A Scintillating Friday Evening Open Thread
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Here’s a Friday evening open thread, with a spectacular time lapse video titled “Scintillation” by Xavier Chassaing.
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Bear Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:30:42pm |
Good evening to all. Overcast here all day with a trace of rain. The rain is good as it will keep the dust down where the State is resurfacing the road in front.
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:30:50pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:31:37pm |
re: #1 albusteve
let's be jolly
Time out...Jeez the Viking Defense is amazing..Just monsters...And super fast..Watch out NFL ...Not only are the Ends unstoppable the Vikings are tough in the middle...Halftime report coming up
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:31:52pm |
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:32:07pm |
I'm drinking enough bank-provided Colombian coffee that I think I'm singlehandedly keeping Colombia's legit export sector in business right now- should I expect a thank you letter from Presidente Uribe?
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:33:01pm |
re: #8 HoosierHoops
Time out...Jeez the Viking Defense is amazing..Just monsters...And super fast..Watch out NFL ...Not only are the Ends unstoppable the Vikings are tough in the middle...Halftime report coming up
and they have A Peterson too...he's a beast
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Achilles Tang Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:34:22pm |
This is my first post in this this thread.
Goodnight all.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:35:05pm |
re: #8 HoosierHoops
Time out...Jeez the Viking Defense is amazing..Just monsters...And super fast..Watch out NFL ...Not only are the Ends unstoppable the Vikings are tough in the middle...Halftime report coming up
/unfortunately, our QB still can't read defenses or speak in complete English sentences
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:35:43pm |
re: #8 HoosierHoops
Time out...Jeez the Viking Defense is amazing..Just monsters...And super fast..Watch out NFL ...Not only are the Ends unstoppable the Vikings are tough in the middle...Halftime report coming up
On which channel is this game?
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:35:53pm |
re: #13 Killian Bundy
/unfortunately, our QB still can't read defenses or speak in complete English sentences
who's that?
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:36:08pm |
Cool vid.
I got a glimpse of what it must be like to take LSD
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Killian Bundy Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:37:15pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:37:33pm |
re: #15 Soona'
On which channel is this game?
Downtown Indy...Vikings Vs. Colts.. 3min till halftime...
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:37:50pm |
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wrenchwench Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:38:15pm |
This one was just emailed to me. A little too much gratuitous littering for my taste, but otherwise, it's ... well, I like it.
Did you know you can play a video in preview?!?
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:40:00pm |
re: #19 HoosierHoops
Thanks for reminding me...the NFL is now available on Sirius/XM. Not sure how I'll be spending my Sundays this fall...but since I already get the NHL, NBA, MLB and NCAA Football...why the heck not?
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:40:09pm |
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:40:26pm |
re: #18 Killian Bundy
/Tarvaris Jackson, easily one of the dumbest players in the NFL
don't know anything about him...big arm
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:40:38pm |
re: #13 Killian Bundy
unfortunately, our QB still can't read defenses or speak in complete English sentences
You guys signed some old Bears QB's?
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Pianobuff Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:41:03pm |
Tiger Woods is -2 in today's round of the PGA Championship at Hazeltine. Overall, he's -7 and 4 shots ahead of the field.
Looks like he could be adding another major to his belt.
There's something very gratifying about watching someone who is the best in the world at something do that thing.
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Dahveed Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:41:40pm |
re: #27 Pianobuff
Tiger Woods is -2 in today's round of the PGA Championship at Hazeltine. Overall, he's -7 and 4 shots ahead of the field.
Looks like he could be adding another major to his belt.
There's something very gratifying about watching someone who is the best in the world at something do that thing.
Tiger Woods is a man among boys.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:41:50pm |
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:41:54pm |
Evening Honcos, that video was a trip. ;-)
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Pianobuff Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:43:10pm |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:43:45pm |
Here's another one from this chick...
Ukraine Got Talent 2009 Winner
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:44:05pm |
re: #31 Fenway_Nation
Heya PBJ- how goes it?
Good, thanks, especially since it's Friday. Had a very busy week.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:44:16pm |
Does anyone know how I can get a seat on a death panel?
I would like to be there to deal with some murderers.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:44:40pm |
Advice from cooks -- I have some fresh frozen fish, and I want to bake it. Do I need to defrost it first or can I just toss it into a Pyrex dish with a little water, cover it and bake from frozen?
Also, what's the best oven temperature for that situation?
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:44:52pm |
re: #28 Dahveed
Tiger Woods is a man among boys.
Tiger is a man with no equal. We are blessed to be able to watch him.
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:45:34pm |
I don't watch MTV anymore. When I did, they did this very strange thing - they played music videos. One after another.
When I channel surf and run across the various MTV stations they never seem to be showing videos. Do they?
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:47:40pm |
re: #36 Charles
Advice from cooks -- I have some fresh frozen fish, and I want to bake it. Do I need to defrost it first or can I just toss it into a Pyrex dish with a little water, cover it and bake from frozen?
Also, what's the best oven temperature for that situation?
If you don't mind dry fish, baking from frozen is ok - you have to either cook at higher heat or longer because it's frozen. You can keep it moister by coating with olive oil, and a few sliced tomatoes. If you want it juicy, then defro first. I recommend fully cooked but juicy for that good fish cholesterol fix.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:47:54pm |
re: #39 karmic_inquisitor
I don't watch MTV anymore. When I did, they did this very strange thing - they played music videos. One after another.
When I channel surf and run across the various MTV stations they never seem to be showing videos. Do they?
that just sounds funny...why would MTV matter to anyone?
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:48:08pm |
re: #36 Charles
Advice from cooks -- I have some fresh frozen fish, and I want to bake it. Do I need to defrost it first or can I just toss it into a Pyrex dish with a little water, cover it and bake from frozen?
Also, what's the best oven temperature for that situation?
With frozen fish be careful how much water you add. The fish will make its own from frozen. I would put some olive oil and spices on it and stick in in the oven at 180 C or 350F. Depending on thickness cook or 30 to 40 minutes.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:48:10pm |
re: #39 karmic_inquisitor
Haven't you heard? They're all about rocking the vote now...
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HelloDare Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:48:53pm |
The video is what a cat sees when it's on catnip.
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:49:12pm |
re: #36 Charles
Advice from cooks -- I have some fresh frozen fish, and I want to bake it. Do I need to defrost it first or can I just toss it into a Pyrex dish with a little water, cover it and bake from frozen?
Also, what's the best oven temperature for that situation?
How about this? [Link: www.cookitfrozen.com...]
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:49:48pm |
re: #37 Erik The Red
Tiger is a man with no equal. We are blessed to be able to watch him.
Tiger is like a carniverous annimal... thank God he is not on a democratic death panel. He would be as merciless as he is on the links while anhilating those who oppose him
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:49:59pm |
Uh-oh:
Colonial Bank Fails, Acquired by BB&T
Colonial Bank was shut down late Friday, the fifth largest bank to fail in U.S. history and the largest financial institution closed by regulators since Washington Mutual last fall.
The Alabama Banking Department took over Colonial Bank, a subsidiary of Colonial BancGroup, and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. receiver. The FDIC then sold all of the institution's deposits and branches to BB&T Corp. .
Colonial's failure came after regulators shut down Dwelling House Savings and Loan Association of Pittsburgh, whose sole branch and all of its deposits were acquired by PNC Financial Services Group
Just so you know, this is a real bad thing to have go happen, especially after the MSM has announced that the recession is over and has been patting the Messiah on the back. Cant blame Bush for this one, with a straight face that is.
There are likely to be a lot of ripple effects from this. Colonial did a lot of lending in a lot of very complicated participation and down stream deals. Don't be surprised to see other banks fold next week.
Bernanke has to be in the fetal position on a floor somewhere whimpering and calling for Mama.
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:50:11pm |
re: #36 Charles
Advice from cooks -- I have some fresh frozen fish, and I want to bake it. Do I need to defrost it first or can I just toss it into a Pyrex dish with a little water, cover it and bake from frozen?
Also, what's the best oven temperature for that situation?
Generally defrost first. But if it is a thin piece of fish like Tilapia you can go straight to bake.
We pull ours and defrost in the refrigerator for about 8 hours. But in a pinch a tub of ice water will work. Warm water invites bacteria that can change the taste of the fish (or even make your evening quite eventful). Ice water is still warmer than frozen and will facilitate heat transfer faster than the air.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:51:59pm |
re: #27 Pianobuff
There's something very gratifying about watching someone who is the best in the world at something do that thing.
he has adjusted his swing quite well to his bad knee. It's subtle, but if you watch his swing now and compare it to 2 years ago, it's a lot different. He's flatened out the swing arc, for one thing.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:53:33pm |
re: #46 Thanos
What kind of fish, and how thick?
It's Alaskan King Salmon from Trader Joe's, and it already has a marinade on it.
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Pianobuff Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:53:49pm |
re: #50 3 wood
he has adjusted his swing quite well to his bad knee. It's subtle, but if you watch his swing now and compare it to 2 years ago, it's a lot different. He's flatened out the swing arc, for one thing.
I've noticed that. Watching him play now you can also really see his mental maturation as well. His concept of course management is completely different than in his younger years, IMO.
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:53:56pm |
re: #36 Charles
Advice from cooks -- I have some fresh frozen fish, and I want to bake it. Do I need to defrost it first or can I just toss it into a Pyrex dish with a little water, cover it and bake from frozen?
Also, what's the best oven temperature for that situation?
Since walter isn't here, I will mention that if it's frozen it isn't fresh
( sorry )
I make a lot of Frozen Sockeye salmon from Whole Foods and I like to gently thaw it with warm water over about 10 minutes.( while it's in their plastic wrap)
I cook it on 275 degrees for about 25 minutes ( covered in thinly sliced lemon )
and it doesn't overcook
SAlmon is so delecate, I just think it cooks so much better when it's thawed and microwaving it to defrost it really cooks the ends and ruins it
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:54:04pm |
Just asked a cook on the grill line here - in a pinch, the fast/safe way is to place the fish under running cold water.
Not sure if the water running should make a difference, but he says it does.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:54:11pm |
re: #50 3 wood
he has adjusted his swing quite well to his bad knee. It's subtle, but if you watch his swing now and compare it to 2 years ago, it's a lot different. He's flatened out the swing arc, for one thing.
Is it as dramatic as the change he made in the 90s when Butch Harmond worked to change his swing?
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Coracle Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:54:19pm |
re: #36 Charles
Advice from cooks -- I have some fresh frozen fish, and I want to bake it. Do I need to defrost it first or can I just toss it into a Pyrex dish with a little water, cover it and bake from frozen?
Also, what's the best oven temperature for that situation?
The more water you put in there, the closer you'll get to boiled or poached fish. I say it's worth the defrost.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:54:20pm |
re: #50 3 wood
he has adjusted his swing quite well to his bad knee. It's subtle, but if you watch his swing now and compare it to 2 years ago, it's a lot different. He's flatened out the swing arc, for one thing.
we talked about this injury last year...I thought it would be more difficult for him to get it back...but he is still making some very poor shots...he's just good enough to recover...I don't see the old Woods yet
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HelloDare Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:54:36pm |
Charles,
If it's a big piece of fish and frozen solid, cut it in half. It will cook more evenly that way -- if you're adding liquid and covering the dish you don't have to worry about it drying out. Don't cook it for any specific length of time, just till it's done.
Doesn't have to be thawed. Look at all the frozen prepared meals that are sold.
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Bagua Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:54:53pm |
re: #36 Charles
325 f, with a little butter, it's ready when flakes by fork, better to defrost first.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:55:08pm |
re: #36 Charles
Advice from cooks -- I have some fresh frozen fish, and I want to bake it. Do I need to defrost it first or can I just toss it into a Pyrex dish with a little water, cover it and bake from frozen?
Also, what's the best oven temperature for that situation?
Depends on what kind of fish, whole or fillets?
If you want them baked you can make pochettes (sp). Lay the fillet out on tinfoil. sprinkle with lemon juice salt pepper, herbs. Fold the tinfoil to make a pouch. Make sure that it's not too tight, you want the heated air to expand. Bake on 300 for maybe 15 minutes if they're thawed. I'd guess maybe 20-25 minutes.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:55:55pm |
re: #59 albusteve
I don't see the old Woods yet
You never will, that was lost to the surgeons knife.
But he will raise his short game another notch and make up the difference that way.
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:56:04pm |
re: #53 Charles
It's Alaskan King Salmon from Trader Joe's, and it already has a marinade on it.
In that case just follow the instructions on the package for frozen - it's hard to wreck north pacific salmon.
If it's King I'm assuming thick patty, I'd bake in foil with butter personally, but I'm decadent so you probably want olive oil if you add anything, I'd skip the water if it's got a marinade.
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Dahveed Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:56:37pm |
re: #59 albusteve
we talked about this injury last year...I thought it would be more difficult for him to get it back...but he is still making some very poor shots...he's just good enough to recover...I don't see the old Woods yet
That's exactly it. He has been hitting the ball erratic off the tee. But he is able to play everywhere else so well that it doesn't seem to matter..
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:56:37pm |
re: #53 Charles
It's Alaskan King Salmon from Trader Joe's, and it already has a marinade on it.
Is it in a bag? I that how you'd have to defrost it? If so it may take a while in ice water. Salmon is usually a thick cut.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:56:59pm |
Sorry...reading up on the IDF's Unit Oketz in another window...
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:57:20pm |
Thaw the fish... then read a Jamaican cook book, it will tell you how to make escovitch sause... limes, onions and pepper after you get done frying.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:57:29pm |
re: #57 shanec99
Is it as dramatic as the change he made in the 90s when Butch Harmond worked to change his swing?
Nope, you have to be looking for it to see it. i was looking for it cause I had to make some of the same changes when I hurt my shoulder. He's hitting more draws with the flatter swing and lower trajectory shots. It protects his knee to swing like that.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:57:34pm |
re: #8 HoosierHoops
Time out...Jeez the Viking Defense is amazing..Just monsters...And super fast..Watch out NFL ...Not only are the Ends unstoppable the Vikings are tough in the middle...Halftime report coming up
I am a former Viqueen fan. They will find a way to blow it. They always do.
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:57:41pm |
re: #48 3 wood
Uh-oh:
Colonial Bank Fails, Acquired by BB&TJust so you know, this is a real bad thing to have go happen, especially after the MSM has announced that the recession is over and has been patting the Messiah on the back. Cant blame Bush for this one, with a straight face that is.
There are likely to be a lot of ripple effects from this. Colonial did a lot of lending in a lot of very complicated participation and down stream deals. Don't be surprised to see other banks fold next week.
Bernanke has to be in the fetal position on a floor somewhere whimpering and calling for Mama.
Then there's the Deutsche Bank assessment and all that toxic paper still out there that didn't get bought up as promised.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:57:55pm |
Yeah, it's frozen in a shrink-wrapped package, with the marinade already on it.
Maybe I should defrost in the microwave first?
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:57:56pm |
re: #64 3 wood
You never will, that was lost to the surgeons knife.
But he will raise his short game another notch and make up the difference that way.
that game is always been excellent...his tee's and second shots have been less than Woodslike...we'll see...I enjoy watching him play just as much
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:58:22pm |
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:00:03pm |
re: #75 Charles
Yeah, it's frozen in a shrink-wrapped package, with the marinade already on it.
Maybe I should defrost in the microwave first?
If it is shrink wrapped then run it under water a bit.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:00:04pm |
re: #75 Charles
Maybe I should defrost in the microwave first?
Blasphemy!
Try the pochette thing at #62. The foil pouch will prevent the fish from drying out for the longer cooking time.
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HelloDare Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:00:08pm |
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon — long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they're mostly empty.
The kings failed to show up, and not just in the Yukon.
One Alaska river after another has been closed to king fishing this summer because significant numbers of fish failed to return to spawn. The dismally weak return follows weak runs last summer and poor runs in 2007, which also
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:00:13pm |
With King Salmon you can easily tell when it's getting done by poking with a fork at the thick part and seeing how it flakes in the center. If you go frozen I'd do 325 & longer, and if it's thawed 350. Time should be 30 -50 minutes by using flake test -- I hesitate to tell you the time to bake without seeing the size.
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Dahveed Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:00:18pm |
re: #74 spidly
Then there's the Deutsche Bank assessment and all that toxic paper still out there that didn't get bought up as promised.
And I think that credit card loans loans and the securitization of those loans may be the next shoe to drop. Far too many people out of work and I have to think some are near their limit.
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Bear Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:00:28pm |
Too bad that you have to have frozen salmon. Fresh caught is best. Then if you never had fresh caught Alaskan halibut you have no idea the difference in taste between it and frozen.
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:01:00pm |
best salmon recipe from this thread goes into the next cookbook.
Sockeye Salmon
Shug's Jerk Dry rub
-- allspice
--clove
--cinnamon
-- cayenne
--white pepper
--salt
sear on hot pan for 30 seconds each side.
then place in 275 degree oven for about 25 minutes.
Serve with mango salsa
--mango
--red onion
--honey
--cilantro
--dash of vinegar if you like tartness
--lime juice from 1/2 or 1 lime depending on preference
--salt pepper
( let sit in refrigerator for an hour or more so the ingredients can get to know one another)
Money
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:01:08pm |
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:01:31pm |
re: #75 Charles
Yeah, it's frozen in a shrink-wrapped package, with the marinade already on it.
Maybe I should defrost in the microwave first?
I wouldnt' defrost that fish in the micro to be honest. Maybe if it's sealed just dunk it in some luke warm water. In about 15 mins should be decent.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:01:34pm |
re: #48 3 wood
Uh-oh:
Colonial Bank Fails, Acquired by BB&TJust so you know, this is a real bad thing to have go happen, especially after the MSM has announced that the recession is over and has been patting the Messiah on the back. Cant blame Bush for this one, with a straight face that is.
There are likely to be a lot of ripple effects from this. Colonial did a lot of lending in a lot of very complicated participation and down stream deals. Don't be surprised to see other banks fold next week.
Bernanke has to be in the fetal position on a floor somewhere whimpering and calling for Mama.
If 5% to 7% of mortgages out there are "bad" we have not even seen the beginning of how bad this is really going to get.
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Bagua Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:01:42pm |
re: #75 Charles
Defrost in a pan of cool water to avoid harming the flavour in the microwave.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:01:51pm |
re: #75 Charles
Yeah, it's frozen in a shrink-wrapped package, with the marinade already on it.
Maybe I should defrost in the microwave first?
nooo... never microwave good fish. The action of microwaves on the water molecules will destroy the fish's texture.
A pox on you for suggesting such a thing. Barbarian.
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:01:52pm |
re: #83 Thanos
With King Salmon you can easily tell when it's getting done by poking with a fork at the thick part and seeing how it flakes in the center. If you go frozen I'd do 325 & longer, and if it's thawed 350. Time should be 30 -50 minutes by using flake test -- I hesitate to tell you the time to bake without seeing the size.
Wait, the thirty minute time is whole fish time... if it's single serving size, more likely 15-25
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:02:04pm |
re: #75 Charles
Yeah, it's frozen in a shrink-wrapped package, with the marinade already on it.
Maybe I should defrost in the microwave first?
NOOO !
Place it in a large bowl and fill the bowl with warm water. Leave the tap on so that just a bit of water keeps refilling the bowl
go for a walk.
come back in 5 or 6 minutes.
thaw that baby slowly and gently and she will love you for it
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:02:07pm |
I don't like microwave defrost. Just make a foil pouch like killgore suggests. Cook it at a lower temp for a little longer or until fish flakes with a fork.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:02:44pm |
I have some excellent Beef-O-Roni recipes...let me know and I'll blue my nic
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The Curmudgeon Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:03:19pm |
Salmon, bah! You haven't lived until you've had some down-home, deep-dish toad pie.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:03:38pm |
re: #92 shanec99
nooo... never microwave good fish. The action of microwaves on the water molecules will destroy the fish's texture.
A pox on you for suggesting such a thing. Barbarian.
no nukes in Jamaica...roast til done...serve
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:03:50pm |
re: #95 snowcrash
I don't like microwave defrost. Just make a foil pouch like killgore suggests. Cook it at a lower temp for a little longer or until fish flakes with a fork.
I'm with you on that. Sometimes I think microwave defrost makes anything tough.
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:03:56pm |
anybody ever watch Hulu ?
Just trying it for the first time at work and watching the Very first episode of "Lost in Space"
so many good shows for free, I keep asking what's the catch ?
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:04:17pm |
re: #97 albusteve
I have some excellent Beef-O-Roni recipes...let me know and I'll blue my nic
Chili-mac. Emmm.
///
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:04:26pm |
re: #99 albusteve
no nukes in Jamaica...roast til done...serve
or jerked... but works better with pork or chicken.
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Dahveed Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:04:32pm |
re: #101 Shug
anybody ever watch Hulu ?
Just trying it for the first time at work and watching the Very first episode of "Lost in Space"
so many good shows for free, I keep asking what's the catch ?
Your email address goes to the White House.
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:05:04pm |
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:05:14pm |
Well we just got our daily shipment of snapper, mahi and trout.
I think I will have trout tonight. Caught in a river in Idaho.
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:05:17pm |
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DrNaughty Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:05:23pm |
re: #101 Shug
anybody ever watch Hulu ?
Just trying it for the first time at work and watching the Very first episode of "Lost in Space"
so many good shows for free, I keep asking what's the catch ?
There are two Lost In Space pilots. one with Smith.. one without...
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:05:48pm |
Well speaking of food I figure I'll share my absolute favorite recipe with the Lizards. Here is what we are having for dinner tonight:
[Link: foodnetwork.com - baked ziti]
The ziti is amazing and only takes about 45 minutes wire to wire. I serve it with some hot Italian sausage links, salad and italian bread, spread with roasted garlic. Heaven.
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hopperandadropper Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:06:09pm |
Hey Charles, when are you going to commemorate Les Paul?
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:06:38pm |
re: #111 hopperandadropper
I think he did yesterday or something. If that's what you mean.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:07:06pm |
More on Colonial:
Regulators close Colonial Bank; assets sold to BB&T
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Colonial Bank, of Montgomery Ala., was shuttered on Friday and its assets sold to southeast regional bank BB&T Corp, marking the largest bank failure this year.
The bank closure -- the 74th this year -- brings an end to the Alabama lender which has seen its problems mount amid the financial crisis.
The failure of Colonial Bank, which had total assets of $25 billion, is expected to cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp's insurance fund $2.8 billion.
BB&T, Winston-Salem, N.C., will buy about $22 billion of Colonial's assets, according to the FDIC. The FDIC and BB&T have agreed to share losses on about $15 billion of those assets. The bank had deposits of about $20 billion as of June 30.
Colonial's holding company Colonial BancGroup Inc said last Friday it faced a criminal probe related to accounting irregularities at its mortgage lending unit.
On Thursday, Bank of America Corp won a temporary restraining order against Colonial when a federal judge in Miami ordered it to freeze $1 billion in assets.
BB&T said it will not buy any of the assets or assume any obligations of Colonial's holding company, including any relating to, Taylor, Bean and Whitaker Mortgage Corp.
Now folks, I've been warning about the market and the banks here for weeks, and got chided by some for it and called a fear monger by others.
When I start taking like that, I hope my friends here, even on the left, would know by know that it's cause I'm hearing about things that I believe to be true but can't get specific for cause that would be touting stocks, which is highly illegal and probably frowned upon by the proprietor.
But now you can see that I knew what I was talking about.
Now I'm saying other banks are likely to fail next week or so...
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:07:07pm |
Judy Robinson was the source of many boyhood fantasies.
man was she hot
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:07:07pm |
Here it says:
[Link: www.cookitfrozen.com...]
HONEY-DIJON ALASKA SALMON
Preheat oven to 400.
BAKE 26 to 30 minutes for frozen salmon OR 20 to 22 minutes for fresh/thawed fish. Cook just until fish is opaque throughout.
I think you could take it out of the package and put it on a foil pan. Doesn't say here to wrap it.
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:08:10pm |
re: #84 Dahveed
And I think that credit card loans loans and the securitization of those loans may be the next shoe to drop. Far too many people out of work and I have to think some are near their limit.
I am just not really incredibly optimistic about the "recovery" we're in. But then I'm looking at the third job I've had in 9 months getting shaky. Could be shutting the doors - again.
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:08:15pm |
re: #115 American Sabra
Here it says:
[Link: www.cookitfrozen.com...]HONEY-DIJON ALASKA SALMON
I think you could take it out of the package and put it on a foil pan. Doesn't say here to wrap it.
frozen.
bah ! Barbarians!
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:08:16pm |
re: #106 Pvt Bin Jammin
Yum. I love jerk chicken.
Go to Boston (in Jamaica, not the liberal city on the east coast) and get some real Boston jerked meat. Just dont eat with your fingers... the flavor will get onto them and you may even be tempted to suck and lick them in public. Poor style.
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:08:22pm |
re: #111 hopperandadropper
Hey Charles, when are you going to commemorate Les Paul?
he did a thread on it, but maybe a lighter LGF centric commemoration would be a poll where every answer choice is : Les Paul!
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:08:36pm |
Mmmkay. The scientific consensus seems to be to first let the fish defrost in its shrink-wrapped package (two medium-sized fillets, inch-thick at the most) in luke warm water for 15-20 minutes, then bake in a covered Pyrex dish at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
And don't even think about microwaving that bad boy.
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:08:42pm |
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:08:52pm |
re: #104 shanec99
or jerked... but works better with pork or chicken.
I eat so much fish and chicken down there...some pork...I ask what kind of fish is this?...they stare at me and say, fish from the sea mon!...I love that island...Rundown, made with barracuda...OMG good!
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:09:10pm |
re: #111 hopperandadropper
Hey Charles, when are you going to commemorate Les Paul?
I did. The post is on the front page.
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Wendya Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:09:35pm |
Lessons learned: Never allow the dog in the laundry room when you're replacing the lid switch on a washing machine.
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DrNaughty Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:09:41pm |
re: #114 Shug
Judy Robinson was the source of many boyhood fantasies.
man was she hot
When I first discovered Hulu about a year ago I went back and watched all the Irwin Allen shows...
I can't believe that they canceled The Time Tunnel after one season
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:10:10pm |
re: #99 albusteve
no nukes in Jamaica...roast til done...serve
Or Charles can put the fish back into the freezer and go to a good restaurant and order some salmon.
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:10:11pm |
re: #120 Charles
Mmmkay. The scientific consensus seems to be to first let the fish defrost in its shrink-wrapped package (two medium-sized fillets, inch-thick at the most) in luke warm water for 15-20 minutes, then bake in a covered Pyrex dish at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
And don't even think about microwaving that bad boy.
then take a photo of the much discussed fish for the overnight thread.
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Lawrior Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:10:24pm |
re: #41 albusteve
I remember when it did matter to me. Now, I listen to much better music thanks to the interwebs helping me find new music. Sure, it helps to have worked in the music business for a few years. In either case, MTV's star faded a bit faster than I would have preferred.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:10:28pm |
re: #121 VegasRick
I won't.
