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It’s a heat wave on the west coast, and here’s a still-morning open thread …
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:53:02am |
Nice and cool here in Portland. I love cloudy days. Direct sunlight pisses me off.
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Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:53:54am |
re: #1 Killgore Trout
Nice and cool here in Portland. I love cloudy days. Direct sunlight pisses me off.
Vampire?
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Shug Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:54:07am |
Feels like late October in Michigan.
Not gonna get out of the 60's today.
Pretty awesome
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:54:37am |
re: #1 Killgore Trout
Nice and cool here in Portland. I love cloudy days. Direct sunlight pisses me off.
A true Northwet Gooey Duck!
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:54:37am |
re: #1 Killgore Trout
Nice and cool here in Portland. I love cloudy days. Direct sunlight pisses me off.
That explains it. You are either a vampire or a zombie. Mystery solved. :)
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midwestgak Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:56:49am |
re: #3 Shug
Feels like late October in Michigan.
Not gonna get out of the 60's today.Pretty awesome
Same Chicago way.
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:56:53am |
re: #5 Erik The Red
That explains it. You are either a vampire or a zombie. Mystery solved. :)
Zombies love sun. It's plenty sunny in Haiti. (See my avatar pic.)
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Shug Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:57:06am |
I'm in the mood for a Kubrick film.
I'll let the audience decide which one I should watch.
Just tell me why you suggested what you did
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:57:24am |
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:57:56am |
And it's absolutely incendiary here in the SF Bay Area. Buit that's not unexpected. September/October are always the hottest times of the year in these parts.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:59:18am |
It's 67 at noon here in the Rockies at 8200 feet. It's been a much cooler summer than I've seen in a long time. Nights have been in the 40's at times (like last night).
I hope this doesn't bode bad for the winter.
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:59:22am |
re: #10 DEZes
Who ordered the steak?
Hello Lizards.
Hey DEZes I have lost your email address. I have some spectacular Shuttle launch pictures to send you. My name is blue.
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:59:53am |
re: #9 Shug
I'm in the mood for a Kubrick film.
I'll let the audience decide which one I should watch.Just tell me why you suggested what you did
The Killing.
Because film noir is better than film coleur.
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itellu3times Sat, Aug 29, 2009 10:59:54am |
re: #9 Shug
I'm in the mood for a Kubrick film.
I'll let the audience decide which one I should watch.Just tell me why you suggested what you did
Straw Dogs.
Because you should not allow violence against your house.
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Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:00:13am |
re: #4 jcm
A true Northwet Gooey Duck!
I went on vacation to the Oregon coast and visited the Tillamook Cheese place. One of their displays said that area gets about 90 inches of rainfall a year. If I read right, that's some rain!
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:00:45am |
re: #13 Erik The Red
Hey DEZes I have lost your email address. I have some spectacular Shuttle launch pictures to send you. My name is blue.
It though it was Red?
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Ringo the Gringo Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:00:58am |
Peaked out at 107 here in the Valley yesterday...with a lovely orange, brush-fire sunset.
Today: Ice cold Red Stripes, bossa nova and BBQ by the poolside.
Come join me Charles.
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Pianobuff Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:01:11am |
re: #9 Shug
I'm in the mood for a Kubrick film.
I'll let the audience decide which one I should watch.Just tell me why you suggested what you did
Barry Lyndon - Cuz' I don't know anyone who has actually watched that film.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:01:14am |
re: #13 Erik The Red
Hey DEZes I have lost your email address. I have some spectacular Shuttle launch pictures to send you. My name is blue.
Email has been sent.
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Ringo the Gringo Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:02:18am |
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Shug Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:02:34am |
re: #19 Pianobuff
Barry Lyndon - Cuz' I don't know anyone who has actually watched that film.
One of my favorites.
Starting
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:02:34am |
re: #1 Killgore Trout
Nice and cool here in Portland. I love cloudy days. Direct sunlight pisses me off.
You and most vampires./
Bon appetite with the lamb.
Next weekend--brisket for me!
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:02:35am |
re: #15 itellu3times
Straw Dogs.
Because you should not allow violence against your house.
Straw Dogs?
Kubrick didn't direct Straw Dogs.
Though i admit, it is a great film. My favorite Dustin Hoffman film!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:02:38am |
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:03:07am |
re: #22 Ringo the Gringo
Barry Lyndon has gotten better with age.
A Clockwork Orange is still my favorite.
The movie-- not Ryan O'Neal.
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:03:22am |
re: #16 Silvergirl
I went on vacation to the Oregon coast and visited the Tillamook Cheese place. One of their displays said that area gets about 90 inches of rainfall a year. If I read right, that's some rain!
Spots on the West side of the Olympic Peninsula get 140 inches a year.
Folks don't tan, they rust.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:03:53am |
re: #24 calcajun
That's a good idea. I've never tried to cook a brisket before.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:03:58am |
re: #25 zombie
Straw Dogs?
Kubrick didn't direct Straw Dogs.
Though i admit, it is a great film. My favorite Dustin Hoffman film!
Sam Peckinpah did that one. So much for bucolic village life, eh.
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:04:06am |
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:04:27am |
re: #16 Silvergirl
I went on vacation to the Oregon coast and visited the Tillamook Cheese place. One of their displays said that area gets about 90 inches of rainfall a year. If I read right, that's some rain!
That's average for the Oregon coast. Some areas get 110 inches a year.
re: #28 jcm
Spots on the West side of the Olympic Peninsula get 140 inches a year.
Folks don't tan, they rust.
True.
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itellu3times Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:04:36am |
re: #30 calcajun
Sam Peckinpah did that one. So much for bucolic village life, eh.
Yeah. Oops, had that one misfiled in my head.
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Ringo the Gringo Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:04:38am |
re: #27 calcajun
The movie-- not Ryan O'Neal.
Ryan O'Neal has definitely not gotten better with age.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:05:04am |
re: #31 Erik The Red
Thanks will send in a while. :)
No rush, I check my email about once a month. ;)
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:05:06am |
re: #29 Killgore Trout
It's a 18-24 chore. Smoke for 6 hours, then transfer to the oven and slow braise in a mix of maple syrup and hot sauce until the meat starts to melt.
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:05:47am |
re: #18 Ringo the Gringo
Peaked out at 107 here in the Valley yesterday...with a lovely orange, brush-fire sunset.
Today: Ice cold Red Stripes, bossa nova and BBQ by the poolside.
Come join me Charles.
Sounds like the best way to spend a Valley Saturday!
Damn, I wish I had a pool.
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kynna Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:05:48am |
It is so obnoxiously hot here. And it's the day for plumbing emergencies, I guess (I read RW had one earlier) so I'm here watching the pipe-fixin'. At least I'm in the AC.
My kids actually had to have recess inside at their schools this week because of the heat. :P
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:06:03am |
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:06:13am |
re: #19 Pianobuff
Barry Lyndon - Cuz' I don't know anyone who has actually watched that film.
Now you do.
The duel scene is unbelievably good.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:06:17am |
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Ringo the Gringo Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:06:31am |
re: #37 zombie
Sounds like the best way to spend a Valley Saturday!
Damn, I wish I had a pool.
Come join us.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:06:45am |
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kynna Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:07:47am |
re: #25 zombie
Straw Dogs?
Kubrick didn't direct Straw Dogs.
Though i admit, it is a great film. My favorite Dustin Hoffman film!
Did you know they're doing a remake? I have a friend working on it. Why do they do these things?
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itellu3times Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:08:01am |
I've got a copy of The Last Dragon I've been trying to find time to actually watch, mebbe tonight.
/nuthin wrong with a little lite entertainment
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Shug Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:08:08am |
re: #45 zombie
Aarrgghhh! Don't lead us on like that!
I just saw it in my movie case and had to play it.
The Tall Man is very powerful
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:08:09am |
re: #45 zombie
Could be worse. Could be a Chuck Norris retrospective. or, Steven Segal. Eww.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:09:07am |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:09:14am |
re: #11 zombie
And it's absolutely incendiary here in the SF Bay Area. Buit that's not unexpected. September/October are always the hottest times of the year in these parts.
It's pretty bad, though.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:09:43am |
re: #50 calcajun
Could be worse. Could be a Chuck Norris retrospective. or, Steven Segal. Eww.
Chuck Norris is coming to kick your ass.
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kynna Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:10:00am |
re: #47 kynna
Did you know they're doing a remake? I have a friend working on it. Why do they do these things?
I had to look it up, but James Marsden is playing the Dustin Hoffman role. He might be able to play the type, but I'll always think of him as Cyclops.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:10:09am |
re: #18 Ringo the Gringo
Peaked out at 107 here in the Valley yesterday...with a lovely orange, brush-fire sunset.
Today: Ice cold Red Stripes, bossa nova and BBQ by the poolside.
Come join me Charles.
Earthquake weather. Not a breath of breeze.
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gregb Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:10:27am |
Kids slept outside in a tent last night. "Backyard camping" They loved it.
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:11:12am |
re: #47 kynna
Did you know they're doing a remake? I have a friend working on it. Why do they do these things?
Because Hollywood is absolutely out of original ideas.
the only two truly original films of the last 20 years have been The Blair Witch Project and Memento. (Not that they were necessarily the best films of the last 20 years, only the most original.) Everything else has been a remake, a rehash, or derivative.
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:11:58am |
re: #55 SanFranciscoZionist
Earthquake weather. Not a breath of breeze.
Shhh. I'm using the force of my mind to stop plate tectonics and certain movies from being shown on TV.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:12:08am |
re: #38 kynna
It is so obnoxiously hot here. And it's the day for plumbing emergencies, I guess (I read RW had one earlier) so I'm here watching the pipe-fixin'. At least I'm in the AC.
My kids actually had to have recess inside at their schools this week because of the heat. :P
My last study hall of the day yesterday kept demanding to be taken somewhere cooler (there is no such place), and told me, "Mrs. SFZ, you don't know how hot it is in here."
Guys, I'm standing in here too...I don't have Central Air in my clothes...
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:12:12am |
re: #56 gregb
Kids slept outside in a tent last night. "Backyard camping" They loved it.
We try not sleeping outside around here, bears don't like the company. Here's what happened overnight Wed. when a bear decided to snack off of our front porch...
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:12:19am |
re: #56 gregb
Kids slept outside in a tent last night. "Backyard camping" They loved it.
Mama Khadaffi?
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itellu3times Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:13:59am |
re: #54 kynna
I had to look it up, but James Marsden is playing the Dustin Hoffman role. He might be able to play the type, but I'll always think of him as Cyclops.
[Link: www.imdb.com...]
L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
Um, ... can you say, direct to video?
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:14:05am |
re: #60 Walter L. Newton
We try not sleeping outside around here, bears don't like the company. Here's what happened overnight Wed. when a bear decided to snack off of our front porch...
[Link: newton.acrossthebow.com...]
Dang, and we think we have it bad with just the deers eating all our flowers in these parts...
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:14:11am |
re: #11 zombie
And it's absolutely incendiary here in the SF Bay Area. Buit that's not unexpected. September/October are always the hottest times of the year in these parts.
103 in Walnut Creek yesterday - my outside - in the shade - thermometer says 99 right now.
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wrenchwench Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:14:17am |
Our heat wave finally broke. Usually it's very hot in June, then really nice in July and August with afternoon rains and highs in the 80's. This year, the rains didn't come until this week. I used to like temps in the 90's, but this year it just got old. I guess I did too.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:14:45am |
re: #53 MandyManners
Hey, he's entertaining, but I would love to see him try the role of Macbeth.
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garycooper Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:15:25am |
Saw "District 9" the other day. Brilliant movie, on at least a couple of levels. Best sci-fi flick I've seen in years.
Some years ago, when our kids were young, we had a couple of au pairs from South Africa help us out. We still stay in touch with them, as they have grown up and had families of their own. Both of them live near Johannesburg, the slums of which served as the set for this movie. It's an ugly, scary place in real life. In the movie, it's just as nasty.
Good article on the filming: [Link: www.flickfilosopher.com...]
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:15:28am |
re: #67 calcajun
Hey, he's entertaining, but I would love to see him try the role of Macbeth.
He'd kick Shakespeare's ass.
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SixDegrees Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:15:31am |
re: #19 Pianobuff
Barry Lyndon - Cuz' I don't know anyone who has actually watched that film.
I've watched it. More than once. It's great.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:15:57am |
re: #60 Walter L. Newton
We try not sleeping outside around here, bears don't like the company. Here's what happened overnight Wed. when a bear decided to snack off of our front porch...
[Link: newton.acrossthebow.com...]
Damn bears! No respecters of property. Cute n' furry my ass.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:16:30am |
re: #71 calcajun
Damn bears! No respecters of property. Cute n' furry my ass.
You have a cute and furry ass?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:16:35am |
re: #65 Bobibutu
103 in Walnut Creek yesterday - my outside - in the shade - thermometer says 99 right now.
It's not as bad as yesterday, that's something. Husband and I turned the electric fan on last night, pointed it at the bed, and just left it running.
A coworker gave me a lift yesterday, and actually turned on the AC. She apologized for the damage to the environment for about a block. I told her I could live with it.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:16:36am |
re: #69 MandyManners
He'd kick Shakespeare's ass.
He really must get beyond this desire to kick the asses of other people--it's not healthy./
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:17:05am |
re: #44 calcajun
and slow. Very, very slow.
A study in physical courage on the one hand and cowardly malice on the other.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:17:23am |
re: #64 zombie
Dang, and we think we have it bad with just the deers eating all our flowers in these parts...
It was our fault. We got in at midnight from Cirque De Soleil, was tired, too lazy to put any of the dogs outside, so bear had nothing to scare him away.
We have a husky, a newfie/chow and a red heeler that usually scares the bears away. The red heeler has been seen nipping at the back legs of a bear on the property, bear ran.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:17:52am |
re: #72 MandyManners
You have a cute and furry ass?
Well, more the former than the latter these days. You asked-I told.//
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:18:25am |
re: #75 Cato the Elder
I agree. Has Warren Clarke ever played the good guy in anything?
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:18:42am |
re: #77 calcajun
Well, more the former than the latter these days. You asked-I told.//
Mandy wants links. ;)
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garycooper Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:20:45am |
re: #57 zombie
Because Hollywood is absolutely out of original ideas.
the only two truly original films of the last 20 years have been The Blair Witch Project and Memento. (Not that they were necessarily the best films of the last 20 years, only the most original.) Everything else has been a remake, a rehash, or derivative.
Sorry, but there were some great, original movies made in the past 20 years. Don't have time to list them all right now, but the Coens alone have about ten to their credit.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:22:38am |
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:23:07am |
The reply and quote buttons look strange.
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:23:36am |
Charles is tweaking. The reply and quote buttons have changed.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:23:48am |
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:23:49am |
re: #73 SanFranciscoZionist
I actually enjoyed yesterday - windows down and no AC. Low humidity. Cold or hot - it's the humidity that's the challenge - for me anyway.
