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I’ve just finished integrating the PayPal Instant Payment Notification system with our ad-free subscriptions, so that ad-free viewing is now automatically enabled if you subscribe while logged in to your LGF account. (And if you cancel your subscription, the ad-free flag will also be turned off automatically.)

This means you no longer have to contact me and let me know your username after subscribing, and I no longer have to manually set your ad-free flag in the LGF database. Easier for everyone. Yay!

Here’s the link to subscribe at PayPal, if anyone would like to help test this cutting edge new feature. (How’s that for a tricky way to hype subscriptions? Did I mention that LGF loads 2 or 3 times faster with the ads turned off? And it’s only 33 cents a day to subscribe? OK, I’ll stop.)

Note that you must be logged in to a registered LGF account before clicking that link for the automatic feature to work.

Meanwhile, here we have the tech geek/open thread for a Tuesday afternoon.

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772 comments
1 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:38:28pm

Nice...

2 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:43:46pm

Livestream of the Chilean mine rescue...the transport tube is kind of cool...painted like the Chilean flag.

MSNBC Video
3 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:44:47pm

Ad-free also makes it MUCH easier to check out featured and recent pages. There are just a lot of reasons to go with the subscription. Not least of which is supporting LGF, and the features here that help make it such a comfortable place to be.

4 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:50:32pm

So to go OT since these tech note posts can get sort of boring if someone doesn't, does anybody want to lay bets for when we'll next see "Reason" again and hear more about how hard it is to be a black woman living in a nation where you can get arrested for nonviolent crimes like refusing to pay your taxes?

5 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:51:58pm

re: #2 darthstar

Livestream of the Chilean mine rescue...the transport tube is kind of cool...painted like the Chilean flag.

[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

ooh, I was hoping to see that.
thanks for the link.
Amazing.

6 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:53:48pm

re: #2 darthstar

Livestream of the Chilean mine rescue...the transport tube is kind of cool...painted like the Chilean flag.

[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

Dos horas mas.

7 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:54:30pm

re: #2 darthstar

Livestream of the Chilean mine rescue...the transport tube is kind of cool...painted like the Chilean flag.

[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

You know . . . I was surprised to read that the temps in that cavern where they are, are 90 degrees.

I would have thought that underground, the temps would be a fairly consistent and comfortable 68 or 70.

8 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:55:53pm

Charles I have a slightly awkward question-are the zedo ads helping with your LGF cash flow? If so I'll leave them alone. If however they are helping somebody else's cash flow I'll see about blocking them. But not if thats going to impact you.

9 Reginald Perrin  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:56:33pm

Charles, it didn't work automatically for me.

10 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:56:35pm

re: #7 reine.de.tout

You know . . . I was surprised to read that the temps in that cavern where they are, are 90 degrees.

I would have thought that underground, the temps would be a fairly consistent and comfortable 68 or 70.

They're waiting for sundown because they've been in the dark for so long. They also have special dark goggles for them so they don't get blinded by the lights when they come out. After a brief reunion with family, they're going to go to a hospital for two days where they'll be examined, treated, etc. before being released to go home (heard that on NPR)...

11 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:59:02pm

re: #8 Rightwingconspirator

Charles I have a slightly awkward question-are the zedo ads helping with your LGF cash flow? If so I'll leave them alone. If however they are helping somebody else's cash flow I'll see about blocking them. But not if thats going to impact you.

I think the Zedos are getting kicked up by another ad script running on LGF...to get rid of them, you need to delete the Zedo cookies from your computer...normal ad-block doesn't work on them, and they're a pain in the ass. I created a page with instructions a few weeks ago.

12 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 3:59:51pm

re: #10 darthstar

They're waiting for sundown because they've been in the dark for so long. They also have special dark goggles for them so they don't get blinded by the lights when they come out. After a brief reunion with family, they're going to go to a hospital for two days where they'll be examined, treated, etc. before being released to go home (heard that on NPR)...

If I were down there, or had a loved one down there, I'm not at all convinced I could be patient with this process; though it does sound like they've thought it out as much as possible.

13 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:00:56pm

re: #10 darthstar

They're waiting for sundown because they've been in the dark for so long. They also have special dark goggles for them so they don't get blinded by the lights when they come out. After a brief reunion with family, they're going to go to a hospital for two days where they'll be examined, treated, etc. before being released to go home (heard that on NPR)...

Looks like 2 hours set-up time. Then they're going to run tests. My guess is anywhere around 3 hours before they begin the rescue.

14 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:01:23pm

Some more OT stuff, here are my results from a recent political quiz...

My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 6.25, Libertarian: 4.82

Political Spectrum Quiz

Or that looks something like this...

Image: 8x30.gif

Of course I think there has to be a better way to compare things than "Libertarian V Authoritarian" since one can be in favor of big government as a liberal while at the same time not wanting the government in our bedrooms or starting premptive wars....

15 Charles Johnson  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:01:57pm

If you allow cookies from zedo.com, they will only pop up twice in a 24-hour period.

16 Obdicut  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:02:22pm

Subscribed. Very clean.

17 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:02:46pm

re: #13 Gus 802

Looks like 2 hours set-up time. Then they're going to run tests. My guess is anywhere around 3 hours before they begin the rescue.

Yep...and with a 15-20 minute travel time between bottom and top you can figure about a rescue an hour...will be streaming this when I get home from work tonight as I watch the Tampa Bay Rays dispatch the Texas Rangers.

18 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:03:11pm

re: #13 Gus 802

Looks like 2 hours set-up time. Then they're going to run tests. My guess is anywhere around 3 hours before they begin the rescue.

From Breaking News on Twitter:

UPDATE: Mining minister says first rescue attempt now expected about 10 p.m. ET after more tests on communications equipment in capsule.
19 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:03:34pm

re: #17 darthstar

Yep...and with a 15-20 minute travel time between bottom and top you can figure about a rescue an hour...will be streaming this when I get home from work tonight as I watch the Tampa Bay Rays dispatch the Texas Rangers.

That's what the NY Times said as well. One hour for each rescue.

20 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:03:43pm

re: #15 Charles

If you allow cookies from zedo.com, they will only pop up twice in a 24-hour period.

I was getting Zedo popups every time I refreshed the page for a few weeks.

21 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:04:43pm

re: #18 wrenchwench

From Breaking News on Twitter:

Finally! Twitter was slower than the live broadcast!
//

22 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:05:21pm

But wait!

UPDATE: Mining minister says first rescue attempt expected about 9 p.m. ET after more tests on communications equipment in capsule.
23 Charles Johnson  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:05:22pm

re: #9 Reginald Perrin

Charles, it didn't work automatically for me.

I think I know why -- in the meantime, I set your flag manually. Thanks for subscribing!

24 Reginald Perrin  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:07:29pm

re: #23 Charles

I think I know why -- in the meantime, I set your flag manually. Thanks for subscribing!

I am almost up to my 1000th comment, so it was time to hit the tip jar again.

25 Charles Johnson  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:07:35pm

Obdicut's auto subscription worked -- which link did you click, the one in the post above, or the one in the left sidebar?

26 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:08:49pm

re: #11 darthstar

I did all that but they recur. I found a way to block zedo.com though... Whicjh should work. Not sure I'm only half a geek.

27 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:10:11pm

re: #7 reine.de.tout

I trust you saw the news about the deep drill moratorium? I hope its not too late!

28 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:10:27pm

subscribing.... NOW

29 Charles Johnson  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:10:53pm

re: #24 Reginald Perrin

I am almost up to my 1000th comment, so it was time to hit the tip jar again.

I think I know what happened. You logged in, but didn't refresh the page, so some variables that needed to be passed to PayPal weren't set in the page yet.

30 Taqyia2Me  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:11:39pm

Thanks Reginald Perrin and Obdicut for subscribing!

31 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:11:42pm

re: #27 Rightwingconspirator

I trust you saw the news about the deep drill moratorium? I hope its not too late!

My major concern is still BP being able to come up with the Gazornack and a half dollars they owe the US for all the damage they've done to our eniroment without every member of the board of directors haveing to sell their organs for cash...

32 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:12:21pm

re: #10 darthstar

They're waiting for sundown because they've been in the dark for so long. They also have special dark goggles for them so they don't get blinded by the lights when they come out. After a brief reunion with family, they're going to go to a hospital for two days where they'll be examined, treated, etc. before being released to go home (heard that on NPR)...

With 33 miners and one hour each that means 33 hours. Would have to split that up into 3 nights.

33 Taqyia2Me  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:12:30pm

re: #30 Taqyia2Me

And thanks Imp_62 also!

34 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:12:37pm

re: #27 Rightwingconspirator

I trust you saw the news about the deep drill moratorium? I hope its not too late!

I did!
And it's good news; not as good as it COULD be, but decent enough. Here's the parts that are worrying to us; we're not sure what all this will mean in practice:

The removal of the ban also does not mean that U.S. companies will operate at the pace and levels they did before the accident 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana. A de facto moratorium has also been in place on shallow-water drilling, with only four permits for such work approved by the federal government since the explosion, as contrasted with an average of 14 such permits having been approved per month for the 11 months that led up to the explosion.

Right now there's no moratorium on shallow-drilling - but there also have been virtually no permits issued. Will it be the same thing once this moratorium is lifted, or will they actually begin to issue permits? No telling yet . . .

35 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:14:41pm

That capsule would not be a nice place to be if you were claustrophobic.

36 [deleted]  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:14:46pm
37 [deleted]  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:15:21pm
38 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:15:51pm

Folks, I have to trust you not to click - don't think about green elephants...

39 Obdicut  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:15:52pm

re: #25 Charles

The one in the post above.

40 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:15:59pm

re: #15 Charles

I am now allowing them and I found this opt out page by Zedo
[Link: www.zedo.com...]

Responsible of them to do that.

41 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:16:02pm

re: #37 imp_62

Charles!!
PLease remove this post! it linked to my accoutn details!!!

Only for you. We get a stripped version.

42 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:16:21pm

A suggestion to Charles..how about demarcating those of us who have subscribed with an icon or something..if only to encourage those who haven't to do so? Peer pressure is a wonderful thing.

43 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:17:04pm

re: #37 imp_62

Charles!!
PLease remove this post! it linked to my accoutn details!!!

Looks OK here. Just links to Pay Pal.

44 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:17:13pm

re: #35 PT Barnum

That capsule would not be a nice place to be if you were claustrophobic.

I was just thinking that.
I'd have to re: #38 imp_62

Folks, I have to trust you not to click - don't think about green elephants...

If we don't have your log-in, I doubt we could see anything. I won't click, though . . .

45 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:17:24pm
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile—The man tentatively chosen to be first out of the mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months is a shy father of two who was caught along with his brother when the mine collapsed.

Shortly before the rescue was due to start on Tuesday, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera teased journalists at a news conference that he was pretty sure the first one out would have the last name of Avalos.

There are actually three men with that name trapped below.

But Maria Silva said the president himself had told her it would be her son Francisco Avalos.

Avalos, 31, is married and has two children.

[...]

46 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:17:46pm

re: #42 PT Barnum

A suggestion to Charles..how about demarcating those of us who have subscribed with an icon or something..if only to encourage those who haven't to do so? Peer pressure is a wonderful thing.

You'll have to try harder than that to get my money!

47 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:17:56pm

re: #41 wrenchwench

Only for you. We get a stripped version.

Thanks. N00B mistake :p

48 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:18:19pm

re: #35 PT Barnum

Still beats the mine. Claustrophobic miners?
Likely as a gay GOP candidate. :)

49 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:18:23pm

re: #46 jamesfirecat

You'll have to try harder than that to get my money!

I would like a VERY large erect penis. Please.

50 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:18:28pm

I read that the capsule is only about 2 feet across. Must be some pretty skinny and tiny miners down there.

51 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:18:55pm

re: #38 imp_62

i clicked the report button for you (hopefully that'll flag it)

52 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:19:09pm

re: #50 PT Barnum

I read that the capsule is only about 2 feet across. Must be some pretty skinny and tiny miners down there.

They've been making them work out.

53 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:19:27pm

re: #48 Rightwingconspirator

Still beats the mine. Claustrophobic miners?
Likely as a gay GOP candidate. :)

Maybe, like many GOP candidates, they're in the closet or other confined spaces....

54 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:19:43pm

re: #42 PT Barnum

I was trying to get "Proud Subscriber" legible in my avatar. No luck.

55 ProGunLiberal  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:19:49pm

re: #14 jamesfirecat

Ended up being
Left Moderate Social Libertarian too:
Left:7.02
Libertarian:1.61

My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 7.02, Libertarian: 1.61

Political Spectrum Quiz

56 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:20:12pm

re: #52 wrenchwench

They've been making them work out.

I would guess they'd have to shrink wrap them too...how long is the trip to the surface?

57 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:20:28pm

re: #50 PT Barnum

I read that the capsule is only about 2 feet across. Must be some pretty skinny and tiny miners down there.

I think I read they had them on a special diet to ensure they lost weight, if needed, to be able to fit into that thing.

58 ProGunLiberal  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:20:39pm

re: #55 ProLifeLiberal

How do I link to a picture? I honestly don't know.

59 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:21:15pm

Anybody too claustrophobic to go into the capsule would not have been working in a mine.

Take the word of a claustrophobic woman.

60 Kragar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:22:38pm

re: #15 Charles

If you allow cookies from zedo.com, they will only pop up twice in a 24-hour period.

I was getting them on every new page I opened.

61 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:22:39pm

re: #58 ProLifeLiberal

How do I link to a picture? I honestly don't know.

Just drop the URL for the picture into the post and it's linked.

62 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:22:43pm

re: #55 ProLifeLiberal

Last time I took that thing I bullseyed the center. Someone used to use the image as their avatar. No way I know of to link a picture from your computer but if you put it up in a blog or web page you can link to it.

63 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:23:08pm

re: #58 ProLifeLiberal

How do I link to a picture? I honestly don't know.

Here's how I do it:

If the picture is on a web page, I link to that web page.

If it's one of my own photos, I put it up at shutterfly.com, and like to the "share" page for my account there.

In the Pages, you can actually upload a photo - can't do that here in the main blog.

64 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:23:15pm

re: #60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I was getting them on every new page I opened.

I was having the same problem...had to search out all of the zedo cookies (there were many) to get them to stop.

65 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:23:49pm

re: #55 ProLifeLiberal

I remember a wonderful time,
a time when there were conservative democrats,
a time when there were liberal republicans
and talk of conspiracies was reserved for the cranks.

66 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:24:29pm

re: #64 darthstar

I was having the same problem...had to search out all of the zedo cookies (there were many) to get them to stop.

I also updated my hosts file to point all zedo urls to localhost.

67 Kragar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:24:34pm

I am supposedly a center-left social moderate, which is obviously wrong given my known fascist and militant tendencies.
/

68 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:25:51pm

Off to commute and meet Left wingconspirator for swordfish dinner. See ya all later "on the ball".

69 Kragar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:26:01pm

re: #65 Boondock St. Bender

I remember a wonderful time,
a time when there were conservative democrats,
a time when there were liberal republicans
and talk of conspiracies was reserved for the cranks.

Some secret society has been killing off conservative Dems and Liberal Repubs for some time now. I have documents which I can't share here.

70 Charles Johnson  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:27:06pm

re: #28 imp_62

subscribing... NOW

I think you did the same thing Reginald Perrin did -- logged in but didn't refresh the page before clicking the subscribe link.

I've now added some code to fix this little unforeseen problem.

In the meantime, I manually enabled your ad-free subscription -- log out and log back in and the ads will disappear.

71 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:27:19pm

re: #69 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

i beleive di vinci put a code in a painting about that.

72 Sheila Broflovski  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:27:44pm

Please buy stuff at the Zionist Mall so I can afford a subscription to LGF!

73 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:27:45pm

re: #65 Boondock St. Bender

I remember a wonderful time,
a time when there were conservative democrats,
a time when there were liberal republicans
and talk of conspiracies was reserved for the cranks.

Dude there are still conservative democrats.

What else do you call the Blue Dogs?

74 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:28:31pm

You are a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 3.99, Libertarian: 2.66

I knew it. That knock on the door is my father-in-law coming to kill me.

75 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:28:40pm

re: #73 jamesfirecat

Dude there are still conservative democrats.

What else do you call the Blue Dogs?

Sane?

76 Kragar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:29:08pm

re: #71 Boondock St. Bender

i beleive di vinci put a code in a painting about that.

Wouldn't it just have been easier for the guy to say "I got killed by an albino monk. P.S. Jesus had kids."?

77 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:29:28pm

re: #73 jamesfirecat

are there any left...er..right ...um,,nevermind.

78 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:29:28pm

re: #74 imp_62

You are a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 3.99, Libertarian: 2.66

I knew it. That knock on the door is my father-in-law coming to kill me.

You are a left social libertarian.
Left: 5.14, Libertarian: 5.21

79 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:29:31pm

re: #70 Charles

I think you did the same thing Reginald Perrin did -- logged in but didn't refresh the page before clicking the subscribe link.

I've now added some code to fix this little unforeseen problem.

In the meantime, I manually enabled your ad-free subscription -- log out and log back in and the ads will disappear.

I can tell you that I subscribed because this site provides an invaluable service. I never see ads.

80 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:30:14pm

re: #78 Gus 802

You are a left social libertarian.
Left: 5.14, Libertarian: 5.21

Give me your address so he can go kill you first lol

81 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:31:09pm

re: #76 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

where's the fun in that?
if nostradomus had written in plain language the history channel would lose
20 hours of progaming a week.

82 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:31:24pm

re: #80 imp_62

Give me your address so he can go kill you first lol

You should see my cultural liberal score! -7.72

Foreign Policy is just -1.85.

83 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:32:51pm

re: #82 Gus 802

You should see my cultural liberal score! -7.72

Foreign Policy is just -1.85.

I am a +0.3 foreign policy
-7.13 cultural liberal

84 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:33:53pm

re: #83 imp_62

I am a +0.3 foreign policy
-7.13 cultural liberal

Ah. So that's almost like mine on the cultural scale.

85 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:36:09pm

re: #84 Gus 802

Ah. So that's almost like mine on the cultural scale.

Yes. We could go to museums, book fairs and poetry readings together, but should avoid discussing foreign affairs :p

86 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:36:58pm

re: #85 imp_62

Yes. We could go to museums, book fairs and poetry readings together, but should avoid discussing foreign affairs :p

Nuke the whales! -1.85 isn't that far off center.

87 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:37:59pm

re: #86 Gus 802

Nuke the whales! -1.85 isn't that far off center.

Remember that politically incorrect bumper sticker from the '80s: Nuke gay baby unborn whales

88 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:38:42pm

re: #87 imp_62

Remember that politically incorrect bumper sticker from the '80s: Nuke gay baby unborn whales

I just remember nuke the whales.

89 ArchangelMichael  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:38:59pm

re: #82 Gus 802

You should see my cultural liberal score! -7.72

Foreign Policy is just -1.85.

Several questions on that quiz fall, for me anyway, into realm of "I don't care" or "yes sometimes but no others" and depending on if I pick agree or disagree for something requiring more nuance IMO causes me to swing wildly around the L/R axis. I think my blue nic has the last time I tried really hard not to come out too far left or right.

90 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:40:27pm

re: #89 ArchangelMichael

Several questions on that quiz fall, for me anyway, into realm of "I don't care" or "yes sometimes but no others" and depending on if I pick agree or disagree for something requiring more nuance IMO causes me to swing wildly around the L/R axis. I think my blue nic has the last time I tried really hard not to come out too far left or right.

Yeah. It was a bit redundant with the check boxes.

