Duck, Watching
(Camera: Nikon D90 with 18-105mm Nikkor zoom lens.)
(Camera: Nikon D90 with 18-105mm Nikkor zoom lens.)
2 | SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 5, 2010 6:47:08pm |
There's a pair of mallards that settle down in the creek by my apartment every spring to raise a family. I am very fond of them.
3 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 6:47:21pm |
Happy Cinco De Mayo - Travel Arizona!
4 | stevemcg Wed, May 5, 2010 6:47:37pm |
There are a bunch of ducks who live outside my window in the Delaware River. I never see them eat anything. I mean they gotta be eating something, but what can it be?
6 | SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 5, 2010 6:48:31pm |
re: #4 stevemcg
There are a bunch of ducks who live outside my window in the Delaware River. I never see them eat anything. I mean they gotta be eating something, but what can it be?
Algae? Abandoned Doritos?
7 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 6:48:32pm |
8 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 6:48:54pm |
Ducks are f***ing evil animals, you can see it in that bastard's eyes, do you know what their mating rituals are like?
9 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 6:48:57pm |
I didn't think Mallard drakes would be molting this early in the year.
10 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 6:50:28pm |
Duck Soup
12 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 6:51:06pm |
We are getting the Canadian Geese heading north.. They stop to rest on the pool cover and swim and cool themselves..And fly on..Winston goes crazy when they land here...
Pssss.Winston don't bark..I just say orange sauce and they disappear in the sky...
/
13 | Four More Tears Wed, May 5, 2010 6:53:16pm |
1/3rd of all duck sex is rape.
True story.
14 | SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 5, 2010 6:53:29pm |
The Oakland PD shot a deer in some lady's back yard yesterday. The neighbors are NOT pleased.
15 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 6:54:05pm |
re: #12 HoosierHoops
We are getting the Canadian Geese heading north.. They stop to rest on the pool cover and swim and cool themselves..And fly on..Winston goes crazy when they land here...
Psss.Winston don't bark..I just say orange sauce and they disappear in the sky...
/
growing up we would always have a Christmas goose... My dad would hand me a putter & send me over to the golf course...
16 | SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 5, 2010 6:54:24pm |
re: #13 JasonA
1/3rd of all duck sex is rape.
True story.
Two thirds involve duck consent? How is consent defined in a duck?
(My mallards seem to be in a consensual and supportive relationship. How can I tell if I need to take one of them to a duck shelter?)
17 | Firstinla Wed, May 5, 2010 6:54:53pm |
re: #11 brookly red
I was in the butcher shop yesterday and saw rabbit for the first time in 15 years. I asked about it and the guy said several people were asking for rabbit. Maybe it's just the latest craze. Is there some special way of preparing it?
18 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 6:54:55pm |
re: #14 SanFranciscoZionist
The Oakland PD shot a deer in some lady's back yard yesterday. The neighbors are NOT pleased.
They're welcome to come and shoot the deer in my backyard. The bastards eat my garden up every year.
20 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 6:56:41pm |
re: #15 brookly red
growing up we would always have a Christmas goose... My dad would hand me a putter & send me over to the golf course...
Goose is so greasy..I don't like it..It's just dark meat with sauce on it...
21 | Four More Tears Wed, May 5, 2010 6:56:41pm |
re: #16 SanFranciscoZionist
Two thirds involve duck consent? How is consent defined in a duck?
(My mallards seem to be in a consensual and supportive relationship. How can I tell if I need to take one of them to a duck shelter?)
If they're reproducing then it's probably a healthy relationship. Only 2% of duck pregnancies are the result of rape. You see, their's something of an arms race going on between Male and female duck genitalia.
I'm not making this stuff up.
22 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 6:56:48pm |
re: #17 Firstinla
I was in the butcher shop yesterday and saw rabbit for the first time in 15 years. I asked about it and the guy said several people were asking for rabbit. Maybe it's just the latest craze. Is there some special way of preparing it?
I gave up meat many years ago so I am not the best person to ask... but I am guessing stewed.
23 | Shiplord Kirel Wed, May 5, 2010 6:56:50pm |
OT
There is so much wrong with this story I don't even know where to start.
Slain teen wanted to be coyote, worked as stripper
The Sugar Land high school senior found beaten to death in Mexico last weekend wanted to be a coyote who smuggled illegal immigrants across the border and also worked as a stripper, according to her mother’s statement to police, a Houston Police Department missing persons report reveals.
Elisabeth Mandala, 18, a Kempner High School senior in the Fort Bend Independent School District, was found dead Saturday along with the bodies of two other men on the highway to Monclova, just west of Mina, a town of 6,000 near Monterrey. The pickup had been staged to look as if it had been involved in an accident, but investigators found evidence the truck’s accelerator may have been jammed with a rock, according to the Monterrey newspapers, Milenio and El Norte.
"It’s pretty apparent she was doing stuff down there she shouldn’t have been," said a law enforcement source close to the investigation who asked not to be identified by name.
A different story quoted an acquaintance of the dead girl saying that Elisabeth was "one of the brightest kids in the school."
24 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 6:57:02pm |
25 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 6:57:12pm |
re: #17 Firstinla
I was in the butcher shop yesterday and saw rabbit for the first time in 15 years. I asked about it and the guy said several people were asking for rabbit. Maybe it's just the latest craze. Is there some special way of preparing it?
I had rabbit at the King's Arms Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg once. It was very tasty.
26 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 6:57:24pm |
re: #21 JasonA
If they're reproducing then it's probably a healthy relationship. Only 2% of duck pregnancies are the result of rape. You see, their's something of an arms race going on between Male and female duck genitalia.
I'm not making this stuff up.
So I'm not the only one here who reads Cracked!
27 | SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 5, 2010 6:57:37pm |
re: #21 JasonA
If they're reproducing then it's probably a healthy relationship. Only 2% of duck pregnancies are the result of rape. You see, their's something of an arms race going on between Male and female duck genitalia.
I'm not making this stuff up.
Yikes.
28 | Four More Tears Wed, May 5, 2010 6:58:20pm |
29 | Four More Tears Wed, May 5, 2010 6:58:53pm |
Oh, and sorry if I ruined the cutesy image of ducks for anyone.
I won't get started on swans...
30 | Dancing along the light of day Wed, May 5, 2010 6:58:54pm |
re: #14 SanFranciscoZionist
The Oakland PD shot a deer in some lady's back yard yesterday. The neighbors are NOT pleased.
Tall rats with hooves, a friend calls them!
31 | Lidane Wed, May 5, 2010 6:59:26pm |
33 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 6:59:48pm |
34 | Firstinla Wed, May 5, 2010 6:59:54pm |
Think I'll stick with chicken. I'd have nightmares that I was eating some kid's easter bunny.
35 | lostlakehiker Wed, May 5, 2010 6:59:57pm |
Looks like the poor bird is suffering from a serious mallardy.
36 | Gus Wed, May 5, 2010 7:00:11pm |
No you've done it. All this crispy duck talk forced me to order a pizza.
37 | Four More Tears Wed, May 5, 2010 7:00:17pm |
re: #35 lostlakehiker
Looks like the poor bird is suffering from a serious mallardy.
You quack me up.
38 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 7:00:27pm |
re: #29 JasonA
Oh, and sorry if I ruined the cutesy image of ducks for anyone.
I won't get started on swans...
Sawns are okay as long as you don't get in their way.
Just keep in mind that there are rowing teams, people with arms built like tree trunks who will call of practice if there is a Swan in the water....
39 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:00:30pm |
41 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:01:07pm |
re: #13 JasonA
1/3rd of all duck sex is rape.
True story.
I'm just surprised you can get two out of three to agree.
///
Okay, that was bad, but I couldn't resist.
42 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:01:47pm |
re: #36 Gus 802
No you've done it. All this crispy duck talk forced me to order a pizza.
Pepperoni, mushrooms, and duck pizza?
43 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:01:50pm |
re: #23 Shiplord Kirel
OT
There is so much wrong with this story I don't even know where to start.Slain teen wanted to be coyote, worked as stripper
A different story quoted an acquaintance of the dead girl saying that Elisabeth was "one of the brightest kids in the school."
She got involved with some very dangerous people. I'm sad for her and her family, but she ran a stupid risk and it got her killed.
44 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:02:08pm |
re: #36 Gus 802
No you've done it. All this crispy duck talk forced me to order a pizza.
I make a pizza with carmelized onions, smoked duck breast, and gruyer cheese...it's fuckin' awesome.
46 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:02:26pm |
47 | Gus Wed, May 5, 2010 7:02:42pm |
re: #42 NJDhockeyfan
Pepperoni, mushrooms, and duck pizza?
Ha! I ordered a pepperoni and mushrooms. No duck though. Just this one here.
48 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:02:48pm |
49 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 7:02:54pm |
50 | Shiplord Kirel Wed, May 5, 2010 7:03:25pm |
re: #14 SanFranciscoZionist
The Oakland PD shot a deer in some lady's back yard yesterday. The neighbors are NOT pleased.
I once wrote a satirical article on "Urban Varmint Hunting" for a local weekly. I advised would-be hunters to get dark blue or black camouflage for that environment, and arm themselves with .177 airguns or .22s at the most. The best tactic would be to stake out the dumpsters behind fast food places in the local malls, since that is where the biggest rats are known to congregate. Night vision scopes would be a welcome addition to every kit, since this kind of thing attracted, er, unfavorable attention in daylight. It was obviously a spoof but we got dozens of letters condemning me as a maniac for advocating reckless and illegal conduct.
51 | Gus Wed, May 5, 2010 7:03:42pm |
re: #44 darthstar
I make a pizza with carmelized onions, smoked duck breast, and gruyer cheese...it's fuckin' awesome.
I'm coming over! Be there in about 24 hours.
/
52 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:03:46pm |
53 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:03:53pm |
54 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:04:20pm |
Pink Floyd. Fearless
55 | Gus Wed, May 5, 2010 7:04:35pm |
56 | Lidane Wed, May 5, 2010 7:04:56pm |
re: #48 Dark_Falcon
Wolf Season!