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itellu3times Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:23:52am |
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:24:04am |
re: #87 Erik The Red
Charles is tweaking. The reply and quote buttons have changed.
I thought it was an acid flashback.
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tankascribe Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:24:07am |
re: #37 zombie
Sounds like the best way to spend a Valley Saturday!
Damn, I wish I had a pool.
Not to sound like an advertisement, Zombie, but have you ever checked out an Endless Pool? The hubby and I bought one a couple years back and we love it! It fits into really small spaces, too. With the Fastlane Pool you don't even have to make it a permanent installation.
Yesterday we attended the Sacramento Tea Party (the first time in our lives that we have ever partaken of the time-honored Bay Area tradition of going to a protest) and it was 105 F! Felt even hotter because it was humid, too. It was only 99 F back home in Benicia, where we could hardly wait to change out of our sweat-soaked clothes and jump into the pool for a cool-down. This morning it was 72 F at 6:30 AM out on the back patio in the shade and knew we were going to be in for a scorcher today.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:24:48am |
re: #80 jcm
;-P
No there is nothing cute about bears. They are dangerous animals period. I am not complaining about them, but there is too much "cute and furry" mentality up here in the mountains. And it is mainly yuppie types who move up here and think that the wild is some sort of personal petting zoo for them.
They do things to attract wildlife, feeding them, encouraging them and the next thing you know, you have a home invasion.
It's not even good to feed or encourage deer, since I have seen hem get run over by cars and killed because they have become to use to human activity and they are intent on hanging around where they shouldn't.
Wildlife is interesting, but they are in no way pets.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:25:09am |
re: #85 MandyManners
The reply and quote buttons look strange.
Yes. And the webcam is blurry. Could you adjust your focus please?
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:25:13am |
re: #78 calcajun
I agree. Has Warren Clarke ever played the good guy in anything?
I don't know, but your question gave me the chance to hit the new "quote" button for the first time. Cool!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:25:15am |
re: #90 Bobibutu
I actually enjoyed yesterday - windows down and no AC. Low humidity. Cold or hot - it's the humidity that's the challenge - for me anyway.
I have low tolerance for heat. I am not having a good time.
Last night, I arrived home with cold cooked turkey from Safeway and told my husband that if he was hoping for me to cook he could forget it.
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:25:27am |
re: #81 garycooper
Sorry, but there were some great, original movies made in the past 20 years. Don't have time to list them all right now, but the Coens alone have about ten to their credit.
The Coen Brothers films were good -- great, even -- but in the end they were still films noirs. Simple Plan: heist gone awry. Fargo: Police Procedural. Oh Bother Where Art Thou: The Odyssey. etc.
Now, mind you, I love all those movies -- don't get me wrong -- but they were not truly original concepts. Sometimes the best and most enjoyable films are masterworks within a genre. And sometimes completely original films are unenjoyable. (Kenneth Anger, I'm looking in your direction...).
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:26:01am |
OK, what just happened to the reply and quote buttons? Hit refresh and the universe changed.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:27:20am |
Since they're buttons that trigger an action, I thought they should look like buttons instead of links.
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:28:43am |
re: #94 Walter L. Newton
When I lived in Alaska - every summer several tourist would wind up in hospital or worse from hugging baby Moose. Still happening I imagine.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:29:05am |
re: #102 Charles
Since they're buttons that trigger an action, I thought they should look like buttons instead of links.
I never sausage buttons!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:29:20am |
re: #100 zombie
Shows you how bad my CRS (can't remember shit) disease is,,,I can't recall what the "old" ones looked like,, and that was all of 12 seconds ago!!
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:29:45am |
re: #102 Charles
Since they're buttons that trigger an action, I thought they should look like buttons instead of links.
Yeah, but change is so hard to accept.
I like the invisibilty/subtlety factor of the old design. Now, the thread looks like a big repetitive list of the words "reply" and "quote."
I'm sure I'll get used to it, but at first any change is jarring.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:30:02am |
re: #106 sattv4u2
Shows you how bad my CRS (can't remember shit) disease is,,,I can't recall what the "old" ones looked like,, and that was all of 12 seconds ago!!
Smaller and blue.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:30:04am |
re: #103 Bobibutu
When I lived in Alaska - every summer several tourist would wind up in hospital or worse from hugging baby Moose. Still happening I imagine.
I imagine that adult moose do not cotton on to that?
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cliffster Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:30:07am |
Something really weird is going on. The reply button looks all crazy, my dog is pacing around ominously, and the quote looks all crazy. wtf?
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:30:25am |
re: #103 Bobibutu
When I lived in Alaska - every summer several tourist would wind up in hospital or worse from hugging baby Moose. Still happening I imagine.
"...and most important, there should be warnings that say, 'Do Not Ride the Bears'." -- Dan Ackryod from SNL.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:30:41am |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:30:42am |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:30:53am |
re: #111 cliffster
Something really weird is going on. The reply button looks all crazy, my dog is pacing around ominously, and the quote looks all crazy. wtf?
Crap. Where are you? I mean, in the US.
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zombie Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:31:17am |
Maybe a compromise: Make them be buttons, but keep the same font-size and color of the original links-only versions. Just put a (subtler) box around them.
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:31:19am |
re: #110 SanFranciscoZionist
I imagine that adult moose do not cotton on to that?
Yeah - momma moose can travel ~40 yards in about 3 seconds and they have very large hoofs.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:31:34am |
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:31:53am |
re: #101 jcm
Just having a little fun with ya...
I have some mice in the neighborhood that keep getting into Maisey the Parrots food bowl over night. I've put out live traps for them and got one three night in a row now (or the same one keeps coming back).
Knowing Maisey the Parrot, she probably sit there at night and watches the little thing sit in her seed bowl, stocking up it's cheeks and helps it out of the cage.
Parrot food is expensive and these mice can get a half a bowl a night out of her cage.
I've been letting them out of the traps across the road and up the hill a bit, but if you can see one mouse, there are probably 20 more nearby.
I don't want this to become a Mouse canteen here.
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calcajun Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:31:57am |
re: #117 Bobibutu
Yeah - momma moose can travel ~40 yards in about 3 seconds and they have very large hoofs.
...a Moose once bit my sister.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:32:20am |
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cliffster Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:32:33am |
re: #115 SanFranciscoZionist
Crap. Where are you? I mean, in the US.
Texas. I bet something is about to happen. I bet we are about to secede.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:32:35am |
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:32:37am |
re: #103 Bobibutu
When I lived in Alaska - every summer several tourist would wind up in hospital or worse from hugging baby Moose. Still happening I imagine.
Idgits.
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itellu3times Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:32:38am |
re: #106 sattv4u2
Shows you how bad my CRS (can't remember shit) disease is,,,I can't recall what the "old" ones looked like,, and that was all of 12 seconds ago!!
The world was created 11 seconds ago, all older memories are just illusions anyway.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:32:42am |
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Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:32:44am |
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:33:43am |
re: #120 Walter L. Newton
I have some mice in the neighborhood that keep getting into Maisey the Parrots food bowl over night. I've put out live traps for them and got one three night in a row now (or the same one keeps coming back).
Knowing Maisey the Parrot, she probably sit there at night and watches the little thing sit in her seed bowl, stocking up it's cheeks and helps it out of the cage.
Parrot food is expensive and these mice can get a half a bowl a night out of her cage.
I've been letting them out of the traps across the road and up the hill a bit, but if you can see one mouse, there are probably 20 more nearby.
I don't want this to become a Mouse canteen here.
I declare, I just love reading about your life in the woods.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:33:55am |
re: #127 MandyManners
I ain't touching that one.
touching what,, the smaller blue one, or my old girlfriend?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:34:05am |
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:34:08am |
re: #123 cliffster
Texas. I bet something is about to happen. I bet we are about to secede.
TAKE RON PAUL WITH YOU!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:34:47am |
re: #123 cliffster
Texas. I bet something is about to happen. I bet we are about to secede.
Sorry, I'm still thinking about earthquakes. Animals notice them coming before we do.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:35:27am |
Received those pics, ETR.
Awesomeness. Thanks for sending them !!
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:35:39am |
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:35:54am |
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elevenbravo1969 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:35:57am |
re: #105 MandyManners
Someone must have told you the story of 'Ladle Rat Rotten Hut.'
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samsgran1948 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:36:30am |
68 degrees here in sunny, near downtown Omaha with a predicted high in the low 70s for most of the upcoming week. Who-o-o-ee! I can live with that! August around here is usually the pits: Hot and humid all day; hot and humid all night. But we've had a really good summer -- except for a couple of hot patches.
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:36:52am |
re: #125 Walter L. Newton
Idgits.
Then there were macho tourist salmon fishermen who wanted to argue about who's fish it was when a bear took notice of one just caught on his line. Very few survive to tell the tale - last one I was aware of spent 8 mos in an Anchorage hospital.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:36:56am |
re: #130 MandyManners
I declare, I just love reading about your life in the woods.
Just wait till my first winter up here.
You wanna know something scary. There are these little utility access boxes on the sides of the roads up here, green things, about 3 feet high, 1 foot square, I guess phone line access or something.
Anyway.
Each one has a SIX FOOT PLASTIC POLE attached to them so the utility company can find them, if needed, under the snow in the WINTER.
Should I attach a pole to my car?
Oh joy.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:37:18am |
re: #138 elevenbravo1969
Someone must have told you the story of 'Ladle Rat Rotten Hut.'
Naw. I came up with that one onmy own.
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tankascribe Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:37:45am |
re: #134 SanFranciscoZionist
Sorry, I'm still thinking about earthquakes. Animals notice them coming before we do.
Odd -- was dreaming intensely last night and it was about being in a huge roller of an earthquake. Keep wondering when that "Big One" is going to come through.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:38:16am |
re: #141 Walter L. Newton
Just wait till my first winter up here.
You wanna know something scary. There are these little utility access boxes on the sides of the roads up here, green things, about 3 feet high, 1 foot square, I guess phone line access or something.
Anyway.
Each one has a SIX FOOT PLASTIC POLE attached to them so the utility company can find them, if needed, under the snow in the WINTER.
Should I attach a pole to my car?
Oh joy.
Don't do a Donner.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:38:18am |
re: #140 Bobibutu
Then there were macho tourist salmon fishermen who wanted to argue about who's fish it was when a bear took notice of one just caught on his line. Very few survive to tell the tale - last one I was aware of spent 8 mos in an Anchorage hospital.
Problem is, bear and people are natural competitors. We like the same food, we live in similar locations. They are much bigger and tougher than we are, we have weapons. But it's natural that we get into each other's hair, I guess.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:38:46am |
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:39:58am |
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:42:39am |
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:42:44am |
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cliffster Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:42:53am |
re: #133 MandyManners
TAKE RON PAUL WITH YOU!
Ron Paul will stay in the US but be the American ambassador to Texas.
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unrealizedviewpoint Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:43:26am |
re: #101 jcm
Just having a little fun with ya...
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:43:32am |
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:44:08am |
re: #145 SanFranciscoZionist
Problem is, bear and people are natural competitors. We like the same food, we live in similar locations. They are much bigger and tougher than we are, we have weapons. But it's natural that we get into each other's hair, I guess.
Two biggest problems I encountered in AK - "teenager" bears have a chip on their shoulders and will try and push/intimidate anything around.
Older bears with broken teeth - infected and abscessed. Makes for nasty dispositions.
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:44:32am |
re: #135 SasquatchOnSteroids
Received those pics, ETR.
Awesomeness. Thanks for sending them !!
Anytime. Pity you could not be here to join us last night. The pictures do not do the launch justice. It was spectacular.
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:45:37am |
re: #152 unrealizedviewpoint
[Video]
We had a bear in a park 4 blocks from my house. I'm 8 miles from downtown Seattle, solid suburbs for miles.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:45:47am |
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unrealizedviewpoint Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:46:32am |
re: #157 jcm
We had a bear in a park 4 blocks from my house. I'm 8 miles from downtown Seattle, solid suburbs for miles.
Was it a cardboard one like in that FOX news story?
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:47:16am |
re: #154 Bobibutu
Two biggest problems I encountered in AK - "teenager" bears have a chip on their shoulders and will try and push/intimidate anything around.
Older bears with broken teeth - infected and abscessed. Makes for nasty dispositions.
Where's Hermy when you need him?
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:47:35am |
re: #156 Erik The Red
Anytime. Pity you could not be here to join us last night. The pictures do not do the launch justice. It was spectacular.
Great photos, thanks man.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:47:57am |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:48:13am |
John Stewart vs Glenn Beck on Healthcare.
Watch the first video. I wish I could embed that one.
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:48:32am |
re: #159 unrealizedviewpoint
Was it a cardboard one like in that FOX news story?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:48:44am |
re: #157 jcm
We had a bear in a park 4 blocks from my house. I'm 8 miles from downtown Seattle, solid suburbs for miles.
Which side of town are the liquid and gasious suburbs on?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:49:17am |
re: #156 Erik The Red
Anytime. Pity you could not be here to join us last night. The pictures do not do the launch justice. It was spectacular.
I'm glad you got to see one.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:50:04am |
RON PAUL Happy 74th Birthday
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:50:17am |
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:50:38am |
Out of here, to work, have a show tonight, going downhill where it's warmer, maybe catch some of you on the LNDT tonight.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:50:56am |
The "New Comments" button is not working for me. Reloaded twice.
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:51:06am |
re: #157 jcm
We had a bear in a park 4 blocks from my house. I'm 8 miles from downtown Seattle, solid suburbs for miles.
Within Anchorage there is a huge moose population - and clear distinctions between - city moose and country moose behaviors.
An occasional bear wanders into DT Anchorage from time to time - it's expected.
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Pullus Iulius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:51:06am |
re: #163 Killgore Trout
Any chance of an asteroid hit taking them both out?
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:51:29am |
re: #165 sattv4u2
Which side of town are the liquid and gasious suburbs on?
Bellevue has Microsoft, home of vaporware... that would be gasious.
SODO has the brewery, that would be liquid!
;-)
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:51:47am |
re: #9 Shug
I'm in the mood for a Kubrick film.
I'll let the audience decide which one I should watch.Just tell me why you suggested what you did
Have you seen either The Killing or Paths of Glory? The former is from around 1955, great story about a heist gone awry, and the latter is a riveting anti-nationalist WW1 story, starring Kirk Douglas. 1957, I think.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:52:16am |
re: #173 Pullus Iulius
I wouldn't bet on it.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:52:37am |
re: #162 Walter L. Newton
What's a Hermy?
Rudolph's buddy. The elf who pulled the snowmonster's bad tooth.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:52:39am |
re: #154 Bobibutu
Two biggest problems I encountered in AK - "teenager" bears have a chip on their shoulders and will try and push/intimidate anything around.
