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Here’s the traditional midday open thread, featuring a baby elephant taking a shower!
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:02:30pm |
Hey that was good timing turn. The rattlesnakes mating video from a buddy at work (actually his wife took it). Wild.
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:03:07pm |
Thanks. I can use some of teh cute right about now.
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Martinsmithy Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:07:50pm |
I've been following Gates of Vienna for a while, as a once solid voice of anti-jihad has not only embraced VERY unsavory characters in Europe, but has also taken to bedding down with some pretty nasty characters here in the U.S.
Recently I discovered this site [Link: gatesofviennawatch.blogspot.com...] which appears to be Gates of Vienna's stalker blog. While I'm not a fan of stalker blogs, having seen the disingeuousness Charles has faced, first with LGF Watch and now with Rodan's crapola, this one is hitting a well-deserved target. I get the impression from reading it that the writer is a leftie, but it's a site I'll keep on my own little "watch" list anyway.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:08:07pm |
re: #2 Sharmuta
I bet s/he grows up to be a rino.
taht's y teh momma haz to bafe it ... to wash off teh stoopid from teh elefunt seels!
/
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midwestgak Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:08:15pm |
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96RoadKing Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:08:54pm |
This could put me in a diabetic coma: too sweet!
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OldLineTexan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:09:43pm |
re: #9 midwestgak
"Run, child, run! Dat's a Cajun, and dey'll eat any damned ting!"
/punch line from OLD joke
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:10:34pm |
Afternoon, lizards. It's a slow day at work so I thought I'd get in a little more LGF time. The Fish's sister has just announced that her boyfriend has won my parents' approval for marriage. I have to admit, the idea has me vaguely puzzled.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:12:11pm |
re: #13 turn
Her marraige or your parents approval?
Well, both, but when I visited my folks this weekend, the approval part was explained well enough. *shrugs*
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Anthony (Los Angeles) Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:13:00pm |
Baby elephants are so cool. Surprisingly playful, too.
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A Man for all Seasons Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:13:36pm |
re: #14 thedopefishlives
Well, both, but when I visited my folks this weekend, the approval part was explained well enough. *shrugs*
You are a 21st Century Family unit...
What can you do? Just wish the best to our family
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:13:46pm |
re: #14 thedopefishlives
Well, both, but when I visited my folks this weekend, the approval part was explained well enough. *shrugs*
Do you like him? I guess not.
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:14:23pm |
Moments ago, the ad on the front page, middle right hand side, was for online anger management classes. Why do you suppose Google Ads would target US for that?
/whistles innocently
//oh, and the model was a white man
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:14:56pm |
re: #3 FrogMarch
Elephants marry for life.
So my wife is a good cook. Does that mean you can comment on my weight like that?!
/
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:15:10pm |
re: #16 HoosierHoops
You are a 21st Century Family unit...
What can you do? Just wish the best to our family
Hey there hoops. What did you think about the rattlesnakes mating? That youtube thing was painless, it was my first time.
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:15:46pm |
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Killgore Trout Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:16:13pm |
Heh, I was 2 threads down wondering where everyone went.
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:16:53pm |
re: #22 Killgore Trout
Heh, I was 2 threads down wondering where everyone went.
On the plus side that is a great way to get in the last word!
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:17:10pm |
re: #17 turn
Do you like him? I guess not.
I like him just fine, I just think my sister could do better. It's more the idea that my sister is _finally_ getting married (she's 2 years older than I am, and I got married a year ago). It just feels weird.
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freetoken Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:17:28pm |
re: #22 Killgore Trout
Part of me is still in 2005, wondering what happened to the rest of the world...
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chicagodudewhotrades Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:17:33pm |
If there are any National Security/Military geeks out there like me, the Hudson Institute is running a live panel discussion on Russian military capability on C-SPAN 2 right now. This current panel is talking about Russian Strategic Forces. Something I saw that got my attention was a earlier panel talking about Russia's invasion of Georgia last year. Turns out a lot of Russian civillian hackers were hacking Georgian based web sites on orders from the Russian military
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Killgore Trout Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:18:20pm |
re: #25 freetoken
Blackouts iz time travel.
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freetoken Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:19:07pm |
re: #26 chicagodudewhotrades
Speaking of Russia:
Disaster shows Russia 'behind' in technology: Medvedev
The disaster last week at Russia's biggest hydroelectric dam that is feared to have killed 75 shows the country lags very far behind in technology, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:19:37pm |
I can't watch the video (at work), but here's a couple of teh cute to share:
[Link: dcist.com...]
[Link: www.snopes.com...]
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:20:54pm |
re: #24 thedopefishlives
I like him just fine, I just think my sister could do better. It's more the idea that my sister is _finally_ getting married (she's 2 years older than I am, and I got married a year ago). It just feels weird.
Love, what can I say? I'm sure my late FIL thought the turnwife could do much better than turn but that didn't change the inevitable. Oh, congrats on your one year, it was recently 30 for me.
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:21:18pm |
re: #12 thedopefishlives When the kids come for approval you give it short of a situation including imminent threat to health and well being. That way if all goes well the relationship builds. If not, you are still there for your child and they can easily come to you for support without worrying about any "I told you so's"
My .02
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A Man for all Seasons Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:21:32pm |
re: #20 turn
Hey there hoops. What did you think about the rattlesnakes mating? That youtube thing was painless, it was my first time.
Turn...For the last year all I've ever said is that snakes freak me the hell out..
There are few things in this world that freak me out..Hell I'd stand in the Lane with Shaq coming down and breaking every bone in my body.( Shaq did it..Autographs at 4pm) I will run out of the room screaming like a little girl with a snake in the room..I have always said it...Anybody that wants to tease me over it go ahead...I'll knock you out..Bring a snake..I'm the guy begging for mercy..*wink* LOL
snakes freak me out...
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:21:44pm |
re: #29 Mad Al-Jaffee
I can't watch the video (at work), but here's a couple of teh cute to share:
[Link: dcist.com...]
[Link: www.snopes.com...]
I love the first one. I want every child to have lots and lots of moments of pure joy just like that.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:22:10pm |
re: #30 turn
Love, what can I say? I'm sure my late FIL thought the turnwife could do much better than turn but that didn't change the inevitable. Oh, congrats on your one year, it was recently 30 for me.
My one-year's coming up here. And I don't quite know how to explain it... I just wish she had more of a sappy romantic type. Like I said, he's a solid guy and he'll be good to her and there's no doubt about that. I just don't know if he'll make her _happy_ in the end.
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:22:33pm |
re: #25 freetoken
If the part of you that is still in 2005 includes your 401K - get out when you reach the end of 2007. Trust me.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:22:49pm |
re: #34 thedopefishlives
That being said, I do, of course, wish her the best and am happy to tell all y'all that the Fish's family is entering yet another chapter of life.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:23:41pm |
re: #24 thedopefishlives
I'm 39 and single. If I ever get engaged, most of my family will probably have a huge celebration or die of shock.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:23:56pm |
re: #15 Anthony (Los Angeles)
Baby elephants are so cool. Surprisingly playful, too.
teh ball is fun, but teh grilla haz kitteh ...
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unrealizedviewpoint Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:24:00pm |
Sports fans: Free Yearly Subscription to ESPN the Magazine
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Lincolntf Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:24:02pm |
Anyone here subscribe to Smithsonian Magazine? If so, what do you make of this month's issue that just showed up in the mail? Green scam?
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Cato the Elder Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:24:15pm |
The repetitive, brain-destroying tune played by the ice-cream truck on my urban route to get little kids to salivate and demand money is "La Cucaracha" instead of "Turkey in the Straw" this year. Corporate sarcasm?
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:24:26pm |
re: #32 HoosierHoops
Turn...For the last year all I've ever said is that snakes freak me the hell out..
