That is what I have thought for 30 years.

Spy this!

Spy thingy again.

O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An foolish notion:
What airs in dress an gait wad lea'es us,
An ev'n devotion!

Hello Lizards!
What up?

Hey Hoosier.

Perhaps Tallulah's most famous quote(?):

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

though I find:

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

to be more quotable.

re: #4 HoosierHoops

Hello Lizards!
What up?

This is now a Bobby burns thread, Hoosier. It will remain so until Charles pays me 12 million in Euros.

re: #5 Fenway_Nation

Hey Hoosier.

How are you doing today?

Tell me again why we actually bother with the real thread?

re: #8 HoosierHoops

Great...Red Sox keep on winning, I found this packet at the grocery store that contained 4 hamburger patties (80% lean), 4 mild italian sausages and some pepper-lime marinated chicken drumsticks and thighs for $5 and had a nice cookout with that today.

re: #9 Noam Sayin'

Because of the dingey thingeys?

re: Fenway_Nation

You got all that for $5 and you still ate it?

re: #12 Noam Sayin'

Not all of it- I had 2 burgers and a sausage link, cooked up the chicken and put in a ziploc baggie and froze the remaining burgers and sausages.

Wanted:

Someone to time travel with me into the future. This is not a joke. Must be able to withstand tremendous G-forces. Must supply your own weapons. Not responsible for injury or ? This will be the third time I've done this. Serious inquiries only. Payment on return.

re: Fenway_Nation

I'm not sure you see my point, Fen. ;)

re: #13 Fenway_Nation

Not all of it- I had 2 burgers and a sausage link, cooked up the chicken and put in a ziploc baggie and froze the remaining burgers and sausages.

I'll be at the Cabin Monday...First night I will BBQ Sausage links...
Yummy!

Hey there honcos. Just getting in from a graduation party. Anything new from Iran?

re: #15 Noam Sayin'

Well...it was either cook it up tonight or toss it out w/the trash on Monday.

/So far no ill effects.

I think I broke the spy thingy.

re: #19 Racer X

I think I broke the spy thingy.

You see...this is why we can't have anything nice...

re: #19 Racer X

I think I broke the spy thingy.

I'm telling!

Test new Avatar...Wait till you see THIS one!

New LGF spy functionality is great!

#18 Fenway Nation
If the burger was bad, you would know
If the sausage was slimey, stay away, same with the chicken, but the lime gave the chicken an extra day

re: rhino2

New LGF spy functionality is great!

I hope he adds more spy functionality where you can ding from the spy!

re: #22 Macker

Test new Avatar...Wait till you see THIS one!

Sweet! nice avatar dude

re: Macker

I hope he adds more spy functionality where you can ding from the spy!

That'd be great, but this makes following a thread much easier, for me at least.

How to make the best use of the LGF Spy thing?

This spy-comment thing reminded me of a real story:

I once knew someone who became paranoid (I mean clinically paranoid, not euphemisticaly paranoid) that the FBI or the NSA could record his every keystroke and mouse-click on his computer -- not over the Web, but by some kind of detector outside his window picking up electronic signals of some kind. I scoffed at his delusions, but quickly found out that they were working on technology of this sort. It was not a fantasy of his, apparently -- they really might have the capability to "read" keystrokes remotely.

The delusion came in him imagining that he was important enough to spy on. He tried to be a sooper-secret hacker-dude, but his skilz were sorely lacking and he never really hacked into anything. Though he did chat online with people whom claimed to be toppermost-secret hackers engaged in extra-legal activities.

I eventually concluded he was just feeding his ego in imagining he was being caught in an espionage-esque roundup of dangerous underworld computer geniuses.

Anyway, the whole "spy" comments thing reminded me of this.

re: #29 zombie

Paranoia strikes deep. into your heart it will creep. it happens when you're always afraid. step out of line and the man comes to take you away.

I must sleep, gnight all.

re: HoosierHoops

Sweet! nice avatar dude

Here's the article...bsg vfx: anatomy of an (ancient) cylon

re: Iron Fist

Cool! +5 coolness points. That is one mean looking helmet.

:-)

My first reaction was HOLY SHIT!. Can you imagine Toasters with katana blades!

re: #33 Macker

Here's the article...bsg vfx: anatomy of an (ancient) cylon

3am and I'm watching movies.. I must be on Vacation!

re: #36 Iron Fist

They've been able to read your computer screen remotely for years. I've forgotten the name of the device. It picks up on the electromagnetic emmissions of your monitor. That would be in the day of the CRT monitors. I don't know if they can do the same thing with LCD screens.

Good morning Stud...What up?

re: #37 HoosierHoops

How's the start of vacation?
You do know the trout have been warned?

re: #38 Floral Giraffe

How's the start of vacation?
You do know the trout have been warned?

Oh frigging wonderful! Thank you...
Dang it's 3am and I'm just warming up

re: #36 Iron Fist

If it has an electronic signature, with the right antenna, they could probably read it.

re: #40 HoosierHoops

Hey some of the best fishing happens before the suns up. Do you have the lunar tables for where you are going?

/tried it once long ago, but all I did was drown worms.

re: #40 HoosierHoops

LOL!
3am? You going to have desert or breakfast?
It can be SO confusing!
Glad you're having fun!
(Nice to "see" you on a late night thread!)

re: #39 Iron Fist

Insomnia :-) I can't believe how the time has slipped away. I came downstairs (to where the computer is) at 21:30 or so. Today's the 14th, so I can fill my Ambien script today. Yea!