Yes I will.
Jerked or Choked?
///
real men never choke their chiken in Jamaica.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:10:34pm |
re: #118 shanec99
Go to Boston (in Jamaica, not the liberal city on the east coast) and get some real Boston jerked meat. Just dont eat with your fingers... the flavor will get onto them and you may even be tempted to suck and lick them in public. Poor style.
done that, many times myself
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:10:49pm |
re: #120 Charles
Mmmkay. The scientific consensus seems to be to first let the fish defrost in its shrink-wrapped package (two medium-sized fillets, inch-thick at the most) in luke warm water for 15-20 minutes, then bake in a covered Pyrex dish at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
And don't even think about microwaving that bad boy.
So... we'll be over in about 30 mins? I don't think 2 fillets will do it though.
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:10:59pm |
I can't think of a better way to bring folks together than an LGF food festival. I could commit to pulled pork, slaw and sweet pickle potato salad.
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:11:07pm |
re: #118 shanec99
Go to Boston (in Jamaica, not the liberal city on the east coast) and get some real Boston jerked meat. Just dont eat with your fingers... the flavor will get onto them and you may even be tempted to suck and lick them in public. Poor style.
Thanks, I'll have to remember that. We used to have a pretty good jamaican owned restaurant around here but notice that they've either moved or gone out of business.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:11:37pm |
re: #122 albusteve
I eat so much fish and chicken down there...some pork...I ask what kind of fish is this?...they stare at me and say, fish from the sea mon!...I love that island...Rundown, made with barracuda...OMG good!
well its to say not from a pond, farm, lake or river. The guy answered you it seemed.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:11:47pm |
re: #90 Truck Monkey
If 5% to 7% of mortgages out there are "bad" we have not even seen the beginning of how bad this is really going to get.
I'm waiting for a certain left winger to show up and tell me about how the economy is doing good.
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Dahveed Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:12:44pm |
re: #116 spidly
I am just not really incredibly optimistic about the "recovery" we're in. But then I'm looking at the third job I've had in 9 months getting shaky. Could be shutting the doors - again.
That is horrendous, but I (only) kinda' know how you feel. My company was just given a whole lot of new capital, but I think that will only lead to another buying us out. So, I may be in that position within a year or so.
Good luck to you.
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:13:08pm |
I'd be feeling a bit better if the drop in unemployment were due to jobs and not more people going U6. Call me crazy.
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:13:25pm |
re: #133 Locker
I can't think of a better way to bring folks together than an LGF food festival. I could commit to pulled pork, slaw and sweet pickle potato salad.
I will bring the keg and tequila.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:13:41pm |
re: #97 albusteve
I have some excellent Beef-O-Roni recipes...let me know and I'll blue my nic
Amen bro...Nobody made it through college with out Beef-O-Roni...
It was great...Tomato soup with a can of french green beans (29cents)
Cottage Cheese and eggs...
dried fruit...Those were the good old days *wink*
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Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:14:04pm |
ministry of food, quick salmon tikka with cucumber yoghurt (video)
I really want to try his cooking technique: no oil in the pan
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:14:04pm |
re: #135 shanec99
well its to say not from a pond, farm, lake or river. The guy answered you it seemed.
yes, I've had the best seafood of my life down there, speared on the reef and cooked up fresh...doesn't matter what it is, but everyone knows a 'cuda...a delicacy
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:14:26pm |
re: #139 Erik The Red
I will bring the keg and tequila.
Outstanding and how silly of me to forget my two favorite drinks. Blue Moon beer and Ketel One vodka. We could have a time.
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:14:35pm |
re: #136 3 wood
I'm waiting for a certain left winger to show up and tell me about how the economy is doing good.
He has been scarce lately.
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Lawrior Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:15:02pm |
re: #140 HoosierHoops
Sadly, I'm heading back to those days. In less than a week, I trade in my comfy bed in a nice house for a dorm room. This "education" had best be worth it.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:15:18pm |
re: #136 3 wood
I'm waiting for a certain left winger to show up and tell me about how the economy is doing good.
The car man? Quite a dead cat bounce we've had since March though. I have moved quite a bit of Boom Boom out of the Stock Market of late. What I see coming scares the horsesqueeze out of me. The fundamentals are not at all good.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:15:24pm |
re: #137 Dahveed
I am praying the recover holds... My IRA lost half of its value last year... so far I have made back about 50% of my losses... God please keep the recovery going... I cant afford a double dip recession.
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:15:37pm |
re: #140 HoosierHoops
Amen bro...Nobody made it through college with out Beef-O-Roni...
It was great...Tomato soup with a can of french green beans (29cents)
Cottage Cheese and eggs...
dried fruit...Those were the good old days *wink*
I think I lived entirely on Raman and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with the occasional spaghetti sandwich thrown in. Nice flashback.
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:15:49pm |
re: #96 solomonpanting
Good thing Dylan cry racism.
Cry racism? I must have missed that part. The article is pretty funny.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:16:13pm |
re: #144 Sharmuta
I had granite counter tops put in last year. Things defrost really quick if I just put them out on the counter. The granite conducts the cold (or something like that)
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:16:25pm |
re: #138 spidly
I'd be feeling a bit better if the drop in unemployment were due to jobs and not more people going U6. Call me crazy.
I'll go you one farther, I'd actually like to see some growth to the GDP. Nutty concept, I know, but that's how us economists are.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:16:32pm |
re: #18 Killian Bundy
/Tarvaris Jackson, easily one of the dumbest players in the NFL
I think that title still belongs to the young man who went to a NY nightclub with a gun in his sweatpants waistband.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:16:57pm |
re: #140 HoosierHoops
Amen bro...Nobody made it through college with out Beef-O-Roni...
It was great...Tomato soup with a can of french green beans (29cents)
Cottage Cheese and eggs...
dried fruit...Those were the good old days *wink*
Mighty Dog Turkey in the Tuna Tin. I must admit that I ate it only on a dare and only when very very drunk.
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:17:01pm |
re: #152 Killgore Trout
I had granite counter tops put in last year. Things defrost really quick if I just put them out on the counter. The granite conducts the cold (or something like that)
Same with the cold water. I learned it from Alton Brown, and if you can't trust Mr Kitchen Wizard, who can you trust?
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:17:21pm |
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:17:47pm |
re: #144 Sharmuta
I use cold water to defrost meat.
Is that what you kids are calling it these days...
//
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:18:13pm |
I know. I'm Mr. Inquisitive Question Guy tonight.
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:18:49pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
It's funny you ask that. I was just thinking about a writing a web scanner to aggregate that data and push out a chart so a user could see who up and down dings them the most and when. I think it help to be honest as it encourages responsibility for your dings, just my opinion.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:19:03pm |
It's because I'm waiting for my salmon to defrost.
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Lawrior Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:19:15pm |
re: #158 Charles
I like knowing who agrees or disagrees with others. It helps sort out where people stand in here even if they don't post that often.
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jaunte Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:19:25pm |
re: #158 Charles
I think it helps. If you now the dinger and their likes and dislikes, you have a pretty good idea of why. If you've never encountered them before, you can ask them why they agree or disagree.
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Chip Designer Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:19:33pm |
I find click identification to be useful to determine who agrees and who disagrees with a particular statement.
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Wendya Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:19:38pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
Hmmm... published names never stopped anyone so I suppose it doesn't help or hurt.
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:19:43pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
I could be a good way to meet chicks.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:19:59pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
oh boy...there is a preoccupation with it, (from someone who does not use it)...I think people just go overboard with the whole concept
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:20:03pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
Helps when it's positive.
When a person you respect down dings you, then you rethink what you said so in that way it's helpful.
then there are the down dings that piss me off, especially when they are the stealth downdingers
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:20:03pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
People are less likely to down ding. I know I rarely do.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:20:05pm |
re: #146 Erik The Red
He has been scarce lately.
He can run but he can't hide.
It kind of reminds me of when one of my freshman undergrads wants to argue about economics.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:20:08pm |
re: #143 albusteve
yes, I've had the best seafood of my life down there, speared on the reef and cooked up fresh...doesn't matter what it is, but everyone knows a 'cuda...a delicacy
Best sea food I ever had was the stuff I cooked myself when I was stationed in Diego Garcia and went fishing. Good lord, you could catch some 40 pound tuna.
Second best was when I was stationed in GTMO.
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:20:36pm |
re: #169 Soona'
I could be a good way to meet chicks.
Ahh Soona, that's a favorite. You made me choke on my ... oh never mind but still... nice 1.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:20:46pm |
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:21:28pm |
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:21:54pm |
re: #175 Locker
Ahh Soona, that's a favorite. You made me choke on my ... oh never mind but still... nice 1.
Stop chokin' your chicken...
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:21:55pm |
re: #157 Sharmuta
Same with the cold water. I learned it from Alton Brown, and if you can't trust Mr Kitchen Wizard, who can you trust?
They used to sell a teflon coated vented aluminum extrusion for defrosting. One of those things Sham-Wow Vince might sell.
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Bagua Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:22:22pm |
re: #158 Charles
The right to know the virtual identity of ones accuser has some merit, alternatively, up-dings should be anonymous.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:23:41pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
It helps when you join in the middle of a conversation or thread, kind of see the land of the land.
Or see when the stealth dingers are out and about.
On the subject of steath dingers; is the a way to set a minimum number of comments before dinging is enabled? Encourage them to engage before dinging away.
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:23:59pm |
It should cost you 1 karma point to see who has updinged/downdinged your own post.
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kansas Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:24:04pm |
Charles, you still have that Les Paul you played in the video with Stanley Clark? It was sweet.
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:24:05pm |
Make an LGF poll? I think it works well as is.
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Taqyia2Me Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:24:13pm |
re: #64 3 wood
You never will, that was lost to the surgeons knife.
But he will raise his short game another notch and make up the difference that way.
Kinda like Jordan with the fadeaway jumper.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:24:27pm |
re: #174 shanec99
Best sea food I ever had was the stuff I cooked myself when I was stationed in Diego Garcia and went fishing. Good lord, you could catch some 40 pound tuna.
Second best was when I was stationed in GTMO.
I would LOVE to go out and get 40lb tuna on lighter tackle...what a blast
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:24:34pm |
re: #182 karmic_inquisitor
It should cost you 1 karma point to see who has updinged/downdinged your own post.
Interesting idea.
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:25:06pm |
re: #179 spidly
They used to sell a teflon coated vented aluminum extrusion for defrosting. One of those things Sham-Wow Vince might sell.
And I remember those! Not as good as cold water.
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:25:08pm |
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:25:21pm |
re: #163 taxfreekiller
On the funkly flunky klumker kar deal.
Sam Pack who owns 4 or 5 big Ford dealerships here in Texas in the Dallas Ft. Worth market says he has about $1,000,000 in IOU's from the D.C. scam dealers and he is not going to get skinned alive by lies.
The good news is he can look forward to a nice drop in sales since all those "10 year buyers" came in early for the goodies.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:25:23pm |
re: #182 karmic_inquisitor
It should cost you 1 karma point to see who has updinged/downdinged your own post.
Ahhh, the price of vanity!
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:25:41pm |
re: #182 karmic_inquisitor
It should cost you 1 karma point to see who has updinged/downdinged your own post.
Nooo...I love seeing who dinged me.
Also, it gives me a sense of whether to take stuff serious. If I say something and people I know are sane and intelligent ding me down I may reconsider what I said in light of their response, or at least think about how I said it.
If it's just jerks, why worry?
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:25:42pm |
re: #181 jcm
On the subject of steath dingers; is the a way to set a minimum number of comments before dinging is enabled? Encourage them to engage before dinging away.
Great idea, if Charles can write the code for it to happen. Say 50 or so comments.
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:25:58pm |
re: #182 karmic_inquisitor
It should cost you 1 karma point to see who has updinged/downdinged your own post.
Or maybe cost a karma point to down ding someone. That may add more impact to a down ding.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:26:30pm |
I post, therefore I am...
I do not ding so I'm no help
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Bagua Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:26:31pm |
re: #188 Charles
Interesting idea.
Must the reward of knowledge always result in pain?
The karmic result should be random, to better fit the human condition.
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:26:31pm |
re: #189 Sharmuta
And I remember those! Not as good as cold water.
Cold water also doesn't cost you three easy payments of $39.95!
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:26:57pm |
re: #195 Locker
Or maybe cost a karma point to down ding someone. That may add more impact to a down ding.
That might work...
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Chip Designer Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:27:00pm |
What is the problem with stealth dingers?
I guess that I classify as one, since I rarely comment. That is because I generally comment only if I have something to add to the thread. And with as many members as LGF has, isn't it best if most don't comment?
Lack of commenting doesn't mean that I don't read most of what has been said.
Isn't dinging a way for the "silent majority" to contribute?
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:27:46pm |
re: #149 shanec99
I am praying the recover holds... My IRA lost half of its value last year... so far I have made back about 50% of my losses... God please keep the recovery going... I cant afford a double dip recession.
You in mutual funds or actual stocks?
Don't answer, I don't need the specifics.
If you are in specific stocks, think about taking some money off the table and shifting to different sectors.
For example, (and again I will be real careful here to avoid touting specific stocks) one could possibly theoretically think about what materials one might possibly shift to in building cars to lighten them up and get better gas mileage.
Think real hard.
Geez, I feel like Rick Blaine in Casa Blanca asking the young man at the roulette wheel "Have you tried number 22 yet tonight?"
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:27:55pm |
all this talk of jerking and dinging. what the hell?
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:28:25pm |
I knew I should've shaved my legs before I put on those tights.
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:28:30pm |
re: #182 karmic_inquisitor
It should cost you 1 karma point to see who has updinged/downdinged your own post.
I catch myself looking too often. It is probably unhealthy.
It should not matter.
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:28:51pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
IMO, it helps.
It's very useful to know if it's the same people who keep downdinging you. Makes it much easier to ignore.
Also, the fact that anyone can see who downdings and who updings acts as a check on the whole community. We would have far more stealth downdinging and bad behaviour if it were anon.
There's the occassional fight that breaks out -- "hey! Why did you downding me?" kind of thing--, but that's offset in my opinion by the utility of it not being anon. Also, it can be nice to see updings from people who almost never comment. It gives one a sense of being read outside of who might respond in a thread.
My .02.
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:29:04pm |
re: #205 MandyManners
I knew I should've shaved my legs before I put on those tights.
That happens to me all of the time.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:29:14pm |
re: #187 albusteve
I would LOVE to go out and get 40lb tuna on lighter tackle...what a blast
Light tacktle... are you kidding... you use steel line, pull the sumbch close to the boat... get a net over the side and entagle the sucker, pull it aginst the stell hull ... then whamo with the 10 pound sledge against its head... no fighting.
Fighting is for tv fishermen. I fish to eat.
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:29:14pm |
He lost control
began to swerve
When he checked his dings
and missed the curve
Burma shave
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:29:26pm |
not sure if I should jerk my trout or go ding 3 wood.
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:29:54pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
It helps me. I like being able to do that.
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Grambo46 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:30:10pm |
re: #194 Erik The Red
On the subject of steath dingers; is the a way to set a minimum number of comments before dinging is enabled? Encourage them to engage before dinging away.
Great idea, if Charles can write the code for it to happen. Say 50 or so comments.
Would pun threads count ???
/Ack!!
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Wendya Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:30:38pm |
re: #195 Locker
Or maybe cost a karma point to down ding someone. That may add more impact to a down ding.
Down dings for gratuitous insults or over the top remarks should be expected without comment. It would be nice if someone would explain why they disagree instead of just hitting the button in all other cases.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:30:48pm |
re: #201 Chip Designer
What is the problem with stealth dingers?
I guess that I classify as one, since I rarely comment. That is because I generally comment only if I have something to add to the thread. And with as many members as LGF has, isn't it best if most don't comment?
Lack of commenting doesn't mean that I don't read most of what has been said.
Isn't dinging a way for the "silent majority" to contribute?
Stealth Dingers have very low number of comments, and target a point of view or and individual, often they wait till a thread is stale.
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:31:29pm |
I agree with regard to dings being some folks way to make a comment. Since comments aren't anonymous I guess dings should fall under that same umbrella. Just another thought.
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:31:43pm |
re: #216 jcm
Stealth Dingers have very low number of comments, and target a point of view or and individual, often they wait till a thread is stale.
I'd upding you but I think it is going to cost me!
///
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:31:46pm |
re: #150 Locker
I think I lived entirely on Raman and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with the occasional spaghetti sandwich thrown in. Nice flashback.
We should do a mail in...The most desperate weekend in College...I was so hungry that i went to the dented canned goods food store in Berkley and paid in pennies...Wink ..OK I'm teasing but really...Let's nominate some stories..
I have some funny stories...
/I'm holding off my halftime report...pathelic
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:32:00pm |
re: #209 shanec99
Light tacktle... are you kidding... you use steel line, pull the sumbch close to the boat... get a net over the side and entagle the sucker, pull it aginst the stell hull ... then whamo with the 10 pound sledge against its head... no fighting.
Fighting is for tv fishermen. I fish to eat.
lighter tackle...we used to charter for steelhead and lake trout...I always used my own tackle, rather that the huge stuff they fished with...lighter the better for sport that is
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Grambo46 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:32:30pm |
re: #201 Chip Designer
What is the problem with stealth dingers?
I guess that I classify as one, since I rarely comment. That is because I generally comment only if I have something to add to the thread. And with as many members as LGF has, isn't it best if most don't comment?
Lack of commenting doesn't mean that I don't read most of what has been said.
Isn't dinging a way for the "silent majority" to contribute?
Disagree. I'm new, too. And, as you say, only post when I think I can inform or amuse. But I think dinging should be ... um... earned. I don't ding unless I post (fewer dings than posts).
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Lawrior Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:33:16pm |
re: #220 HoosierHoops
One of my regular college dinners was ramen with 1/2 can of corn.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:33:26pm |
re: #202 3 wood
You in mutual funds or actual stocks?
Don't answer, I don't need the specifics
If you are in specific stocks, think about taking some money off the table and shifting to different sectors.For example, (and again I will be real careful here to avoid touting specific stocks) one could possibly theoretically think about what materials one might possibly shift to in building cars to lighten them up and get better gas mileage.
Think real hard.
Geez, I feel like Rick Blaine in Casa Blanca asking the young man at the roulette wheel "Have you tried number 22 yet tonight?"
Been pouring money into a Natural resource fund this year... but not buying much aluminum... ALCOA ... pfft... some Brazilian and Russian erengy companies have made me some money... but I am still in the hole.
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:33:37pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:33:40pm |
re: #208 karmic_inquisitor
That happens to me all of the time.
Sometimes the stubble helps hold up the tights.
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ArchangelMichael Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:33:41pm |
re: #224 spidly
what is the status of ding check legislation?
There's going to be Ding-Panels who will deny dings to grandma.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:33:45pm |
need a Ding Patrol...hunt down stealth dingers and haul them before the High Council...make them explain themselves
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:33:56pm |
re: #182 karmic_inquisitor
It should cost you 1 karma point to see who has updinged/downdinged your own post.
:D
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mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:34:05pm |
I rarely downding, and then only when I think someone is using a thread to grind axes or insult a poster.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:34:10pm |
re: #220 HoosierHoops
We should do a mail in...The most desperate weekend in College...I was so hungry that i went to the dented canned goods food store in Berkley and paid in pennies...Wink ..OK I'm teasing but really...Let's nominate some stories..
I have some funny stories...
/I'm holding off my halftime report...pathelic
I was serious about Mighty Dog Turkey brand dog food. It actually is pretty good.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:34:36pm |
re: #212 spidly
not sure if I should jerk my trout or go ding 3 wood.
I think that's illegal in several states.
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:34:56pm |
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Chip Designer Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:35:15pm |
re: #236 MandyManners
I have made some squirrelly designs.
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:35:22pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
Helps. I refuse to counter-downding someone. When a person is acting troll-like, though, I'd like to know who it is.
Good Evening, All.
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ArchangelMichael Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:35:22pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:35:22pm |
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:35:24pm |
re: #221 albusteve
lighter tackle...we used to charter for steelhead and lake trout...I always used my own tackle, rather that the huge stuff they fished with...lighter the better for sport that is
Not into sport... I don't believe in boasting about the one that got away.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:35:32pm |
re: #230 albusteve
need a Ding Patrol...hunt down stealth dingers and haul them before the High Council...make them explain themselves
GASP!
They wouldn't use the Comfy Chair would they?
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LGoPs Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:35:59pm |
re: #233 Truck Monkey
I was serious about Mighty Dog Turkey brand dog food. It actually is pretty good.
You lucky bastard. Dog food was for the rich folks. I had to eat dirt and mix it with fish food for nourishment...
/
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:36:05pm |
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:36:50pm |
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:37:07pm |
What's your first name?
Long
What's your last name ?
Dong
What's your middle name ?
Ding
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:37:15pm |
One of my regular college dinners was ramen with 1/2 can of corn.
Fun fact. I ship a lot of Ramen Noodles. Several hundred truckloads yearly in fact. You can fit 60 pallets on a 53' trailer and total trailer weight on average is only about 15,000 pounds. A whole trailerload full of Ramen noodles is only worth about $5000 dollars.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:37:29pm |
re: #239 mikalm
New name for stealth-dingers: "Ding Beetles"!
Like that! And to the lady/gent above who dings but doesn't post much, we're mostly not, I don't think, talking about your sort. There's a weird category of person who says nothing, dings no one up, but will go down one of the threads--usually evolution, or having to do with some candidate they like and downding everyone who said anything contrary to their belief. This is annoying.
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:37:56pm |
re: #246 LGoPs
You lucky bastard. Dog food was for the rich folks. I had to eat dirt and mix it with fish food for nourishment...
/
You had dirt!? We always had to eat sand - whiches!
/
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:38:07pm |
re: #226 shanec99
Been pouring money into a Natural resource fund this year... but not buying much aluminum... ALCOA ... pfft... some Brazilian and Russian erengy companies have made me some money... but I am still in the hole.
Well, obviously we are going "green' to some extent. Think about companies that will get a lot of business out of that move, and it might not be the real obvious ones.
Also, think about who benefits when banks go belly up and have to dispose of assets at a fire sale.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:38:20pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:38:43pm |
re: #246 LGoPs
You lucky bastard. Dog food was for the rich folks. I had to eat dirt and mix it with fish food for nourishment...
/
Fish food! Fish food was for posh folks from down London way! We mixed our dirt with muriatic acid and we LIKED it!
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:39:10pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
I think It's great...Why? Each post stands on it's own..Naked and truthful on the Internet..You can get congrads or get your ass kicked..There is no committee nor French dancing Judges...It is one lizard..one vote...i
Sorry about your luck...
Thanks Charles
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:39:17pm |
re: #246 LGoPs
You lucky bastard. Dog food was for the rich folks. I had to eat dirt and mix it with fish food for nourishment...
/
AND YOU LIKED IT.
; )
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mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:39:43pm |
re: #250 Truck Monkey
Fun fact. I ship a lot of Ramen Noodles. Several hundred truckloads yearly in fact. You can fit 60 pallets on a 53' trailer and total trailer weight on average is only about 15,000 pounds. A whole trailerload full of Ramen noodles is only worth about $5000 dollars.
As I always say: "The Chinese invented the three things necessary to any civilization -- noodles, paper, and gunpowder!"
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:40:26pm |
re: #211 jaunte
Good cents, iceweasel.
Cheers, jaunte. :)
For what it's worth, if dinging were anonymous I doubt I'd still be here. It would have felt far more isolating if I couldn't 'see' who agreed with me. Again, this is from my perspective as someone with a minority viewpoint.
Also, we do have so many regged members who aren't sock puppets but who rarely comment or it takes them a while to work up the courage to leap into the fray. I think the karma system is a nice way for them to participate and kind of ease into the community.
(assuming they're not merely dealing out downdings, that is.)
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:40:35pm |
re: #246 LGoPs
You lucky bastard. Dog food was for the rich folks. I had to eat dirt and mix it with fish food for nourishment...
/
we dreamed of dirt! I lived in under a tarpaulin with holes, worked 25 hours a day, and ate my own waste
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LGoPs Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:40:42pm |
re: #254 VegasRick
You had dirt!? We always had to eat sand - whiches!
/
I wasn't lucky enough to get sand. I had to grind down boulders and very big rocks to make sand to eat. With my teeth.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:40:52pm |
3-Wood, I know this is elementary but why are banks coninuing to fail? I thought they were all pumped up with Fed-Bucks. I'm sure the answer is complex, but I am not. Economics for Dummies version?
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:41:45pm |
re: #257 SanFranciscoZionist
Fish food! Fish food was for posh folks from down London way! We mixed our dirt with muriatic acid and we LIKED it!
Muriatic acid? Lucky. I had to run around city blocks gulping polluted air just to keep my belly full of something. And I liked it!
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:41:48pm |
Some time ago I started listing characteristics of Socialist Karma. A couple of people asked me to stop because we'd never do that here.
I did not keep the list. I remember some of it, though.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:42:23pm |
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:42:26pm |
re: #255 3 wood
Well, obviously we are going "green' to some extent. Think about companies that will get a lot of business out of that move, and it might not be the real obvious ones.
Also, think about who benefits when banks go belly up and have to dispose of assets at a fire sale.
r
I guess werehouser, GE, Archer Daniels Midlands... anyone mining or processing lithium, anyone doing hydrogen fuel cells... but those technolgies are 5 - 10 years off... not in the short term
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Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:42:39pm |
re: #207 iceweasel
IMO, it helps.
It's very useful to know if it's the same people who keep downdinging you. Makes it much easier to ignore.
Also, the fact that anyone can see who downdings and who updings acts as a check on the whole community. We would have far more stealth downdinging and bad behaviour if it were anon.
There's the occassional fight that breaks out -- "hey! Why did you downding me?" kind of thing--, but that's offset in my opinion by the utility of it not being anon. Also, it can be nice to see updings from people who almost never comment. It gives one a sense of being read outside of who might respond in a thread.
My .02.
Agreed - it ensures a certain degree of responsibility in using the feature. Those who abuse it only expose themselves in the end.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:43:09pm |
re: #262 spidly
we dreamed of dirt! I lived in under a tarpaulin with holes, worked 25 hours a day, and ate my own waste
You 'ad a tarpaulin? I would have given me left arm for a tarpaulin. We lived in a mud puddle.
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:43:10pm |
re: #262 spidly
we dreamed of dirt! I lived in under a tarpaulin with holes, worked 25 hours a day, and ate my own waste
You must be a bacterium.
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:43:10pm |
re: #256 Truck Monkey
LGF Cap and Trade!
If we made newbies post X number of comments before they could ding, that would be a cap. If you lost a karma point every time you checked the rating on comments to see user names, that would be a trade.
