, too.

Retest of March 9 Lows Likely

re: #167 gmsc

I have a great memory, and I forget 4 of the 3 good things he's done!

the only way to calculate Ear Leader's "achievements" would be through the use of irrational numbers.

re: #170 TheMatrix31

Too bad I'm out of a job...most of these companies won't be in the toilet forever.

re: #168 redc1c4

and the thrid one is?

drawing a blank on anything Ear Leader has done right.

I remember protecting Bush wiretaps (don't know if this is still the course of action anymore), letting the Marines kick Pirate ass (which is what he should have done anyway), and not going to Durban for the racism conference.

That's about it.

re: #152 Fenway_Nation

Heck, Chinese companies probably would want to buy PetroBras outright, if the Brazilian government would only allow it. Brazil is believed to be one of the few countries that could meaningfully increase its oil production over the next couple of decades.

re: #174 freetoken

Heck, Chinese companies probably would want to buy PetroBras outright, if the Brazilian government would only allow it. Brazil is believed to be one of the few countries that could meaningfully increase its oil production over the next couple of decades.

besides the US, which refuses to do so.

I'd consider going to my warm sand, but LoL is not gonna put up with that 2 nights in a row...:>))

re: #176 Pietr

I'd consider going to my warm sand, but LoL is not gonna put up with that 2 nights in a row...:>))

Speaking from experience, that's definitely true.

I always thought Banco Santander ADR had the most unfortunate ticker symbol EVER!

re: #173 TheMatrix31

I remember protecting Bush wiretaps (don't know if this is still the course of action anymore), letting the Marines kick Pirate ass (which is what he should have done anyway), and not going to Durban for the racism conference.

That's about it.

defending the status quo and allowing the military to do their j*b are hardly earth shaking accomplishments, and they were leaning towards going to Durban until it became obvious, even to them, that it was a bad idea.

Zero is still batting .000 on my score card.

re: #176 Pietr

I'd consider going to my warm sand, but LoL is not gonna put up with that 2 nights in a row...:>))

tell her you were testing fruitcup... %-)

re: #179 redc1c4

defending the status quo and allowing the military to do their j*b are hardly earth shaking accomplishments, and they were leaning towards going to Durban until it became obvious, even to them, that it was a bad idea.

Zero is still batting .000 on my score card.

Trust me, I know that much.

But I figure, hey, the guy's a piece of shit, so take the positives when we can get 'em.

Batting .005 for me, and nowhere NEAR Ted Williams' .406.

re: #170 TheMatrix31

Retest of March 9 Lows Likely

Initial jobless claims rise; continuing claims hit new record

With unemployment still going up... that leads me to suspect that equity markets will struggle to keep their gains. Yeah, I know, equity markets have a paramutual betting mind-set to them now (more so than when I was young), but still, economic recovery seems to be a ways off.

re: #178 Fenway_Nation

At least it's not a sperm bank.

/ q=

re: #178 Fenway_Nation

Good catch.

re: #178 Fenway_Nation

I always thought Banco Santander ADR had the most unfortunate ticker symbol EVER!

That reminds me of a license plate I saw the other day with a friend of mine – SRIQ4 (on a BMW). It was obviously a custom plate, but we couldn't quite figure out what it meant.

While the car was still in front of us, our best guess was that the guy owned a business called SRI, and he bought the BMW with his 4th quarter profits (Q4).

I was still thinking about it while we were at dinner, much later on, and all of the sudden, it hit me!

I said to my friend, "Remember that license plate we couldn't figure out? SRIQ4? I just figured it out – say it backwards!"
;)

re: #182 freetoken

Initial jobless claims rise; continuing claims hit new record

With unemployment still going up... that leads me to suspect that equity markets will struggle to keep their gains. Yeah, I know, equity markets have a paramutual betting mind-set to them now (more so than when I was young), but still, economic recovery seems to be a ways off.

local businesses are all having sales, except those that are going out of business entirely. more empty store fronts than ever before. local apartments/condos have multiple vacancies with "move in specials" where there used to be waiting lists. local car ads are hyping "we'll pay your note if you lose your j*b"... 9 to 12 months.

not at all reassuring.

re: #183 laZardo

At least it's not a sperm bank.

/ q=

*RIMSHOT*

re: #179 redc1c4

re: #181 TheMatrix31

And nobody's dealt him the high inside heat yet...

re: #187 gmsc

If you think that's bad, you can catch 16,335 different kinds for only a dollar.

re: #188 Fenway_Nation

re: #181 TheMatrix31

And nobody's dealt him the high inside heat yet...

well, at least he doesn't have to wear a cup.

/white smoke

re: #188 Fenway_Nation

re: #181 TheMatrix31

And nobody's dealt him the high inside heat yet...

My guess is, he'll strike the fuck out and the stick he'll be using to swing with that Teddy Roosevelt was speaking of will fly into the fifth row on the third base side.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

re: #186 redc1c4

local businesses are all having sales, except those that are going out of business entirely. more empty store fronts than ever before. local apartments/condos have multiple vacancies with "move in specials" where there used to be waiting lists. local car ads are hyping "we'll pay your note if you lose your j*b"... 9 to 12 months.

not at all reassuring.