(For me, Ambien is like a miricle drug. It has some strange and potentially nasty side-effects, but I can sleep. Sleep may be for the weak, but I guess I'm just going to have to deal with being weak :-)

How's life treating you?

I'm doing fine my friend...9 days off for vacation...party dude

So this is where everyone is. I was on the last thread talking to myself.

re: #42 BlueCanuck

Hey some of the best fishing happens before the suns up. Do you have the lunar tables for where you are going?

/tried it once long ago, but all I did was drown worms.

I catch and release...fuck it...5am next week I'll be hanging in the boat watching Bald eagles flying overhead..

re: Macker

I hope he adds more spy functionality where you can ding from the spy!

You can ding from the spy thingy. Just click on the poster's name and a new window opens with the dingy buttons.

re: #46 Soona'

So this is where everyone is. I was on the last thread talking to myself.

You can't lose talking to yourself...

re: #29 zombie

I've read, although I don't know if it's true, that people who are clinically paranoid in the sense of being diagnosed with Paranoid Personality Disorder always score highly under NPD or narcissistic personality disorder, or at least tend to have narcissistic tendencies.

It makes sense that it would work that way, because the paranoid generally believes that everyone's watching him or spying on him, that everything's revolving around him and out to get him.

Interesting, if true, and it sounds like it could apply in this case.

Today in History, June 14th:

Highlights of this day in history: Nazi Germany's troops enter Paris during World War II; TWA Flight 847 hijacked; Stars and Stripes adopted as official U.S. flag; Leftist guerrilla Che Guevara and real estate mogul Donald Trump born.

Other notable June 14th events include:

1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.

1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

1938 – Action Comics issue one was released, introducing Superman.

1942 – Anne Frank begins to keep a diary.

1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by U.S. Census Bureau.

1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States' Pledge of Allegiance.

re: HoosierHoops

You can't lose talking to yourself...

Wanna bet? I can throw some pretty mean arguments at myself.

re: #52 Soona'

Wanna bet? I can throw some pretty mean arguments at myself.

LOL
I'm watching Good Will Hunting...Now there is an augment you can't win

re: #39 Iron Fist

Before you turn in. please see my #323 on the previous thread. I myself have to get to bed, since I must work tomorrow. I'll be back here before I head to work though.

re: #53 Iron Fist

WooHoo! I've eat up all my PTO with being sick so far this year. I have to get it built up again. The Girlfriend and I are going to Southern California (California Dixie? :-) for Christmas. It'd suck to have to take unpaid leave to do it. I can square it with work if I have to, but damn I need the money (Don't we all?).

Have a fun and safe vacation!

I hate SoCal...I was born and raised up North...Where are you at?

re: Cheechako

You can ding from the spy thingy. Just click on the poster's name and a new window opens with the dingy buttons.

That worky!

re: #45 Iron Fist

Actually, I read about it in a novel. "Cryptonomicon". Of course the set up had to use a big ass antenna, and had to be right beside the device practically...

/I know it was just a story, but it makes sense with all the radiation that devices put off.

Been a strange and fun week for me. Working and bebopping all across my city taking pictures again. :)

re: #51 gmsc

Today in History, June 14th:

1938 – Action Comics issue one was released, introducing Superman.

Happy birthday, Superman!

re: #59 BlueCanuck

Actually, I read about it in a novel. "Cryptonomicon". Of course the set up had to use a big ass antenna, and had to be right beside the device practically...

/I know it was just a story, but it makes sense with all the radiation that devices put off.

When do you go to day shift?

re: Iron Fist

Tennessee. I've been to LA three or four times with work. It was just OK. Too many people crowded on to too little land, and horrible expressways. I wouldn't want to ride a bike around in LA. That wouldn't be fun at all.

People in LA have to plan their lives around the traffic.

re: #51 gmsc

1938 Action comics #1. I asked my dad to buy that for me in 1965: It was $ 25.00. 2 years later I asked him to buy it for me It was $ 100.00. Last I checked it is 4,000.00. sigh.

re: #65 BatGuano

1938 Action comics #1. I asked my dad to buy that for me in 1965: It was $ 25.00. 2 years later I asked him to buy it for me It was $ 100.00. Last I checked it is 4,000.00. sigh.

Is your dad starting to change his mind? Or wished he had?

re: #63 Iron Fist

Tennessee. I've been to LA three or four times with work. It was just OK. Too many people crowded on to too little land, and horrible expressways. I wouldn't want to ride a bike around in LA. That wouldn't be fun at all.

LA sucks..I was raised in Yountville in Napa Valley..It's the law...you must hate SoCal.LOL
Hope Charles doesn't read this!

re: #62 HoosierHoops

Wednesday. *cheer* Right now I am starting my weekend with booze. Seems the way to go for some reason.

re: #54 HoosierHoops

LOL
I'm watching Good Will Hunting...Now there is an augment you can't win

A better way to win the argument that I think you might be referring to:

re: #61 gmsc

Happy birthday, Superman!