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swamprat Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:44:12pm |
re: #264 The Shadow Do
3-Wood, I know this is elementary but why are banks coninuing to fail? I thought they were all pumped up with Fed-Bucks. I'm sure the answer is complex, but I am not. Economics for Dummies version?
If you cut off a mans' head quickly enough, he will stand for a few seconds; but he is still dead.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:44:20pm |
re: #249 Shug
What's your first name?
LongWhat's your last name ?
DongWhat's your middle name ?
Ding
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mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:44:46pm |
re: #263 LGoPs
I wasn't lucky enough to get sand. I had to grind down boulders and very big rocks to make sand to eat. With my teeth.
Time to post another classic bit based on this kind of dialogue:
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:45:04pm |
re: #273 swamprat
If you cut off a mans' head quickly enough, he will stand for a few seconds; but he is still dead.
I was just going to say that sometimes a plant gets it into its head (metaphorically speaking) to die, and not all the fertilizer in the world is going to help you save it.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:45:25pm |
re: #260 mikalm
As I always say: "The Chinese invented the three things necessary to any civilization -- noodles, paper, and gunpowder!"
Archie Bunker to Mike upon learning Marco Polo saw noodles in Kublai Khan's court before it was popular in Italy...
" I always knew it... an Italian will go 10,000 miles to get good take out food!"
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:45:46pm |
re: #262 spidly
we dreamed of dirt! I lived in under a tarpaulin with holes, worked 25 hours a day, and ate my own waste
LOL!
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LGoPs Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:45:48pm |
re: #270 SanFranciscoZionist
You 'ad a tarpaulin? I would have given me left arm for a tarpaulin. We lived in a mud puddle.
Well at least you had something to drink. We had to lick the moisture off aphids to survive...
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:46:05pm |
I changed the way open registration is indicated, by the way. There's no little '(open)' indicator now. If it's closed and you click the 'register' link, you get a Javascript alert with a polite error message.
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:46:05pm |
re: #268 shanec99
r
I guess werehouser, GE, Archer Daniels Midlands... anyone mining or processing lithium, anyone doing hydrogen fuel cells... but those technolgies are 5 - 10 years off... not in the short term
Nah. Your're way off. Get into any company that makes heavy winter clothing. With Cap & Tax, no one will be able to afford heat.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:46:11pm |
I am interested to see why people register only to never or seldom post. Chip Designer. Why do you never post? I am sure that you could add a lot to any conversation that goes on here. You make me feel almost like a prolific poster by comparison. We have been around about the same amount of time.
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FrogMarch Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:46:13pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:46:14pm |
Updings are fine.
Downdings should sound like the Gong Show.
Add the music and I'll downding every single one of you motherf***ers.
/sorry, the beer has taken over.
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Dahveed Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:46:27pm |
re: #264 The Shadow Do
Not all banks were given dollars by the Fed. Some banks had assets that were too risky and the Fed didn't give them anything. They had to go out and get capital by investors. Also, banks don't keep only cash. If depositors want their cash back, the bank has to cough it up. And their assets may be in loans or other assets that aren't necessarily liquid.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:46:38pm |
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LGoPs Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:47:12pm |
re: #275 mikalm
Time to post another classic bit based on this kind of dialogue:
Is it Python? Youtube's blocked for me on this computer...
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:49:50pm |
re: #269 Jimmah
Agreed - it ensures a certain degree of responsibility in using the feature. Those who abuse it only expose themselves in the end.
Precisely. Human nature being what it is, if it were anon we'd see a huge upsurge in downdings-- and, sad to say, probably a decline in updings.
As it is, it works as a form of self-policing for the community. Lacking anonymity means that the people who abuse it are always exposed. Ensures accountability.
Just look at the amount of abuse that already happens-- people going through a dead thread to downding others they don't like. If that were anon, you could easily expect that in a multiple of ten. At least.
It would be interesting to see if anyone's done a study on the comparative effects of anon karma vs. 'named' karma on web communities.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:50:22pm |
re: #282 Truck Monkey
I am interested to see why people register only to never or seldom post. Chip Designer. Why do you never post? I am sure that you could add a lot to any conversation that goes on here. You make me feel almost like a prolific poster by comparison. We have been around about the same amount of time.
Some of the "stealth dingers" are banned users who sneak back in with a different email address, but seem to be afraid of drawing attention. So they ding away, often in dead threads. Kinda pathetic. They get banned again when caught.
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ArchangelMichael Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:50:41pm |
re: #264 The Shadow Do
3-Wood, I know this is elementary but why are banks coninuing to fail? I thought they were all pumped up with Fed-Bucks. I'm sure the answer is complex, but I am not. Economics for Dummies version?
From what I have gathered, the Fed bucks were not used to pay off toxic assets. They sat on the cash or played the stock market with it. (Causing the completely asinine rise from 7000ish to 9400ish for no reason on light volume.) I'm not claiming this to be 100% fact, but observations and things I'm hearing from people smarter than I am about it leads me to this conclusion.
There are still A LOT of bad mortgages floating around out there. Commercial real estate is on the precipice of a clusterfuck too. Idiots and shills/apologists of Wall Street or the Obama Administration in the mainstream media claiming the "Recession is Over" should be in the unemployment lines themselves.
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:50:50pm |
re: #272 Sharmuta
If we made newbies post X number of comments before they could ding, that would be a cap. If you lost a karma point every time you checked the rating on comments to see user names, that would be a trade.
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:51:35pm |
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:52:15pm |
re: #281 Soona'
Nah. Your're way off. Get into any company that makes heavy winter clothing. With Cap & Tax, no one will be able to afford heat.
Well hmmm... why would I invest in someone who manufactures heavy woolen drawers? God knows I want less of those things manufactured ans sold not more.
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:52:45pm |
dohre: #272 Sharmuta
If we made newbies post X number of comments before they could ding, that would be a cap. If you lost a karma point every time you checked the rating on comments to see user names, that would be a trade.
that doesn't address the underlying problem. We should limit thread length. Consuming all this storage and bandwith is unsustainable.
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Flyers1974 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:53:41pm |
re: #158 Charles
Question: do you think it hurts or helps that people can click the rating number on their comment and see who dinged them up or down?
I agree with Ice Weasel's statement that being able to see discourages bad behavior.
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mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:53:41pm |
re: #287 LGoPs
Yes, it's the "Four Yorkshiremen" (AKA "The Self-Made Men") sketch, which was originally done on an earlier UK comedy show. I first heard it on tape in high school, and can still remember nearly busting a gut laughing.
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:53:42pm |
re: #295 spidly
doh
that doesn't address the underlying problem. We should limit thread length. Consuming all this storage and bandwith is unsustainable.
Death panels?
///
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:54:17pm |
re: #280 Charles
I changed the way open registration is indicated, by the way. There's no little '(open)' indicator now. If it's closed and you click the 'register' link, you get a Javascript alert with a polite error message.
And the door is open. Mind the shells Lizards. Newbies say hi and buy us some drinks. Scotch on the rocks for me.:)
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:54:40pm |
re: #298 VegasRick
Hey, what was the temp out there today ?
Just curious.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:54:54pm |
re: #299 Erik The Red
And the door is open. Mind the shells Lizards. Newbies say hi and buy us some drinks. Scotch on the rocks for me.:)
Hey African man... how are you?
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:55:02pm |
re: #282 Truck Monkey
I am interested to see why people register only to never or seldom post. Chip Designer. Why do you never post? I am sure that you could add a lot to any conversation that goes on here. You make me feel almost like a prolific poster by comparison. We have been around about the same amount of time.
As a person who isn't always so liked in these parts, it can be tough to have a discussion with people calling you names. It can be a tough room.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:55:19pm |
re: #279 LGoPs
Well at least you had something to drink. We had to lick the moisture off aphids to survive...
Well, it was a mud puddle in me granddad's day, so we called it a mud puddle, but it was really just a mucky bit of ground. In the middle of an artillery range! Aye, there was three hundred and six of us kids, growing up in the muck on an artillery range...
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:55:43pm |
Exactly how many cousins can I put on "ignore" for Facebook before I am officially a bad person?
Do they count if they are still teenagers? What if they are technically adults, but missed the exit ramp somehow?
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:55:46pm |
re: #300 SasquatchOnSteroids
Hey, what was the temp out there today ?
Just curious.
Great! Under 100 most of the week. Coolest summer I can remember.
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:56:13pm |
re: #301 shanec99
Hey African man... how are you?
Hey shane99. I am Stateside now. Florida based. :)
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:56:17pm |
re: #298 VegasRick
Death panels?
///
what we should do is find a failing ding program and strip it of its resources to fund a new one!
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:56:21pm |
re: #287 LGoPs
Is it Python? Youtube's blocked for me on this computer...
Yep, the Four Yorkshiremen.
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:56:24pm |
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
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jaunte Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:56:50pm |
re: #304 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, it was a mud puddle in me granddad's day, so we called it a mud puddle, but it was really just a mucky bit of ground. In the middle of an artillery range! Aye, there was three hundred and six of us kids, growing up in the muck on an artillery range...
Fireworks! Swanky.
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swamprat Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:57:05pm |
re: #289 iceweasel
Precisely. Human nature being what it is, if it were anon we'd see a huge upsurge in downdings-- and, sad to say, probably a decline in updings.
As it is, it works as a form of self-policing for the community. Lacking anonymity means that the people who abuse it are always exposed. Ensures accountability.
Just look at the amount of abuse that already happens-- people going through a dead thread to downding others they don't like. If that were anon, you could easily expect that in a multiple of ten. At least.
It would be interesting to see if anyone's done a study on the comparative effects of anon karma vs. 'named' karma on web communities.
Maybe we could comment anonymously: that way I could avoid the tremendous feeling of of shame and regret I sometimes feel when I find myself updinging a person with whom I find little to agree with, or even like. Someone such as yourself, for instance.
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:57:17pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
Sorry bro. That sucks.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:57:23pm |
re: #307 Erik The Red
Hey shane99. I am Stateside now. Florida based. :)
I am home now too... In Norfolk, VA.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:57:25pm |
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:57:49pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
Hey JIV be strong.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:57:53pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
Condolences to you.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:58:18pm |
re: #305 EmmmieG
Exactly how many cousins can I put on "ignore" for Facebook before I am officially a bad person?
Do they count if they are still teenagers? What if they are technically adults, but missed the exit ramp somehow?
I don't know Facebook. Do they know they're being ignored?
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:58:21pm |
re: #264 The Shadow Do
3-Wood, I know this is elementary but why are banks coninuing to fail? I thought they were all pumped up with Fed-Bucks. I'm sure the answer is complex, but I am not. Economics for Dummies version?
LGF locked up for me for a few minutes there. sorry for the delay.
Very good question, and please don't hesitate to ask.
First a lot of people are still being thrown out of work and defaulting on loans. Second, it takes a while after a loan goes on the "nonperforming" list before it is considered in default,s o there are time lags. Third, it can take a while for banks to check on the value of collateral and that adds time to the equation.
Simple answer is, the economy is still really screwed up, despite what the Obama worshippers in the MSM will try to spin you, and we are a long way from being out of the woods yet.
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:58:31pm |
I like to see who's dinging down spinoff links and comment threads. It allows me to find out what some stealth dingers don't like. That way when they ding something in what I call "pattern dinging" I can post more of the same. Yes, it's true, I'm evil.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:58:52pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Sorry to hear that, JIV.
Darn shame.
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mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:59:13pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Sorry, Jim. May your beloved pooch cross the Rainbow Bridge with grace and love.
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Chip Designer Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:59:20pm |
re: #282 Truck Monkey
I have several "hot" areas which interest me, and which I may post in. Most of the time it is easier to read than write. Besides that, I do too much writing at work.
I find it an ironic curse of life in that I, who majored in engineering, spend most of my day writing, while the English majors are all assembling computers over at Dell.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:59:29pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
I am so sorry. Bless her. That's hard.
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:59:47pm |
re: #307 Erik The Red
Hey shane99. I am Stateside now. Florida based. :)
East Africa beat the hell outa this ole Sailor... where I was in East Africa people lived on less than $2 a day... its good to be home... real poverty puts our current recession into focus.
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 6:59:52pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
Sorry to hear that friend.
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solomonpanting Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:00:09pm |
re: #151 American Sabra
Cry racism? I must have missed that part. The article is pretty funny.
GAAA!
That's what I get for committing two sins:
1. Read what I type
2. Don't post and run
It should have said:
Good thing Dylan didn't cry racism.
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:00:17pm |
re: #316 Erik The Red
The upside is seeing how sensitive, wise and strong my fourteen year old daughters are.
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:00:18pm |
re: #303 Sharmuta
I thought we were already green.
You are blue.
/Removes "Master of the Obvious Deduction" Hat
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:00:26pm |
re: #318 SanFranciscoZionist
I don't know Facebook. Do they know they're being ignored?
No...at least I think not. I'm just getting tired of the minute-by-minute on the latest potty training, which is way better than the incoherent string of slang from her younger brother.
I actually like talking to these people in person.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:00:28pm |
More trouble at the Lazy B, just up the road a piece.
First, first flight has slipped almost 2 years, and is on an indefinite hold till the wing root stress issues are fixed.
Now...
Boeing stops work on 787 fuselages made in Italy to fix wrinkled skin
Boeing's technical problems with the 787 Dreamliner go beyond the upper wing join issue publicly acknowledged by the company.Engineers have discovered wrinkles in the fuselage skin just behind the wing that will require repair work on all the completed fuselage barrels.
Boeing minimized the flaw as "microscopic wrinkles in the skin plies" in just two locations near a fuselage door and said the problem can be fixed with "a simple patch."
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:00:45pm |
re: #327 shanec99
East Africa beat the hell outa this ole Sailor... where I was in East Africa people lived on less than $2 a day... its good to be home... real poverty puts our current recession into focus.
Great point!
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:00:47pm |
It may be good for Charles to be able to see who is dinging, but I think I'm going to go with anonymous dinging. As much as I like reading who dinged and how (mine and others), people may feel they're being judged on whether they up or down ding and may not be as honest as they would otherwise. And really, who wants to be judged by their ding anyway.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:00:59pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
Sorry to hear that.
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:01:08pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
Had to do that about a month ago. It sucks. It really does. My sympathies.
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:01:42pm |
re: #327 shanec99
East Africa beat the hell outa this ole Sailor... where I was in East Africa people lived on less than $2 a day... its good to be home... real poverty puts our current recession into focus.
Damn right it does. +1000 dings if I had them:)
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:01:46pm |
re: #312 swamprat
Maybe we could comment anonymously: that way I could avoid the tremendous feeling of of shame and regret I sometimes feel when I find myself updinging a person with whom I find little to agree with, or even like. Someone such as yourself, for instance.
See, I think it's pretty odd for you to decide you 'don't like' someone you don't even know.
Ah well. One of the uses of the internet is for people to act out their aggression, unfortunately.
Updinged you anyway. People will say that we're in love.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:02:15pm |
re: #332 EmmmieG
No...at least I think not. I'm just getting tired of the minute-by-minute on the latest potty training, which is way better than the incoherent string of slang from her younger brother.
I actually like talking to these people in person.
I don't think you're under any obligation then. It's like a Christmas letter that never ends. You don't actually have to read it.
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VegasRick Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:02:24pm |
re: #330 Jim in Virginia
The upside is seeing how sensitive, wise and strong my fourteen year old daughters are.
That is wonderful. I have twin boys 13 years old and they are my strenght. Stay strong friend and hold those girls tight.
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:02:27pm |
re: #308 spidly
what we should do is find a failing ding program and strip it of its resources to fund a new one!
Failing programs never die. They are merely funded with Tax increases forever.
/Opens copy of Constitution
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:02:47pm |
Dings already were anonymous for awhile. I think history speaks for itself.
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:02:56pm |
re: #319 3 wood
I keep getting the continuously spinning wheel of doom too.
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:03:17pm |
I'm thinking of periods like when we were having some of the VB debates etc. I think it's healthy to see who's leaning which way.
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:03:30pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
I add my condolences.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:03:49pm |
re: #345 Soona'
I keep getting the continuously spinning wheel of doom too.
You computer clock must be set on Dec. 21, 2012...
;-P
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:03:57pm |
re: #324 Chip Designer
I find it an ironic curse of life in that I, who majored in engineering, spend most of my day writing, while the English majors are all assembling computers over at Dell.
I'm an engineer but at the point where I rarely design, and write little except email. Mostly, I manage documents.
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:04:02pm |
re: #329 solomonpanting
GAAA!
That's what I get for committing two sins:
1. Read what I type
2. Don't post and runIt should have said:
Good thing Dylan didn't cry racism.
rofl Ohhh
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:04:03pm |
Anybody else catch "Lock and Load" with R. Lee Ermy tonight?
Not only did you get to see many pistols, you got to see the Glock sharpshooter, a woman, shoot. Guns and girls. What could be better?
(The show, on History, gets re-run a few times during the week)
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:04:16pm |
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:04:45pm |
re: #329 solomonpanting
GAAA!
That's what I get for committing two sins:
1. Read what I type
2. Don't post and runIt should have said:
Good thing Dylan didn't cry racism.
it's funny cuz it's real lol
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:04:47pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
My condolences as well.
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solomonpanting Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:05:10pm |
re: #344 Sharmuta
Dings already were anonymous for awhile. I think history speaks for itself.
Unfortunately, historywreckedme.
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:05:57pm |
re: #349 jcm
You computer clock must be set on Dec. 21, 2012...
;-P
So that's why my home page is in Mayan. Hmmm.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:05:59pm |
Oh yeah.
That king salmon is done, and it's rockin'. Needed to bake for about 6 minutes more at 350, probably because of thickness.
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:06:26pm |
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:06:51pm |
re: #305 EmmmieG
Exactly how many cousins can I put on "ignore" for Facebook before I am officially a bad person?
Do they count if they are still teenagers? What if they are technically adults, but missed the exit ramp somehow?
lol
The answer is zero :)
I'm sorry lol
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:07:10pm |
re: #353 Kosh's Shadow
Anybody else catch "Lock and Load" with R. Lee Ermy tonight?
Not only did you get to see many pistols, you got to see the Glock sharpshooter, a woman, shoot. Guns and girls. What could be better?(The show, on History, gets re-run a few times during the week)
no, but I'll be looking for the old Gunny...R. Lee is an old favorite down at the bunkhouse here...thanks for the heads up
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Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:07:20pm |
re: #332 EmmmieG
Well you can turn off the news feed stuff and still keep them as friends. They can't tell if you have their feed off.
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:08:01pm |
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:08:02pm |
Getting back to the video:
You know, I'd like to get some hosiery like that for my Wife. Maybe a pair for Army Wife too, to go with her boots.
Remember those boots?
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:08:05pm |
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The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:08:30pm |
re: #319 3 wood
LGF locked up for me for a few minutes there. sorry for the delay.
Very good question, and please don't hesitate to ask.
First a lot of people are still being thrown out of work and defaulting on loans. Second, it takes a while after a loan goes on the "nonperforming" list before it is considered in default,s o there are time lags. Third, it can take a while for banks to check on the value of collateral and that adds time to the equation.
Simple answer is, the economy is still really screwed up, despite what the Obama worshippers in the MSM will try to spin you, and we are a long way from being out of the woods yet.
Consistent with all the evidence around me. Thank you. I see nothing but spin on what is clearly ugly and getting uglier.
The Co. I work for, a big'un, is presently spinning shut downs and layoffs as a growth opportunity. This is politics on the corporate scale. A sort of surrender to the reality of it all.
I am a Dummie, but I am not to be fooled by the current claims that we have turned the corner. I suspect this society will feel the pain from this present mess long past my expiration date.
Thanks, and I too had a problem getting back into the site - the spinning wheel and all that ...
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:08:39pm |
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:08:50pm |
NYT backs off of WashTimes charge
John Solomon, executive editor of The Washington Times, wrote in a staff-wide e-mail on Friday that The New York Times has backed off a charge that the Washington paper has been “decidedly opposed” to President Barack Obama.
“I'm glad to report that the New York Times has formally called to apologize,” Solomon wrote.
POLITICO has asked The New York Times for a comment and will add it when it arrives.
The New York paper wrote Friday in a front-page article about the origin of the “death panel” rumor about President Barack Obama’s health plan: “The specter of government-sponsored, forced euthanasia was raised as early as Nov. 23, just weeks after the election and long before any legislation had been drafted, by an outlet decidedly opposed to Mr. Obama, The Washington Times.”
Solomon e-mailed his staff late this morning: “By now many of you know that The New York Times wrongly and unfairly besmirched your good reputation in a front-page story this morning about health care. I want you to know that we've told the Times and … the rest of the media world that we found it wrong, inaccurate, irresponsible and insulting for the New York Times to brand an entire newspaper as ‘decidedly opposed’ to President Obama because of the voice of its editorial pages. Nothing can be further from the truth when it comes to the hard work of performance of our newsroom. Our news pages have no agenda except to accurately and fairly cover the news, including that made by the administration.”
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mikeymom Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:08:50pm |
so sorry to here of jims dog--my mikey the cat will be 15 next week-but-- hey guys the drinks are on you!! I"M 60 today!! whoo-hoo-sorta-
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shanec99 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:08:54pm |
Later yall... its good to stop by once in a while... now that I am home I have other distractions, but LGF will always be a place where I visit to catch up on current affairs.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:08:58pm |
re: #365 albusteve
no, but I'll be looking for the old Gunny...R. Lee is an old favorite down at the bunkhouse here...thanks for the heads up
They're re-running last week's episode now, on tanks.
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mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:09:03pm |
re: #361 Charles
Oh yeah.
That king salmon is done, and it's rockin'. Needed to bake for about 6 minutes more at 350, probably because of thickness.
Party at The Big Lizard's! :-)
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Vinnieg Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:09:42pm |
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Replace 'wealth' with 'more government'?
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:09:43pm |
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LGoPs Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:09:48pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
Not an original thought but I just had to say that hounds are among the noblest of creatures. Unconditionally loving, loyal, totally devoid of guile or deceit. I like to imagine that they'll be in the afterlife waiting for us.
My condolences.
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:10:02pm |
re: #350 Shug
It has to be a joke, right?
(Taking very long time to open).
%P%Lizards, thanks so much for the condolences. Heading to bed. Play safe y'all.
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Kronocide Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:10:16pm |
Aloha Honcos. The worse business gets the more I work my ass off (Puzzled?). I'm just going to steal some fruit cups off the table and sit in the corner and work --->
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:10:35pm |
re: #289 iceweasel
Precisely. Human nature being what it is, if it were anon we'd see a huge upsurge in downdings-- and, sad to say, probably a decline in updings.
As it is, it works as a form of self-policing for the community. Lacking anonymity means that the people who abuse it are always exposed. Ensures accountability.
Just look at the amount of abuse that already happens-- people going through a dead thread to downding others they don't like. If that were anon, you could easily expect that in a multiple of ten. At least.
It would be interesting to see if anyone's done a study on the comparative effects of anon karma vs. 'named' karma on web communities.
I think you're right. (and I have to learn to read faster)
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:10:47pm |
re: #361 Charles
Oh yeah.
That king salmon is done, and it's rockin'. Needed to bake for about 6 minutes more at 350, probably because of thickness.
Did you send the recipe to Reine for the LGF cookbook? (Or get it from the previous cookbook?)
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:10:52pm |
re: #376 Kosh's Shadow
They're re-running last week's episode now, on tanks.
TANKS!...where my switcher thing?
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:11:00pm |
re: #367 MandyManners
Got knocked off and had to reboot.
Better that than getting knocked...um, never mind.
/around? By guys wearing boots??
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solomonpanting Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:11:04pm |
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Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:11:06pm |
re: #289 iceweasel
Precisely. Human nature being what it is, if it were anon we'd see a huge upsurge in downdings-- and, sad to say, probably a decline in updings.
As it is, it works as a form of self-policing for the community. Lacking anonymity means that the people who abuse it are always exposed. Ensures accountability.
Just look at the amount of abuse that already happens-- people going through a dead thread to downding others they don't like. If that were anon, you could easily expect that in a multiple of ten. At least.
It would be interesting to see if anyone's done a study on the comparative effects of anon karma vs. 'named' karma on web communities.
Yes. Not to mention people who downing you for saying hello or posting music videos on a music thread. I pulled one poster up - "unrealizedviewpoint" - last week for doing that to me. After I told him he was only exposing his own pettiness he semi-apologised and said he'd go back and fix it, which I now notice he hasn't actually done. I think it's bizarre that anyone would want to portray themselves in such a bad light. Definitely not a smart move.
I think I'd expect to see greater polarisation in sites that operate with anonymous karma, but It would definitely be interesting to research.
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:11:06pm |
something got me all yacked out here too. not the rest of the interweb. I think we might be in the beginnings of a ding crisis.
we should borrow dings from the chinese to promote dinging now, and find someone to absorb all the down-dings on the market.
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mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:11:27pm |
re: #366 Locker
Well you can turn off the news feed stuff and still keep them as friends. They can't tell if you have their feed off.
I've had to do that with several people who were clogging my newsfeed with moonbat/wingnut nonsense, and one professional-atheist type who went too far with the all-believers-are-insane-idiots rhetoric.
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:11:27pm |
I don't know if LGF locked up or not, I had to pop out a bit and change my daughter's tire. (Of course she can change a tire, but she didn't want to get her work clothes dirty says she...)
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:11:29pm |
re: #375 shanec99
Later yall... its good to stop by once in a while... now that I am home I have other distractions, but LGF will always be a place where I visit to catch up on current affairs.
Later shane99. Keep well.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:11:53pm |
A Wiener Dog Rally was held on Thursday at Seattle Center. The fastest two dachshunds go on to compete at the Wiener Dog Races at the Emerald Downs horse track in Auburn on Friday.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:12:09pm |
re: #361 Charles
Oh yeah.
That king salmon is done, and it's rockin'. Needed to bake for about 6 minutes more at 350, probably because of thickness.
Dickhead and I did an awesome salmon when we were dating. I made a cucumber-mint salsa that I can *still* taste on my mind's tongue.
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:13:04pm |
re: #376 Kosh's Shadow
They're re-running last week's episode now, on tanks.
You're welcome!
channelling Groucho Marx
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:13:04pm |
re: #386 albusteve
TANKS!...where my switcher thing?
That was a great episode. I like seeing the interiors of tanks. This time, you get to see the tanks shooting, sometimes from the interior as well as exterior.
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:13:21pm |
re: #374 mikeymom
You don't look a day over 38, honey.
And remember, 60 is the new 50.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:13:45pm |
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Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:14:02pm |
Your daily Catonian limericks, twin ditties on the subject of oligarchy vs. the mob:
An unaccountable few
Tell the rest of us how to do.
Unchosen - our betters -
They make us all debtors.
Don't you wish you could vote them out, too?