91 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:43:12pm

Hey Charles: What happens if you subscribe, but are subsequently banned? Are you able to rebate via PayPal? (Not that I am planning on getting banned, but I also never planned to attend law school - it just sorta happened).

92 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:44:04pm

Has anybody seen Walter today?

93 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:45:46pm

So Germany has been elected to the UN Security Council. If foreign affairs were a sport, Germany would have to be voted "Comeback Team of the Century".

94 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:45:59pm

re: #91 imp_62

Hey Charles: What happens if you subscribe, but are subsequently banned? Are you able to rebate via PayPal? (Not that I am planning on getting banned, but I also never planned to attend law school - it just sorta happened).

Accidental law school? :O

95 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:46:12pm

Left: 0.75, Libertarian: 4.36
fun quiz

96 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:46:32pm

re: #55 ProLifeLiberal

Ended up being
Left Moderate Social Libertarian too:
Left:7.02
Libertarian:1.61

My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 7.02, Libertarian: 1.61

Political Spectrum Quiz

I'm:
Compass:
You are a right social libertarian.
Right: 4.43, Libertarian: 4.68

My score is slightly on the "conservative" side of the "cultural liberal/cultural conservative" measure.

97 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:46:54pm

re: #93 imp_62

So Germany has been elected to the UN Security Council. If foreign affairs were a sport, Germany would have to be voted "Comeback Team of the Century".

Once all the Germans were warlike and mean
But that couldn't happen again...
We taught them a lesson in 1918
And they've hardly bothered us since them!

98 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:47:06pm

re: #94 wrenchwench

Accidental law school? :O

I know how it sounds. I had a much better alternative, but I chose law school for reasons I would probably need hypno-therapy to elicit.

99 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:47:18pm

re: #55 ProLifeLiberal

Ended up being
Left Moderate Social Libertarian too:
Left:7.02
Libertarian:1.61

My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 7.02, Libertarian: 1.61

Political Spectrum Quiz

Just click my nic.

100 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:47:22pm

re: #93 imp_62

yikes! remember the last time that happened?

101 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:48:58pm

re: #96 reine.de.tout

I'm:
Compass:
You are a right social libertarian.
Right: 4.43, Libertarian: 4.68

My score is slightly on the "conservative" side of the "cultural liberal/cultural conservative" measure.

We're all a bunch of libertarians in here!

//

102 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:49:01pm

re: #96 reine.de.tout

I'm:
Compass:
You are a right social libertarian.
Right: 4.43, Libertarian: 4.68

My score is slightly on the "conservative" side of the "cultural liberal/cultural conservative" measure.

Heh.
Here's what's funny.
Black women in my age group and in my state, are more centrist, and closer to where I am, then white women in my age group in my state, who are more liberal and more authoritarian than I am. Odd.

103 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:49:55pm

re: #99 Varek Raith

Just click my nic.

This is mine before I went broke(er).

[Link: www.politicalcompass.org...]

Then after.

[Link: www.politicalcompass.org...]

104 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:52:25pm

re: #100 Boondock St. Bender

yikes! remember the last time that happened?

Nein. And zere vil be no chokes about ze 1930s or zere vil be conseqvences.

My father has a joke. A Lufthansa pilot comes on the PA and announces:
Velkon to flight 43 from Frankfurt to London. As ve are redy for tekoff, you vil all fasten your sitbelts. AND I VANT TO HEAR ONE CLICK!

105 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:53:39pm

re: #2 darthstar

Livestream of the Chilean mine rescue...the transport tube is kind of cool...painted like the Chilean flag.

[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

I hope those guys get set up with book deals or something, such that they never have to work another day in their lives.

106 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:56:11pm

re: #101 Gus 802

We're all a bunch of libertarians in here!

//

RON PAUL

107 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:56:50pm

Judge to military: Stop discharging gays under 'don't ask, don't tell'

MSNBC Video

Is that a rainbow-coloured discharge I see there? You should see somebody about that.

108 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:57:26pm

re: #105 negativ

LIBERAL!
/(rush off)
but on a serious note,i hope they can get on with living their lives to the fullest.

109 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:58:29pm

re: #101 Gus 802

We're all a bunch of libertarians in here!

//

It 'splains, thought, why many of the now-banned left here without a word to me, other than "you can't be trusted, you're not conservative enough". LOL. I was branded a RINO before the term was even in common usage.

110 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:58:39pm

re: #106 Varek Raith

RON PAUL

Here ya' go. I re-took the test and faked my answers.

Image: 38x9.gif

111 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:59:06pm

Ok, I am out of here for a while to hang with my son. Nice story - his lightweight 8 won gold at a regatta here on Sunday. Today at practice, the coach had the rest of the boats working out on the ergs (rowing machines) and had the light 8 out on the river - he surprised them with pizza midstream as a reward for their effort.

112 shutdown  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:59:31pm

re: #110 Gus 802

Here ya' go. I re-took the test and faked my answers.

Image: 38x9.gif

That is TOO funny.

113 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 4:59:43pm

re: #109 reine.de.tout

It 'splains, thought, why many of the now-banned left here without a word to me, other than "you can't be trusted, you're not conservative enough". LOL. I was branded a RINO before the term was even in common usage.

Royalty In Name Only

114 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:00:00pm

re: #112 imp_62

That is TOO funny.

I was trying for the upper right. Guess I need to add more government intervention.

//

115 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:00:14pm

re: #113 Decatur Deb

Royalty In Name Only

We are not amused.

116 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:00:42pm

re: #109 reine.de.tout

It 'splains, thought, why many of the now-banned left here without a word to me, other than "you can't be trusted, you're not conservative enough". LOL. I was branded a RINO before the term was even in common usage.

RINO! But hey, according to this a lot of Republicans also score on the libertarian end.

[Link: www.gotoquiz.com...]

117 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:01:12pm

re: #109 reine.de.tout

exellent point, the "legion of the banned",seemed to think they had the corner on "truth".When they found that they were confronted by reasoned argument many took their ball and went home.

118 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:02:06pm

CNN: First miner to surface shortly.

Godspeed.

119 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:03:13pm

You are a center-left social libertarian.
Left: 2, Libertarian: 4.13

Sounds about right.

120 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:03:13pm

re: #107 imp_62

Judge to military: Stop discharging gays under 'don't ask, don't tell'

[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

Is that a rainbow-coloured discharge I see there? You should see somebody about that.

About time somebody stepped up and did something...

121 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:03:57pm

re: #118 researchok

CNN: First miner to surface shortly.

Godspeed.

That's going to be a long shortly. They're just now starting to put down some communications cabling. The cage is still on the surface. Should be another 2 hours.

122 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:04:59pm

re: #116 Gus 802

RINO! But hey, according to this a lot of Republicans also score on the libertarian end.

[Link: www.gotoquiz.com...]

They aren't using the word the way the LP does. "Anti-authoritarian" might have been a better dimension. Most Americans want to be some kind of rebel.

123 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:06:02pm

You're probably right- I was just going by what CNN has on screen.

I can tell you, I'm hard balling a few prayers right about now.

124 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:06:10pm

re: #122 Decatur Deb

They aren't using the word the way the LP does. "Anti-authoritarian" might have been a better dimension. Most Americans want to be some kind of rebel.

"An ear-ring, how rebellious, in a conformist sort of way."

125 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:06:59pm

re: #120 jamesfirecat

you know some jack-hole is going to start whining that people are going to leave the military in droves!

126 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:08:11pm

re: #124 jamesfirecat

kinda like tattoos nowadays

127 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:08:33pm

re: #125 Boondock St. Bender

you know some jack-hole is going to start whining that people are going to leave the military in droves!

Let them whine, I bet people did the same damn thing when it was announced our boys in the field would be serving shoulder to shoulder with African Americans...

128 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:08:45pm

re: #121 Gus 802

That's going to be a long shortly. They're just now starting to put down some communications cabling. The cage is still on the surface. Should be another 2 hours.

Do they have more than one cage? I thought there were 2.

129 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:08:56pm

re: #124 jamesfirecat

"An ear-ring, how rebellious, in a conformist sort of way."

Black Denim Trousers:

Youtube Video
130 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:09:09pm

re: #128 reine.de.tout

Do they have more than one cage? I thought there were 2.

I'm just seeing one.

131 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:09:14pm

re: #124 jamesfirecat

"An ear-ring, how rebellious, in a conformist sort of way."

My best friend's mom famously said (in 1969 or so) "Can't you be different and conform?"

132 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:09:34pm

re: #128 reine.de.tout

Do they have more than one cage? I thought there were 2.

The other one might be a back up?

133 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:09:43pm

Man I'm glad all those miners paid $75 for their mine rescue insurance.

134 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:10:08pm

re: #133 negativ

Man I'm glad all those miners paid $75 for their mine rescue insurance.

Thwack! ;)

135 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:10:25pm

re: #121 Gus 802

That's going to be a long shortly. They're just now starting to put down some communications cabling. The cage is still on the surface. Should be another 2 hours.

I just want these guys to go home to their wives, kids, families.

I imagine those family members- especially the kids- must have endured a 2 plus month daily dose of maximum terror and fear.

136 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:10:35pm

re: #130 Gus 802

I'm just seeing one.

I hope nobody gets off at the wrong stop.

137 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:10:52pm

re: #132 Gus 802

The other one might be a back up?

I dunno.
I thought I read there were 2 cages; I could be completely wrong on that.
I was hoping maybe they were about to pull someone out; but I think, as you said, it's some sort of cables they're lowering in there. I think it'll be awhile before they get the first one out.

138 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:11:05pm

re: #136 wrenchwench

I hope nobody gets off at the wrong stop.

*groan*

139 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:12:36pm

re: #135 researchok

I just want these guys to go home to their wives, kids, families.

I imagine those family members- especially the kids- must have endured a 2 plus month daily dose of maximum terror and fear.

There is one unhappy miner, the one whose wife met his mistress early in the vigil. He'll be among the last up.

140 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:13:11pm

And now, video of Somebody Obviously Very Important.

141 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:13:48pm

re: #139 Decatur Deb

There is one unhappy miner, the one whose wife met his mistress early in the vigil. He'll be among the last up.

I'd give my right arm to hear how that one turns out.
But once they're out, that'll be the end of the story.

142 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:13:59pm

re: #137 reine.de.tout

I dunno.
I thought I read there were 2 cages; I could be completely wrong on that.
I was hoping maybe they were about to pull someone out; but I think, as you said, it's some sort of cables they're lowering in there. I think it'll be awhile before they get the first one out.

Yeah. They had a quick review or press presentation earlier and the guy said they have to fist send down communications and video cabling. Then, they have to test those lines and then they test the cage. He said 2 hours for just the cabling.

143 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:15:02pm

re: #139 Decatur Deb

OUCH! i'm sure he'll be the last one out...probably volanteer for the next shift...

144 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:15:03pm

re: #141 reine.de.tout

I'd give my right arm to hear how that one turns out.
But once they're out, that'll be the end of the story.

Oh, no. There will be books and movies. Ripped from the headlines. Based on actual events. Novelized and serialized.

145 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:15:28pm

re: #139 Decatur Deb

There is one unhappy miner, the one whose wife met his mistress early in the vigil. He'll be among the last up.

You are assuming he'll want to come up.

146 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:16:36pm

re: #144 wrenchwench

Oh, no. There will be books and movies. Ripped from the headlines. Based on actual events. Novelized and serialized.

With Geraldo at the scene, weeping with joy. And babbling.

147 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:16:45pm

But, maybe it will go by more quickly.

Now we have a car alarm.

148 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:17:42pm

re: #141 reine.de.tout

I'd give my right arm to hear how that one turns out.
But once they're out, that'll be the end of the story.

Once, my office-mate died on travel. I was tasked to secure his desk and belongings. One of the admin clerks really, really, really wanted his Instamatic. But she seemed happy with just the film.

149 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:17:52pm

Why do people still have car alarms? They go off for stupid reasons and "burglary / theft in progress" is absolutely the last thing anyone suspects when they hear one.

/sorry, some bozo's car alarm just went off on the miner rescue video

150 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:18:15pm

The Coal Miners song.

It captures the reality

Working Man

151 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:18:52pm

While we're waiting. . .
A quick age quiz . . .

Who here besides me remembers standing on the hump in the back-seat floor of your parents' car?

Who here besides me remembers fighting the siblings over who would get to lie on the shelf behind the backseat to get a better view out of the back window?

Anybody?
Or am I the only old person here?

152 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:19:51pm

re: #139 Decatur Deb

There is one unhappy miner, the one whose wife met his mistress early in the vigil. He'll be among the last up.

Oh, man.
I'd be like, you know what?
I'll stay down here.
Just keep the supplies coming.
/

153 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:19:56pm

re: #151 reine.de.tout

While we're waiting. . .
A quick age quiz . . .

Who here besides me remembers standing on the hump in the back-seat floor of your parents' car?

Who here besides me remembers fighting the siblings over who would get to lie on the shelf behind the backseat to get a better view out of the back window?

Anybody?
Or am I the only old person here?

You had a car?

154 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:20:00pm
Youtube Video
155 jamesfirecat  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:20:41pm

re: #146 reine.de.tout

With Geraldo at the scene, weeping with joy. And babbling.

Geraldo Rivera, down a deep dark hole?

Unable to get out without the aid of other sand complex machines?

Sounds like everybody wins!

156 prairiefire  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:21:06pm

re: #151 reine.de.tout

I remember. I remember the little knob to open the small triangle shaped window, behind the larger window. I remember gnawing on the vinyl seam on the back of the front seat cushion cover on long trips.

157 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:21:25pm

re: #151 reine.de.tout

yeah i remember that stuff
also remember dad doing the ricochet hand while driving till he contacted something(whenever we kids got out of hand)

158 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:21:28pm

re: #151 reine.de.tout

While we're waiting. . .
A quick age quiz . . .

Who here besides me remembers standing on the hump in the back-seat floor of your parents' car?

Who here besides me remembers fighting the siblings over who would get to lie on the shelf behind the backseat to get a better view out of the back window?

Anybody?
Or am I the only old person here?

I do remember the back seat hump.

As for lying on the back seat shelf, that was grounds for a loud "Do you want to make me stop the car and come back there? Do you? DO YOU??"

159 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:21:29pm

re: #153 Decatur Deb

You had a car?

15 miles uphill during a blizzard.
Yep.

160 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:21:47pm

I got some of my Chilean miner info here.

161 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:22:21pm

re: #156 prairiefire

I remember. I remember the little knob to open the small triangle shaped window, behind the larger window. I remember gnawing on the vinyl seam on the back of the front seat cushion cover on long trips.

hahaha!
YESSSSSSS.

re: #153 Decatur Deb

You had a car?

My parents did. Got their first one when I was 5.
before that - I don't recall how we got around.
But I do recall the day Dad drove that car up to the house.

162 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:22:22pm

re: #151 reine.de.tout

While we're waiting. . .
A quick age quiz . . .

Who here besides me remembers standing on the hump in the back-seat floor of your parents' car?

Who here besides me remembers fighting the siblings over who would get to lie on the shelf behind the backseat to get a better view out of the back window?

Anybody?
Or am I the only old person here?

My parents had some horrible yellow Buick monstrosity that had the hump and the shelf behind the back seat. No siblings, but there were frequent trips between Amarillo and Perryton, and in the stretch of Nowhere that's in between those two spots, you could see ALL the stars.

163 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:23:10pm

re: #153 Decatur Deb

You had a car?

I ain't quite THAT old.
*thwack*

164 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:24:46pm

re: #157 Boondock St. Bender

yeah i remember that stuff
also remember dad doing the ricochet hand while driving till he contacted something(whenever we kids got out of hand)

We were just promised a ride in the trunk, if we didn't stop whatever it was needing to be stopped.

That trunk ride never did materialize, though.

But we DID saute' our pet turtles; brought them along on a trip, and left them on that back shelf of the car in the sun for just a LITTLE bit too long.

165 Mocking Jay  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:25:17pm

re: #149 negativ

Why do people still have car alarms? They go off for stupid reasons and "burglary / theft in progress" is absolutely the last thing anyone suspects when they hear one.

/sorry, some bozo's car alarm just went off on the miner rescue video

Just a deterrent. Why try to break into the alarmed car when the one without one is easier?

166 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:25:21pm

re: #164 reine.de.tout

We were just promised a ride in the trunk, if we didn't stop whatever it was needing to be stopped.

That trunk ride never did materialize, though.

But we DID saute' our pet turtles; brought them along on a trip, and left them on that back shelf of the car in the sun for just a LITTLE bit too long.

:(

167 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:25:40pm

re: #164 reine.de.tout

We were just promised a ride in the trunk, if we didn't stop whatever it was needing to be stopped.

That trunk ride never did materialize, though.

But we DID saute' our pet turtles; brought them along on a trip, and left them on that back shelf of the car in the sun for just a LITTLE bit too long.

Was there a funeral for the turtles?

168 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:26:04pm

re: #163 reine.de.tout

I ain't quite THAT old.
*thwack*

Besides being quite poor, we were totally city people. I might have had the first car in our family, and didn't learn to drive until my country-girl wife taught me at 23.

169 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:26:06pm

re: #166 Varek Raith

:(

Yes. :(
Almost as sad as the day not too long ago when I cut a critter in half with the scissors, while trimming around the stepping stones.

The trauma will be with me always.

170 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:26:31pm

re: #167 Gus 802

Was there a funeral for the turtles?

Of course.
At the next rest stop.
Wherever that was.

171 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:27:44pm

re: #168 Decatur Deb

Besides being quite poor, we were totally city people. I might have had the first car in our family, and didn't learn to drive until my country-girl wife taught me at 23.

Really? YOu didn't drive 'til you were 23?

Sheesh.
I bet your wife had been driving something or the other since she was 12 - or younger.

172 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:27:54pm

re: #170 reine.de.tout

Of course.
At the next rest stop.
Wherever that was.

We once buried a little fish in a matchbox once. In Brooklyn. Was kind of sad being a kid. But two weeks later my brother and I just had to dig it back up to see the bones.

173 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:29:02pm

re: #172 Gus 802

We once buried a little fish in a matchbox once. In Brooklyn. Was kind of sad being a kid. But two weeks later my brother and I just had to dig it back up to see the bones.

*snort*
figures.
Boys do all sorts of weird stuff like that. I had 3 younger brothers; they would do stuff like that, and then come show me. As if I cared.

174 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:29:16pm

re: #164 reine.de.tout

We were just promised a ride in the trunk, if we didn't stop whatever it was needing to be stopped.

That trunk ride never did materialize, though.

But we DID saute' our pet turtles; brought them along on a trip, and left them on that back shelf of the car in the sun for just a LITTLE bit too long.

I got some pet Miyagi oysters on Sunday - about two dozen of them (we had our 4th annual "oysterfest" over the weekend and the guy organizing bought over 300 oysters, but we had a smaller gathering of people, so there were lots of extras). Last night, I took a baker's dozen and shucked the little guys and piled sauteed spinach, bread-crumbs, parmesan, garlic, adn parsley on them, then let them have a 12 minute sauna at 450 degrees...Oysters Rockefeller and a Giants game! Heaven!

175 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:29:41pm

I just wrote my first Thermodynamics lecture as promised.

Basics of Thermodynamics part 1: Heat is not Temperature!

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

I can't stay around for now, but will be back in a bit. Part two, will depend on how much people here are interested in learning this material. It takes some time to type something like that up.

176 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:30:10pm

re: #174 darthstar

I got some pet Miyagi oysters on Sunday - about two dozen of them (we had our 4th annual "oysterfest" over the weekend and the guy organizing bought over 300 oysters, but we had a smaller gathering of people, so there were lots of extras). Last night, I took a baker's dozen and shucked the little guys and piled sauteed spinach, bread-crumbs, parmesan, garlic, adn parsley on them, then let them have a 12 minute sauna at 450 degrees...Oysters Rockefeller and a Giants game! Heaven!