[Video]

Best scene from the original Christopher Reeve Superman movie:

(Probably one of the most classic movie scenes of all time!)

re: BatGuano

1938 Action comics #1. I asked my dad to buy that for me in 1965: It was $ 25.00. 2 years later I asked him to buy it for me It was $ 100.00. Last I checked it is 4,000.00. sigh.

Under the zero's economic plan, it'll be $4,000,000.00 in a couple of years.

re: #64 Soona'

But, it's the universal excuse for being late!
"I was stuck in traffic!"

re: #72 Floral Giraffe

But, it's the universal excuse for being late!
"I was stuck in traffic!"

I-5 sucks..There ought to be a law! LOL

re: #73 Iron Fist

But, then, you wouldn't be able to surf ;)

re: #74 HoosierHoops

I-5 sucks..There ought to be a law! LOL

405 is worse!
Heck we have traffic radio staions, so you can avoid the problems!
LOL!

re: #71 Soona'

Under the zero's economic plan, it'll be $4,000,000.00 in a couple of years.

What makes you think it will come down to the price of a week's groceries?

///

re: #77 Floral Giraffe

405 is worse!
Heck we have traffic radio staions, so you can avoid the problems!
LOL!

Hey friend...You live in Cali?

re: #76 Iron Fist

That's right! I wasn't even thinking about it but Charles in in SoCal. And he rides a bicycle in that mess.

[shudder]

Heh! Many roads have bike lanes. Not that that's MUCH safer, but it gives the bikes some room...

re: #77 Floral Giraffe

405 is worse!
Heck we have traffic radio staions, so you can avoid the problems!
LOL!

Yeah, apparently the 405 does have its share of problems:

re: #79 HoosierHoops

Urban LA!
Used to be in the Hollywierd Hills, downhill a couple of blocks to Graumann's Chinese Theatre! Now in vunderbar suberbia.
It's NICE in surburbia. If you put on your turn signal, folks let you in.
AMAZING! :)

re: HoosierHoops

Hey friend...You live in Cali?

I was on 405 at 3am once, and I thought it looked like rush hour here in Okla. City. That is until I saw what rush hour was really like on 405.

re: #81 gmsc

I just saw that last week. Those guys did a good job on that clip.

re: #76 Iron Fist

That's right! I wasn't even thinking about it but Charles in in SoCal. And he rides a bicycle in that mess.

[shudder]

Yeah but it's not like he riding on the freeways. The condition of the surface streets, based on potholes and cracks, is another story. I've almost been thrown off my motorcycle by crappy SoCal roads quite a few times. After police and fire, fixing potholes is supposed to be the next in line priority-wise for a city to fund and carry out. Not in California. Repaving roads I believe gets funded after free colostomy bags for eldery illegal aliens.

re: #71 Soona'

Undere Zero's economic plan, comic books will be the new currency (along with sports cards).

re: #82 Floral Giraffe

Urban LA!
Used to be in the Hollywierd Hills, downhill a couple of blocks to Graumann's Chinese Theatre! Now in vunderbar suberbia.
It's NICE in surburbia. If you put on your turn signal, folks let you in.
AMAZING! :)

You are my new best friend! I love Cali...
But I'm a Napa Valley boy...Played College ball up there...
We should talk...Nice meeting you SoCal girl

re: #84 BlueCanuck

I just saw that last week. Those guys did a good job on that clip.

It seems the entire budget for that movie was $300, and $192 of that was a fine for filming on an L.A. Freeway without a license.

I hadn't thought about 405 since I saw it the first week it was released. If FG hadn't mentioned 405, I probably wouldn't have gone searching for it now.

re: #81 gmsc

It's just too funny when there are websites devoted to traffic, and the local radio stations do traffic every 5 minutes! And they do, and it can save you HOURS.
www.sigalert.com

A "sigalert" is a traffic disruption that will colst the drivers more than a 30 minute delay.

I'm starting to fade out, folks. G'nite all.

re: #88 gmsc

You beat me too it, only because I am in an alcohol induced haze at the moment.

re: #90 Soona'

I'm starting to fade out, folks. G'nite all.

Later, Soona'!

re: #83 Soona'

I was on 405 at 3am once, and I thought it looked like rush hour here in Okla. City. That is until I saw what rush hour was really like on 405.

LOL
highway 29... Every tourist in America drives it to the Valley!

TV Stations' Digital Conversion Confuses 700,000

Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.

The Federal Communications Commission said Saturday that about 317,450 calls went into the help line, 1-888-CALL-FCC, on Friday alone, the day analog signals were cut off.

About a third of the calls were about federal coupons to pay for digital converter boxes, an indication that at least 100,000 people still didn't have the right equipment to receive digital signals.

Another third of the calls were handled by live agents, and 30 percent of those were about how to operate the converter boxes. The FCC said most of the converter box questions were resolved when callers were told to re-scan the airwaves for digital frequencies.

/gee, they only had over two years to figure it out

re: #65 BatGuano

Update:One just sold for $ 317, 200.

[Link: www.comicconnect.com...]

re: #88 gmsc

Have you seen the movie "Speed"?
You need to drive from LAX (The airport) on the 105 freeway inland. You will be driving what was filmed.

The bus jump? It was real. Filmed over a weekend.
It's really funny to drive the 105. Kinda creepy...

