This is a cool little widget Amazon makes available to “associates,” an MP3 sampler that lets you listen to tracks from a recommended album. Elvis Costello’s new record is one I highly recommend; a collection of acoustic performances with many amazing musicians contributing.
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itellu3times Sat, Jun 6, 2009 6:38:16pm |
Love his music.
Detest his politics.
"Shut up and sing"
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DEZes Sat, Jun 6, 2009 6:40:28pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 6:44:12pm |
Elvis Costello was on "30 Rock" a few weeks ago, (moonbat cast, puts out a hysterical tv show).
Anyhoo... Elvis was flippin' great!
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DEZes Sat, Jun 6, 2009 6:45:44pm |
Im gonna get some work done around the house.
Have a great one Lizards.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 6:47:58pm |
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:06:21pm |
if you have pop up blocker etc. enabled you might need to turn it off to get the widget.
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MandyManners Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:12:19pm |
Their downfall came simply and swiftly, lured by a stranger who offered Myers a cigar.
Obama administration officials say Kendall Myers had access to highly sensitive material while working for the State Department's intelligence arm, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered a damage assessment of what the couple may have revealed. Their methods of communicating with the Cubans included Morse code on shortwave radio, changing shopping carts at the grocery store and a face-to-face meeting with President Fidel Castro himself, court documents say.
David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security, described the couple's alleged spying for the communist government as "incredibly serious."
SNIP
Court documents indicate the couple received little money for their efforts, but instead professed a deep love for Cuba, Castro and the country's system of government. The couple was planning a sailing trip to Cuba, which Myers considered "home."
The documents say Castro came to visit the couple in a small house in Cuba where they were staying in 1995, after traveling through Mexico under false names. Kendall Myers reportedly boasted to the undercover FBI agent that they had received "lots of medals" from the Cuban government.
SNIP
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Cato the Elder Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:14:25pm |
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Nevergiveup Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:16:15pm |
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Racer X Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:17:16pm |
re: #12 Cato the Elder
And Palin and Limbaugh are still idiots.
Plenty of idiots on both sides.
No clear winner as yet.
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:18:19pm |
re: #13 Nevergiveup
I don't think their idiots.
No, but they sure know how to milk them. Last I looked Rush was in the 8o million dollar neighborhood.
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Racer X Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:19:45pm |
Does anyone know - what is Sarah Palin's current approval rating in Alaska, and what is Obama's current approval rating in America?
I wonder which one is higher?
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Nevergiveup Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:20:07pm |
re: #15 Thanos
No, but they sure know how to milk them. Last I looked Rush was in the 8o million dollar neighborhood.
I wish I was that stupid once a day and twice on Sunday
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Cato the Elder Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:20:39pm |
re: #13 Nevergiveup
I don't think their idiots.
You don't think their idiots what?
I didn't know one could own idiots, but then nothing much surprises anymore.
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:21:31pm |
re: #18 Nevergiveup
I wish I was that stupid once a day and twice on Sunday
Me too, but the other thing I value is honesty. I could never get as hyperbolic as those two, and that's what it takes.
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formercorpsman Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:22:07pm |
re: #19 Cato the Elder
I will say this Cato, you are quick as hell with that.
I can't help but applaud it.
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SteveC Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:23:55pm |
re: #19 Cato the Elder
You don't think their idiots what?
I didn't know one could own idiots, but then nothing much surprises anymore.
You can get anything on eBay!
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Nevergiveup Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:24:26pm |
re: #20 Thanos
Me too, but the other thing I value is honesty. I could never get as hyperbolic as those two, and that's what it takes.
Well your not a politician or a radio talk host are you?
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:26:02pm |
re: #23 Nevergiveup
Well your not a politician or a radio talk host are you?
Can I ask you a dumb question?
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Nevergiveup Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:27:21pm |
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:28:12pm |
re: #23 Nevergiveup
Well your not a politician or a radio talk host are you?
Yep, I'm not the most popular guy at work either but when there's trouble they call me. That's one of the reasons I didn't go into politics, sales, or radio (I did DJ awhile, but it was music format)
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:29:00pm |
re: #25 Nevergiveup
If I can give you a dumb answer
I feel stupid..and i guess I could do webmd...
What the hell is a root canal? What is it and why do it?
Sorry Sir
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sbvft contributor Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:32:16pm |
re: #1 HelloDare
Chris Matthews is still a jerk.
(just wanted to see that spelled out again) ahhhhh - so pretty
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:32:36pm |
re: #28 HoosierHoops
When a tooth gets a deep cavity and infection they sometimes have to remove the soft tissue including nerves inside a tooth to fix it. They drill in, then bore out the soft tissue. They back-fill the excavation and the tooth is in reality dead afterwards, but will stay in place many years.
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itellu3times Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:34:38pm |
PBS is of course loathsome anymore, but they have on some kind of 50s revival, they rounded up Patti Page, The Four Aces, The Crewcuts, had them record their original hits - and lordy, it sounds great! Obviously the music has been processed, but screw that, the songs are great, and through the magic of modern audio engineering, the singers still sound great!
Wonder when this was recorded, probably a few years ago, but I'm just seeing it for the first time.
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sbvft contributor Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:34:40pm |
I saw in EC in 88(?) at the Mann Music Center is Philly. I think it was the Spike tour.
Oh, and Chris Matthews?........jerk
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Cato the Elder Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:35:27pm |
Good night, all.
And Mandy, if you want your regular upding from me, you have to come right out and say something in your inimitably original fashion, like "go piss up a rope". A mere downding doesn't rate!
You can try again later, but the ding may not accrue until I wake up tomorrow. Just so you know.
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Racer X Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:36:13pm |
How did 100,000,000 women disappear?
Two researchers crunching population statistics have confirmed an unsettling reality. Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray noticed the ratio of women to men in developing regions and in some cultures is suspiciously below the norm
In India, China and sub-Saharan Africa, millions upon millions of women are missing. They are not lost, but dead: victims of violence, discrimination and neglect.
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Nevergiveup Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:36:16pm |
re: #28 HoosierHoops
I feel stupid..and i guess I could do webmd...
What the hell is a root canal? What is it and why do it?