/Sarah Palin
Only if they're foreign wolves.
/Sarah Palin's Twitter feed
58 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:05:07pm |
re: #32 freetoken
[Video]
How do you do a Google cache? I've got an article from PJM Ludwig should see.
59 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:05:09pm |
re: #43 Dark_Falcon
She got involved with some very dangerous people. I'm sad for her and her family, but she ran a stupid risk and it got her killed.
Sad story. What a dumb move on her part. This makes her intelligible for a Darwin Award.
60 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:05:17pm |
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
61 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 7:05:20pm |
re: #55 Gus 802
Ceiling duck.
Huh, guess that's what happens if you don't build very high walls...
(You bump your head on the ceiling unless you....)
62 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:05:27pm |
re: #47 Gus 802
Ha! I ordered a pepperoni and mushrooms. No duck though. Just this one here.
I am doing spinach, onion, olive, peppers & mushroom... pizza is good.
63 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:05:45pm |
re: #50 Shiplord Kirel
Members of a certain swat team used to go out with silenced .22 (Ruger 10-22) and go rat hunting in abandoned buildings. "Extra entry/room clearing drills" they called it. Heh.
64 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 7:06:01pm |
re: #34 Firstinla
Think I'll stick with chicken. I'd have nightmares that I was eating some kid's easter bunny.
I BBQ'd a rabbit exactly once in my life..Poured all sorts of sauce over it..It tasted like a rabbit..Gamey.. I took about 2 bites...
This tastes like rabbit!
It is rabbit..
OK when you eat a hamburger does it taste like a Cow?
No
Then Shut the hell up.. This tastes like a rabbit..
65 | Charles Johnson Wed, May 5, 2010 7:06:14pm |
re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
Ducks are tenacious adversaries.
66 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:06:29pm |
re: #63 Rightwingconspirator
Members of a certain swat team used to go out with silenced .22 (Ruger 10-22) and go rat hunting in abandoned buildings. "Extra entry/room clearing drills" they called it. Heh.
Not a bad training exercise...those little suckers are fast.
67 | Gus Wed, May 5, 2010 7:06:33pm |
re: #62 brookly red
I am doing spinach, onion, olive, peppers & mushroom... pizza is good.
Yeah, it was either that or the twice cooked pork, pan fried dumplings and two spring rolls.
Nom, nom, nom, nom...
68 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:06:57pm |
re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
You probably deserved it. ;)
/
/ducks!
69 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 7:07:20pm |
re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
My sister was bitten by a moose once....
70 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:07:22pm |
71 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:07:27pm |
Aflac... ka-chick, motherjumpas I said Aflac!
72 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:07:30pm |
re: #56 Lidane
Only if they're foreign wolves.
/Sarah Palin's Twitter feed
Dear Sarah,
You keep quoting Ronald Reagan when you say "Trust but verify", but I do not think you know what he meant. I'd say you don't really know Reagan at all. Please take a history lesson.
Thank you,
Dark_Falcon
73 | Gus Wed, May 5, 2010 7:07:41pm |
re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
Luckily it didn't lead to duckophobia.
/
74 | freetoken Wed, May 5, 2010 7:08:30pm |
re: #58 Dark_Falcon
How do you do a Google cache? I've got an article from PJM Ludwig should see.
The VDH essay on Gore?
75 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:08:49pm |
re: #67 Gus 802
Yeah, it was either that or the twice cooked pork, pan fried dumplings and two spring rolls.
Nom, nom, nom, nom...
have you ever noticed that pizza joints & Chinese take out are never far apart? Hmmmmm?
76 | Macha Wed, May 5, 2010 7:08:54pm |
re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
Didja have to go see the duckter?
77 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:09:16pm |
78 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:09:22pm |
re: #59 NJDhockeyfan
Sad story. What a dumb move on her part. This makes her
intelligibleeligible for a Darwin Award.
Agreed and undinged, but PIYF.
79 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:09:34pm |
80 | SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:09:45pm |
re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
I once got bit real good by a swan. I think I got too close to the nest. Luckily, I was wearing jeans. The swan was not kidding.
I have also had hot dogs taken away from me by both flamingos and seagulls. One seagull took the entire, unbitten hot dog out of the bun at San Diego Seaworld, and flew off with it.
My grandfather went back to the hot dog booth and reported the theft. The guy gave him a new hot dog and said, "Yeah, they're good at that."
81 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:00pm |
82 | Gus Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:00pm |
re: #75 brookly red
have you ever noticed that pizza joints & Chinese take out are never far apart? Hmmm?
It's the pasta-noodles connection. Plus Italians and Chinese both love the color red.
/
83 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:08pm |
84 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:22pm |
My brother and I were fishing in a pond one time. My brother casted his line out in the pond over the head of a duck. The duck saw it coming, raised his head up and caught the hook in it's beak and swallowed. Damnest thing I ever saw a duck do.
85 | lostlakehiker Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:30pm |
re: #38 jamesfirecat
Sawns are okay as long as you don't get in their way.
Just keep in mind that there are rowing teams, people with arms built like tree trunks who will call of practice if there is a Swan in the water...
They're well known for their swannish appetites.
86 | Lidane Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:40pm |
re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
I once found myself trapped on a park picnic table while a giant swan slept right next to me. I never realized just how big those things were until I saw one up close.
87 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:40pm |
re: #74 freetoken
The VDH essay on Gore?
No, something else that criticizes the idea of a smart power grid. I wanted Ludwig to see it and reply.
88 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:42pm |
re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
ducks don't bite, they make like the IRS & bill you...
89 | Decatur Deb Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:49pm |
90 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:10:53pm |
re: #83 darthstar
Did you pay the bill?
(with a chicken?)
And a pie!!
(Little house on the prarie!!)
91 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:11:09pm |
re: #65 Charles
Ducks are tenacious adversaries.
"Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot. I must find a way to make them fear me. I know! I will become… a Bat!” - Bruce Wayne
92 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:11:23pm |
re: #82 Gus 802
It's the pasta-noodles connection. Plus Italians and Chinese both love the color red.
/
what ever just keep it coming
93 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 7:11:27pm |
re: #84 NJDhockeyfan
My brother and I were fishing in a pond one time. My brother casted his line out in the pond over the head of a duck. The duck saw it coming, raised his head up and caught the hook in it's beak and swallowed. Damnest thing I ever saw a duck do.
Must have been one of those S&M ducks, it starts with simple duck tape bondage and before long they're getting off on jamming hooks into their own bodies...
94 | freetoken Wed, May 5, 2010 7:11:32pm |
BTW, The Great Recession accomplished what the UNFCC could never do: cause a record reduction in US carbon emissions:
U.S. carbon emissions fell record 7 percent in 2009: EIA
U.S. emissions of the main greenhouse gas from fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas fell a record 7 percent in 2009 due to the recession and more efficient use of fuels, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy sources, which make up about 80 percent of the country's output of gases blamed for warming the planet, fell more than 400 million tonnes last year, the EIA said.
95 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:11:43pm |
re: #45 Charles
That must have been one helluva lens..... most of them wouldn't let ya get anywhere near that close.
Nice shot.
The photographic kind, I mean.
96 | Firstinla Wed, May 5, 2010 7:12:11pm |
re: #84 NJDhockeyfan
My brother and I were fishing in a pond one time. My brother casted his line out in the pond over the head of a duck. The duck saw it coming, raised his head up and caught the hook in it's beak and swallowed. Damnest thing I ever saw a duck do.
Well, what happened to your brother?
97 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:12:52pm |
re: #94 freetoken
BTW, The Great Recession accomplished what the UNFCC could never do: cause a record reduction in US carbon emissions:
Dark Cloud, meet Silver Lining.
98 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:13:14pm |
True story, and duck related. I was in Basel, Switzerland for a consulting gig a few years back. After eating at a restaurant, I pulled out my English-German dictionary to look up how to ask for the bill. I called the waitress over, and confidently asked, "Kan ich bitter einer schnabel haben?" She laughed. She called another waitress over. I repeated. She also laughed. I guestured for the bill, and she said, "oh, qvittum!"(sorry, my German spelling is bad)...she then gestured and said schnabel, then said 'quack, quack' to explain that THAT bill is what's on the face of a duck.
Major facepalm.
99 | Macha Wed, May 5, 2010 7:13:22pm |
Gotta go. Time to rustle up some dinner. Have a good evening everyone.
100 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:13:55pm |
re: #97 Dark_Falcon
Dark Cloud, meet Silver Lining.
well that is the plan... make us so poor we can't do shit.
101 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:14:05pm |
re: #84 NJDhockeyfan
My brother and I were fishing in a pond one time. My brother casted his line out in the pond over the head of a duck. The duck saw it coming, raised his head up and caught the hook in it's beak and swallowed. Damnest thing I ever saw a duck do.
That's what I call fly fishing.
102 | sagehen Wed, May 5, 2010 7:14:13pm |
re: #72 Dark_Falcon
Dear Sarah,
You keep quoting Ronald Reagan when you say "Trust but verify", but I do not think you know what he meant. I'd say you don't really know Reagan at all. Please take a history lesson.
Thank you,
Dark_Falcon
Here's Ron Reagan saying exactly that, while Pamela Geller insists "your father would have loved Sarah" (on the Joy Behar show)
105 | lostlakehiker Wed, May 5, 2010 7:15:27pm |
106 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:15:28pm |
re: #96 Firstinla
Well, what happened to your brother?
He got his hook back. The duck didn't win that battle. Poor SOB gave his life for my brother's hook.
107 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:15:40pm |
108 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:15:42pm |
re: #100 brookly red
well that is the plan... make us so poor we can't do shit.
Fiber pills! They work wonders!
109 | freetoken Wed, May 5, 2010 7:15:44pm |
re: #97 Dark_Falcon
I'm not so naive enough to believe that our carbon emissions will continue to be reduced without a concerted effort, or that 400 million tonnes is significant in the big picture.