You guys should see my Baskin-Robbins. We're doing HORRIBLY. Horrible doesn't even begin to describe it. My boss is in deep despair.

Such a shame.

re: #191 TheMatrix31

My guess is, he'll strike the fuck out and the stick he'll be using to swing with that Teddy Roosevelt was speaking of will fly into the fifth row on the third base side.

not to mention the fact that the only way he'll ever get a base on balls is if WAB is pinch hitting for him.

/white smoke

re: #192 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Yummy! Thanks!

Wait – 2 second ago it was 1:30. How did it get to be 2 so quick?

re: #193 TheMatrix31

You guys should see my Baskin-Robbins. We're doing HORRIBLY. Horrible doesn't even begin to describe it. My boss is in deep despair.

Such a shame.

westwood area, right? the high end restaurants in my area are noticeably down in traffic too. when they advertise booze discounts, they're in the shit.

HI littleoldlady! Thank you.

gmsc! :-)

Time flies when you're having fun waiting for fruitcup!

BatGuano! :-)

re: #191 TheMatrix31

My guess is, he'll strike the fuck out and the stick he'll be using to swing with that Teddy Roosevelt was speaking of will fly into the fifth row on the third base side.

the stick will wind up on the first base side: he's a lefty. %-)

re: #186 redc1c4

not at all reassuring.

No, it isn't.

Don't know how it is up in your part of the state, but down here in SD county I've not seen hardly any new construction. There are a few large apartment buildings being finished in some prime (centrally located) spots, the cream of the crop so to speak, but otherwise construction is hard to find.

The Navy employment is pretty steady, and the government contracting supporting it, which has always helped SD county compared to the inland counties. I was in downtown San Diego the other day and noticed some shops were empty that were still in business a few months before.

re: #195 gmsc

Yummy! Thanks!

Wait – 2 second ago it was 1:30. How did it get to be 2 so quick?

SCIENCE!

re: #192 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Thanks- glad I lasted long enough for this...

re: #192 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Thankee Kindly, LoL...:>))

re: #201 freetoken

No, it isn't.

Don't know how it is up in your part of the state, but down here in SD county I've not seen hardly any new construction. There are a few large apartment buildings being finished in some prime (centrally located) spots, the cream of the crop so to speak, but otherwise construction is hard to find.

The Navy employment is pretty steady, and the government contracting supporting it, which has always helped SD county compared to the inland counties. I was in downtown San Diego the other day and noticed some shops were empty that were still in business a few months before.

some construction, but some appears to be stalled, and many that were finished recently are still tryng to sell out... the market for 600K condos overlooking the gas station seems to have died down some. %-)

re: #196 redc1c4

westwood area, right? the high end restaurants in my area are noticeably down in traffic too. when they advertise booze discounts, they're in the shit.

Meanwhile, I'm sure the buddies of George Soros and 0bama think This Is The Life.

re: #203 Fenway_Nation

Thanks- glad I lasted long enough for this...

you took a pill then?

Fenway! :-)

Pietr! :-)

re: #208 littleoldlady

Fenway! :-)

Pietr! :-)

btw, LoL: the late Mel Lono says "hi"...

re: #196 redc1c4

westwood area, right? the high end restaurants in my area are noticeably down in traffic too. when they advertise booze discounts, they're in the shit.

Nah, Baskin Encino. Still a stuffy neighborhood. Since Baskin stopped letting us carry non-fat, no-sugar-added yogurt, our business has been even worse. Moms would come in, get their yogurt so they can "stay fit and look good" (demographic of course) and they'd have their kids look at cakes for their birthdays.

No yogurt + no cakes + shit economics = Bad magumbo.

red! :-)

LATE? Late to the table? What means LATE?

re: #192 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Hey, snacktime!

re: #202 redc1c4

SCIENCE!

littleoldlady blinded me with science?

Good morning, Littleoldlady!

re: #198 littleoldlady

gmsc! :-)

Time flies when you're having fun waiting for fruitcup!

That reminds me of a program taking about the Beijing Olympics last year. They were talking about the official time keepers, and the announcer said, "These are the souls that time men's trys."

re: #215 gmsc

That reminds me of a program taking about the Beijing Olympics last year. They were talking about the official time keepers, and the announcer said, "These are the souls that time men's trys."

Guess BO isn't the only one scripted, and on teleprompter...:>))

re: #212 freetoken

VERY nice, freetoken! :-)

Matrix! :-)

re: #216 Pietr

Guess BO isn't the only one scripted, and on teleprompter...:>))

Best line I've heard about that: "I've seen Bob Hope rely less on cue cards than 0bama does on his teleprompter!"