But:
The dreck-fed, teevee-fuddled many
Will sell you their votes for a twenny.
With suckers this dense
What need to make sense?
Go ahead! Buy a pound for a penny.
I, Cato, certify that no animals, plants, old-growth forests, luxury condos, women, minorities, males, majorities, corporations, politicians, politicians' wives, children, au pairs, limousines, offshore bank accounts, mistresses, call girls or pages were physically harmed in the making of this satire.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:14:32pm |
re: #395 MandyManners
Dickhead and I did an awesome salmon when we were dating. I made a cucumber-mint salsa that I can *still* taste on my mind's tongue.
There is nothing better than a home made Dill sauce with Fish...Yummy..
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mikeymom Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:14:38pm |
re: #399 Jim in Virginia
well gee thanks!! been bummed out all day. and sooo sorry about the dog-that sucks
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:14:40pm |
Say, how about a Friday night private thread? speaking of anon and all that.
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swamprat Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:15:03pm |
re: #340 iceweasel
The Cubans I've seen seem to regard throwing dishes as a form of foreplay.
I'm not a big fan of politics that list to port.
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jaunte Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:15:31pm |
re: #371 The Shadow Do
My business is doing well, I just hired two more people. However, it's a sign that a lot of big corporate marketing budgets are getting squeezed and they're looking for efficiencies. We're in the south, and bargain-priced in comparison to our east and west coast competition.
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:16:01pm |
When did the little comment scroll button on the right side change? I missed it
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:16:15pm |
Is it just me, or does 0bama seem to be going out of his way to stump for his socialized healthcare plan in red states?
Blue enclaves in red states, mind you...
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:16:45pm |
hrmmm... maybe that's cause I d/l'ed the new version of firefox?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:16:58pm |
re: #401 Cato the Elder
I distinctly noticed you left out: Gazan roosters, aliens from Area 51, and Cloud Elders.
Explain, please.
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solomonpanting Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:17:27pm |
THE SHOEBOX.
A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years.
They had shared everything. They had talked about everything.
They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little
old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had
cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but
one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said
she would not recover.
In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took
down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside.
She agreed that it was time that he should know what was
in the box. When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls
and a stack of money totaling $95,000.
He asked her about the contents. 'When we were to be married,'
she said, ' my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage
was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you,
I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll.'
The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two
precious dolls were in the box.. She had only been angry with him two
times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with
happiness.
'Honey,' he said, 'that explains the doll, but what about all of this money?
Where did it come from?'
'Oh,' she said, 'that's the money I made from selling the dolls.'
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:17:37pm |
I have my permanent GAZE/ do not reply or read list. I will rarely ding that poster.
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:17:40pm |
re: #405 swamprat
The Cubans I've seen seem to regard throwing dishes as a form of foreplay.
I thought it was rythmic clapping, you know, like they did for Sonya Sotomayor at the White House this week...
"Oh, Sonya, you're going to be great!" -BHO
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3 wood Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:17:40pm |
Nice game today by the Pirates, got edged out by the Cubs 17 - 2.
The Pirates starter Morton gave up 10 earned runs in one inning.
Ouch.
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:17:46pm |
re: #405 swamprat
The Cubans I've seen seem to regard throwing dishes as a form of foreplay.
I'm not a big fan of politics that list to port.
I thought that was the Greeks. Opa!!!
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:17:47pm |
re: #405 swamprat
The Cubans I've seen seem to regard throwing dishes as a form of foreplay.
I'm not a big fan of politics that list to port.
Cubans?
If you don't like port you're missing out on the Stilton as well. :)
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:17:47pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:18:07pm |
re: #413 Erik The Red
I have my permanent GAZE/ do not reply or read list. I will rarely ding that poster.
Who Erik?
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:18:36pm |
re: #387 NelsFree
Better that than getting knocked...um, never mind.
/around? By guys wearing boots??
Better be steel-toed ones.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:18:56pm |
re: #397 Kosh's Shadow
That was a great episode. I like seeing the interiors of tanks. This time, you get to see the tanks shooting, sometimes from the interior as well as exterior.
you know I often think about what I could have if I was the King...planes, tanks, boats...I always wanted my own mission ready B-25...roaring down low and wacking stuff...ever think about that?
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:19:34pm |
I took some books I didn't want anymore to a used book shop I've done a little buying and selling with in the past, and he told me the saddest thing.
He said, "I'd just keep these if I were you. I can't sell these and could only give you a few bucks. Nobody wants to learn things these days."
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mikeymom Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:19:39pm |
hey guys!!! i said earlier that you are buying the drinks for my 60th!! how about a basil, mandy???
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Vinnieg Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:19:45pm |
Reagan speaking against socialized medicine, 1961!
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Dahveed Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:20:00pm |
re: #415 3 wood
Nice game today by the Pirates, got edged out by the Cubs 17 - 2.
The Pirates starter Morton gave up 10 earned runs in one inning.
Ouch.
The Cubs were ready to beat up on anyone today. They had a rough week.
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:20:09pm |
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:20:35pm |
re: #415 3 wood
Nice game today by the Pirates, got edged out by the Cubs 17 - 2.
The Pirates starter Morton gave up 10 earned runs in one inning.
Ouch.
That's gonna hurt the ERA.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:20:37pm |
re: #421 albusteve
you know I often think about what I could have if I was the King...planes, tanks, boats...I always wanted my own mission ready B-25...roaring down low and wacking stuff...ever think about that?
| 430 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:21:12pm |
re: #402 HoosierHoops
There is nothing better than a home made Dill sauce with Fish...Yummy..
No dill. Cucumber and mint. With red onion. Something else I cannot recall but, no dill.
Or, maybe a cup of dill. It was about 10 years ago.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:21:22pm |
re: #411 EmmmieG
I distinctly noticed you left out: Gazan roosters, aliens from Area 51, and Cloud Elders.
Explain, please.
All of them have done something horrible to me in the past. I am planning to invite them all on a Caribbean cruise (the old "you've won a cruise" ruse) and exact terrible vengeance from them.
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ArchangelMichael Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:21:35pm |
re: #389 Jimmah
It's a good thing to be able to identify people who downding for no reason so they can be called on it.
Making it anonymous just adds a layer of protection to trolls, stealth downdingers, and otherwise fucktards who upon realizing they are anonymous, take it as carte blanche to be assholes with no consequences.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:21:57pm |
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:22:08pm |
re: #421 albusteve
you know I often think about what I could have if I was the King...planes, tanks, boats...I always wanted my own mission ready B-25...roaring down low and wacking stuff...ever think about that?
Here you go, Your Royal Highness!
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:22:27pm |
re: #423 Sharmuta
I took some books I didn't want anymore to a used book shop I've done a little buying and selling with in the past, and he told me the saddest thing.
He said, "I'd just keep these if I were you. I can't sell these and could only give you a few bucks. Nobody wants to learn things these days."
Pity his business is down, but it's probably the way of the intertubes more than not wanting to learn. In fact, there's tons of free learning right in your living room.
But it's a sad thing.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:22:38pm |
re: #406 jaunte
My business is doing well, I just hired two more people. However, it's a sign that a lot of big corporate marketing budgets are getting squeezed and they're looking for efficiencies. We're in the south, and bargain-priced in comparison to our east and west coast competition.
I congratulate you! You are doing at least one something right. And you are correct, big corporate is looking for efficiencies, as well they should. The pain of economic cycles is important, it becomes malevolent however when big government chooses to "not waste an opportunity" to make it all better.
I am also in the South. That means values are flat and not in a catastrophic downslide - at least not yet. I almost accepted a transfer to Las Vegas. Thank God I did not.
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Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:22:44pm |
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:22:44pm |
re: #430 MandyManners
No dill. Cucumber and mint. With red onion. Something else I cannot recall but, no dill.
Or, maybe a cup of dill. It was about 10 years ago.
For a summer picnic I did a chilled poached salmon with yogurt dill sauce.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:22:53pm |
re: #429 jcm
baaad ass...got himself a canon...whenever I see those at the museum or air show I go nuts...the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo has one, sharks mouth and all...lotsa guns
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:23:07pm |
Okay, well, using LGF to hide from the unpleasant real-world duties I face is no longer working. See you all later. Save my place on the lizard sunning rock.
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mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:23:21pm |
re: #423 Sharmuta
I took some books I didn't want anymore to a used book shop I've done a little buying and selling with in the past, and he told me the saddest thing.
He said, "I'd just keep these if I were you. I can't sell these and could only give you a few bucks. Nobody wants to learn things these days."
I suspect it's more because the market is super-saturated, especially now in this recession. I've been dealing books online for over a decade, and every year the margins are thinner, the demand is lower, and the competition is greater.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:23:32pm |
re: #423 Sharmuta
I took some books I didn't want anymore to a used book shop I've done a little buying and selling with in the past, and he told me the saddest thing.
He said, "I'd just keep these if I were you. I can't sell these and could only give you a few bucks. Nobody wants to learn things these days."
Was that in Florida?
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:23:53pm |
re: #425 Vinnieg
Reagan speaking against socialized medicine, 1961!
The Progressives/Socialists/Democrats will never give up in their goals.
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Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:24:11pm |
re: #432 ArchangelMichael
It's a good thing to be able to identify people who downding for no reason so they can be called on it.
Making it anonymous just adds a layer of protection to trolls, stealth downdingers, and otherwise fucktards who upon realizing they are anonymous, take it as carte blanche to be assholes with no consequences.
Brilliant - that link goes straight into my favourites.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:24:16pm |
re: #439 albusteve
baaad ass...got himself a canon...whenever I see those at the museum or air show I go nuts...the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo has one, sharks mouth and all...lotsa guns
6 .50s and 75mm cannon! Baaad ass indeed!
| 446 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:24:19pm |
re: #310 Jim in Virginia
Evening lizards. Pretty bummed- out here. We just took our 14 year old pound puppy to the vet for the last time. Wife, the daughters and I all agreed it was time, but it still sucks.
RIP Sweet Polly Purebred.
Nothing is worse than that drive to the vet. Been there. I grieve with you, my man.
| 448 |
Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:24:30pm |
| 449 |
albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:25:24pm |
| 450 |
Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:26:18pm |
Nude drunk loses way in hotel.
And we all know how painful that can be.
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mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:26:50pm |
re: #446 austin_blue
Nothing is worse than that drive to the vet. Been there. I grieve with you, my man.
I used to live across the street from a vet's office, and would often see people of all ages and sexes emerging from from it in tears.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:26:51pm |
re: #439 albusteve
baaad ass...got himself a canon...whenever I see those at the museum or air show I go nuts...the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo has one, sharks mouth and all...lotsa guns
As a Catholic, I have always dreamed of having my very own canon. These days you're lucky to get a sexton.
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Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:27:14pm |
re: #450 Charles
Nude drunk loses way in hotel.
And we all know how painful that can be.
Ed's down under?
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:27:26pm |
re: #450 Charles
Nude drunk loses way in hotel.
And we all know how painful that can be.
I don't remember them giving me a robe...
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:27:30pm |
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:27:48pm |
re: #430 MandyManners
No dill. Cucumber and mint. With red onion. Something else I cannot recall but, no dill.
Or, maybe a cup of dill. It was about 10 years ago.
That's alright. It's no big dill.
| 457 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:28:19pm |
re: #432 ArchangelMichael
It's a good thing to be able to identify people who downding for no reason so they can be called on it.
Making it anonymous just adds a layer of protection to trolls, stealth downdingers, and otherwise fucktards who upon realizing they are anonymous, take it as carte blanche to be assholes with no consequences.
That was awesome. :)
Also, I think the word 'fucktard' needs to be used more.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:28:28pm |
re: #447 albusteve
ahhh...
[Link: www.kitcutters.com...]
Sweet!
Tondelayo was in Seattle not long ago.
| 459 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:28:47pm |
re: #427 Erik The Red
Haha. That would be telling. OK, one is a car re-builder.
LOL..I'm working up my views of the Viking/Colts game tonight...
I am stunned by th first line Viking Defense..They are fast, Athletic Monsters...
If I was a Vikings fan right now..I'd be feeling pretty dang good...
/Lizards...Next month when you are standing around the water fountain talking football...Bring up the Viking defense...Everybody will say amen...
The Viking defense speed was unbelievable tonight...
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JacksonTn Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:29:04pm |
re: #450 Charles
Nude drunk loses way in hotel.
And we all know how painful that can be.
No friggin joke I know a guy that happened to in Vegas ... and he had to watch it on video after security came ... he didn't go into another room ... he got up in the middle of the night after going to a room with a couple of girls and went out the door instead of going to the bathroom ... he was stinking drunk ...
| 461 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:29:15pm |
| 462 |
albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:29:50pm |
re: #452 Cato the Elder
As a Catholic, I have always dreamed of having my very own canon. These days you're lucky to get a sexton.
I'm too old for sexton these days...unless I go sailing of course
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austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:30:01pm |
re: #445 jcm
6 .50s and 75mm cannon! Baaad ass indeed!
I have flown this one:
[Link: spotted.lubbockonline.com...]
Helps to be an ex Air Force jock.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:30:05pm |
re: #451 mikalm
I used to live across the street from a vet's office, and would often see people of all ages and sexes emerging from from it in tears.
when I had to put my Sheltie down, the vet asked if I would like to stay in the room until I was ready to leave. I said no, I was all right. Then I went to my car in his parking lot a cried like a baby for a good long time.
| 465 |
NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:30:17pm |
re: #452 Cato the Elder
As a Catholic, I have always dreamed of having my very own canon. These days you're lucky to get a sexton.
Well, you can settle for being canonsensical.
/heh
| 466 |
albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:30:48pm |
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Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:30:49pm |
re: #312 swamprat
Maybe we could comment anonymously: that way I could avoid the tremendous feeling of of shame and regret I sometimes feel when I find myself updinging a person with whom I find little to agree with, or even like. Someone such as yourself, for instance.
| 468 |
mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:31:06pm |
re: #452 Cato the Elder
As a Catholic, I have always dreamed of having my very own canon.
Canons are only for the Big Shots. You're of too small caliber!
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:31:17pm |
re: #438 jcm
For a summer picnic I did a chilled poached salmon with yogurt dill sauce.
I'd love to do seafood but, my larger meals sometimes include my parents and my mom is highly allergic to it.
| 470 |
NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:31:26pm |
re: #462 albusteve
I'm too old for sexton these days...unless I go sailing of course
"The first time I got sick."
"The second time my hat blew off!"
| 471 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:31:56pm |
re: #421 albusteve
you know I often think about what I could have if I was the King...planes, tanks, boats...I always wanted my own mission ready B-25...roaring down low and wacking stuff...ever think about that?
I've thought about this, but I haven't figured out one thing I'd want. Other than a nuclear submarine.
| 472 |
mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:32:14pm |
re: #457 iceweasel
That was awesome. :)
Also, I think the word 'fucktard' needs to be used more.
That page allowed me to add "s--tc--k" to my personal library of expletives.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:32:42pm |
re: #463 austin_blue
I have flown this one:
[Link: spotted.lubbockonline.com...]
Helps to be an ex Air Force jock.
Green with envy!
Best I've done with classic birds is flights (with stick time) in a Ryan PT-22 and SNJ.
| 474 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:33:03pm |
re: #457 iceweasel
That was awesome. :)
Also, I think the word 'fucktard' needs to be used more.
I think the nekkid guy down under is probably a fucktard.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:33:27pm |
re: #450 Charles
Nude drunk loses way in hotel.
And we all know how painful that can be.
Police gave him a ride home clad in a hotel bathrobe, but let him off after the guests and hotel decided not to press charges.
I hate to say this but, in the U.S., he might STILL be in jail, awaiting arraignment.
I hope he had the mother of all hang-overs.
| 476 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:33:43pm |
I'm getting desktop pc for daughter for college. is 4gb ram sufficient for vista.
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:33:57pm |
Don't know if this has been posted...
Man Convicted of Groping Minnie Mouse
A 60-year-old man has been convicted of groping a woman in a Minnie Mouse costume at Walt Disney World.
John William Moyer of Cressona, Pa., told the judge he is innocent. His son said before sentencing that his father would never inappropriately touch a woman.
"A woman? Never. Giant anthropomorphised mice? Probably."
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:34:05pm |
re: #469 MandyManners
I'd love to do seafood but, my larger meals sometimes include my parents and my mom is highly allergic to it.
Bummer...
I know how seafood allergies can be, plenty of calls as EMT for 'em.
| 479 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:34:11pm |
re: #450 Charles
Nude drunk loses way in hotel.
And we all know how painful that can be.
A German fellow I knew who joined a dueling fraternity (and had the facial scars to prove it) told me he once went drinking with the Brüder and came home to find the key had been changed to his apartment building. So he broke in the back, cutting his hand in the process, and bunked down to sleep it off.
The lady homeowner who found him the next day bandaged his hand, made him breakfast, and sent him home. True story.
| 480 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:34:29pm |
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:34:48pm |
re: #475 MandyManners
Police gave him a ride home clad in a hotel bathrobe, but let him off after the guests and hotel decided not to press charges.
I hate to say this but, in the U.S., he might STILL be in jail, awaiting arraignment.
I hope he had the mother of all hang-overs.
Or well ventilated by the rooms rightful occupants...
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:35:08pm |
re: #319 3 wood
LGF locked up for me for a few minutes there. sorry for the delay.
Very good question, and please don't hesitate to ask.
First a lot of people are still being thrown out of work and defaulting on loans. Second, it takes a while after a loan goes on the "nonperforming" list before it is considered in default,s o there are time lags. Third, it can take a while for banks to check on the value of collateral and that adds time to the equation.
Simple answer is, the economy is still really screwed up, despite what the Obama worshippers in the MSM will try to spin you, and we are a long way from being out of the woods yet.
Worse than that, we've had what *appears* to be a return to normalcy, but only at the cost of the fed and treasury putting unheard of amounts of new money into the system.
One assumes there will be hell to pay at some point in the not too distant future.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:35:16pm |
re: #476 beens21
I'm getting desktop pc for daughter for college. is 4gb ram sufficient for vista.
Yes, as my laptop runs very well with 4 GB. And I'm not exactly a light user. (Often a couple of Visual Studio windows open, plus other stuff)
| 484 |
albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:35:30pm |
re: #463 austin_blue
I have flown this one:
[Link: spotted.lubbockonline.com...]
Helps to be an ex Air Force jock.
oh man...what a sweetheart...something about those big twin engines
| 485 |
jaunte Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:35:39pm |
re: #477 iceweasel
Don't know if this has been posted...
Man Convicted of Groping Minnie Mouse
"A woman? Never. Giant anthropomorphised mice? Probably."
Great caption:
A 60-year-old tourist has been convicted of groping Minnie Mouse at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. The cherished cartoon character is seen here in happier days.
| 486 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:35:50pm |
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:36:01pm |
re: #474 American Sabra
I think the nekkid guy down under is probably a fucktard.
God help me, I just knew he'd be an Aussie.
(or a Brit on vacation in Greece).
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austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:36:38pm |
re: #473 jcm
Green with envy!
Best I've done with classic birds is flights (with stick time) in a Ryan PT-22 and SNJ.
That thing was LOUD. And, surprisingly, something of a pig.
If I had my dream warbird, it would be this. It was my dad's first plane out of flight school with the Marines:
That thing is pure power.
| 490 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:36:56pm |
re: #487 iceweasel
God help me, I just knew he'd be an Aussie.
(or a Brit on vacation in Greece).
You've been to Spetsis too?
| 491 |
sngnsgt Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:37:07pm |
re: #450 Charles
Nude drunk loses way in hotel.
And we all know how painful that can be.
Dammit! I hate when that happens!
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beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:37:38pm |
re: #483 Kosh's Shadow
thanks for reply, amazing that ram is now bigger than some hard drives in the past.
| 493 |
Erik The Red Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:37:41pm |
Later Lizards. Going out of town till Sunday night. Stay scaly.
| 494 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:37:58pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:38:14pm |
re: #487 iceweasel
God help me, I just knew he'd be an Aussie.
(or a Brit on vacation in Greece).
LOL
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:38:27pm |
re: #471 Kosh's Shadow
I've thought about this, but I haven't figured out one thing I'd want. Other than a nuclear submarine.
Anchors aweigh, Mate!
(They forgot to take the flag down before diving!)
| 497 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:38:42pm |
re: #492 beens21
thanks for reply, amazing that ram is now bigger than some hard drives in the past.
The first hard drive I had was 40mb. Thought that was ample at the time.
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:39:23pm |
re: #482 itellu3times
Worse than that, we've had what *appears* to be a return to normalcy, but only at the cost of the fed and treasury putting unheard of amounts of new money into the system.
One assumes there will be hell to pay at some point in the not too distant future.
Even for someone as financially illiterate as me can see that none of this is going to come out good. Damn this congress!
| 499 |
jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:39:50pm |
re: #476 beens21
I'm getting desktop pc for daughter for college. is 4gb ram sufficient for vista.
Vista minimums.
Based on experience setting up a number for hardware and software test.
Processor; single core 3.0Ghz +, multi core 2.0Ghz +.
I'd take a multicore 2GHz over a single at 3Ghz.
2GB Ram, 4GB is better. Never can have too much memory.
The big bottle neck for Vista graphics. Do not use share graphics, have a separate graphics GPU. 256MB per screen, 3D and Direct X capable. When Vista has shared graphics it really bogs down.
| 500 |
swamprat Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:40:26pm |
re: #486 MandyMannersThose puns could get you in a pickle. On other sites they would not be kosher.Charles is sweet allow them even though this blog is his bread and butter.
| 501 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:41:05pm |
re: #486 MandyManners
I suppose thyme will tell.
I hope this thread doesn't become peppered with puns.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:41:50pm |
re: #499 jcm
Vista minimums.
Based on experience setting up a number for hardware and software test.
Processor; single core 3.0Ghz +, multi core 2.0Ghz +.
I'd take a multicore 2GHz over a single at 3Ghz.2GB Ram, 4GB is better. Never can have too much memory.
The big bottle neck for Vista graphics. Do not use share graphics, have a separate graphics GPU. 256MB per screen, 3D and Direct X capable. When Vista has shared graphics it really bogs down.
Windows 7.0 Skip vista...IMO
| 503 |
mikalm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:42:40pm |
Off to dinner & drinks with the GF -- see youse Lizards later.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:43:03pm |
re: #489 austin_blue
That thing was LOUD. And, surprisingly, something of a pig.
If I had my dream warbird, it would be this. It was my dad's first plane out of flight school with the Marines:
[Video]That thing is pure power.
Power and then some!
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:43:16pm |
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Vinnieg Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:43:25pm |
re: #443 NelsFree
It just goes to show, this country has been under attack by liberalism/socialism/fascism (whatever you want to call) ever since it was founded. Some wanted George Washington to be our king!
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:43:26pm |
re: #423 Sharmuta
I took some books I didn't want anymore to a used book shop I've done a little buying and selling with in the past, and he told me the saddest thing.
He said, "I'd just keep these if I were you. I can't sell these and could only give you a few bucks. Nobody wants to learn things these days."
No doubt this was a man speaking.
What he really meant was that "No one wants to learn to succumb to a phallocentric world of male-oriented knowledge." Well he is right! We need to explore other-knowledge that leaves the Cartesian world of binary opposition systems and discover Otherness intrinsic to multi-valued knowledge systems.
My dissertation explores male oppression that we find in mathematics with the use of the number "1" (if "1" is not a phallus, what is?) and explores how math and computer science could be changed by eliminating use of this number. I construct a new framework for math where the idea of "right" and "wrong" answers are discarded - instead this framework explores how we can give voice to the neglected and silenced numbers like 3 and 8.
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swamprat Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:43:35pm |
re: #501 Soona'
The dog is barking. That is my Cue. Cumber-som as these puns are.
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Bear Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:43:40pm |
re: #502 HoosierHoops
Do you know if our Windows XP and earlier programs will run under the new Windows 7?
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:43:48pm |
re: #502 HoosierHoops
Windows 7.0 Skip vista...IMO
We've got a couple MSDN license 7s floating around haven't played with it yet.
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Outrider Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:45:13pm |
A couple of threads back the topic got around to agent provocateurs showing up at events to create problems; such as the KKK clad man at a Bush event.
Thought this might be of interest to some following that line of thought:
Man pleads guilty to racial threat using fake Facebook account
"(CNN) -- An African-American man has pleaded guilty after being accused of impersonating a white supremacist in a fictitious Facebook account to make death threats against an African-American university student..."
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:45:18pm |
re: #507 I am smarter than you
No doubt this was a man speaking.
What he really meant was that "No one wants to learn to succumb to a phallocentric world of male-oriented knowledge." Well he is right! We need to explore other-knowledge that leaves the Cartesian world of binary opposition systems and discover Otherness intrinsic to multi-valued knowledge systems.
My dissertation explores male oppression that we find in mathematics with the use of the number "1" (if "1" is not a phallus, what is?) and explores how math and computer science could be changed by eliminating use of this number. I construct a new framework for math where the idea of "right" and "wrong" answers are discarded - instead this framework explores how we can give voice to the neglected and silenced numbers like 3 and 8.
too many mushrooms
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:45:22pm |
re: #500 swamprat
Those puns could get you in a pickle. On other sites they would not be kosher.Charles is sweet allow them even though this blog is his bread and butter.
I cannot believe I put up with your post.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:46:01pm |
re: #509 Bear
Do you know if our Windows XP and earlier programs will run under the new Windows 7?
IIRC 7 has compatibility mode, like Vista and XP.
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:46:04pm |
re: #507 I am smarter than you
No doubt this was a man speaking.
What he really meant was that "No one wants to learn to succumb to a phallocentric world of male-oriented knowledge." Well he is right! We need to explore other-knowledge that leaves the Cartesian world of binary opposition systems and discover Otherness intrinsic to multi-valued knowledge systems.
My dissertation explores male oppression that we find in mathematics with the use of the number "1" (if "1" is not a phallus, what is?) and explores how math and computer science could be changed by eliminating use of this number. I construct a new framework for math where the idea of "right" and "wrong" answers are discarded - instead this framework explores how we can give voice to the neglected and silenced numbers like 3 and 8.
Well... em... hello to you too!
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:46:35pm |
re: #498 Soona'
Even for someone as financially illiterate as me can see that none of this is going to come out good. Damn this congress!
It's being kept quiet. Maybe that's for the best. I try not to think about it, either.
I can't damn anyone doing whatever they're doing about this, cuz I sure don't know any surefire solutions. I damn the morons on wall street who made this happen. My libtard finance buddy blames ... of course ... Bush.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:46:38pm |
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:46:43pm |
re: #511 beens21
thanks
Hoops has a good point, can you wait for Win7. Or is this a machine for school this fall?
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:47:11pm |
re: #497 Cato the Elder
The first hard drive I had was 40mb. Thought that was ample at the time.