Older bears with broken teeth - infected and abscessed. Makes for nasty dispositions.
Is there room in the Alaska budget for bear dental care?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:52:47am |
re: #167 Killgore Trout
And for dessert, they had fruitcake topped with joke candles.
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ryannon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:53:01am |
Still not looking good west of the Mt. Wilson TowerCam:
[Link: www.astro.ucla.edu...]
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:53:27am |
re: #171 Racer X
The "New Comments" button is not working for me. Reloaded twice.
All good for me. Charles is tweaking so thinks may be screwy for a while.
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:54:43am |
re: #160 MandyManners
Where's Hermy when you need him?
I don't know whether to rise to that one or not.
This?
[Link: www.antiqueteddybearcrossing.com...]
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kynna Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:54:54am |
re: #57 zombie
Because Hollywood is absolutely out of original ideas.
the only two truly original films of the last 20 years have been The Blair Witch Project and Memento. (Not that they were necessarily the best films of the last 20 years, only the most original.) Everything else has been a remake, a rehash, or derivative.
I loved Memento. Very original. I had a problem with one thing in it but I can't remember what it was. It fits with the theme that I can't remember, but I think it had to do with the reveal. Hmmm. I should have tattooed it on my arm.
The Blair Witch Project was a problem, IMO, only in that they didn't know how to make a movie through improvisation and guide a story too. It had some great, creepy moments, but it could have been more, IMO.
You're right about the original ideas. But the powers-that-be aren't all that interested in original ideas. Whenever I see something different like "Being John Malkovich" I wonder how in the hell it ever got made.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:54:54am |
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:54:54am |
re: #177 MandyManners
Rudolph's buddy. The elf who pulled the snowmonster's bad tooth.
That's a lot of fucking help! LOL.
Out of here.
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lostlakehiker Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:55:15am |
Heat waves are all too strongly correlated with murder rates. Murder in both DC and NY is down some 20+ percent this year, which fits with those cities having had particularly cool summers.
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:55:59am |
re: #145 SanFranciscoZionist
Problem is, bear and people are natural competitors. We like the same food, we live in similar locations. They are much bigger and tougher than we are, we have weapons. But it's natural that we get into each other's hair, I guess.
Bears like hot fudge?
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:56:01am |
re: #183 Bobibutu
I don't know whether to rise to that one or not.
This?
[Link: www.antiqueteddybearcrossing.com...]
Awww.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:56:10am |
OT ,,, tell all your TROOFER freinds and aqauntances
Monday night, 9p.m.
National Geographic Channel
9/11 Science and Conspiracy.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:56:24am |
re: #186 Walter L. Newton
That's a lot of fucking help! LOL.
Out of here.
Remember the Island of Misfits?
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:57:27am |
re: #177 MandyManners
Rudolph's buddy. The elf who pulled the snowmonster's bad tooth.
Ah- thank you - the things we learn on LGF.
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Lucius Septimius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:57:53am |
Just got back from a journey to the big farmer's market. The main point was to get a whole fish to have for dinner, but also to use to show the older boys fish anatomy (we dissected our shark last week, this next week we're on to bony fish).
All kinds of fun stuff over there -- I could easily have spent a couple hundred dollars just on wine and cheese, but I'm not a liberal so it didn't happen.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:59:30am |
re: #193 Lucius Septimius
Just got back from a journey to the big farmer's market. The main point was to get a whole fish to have for dinner, but also to use to show the older boys fish anatomy (we dissected our shark last week, this next week we're on to bony fish).
All kinds of fun stuff over there -- I could easily have spent a couple hundred dollars just on wine and cheese, but I'm not a liberal so it didn't happen.
How big is the farmer?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:59:54am |
re: #172 Bobibutu
Within Anchorage there is a huge moose population - and clear distinctions between - city moose and country moose behaviors.
An occasional bear wanders into DT Anchorage from time to time - it's expected.
I almost got run over by a deer on a quiet street in the East Bay a while ago.
Animal control was rather irritated with me when I suggested they try to get it before it caused havoc on San Pablo Avenue.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:00:05pm |
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:00:07pm |
re: #178 SanFranciscoZionist
Is there room in the Alaska budget for bear dental care?
Hey - why not? A whole new industry - hunt - dart - fix - release. Then only happy contented bears will kill/maim us.
/
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Lucius Septimius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:00:15pm |
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:01:11pm |
re: #199 Lucius Septimius
We can be independent together!
The story of Rudolph has a hidden commie message!
//
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:01:41pm |
re: #188 debutaunt
Bears like hot fudge?
Have you ever seen a bear turn down a hot fudge sundae?
(They like sweets. I'm betting they'd eat chocolate...)
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:02:43pm |
re: #184 kynna
My first cousin was one of the producers for BWP. That movie made its investors an insane amount of money. I wish I was in the USA than and had some cash to invest.
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Tamron Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:03:08pm |
re: #141 Walter L. Newton
Should I attach a pole to my car?
I live in Anchorage. A few years ago in the winter I was working at Whittier, a small town about 50 miles SE of here. My employer was having us stay in a condo-style building. One day I looked out the back window and saw a man with a long fiberglass pole, probing here and there in the snow behind the building. I got curious and went out and asked him what he was doing, and he said he was looking for his motorhome. LOL.
Regarding bears here in Alaska, here's a pretty good reference.
For some reason, bears haven't been bugging people here in Anchorage nearly as much this summer as they did last summer.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:03:17pm |
re: #198 Bobibutu
Hey - why not? A whole new industry - hunt - dart - fix - release. Then only happy contented bears will kill/maim us.
/
Maybe it could be a sort of adventure trip package for dentists.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:03:48pm |
re: #200 jcm
The story of Rudolph has a hidden commie message!
//
Their leader wears a big red outfit and works 1 day a year while everyone else works year round. Gives out their labors to others.
Damn, how did I miss that !!
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:04:12pm |
re: #200 jcm
The story of Rudolph has a hidden commie message!
//
Hidden? Haven't you seen that nose of his?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:05:28pm |
re: #204 SanFranciscoZionist
Maybe it could be a sort of adventure trip package for dentists.
Dentists without Borders. It could work.
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Lucius Septimius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:06:31pm |
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:07:34pm |
re: #207 SasquatchOnSteroids
Dentists without Borders. It could work.
The bearacracy would gum things up.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:08:27pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:09:05pm |
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midwestgak Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:09:19pm |
re: #210 sattv4u2
you backing up?
heh.
Would you please come here, bat in hand, and destroy the ever annoying, low-battery smoke detector?!!!
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Lucius Septimius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:10:11pm |
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:10:18pm |
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:10:48pm |
re: #200 jcm
The story of Rudolph has a hidden commie message!
//
Not to mention the sekrit gay kode! in "Frosty The Snowman".
"Down to the Village..."
Howdy, y'all.
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:10:57pm |
re: #196 SanFranciscoZionist
I almost got run over by a deer on a quiet street in the East Bay a while ago.
Animal control was rather irritated with me when I suggested they try to get it before it caused havoc on San Pablo Avenue.
Here at Rossmoor in Walnut Creek we share with herds of wild turkeys, thousands of deer and a few coyotes.
Rumor has it we have a puma or two as well - I've never seen one or any sign - but with that many deer around and all the open space there must be one or two.
Mountainview Cemetery in Oakland has at least one puma (an occasional partially eaten dear carcass is the indicator) and much smaller deer population.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:10:58pm |
re: #214 midwestgak
heh.
Would you please come here, bat in hand, and destroy the ever annoying, low-battery smoke detector?!!!
That sucker is still beeping?
I got up this morning, and you were talking about it beeping.
I've done 3 loads of clothes and have gone to the gym and taken a Pilates class, and it's still beeping.
YOu must be about to go nuts.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:12:23pm |
re: #219 reine.de.tout
That sucker is still beeping?
I got up this morning, and you were talking about it beeping.
I've done 3 loads of clothes and have gone to the gym and taken a Pilates class, and it's still beeping.
YOu must be about to go nuts.
Somebody loan her a ladder. I can't take it anymore.
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:12:55pm |
re: #217 Occasional Reader
Not to mention the sekrit gay kode! in "Frosty The Snowman".
"Down to the Village..."
Howdy, y'all.
Was worried 'bout ya' thought you ran afoul of a certain Brazilian Beach Babe!
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:13:23pm |
re: #217 Occasional Reader
Not to mention the sekrit gay kode! in "Frosty The Snowman".
"Down to the Village..."
Howdy, y'all.
Must. not. mention. the. corn-cob. pipe.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:13:34pm |
re: #218 Bobibutu
Here at Rossmoor in Walnut Creek we share with herds of wild turkeys, thousands of deer and a few coyotes.
Rumor has it we have a puma or two as well - I've never seen one or any sign - but with that many deer around and all the open space there must be one or two.
Mountainview Cemetery in Oakland has at least one puma (an occasional partially eaten dear carcass is the indicator) and much smaller deer population.
And this is why I love it when Europeans scold us about our horrible rape of Earth Mother Gaia.
Hey, Euros? We still have ample megafauna in the US that are capable of killing and eating you.
What about y'all?
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:13:56pm |
re: #215 Lucius Septimius
Besides, the project doesn't address root causes.
That's an inicisive comment.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:14:37pm |
re: #221 jcm
Was worried 'bout ya' thought you ran afoul of a certain Brazilian Beach Babe!
Oy. That's pretty messed up. "I'm too afraid to use a gun, so I use a knife"... ah, it's usually the other way around.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:14:40pm |
re: #223 Occasional Reader
And this is why I love it when Europeans scold us about our horrible rape of Earth Mother Gaia.
Hey, Euros? We still have ample megafauna in the US that are capable of killing and eating you.
What about y'all?
Their's are of the two-legged kind.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:15:32pm |
re: #222 MandyManners
Must. not. mention. the. corn-cob. pipe.
Frosty is pretty kinky. Lately he's been seen hanging around hardware stores. Apparently, it's because he heard that that's where one could "pick up a snowblower".
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midwestgak Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:15:40pm |
re: #219 reine.de.tout
That sucker is still beeping?
I got up this morning, and you were talking about it beeping.
I've done 3 loads of clothes and have gone to the gym and taken a Pilates class, and it's still beeping.
YOu must be about to go nuts.
About to? About to? About to?
I'm okay. I'M OKAY. I'M OKAY!!! NOT
What is a Pilates class?
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:16:33pm |
re: #221 jcm
Was worried 'bout ya' thought you ran afoul of a certain Brazilian Beach Babe!
She'd be tried as an adult here.
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Lucius Septimius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:16:44pm |
re: #225 Occasional Reader
Oy. That's pretty messed up. "I'm too afraid to use a gun, so I use a knife"... ah, it's usually the other way around.
Given that the original story was in The Sun, I won't be surprised if their next article features her naked.
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Bob Dillon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:16:45pm |
re: #204 SanFranciscoZionist
Maybe it could be a sort of adventure trip package for dentists.
Hey - why not? Congress is very adept at spending our money. And I know some dentists who would jump at the chance.
IIRC the (world record?) big stuffed bears (brown and polar) on display at J.C. Penney's in DT Anchorage - one was shot by a dentist.
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Lucius Septimius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:17:49pm |
re: #228 midwestgak
What is a Pilates class?
It's where you learn to wash your hands. Sort of a combination "take charge of your life" and Swine flu protection course.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:18:06pm |
re: #223 Occasional Reader
And this is why I love it when Europeans scold us about our horrible rape of Earth Mother Gaia.
Hey, Euros? We still have ample megafauna in the US that are capable of killing and eating you.
What about y'all?
They killed theirs off a long time ago.
It's true, most Europeans really do not 'get' what the Americas (or Australia) are like in terms of bigness, and land, and animals, and etc.
I think a balanced view is in order though. I don't want me and mine eaten by a bear. But I don't think it's a good idea to get rid of all bears just because one might eat me.
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Lucius Septimius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:18:44pm |
re: #233 SanFranciscoZionist
I think a balanced view is in order though. I don't want me and mine eaten by a bear.
Speciesist!
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:19:28pm |
re: #232 Lucius Septimius
It's where you learn to wash your hands. Sort of a combination "take charge of your life" and Swine flu protection course.
I thought it was a form of "cross-training"?
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Lucius Septimius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:19:56pm |
re: #233 SanFranciscoZionist
More seriously, there were bears on the campus of a college a friend of mine teaches at in upstate New York.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:20:41pm |
re: #236 Lucius Septimius
More seriously, there were bears on the campus of a college a friend of mine teaches at in upstate New York.
"A BEAR ATE MY HOMEWORK!"
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:20:55pm |
re: #225 Occasional Reader
Oy. That's pretty messed up. "I'm too afraid to use a gun, so I use a knife"... ah, it's usually the other way around.
Takes a lot more strength, and a better chance of losing it, or having your target get away. Especially a teenage girl going after men. I sure wouldn't use a knife.
Is this for real? Or is she crazy? I'd like to see some actual evidence before assuming she's telling the truth about this.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:22:14pm |
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midwestgak Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:22:21pm |
re: #220 Cato the Elder
Somebody loan her a ladder. I can't take it anymore.
Management replaced the battery.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:22:33pm |
re: #232 Lucius Septimius
It's where you learn to wash your hands. Sort of a combination "take charge of your life" and Swine flu protection course.
Don't remind me. My whole school smells like Purell. We have two pregnant ladies on staff right now, and the head of the English department is worrying herself sick about them.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:22:41pm |
re: #238 SanFranciscoZionist
Takes a lot more strength, and a better chance of losing it, or having your target get away.
Also, a LOT more psychological conditioning (or just plain psychopathy). Read David Grossman's On Killing.. interesting stuff.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:23:16pm |
re: #240 SasquatchOnSteroids
That's the ursa excuse I've ever heard.
Oh, come on. I think it would make for a lovely Kodiak Moment.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:24:49pm |
re: #228 midwestgak
About to? About to? About to?
I'm okay. I'M OKAY. I'M OKAY!!! NOT
What is a Pilates class?
"Pilates" is a fitness system of exercises.
I take a Pilates "reformer" class.
It's more fun than just lifting weights would be.
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:24:54pm |
re: #237 MandyManners
Don't give "The Kid" any new excuses.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:25:55pm |
So it's almost 3:30 pm, I've been up since 9. So far, I've managed to:
Eat breakfast
Have coffee
Go to the cleaners
Clean my M1911
Eat lunch
And that's... about it. As Nina Simone asked, musically, who knows where the time goes?
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Lucius Septimius Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:26:11pm |
re: #248 reine.de.tout
"Pilates" is a fitness system of exercises.
I take a Pilates "reformer" class.
It's more fun than just lifting weights would be.