Sorry Sir
Each tooth in your mouth has a central portion that contains blood vessels and a nerve. The nerve in the tooth is connected to a larger nerve ( or nerves ) that run in the bone below ( or above as the case may be ). When a that nerve gets "irritated" ( from decay, infection, trauma, etc ) it starts to hurt. To stop the pain, dentists will drill thru the top of the tooth and remove the nerve from that central portion of your tooth and and there bye amputating it also from the larger nerve trunk. That controls the toothache. Then that central portion ( canals ) have to be cleaned, widened, and filled. That in a nutshell is a root canal.
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Nevergiveup Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:37:42pm |
re: #30 Thanos
When a tooth gets a deep cavity and infection they sometimes have to remove the soft tissue including nerves inside a tooth to fix it. They drill in, then bore out the soft tissue. They back-fill the excavation and the tooth is in reality dead afterwards, but will stay in place many years.
Not a bad explanation
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:37:53pm |
re: #30 Thanos
When a tooth gets a deep cavity and infection they sometimes have to remove the soft tissue including nerves inside a tooth to fix it. They drill in, then bore out the soft tissue. They back-fill the excavation and the tooth is in reality dead afterwards, but will stay in place many years.
Thank you...Just a stupid question..I had heard of it but had no idea...
I guess I'm lucky that mom always threaten to kill us if we ever ate sugar...I mean seriously...No Sugar...I wondered what a root canal was
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:39:52pm |
re: #35 Nevergiveup
Now that my friend..Is some scary shit....
/Hat tip
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Nevergiveup Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:41:31pm |
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Racer X Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:42:33pm |
What city is this?
(scroll your mouse across the screen to go from day to night)
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:44:21pm |
re: #37 HoosierHoops
Thank you...Just a stupid question..I had heard of it but had no idea...
I guess I'm lucky that mom always threaten to kill us if we ever ate sugar...I mean seriously...No Sugar...I wondered what a root canal was
It's honestly not nearly as bad a procedure as it sounds. And the tooth will often be OK for years.
Except for me.
Here's what happens to me -
tooth breaks, get a crown. Big bucks.
the nerve gets irritated, need a root canal. More big bucks.
By this point, the tooth has cost me close to $2000.
then the root cracks, nothing can be done, extraction.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:45:00pm |
re: #38 HoosierHoops
I had one...not so bad... except for the TMJ... jaw really started to cramp.
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Nevergiveup Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:46:05pm |
re: #41 reine.de.tout
It's honestly not nearly as bad a procedure as it sounds. And the tooth will often be OK for years.
Except for me.
Here's what happens to me -
tooth breaks, get a crown. Big bucks.
the nerve gets irritated, need a root canal. More big bucks.
By this point, the tooth has cost me close to $2000.
then the root cracks, nothing can be done, extraction.
Well you know my kids gotta eat?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:47:13pm |
I hope someone has listened to my #6.
I love that song!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:47:15pm |
re: #43 Nevergiveup
Well you know my kids gotta eat?
LOL.
I don't actually mind the cost. My teeth are just strange - enamel never adhered properly, apparently, it's just sitting on the tooth.
But I do have a mouthful of $4000 teeth.
They're pretty, though.
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NelsFree Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:47:46pm |
re: #15 Thanos
No, but they sure know how to milk them. Last I looked Rush was in the 8o million dollar neighborhood.
Rush has 30 million listeners on average. That is 10% of the American population (in this country legally, by the way) and the largest radio audience of all. Does not sound like milking the idiots to me.
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:48:04pm |
re: #42 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I had one...not so bad... except for the TMJ... jaw really started to cramp.
Ouch! I should have never brought this up..But I really wondered what a root canal was..Sounds weird..Like the dutch planting a garden....
How is everyone tonight? Esp you veggie...Did you hear what Walter sent me today?
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NelsFree Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:49:12pm |
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:49:50pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:50:02pm |
re: #47 HoosierHoops
Nope. But I bet it was cool!
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formercorpsman Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:50:20pm |
re: #50 HoosierHoops
I can only imagine, bad teeth and all..
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NelsFree Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:51:09pm |
re: #47 HoosierHoops
Did you hear what Walter sent me today?
It would have to have been EXTREMELY noisy for anyone on a blog to hear it!
/h
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:54:00pm |
re: #51 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Nope. But I bet it was cool!
He sent me a fucking real Meteorite from Africa....And a 4th Century Roman Coin...I have been jacked all day checking out the data on the rock.
I am so hitting him back...Walter is good people
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Last Mohican Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:54:25pm |
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Last Mohican Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:55:17pm |
re: #50 HoosierHoops
mmmm..ok..but you ain't going to like this....
I can't stand to see you this way.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:56:02pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:56:08pm |
re: #56 HoosierHoops
Walter is a grand Lizard. No doubt.
Not to split hairs, but...Wouldn't a fucking real Meteorite come from space?
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:56:25pm |
re: #59 Last Mohican
I can't stand to see you this way.
LOL
Hw are you tonight..I'm watching movies and blogging
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:57:24pm |
Evening folks....better half's birthday party was a greaat success....everyone but me and the boy are sleeping...Yay!
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Last Mohican Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:58:51pm |
re: #62 HoosierHoops
LOL
Hw are you tonight..I'm watching movies and blogging
Me, I'm doing great, thanks. Drinkin', workin', and bloggin'. What could be better?
What movie are you watching?
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 7:59:35pm |
re: #64 Macker
YES.
I didn't look at the title the first time. Went back and saw it was called CN Tower which is kind of a dead give away. The needle structure is different than the one in Seattle which is flat. The one in Toronto is a sphere.
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:00:10pm |
re: #61 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Walter is a grand Lizard. No doubt.
Not to split hairs, but...Wouldn't a fucking real Meteorite come from space?
It was recovered in NE Africa by nomadic tribesman migrating from Morocco through the Sahara....I mean...really cool shit..
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:01:26pm |
re: #65 Last Mohican
Me, I'm doing great, thanks. Drinkin', workin', and bloggin'. What could be better?
What movie are you watching?
I'm embarrassed to say... ok f*ck it.. Titanic..