The first machine I used had a 1 MB hard drive, and it was 14" in diameter. (Removable cartridge)
It had a fantastic 8K core memory, and was the size of a desk.
IBM 1130
This was in high school, believe it or not.
If I could find one, I wouldn't mind collecting it.
The oldest computer I have is a PDP-8e, circa 1970, but I have a 1920's adding machine as well.
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Outrider Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:47:26pm |
re: #507 I am smarter than you
No doubt this was a man speaking.
What he really meant was that "No one wants to learn to succumb to a phallocentric world of male-oriented knowledge." Well he is right! We need to explore other-knowledge that leaves the Cartesian world of binary opposition systems and discover Otherness intrinsic to multi-valued knowledge systems.
My dissertation explores male oppression that we find in mathematics with the use of the number "1" (if "1" is not a phallus, what is?) and explores how math and computer science could be changed by eliminating use of this number. I construct a new framework for math where the idea of "right" and "wrong" answers are discarded - instead this framework explores how we can give voice to the neglected and silenced numbers like 3 and 8.
OK. This is just pretty random.
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beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:47:38pm |
re: #507 I am smarter than you
for your 1st comment thats pretty good
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Bear Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:47:44pm |
re: #516 jcm
OK thanks. I ask because I still have some technical programs that will only run under DOS so still have my old old 486 machine.
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:47:53pm |
re: #513 Outrider
A couple of threads back the topic got around to agent provocateurs showing up at events to create problems; such as the KKK clad man at a Bush event.
Thought this might be of interest to some following that line of thought:
Man pleads guilty to racial threat using fake Facebook account
Probably plays a doctor on DNC TV as well
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:48:17pm |
re: #502 HoosierHoops
Windows 7.0 Skip vista...IMO
I'm warming up the checkbook for a new system for Windows 7 when it comes out.
And a netbook, too.
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:48:17pm |
re: #507 I am smarter than you
No doubt this was a man speaking.
What he really meant was that "No one wants to learn to succumb to a phallocentric world of male-oriented knowledge." Well he is right! We need to explore other-knowledge that leaves the Cartesian world of binary opposition systems and discover Otherness intrinsic to multi-valued knowledge systems.
My dissertation explores male oppression that we find in mathematics with the use of the number "1" (if "1" is not a phallus, what is?) and explores how math and computer science could be changed by eliminating use of this number. I construct a new framework for math where the idea of "right" and "wrong" answers are discarded - instead this framework explores how we can give voice to the neglected and silenced numbers like 3 and 8.
I certainly hope you'll be devoting time to the primacy of 0, not neglecting to note that while a number divided by 1 can ever only be itself (thus typifying the selfishness of the phallocentric), 0 reduces everything to itself. The Kali, Creator/Destroyer, Mother archetype.
But something so obvious would surely not be overlooked in any seminal-- or rather, ovular-- treatment of your topic.
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ArchangelMichael Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:48:44pm |
re: #477 iceweasel
Don't know if this has been posted...
Man Convicted of Groping Minnie Mouse
"A woman? Never. Giant anthropomorphised mice? Probably."
It does not say in the article but, it's quite possible the woman inside the suit was an underage teenage girl.
My gf tried to get a job at Disneyland in CA when she was a teenager. They would not let her wear the Minnie Mouse suit because she was "too tall"... shes 5'0".
So this guy is probably lucky he didn't get a sexual assault on a minor charge on top of all of this.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:48:54pm |
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:49:10pm |
re: #524 Outrider
OK. This is just pretty random.
I am smarter than you
Raised in Low Brow Lake, Wis. Undergrad in Madison. Working on my PhD in Feminist Mathematics at UC Irvine. Dissertation : "The Number 1 - phallocentric implement of oppression"
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Registered since: Aug 14, 2009 at 6:57 pm
No. of comments posted: 1
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This one seems, ahhh, familiar...
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:49:29pm |
re: #529 iceweasel
Now that is just plain old funny right there. Ding!
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Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:49:33pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:50:24pm |
re: #506 Vinnieg
It just goes to show, this country has been under attack by liberalism/socialism/fascism (whatever you want to call) ever since it was founded. Some wanted George Washington to be our king!
Now, hold on there just a minute, Vinnie.
Please check out the concepts of "negative liberty" and "positive liberty".
Short and sweet: our founders believed in "negative liberty".
FCBBHO has stated that he opposes this philosophy.
If I weren't a wee bit *ahem* distracted, I'd find the link I have of him discussing this.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:51:18pm |
re: #526 Bear
OK thanks. I ask because I still have some technical programs that will only run under DOS so still have my old old 486 machine.
You might want do some research. Compatibility mode only goes so far.
For DOS you might need an emulator.
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:51:24pm |
re: #530 ArchangelMichael
It does not say in the article but, it's quite possible the woman inside the suit was an underage teenage girl.
My gf tried to get a job at Disneyland in CA when she was a teenager. They would not let her wear the Minnie Mouse suit because she was "too tall"... shes 5'0".
So this guy is probably lucky he didn't get a sexual assault on a minor charge on top of all of this.
Oh god, I didn't know they hired underage people there. ick.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:51:51pm |
re: #529 iceweasel
WOW! Iceweasel, nice reply.
I was thinking WTF??
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:51:59pm |
re: #506 Vinnieg
I'm gonna' up-ding you based on your reference to RWR.
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:52:00pm |
re: #506 Vinnieg
We therefore must be ever vigilant and steadfast in our desire to maintain freedom as our Founding Fathers intended. Lack of knowledge cannot be afforded.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:52:25pm |
re: #509 Bear
Do you know if our Windows XP and earlier programs will run under the new Windows 7?
Hi Bear..It's not really an issue of standard programs in XP running under Windows 7.. (except for Enterprise stuff)
The real issues are the Driver devices on the computer..Printers, NIC Cards, Sound Cards and file systems...This is what f*cks up upgrades...
The drivers..Not the Kernel...
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austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:52:28pm |
re: #504 jcm
Power and then some!
Two R-2800 Double Wasps. 4200 total HP and 460 MPH. Dad flew them out of Kaneohe Bay, then transitioned to the F3Ds and went to Korea to fight the Godless Commies with VFM(N)-513.
The Flying Nightmares:
[Link: kalaniosullivan.com...]
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Outrider Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:52:48pm |
re: #532 jcm
I am smarter than you
Raised in Low Brow Lake, Wis. Undergrad in Madison. Working on my PhD in Feminist Mathematics at UC Irvine. Dissertation : "The Number 1 - phallocentric implement of oppression"
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Registered since: Aug 14, 2009 at 6:57 pm
No. of comments posted: 1
No. of links posted: 0This one seems, ahhh, familiar...
Sounds as if this one has penis envy perhaps. ;-)>
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:53:03pm |
re: #529 iceweasel
I certainly hope you'll be devoting time to the primacy of 0, not neglecting to note that while a number divided by 1 can ever only be itself (thus typifying the selfishness of the phallocentric), 0 reduces everything to itself. The Kali, Creator/Destroyer, Mother archetype.
But something so obvious would surely not be overlooked in any seminal-- or rather, ovular-- treatment of your topic.
Y'all really don't get out much, do you?
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:54:17pm |
re: #542 NelsFree
We therefore must be ever vigilant and steadfast in our desire to maintain freedom as our Founding Fathers intended. Lack of knowledge cannot be afforded.
Burnnn the witch! Burrnn her!!!
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:54:18pm |
re: #545 Outrider
Sounds as if this one has penis envy perhaps. ;-)>
No, we have testosterone poisoning...
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:54:33pm |
re: #539 iceweasel
Oh god, I didn't know they hired underage people there. ick.
I doubt it..Disney is very strict with their hiring practices
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:54:35pm |
re: #529 iceweasel
I certainly hope you'll be devoting time to the primacy of 0, not neglecting to note that while a number divided by 1 can ever only be itself (thus typifying the selfishness of the phallocentric), 0 reduces everything to itself. The Kali, Creator/Destroyer, Mother archetype.
But something so obvious would surely not be overlooked in any seminal-- or rather, ovular-- treatment of your topic.
Yes! The fact that division by the number one has been "taught" to not change the numerator represents the systemic repression of stealth phaloocentrism. Do you think the number "8" feels un affected of having been divided by the shaft-like "1"? Only a male oriented thinker would ignore what is , in fact, a numerical rape.
And the concept of "division" itself should be suspect. Why must we divide? Is this itself not a male impulse? Does Gaia divide? No - she welcomes all into a borderless realm of bounty.
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:55:00pm |
| 552 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:55:06pm |
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:55:28pm |
re: #540 Floral Giraffe
WOW! Iceweasel, nice reply.
I was thinking WTF??
heh. Cheers.
(I've been around people who are doing things like that, for real. Hilarious comment by that person, IMO!)
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:55:36pm |
re: #507 I am smarter than you
No doubt this was a man speaking.
What he really meant was that "No one wants to learn to succumb to a phallocentric world of male-oriented knowledge." Well he is right! We need to explore other-knowledge that leaves the Cartesian world of binary opposition systems and discover Otherness intrinsic to multi-valued knowledge systems.
My dissertation explores male oppression that we find in mathematics with the use of the number "1" (if "1" is not a phallus, what is?) and explores how math and computer science could be changed by eliminating use of this number. I construct a new framework for math where the idea of "right" and "wrong" answers are discarded - instead this framework explores how we can give voice to the neglected and silenced numbers like 3 and 8.
It must be hard for you to smoke dope because a bong can be phallic, as can a joint or a pipe.
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR SMOKE?
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:56:10pm |
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austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:56:31pm |
re: #540 Floral Giraffe
WOW! Iceweasel, nice reply.
I was thinking WTF??
And if put the one and the zero together, well,
"Ankh if you love math majors!"
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:56:34pm |
re: #542 NelsFree
We therefore must be ever vigilant and steadfast in our desire to maintain freedom as our Founding Fathers intended. Lack of knowledge cannot be afforded.
Oh here's the visual!
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:56:41pm |
re: #550 I am smarter than you
Yes! The fact that division by the number one has been "taught" to not change the numerator represents the systemic repression of stealth phaloocentrism. Do you think the number "8" feels un affected of having been divided by the shaft-like "1"? Only a male oriented thinker would ignore what is , in fact, a numerical rape.
And the concept of "division" itself should be suspect. Why must we divide? Is this itself not a male impulse? Does Gaia divide? No - she welcomes all into a borderless realm of bounty.
are you a Cowboy fan?
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:56:45pm |
re: #554 MandyManners
It must be hard for you to smoke dope because a bong can be phallic, as can a joint or a pipe.
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR SMOKE?
In a salad or in brownies. That's what I think.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:56:55pm |
re: #554 MandyManners
It must be hard for you to smoke dope because a bong can be phallic, as can a joint or a pipe.
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR SMOKE?
You don't really think that was a serious post, do you? Good goddess.
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:57:10pm |
re: #554 MandyManners
It must be hard for you to smoke dope because a bong can be phallic, as can a joint or a pipe.
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR SMOKE?
An apt observation.
That is why I switched to Peyote.
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Outrider Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:57:24pm |
re: #550 I am smarter than you
Yes! The fact that division by the number one has been "taught" to not change the numerator represents the systemic repression of stealth phaloocentrism. Do you think the number "8" feels un affected of having been divided by the shaft-like "1"? Only a male oriented thinker would ignore what is , in fact, a numerical rape.
And the concept of "division" itself should be suspect. Why must we divide? Is this itself not a male impulse? Does Gaia divide? No - she welcomes all into a borderless realm of bounty.
Why am I hearing music which sounds strangely like the opening to Twilight Zone?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:57:57pm |
re: #550 I am smarter than you
Yes! The fact that division by the number one has been "taught" to not change the numerator represents the systemic repression of stealth phaloocentrism. Do you think the number "8" feels un affected of having been divided by the shaft-like "1"? Only a male oriented thinker would ignore what is , in fact, a numerical rape.
And the concept of "division" itself should be suspect. Why must we divide? Is this itself not a male impulse? Does Gaia divide? No - she welcomes all into a borderless realm of bounty.
yeesh, My Ouija board never predicted this...
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austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:57:58pm |
re: #554 MandyManners
It must be hard for you to smoke dope because a bong can be phallic, as can a joint or a pipe.
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR SMOKE?
Hookah? The all encompassing arms of the Goddess figure?
| 568 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:58:47pm |
re: #563 I am smarter than you
I think you should visit Iowahawk's site to hone your craft.. er PHD.
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spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:58:49pm |
re: #554 MandyManners
It must be hard for you to smoke dope because a bong can be phallic, as can a joint or a pipe.
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR SMOKE?
Earth bong. gets you close to gaia as well as high
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:58:58pm |
re: #506 Vinnieg
It just goes to show, this country has been under attack by liberalism/socialism/fascism (whatever you want to call) ever since it was founded. Some wanted George Washington to be our king!
HI!
Would you take the time to check out this?
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:59:12pm |
re: #550 I am smarter than you
Yes! The fact that division by the number one has been "taught" to not change the numerator represents the systemic repression of stealth phaloocentrism. Do you think the number "8" feels un affected of having been divided by the shaft-like "1"? Only a male oriented thinker would ignore what is , in fact, a numerical rape.
And the concept of "division" itself should be suspect. Why must we divide? Is this itself not a male impulse? Does Gaia divide? No - she welcomes all into a borderless realm of bounty.
And what about the operation of multiplication? Can we hear this and not hear the theocratic injunction to "be fruitful and multiply"? Not only are we fighting the operations of numerical rape, but what is, in reality, numerically enforced impregnation.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:59:24pm |
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swamprat Fri, Aug 14, 2009 7:59:38pm |
Aisha might have sock that is channeling she of the 167 I.Q.
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:00:05pm |
re: #571 iceweasel
And what about the operation of multiplication? Can we hear this and not hear the theocratic injunction to "be fruitful and multiply"? Not only are we fighting the operations of numerical rape, but what is, in reality, numerically enforced impregnation.
You're having way to much fun, you know that don't you.
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:00:24pm |
re: #560 Truck Monkey
In a salad or in brownies. That's what I think.
Nope. Anything oral could represent genital fixation. I'm thinking suppositories.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:00:43pm |
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:01:03pm |
re: #577 Soona'
Nope. Anything oral could represent genital fixation. I'm thinking suppositories.
mainline dood
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:01:33pm |
re: #577 Soona'
I got nothin' to say. You guys are 'el fuego' tonight! Ding!
Too Funny.
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Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:01:49pm |
re: #512 iceweasel
Jimmah, I'm loving that. :) Perfect.
Eye of the duck:) Particularly enjoyed the line "your love is like a holocaust"!
| 585 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:02:17pm |
re: #576 American Sabra
You're having way to much fun, you know that don't you.
I totally am, it's true. :(
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:02:20pm |
re: #550 I am smarter than you
Yes! The fact that division by the number one has been "taught" to not change the numerator represents the systemic repression of stealth phaloocentrism. Do you think the number "8" feels un affected of having been divided by the shaft-like "1"? Only a male oriented thinker would ignore what is , in fact, a numerical rape.
And the concept of "division" itself should be suspect. Why must we divide? Is this itself not a male impulse? Does Gaia divide? No - she welcomes all into a borderless realm of bounty.
FALLING OVER IN ABSOLUTE LAUGHTER
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:02:26pm |
re: #550 I am smarter than you
And don't be dissing the phalus k? Some of us are quite happy about it, thank you.
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austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:02:30pm |
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:02:49pm |
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Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:02:56pm |
re: #571 iceweasel
And what about the operation of multiplication? Can we hear this and not hear the theocratic injunction to "be fruitful and multiply"? Not only are we fighting the operations of numerical rape, but what is, in reality, numerically enforced impregnation.
You both do that frighteningly well.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:03:22pm |
re: #562 Cato the Elder
You don't really think that was a serious post, do you? Good goddess.
TTHHHPPPTTT
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:03:51pm |
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Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:03:54pm |
Mathematical phallusies. Logic is rape.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:04:15pm |
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albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:04:36pm |
re: #594 Cato the Elder
Mathematical phallusies. Logic is rape.
whatever, these posts are a felony tho
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Pianobuff Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:04:44pm |
re: #593 albusteve
my 1 is bigger than your 1
It's all making sense now why Obama is called "The One".
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:05:14pm |
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austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:05:30pm |
re: #598 Pianobuff
It's all making sense now why Obama is called "The One".
And why his enemies call him The Big O.
Feminizing him, dontcha know.
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MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:05:38pm |
re: #563 I am smarter than you
An apt observation.
That is why I switched to Peyote.
So, it grows down into the earth?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:05:47pm |
The Infomercial ranks slightly above The Yugo as the worst invention of all time.
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:06:05pm |
re: #587 American Sabra
And don't be dissing the phalus k? Some of us are quite happy about it, thank you.
Dis the phalus...
Never!
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:06:08pm |
Will the government health insurance company be called ...
"Mutual of Obama?"
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CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:06:13pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:06:50pm |
re: #550 I am smarter than you
Yes! The fact that division by the number one has been "taught" to not change the numerator represents the systemic repression of stealth phaloocentrism. Do you think the number "8" feels un affected of having been divided by the shaft-like "1"? Only a male oriented thinker would ignore what is , in fact, a numerical rape.
And the concept of "division" itself should be suspect. Why must we divide? Is this itself not a male impulse? Does Gaia divide? No - she welcomes all into a borderless realm of bounty.
Please..unless you express this by Dimensional analysis mathematics and cancel the terms in a equation you can't be playing the magic 8 number...
*wink*
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NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:06:57pm |
re: #547 American Sabra
Burnnn the witch! Burrnn her!!!
Well, it looks like you've been turned into a newt.
So much for being serious. Back to videos, I guess...
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Pianobuff Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:07:19pm |
599, 600: Or he could be the perfect ultimate expression of the marriage between 1 and 0. The unified yin and yang and such...
| 612 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:07:29pm |
| 613 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:07:38pm |
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:07:41pm |
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Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:07:45pm |
re: #598 Pianobuff
It's all making sense now why Obama is called "The One".
*finger snap* There it is.
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American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:07:55pm |
re: #609 NelsFree
Well, it looks like you've been turned into a newt.
So much for being serious. Back to videos, I guess...
[Video]
I got better!
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jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:07:56pm |
re: #611 Pianobuff
599, 600: Or he could be the perfect ultimate expression of the marriage between 1 and 0. The unified yin and yang and such...
Break free of the bonds of binarism!
| 619 |
Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:09:02pm |
re: #613 iceweasel
Oh, next thing you know you'll be calling me irrational.
//
Never drink and derive.
| 621 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:09:22pm |
Naughtius Maximus... and registration is open LOL
| 622 |
I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:09:28pm |
re: #571 iceweasel
And what about the operation of multiplication? Can we hear this and not hear the theocratic injunction to "be fruitful and multiply"? Not only are we fighting the operations of numerical rape, but what is, in reality, numerically enforced impregnation.
I wrote a paper entitled "Vaginal Algebra" in which I explored this very complex and multi-faceted issue. I explored the idea of multiplication not just from a religious view (and the male oppression intrinsic to casting women into a domestic child bearing role) but also the fact that it is the woman who gives life to the world and that multiplication is a life giving operation.
And I took the analysis past such a Eurocentric mind/body dichotomy and explored the impact of Algebra on the lives of Arab Women with the symbol of the Hijab. And in that we have a strong symbol of cultural identity in which the woman feels fortified in the use of multiplication. So we see that in other cultures the use of multiplication is not as corrosive as it is in the West.
| 623 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:09:36pm |
re: #612 CommonCents
Everything's gotta be bigger in Texas. Isn't that the saying?
Well, see, they issue yopu with these amazing coke-bottle specs. Ants here look like Them.
| 624 |
albusteve Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:09:44pm |
| 625 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:09:46pm |
re: #609 NelsFree
man, I hope you are no older than about 22
| 626 |
esch Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:10:03pm |
re: #618 jcm
No, just imaginary.
Well if we could get Chastity Bono in here we could have a trans-fine-nite.
| 627 |
avanti Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:10:11pm |
Evening Lizards, Just back from a nice casino trip, not because I won, I barely broke even, but because of the company at the Blackjack table. I met a nice couple, and the husband was anxious for his wife to find a game she could enjoy and I ended up being her Blackjack coach while he shot craps.
The gal was a teacher, and a total rookie. She came in $100, and had to add another $100 before we started her on a run. A few hours later she was up $900, and was happy as could be, and that made my day. Her and her husband joined me for dinner and we exchanged e-mails so we can get together again. I love the social aspects of a friendly table while playing cards, it a escape for me.
| 628 |
Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:10:46pm |
Probably the classic academic punking of postmodernism - from physicist Alain Sokals "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity" (which was accepted and published in a leading postmodernist journal)
Thus, quantities or objects which are in principle unobservable -- such as space-time points, exact particle positions, or quarks and gluons -- ought not to be introduced into the theory.78 While much of modern physics is excluded by this criterion, quantum gravity again qualifies: in the passage from classical general relativity to the quantized theory, space-time points (and indeed the space-time manifold itself) have disappeared from the theory.
However, these criteria, admirable as they are, are insufficient for a liberatory postmodern science: they liberate human beings from the tyranny of ``absolute truth'' and ``objective reality'', but not necessarily from the tyranny of other human beings. In Andrew Ross' words, we need a science ``that will be publicly answerable and of some service to progressive interests.''79 From a feminist standpoint, Kelly Oliver makes a similar argument:
... in order to be revolutionary, feminist theory cannot claim to describe what exists, or, ``natural facts.'' Rather, feminist theories should be political tools, strategies for overcoming oppression in specific concrete situations. The goal, then, of feminist theory, should be to develop strategic theories -- not true theories, not false theories, but strategic theories.
| 629 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:10:59pm |
| 630 |
NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:11:11pm |
re: #571 iceweasel
And what about the operation of multiplication? Can we hear this and not hear the theocratic injunction to "be fruitful and multiply"? Not only are we fighting the operations of numerical rape, but what is, in reality, numerically enforced impregnation.
With respect to Multiculturalism, let us not forget Integrals. We must fully integrate along the limits of our function to find the volume of human kindness.
| 631 |
Pianobuff Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:11:11pm |
re: #622 I am smarter than you
I wrote a paper entitled "Vaginal Algebra" in which I explored this very complex and multi-faceted issue. I explored the idea of multiplication not just from a religious view (and the male oppression intrinsic to casting women into a domestic child bearing role) but also the fact that it is the woman who gives life to the world and that multiplication is a life giving operation.
And I took the analysis past such a Eurocentric mind/body dichotomy and explored the impact of Algebra on the lives of Arab Women with the symbol of the Hijab. And in that we have a strong symbol of cultural identity in which the woman feels fortified in the use of multiplication. So we see that in other cultures the use of multiplication is not as corrosive as it is in the West.
Did your paper by any chance cover the subliminal connotations of the variables "x" and "y"?
| 635 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:12:07pm |
re: #628 Jimmah
Probably the classic academic punking of postmodernism - from physicist Alain Sokals "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity" (which was accepted and published in a leading postmodernist journal)
Jimmah! The Sokal Hoax! Love it!!
| 636 |
Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:12:10pm |
| 637 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:12:11pm |
re: #594 Cato the Elder
Mathematical phallusies. Logic is rape.
So is the government's assumption of duties previously assigned to free peoples.
| 638 |
spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:12:11pm |
Vector Calculus has to be the epitome of the male domination of mathematics. Reducing all curves to sums of straight lines.
| 639 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:12:52pm |
| 640 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:12:53pm |
re: #627 avanti
Evening Lizards, Just back from a nice casino trip, not because I won, I barely broke even, but because of the company at the Blackjack table. I met a nice couple, and the husband was anxious for his wife to find a game she could enjoy and I ended up being her Blackjack coach while he shot craps.
The gal was a teacher, and a total rookie. She came in $100, and had to add another $100 before we started her on a run. A few hours later she was up $900, and was happy as could be, and that made my day. Her and her husband joined me for dinner and we exchanged e-mails so we can get together again. I love the social aspects of a friendly table while playing cards, it a escape for me.
Lucky you. The wife and I spent a few hours at the casino this afternoon too. Depositing money in the reverse ATM, a.k.a slot machine. Not so fortunate were we.
| 641 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:12:57pm |
re: #623 austin_blue
Well, see, they issue yopu with these amazing coke-bottle specs. Ants here look like Them.
Yopu? Is that a Texan with a phallic lisp?
| 642 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:13:18pm |
| 643 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:13:31pm |
re: #636 Truck Monkey
I'd like to see that. ;)
I just had to type that out.
That dood is Fallopian me out.
| 644 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:13:38pm |
A feminist near where I dwell
Denied that the phallus is swell.
When I contra-dick-ted
She had me convicted.
She's smarter than me. Can't you tell?
| 645 |
Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:13:46pm |
His phallus aimed
an inch too low
the wife got wise
and cried HELL NO
Burma Shave
| 647 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:14:31pm |
re: #643 SasquatchOnSteroids
I just had to type that out.
That dood is Fallopian me out.
I hope no one eggs you on.
| 648 |
esch Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:14:39pm |
re: #645 Shug
His phallus aimed
an inch too low
the wife got wise
and cried HELL NOBurma Shave
Heinous
| 650 |
spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:14:48pm |
re: #640 CommonCents
Lucky you. The wife and I spent a few hours at the casino this afternoon too. Depositing money in the reverse ATM, a.k.a slot machine. Not so fortunate were we.
you didn't use any jedi tricks on the machines?
| 652 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:15:05pm |
Anybody got a spare QB? Denver is in dire need. Kyle Orton's passer rating is at -1.784e53
| 653 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:15:17pm |
I can give you some Penis algebra.
1y + 2x = a good night.
| 654 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:15:28pm |
re: #622 I am smarter than you
I wrote a paper entitled "Vaginal Algebra" in which I explored this very complex and multi-faceted issue. I explored the idea of multiplication not just from a religious view (and the male oppression intrinsic to casting women into a domestic child bearing role) but also the fact that it is the woman who gives life to the world and that multiplication is a life giving operation.
And I took the analysis past such a Eurocentric mind/body dichotomy and explored the impact of Algebra on the lives of Arab Women with the symbol of the Hijab. And in that we have a strong symbol of cultural identity in which the woman feels fortified in the use of multiplication. So we see that in other cultures the use of multiplication is not as corrosive as it is in the West.
Fascinating! Yes, I can see that we could move towards a more transformative form of algebra, transcending Western culture. Where the 6 might lie down with the 9, as it were.
I hope you'll consider some followup work on this. Perhaps "Genital Geometry and Cervical Calculus"?
| 655 |
gregb Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:15:29pm |
On a complete aside: I pray for the inhabitants of bonny doon.
| 656 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:15:35pm |
re: #650 spidly
you didn't use any jedi tricks on the machines?
