And what a habitat it is! Not all that natural, though.

What a wonderful opportunity to self-threadicate.

Won my 40k game sunday on the 2nd Turn, the remaining 4 turns was mopping up. My buddy was pissed.

Beelcchhh...!
BEER!

I'm pretty sure I have a job for the fall! Yay!

Okay, the live bait was poor quality or we would still be on the SF bay. One small striper and two barely keeper halibut, but it was better than working. Got a little windy tho...

I give thanks that Carter didnt hold the hammer on this habitat

The oldest wrote home from his mission in the Philippines. He says please stop the Michael Jackson coverage (and he doesn't even have access to a TV).

No kidding.

re: #5 SanFranciscoZionist

I'm pretty sure I have a job for the fall! Yay!

I will too, but I might be the only "employee" left. I had 7 full timers and 1 part time 2 years ago. I am down to 2 now. :-(

re: #8 DaddyG

The oldest wrote home from his mission in the Philippines. He says please stop the Michael Jackson coverage (and he doesn't even have access to a TV).

No kidding.

Where in the Philippines is he?

re: #6 LatinGent

Okay, the live bait was poor quality or we would still be on the SF bay. One small striper and two barely keeper halibut, but it was better than working. Got a little windy tho...

At least you didn't have to toss them back, I hate it when that happens.

Organic, free-range thread?

Home run derby - I'm betting on Pujols to win.

re: #11 filetandrelease

At least you didn't have to toss them back, I hate it when that happens.

True this. Was lucky to be out today, saw a Tall Clipper ship flying the flag of Mexico come under the G Gate, was quite a sight.

re: #6 LatinGent

Okay, the live bait was poor quality or we would still be on the SF bay. One small striper and two barely keeper halibut, but it was better than working. Got a little windy tho...

I haven't been fishing in years. Do you have a boat, or go charter?

re: #10 Desert Dog

Where in the Philippines is he?

A town just North of Bacolad on Negros Occidental (Midway down the chain from Manilla). He says the Ilsamofacists are acting up in the South but there isn't enough going on where he is to interest anyone who wants to go "AlalalalalalalalalaBoom!" (Direct quote)

re: #9 Desert Dog

I will too, but I might be the only "employee" left. I had 7 full timers and 1 part time 2 years ago. I am down to 2 now. :-(

Yikes.

re: #15 SanFranciscoZionist

I haven't been fishing in years. Do you have a boat, or go charter?

Have a 20 footer, launched out of berkeley today.

re: #13 John Neverbend

Home run derby - I'm betting on Pujols to win.

Is he in it?

re: #18 LatinGent

Have a 20 footer, launched out of berkeley today.

Oohhh, nice.

The thread is open, how bout the bar?
Good day Lizards,

re: #21 SanFranciscoZionist

Oohhh, nice.

Are you in the city?

re: #22 buzzsawmonkey

BTW, cheap jokes aside, congratulations.

Thanks. It's a step down from what I've been doing this year, but it's full-time, and will allow me to feed the myself and the husband and pay down some debt.

re: #14 LatinGent

I hope to get out in the next few days. Need to practice a bit for snook season coming up.

re: #23 DEZes

The thread is open, how bout the bar?
Good day Lizards,

If the bar is open I will have a single malt on the rocks. :)

re: #25 buzzsawmonkey

By special decree, the Administration is lowering the bar.

And the boom.

totally sonic.

re: #27 filetandrelease

I hope to get out in the next few days. Need to practice a bit for snook season coming up.

On the east coast? Or southern states?

re: #16 DaddyG

A town just North of Bacolad on Negros Occidental (Midway down the chain from Manilla). He says the Ilsamofacists are acting up in the South but there isn't enough going on where he is to interest anyone who wants to go "AlalalalalalalalalaBoom!" (Direct quote)

Yes, I have been there. That is the Visayan region. Lots of pretty girls down that way. My wife is from Manila. We go back 1-2x a year to see her family. She has taken me all over that place. He's getting sick of rain by now I bet, eh?

re: #24 LatinGent

Are you in the city?

I grew up there, live in the East Bay now. Still cross under the Bay regularly to visit family and work my weekend gig.

re: #30 LatinGent

Yes

re: #28 Erik The Red

If the bar is open I will have a single malt on the rocks. :)

Top shelf coming right up. ;)

re: #33 SanFranciscoZionist

I grew up there, live in the East Bay now. Still cross under the Bay regularly to visit family and work my weekend gig.

I`m in San Leandro, have a business here on E14th.

The rationale behind right wing terrorism...
The Difference Between a Patriot and a Terrorist

Although there's a lot of god/Christian talk I think this is a Birch Society production.

Man.

I like some of the writers at American Thinker. Why do they ruin it by promoting Jack Cashill's conspiracy theory that Bill Ayers wrote Obama's biography - not to mention giving Atlas Shrieks a platform?

I feel like I'm watching one conservative news source after another get sucked into a massive black hole of schtoopidity.

Where is Avanti? I rellty want to know if all living Presidents will be in the booth for the All Star Game, or was that a joke.
Anybody know?

• Congress OK'd Secret CIA Plan to Destroy Al Qaeda
• Obama Orders Probe of Taliban Prisoner Deaths

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Hey we're fighting a war here guys?

re: #32 buzzsawmonkey

If it's sonic, now's the time to get into hedgehog funds.

I Sega.

re: #31 Desert Dog

Yes, I have been there. That is the Visayan region. Lots of pretty girls down that way. My wife is from Manila. We go back 1-2x a year to see her family. She has taken me all over that place. He's getting sick of rain by now I bet, eh?

He hasn't commented on the rain but he loves the fruit and the people. He's not out there to get a spouse but it wouldn't hurt my feelings if he started corresponding with a young woman after his mission is over. After his first few days walking 15 miles per day and getting swollen ankles he was put on a few days "foot rest".

re: #19 Nevergiveup

Is he in it?

Unless he's going to step aside at the last minute and hand his bat to Mr. Obama, he's in.

re: #39 opnion

Where is Avanti? I rellty want to know if all living Presidents will be in the booth for the All Star Game, or was that a joke.
Anybody know?

Call up and threaten to blow up the TV booth. If the secret service shows up, it's probably true.
/

re: #38 Charles

I feel like I'm watching one conservative news source after another get sucked into a massive black hole of schtoopidity.

