Now if they can just block our insipid news programming.

Onion News excepted, of course.

Sorry--can't watch from here. Guess I'll just wait for you all to spell it out for me.

[twiddles thumbs]

[whistles a bit]

[checks watch]

But Corona tells us to change our whole latitude.

Someone's not talking to someone else. This endangers the beer supply in the entire Southwest. This won't be good.

[taps mic] This thing on?

Could that wall have like, sections? So it blocks them from coming back, too?

re: #7 Arbalest

But Corona tells us to change our whole latitude.

Someone's not talking to someone else. This endangers the beer supply in the entire Southwest. This won't be good.

No fear. Beer comes from Boston.

I get the world's best green chile from hatch, New Mexico. Build the wall, already.

This just in...Bill Gates to copywrite ones and zeros... Pictures at 11.

re: #12 HoosierHoops

This just in...Bill Gates to copywrite ones and zeros... Pictures at 11.

There's an OLD old joke along those lines. Internet joke style.

Haakondahl?

This is God, where are you?

I just invoked the rapture.

;-P

re: #10 haakondahl

Does the sun ever come up a bit late just in case a party, thrown by anyone from Boston, runs late?

re: #12 HoosierHoops

This just in...Bill Gates to copywrite ones and zeros... Pictures at 11.

You talking about this?

re: #3 haakondahl

Sorry--can't watch from here. Guess I'll just wait for you all to spell it out for me.

There are kids who get drunk in Mexico and throw up in the streets. Mexico has had quite enough of this, and plans to build a wall.

re: #9 FightingBack

Could that wall have like, sections? So it blocks them from coming back, too?

Maybe the wall could be like Crab or Lobster pots. Once in, the trap door in the wall does not allow egress. This video is funny because it has more than a dollup of truth in it.

re: #15 Arbalest

Does the sun ever come up a bit late just in case a party, thrown by anyone from Boston, runs late?

I suppose it would, since the very world itself revolves around Sam Adams.

Muy chistoso.

re: #17 FightingBack

There are kids who get drunk in Mexico and throw up in the streets. Mexico has had quite enough of this, and plans to build a wall.

Thanks!

re: #14 jcm

Haakondahl?

This is God, where are you?

I just invoked the rapture.

;-P

Ah. Well, here in Afghanistan, we're actually 4:30 off of GMT, so I'll take that extra thirty minutes grace. Full of grace.

OT
I was just wondering what would happen if the Nirthers somehow succeed and the SCOTUS declares the messiah constitutionally ineligible.
Besides all the minor dislocations--chaos, anarchy, civil war---we will have Joe Biden as president. There is no doubt at all about his eligibility, there being is no provision in the Constitution for excluding doofuses (doofi?) from the office.

When asked who the Prez of Mexico is 63% said Speedy Gonzales followed by 18% Jose Cuervo. Hilarious but probably true.

You know, if you listen to Led Zeppelin's Trampled Underfoot twice in a row, you'll be just about sick of it.

re: #23 Shiplord Kirel

OT
I was just wondering what would happen if the Nirthers somehow succeed and the SCOTUS declares the messiah constitutionally ineligible.
Besides all the minor dislocations--chaos, anarchy, civil war---we will have Joe Biden as president. There is no doubt at all about his eligibility, there being is no provision in the Constitution for excluding doofuses (doofi?) from the office.

It's six of one, half a dozen of your mother.

re: #24 snowcrash

When asked who the Prez of Mexico is 63% said Speedy Gonzales followed by 18% Jose Cuervo. Hilarious but probably true.

Mexico has a Prez? What does he do besides open remittance checks?

re: #25 haakondahl

You know, if you listen to Led Zeppelin's Trampled Underfoot twice in a row, you'll be just about sick of it.

I'm sick of it, and I never heard it.

Fear me. I am the killer of threads. Evidently.

re: #26 haakondahl

It's six of one, half a dozen of your mother.

Very funny, you drunken asshole. If you said that to me in person I would tear one of your chins off and shove it up your arse.

Sure you have:

I can't stop talkin' about love. Nnnh.
I can't stop a ta-a-alkin' 'bout love. Nnnh.
I can't stop ta-a-alkin' about low-wove. Nnnh. Nnnh.

Repeat as necessary.

re: #30 Shiplord Kirel

Very funny, you drunken asshole. If you said that to me in person I would tear one of your chins off and shove it up your arse.

Wow, you got all of that from my picture?

re: #31 haakondahl

Sure you have:

I can't stop talkin' about love. Nnnh.
I can't stop a ta-a-alkin' 'bout love. Nnnh.
I can't stop ta-a-alkin' about low-wove. Nnnh. Nnnh.

Repeat as necessary.

Ack!

Did it just get a little cold in here?

[psst. it's a nanny-state reference]

Like water off a drunk!

re: #34 Truck Monkey

Did it just get a little cold in here?

It's all fun and games till somebody sets off a suitcase nuke...

re: #37 HoosierHoops

Tom Watson is pretty incredible, eh?

re: #37 HoosierHoops

It's all fun and games till somebody sets off a suitcase nuke...

Ouch! Somebody's feeling the sting.

re: #30 Shiplord Kirel

Very funny, you drunken asshole. If you said that to me in person I would tear one of your chins off and shove it up your arse.

OMG, LOLZORZ, Kirel is a SEEKRIT BRITTISHER!

re: #38 Lincolntf

Tom Watson is pretty incredible, eh?

He is showing the young ones how to play golf...Kudos Tom

[psst. That's not a Kirel joke]

re: #40 haakondahl

OMG, LOLZORZ, Kirel is a SEEKRIT BRITTISHER!

I could also be a secret Australian but since I'm sober for now, Brit is a better bet.

re: #43 Shiplord Kirel

I could also be a secret Australian but since I'm sober for now, Brit is a better bet.

Well, better luck next time.

re: #43 Shiplord Kirel

I could also be a secret Australian but since I'm sober for now, Brit is a better bet.