There are few things in this world that freak me out..Hell I'd stand in the Lane with Shaq coming down and breaking every bone in my body.( Shaq did it..Autographs at 4pm) I will run out of the room screaming like a little girl with a snake in the room..I have always said it...Anybody that wants to tease me over it go ahead...I'll knock you out..Bring a snake..I'm the guy begging for mercy..*wink* LOL
snakes freak me out...
Never really had problems with snakes. Had plenty as pets when I was a kid, and I use to catch and release plenty of them down at the creek (pronounced "crick"). Not exactly a cuddly animal, but fascinating to look at and hold.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:24:27pm |
Hey, Mama Elephant, TALK or the kid gets it !
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:25:10pm |
re: #32 HoosierHoops
hahaha, I didn't know that. Well I got you beat in the wuss departement then, I'm am freaked out about ticks. No shit, they scare the hell out of me and snakes don't bother me a bit.
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:25:26pm |
re: #7 Martinsmithy
A most interesting site. Basically says much the same thing some of us here have been saying about Bodissey and Dymphna for a while now.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:25:55pm |
re: #11 OldLineTexan
"Run, child, run! Dat's a Cajun, and dey'll eat any damned ting!"
/punch line from OLD joke
But it all tastes like chicken.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:25:57pm |
re: #41 Cato the Elder
The repetitive, brain-destroying tune played by the ice-cream truck on my urban route to get little kids to salivate and demand money is "La Cucaracha" instead of "Turkey in the Straw" this year. Corporate sarcasm?
Big Walter Horton (my favorite blues harmonica player) did a really great instrumental version of La Cucaracha.
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:26:11pm |
re: #40 Lincolntf
Anyone here subscribe to Smithsonian Magazine? If so, what do you make of this month's issue that just showed up in the mail? Green scam?
Used to subscribe. Its a good magazine (or was in 1990's) on par with Nat. Geo.
I don't know about mystery issues. You may want to call their subscription department and find out if someone put you on the list before they send the bill.
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:26:23pm |
re: #34 thedopefishlives
My one-year's coming up here. And I don't quite know how to explain it... I just wish she had more of a sappy romantic type. Like I said, he's a solid guy and he'll be good to her and there's no doubt about that. I just don't know if he'll make her _happy_ in the end.
My husband is the sappy romantic type. He tells me I'm beautiful, brings me flowers for no reason, all that great stuff. But after 23 years, it doesn't mean nearly as much to me as the fact that he's always there, works hard to take care of us, and is a fantastic father. I hope your sister will be very happy. (And you too, you newlywed!)
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:26:40pm |
re: #41 Cato the Elder
The repetitive, brain-destroying tune played by the ice-cream truck on my urban route to get little kids to salivate and demand money is "La Cucaracha" instead of "Turkey in the Straw" this year. Corporate sarcasm?
Demographic shift.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:27:34pm |
re: #34 thedopefishlives
I thought you meant one year at LGF for a moment, heh your LGF 3 year is coming up too.
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Son of the Black Dog Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:27:34pm |
re: #41 Cato the Elder
The repetitive, brain-destroying tune played by the ice-cream truck on my urban route to get little kids to salivate and demand money is "La Cucaracha" instead of "Turkey in the Straw" this year. Corporate sarcasm?
We're still getting "Turkey in the Straw".
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:27:43pm |
re: #41 Cato the Elder
The repetitive, brain-destroying tune played by the ice-cream truck on my urban route to get little kids to salivate and demand money is "La Cucaracha" instead of "Turkey in the Straw" this year. Corporate sarcasm?
When I was visiting my folks in Annapolis a few weeks ago, the ice cream truck rolled by, and it was playing "Jingle Bells". Very odd on an August day...
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tradewind Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:27:46pm |
A Day at the Doctor's : a corollary:
[Link: bighollywood.breitbart.com...]
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lawhawk Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:27:52pm |
re: #28 freetoken
Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy given that they're busy trying to provide nuclear reactor technologies to the highest bidder. If their tech is behind the curve, who knows what they're cutting costs on (safety anyone)?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:27:58pm |
re: #51 turn
I thought you meant one year at LGF for a moment, heh your LGF 3 year is coming up too.
Not to offend any lizards, but my 1-year wedding anniversary is just a bit more significant. ;)
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:28:09pm |
re: #49 doppelganglander
My husband is the sappy romantic type. He tells me I'm beautiful, brings me flowers for no reason, all that great stuff. But after 23 years, it doesn't mean nearly as much to me as the fact that he's always there, works hard to take care of us, and is a fantastic father. I hope your sister will be very happy. (And you too, you newlywed!)
I want my husband to be a provider and protector. 'Course, he needs to provide me some diamonds every now and then but that's just gravy.
;-)
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:28:29pm |
Ticks and snakes huh?
Hoops and Turn you may want to get some DEET and boots before visiting our backyard. The 9 year old girl and 11 and 13 year old boys will be happy to flush the critters out of the woods for you and check you for ticks.
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A Man for all Seasons Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:29:04pm |
re: #44 turn
hahaha, I didn't know that. Well I got you beat in the wuss departement then, I'm am freaked out about ticks. No shit, they scare the hell out of me and snakes don't bother me a bit.
Snakes just freak me out...I figure I am just may win the Indy Mini Marathon if somebody brings a snake to the start line...They freak me out...LOL
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:29:13pm |
re: #53 MrSilverDragon
When I was visiting my folks in Annapolis a few weeks ago, the ice cream truck rolled by, and it was playing "Jingle Bells". Very odd on an August day...
I would love to hear an ice cream truck play John Brim's "Ice Cream Man" (the one Van Halen covered.)
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:29:26pm |
re: #57 redstateredneck
I want my husband to be a provider and protector. 'Course, he needs to provide me some diamonds every now and then but that's just gravy.
;-)
I have no idea why my wife married me. I sure as hell wouldn't have.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:29:32pm |
re: #56 thedopefishlives
Not to offend any lizards, but my 1-year wedding anniversary is just a bit more significant. ;)
No offense taken, but we're a close second!
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Cato the Elder Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:29:49pm |
re: #52 Son of the Black Dog
We're still getting "Turkey in the Straw".
If my dog didn't single-handedly keep the rodent population down around here, next year it would probably be "Rats on the Rooftops" or "Los Ratos in el Barrio".
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freetoken Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:29:55pm |
One of the more relevant (to our future) pieces of news today:
Sinopec to Boost Overseas Expansion as Profit Surges
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia’s biggest refiner, plans “rapid” overseas expansion to secure oil supplies after profit reached a record and as the nation’s economic recovery spurs fuel demand. [...]
Chinese energy companies have spent at least $13 billion on overseas assets since December as they take advantage of lower valuations caused by the global recession to meet energy demand in the world’s fastest growing major economy. Sinopec will invest in oil and gas fields overseas and expand refining ventures while focusing on cost reduction as it expects oil prices to rise in the second half, Su said. [...]
Should we be recovering from the current recession in the coming quarters, oil has the potential for explosive upward movement.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:30:20pm |
Not sure if this has been posted. Don't print out unless you are at work or using someone elses ink.
[Link: www.aclu.org...]
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:30:23pm |
re: #53 MrSilverDragon
Would "My Milkshake Brings The Boys To The Yard" be out of line for an ice cream truck jingle?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:30:27pm |
re: #61 SasquatchOnSteroids
I have no idea why my wife married me. I sure as hell wouldn't have.
///
You win the thread. And with that thought, I'm off for home to mow the yard before the thunderstorms move in tonight. It's the first clear day we've had in a couple of weeks and I'm taking full advantage of it. See all y'all tomorrow.
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Lincolntf Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:30:58pm |
re: #48 DaddyG
I subscribed to this one on purpose (kinda, the other options were lame). This month's issue showed up with a white paper stapled over the actual cover telling subscribers that we can get two whole free issues if we switch our subscriptions to "digital only". It has a big 'Go Green" logo on it.