The left had their 8 years now its our turn... /

re: #45 Nevergiveup

Call up and threaten to blow up the TV booth. If the secret service shows up, it's probably true.
/

Nope, not makin that call, no sireee.

re: #42 buzzsawmonkey

Anybody else think that a bar featuring an assortment of single-malt whiskies, designed to look like an old-fashioned malt shop, and called "The Malt Shop," would be cool?

Or does it not work?

I think you could get away with calling a store that sold whiskey "The Malt Shop". I am not sure that people who drink single malt would drink in the establishment you describe.

Then again, I would.

Good afternoon, lizards.

Last time I fished stripers in SF Bay I caught my limit within a few minutes. Got each as soon as the bait hit bottom. That was off the Alameda Naval Station where they still dumped some garbage. Way back when.

re: #38 Charles

Man.

I like some of the writers at American Thinker. Why do they ruin it by promoting Jack Cashill's conspiracy theory that Bill Ayers wrote Obama's biography - not to mention giving Atlas Shrieks a platform?

I feel like I'm watching one conservative news source after another get sucked into a massive black hole of schtoopidity.

the publish Crazy Pam once in a while too...

re: #38 Charles

I feel like I'm watching one conservative news source after another get sucked into a massive black hole of schtoopidity.

I've pretty much given up hope that the trend is going to reverse itself anytime soon. They are living in a fantasy apocalypse scenario in which the country has been hijacked by oppressive leftist dictators and the Constitution is now meaningless.

re: #42 buzzsawmonkey
Throw in a rustic pool table in the back and I like it. Of course my bar idea is called the Happy Parrot. So what do I know.

Anyone steals that name and I pour frozen margarita down your shorts!

re: #38 Charles

Man.

I like some of the writers at American Thinker. Why do they ruin it by promoting Jack Cashill's conspiracy theory that Bill Ayers wrote Obama's biography - not to mention giving Atlas Shrieks a platform?

I feel like I'm watching one conservative news source after another get sucked into a massive black hole of schtoopidity.

Sadly, it is because you are.

re: #39 opnion

Where is Avanti? I rellty want to know if all living Presidents will be in the booth for the All Star Game, or was that a joke.
Anybody know?

It seems legit. I can't get to the MLB site because it's blocked at work, but here's part of the URL.

mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp? ymd=2...

Good afternoon lizards. My insurance auditor just left so I figured I needed a break.

BTW did anyone take a look at that Think Progress Watch Watch blog that one of the lizards linked to earlier today. Stalker comments are beyond the pale there.

re: #52 Killgore Trout

I've pretty much given up hope that the trend is going to reverse itself anytime soon. They are living in a fantasy apocalypse scenario in which the country has been hijacked by oppressive leftist dictators and the Constitution is now meaningless.

It's a repeat of what the left went through in 2001.

re: #51 albusteve

oh...you knew that I see...whoops

Speaking of video games... Is anyone else psyched for the Old Republic when it comes...

I am so going to make a guardian :)

re: #42 buzzsawmonkey

Anybody else think that a bar featuring an assortment of single-malt whiskies, designed to look like an old-fashioned malt shop, and called "The Malt Shop," would be cool?

Or does it not work?

I prefer "Ye Olde Malt Shoppe"

re: #42 buzzsawmonkey

Anybody else think that a bar featuring an assortment of single-malt whiskies, designed to look like an old-fashioned malt shop, and called "The Malt Shop," would be cool?

Or does it not work?

Works for me :)

re: #58 Honorary Yooper

It's a repeat of what the left went through in 2001.

Yup.

re: #43 DaddyG

He hasn't commented on the rain but he loves the fruit and the people. He's not out there to get a spouse but it wouldn't hurt my feelings if he started corresponding with a young woman after his mission is over. After his first few days walking 15 miles per day and getting swollen ankles he was put on a few days "foot rest".

The girls there will find him. My wife left me alone for 10 minutes in Cebu and I had the startings of a mini Harem. She started yelling at them in Tagalog, then she punched me!

Sounds like your sons is fishing for souls rather than a "soul-mate" :-)

The country is poor, very poor in some places. They are a very industrious people though. Lots of activity and lots of things happening. They are quite religious as well. Tell your sons to enjoy his time there, it's a beautiful place.

In a true fit of uber nerdom BTW, I'm replaying KOTOR II...

re: #48 SanFranciscoZionist

I think you could get away with calling a store that sold whiskey "The Malt Shop". I am not sure that people who drink single malt would drink in the establishment you describe.

Then again, I would.

That may explain my unfortunate haberdashery venture called "the head shop"

re: #55 ludwigvanquixote

Sadly, it is because you are.

Am I hearing you wrong or did you just say that Charles is swirling around same "black hole of schtoopidity"?

Just coming back from vacation and catching up on zombie's Holdren report. Good work, Zombie.
Not quite as nicely ironic as Gietner as head of the IRS, but more disturbing.

re: #52 Killgore Trout

I've pretty much given up hope that the trend is going to reverse itself anytime soon. They are living in a fantasy apocalypse scenario in which the country has been hijacked by oppressive leftist dictators and the Constitution is now meaningless.

Thaas right. Nothing to see here. Move along now...

re: #67 DaddyG

That may explain my unfortunate haberdashery venture called "the head shop"

OK that made me laugh!

re: #38 Charles

The have never heard of the adage, "The harder you try, the dumber you look."

re: #68 talon_262

Am I hearing you wrong or did you just say that Charles is swirling around same "black hole of schtoopidity"?

NO NO NO, I am saying he is seeing things correctly.

If the All Star game is not for you:

The countdown clock at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is counting once more following release of the T-20-minute hold. There is one more planned hold remaining, which occurs at the T-9-minute mark. At Launch Pad 39A, space shuttle Endeavour's crew access hatch has been closed, sealed and locked for flight. All seven STS-127 astronauts are safely strapped into their seats and are awaiting liftoff at 6:51 p.m. EDT.

re: #65 Desert Dog

The girls there will find him. My wife left me alone for 10 minutes in Cebu and I had the startings of a mini Harem. She started yelling at them in Tagalog, then she punched me!