OMG, that sounds great!
Lots of garlic, I hope. Lots and lots. Yum.

177 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:31:04pm

BBIAM.

Y'all think of another age test while I'm gone.
Not that that's an order or anything - just a suggestion.

178 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:31:35pm

re: #171 reine.de.tout

Really? YOu didn't drive 'til you were 23?

Sheesh.
I bet your wife had been driving something or the other since she was 12 - or younger.

My first "job" was working the chute for team-ropers at a local arena two miles from where I lived (down a private road)...when I was 11, I was allowed to drive our '62 Willies jeep to/from work on Tues/Thurs nights.

179 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:31:41pm

re: #173 reine.de.tout

*snort*
figures.
Boys do all sorts of weird stuff like that. I had 3 younger brothers; they would do stuff like that, and then come show me. As if I cared.

Yeah. Wasn't like that when our first cat, Boots, died. Think I was bummed out for a month.

180 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:32:00pm

I'll hold off with "The Springhill Mine Disaster" until they're all up...

181 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:32:13pm

re: #176 reine.de.tout

OMG, that sounds great!
Lots of garlic, I hope. Lots and lots. Yum.

I use lots of garlic in most of my dishes.

182 wrenchwench  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:32:31pm

Time to get in my box.

Youtube Video

Later, lizards.

183 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:33:51pm

My favorite car trip memories involved my brother.

We'd make a rest stop and dad would refuel, while we went inside for a bit of 'relief'.

Dad would make his way inside, buy us some candy and drinks and round us up. He would pointedly ask my brother, 'Did you go?' the reply was often. 'I didn't have to'. My father, a wise man who was undermined by his second son with every sunrise would have none of that. He would march my brother into the men's room, pull down his short pants and hold him up to the urinal.

More often than not, nothing.

One occasion, just as my father was accelerating onto the highway, my brother tapped him on the should and uttered the code word, 'Emergency!' which meant he had to pee. He would not say so directly because my mom and sister were in the car and in his estimation, never, ever pee'd.

I thought my dad was going to kill him right then and there.

Once more, dad disappointed me.

184 Charles Johnson  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:34:04pm

This PayPal Instant Payment Notification thingie is pretty danged useful for managing subscriptions.

185 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:34:40pm

There it goes. Going down. I think this is just a test.

186 lostlakehiker  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:36:53pm

re: #7 reine.de.tout

You know . . . I was surprised to read that the temps in that cavern where they are, are 90 degrees.

I would have thought that underground, the temps would be a fairly consistent and comfortable 68 or 70.

Huh? You do know that it's hot at the center of the earth? Volcanoes come from deep rock. The core is very hot.

Once you get past the first hundred yards, this effect kicks in. Those guys are thousands of feet deep.

187 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:38:01pm

re: #177 reine.de.tout

BBIAM.

Y'all think of another age test while I'm gone.
Not that that's an order or anything - just a suggestion.

A while back, I met a college graduate who didn't understand an off-hand Jim Morrison reference I made. He had honestly never heard of The Doors.

For a relatively long time (couple of months, I guess) I seriously thought "Lady Gaga" was a meme that must have come from a SNL sketch or something similar. I thought, "ridiculously generic pop music, ridiculous name, and completely unwarranted, over-the-top fawning by everyone... ha ha! I see. It's a clever-ish critique on the horribleness of what passes for culture in modern America."

Then, just like at the end of The Sixth Sense when Bruce Willis figures out he's been dead the whole time, I realized that the joke was on me.

And I'm not even that old yet!

188 Kragar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:38:34pm

re: #181 darthstar

I use lots of garlic in most of my dishes.

A girl at my office says she is allergic to garlic.

My response was " HOW DO YOU LIVE?"

189 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:39:03pm

re: #188 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

A girl at my office says she is allergic to garlic.

My response was " HOW DO YOU LIVE?"

Drinking blood, silly.

190 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:39:42pm

re: #187 negativ

you mean she's not?

191 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:42:49pm

re: #186 lostlakehiker

Huh? You do know that it's hot at the center of the earth? Volcanoes come from deep rock. The core is very hot.

Once you get past the first hundred yards, this effect kicks in. Those guys are thousands of feet deep.

I guess I was recalling my cave visits; but of course, the caves I was in were not this deep. I didn't realize the heat would kick in that close to the surface (relatively speaking, they are much closer to the surface than the are to the core).

192 lostlakehiker  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:44:06pm

re: #191 reine.de.tout

I guess I was recalling my cave visits; but of course, the caves I was in were not this deep. I didn't realize the heat would kick in that close to the surface (relatively speaking, they are much closer to the surface than the are to the core).

And go figure, the temperature is much closer to 70 than to 3000. :-)

193 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:44:14pm

Go team! :)

194 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:46:59pm

re: #127 jamesfirecat

Let them whine, I bet people did the same damn thing when it was announced our boys in the field would be serving shoulder to shoulder with African Americans...

When reading your post, I started playing the scene from M*A*S*H (the movie) in my head where Hot Lips threatens to resign her commission:

Hot Lips: This isn't a hospital, it's an insane asylum! And it's your fault!
Hot Lips: [Raving about the Swampmen's latest stunt] If you don't turn them over to the MPs, I'm going to resign my commission!
Col. Blake: [In bed with a nurse] Well goddamnit, Hot Lips, resign your goddamn commission!
Hot Lips: [Turns to leave] My commission... my commission...

;-P

195 Interesting Times  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:48:43pm

re: #191 reine.de.tout

I guess I was recalling my cave visits; but of course, the caves I was in were not this deep. I didn't realize the heat would kick in that close to the surface (relatively speaking, they are much closer to the surface than the are to the core).

Dang. You just reminded me I missed this documentary :(

Giant Crystal Caves Yield New "Ice Palace"

The combination of 90 percent humidity and a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius) inside the cave can kill an unprepared human in just 30 minutes.

Hmmm...I guess that means they should make sure the expedition teams consist of native Louisianans? ;)

196 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:49:56pm

I bought a few hazel nut trees today. Maybe next year I can stop sending money to the Peanut-butter Industrial complex.

197 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:50:15pm

Heh...even John "I'd sell my soul and take Palin as a VP to get a vote" McCain actually cancelled, CANCELLED! an appearance with Joe Miller tomorrow citing "scheduling conflict" (in Sarah-speak, that means he didn't get his $100,000, but as McCain doesn't consider himself to be that big a whore, it just means he feels he's accepted enough crazy by attaching his legacy to Palin and doesn't want to add the albatross Miller to his curriculum vitae).

[Link: newsminer.com...]

198 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:51:03pm

BTW: It's a good time to stop but your local nursery to pick up bargains. Lots of stuff on sale.

199 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:51:15pm

Just to help Charles hype his new feature I have to say that being a monthly subscriber is worth it. The page loads about three times as fast without the ads and more importantly your also supporting this great site!

Is $10.00 a month really that much to ask for an ad free and ultra quick loading site? (That also has private pages and allows you to publish your own pseudo blog simply by being a member?)

Sign up tightwads, it's worth it! :p

200 Digital Display  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:52:06pm

Good Evening Lizards! Hope everyone is well today...

201 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:53:06pm

re: #14 jamesfirecat

Some more OT stuff, here are my results from a recent political quiz...

My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 6.25, Libertarian: 4.82

Political Spectrum Quiz

Or that looks something like this...

Image: 8x30.gif

Of course I think there has to be a better way to compare things than "Libertarian V Authoritarian" since one can be in favor of big government as a liberal while at the same time not wanting the government in our bedrooms or starting premptive wars...

A nice little entertainment, though, I agree with your point at the end.

For the record,

You are a left social libertarian.
Left: 6.28, Libertarian: 5.23

Which is reasonably close although probably should be about 7 on both.

202 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:55:37pm

re: #69 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Some secret society has been killing off conservative Dems and Liberal Repubs for some time now. I have documents which I can't share here.

I always wondered what happened to my Uncle Bob.

203 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:57:35pm

re: #196 Killgore Trout

I bought a few hazel nut trees today. Maybe next year I can stop sending money to the Peanut-butter Industrial complex.

I think that's 'Nutello' in Europe. (And as a citizen of the Peanut Capital of the World, may you rot in hell.)

204 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:58:33pm

HOLY CRAP they just dumped a barrel full of scorpions, bullet ants, and giant centipedes down the rescue shaft!

205 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:59:13pm

re: #127 jamesfirecat

Let them whine, I bet people did the same damn thing when it was announced our boys in the field would be serving shoulder to shoulder with African Americans...

They did.

206 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:59:24pm

re: #204 negativ

HOLY CRAP they just dumped a barrel full of scorpions, bullet ants, and giant centipedes down the rescue shaft!

WHACK!

207 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 5:59:37pm

re: #204 negativ

HOLY CRAP they just dumped a barrel full of scorpions, bullet ants, and giant centipedes down the rescue shaft!

????

What's that about?

208 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:00:12pm

re: #204 negativ

was that the wife or the mistress?

209 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:00:50pm

re: #204 negativ

HOLY CRAP they just dumped a barrel full of scorpions, bullet ants, and giant centipedes down the rescue shaft!

Well, it does get lonely down there.

210 Sheila Broflovski  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:01:50pm

re: #204 negativ

HOLY CRAP they just dumped a barrel full of scorpions, bullet ants, and giant centipedes down the rescue shaft!

Must be lunch time.

211 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:02:20pm

re: #127 jamesfirecat

Let them whine, I bet people did the same damn thing when it was announced our boys in the field would be serving shoulder to shoulder with African Americans...

Many did. The right prefered to use Korea & MacArthur as excuses but that's one of the the real reasons they hated Truman. But the Army didn't fall apart when Ike was forced to use African Americans as emergency replacements and that gave them the example they needed.

212 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:03:35pm

re: #203 Decatur Deb

I think that's 'Nutello' in Europe. (And as a citizen of the Peanut Capital of the World, may you rot in hell.)

Nutella has chocolate in it, as well as hazelnut.

213 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:05:02pm

re: #212 SanFranciscoZionist

Nutella has chocolate in it, as well as hazelnut.

The kids got addicted. One is happy she lives near a Whole Foods.

214 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:05:03pm

re: #212 SanFranciscoZionist

Nutella has chocolate in it, as well as hazelnut.

And it's awesome!

215 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:05:54pm

re: #195 publicityStunted

Dang. You just reminded me I missed this documentary :(

Giant Crystal Caves Yield New "Ice Palace"

Hmmm...I guess that means they should make sure the expedition teams consist of native Louisianans? ;)

Ha!
Yep.
Armed with lots of water.

216 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:06:20pm

re: #214 Varek Raith

And it's awesome!

It really is. I have to be very careful not to overeat it.

217 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:09:05pm

I had no idea that the Chilean flag is extremely similar to the Texas flag.

/the more you know

218 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:09:30pm

Got this up.

Live Video - Chile Mine Rescue

It's an embeddable feed. I'm watching it on CNN.

219 Max  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:09:34pm

Rush Limbaugh: "Voters ready for the overthrow of Imam Obama."

220 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:10:35pm

Evening all. I got the confirmation of my promotion yesterday and signed the paperwork today. I was able to forward the email I received about to my mother (the company let me do it) and she was pleased. Money is still extremely tight, but it will finally get a bit better in November.

221 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:11:09pm

re: #220 Dark_Falcon

woo hoo!

222 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:11:34pm

re: #218 Gus 802

Got this up.

Live Video - Chile Mine Rescue

It's an embeddable feed. I'm watching it on CNN.


I'm glad the weather is clear...I'd hate for them to try and do this and have to worry about water running down and destabilizing the escape chute.

223 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:12:47pm

re: #220 Dark_Falcon

Congratulations. You've been trickeled upon.

224 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:13:11pm

re: #219 Max D. Reinhardt

so sad to those whose time has past,hang on and wallow in mediocrity,and irrelevance.

225 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:13:33pm

re: #219 Max D. Reinhardt

Rush Limbaugh: "Voters ready for the overthrow of Imam Obama."

I just can't understand it. How can people listen to that sort of nonsensical hate?

226 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:13:39pm

re: #220 Dark_Falcon

congratulations!

227 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:14:32pm

Chile time is plus 3 hours.

228 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:14:43pm

re: #220 Dark_Falcon

Evening all. I got the confirmation of my promotion yesterday and signed the paperwork today. I was able to forward the email I received about to my mother (the company let me do it) and she was pleased. Money is still extremely tight, but it will finally get a bit better in November.

Congratulations...mine is still pending...still!

I've already decided that, if it doesn't go through I'll start looking...the amount of managing I'm doing these days is insane...even the one engineer my boss was worried about because he wanted the position (bad fit for him, to be honest, as he doesn't have the interpersonal skills) seems to have accepted that I'm his manager and is treating me with respect (far better than the passive-aggressive behavior he was exhibiting the last few months)...

Anyway, congrats on the promotion! More money is always good.

229 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:15:17pm

re: #225 Dark_Falcon

would love to see the dems trounce the teabag candidates,if only to ruin his day.

230 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:15:41pm

re: #227 Gus 802

Chile time is plus 3 hours.

Relative to what?

Or is that a Zen koan?

231 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:16:05pm

re: #230 negativ

Relative to what?

Or is that a Zen koan?

MDT

232 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:16:26pm

re: #230 negativ

Relative to what?

Or is that a Zen koan?

It's 10:15 PM there.

233 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:16:49pm

re: #229 Boondock St. Bender

would love to see the dems trounce the teabag candidates,if only to ruin his day.

We'll get some of them. Rand P and Rubio look out of reach.

234 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:16:59pm

re: #229 Boondock St. Bender

would love to see the dems trounce the teabag candidates,if only to ruin his day.

I'd love to see him get a batch of placebo oxycontin from his dealer.

235 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:18:39pm

re: #232 Gus 802

It's 10:15 PM there.

Use Zulu Time. (My wife once had to convince a newbie army wife that she wasn't using a dismissive slur.)

236 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:18:45pm

re: #234 darthstar

that explains it "no felling, no sense"

237 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:19:23pm

re: #235 Decatur Deb

Use Zulu Time. (My wife once had to convince a newbie army wife that she wasn't using a dismissive slur.)

[Link: www.google.com...]

238 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:20:53pm

re: #233 Decatur Deb

one can only hope for a steady diet of foot in mouth for the both of them

239 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:21:51pm

re: #231 Gus 802

MDT

Bah! That's some sort of cheap plastic timezone, probably manufactured in China. Real men use GMT.

Imagine if street gangs identified by timezone instead of neighborhood. It'd be like, "Yo, Rollin' 20 GMT -8 Crips for life, beeyotch!"

240 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:21:58pm

re: #203 Decatur Deb

I think that's 'Nutello' in Europe. (And as a citizen of the Peanut Capital of the World, may you rot in hell.)

Nuttella rules!

241 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:22:12pm

Fuckin' Rays...do they want to lose?

242 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:22:58pm

rush....hyperbole masquerading as insight

243 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:23:17pm

re: #239 negativ

Bah! That's some sort of cheap plastic timezone, probably manufactured in China. Real men use GMT.

Imagine if street gangs identified by timezone instead of neighborhood. It'd be like, "Yo, Rollin' 20 GMT -8 Crips for life, beeyotch!"

Cripes a mighty. It's 10:23 PM in Chile. It's 2223 hours.

We're not playing toy soldiers here are we?

244 Kragar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:24:30pm

re: #243 Gus 802

Cripes a mighty. It's 10:23 PM in Chile. It's 2223 hours.

We're not playing toy soldiers here are we?

Anyone who links to a Tiffany video will be drawn and quartered.

246 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:25:14pm

re: #242 Boondock St. Bender

rush...hyperbole masquerading as insight

I'm not their biggest fan evar, but Rush is pretty good.

Youtube Video

I like 2112, and pretty much all of their live albums.

247 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:25:36pm

re: #244 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Anyone who links to a Tiffany video will be drawn and quartered.

I got first dibs on whoever plays Yngwie Malmsteen.

/

248 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:26:15pm

beck...batshittery masquerading as one mans personal decent into madness.

249 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:27:17pm

re: #244 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Anyone who links to a Tiffany video will be drawn and quartered.

Youtube Video

Technicality!

250 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:27:17pm

re: #246 negativ

not that rush.......i mean the fat hypocrite.

251 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:27:44pm

re: #245 Killgore Trout

Fox now hosting Pamela Geller to attack Obama on campaign finance

well I just passed soup through my nose... thanks KT

252 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:28:22pm

re: #248 Boondock St. Bender

beck...batshittery masquerading as one mans personal decent into madness.

I dig Beck, too!

Youtube Video

Though, he does have the batshit Scientology thing going on.

253 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:28:23pm

re: #245 Killgore Trout

Fox now hosting Pamela Geller to attack Obama on campaign finance

OK Now ya got me confused. I understand the attack, but why not someone who knows more about finance? You know, a forensic accountant, a bank teller, an ATM?

254 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:28:26pm

I love this fucking guy and I'll support his charity so long as it exists:

Phil Lesh's Unbroken Chain Foundation

Unbroken Chain will be working with charity: water on the Box of Rain Project to bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

In honor of Phil's 70th birthday, our first goal is 7 wells for 7 decades.

The first water source will be in Haiti, using some of the proceeds from Phil's 70th birthday show last March. The remaining six water sources will be funded by several upcoming auctions.

255 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:28:29pm

re: #233 Decatur Deb

We'll get some of them. Rand P and Rubio look out of reach.

Rubio I've accepted and can live with. He's a sane person, even if I don't always agree with him, he's still better than Meeks IMO. Rand Paul is someone I hoped would lose, but no dice. The good news is that Paladino seems determined to blow his own foot off with his unforced errors.

256 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:29:12pm

re: #249 negativ

[Video]Technicality!

Good one! I was fighting a losing battle to go link to her just because.

257 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:29:15pm

re: #246 negativ

oh and before you start i don't mean the scientologist beck

258 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:29:31pm

This Chilean Miner rescue is monster cool.

259 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:29:33pm

re: #253 Decatur Deb

OK Now ya got me confused. I understand the attack, but why not someone who knows more about finance? You know, a forensic accountant, a bank teller, an ATM?

Probably because the accusations aren't true and the ones that are true are probably common and legal.

260 Claire  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:29:53pm

I don't know about this- I rather enjoy being offered the wonderful hi-res screen savers, where else can I get a picture of an eagle flying over a lake in Canada, being reminded about the very important topic "What WILL I do to plan for my death?", a very good question indeed, having those nice people at Publishers Clearinghouse let me know I may already be a winner, as if we didn't already know that, and last but not least a reminder to send Sarah Palin some money!

261 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:29:54pm

re: #252 negativ

damn...gotta learn to type faster

262 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:31:18pm

re: #260 Claire

confederate money perhaps?

263 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:31:19pm

For the Zombie Apocalypse....
Saiga 12 Shotgun with 922R Conversion

Liveleak Video
264 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:31:32pm

re: #260 Claire

I don't know about this- I rather enjoy being offered the wonderful hi-res screen savers, where else can I get a picture of an eagle flying over a lake in Canada, being reminded about the very important topic "What WILL I do to plan for my death?", a very good question indeed, having those nice people at Publishers Clearinghouse let me know I may already be a winner, as if we didn't already know that, and last but not least a reminder to send Sarah Palin some money!

I like the Muslim lonlelyhearts. Some hussies last night had their noses exposed.

265 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:31:55pm

re: #253 Decatur Deb

OK Now ya got me confused. I understand the attack, but why not someone who knows more about finance? You know, a forensic accountant, a bank teller, an ATM?