Yet the recession has made Americans more aware of their patterns, and changed the debt-building orgasm in which Americans were partaking. If more Americans lived as my grandparents' generation did - frugally, we'd be better off in the long run.
110 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 7:16:19pm |
I won't link to Pajamas media.
However, there is a truly remarkable bit of garbage posted there that attempts to "debunk" the idea of a smart grid. I should point out that the author is a former poster here who has written remarkable gems of anti-science foolishness and stupidity.
I shall enjoy debunking the "debunking"
It is important to not that the article never actually defines or describes what a smart grid is or how it is supposed to work or what the key components are. Some key components are more effective long range transmission, more intelligent switching capacity to send energy from low load areas to high load ares and the deployment of battery systems to store and accumulate energy which could be fed back into the grid if the owners demand is low. These things would then allow more remote plants, like windfarms to send energy when needed and store it when not.
The increased transmission and switching would cut down on emissions tremendously in of itself, particularly during regional hotspells by not forcing off peak areas to waste energy when idling, while forcing other regions to run at peak capacity.
Some Gems:
“Aging technology” is a nonsensical term, because the technology can’t get old unless there’s a new technology in the wings to replace it, and the argument that there’s not enough money in R&D undercuts the implication that there has to be newer technology waiting.
Nothing ever breaks down and entropy stopped in the US?
Do certain pieces need to be replaced? Probably. But the financial mechanism for that should already be in place... should be a routine matter of finance. This is basically an internal matter that their maintenance departments should be dealing with on an ongoing basis.
The author already established that it did not know what entropy was, however as is always the case with these sorts of fools, th should be about the science and the technology, not a bunch of political and economic clap trap. The studies already show that smart grids would be tremendously profitable. Since he does not take the time to link to such a study and back up his claims with facts, I will.
Some actual science from a non-wingnut...
[Link: www.sciencedirect.com...]
Abstract
If Europe is serious about reaching its target to keep global mean temperature increase below 2 °C, it must strive for a 100% renewable electricity system by 2050. The SuperSmart Grid approach combines what is often perceived as two exclusive alternatives: wide area power generation and decentralised power generation. We argue that by combining these, in fact, complementary measures, it is possible to address the crucial issue of renewable generation—fluctuating supply—in a comprehensive as well as in a technologically and economically viable manner. Thus, the SuperSmart Grid simultaneously can contribute to energy security, climate security, social security, and national security.
And here is some actual economics from MIT
[Link: web.mit.edu...]
The bottom line is that such technologies exist or are in development (the PJM article does not bother to discuss this properly) and actual economists and scientists have demonstrated they would be beneficial both environmentally and financially. They would most importantly reduce costs to customers - that's you and me.
To be continued...
111 | lostlakehiker Wed, May 5, 2010 7:17:09pm |
re: #98 darthstar
True story, and duck related. I was in Basel, Switzerland for a consulting gig a few years back. After eating at a restaurant, I pulled out my English-German dictionary to look up how to ask for the bill. I called the waitress over, and confidently asked, "Kan ich bitter einer schnabel haben?" She laughed. She called another waitress over. I repeated. She also laughed. I guestured for the bill, and she said, "oh, qvittum!"(sorry, my German spelling is bad)...she then gestured and said schnabel, then said 'quack, quack' to explain that THAT bill is what's on the face of a duck.
Major facepalm.
Good audio memory. Quittung, pronounced Kvituung, is the word. Means your "quits" with the restaurant---even steven, books balanced, you ate and they got paid.
112 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:17:19pm |
re: #110 LudwigVanQuixote
so in plain English what is a smart grid?
113 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:17:23pm |
re: #109 freetoken
...orgasm in which Americans were partaking.
Warn a guy next time! I need to put the kids to bed!
//
114 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:17:26pm |
Hockey fight in the Chicago/Vancouver game.
115 | Charles Johnson Wed, May 5, 2010 7:18:09pm |
Take a look at the duck in this photo. This is no coddled Pennsylvania highlands duck. This is a hardened Los Angeles duck.
Probably knows some gang signs.
116 | Nimed Wed, May 5, 2010 7:18:25pm |
re: #60 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was bitten by a duck at a Zoo once. Was trying to feed it. I cried. I was around 7 years old. Fucker.
They don't like touching. And how can you blame them? After all, 1/3rd of all duck sex is rape.
117 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:19:01pm |
re: #112 brookly red
so in plain English what is a smart grid?
An educated grid?
A grid with a diploma?
118 | Firstinla Wed, May 5, 2010 7:19:03pm |
re: #98 darthstar
True story, not duck related. Years ago I was backpacking Europe and while in Germany I went into a pharmacy and, in my best high school German asked for something for mosquito bites. When I got back to my tent I read the box and discovered I had bought a tube of hemorrhoid cream. I took it back and the nice lady had a good laugh.
119 | sngnsgt Wed, May 5, 2010 7:19:13pm |
120 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:19:21pm |
re: #116 Nimed
They don't like touching. And how can you blame them? After all, 1/3rd of all duck sex is rape.
When there's trouble you call DW!
121 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 7:19:27pm |
re: #115 Charles
Take a look at the duck in this photo. This is no coddled Pennsylvania highlands duck. This is a hardened Los Angeles duck.
Probably knows some gang signs.
Probably banged some bitches...
Which of course brings us right back to duck rape....
122 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:19:29pm |
re: #116 Nimed
They don't like touching. And how can you blame them? After all, 1/3rd of all duck sex is rape.
So you're saying this duck remembered CCA?
/
123 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:19:35pm |
re: #115 Charles
Take a look at the duck in this photo. This is no coddled Pennsylvania highlands duck. This is a hardened Los Angeles duck.
Probably knows some gang signs.
Looks like a Crips duck.
124 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 7:19:45pm |
125 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:20:03pm |
re: #118 Firstinla
True story, not duck related. Years ago I was backpacking Europe and while in Germany I went into a pharmacy and, in my best high school German asked for something for mosquito bites. When I got back to my tent I read the box and discovered I had bought a tube of hemorrhoid cream. I took it back and the nice lady had a good laugh.
You're supposed to rub that on your quack
126 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:20:07pm |
re: #116 Nimed
They don't like touching. And how can you blame them? After all, 1/3rd of all duck sex is rape.
OMG!! I am laughing so hard right now. I'm pretty sure it's about half.
/
128 | SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:20:21pm |
P.S All joking aside the author of this article has actually witnessed attempted duck rape. A goose with no connection to the victim swam over and chased the attacker off, it was one of the most amazing things he has ever seen.
129 | freetoken Wed, May 5, 2010 7:20:31pm |
re: #110 LudwigVanQuixote
I should point out that the author is a former poster here who has written remarkable gems of anti-science foolishness and stupidity.
I've concluded that Simon promotes people from an LGF stalker blog just to get back at Charles.
As for anything to do with science, PJM is about as messed up as WND.
130 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:21:17pm |
132 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:21:51pm |
re: #128 SanFranciscoZionist
P.S All joking aside the author of this article has actually witnessed attempted duck rape. A goose with no connection to the victim swam over and chased the attacker off, it was one of the most amazing things he has ever seen.
/so exactly how does something that can fly away get raped?
133 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 7:22:05pm |
134 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:22:07pm |
re: #128 SanFranciscoZionist
P.S All joking aside the author of this article has actually witnessed attempted duck rape. A goose with no connection to the victim swam over and chased the attacker off, it was one of the most amazing things he has ever seen.
It's not so easy for the male ducks, either...their penises are long corkscrew things that don't retract immediately...other ducks (male and female alike) will attack them like they're free worms at a feeding frenzy.
135 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:22:08pm |
re: #124 jamesfirecat
Lets get dangerous!
Me and my 4 year old niece, 4:30 PM every weekday - it was a ritual. Good times, good times!
The girl just got her drivers license! Gosh, I'm an ol' man!
136 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:22:11pm |
137 | CarleeCork Wed, May 5, 2010 7:22:14pm |
139 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:22:58pm |
141 | Lidane Wed, May 5, 2010 7:23:12pm |
re: #124 jamesfirecat
Lets get dangerous!
Speaking of which, new Darkwing Duck comics are coming. :)
143 | Gus Wed, May 5, 2010 7:23:39pm |
145 | sagehen Wed, May 5, 2010 7:25:15pm |
146 | SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:25:15pm |
re: #132 brookly red
/so exactly how does something that can fly away get raped?
Apparently, among other things, rapist ducks work in packs.
148 | darthstar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:25:44pm |
150 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:27:01pm |
re: #146 SanFranciscoZionist
Apparently, among other things, rapist ducks work in packs.
I just can't picture it... I mean fight or flight with the emphasis on flight.
151 | Dancing along the light of day Wed, May 5, 2010 7:27:48pm |
re: #146 SanFranciscoZionist
Apparently, among other things, rapist ducks work in packs.
I learn some, well, interesting, things here...
Please tell me, there is no quiz on duck sex! Please!
152 | Charles Johnson Wed, May 5, 2010 7:28:29pm |
153 | Nimed Wed, May 5, 2010 7:28:31pm |
re: #121 jamesfirecat
Probably banged some bitches...
Which of course brings us right back to duck rape...
jamesfirecat, you're like the 10th person that mentions duck rape in the last 30 minutes. Sounds like a pretty serious issue.
Of course, I don't really expect our MSM will cover it. Since when do they care about the concerns of Real America?
154 | jamesfirecat Wed, May 5, 2010 7:28:38pm |
re: #150 brookly red
I just can't picture it... I mean fight or flight with the emphasis on flight.
Read
[Link: www.cracked.com...]
Regret reading...
155 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:28:40pm |
re: #151 Floral Giraffe
I learn some, well, interesting, things here...
Please tell me, there is no quiz on duck sex! Please!
Duck rhymes with....luck.
157 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 7:28:58pm |
To continue debunking an idiot... about smart grids.
One should not be surprised that this fellow is also an avid AGW denier. It would make sense that attacking smart grids would be part of its passion. In many ways this is the same unreasoning obsessive compulsive BS that goes on in AGW only now applied to engineering.