Sounds like your sons is fishing for souls rather than a "soul-mate" :-)

The country is poor, very poor in some places. They are a very industrious people though. Lots of activity and lots of things happening. They are quite religious as well. Tell your sons to enjoy his time there, it's a beautiful place.

Thanks - yes the LDS (Mormon) missionaries aren't supposed to do anything more than shake hands with anyone when on the mission but some return missionaries do get calls from interested parties who then marry them. It's a good policy for 19-25 year olds.

re: #67 DaddyG

That may explain my unfortunate haberdashery venture called "the head shop"

That would be The Devils workshop, our local provider.

re: #60 ludwigvanquixote

Speaking of video games... Is anyone else psyched for the Old Republic when it comes...

I am so going to make a guardian :)

MMO? I was really disappointed with the original SW one

re: #73 LudwigVanQuixote

NO NO NO, I am saying he is seeing things correctly.

Ahhh...my bad then.

re: #42 buzzsawmonkey

Anybody else think that a bar featuring an assortment of single-malt whiskies, designed to look like an old-fashioned malt shop, and called "The Malt Shop," would be cool?

Or does it not work?

How 'bout "Spirited Away"

There are still some sane people in the world.

'Holocaust Revisionist' Routed in Reston Election

A last-minute write-in campaign to prevent a self-described Holocaust revisionist from serving on a civic body in Reston has succeeded with a landside, the organization's former president said today.

Ken Meyercord, who had been running unopposed for an at-large seat on the Reston Citizens Association's 13-member volunteer board, received only 23 votes after his provocative views on Jews created a backlash.

Colin Mills, the write-in candidate for the at-large position on the board, received 1,157 votes, according to Mike Corrigan, the civic association's former president and a member of the election committee.

The turnout for the election, which was held Saturday and Sunday the Reston Festival at Reston Town Center, was so heavy that elections committee members had to photocopy additional ballots.

re: #42 buzzsawmonkey

Anybody else think that a bar featuring an assortment of single-malt whiskies, designed to look like an old-fashioned malt shop, and called "The Malt Shop," would be cool?

Or does it not work?

Where? When? Who runs it? Do they have coupon night? Gimmie gimmie gimmie!

re: #52 Killgore Trout

I find that a larger problem is that pointing out the reality of the Obama Administration (massive increases in the deficit, soaring unemployment, establishing extra-Constitutional positions, taking control of Corporations, etc...) is routinely dismissed as hysteria.
When facts aren't allowed, the Leftists win.

re: #38 Charles

They've recently featured spencer, I see.

re: #57 Pvt Bin Jammin

Good afternoon lizards. My insurance auditor just left so I figured I needed a break.

BTW did anyone take a look at that Think Progress Watch Watch blog that one of the lizards linked to earlier today. Stalker comments are beyond the pale there.

There is a reason Rodan aka Trajan75 got banned.

re: #83 Lincolntf

I find that a larger problem is that pointing out the reality of the Obama Administration (massive increases in the deficit, soaring unemployment, establishing extra-Constitutional positions, taking control of Corporations, etc...) is routinely dismissed as hysteria.
When facts aren't allowed, the Leftists win.

CA voters who opposed new tax hikes were called terrorists...there is too much on both sides

re: #79 talon_262

Ahhh...my bad then.

All good.

If I were going to disagree with Charles, I would not do it with a one liner. Actually when I disagree with anyone here, I tend to write a lot about why. I think it's disrespectful not to.

He's correct. The right-wing outlets have been getting nuttier for some time - and it is sad in my opinion.

My all time favorite name for a business was a Doggie Day Care in Seattle called "Puget Hounds"

re: #83 Lincolntf

reality of the Obama Administrationon

Oxymoron.

re: #86 albusteve

CA voters who opposed new tax hikes were called terrorists...there is too much on both sides

Yeah, we're "unmutual" anti-social, counterrevolutionaries. Theres a reeducation camp somewhere for us.

Decision time at Kiwi lizard home.

The old dog (not that old, at 10) has been diagnosed with Degenerative Myelopathy which affects her ability to control her hind quarters. It is a breakdown of the spinal cord and while she will progressively lose control of function she also loses feeling, so there is no pain. However, she has also been diagnosed with a malignant tumour in her left rear leg that for $300 can be removed (?) it just depends on which condition will win the "race" for her life. Ahhh dear.

Another family meeting tonight...

Budget faces veto if F-22 isn’t cut
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jul 13, 2009 16:58:48 EDT
President Barack Obama and top defense officials warned Monday that the 2010 defense budget will be vetoed unless Congress kills further purchases of the F-22 aircraft.

[Link: www.navytimes.com...]

More pressing needs?

re: #90 calcajun

Yeah, we're "unmutual" anti-social, counterrevolutionaries. Theres a reeducation camp somewhere for us.

I hope they broadcast Cowboy games

re: #88 LGoPs

My all time favorite name for a business was a Doggie Day Care in Seattle called "Puget Hounds"

25 years ago my friend had a van for his custom window treatment business

on the side and back of the van the sign read

CAUTION,,, BLIND MAN DRIVING

re: #78 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

MMO? I was really disappointed with the original SW one

Yeah that one sucked. I never played it, but read enough about it and heard enough that I didn't even bother. However, the Old Republic is a Bioware joint. If you played KOTOR, then it will be much like that only much larger.

If you haven't played KOTOR, IMHO you missed out on the best RPG ever made.

re: #56 eschew_obfuscation

It seems legit. I can't get to the MLB site because it's blocked at work, but here's part of the URL.

mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp? ymd=2...

I'm not finding it, just means I'm probably looking in the wrong place.

re: #96 LudwigVanQuixote

Yeah that one sucked. I never played it, but read enough about it and heard enough that I didn't even bother. However, the Old Republic is a Bioware joint. If you played KOTOR, then it will be much like that only much larger.

If you haven't played KOTOR, IMHO you missed out on the best RPG ever made.