Ah yes -- the rack.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:26:17pm |
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:26:50pm |
re: #243 Occasional Reader
Also, a LOT more psychological conditioning (or just plain psychopathy). Read David Grossman's On Killing.. interesting stuff.
And, The Bullet Proof Mind
IIRC I read an article where Lt. Col. Grossman has briefed / taught troops prior to deployment. Training them for the mind set it takes in combat. Part of study. Those briefed did better emotionally after combat.
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:27:12pm |
re: #250 Occasional Reader
So it's almost 3:30 pm, I've been up since 9. So far, I've managed to:
Eat breakfast
Have coffee
Go to the cleaners
Clean my M1911
Eat lunchAnd that's... about it. As Nina Simone asked, musically, who knows where the time goes?
Most important thing you have done so far.
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:28:40pm |
Fever Swamp update:
As posted in spin-off links, Daniweb debunks the latest viral paranoia:
Eek! President Obama is Going to Seize the Internet!
Over in the swamp, Freepers are having none of this lefty debunking stuff and react right on cue (very first response):
"King Obama is inviting the first stages of a civil war."
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:29:10pm |
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:29:45pm |
re: #253 jcm
And, The Bullet Proof Mind
IIRC I read an article where Lt. Col. Grossman has briefed / taught troops prior to deployment. Training them for the mind set it takes in combat. Part of study. Those briefed did better emotionally after combat.
I do have to note, though, that one of his big predictions from On Killing has not played out. He thought that the last decade would seem an exploding homicide rate in the US, due to operant conditioning brought about by "stalk and shoot" gaming. In reality, the homicide rate has declined.
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midwestgak Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:29:55pm |
re: #248 reine.de.tout
"Pilates" is a fitness system of exercises.
I take a Pilates "reformer" class.
It's more fun than just lifting weights would be.
I'd rather play racket ball.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:30:36pm |
re: #255 Erik The Red
Most important thing you have done so far.
It's still taking way longer than it should. I suspect there's a technique or two I'm missing, particularly in re-assembly.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:30:56pm |
re: #256 Shiplord Kirel
Fever Swamp update:
As posted in spin-off links, Daniweb debunks the latest viral paranoia:
Eek! President Obama is Going to Seize the Internet!
Said it last night, will say it again. When Obama proves he can handle TOTUS, then I'll worry.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:32:06pm |
re: #260 midwestgak
I'd rather play racket ball.
When one has absolutely zero hand-eye coordination (like for instance, me), pilates and yoga are much better choices.
Trust me
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Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:32:25pm |
re: #256 Shiplord Kirel
Fever Swamp update:
As posted in spin-off links, Daniweb debunks the latest viral paranoia:
Eek! President Obama is Going to Seize the Internet!Over in the swamp, Freepers are having none of this lefty debunking stuff and react right on cue (very first response):
I wonder if these people know that the president already has pretty broad powers over the internet in the case of a serious cyber emergency?
I'm not touching this story. It's another overblown fantasy.
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:32:55pm |
re: #259 Occasional Reader
I do have to note, though, that one of his big predictions from On Killing has not played out. He thought that the last decade would seem an exploding homicide rate in the US, due to operant conditioning brought about by "stalk and shoot" gaming. In reality, the homicide rate has declined.
I'd forgotten that!
However his point on thinking through about the use of deadly force is accurate.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:33:11pm |
re: #265 Charles
I wonder if these people already know that the president has pretty broad powers over the internet in the case of a serious cyber emergency?
I'm not touching this story. It's another overblown fantasy.
How do we know that CHARLES actually posted this? As opposed to, say, someone in the White House?!
/
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Danny Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:33:36pm |
What the hell are all you people doing sitting at your computers on a beautiful day???
Ok, so it's not daytime everywhere, but still...
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:33:49pm |
re: #261 Occasional Reader
It's still taking way longer than it should. I suspect there's a technique or two I'm missing, particularly in re-assembly.
Reassemble after 1911 frame detail strip
Maybe this will help. :)
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Sharmuta Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:34:04pm |
re: #267 Occasional Reader
We're through the looking glass. Oh noes!
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jcm Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:34:06pm |
re: #267 Occasional Reader
How do we know that CHARLES actually posted this? As opposed to, say, someone in the White House?!
/
Rahm, is that you?
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:34:21pm |
re: #264 reine.de.tout
When one has absolutely zero hand-eye coordination (like for instance, me), pilates and yoga are much better choices.
Trust me
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midwestgak Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:34:35pm |
re: #264 reine.de.tout
When one has absolutely zero hand-eye coordination (like for instance, me), pilates and yoga are much better choices.
Trust me
What a good LOL.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:35:15pm |
re: #268 Danny
What the hell are all you people doing sitting at your computers on a beautiful day???
Ok, so it's not daytime everywhere, but still...
If I go outside, I'll melt.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:35:31pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:36:05pm |
re: #274 SanFranciscoZionist
If I go outside, I'll melt.
Reminds me, anyone see Vegas Rick around lately ?
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:36:12pm |
re: #268 Danny
What the hell are all you people doing sitting at your computers on a beautiful day???
Ok, so it's not daytime everywhere, but still...
It's also not so beautiful here --raining; 85% humidity, 66°F.
/feh
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cliffster Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:37:08pm |
re: #267 Occasional Reader
How do we know that CHARLES actually posted this? As opposed to, say, someone in the White House?!
/
BARAC IS 133T AND WILL HAX0R YOUR SH1T
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:37:52pm |
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cliffster Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:38:10pm |
re: #268 Danny
What the hell are all you people doing sitting at your computers on a beautiful day???
Ok, so it's not daytime everywhere, but still...
It's hotter than the surface of the sun. If I went outside, I'd evaporate.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:38:33pm |
re: #278 Danny
TS Danny gettin you wet?
Why would "transsexual Danny" be getting him wet?
Wait... never mind, I don't want to know.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:39:11pm |
re: #256 Shiplord Kirel
Another comment...
As far as I am concerned we are at war with this insufferable jackass and his minions! They will hit a roadblock though if they come to our homes because they WILL meet fierce resistance.
Only someone insane would be perpetrating this war he is so blatantly bringing to our doorsteps or perhaps their is a method to his madness? Either way he GREATLY under-estimates the will of the common man such as myself because I have NO problem killing and dying for what i believe and the country I love!
One (or more) of these nuts is bound to snap sooner or later. I don't see much chance of avoiding it.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:39:12pm |
re: #267 Occasional Reader
How do we know that CHARLES actually posted this? As opposed to, say, someone in the White House?!
/
RAHM, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!
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garycooper Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:39:17pm |
re: #99 zombie
The Coen Brothers films were good -- great, even -- but in the end they were still films noirs. Simple Plan: heist gone awry. Fargo: Police Procedural. Oh Bother Where Art Thou: The Odyssey. etc.
Now, mind you, I love all those movies -- don't get me wrong -- but they were not truly original concepts. Sometimes the best and most enjoyable films are masterworks within a genre. And sometimes completely original films are unenjoyable. (Kenneth Anger, I'm looking in your direction...).
How about the films of Charlie Kaufman? Pretty brilliant and original. I'm also a big fan of Todd Haynes. Clint Eastwood makes great movies. Paul Thomas Anderson has some doozies to his credit. I'm a sucker for Tarantino, too, though I was mildly disappointed by "Basterds." Scorsese keeps making movies that force you to give them your full attention.
I like David Gordon Green's style, too. "Pineapple Express" was amazing. I wish his adaptation of "A Confederacy Of Dunces" had gotten made, starring Will Ferrell as Ignatius. His first movie, "George Washington," is definitely worth checking out.
Anyway, I'm still a big fan of the movies, even though they are obviously ruled by the General Theory Of Suckitude, which states that 90% of everything is crap. With movies, the crap-ratio is a bit higher, but you can't toss the good babies out with the used bathwater.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:39:46pm |
re: #279 cliffster
BARAC IS 133T AND WILL HAX0R YOUR SH1T
BARACK OBAMA STOLE YOUR NEW BICYCLE!
(posted that last night, but it's really funny).
Loving the new buttons, btw.
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Sharmuta Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:40:03pm |
re: #102 Charles
Since they're buttons that trigger an action, I thought they should look like buttons instead of links.
I think they look great and might help the newbies to use all the bells and whistles.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:40:42pm |
re: #268 Danny
What the hell are all you people doing sitting at your computers on a beautiful day???
Ok, so it's not daytime everywhere, but still...
I planned a day of doing nothing but sitting on my butt. So far, I've done just that.
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Danny Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:40:58pm |
re: #281 cliffster
Lookin at the CONUS map, Im guessing you live in the Southwest.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:41:51pm |
re: #288 MandyManners
I planned a day of doing nothing but sitting on my butt. So far, I've done just that.
*whistling*
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Cheechako Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:42:14pm |
re: #268 Danny
What the hell are all you people doing sitting at your computers on a beautiful day???
Ok, so it's not daytime everywhere, but still...
Well I'm inside because it's raining outside. If fact it's raining "cats and dogs" outside. (That's a freebie for the punsters!) And it's rained every day for the past two weeks.
Oh yeah, I do live in the rain-forest.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:42:37pm |
Good Afternoon Lizards!
The Colts are losing by 1 point with 4 minutes left...
Preseason...Can't live with it..Can't live without it.
Come on Colts!
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:42:48pm |
Nice tactic: Telling dead Kennedy jokes as though you're quoting from someone else.
Let's see how that flies.
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esch Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:42:56pm |
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:43:15pm |
re: #290 DEZes
*whistling*
It's good to have nothing to do. Well, I could be doing something but, I'm not.
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cliffster Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:43:34pm |
re: #289 Danny
Lookin at the CONUS map, Im guessing you live in the Southwest.
No, I live in Texas. The Southwest is west, north, and east of Texas. :)
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:43:39pm |
re: #292 Cheechako
Well I'm inside because it's raining outside. If fact it's raining "cats and dogs" outside. (That's a freebie for the punsters!) And it's rained every day for the past two weeks.
Oh yeah, I do live in the rain-forest.
Gonna' go splash in the poodles?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:43:51pm |
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:44:08pm |
re: #296 MandyManners
It's good to have nothing to do. Well, I could be doing something but, I'm not.
I am doing the same, ain't gonna do much of anything today.
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:45:05pm |
re: #296 MandyManners
It's good to have nothing to do. Well, I could be doing something but, I'm not.
That sound pretty much like my entire summer. School begins Wednesday ...
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:45:22pm |
re: #300 DEZes
I am doing the same, ain't gonna do much of anything today.
Did what I had to do.
It's over.
Here I sit.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:45:28pm |
re: #293 HoosierHoops
Good Afternoon Lizards!
The Colts are losing by 1 point with 4 minutes left...
Preseason...Can't live with it..Can't live without it.
Come on Colts!
The Colts: May the lose forever.
I remember where they came from, you see. And as for Irsay...don't get me started.
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Danny Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:45:34pm |
re: #294 Cato the Elder
I never cared much for Dead Kennedys.
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:46:23pm |
re: #293 HoosierHoops
Good Afternoon Lizards!
The Colts are losing by 1 point with 4 minutes left...
Preseason...Can't live with it..Can't live without it.
Come on Colts!
Hey 2H. Hope you are having a great weekend. Bike GP at Indy this weekend. I am watching UF beat the shit out of FSU. 30-15 early in the 4th.
Did you get my Shuttle launch photos?
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:46:40pm |
re: #302 SasquatchOnSteroids
Did what I had to do.
It's over.
Here I sit.
I put my shoes on, and that's about it so far.
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SixDegrees Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:46:40pm |
re: #288 MandyManners
I planned a day of doing nothing but sitting on my butt. So far, I've done just that.
Gotta love it when a plan comes together.
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Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:46:43pm |
re: #167 Killgore Trout
RON PAUL Happy 74th Birthday
[Video]
Marilyn Monroe's birthday song at the end was a true comedic touch.
You mean Ron Paul's birthday passed and Google didn't put his shoes in their logo?
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:47:14pm |
re: #303 Cato the Elder
And as for Irsay...don't get me started.
Irsay is generally inadmissible as evidence, so what's your problem with it?
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:48:12pm |
re: #303 Cato the Elder
The Colts: May they lose forever.
I remember where they came from, you see. And as for Irsay...don't get me started.
And no, we shouldn't have done the same thing to Cleveland. And I'll never watch a Ravens game.
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:48:30pm |
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:49:40pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
Oh bummer! :(
Sorry about that.
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:49:50pm |
re: #283 Killgore Trout
Another comment...
One (or more) of these nuts is bound to snap sooner or later. I don't see much chance of avoiding it.
One of the really strange things about this nutbag element is the sinister significance they attach to relatively minor legal enactments, as though the lack of legal authority could somehow keep the kind of insanely oppressive, lawless, and unconstitutional government they envision from sending us all to the gulag.
Another example: A while back, an Alex Joneser started lecturing me about these secret underground railways the gummint is building to transport various undesirables to the new gulag. When asked where he got his information, he indicated he had seen it on video. I told him not to believe everything he saw on video. He responded that it had to be true because the gummint would not allow people to put lies on video and would shut them down if they did.
I am not making that up.
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:49:53pm |
re: #304 Danny
I never cared much for Dead Kennedys.
'Holiday in Cambodia' is actually quite good, IMHO.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:49:54pm |
re: #306 Erik The Red
Hey 2H. Hope you are having a great weekend. Bike GP at Indy this weekend. I am watching UF beat the shit out of FSU. 30-15 early in the 4th.
Did you get my Shuttle launch photos?
Hey Erik! I just checked my Blackberry...Yes I got the pics...Awesome...
Thank you!
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:50:26pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
Sorry. Call a couple of friends and go out if you can.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:51:15pm |
re: #316 Shiplord Kirel
One of the really strange things about this nutbag element is the sinister significance they attach to relatively minor legal enactments, as though the lack of legal authority could somehow keep the kind of insanely oppressive, lawless, and unconstitutional government they envision from sending us all to the gulag.
Another example: A while back, an Alex Joneser started lecturing me about these secret underground railways the gummint is building to transport various undesirables to the new gulag. When asked where he got his information, he indicated he had seen it on video. I told him not to believe everything he saw on video. He responded that it had to be true because the gummint would not allow people to put lies on video and would shut them down if they did.
I am not making that up.
Wow. That is some major cognitive dissonance right there.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:51:32pm |
re: #303 Cato the Elder
The Colts: May the lose forever.
I remember where they came from, you see. And as for Irsay...don't get me started.
Don't make me come over there old man!
*wink*
Hope today finds you well
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Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:51:41pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
Did you say, "Too late, I already am." ?
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:51:54pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
Sorry to hear that.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:52:43pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
Kiss her on the cheek and call her by the wrong name.
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Cheechako Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:52:47pm |
re: #298 MandyManners
Gonna' go splash in the poodles?