If I wanted to go to a website I would. The reason I subscribe to mags is their portability, so the offer is useless to me. Just wondering if anyone else is actually going to do it.
Oh, and I'd still have to pay full price for the subscription (except for the free two) and all I'd end up with is a password for their site? No thanks.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:31:18pm |
re: #58 DaddyG
Ticks and snakes huh?
Hoops and Turn you may want to get some DEET and boots before visiting our backyard. The 9 year old girl and 11 and 13 year old boys will be happy to flush the critters out of the woods for you and check you for ticks.
I've been spraying Off around the base of my pants before I walk Luke. Seems to be working. I'm even frightened to pick them off of him, let alone find one on me.
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:31:40pm |
re: #64 freetoken
One of the more relevant (to our future) pieces of news today:
Sinopec to Boost Overseas Expansion as Profit Surges
Should we be recovering from the current recession in the coming quarters, oil has the potential for explosive upward movement.
Which will kill any recovery from the current recession.
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tradewind Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:32:07pm |
re: #41 Cato the Elder
Too bad. We get the theme song from Disney's Electric Light Show Parade.
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callahan23 Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:32:17pm |
re: #59 HoosierHoops
Snakes just freak me out...I figure I am just may win the Indy Mini Marathon if somebody brings a snake to the start line...They freak me out...LOL
There is little to none in the animal-kingdom that freaks me out.
Yet I simply hate the malaria mosquito, as I once had that desease.
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Ben Hur Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:32:30pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:32:48pm |
re: #58 DaddyG
Ticks and snakes huh?
Hoops and Turn you may want to get some DEET and boots before visiting our backyard. The 9 year old girl and 11 and 13 year old boys will be happy to flush the critters out of the woods for you and check you for ticks.
I'd rather have a girl who's at least 19 or 20 check me for ticks.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:32:55pm |
re: #61 SasquatchOnSteroids
I have no idea why my wife married me. I sure as hell wouldn't have.
///
Maybe she saw potential? ? ? ?
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:32:59pm |
re: #69 Lincolntf
I subscribed to this one on purpose (kinda, the other options were lame). This month's issue showed up with a white paper stapled over the actual cover telling subscribers that we can get two whole free issues if we switch our subscriptions to "digital only". It has a big 'Go Green" logo on it.
If I wanted to go to a website I would. The reason I subscribe to mags is their portability, so the offer is useless to me. Just wondering if anyone else is actually going to do it.
Oh, and I'd still have to pay full price for the subscription (except for the free two) and all I'd end up with is a password for their site? No thanks.
Translation: They're losing money on print. Going green is the new favorite excuse for almost anything.
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A Man for all Seasons Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:33:27pm |
re: #70 turn
I've been spraying Off around the base of my pants before I walk Luke. Seems to be working. I'm even frightened to pick them off of him, let alone find one on me.
You would not believe how many wasps nests I killed this year...
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:34:11pm |
re: #66 DaddyG
Would "My Milkshake Brings The Boys To The Yard" be out of line for an ice cream truck jingle?
Probably not, but it would probably cause blood to spurt out of my ears were I to hear it again.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:34:16pm |
re: #63 Cato the Elder
If my dog didn't single-handedly keep the rodent population down around here, next year it would probably be "Rats on the Rooftops" or "Los Ratos in el Barrio".
I need to borrow him. I had a rat swimming in my pool this weekend and I dipped him out. mrhightechtedneck asked me why the hell didn't I hold him under til he drowned. I honestly did not think of that.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:34:22pm |
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:34:28pm |
re: #41 Cato the Elder
The repetitive, brain-destroying tune played by the ice-cream truck on my urban route to get little kids to salivate and demand money is "La Cucaracha" instead of "Turkey in the Straw" this year. Corporate sarcasm?
We're getting Albeniz's Espanola (Granada) up here in the Rocky Mountains.
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:34:48pm |
re: #57 redstateredneck
I want my husband to be a provider and protector. 'Course, he needs to provide me some diamonds every now and then but that's just gravy.
;-)
Forget diamonds. I am lusting after hardwood floors and new furniture.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:35:01pm |
re: #75 Mad Al-Jaffee
I'd rather have a girl who's at least 19 or 20 check me for ticks.
Brad Paisley fan, eh?
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:35:13pm |
re: #81 redstateredneck
I need to borrow him. I had a rat swimming in my pool this weekend and I dipped him out. mrhightechtedneck asked me why the hell didn't I hold him under til he drowned. I honestly did not think of that.
Don't hurt the pool kitteh!
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:35:22pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:36:00pm |
re: #85 OldLineTexan
Brad Paisley fan, eh?
Not really, but I have heard the song a few times. The first time, I thought he was comparing the girl in the song to a dog.
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Lincolntf Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:36:11pm |
re: #83 Walter L. Newton
Wow. I have no idea why this just popped into my head, but something jogged my memory.
Have you already done that "Picasso" play you mentioned earlier in the year?
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Son of the Black Dog Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:36:24pm |
re: #72 tradewind
Too bad. We get the theme song from Disney's Electric Light Show Parade.
At least it isn't endless repetitions of "It's a Small World After All".
/Apologies to anyone who will now have that stuck in their heads for the remainder of the day.
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:36:24pm |
re: #81 redstateredneck
I need to borrow him. I had a rat swimming in my pool this weekend and I dipped him out. mrhightechtedneck asked me why the hell didn't I hold him under til he drowned. I honestly did not think of that.
This morning I found a dead Hummingbird in a in a bag of empty beer bottles I was putting out for recycling. Not sure if it drowned, but it probably was dead drunk.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:36:28pm |
re: #79 HoosierHoops
You would not believe how many wasps nests I killed this year...
I had one under the bow on the front door wreath. We rarely use the front door (apparently) and I opened it the other day and unleashed a swarm of angry wasps into the house!
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:36:46pm |
re: #75 Mad Al-Jaffee
I'd rather have a girl who's at least 19 or 20 check me for ticks.
She might get confused about a certain portion of your male anatomy.
/
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Ben Hur Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:36:51pm |
re: #87 turn
Yeah, that was funny ben.
I love it.
But the vid isn't working for me.
Glad it is for all!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:37:10pm |
re: #90 Son of the Black Dog
At least it isn't endless repetitions of "It's a Small World After All".
/Apologies to anyone who will now have that stuck in their heads for the remainder of the day.
Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beef for you
I'll have a Duff
You'll have one too
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:37:14pm |
re: #84 doppelganglander
Forget diamonds. I am lusting after hardwood floors and new furniture.
Those are good, too!
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:37:39pm |
re: #79 HoosierHoops
You would not believe how many wasps nests I killed this year...
Haven't had to deal with any wasp nests for the past few years. We put in plants that attract bumble bees, and they seem to drive the wasps away.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:37:45pm |
re: #79 HoosierHoops
You would not believe how many wasps nests I killed this year...
Da Bugs are something this year. It has rained so much here that the ants are all above ground. I have sprayed mercilessly. You cannot defeat them, you can only hope to contain them.
/ESPN plug
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:37:51pm |
re: #89 Lincolntf
Wow. I have no idea why this just popped into my head, but something jogged my memory.
Have you already done that "Picasso" play you mentioned earlier in the year?
No, it's our next show, opens Sept. 25th, go half way donw the page for info...
[Link: www.minersalley.com...]
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:38:13pm |
re: #93 turn
She might get confused about a certain portion of your male anatomy.
/
My adam's apple?
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OldLineTexan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:38:18pm |
re: #96 redstateredneck
Those are good, too!
If you get the hardwood floors, go for the Roomba too.
We have the floors. The dust is readily apparent.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:38:33pm |
re: #86 Mad Al-Jaffee
Don't hurt the pool kitteh!