Why? Neither Aussies nor Brits are known for that. :)

re: #19 haakondahl

Perhaps at one time, but having driven through Radcliffe and Vassar (and avoided the hordes of angry, hefty, bitter liberal chicks therein), I find the alternative of Mazatlan (and the bikinis therein) to be somewhat preferable.

re: #45 iceweasel

Why? Neither Aussies nor Brits are known for that. :)

Good evening Ice... The beer is cold and the food is warm...Can I get you anything?

Si es verdad, mucho mucho assholes Americanos.

re: #45 iceweasel

Why? Neither Aussies nor Brits are known for that. :)

ARRRGH! The White Weasel! Hard a-Starboard, ready me Harpoon-checker!

Speedy Gonzales, LOL. La Raza is going to be pissed.

We've heard from Jose Cuervo and Corona fans, but does anyone like Dos Equis?

re: #45 iceweasel

Why? Neither Aussies nor Brits are known for that. :)

It's a little early in the UK yet, but the Ozzies have long since passed out.

re: #47 HoosierHoops

Good evening Ice... The beer is cold and the food is warm...Can I get you anything?

hey cutie! s'up?

re: #45 iceweasel

Why? Neither Aussies nor Brits are known for that. :)

'Twere lurking just below the surface, and has come up for a blow! Ready the away boats to check for spelling, and set a course for peculiar idioms!

re: #24 snowcrash

Jose Cuervo.

Hey, he's a friend of mine.

re: #51 Shiplord Kirel

Great beer, also had some Sol beer, also from Mexico

re: #50 Ay, Caramba

Speedy Gonzales, LOL. La Raza is going to be pissed.

So is PETA.

re: #51 Shiplord Kirel

==>> "Does the sun ever come up a bit late just in case a party, thrown by anyone from Boston, runs late?"

re: #51 Shiplord Kirel

We've heard from Jose Cuervo and Corona fans, but does anyone like Dos Equis?

It's a little early in the UK yet, but the Ozzies have long since passed out.

They're just waking up!

re: #46 Arbalest

Perhaps at one time, but having driven through Radcliffe and Vassar (and avoided the hordes of angry, hefty, bitter liberal chicks therein), I find the alternative of Mazatlan (and the bikinis therein) to be somewhat preferable.

You have to go to Newport, RI. Ten updings to the first person who can tell me why Newport is laid out on the perfect city plan.

The next speed bump in the economic recovery....
CIT Group Says Its Failure Risks Demise of Customers

CIT Group Inc., the century-old lender that hasn’t been able to persuade the government to back its debt sales, says its demise would put 760 manufacturing clients at risk of failure and “precipitate a crisis” for as many as 300,000 retailers.

A collapse would ripple across the “small and medium-sized businesses who rely on CIT to operate -- to pay their vendors, ship goods to their customers and make their payroll,” the New York-based lender said in internal documents obtained by Bloomberg News that make the case for its importance to the U.S. economy. CIT spokesman Curt Ritter declined to comment on the documents.

re: #57 Arbalest

==>> "Does the sun ever come up a bit late just in case a party, thrown by anyone from Boston, runs late?"

Point?

It's already about 200 degrees here in Lubbock, even Coors Light would sound pretty good right now.

re: #52 iceweasel

hey cutie! s'up?

Just hanging till nightfall...I love Saturday nights

Going out for a smoke. Replies only eligible on this thread.

re: #53 haakondahl

'Twere lurking just below the surface, and has come up for a blow! Ready the away boats to check for spelling, and set a course for peculiar idioms!

Avast! pull, maties, pull!

Set phasers on COLB!

//mixing geek idiom, but whatever. :)

re: #62 Shiplord Kirel

Drinking one right now.

re: #51 Shiplord Kirel

We've heard from Jose Cuervo and Corona fans, but does anyone like Dos Equis?

It's a little early in the UK yet, but the Ozzies have long since passed out.

Dos Equis makes a special Christmas beer..not many places carry it

re: #51 Shiplord Kirel

We've heard from Jose Cuervo and Corona fans, but does anyone like Dos Equis?

It's a little early in the UK yet, but the Ozzies have long since passed out.

I often order it, how about a commie beer, Shing Tao ? A friend told me the unique history of that brew, good beer.

re: #61 iceweasel

"The sun does come up late on the 6th of may, just in case his parties run late" --> The Most Interesting Man in the World. --> "I don't always drink beer, but when I do . . ."

Obviously, advertising is wasted on you.

My favorite beer is......free beer.

re: #69 Arbalest

"The sun does come up late on the 6th of may, just in case his parties run late" --> The Most Interesting Man in the World. --> "I don't always drink beer, but when I do . . ."

Obviously, advertising is wasted on you.

It kind of is. :(

No TV. :(

re: #65 iceweasel

Avast! pull, maties, pull!

Set phasers on COLB!

//mixing geek idiom, but whatever. :)

Did I tell you we had another person transfered out here from California.
She is a lovely girl and we have had fun times sharing stories about home..

re: #69 Arbalest
What is up with "the most interesting man" anyway? He lives vicariously through himself! LOL

re: #68 avanti

I often order it, how about a commie beer, Shing Tao ? A friend told me the unique history of that brew, good beer.

It's not bad at all....pretty dang good beer

re: #65 iceweasel

Avast! pull, maties, pull!

Set phasers on COLB!

//mixing geek idiom, but whatever. :)

Multiple DRADIS Contacts, 165 Carom 47! Cylon fighters!

Col. Tigh, launch the Vipers! Pass the word to the fleet, prepare to jump!

Anybody here ever eat in one of those Al fresco, even roof top restaurants in Mexico? When the strolling guitar player asked what you wanted to hear, you said Grenada , didn't you?
Come on , you did we always do.

re: #71 iceweasel

It kind of is. :(

No TV. :(

NO TV!
How do you watch athletes? and movies?
*wink*

Sometimes I miss beer. I used to be really good at drinking it in my day.

re: #71 iceweasel

It kind of is. :(

No TV. :(

I'm on a self-enforced TV fast, ever since I flipped by the Food Network and Paula Deen said she was going to rub Chili Powder on her butt. THAT ruined my appetite, my sex life, and gave me insomnia, all at once.

re: #74 HoosierHoops

It's not bad at all....pretty dang good beer

The company was set up my the Germans in the early 1900's and when the commies came in power it was one town that kept it's old name because of the beer.
The correct spelling is
Tsingtao beer.

re: #76 opnion

"Guantanamera" here, even though it's more Hispano-Caribbean than Mesoamerican.

re: #60 Killgore Trout

The next speed bump in the economic recovery....
CIT Group Says Its Failure Risks Demise of Customers

Why worry? With all of the jobs created or saved so far, these 300,000 have been "offset", no?