Night Soona. Lizard dreams of nice warm rocks.

re: #94 Killian Bundy

TV Stations' Digital Conversion Confuses 700,000

/gee, they only had over two years to figure it out

It confused me. They said the programs would be much clearer. However, they still seem as obscure and pointless as ever.
;)

Obama is indeed racist, controlling, narcissistic, genius, fool. The real deal. A Black Jimmy Carter. Smarter than reality.

Weet dreams, all.
HH, i hope you stay up all night & have fun!
VACATION is all you ever wanted...

re: #98 gmsc

SHOOT YOUR T.V.! there's nothing really on it that you can't buy on DVD anyway.

/or rent even.

re: #98 gmsc

It confused me. They said the programs would be much clearer. However, they still seem as obscure and pointless as ever.
;)

I'm taking a converter box up north monday...We can only get NBC up at the Cabin...so I'm guessing NBC only in digital

re: #96 Floral Giraffe

Have you seen the movie "Speed"?
You need to drive from LAX (The airport) on the 105 freeway inland. You will be driving what was filmed.

The bus jump? It was real. Filmed over a weekend.
It's really funny to drive the 105. Kinda creepy...

I've seen "Speed", so that's interesting to know.

It depends on how you define "real". Yes, a real bus was filmed jumping, but it was from a higher point to a lower point, and the gap wasn't as large as it seemed in the film.

Editing helped make it look like it was going over a much larger jump between two even sections of road.

re: #99 pat

Obama is indeed racist, controlling, narcissistic, genius, fool. The real deal. A Black Jimmy Carter. Smarter than reality.

Welcome Back, Carter:

re: #101 BlueCanuck

SHOOT YOUR T.V.! there's nothing really on it that you can't buy on DVD anyway.

/or rent even.

DVD?!? You still watch TV from physical media?!?

///

re: #102 HoosierHoops

I'm taking a converter box up north monday...We can only get NBC up at the Cabin...so I'm guessing NBC only in digital

/your analog TV is so much junk without a converter box and, as a bonus, the digital signal doesn't carry as far as the analog signal, so you might be screwed anyway

re: #100 Floral Giraffe

yay for GoGo's reference!

Sleep well, Floral Giraffe. :)

73" Samsung? re: #101 BlueCanuck

SHOOT YOUR T.V.! there's nothing really on it that you can't buy on DVD anyway.

/or rent even.

73" Samsung? I don't think so...Wink

re: #94 Killian Bundy

TV Stations' Digital Conversion Confuses 700,000

/gee, they only had over two years to figure it out

Two years?

The FCC first adopted the ATSC standard in 1996.

re: #106 Killian Bundy

/your analog TV is so much junk without a converter box and, as a bonus, the digital signal doesn't carry as far as the analog signal, so you might be screwed anyway

Will report Monday evening on the converter box..Maybe better to watch DVD's

re: #106 Killian Bundy

your analog TV is so much junk without a converter box and, as a bonus, the digital signal doesn't carry as far as the analog signal, so you might be screwed anyway

/then again, they say there will be more free channels with digital, I pay for all the cable available so it doesn't matter to me

I think it is really creepy that Drudge headlines a Amahdinejad landslide when he knows that it clearly wrong.

re: #112 pat

I think Drudge is really creepy. :(

re: #105 gmsc

Welll, when I watch it. last time it was on was when I went through the Firerfly series on disc.

re: #108 HoosierHoops

Mine is shootable almost. 21" Toshiba that I bough in 1994. :)

re: #95 BatGuano

Update:One just sold for $ 317, 200.

[Link: www.comicconnect.com...]

This makes me think of one of my favorite "if only" stories.

Back in the late '90s, Michael Kovatch started an internet business selling cell phones. The business didn't really take off like he wanted, so the business fell by the wayside. He kept his store's domain name registered over the years, in hopes of eventually finding a buyer.

This did work out well for him. You see, when he chose his domain name, he was inspired by Apple's iMac and their then-newly-released iPod. The domain name he chose for his business?

iphone.com

Here's the full story from the man himself:

re: #109 freetoken

Two years?

The FCC first adopted the ATSC standard in 1996.

/and yet it's still a mystery to TV dumbasses, the several month reprieve cost broadcasters hundreds of millions of dollars maintaining the analog signals

re: #103 gmsc

I've seen "Speed", so that's interesting to know.

It depends on how you define "real". Yes, a real bus was filmed jumping, but it was from a higher point to a lower point, and the gap wasn't as large as it seemed in the film.

Editing helped make it look like it was going over a much larger jump between two even sections of road.

I've still never seen any of the Speed movies. Yes, I know I'm a freak. I'm also one of us without a TV, too.

Speed 2 is the one with the cruise ship, right? Or is that 3? I was on Martinique/San Maarten when they were filming, and they had this thing like a railroad track built on the ocean bed, and a cruise ship running along it approaching the beach. They kept filming it over and over, backing up the ship and doing it again.
It was the most boring thing ever and overwhelmingly NOT scary, because it happened so slowly.

After that I kind of lost interest in seeing Speed or any of the sequels. Though I've heard the first was good.

re: #108 HoosierHoops

Samsung?

/hands down, they make the best TVs for the price

re: #86 BatGuano

Undere Zero's economic plan, comic books will be the new currency (along with sports cards).