/Don't taze me bro!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:01:40pm |
re: #67 HoosierHoops
Too cool for school. Walter's the best. I can say this cause I know he's at the theater... He's really a very nice, kind person. I admire him greatly.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:02:51pm |
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Last Mohican Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:03:37pm |
re: #44 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Excellent songwriting, I agree. I've always been a little bugged by the little guitar solo at the beginning though. The fills that run through the rest of the song are much more appropriate I think.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:05:37pm |
re: #71 Last Mohican
First time I heard the song, it hit me just right. Know what I mean?
Love it when songs do that.
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:05:39pm |
re: #70 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Casino Royale on USA.
DANIEL CRAIG!
Stud! pure and simple..F'ing stud
Wonder if he balls?
How is that 15 foot shot coming along? Don't make me fly there...
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Last Mohican Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:05:45pm |
re: #68 HoosierHoops
I'm embarrassed to say... ok f*ck it.. Titanic..
/Don't taze me bro!
Eh, why the hell not. I've never seen it. I'd have to hit mute during the part with, you know, that song. Seems like there were a few months back in the 90's when every radio station in America was legally required to play it at least once every thirty seconds.
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:06:04pm |
re: #70 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Casino Royale on USA.
DANIEL CRAIG!
Hah, The Quiet Man on DVR...too funny
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:06:20pm |
re: #68 HoosierHoops
Please turn in your "man card"
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:07:45pm |
re: #75 srb1976
Ahh. The kiss. Best movie kiss of all time (IMO)
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:08:43pm |
re: #77 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Ahh. The kiss. Best movie kiss of all time (IMO)
true enough....but I love the walk back from the train, almost as good as the fight = )
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:09:31pm |
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:09:49pm |
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Last Mohican Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:11:38pm |
re: #79 Gus 802
That's a good movie.
Loved it. Took the Bond thing to a whole new level, I think.
The little medical scene outside the casino was way too stupid though. Made it a little hard to keep digging the movie for a while. Maybe cops find it annoying to watch police movies for similar reasons.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:13:03pm |
I'm out like a fat kid at dodge-ball!
G'night Jim-Bob!
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:13:50pm |
re: #82 Last Mohican
Loved it. Took the Bond thing to a whole new level, I think.
The little medical scene outside the casino was way too stupid though. Made it a little hard to keep digging the movie for a while. Maybe cops find it annoying to watch police movies for similar reasons.
You mean where he defibrillates himself? And other assorted self ER treatment? I can see that.
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:15:27pm |
re: #81 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Very well, thanks.
It's taking for fucking ever for the Titanic to sink...Long movie..
I have a trick shot..Everybody does..Work on a fun trick shot..
Try spins..It's fun Veggie
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Last Mohican Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:16:31pm |
re: #84 Gus 802
You mean where he defibrillates himself? And other assorted self ER treatment? I can see that.
Yeah, that's the one. Pretty unbearable.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:18:38pm |
re: #86 Last Mohican
Yeah, that's the one. Pretty unbearable.
There was some war movie I was watching a while back, a newer movie. They had the Japanese "flying" P-47 Thunderbolts.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:21:25pm |
Surprisingly few meltdowns on the previous thread.
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sngnsgt Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:23:38pm |
re: #88 Racer X
Yep, I could haul groceries in the back of that thing.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:24:41pm |
Anyone see TFK?
Snow falls in western ND, in June
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) Snow has fallen in Dickinson in June, the first time in nearly 60 years the city has seen snow past May.
National Weather Service meteorologist Janine Vining in Bismarck says there were unofficial reports of a couple of inches of snow in Dickinson on Saturday.
=]
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pingjockey Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:24:43pm |
re: #89 Killgore Trout
It is Saturday. Maybe everybody is mellowed out?
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:25:20pm |
re: #89 Killgore Trout
Surprisingly few meltdowns on the previous thread.
KT! Hey you..
Nuclear ignition devices are in short supply...I've contacted SAC Dev in North Dakota to supply more in the coming threads...You know those crazy Air Force guys.....LOL
/
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Clutch Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:25:36pm |
Oh cwap, Alice "Ann Coulter" Cooper is staring at me again! The initials match! Make he/she/it go away! Make he/she/it go away! (wAY To0 m@ANy gl@$$es 0f +u$C@n l3m0n@de tonight... for the unenlightened, that would be Limoncello, lemonade (I'm using Trader Joe's house brand and their mango variant for diversity...) and a hearty shot of 100 proof vodka. And I still love the Coop's music; he's a conservative with a good mindset, y'know...)
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:26:24pm |
re: #92 pingjockey
I think I've also burned out the conspiracy nuts. I don't think they're surprised that people find them crazy.
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Bloodnok Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:27:16pm |
re: #89 Killgore Trout
Surprisingly few meltdowns on the previous thread.
Must be time for another open registration.
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pingjockey Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:27:34pm |
re: #95 Killgore Trout
Well that could lower our entertainment factor!
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irongrampa Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:28:00pm |
re: #88 Racer X
That looks like a cross between a 53 Vette and a 56 Nomad wagon.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:28:21pm |
re: #96 Bloodnok
Yeah, it's been a while. We need some fresh blood around here anyways.
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Clutch Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:29:04pm |
re: #99 Killgore Trout
Yeah, it's been a while. We need some fresh blood around here anyways.
Fresh haunches to munch on, yum...
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:29:41pm |
re: #89 Killgore Trout
Surprisingly few meltdowns on the previous thread.
Maybe Stinky showing up, scared them off?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:29:46pm |
re: #97 pingjockey
I hate watching the old lizards meltdown. The noobs and infrequent posters don't bother me but it's tough to watch an old lizard freak out.
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Ojoe Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:29:53pm |
Nature break, and good night all.
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pingjockey Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:30:58pm |
re: #98 irongrampa
My thought exactly. Saw an older gentleman driving a 50 something 'vette Friday evening. My 15 and 9 year old boys wer going nuts.
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:31:13pm |
Ok, movie's over and boy's in bed....what's new?
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ArchangelMichael Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:31:49pm |
re: #96 Bloodnok
Must be time for another open registration.
I think an open registration combined with a post about that "Answers for Darwin" thing I see at various churches I drive by on the way to work should be a hoot. Meltdowns in IMAX.
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irongrampa Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:32:19pm |
Time for the old folk,got to annoy the local trout population tomorrow.
Good night, good people-stay well.