Small potatoes, really.

re: #80 avanti

Anywhere on earth that's hosted a German, British or BeNeLux colony is guaranteed to have at least one good local beer.

re: #78 Truck Monkey

Sometimes I miss beer. I used to be really good at drinking it in my day.

The first time I flew into Amsterdam i went to the McDonalds and there was an old lady drinking beer and eating an Egg mcmuffin...
I knew I had just entered a new mindset...

re: #81 mikalm
If I knew how to spell it, I would have answered that song too.

re: #68 avanti

I often order it, how about a commie beer, Shing Tao ? A friend told me the unique history of that brew, good beer.

That stuff is pretty good. And by buying it, we're helping to continue the financing of our staggering debt. so have two!

re: #71 iceweasel

It kind of is. :(

No TV. :(

Turn that frown upside down! I would love to get rid of my TV.

re: #86 haakondahl

That stuff is pretty good. And by buying it, we're helping to continue the financing of our staggering debt. so have two!

Have six, and you won't care about debt.

re: #75 SteveC

Multiple DRADIS Contacts, 165 Carom 47! Cylon fighters!

Col. Tigh, launch the Vipers! Pass the word to the fleet, prepare to jump!

Release every ZIG. For great justice.

re: #73 snowcrash and here

Here

re: #71 iceweasel

It's an attempt at humor. My humor occasionally works, but seldom flops this badly.

re: #88 avanti

Joe Biden!

re: #86 haakondahl

That stuff is pretty good. And by buying it, we're helping to continue the financing of our staggering debt. so have two!

They is a place in SF called Tommy's Joint.. They have this huge sign in the Bar listing every country in the world and the beers available..
One time me and my buddies tried drink ourselves across the world...Hours later we weren't even close...Thank God for Taxi's

re: #90 Arbalest
Stay thirsty my friend.

From up top:

Wilders essentially wants to criminalize Islam itself.

Unnecessary.
It's redundant.

re: #81 mikalm

"Guantanamera" here, even though it's more Hispano-Caribbean than Mesoamerican.

Ya know what? That is actually ther one meant. Nobady asks for Grenada , it is Guantanamera.

re: #95 opnion

I ask for Low Rider.

re: #96 Ay, Caramba

I ask for Low Rider.

si se puede.

Jeez..I forgot about PIMF... Dumbass

re: #78 Truck Monkey

If you want the taste but not the booze, try Claushalter. It's the fallback for whoever draws the DD straw when there's a barbecue here....not watery or weak, pretty decent.

re: #76 opnion

Besame Mucho

re: #88 avanti

Have six, and you won't care about debt.

That's it! The whole Congress has been drunk!

That was pretty funny.

re: #100 FightingBack

Besame Mucho

Youtube Video

Ah, muy beueno.

re: #73 snowcrash

What is up with "the most interesting man" anyway? He lives vicariously through himself! LOL

Good Evening, Lizards.

That commercial gets my vote for the most annoying yet.

"Dos Equis- The beer of pretentious, self-absorbed a$$holes."

cheers

eon

re: #99 tradewind

Thanks I will.

Do these headphones make my ears look fat?

MAJOR PROPS to JVC. I think I have lost a $100 set of in-ear Bose headphones. First set that's ever fit my tiny little earholes (Norwegian defense adaptation) the right way, and I don't regret a single one of the 2,000 nickels it took to purchase.
BUT.

I bought me some cheapie JVC over-the-ear headphones, and it was the most amazing thing: I did not need a knife and a set of Vise-Grips to open the package! The plastic was actually perforated to allow a customer to retrieve what he has just purchased.

So thank you JVC! The headphones don't sound so hot, as it's only a twelve-dollar set, but I'm still basking in the glow of music to my fingers.

JVC rocks.

re: #104 eon
Makes me laugh but not want to have a drink with him !

re: #99 tradewind

If you want the taste but not the booze, try Claushalter. It's the fallback for whoever draws the DD straw when there's a barbecue here....not watery or weak, pretty decent.

Here in the big dusty, we've been enjoying Erdinger NA, which is an absolutely fantastic-tasting near beer.

re: #106 haakondahl

I did not need a knife and a set of Vise-Grips to open the package!

Openable packaging is underrated.

re: #104 eon

Good Evening, Lizards.

That commercial gets my vote for the most annoying yet.

"Dos Equis- The beer of pretentious, self-absorbed a$$holes."

cheers

eon

But have you had Dos Equis amber? It really is worth finding. My late father told me "It's so good, the Mexican President signs every bottle!"

Having lunch at a spot in Puerto Vallarta, suddenly the Mariachi band surrounding us. They paused for requests. My wife asked for Stairway to Heaven.

They tried. Cost me a big tip.

We are American assholes.

re: #67 HoosierHoops

Dos Equis makes a special Christmas beer..not many places carry it

You talking about Nochebuena, a dark or amber brew. Delicious with tacos al pastor.

re: #83 mikalm

Anywhere on earth that's hosted a German, British or BeNeLux colony is guaranteed to have at least one good local beer.

Mexico has Kloster, another amber beer sold year-round.

re: #103 opnion

Besame Mucho
Also good : Diana Krall

re: #87 haakondahl

Turn that frown upside down! I would love to get rid of my TV.

I have no few regrets. If I had more money than I knew what to do with, I'd eventually get another one.

re: #110 haakondahl

But have you had Dos Equis amber? It really is worth finding. My late father told me "It's so good, the Mexican President signs every bottle!"

It's against the law to eat Mexican Food and not drink a Dos Equis... You have no idea how many times I have to report people... It's a little awkward when they get drug away but I do my part as a good citizen.

re: #113 FightingBack

That disc is one of my favorites and playing it right now. WOW!

re: #110 haakondahl

But have you had Dos Equis amber? It really is worth finding. My late father told me "It's so good, the Mexican President signs every bottle!"