I will sell my 1969 Topps John Havlicek rookie card for 12 million Euro.

re: #119 iceweasel

The first was ok. Entertaining but not outstanding. Speed 2 was so bad that Keanu Reeves refused to appear in it. I think Jason Patrick had been out of work since the Lost Boys and was willing to do anything.

I don't know wtf was up with Sandra Bullock though. Maybe she didnt actually read the script until it was too late.

Checking out the new spy comment thingy.

Hmmm

re: #120 Killian Bundy

/hands down, they make the best TVs for the price

unfaithful (2002) Richard Gere discovers his wife Diane Lane is having an affair.(Drama) please help me this movie sucks! LOL

Order from this link.

Best TVs available.

/Charles gets a cut

re: #116 gmsc

That's crazy! Glad it worked out for him.

re: #122 ArchangelMichael

The first was ok. Entertaining but not outstanding. Speed 2 was so bad that Keanu Reeves refused to appear in it. I think Jason Patrick had been out of work since the Lost Boys and was willing to do anything.

I don't know wtf was up with Sandra Bullock though. Maybe she didnt actually read the script until it was too late.

Wow. I had no idea Keanu wasn't in it.

I'm not a big fan of Sandra Bullock. I think she's gorgeous but I don't like her as an actress so much as eye candy. She's been in a lot of crappy stuff, it seems to me.

re: #50 iceweasel

I've known people that are actually clinically paranoid and have had close family with the disorder. While there might be some correlation between narcissism and paranoia, the actual disorder doesn't always manifest itself in a way that the person suffering from it can actually rationalize their fear (extreme cases) so the narcissism is probably a side effect of the paranoia and not vice versa.

It's more akin to a severe phobia and the person is irrationally afraid of threats to their privacy and safety from any and all possible sources. I'm sure some paranoids rationalize their irrational fear into something they can cope with. That being if there are threats to their safety and privacy there simply must be good reason for that to be the case.

The one person closest to me that had a severe problem with it I do feel is very self-absorbed, even now after years of being medicated, level and no longer suffering from paranoia.

re: #119 iceweasel

Hi. Ice...Ice... Baby!

re: #128 iceweasel

Wow. I had no idea Keanu wasn't in it.

I'm not a big fan of Sandra Bullock. I think she's gorgeous but I don't like her as an actress so much as eye candy. She's been in a lot of crappy stuff, it seems to me.

There isn't a Man in America that wouldn't do Sandra..She is smoking hot.

re: #130 BatGuano

Hi. Ice...Ice... Baby!

[Video]

Hey Bat Guano!

re: #130 BatGuano

Hi. Ice...Ice... Baby!

[Video]

He's White...White... Baby!

re: #130 BatGuano

Hi. Ice...Ice... Baby!

[Video]

I kiiid!

re: #132 bat boy

Hey Bat Guano!

Hi Bat! Welcome to the Brotherhood of the Bat! :)

re: #116 gmsc

Still waiting on the porquenotecalleas.com domain registration payday.

//

re: #133 gmsc

I almost forgot about that.

re: #136 Fenway_Nation

Still waiting on the porquenotecalleas.com domain registration payday.

//

It's probably coming!

re: #129 Scion9

Scion9, that is really interesting. What you say makes a lot of sense to me. Paranoia is interesting because there's more than one kind and not all diagnoses of paranoia (so far as I know) entail narcissism; for example, paranoid schizophrenics. They're paranoid for sure--but not diagnosed with (or suffering from) narcissism.

you said:

It's more akin to a severe phobia and the person is irrationally afraid of threats to their privacy and safety from any and all possible sources. I'm sure some paranoids rationalize their irrational fear into something they can cope with. That being if there are threats to their safety and privacy there simply must be good reason for that to be the case.

Yes, i think that's right; in some cases (possibly many) they're reasoning backwards from the phobic reaction (intense fear, anxiety) to some rational explanation for it ("people are after me: it's the CIA [or whoever] )
As humans we love to look for patterns and explanations, and that applies to us all even when we're intensely phobic and fearful. Maybe even especially then? It can give us a sense of having control in a world that appears very frightening.

I'm so sorry for you and the person close to you who you mention in the last paragraph; that's so hard.

re: #133 gmsc

re: #130 BatGuano

Shit! gmsc beat me to posting that vid!

How the hell are you, beloved BatGuano baby?

Bat Boy and Excrement From the Bat's Rear Private Parts. Together at last.

I am thinking this new spy comment thingy is cool, but the middle of the night might not be the best time for it.

re: #142 Sharmuta

I am thinking this new spy comment thingy is cool, but the middle of the night might not be the best time for it.

Dang it! Hi Sharm! just watching movies and blogging..Hope today finds you well..

re: #131 HoosierHoops

There isn't a Man in America that wouldn't do Sandra..She is smoking hot.

Yeah and not only men. Just sayin'.

re: #140 iceweasel

re: #130 BatGuano

Shit! gmsc beat me to posting that vid!

How the hell are you, beloved BatGuano baby?

I am fine, although I seem to have a nocturnal insect eating rival. But I am a colonel and have that going for me which is good.

re: #144 iceweasel

Yeah and not only men. Just sayin'.

I'm not saying one word...
*wink*

Hi Hoops!

re: #145 BatGuano

You'll always be first in my heart, no matter what bat-challengers arise.

But wait a minute...are you Colonel BatGuano?!

Because if you are, we already know each other...