You would think with three dachshunds and a hound dog I wouldn't have a rodent problem, but they have apparently decided to co-exist. I think they're even sharing their dry food.
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jcm Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:38:36pm |
re: #91 Creeping Eruption
This morning I found a dead Hummingbird in a in a bag of empty beer bottles I was putting out for recycling. Not sure if it drowned, but it probably was dead drunk.
I had a rat get caught in the dryer's heating coil, next load of laundry it smoked and stank to high heaven.
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:38:43pm |
re: #92 redstateredneck
I had one under the bow on the front door wreath. We rarely use the front door (apparently) and I opened it the other day and unleashed a swarm of angry wasps into the house!
A sign that I left the Christmas wreath up much too long: When I went to change it for the spring wreath, a birds' nest and several eggs fell out, and mama bird flew off in a panic.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:38:44pm |
re: #79 HoosierHoops
You would not believe how many wasps nests I killed this year...
I don't like those critters either, but not freaked out by them. And this is even after one sting between my eyes caused my head to swell up like Rocky in the tenth round. It was ugly.
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:39:29pm |
re: #103 jcm
I had a rat get caught in the dryer's heating coil, next load of laundry it smoked and stank to high heaven.
Ewww . . .
Jerky?
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OldLineTexan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:39:40pm |
re: #88 Mad Al-Jaffee
Not really, but I have heard the song a few times. The first time, I thought he was comparing the girl in the song to a dog.
Hey, if you can find a girl that will dive into the brush and retrieve your doves ...
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:39:41pm |
re: #90 Son of the Black Dog
At least it isn't endless repetitions of "It's a Small World After All".
/Apologies to anyone who will now have that stuck in their heads for the remainder of the day.
O.M.G. We got stuck in those boats at Disney World several years ago and I almost waded out of the mofo to get away from the song!
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Lincolntf Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:40:00pm |
re: #99 Walter L. Newton
Thanks. That really does sound like a great idea for a play. I hope it's a success.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:40:01pm |
re: #104 doppelganglander
A sign that I left the Christmas wreath up much too long: When I went to change it for the spring wreath, a birds' nest and several eggs fell out, and mama bird flew off in a panic.
LOL!
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:40:35pm |
re: #103 jcm
I had a rat get caught in the dryer's heating coil, next load of laundry it smoked and stank to high heaven.
You Dirty Rat ! You killed My Brudda !
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Charles Johnson Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:40:36pm |
I am getting absolutely bombarded with spam today, that's getting through my filters somehow. 732 spam emails so far today!
Do the spammers have a new technique?
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:40:42pm |
re: #91 Creeping Eruption
This morning I found a dead Hummingbird in a in a bag of empty beer bottles I was putting out for recycling. Not sure if it drowned, but it probably was dead drunk.
Awww. I hope it died a happy drunk.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:40:43pm |
re: #94 Ben Hur
I love it.
But the vid isn't working for me.
Glad it is for all!
The shark thing was really funny.
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jcm Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:41:05pm |
re: #106 Creeping Eruption
Ewww . . .
Jerky?
Just about, had to get a new heating coil, and ran a whole box of dryer sheets a few times to rid of the damn smell.
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:41:54pm |
re: #113 redstateredneck
Awww. I hope it died a happy drunk.
I'm hoping too. It looked very peaceful. Well, thats what you get when you imbibe too much nectar of the Gods.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:42:32pm |
re: #116 Creeping Eruption
I'm hoping too. It looked very peaceful. Well, thats what you get when you imbibe too much nectar of the Gods.
What kind of beer was it ?
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:43:02pm |
re: #115 jcm
Just about, had to get a new heating coil, and ran a whole box of dryer sheets a few times to rid of the damn smell.
That sounds worse than the skunk that took up residence under my parents front porch when I was little.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:43:03pm |
re: #116 Creeping Eruption
I'm hoping too. It looked very peaceful. Well, thats what you get when you imbibe too much nectar of the Gods.
I wonder if it hopped into the beer bottle.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:43:12pm |
re: #101 OldLineTexan
If you get the hardwood floors, go for the Roomba too.
We have the floors. The dust is readily apparent.
I've got hardwood in the living room and ceramic in the foyer and kitchen and it does get dusty. Also have a lot of hardwood at the lakehouse. It's pretty though. I just swiffer more often.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:43:24pm |
re: #98 SasquatchOnSteroids
Da Bugs are something this year. It has rained so much here that the ants are all above ground. I have sprayed mercilessly. You cannot defeat them, you can only hope to contain them.
/ESPN plug
Talk about ants. I was cleaning off the patio this weekend and picked up a table cloth that was draped over the notch in a tree for a few weeks. I got inside and an ant was biting my arm, the turnspawn2 walks in and say dicdo there are thousands of ants on you. I raced outside and we brushed most of them off pretty quickly but hours later I was still picking them off. I nuked the tree with spray.
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LGoPs Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:43:58pm |
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jcm Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:44:00pm |
re: #105 turn
I don't like those critters either, but not freaked out by them. And this is even after one sting between my eyes caused my head to swell up like Rocky in the tenth round. It was ugly.
I had a wasp check out my beer one after noon... Wasp stings inside of the mouth are not fun...
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OldLineTexan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:44:57pm |
re: #123 jcm
I had a wasp check out my beer one after noon... Wasp stings inside of the mouth are not fun...
Yeah, but shaking the bottle with your thumb over the top and watching the lil' bastard go for launch is worth the price of the beer.
/
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:45:00pm |
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reine.de.tout Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:45:04pm |
FOUND IT.
My favorite elephant video, clearly shows them communcating with each other to help and elephant in distress.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:45:33pm |
re: #105 turn
I don't like those critters either, but not freaked out by them. And this is even after one sting between my eyes caused my head to swell up like Rocky in the tenth round. It was ugly.
Back when mrhightechredneck used to take me bass fishing he was getting my bait out of a cypress tree (:-) and came upon a huge nest of red wasps. They probably stung him 40-50 times. Good thing he wasn't allergic. He'da been dead. Not a one came after me or the dog.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:46:11pm |
re: #123 jcm
I got stung by a yellowjacket a couple of weeks ago, right on the foot. I was on the way to my car, getting ready to go to the gym, so the only thing I did to treat it was take some ibuprofin. Still hurt a couple hours later, but during some of my workout the sting site actually started to feel really good. Does their venom bring out endorphins or something
The worse part was the itching. Lasted for days.
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LGoPs Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:46:23pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:46:23pm |
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:46:30pm |
re: #101 OldLineTexan
If you get the hardwood floors, go for the Roomba too.
We have the floors. The dust is readily apparent.
It couldn't be any worse than the pet hair in my carpet from the fluffy mutt and 3 cats. On the one section of hardwood we already have in the foyer, as well as on the kitchen vinyl floor, we have tumbleweeds if I let it go too long (i.e. more than a day). I think I would enjoy the bonus entertainment of cat vs. Roomba.
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:46:44pm |
re: #123 jcm
I had a wasp check out my beer one after noon... Wasp stings inside of the mouth are not fun...
I had one sting right above my eye-lid, thanks to a young individual who thought it would be entertaining to throw rocks at a hive. I looked like I had been on the receiving end of a fist to the eye.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:47:06pm |
re: #123 jcm
I had a wasp check out my beer one after noon... Wasp stings inside of the mouth are not fun...
Ouch! I am alergic to them I think.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:47:07pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:47:21pm |
re: #123 jcm
I had a wasp check out my beer one after noon... Wasp stings inside of the mouth are not fun...
damn, hospital ?
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:47:33pm |
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:47:37pm |
[Link: www.lib-art.com...]
art and obamacare.
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jcm Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:47:47pm |
re: #126 reine.de.tout
FOUND IT.
My favorite elephant video, clearly shows them communcating with each other to help and elephant in distress.