No, that was Fallout 2

Heard on the radio this a.m. (on KSFO in San Francisco) that CA has 12% of U.S. population and 32% of U.S. welfare recipients. Cool, huh?

re: #87 LudwigVanQuixote

All political stripes are nutty these days - maybe it's the weather? In my part of the country, we are in the 70 degree range at the time of year when it used to be in the low 100's. The Gore Effect is spreading. . .

re: #95 sattv4u2

25 years ago my friend had a van for his custom window treatment business

on the side and back of the van the sign read

CAUTION,,, BLIND MAN DRIVING

Speaking of driving, how fast is too fast?

re: #88 LGoPs

My all time favorite name for a business was a Doggie Day Care in Seattle called "Puget Hounds"

There's one by my house in Mesa called "Bark Avenue" Dog Spa...pretty fancy name for a kennel, eh?

re: #92 A Kiwi Infidel

Very hard one to make. Our 14-year old Akita still eats, but is very slow to move and we think is part deaf and blind and has doggie dementia. But, as long as he keeps eating and getting up to do his business, then he will go on. Don't see the big guy lasting another year.

re: #99 elevenbravo1969

Heard on the radio this a.m. (on KSFO in San Francisco) that CA has 12% of U.S. population and 32% of U.S. welfare recipients. Cool, huh?

People come here for a vacation--and never leave.

How sad is it that the most energizing politician on the right is quitting public office at the end of the month?

&sect-)

re: #104 calcajun

People come here for a vacation--and never leave.

But you can check out any time you like

re: #99 elevenbravo1969

Heard on the radio this a.m. (on KSFO in San Francisco) that CA has 12% of U.S. population and 32% of U.S. welfare recipients. Cool, huh?

"If you build it, they will come"

re: #104 calcajun

People come here for a vacation--and never leave.

Cali is "Bum Heaven" too...San Diego especially...you go downtown and get hit up for donations every few feet...it's the weather...not hot, not cold...just right.

re: #98 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

No, that was Fallout 2

OK, that's now in the realm of arguing Mozart vs. Beethoven. Once you pass a certain bar, even if we disagree, I can't really argue with you.

However, if you haven't played KOTOR, I think you would very much like it. I have yet to meet anyone who liked Fallout 2, who didn't love KOTOR also.

re: #103 calcajun

Very hard one to make. Our 14-year old Akita still eats, but is very slow to move and we think is part deaf and blind and has doggie dementia. But, as long as he keeps eating and getting up to do his business, then he will go on. Don't see the big guy lasting another year.

Yes, that was the vet's advice, "Keep in mind the dignity of the dog" I agree, we must keep our emotions out of it, as hard as that will be, and focus on what is best for the girl.

re: #92 A Kiwi Infidel

Decision time at Kiwi lizard home.

The old dog (not that old, at 10) has been diagnosed with Degenerative Myelopathy which affects her ability to control her hind quarters. It is a breakdown of the spinal cord and while she will progressively lose control of function she also loses feeling, so there is no pain. However, she has also been diagnosed with a malignant tumour in her left rear leg that for $300 can be removed (?) it just depends on which condition will win the "race" for her life. Ahhh dear.

Another family meeting tonight...

Oh, no. Terrible decision to have to make. 10 is not that old, it's not that young either. {Kiwi Infidel}

re: #109 Desert Dog

I know-- I live in SD. Beggar heaven.

re: #101 A Kiwi Infidel

Speaking of driving, how fast is too fast?

It's the Outback. I'd say 140mph sounds about right.

re: #103 calcajun

I will FedEx my Akita to you if you want a new one. She's an elk chaser, though.

re: #114 Honorary Yooper

It's the Outback. I'd say 140mph sounds about right.

I have to agree. Cops hiding in the cover of the wheatfields. Ozzy outback roads go straaaight on.

re: #110 LudwigVanQuixote

OK, that's now in the realm of arguing Mozart vs. Beethoven. Once you pass a certain bar, even if we disagree, I can't really argue with you.

However, if you haven't played KOTOR, I think you would very much like it. I have yet to meet anyone who liked Fallout 2, who didn't love KOTOR also.

I got fed up with too much poorly designed materials, from books to animation to games, slapping on the Star Wars logo so I gave up anything having to do with it.

re: #115 shiek al beif salami

How old is she-- would she get along with my other Aki -- a six-year old female?

BBIAW

re: #117 buzzsawmonkey

Bartender, pour me a glass of caribooze with an elk chaser!

Oh deer.

re: #115 shiek al beif salami

Not many elks around here. Lots of Kiwanis and Rotarians, though.

Seems the powers here in CA have decided that the 1996 welfare reform act, which limited lifetime welfare payments to no more than 5 years, was simply advisory in nature.

re: #121 DEZes

Oh deer.

You and your fawning comments./

re: #114 Honorary Yooper

It's the Outback. I'd say 140mph sounds about right.

you can do that all over New Mexico, no problemo...lots of exotic cars out here, considering the population size

re: #101 A Kiwi Infidel

Speaking of driving, how fast is too fast?

143 MPH and in "wheat country." Not the end of the world. I've gone over 120 MPH in my not so great GTI.

Papa was a copper and mama was a hippie

California rest in peace

re: #100 shiek al beif salami

All political stripes are nutty these days - maybe it's the weather? In my part of the country, we are in the 70 degree range at the time of year when it used to be in the low 100's. The Gore Effect is spreading. . .

There is a predicted - and has come to pass - cooling effect caused by changing ocean currents which was caused by melting at the poles.

Global warming is a misnomer because, making one part of the Earth hot can make another cold. I know that seems completely counter intuitive, but it is the same principle ultimately as a heat pump. Your refrigerator gets really hot (in the back) to cool it's inside.

Thermodynamics is not something that Al Gore made up.

re: #124 buzzsawmonkey

You get points for that.

re: #114 Honorary Yooper

It's the Outback. I'd say 140mph sounds about right.

NO NO NO!

You're supposed to say " I am the Nightrider. I'm a fuel injected suicide machine. I am the rocker, I am the roller, I am the out-of-controller!"

re: #101 A Kiwi Infidel

Speaking of driving, how fast is too fast?

Depends on what your definition of "is" is.

re: #92 A Kiwi Infidel

Decision time at Kiwi lizard home.

The old dog (not that old, at 10) has been diagnosed with Degenerative Myelopathy which affects her ability to control her hind quarters. It is a breakdown of the spinal cord and while she will progressively lose control of function she also loses feeling, so there is no pain. However, she has also been diagnosed with a malignant tumour in her left rear leg that for $300 can be removed (?) it just depends on which condition will win the "race" for her life. Ahhh dear.