Or a mayonnaise jar buried in the back yard...

266 Kragar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:32:02pm

re: #249 negativ

[Video]

Technicality!

Playing with fire.

267 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:32:46pm

re: #201 wlewisiii

I've taken that test before... but decided to try it again. I come up a "left libertarian" too, but just barely :

You are a left social moderate.
Left: 4.66, Libertarian: 0.8

268 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:32:48pm

re: #260 Claire

Hiya Claire! How'd you get your picture so big?

269 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:33:22pm

re: #267 freetoken

I've taken that test before... but decided to try it again. I come up a "left libertarian" too, but just barely :

I'm proud of my score.

270 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:33:46pm

re: #265 darthstar

Or a mayonnaise jar buried in the back yard...

I also bank with the Credit Mayonnaise.

271 jaunte  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:34:39pm

re: #263 Killgore Trout

Those zombie watermelons are pretty slow movers.

272 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:34:46pm

re: #267 freetoken

I've taken that test before... but decided to try it again. I come up a "left libertarian" too, but just barely :

I didn't know there'd be a test today.

273 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:35:23pm

re: #269 Gus 802

Yeah, my score is almost exactly on top of the "average", which makes me boring...

274 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:35:27pm

re: #263 Killgore Trout

shotguns are too loud.you'll just draw them to you from miles around.
shale bar for the open spaces(poke and pull)
katana for the close encounters

275 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:35:28pm

re: #270 Decatur Deb

I also bank with the Credit Mayonnaise.

whats the cholesterol rate on a 3 year CD?

276 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:35:41pm

re: #253 Decatur Deb

OK Now ya got me confused. I understand the attack, but why not someone who knows more about finance? You know, a forensic accountant, a bank teller, an ATM?

An ATM, LOL.

277 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:35:51pm

re: #272 Decatur Deb

I didn't know there'd be a test today.

READ THE SYLLABUS!!

278 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:36:15pm

re: #263 Killgore Trout

For the Zombie Apocalypse...
Saiga 12 Shotgun with 922R Conversion

[Video]

Hard to go too wrong with an AK. The Saiga combines a 10 round detachable box magazine with the legendary Kalashnikov durability.

279 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:36:33pm

re: #270 Decatur Deb

I also bank with the Credit Mayonnaise.

You're on a roll tonight . . .

280 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:37:06pm

re: #273 freetoken

Yeah, my score is almost exactly on top of the "average", which makes me boring...

Mine will change if I ever start making money again. Although I was reading we might have to wait for 2020 until those of us in the lower castes get that chance again.

//

281 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:37:40pm

Uh oh. For a minute there it sounded like they uncovered The Monolith.

282 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:37:51pm

re: #279 reine.de.tout

You're on a roll tonight . . .

not a sesame seed bun?

283 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:38:52pm

re: #265 darthstar
The word "mayonnaise" was invented in the South. In a sentence...

"Mayonnaise alot of people up in Atlanta."

284 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:39:15pm

Mayonnaise and vodka.

Homer Simpson

285 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:39:18pm

re: #281 Gus 802

Uh oh. For a minute there it sounded like they uncovered The Monolith.

My God, it's full of stars!

286 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:40:11pm

re: #270 Decatur Deb

I also bank with the Credit Mayonnaise.

Well played.

287 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:40:25pm

re: #283 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
OH... Jeff Foxworthy joke... not mine.

288 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:40:34pm

re: #269 Gus 802

I'm proud of my score.

I still don't have a clue what mine really means.
Other than I'm not conservative enough for some folks.
bah.

289 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:40:53pm

re: #283 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The word "mayonnaise" was invented in the South. In a sentence...

"Mayonnaise alot of people up in Atlanta."

oh thank you for that...

I though it was , you know, French...

290 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:41:13pm

Are they lowering the cage now?

291 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:41:50pm

re: #287 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

OH... Jeff Foxworthy joke... not mine.

I'm trying to get it with his accent.

292 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:42:02pm

re: #283 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The word "mayonnaise" was invented in the South. In a sentence...

"Mayonnaise alot of people up in Atlanta."

MR DUX
MR KNOTT
OSAR02
CM WINGS
LIB
MR DUX

(get it? nudge nudge)

293 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:42:30pm

re: #290 reine.de.tout

Are they lowering the cage now?

still 21 in this state...

294 jaunte  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:43:40pm

re: #290 reine.de.tout

Yes, they're lowering it again:
[Link: thelede.blogs.nytimes.com...]

295 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:43:46pm

re: #290 reine.de.tout

Are they lowering the cage now?

I hope so. It's a long way down.

296 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:44:24pm

Don't fall in the hole!

297 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:45:44pm

re: #291 Decatur Deb

I'm trying to get it with his accent.

You don't get it?

Definately not from the South.

298 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:45:55pm

re: #296 Gus 802

Don't fall in the hole!

There's trolls in it. :)

299 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:46:37pm

re: #294 jaunte

Yes, they're lowering it again:
[Link: thelede.blogs.nytimes.com...]

Oh that cage... yeah God willing all will be safe. Well maybe not from some wives but hey...

300 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:47:15pm

re: #298 Dark_Falcon

There's trolls in it. :)

And spiders! Hey, that wheel looks like the cable car wheels in the wheelhouse.

Image: 2090404150088675437PuvFQQ_ph.jpg

301 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:47:16pm

Adrew Napolitano fills in for Glenn Beck Tonight....

Youtube Video

Just watch the first 2 minutes. Who ever thought you'd hear that stuff on Fox?

302 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:48:03pm

re: #294 jaunte

Yes, they're lowering it again:
[Link: thelede.blogs.nytimes.com...]

This was posted upthread.
Live video at the site.

303 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:48:22pm

re: #297 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You don't get it?

Definately not from the South.

Been here 20 years. I let my wife do most of the talking.

304 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:48:23pm

re: #301 Killgore Trout

Adrew Napolitano fills in for Glenn Beck Tonight...

[Video]

Just watch the first 2 minutes. Who ever thought you'd hear that stuff on Fox?

you did... you know you did :)

305 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:48:39pm

re: #301 Killgore Trout

Ugh, Michelle Bachmann is the first guest. I'm not sure I can do this tonight.

306 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:48:54pm

re: #300 Gus 802

And spiders! Hey, that wheel looks like the cable car wheels in the wheelhouse.

Image: 2090404150088675437PuvFQQ_ph.jpg

Mumble.

307 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:49:15pm

re: #294 jaunte

Yes, they're lowering it again:
[Link: thelede.blogs.nytimes.com...]

Apparently the door was damaged in the first test (thus the hammering we saw earlier), and now it's being lowered for a 2nd test.

Just bring 'em up!

308 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:49:22pm

the following story has the paragraph below... the "OH SHIT!" part is highlighted...

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

Since Aug. 22, when a narrow bore hole broke through to their refuge and the miners stunned the world with a note, scrawled in red pen, that announced their survival, these families' lives have been exposed in ways they never imagined. Miners had to describe their physical and mental health in minute detail with teams of doctors and psychologists. And in some cases, when both wives and lovers claimed the same man, everyone involved had to face the consequences.

309 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:49:22pm

re: #304 brookly red

you did... you know you did :)

Kind of. I really didn't think it'd go this far.

310 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:50:01pm

re: #301 Killgore Trout

Adrew Napolitano fills in for Glenn Beck Tonight...

[Video]Just watch the first 2 minutes. Who ever thought you'd hear that stuff on Fox?

What did he say? I can't watch. Get well soon, Glenn. This assclown is worse than you (plus I don't like it when people are sick).

311 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:50:15pm

re: #297 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You don't get it?

Definately not from the South.

I got it.

312 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:50:22pm

re: #309 Killgore Trout

Kind of. I really didn't think it'd go this far.

wait till 2012...

313 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:50:32pm

My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 4.97, Libertarian: 3.29

Political Spectrum Quiz

314 jaunte  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:50:35pm

re: #301 Killgore Trout

Blech. He's really putting on the resentful tone.

315 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:50:46pm

re: #297 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You don't get it?

Definately not from the South.

Me neither. I had to say it out loud and experiment with the inflection before it worked.

316 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:50:46pm

re: #307 reine.de.tout

Apparently the door was damaged in the first test (thus the hammering we saw earlier), and now it's being lowered for a 2nd test.

Just bring 'em up!

I wouldn't be unhappy if they widened the hole by about six inches so there was more room for possible debris as they brought people up...but I just want them out, alive.

317 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:50:54pm

re: #305 Killgore Trout

Ugh, Michelle Bachmann is the first guest. I'm not sure I can do this tonight.

They must all be off the ward. Where's Rand and Angle?

318 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:51:25pm

re: #305 Killgore Trout

Ugh, Michelle Bachmann is the first guest. I'm not sure I can do this tonight.

Let me know when the whole studio collapses into the Wingularity now forming.

319 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:52:57pm

re: #278 Dark_Falcon

Hard to go too wrong with an AK. The Saiga combines a 10 round detachable box magazine with the legendary Kalashnikov durability.

I've often wondered if the .410 version would swallow .45LC like the Taurus Judge... :eek:

320 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:52:58pm

re: #313 b_sharp

My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 4.97, Libertarian: 3.29

Political Spectrum Quiz

Justin Bieber still sucks.

//

321 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:53:14pm

re: #308 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Some dude is in that hole saying... "No... Really... after you."

Because he ain't looking forward to getting grass side of the dirt.

But, he'll probably say it in Spanish.

322 jaunte  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:53:16pm

Bachmann: RINOs got slapped upside the head, but now they're listening.

323 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:53:18pm

re: #310 Dark_Falcon

What did he say? I can't watch. Get well soon, Glenn. This assclown is worse than you (plus I don't like it when people are sick).

Bush Republicans very very bad. Bush Republicans SOCIALISTS!

Now Democrats even worse Socialists! No difference between the parties! They all out to get us. GRUNK MAD!!!!!!

324 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:54:03pm

re: #320 Gus 802

Justin Bieber still sucks.

//

I have no idea, I've never met him, and I don't believe I swing that way.

325 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:54:29pm

Will the TPers change Washington? Or will Washington CHANGE THEM?

326 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:54:40pm

re: #324 b_sharp

I have no idea, I've never met him, and I don't believe I swing that way.

D'oh!

327 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:55:07pm

Did Napolitano trash Bush and the Republicans like this during the Bush administration?

328 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:55:08pm

re: #325 SanFranciscoZionist

Will the TPers change Washington? Or will Washington CHANGE THEM?

Wait, wait! Me, me! The latter.

329 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:56:51pm

I've stopped listening. Seriously. Napolitano. Did he go after Bush like that when he was in office? For about a minute and half there I could have been listening to my Aunt Cheike, with the wiretapping, and the illegal wars, and the oppressing of the people.

330 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:57:16pm

Going up. This might have been just a test?

331 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:57:22pm

re: #327 SanFranciscoZionist

Did Napolitano trash Bush and the Republicans like this during the Bush administration?

No, but he decided that catering to wingnuts was his ticket to fame and fortune.

332 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:57:36pm

re: #278 Dark_Falcon

Hard to go too wrong with an AK. The Saiga combines a 10 round detachable box magazine with the legendary Kalashnikov durability.

Zombie-bane:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

333 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:57:38pm

re: #328 Gus 802

Wait, wait! Me, me! The latter.

TP changed society in a major way. Before TP we were using leaves, paper and our hands. Gross.

334 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:57:40pm

re: #327 SanFranciscoZionist

He absolutely HAMMERED Bush on Patriot Act... and the Bail-Outs, and the Stimuli.

I listened to his show on Fox Radio back then... Judge Andy (I thought) absolutely detested Bush and the Bush Team.

Seriously.

335 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:58:02pm

re: #330 Gus 802

Going up. This might have been just a test?

I think so - the blog Jaunte liked to indicated it was a second test, after they repaired the damage to the door from the first one.

336 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:58:23pm

My shrink made me take a Vitamin D blood test. Apparently I score 13. Normal range is 30-100.

Apparently this could have something to do with my depression.

337 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:58:54pm

re: #334 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

He absolutely HAMMERED Bush on Patriot Act... and the Bail-Outs, and the Stimuli.

I listened to his show on Fox Radio back then... Judge Andy (I thought) absolutely detested Bush and the Bush Team.

Seriously.

OK. I was wondering.

338 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:59:41pm

re: #337 SanFranciscoZionist

OK. I was wondering.

He gets some points then. At least he knows what he likes.

339 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 6:59:58pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

Good. Sounds fixable enough. "Ya autta get out more".

340 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:01:44pm

re: #313 b_sharp

My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 4.97, Libertarian: 3.29

Political Spectrum Quiz

Heh...

You are a left social libertarian.
Left: 5.76, Libertarian: 5.13

I've become more conservative in the last year (since joining LGF, you fuckers!)
:)

341 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:02:21pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

My shrink made me take a Vitamin D blood test. Apparently I score 13. Normal range is 30-100.

Apparently this could have something to do with my depression.

You aren't getting enough sun?

Almost sounds like you are suffering from SAD.

342 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:02:25pm

re: #339 Decatur Deb

Good. Sounds fixable enough. "Ya autta get out more".

My shrink attributes much emotional distress to what she refers to as 'the sunscreen epidemic'.

I don't know what her pals in dematology have to say about that.

343 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:02:27pm

Watching the Brown-Whitman debate...she's such a bitch.

344 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:02:37pm

re: #329 SanFranciscoZionist

I've stopped listening. Seriously. Napolitano. Did he go after Bush like that when he was in office? For about a minute and half there I could have been listening to my Aunt Cheike, with the wiretapping, and the illegal wars, and the oppressing of the people.

I can't take it either. This Tea Party nonsense is just stupid. There are a few loony politicians like Bachmann, Ron Paul (maybe Sharron Angle) who would actually attempt to abolish the EPA, public education, social security and fluoride in the water but when the Republicans come into power again they are going to have to actually deal with the real world. The Tea Partiers are dupes and aren't going to get what they are being promised.

345 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:02:39pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

Well, it's good to hear that you are making some progress. Let's hope things can get straightened around quickly.

346 Kragar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:02:40pm

I know some people were doubting the original story, but this seems to make it more credible

Policeman possibly linked to Falcon Lake case beheaded

The head of a Mexican police commander presumed to be investigating the reported pirate attack against David Michael Hartley on Falcon Lake was delivered to Mexican military, sources said Tuesday.

State Rep. Aaron Pena, D-Edinburg, said he was told that Rolando Flores’ head was delivered Tuesday in a suitcase.

Ruben Rios, spokesman for the Tamaulipas state prosecutor’s office, told the Associated Press that Flores is the head of state investigators in the border city of Ciudad Miguel Alemán, a small city directly across the border from Roma, Texas.

Lesley Lopez, a spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, said the head was delivered in the vicinity of Miguel Alemán.

347 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:02:46pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

Well, it's good to hear that you are making some progress. Let's hope things can get straightened around quickly.

348 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:02:47pm

Problems

349 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:03:10pm

re: #341 b_sharp

You aren't getting enough sun?

Almost sounds like you are suffering from SAD.

Could be. Whatever this is, it's been going on since my teen years, and NO ONE has ever suggested a Vitamin D test before.

350 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:03:25pm

re: #340 darthstar

It's turning out I'm one of the more conservative people here... who would have thought?

351 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:03:47pm

re: #350 freetoken

It's turning out I'm one of the more conservative people here... who would have thought?

Line of the day.

352 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:04:04pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

My shrink made me take a Vitamin D blood test. Apparently I score 13. Normal range is 30-100.

Apparently this could have something to do with my depression.

Milk! I've been having fun lately experimenting with making my own yogurt, cream cheese, Chevre, etc. It's but and delicious.

353 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:04:08pm

re: #343 darthstar

Watching the Brown-Whitman debate...she's such a bitch.

Why do you say that? And please keep in mind the flak I caught for using that 'B' word.

354 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:04:44pm

re: #343 darthstar

Watching the Brown-Whitman debate...she's such a bitch.

Is it online? My husband is watching Friends reruns, and will bite if I try to change the channel.

355 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:05:05pm

re: #352 Killgore Trout

It's but and delicious.


Lol
/I stink

356 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:05:33pm

re: #350 freetoken

It's turning out I'm one of the more conservative people here... who would have thought?

Actually, you've never been an agendista.

Good on you.

357 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:05:54pm

re: #343 darthstar

link?

358 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:06:37pm

re: #349 SanFranciscoZionist

Could be. Whatever this is, it's been going on since my teen years, and NO ONE has ever suggested a Vitamin D test before.

most people are vitamin D deficient, it may be more about the ability to retain it than actual intake/production.

359 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:06:42pm

re: #354 SanFranciscoZionist

Is it online? My husband is watching Friends reruns, and will bite if I try to change the channel.

here
[Link: www.nbcbayarea.com...]

360 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:06:47pm

re: #350 freetoken

It's turning out I'm one of the more conservative people here... who would have thought?

I'm a left-libertarian. Five and bit left, two and a bit libertarian.

This news will surprise basically no one.

361 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:07:24pm

re: #352 Killgore Trout

Milk! I've been having fun lately experimenting with making my own yogurt, cream cheese, Chevre, etc. It's but and delicious.

I love dairy, and consume far too much of it. And I usually skip the sunscreen, despite my mother's concern over it.

362 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:07:34pm

re: #352 Killgore Trout

Milk! I've been having fun lately experimenting with making my own yogurt, cream cheese, Chevre, etc. It's but and delicious.

excellent! no need for free gubermit cheese!

363 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:07:53pm

re: #350 freetoken

It's turning out I'm one of the more conservative people here... who would have thought?

Not much right of me, 4.66 compared to 4.97.

I'm more libertarian than you though. I wonder what that means.

364 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:08:10pm

re: #336 SanFranciscoZionist

My shrink made me take a Vitamin D blood test. Apparently I score 13. Normal range is 30-100.

Apparently this could have something to do with my depression.

Have your thyroid checked, too, if you haven't recently. I found out I had moderate hypothyroidism, and treating that helped a bit with The Mood.

Image: antidepressants-are-the-cure-for-noticing-shit-too-much.jpg

365 darthstar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:08:19pm

re: #353 Dark_Falcon

Why do you say that? And please keep in mind the flak I caught for using that 'B' word.

My apologies...she's a fuckiing bitch. Tom Brokaw can't even control the debate. How she can smile and talk shit at the same time is beyond me...whoever told her to fake a smile the whole time she was talking really screwed up.

It's a fiery debate, though...I'm glad she agreed to three of these. Brown kicks ass in debates.

366 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:09:47pm

OK, here we go. Sending someone down.

367 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:09:59pm

Andrew Napolitano; Sue the Vaccine Makers!

Youtube Video
368 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:10:28pm

re: #360 SanFranciscoZionist

I'm a left-libertarian. Five and bit left, two and a bit libertarian.

Jives with what you post here.

369 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:10:36pm

re: #366 Gus 802

OK, here we go. Sending someone down.

Nerve wracking.

I hope nothing goes wrong.

370 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:11:45pm

re: #367 Killgore Trout

for what ?saving untold millions?

371 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:11:58pm

Did Whitman just suggest that the teachers have representation, and the parents have representation, and SHE will represent the CHILLL-dren of California?

372 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:12:09pm

re: #371 SanFranciscoZionist

Did Whitman just suggest that the teachers have representation, and the parents have representation, and SHE will represent the CHILLL-dren of California?

Instead of, say, their parents?

373 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:12:13pm

re: #367 Killgore Trout

Andrew Napolitano; Sue the Vaccine Makers!

[Video]

He's an anti-vaxer?

374 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:12:16pm

re: #367 Killgore Trout

Andrew Napolitano; Sue the Vaccine Makers!