I see we also can't see the dinging in the spy-comment thingy.

re: #141 Sharmuta

"Excrement From the Bat's Rear Private Parts. " Lovely way you put it. :)

re: #147 Sharmuta

Hi Hoops!

Hi Sweetheart...I'm just about ready to write up a review of the movie unfaithful...
Hope today finds you well my friend

re: BatGuano

Not me- it was Aisha.

I've got to work tomorrow, so I'm drifting off early tonight.

My fruitcup is up for grabs!

Good night, all.

re: HoosierHoops

Hi Sweetheart...I'm just about ready to write up a review of the movie unfaithful...
Hope today finds you well my friend

I am doing well, Hoops.

Good night gmsc.

re: #153 gmsc

I've got to work tomorrow, so I'm drifting off early tonight.

My fruitcup is up for grabs!

Good night, all.

Part pooper! G'night gmsc.

So, how does one comment from the spy? I opened it and see nothing.

Night gmsc, pi dreams at you.

re: BlueCanuck

You have to click the Spy icon on individual threads. See the thread downstairs for full details.

re: #148 iceweasel

Were you ever at Burpleson Air Force Base?

Ah ha, I see. Thanks Sharmuta. Missed that thread.

And while I'm discussing things from Latin America, here is a 330-car Brazilian ore train:

The longest trains in the world are run in either Brazil or Western Australia. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have they own private rail lines in the far northwestern corner of Australia.

Companhia do Valle do Rio Doce, a Brazilian mining company that owns several rail lines in eastern Brazil assumed control of railway operations from three different states and since 2000 has been investing over US$1 billion in capacity improvement and rolling stock alone.

How come we don't see 300+ car freight trains here? Simply put, it would be a logistical nightmare- a 2-mile long freight train wouldn't fit into most sidings on this continent, trains barely 1/10th that length will draw scores of complaints if they block a highway crossing long enough and one broken coupler or airhose would mean the conductor would have to get out and walk the length of the train...nothing like a brisk two mile hike while your train is clogging a major transportation artery. The Australian and Brazilian operators don't have to worry about such limitations (especially the BHP and Rio Tinto mining railways, since they are disconnected from the rest of Australia's rail network).

But fear not- the locomotives used in both the Brazilian and Australian examples are American made...

re: #152 Sharmuta

Not me- it was Aisha.

Fie upon Aisha! (who's Aisha?)

re: BlueCanuck

Ah ha, I see. Thanks Sharmuta. Missed that thread.

No problem. Us blue folk have to stick together.

Ask not who is Aisha. Believe me you are better off not knowing. She got the stick a long time ago I believe.

re: #155 BatGuano

Part pooper! G'night gmsc.

Part pooper and part what else?

=P

oh that aisha

re: Sharmuta

Yes we do. But we are both blue for different reasons. :)

/can some one turn the thermostat up please?

re: BlueCanuck

Ask not who is Aisha. Believe me you are better off not knowing. She got the stick a long time ago I believe.

No no no no no. Aisha was here last week- maybe it's two weeks ago now.

Aisha is classic. I don't really want to explain "her". It's best to let folks get it themselves.

re: #164 BlueCanuck

No...Aisha made an appearence in one of the overnight threads a few weeks back.

sure is cold here in chicagostan some one tell al bore

re: Sharmuta

What? She's still around? Wow. You are right though, she is an experience.

re: #159 BatGuano

Were you ever at Burpleson Air Force Base?

Now look, Colonel... Bat Guano, if that really is your name...all I'm saying is we have to guard our precious essences.

UnFaithful 3 star (2002)
Richard Gere Diana Lane..
This movie started out with great promise...In fact the first time Diana hooked up with the French dude it was movie magic...No nudity...but just smoking hot scenes suggesting sex..Very good directing and writing...
about half way the movie goes to a lower level and almost becomes unwatchable...I thought we had a keeper...just another shit movie...
Checking on demand...dang it

re: BlueCanuck

She really cracks me up. She saw Bat Guano and called him "Excrement of the Bat's Rear Private Part" and I thought I was going to bust my gut for laughing.

still have to wear a hoodie and coat in the morning and it is the middle of june already

re: #173 HoosierHoops

I was waiting for you review...I thought that movie was so promising and then it turned into a pile of poo midway through. :(

re: yochanan

It's barely gotten better here. This time last week was still jacket weather. Usually this time it's shorts weather.

sharmuta you never told me how much IT will cost me?

re: #175 yochanan

still have to wear a hoodie and coat in the morning and it is the middle of june already

Damn that global warming!

I know...let's eschew those lethal nuisances like the internal combustion engine or coal-fired power plants!

re: yochanan

sharmuta you never told me how much IT will cost me?

Well- IT can be expensive. I mean- how many computer geeks you keep on staff depends on how large the company is. ;p

re: Sharmuta

can we dicker a price?

Hmmm, half an hour till fruit cup. Do I stay? Or do I hit the hay?

Always stay for Fruitcup.

did some one say FRUIT CUP

re: #176 iceweasel

I was waiting for you review...I thought that movie was so promising and then it turned into a pile of poo midway through. :(

Ok OK...Isn't Diana Lane a beautiful woman? jeez she is cute...Ok I said it...

re: #173 HoosierHoops

Maybe it's just me, but I think the majority of stuff from hollywood these days is "shit movies".