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:32:38pm |
re: #102 Killgore Trout
I hate watching the old lizards meltdown. The noobs and infrequent posters don't bother me but it's tough to watch an old lizard freak out.
The only thing that has ever bothered me..Cause really...Bloggers are Bloggers..
Was when the Goddess went to the dark side...I expected more.
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pingjockey Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:32:47pm |
re: #102 Killgore Trout
That is very disturbing. I get pissed, will vent, disagree and move on. There is no reason to go so far off the rails as to get the Stick!
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:34:08pm |
Things are getting a little testy on the last string, with two established lizardoids going at it over whether Palin is an idiot.
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Bloodnok Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:34:24pm |
re: #102 Killgore Trout
I hate watching the old lizards meltdown. The noobs and infrequent posters don't bother me but it's tough to watch an old lizard freak out.
Ugh. Did I miss something ugly today?
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:36:33pm |
re: #111 Bloodnok
Ugh. Did I miss something ugly today?
No.. It has been pretty cool Blood today..I haven't seen anything too bad
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Bloodnok Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:39:58pm |
re: #112 HoosierHoops
No.. It has been pretty cool Blood today..I haven't seen anything too bad
Phew. Still, there are a few Lizards that I expect to go off any day now. It's a strange political climate at the moment and some folks are letting rationality fall by the wayside. Oh well.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:40:52pm |
Here's my favorite Elvis Costello song, live and acoustic:
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:41:44pm |
I see Google's remembered the 25th anniversary of Tetris.
Guess a video game trumps D-Day.
I also saw no mention from them of the 20th Anniversary of the Tianamen Square massacre.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:42:53pm |
re: #110 Shiplord Kirel
Things are getting a little testy on the last string, with two established lizardoids going at it over whether Palin is an idiot.
gtrs has been "established" since 4/17/09.
He/she has a rude way of interacting.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:43:32pm |
re: #113 Bloodnok
Phew. Still, there are a few Lizards that I expect to go off any day now. It's a strange political climate at the moment and some folks are letting rationality fall by the wayside. Oh well.
It gets intense sometimes. Personally, I don't think I can keep up that level of intensity for the next 4 years.
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ArchangelMichael Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:43:55pm |
re: #115 Fenway_Nation
I see Google's remembered the 25th anniversary of Tetris.
Guess a video game trumps D-Day.
I also saw no mention from them of the 20th Anniversary of the Tianamen Square massacre.
Those are memoryholed unevents. It is doubleplusungood to speak of them. You may become an unperson.
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IslandLibertarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:45:18pm |
OK, it must be movie night here. Came home and found two DVDs....
"Taken" and "Benjamin Button".....which one should I demand to see first?
/Do I really need to ask?
oh yeah, Costello is sublime......"Wathchin' her detectives.......you're so cute...."
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:46:39pm |
re: #113 Bloodnok
Phew. Still, there are a few Lizards that I expect to go off any day now. It's a strange political climate at the moment and some folks are letting rationality fall by the wayside. Oh well.
Bro..Hope today finds you well..
The only people that are jumping off the cliff are those that claimed they were the grownup's in charge for the last couple of years...Just for the record..Grownups act responsible in many ways whether they are in power or not...
So I guess I'll just hang out and sell Hollywood maps of the closest cliff to leap from...
////
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:47:23pm |
re: #117 Gus 802
It gets intense sometimes. Personally, I don't think I can keep up that level of intensity for the next 4 years.
Back away, go to the grocery store (seems to be what I end up doing), then come back later when you're calm.
You've got to figure out the reason you're here. If you're here (like I am) because I enjoy the superior knowledge and intellect of many of the folks who post here, then whether or not I draw the same conclusions they do, I'm gonna do whatever I need to in order to be able to hang around.
And if I need to get up and go to the grocery store, that's what I'll do.
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Bloodnok Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:47:41pm |
re: #120 HoosierHoops
Bro..Hope today finds you well..
The only people that are jumping off the cliff are those that claimed they were the grownup's in charge for the last couple of years...Just for the record..Grownups act responsible in many ways whether they are in power or not...
So I guess I'll just hang out and sell Hollywood maps of the closest cliff to leap from...
////
You are very right.
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formercorpsman Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:49:11pm |
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:49:31pm |
Heh....karma's at 3,333 right now.
Just thought I'd share that.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:50:18pm |
re: #121 reine.de.tout
Back away, go to the grocery store (seems to be what I end up doing), then come back later when you're calm.
You've got to figure out the reason you're here. If you're here (like I am) because I enjoy the superior knowledge and intellect of many of the folks who post here, then whether or not I draw the same conclusions they do, I'm gonna do whatever I need to in order to be able to hang around.
And if I need to get up and go to the grocery store, that's what I'll do.
That's what I did before. Had to anyway to get some more grub and stuff. Was a nice day. Had the sun roof open and drove down a tree lined street. Working gets me away too and I know since I work at home that can be a distraction to do otherwise.
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IslandLibertarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:50:59pm |
re: #124 Fenway_Nation
Heh....karma's at 3,333 right now.
Just thought I'd share that.
we're messin' with yer karma..........
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:51:40pm |
re: #111 Bloodnok
Ugh. Did I miss something ugly today?
Not today. It's been a while since or last high profile meltdown. We'll see more in the future I'm sure. The political landscape is changing and people will need to go their own way. So it goes.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:55:39pm |
re: #127 Killgore Trout
Not today. It's been a while since or last high profile meltdown. We'll see more in the future I'm sure. The political landscape is changing and people will need to go their own way. So it goes.
How do you mean? Cognito got the gate less than a month ago?
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:56:21pm |
re: #126 IslandLibertarian
we're messin' with yer karma..........
Instant karma! Gonna get you.
//
Warning: Video contains Yoko.
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:58:46pm |
Fer Gawds sakes..It's been almost 4 hours and the Titanic hasn't sunk yet..This is the ultimate chick flick disaster movie..Jack! Rose! Jack! Rose!
Work with me people! LOL!
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:59:02pm |
re: #130 pingjockey
Damnit! This is an Ono free zone!
Woops. She doesn't sing though. She just sits on a stool knitting blindfolded.
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:00:11pm |
re: #131 HoosierHoops
Fer Gawds sakes..It's been almost 4 hours and the Titanic hasn't sunk yet..This is the ultimate chick flick disaster movie..Jack! Rose! Jack! Rose!