It's pretty obvious that the auhor isn't much of an engineer either given that it can not be bothered to discuss actual engineering... But let's illustrate the stupid some more.
This doesn’t merely suggest that “smart grid” technology will improve energy efficiency; it outright claims that it will “vastly” do so. This is nonsense.
Really, did he ever read any of the studies or define what he was even talking about? Well he claims to explain himself on page 2.
After a page of his notions of supply and demand he simply states:
Myth #5: The “smart grid” will “vastly improve efficiency.”
All this will do, under the best of circumstances, is move the demand to a different time of day. It won’t eliminate or even reduce it. Energy savings result in the generating and transmission systems, but they’re at best marginal.
No further proof, no explanation. Yet a simple explanation of a smart grid shunts power to where it is needed and pays the consumer back for energy he supplies quickly shows through common sense that operating costs are cut down for the utility and the consumer, because it costs more to run one generator it idle and another at peak than too allow them to share the load through a distributed network.
Of course that would require actually thinking.
He concludes with:
Adding a layer of intelligence on top of the current aluminum/copper system is like adding computers to automobile engines — it’s an improvement, but it’s still an internal combustion engine, not something completely new and “vastly” more efficient.
Once again proving how utterly he missed the point he preaches the false and unsubstantiated. The smart grid is independent of the power in the sense that you can plug whatever sort of plant you want into it. But, more importantly, by distributing load with an intelligent algorithm you waste less energy and reduce costs. All the math and numbers are in the links in the previous post. This is math that anyone who would care to even brush up on the subject would look at first.
Well, what do you expect from morons?
It does entertain me that the fool claims to be an engineer - a chemical engineer.
Well we know why places like Bhopal blow up now.
158 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:29:31pm |
Donald Duck - Toy Tinkers
1949, high quality. Marvelous episode with Chip and Dale.
159 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:29:33pm |
160 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:29:41pm |
re: #145 sagehen
For which we are eternally grateful.
"No! Disco is NOT dead! Disco is life!"
/Guess which movie that's from.
161 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:29:45pm |
re: #153 Nimed
jamesfirecat, you're like the 10th person that mentions duck rape in the last 30 minutes. Sounds like a pretty serious issue.
Of course, I don't really expect our MSM will cover it. Since when do they care about the concerns of Real America?
Can you picture Andy Rooney doing a piece on "Duck Rape"?
163 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:30:19pm |
re: #17 Firstinla
I was in the butcher shop yesterday and saw rabbit for the first time in 15 years. I asked about it and the guy said several people were asking for rabbit. Maybe it's just the latest craze. Is there some special way of preparing it?
I don't know.
But the LGF Cookbook has some yummy alligator recipes!
We're up to 22 books sold.
Check it out, folks!
I got my copy today, and the covers are spectacular. Lots of great recipes inside, plus even MORE of Jaunte's artwork, and a special Killgore's Very Own Gardening Section.
And priced less than Volume 1!
Great deal, all the way around.
164 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:30:20pm |
re: #160 Dark_Falcon
"No! Disco is NOT dead! Disco is life!"
/Guess which movie that's from.
Saturday Night Fever?
165 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:30:37pm |
re: #161 Cannadian Club Akbar
Can you picture Andy Rooney doing a piece on "Duck Rape"?
actually yes...
166 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:30:43pm |
Uptown West Toluca Lake Ducks likely scared to death of Charles gangster duck.
[Link: picasaweb.google.com...]
168 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:31:12pm |
re: #153 Nimed
jamesfirecat, you're like the 10th person that mentions duck rape in the last 30 minutes. Sounds like a pretty serious issue.
Of course, I don't really expect our MSM will cover it. Since when do they care about the concerns of Real America?
Well.... it does happen in flyover country. Nuttin' important happens out there!
169 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:31:15pm |
re: #89 Decatur Deb
My great great uncle went hunting one day with some buddies and there were copious amounts of alcohol consumed at their duck club. One of the hunters had loved (and lost ) a girl who was getting married at a hotel that night in town, and he got more and more angry the more he drank. They all decided to come back early to crash the wedding at the hotel, and they snuck two live mallards into the lobby fountain thinking that would be pretty damn funny. Long story short,
the ducks stayed, and they've been there for about 80 years. They live on the hotel roof, and have their own bellman who marches them down an elevator to the lobby every day at five pm to swim a while in the fountain. The story's been sanitized over the years, but the truth is , they first landed in the fountain because a jilted duck hunter had way too much bourbon.
170 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:31:15pm |
171 | Dancing along the light of day Wed, May 5, 2010 7:31:39pm |
re: #166 Rightwingconspirator
Uptown West Toluca Lake Ducks likely scared to death of Charles gangster duck.
[Link: picasaweb.google.com...]
They look like they're in a swimming pool!
172 | sngnsgt Wed, May 5, 2010 7:31:40pm |
173 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 7:31:55pm |
re: #112 brookly red
so in plain English what is a smart grid?
Some key components of a smart grid are more effective long range transmission, more intelligent switching capacity to send energy from low load areas to high load ares and the deployment of battery systems to store and accumulate energy which could be fed back into the grid if the owners demand is low. These things would then allow more remote plants, like windfarms to send energy when needed and store it when not.
The increased transmission and switching would cut down on emissions tremendously in of itself, particularly during regional hotspells by not forcing off peak areas to waste energy when idling, while forcing other regions to run at peak capacity.
175 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:32:19pm |
176 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 7:32:25pm |
And Canadian Geese that Migrate through Indiana are completely protected..If you shoot one of them you go to jail...
You know what? All they do is shit on my car..They could go anywhere..I feel like I'm being targeted every day...I swear..Those bastard Canadian Geese have it out for cars..
177 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:32:32pm |
re: #171 Floral Giraffe
They are. In mine. Photos courtesy Dragon_Lady.
178 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:32:48pm |
re: #171 Floral Giraffe
They look like they're in a swimming pool!
Scroll through - they are!
Those are pretty photos, RWC!
179 | Nimed Wed, May 5, 2010 7:33:24pm |
re: #161 Cannadian Club Akbar
Can you picture Andy Rooney doing a piece on "Duck Rape"?
LOL
I just did. Diet Coke tried to come out of my nose.
181 | Dancing along the light of day Wed, May 5, 2010 7:33:31pm |
re: #176 HoosierHoops
And Canadian Geese that Migrate through Indiana are completely protected..If you shoot one of them you go to jail...
You know what? All they do is shit on my car..They could go anywhere..I feel like I'm being targeted every day...I swear..Those bastard Canadian Geese have it out for cars..
Heard a story on the radio, about a guy with herding dogs, who rents them out, to chase away Canadian Geese. Business opportunity!
182 | Gus Wed, May 5, 2010 7:33:40pm |
183 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:33:40pm |
184 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:33:41pm |
re: #176 HoosierHoops
And Canadian Geese that Migrate through Indiana are completely protected..If you shoot one of them you go to jail...
You know what? All they do is shit on my car..They could go anywhere..I feel like I'm being targeted every day...I swear..Those bastard Canadian Geese have it out for cars..
Makes me thinks of "The Far Side".
185 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:34:24pm |
re: #178 reine.de.tout
D_L is pretty good with her Canon Elf.
186 | Dancing along the light of day Wed, May 5, 2010 7:35:03pm |
re: #183 reine.de.tout
Here's the one I like.
That cat can almost taste the duck! Except for the water...
187 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:35:37pm |
re: #145 sagehen
For which we are eternally grateful.
*whack*
I'm a former majorette. Donna Summer is one of my idols from that period.
188 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:35:51pm |
re: #186 Floral Giraffe
That cat can almost taste the duck! Except for the water...
hehe.
There are 30 all in all, Flo.
Use the arrows and scroll through. There are several with the cat.
189 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:35:56pm |
re: #186 Floral Giraffe
D-L was just waiting for our coon cat to take the leap. Now that would have been a picture!
191 | sagehen Wed, May 5, 2010 7:36:19pm |
re: #160 Dark_Falcon
"No! Disco is NOT dead! Disco is life!"
/Guess which movie that's from.
One that I probably didn't see, as it doesn't sound familiar.
192 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:36:27pm |
re: #165 brookly red
Yeah, and you just know who he'd tie it back in to somehow...
193 | Dancing along the light of day Wed, May 5, 2010 7:36:37pm |
re: #189 Rightwingconspirator
D-L was just waiting for our coon cat to take the leap. Now that would have been a picture!
He was thinking about it....
Does he swim?
194 | Decatur Deb Wed, May 5, 2010 7:36:50pm |
re: #169 tradewind
I know the hotel. the "Porter" or something in Memphis?
195 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:36:58pm |
re: #190 SteveC
They had big balls back then!
197 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:37:05pm |
If anyone wants to meet me later for a challenge with a baton or flag or rifle to the tune of Donna Summers, GET YOUR GAME UP!
199 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:37:59pm |
re: #176 HoosierHoops
We had guard geese at the farm. Not on purpose.
Mean as a snake. They chase you and bite!
201 | Charles Johnson Wed, May 5, 2010 7:38:20pm |
Look into the fixed red eye of the duck.
202 | freetoken Wed, May 5, 2010 7:38:23pm |
And now, the really important news - Joe the Plumber takes his first step to being an apparatchik:
203 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:38:28pm |
re: #199 tradewind
We had guard geese at the farm. Not on purpose.
Mean as a snake. They chase you and bite!
the Romans used then too
204 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:38:35pm |
re: #193 Floral Giraffe
Not anymore. Took a stab at it as a kitten. Changed her mind about it.
206 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:39:13pm |
207 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:39:21pm |
208 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 7:39:30pm |
re: #186 Floral Giraffe
That cat can almost taste the duck! Except for the water...
I Swear Floral...The geese aim for cars...In the morning when you go outside and you are expecting shit everywhere..No..Just on the Red frigging car!
It's like a target to them..If it wasn't against the law I'd put up 88mm anti artillery posts outside and smoke those bastards!
