My daughter just received her first graphing calculator. Geekdom!

F.I.I.F.

re: #1 EmmmieG

My daughter just received her first graphing calculator. Geekdom!

Was it a Texas Ignorance or Hewlett-Packard?

re: #3 Macker

Was it a Texas Ignorance or Hewlett-Packard?

TI-84 Silver. She has to have graphing for her math class this fall.

Check out the bottom 10 comments!
drcordell has a sweep in!
LOL!

S--T--R--E--T--C--H.

re: #1 EmmmieG

My daughter just received her first graphing calculator. Geekdom!

What no slide rule?

Must be fake. I've never seen LA traffic move that fast.

Live long and prosper - so I can take your stuff.

How fascinating to see traffic actually move in LA.

I'd like to see a time lapse of Cali's bank accounts.

/Number blur.

re: #1 EmmmieG

My daughter just received her first graphing calculator. Geekdom!

Congrats to the newest geek in our ranks.

Just set her up with a nice geeky library, and we'll be all set.

re: #9 buzzsawmonkey

Would all this birth nonsense have come to the fore if McCain had won, since he was born in Panama?

Would people be debating the Panama Birth Canal?

Hey their discussing that on the last thread, wrong womb.

I want to see a time lapse of last night's Oktoberfest at the White House with all four pumping brewski into their gullets.

Oy. LA freeways. I've got a headache just thinking about it.

re: #8 Killgore Trout

Must be fake. I've never seen LA traffic move that fast.

The beauty of timelapse. You can see movement that is simply imperceptible to the human eye.

We're under 100 degrees in Portland today. Hooray!

re: #5 Floral Giraffe

Check out the bottom 10 comments!
drcordell has a sweep in!
LOL!

It just raised its head again downthread.

re: #9 buzzsawmonkey

Would all this birth nonsense have come to the fore if McCain had won, since he was born in Panama?

Would people be debating the Panama Birth Canal?

McCain is Fallopiano !

re: #17 CyanSnowHawk

I don't know how people live like that.

re: #9 buzzsawmonkey

Would all this birth nonsense have come to the fore if McCain had won, since he was born in Panama?

Would people be debating the Panama Birth Canal?

IIRC, people did bring that up because he wasn't born in the actual states.

re: #15 LionofDixon

I want to see a time lapse of last night's Oktoberfest at the White House with all four pumping brewski into their gullets.

Teaching others how to drown disagreements and hostilities in alcohol, eh? I guess I approve.

re: #14 turn

their = they're turn, you're going to cause buzz to labor over that one.

re: #8 Killgore Trout

Must be fake. I've never seen LA traffic move that fast.

And that was shot in super slow motion.

re: #16 EmmmieG

Oy. LA freeways. I've got a headache just thinking about it.

OY of LA? Is that like Oil of Olay?

re: #23 buzzsawmonkey

There's a Congressional timelapse camera?

heheheh.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We're under 100 degrees in Portland today. Hooray!

But it's still raining, isn't it?

/Jealousy from the desert clime.

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We're under 100 degrees in Portland today. Hooray!

That is some kind of record, right?

Something to share--Wonder Lab, who's used to retrieve downed waterfowl and will kill them if the occasion warrants, has a new friend. A domestic Mallard hen.

Go figure.

Why whenever I move to a new city does it take me over a year to find the best pizza in town? I am trying pizza place number 3 tonight.

re: #19 CynicalConservative

It just raised its head again downthread.

That's too bad...
off to look!

re: #18 Killgore Trout

We're under 100 degrees in Portland today. Hooray!

It is unusually cold for this time of year. We're under a 105 in Las Vegas. Locals are putting on their sweaters.

re: #29 buzzsawmonkey

So neither side has a lock on crazy.

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

re: #34 Erik The Red

Why whenever I move to a new city does it take me over a year to find the best pizza in town? I am trying pizza place number 3 tonight.

Work backwards ?

//

re: #34 Erik The Red

Because if the initial one turns out relatively edible it's easier going with a known?

re: #34 Erik The Red

Why whenever I move to a new city does it take me over a year to find the best pizza in town? I am trying pizza place number 3 tonight.

Make a list, tonight is Friday. Drive by all the places on your list at dinner time. The best ones will be too crowded to get in to. Try them first!

re: #34 Erik The Red

Why whenever I move to a new city does it take me over a year to find the best pizza in town? I am trying pizza place number 3 tonight.

Find a small place in a strip mall.

re: #33 irongrampa

Something to share--Wonder Lab, who's used to retrieve downed waterfowl and will kill them if the occasion warrants, has a new friend. A domestic Mallard hen.

Go figure.

Awww how cute. I'm wondering if I ever got a kitten whether Luke would kill it or not. What type of lab do you have, I've forgotten.

re: #22 Killgore Trout

I don't know how people live like that.

I try and stay away from the area, or drive through late at night when the traffic is merely 'heavy.' Disneyland is about as far North as I like driving otherwise.

re: #32 turn

That is some kind of record, right?

Kentucky had is coolest July on record. We never made it above 90 degrees. Its been wonderful.

re: #41 Cannadian Club Akbar

Find a small place in a strip mall.

That you can't find parking in front of because of the crowding.

re: #28 gmsc

OY of LA? Is that like Oil of Olay?

It makes you look older.

re: #31 CyanSnowHawk

Our summers are hot and dry. We probably won't see rain again for another two months or so.

re: #46 EmmmieG

That you can't find parking in front of because of the crowding.

Very nice.

re: #34 Erik The Red

Why whenever I move to a new city does it take me over a year to find the best pizza in town? I am trying pizza place number 3 tonight.

Have you found a good watering hole yet? Ask them for recommendations..
/Hi Erik!

re: #41 Cannadian Club Akbar

Find a small place in a strip mall.