[Video]
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OldLineTexan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:47:53pm |
re: #132 doppelganglander
It couldn't be any worse than the pet hair in my carpet from the fluffy mutt and 3 cats. On the one section of hardwood we already have in the foyer, as well as on the kitchen vinyl floor, we have tumbleweeds if I let it go too long (i.e. more than a day). I think I would enjoy the bonus entertainment of cat vs. Roomba.
We get lots of tumbleweeds, but then again we are apparently a filthy lot (judging from the elapsed time berween sweepings).
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LGoPs Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:47:55pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:47:57pm |
re: #134 turn
Ouch! I am alergic to them I think.
You think or you know? If you're not sure, see your doc and get an epi pen prescribed.
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:48:07pm |
re: #75 Mad Al-Jaffee
I'd rather have a girl who's at least 19 or 20 check me for ticks.
Note: Keep Mad Al away from older daughters.
Check!
/
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:48:27pm |
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:48:28pm |
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:48:39pm |
re: #129 Mad Al-Jaffee
I got stung by a yellowjacket a couple of weeks ago, right on the foot. I was on the way to my car, getting ready to go to the gym, so the only thing I did to treat it was take some ibuprofin. Still hurt a couple hours later, but during some of my workout the sting site actually started to feel really good. Does their venom bring out endorphins or something
The worse part was the itching. Lasted for days.
John Popper got stung on his lip when he was 10 years old and has never been able to play the harp any slower than 132 notes a minute.
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Dianna Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:48:47pm |
re: #140 OldLineTexan
We get lots of tumbleweeds, but then again we are apparently a filthy lot (judging from the elapsed time berween sweepings).
Ha! on any give Saturday, I don't have dust bunnies. They've been eaten by the dust coyotes.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:48:53pm |
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:48:54pm |
re: #112 Charles
I am getting absolutely bombarded with spam today, that's getting through my filters somehow. 732 spam emails so far today!
Do the spammers have a new technique?
Got any deals on Viagra or offers to split $40 million US with a foreign national desperate to get it into this country?
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:48:56pm |
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:49:09pm |
re: #132 doppelganglander
It couldn't be any worse than the pet hair in my carpet from the fluffy mutt and 3 cats. On the one section of hardwood we already have in the foyer, as well as on the kitchen vinyl floor, we have tumbleweeds if I let it go too long (i.e. more than a day). I think I would enjoy the bonus entertainment of cat vs. Roomba.
I know someone with a Roomba and two cats. It's highly entertaining.
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jcm Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:49:25pm |
re: #136 SasquatchOnSteroids
damn, hospital ?
Nope, I react worse to friggin' mosquitos than wasps. Wasp hurts like crazy, and after about 20 minutes nothing, skeeters I swell up and itch for days.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:49:28pm |
re: #145 redstateredneck
I'm glad you like them because they tick me off.
I never liked them until I read one that Katy did.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:49:34pm |
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:49:44pm |
re: #151 redstateredneck
I know someone with a Roomba and two cats. It's highly entertaining.
Is that anything like two turntables and a microphone?
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LGoPs Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:49:58pm |
re: #145 redstateredneck
I'm glad you like them because they tick me off.
I run away from ticks. When I see one, I flea...
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:50:02pm |
re: #151 redstateredneck
I know someone with a Roomba and two cats. It's highly entertaining.
My dogs would attack it. They hate vacuum cleaners. At least one of them also hates brooms; I think he knows it is somehow related.
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Ben Hur Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:50:07pm |
Embedded vids are not working for me.
Firefox.
Possible reasons?
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DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:50:11pm |
re: #79 HoosierHoops
You would not believe how many wasps nests I killed this year...
Yup. They seem very active this year. Both of the younger boys have been on the receiving end of a stiner or two. The olders girl is deathly allergic so we're very careful with her.
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freetoken Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:50:12pm |
re: #112 Charles
Don't know about any specific changes this week, but there is a note:
A recent flurry of articles on the increase of spam, have focused on the likelihood that we will continue to see a rise in the percentage of spam in overall email volumes ...
My ISP has been filtering pretty well.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:50:18pm |
re: #147 Dianna
Ha! on any give Saturday, I don't have dust bunnies. They've been eaten by the dust coyotes.
Hello Dianna.
81 pages read.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:50:29pm |
re: #128 redstateredneck
Back when mrhightechredneck used to take me bass fishing he was getting my bait out of a cypress tree (:-) and came upon a huge nest of red wasps. They probably stung him 40-50 times. Good thing he wasn't allergic. He'da been dead. Not a one came after me or the dog.
Ouch! The one that stung me ws messing with the turnwife's hair when she was sitting in the garden. I took off my hat to shoo it away and it came directly at me and stung me beween the lenses in my glases. Didn't think that much about it until I woke up the next day, it was frightening I tell ya. I looked grotesque, like the pantom of the opera.
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:50:34pm |
ran into some laruchies with there pic. of Obama with a snicklegruber mustache they saw my Israeli flag on my bag and did not bother me though they would attack so I was a bit surprised.
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OldLineTexan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:50:43pm |
re: #147 Dianna
Ha! on any give Saturday, I don't have dust bunnies. They've been eaten by the dust coyotes.
I tried everything ... tying broomhandles to the poodles, wetting the cat down with floor cleaner ... nothing works!
/
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:50:57pm |
I missed two threads because "new comments" stopped showing the new thread link. It was only when I decided to refresh that I found out.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:51:22pm |
re: #151 redstateredneck
I know someone with a Roomba and two cats. It's highly entertaining.
I know someone with a Roomba and had two cats. It's highly mysterious.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:51:50pm |
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:51:51pm |
re: #112 Charles
I am getting absolutely bombarded with spam today, that's getting through my filters somehow. 732 spam emails so far today!
Do the spammers have a new technique?
There have been some rumors that spammers have defeated reverse-DNS lookups...
We got hit on one of the Windoz e-mail servers. Turns out that the default was no SPF record... BASD Configuration! At one point we got 10,000 separate e-mails in less than 5 minutes. Not a very good day, that day.
| 171 |
Dianna Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:52:13pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:52:33pm |
re: #169 redstateredneck
I'm itchin' to hear it!
It's kind of dirty - about how her friend Milly peed.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:53:01pm |
re: #164 taxfreekiller
[Link: www.nws.noaa.gov...]
chance of snow, Pikes Peak Colorado, tonight, Tuesday, Wed. / Wed. night.
You are so behind, last Tuesday night (Aug. 18th, 2009) right here at the Secret Mountain Lair at 8200 feet in the Rocky Mountains, I had rain storm with thunder and lightning and SNOW mixed in with it. Not hail, snow.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:53:27pm |
re: #171 Dianna
thanks.
Have you decided if you're going to finish?
I have to finish, its a morel imperative.
I will finish one night this week.
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:53:36pm |
re: #168 Walter L. Newton
I know someone with a Roomba and had two cats. It's highly mysterious.
Reminds me of a joke we had in college about a self-cleaning carpet that had a tendency to eat cats. It was part of a fake ad for a housecleaning robot.
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freetoken Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:53:37pm |
From one of the links in the previous posted article:
Spam Reaches Its Highest Point Ever, Report Says
[...]Spam volumes increased by another 27 percent month over month as compared to June and have increased 400 percent since February 2009. Additionally, spam as a percentage of overall mail has reached its highest point ever, currently accounting for 94.6 percent of all e-mail.
[...]
Wow.
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Dianna Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:53:51pm |
re: #165 OldLineTexan
I tried everything ... tying broomhandles to the poodles, wetting the cat down with floor cleaner ... nothing works!
/
Yeah, I know. But the worst offender in the household is the fluffy mutt, and she hates her brushing so much she hides.
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:54:16pm |
re: #123 jcm
I had a wasp check out my beer one after noon... Wasp stings inside of the mouth are not fun...