I think that is actually Tres Equis. My abuelita used to crack the half-liter one open each day at 5:00, and let me share some. Ay buey, esos si fueron los tiempos mejores de mi vida ...

re: #111 The Shadow Do

Having lunch at a spot in Puerto Vallarta, suddenly the Mariachi band surrounding us. They paused for requests. My wife asked for Stairway to Heaven.

They tried. Cost me a big tip.

We are American assholes.

FREEBIRD!

re: #92 HoosierHoops

They is a place in SF called Tommy's Joint.. They have this huge sign in the Bar listing every country in the world and the beers available..
One time me and my buddies tried drink ourselves across the world...Hours later we weren't even close...Thank God for Taxi's

I took a friend to New Orleans and she announced she wanted a drink in ever bar in the French quarter. As you may have guessed, she did not make it, but did get to dance on the bar at Coyote Ugly's while still vertical.

re: #110 haakondahl

But have you had Dos Equis amber? It really is worth finding. My late father told me "It's so good, the Mexican President signs every bottle!"

I don't drink beer; no moral thing, just can't stand the stuff. Ditto hard liquor, wine, pretty much anything with alcohol in it.

As for the Mexican President, Whenever I hear his name (Calderon') I tend to confuse him with the Colombian drug kingpin that Crockett & Tubbs aced in the first season of Miami Vice. Of course, that one had a seriously hot daughter.

/And wasn't always making things up about "gun smuggling" south across the border to keep a certain American President happy enough to keep the foreign aid coming.

cheers

eon

re: #112 Gang of One

Mexico has Kloster, another amber beer sold year-round.

My favorite cerveza mexicana is Bohemia.

re: #117 Gang of One

I think that is actually Tres Equis. My abuelita used to crack the half-liter one open each day at 5:00, and let me share some. Ay buey, esos si fueron los tiempos mejores de mi vida ...

No, Dos Equis Amver--I'm quite sure. I have seen Tres, but haven't had one. Good, huh?

re: #122 haakondahl

No, Dos Equis Amver--I'm quite sure. I have seen Tres, but haven't had one. Good, huh?

Oh, "Amber". Look at me, I'm a drunken wreck.

re: #111 The Shadow Do

Having lunch at a spot in Puerto Vallarta, suddenly the Mariachi band surrounding us. They paused for requests. My wife asked for Stairway to Heaven.

They tried. Cost me a big tip.

We are American assholes.

Maná, the Tapatia [Guadalajara] rock-en-español band, did a cover of Led Zep's Fool In the Rain with a mariachi brass and guitar finale that is actually pretty awesome.

We need to change the subject, or I'll need a beer run. I only have a couple of Bud lites in the refrigerator for a friend, and that's not beer.

re: #124 Gang of One

Maná, the Tapatia [Guadalajara] rock-en-español band, did a cover of Led Zep's Fool In the Rain with a mariachi brass and guitar finale that is actually pretty awesome.

I gotta hear that!

re: #123 haakondahl

Oh, "Amber". Look at me, I'm a drunken wreck.

You keep this up and the bouncer will throw you out!
*wink*

re: #122 haakondahl

No, Dos Equis Amver--I'm quite sure. I have seen Tres, but haven't had one. Good, huh?

De pelos ... excellente!

re: #127 HoosierHoops

You keep this up and the bouncer will throw you out!
*wink*

HIC! [peevish look] You're not Amber!

re: #125 avanti

We need to change the subject, or I'll need a beer run. I only have a couple of Bud lites in the refrigerator for a friend, and that's not beer.

That's my favorite low cal beer....

re: #115 HoosierHoops

It's against the law to eat Mexican Food and not drink a Dos Equis... You have no idea how many times I have to report people... It's a little awkward when they get drug away but I do my part as a good citizen.

Somebody once said that a Mexican restaurant is the only kind of restaurant where you can drink heavily and not look like a lush.

re: #126 The Shadow Do

I gotta hear that!

It is on a CD called Encomium, a bunch of bands doing Led Zep covers. You might find it on Amazon, or Napster. Maybe in Sony Mexicana [or are they BMG?] the label they're on might have it. It's definitely worth the look.

re: #116 Cathypop

Besame Mucho
Elvis

re: #131 mikalm

Somebody once said that a Mexican restaurant is the only kind of restaurant where you can drink heavily and not look like a lush.

Irish Restaurant. Bangers and Mash. Boiled Cabbage and Corned Beef. Lots and lots of alcohol.

The only thing keeping me from making a thread-induced beer run is that I'd have to put on shoes first. Once I put on shoes, I'm declaring the pool/patio portion of the day dead, so I won't really need the beer. I'm very conflicted.

re: #130 HoosierHoops

That's my favorite low cal beer....

I'd rather be fat, and happy. A beer gut is a good thing since it's a fool that does not build a shed over his favorite tool.

re: #135 Lincolntf

The only thing keeping me from making a thread-induced beer run is that I'd have to put on shoes first. Once I put on shoes, I'm declaring the pool/patio portion of the day dead, so I won't really need the beer. I'm very conflicted.

As soon as I get my shoes on it is off to a Maryland Crab Feast. 15 minutes and counting.

re: #133 FightingBack

Besame Mucho
The Beatles (!)

re: #136 avanti

I'd rather be fat, and happy. A beer gut is a good thing since it's a fool that does not build a shed over his favorite tool.

That is until the shed gets so crowded (gelatonous) that you can no longer find your favorite tool and stop using it as a result.

re: #135 Lincolntf

The only thing keeping me from making a thread-induced beer run is that I'd have to put on shoes first. Once I put on shoes, I'm declaring the pool/patio portion of the day dead, so I won't really need the beer. I'm very conflicted.

I already order groceries and pizza online, they just need 20 minute cold beer delivery.

re: #136 avanti

I'd rather be fat, and happy. A beer gut is a good thing since it's a fool that does not build a shed over his favorite tool.

GAK! Avanti! Fat? Beer gut?
Run more

re: #139 Truck Monkey

That is until the shed gets so crowded (gelatonous) that you can no longer find your favorite tool and stop using it as a result.