And bring lots of dollar bills.

re: #43 turn

She's an English Lab, and I'd bet luke wouldn't harm a kitten at all. Every Lab I've encountered has been extremely good around different species, particularly young ones.

re: #45 KenJen

Kentucky had is coolest July on record. We never made it above 90 degrees. Its been wonderful.

It's really rare when Portland is hotter than Sac. This has been a really mild summer here. I'm goin to tell you the story of our pound puppy Ben-Ben in another post jen.

re: #41 Cannadian Club Akbar

Find a small place in a strip mall.

I would own a franchise pizza joint, but will not eat at one if I have a choice. I need to find a good mom and pop parlor.

Golfers owning an I Phone may wish to check out this GPS rangefinder, normally $20, on sale today in the App Store for .99.

re: #1 EmmmieG

My daughter just received her first graphing calculator. Geekdom!

Oh, I loved those things in High school. My games made the rounds during pretty well.

re: #52 irongrampa

She's an English Lab, and I'd bet luke wouldn't harm a kitten at all. Every Lab I've encountered has been extremely good around different species, particularly young ones.

Yes and especially when you take care in introducing them and cautioning them to be nice. Luke is an American black lab, curly backed.

re: #34 Erik The Red

Why whenever I move to a new city does it take me over a year to find the best pizza in town? I am trying pizza place number 3 tonight.

Florida right? They don't know how to make Pizza in FL. Maryland style crab cakes either. I spent a decade there one year.

re: #53 turn

It's really rare when Portland is hotter than Sac. This has been a really mild summer here. I'm goin to tell you the story of our pound puppy Ben-Ben in another post jen.

Looking forward to it. Won't be around this weekend. I'll remind you Mon. morning for sure.

re: #55 Onslow

Golfers owning an I Phone may wish to check out this GPS rangefinder, normally $20, on sale today in the App Store for .99.

A lot of golf courses are going to eventually have them anyway in the carts.
The one I go to just installed them.

re: #50 HoosierHoops

Have you found a good watering hole yet? Ask them for recommendations..
/Hi Erik!

Hey 2H. Almost vacation time. Vacation time=Beer and fishing time.

I have a fish Ohio for a walleye. Over 31 inches, can't remember the weight. Caught it in 1990.

re: #55 Onslow

Golfers owning an I Phone may wish to check out this GPS rangefinder, normally $20, on sale today in the App Store for .99.

But then when the boss calls to check on how sick you are he'll know you are 183 yards from the pin on the 13th fairway.

//

re: #9 buzzsawmonkey

Would all this birth nonsense have come to the fore if McCain had won, since he was born in Panama?

Would people be debating the Panama Birth Canal?

If McCain had made half the lame comments Obama's made, they'd be debating his encroaching senility

How in the world does anyone live in a city like that?

re: #61 Erik The Red

Hey 2H. Almost vacation time. Vacation time=Beer and fishing time.

I have a fish Ohio for a walleye. Over 31 inches, can't remember the weight. Caught it in 1990.

I'm officially on vacation.. Just popped the cap on an ice cold beer.
Weee!

re: #57 turn

Do you hunt Luke? Meggie gets worked like hell in the fall, grouse, woodcock,ducks, geese,rabbits and even squirrels.

re: #64 Alaska Kim

How in the world does anyone live in a city like that?

You live by the coast and don't drive much.

re: #65 HoosierHoops

I'm officially on vacation.. Just popped the cap on an ice cold beer.
Weee!

Enjoy it. :)))

re: #66 irongrampa

Do you hunt Luke? Meggie gets worked like hell in the fall, grouse, woodcock,ducks, geese,rabbits and even squirrels.

tomorrow is the opening of doe season here!

re: #62 jcm

But then when the boss calls to check on how sick you are he'll know you are 183 yards from the pin on the 13th fairway.

//

He's gonna go with...uh..about a 7-iron.

~Carl

re: #60 SasquatchOnSteroids

You're correct. A friend just mentioned this to me that a number of local courses have installed GPS systems.

Anyone else think that maybe, just maybe, Skip gates was actually going for comedy gold with Monty Python's ole "it's the violence inherent in the system" routine when he had his confrontation with Crowley?

It's possible, isn't it?

re: #54 Erik The Red

Look in the yellow pages for something named "Mama's Pizza" with 3 places or less. Mmmm, pizza!

re: #70 Alaska Kim

Summer's closing fast, isn't it?

re: #65 HoosierHoops

I'm officially on vacation.. Just popped the cap on an ice cold beer.
Weee!

*glare*

;-)

Later, back to work!

re: #62 jcm

Nah, with my boss, likely the opposite.

re: #12 SasquatchOnSteroids

I'd like to see a time lapse of Cali's bank accounts.

/Number blur.

A Hole They Dug for Themselves
There's nothing surprising about the crises in state budgets

We all know the reason for the squeeze: An unexpected, severe national recession has dried up revenues just when states need funds to help out-of-work citizens. That's true: You would expect the worst downturn in decades to have a negative effect on tax collections. But it's a long way from the whole truth.

The crisis in state budgets is not an accident, and it wasn't unforeseeable. For years, most states have spent like there's no tomorrow, and now tomorrow is here. They bring to mind the lament of Mickey Mantle, who said, "If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."

If they had known the revenue flood wasn't a permanent fact of life, governors and legislators might have prepared for drought. Instead, like overstretched homeowners, they took on obligations they could meet only in the best-case scenario—which is not what has come to pass.

I *wish* the traffic went that fast.

re: #75 irongrampa

Summer's closing fast, isn't it?

yep, usually in early September. Thank God, too. It has been friggin hot here.

re: #55 Onslow

Golfers owning an I Phone may wish to check out this GPS rangefinder, normally $20, on sale today in the App Store for .99.

John Daly could have used one today. He put up a double snowman

re: #74 Floral Giraffe

Look in the yellow pages for something named "Mama's Pizza" with 3 places or less. Mmmm, pizza!