You're not suppose to sit the cold bottle down. Drink in one swell foop, next time.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:54:21pm |
re: #172 Mad Al-Jaffee
It's kind of dirty - about how her friend Milly peed.
Dinged up for groan factor.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:54:29pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:54:53pm |
re: #177 Dianna
Yeah, I know. But the worst offender in the household is the fluffy mutt, and she hates her brushing so much she hides.
Poodles don't shed, so that saves us. But they do need to be groomed, or they start to look like pretty well used mops.
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Dianna Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:55:01pm |
re: #174 DEZes
I have to finish, its a morel imperative.
I will finish one night this week.
Well, it is portabella.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:55:06pm |
re: #142 Mad Al-Jaffee
You think or you know? If you're not sure, see your doc and get an epi pen prescribed.
Thanks, yew I already have an epi pen for the peanut allergies, bee stings never bothered me that much when I was younger but I think I've grown allergic judging by the swelling of my head. It has been five or six years since that and I haven't been stung since then.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:55:19pm |
re: #176 freetoken
From one of the links in the previous posted article:
Spam Reaches Its Highest Point Ever, Report Says
Wow.
I do not understand why "CAD Printing Service Offshore" feels that it is necessary to send me 100's of emails every day.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:55:40pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:55:42pm |
re: #180 SasquatchOnSteroids
Gnat King Cole was a merry old soul.
Is he related to the Lord of the Flies?
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LGoPs Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:56:01pm |
re: #180 SasquatchOnSteroids
Gnat King Cole was a merry old soul.
Hey Sas...does MJ still bug you...?
/ :)
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:56:13pm |
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Dianna Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:56:18pm |
re: #185 DEZes
I saw that and just went, DEZ is an idiot. ;)
It's ok. I thought I was obliged to try a pun.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:56:46pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:56:52pm |
re: #181 Kosh's Shadow
Poodles don't shed, so that saves us. But they do need to be groomed, or they start to look like pretty well used mops.
Crazy Mutt in my avatar sheds like crazy. That's one of the reasons I get her shaved in the summer.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:56:56pm |
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:57:26pm |
re: #174 DEZes
I have to finish, its a morel imperative.
I will finish one night this week.
Oh, I love morels. Haven't had any since my Missouri youth.
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:58:03pm |
re: #184 Alouette
I think a company I bought a watch from sold my email address, as I get tons of "fake replica watches - R0lex," spams. And it was an Amazon affiliate.
Somehow, buying a $25 Casio was taken as an indication I'd even want to be thought to have a "r0lex".
I probably send 10 or so a day to spam at uce dot gov which is the email address to report spam.
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:58:06pm |
re: #165 OldLineTexan
put some pot under there and tell your human teenager it is under one of the beds don't tell him which one.
i suggest a 2 qt sauce pot
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:58:12pm |
re: #194 redstateredneck
Oh, I love morels. Haven't had any since my Missouri youth.
With lots of butter, MMM!
Homer mode off.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:58:33pm |
re: #194 redstateredneck
Oh, I love morels. Haven't had any since my Missouri youth.
Have you heard about the restaurant that specialized in morel dishes for sled dog riders?
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Ben Hur Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:58:38pm |
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:58:56pm |
re: #145 redstateredneck
I'm glad you like them because they tick me off.
I have a phobia about ticks, I mite get nervous just talking about them.
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:59:02pm |
Johnny Rico and I were talking the other day. Turns out that he and the Ole Doc were on a bug hunt. Do ya think i should send them over here?
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:59:24pm |
re: #188 LGoPs
Hey Sas...does MJ still bug you...?
/ :)
Speaking of MJ, it appears that the coroner has ruled his death a homicide.
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:59:30pm |
re: #198 Mad Al-Jaffee
Have you heard about the restaurant that specialized in morel dishes for sled dog riders?
Mushrooms for mushers?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:59:33pm |
re: #200 turn
I have a phobia about ticks, I mite get nervous just talking about them.
We'll be praying mantis for you.
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Dianna Mon, Aug 24, 2009 1:59:41pm |
re: #193 DEZes
You ever write any other books?
Yes. I've got a trunk novel, a first, third and fourth parts of a science fiction novel in which the second section is so much of a mess (re-written four times, still useless) that I'm seriously irate, and a straight-forward romance novel that I'm busy tightening up.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:00:04pm |
re: #197 DEZes
With lots of butter, MMM!
Homer mode off.
My mother would dip them in beaten egg and dredge in cracker crumbs and then saute in butter.
Divine.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:00:17pm |
re: #195 Kosh's Shadow
I think a company I bought a watch from sold my email address, as I get tons of "fake replica watches - R0lex," spams. And it was an Amazon affiliate.
Somehow, buying a $25 Casio was taken as an indication I'd even want to be thought to have a "r0lex".I probably send 10 or so a day to spam at uce dot gov which is the email address to report spam.
I just have Outlook automatically delete everything in the Junk folder.
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avanti Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:00:19pm |
re: #151 redstateredneck
I know someone with a Roomba and two cats. It's highly entertaining.
My two cats follow and stalk my Roomba, but have not yet worked up the nerve to pounce.
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:00:24pm |
i wonder if i did a collage of this [Link: www.lib-art.com...] with either the white house or the capital building if the democrats would go nuts
with the white house I am sure they would not sure about the capital building.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:00:29pm |
re: #200 turn
I have a phobia about ticks, I mite get nervous just talking about them.
I don't want to scabies you.
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Honorary Yooper Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:00:44pm |
re: #202 Creeping Eruption
Speaking of MJ, it appears that the coroner has ruled his death a homicide.
I saw that. It's a strange end, and it just keeps getting stranger. It's starting the read like an episode of a bad made-for-TV mystery.
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LGoPs Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:01:03pm |
re: #202 Creeping Eruption
Speaking of MJ, it appears that the coroner has ruled his death a homicide.
redrum...redrum
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:01:13pm |
i could always tell them i did it when President Bush was in the white house
///
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:01:25pm |
re: #212 Honorary Yooper
I saw that. It's a strange end, and it just keeps getting stranger. It's starting the read like an episode of a bad made-for-TV mystery.
Micheal Jackson died?!?!??
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:01:59pm |
re: #205 Dianna
Yes. I've got a trunk novel, a first, third and fourth parts of a science fiction novel in which the second section is so much of a mess (re-written four times, still useless) that I'm seriously irate, and a straight-forward romance novel that I'm busy tightening up.
When I finish reading Control, I will email a review.
And thanks for the chance to read it.
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LGoPs Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:02:00pm |
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Erik The Red Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:02:12pm |
Good Afternoon Lizards. I hope everyone has survived Monday. :) Busy doing homework with the girls. They(meaning me) are nearly done. Just some reading left. :)
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:02:22pm |
re: #200 turn
I have a phobia about ticks, I mite get nervous just talking about them.
stay away from washington d.c. pol-itics = many ticks
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:02:52pm |
re: #153 Mad Al-Jaffee
I never liked them until I read one that Katy did.
We ought to send you up a cric without a paddle for that pun mad, what a ket that would be.
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:02:57pm |
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callahan23 Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:03:15pm |
re: #163 yochanan
ran into some laruchies with there pic. of Obama with a snicklegruber mustache they saw my Israeli flag on my bag and did not bother me though they would attack so I was a bit surprised.
I daily cross the path of election propaganda stands as state and governmental elections are close.
I sport an Israeli button flag on my bag, always.
It is very revealing which party campaigners approach me at all, here in Germany. The only ones are from the conservative party CDU and the liberal democrats FDP.
Neither the Greens nor the social democratic SPD campaigners talk me up. The socialist Linke shun me completely.
The Greens are supporters of the Iranian regime and the Linke are 'anti-Zionists' (ie. anti-Semites) btw, go figure / not /
Scum they are !
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tradewind Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:03:25pm |
re: #202 Creeping Eruption
Seriously? Homicide?