Hint, if you can't see it anymore, cut back on the sheds roof.

re: #137 Truck Monkey

Screw it. I just put the sneakers on. The thought of having a Sam Adams made the thought of not having a Sam Adams unbearable.

re: #142 avanti

Hint, if you can't see it anymore, cut back on the sheds roof.

See what?

Well, I hate to tell you guys this, but beer is full of chemicals similar to estrogen. Thats what brings the moobs and belly.

re: #136 avanti

**shudder**

re: #136 avanti

I'd rather be fat, and happy. A beer gut is a good thing since it's a fool that does not build a shed over his favorite tool.

Or as one wit put it, "Why have six-pack abs, when you can have a keg?"

re: #144 The Shadow Do

See what?

Your "tool" ;-P

re: #145 pbird

Well, I hate to tell you guys this, but beer is full of chemicals similar to estrogen. Thats what brings the moobs and belly.

No way, Jose. For true?

re: #141 HoosierHoops

GAK! Avanti! Fat? Beer gut?
Run more

I'm a yo yo dieter, I go from 170-220 lbs about every other year. Heading down again for my summer weight.

tried the MGD 64 last month.

tasted like propel fitness water.
2.8% alcohol.

WTF

re: #149 Gang of One

No way, Jose. For true?

Solemn truth.

re: #150 avanti

I'm a yo yo dieter, I go from 170-220 lbs about every other year. Heading down again for my summer weight.

My mean weight is 165 (I'm just shy of 6', and will be 49 in October). I drink beer and eat "comfort food," but also work out a lot to blunt their effects on my body.

re: #151 Shug

tried the MGD 64 last month.

tasted like propel fitness water.
2.8% alcohol.

WTF

2.8%??? That's even less than the 3.2 beer of universal infamy! Might as well drink N/A...

re: #150 avanti

I'm a yo yo dieter, I go from 170-220 lbs about every other year. Heading down again for my summer weight.

What is your frame? I weigh exactly 5 lbs heavier than when I was in college..
If you make a rule that everytime you eat Ben and Jerry's ice cream you run a mile...you run more or eat less..*wink*
I'm a very picky eater anyway...I hate 90% of all food....That's just me

re: #136 avanti

A beer gut is a good thing since it's a fool that does not build a shed over his favorite tool.

That has to be the biggest stretch /reach for a metaphor ever.....
But if you must, better to shed that overlap before your favorite tool gets overlooked.....

re: #152 pbird

Solemn truth.

Damn. That explains a lot. And I have been relatively non-beer drinking for some time now ...

re: #145 pbird

Yeah, but it's also loaded with B vitamins and hops, which are full of antioxidants.
Moderation is the thing.

OK I give up. What do I need to download to be able to view the Onion videos? I can't open them.

re: #153 mikalm

My mean weight is 165 (I'm just shy of 6', and will be 49 in October). I drink beer and eat "comfort food," but also work out a lot to blunt their effects on my body.

Good healthy frame.. Kudos

re: #138 FightingBack

I knew that there were hundreds of versions of Besame Mucho, but I did not know the Beatles did one!

re: #155 HoosierHoops

What is your frame? I weigh exactly 5 lbs heavier than when I was in college..
If you make a rule that everytime you eat Ben and Jerry's ice cream you run a mile...you run more or eat less..*wink*
I'm a very picky eater anyway...I hate 90% of all food....That's just me

I'm 5'10'' but a big frame. I once got down into the 150's, but everyone thought I was sick, so 160-165 is about as low as I go. I've been using the testosterone salve for about 10 years, and that's a like a steroid.

re: #148 talon_262

Your "tool" ;-P

Spanner, pipe wrench, socket set?

re: #157 Gang of One

Damn. That explains a lot. And I have been relatively non-beer drinking for some time now ...

I used to tell my patients to drink beer to increase their breast milk supply. Now that we have decided alcohol is bad for them, I recommend Malt Tablets (which you can get at a Health Food Store.)

re: #154 mikalm

2.8%??? That's even less than the 3.2 beer of universal infamy! Might as well drink N/A...

I think even mormons are allowed to drink it

re: #160 HoosierHoops

Thanks. Although I'll admit that part of the reason I work out regularly is for the adrenaline/endorphin rush. Also, the fact that I work a sedentary desk job, and would probably be asleep every afternoon if it weren't for that lunch-hour gym session to wake me up again.

Taliban video shows captive US soldier

The Taliban has released a video of an American soldier who went missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan June 30 and was later confirmed captured.

The soldier, whose identity has not yet been confirmed by the Pentagon pending notification of members of Congress and the soldier's family, says his name, age and hometown on the video, which was released Saturday on a Web site pointed out by the Taliban. Two U.S. defense officials confirmed to The Associated Press that the man in the video is the captured soldier.

The soldier is shown, dressed in a gray, nondescript outfit, eating and sitting on a bed, and he says the date is July 14. He says he was captured when he lagged behind on a patrol. The military said the soldier was captured July 2.

The 28-minute video shows the soldier being interviewed in English by his captors, where he states his views on the war, Islam and the morale of American soldiers.

re: #161 wrenchwench

I knew that there were hundreds of versions of Besame Mucho, but I did not know the Beatles did one!

I was surprised myself. Someone played it for me and asked me to guess the artists. I couldn't do it. I thought Paul was Bobby Darin.

re: #162 avanti

I'm 5'10'' but a big frame. I once got down into the 150's, but everyone thought I was sick, so 160-165 is about as low as I go. I've been using the testosterone salve for about 10 years, and that's a like a steroid.

150 on a big 5'10" frame is way too skinny... 220 is way to heavy..
Careful Chief....Regards

re: #169 HoosierHoops

150 on a big 5'10" frame is way too skinny... 220 is way to heavy..
Careful Chief....Regards

Thanks for that. According to all the health rules, I died a few years back. Thanks to my first generation Greek/Serbian genes, I'm doing fine.