Did you see my post earlier about Rhinelander... The Cabin is about about a 1/2 hour from there

re: #81 Shug

John Daly could have used one today. He put up a double snowman

I think he may have been drinking double snowmen last night. :)

re: #9 buzzsawmonkey

Would all this birth nonsense have come to the fore if McCain had won, since he was born in Panama?

Would people be debating the Panama Birth Canal?

His Mother is an American. He's the product of an American Birth Canal. ;-)

re: #59 KenJen

I'm working on it but the phone rang.

re: #78 gmsc

Great post!

re: #81 Shug

John Daly could have used one today. He put up a double snowman

Damn.

Sanity returning to PETA...Maybe? Again, twice in a week they got it right. Good for you PETA. Present sane arguments and sane folks will support you.

Not for the squeamish.

What's the deal with this posting rule?

Posts that contain phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or other personal information will also be deleted, as will posts that consist only of a variation on the word, "***!"

re: #62 jcm

But then when the boss calls to check on how sick you are he'll know you are 183 yards from the pin on the 13th fairway.

//

Well, as long as you used the formula for determining whether you should call in sick before you actually do so, you should be OK.

re: #81 Shug

John Daly could have used one today. He put up a double snowman

I'm thinking of taking up Golf. Mrs. Hawk got me Tiger Woods All Play '10 for the Wii. Ah, golf, from the comfort of my air conditioned living room.

re: #81 Shug

Didn't he shoot a 51 on the back nine?

COOL VIDEO!!! Brings back some memories of when I lived in L.A.

re: #89 gregb

What's the deal with this posting rule?

re: #92 Onslow

Didn't he shoot a 51 on the back nine?

yep. it was ugly

re: #89 gregb

What's the deal with this posting rule?

Posts that contain phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or other personal information will also be deleted, as will posts that consist only of a variation on the word, "***!"

The "first" rule only applies at the beginning of a new thread.

re: #89 gregb

What's the deal with this posting rule?

Posts that contain phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or other personal information will also be deleted, as will posts that consist only of a variation on the word, "***!"

Hosts rules. His house his rules. Easy.

Finally, there is conclusive proof Obama is NOT a citizen!

Take that Charles!

[Link: blog.robballen.com...]

re: #78 gmsc

If they had known the revenue flood wasn't a permanent fact of life, governors and legislators might have prepared for drought. Instead, like overstretched homeowners, they took on obligations they could meet only in the best-case scenario—which is not what has come to pass

Plan for the worse, Hope for the best. Whatever happened to that ?

gimmegimmegimme.

re: #66 irongrampa

Do you hunt Luke? Meggie gets worked like hell in the fall, grouse, woodcock,ducks, geese,rabbits and even squirrels.

No iron, unfortunately not. I'm not a hunter but I swear I'm going to take this dog hunting before he dies. He is incredible, the first time I ever shot a pellet gun around him he had that thing figure out. I'm not kidding, he knew exactly what that thing did and what his role was in the whole thing.

re: #92 Onslow

Didn't he shoot a 51 on the back nine?

I think he went off the 10th.

re: #98 SasquatchOnSteroids

Plan for the worse, Hope for the best. Whatever happened to that ?

gimmegimmegimme.

Greedy assholes.

re: #64 Alaska Kim

How in the world does anyone live in a city like that?

You plan your trips based on the time of day, to avoid as much traffic, as you can!

re: #88 unrealizedviewpoint

Sanity returning to PETA...Maybe? Again, twice in a week they got it right. Good for you PETA. Present sane arguments and sane folks will support you.

Not for the squeamish.

It's too late for PETA, I'd sooner support VB.

They can eat me.

/but of course, they wouldn't.

re: #82 HoosierHoops

Did you see my post earlier about Rhinelander... The Cabin is about about a 1/2 hour from there

No, missed it...off to look!

re: #100 Erik The Red

I think he went off the 10th.

I think he started on the 19th

re: #71 SasquatchOnSteroids

He's gonna go with...uh..about a 7-iron.

~Carl

Awesome Caddyshack reference. Upding.

re: #105 Shug

I think he started on the 19th

Back and forth in between every hole.

re: #105 Shug

I think he started on the 19th

LOL

re: #92 Onslow

Didn't he shoot a 51 on the back nine?

Two double bogies and a 10. A 10.

re: #104 Floral Giraffe

No, missed it...off to look!

You talked about hanging in Rhinelander as a kid.. My Cabin is on Lake Tomahawk...I thought it was cool somebody knows the area..
/Hope you are well

re: #105 Shug

I think he started on the 19th

No doubt. LMAO.

Folks up here are still seething since Palin left. And now they are calling her Caribou Barbie.

re: #112 Alaska Kim

Folks up here are still seething since Palin left. And now they are calling her Caribou Barbie.

Her supporters are pissed?

I didn't realize that John Daly underwent lab band surgery. He's dating a Hooter's promotional director.

re: #99 turn

Labs make every bit as good a companion as a hunter. Perhaps you can tell, there's a bit of bias on my part on the subject of labs. No matter what manner their life meshes with yours, they're a true joy to be around.

This must have been shot on a Sunday. The traffic is all wrong.

re: #113 eschew_obfuscation

Her supporters are pissed?

Not her supporters. All the left leaning tards. Saying stuff like now she's proof that Republican women can't handle politics.

re: #110 HoosierHoops

You talked about hanging in Rhinelander as a kid.. My Cabin is on Lake Tomahawk...I thought it was cool somebody knows the area..
/Hope you are well

I am well!
Are you SURE that's your first beer?
You've got me confused with someone else.
Never been to Wi. although I hear it's beautiful.

re: #103 CyanSnowHawk

It's too late for PETA, I'd sooner support VB.

They can eat me.

/but of course, they wouldn't.

You're maybe (probably) right, but the barbarity on that video sickens me. If they can help put a spotlight on it - good for them.