/
209 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:39:31pm |
re: #201 Charles
You certainly have the tougher duck!
210 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:40:02pm |
re: #202 freetoken
And now, the really important news - Joe the Plumber takes his first step to being an apparatchik:
/don't laugh when he is President.
211 | Achilles Tang Wed, May 5, 2010 7:40:08pm |
re: #2 SanFranciscoZionist
There's a pair of mallards that settle down in the creek by my apartment every spring to raise a family. I am very fond of them.
There's a bunch that poop in my pool every spring. I am not fond of them.
212 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:40:09pm |
214 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:40:22pm |
re: #209 Rightwingconspirator
You certainly have the tougher duck!
"You're right... the duck is dry."
215 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:40:27pm |
Dining on Duck Balls in San Francisco
To Gridskipper's recent list of Eclectic & Exotic San Francisco Dining Destinations, I must add one restaurant: Incanto in the Noe Valley neighborhood. While Incanto could most easily be described as Italian or rustic Italian, Chef Chris Cosentino (who was recently named one of Grist magazine's 15 "green" chefs) has a thing for using the whole animal in his cooking. Some have referred to it as offal cooking, meaning you're likely to find fun stuff like sweatbreads, tripe and the benign-sounding "duck fries" that graced the menu when I was there last week. Note: duck fries are not fries of any sort. They are duck balls. No, not balls of duck. They are duck testicles. Didn't know ducks even had testicles? Join the club. I will say that I was told what I was eating long before popping the testes into my mouth. Interesting. Anyway, this is one restaurant that should most definitely be included on any adventurous diner's list of San Francisco restaurants. And even if you stick to the tamer options, the menu is filled with unexpected combinations, and the setting is quite romantic.
216 | Killgore Trout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:40:49pm |
re: #163 reine.de.tout
I don't know.
But the LGF Cookbook has some yummy alligator recipes!We're up to 22 books sold.
Check it out, folks!
I got my copy today, and the covers are spectacular. Lots of great recipes inside, plus even MORE of Jaunte's artwork, and a special Killgore's Very Own Gardening Section.And priced less than Volume 1!
Great deal, all the way around.
My insurance premium cleared today. I'm ordering my cookbook tomorrow!
217 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:41:12pm |
re: #212 Cannadian Club Akbar
Terminator Duck?
Terminator Duck!
LOL
The Duck That Could Not Be Trusted.
218 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:41:23pm |
219 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:41:32pm |
re: #207 Cannadian Club Akbar
There's a Peabody Hotel in FL?
Yeah, ... sniff...but it's not the Peabody.//
220 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:41:43pm |
re: #216 Killgore Trout
My insurance premium cleared today. I'm ordering my cookbook tomorrow!
You'll love, I think.
So will your Mom?
221 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:41:46pm |
223 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:42:12pm |
re: #208 HoosierHoops
I Swear Floral...The geese aim for cars...In the morning when you go outside and you are expecting shit everywhere..No..Just on the Red frigging car!
It's like a target to them..If it wasn't against the law I'd put up 88mm anti artillery posts outside and smoke those bastards!
/
Knew a guy in college who carried a photo canister in his pocket. Had it full of birdseed, which he used to "call in the bombers."
God help you if you were on his (s)hit list and you had a convertible....
224 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:42:28pm |
225 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:42:30pm |
227 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:42:46pm |
re: #206 MandyManners
Is this a trick of taxidermy? He does look a little stiff.....
228 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:42:51pm |
re: #220 reine.de.tout
You'll love it, I think.
So will your Mom?
It, it, dammit!
You'll love it.
*sigh*
229 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:43:16pm |
230 | Lidane Wed, May 5, 2010 7:43:28pm |
231 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:43:29pm |
re: #218 MandyManners
Oh, my goodness. I'm wearing a Peabody T-shirt right now!
Yeah. I know.
You should have that mole looked at.
232 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:43:38pm |
233 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:44:04pm |
re: #224 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That should come with a seizure warning./
234 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 7:44:08pm |
The point of that long post about smart grids is:
1. They are a key component to things we can do now to reverse AGW.
2. They would be very profitable as opposed to the false claims of morons like Larry Reisinger who wrote that article at PJM under his full name.
There are many fools and despite claims to be "a licensed professional engineer in Chemical, Control Systems, and Electrical Engineering, with a Masters in Chemical." We only have yet another fraud who so hates the notion of doing anything about AGW that he would shoot something that has merits of its own, independent of AGW in the foot.
It is terrible when people of supposed technical acumen allow ideology to cloud their perceptions so completely. The mark of someone who knows what they are talking about is always providing evidence and explaining the evidence clearly.
Yet this is what we, as scientists, are up against as a community.
The average person will not look at the evidence. They will go for appeals to authority based on the degree to which the authority agree with their views.
The APS, NASA, MIT, Princeton are not authorities on these topics to them - but Lord Monckton is seen as a brilliant scientist. At no point does actual discussion of science or technology enter the picture or the whispers in their echo-chamber.
I love the lizards even the ones who argue with me, because most of you will take the time to look at the facts and think. It doesn't matter who LVQ is as a scientist. It matters if he brings the science. This is why I need all of your help. Please continue to get as educated as you can with the actual facts and please spread what you have learned.
235 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:44:21pm |
re: #229 MandyManners
Orlando?
I call "bullshit".
Ain't no imitation.
[Link: www.peabodyorlando.com...]
236 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:44:28pm |
237 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:44:37pm |
238 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:44:40pm |
re: #207 Cannadian Club Akbar
Also in Orlando.
I stayed at that one once. Priceline. $60.00.
Was very lovely.
239 | Lidane Wed, May 5, 2010 7:45:14pm |
240 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:45:17pm |
241 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 7:45:20pm |
re: #157 LudwigVanQuixote
To continue debunking an idiot... about smart grids.
One should not be surprised that this fellow is also an avid AGW denier. It would make sense that attacking smart grids would be part of its passion. In many ways this is the same unreasoning obsessive compulsive BS that goes on in AGW only now applied to engineering.
It's pretty obvious that the auhor isn't much of an engineer either given that it can not be bothered to discuss actual engineering... But let's illustrate the stupid some more.
Once again proving how utterly he missed the point he preaches the false and unsubstantiated. The smart grid is independent of the power in the sense that you can plug whatever sort of plant you want into it. But, more importantly, by distributing load with an intelligent algorithm you waste less energy and reduce costs. All the math and numbers are in the links in the previous post. This is math that anyone who would care to even brush up on the subject would look at first.
Well, what do you expect from morons?
It does entertain me that the fool claims to be an engineer - a chemical engineer.
Well we know why places like Bhopal blow up now.
Adding a layer of intelligence on top of the current aluminum/copper system is like adding computers to automobile engines — it’s an improvement, but it’s still an internal combustion engine, not something completely new and “vastly” more efficient.
Man, this is one crappy attempt at misdirection. Where do the discussions about a smart grid claim the hardware, the aluminum/copper infrastructure, will be completely new and vastly more efficient? Increased efficiency, in this context, would be a decrease in cost per kilowatt delivered to the end user. On the other hand, adding computers to car engines has helped to dramatically increase power while significantly decreasing fuel usage, which I do believe can be called 'efficiency'.
242 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:45:49pm |
re: #218 MandyManners
Whoo hoo!
Pretty great little bunch of shops there.
But they don't serve duck in the restaurants, even the haute cuisine one, and ya better not ask.
243 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 7:45:57pm |
re: #223 SteveC
Knew a guy in college who carried a photo canister in his pocket. Had it full of birdseed, which he used to "call in the bombers."
God help you if you were on his (s)hit list and you had a convertible...
The meanest thing I know a girl did in College was to buy just hundreds of crickets from a bait shop and dump them in her ex-boyfriends car...It took forever to get those crickets out...Constant chirping from under the dashboard for months...and nothing you can do about it...
244 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:46:22pm |
re: #231 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Yeah. I know.
You should have that mole looked at.
I did my best to remove those moles nicely from my property.
246 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 7:46:54pm |
re: #241 b_sharp
Man, this is one crappy attempt at misdirection. Where do the discussions about a smart grid claim the hardware, the aluminum/copper infrastructure, will be completely new and vastly more efficient? Increased efficiency, in this context, would be a decrease in cost per kilowatt delivered to the end user. On the other hand, adding computers to car engines has helped to dramatically increase power while significantly decreasing fuel usage, which I do believe can be called 'efficiency'.
It's a fraud perpetrated by a fraud to fool the stupid. You are spot on.
247 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:47:25pm |
248 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:47:34pm |
re: #243 HoosierHoops
The meanest thing I know a girl did in College was to buy just hundreds of crickets from a bait shop and dump them in her ex-boyfriends car...It took forever to get those crickets out...Constant chirping from under the dashboard for months...and nothing you can do about it...
Could have been worse. I know someone who put stinky cheese in her ex-boyfriend's heater.
249 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:47:40pm |
re: #229 MandyManners
Some damn fine new years' eves there. And other eves.
I think the ownership group has a hotel in a few other places.... I sure didn't know it was called the Peabody.
Heresy.
252 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:48:54pm |
253 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:49:04pm |
[Link: www.wisegeek.com...]
From link:
In the case of the French dish, known in French as canard au sang, or “duck in its blood,” the process for making pressed duck is quite complex. It starts with partially roasting a duck which has been strangled to retain maximum blood volume. Next, the breasts, liver, and thighs of the bird are removed. The liver is chopped and seasoned while the breasts and thighs are roasted separately. Meanwhile, the body of the duck is pressed in a special device called a duck press, which is modeled after a wine press.
Yuk.
256 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:49:22pm |
re: #158 NJDhockeyfan
Donald Duck - Toy Tinkers
1949, high quality. Marvelous episode with Chip and Dale.
[Video]
Great stuff. That one's a favorite of mine.
257 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 7:49:40pm |
re: #248 NJDhockeyfan
Could have been worse. I know someone who put stinky cheese in her ex-boyfriend's heater.