Weight loss, food , beer, lack of food and beer. All things my doctor says I have to deal with. Dammit.
/I'm going back a thread and kick the cat.

re: #166 mikalm

Thanks. Although I'll admit that part of the reason I work out regularly is for the adrenaline/endorphin rush. Also, the fact that I work a sedentary desk job, and would probably be asleep every afternoon if it weren't for that lunch-hour gym session to wake me up again.

I work in a huge secured Building without one window....In a cube..
We have the coolest gym around..Surround sound music..Big Screen TV...Every machine known.. free weights..Walking machines....Showers...It's pretty cool..

re: #167 Killgore Trout

Taliban video shows captive US soldier

Shit, we all know how this turns out.

So nobody knows why Newport RI is laid out in the most perfect design? Ten updings for the first to answer correctly. Contest will be held open while I sleep, which won't be long from now.

re: #171 poteen

Weight loss, food , beer, lack of food and beer. All things my doctor says I have to deal with. Dammit.
/I'm going back a thread and kick the cat.

If he says you have to give up poteen, change doctors. Now, before the Nationalization of the Health Care Industry.

OK, going out to cut some brush since it's getting a little cooler. About a half hour at a time is about all I can do in the heat. BBL.

re: #174 haakondahl

So nobody knows why Newport RI is laid out in the most perfect design? Ten updings for the first to answer correctly. Contest will be held open while I sleep, which won't be long from now.

I'm a west coast boy living in Indiana..I can you California trivia...and some Indiana stuff...

re: #173 The Shadow Do

Yeah, these things usually don't end well. I'm surprised he's still alive.

re: #177 HoosierHoops

I'm a west coast boy living in Indiana..I can you California trivia...and some Indiana stuff...

So who figured out the center of California? And how?

re: #167 Killgore Trout

Taliban video shows captive US soldier

Hoping for a swift and safe return.

re: #179 Cathypop

So who figured out the center of California? And how?

What? Dang it!
I was born on a ranch by Fresno and Raised in Napa Valley...I am your source for all things Wine Country... I don't need Google..
Heh

re: #181 HoosierHoops

A forest Ranger. He cut out a piece of ply wood in the shape of California and balanced it on a pencil. Simple genius.

re: #178 Killgore Trout

Yeah, these things usually don't end well. I'm surprised he's still alive.

Yes, it is surprising. It tells me they have him held far away from any hope of rescue. There have been escapes in the past but an American presence was always close enough to help.

I can't imagine being in a worse spot than this guy.

re: #175 FightingBack

If he says you have to give up poteen, change doctors. Now, before the Nationalization of the Health Care Industry.

Docs a she and really good looking. After examinations I feel like I should buy her dinner. But she read me the riot act a few months ago. Gave me some tests. Failed them all. (the only tests I've ever failed are administered by Drs. and the CHP. Funny how that works.)
Worked my whole life, finally able to afford fine food and good beer, and I can't enjoy it.
What the hell. If I get thin enough I'll start a new career as a rock star or porn star.

re: #182 Cathypop

A forest Ranger. He cut out a piece of ply wood in the shape of California and balanced it on a pencil. Simple genius.

LOL
you ever flown over Cali? Cracks, mountains, Valleys.. It is so complex that you'd need the Super Computer at Stanford to figure out how to balance the state on a pencil..
/currently it is a red pencil...
:)

re: #185 HoosierHoops

With red ink and red tape to boot.

re: #185 HoosierHoops

A very red pencil and that is why I will never live in what was once a great state.

re: #187 Cathypop

A very red pencil and that is why I will never live in what was once a great state.

It is still a great state...She is broke now...There will be reform..
But I love California... It is home

re: #184 poteen

If I get thin enough I'll start a new career as a rock star or porn star.

I imagine both of those can be attained during a concert performance.
//

BTW, what did Michael Jackson like best about twenty eight year olds?...........
.....
.....
That there were twenty of them.

BNP’s ‘devils’ find they are without friends in Europe as right-wing bloc fails to materialise

A further, far more damaging, setback for the two "devils" - Griffin's mocking self-description - was their failure to find enough far-right comrades across the EU to form a new bloc.

However, the BNP still had plenty of friendly fellow travellers to hang out with. Griffin has been getting matey with several groups. One is Jobbik, the far-right Hungarian party that won 14.8% of the vote in the Hungarian European elections despite its anti-gypsy stance and unpleasant comments about the nation's Jews.

Griffin and Brons even stayed in the same hotel as three Jobbik MEPs. The party, also known as the Movement for a Better Hungary, won nearly as many votes as the ruling socialists, securing three seats in the European parliament.

Others involved in talks with the BNP were France's Front National - which won three seats, including the re-election of its veteran controversial leader Jean-Marie Le Pen - Belgium's Vlaams Belang and Ataka, the nationalist Bulgarian party.

Just remember- the VB isn't fascist because robert spencer says so.

re: #188 HoosierHoops
One day I learned that my Mothers limit of margaritas was 2 and that I was conceived in California. Way too much info but love the state. Especially the Russian River area.

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world

It was shot at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan.
The main tank called the 'Kuroshio Sea' holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world's second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters (27 feet) by 22.5 meters (74 feet) with a thickness of 60 centimeters (23.6 inches). Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.

Good afternoon/evening, Lizards!

Hey there, wavy wallaby!

re: #167 Killgore Trout

Taliban video shows captive US soldier

I am going to sound like a cold hearted son of a bitch on this one, but if the US goes down the path of "Our soldier is worth 1,000 of theirs" that Israel got itself into, we are well and truly screwed. If we try to get his captors to unclench with gestures of releases out of Gitmo (and you can bet that Team Obama is really tempted to use this as the out they need to let those bastards go free), then say hello to another 100 years of terrorism like the kind Israel gets to deal with.

I support Israel but have never understood - never - why they do "prisoner" exchanges. It just leads to taking of captives and then makes your guys have to fight the guys they captured last time around.

re: #192 jcm
WOW! I want more.

re: #194 Fenway_Nation

LOL! Hi Fenway!

re: #191 Cathypop

One day I learned that my Mothers limit of margaritas was 2 and that I was conceived in California. Way too much info but love the state. Especially the Russian River area.