[Video]

Andrew NUTpolitano

375 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:12:27pm

re: #367 Killgore Trout

Andrew Napolitano; Sue the Vaccine Makers!

[Video]

That's deadly bad. Anti-vaxers get people killed.

376 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:12:27pm

re: #340 darthstar

Heh...

You are a left social libertarian.
Left: 5.76, Libertarian: 5.13

I've become more conservative in the last year (since joining LGF, you fuckers!)
:)

You're making excellent progress!

377 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:12:46pm

re: #371 SanFranciscoZionist

Did Whitman just suggest that the teachers have representation, and the parents have representation, and SHE will represent the CHILLL-dren of California?

I think she'll hire a nanny for that.

378 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:12:58pm

re: #370 Boondock St. Bender

for what ?saving untold millions?

For being unconstitutional fascist oppressors of individual rights!

379 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:13:14pm

re: #369 researchok

Nerve wracking.

I hope nothing goes wrong.

It will go just fine.
Think positive.
Send positive vibes.
I'll send a prayer or two.

380 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:13:22pm

re: #371 SanFranciscoZionist

Something like that... didn't make much sense to me either.

381 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:13:32pm

re: #373 b_sharp

He's an anti-vaxer?

Of course. Vaccines are oppressive government control.

382 Digital Display  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:14:00pm

re: #365 darthstar

My apologies...she's a fuckiing bitch. Tom Brokaw can't even control the debate. How she can smile and talk shit at the same time is beyond me...whoever told her to fake a smile the whole time she was talking really screwed up.

It's a fiery debate, though...I'm glad she agreed to three of these. Brown kicks ass in debates.

I don't know about Meg..But Jerry Brown brings absolutely nothing to the table.. He was a joke as a previous Gov in California...Nada, Zip..Nothing my friend

383 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:14:01pm

re: #376 reine.de.tout

You're making excellent progress!

debate is the treatment till we find the cure...

384 jaunte  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:14:04pm

re: #381 Killgore Trout

It's the Pox Populi.

385 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:14:08pm

re: #381 Killgore Trout

Of course. Vaccines are oppressive government control.

They are required, doncha know, before you can send your kid to school.

386 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:14:11pm

re: #340 darthstar

Heh...

You are a left social libertarian.
Left: 5.76, Libertarian: 5.13

I've become more conservative in the last year (since joining LGF, you fuckers!)
:)

Where have I failed?

387 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:14:33pm

re: #350 freetoken

Ding whore.

388 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:14:35pm

re: #382 HoosierHoops

I don't know about Meg..But Jerry Brown brings absolutely nothing to the table.. He was a joke as a previous Gov in California...Nada, Zip..Nothing my friend

Why do you say that?

389 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:15:15pm

re: #378 Killgore Trout

easy for a deuchebag to say in this day and age when he's already reaped the benefits of a childhood/adulthood of being free of deabilitating diseases

390 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:15:19pm

re: #385 reine.de.tout

They are required, doncha know, before you can send your kid to school.

But why would you want to send you kid to school to be brainwashed into believing in evolution and Thomas Jefferson?

391 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:15:20pm

re: #386 Decatur Deb

Where have I failed?

hehehe.
Oh, you haven't failed. Don't think of it as failure.
Just think of it as some of us have had a bit more success than you.
*snicker*

392 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:15:38pm

re: #385 reine.de.tout

They are required, doncha know, before you can send your kid to school.

Socialism!

393 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:15:52pm

Here's my box score on that political spectrum test:

You are a center-left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 2.15, Libertarian: 2.66

Image: 16x25.gif

Which is funny, because I've always considered myself a bit conservative, but mostly down-the-middle...

394 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:16:05pm

re: #381 Killgore Trout

Of course. Vaccines are oppressive government control.

I don't much like government control, but in the case of deadly illness, I can live with it...

395 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:16:14pm

re: #381 Killgore Trout

Of course. Vaccines are oppressive government control.

That has to be the stupidest idea.

396 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:16:56pm

re: #390 SanFranciscoZionist

But why would you want to send you kid to school to be brainwashed into believing in evolution and Thomas Jefferson?

You know, I'm just thanking my lucky stars that I had the means to send my kid to a private religious school that taught evolution in science class, and faith in religion class, and taught my kid the two can be compatible.

397 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:16:58pm

re: #382 HoosierHoops

I don't know about Meg..But Jerry Brown brings absolutely nothing to the table.. He was a joke as a previous Gov in California...Nada, Zip..Nothing my friend

I dunno. Brown is a decent man but so is Pat Quinn here in Illinois. The problem in both cases is that they are part of a Democrat/ Public Sector employee machine that is bleed their state dry. Meg Whitman and Bill Brady are not of that machine and will fight it. That is reason enough to vote for them, IMO.

398 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:17:02pm

re: #392 Killgore Trout

TYRANY!

399 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:17:06pm

re: #395 b_sharp

That has to be the stupidest idea.

It's also why they opposed fluoride in the water
/not kidding

400 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:17:12pm

re: #390 SanFranciscoZionist

But why would you want to send you kid to school to be brainwashed into believing in evolution and Thomas Jefferson?

Evolution I can live with. But Thomas Jefferson??? Oh hell no!

///

401 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:17:51pm

re: #393 talon_262

Here's my box score on that political spectrum test:

You are a center-left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 2.15, Libertarian: 2.66

Image: 16x25.gif

Which is funny, because I've always considered myself a bit conservative, but mostly down-the-middle...

Uh oh! Found Iott's results.

Image: 40x0.gif

//

402 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:17:56pm

re: #397 Dark_Falcon

Meg Whitman and Bill Brady are not of that machine and will fight it. That is reason enough to vote for them, IMO.

What's your estimation of how Schwartzenegger has done?

403 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:18:07pm

re: #390 SanFranciscoZionist

But why would you want to send you kid to school to be brainwashed into believing in evolution and Thomas Jefferson?

Can you possibly be more sarcastic?

404 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:18:21pm

re: #401 Gus 802

LMAO!

405 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:18:32pm

re: #403 b_sharp

Can you possibly be more sarcastic?

Probably.

406 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:18:49pm

re: #405 SanFranciscoZionist

Probably.

But it's really, really hot again.

407 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:19:11pm

re: #381 Killgore Trout

Of course. Vaccines are oppressive government control.

‘You know another good business? Teeny tiny baby coffins. You can get them in frog green, fire engine red. Really! The antibodies in yummy Mummy only protect the kid for six months, which is why these companies think they can gouge you. They think that you’ll spend whatever they ask to keep your kid alive. Want to change things? Prove them wrong. A few hundred parents like you decide they’d rather let their kid die than cough up 40 bucks for a vaccination, believe me, prices will drop really fast!’
-House

408 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:19:22pm

Pinko!

Image: 0x40.gif

Commie!

Image: 0x0.gif

409 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:19:24pm

re: #393 talon_262

Here's my box score on that political spectrum test:

You are a center-left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 2.15, Libertarian: 2.66

Image: 16x25.gif

Which is funny, because I've always considered myself a bit conservative, but mostly down-the-middle...

You poopy headed righty you.

410 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:19:48pm

re: #405 SanFranciscoZionist

Probably.

when sarcasm is outlawed...

411 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:19:52pm

God, look at Whitman's face. She wants to kill him after that crack about the lawyer.

412 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:19:59pm

They've got the rescuer in the cage.
That's a really tight fit. He looked like a little skinny thing . . . and he's packed in there.

413 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:20:01pm

Brown is good in this forum.

414 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:20:11pm

re: #399 Killgore Trout

It's also why they opposed fluoride in the water
/not kidding

Wooses want flouride in their water. Real Pittsburghers get their flouride from the air.

[Link: www.fluoridation.com...]

415 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:20:45pm

Translator: Good luck... make sure you fasten the door...

I don't think there is enough space for him to fall out!

/Or maybe the capsule is like a Chrysler New Yorker we used to own, and if he doesn't close the door it will say "A door is ajar!" all the way down!

416 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:20:58pm

re: #409 b_sharp

You poopy headed righty you.

*snort*
Naw, that's me.

417 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:21:12pm

re: #396 reine.de.tout

You know, I'm just thanking my lucky stars that I had the means to send my kid to a private religious school that taught evolution in science class, and faith in religion class, and taught my kid the two can be compatible.

Someday I'm going to buy a darwin fish & a christ fish and put them both on my car with a = sign in between just to see how many people I can confuse... and to meet those it doesn't confuse ;)

418 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:21:30pm

The man who just went down in the capsule to test it is my official hero.

419 Digital Display  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:21:33pm

re: #388 freetoken

Why do you say that?

Gov.Moonbeam? Jeez..I lived through it and wasn't impressed with his leadership..Dated a cute rock star though..So he had that going for him...
Maybe he has matured.. But I stand by what I posted..He was an effen joke that did nothing for our state.. Drove an old car and wouldn't live in the Mansion and acted like he was a people's Gov...Caved to every special interest in California....Call me crazy..But that's not leadership...
I'd love to see a moderate sane person be the chief executive to run California..That's just me...

420 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:21:46pm

re: #415 SteveC

Translator: Good luck... make sure you fasten the door...

I don't think there is enough space for him to fall out!

/Or maybe the capsule is like a Chrysler New Yorker we used to own, and if he doesn't close the door it will say "A door is ajar!" all the way down!

a door is a door. a jar is a jar, sheesh...

421 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:22:04pm

re: #382 HoosierHoops

I don't know about Meg..But Jerry Brown brings absolutely nothing to the table.. He was a joke as a previous Gov in California...Nada, Zip..Nothing my friend

Now it is 1984
Knock-knock at your front door
It's the suede/denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece

422 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:22:44pm

re: #420 brookly red

a door is a door. a jar is a jar, sheesh...

I know. It always confused me, too! :)

423 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:23:08pm

re: #417 wlewisiii

Someday I'm going to buy a darwin fish & a christ fish and put them both on my car with a = sign in between just to see how many people I can confuse... and to meet those it doesn't confuse ;)

Capital idea!

424 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:23:31pm

re: #415 SteveC

Translator: Good luck... make sure you fasten the door...

I don't think there is enough space for him to fall out!

/Or maybe the capsule is like a Chrysler New Yorker we used to own, and if he doesn't close the door it will say "A door is ajar!" all the way down!

Heheh.
My dad didn't like to wear the seatbelt, so he'd get into the car, buckle it behind him instead of across his lap.

My brothers found a glitch in the wiring of the car, and discovered if they kicked the wires under the driver's seat in just a certain way, it would make the seat-belt dinger go off continuously. LOL. They loved to harass my dad on long trips.

425 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:23:39pm

re: #399 Killgore Trout

It's also why they opposed fluoride in the water
/not kidding

And CHEMTRAILS. Don't forget the chemtrails.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

/open your eyes, sheeple/

426 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:23:42pm

re: #418 EmmmieGAvatar/comment ding.

427 Kragar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:23:47pm

re: #410 brookly red

when sarcasm is outlawed...

I'm screwed.

428 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:23:55pm

re: #417 wlewisiii

Someday I'm going to buy a darwin fish & a christ fish and put them both on my car with a = sign in between just to see how many people I can confuse... and to meet those it doesn't confuse ;)

Obama/Palin 2012

//

429 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:24:36pm

re: #419 HoosierHoops

Gov.Moonbeam? Jeez..I lived through it and wasn't impressed with his leadership..Dated a cute rock star though..So he had that going for him...
Maybe he has matured.. But I stand by what I posted..He was an effen joke that did nothing for our state.. Drove an old car and wouldn't live in the Mansion and acted like he was a people's Gov...Caved to every special interest in California...Call me crazy..But that's not leadership...
I'd love to see a moderate sane person be the chief executive to run California..That's just me...


[Link: poorbuthappy.com...]

430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:24:49pm

re: #428 Gus 802

Why have I never thought to post that?

431 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:24:53pm

Took the test:

You are a centrist social moderate.
Right: 0.48, Libertarian: 0.98

432 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:25:07pm

re: #427 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I'm screwed.

well you can have the top bunk but it will cost you 2 cigarettes...

433 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:25:13pm

re: #431 researchok

Took the test:

You are a centrist social moderate.
Right: 0.48, Libertarian: 0.98

RINO!

434 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:25:14pm

re: #402 SanFranciscoZionist

What's your estimation of how Schwartzenegger has done?

He tried, but he lost his popularity by trying to do too much too fast and thereafter could not stop the machine. Whitman can do better by fighting the battles one at a time. It will require a great deal of campaigning and educating the public, but it can be done.

435 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:25:57pm

re: #425 negativ

And CHEMTRAILS. Don't forget the chemtrails.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

/open your eyes, sheeple/

What about the electricity that leaks out of the outlets and does you harm while you sleep?

436 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:26:10pm

OH MY GOD SHE DIDN'T.

437 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:26:12pm

re: #431 researchok

Took the test:

You are a centrist social moderate.
Right: 0.48, Libertarian: 0.98

Clearly, LGF has influenced me some. I used to be further right.

Naturally, I will blame Gus.

438 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:26:53pm

re: #422 SteveC

I know. It always confused me, too! :)

If the door is a jar, then what is a jar?

439 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:26:53pm

re: #434 Dark_Falcon

He tried, but he lost his popularity by trying to do too much too fast and thereafter could not stop the machine. Whitman can do better by fighting the battles one at a time. It will require a great deal of campaigning and educating the public, but it can be done.

You have a lot more faith in her than I do. What makes you think she's competent to do all of this?

440 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:26:57pm

re: #437 researchok

Clearly, LGF has influenced me some. I used to be further right.

Naturally, I will blame Gus.

You're getting the "contact high".

/

441 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:27:02pm

re: #429 Decatur Deb

ah yes linda ronstadt....before she discovered carbohydrates...

442 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:27:07pm

re: #421 negativ

Now it is 1984
Knock-knock at your front door
It's the suede/denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece

And so I face the wall
Turn my back against it all
How I wish I'd been unborn
Wish I was unliving here

Sex sex sex crime
Nineteen eighty four
Nineteen eighty four
- The Eurythmics

443 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:27:09pm

re: #436 SanFranciscoZionist

OH MY GOD SHE DIDN'T.

K' you now have my attention.

444 SpaceJesus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:27:16pm

those guys come out of that hole yet

445 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:27:41pm

re: #430 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Why have I never thought to post that?

may all time fave...
[Link: www.google.com...]

446 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:27:43pm

re: #444 SpaceJesus

those guys come out of that hole yet

Not yet. They just sent Manolo down the hole.

447 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:27:53pm

re: #443 wlewisiii

K' you now have my attention.

Evil little chuckle, followed by "I think he said he has the police chiefs in his back pocket". Missed what Brown said that triggered that.

448 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:27:55pm

re: #436 SanFranciscoZionist

OH MY GOD SHE DIDN'T.

What didn't she?

449 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:28:13pm

re: #439 SanFranciscoZionist

You have a lot more faith in her than I do. What makes you think she's competent to do all of this?

And please remember, Ebay is not a vote of confidence to many of us.

450 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:28:19pm

OK, Whitman just distanced herself hard and fast from Palin. Smart lady.

451 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:28:25pm

Whitman has an uphill battle, especially with that crowd.

452 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:28:26pm

Just my take on this, from a cynical standpoint (the non-cynical part of me is just waiting to see those kids get their dads back)

1. The President of Chile, if this goes off like it should, will have to actually kill someone to be unelectable. And not even an ugly someone, a photogenic person.

2. They might just put that white butterfly on the flag.

453 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:29:08pm

re: #433 Gus 802

RINO!

Seriously, I have shifted somewhat.

That test got my attention.

You and Freetoken are to blame.

454 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:29:18pm

re: #449 wlewisiii

And please remember, Ebay is not a vote of confidence to many of us.

It's a better vote of confidence to me than Fiorina's HP record. I just don't get much from Whitman besides "I'd like to be governor."

455 MittDoesNotCompute  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:29:19pm

re: #437 researchok

Clearly, LGF has influenced me some. I used to be further right.

Naturally, I will blame Gus.

Likewise...I'll cop to mellowing out a bit politically the past couple of years.

456 SpaceJesus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:29:21pm

re: #446 Gus 802

Not yet. They just sent Manolo down the hole.

ah, i found a live feed of it.

the chile flag looks a lot like the texas flag. i wonder if we could trade texas for chile.

457 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:29:27pm

re: #417 wlewisiii

Someday I'm going to buy a darwin fish & a christ fish and put them both on my car with a = sign in between just to see how many people I can confuse... and to meet those it doesn't confuse ;)

My wife tells me that if I put a Darwin fish on the car I also have to put on a Jesus fish.

I suggested a Darwin fish eating a Jesus fish. She hit me.

458 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:30:24pm

re: #450 SanFranciscoZionist

OK, Whitman just distanced herself hard and fast from Palin. Smart lady.

Well, there goes her campaign.

459 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:30:33pm

re: #429 Decatur Deb

I've alwasys loved her cover of Elvis Costello's "Alison".

And...

Youtube Video

This from her "Dreams of my Father"... (Canciones de mi Padre) album.

Flippin' fantastic.

460 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:30:40pm

I think it's great that they all break out in songs of Chile.

461 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:30:44pm

re: #452 EmmmieG

Just my take on this, from a cynical standpoint (the non-cynical part of me is just waiting to see those kids get their dads back)

1. The President of Chile, if this goes off like it should, will have to actually kill someone to be unelectable. And not even an ugly someone, a photogenic person.

2. They might just put that white butterfly on the flag.

I must have missed something about the butterfly. I'm guessing that it is an important symbol to the families?

462 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:30:54pm

re: #455 talon_262

Likewise...I'll cop to mellowing out a bit politically the past couple of years.

I hear that.

I'm far from embracing Jerry Brown, but the Lib non agendista types have gotten my attention.

463 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:30:55pm

re: #435 reine.de.tout

What about the electricity that leaks out of the outlets and does you harm while you sleep?

Plug the holes.

In your head.

464 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:31:00pm

Is that their first lady?

465 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:31:13pm

re: #458 negativ

Well, there goes her campaign.

Gooing over Palin would have put her out of the game.

466 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:31:13pm

re: #457 b_sharp

My wife tells me that if I put a Darwin fish on the car I also have to put on a Jesus fish.

I suggested a Darwin fish eating a Jesus fish. She hit me.

and you liked it...

467 lostlakehiker  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:31:31pm

re: #458 negativ

Well, there goes her campaign.

Jerry Brown didn't do himself any favor by saying, before an open mike, that Whitman was a whore.

He's not a shoe-in.

468 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:31:48pm

re: #460 Gus 802

I think it's great that they all break out in songs of Chile.

Those guys down there are their own.

I sure as hell will cheer them all.

469 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:31:49pm

re: #441 Boondock St. Bender

ah yes linda ronstadt...before she discovered carbohydrates...

No making fun of FAT PEOPLE!

470 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:32:12pm

re: #464 EmmmieG

Is that their first lady?

Yep.

Image: chile-first-lady-resized-3.jpg

471 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:32:36pm

re: #454 SanFranciscoZionist

It's a better vote of confidence to me than Fiorina's HP record. I just don't get much from Whitman besides "I'd like to be governor."

Shudder. I've been on the loosing end in IT of every major company Fiorina has touched... Lucent, Compaq, DEC (sob!!!!) & HP...

472 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:32:39pm

re: #419 HoosierHoops

Gov.Moonbeam?

Um... that's not a very strong argument. His detractors like to use that term, but it doesn't have any meaning.

From where I sit today I'll probably vote for him.

473 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:32:56pm

There is either some microphonic feedback or some machinery in desperate need of lubrication in the MSNBC feed that's driving me absolutely insane(r). Gaah! As terrible as my hearing is, I can somehow detect that frequency.