No..You can clean cheese off the engine...Try finding 632 crickets in your car..
/they hide everywhere
258 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:49:40pm |
re: #248 NJDhockeyfan
Could have been worse. I know someone who put stinky cheese in her ex-boyfriend's heater.
I once tossed a piece of mackerel sushi behind someones bookcase on a summer Friday...
260 | freetoken Wed, May 5, 2010 7:50:28pm |
For the astro lovers out there:
Today ESO put up some images, a wide field view of galaxies centered around Abel 315 cluster:
A Cluster and a Sea of Galaxies
Plus they made a "zoom in" video to give people an idea of how far this cluster is from earth:
[Link: www.eso.org...]
261 | Nimed Wed, May 5, 2010 7:50:35pm |
re: #168 SteveC
Well... it does happen in flyover country. Nuttin' important happens out there!
I assure you that ducks consider NYC and LA flyover country.
262 | Lidane Wed, May 5, 2010 7:50:40pm |
re: #238 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I stayed at that one once. Priceline. $60.00.
Was very lovely.
Speaking of Priceline, William Shatner is a hell of a negotiator:
[Link: news.cnet.com...]
263 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:50:49pm |
re: #255 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Ain't basketball on?
Don't know. Hockey is on. The playoffs are always intense.
264 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:50:52pm |
265 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:50:54pm |
re: #234 LudwigVanQuixote
so what makes a smart grid smart? I still want to know?
266 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 7:51:15pm |
267 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:51:31pm |
re: #257 HoosierHoops
No..You can clean cheese off the engine...Try finding 632 crickets in your car..
/they hide everywhere
The cheese smell never goes away.
268 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:51:40pm |
re: #235 Cannadian Club Akbar
[Link: www.peabodyorlando.com...]
Years and years of shopping for wardrobes oh gosh I cannot explain.
I will try.
If you have a daughter in the 70s, you're shopping around for clothes in such places as Memphis and St. Louis.
*screeching stop*
269 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 7:51:47pm |
re: #129 freetoken
I've concluded that Simon promotes people from an LGF stalker blog just to get back at Charles.
As for anything to do with science, PJM is about as messed up as WND.
Well it is not revealing anything that Mr. Reisinger is a regular contributor to the village of the banned - since in that very article he links to it himself - as himself. He is very popular amongst the cretins.
If you were to read his other drivel there it would become utterly apparent that he is exactly the sort of fool who needed to banned from here.
What upsets me on an immediate level is that a supposed chemical engineer doesn't understand entropy.
271 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 7:52:01pm |
re: #176 HoosierHoops
And Canadian Geese that Migrate through Indiana are completely protected..If you shoot one of them you go to jail...
You know what? All they do is shit on my car..They could go anywhere..I feel like I'm being targeted every day...I swear..Those bastard Canadian Geese have it out for cars..
Why would Canada geese be protected. Every day during fall and spring, I see flocks of tens of thousands of birds. I've seen the entire sky covered by Snow geese flocks and only slightly less covered by Canada geese.
272 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 7:52:14pm |
273 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 7:52:17pm |
re: #257 HoosierHoops
No..You can clean cheese off the engine...Try finding 632 crickets in your car..
/they hide everywhere
They truly do. We get a couple in the house every now and then. Will. Drive. You. Crazy.
Here's what you do - you take one of those plastic straps, like the ones the cops use for handcuffs, and you go under a person's car and strap it to the axle. It does no damage to the car. But it sounds like your car is falling apart.
NOTE: I am NOT recommending anyone actually do this. It's just fun to think about.
274 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:52:18pm |
re: #243 HoosierHoops
Wish I had known that's how you keep 'em alive. I used to have to buy crickets for my little girl's hermit crab on a weekly basis, and they never lived very long....
276 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:52:32pm |
re: #266 Dark_Falcon
I flippin' loved that movie.
277 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:52:35pm |
re: #257 HoosierHoops
Try finding 632 crickets in your car..
/they hide everywhere
Put a couple of garden snakes in your car. They will eat the crickets.
278 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:52:36pm |
re: #253 Cannadian Club Akbar
[Link: www.wisegeek.com...]
From link:In the case of the French dish, known in French as canard au sang, or “duck in its blood,” the process for making pressed duck is quite complex. It starts with partially roasting a duck which has been strangled to retain maximum blood volume. Next, the breasts, liver, and thighs of the bird are removed. The liver is chopped and seasoned while the breasts and thighs are roasted separately. Meanwhile, the body of the duck is pressed in a special device called a duck press, which is modeled after a wine press.
Yuk.
/can we nuke them now?
279 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:53:20pm |
281 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:53:52pm |
282 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:54:33pm |
re: #264 Cannadian Club Akbar
They copied.
Get their own damn birds, why don't they. They have sea gulls, and flamingos, and....
283 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:54:47pm |
re: #279 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You mean Los Suns?
I'm glad the sun was "Los". It was hot here today. Wait, your aren't speaking American.
///
284 | freetoken Wed, May 5, 2010 7:55:02pm |
BTW, on the ESO video recommend downloading one of the HD versions, if you have the bandwidth.
It's a pretty big universe out there.
285 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:55:05pm |
re: #281 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If they lose we can call them the "Los't Suns"?
You can call 'em late for dinner for all I care. Not an NBA fan. Give me Coach K and his boys any day.
286 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:56:39pm |
287 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 7:56:53pm |
re: #271 b_sharp
Why would Canada geese be protected. Every day during fall and spring, I see flocks of tens of thousands of birds. I've seen the entire sky covered by Snow geese flocks and only slightly less covered by Canada geese.
They are very protected in Indiana..We had a Cop here get a suspension for firing a shotgun over a small lake while on duty to scare the geese away..
He didn't kill any geese...He scared them while on duty...
They land in the backyard and rest..Drives Winston insane..
They are beautiful birds...A lot of them look fat and happy this year..Bastards!
/
288 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 7:57:01pm |
Oh hey Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone!
Tequila-Drink!
289 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 7:57:20pm |
re: #271 b_sharp
Why would Canada geese be protected. Every day during fall and spring, I see flocks of tens of thousands of birds. I've seen the entire sky covered by Snow geese flocks and only slightly less covered by Canada geese.
/cause if they were American geese they would be really bad oppressive birds...
290 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 7:57:25pm |
re: #268 MandyManners
It's okay. I clicked the link and it bears almost no resemblance to the Peabody.
291 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 7:57:33pm |
re: #288 Rightwingconspirator
Oh hey Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone!
Tequila-Drink!
I think you know where I stand.
292 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 7:58:26pm |
293 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:58:29pm |
re: #290 tradewind
I've stayed there. Was very nice.
Never stayed at the one in Memphis. Couldn't afford it. That tell ya somethin?
295 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 7:59:04pm |
Five little ducks
296 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 7:59:15pm |
re: #292 MandyManners
Debbie Harry and I spent some very special times together when I was 16.
I'm just sayin'.
297 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 7:59:17pm |
re: #291 Cannadian Club Akbar
I think you know where I stand.
Have a couple more, and we'll know where you sit!
298 | Querent Wed, May 5, 2010 8:00:53pm |
re: #157 LudwigVanQuixote
upding for a magnificent Fisking and mention of Bhopal!
299 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:00:55pm |
re: #297 SteveC
Have a couple more, and we'll know where you
sit!SLEEP!! (or pass out)
302 | Reginald Perrin Wed, May 5, 2010 8:01:33pm |
re: #269 LudwigVanQuixote
What upsets me on an immediate level is that a supposed chemical engineer doesn't understand entropy
If you have read his comments at the cesspool, it obvious that isn't the only thing he is clueless about.
305 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 8:02:36pm |
re: #296 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Debbie Harry and I spent some very special times together when I was 16.
I'm just sayin'.
Magical Inches!!!!
307 | Ojoe Wed, May 5, 2010 8:03:04pm |
Tonight's soft blue gloaming. The Towercam, San Gabriel Mountains of California.
"Paradise is all around us and we do not understand."
— Thomas Merton
308 | tradewind Wed, May 5, 2010 8:03:17pm |
re: #293 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Mainly that Orlando has way more hotel rooms than we do up here, and they compete for business.
:)
309 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:03:25pm |
310 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:03:45pm |
312 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:04:40pm |
313 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 8:04:41pm |
315 | freetoken Wed, May 5, 2010 8:05:16pm |
re: #302 Reginald Perrin
If you have read his comments at the cesspool, it obvious that isn't the only thing he is clueless about.
That is exactly why he was chosen to write that piece.
There are thousands of people out there, engineers, scientists, project managers, who are either directly related to, or tangentially working on, "smart grid" related items. And there are even more well educated, degreed professionals, who could have written intelligent commentary on the concept.
But does Roger Simon have any of them do the piece? No, for they wouldn't have met the important qualification.
316 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:05:17pm |
317 | SteveC Wed, May 5, 2010 8:05:29pm |
re: #309 NJDhockeyfan
Making Vancouver his bitch tonight.
One day someone's hubby is gonna come busting in and he'll say "'Scuse me, I gotta get the puck outta here!"
319 | sngnsgt Wed, May 5, 2010 8:05:55pm |
320 | MandyManners Wed, May 5, 2010 8:06:07pm |
re: #307 Ojoe
Tonight's soft blue gloaming. The Towercam, San Gabriel Mountains of California.
"Paradise is all around us and we do not understand."
— Thomas Merton
Purty. Very purty.
321 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:06:09pm |
322 | austin_blue Wed, May 5, 2010 8:06:39pm |
re: #291 Cannadian Club Akbar
I think you know where I stand.
Well, in Austin it's drinko de mayo, but that's a different story. ;-)
Here 's an interesting bit that about one of the Texas School Board members. We report, you decide:
[Link: www.statesman.com...]
I'm thinking she's a bugfuck, but that's just one person's opinion.
323 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 8:06:55pm |
re: #291 Cannadian Club Akbar
I'll cheerfully drink to July 1st with you. Canada Day.