My force only effects living things, the machine was obviously dead.
| 657 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:15:43pm |
| 658 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:16:29pm |
| 659 |
Dancing along the light of day Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:17:00pm |
re: #616 American Sabra
LOL! It's Monty Python!
Cue circus music...
| 660 |
esch Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:17:17pm |
| 661 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:17:25pm |
re: #641 Soona'
Yopu? Is that a Texan with a phallic lisp?
Well down here in Baja Oklahoma, we must constantly be reminded that preview is our friend.
But, hey, did you know that if you took everyone in Oklahoma and moved them to Arkysaw, you would increase the average IQ in both states?
| 662 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:17:41pm |
re: #653 SasquatchOnSteroids
I can give you some Penis algebra.
1y + 2x = a good night.
PIMF. gees I'm stoned.
| 663 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:17:43pm |
looks like the conversation is up to it's usual intellectual level
/grin
| 664 |
J.D. Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:17:48pm |
| 665 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:17:56pm |
re: #644 Cato the Elder
A feminist near where I dwell
Denied that the phallus is swell.
When I contra-dick-ted
She had me convicted.
She's smarter than me. Can't you tell?
I think I love you. Is that wrong?
| 666 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:18:01pm |
Ugh. The awful family down the street bought airhorns for their children to play with. At least they aren't crying as much as usual but damn it's loud.
| 667 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:18:31pm |
Oh my-after this thread calculus is starting to make sense after all these years!
| 668 |
J.D. Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:18:38pm |
re: #663 quiet man
looks like the conversation is up to it's usual intellectual level
/grin
I updinged that because you said it before I posted.
/ Naturally.
| 669 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:19:00pm |
re: #622 I am smarter than you
I wrote a paper entitled "Vaginal Algebra" in which I explored this very complex and multi-faceted issue. I explored the idea of multiplication not just from a religious view (and the male oppression intrinsic to casting women into a domestic child bearing role) but also the fact that it is the woman who gives life to the world and that multiplication is a life giving operation.
And I took the analysis past such a Eurocentric mind/body dichotomy and explored the impact of Algebra on the lives of Arab Women with the symbol of the Hijab. And in that we have a strong symbol of cultural identity in which the woman feels fortified in the use of multiplication. So we see that in other cultures the use of multiplication is not as corrosive as it is in the West.
I checked you out..Whoa..For a minute i thought you really were smarter than than us..Whew!
I was worried there for a second!
/Why come off as a pompous ass? I don't get it...
Do you have an IQ of 167?
| 670 |
Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:19:01pm |
re: #666 Killgore Trout
Ugh. The awful family down the street bought airhorns for their children to play with. At least they aren't crying as much as usual but damn it's loud.
you certainly live on an interesting street.
mowed any lawns lately?
| 672 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:19:43pm |
re: #665 American Sabra
I think I love you. Is that wrong?
I've never minded a slight age difference. BC to AD? Like AC/DC.
| 673 |
avanti Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:20:17pm |
re: #640 CommonCents
Lucky you. The wife and I spent a few hours at the casino this afternoon too. Depositing money in the reverse ATM, a.k.a slot machine. Not so fortunate were we.
Slot machines are not a good bet, although I've done well on them recently, they'll catch up with you. A few weeks back, I hit the $5.00 slot for 8K, took a check for 6K, put most of the 2K back in, and hit for $3700. Next trip, I pissed away 3K of that win with not one hand paid jack pot, but did earn almost $1000 in comp money since they had a 15X comps promotion running.
I try and always budget myself to play on the houses money through the year if I have a good start, but make my money on Poker and Blackjack, not slots.
| 674 |
NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:20:30pm |
re: #625 beens21
I gain comfort in the knowledge that you know absolutely nothing about who I am, therefore your judgement is meaningless.
Beer?
Ssssnk-pkch!
| 675 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:20:31pm |
re: #666 Killgore Trout
Ugh. The awful family down the street bought airhorns for their children to play with. At least they aren't crying as much as usual but damn it's loud.
You and your neighbors should celebrate "Airhorn Appreciation Day" on awful family's lawn.
At 3:00 AM.
| 676 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:20:46pm |
| 677 |
J.D. Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:21:09pm |
| 678 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:21:15pm |
re: #669 HoosierHoops
Um, H2 - satire? (I think.) (I hope.) (I pray.)
| 679 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:21:16pm |
re: #669 HoosierHoops
I checked you out..Whoa..For a minute i thought you really were smarter than than us..Whew!
I was worried there for a second!
/Why come off as a pompous ass? I don't get it...
Do you have an IQ of 167?
I think it's havin' a larf at us, Hoops. But it doesn't seem malicious.
| 680 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:21:55pm |
re: #627 avanti
I got into a poker game in Vegas hotel casino that people would come in and play 3 hands then leave and then people started to stay and the 7 of us were having fun. I started at about 9 pm and left at about 3 am. When I checked out of hotel at about 10 am, those remaining 6 were still at the table, still telling jokes.
| 682 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:22:52pm |
re: #675 livefreeor die
what about a "rent a bullhorn/Karaoke" event??
| 683 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:23:26pm |
re: #672 Cato the Elder
I've never minded a slight age difference. BC to AD? Like AC/DC.
Now you're just trying to flatter me.
| 684 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:23:54pm |
re: #673 avanti
Slot machines are not a good bet, although I've done well on them recently, they'll catch up with you. A few weeks back, I hit the $5.00 slot for 8K, took a check for 6K, put most of the 2K back in, and hit for $3700. Next trip, I pissed away 3K of that win with not one hand paid jack pot, but did earn almost $1000 in comp money since they had a 15X comps promotion running.
I try and always budget myself to play on the houses money through the year if I have a good start, but make my money on Poker and Blackjack, not slots.
The odds on the tables are MUCH higher and I prefer playing Blackjack. But my honey likes the slots and I'd rather be near her than we go our separate ways.
| 685 |
Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:24:11pm |
re: #635 iceweasel
Jimmah! The Sokal Hoax! Love it!!
Never gets old, does it? Actual postmodernism can be even funnier though. Sandra Hardings description of Newton's Principia as a 'rape manual has to stand as one of the densest statements ever made.
| 686 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:24:17pm |
re: #661 austin_blue
Well down here in Baja Oklahoma, we must constantly be reminded that preview is our friend.
But, hey, did you know that if you took everyone in Oklahoma and moved them to Arkysaw, you would increase the average IQ in both states?
An old joke. Originally pointed toward New Yorkers and Californians.
| 687 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:24:25pm |
| 688 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:24:35pm |
re: #669 HoosierHoops
I checked you out..Whoa..For a minute i thought you really were smarter than than us..Whew!
I was worried there for a second!
/Why come off as a pompous ass? I don't get it...
Do you have an IQ of 167?
Def satire Hoops. No worries. :)
| 689 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:24:42pm |
re: #675 livefreeor die
I'm resisting the urge to go out there now and turn the hose on them.
| 690 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:25:32pm |
re: #652 CommonCents
Anybody got a spare QB? Denver is in dire need. Kyle Orton's passer rating is at -1.784e53
Kyle Orton, heir apparent to John Elway. What's the prob here?
| 691 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:25:33pm |
re: #689 Killgore Trout
I'm resisting the urge to go out there now and turn the hose on them.
DO IT MAN, DO IT!!! Fox News needs another Breaking News Alert.
| 692 |
Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:25:33pm |
Tackle vaginal algebra
in shower or bath
Just use our foam
and stop fuzzy math
Burma Shave
| 693 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:25:48pm |
re: #685 Jimmahtot
Never gets old, does it? Actual postmodernism can be even funnier though. Sandra Hardings description of Newton's Principia as a 'rape manual has to stand as one of the densest statements ever made.
Oh my god-- i am totally unaware of that. Thought I'd heard of Harding-- doesn't she do a lot of feminist science stuff? Was this recent?
| 694 |
spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:25:51pm |
re: #689 Killgore Trout
I'm resisting the urge to go out there now and turn the hose on them.
buzzkill, hearing loss is fun for kids. Go give them laser pointers too.
| 695 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:25:54pm |
| 696 |
I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:26:28pm |
re: #654 iceweasel
Fascinating! Yes, I can see that we could move towards a more transformative form of algebra, transcending Western culture. Where the 6 might lie down with the 9, as it were.
I hope you'll consider some followup work on this. Perhaps "Genital Geometry and Cervical Calculus"?
Geometry offers a great promise for Feminist Mathematics. Take tangents.
You have a line intersecting a circle and sharing a single point in space. The line (obviously the "male") does not attempt to bisect or otherwise shape-rape the circle (obviously the "female"). Instead, there is a platonic intersection at a single point which neither can claim as an exclusive domain.
Tangents offer a model from which all of mathematics can be recast.
However, I feel strongly that the semiologist community should be engaged to purge the name "tangent" of the word "gent". Again, phallocentrism stains the sheets, as it were.
| 697 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:26:43pm |
re: #679 austin_blue
I think it's havin' a larf at us, Hoops. But it doesn't seem malicious.
Shhh...*wink*
Smart people are going to school us in math...
Vaginal math ...dang it...
| 698 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:26:46pm |
re: #689 Killgore Trout
I'm resisting the urge to go out there now and turn the hose on them.
But then they'll know it bugs you and come to your lawn and blow the airhorns.
Don't get mad, get even. :)
| 699 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:26:58pm |
re: #686 Soona'
An old joke. Originally pointed toward New Yorkers and Californians.
I originally heard it about WV and KY, but hey, it transports well. How are the Sooners looking in summer drills? The Horns D looks stout but their O line looks a little shaky.
| 700 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:27:04pm |
| 701 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:27:10pm |
I freaked a lady out on vacation. Boy wanted a bow and arrow set, those suction cup ones. This one pompous lady in front of us in line says "Looks like it could be used as a weapon", with her haughty taughty look.
"Well, yeah, if you use it right", I saided.
I'm prolly on a list now.
| 702 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:27:25pm |
re: #690 The Shadow Do
Kyle Orton, heir apparent to John Elway. What's the prob here?
Let me guess-same prob as all the other heir apparents to John Elway?
| 703 |
Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:27:47pm |
re: #689 Killgore Trout
I'm resisting the urge to go out there now and turn the hose on them.
In a perfect world , with the right air rifle, and perfect aim you could just 'splode those airhorns in their little hands and nobody would be the wiser
| 704 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:28:22pm |
re: #690 The Shadow Do
Kyle Orton, heir apparent to John Elway. What's the prob here?
Orton tossed 3 interceptions in the first 25 minutes. None of them were tipped, just bad decisions/throws.
| 705 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:29:12pm |
re: #689 Killgore Trout
I'm resisting the urge to go out there now and turn the hose on them.
Do it! Do it! Hose'em! Hose'em!
| 706 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:29:19pm |
re: #697 HoosierHoops
Shhh...*wink*
Smart people are going to school us in math...
Vaginal math ...dang it...
Vaginal math is easy:
"As long as I have one *these*, I can have as many of *those* as I want."
| 707 |
avanti Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:29:27pm |
re: #680 beens21
I got into a poker game in Vegas hotel casino that people would come in and play 3 hands then leave and then people started to stay and the 7 of us were having fun. I started at about 9 pm and left at about 3 am. When I checked out of hotel at about 10 am, those remaining 6 were still at the table, still telling jokes.
If you get a good table, good people, good jokes and free beer, it can be magic.: ) As a regular, the pit bosses almost always overrate my level of play, so I can earn better comps. They'd rather have 6 friendly, small to medium players at a table, than one or two high roller jerks cussing at the dealer and bringing down the customers.
| 708 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:29:30pm |
re: #670 Shug
you certainly live on an interesting street.
mowed any lawns lately?
Oh, dear me.
In some areas of the Internet, "mowing a lawn" is code for sex.
| 709 |
Pianobuff Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:29:31pm |
re: #696 I am smarter than you
Geometry offers a great promise for Feminist Mathematics. Take tangents.
You have a line intersecting a circle and sharing a single point in space. The line (obviously the "male") does not attempt to bisect or otherwise shape-rape the circle (obviously the "female"). Instead, there is a platonic intersection at a single point which neither can claim as an exclusive domain.
Tangents offer a model from which all of mathematics can be recast.
However, I feel strongly that the semiologist community should be engaged to purge the name "tangent" of the word "gent". Again, phallocentrism stains the sheets, as it were.
Hence the famous incantation "I wish I were a derivative so i could be tangent to your curves."
| 710 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:29:38pm |
re: #696 I am smarter than you
Geometry offers a great promise for Feminist Mathematics. Take tangents.
You have a line intersecting a circle and sharing a single point in space. The line (obviously the "male") does not attempt to bisect or otherwise shape-rape the circle (obviously the "female"). Instead, there is a platonic intersection at a single point which neither can claim as an exclusive domain.
Tangents offer a model from which all of mathematics can be recast.
However, I feel strongly that the semiologist community should be engaged to purge the name "tangent" of the word "gent". Again, phallocentrism stains the sheets, as it were.
Think how many graduate students could write their dissertations with the Pythagorean formula alone!
| 711 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:30:09pm |
re: #696 I am smarter than you
you've only got a finite number of those in you, so ration maybe.
| 712 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:30:21pm |
re: #706 austin_blue
Vaginal math is easy:
"As long as I have one *these*, I can have as many of *those* as I want."
Excellent.
| 713 |
Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:30:31pm |
re: #708 MandyManners
Oh, dear me.
In some areas of the Internet, "mowing a lawn" is code for sex.
I think his neighbor likes chics
| 714 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:31:13pm |
re: #708 MandyManners
Oh, dear me.
In some areas of the Internet, "mowing a lawn" is code for sex.
Except, possibly, in Brazil.
| 715 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:31:15pm |
re: #696 I am smarter than you
Geometry offers a great promise for Feminist Mathematics. Take tangents.
You have a line intersecting a circle and sharing a single point in space. The line (obviously the "male") does not attempt to bisect or otherwise shape-rape the circle (obviously the "female"). Instead, there is a platonic intersection at a single point which neither can claim as an exclusive domain.
Tangents offer a model from which all of mathematics can be recast.
However, I feel strongly that the semiologist community should be engaged to purge the name "tangent" of the word "gent". Again, phallocentrism stains the sheets, as it were.
Oh fuck for a minute I thought you were a serious mathematician...You might just be wack! But that's cool...Can I have another refill?
How is the advance degree program working out for you?
| 716 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:31:39pm |
re: #706 austin_blue
Vaginal math is easy:
"As long as I have one *these*, I can have as many of *those* as I want."
Ah-the famous Clinton theorem.
| 717 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:31:42pm |
| 719 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:32:33pm |
re: #699 austin_blue
I originally heard it about WV and KY, but hey, it transports well. How are the Sooners looking in summer drills? The Horns D looks stout but their O line looks a little shaky.
I don't know. I think they're still getting over their choking fit they had at their last game.
| 720 |
spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:32:58pm |
| 721 |
Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:33:42pm |
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.
--Charles Darwin
| 722 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:34:13pm |
| 723 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:34:47pm |
A femtheorist here believes
That vaginal sex is for thieves.
In other words, rape.
I think it's a jape.
But the dick in me rolls up his sleeves.
| 726 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:35:31pm |
There was Math.
Then New Math.
Now Obama Math.
I'm Mathed out.
| 727 |
Racer X Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:35:45pm |
| 729 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:36:18pm |
re: #726 SasquatchOnSteroids
There was Math.
Then New Math.
Now Obama Math.I'm Mathed out.
There was Math
Then there was Meth
Which led to what we have here.
| 730 |
NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:36:27pm |
re: #622 I am smarter than you
I wrote a paper entitled "Vaginal Algebra"(,) in which I explored this very complex and multi-faceted issue. I explored the idea of multiplication(;) not just from a religious view (
andwith the male oppression intrinsic to casting women into a domestic child bearing role)(,) but also the fact that it is the woman who gives life to the world and that multiplication is a life giving operation.
AndI took the analysis past such a Eurocentric mind/body dichotomy and explored the impact of Algebra on the lives of Arab Womenwith, using the symbol of the Hijab.And in that weWehavesee that there is a strong symbol of cultural identity in which the woman feels fortified in the use of multiplication.SoTherefore, weseeconclude that in other cultures the use of multiplication is not as corrosive as it is in the West.
I'm afraid you and I are just going to have Differential Equations. I suggest separation of variables, after a weekend of malt scotch shooters. Please include a picture of yourself, dressed somewhat attractively. Do not include any text, I've seen enough of your grammar.
| 731 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:36:38pm |
| 734 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:37:06pm |
| 735 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:37:22pm |
re: #696 I am smarter than you
Geometry offers a great promise for Feminist Mathematics. Take tangents.
You have a line intersecting a circle and sharing a single point in space. The line (obviously the "male") does not attempt to bisect or otherwise shape-rape the circle (obviously the "female"). Instead, there is a platonic intersection at a single point which neither can claim as an exclusive domain.
Tangents offer a model from which all of mathematics can be recast.
However, I feel strongly that the semiologist community should be engaged to purge the name "tangent" of the word "gent". Again, phallocentrism stains the sheets, as it were.
As with the primacy of the number 0, we see in geometry that the fundamental figure is a point. And what is a point but yet another iteration of the circle-shape? Like the great Goddess, infinitely divisible yet always herself, inviolable no matter what shape-rape may be committed.
I hope you'll consider reworking the Dot and the Line: a Romance in Lower Mathematics. See how the dot is cruelly portrayed as 'fickle' and shallow!
And shouldn't semiologists change their name as well? Phallocentrism continues to stain the sheets, and the Gap dresses, of us all.
| 736 |
Irish Rose Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:37:37pm |
Wow, just checked my karma... looks like the stealth downdingers have been busy.
I'm crushed.
///
| 737 |
spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:37:38pm |
Trig is just sophomoric with all its references to Pi
| 738 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:38:01pm |
re: #707 avanti
it was fun, and the only game I play at a casino is poker, you can play for hours and if you know some basic odds, you can win.
| 739 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:38:29pm |
re: #730 NelsFree
I'm afraid you and I are just going to have Differential Equations. I suggest separation of variables, after a weekend of malt scotch shooters. Please include a picture of yourself, dressed somewhat attractively. Do not include any text, I've seen enough of your grammar.
I'm also guessing Cato is infinitely more fun at parties.
| 740 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:38:29pm |
re: #728 Irish Rose
Good evening, lizards.
Howdy Irish...Read upstairs a few posts..We have a math genius in our mist..
Wink...
Hope you are well...
| 741 |
Irish Rose Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:38:57pm |
re: #738 beens21
it was fun, and the only game I play at a casino is poker, you can play for hours and if you know some basic odds, you can win.
You get better odds with Black Jack.
| 742 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:39:22pm |
| 743 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:39:25pm |
re: #702 livefreeor die
Let me guess-same prob as all the other heir apparents to John Elway?
Confusing, Elway went to five super bowls. what's the big deal? Kyle Orton, heir apparent!
| 744 |
Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:40:03pm |
When it comes to dealing with despots and terrorists we need a president who doesn't have a null set in his britches
and with that g'nite lizardom
| 745 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:40:09pm |
re: #736 Irish Rose
Wow, just checked my karma... looks like the stealth downdingers have been busy.
I'm crushed.
///
I did my bit to "un-crush" you.
| 746 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:40:21pm |
re: #729 CommonCents
There was Math
Then there was Meth
Which led to what we have here.
Aahh. And I thought the police were assholes for breaking up "math labs".
| 747 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:40:43pm |
Avanti, I've never been to a casino. I think you and I live near each other. Care to take me along sometime?
| 748 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:41:12pm |
re: #735 iceweasel
As with the primacy of the number 0, we see in geometry that the fundamental figure is a point. And what is a point but yet another iteration of the circle-shape? Like the great Goddess, infinitely divisible yet always herself, inviolable no matter what shape-rape may be committed.
I hope you'll consider reworking the Dot and the Line: a Romance in Lower Mathematics. See how the dot is cruelly portrayed as 'fickle' and shallow!
And shouldn't semiologists change their name as well? Phallocentrism continues to stain the sheets, and the Gap dresses, of us all.
If the baby had slept more today, I could go into much detail (learned from a couple of Freudian supervisors through the years-you have to talk the talk even if you're a cognitive-behaviorist if you want to get good recommendations) about how 0 looks like a breast and symbolizes the Oedipal fixations of mathematicians.
| 749 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:41:15pm |
re: #742 MandyManners
What?
Do you mean GHB?
No, in #718, our rather verbal newbie just kinda Poofed.
| 750 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:41:21pm |
re: #736 Irish Rose
Wow, just checked my karma... looks like the stealth downdingers have been busy.
I'm crushed.
///
Hey Rose. Updinging you everywhere to offset that. :)
Yeah, I notice a drop of a couple of hundred karma points or so myself every day or so. Usual suspects, no doubt.
| 751 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:41:21pm |
| 752 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:41:35pm |
re: #741 Irish Rose
You get better odds with Black Jack.
Not necessarily. The poker game has alot more to do with skill than straight odds of a lucky card. You need to factor in the talent/guts/human psyche of the bluff with poker. Whereas blackjack is follow these guidelines and factor the probabilities.
| 753 |
Irish Rose Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:41:59pm |
re: #740 HoosierHoops
Howdy Irish...Read upstairs a few posts..We have a math genius in our mist..
Wink...
Hope you are well...
I've always admired people who are good with figures.
I'm a right-brainer... I suck at math, but I play a mean accordion.
| 754 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:42:04pm |
re: #746 Soona'
Aahh. And I thought the police were assholes for breaking up "math labs".
You !
With the calculator !
FREEZE or I blow you're fucking head off !
Good youtube vid
| 755 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:42:04pm |
re: #744 Shug
When it comes to dealing with despots and terrorists we need a president who doesn't have a null set in his britches
and with that g'nite lizardom
Oh, bullshit.
One does not need two tesicles and a penis to be president.
| 756 |
Macker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:42:05pm |
Hello! Who here in Lizardia has gotten the BSG Season 4 double-CD album (Yes yes, an oxymoron)...I am enthralled by Bear McCreary's work!
| 757 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:42:11pm |
Hey, Ice, I think you should get +10 Karma just for keeping up :)
| 758 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:42:11pm |
re: #749 American Sabra
No, in #718, our rather verbal newbie just kinda Poofed.
I'm guessing GGB means "Got to go, bye".
| 760 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:43:31pm |
| 761 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:43:38pm |
| 762 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:44:07pm |
re: #753 Irish Rose
I've always admired people who are good with figures.
I'm a right-brainer... I suck at math, but I play a mean accordion.
I enjoy a good figure despite being a left-brainer.
| 763 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:44:23pm |
| 764 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:44:27pm |
| 765 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:44:32pm |
re: #741 Irish Rose
blackjack you play the house, poker you play the players. Nothing will change my mind on that, casino or Fri night game.
| 766 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:45:07pm |
re: #757 American Sabra
Hey, Ice, I think you should get +10 Karma just for keeping up :)
Cheers, AS. :)
I wasn't kidding when I said I know people who do that sort of thing for real. I hope that person comes back-- "vaginal algebra" is hilarious.
If I didn't know better, I would swear it's someone I know (offline).
| 770 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:46:07pm |
| 771 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:46:08pm |
re: #766 iceweasel
Cheers, AS. :)
I wasn't kidding when I said I know people who do that sort of thing for real. I hope that person comes back-- "vaginal algebra" is hilarious.If I didn't know better, I would swear it's someone I know (offline).
Well it certainly seemed kismet to run into her/him tonight!
| 772 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:46:24pm |
re: #752 CommonCents
Not necessarily. The poker game has alot more to do with skill than straight odds of a lucky card. You need to factor in the talent/guts/human psyche of the bluff with poker. Whereas blackjack is follow these guidelines and factor the probabilities.
My little Sis dealt poker in Vegas. Said said to never ever play there. Your competition is professional. They will carve you up.
| 773 |
Macker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:46:37pm |
re: #755 MandyManners
Оба́ма may have the penis, but definitely not the testicles.
| 774 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:47:07pm |
re: #754 SasquatchOnSteroids
You !
With the calculator !
FREEZE or I blow you're fucking head off !
Good youtube vid
OK, son (shining flashlight into the car). Why don't you put your 1 back in your pants.
| 775 |
NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:47:38pm |
re: #735 iceweasel
As with the primacy of the number 0, we see in geometry that the fundamental figure is a point. And what is a point but yet another iteration of the circle-shape? Like the great Goddess, infinitely divisible yet always herself, inviolable no matter what shape-rape may be committed.
I hope you'll consider reworking the Dot and the Line: a Romance in Lower Mathematics. See how the dot is cruelly portrayed as 'fickle' and shallow!
And shouldn't semiologists change their name as well? Phallocentrism continues to stain the sheets, and the Gap dresses, of us all.
Ice, I see you have fallen into her trap. A circle delineates an area; a point has no area, only a location. She has twisted your mind so that the point, which is actually the phallic projection of a line vertically through the plane, is considered as a feminine circle, much reduced.
She has wussified you.
Semiology: a. The science that deals with signs or sign language.
b. The use of signs in signaling, as with a semaphore.
Word!
Ice, I'm going to flag you on the semiology thing.
/h
| 776 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:47:51pm |
re: #755 MandyManners
Oh, bullshit.
One does not need two tesicles and a penis to be president.
Well darn it, just how many of each do you need?
| 777 |
hopperandadropper Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:47:57pm |
re: #123 Charles
Oops. Didn't scroll down far enough. I should have known you'd be quick with a response to the news.
| 778 |
avanti Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:48:15pm |
| 779 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:48:17pm |
re: #766 iceweasel
Cheers, AS. :)
I wasn't kidding when I said I know people who do that sort of thing for real. I hope that person comes back-- "vaginal algebra" is hilarious.If I didn't know better, I would swear it's someone I know (offline).
I had a couple as tenants once. They were the most humorless people you could meet. One was surprised when she saw my library, and said, "I didn't know anyone but grad students read that many books." I stifled my comment about probable differences in the quality of our reading.
| 780 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:48:31pm |
re: #772 The Shadow Do
My little Sis dealt poker in Vegas. Said said to never ever play there. Your competition is professional. They will carve you up.
My wife says I can't go to Vegas. It would be VERY, VERY costly. I'd wind up betting on minor league cricket games in Pakistan on closed circuit TV at 4am. I prefer straight up wagering to gaming.
| 781 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:48:43pm |
re: #748 livefreeor die
If the baby had slept more today, I could go into much detail (learned from a couple of Freudian supervisors through the years-you have to talk the talk even if you're a cognitive-behaviorist if you want to get good recommendations) about how 0 looks like a breast and symbolizes the Oedipal fixations of mathematicians.
Freudians. Yikes.
Reminds me of the Woody Allen joke in Annie Hall: I wanted to kill myself, but I was in therapy with a strict Freudian...they bill you for the sessions you miss.
| 782 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:49:06pm |
| 783 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:49:17pm |
re: #779 Cato the Elder
I had a couple as tenants once. They were the most humorless people you could meet. One was surprised when she saw my library, and said, "I didn't know anyone but grad students read that many books." I stifled my comment about probable differences in the quality of our reading.