474 Digital Display  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:32:59pm

re: #454 SanFranciscoZionist

It's a better vote of confidence to me than Fiorina's HP record. I just don't get much from Whitman besides "I'd like to be governor."

I agree..Fiorina was a horrible exec.. I know people in HP..She came this close to destroying a great company..Employees hated her from my take and what I heard from inside

475 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:33:02pm

re: #461 wlewisiii

I must have missed something about the butterfly. I'm guessing that it is an important symbol to the families?

A couple of miners have told a story about following a white butterfly (it would be exceedingly rare for a butterfly to be down there) either to safety, or they followed and missed a landslide that would have killed them, or something like that.

They have a lot of faith in the story, which is good, because they needed something.

476 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:33:31pm

re: #467 lostlakehiker

matbe she is...nothing wrong with that......just saying

477 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:33:36pm

re: #470 Gus 802

Yep.

Image: chile-first-lady-resized-3.jpg

huh... she looks like a republican to me.

478 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:34:22pm

re: #477 brookly red

huh... she looks like a republican to me.

National Renewal (RN) (Spanish: "Renovación Nacional"), is a conservative political party belonging to the Chilean right-wing political coalition Coalition for Change in conjunction with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and the Chile First movement (CH1). The party president is Carlos Larraín, and its principal leaders are Sebastián Piñera, president of Chile, and Andrés Allamand.

479 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:34:57pm

re: #439 SanFranciscoZionist

You have a lot more faith in her than I do. What makes you think she's competent to do all of this?

She understands the importance of pro-growth polices and will push for them. That's the critical point. As to whether she can prune bad the machine, I don't know. But I do know that someone has to try and I don't think Jerry Brown will make a serious attempt.

480 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:35:06pm

re: #472 freetoken

Um... that's not a very strong argument. His detractors like to use that term, but it doesn't have any meaning.

From where I sit today I'll probably vote for him.

I'd hate to have to vote in that election.

These are two very flawed candidates. She's somewhat out of touch with 'the little folk' and he has spent an entire career at the public trough.

And that's for starters.

481 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:35:13pm

re: #478 Gus 802

National Renewal (RN) (Spanish: "Renovación Nacional"), is a conservative political party belonging to the Chilean right-wing political coalition Coalition for Change in conjunction with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and the Chile First movement (CH1). The party president is Carlos Larraín, and its principal leaders are Sebastián Piñera, president of Chile, and Andrés Allamand.

yeah, I could tell by her happy smile...

482 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:35:14pm

re: #477 brookly red

huh... she looks like a republican to me.

And Sebastián Piñera, el presidente.

483 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:35:46pm

re: #479 Dark_Falcon

She understands the importance of pro-growth polices and will push for them. That's the critical point. As to whether she can prune bad the machine, I don't know. But I do know that someone has to try and I don't think Jerry Brown will make a serious attempt.

OK.

484 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:36:07pm

re: #466 brookly red

and you liked it...

Shh!

485 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:36:22pm

re: #467 lostlakehiker

Jerry Brown didn't do himself any favor by saying, before an open mike, that Whitman was a whore.

He's not a shoe-in.

He didn't say that, an aide did. But Brown didn't criticize him for saying it.

486 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:36:25pm

re: #482 Gus 802

And Sebastián Piñera, el presidente.

they make real good wine too...

487 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:36:32pm

re: #482 Gus 802

And Sebastián Piñera, el presidente.

Good-looking man. How come none of our presidents look like that?

488 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:36:45pm

re: #474 HoosierHoops

I agree..Fiorina was a horrible exec.. I know people in HP..She came this close to destroying a great company..Employees hated her from my take and what I heard from inside

VAX Lives!!!! VMS Forever!!!

Er, what? Uh, sorry, it just came out.

//

489 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:36:49pm

image from inside the mine as cage comes in- surreal!

490 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:37:19pm

re: #487 SanFranciscoZionist

Good-looking man. How come none of our presidents look like that?

Because Mitt Romney is too Mormon to be president.

491 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:37:26pm

It's down!

492 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:38:30pm

So now what?

Wait, the miners have cameras?

Oh, those pictures will be valuable.

493 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:38:30pm

Ok, get the guy away from the car horn, please!

494 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:39:23pm

re: #490 EmmmieG

Because Mitt Romney is too Mormon to be president.

and McCain is too old...

495 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:39:25pm

re: #475 EmmmieG

A couple of miners have told a story about following a white butterfly (it would be exceedingly rare for a butterfly to be down there) either to safety, or they followed and missed a landslide that would have killed them, or something like that.

They have a lot of faith in the story, which is good, because they needed something.

I wonder if they named it Wilson.

496 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:39:27pm

re: #493 SteveC

Ok, get the guy away from the car horn, please!

I just want to see the last man up, safely.

497 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:39:30pm

Jules Verne-ish

498 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:39:54pm

re: #459 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I've alwasys loved her cover of Elvis Costello's "Alison".

And...


[Video]This from her "Dreams of my Father"... (Canciones de mi Padre) album.

Flippin' fantastic.

Stone Age Linda:
[Link: www.google.com...]

499 Sheila Broflovski  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:40:21pm

re: #457 b_sharp

My wife tells me that if I put a Darwin fish on the car I also have to put on a Jesus fish.

I suggested a Darwin fish eating a Jesus fish. She hit me.

No reason to get into a fish war. Just get this one.

500 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:40:30pm

It's a good thing this guy isn't a real Rescue Hero, or his feet and shoulders would never have fit into the capsule:

[Link: www.pricecanada.com...]

501 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:41:51pm

re: #500 EmmmieG

And in case you are wondering, the feet are so that 3 year-old boys can make them stand up easily.

502 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:41:55pm

re: #500 EmmmieG

It's a good thing this guy isn't a real Rescue Hero, or his feet and shoulders would never have fit into the capsule:

[Link: www.pricecanada.com...]

New meaning to 'larger than life'.

503 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:42:59pm

"Hurry up, Jose! The rest of us want to ride, too!"

504 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:43:51pm

re: #503 SteveC

"Hurry up, Jose! The rest of us want to ride, too!"

hey I bet they all get a week off before they go down again...

505 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:45:09pm

Evening all...

506 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:46:06pm

Not feeling so cynical now. Feeling a little teary.

It wasn't that long ago, really, that these men would have been considered expendable because they were, you know, well, brown. Brown men, they aren't really people, you know. They're 3/5 of a people. We can just go to their continent and kill and enslave them, because, you know, they aren't people the way we are.

Good bye to that and don't come back.

507 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:46:13pm

On one of the NPR shows I listen to, they've spent the last couple of days talking to wives and other family members of the miners. Apparently it's a Big Friggin' Deal for them to get their hair done, and wear spiffy new clothes and what-not, so as to look their best for their men.

That's all fine and good, but I wonder why it doesn't occur to them that it's probably psychologically impossible at this point for the miners to give half a damn whether their wife / mother / whatever has three hairs out of place and is wearing a year-old pair of shoes.

Also, It's extremely likely that the miners are going to smell like a bunch of miners who have been trapped underground for two+ months. There's a certain threshhold beyond which one's personal aroma simply can't be tactfully overlooked (I know this, because I once worked in retail). I wonder if provisions are in place to mitigate this.

508 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:47:11pm

re: #506 EmmmieG

Not feeling so cynical now. Feeling a little teary.

It wasn't that long ago, really, that these men would have been considered expendable because they were, you know, well, brown. Brown men, they aren't really people, you know. They're 3/5 of a people. We can just go to their continent and kill and enslave them, because, you know, they aren't people the way we are.

Good bye to that and don't come back.

uhhh, they are in Chile...

509 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:47:20pm

re: #505 PT Barnum

Evening all...

Hey.

Sorry I didn't respond to your emails, but I was up to my neck in a crashed Server 2003 VM in a crashed Ubuntu host. What a frikken mess.

510 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:47:49pm

SB put up a page I highly recommend:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

511 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:48:11pm

re: #505 PT Barnum
Which way to the Egress?
re: #506 EmmmieG
I've been trying to think of a way to say just that. Thanks

512 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:49:55pm

re: #504 brookly red

hey I bet they all get a week off before they go down again...

Load 16 tons and what do you get?

513 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:50:44pm

re: #507 negativ

On one of the NPR shows I listen to, they've spent the last couple of days talking to wives and other family members of the miners. Apparently it's a Big Friggin' Deal for them to get their hair done, and wear spiffy new clothes and what-not, so as to look their best for their men.

That's all fine and good, but I wonder why it doesn't occur to them that it's probably psychologically impossible at this point for the miners to give half a damn whether their wife / mother / whatever has three hairs out of place and is wearing a year-old pair of shoes.

Also, It's extremely likely that the miners are going to smell like a bunch of miners who have been trapped underground for two+ months. There's a certain threshhold beyond which one's personal aroma simply can't be tactfully overlooked (I know this, because I once worked in retail). I wonder if provisions are in place to mitigate this.

There are two different experiences here.

Both the miners and their families will necessarily have not shared the same experiences up to now and they will experience the rescue very differently.

For the wives and family, this is a joyous holiday.

For the miners, it is also an somber homecoming.

514 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:51:05pm

re: #512 Dark_Falcon

Load 16 tons and what do you get?

a tax increase?

515 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:51:51pm

re: #506 EmmmieG

Not feeling so cynical now. Feeling a little teary.

It wasn't that long ago, really, that these men would have been considered expendable because they were, you know, well, brown. Brown men, they aren't really people, you know. They're 3/5 of a people. We can just go to their continent and kill and enslave them, because, you know, they aren't people the way we are.

Good bye to that and don't come back.

Keep in mind that the company they work(ed) for is playing no role whatsoever in their rescue, and also isn't planning to pay them.

Youtube Video

/the invisible hand/

516 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:52:51pm

re: #509 b_sharp

Hey.

Sorry I didn't respond to your emails, but I was up to my neck in a crashed Server 2003 VM in a crashed Ubuntu host. What a frikken mess.

No problem....sounds like you're having a worse time than I am...I'm going to take one of the machines that works back to the shop and see if it's the location or something.

517 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:53:01pm

re: #512 Dark_Falcon

Load 16 tons and what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt!

518 Boondock St. Bender  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:53:42pm

re: #515 negativ

no...thats one way to make your life more interesting...shorter but interesting.

519 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:54:08pm

re: #511 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Which way to the Egress?
re: #506 EmmmieG
I've been trying to think of a way to say just that. Thanks

Left..next to the Congress and the Regress, and the Progress, but I digress.

520 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:54:13pm

re: #508 brookly red

uhhh, they are in Chile...

You never watched The Mission, did you?

Europeans considered the native people of South America pretty expendable.

Also, a lot of the experts down there are not Chileans. There was a profile on the American who did the drilling that I read just yesterday.

521 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:54:23pm

"Don't forget to shut the elevator door behind you when you get out."

522 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:54:37pm

re: #517 SteveC

Another day older and deeper in debt!

are you in Congress by any chance?

523 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:55:25pm

re: #515 negativ

Keep in mind that the company they work(ed) for is playing no role whatsoever in their rescue, and also isn't planning to pay them.

[Video]

/the invisible hand/

That's too bad, and I hope they can leverage their experience for income, and I'll bet they can sell those pictures they're taking for a bundle.

524 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:55:29pm

re: #522 brookly red

are you in Congress by any chance?

I've only been vaccinated against the Flu.

525 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:55:52pm

re: #519 PT Barnum

Left..next to the Congress and the Regress, and the Progress, but I digress.

I'm impress.

G'night knuckleheads!

526 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:55:59pm

re: #520 EmmmieG

You never watched The Mission, did you?

Europeans considered the native people of South America pretty expendable.

Also, a lot of the experts down there are not Chileans. There was a profile on the American who did the drilling that I read just yesterday.

no, well actually I don't watch any television... ever.

527 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:56:02pm

re: #514 brookly red

a tax increase?

LOL.

528 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:56:35pm

re: #526 brookly red

no, well actually I don't watch any television... ever.

It's a movie. I cried.

529 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:56:40pm

This is riveting. THIS is reality TV.

530 SpaceJesus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:57:24pm

holy shit here comes that thing they put in the hole

531 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:57:28pm

re: #506 EmmmieG

Not feeling so cynical now. Feeling a little teary.

It wasn't that long ago, really, that these men would have been considered expendable because they were, you know, well, brown. Brown men, they aren't really people, you know. They're 3/5 of a people. We can just go to their continent and kill and enslave them, because, you know, they aren't people the way we are.

Good bye to that and don't come back.

re: #508 brookly red

[Link: crooksandliars.com...]

uhhh, they are in Chile...

Then they're lucky they don't work for Massey.

532 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:57:53pm

Is it true that the guy who has both a wife and a girlfriend volunteered to stay??

//

533 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:58:00pm

re: #528 EmmmieG

It's a movie. I cried.

no sorry I don't do 8 dollar popcorn either... it's just me.

534 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:58:12pm

I'm gonna put a boot up my Lhaso Apso's ass in a minute.

Evening's festivities:

Big dog goes out
Big dog comes in
Little dog has to go out to see what the big dog did
little dog comes in
Big dog wants to go out to see what the little dog did, but gets rebuffed.
Big dog goes to kitchen for a nosh of kibble
Little dog stands in kitchen like a panhandler on skid row and barks at the big dog until the big dog finishes eating.

535 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:58:21pm

re: #531 Decatur Deb
Then they're lucky they don't work for Massey.

That is so true it hurts.

536 Digital Display  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:58:42pm

re: #529 researchok

This is riveting. THIS is reality TV.

What channel are you guys watching?

537 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:59:01pm

re: #529 researchok

This is riveting. THIS is reality TV.

Just wait. Any minute they're going to solve a giant crossword puzzle and vote somebody out.

538 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:59:12pm

re: #532 SteveC

Is it true that the guy who has both a wife and a girlfriend volunteered to stay??

//

I'm..uh, gonna, uhhh, stay in this hole. Yeah...
BYE!
/

539 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:59:28pm

re: #530 SpaceJesus

holy shit here comes that thing they put in the hole

?? another tax increase??

540 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:59:43pm

re: #520 EmmmieG

You never watched The Mission, did you?

Europeans considered the native people of South America pretty expendable.

Also, a lot of the experts down there are not Chileans. There was a profile on the American who did the drilling that I read just yesterday.

ahem.
It's US oil drilling technology that drilled that hole for the rescue.
Just sayin' . . .

541 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 7:59:57pm

re: #516 PT Barnum

No problem...sounds like you're having a worse time than I am...I'm going to take one of the machines that works back to the shop and see if it's the location or something.

That's what I would do.

I successfully pulled off the Quickbook data, and they added very little to Avanti since the latest backup so they were cool with it, but I only got half way through the server rebuild.

Somebody is going into the finance office and unplugging the server from the UPS. This is the 6th time in 2.5 weeks there was evidence of the server booting back up, although the first time major file damage occurred.

I moved the frikken server to a different room under lock and key.

542 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:00:04pm

re: #538 Varek Raith

I'm..uh, gonna, uhhh, stay in this hole. Yeah...
BYE!
/

I have to admire any guy who can do that. I can't keep ONE woman happy for any length of time.

543 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:00:48pm

re: #538 Varek Raith

I'm..uh, gonna, uhhh, stay in this hole. Yeah...
BYE!
/

now see if they really wanted to dig them out they would have hired lawyers...

544 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:00:51pm

gaah my Spanish sucks! (blasphemous for a Texan, I know)

What are they saying to the kid?

545 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:01:31pm

re: #541 b_sharp

That's what I would do.

I successfully pulled off the Quickbook data, and they added very little to Avanti since the latest backup so they were cool with it, but I only got half way through the server rebuild.

Somebody is going into the finance office and unplugging the server from the UPS. This is the 6th time in 2.5 weeks there was evidence of the server booting back up, although the first time major file damage occurred.

I moved the frikken server to a different room under lock and key.

Have they had any thunderstorms? Somebody may have been trying to help. I'm inclined to think it's probably an ID10T error though.

546 Decatur Deb  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:01:32pm

Eric Cantor is on Stewart. Perhaps they'll discuss re-enacting. BBL.

547 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:02:25pm

re: #546 Decatur Deb

Eric Cantor is on Stewart. Perhaps they'll discuss re-enacting. BBL.

Is it just me or does Eric Cantor remind anyone else of Eddie Haskel?

548 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:02:55pm

re: #544 negativ

gaah my Spanish sucks! (blasphemous for a Texan, I know)

What are they saying to the kid?

"we are going to have to deduct the rescue costs from your pay..."

549 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:03:16pm

The BBC stream is in English:

[Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]

550 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:03:34pm

re: #544 negativ

gaah my Spanish sucks! (blasphemous for a Texan, I know)

What are they saying to the kid?

"This is going to be just like one of those pneumatic tubes you see at the bank drive through!"

551 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:03:50pm

re: #548 brookly red

"we are going to have to deduct the rescue costs from your pay..."

Apparently the company's not doing a damn thing.
Awesome, no?

552 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:04:21pm

re: #551 Varek Raith

Apparently the company's not doing a damn thing.
Awesome, no?

Bet they make them use their vacation time (as if they had any.)

553 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:04:30pm

re: #550 SteveC

"This is going to be just like one of those pneumatic tubes you see at the bank drive through!"

Whenever I see one of those, I want a lollipop.

Some things cannot be unlearned.

554 pharmmajor  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:04:44pm

I have an important announcement to make:

Youtube Video
555 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:05:09pm

So how long does it take to get the capsule up to the surface?

556 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:05:12pm

lol @ car alarm again.

557 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:05:15pm

This is one of those times you'll remember exactly where you were and what you were doing.

558 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:05:15pm

He's afraid someone's going to steal the car? Seriously? Turn your alarm off.

559 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:05:36pm

re: #555 PT Barnum

So how long does it take to get the capsule up to the surface?

They said 14-17 mins.

560 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:05:39pm

re: #545 PT Barnum

Have they had any thunderstorms? Somebody may have been trying to help. I'm inclined to think it's probably an ID10T error though.

The UPS was right beside a chair and packed full. I think somebody was unplugging the nearest cord from the UPS so they could plug in their equipment.

561 Killgore Trout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:05:55pm

re: #510 freetoken

SB put up a page I highly recommend:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Hilarious. I know the official story is that they are a Korean animation company but the stuff is too funny. I wouldn't be surprised to learn it was all a hoax.

562 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:06:04pm

I thought maybe it was telling them that the capsule was near the top...oh well.

563 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:06:27pm

re: #530 SpaceJesus

holy shit here comes that thing they put in the hole

Them clothes got laundry numbers on them. You remember your number and always wear the ones that has your number. Any man forgets his number spends a night in the box. These here spoons you keep with you. Any man loses his spoon spends a night in the box.

564 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:06:39pm

re: #559 researchok

They said 14-17 mins.

and it's NOT billable...

565 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:07:08pm

re: #561 Killgore Trout

Hilarious. I know the official story is that they are a Korean animation company but the stuff is too funny. I wouldn't be surprised to learn it was all a hoax.

It's funny, and it's too close to a US point of view on this stuff. I agree with you.

566 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:07:20pm

Watching it live now...I love having broadband! 10 years ago couldn't have even dreamed of watching this live.

567 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:07:20pm

My cousin married a Chilean. My aunt said that what shoes you are wearing is actually very important among women.

I would flunk. My ideal shoes are: A new copy of what I'm wearing now, because I've gotten used to it.

568 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:08:06pm

re: #566 PT Barnum

Watching it live now...I love having broadband! 10 years ago couldn't have even dreamed of watching this live.

What's the URL?

569 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:08:42pm

re: #567 EmmmieG

My cousin married a Chilean. My aunt said that what shoes you are wearing is actually very important among women.