Work with me people! LOL!
Trust me...it eventually sinks, and there's really nothing else to take away from that movie (and I say this as a chick)...
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IslandLibertarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:00:12pm |
re: #132 Gus 802
Woops. She doesn't sing though. She just sits on a stool knitting blindfolded.
performance art..........
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jaunte Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:00:16pm |
re: #131 HoosierHoops
Make sure you study the 'drowning Jack' pose; it's a hit at parties.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:00:22pm |
re: #131 HoosierHoops
Fer Gawds sakes..It's been almost 4 hours and the Titanic hasn't sunk yet..This is the ultimate chick flick disaster movie..Jack! Rose! Jack! Rose!
Work with me people! LOL!
Spoiler alert!
The Titanic sinks.
//
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pingjockey Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:01:00pm |
re: #131 HoosierHoops
Psst..the ships sinks, alot of folks freeze to death. the end.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:01:19pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:01:22pm |
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IslandLibertarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:01:54pm |
No TRUE iceberg would.........oh never mind.........
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:02:57pm |
re: #131 HoosierHoops
Fer Gawds sakes..It's been almost 4 hours and the Titanic hasn't sunk yet..This is the ultimate chick flick disaster movie..Jack! Rose! Jack! Rose!
Work with me people! LOL!
You know the last survivor of the Titanic died last week?
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Kreuzueber Halbmond Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:02:58pm |
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UncleRancher Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:03:15pm |
Out of context:
Arthur is 90 years old. He’s played golf every day
since his retirement 25 years ago. One day he
arrives home looking downcast. “That’s it,” he tells
his wife. “I’m giving up golf. My eyesight has gotten
so bad that once I’ve hit the ball, I can’t see where
it went.”
His wife sympathizes and makes him a cup of tea.
As they sit down, she says, “Why don’t you take my
brother with you and give it one more try.”
“That’s no good,” sighs Arthur. “Your brother’s a
hundred and three. He can’t help.”
“He may be a hundred and three,” says the wife,
“but his eyesight is perfect.”
So the next day, Arthur heads off to the golf course
with his brother-in-law. He tees up, takes an almighty
swing, and squints down the fairway. He turns to the
brother-in-law. “Did you see the ball?”
“Of course I did!” replies the brother-in-law. “I have
perfect eyesight ..”
“Where did it go?” asks Arthur.
“I don’t remember."
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Digital Display Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:03:30pm |
re: #133 srb1976
Trust me...it eventually sinks, and there's really nothing else to take away from that movie (and I say this as a chick)...
I feel bad cause I always post a movie review on Saturdays..
Damn..Now I have to rent a movie or face the world that thinks this is the greatest movie of all time...hey I didn't pay a billion bucks to see it..*wink*
I give it 3 out of 5 stars...
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:04:03pm |
re: #142 Kreuzueber Halbmond
Now, that IS a rotating title if I ever saw one. :-)
Warning: Video contains Alex Jones.
//
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rain of lead Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:04:26pm |
re: #119 IslandLibertarian
ignore bb and watch taken twice.....awesome frakkin movie!
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:05:18pm |
re: #144 HoosierHoops
I feel bad cause I always post a movie review on Saturdays..
Damn..Now I have to rent a movie or face the world that thinks this is the greatest movie of all time...hey I didn't pay a billion bucks to see it..*wink*
I give it 3 out of 5 stars...
Sorry, that's one of the few movies that I couldn't even give a chance....the story is depressing, we all knew how it would end, can't really stand dicaprio, and I hated that stupid song.....not much to love there.......
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IslandLibertarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:06:01pm |
re: #146 rain of lead
ignore bb and watch taken twice.....awesome frakkin movie!
And my girlfriend doesn't get her Pitt fix?
Not taking that chance.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:06:03pm |
Last Titanic survivor Dean dies at 97
Millvina Dean
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rain of lead Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:06:51pm |
re: #146 rain of lead
ignore bb and watch taken twice.....awesome frakkin movie!
the hero of taken makes jack bauer look like a simpering wuss
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:07:19pm |
Tonight's moon
[Link: noblesseoblige.org...]
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Bloodnok Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:08:08pm |
re: #136 Gus 802
Spoiler alert!
The Titanic sinks.
//
People always focus on the bad side to the story. "Something about the Titanic that people forget...there were over 1000 miles of uneventful, very pleasurable cruising before it hit the iceberg."
//from Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge - BBC
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IslandLibertarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:08:36pm |
re: #150 rain of lead
Bauer is ok, but Kiefer is a little too liberal for me.....or does he just make those PSAs to stay in the clique?
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:08:51pm |
re: #150 rain of lead
I am so looking forward to seeing that movie.....probably skip renting and buy it next payday.....maybe I can pawn it off as a father's day gift?
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rain of lead Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:10:04pm |
re: #154 IslandLibertarian
Bauer is ok, but Kiefer is a little too liberal for me.....or does he just make those PSAs to stay in the clique?
court ordered for his dui
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IslandLibertarian Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:12:23pm |
re: #156 rain of lead
court ordered for his dui
PSA to save the planet? DUI? Crazy Hollywood judges..........
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sngnsgt Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:13:08pm |
re: #156 rain of lead
court ordered for his dui
I figured it had something to do with drinking too much.
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:16:01pm |
re: #152 Killgore Trout
Nice.
The neighbors probably all think I'm a perv walking up and down the street late at night with a camera, tripod, and high powered telephoto lens... The trees here are all tall so I have to move around a bit until I find a good gap to snap the shot through.
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rain of lead Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:16:21pm |
re: #157 IslandLibertarian
back to taken....the hero is trying to save his daughter,
he kicks ass, tortures people to death, shoots his friends etc
I can respect that in a father
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:16:57pm |
re: #160 Thanos
The neighbors probably all think I'm a perv walking up and down the street late at night with a camera, tripod, and high powered telephoto lens... The trees here are all tall so I have to move around a bit until I find a good gap to snap the shot through.
We got one of the boys a cheap telescope for Christmas (he's nine, and he doesn't get anything expensive yet.) We waited a long time for a good night, here. Got one though, and it was worth it to see how much he enjoyed looking at the moon.