I tried to learn a little more about Research2000, the organization that did the nirther poll. I am unimpressed. I posted my findings on the previous thread. I don't want to drag that discussion over here, but I thought some people might be interested.

re: #112 Alaska Kim

Folks up here are still seething since Palin left. And now they are calling her Caribou Barbie.

I never judge the heart of a person that loses.. They are fighting the game, the office, the job or life itself...
I will judge a quitter...re: #118 Floral Giraffe

I am well!
Are you SURE that's your first beer?
You've got me confused with someone else.
Never been to Wi. although I hear it's beautiful.

whoops! lol dang it!

re: #110 HoosierHoops

You talked about hanging in Rhinelander as a kid.. My Cabin is on Lake Tomahawk...I thought it was cool somebody knows the area..
/Hope you are well

Ha.That was me Hoops.

re: #109 cliffster

Those are blow up holes. He's had a few in his career.

re: #88 unrealizedviewpoint

Sanity returning to PETA...Maybe? Again, twice in a week they got it right. Good for you PETA. Present sane arguments and sane folks will support you.

Not for the squeamish.

I Don't support PETA, but that is nasty.

re: #122 KenJen

Ha.That was me Hoops.

Dang it...Sorry ladies.. It was a long day at work..

re: #117 Alaska Kim

Not her supporters. All the left leaning tards. Saying stuff like now she's proof that Republican women can't handle politics.

Well she's no Cynthia McKinney , Pilgrim.

another decent week on wall street ...

robert gibbs says it's because of the cairo speech ...

I like Daly. He's the guy wearing an Iron Maiden shirt to a formal ball.

re: #124 Cannadian Club Akbar

I Don't support PETA, but that is nasty.

Present sane arguments PETA and sane folks will support you.

re: #117 Alaska Kim

Not her supporters. All the left leaning tards. Saying stuff like now she's proof that Republican women can't handle politics.

Ahhh, thanks. Well, that should be no shock. But I must admit to some curiosity about the move. She has a lot of legal bills, but she also has a fund-raising group for that. It certainly isn't an orthodox political decision.

re: #114 Onslow

I didn't realize that John Daly underwent lab band surgery. He's dating a Hooter's promotional director.

I wish he would find a new clothes sponsor tho :)

re: #128 _RememberTonyC

another decent week on wall street ...

robert gibbs says it's because of the cairo speech ...

"Beer summit" had to be.
/morons

re: #64 Alaska Kim

It kind grows on ya.

I'm in San Diego and I still love the photos I took one Easter. We drove our kids to the snow on Mt. Laguna and let the frolic there, the drove to the beach and ran in the sand and surf. My relatives in Louisiana still think I played with the date/time stamp on the camera.

re: #129 SasquatchOnSteroids

I like Daly. He's the guy wearing an Iron Maiden shirt to a formal ball.

It's sad to see someone with such talent flush it down the drain...

Just got back, what I miss?

re: #119 unrealizedviewpoint

You're maybe (probably) right, but the barbarity on that video sickens me. If they can help put a spotlight on it - good for them.

They're like the Nirthers, an extreme fringe that discredits the group working for a good cause.

re: #126 opnion

Well she's no Cynthia McKinney , Pilgrim.

She doesn't know when she's beaten. She doesn't know when she's winning. She had no sensory apparatus whatsoever. What a great twit.--John Cleese.

re: #135 HoosierHoops

It's sad to see someone with such talent flush it down the drain...

He's chock full of inner demons, for sure.

re: #132 Erik The Red

I'm thankful he didn't show up in Hooters hot pants.

re: #135 HoosierHoops

It's sad to see someone with such talent flush it down the drain...

John Daly's motto: "Grip it and Rip It."

re: #139 SasquatchOnSteroids

He's chock full of inner demons, for sure.

I blame Bush!
/as if

re: #88 unrealizedviewpoint

Sanity returning to PETA...Maybe? Again, twice in a week they got it right. Good for you PETA. Present sane arguments and sane folks will support you.

Not for the squeamish.

I'm waiting for them to demonstrate naked against the Muslim Eid Al Adha festivities which include the mass slaughter of animals in the streets.

re: #142 VegasRick

I blame Bush!
/as if

Hooter Girls and Bush go hand in hand, do they not?

re: #132 Erik The Red

I wish he would find a new clothes sponsor tho :)

rodney dangerfield wore those pants in caddyshack

re: #144 Erik The Red

Hooter Girls and Bush go hand in hand, do they not?

That's came out wrong in so many ways.///

re: #134 calcajun

It kind grows on ya.

I'm in San Diego and I still love the photos I took one Easter. We drove our kids to the snow on Mt. Laguna and let the frolic there, the drove to the beach and ran in the sand and surf. My relatives in Louisiana still think I played with the date/time stamp on the camera.

My parents used to do that with my sister and I. We would go to the cabin in Big Bear ,play in the snow. The next day we'd be home swimming in our pool. Fun times.

Today's topic for discussion: Should 0bama take advantage of the "Cash for Clunkers" program, and turn in Joe Biden?

re: #144 Erik The Red

Hooter Girls and Bush go hand in hand, do they not?

LOL!
Way to think outside the box!

re: #145 _RememberTonyC

rodney dangerfield wore those pants in caddyshack

He was fun to watch at the British Open. Never knew what he and his girlfriend would turn out wearing.

Triple wheel of death.

F***ing Comcast again.

ARRRGGG.

re: #146 calcajun

That's came out wrong in so many ways.///

it did?

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re: #147 KenJen

My parents used to do that with my sister and I. We would go to the cabin in Big Bear ,play in the snow. The next day we'd be home swimming in our pool. Fun times.

Up in the San Berdoo mountains?

re: #144 Erik The Red

Hooter Girls and Bush go hand in hand, do they not?