324 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:07:13pm |
re: #323 Rightwingconspirator
I'll cheerfully drink to July 1st with you. Canada Day.
You need a reason?
325 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:07:21pm |
I lived in a State with zero snow. I have been to a game 7 of the Stanley Cup. Suckers.
326 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 8:07:39pm |
re: #322 austin_blue
Tomorrow is sicko de mayo. If you overindulge.
327 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:08:34pm |
re: #323 Rightwingconspirator
I'll cheerfully drink to July 1st with you. Canada Day.
Uh...I drink every day.
328 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 8:08:39pm |
re: #326 Rightwingconspirator
Tomorrow is sicko de mayo. If you overindulge.
mondo barfo as we say in brooklyn.
329 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:08:52pm |
re: #325 Cannadian Club Akbar
I lived in a State with zero snow. I have been to a game 7 of the Stanley Cup. Suckers.
Fucking awesome. I've been to a playoff game but never the Stanly Cup.
330 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 8:09:00pm |
re: #298 Querent
upding for a magnificent Fisking and mention of Bhopal!
Thank you. Honestly, he was the guy who had to take physics for engineers twice when he discovered that he had to integrate... I have had a dozen failure students like him. Somehow though, they get jobs anyway apparently.
The reference to Bhopal was not an accident. Fools who think that infrastructure "is just fine" and use mantra that evil regulators shouldn't mess up profits are exactly what led to Bhopal.
re: #302 Reginald Perrin
If you have read his comments at the cesspool, it obvious that isn't the only thing he is clueless about.
Ohh I assure you, I am well aware that he is one of their most astonishing and ignorant morons.
331 | sngnsgt Wed, May 5, 2010 8:09:22pm |
re: #328 brookly red
LOL! Please don't mind if I steal that one.
332 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:10:27pm |
re: #329 NJDhockeyfan
Fucking awesome. I've been to a playoff game but never the Stanly Cup.
Got a pic with the Cup. And the coach. And Game 7 tix is autographed by coach and Captain.
333 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:11:19pm |
re: #332 Cannadian Club Akbar
And someone stole your waverunner?
334 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 8:12:03pm |
re: #265 brookly red
so what makes a smart grid smart? I still want to know?
The switching would be computerized.
335 | Dark_Falcon Wed, May 5, 2010 8:12:06pm |
336 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:12:32pm |
re: #332 Cannadian Club Akbar
Got a pic with the Cup. And the coach. And Game 7 tix is autographed by coach and Captain.
Priceless. The Stanly Cup is the best trophy in sports. Nothing comes close.
337 | Querent Wed, May 5, 2010 8:12:35pm |
re: #330 LudwigVanQuixote
WRT Bhopal, not weighing in on why you might have chosen to refer to it, just that i remember reading about it when it happened.
And that was a long time ago.
(much better reading today -- went to technology / industry group meeting to network & hear about latest PV developments)
338 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 8:12:47pm |
339 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 8:12:47pm |
I Support moving the all-star game from Az. This year..
30% of all professional baseball players are hispanic..And most of them are not citizens of the USA.. Nobody bitches about paying the stars 8 million dollars a year..But God forbid you are making 5 bucks an hour under the table to mow some movie star's lawn..
340 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:13:13pm |
re: #333 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
And someone stole your waverunner?
And my John Deere. They left a 1951 Dodgers plaque, Bonds rookie card, Steve Young rookie card. I could go on.
341 | ryannon Wed, May 5, 2010 8:13:25pm |
re: #253 Cannadian Club Akbar
[Link: www.wisegeek.com...]
From link:In the case of the French dish, known in French as canard au sang, or “duck in its blood,” the process for making pressed duck is quite complex. It starts with partially roasting a duck which has been strangled to retain maximum blood volume. Next, the breasts, liver, and thighs of the bird are removed. The liver is chopped and seasoned while the breasts and thighs are roasted separately. Meanwhile, the body of the duck is pressed in a special device called a duck press, which is modeled after a wine press.
Yuk.
And here's the world's most famous restaurant for this specialty:
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
342 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:14:24pm |
re: #339 HoosierHoops
I Support moving the all-star game from Az. This year..
30% of all professional baseball players are hispanic..And most of them are not citizens of the USA.. Nobody bitches about paying the stars 8 million dollars a year..But God forbid you are making 5 bucks an hour under the table to mow some movie star's lawn..
MLB didn't pass a law. Don't penalize them.
343 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:15:03pm |
re: #339 HoosierHoops
I Support moving the all-star game from Az. This year..
30% of all professional baseball players are hispanic..And most of them are not citizens of the USA.. Nobody bitches about paying the stars 8 million dollars a year..But God forbid you are making 5 bucks an hour under the table to mow some movie star's lawn..
All the foreign sports player are here legally.
344 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 8:15:04pm |
345 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 8:15:44pm |
re: #265 brookly red
so what makes a smart grid smart? I still want to know?
Computer controlled, predictive based switching for base load at the source end and computer controlled local production, storage and flow at the demand end.
346 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 8:16:02pm |
re: #337 Querent
WRT Bhopal, not weighing in on why you might have chosen to refer to it, just that i remember reading about it when it happened.
And that was a long time ago.
(much better reading today -- went to technology / industry group meeting to network & hear about latest PV developments)
Are you a chemist or a C.E?
347 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 8:16:13pm |
re: #342 Cannadian Club Akbar
MLB didn't pass a law. Don't penalize them.
I think the notion is they'd do it voluntarily as a protest, just like the Super Bowl used arizona recognizing MLK day as a condition for the SB in Arizona.
348 | windsagio Wed, May 5, 2010 8:16:36pm |
350 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 8:16:45pm |
re: #334 LudwigVanQuixote
Smart Grid-I love this
Easily gives me power overnight while I helped lower the load with my home solar roof shingle installation. All this While I was at work, and my smart empty house powers down in my absence.
351 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 8:16:51pm |
re: #343 NJDhockeyfan
All the foreign sports player are here legally.
And every single member of their families?
This isn't so black and white. Perhaps we should ask those players what they think of Arizona at the moment 8-)
352 | brookly red Wed, May 5, 2010 8:17:18pm |
re: #341 ryannon
And here's the world's most famous restaurant for this specialty:
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
Hello, yes I would like to apply for the duck stranglers position.
Have you ever strangled a duck before?
No but I have choked a chicken...
Can you start Monday?
353 | windsagio Wed, May 5, 2010 8:17:25pm |
355 | A Man for all Seasons Wed, May 5, 2010 8:18:26pm |
re: #342 Cannadian Club Akbar
MLB didn't pass a law. Don't penalize them.
Nope..Move the All-Star game to somewhere else.. Remember when the NFL had to put up with this shit over MLK Day in AZ?
And Az? No more Superbowls..Sorry about your luck...
356 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:18:28pm |
re: #347 Windupbird
I think the notion is they'd do it voluntarily as a protest, just like the Super Bowl used arizona recognizing MLK day as a condition for the SB in Arizona.
A protest is fine. It takes time for security at big events.
357 | Our Precious Bodily Fluids Wed, May 5, 2010 8:19:00pm |
SWAT team breaks into home, fires seven rounds at family’s pit bull and corgi (?!) as a seven-year-old looks on.
They found a “small amount” of marijuana, enough for a misdemeanor charge. The parents were then charged with child endangerment.
So smoking pot = “child endangerment.” Storming a home with guns, then firing bullets into the family pets as a child looks on = necessary police procedures to ensure everyone’s safety.
Just so we’re clear.
Now there’s video, which you can watch below. It’s horrifying, but I’d urge you to watch it, and to send it to the drug warriors in your life. This is the blunt-end result of all the war imagery and militaristic rhetoric politicians have been spewing for the last 30 years—cops dressed like soldiers, barreling through the front door middle of the night, slaughtering the family pets, filling the house with bullets in the presence of children, then having the audacity to charge the parents with endangering their own kid. There are 100-150 of these raids every day in America, the vast, vast majority like this one, to serve a warrant for a consensual crime.
But Jonathan Whitworth won’t be smoking that pot they found in his possession. So I guess this mission was a success.
aaaand now you know why kicking down doors on flimsy intel and shooting anything that moves in Iraq creates new terrorists. Well, actually, you probably don't. But you could.
358 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 8:19:01pm |
re: #315 freetoken
That is exactly why he was chosen to write that piece.
There are thousands of people out there, engineers, scientists, project managers, who are either directly related to, or tangentially working on, "smart grid" related items. And there are even more well educated, degreed professionals, who could have written intelligent commentary on the concept.
But does Roger Simon have any of them do the piece? No, for they wouldn't have met the important qualification.
It really is a travesty.
It is one thing to debate policy after you establish what the science or the technology is. It is another to just start from ideology independent of reality and then make false claims to authority.
They are quite literally ignoring thousands of actual experts to prop up Bobo the chimp as their spokes person instead.
359 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 8:19:04pm |
re: #353 windsagio
And also; Legal immigrants are totally okay with that law!
Oh wait!
SHHH DON'T UPSET THE NARRATIVE
Oh yeah :D
360 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 8:19:24pm |
re: #356 Cannadian Club Akbar
A protest is fine. It takes time for security at big events.
I think they can manage 8-)
361 | austin_blue Wed, May 5, 2010 8:19:33pm |
NOAA's 72-hour projection for the Blowout:
[Link: deepwaterhorizon.noaa.gov...]
Adios, Chandeleur Islands and Southwest Pass.
This thing is a monster.
362 | Querent Wed, May 5, 2010 8:20:29pm |
re: #346 LudwigVanQuixote
Are you a chemist or a C.E?
not even. have been a one-person customer-service dept for a vacuum pump OEM, so have gotten familiar w/ semiconductor process recipes from having to decontaminate equipment to be fixed. Took two semesters' worth of basic vacuum science (8 years into that career) but learned pretty much all of what i know about vacuum apps by osmosis.
364 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 8:21:19pm |
re: #350 Rightwingconspirator
Smart Grid-I love this
Easily gives me power overnight while I helped lower the load with my home solar roof shingle installation. All this While I was at work, and my smart empty house powers down in my absence.