Another family meeting tonight...

Sad story. Our dog is getting older and we will be at that point in a few years. He has bad hips and somedays, it's hard for him to get up. But, if a dove or a pigeon lands in the back yard, he still runs like a cheetah trying to get them. Of all the things about dog ownership, it's that long walk to the vets in the end that gets me. I wish dogs lived longer because you get so damned attached to them...they are like your children...I will miss our dog, JD, when he gone. He's probably the best one we've ever had.

re: #125 calcajun

You and your fawning comments./

Last time you told me to go buck myself.

re: #122 calcajun

Not many elks around here. Lots of Kiwanis and Rotarians, though.

There's no bag limit on them...those herds need to be culled.

re: #118 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

I got fed up with too much poorly designed materials, from books to animation to games, slapping on the Star Wars logo so I gave up anything having to do with it.

That's fair. There was a lot that sucked.

KOTOR is different. Honestly, if it would have been the first movie, Lucas would have been hailed as a genius. IMO, it has the best SW story of any I have ever seen. You can prolly find a copy of it for nearly free these days.

You will not be disappointed.

re: #127 Gus 802

143 MPH and in "wheat country." Not the end of the world. I've gone over 120 MPH in my not so great GTI.

those are cool little cars...new ones are nice looking...I drive whimpy Jetta, but I love it

I'm curious, am I the only one here who thinks having Frank Ricci (the firefighter plaintiff in the New Haven discrimination case) testify in the Sotomayor confirmation hearings is a huge mistake and will backfire?

It really doesn't say much for the intelligence of the Republican leadership in the Senate.

re: #39 opnion

Where is Avanti? I rellty want to know if all living Presidents will be in the booth for the All Star Game, or was that a joke.
Anybody know?

I corrected myself down thread. It looks like they will all be in a video for the game, not in person.

re: #124 buzzsawmonkey

It's the only thing to drink at stag parties.

Doe you think so?

A possible sign that I have spent too much time at Zombietime? I wake up today with this song running through my head:

"We don't inflate
our scrota in Muscogee;
We like holding hands
and pitching woo..."

True story. Scary.

re: #119 calcajun

She's definitely an alpha female. A neighbor's male German Shorthair was sniffing around in our yard recently and tried to, er, jump her. She ripped him a new one - hole in the lip, that is. She's gentle around all humans, which means she isn't much of a watchdog. Mostly just a food eater and a pat-on-the-head getter.

re: #109 Desert Dog

Cali is "Bum Heaven" too...San Diego especially...you go downtown and get hit up for donations every few feet...it's the weather...not hot, not cold...just right.

That's because California is supercool to the homeless.

re: #137 albusteve

those are cool little cars...new ones are nice looking...I drive whimpy Jetta, but I love it

Yeah, they're not so bad actually. This guy was driving a Ferrari. Just before I was keeping up with a BMW M3.

re: #52 Killgore Trout

I've pretty much given up hope that the trend is going to reverse itself anytime soon. They are living in a fantasy apocalypse scenario in which the country has been hijacked by oppressive leftist dictators and the Constitution is now meaningless.

Mirror image of the fantasy apocalypse scenario held by their dance partners for the past eight years. Living in the end times is fun. Dealing with a stable country where you don't get your own way all the time is hard.

re: #122 calcajun

I hope the Kiwani and Rotarians don't crap in your yard and eat your trees the way the Elks do.

re: #138 Lee Coller

I'm curious, am I the only one here who thinks having Frank Ricci (the firefighter plaintiff in the New Haven discrimination case) testify in the Sotomayor confirmation hearings is a huge mistake and will backfire?

It really doesn't say much for the intelligence of the Republican leadership in the Senate.

I would say it's a mistake. It will not turn the tide in her confirmation and it will make the Repubs look mean. Mr. Ricci will be getting the "Joe the Plumber" colonoscopy treatment as well...the left does not mess around. He will walk away from this with some pain, no doubt.

re: #134 DEZes

Last time you told me to go buck myself.

Only because you hit me up for some doe.

re: #138 Lee Coller

Who better to discuss her tenure as a Judge than a civil servant whose life was directly affected by one of her rulings?

re: #149 calcajun

Only because you hit me up for some doe.

I was in a rut.

re: #142 shiek al beif salami

Two big girls in the yard might not work.

re: #150 Lincolntf

Duh, "effected".

TOTUS tragedy...
Yahoo pic

The broken glass of the TelePrompTer lies at the base of the podium as President Barack Obama speaks at the at the Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable at the Eisenhower Old Executive Office Building in Washington Monday, July 13, 2009.

re: #154 Killgore Trout

TOTUS tragedy...
Yahoo pic

"HE HAS NO WORDS!"

re: #92 A Kiwi Infidel

Decision time at Kiwi lizard home.

The old dog (not that old, at 10) has been diagnosed with Degenerative Myelopathy which affects her ability to control her hind quarters. It is a breakdown of the spinal cord and while she will progressively lose control of function she also loses feeling, so there is no pain. However, she has also been diagnosed with a malignant tumour in her left rear leg that for $300 can be removed (?) it just depends on which condition will win the "race" for her life. Ahhh dear.

Another family meeting tonight...

I'm so sorry. That's hard.

re: #154 Killgore Trout
Suicide or murder?

re: #147 shiek al beif salami

I hope the Kiwani and Rotarians don't crap in your yard and eat your trees the way the Elks do.

You haven't seen them after some of their festivals, have you?

re: #113 calcajun

no one ever froze to death in s.d. jan. in chicagostan another matter.

re: #144 Gus 802

Yeah, they're not so bad actually. This guy was driving a Ferrari. Just before I was keeping up with a BMW M3.

a couple of years ago I rented a Mustang GT 281/300hp...drove it all over the lower part of the state...145+...nobody down there at all...pretty cool

re: #155 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

"HE HAS NO WORDS!"

Finally speechless.

re: #157 snowcrash

Suicide or murder?

It's a regular whodunit!

//

re: #150 Lincolntf

Who better to discuss her tenure as a Judge than a civil servant whose life was directly affected by one of her rulings?

Because its irrelevant, the affect of his life by a judges rulings should not be taken into account, its the law that matters.