What were their occupations? (Just curious)
| 784 |
Shug Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:49:28pm |
re: #755 MandyManners
Oh, bullshit.
One does not need two tesicles and a penis to be president.
Not in Germany but so far in America it's been a requirement
| 785 |
Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:49:45pm |
| 786 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:50:05pm |
| 787 |
Macker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:50:21pm |
re: #780 CommonCents
My wife says I can't go to Vegas. It would be VERY, VERY costly. I'd wind up betting on minor league cricket games in Pakistan on closed circuit TV at 4am. I prefer straight up wagering to gaming.
Hmmm...are they taking bets on the Alpha-Qs securing the Pocky-Stawni nuke arsenal yet?
| 789 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:51:18pm |
re: #779 Cato the Elder
I had a couple as tenants once. They were the most humorless people you could meet. One was surprised when she saw my library, and said, "I didn't know anyone but grad students read that many books." I stifled my comment about probable differences in the quality of our reading.
Huh. That's weird-- only because grad students do read a lot, but extremely narrowly-- pretty much only in their field (while they're actually working on their diss).
One of my profs in grad school said that the problem with grad students is that they read too much, write very little, and think even less. Pretty accurate, IMO.
| 790 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:51:24pm |
They will not be required when the Saracuda is elected President..
Yet I am sure she will keep a few sets close in case they are needed..
JIC
| 791 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:51:33pm |
| 792 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:51:37pm |
re: #781 iceweasel
Freudians. Yikes.
Reminds me of the Woody Allen joke in Annie Hall: I wanted to kill myself, but I was in therapy with a strict Freudian...they bill you for the sessions you miss.
"I took a Metaphysics class in college, but was failed when, during, the final exam, I was accused of looking into the soul of the girl sitting next to me."
| 793 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:52:02pm |
re: #787 Macker
Hmmm...are they taking bets on the Alpha-Qs securing the Pocky-Stawni nuke arsenal yet?
I wouldn't be surprised if you could find a bookie to take that bet.
| 794 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:52:17pm |
re: #772 The Shadow Do
maybe now but back awhile, if you knew basic poker, and had a reasonable limit, you could play for hours.
| 795 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:52:34pm |
| 796 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:52:42pm |
re: #783 livefreeor die
What were their occupations? (Just curious)
Marxist/feminist grad students, one in geology, one in sociopathology. They're both now professors warping the minds of the young.
"A little learning is a dangerous thing..."
| 797 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:52:48pm |
re: #753 Irish Rose
I've always admired people who are good with figures.
I'm a right-brainer... I suck at math, but I play a mean accordion.
I seem to think that anybody that has a nic that I'm smarter than you and tries to combine pure math with social issues is either wack or should give us milk and cookies and explain complex matrix calculus to us...
Hehe...I'm just having fun...
Admit it lizards...This could be fun...I'm smarter than you could post again and give us an unsolvable problem...Let's put our thinking caps on...
| 798 |
Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:52:58pm |
NHS: Breeding ground for terrorists
[Link: www.hurryupharry.org...]
Yes, Obama’s healthcare reforms will lead to the recruitment of jihadist doctors. This is amazingly not an Onion report.
| 799 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:53:07pm |
re: #787 Macker
Won my first-ever televised racetrack bet last year when General Carter won the last race of the season @ Saratoga...I was watching in real-time at another racetrack quite a ways away from Saratoga.
Too bad I did the wussy thing and simply picked General Carter to finish 'in the money'...
| 800 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:53:14pm |
I sense a disturbance in the force.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Yep, she's awake.
Gotta send her off to work and get some shuteye.
L8R.
| 801 |
Macker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:54:32pm |
re: #799 Fenway_Nation
I should do that one of these days. Before the Lady E forbids it. That is, if she forbids it, just to cover my ass.
| 802 |
CommonCents Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:55:29pm |
re: #799 Fenway_Nation
Won my first-ever televised racetrack bet last year when General Carter won the last race of the season @ Saratoga...I was watching in real-time at another racetrack quite a ways away from Saratoga.
Too bad I did the wussy thing and simply picked General Carter to finish 'in the money'...
Off track betting is fun, especially when you're somewhere where you can bet on multiple tracks. You don't get the usual dead time in between races as there is usually a loop going off every couple minutes.
| 803 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:55:46pm |
re: #796 Cato the Elder
Marxist/feminist grad students, one in geology, one in socio
pathology. They're both now professors warping the minds of the young."A little learning is a dangerous thing..."
You've got to love sociologists with no social skills.
The strident feminist in my doctoral class ended up sleeping with her married supervisor and bragging that he would never fail her.
So much for feminism.
| 804 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:56:17pm |
re: #789 iceweasel
Huh. That's weird-- only because grad students do read a lot, but extremely narrowly-- pretty much only in their field (while they're actually working on their diss).
One of my profs in grad school said that the problem with grad students is that they read too much, write very little, and think even less. Pretty accurate, IMO.
That, and they're used as TAs so the profs can write more crap and teach less. They end up imbibing not only the profs' ideas but their teaching methods...and round and round we go in the circle game.
| 805 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:56:30pm |
re: #794 beens21
maybe now but back awhile, if you knew basic poker, and had a reasonable limit, you could play for hours.
She dealt every day. Every day she had the same 3 to 4 pro players trading dollars until you sat down. then the fun began.
| 806 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:56:58pm |
| 807 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:58:39pm |
Well, this has truly been a scintillating thread! G'night, all.
| 808 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 8:59:22pm |
re: #795 iceweasel
I am too! That was my favourite line. Just brilliant!
Tangential, but perhaps my favorite Woody Allen short story:
[Link: woodyallenitalia.tripod.com...]
"The Whore of MENSA"
| 809 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:00:06pm |
re: #808 austin_blue
Tangential, but perhaps my favorite Woody Allen short story:
[Link: woodyallenitalia.tripod.com...]
"The Whore of MENSA"
Sigh. Oh, Woody, why did you have to turn out to be such a creep?
| 810 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:00:07pm |
re: #802 CommonCents
Yea...I figured I could kill some time between races at the track I was at.
| 811 |
Macker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:00:37pm |
re: #696 I am smarter than you
Geometry offers a great promise for Feminist Mathematics. Take tangents.
You have a line intersecting a circle and sharing a single point in space. The line (obviously the "male") does not attempt to bisect or otherwise shape-rape the circle (obviously the "female"). Instead, there is a platonic intersection at a single point which neither can claim as an exclusive domain.
Tangents offer a model from which all of mathematics can be recast.
However, I feel strongly that the semiologist community should be engaged to purge the name "tangent" of the word "gent". Again, phallocentrism stains the sheets, as it were.
Now, for your next dissertation, please apply this to superstring theory and prove the feasibility of FTL.
| 812 |
NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:01:10pm |
re: #799 Fenway_Nation
Won my first-ever televised racetrack bet last year when General Carter won the last race of the season @ Saratoga...I was watching in real-time at another racetrack quite a ways away from Saratoga.
That's funny, I heard you went up to Saratoga, and your horse naturally won. When are you flying your Learjet to Nova Scotia to see a total eclipse of the Sun?
/Carly
| 814 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:01:49pm |
re: #808 austin_blue
Tangential, but perhaps my favorite Woody Allen short story:
[Link: woodyallenitalia.tripod.com...]
"The Whore of MENSA"
Oh my-- you won't believe it, but I was talking to a friend about that story just yesterday!
"I needed cash. A girl friend said she knew a married guy whose wife wasn't very profound. He was into Blake. She couldn't hack it. I said sure, for a price I'd talk Blake with him. I was nervous at first. I faked a lot of it. He didn't care. "
y favourite too.
| 815 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:01:51pm |
re: #809 livefreeor die
Sigh. Oh, Woody, why did you have to turn out to be such a creep?
Let me clarify- I love his movies!
| 817 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:01:57pm |
re: #811 Macker
Fort Lauderdale(FTL) is feasible..except when all those kids are there
| 818 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:04:30pm |
re: #815 livefreeor die
Remember woody speaking of feminists in "sleeper".. he saw a picture of bra burning and said
"Notice it is a very small fire"
| 819 |
spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:04:41pm |
| 820 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:06:21pm |
re: #818 quiet man
Remember woody speaking of feminists in "sleeper".. he saw a picture of bra burning and said
"Notice it is a very small fire"
The strident feminist in my doctoral program with me felt I was a sell-out because I got married during my graduate years (and to a man!)
| 821 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:06:25pm |
re: #809 livefreeor die
Sigh. Oh, Woody, why did you have to turn out to be such a creep?
I know :(
My fav Woody Allen line, "Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as meaningless experiences go, it's one of the best."
| 822 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:06:38pm |
Evening - er, early morning y'all - how is everyone this early morning?
| 823 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:06:51pm |
| 824 |
neocon hippie Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:07:21pm |
I went to the San Francisco health care protest today. I thought it was pretty successful -- well organized, passionate but civilized, no Paulestinians or other crazies, and only a single person from the other side attempting one disruption. At the peak I'd guess there were about 500 attendees.
| 825 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:07:22pm |
re: #805 The Shadow Do
I don't doubt it, but I am a decent poker player, I've played for over 40 years in Fri night games. In the casino poker games I have played in Vegas, Tahoe and Bossier city, I have never lost. I play the games where if you walk away with 1g after 6 hrs , it's a good night. I doubt that pros wd be in those games, and I think I cd detect collusion pretty quickly. My point is if you know how to play, poker is your best bet at any money game, including horse, dog racing.
| 826 |
swamprat Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:07:31pm |
re: #798 Jimmah
NHS: Breeding ground for terrorists
[Link: www.hurryupharry.org...]
So, If we vote for healthcare, the terrorists win?
WTF?
Spin and twirl.
Muslim doctors! Ohe Noes!
| 827 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:08:27pm |
re: #822 realwest
Evening - er, early morning y'all - how is everyone this early morning?
RW! What's the haps in North Carolina? Are you well this evening?
| 829 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:09:10pm |
re: #818 quiet man
Remember woody speaking of feminists in "sleeper".. he saw a picture of bra burning and said
"Notice it is a very small fire"
On the other hand, there's that theory thing that happens to women who don't wear bras. What is it? Oh yea gravity. Also, I've seen Sherry Glaser (shivering).
| 831 |
Racer X Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:09:22pm |
| 832 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:09:25pm |
re: #821 American Sabra
Funniest Woody line in a movie - I think it was "Take the Money and run" and our hapless hero Woody is in jail talking to a prison shrink who said "Now then Mr. Allen (actually Allen's character's name) do you think sex is dirty?" And Woody looked down at his shoes and thought a minute, looked up and said "it is if you're doing it right!".
| 833 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:09:36pm |
re: #820 livefreeor die
My first real GF was a strict femmy..I had to read and understand our bodies ourselves.
I learned a lot for sure.
| 834 |
MJ Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:09:45pm |
You're Bob Dylan? NJ Police Want to See Some ID
Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood...
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
| 835 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:09:52pm |
re: #822 realwest
Evening - er, early morning y'all - how is everyone this early morning?
Hi Realwest! The Colts got their ass kicked tonight..It's preseason.right?
Wink
| 836 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:10:10pm |
re: #821 American Sabra
I know :(
My fav Woody Allen line, "Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as meaningless experiences go, it's one of the best."
Don't forget "Hey, don't knock masturbation-- it's sex with someone I love!"
:)
| 837 |
NelsFree Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:11:07pm |
re: #823 Soona'
Cute little bugger. He'd make a great stew.
You know lots of guys named Stewart are angry right now for that. So, I'm gonna go night-night. Thank you all for a very interesting evening.
/Night-night, all
//Still thinking about illuminated hosiery
| 838 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:11:25pm |
re: #827 austin_blue
Hey there! Actually I'm not doing so hot, been sick with a bad stomach (like from eating bad food or something) all day and am still kinda feeling poorly.
How are y'all doing?
| 839 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:11:49pm |
re: #836 iceweasel
Don't forget "Hey, don't knock masturbation-- it's sex with someone I love!"
:)
He's also a fantastic actor. The look on his face in Crimes and Misdemeanors when his character discovers that Mia Farrow's character is marrying Alan Alda's character is haunting.
| 840 |
MandyManners Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:11:50pm |
re: #812 NelsFree
That's funny, I heard you went up to Saratoga, and your horse naturally won. When are you flying your Learjet to Nova Scotia to see a total eclipse of the Sun?
/Carly
*bow*
| 841 |
Dancing along the light of day Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:12:17pm |
re: #822 realwest
Hi Realwest! Hope you are fine!
| 842 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:12:17pm |
re: #826 swamprat
So, If we vote for healthcare, the terrorists win?
WTF?Spin and twirl.
Muslim doctors! Ohe Noes!
A commentor on that page noticed something that I missed the first time vewing that. The Dow was over 13,000. This is an old video.
| 843 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:13:28pm |
re: #828 quiet man
Glad to hear it! What are most folks talking about - or is it a smorgasbord tonight/early morning?
| 844 |
Noam Sayin' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:13:41pm |
| 845 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:13:47pm |
re: #839 livefreeor die
He's also a fantastic actor. The look on his face in Crimes and Misdemeanors when his character discovers that Mia Farrow's character is marrying Alan Alda's character is haunting.
Also Husbands and Wives. What a great movie-- I only recently saw it.
He used to make great movies and then for a long period, only shit. Sigh.
| 846 |
livefreeor die Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:14:14pm |
Night all-I have to get some sleep before the baby resumes crawling everywhere tomorrow.
| 847 |
Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:14:20pm |
re: #826 swamprat
So, If we vote for healthcare, the terrorists win?
WTF?Spin and twirl.
Muslim doctors! Ohe Noes!
That's the crazy world of Fox News for you.
| 848 |
spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:14:30pm |
| 849 |
swamprat Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:14:44pm |
re: #842 Soona'
That's gonna get dusted off and played. Count on it.
| 851 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:15:20pm |
re: #835 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops - who was it that kicked their butts? (I pay NO attention to pre-season Football until the last game of preseason, anyway).
| 852 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:15:41pm |
re: #845 iceweasel
Also Husbands and Wives. What a great movie-- I only recently saw it.
He used to make great movies and then for a long period, only shit. Sigh.
All I can say is I'm glad Mel Brooks didn't turn out to be a pervert. Well, you know, the bad kind.
| 853 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:16:34pm |
| 854 |
Salamantis Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:16:44pm |
I have a couple of off-topic questions here...
1) Our two favorite pets (dogs & cats) are carniverous predators. Not omniverous predators, and not carniverous scavengers, but pure hunt-it-and-kill-it-and-eat-it predators in the wild. What does that say about us?
2) Am I the only one who gets a major case of creep-out from the Snuggle fabric softener teddy bear?
| 855 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:17:09pm |
re: #841 Floral Giraffe
Hey there Floral Giraffe - well I've felt better, actually (see my #838). How's about yourself?
| 856 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:17:09pm |
re: #832 realwest
my vote is underwear on the outside from Banannas
| 857 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:17:18pm |
re: #851 realwest
Hey Hoops - who was it that kicked their butts? (I pay NO attention to pre-season Football until the last game of preseason, anyway).
Vikings...Trust me..Big time fast defense...
Hope you are well
| 858 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:19:11pm |
re: #854 Salamantis
I have a couple of off-topic questions here...
1) Our two favorite pets (dogs & cats) are carniverous predators. Not omniverous predators, and not carniverous scavengers, but pure hunt-it-and-kill-it-and-eat-it predators in the wild. What does that say about us?
But they have fur and are so cute!
2) Am I the only one who gets a major case of creep-out from the Snuggle fabric softener teddy bear?
Probably not.
| 859 |
Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:19:12pm |
Back from dinner, the ziti was bomb. Some of the computer talk gave me a flashback. My first PC was TRS 80. Started gaming then too playing Zork I off a cassette tape.
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.
| 860 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:19:14pm |
re: #854 Salamantis
I have a couple of off-topic questions here...
1) Our two favorite pets (dogs & cats) are carniverous predators. Not omniverous predators, and not carniverous scavengers, but pure hunt-it-and-kill-it-and-eat-it predators in the wild. What does that say about us?
2) Am I the only one who gets a major case of creep-out from the Snuggle fabric softener teddy bear?
Not any more than the baby bear with toilet paper on its ass.
| 862 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:19:54pm |
re: #854 Salamantis
I have a couple of off-topic questions here...
1) Our two favorite pets (dogs & cats) are carniverous predators. Not omniverous predators, and not carniverous scavengers, but pure hunt-it-and-kill-it-and-eat-it predators in the wild. What does that say about us?
2) Am I the only one who gets a major case of creep-out from the Snuggle fabric softener teddy bear?
1 that we learned the principle of never giving a sucker an even break very early in our history
and
2 the snugge bear I can take,,but Burger king looks like he is gonna end up on a tower with a high power rifle someday soon
| 863 |
Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:20:17pm |
re: #836 iceweasel
Don't forget "Hey, don't knock masturbation-- it's sex with someone I love!"
:)
One of my favourites: "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying."
| 864 |
NY Nana Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:20:31pm |
re: #830 Macker
You are hereby awarded the much coveted LGF Lizard With the Most Avatars Award™
| 865 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:20:31pm |
re: #838 realwest
Hey there! Actually I'm not doing so hot, been sick with a bad stomach (like from eating bad food or something) all day and am still kinda feeling poorly.
How are y'all doing?
Well, the yard is dead, except for the xeriscaping, She Who Must Be Obeyed is up in Arkysaw doing rehearsals with a soprano for some autumn gigs, God help us, and the cat and I are sitting around in our underwear on the computer and drinking plonk.
| 866 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:20:42pm |
re: #854 Salamantis
I have a couple of off-topic questions here...
1) Our two favorite pets (dogs & cats) are carniverous predators. Not omniverous predators, and not carniverous scavengers, but pure hunt-it-and-kill-it-and-eat-it predators in the wild. What does that say about us?
2) Am I the only one who gets a major case of creep-out from the Snuggle fabric softener teddy bear?
Fish and birds are omnivores. Also, some dogs will eat vegatation. Cats, no.
| 867 |
Salamantis Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:21:03pm |
Really...I get the same creepy feeling from that damn teddy bear that I get from Stephen King's cymbal-clanging monkey...
| 868 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:21:30pm |
re: #864 NY Nana
You are hereby awarded the much coveted LGF Lizard With the Most Avatars Award™
Hey you! Hope you are well
| 869 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:21:38pm |
re: #852 American Sabra
All I can say is I'm glad Mel Brooks didn't turn out to be a pervert. Well, you know, the bad kind.
I do have a Woody Allen story, actually. I was in New York and passed him and Soon-Yi on the street (I was about 21 at the time).
Dude totally checked me out. And not in (what I consider) the normal male way either. Major lech.
After he was done he finally looked me in the face and I gave him the filthiest, most contemptuous look I am capable of giving.
Ugh, thought of it still makes my skin crawl.
| 870 |
Irish Rose Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:21:59pm |
Charles, are you really a part of the Progressive attack amchine?
Say it ain't so!
| 871 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:23:09pm |
| 872 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:23:18pm |
re: #856 beens21
Oh yeah, Banannas - one of his funniest for so many lines and sight gags!
| 873 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:23:18pm |
re: #867 Salamantis
Really...I get the same creepy feeling from that damn teddy bear that I get from Stephen King's cymbal-clanging monkey...
I'm with you. Snuggles the fabric softener bear freaks me out.
| 874 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:23:24pm |
re: #870 Irish Rose
Charles, are you really a part of the Progressive attack amchine?
Say it ain't so!
What's an amchine? Sounds painful. Do chainsaws get involved?
| 875 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:23:46pm |
geez, I came in for a 4GB rec, then diverted to poker, then smarter had some good satire, so I decree" wear your underwear on the outside" and this is a gub to make you do it.
| 876 |
Noam Sayin' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:24:02pm |
re: #861 realwest
Tired. Just got home from Day 2 of the scooter rally.
| 877 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:24:12pm |
re: #869 iceweasel
I do have a Woody Allen story, actually. I was in New York and passed him and Soon-Yi on the street (I was about 21 at the time).
Dude totally checked me out. And not in (what I consider) the normal male way either. Major lech.
After he was done he finally looked me in the face and I gave him the filthiest, most contemptuous look I am capable of giving.
Ugh, thought of it still makes my skin crawl.
LOL I have never been oogled by a celebrity.
| 878 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:24:38pm |
re: #854 Salamantis
I have a couple of off-topic questions here...
1) Our two favorite pets (dogs & cats) are carniverous predators. Not omniverous predators, and not carniverous scavengers, but pure hunt-it-and-kill-it-and-eat-it predators in the wild. What does that say about us?
2) Am I the only one who gets a major case of creep-out from the Snuggle fabric softener teddy bear?
1) We *really* don't like mices and ratses.
2) I am *so* there.
| 879 |
Kragar Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:24:41pm |
Just got back from seeing District 9 and all I can say is wow. Took a little bit to get going but when it did, I just don't know what to say.
| 880 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:24:44pm |
Amchine American/Chinese/Nebraskan
(( Cornhuskers, Ho! ))
| 881 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:25:04pm |
re: #866 American Sabra
Fish and birds are omnivores. Also, some dogs will eat vegatation. Cats, no.
Cats eat grass. Helps in digestion.
| 882 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:25:18pm |
re: #865 austin_blue
Um, ok, what is "xeriscaping" and what is "plonk"?
| 883 |
Dancing along the light of day Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:25:22pm |
| 884 |
eschew_obfuscation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:25:31pm |
re: #880 quiet man
Amchine American/Chinese/Nebraskan
(( Cornhuskers, Ho! ))
Dude! Go Huskers! (bugeaters if you prefer)
| 885 |
spidly Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:26:35pm |
re: #881 Soona'
good for making green stains on the carpet too.
| 886 |
lurking faith Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:26:35pm |
re: #875 beens21
I can't speak for the rest of the lizards, but I'm not drunk enough to wear my underwear on the outside.
I don't think I've ever been that drunk...
| 887 |
NY Nana Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:26:46pm |
re: #868 HoosierHoops
Hi! Still the same,thanks, but that is far better than worse;)!
| 888 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:26:56pm |
| 889 |
eschew_obfuscation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:27:09pm |
re: #881 Soona'
Cats eat grass. Helps in digestion.
Heh... my bulldog picks tomatoes and eats them...
| 890 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:27:13pm |
re: #869 iceweasel
I do have a Woody Allen story, actually. I was in New York and passed him and Soon-Yi on the street (I was about 21 at the time).
Dude totally checked me out. And not in (what I consider) the normal male way either. Major lech.
After he was done he finally looked me in the face and I gave him the filthiest, most contemptuous look I am capable of giving.
Ugh, thought of it still makes my skin crawl.
Maybe he doesn't like Gaultier?
| 891 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:27:15pm |
re: #877 American Sabra
LOL I have never been oogled by a celebrity.
Well, he pretty clearly just automatically checks out everyone 21 and under, was my feeling. I definitely wasn't dressed up or wearing minimal clothing or anything. It was nasty.
| 892 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:27:17pm |
re: #869 iceweasel
I do have a Woody Allen story, actually. I was in New York and passed him and Soon-Yi on the street (I was about 21 at the time).
Dude totally checked me out. And not in (what I consider) the normal male way either. Major lech.
After he was done he finally looked me in the face and I gave him the filthiest, most contemptuous look I am capable of giving.
Ugh, thought of it still makes my skin crawl.
whoa
| 893 |
Dancing along the light of day Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:28:05pm |
re: #876 Noam Sayin'
LOL! Scooter stories, please?
It sounds like fun!
| 894 |
Irish Rose Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:28:18pm |
re: #889 eschew_obfuscation
Heh... my bulldog picks tomatoes and eats them...
My dog eats her own poop.
| 895 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:28:30pm |
re: #834 MJ
You're Bob Dylan? NJ Police Want to See Some ID
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
This calls for some shrieking self-righteous histrionics and a photo-op sham with some beers at the White House...
| 896 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:28:36pm |
re: #891 iceweasel
Well, he pretty clearly just automatically checks out everyone 21 and under, was my feeling. I definitely wasn't dressed up or wearing minimal clothing or anything. It was nasty.
Sounds pretty creepy indeed.
| 897 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:28:43pm |
re: #876 Noam Sayin'
Whaaat - they have SCOOTER rallies? Are they road rallies, drag strip or gymkhana type affairs?
| 898 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:28:56pm |
| 899 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:29:14pm |
re: #894 Irish Rose
Ass-flavored milkbones...invent one of those, and you'll be on easy street.
| 900 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:29:21pm |
| 901 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:29:48pm |
re: #882 realwest
Um, ok, what is "xeriscaping" and what is "plonk"?
Xeriscaping is low water veg, all native Texan stuff. Needs very little rain, which is good since we are in a 22 month long drought cycle. Plonk is cheap, but drinkable, red wine.
| 902 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:30:30pm |
re: #889 eschew_obfuscation
Heh... my bulldog picks tomatoes and eats them...
Damn! That's gotta be nasty cleaning up after him.
| 903 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:30:36pm |
| 906 |
Salamantis Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:31:21pm |
re: #889 eschew_obfuscation
Heh... my bulldog picks tomatoes and eats them...
My 95 lb Staffordshire used to eat Jalapenos off the vine.
But then again, he also chewed the corners on our backyard concrete porch slab round.
And when I used to play with him with a 2 x 4, he would snap off the end, then just grin at me as he crushed it into splinters.
/he was a badass dog.
| 907 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:31:45pm |
re: #895 Fenway_Nation
Ha! Obama should be so lucky as to drink some beer with Bob Dylan!
| 908 |
quiet man Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:32:43pm |
| 909 |
lurking faith Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:33:03pm |
re: #898 beens21
No; I avoid his movies where possible. I know they're supposed to be funny, but to me they're mostly just depressing.
| 911 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:33:32pm |
re: #905 Jimmah
Bedtime for me - later folks:)
Bye Jimmah. :)
BTW, watched that SP episode-- hilarious! sick, and hilarious!
| 912 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:33:39pm |
re: #901 austin_blue
Hey Thankew for that! Never knew the name for low water consuming vegitation before!
| 914 |
Soona' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:34:18pm |
re: #895 Fenway_Nation
This calls for some shrieking self-righteous histrionics and a photo-op sham with some beers at the White House...
If Bob would only have just told them his name (Bpcht Dchelx), they would have understood.
| 915 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:35:23pm |
re: #903 Mich-again
Oh yeah, MD 20/20 - man that brings back some fond memories.
Also some not so fond memories.
nevermaind.