Loads are reduced, you save money, the power company saves money and you cut down on emissions tremendously. In fact, with one in place, if you have big enough solar production from your home compared to your usage, you could even make money.
But that would be too good a thing to desire. Much better to send that money to foreign nations that hate us and wreck our own environment to get the power other ways.
365 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:21:41pm |
366 | Lidane Wed, May 5, 2010 8:21:59pm |
re: #288 Rightwingconspirator
Oh hey Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone!
Tequila-Drink!
Pfft. I save my tequila drinking for real Mexican holidays.
September 16th will be a night of many, many shots for me.
367 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 8:22:05pm |
re: #357 negativ
What was the warrant for?
368 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:22:42pm |
re: #351 Windupbird
And every single member of their families?
This isn't so black and white. Perhaps we should ask those players what they think of Arizona at the moment 8-)
Most foreign born citizens I've seen are against amnesty. They went through the whole process, paid lawyers when needed, and became American citizens. Their American citizenship is very special to them because the earned it. Giving all the illegal aliens citizenship without earning it is unfair to the ones who did it through our legal system.
369 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 8:23:54pm |
re: #338 brookly red
it is not now? uh oh...
Yes, of course they are, and we all know that computers, sensors, and algorithms never improve, so trying to increase efficiency by upgrading a system is a waste of time.
370 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 8:24:10pm |
re: #366 Lidane
Well see if I'm logged in next September. :)>
371 | windsagio Wed, May 5, 2010 8:25:01pm |
re: #368 NJDhockeyfan
Amnesty is a red herring, like communism.
372 | Lidane Wed, May 5, 2010 8:25:13pm |
re: #370 Rightwingconspirator
Well see if I'm logged in next September. :)>
Heh. If I'm still upright and functional and I remember, I will. ;)
373 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 8:25:58pm |
re: #357 negativ
I don't feel like a member of the same species as someone who would do such things.
374 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 8:26:12pm |
OK maybe some missed this, but I thought it was brilliant:
Happy Cinco De Mayo - Travel Arizona!
375 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:26:25pm |
Oh, FFS... Wife bought some 100 calorie Pringles packs.
12 MF'n Pringles are in a 100 calorie Pringles pack.
12.
376 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:27:08pm |
The fact that people want MLB to leave Phoenix this year for the All-Star game is funny.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
377 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, May 5, 2010 8:27:42pm |
re: #375 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh, FFS... Wife bought some 100 calorie Pringles packs.
12 MF'n Pringles are in a 100 calorie Pringles pack.
12.
I eat a can of those in a sitting, which is why I rarely buy them :D
378 | Achilles Tang Wed, May 5, 2010 8:28:48pm |
re: #176 HoosierHoops
And Canadian Geese that Migrate through Indiana are completely protected..If you shoot one of them you go to jail...
You know what? All they do is shit on my car..They could go anywhere..I feel like I'm being targeted every day...I swear..Those bastard Canadian Geese have it out for cars..
Some genius brought them into Scandinavia not to many years ago. They are considered a pest and they are damaging to the local fauna, not to mention grass and shoe bottoms.
In particular they are crowding out wild swans that used to be common because swans don't congregate like the geese and a pair of swans will be driven out of their areas by an aggressive flock of geese.
Why they are protected I would presume is because if they are not, there are a lot of wannabe hunters who can't tell a goose from a starling (imported also), and will shoot at anything with wings during migration season if not for hunting laws.
379 | Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, May 5, 2010 8:29:14pm |
re: #376 Cannadian Club Akbar
The fact that people want MLB to leave Phoenix this year for the All-Star game is funny.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
heh.
[Link: mlb.mlb.com...]
380 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 8:31:43pm |
re: #375 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh, FFS... Wife bought some 100 calorie Pringles packs.
12 MF'n Pringles are in a 100 calorie Pringles pack.
12.
You lucky, lucky bugger.
12 whole chips. I'll bet you don't even have to share them with the other 29 prisoners family members there.
381 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 8:32:21pm |
re: #377 Windupbird
I eat a can of those in a sitting, which is why I rarely buy them :D
Doesn't it taste like cardboard?
382 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 8:34:17pm |
re: #364 LudwigVanQuixote
That is why I support developing local energy top to bottom. Obviously we need oil for now. I mean this minute. When it must be oil, best it be local oil. From our hemisphere. With all due respect to the recent spill, we can regulate here easier than say in Iran.
For you and I personally-States and counties need to get going now on figuring out how to inspect/approve/disapprove for safety all these green modifications to homes and businesses.
It comes down to if you can get a permit from your local authority to install green tech. Gray-water, cisterns, solar, wind, fuel cells at home-maybe even hyperion plants.
383 | reine.de.tout Wed, May 5, 2010 8:34:31pm |
re: #375 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh, FFS... Wife bought some 100 calorie Pringles packs.
12 MF'n Pringles are in a 100 calorie Pringles pack.
12.
Eat.
Them.
Slowly.
384 | Mad Prophet Ludwig Wed, May 5, 2010 8:34:49pm |
re: #382 Rightwingconspirator
That is why I support developing local energy top to bottom. Obviously we need oil for now. I mean this minute. When it must be oil, best it be local oil. From our hemisphere. With all due respect to the recent spill, we can regulate here easier than say in Iran.
For you and I personally-States and counties need to get going now on figuring out how to inspect/approve/disapprove for safety all these green modifications to homes and businesses.
It comes down to if you can get a permit from your local authority to install green tech. Gray-water, cisterns, solar, wind, fuel cells at home-maybe even hyperion plants.
Excellent post!
385 | windsagio Wed, May 5, 2010 8:35:23pm |
re: #381 b_sharp
I couldn't tolerate those anymore once I found out they were 33% fat by volume.
386 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:35:42pm |
387 | austin_blue Wed, May 5, 2010 8:35:47pm |
Adios, Lizards. I am for the rack. I just got listed for our strike team for the Gulf Coast.
I am told that BP is hiring anyone with hip waders and a 5-gallon bucket, but those of us with an On Scene Supervisor rating are gold. We'll see. This is a slow motion disaster that needs ER personnel, but needs specialists more. If something is getting ready to blow up, I'm your guy. I will set a perimeter and allocate assets to address the problem.
But 1,000 miles of coastline, endangered but at the whim of shifting winds and ocean currents? Fuck me runnin', that's outside of my experience and pay grade. I suspect it is outside of *everybody's* experience and pay grade. We first responders are going to be making this up as we go along.
Heaven help us. And the Gulf Coast.
388 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:35:51pm |
re: #375 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh, FFS... Wife bought some 100 calorie Pringles packs.
12 MF'n Pringles are in a 100 calorie Pringles pack.
12.
Get some dip.
389 | Querent Wed, May 5, 2010 8:37:13pm |
re: #387 austin_blue
upding for good luck, and honorary upding for 'fuck me running' -- it's been a decade or more since i heard somebody say that!
390 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:37:36pm |
391 | b_sharp Wed, May 5, 2010 8:37:54pm |
re: #385 windsagio
I couldn't tolerate those anymore once I found out they were 33% fat by volume.
I gave up eating cans when so many companies went from tin and aluminum cans to waxed cardboard. Not even chilies can improve the taste of waxed cardboard.
392 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:37:57pm |
393 | Dancing along the light of day Wed, May 5, 2010 8:38:03pm |
re: #387 austin_blue
Best of luck to you!
394 | Political Atheist Wed, May 5, 2010 8:39:08pm |
re: #387 austin_blue
Best luck to you and keep us posted. I already feel better having a Lizard on the job!
395 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:40:35pm |
re: #387 austin_blue
If you ain't religious? Bless you anyway.
396 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:41:48pm |
Double FFS... She bought BAKED LAYS!
HOLY SHIT!
Speaking of cardboard.
397 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:42:42pm |
re: #396 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Double FFS... She bought BAKED LAYS!
HOLY SHIT!
Speaking of cardboard.
Not the greasy kind?
398 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 8:44:13pm |
My DirecTv DVR just rebooted itself. I hope it comes back on. Last time it did this it died. That was 20 minutes before midnight on New Years Eve.
400 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 5, 2010 8:49:43pm |
401 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, May 5, 2010 9:01:26pm |
re: #400 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Yes. Yes it is.
I'm a fucking VEGETARIAN and she's buying me fucking health food!
Make some guacamole to even that out.
402 | sagehen Wed, May 5, 2010 9:46:41pm |
re: #376 Cannadian Club Akbar
The fact that people want MLB to leave Phoenix this year for the All-Star game is funny.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
just for fun I pulled up last year's rosters. Among the all-stars are:
American League:
Fuentes
Hernandez
Rivera
Martinez
Pena
Longoria
Cruz
National League:
Ramirez
Ibanez
Molina
Cordero
Rodriguez
Santana
Gonzalez
Sanchez
Tejada
Of the ones without obviously Hispanic surnames, I wouldn't have any idea how many's moms' maiden names might put them on the list.
So yeah, I'm thinking they might prefer to play in a state where they'd feel more comfortable going clubbing after the game.
403 | blueraven Wed, May 5, 2010 9:48:59pm |
re: #387 austin_blue
Adios, Lizards. I am for the rack. I just got listed for our strike team for the Gulf Coast.
I am told that BP is hiring anyone with hip waders and a 5-gallon bucket, but those of us with an On Scene Supervisor rating are gold. We'll see. This is a slow motion disaster that needs ER personnel, but needs specialists more. If something is getting ready to blow up, I'm your guy. I will set a perimeter and allocate assets to address the problem.
But 1,000 miles of coastline, endangered but at the whim of shifting winds and ocean currents? Fuck me runnin', that's outside of my experience and pay grade. I suspect it is outside of *everybody's* experience and pay grade. We first responders are going to be making this up as we go along.
Heaven help us. And the Gulf Coast.
Be careful out there austin, and get back to Texas soon. Praying for all on the Gulf Coast and the sweet earth too.