Argue all you want that she got the law wrong, but Ricci has no bearing on that and can provide no expertise.

re: #146 buzzsawmonkey

Any dog lover must love that one. I am scruffling my two puppies now and have to go.

Have a great evening all!

re: #152 calcajun

It's hard not to like Akitas, but they are definitely blue collar, must work every day dogs. Mine loves to pull stuff, like bulldozers and semis. When I take her for a walk (on a leash so she won't go after the Rotarians) it's like water skiing on dirt.

Watch out!

Tiger!

re: #154 Killgore Trout

re: #157 snowcrash

Suicide or murder?

re: #162 Gus 802

It's a regular whodunit!

//

Sarah Palin is being sought for questioning!

Muslims cannot simply partake of the technological fruits of modern civilization while simultaneously rejecting or questioning its premises.

A professor at Princeton who actually gets it:
[Link: chronicle.com:80...]

re: #160 albusteve

a couple of years ago I rented a Mustang GT 281/300hp...drove it all over the lower part of the state...145+...nobody down there at all...pretty cool

Hard to believe they actually printed a story about some guy getting caught doing 143.

re: #140 DEZes

Doe you think so?

I wish you two would stop fawning over each other...
/

re: #163 Lee Coller

But he can demonstrate how a "wise Latina woman" royally screwed him over.

re: #166 Charles

Watch out!

Tiger!

Is that a piece of meat he's diving for, or Roys hand?
//

re: #155 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Was it real, or was it Memorex?

re: #167 sattv4u2

re: #157 snowcrash

Sarah Palin is being sought for questioning!

Perhaps "it" knew the "truth!" about who killed Michael Jackson!

//

re: #161 DEZes

God, if was only that easy...like kryptonite to Superman.

"I would like to say a few words tonight about...CRASH...about, uh, er, about, uh, er, er,..."

re: #154 Killgore Trout

TOTUS tragedy...
Yahoo pic

Uh, er, um, ah.

re: #99 elevenbravo1969

Heard on the radio this a.m. (on KSFO in San Francisco) that CA has 12% of U.S. population and 32% of U.S. welfare recipients. Cool, huh?

Closer to 21 by this site.

re: #166 Charles

Watch out!

Tiger!

More proof of global warming. Amphibious Tigers.

/

re: #169 Gus 802

Hard to believe they actually printed a story about some guy getting caught doing 143.

Here video of a 1963 Avanti at 172 MPH.

...just came across this 2bit and thought I'd pass this around;

KKK member wanted by FBI caught in Tel-Aviv...

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

re: #166 Charles

A refreshing change from all the political animals, and not nearly as blood-thirsty.

re: #157 snowcrash

Nirth Certifikit did it in the library with the pipe wrench.

re: #169 Gus 802

Hard to believe they actually printed a story about some guy getting caught doing 143.

right, exactly...big whoop says I

re: #133 Desert Dog

Sad story. Our dog is getting older and we will be at that point in a few years. He has bad hips and somedays, it's hard for him to get up. But, if a dove or a pigeon lands in the back yard, he still runs like a cheetah trying to get them. Of all the things about dog ownership, it's that long walk to the vets in the end that gets me. I wish dogs lived longer because you get so damned attached to them...they are like your children...I will miss our dog, JD, when he gone. He's probably the best one we've ever had.

{desert dog}
The best until your next one, I hope.

One of our cats is 19 years old. She's not ill, but in the past few months she has been eating less and less, and she avoids jumping up on things the way she used to. My daughter has no memory of life before this cat. I suspect the cat will be gone within the year. We do get attached to our dogs and cats - they bring so much into our lives, imo.

re: #170 LGoPs

I wish you two would stop fawning over each other...
/

Your just trying to rack up Karma.

re: #166 Charles

Watch out!

Tiger!

for the same reason canukistani bums go to vancouver it is above freezing in the winter.

re: #166 Charles

Going for some "Roy tar tare" no less.

re: #180 avanti

Here video of a 1963 Avanti at 172 MPH.

[Video]

Classic narration too. He sounds familiar.

Bonneville Record Breaker!

re: #183 Killgore Trout

Nirth Certifikit did it in the library with the pipe wrench.

OOH!
Now there's an idea for an entrepeneur.

Dinner with Obama, a parable (part 1)

Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country. There's nothing that the government can do to me if I've broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor.

I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room. We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner.

The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen.

"Sorry about that," said the President. "Andrew is very hungry."

"I don't appreciate..." I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. "Of course," I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp.

"And his brother Eric is very thirsty." said the President.

I didn't say anything. The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I don't want to seem unkind.

My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite.

"Eric's children are also quite hungry."

With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room.

"And their grandmother can't stand for long."

I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game. I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President.

"Their grandfather doesn't like the cold."

I wanted to shout- that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport... I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in. The President hadn't moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him.

"Andrew's whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven't planned for retirement, and they need a house... They recently defaulted on a subprime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do."

My hands were shaking.. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor. The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.

"By the way," He added, "I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I'm firing you as head of your business. I'll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There's a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can't come to you for jobs groveling like beggars."

At the meeting, Obama told the leaders that he wants to help Israel overcome its demographic problem by reaching an agreement on a two-state solution, but that in order to do so, Israel would need "to engage in serious self-reflection."

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

Or in other words: Bend over and spread em

re: #123 elevenbravo1969

Seems the powers here in CA have decided that the 1996 welfare reform act, which limited lifetime welfare payments to no more than 5 years, was simply advisory in nature.

Is that actually what's going on?

re: #175 Desert Dog

God, if was only that easy...like kryptonite to Superman.

"I would like to say a few words tonight about...CRASH...about, uh, er, about, uh, er, er,..."

Old dirty socks work. ;)

re: #180 avanti

Here video of a 1963 Avanti at 172 MPH.

not the same by a long shot...where I drive 145, a mistake will kill me

re: #176 buzzsawmonkey

Blake is one of my favorites, and Tyger, Tyger is one of my favorite Blakes. Thanks.

Dinner with the Obama (part 2)

I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his creme brulee. He drained the last drops of his wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss. I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us.

What had I done wrong?

As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands.

"You should have stopped me at the dinner roll," he said.

re: #146 buzzsawmonkey

You made me cry.

re: #179 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

More proof of global warming. Amphibious Tigers.