How are y'all doing Mich?
| 916 |
Bagua Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:36:02pm |
re: #543 HoosierHoops
Hi Bear..It's not really an issue of standard programs in XP running under Windows 7.. (except for Enterprise stuff)
The real issues are the Driver devices on the computer..Printers, NIC Cards, Sound Cards and file systems...This is what f*cks up upgrades...
The drivers..Not the Kernel...
So far I've only had problems with some trading APIs unable to run on Win7. All the standard programs run ok.
| 917 |
Aye Pod Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:36:29pm |
re: #911 iceweasel
Bye Jimmah. :)
BTW, watched that SP episode-- hilarious! sick, and hilarious!
Glad you enjoyed it - I think it's one of their very best! good night I-dub:)
| 918 |
Salamantis Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:37:56pm |
re: #915 realwest
Oh yeah, MD 20/20 - man that brings back some fond memories.
Also some not so fond memories.
nevermaind.
How are y'all doing Mich?
Who remembers Richard's Wild Irish Rose?
Rough as a cob, but packed a helluva kick (21% alcohol).
| 919 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:40:35pm |
re: #884 eschew_obfuscation
Dude! Go Huskers! (bugeaters if you prefer)
Ah, the children of the corn. You know what that big "N" on their helmets stands for?
Knowledge.
((badda bing))
re: #904 jaunte
Sadly, my plonk has run dry.
Try the Banrock Station 4-bottle box. Drinkable and it lasts forever on the shelf.
| 920 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:40:36pm |
re: #918 Salamantis
Who remembers Richard's Wild Irish Rose?
Rough as a cob, but packed a helluva kick (21% alcohol).
Bad, bad, wicked memories.
| 921 |
Locker Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:40:52pm |
re: #918 Salamantis
Who remembers Richard's Wild Irish Rose?
Rough as a cob, but packed a helluva kick (21% alcohol).
Back in the day we drank Mickey's Big Mouths... little green hand grenades of goodness.
| 922 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:42:34pm |
re: #918 Salamantis
Hi Sal - nope can't say I ever heard about Richard's Wild Irish Rose, but iirc, MadDog 20/20 was 40 proof, or 20% alcohol.
If I'd a known I was gonna live this long, I'd a taken better care of myself (h/t Mickey Mantle).
| 923 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:43:18pm |
re: #922 realwest
Hi Sal - nope can't say I ever heard about Richard's Wild Irish Rose, but iirc, MadDog 20/20 was 40 proof, or 20% alcohol.
If I'd a known I was gonna live this long, I'd a taken better care of myself (h/t Mickey Mantle).
Mickey's widow passed this week.
| 924 |
gregb Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:44:07pm |
re: #921 Locker
Back in the day we drank Mickey's Big Mouths... little green hand grenades of goodness.
Oww, oww, oww. Ewww. :-P Stop reminding me. Buckhorn, Shcaefer, Primo...the memory just gives me a hangover. Is high school still the same?
| 925 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:44:29pm |
re: #923 austin_blue
Damn, I'm sorry to hear that - do y'all recall how old she was and what killed her?
| 926 |
Salamantis Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:44:30pm |
re: #922 realwest
Hi Sal - nope can't say I ever heard about Richard's Wild Irish Rose, but iirc, MadDog 20/20 was 40 proof, or 20% alcohol.
If I'd a known I was gonna live this long, I'd a taken better care of myself (h/t Mickey Mantle).
I have surmised that Richard's added the last 1% just so it could claim to be stronger than Mad Dog.
| 927 |
lurking faith Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:44:40pm |
re: #918 Salamantis
Who remembers Richard's Wild Irish Rose?
Rough as a cob, but packed a helluva kick (21% alcohol).
Never tried that, as far as I know.
But the first time I ever tossed down a shot, it was 151.
| 928 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:46:29pm |
re: #916 Bagua
So far I've only had problems with some trading APIs unable to run on Win7. All the standard programs run ok.
Really? We should stay in touch...But what API's? We deal mostly in Oracle API..But we live in a windows world..and all of the old school folks know what is going down with Windows... I mean Windows...You gotta love it!
| 929 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:46:50pm |
re: #926 Salamantis
LOL! Well you sure could be right about that! Funny thing is I don't remember MadDog tasting all that badly, either.
| 931 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:47:45pm |
re: #926 Salamantis
I have surmised that Richard's added the last 1% just so it could claim to be stronger than Mad Dog.
A nice cherry flavor, Wild Irish Rose, as I recall? Least I remember that on the way back out.
| 932 |
Bagua Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:48:24pm |
re: #928 HoosierHoops
The two so far are J-Trader and Turbo Trader II,
I should have mentioned the problem is with the 64-bit version only.
| 933 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:48:31pm |
re: #925 realwest
Damn, I'm sorry to hear that - do y'all recall how old she was and what killed her?
Merlyn was 77 and died of complications of Alzheimer's. The long, painful, goodbye. I lost my FIL to it. Awful. Death delayed and protracted.
| 934 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:48:38pm |
When wine is $1.50 a bottle, you should probably leave it on the shelf.
| 936 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:49:33pm |
re: #915 realwest
Doing fine bro. I was just checking out the Facebook page for a while. Funny seeing all those people from elementary school all grown up with their own kids. HA!
How you doing these days?
| 938 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:50:23pm |
re: #930 jcm
Hey there jcm - how are ya tonight? And c'mon now admitt it, y'all only like that stuff cause of the graphics on the container!
| 939 |
American Sabra Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:50:30pm |
| 940 |
Salamantis Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:50:43pm |
re: #927 lurking faith
Never tried that, as far as I know.
But the first time I ever tossed down a shot, it was 151.
I remember back when Everclear was still 190 proof.
It was back in my Navy days, in the '70's. We used to buy it by the quart or half-gallon.
I know that I should have some crazy memories from back then, but I don't. I just draw blanks in spots. I do retain memories of some horrific hangovers, though.
| 941 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:51:03pm |
re: #918 Salamantis
Who remembers Richard's Wild Irish Rose?
Rough as a cob, but packed a helluva kick (21% alcohol).
I remember that. We pronounced it Wild Irish Rosay.
| 943 |
Noam Sayin' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:52:41pm |
re: #893 Floral Giraffe
LOL! Scooter stories, please?
It sounds like fun!
Four day rally the 2nd weekend of August - Rattle My Bones.
Last year we had 232 scooters for the big ride, which is held on Saturday. Here's a piece of us coming out of a parking lot on our half-way point.
Look for a blue scooter at about 1:05 - it's your boy, Noam.
| 944 |
jaunte Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:52:51pm |
re: #939 American Sabra
From the movie "Sideways." Tanker-truck wine.
| 945 |
jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:53:50pm |
re: #938 realwest
Hey there jcm - how are ya tonight? And c'mon now admitt it, y'all only like that stuff cause of the graphics on the container!
LOL! Maybe, painted bottles are nice!
Doing well, took the kiddies to a round of dentist and doctor appointments, routine stuff, but with us it's a traveling circus.
| 946 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:53:51pm |
re: #930 jcm
Ahhhn, a little Ruination is good!
Oh, yummm.
The Whole Foods HQ is just across the river from me. They have an actual no-shit walk-in cooler inside the store with +/- 30 beers in there. I have been checking out some of the Double IPAs that the micros have been brewing up recently. Expensive, strong, and absolutely ideal when it's 105 outside. Sadly, we've had a lot of that this year. Happily, there is beer.
| 947 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:53:52pm |
re: #936 Mich-again
I'm more or less ok - some stomach problems today, but hopefully they'll be gone later this morning!
And I just never got into Facebooking. Or Twittering or whatever. Hell it took me 'til two years ago to get a cell phone!
| 948 |
Noam Sayin' Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:53:53pm |
re: #897 realwest
Whaaat - they have SCOOTER rallies? Are they road rallies, drag strip or gymkhana type affairs?
| 949 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:55:19pm |
re: #940 Salamantis
I remember back when Everclear was still 190 proof.
It was back in my Navy days, in the '70's. We used to buy it by the quart or half-gallon.
I know that I should have some crazy memories from back then, but I don't. I just draw blanks in spots. I do retain memories of some horrific hangovers, though.
Willie Nelson has the same problem. He blames it on potholes.
| 951 |
jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:56:11pm |
re: #943 Noam Sayin'
Four day rally the 2nd weekend of August - Rattle My Bones.
Last year we had 232 scooters for the big ride, which is held on Saturday. Here's a piece of us coming out of a parking lot on our half-way point.
Look for a blue scooter at about 1:05 - it's your boy, Noam.
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
IT'S A SCOOTER GANG!
/;-P
Looks like fun!
| 952 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:57:32pm |
re: #933 austin_blue
I played golf with Mick Jr and don't want to reveal much more ,but the big Mick put a lot of " stuff" on his family
| 953 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:58:58pm |
| 954 |
jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:59:17pm |
re: #946 austin_blue
Oh, yummm.
The Whole Foods HQ is just across the river from me. They have an actual no-shit walk-in cooler inside the store with +/- 30 beers in there. I have been checking out some of the Double IPAs that the micros have been brewing up recently. Expensive, strong, and absolutely ideal when it's 105 outside. Sadly, we've had a lot of that this year. Happily, there is beer.
Stone has a bunch of brews chock full of hoppy goodness!
If your taste runs to the bitter side that is.
| 955 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 9:59:34pm |
re: #946 austin_blue
Oh, yummm.
The Whole Foods HQ is just across the river from me. They have an actual no-shit walk-in cooler inside the store with +/- 30 beers in there. I have been checking out some of the Double IPAs that the micros have been brewing up recently. Expensive, strong, and absolutely ideal when it's 105 outside. Sadly, we've had a lot of that this year. Happily, there is beer.
Make that 300.
PIMF
| 956 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:00:15pm |
re: #942 Racer X
Huh. BadAss of the Year - any year!
But I didn't think there were crocodiles in the Amazon, just Caimen (S.A. version of alligtors). Smart and tough woman though. Glad she survived that ordeal.
| 957 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:00:23pm |
re: #946 austin_blue
why is John Mackey getting hosed by the left for his wsj oped piece
| 958 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:01:40pm |
re: #952 beens21
I played golf with Mick Jr and don't want to reveal much more ,but the big Mick put a lot of " stuff" on his family
I've heard that. A rather vicious drunk. An didn't quit boozing, even after the liver transplant. Imagine what he would have done if he wasn't on the sauce?
| 959 |
lurking faith Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:02:14pm |
re: #940 Salamantis
lol
We skipped the Everclear; I think the consensus was that it would unbalance the ratio of social enjoyment to unpleasant aftereffect.
| 960 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:02:53pm |
re: #947 realwest
Facebook is Kind of cool. I bet if you signed up and started searching names of old friends and family you'd connect with all sorts of people. (It helps if they have names that aren't like Bob Smith.)
| 961 |
jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:04:00pm |
re: #955 austin_blue
Make that 300.
PIMF
Got a Beer Shop not far, only beer, nothing but beer. Imports, micro brews, etc...
And not one can of Coors or Bud.
| 962 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:05:56pm |
re: #957 beens21
why is John Mackey getting hosed by the left for his wsj oped piece
I think because he's not on the socialist bandwagon.
He doesn't want government healthcare.
| 963 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:06:17pm |
re: #958 austin_blue
actually what killed MM was hep C, liver transplant doesn't work b/c the hep C is in your blood. Kills the next liver.
| 964 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:08:22pm |
re: #957 beens21
why is John Mackey getting hosed by the left for his wsj oped piece
Because it totally sucked ass.
i could summarise the reasons why it's hated, if you're truly interested.
| 965 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:15:35pm |
re: #961 jcm
And not one can of Coors or Bud.
Big fan of the Macro brew here. And Bud is the King of them all.
| 966 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:15:56pm |
re: #948 Noam Sayin'
God bless y'all - especially those who chose not to wear helmets! LOL!
In the wayback machine, realwest remembers running some gymkhanas in an ole MGB till one day one of my wealthier friends (well, his ole man was wealthy) got himself a 1967 Jaguar E-Type and I tried the SAME gymkhana with it. Went faster (and over lots more pylons in first gear than I thought possible!). Course that summer we just HADDA DRIVE it to L.A. - from NYC suburbs. I timed it just so's we'd switch driving as we hit the Nevada line - and in those days, they didn't have any speed limits.
Got that Jag up to 135 - it had more to give - but I sure as hell wasn't going any faster. Got PASSED -while doing 135 MPH by some mud/dirt covered red bomb. Pulled up at the next truck stop, saw this red bomb sitting there and I went in and asked who the hell owned that thing and what was it? Fella said "ME, It's a Lamborghini Miura and if you were driving that Jag, I passed you doing 170 MPH!"
We sorta stayed at a much more sedate 110 the rest of the way through Nevada.
Talk about being embarrassed!
| 969 |
jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:18:41pm |
re: #965 Mich-again
Big fan of the Macro brew here. And Bud is the King of them all.
Heathen! Heretic! Infidel!
That's not beer...
;-P
De gustibus non est disputandum
| 970 |
jaunte Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:21:07pm |
re: #968 realwest
Here is is, realwest:
[Link: online.wsj.com...]
| 971 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:21:29pm |
re: #958 austin_blue
Imagine ehat the Mick woulda done if he didn't tear up his knees?
Maye not Aaron good, but second place for sure!
| 972 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:22:26pm |
re: #957 beens21
why is John Mackey getting hosed by the left for his wsj oped piece
Not by the left. I'm left of center. By the Libtards. I've known John since 1990. We don't run in the same circles, but we say say "Howdy" when we see each other.
People want Whole Foods to be all Goodness and Light when they don't realize that retail grocery sales is a cut throat bidness.
Here's the article. You can probably guess why the moonbats are barking:
[Link: online.wsj.com...]
I don't disagree with many of his points. But one thing to remember is that the average age of his workers is probably under 30 and they leave after a few years. His demographic gives him a tremendous advantage over another business whose employees are looking for a lifetime career. His insurance costs, based on his average employee demographic, is very low.
| 973 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:23:48pm |
re: #969 jcm
I am the anti beer-snob. So an ad like that one..
But when you taste this lacerative mutha of a beer, you'll be knocked into dreamland! This malt & hop monster is not for the timid however, so beware.
I'm like, yawn. I'll have a Budweiser.
| 974 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:23:48pm |
re: #970 jaunte
Hey there juante my friend - thank you for that!
BBIAM!
| 975 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:24:17pm |
re: #961 jcm
Got a Beer Shop not far, only beer, nothing but beer. Imports, micro brews, etc...
And not one can of Coors or Bud.
My brother in law is a Scotsman. He says drinking American beer is like making love in a canoe.
"Fucking next to water."
| 976 |
jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:24:35pm |
re: #972 austin_blue
Grocery has razor thin margins, 3-4% IIRC. Natural and organic even more so, costs are higher for that and to be competitive take a real smarts.
| 977 |
harpsicon Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:26:19pm |
re: #693 iceweasel
tot
Oh my god-- i am totally unaware of that. Thought I'd heard of Harding-- doesn't she do a lot of feminist science stuff? Was this recent?
Nah, it was years ago.
| 978 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:26:45pm |
re: #963 beens21
actually what killed MM was hep C, liver transplant doesn't work b/c the hep C is in your blood. Kills the next liver.
Really? They gave him a new liver when they knew he had Hep C? Somebody needs to lose a license...
| 979 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:27:26pm |
re: #975 austin_blue
My brother in law is a Scotsman. He says drinking American beer is like making love in a canoe.
Tell him I said GGF.
| 980 |
jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:28:08pm |
re: #973 Mich-again
I am the anti beer-snob. So an ad like that one..
I'm like, yawn. I'll have a Budweiser.
LOL!
I play a beer snob on TV ;-)
I just prefer stuff at the dark and bitter end of the beer spectrum.
| 981 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:29:04pm |
re: #972 austin_blue
Not by the left. I'm left of center. By the Libtards. I've known John since 1990. We don't run in the same circles, but we say say "Howdy" when we see each other.
People want Whole Foods to be all Goodness and Light when they don't realize that retail grocery sales is a cut throat bidness.
Here's the article. You can probably guess why the moonbats are barking:
[Link: online.wsj.com...] I don't disagree with many of his points. But one thing to remember is that the average age of his workers is probably under 30 and they leave after a few years. His demographic gives him a tremendous advantage over another business whose employees are looking for a lifetime career. His insurance costs, based on his average employee demographic, is very low.
Must politely disagree. Some things he calls for:
• Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts (HSAs).
In other words, employers can pay less and employees pay more. Huh?
• Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies must cover.
So, not only should employers pay less, and employees pay more, he's advocating for allowing insurance companies to exclude even more people and kick them out. Again, huh?
• Finally, revise tax forms to make it easier for individuals to make a voluntary, tax-deductible donation to help the millions of people who have no insurance and aren’t covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program
WTF? So, to quote someone else on this, he's saying that if each and every one of the U.S. taxpayers donated $10 to this fund, we could provide $28 worth of care each yer to the 50 million people who are uninsured. Got cancer but no insurance? Here’s enough to go buy some aspirin, a pint of vodka, bandages and a knife so you can cut your tumor out your own damn self.
| 982 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:30:59pm |
re: #975 austin_blue
My brother in law is a Scotsman. He says drinking American beer is like making love in a canoe.
"Fucking next to water."
He's right about that. :)
| 983 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:33:12pm |
re: #980 jcm
I just prefer stuff at the dark and bitter end of the beer spectrum.
I prefer stuff that doesn't cost $10 for a 6-pack.
| 984 |
realwest Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:36:11pm |
Well I gotta try to get some sleep y'all.
Hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all donw the road.
Good night, all.
| 985 |
harpsicon Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:36:51pm |
re: #628 Jimmah
Probably the classic academic punking of postmodernism - from physicist Alain Sokals "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity" (which was accepted and published in a leading postmodernist journal)
I adored this so much that I went out and bought Sokal's book about the whole scandal, which came out a few years afterward. He gives a lot of the background, and reveals a lot of his motivations.
Despite the fact that pretty much all the people calling for more rigor in higher education fall on the right, and see all this post-modernist, deconstructionist, nonsense as highly political, and designed to strengthen the left - Sokal is in fact a man of the extreme left, who considers Naom Chomsky to be a reasonable guy. He thinks that this nonsense is distracting people from the truth, and if people were only more logical and scientific they would be good leftists. Or something.
He has a lot of strange bedfellows, imho...
| 986 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:38:01pm |
re: #981 iceweasel
Got cancer but no insurance? Here’s enough to go buy some aspirin, a pint of vodka, bandages and a knife so you can cut your tumor out your own damn self.
Pure bullshit that assumes every single uninsured person in the US has cancer.
| 987 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:38:19pm |
re: #979 Mich-again
Tell him I said GGF.
He's 58 years old, 6'3", 230 pounds, and can still toss a caber thirty feet. I think I'll let *you* tell him. He could stomp both of us into a stain.
| 988 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:41:03pm |
re: #986 Mich-again
Pure bullshit that assumes every single uninsured person in the US has cancer.
Not at all.
| 989 |
jcm Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:41:07pm |
re: #983 Mich-again
I prefer stuff that doesn't cost $10 for a 6-pack.
Good point!
My one pint tonight was $7, a 4 pack of Dogfish 90 minute IPA is $12... the 120 minute IPA, don't ask.
But I'm a one beer guy, I have one (what I call good) beer and be happy.
De gustibus non est disputandum - there can be no argument on matters of taste.
| 990 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:47:48pm |
re: #986 Mich-again
Pure bullshit that assumes every single uninsured person in the US has cancer.
Here are the stats:
Lifetime Probability of Developing Cancer
The lifetime probability of being diagnosed with an invasive cancer is higher for men (44%) than for women (37%) (Table 13). However, because of the earlier median age of diagnosis for breast cancer compared with other major cancers, women have a slightly higher probability of developing cancer before age 60 years. It is noteworthy that these estimates are based on the average experience of the general population and may overestimate or underestimate individual risk because of differences in exposure and/or genetic susceptibility.
Link:
[Link: caonline.amcancersoc.org...]
So we can expect 40% of the uninsured population to be diagnosed with an invasive cancer so increase Ice's payout by 2.5. That gets you $70 instead of $28.
hat gets you three extra bottles of vodka, but it still means self surgery.
I know, I know, these pesky facts are annoying.
| 991 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:48:32pm |
re: #988 iceweasel
Here’s enough to go buy some aspirin, a pint of vodka, bandages and a knife so you can cut your tumor out your own damn self.
First, you said this..
So, to quote someone else on this, he's saying that if each and every one of the U.S. taxpayers donated $10 to this fund, we could provide $28 worth of care each yer to the 50 million people who are uninsured.
OK, I'll add it up. Aspirin: $5. Vodka: $5, Bandages: $10. Kinife: $10. Thats $20 give or take. Maybe its $28 where you live. But your figure of $28 for the products for each of 50 million people assumes you need that $28 for each of the 50 million people which means you think every single one of the 50 million uninsured people has cancer.
Truth is its more like 1 in 2,000 people.
| 993 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:51:00pm |
re: #992 beens21
the anwer is yes
Wow. Just wow. That liver could have gone to a deserving young person who could have given something back in the future.
Wow.
| 995 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:52:01pm |
re: #990 austin_blue
How do you figure 466 out of 10,000 equals 40%? What are you drinking?
| 996 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:52:59pm |
re: #994 iceweasel
See Austin_blue at 990.
Ha. You cite another bullshit statistic. Did you even go to the link to see what it said?
| 997 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:53:55pm |
re: #991 Mich-again
BTW, should I point out here that you said this?
Aspirin: $5. Vodka: $5, Bandages: $10. Kinife: $10. Thats $20 give or take. Maybe its $28 where you live.
It's 30 dollars anywhere, by your own math.
| 998 |
beens21 Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:55:01pm |
re: #972 austin_blue
so whole foods does what for its employees? pls explain
| 999 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:56:02pm |
re: #997 iceweasel
True. But it doesn't change my point that your numbers assume every single uninsured person has cancer.
And I was wrong also about the 466 per 10,000 figure. It is 466 per 100,000.
| 1000 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:56:47pm |
re: #996 Mich-again
Ha. You cite another bullshit statistic. Did you even go to the link to see what it said?
Dude. You're being belligerent and you're adding 10 + 10 +10 and coming up with 20.
I think maybe you need to calm down a little before doing any more adding...or claiming other people's posts are 'bullshit'.
| 1001 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 10:59:38pm |
re: #995 Mich-again
How do you figure 466 out of 10,000 equals 40%? What are you drinking?
Why are you being a Willfully Ignorant Wingnut?
Read it again:
Lifetime Probability of Developing Cancer
The lifetime probability of being diagnosed with an invasive cancer is higher for men (44%) than for women (37%) (Table 13). However, because of the earlier median age of diagnosis for breast cancer compared with other major cancers, women have a slightly higher probability of developing cancer before age 60 years. It is noteworthy that these estimates are based on the average experience of the general population and may overestimate or underestimate individual risk because of differences in exposure and/or genetic susceptibility.
Link:
[Link: caonline.amcancersoc.org...]
| 1002 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 11:01:38pm |
re: #1000 iceweasel
You used an inflammatory example to demonstrate your point that even if every single taxpayer gave $10 it couldn't begin to treat uninsured cancer patients but your analysis assumed that every single uninsured person in the country had cancer. And I'm being belligerent. Ha.
| 1003 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 11:03:47pm |
re: #998 beens21
so whole foods does what for its employees? pls explain
Please read the link. Whole Foods actually takes pretty good care of its employees, but the demographic for their health care costs swings way to the low side of other businesses. Young cohort. High turnover.
| 1004 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 11:05:02pm |
re: #1002 Mich-again
You used an inflammatory example
It's hyperbolic. You know. Satire? The point isn't that every uninsured person has cancer, obviously. The point is to mock Mackey for suggesting that individuals are going to contribute, voluntarily, enough to cover the medical expenses of the tens of millions who are insured--regardless of what illness they have.
Surely a humourless and belligerent wingnut ought to be able to grasp that?
| 1005 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 11:07:17pm |
re: #1004 iceweasel
The point is to mock Mackey for suggesting that individuals are going to contribute, voluntarily, enough to cover the medical expenses of the tens of millions who are UNinsured--regardless of what illness they have.
PIMF.
| 1006 |
austin_blue Fri, Aug 14, 2009 11:08:12pm |
re: #1004 iceweasel
It's hyperbolic. You know. Satire? The point isn't that every uninsured person has cancer, obviously. The point is to mock Mackey for suggesting that individuals are going to contribute, voluntarily, enough to cover the medical expenses of the tens of millions who are insured--regardless of what illness they have.
Surely a humourless and belligerent wingnut ought to be able to grasp that?
You know what? This is pointless, isn't it? I think I'll go coo over a baby elephant. Please join me. Sanity may prevail.
| 1007 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 11:08:13pm |
re: #1004 iceweasel
It's hyperbolic. You know. Satire?
Yeah yeah yeah. It wasn't BS, it was Satire. Whatever.
| 1008 |
The Left Fri, Aug 14, 2009 11:10:15pm |
re: #1006 austin_blue
You know what? This is pointless, isn't it? I think I'll go coo over a baby elephant. Please join me. Sanity may prevail.
I'm coming with you. There is something deeply wrong here-- in terms of an irony deficiency, sheer belligerence, and reading incomprehension.
Freaky.
| 1009 |
Mich-again Fri, Aug 14, 2009 11:17:29pm |
re: #1006 austin_blue
From the link you provided, the rate of cancer death triples after age 69. Not that that makes it any easier on anyone who loses a loved one.
| 1010 |
Aye Pod Sat, Aug 15, 2009 7:16:00am |
re: #985 harpsicon
I adored this so much that I went out and bought Sokal's book about the whole scandal, which came out a few years afterward. He gives a lot of the background, and reveals a lot of his motivations.
Despite the fact that pretty much all the people calling for more rigor in higher education fall on the right, and see all this post-modernist, deconstructionist, nonsense as highly political, and designed to strengthen the left - Sokal is in fact a man of the extreme left, who considers Naom Chomsky to be a reasonable guy. He thinks that this nonsense is distracting people from the truth, and if people were only more logical and scientific they would be good leftists. Or something.
He has a lot of strange bedfellows, imho...
I'd need to know more about where he finds agreement with Chomsky to make a judgement on that. I agree with him on certain things myself, while disagreeing strongly with much of his political thought. But at least he believes in an objective reality against which things can be tested to see if they are actually true or not - for me, in this context, that's the main thing!
I've been noticing that right wing religious nutcases are beginning to see that they can make pomo work for them too. 'You scientists have your story about the creation- that's fine - we don't have a problem with that but why won't you let us tell our story too? You want to privilege your narrative above all others - is that it?'
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Melting of Juneau Icefield Rapidly Accelerating, Study Concludes The melting of Southeast Alaska’s Juneau Icefield, source of more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating, shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study. Researchers tracked snow levels in the nearly 1,500-square mile ... Cheechako
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