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:19:01pm |
Hey y'all - just thought I'd drop by before going to sleep!
What are we talkng about? Still talking about Elvis Costello - the guy who Bonnie Delaney punched off his barstool for calling Ray Charles a N***er?
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Syrah Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:20:04pm |
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:21:13pm |
re: #161 rain of lead
back to taken....the hero is trying to save his daughter,
he kicks ass, tortures people to death, shoots his friends etc
I can respect that in a father
Maybe that's the tie it.....baby girl is not even 2 yet, and better half is already dreading the thought of being the father of a teenage girl....maybe I can pawn it off as pointers for when she starts dating......
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:22:15pm |
re: #162 EmmmieG
We got one of the boys a cheap telescope for Christmas (he's nine, and he doesn't get anything expensive yet.) We waited a long time for a good night, here. Got one though, and it was worth it to see how much he enjoyed looking at the moon.
Yes, telescopes are fun, you are right not to get an expensive one until he shows persistent interest however. My daughter's telescope is collecting dust in our basement.
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:22:21pm |
re: #165 Syrah Hi Syrah! Did ya get the Windows or Linux OS?
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Syrah Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:23:37pm |
re: #168 realwest
Windows. They did not have the Linux one instock or I would have bought that one.
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sngnsgt Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:26:48pm |
re: #169 Syrah
Windows. They did not have the Linux one instock or I would have bought that one.
Vista?
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rain of lead Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:27:05pm |
re: #164 pingjockey
YEAH!
brain freeze, could not remember his name
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:27:26pm |
re: #169 Syrah Is it *gasp* Windows Vista?
I have Vista in my desktop PC and candidly have grown to like it - largely because I ignore the features I don't care about and the ones I do like work even better and faster (well, 5 Gig RAM would probably do that for any 'puter!).
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:27:52pm |
re: #167 Thanos
Yes, telescopes are fun, you are right not to get an expensive one until he shows persistent interest however. My daughter's telescope is collecting dust in our basement.
As a kid my brother and me used an old reflecting telescope. Wooden tripod, cardboard tube, eyepiece. Thought it was great. Cheap too.
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Sheila Broflovski Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:28:40pm |
I had to completely uninstall and reset my router. It was blocking a certain website I visit regularly, for no apparent reason.
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Sheila Broflovski Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:29:42pm |
I had this same problem with a different router I used to have, which blocked LGF. I tossed that router.
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Syrah Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:30:48pm |
re: #170 sngnsgt
Vista?
Heavens no. XP home.
This thing is way too underpowered to run Vista.
As an internet toy, it is a blast. It would be pushing things to try and use it for anything more than that. (It has reminded me how much I dislike IE as a browser.
I think I will download Firefox and Safari for it tonight.
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rain of lead Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:31:41pm |
re: #166 srb1976
bwahahahah
I can so relate
mine is 6 and already had a "boyfriend" in kindergarten
I wanted to kill the little bastard :)
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sngnsgt Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:34:09pm |
re: #175 realwest
GMTA - see my#173!
LOL! GMTA right back at ya! I was just going to reply to your #173. I do the same with mine, turn off what I don't want and leave the features on that I do. I used a PC with XP on it a few days ago and almost felt lost. I like Vista.
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Desert Dog Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:34:20pm |
re: #177 Alouette
What kind are you running? For wireless? I have a Netgear N now...with our faster dsl, I can have three kids, Mrs. Desert Dog and myself on all at once and still not slow down....it's nice.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:35:37pm |
re: #165 Syrah
Neat!
What has impressed you?
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Syrah Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:36:01pm |
re: #173 realwest
Is it *gasp* Windows Vista?
I have Vista in my desktop PC and candidly have grown to like it - largely because I ignore the features I don't care about and the ones I do like work even better and faster (well, 5 Gig RAM would probably do that for any 'puter!).
Not Vista. I don't think it could handle it. I am not sure it can really handle XP. It works well enough as an internet toy.
I am going to try to figure out how to boot a linux distro off of a USB stick just to see what I can get away with. (I tend to be a little rough on my toys. Some last longer than others.)
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ShanghaiEd Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:38:12pm |
re: #174 Gus 802
As a kid my brother and me used an old reflecting telescope. Wooden tripod, cardboard tube, eyepiece. Thought it was great. Cheap too.
I had a model much like yours. Until I left it outside in the rain one night, and the notion of "cardboard tube" ceased being a footnote and became a catastrophe. Gosh, I missed that thing.
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:39:23pm |
re: #180 sngnsgt
Well I was a HUGE fan of Windows XP-PRO and had used it for a couple of years, but it died - seriously, three motherboards and two hard drives and Best Buy said "we'll give you as good a computer as this was when it was new." And given how desktop prices have dropped and because I'm just a swell guy, they actually gave me what amount to about $250 above what I had paid plus thier Black Tie in home hardware and software 3 year warranty. But I hadda take a VISTA. Am I glad I did. By the time I got to it, it had been on the market for about 18 months and had most bugs worked out of it. And as I said, it CAME with 5 Gigs Ram, DVD/CDR and all that jazz.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:40:32pm |
re: #184 ShanghaiEd
I had a model much like yours. Until I left it outside in the rain one night, and the notion of "cardboard tube" ceased being a footnote and became a catastrophe. Gosh, I missed that thing.
Bummer. Rain and cardboard aren't a good mix. This was back during the Apollo missions and we'd look up at the moon and awe while thinking, "there are men up there." Keeping the mirror clean was a always an enjoyable task.
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Sheila Broflovski Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:40:33pm |
re: #181 Desert Dog
What kind are you running? For wireless? I have a Netgear N now...with our faster dsl, I can have three kids, Mrs. Desert Dog and myself on all at once and still not slow down....it's nice.
I have a linksys wrt54gs wireless. It was running just fine until for no reason, my favorite website (well, second favorite after LGF) suddenly became unreachable. I called my ISP and verified that it was not blocked at their end. So I reset the router to factory default, and SCREWED MYSELF because I could not refigure it to what it was. Finally I called their help desk and chatted with a young guy in Mumbai named Deepak who fixed the router and even unblocked the site I had trouble reaching.
Now I just have to update the Easy Link Advisor software that comes with the router.