/

How can you tell it's sexual orientation from just one photo? That's some might bold talk for someone... Oh, "amphibious". Never mind

re: #143 capitalist piglet

'Homeless ' is the new N-word. Please address these individuals correctly as Urban Prospectors.

re: #172 sattv4u2

Is that a piece of meat he's diving for, or Roys hand?
//

So, that's what happened to Michael Jackson's body.

re: #180 avanti

Here video of a 1963 Avanti at 172 MPH.

Andy Granatelli!

I did not know those cars could move so fast, wow.

re: #196 albusteve

not the same by a long shot...where I drive 145, a mistake will kill me

Yes, all the other crazies over there in ABQ are going way faster than that

re: #201 tradewind

'Homeless ' is the new N-word. Please address these individuals correctly as Urban Prospectors.

I prefer Urban Outdoorsmen

re: #201 tradewind

They'll take away my "hobos" and "bums" when they pry the words from my cold, dead tongue.

re: #202 calcajun

So, that's what happened to Michael Jackson's body.

They probably sold it to some oil sheik in Dubai.

//

re: #205 sattv4u2

I prefer Urban Outdoorsmen

I always knew you were a hobo-sexual.

/

re: #201 tradewind

'Homeless ' is the new N-word. Please address these individuals correctly as Urban Prospectors.

Not Home-a-Capable?

//

re: #204 Desert Dog

Yes, all the other crazies over there in ABQ are going way faster than that

at least they are polite about it!

Secret CIA Program Targeted Senior Al-Qaeda Leadership

The secret CIA program that was withheld from Congress was designed to find and capture or kill senior al-Qaeda leadership at close range rather than through air strikes, government officials said.

Congress probes agency's failure to report a secret counterterrorism program.The now canceled counterterrorism intelligence program has stirred controversy among legislators demanding to know what it entailed and why it was kept secret from Congress for eight years after going into the planning stages shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

And that's a bad thing?

/keep in mind that bin Laden stopped using his satellite phone after a certain loudmouth Senator told the world that we were monitoring it

re: #205 sattv4u2

Fine term, but it doesn't recognize their initiative.
/heh/

re: #205 sattv4u2

I prefer Urban Outdoorsmen

good one

re: #211 Killian Bundy
Bin Laden stopped using his sat phone for good after he had bin laden the dust of Tora Bora, or one of those assorted hell holes.

re: #205 sattv4u2

I prefer Urban Outdoorsmen

Domicilically-challenged? (Who says you can't just make up words?)

Parkingramp Pioneers?

re: #211 Killian Bundy

Secret CIA Program Targeted Senior Al-Qaeda Leadership

And that's a bad thing?

/keep in mind that bin Laden stopped using his satellite phone after a certain loudmouth Senator told the world that we were monitoring it

I've two words for the congressional critics: screw them.

re: #212 tradewind

Fine term, but it doesn't recognize their initiative.
/heh/

We have a term for that. It's sort of Olympian and athelitic in that it's competitive and awards the winner

Dumpster Divers

Cubs reportedly to file for Chapter 11
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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs might file for Chapter 11 in order to speed their sale by bankrupt media company Tribune Co, according to several media reports.

[Link: sports.espn.go.com...]

great way to do business? Oh I forgot the US Government does it that way also. never mind.

re: #219 Nevergiveup

Cubs reportedly to file for Chapter 11
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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs might file for Chapter 11 in order to speed their sale by bankrupt media company Tribune Co, according to several media reports.

[Link: sports.espn.go.com...]

great way to do business? Oh I forgot the US Government does it that way also. never mind.

that's just a shame, sorta like the team itself

re: #166 Charles

Watch out!

Tiger!

After the retirement of Sigfried and Roy, The Mirage in Las Vegas tried several times to make money with the tigers, this is a picture of one of the less successful attempts, Swim With The Tigers.
/

re: #210 albusteve

at least they are polite about it!

They are very polite here as well. Why just this morning a nice fellow showed me a hand gesture. I believe he was telling me that "I"m #1". It is common courtesy and manners that make me so happy to drive in this place.

re: #201 tradewind

bums is shorter

re: #211 Killian Bundy

I thought Bin Laden figured out to stop using his satt phones when that information was disclosed during one of the criminal trials where the defendant was accused of aiding and abetting the embassy bombings in Africa.

/Which is why I'm dead-set against trying them in the US court system like a drunk driver or petty thief.

re: #223 yochanan

bums is shorter

I've seen some tall ones!

re: #219 Nevergiveup

Cubs reportedly to file for Chapter 11
Comment Email Print Share
ESPN.com news services
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs might file for Chapter 11 in order to speed their sale by bankrupt media company Tribune Co, according to several media reports.

[Link: sports.espn.go.com...]

great way to do business? Oh I forgot the US Government does it that way also. never mind.

But will Barry bail them out and will the Congress try and manage the team? Boy, talk about a sports nightmare with Pelosi and Reid calling from the dugout to get a reliever warmed up.

re: #219 Nevergiveup

It's the Chicago way, apparently.

re: #218 sattv4u2

We have a term for that. It's sort of Olympian and athelitic in that it's competitive and awards the winner

Dumpster Divers

Freegans

//Where's the Lysol?

/

re: #219 Nevergiveup

Cubs reportedly to file for Chapter 11
Comment Email Print Share
ESPN.com news services
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs might file for Chapter 11 in order to speed their sale by bankrupt media company Tribune Co, according to several media reports.

[Link: sports.espn.go.com...]

great way to do business? Oh I forgot the US Government does it that way also. never mind.

The Obama Cubs? It's coming! He's a Southsider though...he may let them fly off a cliff. If it was the White Sox...well, let's just say they would be having a new CEO...with a Washington zip code.

re: #220 albusteve

Hey, they're looking better than the Royals are!

re: #228 Gus 802

re: #218 sattv4u2

Freegans

//Where's the Lysol?

/

Come for the funemployment, stay for the starve-cation.

/HT Iowahawk

re: #224 Fenway_Nation

I thought Bin Laden figured out to stop using his satt phones when that information was disclosed during one of the criminal trials where the defendant was accused of aiding and abetting the embassy bombings in Africa.