Damn. Must be a lot we weren't told. They're attributing motive?
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:03:33pm |
re: #208 Alouette
I just have Outlook automatically delete everything in the Junk folder.
I don't use Outlook, but I've found Thunderbird learns very well. I have yet to see a false positive. Verizon's filters, on the other hand, require me to check every so often because they do catch things from legit mailing lists.
I take everything Thunderbird misses and report it to spam at uce dot gov
They're probably sick of me by now.
I like Thunderbird because it is the only currently supported email client that lets me look at the source of the message without opening it first. Outlook Express does, but it is no longer supported and Windows Search prevents it from compacting folders, which means they'll get corrupted.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:03:37pm |
re: #221 turn
We ought to send you up a cric without a paddle for that pun mad, what a ket that would be.
Try it and I'll cic my friend Ada on you.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:03:57pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:04:02pm |
re: #224 tradewind
Seriously? Homicide?
Damn. Must be a lot we weren't told. They're attributing motive?
Bush killed him!!!
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:04:19pm |
re: #224 tradewind
Seriously? Homicide?
Damn. Must be a lot we weren't told. They're attributing motive?
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that the Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide.
The finding makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died.
The official says the coroner determined a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson hours before he died in his rented Los Angeles mansion on June 25. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released.
Forensic tests found the powerful anesthetic propofol in Jackson's system along with two sedatives, the official says.
Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal physician, is the target of a manslaughter probe headed by Los Angeles police.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
HOUSTON (AP) - A search warrant affidavit says Michael Jackson had lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol in his system when he died.
The document unsealed Monday allowed officials to raid the Houston offices and storage facility of Dr. Conrad Murray last month.
It says Murray told a Los Angeles police officer he administered several drugs to Jackson the day he died, including 25 milligrams of the sedative, which he gave intravenously.
The affidavit says Murray never ordered, purchased or received any of the propofol but that the doctor found about eight bottles of it in Jackson's home along with numerous other vials and pills.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:04:33pm |
re: #217 LGoPs
What are morels? never heard of them.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:05:08pm |
re: #218 Erik The Red
Good Afternoon Lizards. I hope everyone has survived Monday. :) Busy doing homework with the girls. They(meaning me) are nearly done. Just some reading left. :)
Hope you get a 100.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:05:15pm |
no fair! turn didn't get one karma for that once in a lifetime rattlesnakes mating video. jeeze what do I have to do to entertain you folks! :.)
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:05:24pm |
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:05:46pm |
re: #233 turn
no fair! turn didn't get one karma for that once in a lifetime rattlesnakes mating video. jeeze what do I have to do to entertain you folks! :.)
Star in the video/
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LGoPs Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:06:11pm |
re: #215 Mad Al-Jaffee
Micheal Jackson died?!?!??
Yeah, SasquatchOnSteroids can fill you in on all the details. He's been keeping up on it.
*duck and runs like hell*
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:06:18pm |
re: #235 buzzsawmonkey
How much mush could a munchkin munch if a munchkin munched mushrooms?
We gotta talk.
///
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:06:33pm |
MJ was a train wreck just waiting to happen.
Damn shame.
Back To Work !
A Moth walks into a bar...
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reloadingisnotahobby Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:06:45pm |
re: #233 turn
Can ya ride a unicycle??
LOL
Hello turn!
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:07:12pm |
re: #210 yochanan
i wonder if i did a collage of this [Link: www.lib-art.com...] with either the white house or the capital building if the democrats would go nuts
with the white house I am sure they would not sure about the capital building.
or maybe just ad OBAMA CARE = RATIONED CARE
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:07:19pm |
re: #234 Mad Al-Jaffee
Eating them can be lots of fun, guy.
Oh my, I celia the change in pun topics.
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Erik The Red Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:07:31pm |
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:07:37pm |
re: #235 buzzsawmonkey
How much mush could a munchkin munch if a munchkin munched mushrooms?
Depends on the mushroom. With certain ones, it might not make it through one mushroom before going belly up. With others, he might start seeing sounds and hearing colors...
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:07:52pm |
re: #238 LGoPs
I know nothing, I see nothing !
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:08:19pm |
re: #240 scottishbuzzsaw
Anyone like drums?
Awesome . . . sounds like Neil Peart - but there is only one of him.//
Truly, it is a great performance, no sarc.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:08:19pm |
re: #241 SasquatchOnSteroids
MJ was a train wreck just waiting to happen.
Damn shame.Back To Work !
A Moth walks into a bar...
I saw one drive a caterpillar.
| 251 |
DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:08:20pm |
re: #240 scottishbuzzsaw
Anyone like drums?
Much to my chagrin my daughters like drummers. What is so awful about a nice wind instrumentalist or perhaps a singer?
| 252 |
reine.de.tout Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:08:31pm |
COOKBOOK VOLUME 2 UPDATE.
Click my nic for the blog. The latest update is:
One more cookbook has been sold since the last update, for a "profit" of $5, which means the account curently contains $15. I will wait and disburse this with proceeds from the sale of Volume 2.No firm date yet for when Volume 2 will be finished. I will keep you all posted. Remember it's all a volunteer effort, and the two with the heaviest load also work full-time (Jaunte and Flak Music). So your patience is appreciated.
Update on recipes - we have:
Main dishes - 50 (vs 40 in Volume 1)
Beverages/Refreshments - 4 (vs 6 in Volume 1)
Breads - 13 (vs. 9 in Volume 1)
Desserts - 15 (vs 24 in Volume 1)
Sauces/dressings/marinades - 7 (also 7 in Volume 1)
Snacks - 13 (vs. 5 in Volume 1)
Soups/Stews - 6 (vs 13 in Volume 1)
Sides - 19 (vs 9 in Volume 1)
Salads - zero (vs. 5 in Volume 1)Volume 2 also has one canning recipe, various sorts of tips, and some gardening articles, along with a ROFLMAO section.
If anyone wants to fill in some gaps with some Beverage/Refreshment recipes, Soups/Stews, or Salads, please send them in to me VERY SOON.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:08:40pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:08:50pm |
re: #251 DaddyG
Much to my chagrin my daughters like drummers. What is so awful about a nice wind instrumentalist or perhaps a singer?
Or a harmonica player.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:09:25pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:09:28pm |
re: #250 DEZes
A termite walks into a bar and asks where's the bar tender.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:09:45pm |
re: #250 DEZes
I saw one drive a caterpillar.
Me and Mini-me had a margarine fight one time. You shoulda seen that Butterfly.
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:09:49pm |
re: #230 Creeping Eruption
FRANKLY MY GIVE A DAMN IS BROKEN except for maybe the kids that this pervert will not molest since he is now at room temp or colder.
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Dianna Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:09:58pm |
re: #246 MrSilverDragon
Depends on the mushroom. With certain ones, it might not make it through one mushroom before going belly up. With others, he might start seeing sounds and hearing colors...
...and then go belly up.
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:10:12pm |
re: #251 DaddyG
Much to my chagrin my daughters like drummers. What is so awful about a nice wind instrumentalist or perhaps a singer?
LOL! I always had a thing for drummers, too...but married the piano man.
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right_on_target Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:10:31pm |
re: #28 freetoken
Speaking of Russia:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
And people worry about Nuclear Power Plants!
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:10:41pm |
re: #242 reloadingisnotahobby
Can ya ride a unicycle??
LOL
Hello turn!
hey there reloading! haha Seriously I thought people would at least comment on it, it was wild.
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:10:50pm |
re: #240 scottishbuzzsaw
can we call you nonscottishbuzzaw this week?
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freetoken Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:10:52pm |
re: #230 Creeping Eruption
I call this, The Great Conspiracy Of Our Time (TGCOOT).
This thing will last as long as the OJ affair, maybe even longer, up to the JFK level.