*RIMSHOT*

re: #149 VegasRick

LOL!
Way to think outside the box!

oh my, I'm just gonna clam up

re: #141 _RememberTonyC

John Daly's motto: "Grip it and Rip It."

I read about him in College He was overweight so his diet was a bottle of Jack and no real food...
His first victory on the tour was at Crooked Stick.. A bolt of lightning killed a man on the course.. John payed for College for both his daughters...One became a Doctor...
I will always admire that about him

re: #148 gmsc

Today's topic for discussion: Should 0bama take advantage of the "Cash for Clunkers" program, and turn in Joe Biden?

Biden's gaffe mileage is too high.

re: #150 Erik The Red

He was fun to watch at the British Open. Never knew what he and his girlfriend would turn out wearing.

I remember when he won the 1991 PGA at Crooked Stick ... It was like a lightning bolt from the sky.

re: #144 Erik The Red

Hooter Girls and Bush go hand in hand, do they not?

[Link: www.akbushcompany.com...]

They sure do in Anchorage.

re: #148 gmsc

Today's topic for discussion: Should 0bama take advantage of the "Cash for Clunkers" program, and turn in Joe Biden?

Heh... I was going to take advantage of that, but my 2006 15-passenger van is too new ... I coulda improved gas mileage A LOT!

re: #155 albusteve

oh my, I'm just gonna clam up

Muff el it you!

re: #147 KenJen

My parents used to do that with my sister and I. We would go to the cabin in Big Bear ,play in the snow. The next day we'd be home swimming in our pool. Fun times.

NM has every climate zone but tundra...so there

re: #154 gmsc

*RIMSHOT*

I'm not sure any use of the word rim is allowed in this context.

/

re: #149 VegasRick

I do so not like where this pun thread is going.//

re: #156 HoosierHoops

GMTA

re: #115 irongrampa

Labs make every bit as good a companion as a hunter. Perhaps you can tell, there's a bit of bias on my part on the subject of labs. No matter what manner their life meshes with yours, they're a true joy to be around.

Most definitely!

re: #130 unrealizedviewpoint

Present sane arguments PETA and sane folks will support you.

Not only that, but PETA ought to have some sense of priorities. Work on getting people to be sympathetic to animal rights causes by talking about abuse involving animals people already care for, not by renaming fish 'seakittens' and complaining about a fly being swatted.

re: #159 Bobibutu

[Link: www.akbushcompany.com...]

They sure do in Anchorage.

"...and the northern girls, with the way they kiss, they keep their boyfriends warm at night..."

re: #161 VegasRick

Muff el it you!

Oh, I suppose I'll have to dive in sooner or later.

Well, have a great evening folks...

I'm off to have my ears bleed courtesy of AC/DC at Giants Stadium...

It's a long way... to the top!

re: #164 calcajun

I do so not like where this pun thread is going.//

You think it's merkin overtime?

re: #147 KenJen

My parents used to do that with my sister and I. We would go to the cabin in Big Bear ,play in the snow. The next day we'd be home swimming in our pool. Fun times.

ok, here it is. kind of cobbled together but you'll enjoy it

Quite a few years ago we were down to just one dog after loosing Huckleberry my male black lab to an iron horse and Sawyer my female black lab to blindness. That one dog would be Willy our 15 year old lhasa apso. (oh I forgot to mention the 13 puppies we had to contend with in At any rate I wasn't too keen at getting another dawg at the time, and if I did it would have been another lab, but the turnwife went to the pound and brought one home without consulting me. I was pissed, and I swore I wouldn’t give that dog any attention. Well she named him Ben-Ben, and he was a strange mix. I knew he had some Shitzoo in him but the back half looked like a completely different breed. I used to call him cat-dog because I swear it was like on half of him was a different animal. At any rate he was way screwed up in the head, he would totally freak out if you tried to lift him. Heck he would start yelping if you just made a quick gesture to pet him. Needless to say turn couldn’t give him the cold shoulder for more that a day or two and I started to get really attracted to him. He was really a sweet little dog that must have been mistreated by children or something and was obviously used to being on the run (he would get out the gate and take off any chance he could get.) Gradually over more than a year he warmed up to us but you still couldn’t pick him up without yelping a creating a fuss. One day I was reading a newspaper out on the patio and out of the blue – bang – he jumped right up into my lab! I just about fell over. I calmly petted him for a while and he let me pick him up and set him down. It was like he finally figured out, ok I can trust this guy. He was MY dog after that, the turnwife was so jealous. We finally had to put him down because of heart failure, evidentially he was much older than we thought when we got him.

re: #171 gmsc

You think it's merkin overtime?

Straight down the tubes.

re: #170 lawhawk

Well, have a great evening folks...

I'm off to have my ears bleed courtesy of AC/DC at Giants Stadium...

[Video]It's a long way... to the top!

YOU BASTARD!
Have a wonderful time!

re: #172 turn

that would be in the mean time - wtf happened there? oh well

re: #174 HoosierHoops

YOU BASTARD!
Have a wonderful time!

no comment

re: #174 HoosierHoops

YOU BASTARD!
Have a wonderful time!

and I'm going to buy good wine and cheap beer for a Saturday night party at my place. have a great weekend y'all!

bbl

Man I hate pun threads. How can I use beaver as a pun?

re: #148 gmsc

Today's topic for discussion: Should 0bama take advantage of the "Cash for Clunkers" program, and turn in Joe Biden?

Congress should give themselves a rebate and all go the hell home.

re: #148 gmsc

Today's topic for discussion: Should 0bama take advantage of the "Cash for Clunkers" program, and turn in Joe Biden?

Someone emiting that much hot air would surely validate the entire program if retired.

re: #167 iceweasel

Not only that, but PETA ought to have some sense of priorities. Work on getting people to be sympathetic to animal rights causes by talking about abuse involving animals people already care for, not by renaming fish 'seakittens' and complaining about a fly being swatted.