Actually I might go out to the park behind my house and watch the yellow duck derby. The local Rotary club is having a fund raiser where they put several thousand numbered plastic ducks in the pond, wait several hours, then draw out several winners. Top prize is $5,000. I have adopted two of the ducks. Wish me luck.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:52:48pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
"Pack your ass up and move closer, woman. And start proving to me you're worth $2.55 a gallon."
Just trying to cheer you up a bit, Gang. My sympathies, been there and done that.
/"But we live in different states...!" Straight nine distance was 35 miles.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:52:57pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
Geh. Sorry to hear it.
As for "therapy", there's a saying in Spanish: "Un clavo saca otro clavo". One nail removes another. Once whatever Decent Interval expires that you see fit, get out there and start dating. And on that point, I can say: Before meeting my wife (through happenstance), I experimented with Match dot com for a while... and it completely blew away my initial prejudice about the thing. ("It's for desperate losers", etc.) I met quite a number of attractive, smart women with it.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:52:58pm |
re: #316 Shiplord Kirel
Some people are into conspiracy theories because they're fun and dramatic but I see it spiraling out of control.
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:53:09pm |
re: #313 iceweasel
Oh bummer! :(
Sorry about that.
re: #314 Killgore Trout
Bummer.
Thanks, but I saw it coming. She has so much crep to deal with. Not working, a handfull of kids, a dead-beat X-husband, and she got evicted from the summer rental she was in. And I suppose she was not happy that I was powerless to help her.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:53:41pm |
re: #327 Cheechako
Actually I might go out to the park behind my house and watch the yellow duck derby. The local Rotary club is having a fund raiser where they put several thousand numbered plastic ducks in the pond, wait several hours, then draw out several winners. Top prize is $5,000. I have adopted two of the ducks. Wish me luck.
What did you name them?
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Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:54:01pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
Hey, I hope I wasn't offensive in my earlier comment. I was trying to cheer you up.
Seriously . . . watch out for rebound, and be happy. Sorry.
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Danny Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:54:24pm |
re: #317 Gang of One
'Holiday in Cambodia' is actually quite good, IMHO.
Oh no doubt, they're very good. I just never could acquire a taste for their brand of music.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:54:41pm |
re: #327 Cheechako
Did you know that your cloud appears to be giving the middle finger?
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:55:27pm |
re: #331 Gang of One
Thanks, but I saw it coming. She has so much crep to deal with. Not working, a handfull of kids, a dead-beat X-husband, and she got evicted from the summer rental she was in. And I suppose she was not happy that I was powerless to help her.
I hate to sound callous but, you might've dodged a bullet.
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kcladderman Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:55:43pm |
re: #323 Silvergirl
Did you say, "Too late, I already am." ?
i like the story about the soldier who got the nasty dear John letter. His girl ask for her picture back. He collects pictures from all of his buddies sends her a whole envelope full of pictures with a note. Can't place a face with your name please pick out your picture and return the rest.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:55:44pm |
re: #331 Gang of One
Thanks, but I saw it coming. She has so much crep to deal with. Not working, a handfull of kids, a dead-beat X-husband, and she got evicted from the summer rental she was in. And I suppose she was not happy that I was powerless to help her.
Sounds like it could be one of those rare times when "It's not you, it's me" could be true, you know? That's a lot of shit to deal with. Not sure I'd want to handle being in a relationship at the same time as all that, if I were her.
Anyway, my sympathies.
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Danny Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:56:13pm |
re: #336 MandyManners
I hate to sound callous but, you might've dodged a bullet.
Was thinkin the same thing. Glad you verbalized it.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:57:34pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
Be of good cheer...Look to the future..
If love isn't magic..Then it's hell
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:58:18pm |
re: #316 Shiplord Kirel
Wow.
Reminds me of the London School of Economics-educated young woman who once imformed me that Kentucky Fried Chicken has changed their name to "KFC", because they were legally obligated to do so; because they no longer use "chicken". Rather, they use artificial chicken parts grown in labs. I promptly got online, and showed her their "chicken"-labeled online menu offerings. Oh, she said, that means the "government" hasn't caught up with them yet on the menu thing. (Not sure which "government" she had in mind, as this conversation took place in London.)
Conspiracy theories are self-sealing wonders.
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Danny Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:59:15pm |
Alright, I'm heading back outside to do yardwork and whatnot. Enjoy!
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Cheechako Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:59:22pm |
re: #332 MandyManners
What did you name them?
Donald and Daisy...I was going with Hope and Change but i thought those names were over-used so would have little chance of being selected.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 12:59:38pm |
re: #341 Occasional Reader
Wow.
Reminds me of the London School of Economics-educated young woman who once imformed me that Kentucky Fried Chicken has changed their name to "KFC", because they were legally obligated to do so; because they no longer use "chicken". Rather, they use artificial chicken parts grown in labs. I promptly got online, and showed her their "chicken"-labeled online menu offerings. Oh, she said, that means the "government" hasn't caught up with them yet on the menu thing. (Not sure which "government" she had in mind, as this conversation took place in London.)
Conspiracy theories are self-sealing wonders.
What color was her tin-foil hat?
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kcladderman Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:00:23pm |
re: #330 Killgore Trout
Some people are into conspiracy theories because they're fun and dramatic but I see it spiraling out of control.
I can't decide if it is worse than the Clinton years or if the internet has grown so much it makes it seem worse. I remember quite a few far out story's back then but in those days the stories spread by word of mouth a lot now they can be spread from coast to coast in a matter of a second.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:00:35pm |
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:01:02pm |
re: #331 Gang of One
Thanks, but I saw it coming. She has so much crep to deal with. Not working, a handfull of kids, a dead-beat X-husband, and she got evicted from the summer rental she was in. And I suppose she was not happy that I was powerless to help her.
Not to be tactless, but - if those problems started after you began dating her, there's still not much you could do about 'em.
If before, you might want to look twice next time.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:01:06pm |
re: #340 HoosierHoops
Be of good cheer...Look to the future..
If love isn't magic..Then it's hell
"Love is a snowmobile speeding across the tundra, which suddenly flips over, trapping you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
-Matt Groening
(apologies to iceweasel)
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:01:11pm |
re: #318 HoosierHoops
Hey Erik! I just checked my Blackberry...Yes I got the pics...Awesome...
Thank you!
Blackberry is sooo yesterday. Get with it. iPhone baby iPhone. :))
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:01:20pm |
re: #341 Occasional Reader
Weirdly, that KFC rumour had a lot of currency. I heard it in the UK a lot too. Never heard it in the US.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:01:22pm |
Seriously, Gang, don't stay here fretting about it.
Call up some Buds and go the hell out.
See and be seen, my friend.
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Cheechako Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:01:50pm |
re: #335 MandyManners
Did you know that your cloud appears to be giving the middle finger?
Yes. And that picture is not photo-shopped. It was taken on 9/03/2003 in central Oregon.
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Eclectic Infidel Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:02:03pm |
I'm visiting friends up north. Right now in Sebastopol it's at 97 degrees at 1:01 pm. Beautiful day, regardless, especially with the soft breeze.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:02:19pm |
re: #349 Occasional Reader
"Love is a snowmobile speeding across the tundra, which suddenly flips over, trapping you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
-Matt Groening
(apologies to iceweasel)
"Next time I'm not going to get married. I'm just going to find some woman and buy her a house." - Lewis Grizzard
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:02:27pm |
re: #349 Occasional Reader
"Love is a snowmobile speeding across the tundra, which suddenly flips over, trapping you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
-Matt Groening
(apologies to iceweasel)
No apologies necessary! That's the source of my nic!
(as you know, I'm sure.)
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:02:34pm |
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:02:57pm |
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:03:07pm |
re: #352 iceweasel
Weirdly, that KFC rumour had a lot of currency. I heard it in the UK a lot too. Never heard it in the US.
I had actually previously heard it in Peru. I believe it's mentioned on snopes.
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:03:33pm |
re: #331 Gang of One
Thanks, but I saw it coming. She has so much crep to deal with. Not working, a handfull of kids, a dead-beat X-husband, and she got evicted from the summer rental she was in. And I suppose she was not happy that I was powerless to help her.
Run buddy run. Move on to much baggage.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:03:46pm |
re: #354 Cheechako
Yes. And that picture is not photo-shopped. It was taken on 9/03/2003 in central Oregon.
Oh, I believe. I lived in Oregon for a while. There were some strange things and people there.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:03:54pm |
re: #346 kcladderman
I can't decide if it is worse than the Clinton years or if the internet has grown so much it makes it seem worse. I remember quite a few far out story's back then but in those days the stories spread by word of mouth a lot now they can be spread from coast to coast in a matter of a second.
I think the internet makes a big difference from the Clinton years. What makes it even worse is Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and even prominent Republicans are spreading conspiracy theories and talk of revolution.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:04:06pm |
re: #356 SteveC
"Next time I'm not going to get married. I'm just going to find some woman and buy her a house." - Lewis Grizzard
I believe the quote is "...some woman who hates me..." and it's from Woody Allen.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:04:19pm |
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:04:23pm |
re: #319 SasquatchOnSteroids
Sorry. Call a couple of friends and go out if you can.
Gonna do just that.
re: #323 Silvergirl
Did you say, "Too late, I already am." ?
No, dammit.
re: #326 MandyManners
Kiss her on the cheek and call her by the wrong name.
Evil. But awesome.
re: #328 SteveC
"Pack your ass up and move closer, woman. And start proving to me you're worth $2.55 a gallon."
Just trying to cheer you up a bit, Gang. My sympathies, been there and done that.
We did have that conversation. She did not want to uproot the kids. But that was in the spring. She changed her mind several times about coming back north.
/"But we live in different states...!" Straight nine distance was 35 miles.
Hell, you can live in the same city and still be a two-hour subway ride away.
re: #333 Silvergirl
Hey, I hope I wasn't offensive in my earlier comment. I was trying to cheer you up.
Seriously . . . watch out for rebound, and be happy. Sorry.
Not to worry, Silver.
re: #336 MandyManners
I hate to sound callous but, you might've dodged a bullet.
So says everyone in whom I've confided the travails of this relationship. I think you are correct, Mandy.
re: #338 iceweasel
Sounds like it could be one of those rare times when "It's not you, it's me" could be true, you know? That's a lot of shit to deal with. Not sure I'd want to handle being in a relationship at the same time as all that, if I were her.
Anyway, my sympathies.
Thanks, Ice. Thanks all of you.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:04:51pm |
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Eclectic Infidel Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:04:57pm |
re: #312 Gang of One
Well, it's official. The GF says she wants to see other people; she's not happy that we live an hour's drive apart.
/sigh ...
*nods* That's a tough one to take. Stick to your principles.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:05:06pm |
re: #361 Erik The Red
Run buddy run. Move on to much baggage.
Run hell. Needed the shuttle last night.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:05:12pm |
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:05:23pm |
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:05:23pm |
re: #350 Erik The Red
Blackberry is sooo yesterday. Get with it. iPhone baby iPhone. :))
You know Erik...If I didn't have a world edition Blackberry with unlimited global calling paid by my company...I would buy a iPhone..
But if it's free it's for me..
*wink*
/with a 7920 old BB you could blog here..With the new BB's all they render is the left side of the page...
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:06:51pm |
re: #355 eclectic infidel
I'm visiting friends up north. Right now in Sebastopol it's at 97 degrees at 1:01 pm. Beautiful day, regardless, especially with the soft breeze.
I love that area...Very nice...
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:07:13pm |
Gang of One: Another option is to mail her your severed ear, just to show how much you love her.
///
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:07:20pm |
re: #340 HoosierHoops
Be of good cheer...Look to the future..
If love isn't magic..Then it's hell
re: #348 Cato the Elder
Not to be tactless, but - if those problems started after you began dating her, there's still not much you could do about 'em.
If before, you might want to look twice next time.
They were there before, and just got worse. You are right, Cato. But the hopleless, naive romantic in me wanted to to see this work.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:07:25pm |
Wow. Meat pulling off the bone already. Lamb shanks will probably be done in 4-6 hours instead of 12.
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kcladderman Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:07:27pm |
re: #364 Killgore Trout
That is the whole problem with a "news" channel trying for ratings it is about viewers and revenue not news .
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Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:07:41pm |
Just got this email and thought I'd share:
History 101For those that don't know about history ... Here is a condensed version:
Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.
The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:
1. Liberals, and
2. ConservativesOnce beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture.
Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.
Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.
Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.
Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.
Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.
Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.
Conservatives drink domestic beer, mostly Bud. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, members of the military, airline pilots and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America . They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.
Here ends today's lesson in world history:
It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it.
A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to tick them off.
And there you have it. Let your next action reveal your true self.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:07:55pm |
Can I tell you I *cough* dated *cough* an older woman with 2 kids when I was a Studsquatch, I realized my error when I liked her oldest daughters record collection more than I did hers.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:08:31pm |
re: #365 Cato the Elder
I believe the quote is "...some woman who hates me..." and it's from Woody Allen.
Could be. But I know Lewis had a version of it.
"Was he naked, or nekked? When you're naked, you don't have any clothes on. But when you're nekked, you don't have any clothes on... and you're up to something!" - Grizzard
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kcladderman Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:08:37pm |
re: #365 Cato the Elder
I believe the quote is "...some woman who hates me..." and it's from Woody Allen.
No I think his was "Next time I am going to marry my stepdaughter"
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:08:47pm |
re: #376 Occasional Reader
Gang of One: Another option is to mail her your severed ear, just to show how much you love her.
///
Does Hallmark have a good card in which to enclose the ear?
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:09:04pm |
re: #363 MandyManners
Oh, I believe. I lived in Oregon for a while. There were some strange things and people there.
I turned 21 camping at Whales Cove at the coast in Oregon...
I really like that State
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:09:24pm |
re: #381 SasquatchOnSteroids
Can I tell you I *cough* dated *cough* an older woman with 2 kids when I was a Studsquatch, I realized my error when I liked her oldest daughters record collection more than I did hers.
"Record collection" - now that's a euphemism I haven't seen before!
[leer]
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:09:43pm |
re: #378 Killgore Trout
Wow. Meat pulling off the bone already. Lamb shanks will probably be done in 4-6 hours instead of 12.
I thought "lamb shanks" were home-made weapons commonly found in lamb prison?
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:09:47pm |
re: #373 HoosierHoops
You know Erik...If I didn't have a world edition Blackberry with unlimited global calling paid by my company...I would buy a iPhone..
But if it's free it's for me..
*wink*
/with a 7920 old BB you could blog here..With the new BB's all they render is the left side of the page...
I forgot to say congrats on your boy being home. I am sure that you are one proud DADDY and are happy as hell that he is home safely. Once again thank you for your son's duty.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:10:08pm |
re: #386 Cato the Elder
"Record collection" - now that's a euphemism I haven't seen before!