I would flunk. My ideal shoes are: A new copy of what I'm wearing now, because I've gotten used to it.

Maybe it's a latino thing. We have a lot of latinos here and the women are always wearing what look to be the most uncomfortable high heels imaginable.

570 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:08:56pm

See the BBC link a few messages below

571 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:09:12pm

I want to find out who manufactured that cable.

I'm going to buy some stock in that company: 'The Cable That Rescued The Miners'.

572 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:09:21pm

I'm watching on msnbc.com

573 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:10:06pm

They yanked the guy off the car horn.... but they are going to blow the mine horn when the capsule hits the surface.

I'd expect that it will be a little louder.

574 prairiefire  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:10:06pm

re: #569 PT Barnum

I think the statistics are that Latinas spend 40% more on clothes and beauty items then Caucasian women.

575 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:10:10pm

Here we are.

576 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:10:18pm

re: #570 freetoken

See the BBC link a few messages below

Thanks.

577 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:10:28pm

If the miners see their shadows do we get 6 more weeks of summer?

578 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:10:39pm

re: #569 PT Barnum

Maybe it's a latino thing. We have a lot of latinos here and the women are always wearing what look to be the most uncomfortable high heels imaginable.

Have you seen the North Korean military review? The women march in them... scary.

579 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:10:46pm

3... 2...

580 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:11:03pm

re: #557 researchok

This is one of those times you'll remember exactly where you were and what you were doing.

Sitting at the computer, reading 4 different websites, watching my hilarious collection of Twitter feeds (I never imagined I'd enjoy Twitter so much), trolling the hell out of Infowars, and feeling a nagging regret that I *still* didn't install Fedora 14 like I intended to (and also being unable to decide between the Gnome version and the KDE version)? So, pretty much like every night.

581 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:11:05pm

It just came out of the hole

582 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:11:08pm

SUCCESS!!

583 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:11:22pm

re: #582 researchok

SUCCESS!!

Pop!

584 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:11:26pm

the little boy is sobbing

585 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:11:36pm

re: #577 PT Barnum

If the miners see their shadows do we get 6 more weeks of summer?

BAD PT!

Upding for you!

586 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:12:09pm

Little boy overwhelmed with emotion.

587 SpaceJesus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:12:16pm

awe, if that doesn't inspire you to want to be an engineer then i dont know what else could

588 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:12:18pm

I am so happy for that kid...

589 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:12:39pm

re: #585 SteveC

BAD PT!

Upding for you!

Hangs head....little boy hugging dad..best reunion evah!

590 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:12:56pm

re: #584 PT Barnum

the little boy is sobbing

The little bugger made me cry.

591 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:13:01pm

Whole family overwhelmed.
What a wonderful, wonderful thing!

592 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:13:23pm

re: #588 researchok

I am so happy for that kid...

I guess that's the dad in me.

593 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:13:27pm

re: #590 b_sharp

The little bugger made me cry.

There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

594 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:13:44pm

re: #577 PT Barnum

If the miners see their shadows do we get 6 more weeks of summer?

SMACK!

595 SpaceJesus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:13:50pm

in space, no one can hear you tear up a bit

596 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:14:06pm

re: #591 reine.de.tout

Whole family overwhelmed.
What a wonderful, wonderful thing!

Say what you will, but this is a miracle.

597 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:14:48pm

re: #594 Dark_Falcon

SMACK!

Okay...I'm sorry..it was just a random thought. Just like the time I wondered if deaf kids ever get told not to talk with their hands full.

598 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:15:34pm

re: #580 negativ

Sitting at the computer, reading 4 different websites, watching my hilarious collection of Twitter feeds (I never imagined I'd enjoy Twitter so much), trolling the hell out of Infowars, and feeling a nagging regret that I *still* didn't install Fedora 14 like I intended to (and also being unable to decide between the Gnome version and the KDE version)? So, pretty much like every night.

I'm not sure why but that makes me want to go find out what the current release of Slackware is...

599 brookly red  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:15:55pm

re: #597 PT Barnum

Okay...I'm sorry..it was just a random thought. Just like the time I wondered if deaf kids ever get told not to talk with their hands full.

Smack, smack, smackety, smack!

600 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:16:08pm

My Rays lost. This sucks. On another front, I girl I'm gonna sleep with keeps texting me.
Evening Honcos!!

601 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:16:19pm

re: #596 researchok

Say what you will, but this is a miracle.

Absolutely!
I was determined to stay up long enough to see the first one out.
Just wonderful. . .

602 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:16:24pm

re: #597 PT Barnum

Okay...I'm sorry..it was just a random thought. Just like the time I wondered if deaf kids ever get told not to talk with their hands full.

Dammit, don't do that when I am drinking!!!!

603 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:16:49pm

re: #600 Cannadian Club Akbar

A girl, pimf.

604 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:16:59pm

Lots of smiles in that crowd.

605 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:17:05pm

re: #601 reine.de.tout

Absolutely!
I was determined to stay up long enough to see the first one out.
Just wonderful. . .

I bet Octomom said the same thing...

606 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:17:16pm

re: #602 SteveC

Dammit, don't do that when I am drinking!!!

Where the hell have you been????

607 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:17:31pm

re: #600 Cannadian Club Akbar

My Rays lost. This sucks. On another front, I girl I'm gonna sleep with keeps texting me.
Evening Honcos!!

An IGirl?
Robot?
Neat.
:P

608 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:17:46pm

re: #601 reine.de.tout

Absolutely!
I was determined to stay up long enough to see the first one out.
Just wonderful. . .

There has been no rescue of this magnitude ever undertaken before.

To witness this is humbling.

609 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:18:00pm

re: #605 PT Barnum

I bet Octomom said the same thing...

THUMP!

610 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:18:10pm

re: #607 Varek Raith

Oh shuddup.

611 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:18:11pm

re: #598 wlewisiii

I'm not sure why but that makes me want to go find out what the current release of Slackware is...

Have played with Ubuntu and Suse but never have played with Linux long enough to see what the BFD was.

612 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:18:41pm

re: #604 b_sharp

Lots of smiles in that crowd.

Yup- pure, unadulterated joy.

613 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:18:46pm

re: #610 Cannadian Club Akbar

Oh shuddup.

I take the road less traveled.
The low one.
;)

614 SpaceJesus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:19:02pm

I wonder which miner tom hanks will play in the movie about this

615 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:19:51pm

re: #614 SpaceJesus

I wonder which miner tom hanks will play in the movie about this

The last one up.

616 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:19:53pm

Uh, are they going to send one down for every one that comes up?

Bit ineffficient.

617 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:19:55pm

re: #614 SpaceJesus

I wonder which miner tom hanks will play in the movie about this

The last one out. There was an argument about who would leave last.

618 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:20:03pm

re: #605 PT Barnum

I bet Octomom said the same thing...

*thwack*
you are so bad.

619 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:20:49pm

re: #618 reine.de.tout

*thwack*
you are so bad.

Why Yes, yes I am.

620 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:20:49pm

re: #617 Cannadian Club Akbar

The last one out. There was an argument about who would leave last.

A Guinness World Record is at stake!

621 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:20:54pm

re: #606 Cannadian Club Akbar

Where the hell have you been???

busier than a bee. Still getting therapy after my broken wrist. The break is fine, my hand is swollen and I can't close my fingers... Probably because of my low blood oxygen level.

It's frustrating. I want to make this much progress ||
but it seems that I am making this much ||

622 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:20:59pm

Octomom should be a miner. Lazy bitch.

623 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:21:06pm

re: #604 b_sharp

Lots of smiles in that crowd.

Everybody involved with this rescue has got to be feeling really good right now.

624 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:21:31pm

re: #611 PT Barnum

Have played with Ubuntu and Suse but never have played with Linux long enough to see what the BFD was.

Slack's the oldest so it was the one I tried back in the day of downloading and burning a couple of dozen 1.44mb images over a 2400 baud modem. That makes me feel older, in some ways, than my cracks about DEC/VAX/VMS upstream...

625 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:22:11pm

re: #624 wlewisiii

Slack's the oldest so it was the one I tried back in the day of downloading and burning a couple of dozen 1.44mb images over a 2400 baud modem. That makes me feel older, in some ways, than my cracks about DEC/VAX/VMS upstream...

I like frogs.

626 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:22:18pm

re: #598 wlewisiii

I'm not sure why but that makes me want to go find out what the current release of Slackware is...

13.1. I'm usually an Arch fanatic, but after some (unsupported) packages that I consider critical got more or less abandoned by their AUR maintainers, I got fed up and, in a fit of curiosity, went to Fedora. I've been quite happy with it so far.

627 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:22:46pm

re: #623 reine.de.tout

Everybody involved with this rescue has got to be feeling really good right now.

More than few have been at it night and day, for months.

628 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:23:17pm

let's try that again:

I want to make a lot more progress each time I do the therapy. Doesn't seem to be happening.

629 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:23:29pm

re: #621 SteveC

Just good to see you. I was wondering where you have been. I have a list. You, my friend, are now crossed off. :)

630 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:24:10pm

re: #624 wlewisiii

Slack's the oldest so it was the one I tried back in the day of downloading and burning a couple of dozen 1.44mb images over a 2400 baud modem. That makes me feel older, in some ways, than my cracks about DEC/VAX/VMS upstream...

You too?

I still have the disks, although I doubt they can be read.
I also have OS2 floppies.

631 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:24:43pm

re: #629 Cannadian Club Akbar

Just good to see you. I was wondering where you have been. I have a list. You, my friend, are now crossed off. :)

Oh, hell. Should I be worried???

632 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:25:23pm

re: #631 SteveC

Oh, hell. Should I be worried???

Oh, yea, you're a dead man.
///

633 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:25:24pm

re: #600 Cannadian Club Akbar

My Rays lost. This sucks. On another front, I girl I'm gonna sleep with keeps texting me.
Evening Honcos!!

Pro tip: If she's claiming to be the niece of a Nigerian prince, you should just let sleeping dogs lie.

634 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:26:36pm

re: #632 Cannadian Club Akbar

Oh, yea, you're a dead man.
///

You have a dead pool going?

635 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:26:41pm

re: #633 negativ

Pro tip: If she's claiming to be the niece of a Nigerian prince, you should just let sleeping dogs lie.

She is a blond and very white. Like all Nigerians.
///HAR!!!

636 Sheila Broflovski  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:26:59pm

re: #624 wlewisiii

Slack's the oldest so it was the one I tried back in the day of downloading and burning a couple of dozen 1.44mb images over a 2400 baud modem. That makes me feel older, in some ways, than my cracks about DEC/VAX/VMS upstream...

I used to be a VAX/VMS admin, back in the day

637 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:27:38pm

Man that thing is skinny....hard to believe they can actually re: #628 SteveC

let's try that again:

I want to make a lot more progress each time I do the therapy. Doesn't seem to be happening.

Keep going..it does get better. Took me longer to get my function back from a broken tibia than it did to get out of the cast.

638 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:27:49pm

re: #635 Cannadian Club Akbar

She is a blond and very white. Like all Nigerians.
///HAR!!!

A real blond, or a bleached blond?

639 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:28:31pm

re: #638 b_sharp

A real blond, or a bleached blond?

Real as far as I know. Check in next week.:)

640 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:28:34pm

re: #636 Alouette

I used to be a VAX/VMS admin, back in the day

In my day, all we had was a command prompt and we LIKED IT!

641 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:29:10pm

re: #639 Cannadian Club Akbar

Real as far as I know. Check in next week.:)

Given the current grooming fad you may not be able to tell even then.

642 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:30:06pm

Weird... Tech note.
My ads are back.

643 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:30:10pm

re: #640 PT Barnum

In my day, all we had was a command prompt and we LIKED IT!

In my day, all we had was a PDP11 and a teletype, and we carried them uphill - both ways.

644 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:31:12pm

re: #630 b_sharp

You too?

I still have the disks, although I doubt they can be read.
I also have OS2 floppies.

Oy! OS/2! Much fun! So much more stable on my 386sx laptop that had all of 4mb! Widows would thrash itself silly while I could use the Lotus Suite and get real work done.

Ami Pro/2 and then DeScribe finally got me off of Wordstar. If that doesn't date me, nothing will...

645 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:31:12pm

re: #641 PT Barnum

Given the current grooming fad you may not be able to tell even then.

Actually, I've know her 30 years. But, OMG, that's funny. And tomorrow I'm getting a Brazilian
/.

646 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:31:58pm

Mayor Quimby

647 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:32:12pm

re: #643 b_sharp

In my day, all we had was a PDP11 and a teletype, and we carried them uphill - both ways.

Actually I can remember using teletype terminals on the local university's time sharing system. Fun part was running tapes of the programs we were writing. When I mean tape, I mean paper tape..god help you if you let it get unwound.

648 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:32:29pm

re: #646 Gus 802

Mayor Quimby

You don't need the sound.

They are all the same.

649 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:32:38pm

re: #643 b_sharp

In my day, all we had was a PDP11 and a teletype, and we carried them uphill - both ways.


... in the snow, against the wind...

650 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:32:53pm

re: #645 Cannadian Club Akbar

Actually, I've know her 30 years. But, OMG, that's funny. And tomorrow I'm getting a Brazilian
/.

If you've known her for 30 years..she's hardly a girl, is she?

651 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:33:20pm

re: #649 freetoken

... in the snow, against the wind...

You forgot "uphill".

652 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:33:39pm

re: #643 b_sharp

In my day, all we had was a PDP11 and a teletype, and we carried them uphill - both ways.

... in the snow!

653 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:33:47pm

re: #651 Cannadian Club Akbar

You forgot "uphill".

With no shoes.

654 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:34:07pm

re: #653 researchok

With no shoes.

With wolves chasing us..

655 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:34:28pm

re: #650 PT Barnum

If you've known her for 30 years..she's hardly a girl, is she?

I call it foreplay.

656 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:34:43pm

re: #644 wlewisiii

Oy! OS/2! Much fun! So much more stable on my 386sx laptop that had all of 4mb! Widows would thrash itself silly while I could use the Lotus Suite and get real work done.

Ami Pro/2 and then DeScribe finally got me off of Wordstar. If that doesn't date me, nothing will...

I still have OS/2 3.0 and Ami Pro 2 software in their original boxes on my bookshelf down stairs.

If I look hard enough, I bet I could find my USR 1200 baud external modem.

657 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:34:56pm

re: #654 PT Barnum

With wolves chasing us..

rabid wolves.

658 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:35:14pm

re: #655 Cannadian Club Akbar

I call it foreplay.

Or Erotica.

659 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:35:19pm

re: #655 Cannadian Club Akbar

I call it foreplay.

Man it never takes me more than 30 minutes...but I can only beg for so long before she gives in...

660 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:36:08pm

re: #657 researchok

rabid wolves.

Things are looking better, the wolf at the door had puppies, we were able to sell them!

//

661 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:36:12pm

re: #659 PT Barnum

Man it never takes me more than 30 minutes...but I can only beg for so long before she gives in...

Get in the truck, bitch!!

-Redneck foreplay

662 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:36:22pm

I'll bet none of those guys will ever go into a basement anymore.

663 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:36:25pm

re: #647 PT Barnum

Actually I can remember using teletype terminals on the local university's time sharing system. Fun part was running tapes of the programs we were writing. When I mean tape, I mean paper tape..god help you if you let it get unwound.

I learned Assembler on the PDP11. We wrote the code on paper and typed it in on the teletype, then waited for the result.

664 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:36:38pm

re: #645 Cannadian Club Akbar

Actually, I've know her 30 years. But, OMG, that's funny. And tomorrow I'm getting a Brazilian
/.

We so don't need to hear that!

665 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:36:48pm

re: #656 b_sharp

I still have OS/2 3.0 and Ami Pro 2 software in their original boxes on my bookshelf down stairs.

If I look hard enough, I bet I could find my USR 1200 baud external modem.

I remember when I bought my first PC..was a 486SX which I upgraded to a 486 later. I'm now on my 8th Windows box and my 3rd laptop.

666 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:36:54pm

666

667 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:37:25pm

re: #661 Cannadian Club Akbar

Get in the truck, bitch!!

-Redneck foreplay

Who's your daddy? You are dumbass!

668 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:37:39pm

re: #664 Varek Raith

We so don't need to hear that!

I thought it was good to share...

669 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:38:03pm

re: #659 PT Barnum

Man it never takes me more than 30 minutes...but I can only beg for so long before she gives in...

When I was in college I had a woman pounding on my door one night. Screaming my name, digging her fingernails into the door, waking up everyone on the hall, it was embarrassing!

I finally had to let her out.

670 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:38:33pm

re: #655 Cannadian Club Akbar

I call it foreplay.

Taking a 30 year run at it are you?

671 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:38:53pm

re: #667 PT Barnum

Who's your daddy? You are dumbass!

Why do people in Alabama love Halloween? Pump kin.
/that's just wrong

672 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:39:36pm

re: #669 SteveC

When I was in college I had a woman pounding on my door one night. Screaming my name, digging her fingernails into the door, waking up everyone on the hall, it was embarrassing!

I finally had to let her out.

Sounds like a Emo Phillips line...

My favorite line from him was

I'm a great lover, I bet..

673 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:39:41pm

re: #670 b_sharp

Taking a 30 year run at it are you?

I'm pretty smooth.

674 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:40:03pm

re: #656 b_sharp

I still have OS/2 3.0 and Ami Pro 2 software in their original boxes on my bookshelf down stairs.

If I look hard enough, I bet I could find my USR 1200 baud external modem.

I still have my Wordstar 7.0D diskettes. I remember finally getting a job that paid worth a damn and my goal was to buy legit copies of the warez I'd been using for so long. That one was first & meant the most - probably why I still have it long after the company was buried in an unmarked grave :(

675 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:40:16pm

re: #671 Cannadian Club Akbar

Why do people in Alabama love Halloween? Pump kin.
/that's just wrong

How do you know the Amish houses in Arkansas?

They all have a dead horse up on blocks in the front yard.

676 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:40:57pm

re: #674 wlewisiii

I still have my Wordstar 7.0D diskettes. I remember finally getting a job that paid worth a damn and my goal was to buy legit copies of the warez I'd been using for so long. That one was first & meant the most - probably why I still have it long after the company was buried in an unmarked grave :(

WTF is a "diskette"?!
/

677 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:41:20pm

President of Chile calls for review of mining regulations, all industry regulations, in Chile. Calls for the respect of the dignity of mining workers.

RINO!

678 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:41:27pm

re: #671 Cannadian Club Akbar

Alabama

My mom: "What are they (the rescuers) chanting?"

My dad: "That's another Gamecock First Down!"

679 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:41:36pm

re: #674 wlewisiii

I still have my Wordstar 7.0D diskettes. I remember finally getting a job that paid worth a damn and my goal was to buy legit copies of the warez I'd been using for so long. That one was first & meant the most - probably why I still have it long after the company was buried in an unmarked grave :(

My first computer was a TRS-80 Color Computer with 128k of ram. Had a pretty decent word processor and was fairly decent for BBS stuff back in the day.

680 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:41:41pm

re: #675 PT Barnum

How do you know the Amish houses in Arkansas?

They all have a dead horse up on blocks in the front yard.

I am SO stealing that. OMG!!

681 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:42:23pm

re: #676 Varek Raith

WTF is a "diskette"?!
/

Call Amish Tech Support. They'll know.

682 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:42:29pm

re: #676 Varek Raith

WTF is a "diskette"?!
/

Something smaller than the 8" monsters on the Wang I once had to support...

//

683 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:42:34pm

re: #677 Gus 802

Sounds like a communist to me... maybe even one of those Muslim Communists that are taking over the world...