American's recognize insanity when it's stuffed down their throat.

re: #179 Erik The Red

Man I hate pun threads. How can I use beaver as a pun?

It'd beaver-y nice id you'd just stop crabbing.

re: #179 Erik The Red

Man I hate pun threads. How can I use beaver as a pun?

Leaver it to beaver! "Ward, you were a little rough on the beaver last night".

re: #183 eschew_obfuscation

It'd beaver-y nice id you'd just stop crabbing.

I knew you'd beaver-st with such a pun!

re: #184 buzzsawmonkey

A little GMTA?

re: #182 unrealizedviewpoint

American's recognize insanity when it's stuffed down their throat.

you abuse animals in NM you are in a world of hurt...they take that seriously down here

This pun thread brings to mind that old poem.

I can't remember it all, but it goes something like this:

My name is Pancho.
I work on a Rancho.
I make two peso a day.
I go home to Lucy . . .

re: #180 SasquatchOnSteroids

Congress should give themselves a rebate and all go the hell home.

Congress should give themselves a rebate and all go to hell home.

Before I go, a little news. Seems that the Angry Clown from MN has surfaced finally:

Franken berates Pickens over Swiftboat ads

No class whatsoever. Its been five years- let it go.

re: #78 gmsc
Uh oh...they've run out of rich people!

re: #189 albusteve

you abuse animals in NM you are in a world of hurt...they take that seriously down here

Thanks. I'll avoid New Mexico.

I hate animals, especially dogs. As a matter of fact, the only animal movie I own is Old Yeller, and that's just because of the happy ending.

Thanks for vid, Charles. Seeing it reminded me of this MP3 from New Orleans' own Randy Newman. I like his "I Love LA" MP3 over your vid.

[Link: www.imeem.com...]

(hope the link works???)

re: #189 albusteve

you abuse animals in NM you are in a world of hurt...they take that seriously down here

PETA should be investing their efforts on the blocking of the reinstatement of Michael Vick.
Make noise PETA.

re: #192 calcajun

Before I go, a little news. Seems that the Angry Clown from MN has surfaced finally:

Franken berates Pickens over Swiftboat ads

No class whatsoever. Its been five years- let it go.

Next up: Franken berates Adlai Stevenson for his comment about thinking people not being a majority in America.

re: #192 calcajun

Before I go, a little news. Seems that the Angry Clown from MN has surfaced finally:

Franken berates Pickens over Swiftboat ads

No class whatsoever. Its been five years- let it go.

Frankenstein...get used to it...a senate seat ain't what it used to be, he's proof again

This is what my work day has been like - all day.

re: #194 gmsc

Thanks. I'll avoid New Mexico.

I hate animals, especially dogs. As a matter of fact, the only animal movie I own is Old Yeller, and that's just because of the happy ending.

no, thank you...much appreciated

re: #196 unrealizedviewpoint

PETA should be investing their efforts on the blocking of the reinstatement of Michael Vick.
Make noise PETA.

he's...special

re: #198 albusteve

Frankenstein...get used to it...a senate seat ain't what it used to be, he's proof again

Absolutely fucking embarrassing that this douchebag is a sitting US Senator. Almost as bad "0".

re: #195 Picayune

Thanks for vid, Charles. Seeing it reminded me of this MP3 from New Orleans' own Randy Newman. I like his "I Love LA" MP3 over your vid.

[Link: www.imeem.com...]

(hope the link works???)

"This place is Paradise!"

"It sure is, except for Randy Newman..."

video needs yakety sax

re: #153 Dianna

Up in the San Berdoo mountains?

re: #172 turn

That's sooo sweet turn. Lucky Ben-Ben and lucky you. Your wife sounds great, straight to the pound with out even asking. I like that. As you know I have five pound pups. I told you about Little Henry. I'll have to get around to telling you about LuLu(Bassett-Lab mix), Max(yellow lab), Timmy(Collie) and Madison(Corgi) one of these days.

oh boy

Look at those mountains,
Look at those trees,
Look at the bum over there,
He's down on his knees.
Look at these women,
Ain't nuthin' like them, nowhere.
I love LA!

re: #202 VegasRick

Absolutely fucking embarrassing that this douchebag is a sitting US Senator. Almost as bad "0".

wait til he runs for POTUS in a 2012

Something that I wish that I had said:

If you can buy health insurance that covers pre-existing conditions, why can't you buy life insurance for dead people?

re: #205 KenJen

re: #172 turn

That's sooo sweet turn. Lucky Ben-Ben and lucky you. Your wife sounds great, straight to the pound with out even asking. I like that. As you know I have five pound pups. I told you about Little Henry. I'll have to get around to telling you about LuLu(Bassett-Lab mix), Max(yellow lab), Timmy(Collie) and Madison(Corgi) one of these days.

really? wow I didn't know you had a Corgi or a lab. Dianna has a Corgi, they are cute little dogs and must make great companions.

I can believe that drcordell is getting updings on the previous thread. After what he had to say to Blue I am surprised he is even still here. Top 10 bottom comments all belong to him.

re: #211 Erik The Red

I can believe that drcordell is getting updings on the previous thread. After what he had to say to Blue I am surprised he is even still here. Top 10 bottom comments all belong to him.

it matters not...he's not going to heaven like the rest of us

re: #205 KenJen

re: #172 turn

That's sooo sweet turn. Lucky Ben-Ben and lucky you. Your wife sounds great, straight to the pound with out even asking. I like that. As you know I have five pound pups. I told you about Little Henry. I'll have to get around to telling you about LuLu(Bassett-Lab mix), Max(yellow lab), Timmy(Collie) and Madison(Corgi) one of these days.

Oops! Was gonna answer Diana and forgot. San Bernardino county. Beautiful area.