[leer]
ROFL.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:10:25pm |
re: #381 SasquatchOnSteroids
Can I tell you I *cough* dated *cough* an older woman with 2 kids when I was a Studsquatch, I realized my error when I liked her oldest daughters record collection more than I did hers.
Are we back to talking about cougars?
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:11:14pm |
re: #376 Occasional Reader
Gang of One: Another option is to mail her your severed ear, just to show how much you love her.
///
Hah! But I still have her cell phone's car charger.
/Bwahahahahahah!
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:11:27pm |
re: #387 Occasional Reader
I thought "lamb shanks" were home-made weapons commonly found in lamb prison?
Fava beans and chianti?
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:11:34pm |
re: #381 SasquatchOnSteroids
Can I tell you I *cough* dated *cough* an older woman with 2 kids when I was a Studsquatch, I realized my error when I liked her oldest daughters record collection more than I did hers.
Her record collection or her? Come on you can be honest here. We are all friends. :)
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:11:44pm |
re: #386 Cato the Elder
"Record collection" - now that's a euphemism I haven't seen before!
[leer]
Isn't she the girl with the Rolling Stones that just won't stop?
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Shiplord Kirel Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:12:04pm |
re: #330 Killgore Trout
Some people are into conspiracy theories because they're fun and dramatic but I see it spiraling out of control.
The conspiracy culture grew practically unchecked for decades. I don't really blame mainstream media and politicians for this, since there were good reasons not to waste time and attention on fringe craziness. It continued to grow, however, eventually becoming a huge but under-served media market that the likes of Glenn Beck have noticed and are rushing to exploit. This fuels further growth by lending an unwarranted but quite real aura of respectability. The overall result is the mainstreaming of rank insanity.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:12:10pm |
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:12:23pm |
re: #388 Erik The Red
I forgot to say congrats on your boy being home. I am sure that you are one proud DADDY and are happy as hell that he is home safely. Once again thank you for your son's duty.
Thank you.. I am very proud of him...I changed my avatar from 1st platoon 3/5 marines to my doggie and his pal playing in the pool...After 4 years...Life is very very sweet.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:12:47pm |
You use your tongue prettier than a twenty-dollar whore.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:12:51pm |
re: #393 Erik The Red
Her record collection or her? Come on you can be honest here. We are all friends. :)
Can't get a thing past you people.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:13:08pm |
re: #391 Gang of One
Gang, here's your theme song for the day.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:13:24pm |
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ryannon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:13:34pm |
re: #285 garycooper
How about the films of Charlie Kaufman? Pretty brilliant and original. I'm also a big fan of Todd Haynes. Clint Eastwood makes great movies. Paul Thomas Anderson has some doozies to his credit. I'm a sucker for Tarantino, too, though I was mildly disappointed by "Basterds." Scorsese keeps making movies that force you to give them your full attention.
I like David Gordon Green's style, too. "Pineapple Express" was amazing. I wish his adaptation of "A Confederacy Of Dunces" had gotten made, starring Will Ferrell as Ignatius. His first movie, "George Washington," is definitely worth checking out.
Anyway, I'm still a big fan of the movies, even though they are obviously ruled by the General Theory Of Suckitude, which states that 90% of everything is crap. With movies, the crap-ratio is a bit higher, but you can't toss the good babies out with the used bathwater.
It's ten pm. Do you know where your kids are?
Larry Clark:
"Ken Park"
"Kids"
"Bully"
Todd Solondz:
"Welcome to the Dollhouse"
"Palindromes"
"Storytelling"
"Happiness"
Not your usual Hollywood films.
Don't flame me, bro.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:13:50pm |
re: #398 MandyManners
You use your tongue prettier than a twenty-dollar whore.
$34.75, with your Obamacare taxes.
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Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:14:10pm |
re: #391 Gang of One
Hah! But I still have her cell phone's car charger.
/Bwahahahahahah!
So you left her with a severed phone.
It's something. Not an ear, but something.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:15:00pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:15:48pm |
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Cheechako Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:16:20pm |
re: #397 HoosierHoops
Thank you.. I am very proud of him...I changed my avatar from 1st platoon 3/5 marines to my doggie and his pal playing in the pool...After 4 years...Life is very very sweet.
How bad was the bar tab last night? Obama might have some stimiouls money to halp.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:17:17pm |
re: #364 Killgore Trout
I think the internet makes a big difference from the Clinton years. What makes it even worse is Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and even prominent Republicans are spreading conspiracy theories and talk of revolution.
Definitely. The internet, and the fact that the crazy is bleeding into the mainstream via Fox News, Glenn Beck...Palin, Bachmann...even the main GOP.
For example: two days ago I got an email from the DCCC that starts as follows:
Republicans know the truth is not on their side. Since the beginning of August recess, they've come out with one outlandish lie after another to derail meaningful health insurance reform -- but this one takes the cake.
In a "poll" mailed to supporters, the RNC is actually suggesting that health insurance reform is a Democratic plot to deny health care to Republicans using voter registration data:
Here is a story about it that contains the survey question.
It's not as if there aren't legitimate questions and objections to raise against the reform, but what's up with the outright lies and fearmongering? It's really depressing that it's coming from the RNC itself, not random kooks and pundits.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:17:29pm |
re: #408 Cheechako
How bad was the bar tab last night? Obama might have some stimiouls money to halp.
Is that you, Jon Carry?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:17:39pm |
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Cheechako Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:17:55pm |
re: #408 Cheechako
How bad was the bar tab last night? Obama might have some stimulus money to halp.
PIMF
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:18:55pm |
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Sharmuta Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:19:10pm |
re: #397 HoosierHoops
Thank you.. I am very proud of him...I changed my avatar from 1st platoon 3/5 marines to my doggie and his pal playing in the pool...After 4 years...Life is very very sweet.
The new avatar is cute. I can't wait 'til I have a chance to buy your marine a drink.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:20:18pm |
re: #408 Cheechako
How bad was the bar tab last night? Obama might have some stimiouls money to halp.
You know...It wasn't that bad.. 200 bucks...I went swimming this morning trashed..Cold water works wonders on the dull mind. I have not been to bed yet...Tonight will be a blast...
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:21:41pm |
re: #341 Occasional Reader
Wow.
Reminds me of the London School of Economics-educated young woman who once imformed me that Kentucky Fried Chicken has changed their name to "KFC", because they were legally obligated to do so; because they no longer use "chicken". Rather, they use artificial chicken parts grown in labs. I promptly got online, and showed her their "chicken"-labeled online menu offerings. Oh, she said, that means the "government" hasn't caught up with them yet on the menu thing. (Not sure which "government" she had in mind, as this conversation took place in London.)
Conspiracy theories are self-sealing wonders.
A major contradiction going on.
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:22:07pm |
re: #340 HoosierHoops
Be of good cheer...Look to the future..
If love isn't magic..Then it's hell
Missed you the first time. I will put my energies into the present -- I have my teaching career to build up and my black sash is a year away.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:22:47pm |
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:24:14pm |
re: #352 iceweasel
Weirdly, that KFC rumour had a lot of currency. I heard it in the UK a lot too. Never heard it in the US.
Did the Fish 'N Chips people start it?
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:24:29pm |
I feel like a right, royal idiot. The college game I have been watching is from last year.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:25:13pm |
re: #409 iceweasel
I think that it's atrocious that Steele signed his name to that. Disgraceful.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:25:14pm |
re: #421 Erik The Red
I feel like a right, royal idiot. The college game I have been watching is from last year.
I should have asked you to make a bet on the game. ;)
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:25:15pm |
re: #421 Erik The Red
I feel like a right, royal idiot. The college game I have been watching is from last year.
Why is your font so small?
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:25:42pm |
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kcladderman Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:26:32pm |
re: #424 MandyManners
Why is your font so small?
Maybe he swimming with Hoops and the pool was cold!
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:26:44pm |
re: #416 HoosierHoops
You know...It wasn't that bad.. 200 bucks...I went swimming this morning trashed..Cold water works wonders on the dull mind. I have not been to bed yet...Tonight will be a blast...
200 bucks ? Man, that's nothin'.
I expect better of you, mister.
///
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:27:28pm |
re: #425 DEZes
He was in the pool.
I'll never forget the time The Kid discovered that at the club. Said it out loud.
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:27:45pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:28:06pm |
re: #421 Erik The Red
I feel like a right, royal idiot. The college game I have been watching is from last year.
The messed up part ?
DEZ knew the whole time and didn't say a word...
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:29:19pm |
re: #415 Sharmuta
The new avatar is cute. I can't wait 'til I have a chance to buy your marine a drink.
Next time we go up to the Cabin you'll have to jump over and spend a few days...We are so close up north...
Thanks for all your support this last year...Life is great..
You know the only time Charles ever deleted any of my thousands of posts was once when I got a phone Call from Jordan that the 3/5 was not going from Iraq to Afghanistan...I was so excited I used more 4 letter words per post than any lizard in history...To realize your kid will never enter combat again was such a rush...OK no more talk about the military...
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:29:47pm |
re: #428 MandyManners
I'll never forget the time The Kid discovered that at the club. Said it out loud.
What did he say? HEY MOM WHY IS MY WILLY SO SMALL?
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:29:58pm |
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:30:24pm |
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:30:29pm |
re: #422 Killgore Trout
I think that it's atrocious that Steele signed his name to that. Disgraceful.
I completely agree. Another sign of the complete collapse of the GOP. How is anyone supposed to take them seriously with crap like this? If I were a Republican, that is the the kind of thing that would make me switch to Independent and not look back. Disgusting.
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Cheechako Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:30:36pm |
re: #416 HoosierHoops
You know...It wasn't that bad.. 200 bucks...I went swimming this morning trashed..Cold water works wonders on the dull mind. I have not been to bed yet...Tonight will be a blast...
Well worth it. And please give my thanks to your son for his service.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:30:47pm |
re: #434 Erik The Red
What did he say? HEY MOM WHY IS MY WILLY SO SMALL?
Close. He used the correct word, though.
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:31:42pm |
re: #440 MandyManners
Close. He used the correct word, though.
He actually called it his 'font'?
//ducks ...
| 443 |
Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:31:59pm |
You can get the typewriter font (Courier or whatever monospace font is installed in your browser) by surrounding the text with <code> tags.
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:32:11pm |
re: #440 MandyManners
Close. He used the correct word, though.
ROTFLMAO. I could ask what the correct word really is but I will leave that alone today... :)
| 445 |
Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:32:15pm |
Charles is up to something.
Meanwhile, it's a "Saving Private Ryan" kind of day. Later.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:32:26pm |
re: #438 iceweasel
I completely agree. Another sign of the complete collapse of the GOP. How is anyone supposed to take them seriously with crap like this? If I were a Republican, that is the the kind of thing that would make me switch to Independent and not look back. Disgusting.
Oh please. Like the DNC never did anything like that.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:32:55pm |
re: #444 Erik The Red
ROTFLMAO. I could ask what the correct word really is but I will leave that alone today... :)
HEY MOM MOTHER WHY IS MY WILLY SO SMALL ?
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:33:05pm |
This could pose a small problem, it contagious .
| 449 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:33:17pm |
"They said you was hung."
"They was right."
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:34:04pm |
re: #446 Racer X
Oh please. Like the DNC never did anything like that.
And that's why I'm not a Democrat either, btw.
And i'm getting pretty bored with the reflexive "Yeah well teh left SUCKS too!" response anytime a legitimate criticism of the right is made.
| 451 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:34:13pm |
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:34:54pm |
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:35:32pm |
re: #450 iceweasel
And that's why I'm not a Democrat either, btw.
And i'm getting pretty bored with the reflexive "Yeah well teh left SUCKS too!" response anytime a legitimate criticism of the right is made.
But you really are a tad more annoyed at the right than the left?
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:35:49pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:36:11pm |
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Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:36:19pm |
re: #450 iceweasel
And that's why I'm not a Democrat either, btw.
And i'm getting pretty bored with the reflexive "Yeah well teh left SUCKS too!" response anytime a legitimate criticism of the right is made.
I'm not a Republican either btw.
The outrage over the latest GOP tactic is getting boring too. If we haven't learned by now that both sides are evil lying bastards we never will.
| 457 |
unrealizedviewpoint Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:36:32pm |
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:37:52pm |
re: #453 debutaunt
But you really are a tad more annoyed at the right than the left?
Big time.
When the left starts acting like assholes again I'll be giving them shit too. At the moment it's the GOP pandering to the wingnuttiest, most lunatic part of their base.
And it's not like I don't have a load of criticisms of Democrats (and Obama) anyway.
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:38:59pm |
re: #460 iceweasel
Big time.
When the left starts acting like assholes again I'll be giving them shit too. At the moment it's the GOP pandering to the wingnuttiest, most lunatic part of their base.
And it's not like I don't have a load of criticisms of Democrats (and Obama) anyway.
Sorry, 'tad' didn't really describe it.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:39:22pm |
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:39:33pm |
re: #456 Racer X
I'm not a Republican either btw.
The outrage over the latest GOP tactic is getting boring too. If we haven't learned by now that both sides are evil lying bastards we never will.
Doesn't mean we can't strive for better and call them out when they pull it though. On both sides.
Maybe that's the liberal conservative distinction in action. You're comfortable with the tradition and I'm all about the hope and change. ;)
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:40:57pm |
re: #463 iceweasel
Doesn't mean we can't strive for better and call them out when they pull it though. On both sides.
Maybe that's the liberal conservative distinction in action. You're comfortable with the tradition and I'm all about the hope and change. ;)
Hope, change and deficits!
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:41:13pm |
re: #458 Charles
Have you considered allowing bar code font?
*wink*
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:41:40pm |
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:42:29pm |
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:42:34pm |
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:43:02pm |
re: #465 debutaunt
Hope, change and deficits!
I regret I have but one upding to give you! Sadly, we're a fiscally conservative blog when it comes to dings. I can't spend more than I have. :(
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:43:05pm |
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Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:43:29pm |
re: #463 iceweasel
Doesn't mean we can't strive for better and call them out when they pull it though. On both sides.
Maybe that's the liberal conservative distinction in action. You're comfortable with the tradition and I'm all about the hope and change. ;)
I just threw up in my nose a little!
Hope and Change was the biggest lie ever told by a politician.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:44:09pm |
Phillip Craig Garrido's blog.
[Link: voicesrevealed.blogspot.com...]
| 476 |
Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:44:57pm |
Watching TB play the Tigers now. I KNOW this game is live. I hope :)
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Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:45:03pm |
re: #471 iceweasel
I regret I have but one upding to give you! Sadly, we're a fiscally conservative blog when it comes to dings. I can't spend more than I have. :(
I gladly shared one of mine.
See? Mandatory spreading of wealth is not necessary.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:45:15pm |
re: #472 Erik The Red
How did you do that?
I simply used the quote button to your post, the code was in it.
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:45:32pm |
re: #477 Racer X
I gladly shared one of mine.