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:41:24pm |
re: #183 Syrah
"I am going to try to figure out how to boot a linux distro off of a USB stick just to see what I can get away with"
Um, what? Sorry, techtard here! But does the machine you have now with Windows work well enough for you? Can you add RAM?
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Syrah Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:42:17pm |
re: #182 Floral Giraffe
Neat!
What has impressed you?
re: #185 realwest
It is small, light and solid state. I can treat it fairly rough and I don't have to worry about damaging the hard drive. The battery lasted over 4 hours at its standard setting.
It was cheap too.
The poor clerk tried to sell me a store warrenty that was priced at over half the unit cost.
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:42:46pm |
Wow, stop paying attention for a minute and we go from movies to tech hour = )
(I only kid because I am completely lost....) = )
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Sheila Broflovski Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:42:54pm |
Any important stuff go on today that I missed?
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:43:06pm |
re: #187 Alouette
I have a linksys wrt54gs wireless. It was running just fine until for no reason, my favorite website (well, second favorite after LGF) suddenly became unreachable. I called my ISP and verified that it was not blocked at their end. So I reset the router to factory default, and SCREWED MYSELF because I could not refigure it to what it was. Finally I called their help desk and chatted with a young guy in Mumbai named Deepak who fixed the router and even unblocked the site I had trouble reaching.
Now I just have to update the Easy Link Advisor software that comes with the router.
I have the same model, I think there was a firmware update for it out on the web. Don't forget to go in and change the admin account password. A lot of people foolishly leave it "admin" and no password. You can hit it with your browser usually at 192.168.1.1 ....
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Randall Gross Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:43:42pm |
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Desert Dog Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:43:59pm |
re: #187 Alouette
I have a linksys wrt54gs wireless. It was running just fine until for no reason, my favorite website (well, second favorite after LGF) suddenly became unreachable. I called my ISP and verified that it was not blocked at their end. So I reset the router to factory default, and SCREWED MYSELF because I could not refigure it to what it was. Finally I called their help desk and chatted with a young guy in Mumbai named Deepak who fixed the router and even unblocked the site I had trouble reaching.
Now I just have to update the Easy Link Advisor software that comes with the router.
Then only problem I am having lately is setting up a printer on my new laptop. Vista is not as easy as XP or 98. Those were so simple. This one is proving harder to figure out
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:44:45pm |
re: #189 Syrah
"The poor clerk tried to sell me a store warrenty that was priced at over half the unit cost." LOL! Well a friend of mine who NOW (not of course when I needed a new computer) works in a computer store and says that their profit margin is SO much higher on Warranty than on machinery it's not even close.
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Syrah Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:46:16pm |
re: #188 realwest
"I am going to try to figure out how to boot a linux distro off of a USB stick just to see what I can get away with"
Um, what? Sorry, techtard here! But does the machine you have now with Windows work well enough for you? Can you add RAM?
It has 1gig of ram installed in its single slot. I can and will swap it out for a 2gig stick in time. 2gigs will help XP run all that much better.
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ShanghaiEd Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:47:37pm |
re: #186 Gus 802
Bummer. Rain and cardboard aren't a good mix. This was back during the Apollo missions and we'd look up at the moon and awe while thinking, "there are men up there." Keeping the mirror clean was a always an enjoyable task.
Keeping the mirror clean. Absolutely. Did you have a little brush with a green rubber bulb attached to blow air without damaging those million-dollar optics? :)
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:49:48pm |
re: #197 ShanghaiEd
Keeping the mirror clean. Absolutely. Did you have a little brush with a green rubber bulb attached to blow air without damaging those million-dollar optics? :)
Sure did. My dad always had something like that around. Or lens cleaning tissues.
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:50:14pm |
re: #196 Syrah
Yep, a two Gig stick will help quite a bit and I was surprised at how cheap RAM has become over the years. My old XP desktop came with one and I added a two gig stick for about $75 - GREATLY improved performance.
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lostlakehiker Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:50:56pm |
Going totally off topic, but the "top links" story about Palin wanting Sotomayor to take an IQ test is bizarre. Say what you will about Sonia, and I've got real reservations about her willingness to put justice ahead of racial spoils, (see the New Haven fire department test case), she's bright.
College is an IQ test. It's an overly slow, complex, and expensive IQ test, but it does the job. Sotomayor scored high. Case closed.
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sngnsgt Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:54:11pm |
re: #185 realwest
Nice, I just bought one a while ago that came with Vista. My old machine with XP on it just kept crapping parts so when the motherboard croaked, I gave it a proper burial. I'm glad I jumped up to Vista, I figured why not keep up with the latest MS operating system, it's easier this way than to try to keep up with replacing parts just to keep an XP machine running. I got the CD/DVD Lightscribe drive but I'm not real impressed with Lightscribe, it's slow and the results are not real impressive. Other than that, it's been a great machine. Mine has a 226 GB hard drive. It only has the one CD/DVD drive, but it does everything I need so I'm not going to mess with it.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:55:29pm |
re: #200 lostlakehiker
Going totally off topic, but the "top links" story about Palin wanting Sotomayor to take an IQ test is bizarre. Say what you will about Sonia, and I've got real reservations about her willingness to put justice ahead of racial spoils, (see the New Haven fire department test case), she's bright.
College is an IQ test. It's an overly slow, complex, and expensive IQ test, but it does the job. Sotomayor scored high. Case closed.
I think we should apply the 48 hour rule. There's something about that story that doesn't add up. They're quoting Palin as saying "screwed up" and I've never heard her use those words before.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:55:35pm |
I'm worn out. Signing off for the night. Sleep well, all.
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BlueCanuck Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:55:51pm |
re: #200 lostlakehiker
Yeah, IQ is a good measuring stick but not the only measuring stick. Just because a person has a high one doesn't necessarily mean they will suceed in life.
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:56:02pm |
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 9:59:11pm |
re: #201 sngnsgt
Well I've had this sucker since, iirc, December of '08 and all I've used the DVD for is to create my own restoration disks. And the CD is for playing music, mostly - hate to admit it but don't quite understand how to burn a CD, but otherwise this machine is fine for me and for what I need it for!
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Noam Sayin' Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:00:02pm |
re: #208 realwest
Hey, real. I missed your post to me this morning - wasn't ignoring you.