Speaker Will Keep 'Villains' Money

Pelosi, of course, has accepted campaign contributions from said villains this year and in the past, as have most of her Democratic colleagues. Pelosi's campaign committee, for example, took $2,500 from AFLAC's political action committee on April 13. But she's not giving the money back just because she thinks the sources are immoral and villainous.

re: #209 razorbacker

Something that I wish that I had said:

If you can buy health insurance that covers pre-existing conditions, why can't you buy life insurance for dead people?

Why would anybody ever buy health insurance? You get sick, they pay. If I get sick, I don't want money, I want my health back. Can they give it to me? Be not too hasty handing out insurance, even the wise cannot see all ends.

/oops slipped into Gandalf mode

re: #210 turn

really? wow I didn't know you had a Corgi or a lab. Dianna has a Corgi, they are cute little dogs and must make great companions.

Corgis are the bad boys of the herding breeds, but make up for it. Great characters.

re: #203 gmsc

He, he!

re: #208 albusteve

wait til he runs for POS in a 2012

fixed

and I think he'll win

I happened to watch the O'Reilly show recently when he did a lengthy segment about how horrific the Netherlands and Amsterdam are, because of their civil libertarianism. Well, I've been to many parts of the Netherlands, and have spent quite a bit of time in Amsterdam in particular, and O'Reilly's distorted portrayal of it as a violent, crime-filled anarchy certainly didn't match what I saw.

Here's an Amsterdam resident's response to O'Reilly...

re: #213 KenJen

I do that all the time, it's the auto thingy that gets ya.

re: #213 KenJen

Oops! Was gonna answer Diana and forgot. San Bernardino county. Beautiful area.

I grew up there.

re: #213 KenJen

I meant Dianna. Can you tell I'm getting tired?

re: #202 VegasRick

Absolutely fucking embarrassing that this douchebag is a sitting US Senator. Almost as bad "0".

Sure, but at least now Boxer has someone to talk to.

/we are very near the end of civilization

re: #211 Erik The Red

I can believe that drcordell is getting updings on the previous thread. After what he had to say to Blue I am surprised he is even still here. Top 10 bottom comments all belong to him.

He, Spacejesus, and ice weasel seem to have formed a little club.

re: #216 Dianna

Corgis are the bad boys of the herding breeds, but make up for it. Great characters.

When I asked someone at the river what those little dogs were bred for I couldn't believe herding. She also told me they were small so they wouldn't pick up tics from the larger animals.

re: #200 albusteve

no, thank you...much appreciated

Don't worry - I don't even have my passport anymore, so I can't even get to New Mexico.
;)

Interesting to listen to Neil Cavuto...

He says that Congress, in this example Waxman, want nothing to do with the gov health plan for themselves. They want to keep their current plan, which in his mind, and mine, says it all. If it was so great they would all be dying to jump aboard.

re: #219 Charles

I happened to watch the O'Reilly show recently when he did a lengthy segment about how horrific the Netherlands and Amsterdam are, because of their civil libertarianism. Well, I've been to many parts of the Netherlands, and O'Reilly's distorted portrayal of it as a violent, crime-filled anarchy certainly didn't match what I saw.

Here's an Amsterdam resident's response to O'Reilly...

good catch...it's ANARCHY!...no Chicago in the summer is anarchy
jus kidding

re: #222 KenJen

I meant Dianna. Can you tell I'm getting tired?

Really? Lucky you. I grew up in Simi Valley.

re: #226 gmsc

Don't worry - I don't even have my passport anymore, so I can't even get to New Mexico.
;)

this gets better all the time!

re: #229 KenJen

Really? Lucky you. I grew up in Simi Valley.

ha you must really be tired, you're replying to your posts not Dianna's

re: #224 doppelganglander

He, Spacejesus, and ice weasel seem to have formed a little club.

I've no idea why you're saying that, but you're wrong.

re: #167 iceweasel

Not only that, but PETA ought to have some sense of priorities. Work on getting people to be sympathetic to animal rights causes by talking about abuse involving animals people already care for, not by renaming fish 'seakittens' and complaining about a fly being swatted.

When they actually find homes for the kittens and puppies that are given to their care, instead of slaughtering them (just like the meat processors they complain about) and stop using the tax-free money they solicit to "help save animals" to pay for porn actresses to parade naked at their events.

re: #219 Charles

I happened to watch the O'Reilly show recently when he did a lengthy segment about how horrific the Netherlands and Amsterdam are, because of their civil libertarianism. Well, I've been to many parts of the Netherlands, and O'Reilly's distorted portrayal of it as a violent, crime-filled anarchy certainly didn't match what I saw.

Here's an Amsterdam resident's response to O'Reilly...

[Video]

Charles: We have an office outside of Amsterdam..When I visit I find some the nicest people around...Very Professional at work and level headed...
I have walked every street at night in Downtown and never once felt threaten... Good people from what I have met...
Now..If you asked me to walk around Chicago at night.. I'll pass and take a taxi...Nothing against the Windy City..*cough*
/Hope today finds you well

re: #232 iceweasel

I've no idea why you're saying that, but you're wrong.

you sound just like BO...he said exactly the same thing about the Gates incident

re: #225 turn

When I asked someone at the river what those little dogs were bred for I couldn't believe herding. She also told me they were small so they wouldn't pick up tics from the larger animals.

I've heard all sorts of stories about why they're small - but until you've watched a corgi in action, or better yet, a pair of them, you don't understand. Nothing can bite them, they're too low to the ground and they corner like nothing you've ever seen. Yes, their legs are about three inches long, but they move in a blur. Once, my Goon was chasing his sister (the black mutt, sister by adoption, obviously), and behind him was a rooster-tail of mud taller than I am.

Then there was the day that Goon and Ushki (another corgi) decided to run doggie park. Every other dog was in a huddle in the middle, looking nervous. Any time a new dog came in, or one broke from the huddle, Goon and Ushki would chase it back in. One corgi would nip the ankle, and, when the bigger dog would turn to try to tell that corgi off, the other would swoop in and nip the other ankle, or even a haunch.