Russian River? The cool thing about LGF is people know about the Russian River...so cool...I'm a Yountville boy...

re: #196 Cathypop
Me too. Streaming live video would be cool.

re: #198 HoosierHoops

Russian River? The cool thing about LGF is people know about the Russian River...so cool...I'm a Yountville boy...

Born in Palo Alto. Dad from Palo Alto and Mom from Watsonville.

re: #198 HoosierHoops

My husband introduced me to Russian River. What is a Yountville boy? Sounds familiar.

re: #200 karmic_inquisitor

Mom from Watsonville.

I used to live in Corralitos.

re: #199 snowcrash

I could watch it all day long. I could sit in front of it all day long

re: #202 solomonpanting

I used to live in Corralitos.

Spent my summers as a kid in Capitola.

re: #196 Cathypop

WOW! I want more.

4:30 long video...

Do the HD version in full screen it looks great.

re: #189 solomonpanting

....
That there were twenty of them

/ Gluttony IS a sin.

Back after a short enforced break!

Lost the power for a little while. Probably a squirrel tried to have a little high voltage power line for a snack. Happens every now and again.

re: #201 Cathypop

My husband introduced me to Russian River. What is a Yountville boy? Sounds familiar.

Yountville is in the middle of Napa Valley....I was born on a ranch outside of Fresno....Grew up in Napa.....*wink* nice seeing you

re: #205 jcm

4:30 long video...

[Video]

Do the HD version in full screen it looks great.

LOL love the tourists using flash... gonna have a nice reflection.

re: #204 karmic_inquisitor

Spent my summers as a kid in Capitola.

Such a beautiful area!

re: #206 poteen

....
That there were twenty of them

/ Gluttony IS a sin.

Heh.
How about greed?

Helg Sgarbi, a former Swiss investment banker, was sentenced to six years in jail by a Munich court after he admitted he had seduced Klatten and three other wealthy women. He persuaded them to pay him nearly 10 million euros under various false pretexts.
Sgarbi, a Swiss army lieutenant, won over Klatten, a 46-year-old married mother of three, at a health center.
She later handed him a cardboard box containing 7 million euros in 500 euro notes, believing he had paralyzed a child in a traffic accident in America and was in need of the money.
Klatten ended the relationship after Sgarbi, 44, demanded more money. He responded by threatening to send photos and tapes of their hotel-room rendezvous to colleagues, family and media unless she gave him 49 million euros. She then went to police.

A very Goooood Eeeeveniiing my fellow Lizards.
How's y'all?

re: #212 callahan23

A very Goooood Eeeeveniiing my fellow Lizards.
How's y'all?

Dizzy, I blew up and inflatable pool for the kids.

re: #210 solomonpanting

Such a beautiful area!

I miss it. Used to spend a lot of time on the beaches and disc golfing up at DeLaViega park.

Walter Cronkite has passed...I remember a few things about him..
My earliest memory of him was running into living room as a real little boy with dad watching him on TV and me wanting to watch cartoons...Him screaming Jesus H Christ Boy Walter Cronkite is on the news!
/Adults need to lighten up
Then the day JFK was killed..I'll never forget him on the news..
I was probably a 6 year old boy crying my eyes out that night on my bed..
Then later coming home after school eating my Uncle Ben's Rice and cream and watching the Vietnam war unfold before my eyes told by Walter..
Then Walter did specials called the 20th Century or something.. It was cool when you watched them cause he sounded like he had the voice of God..
He voice was great..When he told a story about D day or something it was the best..
I will miss him deeply..may he rest in peace...
Good bye Walter

re: #208 HoosierHoops

Yountville is in the middle of Napa Valley....I was born on a ranch outside of Fresno....Grew up in Napa.....*wink* nice seeing you

Went to Booneville for the Anderson Valley Basketball Tournament in the 80's, that is some lovely country.

Couple of brainless wonders sitting next to me were making fun of a Cheerleading team from a deaf high school. Just to put them in their place I walked over there and said hi, sat with seven of the prettiest high school girls I had ever seen (which was cool, since I was in high school, too!) Didn't know a damn bit of sign language, but left with addresses, a couple of photos... and I knew how to call those guys Dumb Shits in ASL!

/Still email two of those young women!

re: #215 HoosierHoops
Uncle Wally is in the attic.
It's a family thing.

re: #213 jcm

Dizzy, I blew up and inflatable pool for the kids.

Woosy now, eh?
That's what electric fans where made for you know, pretty neat those little things. ;-)

Gaza: Hamas produces first feature film

The first feature film produced by Hamas made its debut this weekend, complete with an exclusive crowd of local celebrities posing for photographers at the movie premier screening in Gaza.

The action-packed thriller, an homage to a top Hamas operative, cost only $200,000 to make and is being shown to segregated audiences of bearded men and veiled women.

"It's Hamaswood instead of Hollywood," Fathi Hamad, Gaza's Hamas interior minister, said after the film's first showing Friday evening at Gaza City's Islamic University. "We are trying to make quality art that is Islamic and about the resistance, without provocative (sexual) scenes."

/showbiz kids making movies of themselves, you know they don't give a [expletive deleted] about anybody else

re: #218 callahan23

Woosy now, eh?
That's what electric fans where made for you know, pretty neat those little things. ;-)

Those little foot pumps work well, too!

I found more on the Bulgarian Ataka party- the party to whom the VB and BNP are looking to form a coalition:

Bulgarian election raises red flags

A less numerous but perhaps more vocal turnout was registered by the hyper-nationalist Ataka party, whose leaders campaigned on pledges to withdraw from Nato, expel American troops from the country, reverse post-communist privatisation and impose "severe sanctions" on anyone "defaming Bulgaria".

Reverse privatization? Defaming Bulgaria sanctions? Does Powerline know about these guys?

Do we know if the women were bearded or not? Did anyone get a look under the veils?

re: #220 SteveC

Those little foot pumps work well, too!

They are a miracle of technical sophistication.
;-)

re: #212 callahan23

Hi Callahan! What's new?

re: #221 Sharmuta

Defaming Bulgaria sanctions? Does Powerline know about these guys?

I am reminded of the cartoon of the little guy swinging his fists as hard as he can while the big fellow holds him back with one hand and drinks his beer with the other.

re: #224 Floral Giraffe

Hi Callahan! What's new?