See? Mandatory spreading of wealth is not necessary.
hahahahhahahahaahahahahaha
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:45:35pm |
Badges? We don't need no stinking badges.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:45:59pm |
re: #469 DEZes
Come with me if you want to live...
Give me your clothes.
Talk to the Hand.
(Grabs,crushes, and talks to the hand) Give me your clothes
/T3.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:46:25pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:47:14pm |
re: #480 MandyManners
Badges? We don't need no stinking badges.
What have you done ?
Stampeding cattle.
That's not so bad.
Through the Vatican ?
Kinky.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:47:34pm |
Who is this woman in the HP Netbook/Verizon Wireless ad?
My first crush was a redhead, and the librarian/geeky woman look makes my pacemaker find another gear!
| 487 |
Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:47:51pm |
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:48:46pm |
| 489 |
Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:49:16pm |
I'm considering putting a limit on the number of spinoff links to one domain per day, to throttle down some of the blog pimping that happens in the spinoff links. I've been getting a few complaints about this lately from people who like the Linkviewer and the spinoff links, but are turned off when they see people basically using it as a place to repost their blog entries.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:49:22pm |
re: #473 Racer X
I just threw up in my nose a little!
Hope and Change was the biggest lie ever told by a politician.
Little hyperbolic, don't you think?
Let's not get started enumerating Bush lies.
And even if you don't want to concede those, how about this one: "I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky"?
Hope and Change is rhetoric. You can call it empty rhetoric, but you can't call it a lie-- simply because it doesn't make anything like a statement to which questions of truth or falsity can apply.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:49:59pm |
re: #488 Erik The Red
Yours works not Charles extra small one.
I have no clue why Charles doesn't show.
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MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:50:12pm |
I've never seen a bunch of guys bragging about whose is smaller.
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:50:56pm |
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:51:05pm |
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Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:51:13pm |
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Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:51:13pm |
re: #493 MandyManners
I've never seen a bunch of guys bragging about whose is smaller.
LOL. I wish I knew the code to make this post HUGE. :)
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:51:17pm |
re: #477 Racer X
I gladly shared one of mine.
See? Mandatory spreading of wealth is not necessary.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs Comrade!
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:51:57pm |
re: #489 Charles
I think that's a terrific idea.
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Sharmuta Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:53:07pm |
re: #489 Charles
I'm considering putting a limit on the number of spinoff links to one domain per day, to throttle down some of the blog pimping that happens in the spinoff links. I've been getting a few complaints about this lately from people who like the Linkviewer and the spinoff links, but are turned off when they see people basically using it as a place to repost their blog entries.
Would that include news sites like reuters, the bbc or even yahoo?
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:53:10pm |
re: #499 iceweasel
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs Comrade!
If we spread it all around the World, it comes to about $9,000 each and then what?
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unrealizedviewpoint Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:53:21pm |
re: #489 Charles
I'm considering putting a limit on the number of spinoff links to one domain per day, to throttle down some of the blog pimping that happens in the spinoff links. I've been getting a few complaints about this lately from people who like the Linkviewer and the spinoff links, but are turned off when they see people basically using it as a place to repost their blog entries.
The squabbles would end.
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wrenchwench Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:53:23pm |
re: #489 Charles
I'm considering putting a limit on the number of spinoff links to one domain per day, to throttle down some of the blog pimping that happens in the spinoff links. I've been getting a few complaints about this lately from people who like the Linkviewer and the spinoff links, but are turned off when they see people basically using it as a place to repost their blog entries.
One per domain per day? Would that limit me to one article from a certain newspaper's website per day?
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Sharmuta Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:54:06pm |
re: #504 wrenchwench
One per domain per day? Would that limit me to one article from a certain newspaper's website per day?
We are on the same train. Maybe just blog domains, I'm hoping?
| 506 |
midwestgak Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:54:08pm |
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irongrampa Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:54:35pm |
re: #502 debutaunt
That quote is, to me, one of the most disgusting group of words possible.
| 508 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:55:29pm |
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wrenchwench Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:55:58pm |
re: #505 Sharmuta
We are on the same train. Maybe just blog domains, I'm hoping?
I don't think I use more than, say, three per day from one source. More than one is common, though.
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unrealizedviewpoint Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:56:24pm |
re: #508 Racer X
And unicorns would fart rainbows again!
I was referring specifically to the "daily spinoff downding wars."
| 511 |
wrenchwench Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:57:19pm |
Those reply and quote buttons look especially nice with the colored background. Maybe every comment's header should have a touch of color.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:57:29pm |
re: #501 Sharmuta
Would that include news sites like reuters, the bbc or even yahoo?
Good point. And would it be one domain per day for all spinoffs, or one domain per post? That is, if a new thread is started can I link the WaPo so long as it hasn't already been linked in that set of spinoffs, even if someone linked the WaPo in a different set? I'd prefer that kind of system, because obviously news sites are going to have more than one spinoff worthy link per day...
| 513 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:57:45pm |
Somebody's gotta' go back and get a shit-load of dimes.
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unrealizedviewpoint Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:58:48pm |
re: #511 wrenchwench
Those reply and quote buttons look especially nice with the colored background. Maybe every comment's header should have a touch of color.
My reply and quote buttons are white only. Racists browser maybe?
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Sharmuta Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:58:53pm |
re: #503 unrealizedviewpoint
The squabbles would end.
I've stopped using the master spy as to quit watching that nonsense.
re: #509 wrenchwench
I don't think I use more than, say, three per day from one source. More than one is common, though.
I'll find a good story at a site and find a second one a few minutes later sometimes, though I do try to find variety, too.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:59:00pm |
| 517 |
Ojoe Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:59:16pm |
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 1:59:32pm |
Ladies, if you are expecting, do not even handle Flomax.
Guys, take two pills twice a day and wash it down with water.
(Say wha...?)
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debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:00:39pm |
I have a strong urge to quote and reply to everyone.
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DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:01:00pm |
re: #511 wrenchwench
Those reply and quote buttons look especially nice with the colored background. Maybe every comment's header should have a touch of color.
I was thinking some color would be nice, but I never ask for changes.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:01:06pm |
re: #489 Charles
From the comments this post eliceted, looks like you may be opening up a bigger can of worms that the one you;re trying to close!
Is there a way to avoid the blog pimping without limiting the others?
| 522 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:01:19pm |
Let's see how retentive a memory you have
This test will determine if you're getting enough sleep or if your mind has really lost it!
The test consists of three parts:
You'll be shown 12 photos in the first part,
You'll be shown another 12 photos in the second part,
You'll be shown 48 photos in the third part and asked if you saw them in the first part, the second part - or never saw them at all.
When you have finished the third part, your results will be given to you.
| 523 |
unrealizedviewpoint Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:01:25pm |
re: #515 Sharmuta
I'll find a good story at a site and find a second one a few minutes later sometimes, though I do try to find variety, too.
Link to the original source, the paper, service, etc. The blog commentary 'maybe' isn't needed.
| 524 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:01:50pm |
re: #517 Ojoe
Another view of the San Gabriel Mountains of California on fire. Towercam, Pacific time zone.
I can see the flames.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:01:52pm |
re: #514 unrealizedviewpoint
My reply and quote buttons are white only. Racists browser maybe?
Oh well a touch of grey, kinda suits you anyway,
Thats all I had to say, but its all right - Grateful Dead
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Kenneth Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:02:21pm |
re: #489 Charles
Please don't stop "blog pimping" completely. There are some very good small blogs who use LGF to reach a wider audience. I have found some great stuff in your linklist - a great feature, by the way. But I do understand you need to limit people overdoing it. An upper limit of 3 or 4? per day would work.
| 527 |
wrenchwench Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:02:23pm |
re: #514 unrealizedviewpoint
My reply and quote buttons are white only. Racists browser maybe?
Not the buttons themselves. I meant on my comments with my green header, and Charles's comments with his blue header it provides a nice background that makes the buttons look better.
| 529 |
Sharmuta Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:02:44pm |
re: #512 iceweasel
Good point. And would it be one domain per day for all spinoffs, or one domain per post? That is, if a new thread is started can I link the WaPo so long as it hasn't already been linked in that set of spinoffs, even if someone linked the WaPo in a different set? I'd prefer that kind of system, because obviously news sites are going to have more than one spinoff worthy link per day...
One domain per person, per thread, per day, per other stuff? I like Charles' idea, though I hope it's a bit more targeted.
| 531 |
debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:03:16pm |
re: #521 sattv4u2
From the comments this post eliceted, looks like you may be opening up a bigger can of worms that the one you;re trying to close!
Is there a way to avoid the blog pimping without limiting the others?
Lice and worms - ewww.
| 532 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:03:30pm |
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Wendya Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:04:04pm |
re: #473 Racer X
Hope and Change was the biggest lie ever told by a politician.
It wasn't a lie. He did bring hope to people who want someone else to take care of them and he damned sure wants to change the way the country operates.
His election is the result of, among other things, a crappy, leftist run public school system.
| 534 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:04:42pm |
re: #531 debutaunt
Lice and worms - ewww.
Or as Andrew Zimmern would say
"If it looks weird ,, EAT IT!"
| 535 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:05:20pm |
re: #530 MandyManners
You brute, you brute, you vicious brute!
Get your pie for the great pie fight.
| 536 |
Ojoe Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:05:21pm |
re: #532 MandyManners
Well you have to be able to get out of the way sometimes.
But the San Gabriel Mountains are beautiful.
Just build a stone house with the native granite, put on a tin roof and iron shutters & you will do fine.
| 537 |
itellu3times Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:05:38pm |
new fonts for old
Hey I logged on axadentally with IE6 and that ain't happenin' again, uses about 60% of CPU with lots of bursts to 100%.
And here I is with Foxpro ... er, Firefox again, and we're having some kind of a fontathon! Kewl.
| 538 |
Kenneth Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:05:51pm |
re: #521 sattv4u2
If somebody posts a couple links to a worthy blog that should be fine. Jammie, Carl etc, have great stuff. It's the ones who overdo it with 10 or 20 links per day. There's no need for that. Or completely irrelevant or inappropriate stuff, which should be blocked entirely.
| 539 |
DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:06:49pm |
re: #525 SteveC
Oh well a touch of grey, kinda suits you anyway,
Thats all I had to say, but its all right - Grateful Dead
Cold hearted browser that rules the night.
Removes the colors from our site.
Red is gray and yellow white.
But Charles decides which is right.
The moody Lizards.
| 540 |
unrealizedviewpoint Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:07:28pm |
re: #533 Wendya
It wasn't a lie. He did bring hope to people who want someone else to take care of them and he damned sure wants to change the way the country operates.
His election is the result of, among other things, a crappy, leftist run public school system.
| 541 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:08:56pm |
re: MandyManners…
You have a cute and furry ass?
In bed.
I thought it was an acid flashback.
In bed.
I never sausage buttons!
In bed.
Smaller and blue.
In bed.
I ain't touching that one.
In bed.
TAKE RON PAUL WITH YOU!
In bed.
*squeals with laughter*
In bed.
Naw. I came up with that one onmy own.
In bed.
Where's Hermy when you need him?
In bed.
How big is the farmer?
In bed.
Haven't you seen that nose of his?
In bed.
Must. not. mention. the. corn-cob. pipe.
In bed.
Their's are of the two-legged kind.
In bed.
She'd be tried as an adult here.
In bed.
"A BEAR ATE MY HOMEWORK!"
In bed.
Urine deep.
In bed.
I planned a day of doing nothing but sitting on my butt. So far, I've done just that.
In bed.
Kiss her on the cheek and call her by the wrong name.
In bed.
I hate to sound callous but, you might've dodged a bullet.
In bed.
I'd say you've had enough.
In bed.
Let's give him to Mongo.
In bed.
You use your tongue prettier than a twenty-dollar whore.
In bed.
Gonna' have someone for dinner?
In bed.
Why is your font so small?
In bed.
He actually called it his 'font'?
In bed.
In Terminator, today is Judgment Day.
In bed.
I've never seen a bunch of guys bragging about whose is smaller.
In bed.
I can see the flames.
In bed.
I don't think I could live there.
In bed.
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JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:10:07pm |
| 545 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:11:21pm |
re: #522 Racer X
Interesting.
I scored 87% on recognition, and 95% on temporal memory.
Way better than I thought I would.
| 546 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:12:08pm |
re: #522 Racer X
Let's see how retentive a memory you have
This test will determine if you're getting enough sleep or if your mind has really lost it!
The test consists of three parts:
You'll be shown 12 photos in the first part,
You'll be shown another 12 photos in the second part,
You'll be shown 48 photos in the third part and asked if you saw them in the first part, the second part - or never saw them at all.When you have finished the third part, your results will be given to you.
Recognition - 92
Temporal - 85
What were we talking about ?
| 547 |
Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:12:23pm |
Yeah. As I think about it there are a lot of wrinkles in the blog pimp stopper idea. Have to ponder it some more.
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user. It would use an alert box, displaying the message and the username it came from. In your 'My Account' page, you'd have a check box to allow or refuse private messages, which would default to 'refuse'. So you'd have to specifically turn it on if you wanted to receive messages.
| 549 |
Wendya Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:12:43pm |
re: #540 unrealizedviewpoint
I wish some intrepid reporter would find Peggy, interview her, and find out how that's working out.
| 550 |
Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:12:51pm |
re: #450 iceweasel
And that's why I'm not a Democrat either, btw.
And i'm getting pretty bored with the reflexive "Yeah well teh left SUCKS too!" response anytime a legitimate criticism of the right is made.
As Charles posed the other night
There’s nothing more boring than announcing to the world that you’re bored.
— Stinky Beaumont
Here's a better way
| 553 |
Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:13:16pm |
re: #522 Racer X
Let's see how retentive a memory you have
This test will determine if you're getting enough sleep or if your mind has really lost it!
The test consists of three parts:
You'll be shown 12 photos in the first part,
You'll be shown another 12 photos in the second part,
You'll be shown 48 photos in the third part and asked if you saw them in the first part, the second part - or never saw them at all.When you have finished the third part, your results will be given to you.
92% and 68% and that is working on 3 hours sleep.
| 554 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:13:17pm |
re: #545 Racer X
Interesting.
I scored 87% on recognition, and 95% on temporal memory.
Way better than I thought I would.
Hey, I thought I was going to be screwed...
| 555 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:13:42pm |
re: #547 Charles
Yeah. As I think about it there are a lot of wrinkles in the blog pimp stopper idea. Have to ponder it some more.
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user. It would use an alert box, displaying the message and the username it came from. In your 'My Account' page, you'd have a check box to allow or refuse private messages, which would default to 'refuse'. So you'd have to specifically turn it on if you wanted to receive messages.