Igor and I (corgi owners) were howling. The other owners were not amused.

re: #235 albusteve

you sound just like BO...he said exactly the same thing about the Gates incident

It's the classic deny and project, only thing missing is the re-direct.

I once spent two weeks in Amsterdam when a couple of dates were canceled in the middle of a tour. I've also stayed in Den Haag ('the Hague') and Maastricht.

re: #229 KenJen

Really? Lucky you. I grew up in Simi Valley.

My brother lived there for a couple years after he got married. That's where my blood nephew was born.

re: #221 Dianna

I grew up there.

See my #229. I'm so tired I'm writing to myself. Can't imagine what I'm screwing up at work. I have a corgi question. I've had Madison for about a year. She is really old. 13 years probably. She is really shedding a lot right now. I brush her every night. Is this usual for Corgi's?

re: #238 Charles

I once spent two weeks in Amsterdam when a couple of dates were canceled in the middle of a tour. I've also stayed in Den Haag ('the Hague') and Maastricht.

did you...
inhale?
nevermind

re: #229 KenJen

Really? Lucky you. I grew up in Simi Valley.

Really? You SoCal girl! I grew up in NoCal...
It's California State law that we must hate each other...Yet..I like you..
Such a guilty pleasure!
*wink*

re: #238 Charles

I once spent two weeks in Amsterdam when a couple of dates were canceled in the middle of a tour. I've also stayed in Den Haag ('the Hague') and Maastricht.

Jealous. On my list.

re: #240 KenJen

See my #229. I'm so tired I'm writing to myself. Can't imagine what I'm screwing up at work. I have a corgi question. I've had Madison for about a year. She is really old. 13 years probably. She is really shedding a lot right now. I brush her every night. Is this usual for Corgi's?

Corgis shed perpetually, but it sounds like she's blowing her undercoat.

Regard it as a sign that winter is finally over, and see about spinning the fur into yarn!

I am trying to potty train my son...I think he just had a teachable movement...

re: #236 Dianna

I wish I could have seen that! Those are some bad ass little dudes, herding dogs much bigger than themselves. I'm impressed.

re: #242 HoosierHoops

Really? You SoCal girl! I grew up in NoCal...
It's California State law that we must hate each other...Yet..I like you..
Such a guilty pleasure!
*wink*

My realitives are up in Truckee. They are a bunch of crazy liberals but, I love em.

re: #245 LionofDixon

I am trying to potty train my son...I think he just had a teachable movement...

yaaay!...good times eh?
the little man, now

re: #238 Charles

I once spent two weeks in Amsterdam when a couple of dates were canceled in the middle of a tour. I've also stayed in Den Haag ('the Hague') and Maastricht.

I stay at the Golden Tulip...Great food...
They know how to eat there.. You go out for dinner it's a 3-4 hour affair.. You talk, you share and laugh and wait forever for each dish.. But the bread and meat are to die for..Everything is fresh...I had home made Duck Ravioli one night with a sauce that should be illegal...
Gawd..They know how to eat in the Netherlands

re: #234 HoosierHoops

You've never felt threatened while walking in Amsterdam at night? You must have been in a different Amsterdam.
Were you unable to discern the thieves from the tourists? I ended up knowing some of the thieves, and believe me, you should have felt very threatened.
It's a fun town. It is NOT a safe town.

re: #243 CynicalConservative

Jealous. On my list.

My list is up to about 8 pages, now.

*sigh*

Ms Napolitano says we can say terrorist again.

Asked Friday what prompted her to start saying "terror" again, Napolitano told FOX News, "I'm not really into labels. What we're talking about is the fight against terrorism in all forms, whether it comes from abroad or indeed is homegrown and what Americans can do to combat it."

re: #192 calcajun

Before I go, a little news. Seems that the Angry Clown from MN has surfaced finally:

Franken berates Pickens over Swiftboat ads

No class whatsoever. Its been five years- let it go.

The problem in attacking all of those involved with the Swift Boat group, is that not one of their assertions has ever been debunked.
There were over 200 Swifties & of that number something like 68 were eyewitnesses to Kerry's actions & found him to be anything but heroic.
Kerry is a fraud who slandered all Viet Nam vets & ran over to Paris to collabrate with the eenemy.
Franklen can piss up a rope.

re: #251 Dianna

My list is up to about 8 pages, now.

*sigh*

I think mine is nearing the size of a congressional bill...

re: #249 HoosierHoops

Munchies

re: #246 turn

I wish I could have seen that! Those are some bad ass little dudes, herding dogs much bigger than themselves. I'm impressed.

They ride the sheep. They're hysterically funny when handling cattle. Cows try to kick them, and they just flatten down, then grin and give that little huff that sounds like "HA!" and dive right in again. They think it's funny.

re: #219 Charles

I Loved Amsterdam, in 1988, for a week while attending the World Power (energy) Conference. Saw a drug deal going down right next to Dam Palace, but no harm/no foul. The folks were great (very polite & friendly), the art museums as well, the food, the arch.,... loved every thing about it. The Red Light District was similar to the French Quarter here, tons of good musicians and music, ( I saw a Japanese girl band playing Elvis) and way to many great beers to sample.

I learned while there, that Holland had the lowest teenage pregnancy rate in the world (Arkansas the highest) due to their health edu programs in their high schools. The Hague, and Delft were very nice, as well.

I hope to visit there again soon, on my trip to Riga.

re: #253 opnion

The problem in attacking all of those involved with the Swift Boat group, is that not one of their assertions has ever been debunked.
There were over 200 Swifties & of that number something like 68 were eyewitnesses to Kerry's actions & found him to be anything but heroic.
Kerry is a fraud who slandered all Viet Nam vets & ran over to Paris to collabrate with the eenemy.
Franklen can piss up a rope.