684 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:43:27pm

re: #677 Gus 802

President of Chile calls for review of mining regulations, all industry regulations, in Chile. Calls for the respect of the dignity of mining workers.

RINO!

He's campaigning.

685 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:43:30pm

re: #677 Gus 802

President of Chile calls for review of mining regulations, all industry regulations, in Chile. Calls for the respect of the dignity of mining workers.

RINO!

Doing what politicians do.

686 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:43:32pm

re: #675 PT Barnum

How do you know the Amish houses in Arkansas?

They all have a dead horse up on blocks in the front yard.

What's a redneck's idea of a pick up line?

Sis, you 'wake?

Then there was the redneck groom who shot his bride on their wedding night because she was a virgin. He figured out if she wasn't good enough for her own family she wasn't good enough for his.

687 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:43:41pm

re: #684 researchok

He's campaigning.

exactly.

688 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:43:57pm

re: #682 wlewisiii

Something smaller than the 8" monsters on the Wang I once had to support...

//

An 8" wang is the definition of a monster..

689 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:44:20pm

re: #685 reine.de.tout

Doing what politicians do.

Yeah. He's hogging the camera too. Whew. It's making me cynical. He should go home now or come back later.

690 pharmmajor  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:44:40pm

So glad the rescue of the miners is going well. I just hope that none of them suffer any long-term trauma from their ordeal.

691 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:44:46pm

re: #688 PT Barnum

An 8" wang is the definition of a monster..

If I had that, I'd be married.
/

692 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:45:18pm

re: #691 Cannadian Club Akbar

If I had that, I'd be married.
/

Oh, please.
You'd be at your doctor's office!
/

693 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:45:33pm

re: #691 Cannadian Club Akbar

If I had that, I'd be married.
/

I knew a guy who had lots of women chasing him and all he would do is sit around in bars, licking his eyebrows.

694 reine.de.tout  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:45:42pm

re: #689 Gus 802

Yeah. He's hogging the camera too. Whew. It's making me cynical. He should go home now or come back later.

I'm just glad his wife quit slobbering all over those poor people waiting for their loved ones to be rescued.

Yes, they should both go home now, or get out of the limelight. This ain't about them.

695 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:45:44pm

Translator: "Lower, lower..."

I wasn't looking at the TV and I thought an impromptu version of Louie Louie was about to break out.

696 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:45:49pm

re: #611 PT Barnum

Have played with Ubuntu and Suse but never have played with Linux long enough to see what the BFD was.

There are significant philosophical BFDs (please don't make me get all Richard M. Stallman on your ass) and significant technical BFDs, but for me the primary appeal is that Linux makes it very easy to customize my computer-using experience exactly the way I want it, limited only by my unwillingness to read (often dense) documentation and learn new skills. With (for example) Windows, the user has to adapt to the system, learn its strengths and weaknesses, and pretty much like it or lump it. Microsoft doesn't allow the user to see how the sausage is made, and in fact stipulates in the license agreement that if you attempt to discover how the sausage is made, you are legally liable for civil and even criminal penalties. With Linux, I can not only see how the sausage is made (and thereby learn from it), but I can also change the recipe to my liking.

Sure, not everybody likes to tinker around like that. I suppose most people don't like to tinker around like that. I'm not one of Those Guys who claims that Linux is all things to all people, but it definitely has its place

697 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:46:00pm

re: #688 PT Barnum

An 8" wang is the definition of a monster..

Heh.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

I'd have almost rather delt with the other... :eek:

698 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:46:01pm

re: #687 reine.de.tout

exactly.

It's the Bush blessing.

His reelection was assured immediately after 9/11 when he stood on the rubble of the WTC, with his arm around that retired fireman.

'Can you hear me? Soon the terrorists will hear from us!'

That was all it took.

699 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:46:23pm

re: #692 Varek Raith

Oh, please.
You'd be at your doctor's office!
/

She said, gimme 12 inches and make it hurt. So I fucked her twice and slapped her.
/

700 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:46:44pm

re: #689 Gus 802

Yeah. He's hogging the camera too. Whew. It's making me cynical. He should go home now or come back later.

Like that will happen.

701 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:47:42pm

re: #700 researchok

Like that will happen.

Guess that means 33 speeches.

//

702 SteveC  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:48:12pm

re: #699 Cannadian Club Akbar

She said, gimme 12 inches and make it hurt. So I fucked her twice and slapped her.
/

Taking a walk on the wild side, CCA?

703 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:48:17pm

re: #701 Gus 802

Guess that means 33 speeches.

//

I'm not a witch.
...
..
.
Wait.
Whut?

704 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:48:52pm

re: #701 Gus 802

Guess that means 33 speeches.

//

Hey- campaigning is a tough grind.

Maybe he can get his wife and VP to take over the graveyard shift.

705 Mr. Crankypants  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:48:53pm

Wife just came home gotta go give her some attention. Night all.

706 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:49:35pm

re: #457 b_sharp

My wife tells me that if I put a Darwin fish on the car I also have to put on a Jesus fish.

I suggested a Darwin fish eating a Jesus fish. She hit me.

I've seen those. And also ones with the Darwin fish not eating the Jesus fish...

707 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:49:36pm

re: #665 PT Barnum

I remember when I bought my first PC..was a 486SX which I upgraded to a 486 later. I'm now on my 8th Windows box and my 3rd laptop.

My first PC was a 386sx and cost $2700.00. It evolved into my current main system over the years. I don't know how many other systems I've owned but it must be in the dozens by now, all of them built from new and used parts. Owning my own sales and service company helps. I'm on my 3rd laptop too - 2 Acers and an HP.

708 Sheila Broflovski  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:51:14pm

re: #640 PT Barnum

In my day, all we had was a command prompt and we LIKED IT!

At least VMS edit was a better text editor than vi.

709 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:51:40pm

re: #669 SteveC

When I was in college I had a woman pounding on my door one night. Screaming my name, digging her fingernails into the door, waking up everyone on the hall, it was embarrassing!

I finally had to let her out.

You took your mother with you to college? Too cheap to take your dirty clothes home?

710 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:52:12pm

re: #694 reine.de.tout

I'm just glad his wife quit slobbering all over those poor people waiting for their loved ones to be rescued.

Yes, they should both go home now, or get out of the limelight. This ain't about them.

It's what politicians do: They hog the limelight to make themselves look good.

711 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:52:19pm

re: #673 Cannadian Club Akbar

I'm pretty smooth.

Well aged.

712 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:52:53pm

re: #644 wlewisiii

Oy! OS/2! Much fun! So much more stable on my 386sx laptop that had all of 4mb! Widows would thrash itself silly while I could use the Lotus Suite and get real work done.

Hell yes. I was an OS/2 fanatic back in the day. I had a thoroughly hardcore 486 DX2/66 with a jaw-dropping 4MB RAM and a 120MB HDD.

I played TIE Fighter while simultaneously running a relatively busy Telegard / Renegade BBS, while Star Trek: The Next Generation blared from my TV in the background.

/nostalgia/

713 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:53:16pm

re: #674 wlewisiii

I still have my Wordstar 7.0D diskettes. I remember finally getting a job that paid worth a damn and my goal was to buy legit copies of the warez I'd been using for so long. That one was first & meant the most - probably why I still have it long after the company was buried in an unmarked grave :(

Do you know any geeks who haven't 'borrowed' software?

714 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:53:16pm

checking the door?? Like he's going to fall out?

715 Sheila Broflovski  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:53:26pm

re: #707 b_sharp

My first PC was a 386sx and cost $2700.00. It evolved into my current main system over the years. I don't know how many other systems I've owned but it must be in the dozens by now, all of them built from new and used parts. Owning my own sales and service company helps. I'm on my 3rd laptop too - 2 Acers and an HP.

Ha. My first home computer was a Radio Shack TRS-80. I got an IBM PC/AT in 1986. Zedushka upgraded it with a 40MB Seagate hard drive that he paid $500 for!

He moans about it to this day.

716 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:54:14pm

re: #715 Alouette

Ha. My first home computer was a Radio Shack TRS-80. I got an IBM PC/AT in 1986. Zedushka upgraded it with a 40MB Seagate hard drive that he paid $500 for!

He moans about it to this day.

Lol.
I got a 1 TB drive for a hundred bucks...

717 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:54:34pm

re: #710 Dark_Falcon

It's what politicians do: They hog the limelight to make themselves look good.

Joe Biden couldn't make it.

//

718 Cannadian Club Akbar  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:54:37pm

All righty. I'm gonna jam a little music and eat some prime rib. See ya'll in the morning. Or later. That has been know to happen.:)

719 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:55:21pm

re: #688 PT Barnum

An 8" wang is the definition of a monster Internet Average..


ftfy

720 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:55:46pm

second one....away!

721 Sheila Broflovski  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:55:48pm

re: #716 Varek Raith

Lol.
I got a 1 TB drive for a hundred bucks...

I was in MicroCenter last week, they had 2TB external drives for $129

722 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:55:59pm

re: #679 PT Barnum

My first computer was a TRS-80 Color Computer with 128k of ram. Had a pretty decent word processor and was fairly decent for BBS stuff back in the day.

I still have an Atari 800, Atari 600, Atari 1200, Atari ST 512 and drives. I have no idea why I still have them, they never get set up.

723 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:56:09pm

re: #721 Alouette

I was in MicroCenter last week, they had 2TB external drives for $129

Hah!
Crazy.

724 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:57:09pm

re: #682 wlewisiii

Something smaller than the 8" monsters on the Wang I once had to support...

//

You sound like you were once well equipped. What happened, an old war injury?

725 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:57:22pm

re: #721 Alouette

I was in MicroCenter last week, they had 2TB external drives for $129

How things change.

726 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:57:44pm

re: #664 Varek Raith

We so don't need to hear that!

In Soviet Union, Brazilian get you!

;)

727 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:57:48pm

re: #715 Alouette

Ha. My first home computer was a Radio Shack TRS-80. I got an IBM PC/AT in 1986. Zedushka upgraded it with a 40MB Seagate hard drive that he paid $500 for!

He moans about it to this day.

The first computer I owned was an Amiga 500. Hell of a great little machine. My next was a step backwards in so many ways - a pawn shop IBM XT with a Hercules graphics card and a 10MB full height 5 1/4" RLL hard drive. But it introduced me to Unix as I could run Minix on it (this was before Linus).

728 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:58:10pm

re: #721 Alouette

I was in MicroCenter last week, they had 2TB external drives for $129

Image: 10mb_hard_drive.jpg

729 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:59:43pm

re: #728 Varek Raith

Image: 10mb_hard_drive.jpg

5MB

Image: hard-disk-1956.jpg

730 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:00:15pm

re: #727 wlewisiii

The first computer I owned was an Amiga 500. Hell of a great little machine. My next was a step backwards in so many ways - a pawn shop IBM XT with a Hercules graphics card and a 10MB full height 5 1/4" RLL hard drive. But it introduced me to Unix as I could run Minix on it (this was before Linus).

All of my first three computers were hand-downs from my father's work. But it was good to not have to share a computer with others.

731 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:00:31pm

re: #699 Cannadian Club Akbar

She said, gimme 12 inches and make it hurt. So I fucked her twice and slapped her.
/

6" would be quite a stretch.

732 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:01:05pm

re: #730 Dark_Falcon

All of my first three computers were hand-downs from my father's work. But it was good to not have to share a computer with others.

My husband's first computer he had to share...with me.

(I have just given away my age.)

733 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:01:42pm

re: #729 Gus 802

5MB

Image: hard-disk-1956.jpg

Rofl.

734 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:01:46pm

re: #708 Alouette

At least VMS edit was a better text editor than vi.

I hated vi. I use nano now.

735 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:03:29pm

re: #729 Gus 802

5MB

Image: hard-disk-1956.jpg

Winchester!

736 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:03:39pm

re: #729 Gus 802

5MB

Image: hard-disk-1956.jpg

What was the price tag on that?!

737 researchok  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:04:07pm

I'm outta here.

Later!

738 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:04:40pm

re: #736 Varek Raith

What was the price tag on that?!

It was for the RAMAC 305.

Snopes says you could lease it for $3200 a month.

739 b_sharp  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:04:45pm

G'night geeks.

740 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:05:28pm

re: #732 EmmmieG

My husband's first computer he had to share...with me.

(I have just given away my age.)

Well, I remember the 386 myself. In my case it replaced a 286. When I installed the old Battle of Britain game I'd had on the older machine, I remember being happy to have it run without freezing. That old 386 is long gone, but when I got it I was glad to have it.

741 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:05:36pm

OK The car alarm. That's lame. Seriously. I feel like it's summer along some Denver alleyway.

742 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:07:31pm

re: #740 Dark_Falcon

Well, I remember the 386 myself. In my case it replaced a 286. When I installed the old Battle of Britain game I'd had on the older machine, I remember being happy to have it run without freezing. That old 386 is long gone, but when I got it I was glad to have it.

My husband pulled out his old games from his teenage years and loaded them on that computer. (I'm pretty sure it was a 386 or a 286.)

Run run run lightspeed crash.

The new computers ran the program so fast he couldn't react in time to do anything, and the tank or whatever it was would crash into whatever it was headed towards.

Green lines on a black background.

743 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:11:17pm

This guy's a hoot.

744 Ojoe  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:11:48pm

re: #742 EmmmieG

I had an Apple IIC (2 C) long ago & it had a great build your own pinball machine program, and you could vary the elasticity of the ball, and the force of gravity, and put in more than one ball.

Sometimes you could constructing a machine that would fall into repeating patterns after a while.

Also you could superimpose one ball onto another one, and start the run, and watch them diverge.

And you could put in 10 balls.

It was great fun.

745 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:12:08pm

The first computer game I ever played was Zork I. It kills me to know that millions of KIDS THESE DAYS have no fear of being eaten by a Grue.

746 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:12:42pm

re: #745 negativ

The first computer game I ever played was Zork I. It kills me to know that millions of KIDS THESE DAYS have no fear of being eaten by a Grue.

Hah!
Command and Conquer for me.

747 Ojoe  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:12:57pm

And now, good night with this: From my Uncle Nick, a sailor all his life:

Subject: Position Statement of the U.S. Economy with Reference to Us Sailors!

1. We, in retirement, take exception to everyone saying that Bernanke, Obama, Reid, and Pelosi are spending like drunken sailors………

2. When we were drunken sailors, we quit when we ran out of money.


Good Night All.

748 Ojoe  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:13:41pm

re: #744 Ojoe

"construct a machine"

PIMF

749 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:14:27pm

His president thinks he's a hoot, too.

750 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:21:15pm

re: #749 EmmmieG

His president thinks he's a hoot, too.

How many miners out so far?

751 Varek Raith  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:23:08pm

re: #750 Dark_Falcon

How many miners out so far?

2

752 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:23:25pm

re: #750 Dark_Falcon

How many miners out so far?

Two. And they've sent three down. At this rate, we're not making progress.

Just kidding.

753 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:23:33pm

re: #751 Varek Raith

2

But they're sending rescuers down. They're sending the third down now. Odd.

754 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:24:54pm

If they're concerned about health, they might want more screening done.

755 sagehen  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:25:02pm

re: #14 jamesfirecat

Some more OT stuff, here are my results from a recent political quiz...

My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 6.25, Libertarian: 4.82

Political Spectrum Quiz

mine was

You are a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 5.02, Libertarian: 3.34

756 sagehen  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:37:56pm

re: #151 reine.de.tout

While we're waiting. . .
A quick age quiz . . .

Who here besides me remembers standing on the hump in the back-seat floor of your parents' car?

Who here besides me remembers fighting the siblings over who would get to lie on the shelf behind the backseat to get a better view out of the back window?

Anybody?
Or am I the only old person here?

We had a station wagon; when packing for a long drive to vacation, there had to be room for somebody to lie in the back (and packed so stuff wouldn't fall on them in sharp turns or stops.).

757 Gus  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:42:11pm

OK Good night all.

758 Ojoe  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:42:23pm

re: #755 sagehen

I was a center-left moderate social authoritarian (?)

Could there be such a thing?

LOL

And Good night.

759 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:42:52pm

re: #757 Gus 802

MP3 Audio
760 Ojoe  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:43:46pm

re: #756 sagehen

I remember all that stuff.

I wish cars still had wind wings and floor mounted dimmer switches, and a manual choke.

Good night again.

761 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:44:00pm

re: #758 Ojoe

Could there be such a thing?

Apparently yes... as you is one!

762 Mr Pancakes  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:44:43pm

re: #456 SpaceJesus

ah, i found a live feed of it.

the chile flag looks a lot like the texas flag. i wonder if we could trade texas for chile.

But not Austin...... there are a lot of Space Jesuii in Austin.

763 Mr Pancakes  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 9:48:37pm

re: #760 Ojoe

I remember all that stuff.

I wish cars still had wind wings and floor mounted dimmer switches, and a manual choke.

Good night again.

I remember dashboard mounted automatic dimmer switches...... now that was technology!

764 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 10:01:28pm

I'm beginning to think that that's not a car alarm. It keeps going off at the same exact time.

765 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 10:08:47pm

Number 3, up and out.

766 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 10:09:24pm

It must be an eternity from when you see your husband's capsule emerge until when you get to hold him.

With that, I am going to bed.

767 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 10:15:09pm

re: #765 EmmmieG

30 more to go....

Seems like it'll take all night.

768 freetoken  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 10:17:24pm

Selling off the farm:

California: 11 State Buildings Are Sold to Shore Up Budget

A Texas investment company will buy 11 state buildings to help close a $19 billion budget deficit, California officials said Monday. The company, California First L.L.C., will pay about $2.33 billion for structures including the San Francisco Civic Center, the Ronald Reagan State Building in Los Angeles and five buildings in Sacramento, producing “desperately needed revenues,” said Ron Diedrich, acting director of the Department of General Services. The state will lease the buildings for 20 years, during which time it can buy them back.

Nothing quite like buying a building twice, plus rent!

769 sagehen  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 10:25:41pm

MSNBC keeps saying a billion people around the world are watching this rescue.

Wikianswers says half a billion watched the moon landing.

770 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 11:32:36pm

re: #151 reine.de.tout

While we're waiting. . .
A quick age quiz . . .

Who here besides me remembers standing on the hump in the back-seat floor of your parents' car?

Who here besides me remembers fighting the siblings over who would get to lie on the shelf behind the backseat to get a better view out of the back window?

Anybody?
Or am I the only old person here?

I remember those things! We had a shitty Plymouth 70's station wagon that we brought to drive in movies, had the transmission hump, RWD, all the detroit iron trimmings :D

also remember my mother's (and later, my) Firebird being tuned too lean so it'd die at stoplights oh muscle cars with emissions

771 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 11:34:37pm

re: #151 reine.de.tout

While we're waiting. . .
A quick age quiz . . .

Who here besides me remembers standing on the hump in the back-seat floor of your parents' car?

Who here besides me remembers fighting the siblings over who would get to lie on the shelf behind the backseat to get a better view out of the back window?

Anybody?
Or am I the only old person here?

Though if you mean lying in the package tray in a sedan, we never had a sedan that big :D We had wagons that size, but they're wagons, so no package tray, and then we had smaller 80's compact wagons, etc. I like small cars because small cars handle better, but part of me wants a big fat 70's van conversion

772 lostlakehiker  Wed, Oct 13, 2010 6:50:40am

re: #4 jamesfirecat

So to go OT since these tech note posts can get sort of boring if someone doesn't, does anybody want to lay bets for when we'll next see "Reason" again and hear more about how hard it is to be a black woman living in a nation where you can get arrested for nonviolent crimes like refusing to pay your taxes?

As compared to other nations where refusing to pay your taxes will not get you arrested?


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