What up friend?

re: #220 SteveC

Those little foot pumps work well, too!

Got a foot pump, didn't have the right fitting to blow up the kiddie pool.

*sigh*

re: #224 Floral Giraffe

Hi Callahan! What's new?

I am back to my cheery self. All systems are a-go. ^WOOOSH
How are you doin' {Floral Giraffe}

re: #226 HoosierHoops

Enjoying the warm, sunny afternoon. And you?

re: #227 jcm

Got a foot pump, didn't have the right fitting to blow up the kiddie pool.

*sigh*

*moan* I feel for ya...

re: #216 SteveC

Went to Booneville for the Anderson Valley Basketball Tournament in the 80's, that is some lovely country.

Couple of brainless wonders sitting next to me were making fun of a Cheerleading team from a deaf high school. Just to put them in their place I walked over there and said hi, sat with seven of the prettiest high school girls I had ever seen (which was cool, since I was in high school, too!) Didn't know a damn bit of sign language, but left with addresses, a couple of photos... and I knew how to call those guys Dumb Shits in ASL!

/Still email two of those young women!

We never played you...Nice meeting you Steve....

Rock Me Baby ... rock me slow ... what a group of guys ...

BB KIng/Eric Clapton/Buddy Guy/Jim Vaughn ...

Happy Saturday Night Lizards ...

re: #204 karmic_inquisitor

Spent my summers as a kid in Capitola.

Zelda's is fun.

re: #230 SteveC

*moan* I feel for ya...

The kids are slathered up in a ton of screen and splashing away.

I don't remember screen when I was a kid, I remember a couple sunburns though.

re: #232 JacksonTn
Hey Jackson. Happy Saturday night back at you!

re: #229 Floral Giraffe

Enjoying the warm, sunny afternoon. And you?

Enjoying life...In a couple of hours when mama stops doing her logistics gig we are going out dancing and drinking....
how the hell are you my friend?

re: #231 HoosierHoops

We never played you...Nice meeting you Steve....

Nope we never met them on the court. Since we were from out of state the organizers had assigned a cheerleeding squad for us - we got Anderson Valley. Those young ladies were very lovely also, what you put in the water out there?

Denair was the powerhouse basketball team locally - Dave Roberts (?) was the coach. We beat them by 1 point.

re: #236 HoosierHoops

All is good here. Don't get yourself in trouble tonight.'K?

re: #228 callahan23
Hi Cal. Nice to see you.

Larry Summers cites Google search as progress

Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.

The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.

/well, that's a relief

re: #240 Killian Bundy

Larry Summers cites Google search as progress

/well, that's a relief

So if enough people search for "Michael Jackson is alive" he'll come back?

It's 7:01 here on the East Coast. I vote we render this the Sat Night Drinking Thread.
/Stay thirsty
//Salud!

re: #239 snowcrash

Hi Cal. Nice to see you.

I am doin' very good, thank you. I am back at my beloved place.
*French-cheek-kiss* to you. ;-)

re: #238 Floral Giraffe

All is good here. Don't get yourself in trouble tonight.'K?

It's all good...A taxi saves you a lifetime of bullshit...
Hope you are well

re: #232 JacksonTn

Rock Me Baby ... rock me slow ... what a group of guys ...

BB KIng/Eric Clapton/Buddy Guy/Jim Vaughn ...

[Video]

Happy Saturday Night Lizards ...

Back atcha, Jackson. Hope the day finds you well.

re: #244 HoosierHoops

It's all good...A taxi saves you a lifetime of bullshit...
Hope you are well

Plus, it saves your driving license. ;-)
Hi (Hoosier), I hear you are well. I hope you'll enjoy your shared night out.

re: #243 callahan23
Just don't confuse the order in those words (french kiss cheek) and we can be ok. LOL

Anyone else following Le Tour? Looks like it is finally coming down to Lance or Contador (teammates) as predicted. Tomorrow into the the high alps. This is where the contenders get separated from the pretenders. Mano-a-mano. Old smarts vs young athleticism. Will Lance ride Contador's wheel right up unitl the last possible minute of the last mountain stage, or will the young legs crack him first?

Must see TV

re: #247 snowcrash

Just don't confuse the order in those words (french kiss cheek) and we can be ok. LOL

I only meant those greeting kisses on the cheek that are being done in some cultures.
For starters. :-D

re: #248 The Shadow Do

Old & wily beats young every time...
Go Lance!

re: #246 callahan23

Plus, it saves your driving license. ;-)
Hi (Hoosier), I hear you are well. I hope you'll enjoy your shared night out.

Hey you! about 90 minutes away...You missed the funniest thing..
My little dog just run across the room and jumped up and hit his head on the coffee table.. It was a slow motion upside down knock me out move...
He is laying next too me crying right now...Life sucks for little Winston....

re: #251 HoosierHoops

Life does NOT suck for little Winston! He has you ;)
Even a laughing, you!

re: #251 HoosierHoops

Hey you! about 90 minutes away...You missed the funniest thing..
My little dog just run across the room and jumped up and hit his head on the coffee table.. It was a slow motion upside down knock me out move...
He is laying next too me crying right now...Life sucks for little Winston....

Poor little Winston. I do hope that he is not too badly hurt. That is the euphoria of the young puppies. Incredibly energetic, funny as hell and really breaking your heart at times.

re: #248 The Shadow Do

Anyone else following Le Tour? Looks like it is finally coming down to Lance or Contador (teammates) as predicted. Tomorrow into the the high alps. This is where the contenders get separated from the pretenders. Mano-a-mano. Old smarts vs young athleticism. Will Lance ride Contador's wheel right up unitl the last possible minute of the last mountain stage, or will the young legs crack him first?

Must see TV

It'll be interesting. Losing Leipheimer was a blow to Astana. I agree, tomorrow will be a big test, but Le Tour has put the most difficult test on the *day before Paris*, with a stage that finishes up Mont Ventoux, which they have not done in modern history.

See you all later, Lizards!

re: #255 Floral Giraffe
Bye Floral G.

re: #255 Floral Giraffe

See you all later, Lizards!

{Floral Giraffe}