Yeah, but I have been up since 8 yesterday morning. Don't know what I am doing later today, but it could get busy.

re: #174 Sharmuta

She really cracks me up. She saw Bat Guano and called him "Excrement of the Bat's Rear Private Part" and I thought I was going to bust my gut for laughing.

I remember the crack (no pun intended) I don't remember who said it. I expect it. I think it is humorous.

WONDER if the mad mullah's will start mass murder to stay in power or start a war?

re: BatGuano

I remember the crack (no pun intended) I don't remember who said it. I expect it. I think it is humorous.

It was hilarious. I saved it to my favorites because it was Classic Aisha™.

You cannot use preview in the spy.

re: #186 Sharmuta

Redacted, In the Valley of Ellah, Rendition, Stop Loss...

It isn't just you, Sharm.

re: Fenway_Nation

Snakes on a mother f*cking plane!

re: #186 Sharmuta

Maybe it's just me, but I think the majority of stuff from hollywood these days is "shit movies".

Yup...But i continue my weekly reviews cause I love movies...
:)

re: HoosierHoops

Yup...But i continue my weekly reviews cause I love movies...
:)

You are a trooper.

re: HoosierHoops

shit makes money

re: #172 iceweasel

Now look, Colonel... Bat Guano, if that really is your name...all I'm saying is we have to guard our precious essences.

Hey, I'm not with Jack Ripper on the precious bodily fluids thing ( I don't even understand it) I just don't want to piss off the Coca Cola Company: The real power.

i did not get the burning moped thing in the iranian riot pics until i saw that is the iranian pig's mode of transport

re: #185 HoosierHoops

Ok OK...Isn't Diana Lane a beautiful woman? jeez she is cute...Ok I said it...

hey, no argument here AT ALL. She's beautiful. And those scenes you mention were hot. Partly because they weren't explicit at all!

Hmmm, occurs to me it might make for a good rental for male lizards on a date at home, if you can plan to finish splitting a bottle of wine with your honey and shutting the movie off halfway through. Deserves a star for that!

Up to 100 members of Iranian reformist groups have been arrested, accused of orchestrating violence after the disputed presidential election result.

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

re: #170 yochanan

sure is cold here in chicagostan some one tell al bore

It's been in the high 80's to mid 90's here since May, sometimes hitting triple digits. This phenomenon is known as "local weather", and has nothing to do with the phenomenon known as "climate".

/Al's still an ass, though

re: yochanan

Not just an Iranian thing. An old world/European thing. Remember back during my peace keeping tour in Cyprus. Used to see groups of 20 or more of those things screaming through the streets. Called them wannabe bikers.

my wifie watches these stupid chick flicks and she tends to watch them more than a few times

re: #200 Sharmuta

Up to 100 members of Iranian reformist groups have been arrested, accused of orchestrating violence after the disputed presidential election result.

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

I'm only surprised that they haven't been executed. And such small numbers!

re: #197 BatGuano

That IS the best scene in the movie, in my opinion.

There's a 'colonel bat guano" who posts in the lib/progressive blogosphere, and a "Colonel BatGuano" i've seen hanging around a couple of righty blogs. Both are pretty reasonable. It would have freaked me out if you turned out to be one of them!

re: #186 Sharmuta

German pr0n? Really?
/

re: BatGuano

i am sure it is higher numbers

re: #195 Sharmuta

You are a trooper.

It's worse than that..In about 2 hours the sun will begin to shine and I'll take my drunk ass outside and swim laps...in 128 minutes i will be the most sober man you ever met...That's just the way I roll...
I'm teasing you Sharm...Nobody is here..Thank you so much for your support a couple days ago. I will never forget your kindness..
The Hoopster

re: #205 iceweasel

That IS the best scene in the movie, in my opinion.

There's a 'colonel bat guano" who posts in the lib/progressive blogosphere, and a "Colonel BatGuano" i've seen hanging around a couple of righty blogs. Both are pretty reasonable. It would have freaked me out if you turned out to be one of them!

Nay, there is but one. And it is the one you see before you.

have a good one lizards off to get a few zzz/s

re: #210 yochanan

have a good one lizards off to get a few zzz/s

G'night, yochanan.

re: #208 HoosierHoops

{Hoops}. It means a lot to me that you're so appreciative, but it's because you are a decent person that you have friends who care about you.

Night yochanan. Rest well.

will try canuck

re: #207 yochanan

I agree with you.

Dude. Just... dude.

re: #212 Sharmuta

{Hoops}. It means a lot to me that you're so appreciative, but it's because you are a decent person that you have friends who care about you.

It's not even 5am yet...I'm dreading getting into the pool in an hour.
all kidding aside...Sharm you are my favorite blogger...There I said it...
dang it! *wink*

re: #215 BatGuano

I agree with you.

2,000 years ago, Roman soldiers had the same thing! They just had to share.

re: #217 HoosierHoops

You are a sweetie. Your friendship and support mean so much to me. And that goes for all my friends here. If we really still had the lounge, I would say more, because it would be more private, but it's too personal for me to share on a thread. Needless to say- the support and love I get from some of you fine folks makes the hard times I went through worth it. I love you guys.

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

2,000 years ago, Roman soldiers had the same thing! They just had to share.
Iscrewed that up.

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

Dude. Just... dude.