Somebody's Karma just went to 8006.

re: #210 TheMatrix31

Nah, Baskin Encino. Still a stuffy neighborhood. Since Baskin stopped letting us carry non-fat, no-sugar-added yogurt, our business has been even worse. Moms would come in, get their yogurt so they can "stay fit and look good" (demographic of course) and they'd have their kids look at cakes for their birthdays.

No yogurt + no cakes + shit economics = Bad magumbo.

you on the Blvd?... that was a st00pid marketing move.

what shift do you w*rk? i can always stop by and say "hi".

/east of the 405 SoB

re: #211 littleoldlady

red! :-)

LATE? Late to the table? What means LATE?

as in "the stick".

Still at the office.

Yawn.

BTW--Fox webpage says North Korea is a nuclear power now. joy.

re: #219 BatGuano

I'd like to put my karma to bed. Or, at least give it a high-ball.

re: #221 redc1c4

Oy. Well that was Possibility #2. (Possibility #3 was much worse.)

/wha' happened?

re: #219 BatGuano

Somebody's Karma just went to 8006.

:)

..and in the same week I made LGF's 5-digit club!

//1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 5
//You're great.
//You're great.

re: #225 gmsc

:)

..and in the same week I made LGF's 5-digit club!

//1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 5
//You're great.
//You're great.

Five-digit club? You deserve a hand. ;)

re: #222 calcajun

Still at the office.

Yawn.

BTW--Fox webpage says North Korea is a nuclear power now. joy.

well, we all know that Faux news is just a pawn of the NeoCon ChimpyMcHalliburton Bushitler attempt to sestroy Amerikkka, but Teh 0n3 is going to save us from all that with his smart deplomacy and unclenched fists.

re: #223 calcajun

I'd like to put my karma to bed. Or, at least give it a high-ball.

maybe you could settle for a teabag?

/white smoke

re: #220 redc1c4

you on the Blvd?... that was a st00pid marketing move.

what shift do you w*rk? i can always stop by and say "hi".

/east of the 405 SoB

Yep, I work on the weekends usually.

Friday day, Sat night.

re: #226 calcajun

Five-digit club? You deserve a hand. ;)

*RIMSHOT*

re: #227 redc1c4

Well, I grew up in NOLA where the Russian could hit us with nukes that weren't really supposed to be in Cuba. Now, I'm living in SoCal where a little twerp can hit us with rockets that are not supposed to fly.

Hey--it really is the 1970's again.

re: #228 redc1c4

maybe you could settle for a teabag?

/white smoke

Argh.

re: #225 gmsc

Grim Milestones 'R Us!™

Mazel Tov! :-)

re: #232 calcajun

Well, I grew up in NOLA where the Russian could hit us with nukes that weren't really supposed to be in Cuba. Now, I'm living in SoCal where a little twerp can hit us with rockets that are not supposed to fly.

Hey--it really is the 1970's again.

No, in the '70s, we had oil problems created by the federal government, high taxation, a democrat congress and a democrat president, who was an idiot when it came to just about any kind of effective policy and . . .

. . . Oh, wait – you may be right after all!

re: #228 redc1c4

maybe you could settle for a teabag?

/white smoke

Are you offering to serve, red?

/Lotsa White smoke, dives thru trapdoor into tunnel...

re: #235 gmsc

Fuckin'A bubba, well told.

re: #235 gmsc

Probably not.

Back in the 70s, the music was good.

re: #234 littleoldlady

Grim Milestones 'R Us!™

Mazel Tov! :-)

"Bottoms up from right to left."
-Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H, when asked what "L'Chaim" meant.
;)

re: #224 littleoldlady

Oy. Well that was Possibility #2. (Possibility #3 was much worse.)

/wha' happened?

he was helping 2H6 and myself sail Slokat's yacht up the coast with SK and his wife.

as to what happened here, all i can say is he posted something that wasn't appreciated. i wasn't there when it happened and it isn't my site.

for a lawyer and a service academy grad, he seems nice enough. he and SK did the ironman leg around Cojo in the middle of the night... so he can sail, that's for sure. knowing my limitations, i went below about 0100 and woke up at EMNT, which is when they started to fade.

re: #238 laZardo

Probably not.

Back in the 70s, the music was good.

Are you sure about that?

re: #230 TheMatrix31

Friday day, Sat night.

cross street?

re: #241 gmsc

Are you sure about that?

still better than disco.

re: #241 gmsc

In that case, too early to tell.

It's not quite Friday night here. q:

re: #237 BatGuano

Fuckin'A bubba, well told.

Thanks!
:)

re: #242 redc1c4

cross street?

I'll email that to ya.

re: #238 laZardo

Probably not.

Back in the 70s, the music was good.

disco *still* sucks.

re: #234 littleoldlady

And aside from that...

/brain just kicked in (YAY)
//I really CAN do simple math without taking off my shoes (DOUBLE YAY)

A 4:5 karma-to-post ratio?! Holy cannoli! I bet you win the prize for that!

re: #236 Pietr

Are you offering to serve, red?

/Lotsa White smoke, dives thru trapdoor into tunnel...

setting off the booby traps, and disappearing in a ball of fire and smoke.