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:11:26pm |
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:11:39pm |
re: #260 buzzsawmonkey
now it is just an excuse for a much of moonbats to sit in a circle and beat on things.
| 269 |
reloadingisnotahobby Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:11:50pm |
re: #264 turn
Where was it?
I didn't see it either!
I like rattle snakes/w/12 gauge!!
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:12:05pm |
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:12:47pm |
re: #269 reloadingisnotahobby
Where was it?
I didn't see it either!
I like rattle snakes/w/12 gauge!!
#4
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:13:44pm |
re: #218 Erik The Red
Good Afternoon Lizards. I hope everyone has survived Monday. :) Busy doing homework with the girls. They(meaning me) are nearly done. Just some reading left. :)
How are they liking their new school? Is it very different?
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yochanan Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:13:48pm |
re: #270 scottishbuzzsaw
my grandmum would have said they were a WEE DAFT
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:15:00pm |
I guess the fungus pun thread got kind of moldy.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:15:40pm |
re: #267 Kosh's Shadow
An accordion player.
Do you know what a gentleman is?
Someone who can play the accordion but never does in public.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:17:08pm |
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Erik The Red Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:18:59pm |
re: #273 doppelganglander
How are they liking their new school? Is it very different?
They are loving it.(Thank God). They were in an all girls, Christian school in S. Africa. We have put them into a co-ed Catholic school here. The school here is stricter but that is not a bad thing. We are planing to send them to public school for high school. 3 and 5 years to go. The only thing they need to learn is cursive writing. They print beautifully.
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:23:32pm |
re: #233 turn
no fair! turn didn't get one karma for that once in a lifetime rattlesnakes mating video. jeeze what do I have to do to entertain you folks! :.)
Okay, I dinged up your snake pr0n.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:24:26pm |
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Silvergirl Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:25:12pm |
re: #270 scottishbuzzsaw
Sure. *hangs head in shame*
Now, now. chin up.
None o that sins of the fathers stuff.
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turn Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:27:32pm |
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redstateredneck Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:27:50pm |
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:28:13pm |
re: #282 Silvergirl
Now, now. chin up.
None o that sins of the fathers stuff.
{Silvergirl}...thanks, hon...
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:30:25pm |
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kansas Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:32:00pm |
This is pertinent, don't you think?
Obama hits golf course to start vacation
President Barack Obama played tennis with his wife and golf with his buddies Monday, starting his first vacation in office on Martha's Vineyard, a picturesque island known as a refuge for the wealthy and privileged.
| 288 |
DaddyG Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:32:15pm |
re: #252 reine.de.tout
COOKBOOK VOLUME 2 UPDATE.
Click my nic for the blog. The latest update is:
I just sent you a recipe - please don't publish my contact info. That was just at the end of the e-mail because it always is. You can keep it on file if you have questions.
Thanks
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doppelganglander Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:35:08pm |
re: #278 Erik The Red
They are loving it.(Thank God). They were in an all girls, Christian school in S. Africa. We have put them into a co-ed Catholic school here. The school here is stricter but that is not a bad thing. We are planing to send them to public school for high school. 3 and 5 years to go. The only thing they need to learn is cursive writing. They print beautifully.
That's great. I'm not sure cursive writing is even taught in some public schools anymore. My kids (15 or so years ago) were taught an italic style of writing that is nothing like old-fashioned cursive. They all have terrible handwriting but it's not like anyone writes by hand anymore anyway.
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callahan23 Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:35:56pm |
re: #278 Erik The Red
They are loving it.(Thank God). They were in an all girls, Christian school in S. Africa. We have put them into a co-ed Catholic school here. The school here is stricter but that is not a bad thing. We are planing to send them to public school for high school. 3 and 5 years to go. The only thing they need to learn is cursive writing. They print beautifully.
A loving and caring family is all it takes to alleviate the pain of culture shock. Children can be harmed by it pretty bad.
Erik you'll be alright, as far as I can tell. You are good people so your girls will be alright.
%P% I am talking from own bad experience.
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Bobblehead Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:36:21pm |
This is cool. A newly discovered jungle plant that eats rats
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Creeping Eruption Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:39:27pm |
re: #291 Bobblehead
This is cool. A newly discovered jungle plant that eats rats
Too cool. I just bought my 4 year old a venus fly trap.
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Bobblehead Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:44:44pm |
re: #292 Lincolntf
That is unbelievably cool.
Did you watch the video on how they grow? The slo-mo is creepier than any horror movie I've ever seen. Also did you notice the size of that ant that was poking around the plant. Holy moly it looked as big as a kitten.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:45:04pm |
re: #291 Bobblehead
This is cool. A newly discovered jungle plant that eats rats
Digested alive, Horrifying.
And cool. ;)
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Bobblehead Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:47:17pm |
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DEZes Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:48:04pm |
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tradewind Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:52:25pm |
Eric Holder: he tries to nail the CIA for protecting America, and then pardons Marc Rich for stealing 48 million dollars from her taxpayers and making illegal oil deals with Iran.
Yeah, I hope they run with this one.
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:52:39pm |
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wrenchwench Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:00:10pm |
re: #290 callahan23
A loving and caring family is all it takes to alleviate the pain of culture shock. Children can be harmed by it pretty bad.
Erik you'll be alright, as far as I can tell. You are good people so your girls will be alright.
%P% I am talking from own bad experience.
Which culture "shocked" you, Callahan?
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callahan23 Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:05:04pm |
re: #294 Bobblehead
Did you watch the video on how they grow? The slo-mo is creepier than any horror movie I've ever seen. Also did you notice the size of that ant that was poking around the plant. Holy moly it looked as big as a kitten.
I've met the safari ants several times in Ethiopia and Kenia. They are a force to be reckoned with. They've actually attacked our rabbits and started with their young first. It was a lot of work getting them out of their fur. Poor little bunnies.
The soldier ants of this species measures about half an inch. Pretty big and they can easily pierce skin. When you accidently step into their 'streets' they crawl up your leg and start to attack you. Very painful. Only remedy is to drop the pants and to pick them off individually.
As a Jesuit priest once told me: 'They go for the nice 'n tender parts'.
Tough critters.
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callahan23 Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:05:53pm |
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Erik The Red Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:08:39pm |
re: #290 callahan23
A loving and caring family is all it takes to alleviate the pain of culture shock. Children can be harmed by it pretty bad.
Erik you'll be alright, as far as I can tell. You are good people so your girls will be alright.
%P% I am talking from own bad experience.
Thanks Cal. that means a lot. :)
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GGMac Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:35:33pm |
For everyone who has raised a son...
Now is the time to get things done...
Wade in the water,
Sit in the sun,
Squish my toes in the mud by the door,
Explore the world with a boy just four.
Now is the time to study books,
Flowers,
Snails.
How a cloud looks,
To ponder "up",
Where God sleeps nights,
Why mosquitoes take such big bites.
Later there'll be time
To sew and clean,
Paint the hall
That soft new green,
To make new drapes, refinish the floor,
Later on...when he's not just four.
by Irene Foster
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scottishbuzzsaw Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:38:15pm |
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GGMac Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:39:43pm |
Ooops - the title of that poem is "Time Is Of The Essence"
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GGMac Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:46:48pm |
re: #309 scottishbuzzsaw
*sniffle*
Time passed so quickly...
Yes - I sniffle with you. My three are now almost 50, almost 45, and 39.
We have 4 great-grandsons, living miles and miles away, and a 16-month-old grandson here in town. JOY!
But Kodak stock - we're keeping them in business (yes, print film - in a Nikon N-90).
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Last Turnip Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:56:28pm |
re: #311 GGMac
Just received my kindle, (purchased through LGF amazon link) and it is my new best friend. Would not have known about it without LGF, thanks Charles!! Also, for the aviation people out there, I now have all the IFR charts for all the airports west of the Mississippi on my kindle, for free. Way cool!!
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