Shoulda labeled mine a drive-by.
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:00:15pm |
re: #207 Noam Sayin'
Hey Noam! *tackle* ( ouch, I have to stick to noogies with Noam, why do I keep forgetting that?!). How are you doing tonight?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:01:05pm |
re: #188 realwest
"I am going to try to figure out how to boot a linux distro off of a USB stick just to see what I can get away with"
Um, what? Sorry, techtard here! But does the machine you have now with Windows work well enough for you? Can you add RAM?
Ubuntu and Kubuntu have a Live CD feature that lets you boot into Linux from the CD without installing it onto the HD. Runs slow since it is from the CD, but you get a chance to see how it works, and they are free.
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Noam Sayin' Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:01:45pm |
re: #210 realwest
Was just at a nice little garden party, except it was damn cold for June 6.
Al Gore can kiss my ass.
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:02:19pm |
re: #211 FurryOldGuyJeans
Ah! Thanks a lot for that!
(what did he say?!) just joking! Thanks for that explanation!
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Gus Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:02:51pm |
re: #212 Noam Sayin'
Was just at a nice little garden party, except it was damn cold for June 6.
Al Gore can kiss my ass.
See #91.
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:03:12pm |
re: #212 Noam Sayin'
Ah, why give him that pleasure Noam? He sure ain't done anything to deserve it!
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:05:05pm |
re: #212 Noam Sayin'
Was just at a nice little garden party, except it was damn cold for June 6.
Al Gore can kiss my ass.
"He betrayed us! He payed on our fears!
/Southern tent-revival preacher's voice
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:06:11pm |
re: #213 realwest
Ah! Thanks a lot for that!
(what did he say?!) just joking! Thanks for that explanation!
The neat thing about Ubunto and Kubuntu is they are already desktop ready distros, and come with lots of software most people would use already packaged.
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BlueCanuck Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:09:38pm |
re: #219 Fenway_Nation
I think you had it right the first time. ;)
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sngnsgt Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:11:14pm |
re: #212 Noam Sayin'
Was just at a nice little garden party, except it was damn cold for June 6.
Al Gore can kiss my ass.
Hey be nice, Al Gore did after all invent this here inter-web thingy.
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Syrah Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:12:37pm |
re: #218 FurryOldGuyJeans
The neat thing about Ubunto and Kubuntu is they are already desktop ready distros, and come with lots of software most people would use already packaged.
I haven't played with any of the solaris distros yet. I will have to give one a try this summer on one of my old desktops.
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captwfcall Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:14:32pm |
re: #222 Syrah
I haven't played with any of the solaris distros yet. I will have to give one a try this summer on one of my old desktops.
re: #222 Syrah
I haven't played with any of the solaris distros yet. I will have to give one a try this summer on one of my old desktops.
just go to [Link: www.virtualbox.org...] install that, then create a virtual install of solaris, linux, windows, or mac os. sun owns virtualbox now i believe. you don't need an old desktop to do that. zfs is cool btw. has compression on the filesystem.
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haakondahl Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:15:26pm |
re: #218 FurryOldGuyJeans
The neat thing about Ubunto and Kubuntu is they are already desktop ready distros, and come with lots of software most people would use already packaged.
I have Puppy Linux on a stick, and am not happy with it, as it goes SO SLOW, and won't mount the host hardware HDD.
I couldn't get Ubuntu (which I have used since Badger) to boot off the stick, so it had to go for the time being. The advantage to this Puppy setup is it runs under QEMU, so I can boot the machine from the stick OR simply run QEMU.exe under windows, and VOILA! I'm at least in my own system with a network connection, but no access to the files on the HDD.
Oh well.
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haakondahl Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:16:56pm |
re: #222 Syrah
I haven't played with any of the solaris distros yet. I will have to give one a try this summer on one of my old desktops.
A couple of years ago, when it first went OS/Free, I tried to grab it off the server several times. Spent hours downloading, only to have it crap out at the end. Someday.
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sngnsgt Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:17:51pm |
A fan page dedicated to the Atari 2600
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haakondahl Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:19:42pm |
re: #223 captwfcall
Anyway. MacOS installs on virtualbox?
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captwfcall Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:22:45pm |
re: #229 haakondahl
Anyway. MacOS installs on virtualbox?
i have heard that it does. but it's not officially supported and is obviously not supported by Apple (illegal in other words, but there are places to find info about it). there is a OS X binary for virtualbox itself though that will let you run windows, linux, solaris x86 on OS X.
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Syrah Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:26:16pm |
Goodnight Lizards.
Happy high tech dreams to you all.
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realwest Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:40:31pm |
And I'm outta here too - hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.
Good night, all.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:52:21pm |
re: #235 BlueCanuck
Good thing I stocked up on the Bacardi....
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BlueCanuck Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:53:13pm |
re: #236 Fenway_Nation
Real shame I can't drink tonight. Working instead. Things seem to have changed since I last worked a night shift.
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:53:31pm |
re: #235 BlueCanuck
S---l---o---w n---i---g---h---t.
Sure seems like it....thought everyone else had run away = )
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srb1976 Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:55:09pm |
re: #237 BlueCanuck
Has your schedule changed? seems like you used to be on nights the same time I was.... (my night shift ended a few days ago....days next week)
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BlueCanuck Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:57:53pm |
re: #239 srb1976
Yeah, I have been on afternoon shifts since about the beginning of April. One reason why I haven't been posting as much.
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NY Nana Sat, Jun 6, 2009 11:06:11pm |
Hellllllllppp! I am a computer dummy!
Does anyone here speak English!?!?!?!
G'nite, Lizards! Sweet dreams!
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chinesearithmetic Sun, Jun 7, 2009 5:07:35am |
Tom Scholz of Boston had him pegged
To get his deal this brown nose begged
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Honcho Sun, Jun 7, 2009 9:57:00am |
I saw Elvis on the first tour with the Attractions-- touring after that wonderful first album w/Clover, a Soma County band.
Any body know why there's a credit for Femme Fatale by Lou Reed on the liner notes, but no Velvets piece on the record?
I love the production. His voice is sometimes unsuited to the piece-- you know, that goony thing he does with vowels, sometimes-- but it's the best Elvis record I've heard in a long time.
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