That would be a good thing. I generally don't give out my address, nor does anyone else; so it makes it difficult when you need to get a message across. Just went through that with someone yesterday.
| 556 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:14:14pm |
re: #547 Charles
Yeah. As I think about it there are a lot of wrinkles in the blog pimp stopper idea. Have to ponder it some more.
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user. It would use an alert box, displaying the message and the username it came from. In your 'My Account' page, you'd have a check box to allow or refuse private messages, which would default to 'refuse'. So you'd have to specifically turn it on if you wanted to receive messages.
That would be nifty.
| 557 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:14:38pm |
re: #548 Sharmuta
lol
I'm telling you, it's amazing how many LGF comments work if you add "in bed" to the end of them. I don't always point it out, but that's how I'm reading them.
| 558 |
wrenchwench Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:14:39pm |
re: #547 Charles
Yeah. As I think about it there are a lot of wrinkles in the blog pimp stopper idea. Have to ponder it some more.
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user. It would use an alert box, displaying the message and the username it came from. In your 'My Account' page, you'd have a check box to allow or refuse private messages, which would default to 'refuse'. So you'd have to specifically turn it on if you wanted to receive messages.
That's a really cool idea.
| 559 |
SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:14:57pm |
Three other people with non life-threatening were reportedly taken to area hospitals by Lee County Emergency Medical Services.
Logan said the woman and infant were occupants of one vehicle with four people. The second car involved had no passengers, he said.
| 560 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:15:04pm |
re: #547 Charles
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user.
That I like. Lots of time people just want to direct a comment to ONE other poster, and that would eliminate all the "check your e-mail",, "I did, check yours. I answered you" posts
| 561 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:15:15pm |
| 562 |
Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:15:30pm |
re: #547 Charles
Yeah. As I think about it there are a lot of wrinkles in the blog pimp stopper idea. Have to ponder it some more.
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user. It would use an alert box, displaying the message and the username it came from. In your 'My Account' page, you'd have a check box to allow or refuse private messages, which would default to 'refuse'. So you'd have to specifically turn it on if you wanted to receive messages.
That sounds great.
| 563 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:15:55pm |
re: #547 Charles
Yeah. As I think about it there are a lot of wrinkles in the blog pimp stopper idea. Have to ponder it some more.
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user. It would use an alert box, displaying the message and the username it came from. In your 'My Account' page, you'd have a check box to allow or refuse private messages, which would default to 'refuse'. So you'd have to specifically turn it on if you wanted to receive messages.
Charles, you continue to amaze me with your net-fu skills.
| 564 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:15:59pm |
| 565 |
Sharmuta Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:16:10pm |
re: #557 JamesTKirk
I'm telling you, it's amazing how many LGF comments work if you add "in bed" to the end of them. I don't always point it out, but that's how I'm reading them.
In bed.
| 566 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:16:20pm |
MANDY
If Charles adds that feature, you can finally "whisper" all those sweet nothings to me!!!
| 568 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:16:50pm |
re: #555 JamesTKirk
That would be a good thing. I generally don't give out my address, nor does anyone else; so it makes it difficult when you need to get a message across. Just went through that with someone yesterday.
Yes, yes you did.
| 569 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:17:12pm |
| 571 |
debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:18:18pm |
re: #565 Sharmuta
In bed.
The commie thing works in that context! To each according to their need. In bed.
| 573 |
Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:18:49pm |
re: #554 SasquatchOnSteroids
Hey, I thought I was going to be screwed...
Did you write that on purpose so they could do that "in bed" thing?
| 574 |
DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:18:57pm |
re: #547 Charles
Yeah. As I think about it there are a lot of wrinkles in the blog pimp stopper idea. Have to ponder it some more.
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user. It would use an alert box, displaying the message and the username it came from. In your 'My Account' page, you'd have a check box to allow or refuse private messages, which would default to 'refuse'. So you'd have to specifically turn it on if you wanted to receive messages.
Now that would be sweet.
| 575 |
Ojoe Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:19:09pm |
re: #563 Racer X
I think it would be a neat feature if not only was your box top green to you, but also there would be a color added (visible only to you) on the replies made to your post.
| 576 |
Gang of One Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:19:14pm |
re: #561 MandyManners
Gonna' go get shit-faced tonight?
Nah. Getting fracked up does not appeal to me, it makes me feel worse and I don't want the hangover. Just want to take the edge off of the hurt and disappointment. Not going to cry into my martini, just contemplate some of the kind words and good advice my fellow Lizards gave me. :>)
| 577 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:19:17pm |
re: #566 sattv4u2
MANDY
If Charles adds that feature, you can finally "whisper" all those sweet nothings to me!!!
In bed.
| 578 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:19:39pm |
| 579 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:19:41pm |
re: #573 Silvergirl
Did you write that on purpose so they could do that "in bed" thing?
heh. No, but it works !
| 580 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:19:46pm |
re: #547 Charles
Yeah. As I think about it there are a lot of wrinkles in the blog pimp stopper idea. Have to ponder it some more.
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user. It would use an alert box, displaying the message and the username it came from. In your 'My Account' page, you'd have a check box to allow or refuse private messages, which would default to 'refuse'. So you'd have to specifically turn it on if you wanted to receive messages.
Just to avoid trolls and such, I think it would probably work like this:
I'd leave it set for "refuse". Someone would say, "Hey, Kirk, I have something special and private to give you [in bed]." So, I'd switch it to accept and receive what they had for me [in bed]. Then, one we were finished, I'd probably switch back to "refuse".
| 581 |
ryannon Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:19:58pm |
| 582 |
Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:20:02pm |
re: #575 Ojoe
I think it would be a neat feature if not only was your box top green to you, but also there would be a color added (visible only to you) on the replies made to your post.
LGF gets some great FB features.
| 586 |
BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:20:33pm |
re: #547 Charles
Here's another idea -- a way to send a private message to another logged-in user. It would use an alert box, displaying the message and the username it came from. In your 'My Account' page, you'd have a check box to allow or refuse private messages, which would default to 'refuse'. So you'd have to specifically turn it on if you wanted to receive messages.
I think that could be terrific. Would definitely increase the community here, IMO. I think it would increase traffic and draw some of the lurkers into public commenting. I saw someone who is a lurker was looking for me on the overnight but has no way to contact me. I'm sure that sort of thing happens quite often here to everyone.
Also, I believe it could reduce or eliminate many squabbles here. If people had a way to contact each other privately and apologise or clarify what they meant, I think they'd do so. I certainly would.
As it is, everything gets played out in public, and often seems to get a lot more heated than it needs to. Just my opinion.
| 587 |
irongrampa Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:20:39pm |
re: #547 Charles
Perhaps that'd be a great way to keep the flame wars & spats off the main page?
| 588 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:20:40pm |
I predict 417 replies in the next two days that simply say "in bed".
| 589 |
debutaunt Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:20:51pm |
| 590 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:21:27pm |
re: #575 Ojoe
I think it would be a neat feature if not only was your box top green to you, but also there would be a color added (visible only to you) on the replies made to your post.
Nah, if I want to search out responses to my posts, I just search for "Kirk". That usually works, except Mandy decided to throw off the whole system by calling me "Tiberius" yesterday. At least I think it was Mandy...
| 591 |
Ojoe Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:21:49pm |
| 592 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:22:15pm |
| 593 |
Killian Bundy Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:22:25pm |
Quoting a U.S. source, the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza says the Obama administration has decided against building a missile shield to protect Poland and the Czech Republic. The reason? Russian opposition.
Now, if we want to build a defense system for friends in Europe, we'll have to place it in the Balkans, Israel or somewhere else. That is, if Russia approves.
This is a stark reversal of past policy and reneges on promises made by the current administration. Worse, it shows weakness. We got into a staredown with the Russian bear and we blinked.
President Obama has vowed to support missile defense, provided it was "pragmatic and cost-effective." Well, the Congressional Budget Office rated the system going into Poland and the Czech Republic as the most effective of the alternatives.
As for promises to our allies, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just this month said the U.S. would offer our allies a "defense umbrella" against threats from a possible Iranian nuclear weapon.
Now, all that high-sounding defense rhetoric is out the window.
/so you thought the U.S was your ally?
| 594 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:22:28pm |
| 595 |
SteveC Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:22:36pm |
re: #580 JamesTKirk
Just to avoid trolls and such, I think it would probably work like this:
I'd leave it set for "refuse". Someone would say, "Hey, Kirk, I have something special and private to give you [in bed]." So, I'd switch it to accept and receive what they had for me [in bed]. Then, one we were finished, I'd probably switch back to "refuse".
Don't forget, Lorena Bobbitt whacked her man... in bed.
| 598 |
DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:23:25pm |
| 599 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:23:55pm |
re: #588 Racer X
I predict 417 replies in the next two days that simply say "in bed".
When I first brought this up (in bed), I made quite a few responses like that. Some people were less than amused and thought it clogged up the thread, which was why I (mostly) stopped posting it. But I just wanted to make sure that people knew I was still thinking it.
| 601 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:25:18pm |
Note to CBS:
This is what a typewriter memo looks like.
| 602 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:25:37pm |
re: #595 SteveC
Don't forget, Lorena Bobbitt whacked her man... in bed.
You say that like it's a BAD thing!!
| 603 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:27:12pm |
| 604 |
BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:27:34pm |
re: #587 irongrampa
Perhaps that'd be a great way to keep the flame wars & spats off the main page?
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. When people get into it the community can tell them to shut up and take it off board.
Also, the PM system would help keep the main site more focussed on the actual topics.
| 605 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:28:01pm |
| 606 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:28:01pm |
re: #595 SteveC
Don't forget, Lorena Bobbitt whacked her man... in bed.
Bobbit, hell. She cut the thang off.
| 608 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:29:35pm |
| 609 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:29:41pm |
| 611 |
Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:30:14pm |
Okay you in bed comedians, keep it in this thread. It's creeping upstairs now.
| 612 |
DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:30:49pm |
re: #522 Racer X
Recognition score 100 percent.
Temporal score 83 percent.
| 613 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:31:01pm |
re: #611 Silvergirl
Okay you in bed comedians, keep it in this thread. It's creeping upstairs now.
In bed.
| 614 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:31:08pm |
| 615 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:31:25pm |
re: #611 Silvergirl
Okay you in bed comedians, keep it in this thread. It's creeping upstairs now.
Upstairs is where most people keep their beds. Duh.
| 616 |
BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:31:32pm |
Oh, one last thought about the PM system: there should be some automated sort of response the sender gets if they send a PM to someone who doesn't have it turned on. "this user has not enabled the PM function and cannot see your message" or something like that. Or some way to see if the person you want to contact has the function enabled.
Otherwise I can see fights breaking out: "Why are you ignoring my PMs?!?" kind of thing.
| 617 |
Silvergirl Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:33:04pm |
re: #615 JamesTKirk
Upstairs is where most people keep their beds. Duh.
I thought bloggers kept them in the parents' basements.
| 619 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:34:42pm |
re: #614 JamesTKirk
"Yo dawg, I herd you liked being in bed so I put a bed in yo bed so you could be in bed while you was in bed..."
In bed.
| 621 |
DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:35:29pm |
| 622 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:35:57pm |
| 623 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:37:56pm |
| 624 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:38:17pm |
re: #614 JamesTKirk
"Yo dawg, I herd you liked being in bed so I put a bed in yo bed so you could be in bed while you was in bed..."
[Link: www.yodawgyo.com...]
| 625 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:38:35pm |
| 626 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:38:51pm |
| 627 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:38:53pm |
| 628 |
DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:40:33pm |
| 629 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:40:52pm |
| 630 |
MandyManners Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:41:12pm |
| 632 |
DEZes Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:44:54pm |
| 633 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:45:44pm |
| 634 |
Achilles Tang Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:45:47pm |
re: #627 JamesTKirk
(And people say I'm Clue-less!)
I am. I'm still wondering what is up with those inbeded links that look like ads, never mind the other innuendos.
Maybe after I go in bed and sober up I'll figure it out?
| 635 |
Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:46:59pm |
re: #265 Charles
The new reply and quote buttons are much more attractive against Charle's blue background, than the general grey, IMHO.
Hope that's not out of line!
| 636 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:47:34pm |
re: #634 Naso Tang
I am. I'm still wondering what is up with those inbeded links that look like ads, never mind the other innuendos.
Maybe after I go in bed and sober up I'll figure it out?
The embedded ads are new, but some of us using Firefox with the correct add-ons don't see them.
| 637 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:48:24pm |
| 638 |
Achilles Tang Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:49:21pm |
re: #635 Floral Giraffe
The new reply and quote buttons are much more attractive against Charle's blue background, than the general grey, IMHO.
Hope that's not out of line!
I'm still focussed on that portrait that is supposed to be Charles. Lousy picture. What the hell happened to the Grand Lizard?
Is that out of line?
| 639 |
Achilles Tang Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:50:52pm |
re: #636 JamesTKirk
The embedded ads are new, but some of us using Firefox with the correct add-ons don't see them.
Do you not mean incorrect add-ons? Is Charles' business model incorrect?
| 640 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:51:00pm |
| 641 |
Achilles Tang Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:57:34pm |
re: #640 JamesTKirk
I dunno, but I'll bet it was in bed.
Makes me think of the TV series V. I think that's what it was called.
The inbeddeds exposed.
:0>
Can we have a vote on Charles going back to his well known and feared image?
| 642 |
Erik The Red Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:11:04pm |
| 643 |
JamesTKirk Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:12:51pm |
| 645 |
centaur Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:07:22pm |
re: #551 Gang of One
Way ahead of you.
Burp.
64 degrees today, btw. Not your typical August day in Chitown.
| 646 |
garycooper Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:43:25pm |
re: #402 ryannon
It's ten pm. Do you know where your kids are?
Larry Clark:
"Ken Park"
"Kids"
"Bully"Todd Solondz:
"Welcome to the Dollhouse"
"Palindromes"
"Storytelling"
"Happiness"Not your usual Hollywood films.
Don't flame me, bro.
Love Larry Clark's work, painful as it was to see while raising two girls of my own. Love Todd Solondz, too, whose work keeps reminding me of my own awkward adolescence. Great adds to the discussion.
I just finished building the perfect loft for my daughter's new dorm-room, which I'm moving her into over the next couple of days. If you've ever raised any kids of your own, you know the kind of conflicted feelings I'm wrestling with tonight. My baby, my 18-yr-old little girl, is going to be living out from under my roof in a couple of days. Leaving her 16-yr-old sis, and my wife and I, and our loving 135 lb. Chessie behind.
It's all part of the continuum of life, and we all know it's the next step, but we've been an extraordinarily happy and "functional" family-unit along the way. My wife and I know this, because neither of us came from happy, functional families, though we've both mended fences with our families in the past few decades. You don't want to hold anyone back, and I don't think we could hold either of our two beautiful girls back if we tried, but we also have to figure out how we're going to handle this next phase of our lives.
Thanks for listening, if you did. ;)
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