My god, why are we linking that? :(

(Hi sharmuta!)

For Sleepy B

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

Dude. Just... dude.

When a hand and arm just wont do. WTH?!

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

re: #224 littleoldlady

Thank you, littleoldlady!

re: #221 iceweasel

I wanders wide on the intertoobs, finding obscure insanities. Sometimes I links to thems.

re: #223 Sharmuta

When a hand and arm just wont do. WTH?!

So is it the end of the world when you watch TMZ at 5am?

re: #224 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Thank you, littleoldlady!

FRUIT CUP! ! ! ! Thanks littleoldlady. Now I am off to bed. :)

Sharmuta! :-)

BatGuano! :-)

BlueCanuck! :-)

'Night, Blue! :-)

Hi, iceweasel!

Good night, Blue.

See you lurking, gmsc...

re: #226 Slumbering Behemoth

nothing wrong with that, I even kind of dig it. (blushes)

You're a majestic behemoth, ranging far and wide across the vast wilderness of the tubes. None can contain you.

re: #224 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Hey you! kind regards...I've been eating pineapples this morning...Drinking Bud lights with fruit is messing me up...LOL

re: #222 Sharmuta

For Sleepy B

Sounds a lot like this.

re: #222 Sharmuta

Gots that live album. One of a kind music, it is. Gives this die hard metal-head chills. Good goose flesh.

Hoosier! :-)

Pineapple and beer?!

/as the stomach turns...

;-)

re: #235 BatGuano

This is probably my favorite Portishead:

re: #224 littleoldlady

Good morning, littleoldlady! thanks for the magic cup o'fruit.

re: #233 iceweasel

nothing wrong with that, I even kind of dig it. (blushes)

You're a majestic behemoth, ranging far and wide across the vast wilderness of the tubes. None can contain you.

Wow! He sounds like a woolly mammoth. :)

Hiya Lol!

Is TallOldMan going to the Phillies/Sox game later on today?

re: #237 littleoldlady

Hoosier! :-)

Pineapple and beer?!

/as the stomach turns...

;-)

yup.That's how I roll!
How are you this morning?

re: #223 Sharmuta

Be they overly obese or overly muscular, big people need some extra help in that department, I guess.

iceweasel! :-)

Fenway! :-)

Yes he is! :-)

/G-d willing...if it would only stop raining around here!

re: #237 littleoldlady

Hoosier! :-)

Pineapple and beer?!

/as the stomach turns...

;-)

As the stomach turns: Carol Burnett Show!

re: #236 Slumbering Behemoth

I remember well we bonded over the Portishead- you're the one who turned me on to this live performance. It's awesome. I love when orchestras get added to the mix of modern music. Always cool.

re: #242 HoosierHoops

A few more ounces of coffee and I'll be able to tell you!

;-)

How is your vacation coming along?

_{^{Pineapple and beer...OY.}}

re: #233 iceweasel

I have my limits. "Shit movies" is one of them.

re: #248 Slumbering Behemoth

LOL

re: #238 Sharmuta

This is probably my favorite Portishead:

Listening. Love it. Thanks, Waa Waa Pedal!

re: #246 Sharmuta

re: #236 Slumbering Behemoth

Love Portishead, love.

SHarmuta, probably agree with you on fave song--and that album is spectacular--but this is really cool too: (already posted? Somewhere, surely)

re: #248 Slumbering Behemoth

A man has to know his limits. :)

re: #251 iceweasel

It's tough to pick a favorite off of 'Dummy'. The whole album is great.

re: #238 Sharmuta

On of mine as well. Still waiting to hear a Lizard fan's take on their third album. The few tracks I've heard didn't thrill me.

"Nobody loves me- it's true..."

"...not like you do"

re: #254 Slumbering Behemoth

You linked me to a song, remember. I didn't care for it either. Sometimes, some bands need to know when to move on and stop recording.

re: #247 littleoldlady

A few more ounces of coffee and I'll be able to tell you!

;-)

How is your vacation coming along?

_{^{Pineapple and beer...OY.}}

Hey you...In 50 minutes I'm swimming...Remember when I would bitch about 10 inches of snow? Ain't no playschool now...It's warm...in 24 hours we will be at the cabin...life is good my friend...
Beer and pineapples...

re: #258 HoosierHoops

Where abouts is this cabin, Hoops?

re: #258 HoosierHoops

Swimming? I thought you were headed to the cabin yesterday?

/swim detour?

re: #240 BatGuano

Bwahahaha! Where Strides The Behemoth!?!

/going to and from teh interwebs, and surfing up and down on it

re: #259 Sharmuta

Where abouts is this cabin, Hoops?

Lake Tomahawk, Wisc. I bought it about 10 years ago for 40K...
It is paradise...

re: #254 Slumbering Behemoth

On of mine as well. Still waiting to hear a Lizard fan's take on their third album. The few tracks I've heard didn't thrill me.

i only heard a few on lastfm or somewhere. I wasn't thrilled. Granted, it's be hard to beat or match Dummy or Portishead...I didn't get Third and didn't want to because I couldn't stand being disappointed.

re: #263 iceweasel

it'd not it's. PIMF

re: #262 HoosierHoops

Wisconsin is very beautiful in some areas. I'm not as familiar with Northern WI as I am with Southern WI. Spent a lot of time in the southern part of the state as a girl.