/Which is why I'm dead-set against trying them in the US court system like a drunk driver or petty thief.

Hi, Fenway: Why not try them in the US court system like an ax-murderer or rapist?

The Libertines - Through the looking glass

re: #222 Desert Dog

They are very polite here as well. Why just this morning a nice fellow showed me a hand gesture. I believe he was telling me that "I"m #1". It is common courtesy and manners that make me so happy to drive in this place.

I'm serious...folks over here are the nicest drivers anywhere...they always let you in...lots of friendly nods and waves...but not so bright...very slow to get going, they wait alot for the perfect opening etc

re: #203 Desert Dog

Andy Granatelli!

I did not know those cars could move so fast, wow.

This is the slowest Studebaker, but I want one. (WW II Weasel )

re: #232 ShanghaiEd

Because in the process of establishing how we knew they were casing targets, stockpiling weapons etc etc, this would alert their cohorts as to how investigators and intelligence agencies were keeping tabs on them...

re: #229 Desert Dog

nothing new the cubs have been bankrupt for a century.

STS-127 is currently no go

[Link: www.nasa.gov...]

red for lightening at Kennedy Space Center --- Houston weather is no good either

re: #232 ShanghaiEd

Hi, Fenway: Why not try them in the US court system like an ax-murderer or rapist?

I'm in favor of trying them in US Court Rooms, but lets hang em first.

re: #235 albusteve

I'm serious...folks over here are the nicest drivers anywhere...they always let you in...lots of friendly nods and waves...but not so bright...very slow to get going, they wait alot for the perfect opening etc

I was not being serious about this place. Phoenix has the rudest, most discourteous, most aggressive and worst drivers I have ever seen. I have driven all over the world. This place is one of the worst.

New Mexico in general is a nicer place to drive around.

re: #232 ShanghaiEd

Hi, Fenway: Why not try them in the US court system like an ax-murderer or rapist?

They're unlawful combatants captured on the battlefield, not U.S. citizens.

/the only thing they're entitled to under international law is summary execution

re: #238 yochanan

nothing new the cubs have been bankrupt for a century.

Too bad, they have dedicated fans.

re: #241 Desert Dog

I was not being serious about this place. Phoenix has the rudest, most discourteous, most aggressive and worst drivers I have ever seen. I have driven all over the world. This place is one of the worst.

New Mexico in general is a nicer place to drive around.

You should try Atlanta. Drivers here have that special combination of aggression, stupidity and incompetence that you'll find no where else. L.A. drivers drive faster and take more chances, but at least they're good at it.

re: #242 Killian Bundy

They're unlawful combatants captured on the battlefield, not U.S. citizens.

/the only thing they're entitled to under international law is summary execution

Not according to Pres. Obama. They now have the right to remain silent. The right to attorney. And, if they cannot afford one, they can get one for free from US!

re: #231 Fenway_Nation

Where's the lysol?

The lice are all over 'em.

re: #204 Desert Dog

When I was a kid, I had a TransAm with a 455 H.O. On a night trip to a nearby state where my fiance lived, I saw a pair of taillights flash on an overpass. I immediately realized that it had to be a cop and since I was driving like a greyhound in heat (which is about 125 mph), I slammed on the brakes, skidded through the overpass and was truly grateful when he wrote me up for "only" 85 mph.

re: #243 Desert Dog

Too bad, they have dedicated fans.

Dedicated to the one I love

re: #241 Desert Dog

I was not being serious about this place. Phoenix has the rudest, most discourteous, most aggressive and worst drivers I have ever seen. I have driven all over the world. This place is one of the worst.

New Mexico in general is a nicer place to drive around.

for me that would be the I-95 corridor...DC, Philly and north...unbelievable how rude people are...I just laugh it off tho

re: #88 LGoPs

My all time favorite name for a business was a Doggie Day Care in Seattle called "Puget Hounds"

Saw lingerie shop in a small town in NC called "Seek and Ye Shall Find"

re: #243 Desert Dog

I was at a Red Sox/Cubs game in Wrigley back in 2005...some of my Red Sox co-horts began chanting '19-18!'

I suggested to some of them that wasn't the road we really wanted to go down (however tempting), since we were in the same boat less than a year ago.

Great, classic ballpark and the Cubs faithful were good hosts and just as passionate and knowledgeable as the Red Sox fans...

re: #249 albusteve

for me that would be the I-95 corridor...DC, Philly and north...unbelievable how rude people are...I just laugh it off tho

Well you get kinda rude sitting in traffic?

THE LAW OF LAND WARFARE

/don't take my word for it

re: #252 Nevergiveup

and sitting in traffic and sitting in traffic and sitting in traffic...

"Looking in my rear view mirror...'bout to have a heart attack..."

re: #244 doppelganglander

You should try Atlanta. Drivers here have that special combination of aggression, stupidity and incompetence that you'll find no where else. L.A. drivers drive faster and take more chances, but at least they're good at it.

I like Chicago...bumper to bumper at 85...in and out, switching lanes...yeeehaa!...chuck holes, pylons, lanes moving around for construction

...and anything aside from Giordano's deep-dish pizza is a wussy, inferior imitation.

Evening Lizards! It was the definition of a July day in The Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland today.

Not here for long. So, if I don't have a chance to say bye, have a great one all!

How are you-all and what are we talking about?

re: #250 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Saw lingerie shop in a small town in NC called "Seek and Ye Shall Find"

Ever hear of the truck line "humping to please"?

re: #252 Nevergiveup

Well you get kinda rude sitting in traffic?

Traffic Sucks!

re: #250 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Saw lingerie shop in a small town in NC called "Seek and Ye Shall Find"

Furniture store "Sofa King". Our prices are "Sofa King Low!"
LOL!

re: #252 Nevergiveup

The worst part about sitting in traffic on I-95 is you have to listen to NPR's Fresh Aire blaring from all the Volvos without airconditioning.

re: #251 Fenway_Nation

the chicago FUBS are on there second century.

no goats, no pussey cats just win
CHICAGO WHITE SOX.

Someone please tell the Dhimocrats that ' targeting small groups of Al Q'aeda terrorists for assassination after 9-11 ' was not a secret program, it was just common sense.
Idiots. If they're trying to cover Pelosi, they'll have to do better than that.